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Best Picture The Hurt Locker Best Director Kathryn Bigelow (for The Hurt Locker) Best Actor Jeff Bridges (for Crazy Heart, as Otis "Bad" Blake) Best Actress Sandra Bullock (for The Blind Side, as Leigh Anne Tuohy) Best Supporting Actor Christoph Waltz (for Inglourious Basterds, as Col. Hans Landa) Best Supporting Actress Mo'Nique ( for Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, as Mary Lee Johnston) Best Original Screenplay The Hurt Locker ± Mark Boal Best Adapted Screenplay Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire ± Geoffrey Fletcher from Push by Sapphire Best Animated Feature Up ± Pete Docter Best Foreign Language Film El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Argentina) in Spanish ± Juan José Campanella Best Original Score Up ± Michael Giacchino Best Original Song "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from Crazy Heart ± Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett Some Fact about Oscars 2010: 1. The Hurt Locker was the most successful film winning 6 OSCAR awards. It was followed by Avatar with 3 awards. 2. Avatar and The Hurt Locker received maximum number of nominations (9 each) 3. Inglourious Basterds was the second most nominated film (8 nominations) 4. Avatar was director James Cameron's first feature film since Titanic in 1997 which won a record-tying 11 Oscars. 5. The Hurt Locker¶s Director Kathryn Bigelow is the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Picture and Academy Award for Best Director. She is the second American woman to be nominated for the second award, the other being Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation in 2003. More Details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/82nd_Academy_Awards Here is a sample paper for SBI Clerk Recruitment 2009 that will give you an idea about type of questions asked in the GJ section of the exam. 1. Which of the following places was known as a centre of learning in ancient India? (1) Nalanda (2) Ujjain (3) Allahabad (4) None of these 2. The process of transfer of heat by matter but without actual movement of the particles themselves is called. (1) conduction (2) convection (3) radiation (4) None of these 3. Only zero and one are used for operating (1) Calculator (2) Computer (3) Abacus (4) Typewriter 4. Transistor is (1) semi-conductor (2) inductor (3) modulator (4) demodulator 5. Computer cannot (1) send message (2) abstract thought (3) read files (4) play music 6. Which of the following is not a carbohydrate? (1) Wax (2) Starch (3) Sucrose (4) Maltose 7. Deficiency of which vitamin causes night blindness? (1) Vit. B (2) Vit. C (3) Vit. A (4) Vit. E 8. Which of the following is the vaccine for tuberculosis? (1) OPT (2) BCG (3) Salk vaccine (4) Rubella vaccine 9. Horns, nails and hair are (1) soluble fats (2) insoluble carbohydrates (3) keratin proteins (4) complex lipids 10. Who conducts the State Assembly Elections? (1) Chief Justice of the High Court concerned. (2) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (3) Chief Election Commissioner (4) Governor of the State concerned 11. Which is an ore of aluminum? (1) Chromite (2) Cuprite (3) Bauxite (4) Siderite 12. Kalidas was (1) a poet during the Gupta period. (2) a dramatist during Harshvardhana¶s reign. (3) an astronomer during Gupta period. (4) None of these 13. Which mirror is used as a rear view mirror in vehicles? (1) Plain (2) Convex (3) Concave (4) Spherical 14. The compilation Meri Ekyawan Kavitayen is by (1) A.N. Vajpayee (2) Harivanshrai Bachchan (3) Dharam Vir Bharti (4) Shiv Mangal Singh Suman 15. µEquinox¶ means (1) days are longer than nights. (2) days and nights are equal. (3) days are shorter than nights (4) None of these 16. Who was known as ³Nightingale of India´? (1) Vijaylaxmi Pandit (2) Sarojini Naidu (3) Suraiya (4) None of these 17. Gaya is associated with Lord Buddha, where he (1) was born (2) attained enlightenment (3) died (4) delivered his first sermon 18. Chemical change does not take place in (1) souring of milk into curd (2) rusting of iron in atmosphere (3) burning of magnesium ribbon in air (4) emitting of light by a red hot platinum wire 19. Who is the highest wicket-taker in Indian Cricket team? (1) Javagal Srinath (2) Anil Kumble (3) Maninder Singh (4) Kapil Dev 20. Which country leads in production of aluminum and aluminum goods? (1) Austriala (2) The US (3) Russia (4) Japan 21. The Nathu La Pass, which has increased Indian trade with a neighbour, lies between India and which country? (1) Pakistan (2) Bhutan (3) Nepal (4) China (5) Tibet 22. The Banking Codes and Standards Boards has been formed to provide fair treatment to: (1) Employees¶ Unions (2) Member Banks (3) Officers (4) SBI (5) Customers 23. In India, the CRR at present is approximately: (1) less than 5% (2) 10% to 15% (3) 5% to 10% (4) 20% (5) 35% 24. The present salary of an MP is (Rs per month) (1) 2,500 (2) 5,000 (3) 7,500 (4) 15,000 (5) 16,000 25. Which river was recently found to be the longest? (1) Amazon (2) Nile (3) Mississippi (4) Ganga (5) Yangtze Kiang 26. The highest Indian mountain-peak is: (1) Mt Everest (2) Nanga Parbat (3) Dhaulagiri (4) Godwin Austin (5) Annapurna 27. Basel II norms will lead to: (1) Capital A/c convertibility (2) Better Stock Exchanges (3) Better CRR (4) Increased savings (5) None of these 28. Rice is which kind of crop? (1) Rabi (2) Evergreen (3) Kharif (4) Inter-seasonal (5) Monsoon 29. µJog falls¶ are in: (1) Kerala (2) J & K (3) U.P. (4) Uttaranchal (5) Karnataka 30. The capitals of the new States Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttaranchal are: (1) Raipur, Ranchi, Dehradun (2) Ranchi, Patna, Nainital (3) Raniganj, Patna, Dehradun (4) Patna, Raipur, Nainital (5) None of the above ANSWER KEY 1) (1), 2) (1), 3) (2), 4) (1), 5) (2), 6) (1), 7) (3), 8) (2), 9) (3), 10) (3) 11) (3), 12) (1), 13) (2), 14) (1), 15) (2), 16) (2), 17) (2), 18) (4), 19) (2), 20) (2) 21) (4), 22) (5), 23) (2), 24) (5), 25) (1), 26) (2), 27) (1), 28) (5), 29) (5), 30) (1 Economic survey is an annual commentary on the state of the economy of India which is put together by Finance Ministry of India. It is a document which presents economic development during the course of the year. The draft of the survey is prepared by Department of Economic Affairs and cleared by Chief economic Advisor and the secretary Economic Affairs. The final version is vetted by Finance secretary and Finance Minister. When an Economic Survey is presented? Economic survey is presented every year shortly before presenting the Union Budget of govt. of India, or just after the railway budget. Out of the 10 to 11 chapters presented, the first chapter which is titled ³State of the Economy and prospects´ deals in detail with overall macroeconomic performance of the country. What is the objective of an Economic Survey? An economic Survey provides an opportunity for the government of India to spell out its economic agenda. The govt. also represents its issues and priorities. Padma Vibhushan: 1. Sh. Ebrahim Alkazi (Art) 2. Sh. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (Art) 3. Smt. Zohra Segal (Art) 4. Dr. Yaga Venugopal Reddy (Public Affairs) 5. Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (Science and Engineering) 6. Dr. Prathap Chandra Reddy (Trade and Industry) For more details check out Padma Vibhushan Awardees For the list of other Padma Award Winners Please visit these pages: Padma Bhushan Padma Shri Economic Survey 2009-10: GDP Outlook Introduction: Year 2009-10 started as a difficult Year for Indian economy. The Global Economic Slowdown had retarded the growth of our economy more prominently in the second half of 2008-09. This was a time when the Global Financial crisis was at its full swing and had spread its tentacles to all parts of the word. Base year: Here, a point has to be noted that with the release of the quick estimates of National Income for year 2008-09, the central statistical organization (CSO) and changed the base year of its NAS (National Accounts Statistics) from 1999-2000 to 2004-05. Growth Projects: 1. The overall growth of GDP at factor Cost at constant prices in 2008-09 as per revised estimates released by the Central statistical organization was 6.7 %. 2. The turnaround in the Indian economy came in the second quarter of 2009-10 when India¶s economy grew by 7.9 %. 3. As per the advance estimates for GDP for 2009-10 released by the central statistical organization the economy is expected to grow at 7.2% in 2009-10. 4. Industry and service sectors are expected to grow by 8.2 & 8.7% respectively. 5. The manufacturing sector had shown a declining trend for last 8 quarters (since 2007-08), but now has got some momentum. 6. There was also a decline of agricultural output by 0.2 % in 2009-10 due to poor Monsoons. 7. The economic survey expected that economy is likely to grow by 8.75% in 2010-11 and return to 9% growth in 2010-12. Following chart shows the growth of GDP (at Factor Cost 2004-05 prices) 8. Over all Savings rate for 2008-09 is 32.5% of GDP which is slightly less than the previous year 2007- 08 (34.9%). The Capital Formation rate for 2008-09 is 34.9% of GDP which is too slightly less than last year 2007-08 (37.7%) Per capita National Income for the Year 2009-10 is Rs.