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General Awareness Updates (November 2014) General Awareness Updates (November 2014) Contents Rosetta Spacecraft: To Catch a Comet .............................................................................................................................. 2 2014 G-20 Brisbane summit ............................................................................................................................................. 2 New Cabinet Ministers ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Miscellaneous .................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Important Mergers and Acquisitions ................................................................................................................................ 5 Important Appointments ................................................................................................................................................. 7 Stock Exchanges and their Index: ..................................................................................................................................... 8 10 Most Powerful People in the World............................................................................................................................. 9 Banks and Their Tag Lines ................................................................................................................................................ 9 Important Wildlife Sanctuaries in India: ..........................................................................................................................10 Lines & Boundaries of Different Countries in the World ..................................................................................................10 Important Places in India ................................................................................................................................................10 Current Affairs Q & A November 2014 ............................................................................................................................11 Questions Asked in IBPS RRBs Officer Scale - II ................................................................................................................21 Questions Asked in SIDBI Officer Exam ............................................................................................................................25 Memory Based Questions Asked in SBI Associate PO 2014 ..............................................................................................31 Key: Current Affairs Q & A November 2014 .....................................................................................................................35 GA Updates (November 2014) Bank Page : 1 Test Prep General Awareness Updates (November 2014) Rosetta Spacecraft: To Catch a Comet Rosetta is a robotic space probe built and launched by the most detailed study of a comet ever attempted. The the European Space Agency. Along with Philae, its spacecraft is controlled from the European Space lander module, Rosetta is performing a detailed study Operations Centre (ESOC), in Darmstadt, Germany. The of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (67P). lander, named Philae, made contact on Nov. 12, 2014. Scientists at the European Space Agency said Philae Rosetta was launched on 2 March 2004 on an Ariane 5 unexpectedly bounced twice before landing on the rocket and reached the comet on 6 August 2014, comet when the probe's anchor-like harpoon system becoming the first spacecraft to orbit a comet. It is one failed to fire. Philae ended up in shadow near a cliff face of ESA's Horizon 2000 cornerstone missions. The on the head of the 2.5-mile-wide (4 kilometres) comet, spacecraft consists of the Rosetta orbiter, which which scientists say is shaped like giant rubber duck. features 12 instruments, and the Philae lander, with The probe fell silent on Nov. 14, possibly forever, as its nine additional instruments. The Rosetta mission will solar batteries ran out of power. orbit 67P for 17 months and is designed to complete 2014 G-20 Brisbane summit The 2014 G-20 Australia summit was the ninth meeting growth by an extra 2% through commitments made at of the G-20 heads of government.It was held in the summit, and of increasing infrastructure investment Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland, Australia, on through the creation of a four-year infrastructure hub, 15–16 November 2014. The hosting venue was the linking government, private sector, development banks Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre at South and interested international organisations. Brisbane. The event was the largest ever peacetime The communiqué also addressed the stability of global police operation in Australia. Up to 4,000 delegates systems, mentioning measures to reduce risk in were expected to attend with around 2,500 media representatives. The leaders of Mauritania, Myanmar, financial systems, improve the stability of banks, make international taxation arrangements fairer, reduce New Zealand, Senegal, Singapore, and Spain were also corruption and strengthen global institutions. Although invited to this summit. the communiqué largely focused on economic concerns, Following the summit, the G-20 leaders released a joint other topics such as energy supply, climate change and communiqué summarising the points of agreement the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa were also between them. This focused on economic concerns, discussed. highlighting plans to increase global economic growth, create jobs, increase trade and reduce poverty. The communiqué sets out a goal of increasing economic GA Updates (November 2014) Bank Page : 2 Test Prep General Awareness Updates (November 2014) New Cabinet Ministers No. Portfolio Name Heavy Industries and Public 19 Anant Geete Personnel, Public Grievances and Enterprises Pensions; Department of Atomic Harsimrat 20 Food Processing Industries Energy Department of Space; All Narendra Kaur Badal 1 important policy issues and all Modi Narendra 21 Mines, Steel other portfolios not allocated to Singh Tomar any Minister Rural Development, Panchayati Chaudhary 2 Home Affairs Rajnath Singh 22 Raj, Drinking Water and Birender Singh External Affairs, Overseas Indian Sushma Sanitation 3 Affairs Swaraj 23 Tribal Affairs Jual Oram Finance, Corporate Affairs, Radha Mohan 4 Arun Jaitley 24 Agriculture Information & Broadcasting Singh Urban Development, Housing and M. Venkaiah Thaawar 5 Urban Poverty Alleviation, 25 Social Justice and Empowerment Naidu Chand Gehlot Parliamentary Affairs Smriti Zubin Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Jairam 26 Human Resource Development 6 Irani Shipping Gadkari Science and Technology, Earth Dr. Harsh Manohar 27 7 Defence Sciences Vardhan Parrikar Ministers of State with Independent Charge 8 Railways Suresh Prabhu Statistics and Programme D.V. Implementation (Independent General V.K. 1 9 Law & Justice Sadananda Charge), External Affairs, Singh Gowda Overseas Indian Affairs Water Resources, River Planning (Independent Charge), Inderjit Singh 2 10 Development and Ganga Uma Bharati Defence Rao Rejuvenation Santosh Dr. Najma A. 11 Minority Affairs 3 Textiles (Independent Charge) Kumar Heptulla Gangwar Consumer Affairs, Food and Ramvilas Labour and Employment Bandaru 12 4 Public Distribution Paswan (Independent Charge) Dattatreya Micro, Small and Medium Skill Development & 13 Kalraj Mishra Rajiv Pratap Enterprises 5 Entrepreneurship (Independent Rudy Maneka Charge), Parliamentary Affairs 14 Women and Child Development Sanjay Gandhi AAYUSH (Independent Charge), Shripad Yesso 6 15 Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananthkumar Health & Family Welfare Naik Communications and Information Ravi Shankar Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra 16 7 Technology Prasad (Independent Charge) Pradhan Jagat Prakash Youth Affairs and Sports Sarbananda 17 Health & Family Welfare 8 Nadda (Independent Charge) Sonowal Ashok Environment, Forest and Climate Prakash 9 18 Civil Aviation Gajapathi Raju Change (Independent Charge) Javadekar Pusapati GA Updates (November 2014) Bank Page : 3 Test Prep General Awareness Updates (November 2014) Power (Independent Charge), 9 Railways Manoj Sinha Coal (Independent Charge), New 10 Piyush Goyal 10 Panchayati Raj Nihalchand and Renewable Energy Upendra (Independent Charge) 11 Human Resource Development Kushwaha Development of North Eastern Road Transport & Highways, Radhakrishnan Region (Independent Charge), 12 Prime Minister's Office, Dr. Jitendra Shipping P. 11 Personnel, Public Grievances & Singh 13 Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju Pensions, Department of Atomic 14 Social Justice & Empowerment Krishan Pal Energy, Department of Space Dr. Sanjeev Commerce and Industry Nirmala 15 Agriculture 12 Kumar Balyan (Independent Charge) Sitharaman Manuskhbhai Culture (Independent Charge), Dr. Mahesh 16 Tribal Affairs Dhanjibhai 13 Tourism (Independent Charge), Sharma Vasava Civil Aviation Raosaheb Consumer Affairs, Food and Ministers of State 17 Dadarao Public Distribution Minority Affairs, Parliamentary Mukhtar Danve 1 Affairs Abbas Naqvi 18 Mines, Steel Vishnu Deo Sai Ram Kripal Sudarshan 2 Drinking Water & Sanitation 19 Rural Development Yadav Bhagat Haribhai Prof. (Dr.) 3 Home Affairs Parthibhai 20 Human Resource Development Ram Shankar Chaudhary Katheria Water Resources, River Science and Technology, Earth 21 Y.S. 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