Sunday, October 27, 2013

Important tricks for Sentence Rearrangement in English


*.Sentences that have full names mentioned are either the starting or come in the first few sentences of the paragraphs.
*.Similarly, the sentences that have 'they', 'him' or 'her' or the short names would only come after the proper introduction of the person.
*.If there are pronouns like (it, this, that etc) in the sentence , then it simply means that they have already discussed about the subject. So in maximum cases it won't be the first sentence (I and You are exceptions for this rule).
*.Sentences that begin with 'And', 'But' etc usually follow the central theme with an explanation to the same or give additional information.
*.A central Theme around which the passage is framed. Identify the central theme, which is usually the first sentence.
*.A logical sequence is present which usually describes the central theme.
*.In maximum cases Last sentence ends with some conclusion / statement.
Now lets have a look at an example with detailed explanation :
A.Miss Sullivan arrived at the Keller home when Helen was seven.
B.The deaf and blind Helen learned to communicate verbally.
C.But, eventually, Miss Sullivan's effort was rewarded.
D.Before Helen Keller was two years old, she lost her sight and her hearing.
E.Miss Sullivan worked closely with Helen, her new student.
F.At times the teacher became frustrated.
1.DEFACB
2.DAEFCB
3.ACFDEB
4.CFDABE
5.FDACEB
Explanation:
*.Upon reading the above paragraph, we come to see that inA, B, E, F, the names mentioned are short while inD, the full name is mentioned. HenceDis thefirst sentence.
*.Next we see that Ms. Sullivan comes into the picture when Helen is seven years old and henceAis thesecond sentence.
*.The paragraph revolves around Helen's learning and henceEstates what joins Helen and Ms. Sullivan.
*.SentenceFstates that the teacher became frustrated at times which is followed byC(starts with 'But' which indicates that in spite of something Ms. Sullivan's efforts were rewarded).
*.Sentence B follows stating how the teacher's efforts were rewarded and is the conclusion to a set of events

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Current Affairs

1 .The new Foreign Secratory of India-Sujata singh
2. The new 29th state of india- Tilangana
3. The new chief director of National Research agency-sharad kumar
4. Whom elected the head of Asian athletics association-daljam alahmad(katar)
5. The new head of railway board-ArunendraKumar
6. The new Vice Governor of Delhi-Najeeb Jung
7. The new Chief Minister of Jharkhand-Hemant Soren
8. New coach of Indian hockey team male-M. K. Kaushik
9. The new police commissioner of Delhi-B. S Bassi
10. Where will be built the longest Rail Bridge of India-Assam
11. World’s biggest temple will be in-Mayapur (Kolkata)
12. What is the percentage of poors according to the planning commission-21.9%
13. In which sector central government have been approved the 100% FDI-Telecommunication
14. Our new chief justice-JusticeP. Sadashivam
15. The new central home secretary –Anil Goswami
16. The new managing director of LIC – S. k. Roy
17. The new chairman of Air Asia India-S. Ramadorai
18. The new chief of DRDO-Avinash Chandra
19. The new chief of Central election Commity of Bhajpa is-Premlata Agarwal
20. The famous Director and Actor who have been recently passed away-Rituparno Ghosh

LIST OF IMPORTANT AWARDS


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1. Man Booker Prize 2013 - Eleanor
Catton (for The Luminaries)
2. Man Booker International Prize -
Lydia Davis
3. Asia Pacific International Award -
Dr. Mujeeb Athar
4. Cecil B Demile Award - Woody
Allen
5. Champion for Global Change Award
2013 - Malala Yousafzai
6. First Mahathir Award for Global
Peace - Nelson Mandela
7. German Whistleblower Prize 2013 -
Edward Snowden
8. Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival
- Sacro GRA (Italy)
9. Grand Prize at Cuba's
International Radio and Telivision
Festival
- Baraksat (Lebanese Documentary)
10. IMPAC Dublin Literary Award -
Kevin Barry
11. INDEX Design Award - Kavitha
Shukla
12. ISRO Young Scientist Award -
Jenita Mary
13. Jnanpith Award 2012 - Ravuri
Bharadhwaja
14. Knighthood, which is the highest
honour of Britain - Anish Kapoor
(sculptor)
15. Lata Mangeshkar Samman
Alankaran - Hariharan
16. 'Legend of Planet' award -
Bindeshwar Pathak (Sulabh movement
founder)
17. Library of Congress Gershwin
Award - Carole King (first woman)
18. National Literacy Award -
Chattisgarh
19. NSS Wernher von Braun Memorial
Award - Abdul Kalam
20. NTR National Literary Award -
Manoj Das
21. Sree Narayan Guru Global Secular
& Peace Award 2013 -
Shashi Tharoor
22. Presidential medal of freedom -
Dr. Sally Ride
23. Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2013 -
Adam Johnson (for the novel “The
Orphan Master’s son”)
24. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna - Ranjan
Sodhi
25. Saraswati Samman (2013) –
Sugathakumari
26. Skoch Group Award - Jharkhand
27. Tagore Award for Cultural
Harmony - Zubin Mehta
28. Tagore Peace Prize - Shihab
Ghanem (first Arab)
29. The Simón Bolívar National Award
of Journalism 2013
- Hugo Chavez (late Venezuelan
President )
30. U. N. Champions of the Earth
Award - V. Ramanathan
31. UEFA Best Player in Europe Award
- Franck Ribéry
32. UN’s Public Service Award - Omen
Chandi (Kerala CM)
33. Unique Female Leader Award -
Madeleine Albrite (former US
Secratary)
34. United Nation's Public Service
Award - Oommen Chandy (Chief
Minister of Kerala)
35. US "woman of courage" award -
Nirbhaya (Dehli gang rape victim)
36. Vyas Samman (2012) – Narendra
Kohli
37. Whitley award (Green Oscar) - Dr.
Aparajita Datta
38. Women’s Prize for Fiction - AM
Homes (for her book, May We Be
Forgiven)
39. Youngest Indian to scale the
Mount Everest - Raghav Joneja
40. ParliamentarianAwards - 2012 -
Sharad Yadav

The Nobel Prize winners of 2013 in the different categories........!!




Physiology or Medicine---------------

James Rothman....!!
Randy Schekman...!!
Thomas Suedhof....!!
( for their groundbreaking work on how the cell organises its transport system)......!!!!

Physics-----------------------

Peter Higgs.....!!
Francois Engler.......!!
(for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles.)

Chemistry--------------------------------

Michael Levitt........!!!
Martin Karplus......!!!!
Arieh Warshel......!!!!
(for the development of multi scale models for complex chemical systems).........!!!

Peace------------------------

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)..........!!!
(for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons).....!!

Literature--------------

Alice Munro.....!!
(master of the contemporary short story)

Economics------------------------------

Eugene Fama...................!!!!
Lars Peter Hansen.............!!!!
Robert Shiller...................!!!!
(for their work on creating a deeper knowledge of how market prices move)..............!!!!

Current RBI Policy & Reserve Rates

1. Repo Rate – 7.50%
2. Reverse Repo– 6.50%
3. CRR – 4%
4. SLR – 23%
5. MSF– 9.00%
6. Bank Rate – 9.00%
1. Repo Rate : Whenever the banks have any
shortage of funds
they can borrow it form RBI. Repo rate is the rate at
which
commercial banks borrows rupees from RBI. A
reduction in the
repo rate will help banks to get money at cheaper
rate. When
the repo rate increases borrowing form RBI
becomes more
expensive.
2. Reverse Repo Rate : Reverse Repo rate is the rate
at which
RBI borrows money from commercial banks. Banks
are always
happy to lend money to RBI since their money is in
the safe
hands with a good interest. An increase in reverse
repo rate can
cause the banks to transfer more funds to RBI due
to this
attractive interest rates. One factor which
encourages an
organisation to enter into reverse repo is that it
earns some
extra income on its otherwise idle cash.
3. CRR (Cash Reverse Ratio) : CRR is the amount of
funds that
the banks have to keep with RBI. If RBI increases
CRR, the
available amount with the banks comes down. RBI is
using this
method (increase of CRR), to drain out the excessive
money
from the banks.
4. SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio) : SLR is the amount
a
commercial banks needs to maintain in the form of
cash, or
gold, or govt. approved securities (Bonds) before
providing
credit to its customers. SLR rate is determined and
maintained
by RBI in order to control the expansion of the bank
credit.
5. Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) : MSF rate is the
rate at
which banks borrow funds overnight from the
Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) against approved government securities.
6. Bank Rate : The interest rate at which at central
bank lends
money to commercial banks. Often these loans are
very short in
duration. Managing the bank rate is a preferred
method by which
central banks can regulate the level of economic
activity. Lower
bank rates can help to expand the economy, when
unemployment is high, by lowering the cost of funds
for
borrowers. Conversely, higher bank rates help to
reign in the
economy, when inflation is higher than desired.

ABBREVIATION IN NEWS

1. BSBDA - Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account
2. FCNR(B) - Foreign Currency Non-Resident Bank
3. TARC - Tax Administration Reform Commission
4. ITEs: Intra-Group Transactions and Exposures
5. LCR: Liquidity Coverage Ratio
6. NSFR: Net Stable Funding Ratio
7. LRMT: Liquidity risk monitoring tools
8. CBS: Core Banking Solution
9. DEAF: Depositor Education and Awareness Fund
10. CRAR: Capital to Risk-weighted Assets Ratio
11. External Commercial Borrowings (ECB)
12. SWIFT: Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial
Telecommunication
13. FSLRC: Financial Sector Legislative Reforms
Commission
14. MIBOR: Mumbai Inter-Bank Offer Rate
15. LIBOR: London Inter-Bank Offer Rate
16. LAF – Liquidity Adjustment Facility
17. GIRO - Government Internal Revenue Order
18. EEFC - Exchange Earner's Foreign Currency
19. FRBMA: Fiscal Responsibility and Budget
Management Act
20. ALM- Asset Liability Management
21. AMFI- Association of Mutual Fund in India.
22. TIEA – Tax Information exchange Agreement
23. CAR – Cash Adequacy Ratio
24. CCEA – Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
25. CECA - Comprehensive Economic Cooperation
Agreement
26. CEPA – Comprehensive Economic Partnership
Agreement
27. DTAA – Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement
28. DTC – Direct Tax Code
29. ECBs - External Commercial Borrowings
30. EEFC - Exchange Earner's Foreign Currency
31. EFSF – European Financial Stability Facility
32. FEMA- Foreign Exchange Management Act
33. FII – Foreign Institutional Investor.
34. FINO- Financial Inclusion Network Operation
35. FIPB – Foreign Investment Promotion board
36. FSLRC – Financial Sector Legislative Reforms
Commission
37. FTA- Free trade agreement
38. GAAR - General anti avoidance rule
39. GSLV - Geo-Synchronous Launch Vehicle
40. MSF-Marginal Standing Facility
41. NBFC-Non Banking Finance Companies
42. NCTC - National Counter-Terrorism Centre
43. NEFT - National Electronic Funds Transfer
44. NSG – Nuclear Suppliers Group
45. PPP – Public Private Partnership & Purchasing
Power parity
46. PSLV – Polar Satellite Launch vehicle
47. RTGS - Real Time Gross Settlement
48. SLR-Statutory Liquidity Ratio
49. TAPI - Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India.
50. QFI -Qualified Foreign Investors
51. VVPAT -'Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail'
52. Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA)

Who's Who (Business)



Mr. Cyrus Mistry---------- Chairman Tata Sons
Mr. Mukesh Ambani----- Chairman Relience Industries
Mr. Lakshmi Mittal------- Chairman Mittal Arcelor Steels
Ms. Kiran Majumdar------ Chairman Biocon
Ms. Chanda Kochhar---- Managing Director & CEO ICICI Bank
Mr. Shiv Nadar--------- Chairman HCL Technologies
Mr. Naresh Goyal------- Chairman Jet Airways
Mr. Sunil Mittal---------- Chairman Bharati Group
Ms. Indira Nooye-------- CEO Pepsico
Shikha Sharma---------- MD, CEO Axis Bank
S. D. Shibulal------------ CEO and Managing Director Infosys
Azim H. Premji---------- Chairman Wipro
Mr. Vineet Nayyar------- Chairman of Mahindra Satyam
Mr. Rohit Nandan------- Chairman & Managing Director of Air India
Mr. K. V. Kamath--------- Chairman ICICI Bank
Mr. C. M. Vasudev------ Chairman, HDFC Bank
Mr. Pratip Chaudhuri--- Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI)
Mark Zuckerberg------- CEO Facebook
Narayan Murthi---------- Founder & Chairman of Infosys
Steve Jobs-------------- Founder of Apple Company
Mr. Vijay Maliya-------- Chairman of UB Group and Kingfisher Airlines
Mr. Sunil Mittal---------- Founder of Airtel (Telecom Service Provider in India)
Mr. Kumaramangalam Birla--- Chairman of Aditya Birla Group of Company
Mr. Anand Mahindra--------- Chairman, Mahindra & Mahindra Group
Mr. Warren Buffett----------- Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
Rajan Bharti Mittal---------- President of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) India
Dr. Arup Roy Choudhury------------Chairman NTPC Mittu Chandilya CEO, Air Asia India.....