Expected GK MCQs for LIC AAO Exam - Set 2

Friends, here is the second set of expected General Knowledge Questions for the upcoming LIC AAO Exam. Happy Reading :)

1.      Which of the following statements related to General Insurance Corporation of India is not correct?

a.       It is the sole reinsurance company in the Indian Insurance Market

b.      The entire general Insurance business in India was nationalized by the Government of India (GOI) through the General Insurance Business (Natinalisation) Act (GIBNA) of 1981

c.       It has been active in the Indian Insurance market with over three decades

d.      Its registered office and headquarters is in Mumbai

e.       None of these

FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) Limits

Friends, here is the list of FDI Limits in Various Sectors.

• Civil Aviation - 49 %
• Defence - 26 %
• FM Radio - 26 %
• Insurance - 49 %
• Multi Brand - 51 %
• Pension - 49 %
• Print Media - 26  %
• Public Sec. Banks - 49 %
• Private Sec. Banks - 74 %
• Pharmaceuticals - 100 %
• Telecommunication - 74 %
• Tourism - 100 %

April Month's Expected Current Affairs MCQs - Set 2

The Great Indian Mathematician known as Human Computer recently died due to heart failure. Name her?

Veteran Bollywood actor Pran recently has been honoured a prestegious award. Name it ?

Heads of Important Organizations

Friends, here is the list of Important Organizations along with their Heads. We hope this will be helpful for you in upcoming competitive exams. We will try to update this list when ever we notice any changes required. Please use the comments section below if you have any suggestions / additions / corrections. All the best and Happy Reading :)

April Month Current Affairs MCQs - Set 1

Indian-Origin Economist Raj Chetty Won John Bates Clark Medal For 2013. This medal is also called as?

Ravuri Bharadwaja selected for Jnanpith Award 2012? He is the writer of which language?

Current Affairs MCQs of February - Set 2

Name the France’s President who visited India recently.

Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development Award 2011 is given to………………….

February Month Current Affairs MCQs - Set 1

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has raised the equity investment limit for the Insurance companies to …………………. up from existing 10%.

Which programme was launched by the I&B Ministry for Real Time Engagement with Citizens on 7th February 2013 ?

RBI Cuts Repo Rate and CRR by 25 Basic Points

The Reserver Bank of India today (29th January 2013)  has reduced Repo Rate by a widely expected 25 basis points, taking comfort from cooling inflation as it made the first cut in nine months to support an economy headed for its slowest growth in a decade. So now the Repo Rate has become 7.75 Percent (earlier it was 8%).

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Taiwan Business Man Launches Tang Prize - The Nobel Prize of Asia

Samuel Yin,one of the richest businessmen of Taiwan has launched Tang Prize, an Asian equivalent of the Nobel Prize (ofcourse, even more lucrative than the Nobel we must say) Yesterday (Monday 29th Jan 2013). Samuel Yin, the Taiwanese businessman who is the head of the sprawling Ruentex business empire which has invested heavily in China, said that by donating Tw$3 billion ($101 million) for the Tang Prize he had fulfilled one of his biggest dreams.

“I hope that the prize will encourage more research that is beneficial to the world and humankind, promote Chinese culture and make the world a better place,” he said in a statement released by the prize foundation.

Australian open 2013 Winners List

The 101th Version of the worlds renowned Tennis Tournament Australian Open for the year 2013 was concluded today (27th January 2013). The Australian Open 2013 took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia from 14th January 2013 (Monday) to 27th January 2013 (Sunday). Here is the detailed List of Winners. 

• Men's Singles : 
• Novak Djokovic (Serbia) won by defeating Andy Murray (Britan)

• Women's Singles : 
• Victoria Azarenka (Belarusian) won by defeating Andy Na li (China)

• Men's Doubles : 
• Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan (USA)

• Women's Doubles : 
• Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci( Italy)

• Mixed Doubles : 
• Jarmila Gajdosova & Matthew Ebden (AUS)

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Meet the Chief Guest of Republic Day Parade - Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

India has invited Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck as the chief guest at our 64th Republic Day Celebrations which were held in New Delhi today (Saturday, 26th January 2013). He become the third emperor from Bhutan to grace the event, signifying the importance that India attaches to its neighbor.  The King, who married his girlfriend Jetsun  Pema in October 2011, was received by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the VVIP enclosure at the Rajpath following which he greeted him with a "Namaste". The Oxford-educated 32-year-old, is well-versed with Hindi and is adored by his subjects for his simplistic nature.

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Complete List of Padma Awards Winners 2013 | List of Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri awards Winners for the year 2013

The President of India Pranab Mukherjee has approved the conferment of Padma Awards for the year 2013. There are 108 Personalities from various fields have been selected for the Padma Awards. Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, will be given to Late actor Rajesh Khanna, Late satirist Jaspal Bhatti, actor Sharmila Tagore, Adi Godrej, boxing champion and Olympic bronge medal winner Mary Kom, cricketer Rahul Dravid. Here is the Complete List of Padma Award winners for the year 2013.

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Meet the New CMD of Bank of Baroda - S.S. Mundra

The Centre has appointed the Executive director of Mumbai-based Union Bank of India, Mr S.S. Mundra as the Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of Baroda, The County’s second Largest lender. The top post in the bank fell vacant following the retirement of MD Mallya in the month of November. This will be Mundra's second stint with the bank. He had joined Bank of Baroda in 1977 and was there till 2008 as general manager heading European operations of the bank. He was later joined as an executive director in Union Bank of India.  Mundra’s tenure as the Bank of Baroda's chairman will be for one and half years until he retires in July 2014.

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Meet the Winners of 58th Filmfare Awards 2013

Friends, its seems all of you got bored with our regular posts on Competitive Exams. So for a change, lets listen the Kahani of Barfi.... Yep, these are the two films that led the 58th Film Fare Awards bagging three awards each. Yep, we are talking about the Film Fare Awards, the Oscars of Bollywood. The 58th Film Fare awards held on 20th January 2013 (yesterday) at YRF Studios. The biggest and best celebrities of the Bollywood film industry attended this exclusive event. The two unusual films - Barfi (Directed by Anurag Basu) and Kahaani(Directed by Sujoy Ghosh )directed Kahaani won not only the hearts of the audience but awards as well at this ceremony. And not but not least, John Abraham's maiden home production film Vicky Donor too did magic.  Ranbir Kapoor won yet another Best Actor award at Filmfare for Barfi  and Vidya Balan continued her winning spree in the Best Actress category with her Kahaani.. Here is the detailed list of awards.

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Current Affairs of December Month Pdf Download - National Events

Friends, here is the pdf file of December Month Current Affairs (National Events). We've already updated International Events current affairs of December month in e book format (You can download International Affairs of December here). In this small book of National Current Affairs, we've covered all important events occurred in December month. This will come handy in the preparation of upcoming SSC CGL, LIC ADO and LIC HFL, and some posts of IBPS Specialist Officers Exam. If you have any problems with the downloading link, please use the comments box below to let us know. All the Best and Happy Reading :)

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70th Golden Globe Awards Winners List 2013

The 70th annual Golden Globes awards ceremoney was held in Hollywood on Sunday's evening (January 13), hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler . Here is the detailed list of winners.

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Meet the New Chairman of 14th Finance Commission - Y. V. Reddy

The government of India on Wednesday has announced that the former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governer Y. V. Reddy will be the chairman of 14th Finance Commission.Prior to joining the Reserve Bank as its governor in September 2003, Reddy was India's executive director on the board of the International Monetary Fund.

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Meet the New Deputy Governor of RBI - Urgit Patel

The Indian government today (2nd Jan 2012 -Wednesday) has appointed Renowned Economist and public finance expert Urjit Patel as a Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), putting an end to weeks of speculation over who would fill the position left vacant by the exit of Subir Gokarn, whose term ended Monday (read full story here).

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December Month Current Affairs Free Download - International Affairs

Friends, as you know we're giving you Monthly Current Affairs Magazines in pdf format.... this is the turn of December month current affairs. If you are new to this blog, you can download previous month's current affairs magazines in pdf format from Here. Today we are giving you the pdf magazine of December 2012 month's Current Affairs (International Events). You can get remaining sections soon... Please do use the Comments Section below to share your valuable views on this small book. All The Best and Happy Reading. 

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RBI Deputy Governor Subir Gokarn retires

The Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Subir Gokarn retires. So the Governor of RBI D Subbarao will now be directly in-charge of the monetary policy department which was earlier under Subir Gokarn. Actually Gokarn's three years term had ended in November 2012, but the government had given him one-month extension which expired on December 31, 2012. 

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