Gk questions for SSC exams

1. Who wrote the song "Saare jahan se acha" ?
Answer: Muhammad Iqbal

2. Who give music to the song "Saare jahan se acha" ?
Answer :Pandit Ravi Shankar

3. Which is the worldsoldest news agency?
Answer :AFP (Agence France Press)

4. What is the chemical name of Tear Gas ?
Answer:Chloro acetophenone

5. Which is the only hobby recognized by the United Nations?
Answer:Ham Radio

6. What is the national flower of Pakistan?
Answer:Jasmine

7. What is the scientific name of Cockroach?
Answer :Periplaneta americana

8. What is the unit of luminous intensity?
Answer :Candela

9. Who is the winner of 2012 Us open men's title ?
Answer:Andy Murray

Important International Awards at one Place

Nobel Prizes-The Nobel prizes lore awarded each year under the will of Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist, engineer and inventor of dynamite, who died in 1896. The award is given to those who have made most outstanding contribution in the field of physics, chemistry and physiology or medicine, who have produced most distinguished literary work of an idealist tendency and those who have contributed most towards world peace.

Magsaysay Awards-This award was instituted in memory of the Philippines President Ramon Magsaysay who died in an air crash in 1957. The award carries a gold medal, $ 50,000 and a certificate a and is awarded for the following five services : (i) Government service; (ii ) Public service; (iii) Community Leadership; (iv) Journalism, Literature and Communicative Arts; (v) International Understanding. The awards have been given from 1958 onwards.

Kalinga Prize- This award is presented each year by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to a person with a distinguished career of service in the interpretation of science and research to the public.The prize was instituted by Biju Patnaik, industrialist and politician who is the founder and Chairman of the Kalinga Foundation Trust in the State of Orissa. UNESCO awarded the prize for the first time in 1952.

October GA

• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 20 October 2012 launchedAadhaar Enabled Service Delivery in Dudu district of Rajasthan to mark the 2nd anniversary of Aadhaar
• The Supreme Court of India on 19 October 2012 rejected the plea of Deccan Chargers to put a stay order on the decision of Mumbai High Court that supported the decision of BCCI to terminate the franchise from being in Indian Premier League (IPL).
• Reliance Industries Ltd’s (RIL) Jamnagar Refinery  won the British Safety Council’s ‘Globe of Honor Award’ for excellence in Environmental management.

October GA Part two

British Writer Hilary Mantel won Booker

The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe. The winner of the Man Booker Prize is generally assured of international renown and success.

The selection process for the winner of the prize commences with the formation of an advisory committee which includes an author, two publishers, a literary agent, a bookseller, a librarian, and a chairperson appointed by the Booker Prize Foundation.

मुकेश पांचवे साल भी सबसे रईस भारतीय

 मुकेश अंबानी ने लगातार पांचवे साल देश के सबसे रईस व्यक्ति का रुतबा बरकरार रखा है। अमेरिकी पत्रिका फो‌र्ब्स की ताजा सूची में रिलांयस इंडस्ट्रीज के चेयरमैन 21 अरब डॉलर की संपत्ति के साथ शीर्ष पर काबिज हैं। वहीं वित्तीय संकट से जूझ रही किंगफिशर एयरलाइंस और यूबी समूह के मुखिया विजय माल्या अब अरबपतियों (रुपये मूल्य में अब भी अरबपति हैं) की सूची से बाहर हो गए हैं। देश के शीर्ष सौ दौलतमंदों की सूची में उनका स्थान घटकर 73वां हो गया है। वहीं टॉप टेन से एयरटेल के मुखिया सुनील मित्तल की भी विदाई हो गई है।

Current GA

1. Pranab Mukherjee has been recently elected as the ____ th President of India?
A) 12th
B) 13th
C) 15th
D) 14th
Answer- B) 13th

2. Which Indian Bank has taken step to form India’s first Mortgage guarantee entity just like other developed countries?
A) SBI
B) National Housing Bank
C) LIC Housing
D) HDFC
Answer- B) National Housing Bank

3. Which only Indian President won the Presidential Election without any contest?
A) APJ Abdul Kalam
B) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
C) Rajendra Prasad
D) Pratibha Patil
Answer- B) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy

GA for IBPS RRB

Miss World 2012-Wen xia YU(China)
2.
Brand Ambassador of BMW-Sachin Tendulkar 3. RGN Sadbhavana Award-D.R. Mehta 4. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award- Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt 5. Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2011 - Soumitra Chatterjee (Bengali actor)

Current GA

 National Housing Bank cut Interest Rate by up to 1 percent for Urban Low Income Group
• High Court of AP approved Conditional bail to Koneru Prasad:Emmar Properties Case
• Hero MotoCorp invested 20 million dollar in US based Erik Buell for R&D
• Famous Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was signed as the Brand Ambassador of BMW
• Sally Ride, the first US woman to travel into space died
• Eminent Freedom Fighter and social activist Captain Lakshmi Sehgal passed away
• The Government of Japan on 23 July 2012 decided to honour Indian Environmental philosopher Vandana Shiva with Fukuoka Prize 2012.
• Raghuram Rajan appointed the New Chief Economic Advisor in the FinanceMinistry
• Syed Nasim Ahmed Zaidi appointed New Election Commissioner
• Anil Kumar was appointed as the new Director General for Employee’s State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)
• Appointment Committee of the Cabinet(ACC) appointed Omita Paul as the Secretary of the President
• Manipal University won the Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2012
• Indian Sand Artist Sudarshan Pattnaik won People’s Choice Gold Medal Award in Moscow on 18 July 2012. It was the Second World Sand Sculpture Championship. The theme of World Sand Sculpture Championship 2012 was World Cinema.

SBI reduced the interest rate on the deposits of more than 5 years
India’s leading bank State Bank of India (SBI) on 2 August 2012 reduced the interest rate on the deposits of five year and above to 8.5 percent. The new interest rate effected from 7 August 2012.

Kuchipudi Dance Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam passed away
Kuchipudi Dance Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam passed away on 29 July 2012. He was 83 years old. He was honoured with Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in the year 1998.
He was honoured with Kalidas Puraskar and Kalaimamani by the Government of Madhya Pradesh and Government of Tamil Nadu respectively. He was also honoured with a Doctorate degree by Andhra University.