Due to tough competition to crack the SBI/IBPS examination candidates are expected to prepare for the examinations appropriately. The first step for the same is that the candidates should we well aware about the SBI/IBPS exam syllabus and pattern. Other than other subject and topics General Awareness is one topic can prepare and score generously. But be aware that proper preparation is required for the same. Please note that General Awareness as a topic is part of main examinations and not SBI/IBPS preliminary examinations.
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IBPS/Bank PO 2017-18 : Study These General Awareness Topics
Due to tough competition to crack the SBI/IBPS examination candidates are expected to prepare for the examinations appropriately. The first step for the same is that the candidates should we well aware about the SBI/IBPS exam syllabus and pattern. Other than other subject and topics General Awareness is one topic can prepare and score generously. But be aware that proper preparation is required for the same. Please note that General Awareness as a topic is part of main examinations and not SBI/IBPS preliminary examinations.
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SBI Clerk Mains Admit Card 2018:
SBI Clerk Mains Admit Card 2018:
STATE-WISE GENERAL CATEGORY CUT of SBI CKERK 2018 PRELIMS
Chhatisgarh – 67.25
Bihar – 66.5
SBI Junior Associate Prelims 2018 Result
State Bank of India (SBI) has released the online SBI Junior Associate 2018 Prelims examination result 2018, which was held on 23rd, 24th and 30th of June 2018. We congratulate those candidates who got selected for SBI Clerk Mains 2018 examination which will be held on 05th August 2018 and those who are not selected don't get dishearten as you have a huge lineup of exams ahead.
ELECTORAL BONDS
government’s desire to move to a cashless economy, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
introduced the electoral bonds scheme. The scheme, announced d
uring the 2017 Budget, aims
to account the donations made to all major political parties.
What is Electoral Bond?
An electoral bond is designed to be a bearer instrument like a Promissory Note - in effect, it
will be similar to a bank note that is payable to the bearer on demand and free of interest. It can
be purchased by any citizen of India or a body incorporated in India.
New 100 Rupee Note To Be Issued Shortly. What It Looks Like ?
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday said it would issue new Rs 100 banknotes "shortly". The new banknote of Rs 100 denomination will be of the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series, the central bank said. The new banknote of Rs 100 will be in the base colour of lavender and will have a motif of Rani Ki Vav - a heritage site located in Gujarat - on the reverse side. The existing banknotes of Rs 100, issued by the RBI in the earlier series, will continue to be legal tender.
List Of Important Food Festival And Countries Where Its Celebrated
2.Chocolate Festival London UK
3.Tomato Festival Spain
4.Onion Eating Festival Spain
5.Orange Warsaw Festival Poland 6.Vegetarian Festival Thailand 7.Watermelon Festival Australia
8.Baltic Herring Festival Helsinki Finland 9.Food & Wine Festival Melbourne Australia
10.International Mango Festival New Delhi India
11.Street Food Festival San Francisco USA
Rising Cut-Off Of SBI PO | SBI PO Cut-Off: 2015-2018
FIFA World Cup 2018
Questions asked in SBI PO Prelims Exam: 1st July First Shift
NABARD grade A... The 8 Major Types of Farming Systems in India
Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
The RBI was established by passing “trasfer of public ownership Act” in Sep-1948 under which the ownership of the bank was passed into the hands of the Government of India with effect from 1st january 1949.
Banking Awareness
First bank to introduce internet banking: ICICI bank
First bank to introduce mutual fund: State Bank of India
First bank to introduce credit card in India: Central Bank of India
Which cards are known as plastic money – Credit Cards.
Open market operations are carried out by – RBI
Capital market regulator is – SEBI
Country name and Capital name are same
Mexico – Mexico City
Kuwait – Kuwait City
Panama – Panama City
Vatican City – Vatican City
Guatemala – Guatemala City
Djibouti – Djibouti City
Singapore - Singapore
Monaco – Monaco
Google payment app 'Tez ; launched : Important Highlights
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has launched Internet giant Google's free mobile wallet and payments app titled 'Tez' in India. Tez app will let users link up their phones to their bank accounts to pay for goods securely in physical stores and online.
RBI considering India's own Cryptocurrency - Lakshmi
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is considering a proposal to introduce India's own cryptocurrency similar to Bitcoin.
The government might name its cryptocurrency ‘Lakshmi‘.
The proposal was reportedly discussed by a committee of government officials who found the idea of running blockchain for financial services useful.
Banking CA -
India’s GDP growth likely to slip below 7 % this fiscal year: DBS
On 15th September 2017, a report by DBS, a multinational banking and financial services corporation, said that India’s GDP growth is likely to reduce below 7 % this financial year.
i. According to DBS, two main reasons for the downfall are demonetisation in November 2016 and GST implementation in July 2017. These added to the already slow growth in manufacturing and investment sectors.
The Hindu Newspaper Editorial Vocabulary For IBPS RRB 2017
Example: I appeal to the CBI to investigate the case as expeditiously as possible.
1. Expeditious [ek-spi-dish-uh s]
Adjective: characterized by promptness; quick.
Synonyms: ardently, assiduously, carefully, diligently, eagerly, earnestly, energetically, enthusiastically, hastily, hurriedly, laboriously, nimbly, painstakingly, purposefully, restlessly, vigorously, agilely, animatedly, arduously, briskly, fervently.
Complete List Of PM Modi's Council Of Ministers After Cabinet Reshuffle
Four junior ministers — Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Dharmendra Pradhan, Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal — were elevated to the Cabinet rank and nine fresh faces inducted as Ministers of State in a major rejig of his team by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. The new ministers of state were sworn in by President Ram Nath Kovind at a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday.
1st SEPTEMBER CURRENT AFFAIRS
CURRENT AFFAIRS
IMPORTANT DAYS
National Sports Day 2017: 29 August 2017
National Sports Day in India is celebrated on August 29, the birthday of Dhyan Chand, one of the greatest field hockey players of all time. Dhyan Chand won gold medals for India in Olympics in the years 1928,1932 and 1936. National Sports Awards such as Arjuna and Khel Ratna are conferred on selected athletes by the President of India every year, on this day. The National Hockey stadium in Delhi was renamed as Dhyan Chand National Stadium in 2002. The National Sports Day celebrations are a commemoration of his achievements. The day is also known as Rashtriya Khel Divas. The Major Dyanchand Awards conferred on athletes is the highest award for lifetime achievement in sports and games in India.
New Rs 50 note photo leaked? Have a look
Last year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the demonetisation of old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in December had said that it will soon be coming up with new currency notes of Rs 50 and Rs 20 denominations with numerals in ascending size in the number panels and without intaglio printing. Since then, there was no official word on these notes and the buzz around them had died until today, when pictures of the yet-to-be-unveiled note of Rs 50 denomination came out on social media, according to The Indian Express. The notes are pale turquoise in colour, quite different from the notes of the same denomination that are currently in circulation.The Five Generations of Computers
The Five Generations of Computers
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ļ¦ļ¦Charles Babbage is considered as the “father of the computer”. He invented the first mechanical computer in the early 19th century.ļ¦ļ¦
ļ¦ļ¦The principle of the modern computer was proposed by Alan Turing.ļ¦ļ¦
Mission IBPS || Who, That, Which || English
Mission IBPS Who, That, Which
Rule 1. Who and sometimes that refer to people. That and which refer to groups or things.
Anya is the one who rescued the bird.
"The Man That Got Away" is a great song with a grammatical title.
Lokua is on the team that won first place.
She belongs to a great organization, which specializes in saving endangered species.
Puzzle For IBPS PO
Seven people, namely J, K, L, M, N, O and P have to attend a wedding but not necessarily in the same order, on seven different months (of the same year) namely January, February, April, May, July, October and November. Each of them also likes cars of a different company namely Hyundai, BMW, Jaguar, Mercedes, Audi, Fiat and Volkswagen but not necessarily in the same order.K will attend a wedding in the month which has only 30 days. O will attend a wedding in the month which has less than 30 days. Only one person will attend the wedding between O and M. Only one person will attend a wedding between K and J. Only two people will attend a wedding between J and the one who likes Volkswagen. The one who likes Mercedes will attend a wedding immediately before the one who likes Volkswagen K does not like Mercedes. Only two people will attend a wedding between the one who likes Mercedes and the one who likes BMW. L will attend a wedding immediately before N. Only one person will attend a wedding between N and the one who likes Jaguar. The one who likes Hyundai will attend the wedding immediately before the one who likes Fiat.
Cube Roots of Perfect Cubes Using Vedic Mathematics
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Points to remember
✔ To calculate cube root of any perfect cube quickly, we need to remember the cubes of 1 to 10 and we need to remember an interesting property.
⏺1³ = 1
If last digit of perfect cube =1,
last digit of cube root =1
IMPORTANT VOCAB STARTING WITH ALPHABET "D"
Syn – trifle with , mess around
Dagger - short knife with appointed and edged blade, used as a weapon.
Syn -poniard, bayonet
Dainty -delicately small and pretty.
Syn – prim , squeamish Dangle-1) hang or swing loosely.
Syn-Hang , swing
2) offer (an enticing incentive) to someone.
Syn-Lure , bait
Dank -unpleasantly damp and cold.
Syn – clammy,humid
Dapper - neat and trim in dress and appearance.
Syn -jaunty , chic , rakish , dashing
Dappled -marked with spots
The horse's dappled flank
Syn- variegated ,brindled
Daunt - to make feel nervous and less confident about something
Some people are daunted by technology
Syn- intimidate , abash
Dawdle -waste time; be slow.
She must not dawdle, she had to make the call now
Syn – procrastinate , loiter
Discretion- the quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offence or revealing confidential information.
"she knew she could rely on his discretion"
Syn- prudence , vigilance
Dissent - hold or express opinions that are different with those commonly held
Two member dissented from the majority
Syn – dissidence , discord
Dispassionate- not influenced by strong emotion
She dealt with disaster in a. calm and dispassionate way
Syn- impassive , nonchalant
Dispel - drive away thought, belief
Syn- disband , expel
Dispense - distribute or provide (a service or information) to a number of people.
The C .M was dispensing woollen clothes to poor
Disport –amusement , diversion from work
A painting of ladies disporting themselves by a lake
Syn- conviviality, mirth
Dissemble-pretend
He was smiling dissembling his true emotions
Syn- camouflage,shroud
Disseminate- spread (something, especially information) widely
The health authorities should foster better climate by disseminating information
Syn- promulgate ,Propagate
Desertation- a long essay on a particular subject
Dissident - a person who opposes official policy
A dissident was jailed by ruling regime
Syn- discordant , heretical
Disdain - consider to be unworthy of one's consideration.
He disdained him as an inferior rabble
Syn- disparagement, insolence
disgruntled- angry or dissatisfied.
Judge receive letter from disgruntled member of the committee
Syn- displeased, Ingratitude
bellyaching- complain noisily
Workers were bellyaching about lack of resources
Syn- bemoan, groan
Dishevelled – untidy
A man with long dishevelled hair
Syn- bedraggled , messy
Dismal - pitifully or disgracefully bad.
He was shuddered watching his team dismal performance
Syn – awful ,
Current Affairs : 2nd August 2017
APPOINTMENTS
US Senate confirms Christopher Wray as FBI Director
The US Senate has confirmed the appointment of Christopher Wray as the Director of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Wray was elected to the post by winning 92-5 votes of the Senate.
š Banking & Financial Awarenessš (31 July & 1 August 2017)
(31 July & 1 August 2017)
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✔Airtel Payments Bank ties up with HPCL for ATM Services
14,000 HPCL stations will act as banking points for Airtel Payments Bank
Customers will be able to open new accounts, make cash deposits
Airtel Payments Bank aims to boost digital payments in the country
✔RBI imposes Rs 3 crore penalty on Union Bank of India
Important current affairs
Answer: Listen First-Listening to children and youth is the first step to help them grow healthy and safe
Q2. Which Cricket team became the team to score the most 300-plus totals in One Day International (ODI) Cricket?
Answer: Indian
August 2, 2017 - The Hindu Vocabulary
◆A clear failure: On Tamil Nadu and NEET
EDITORIAL 1
◆Norm - something that is usual, typical, or standard.
◆Solely - not involving anyone or anything else; only.





