IMPORTANT GK QUESTIONS FOR SBI UPCOMING EXAMINATION: 28-APRIL-2013
Important Points to remember :
MOU Signed by India :
- India and Russia signed Regulation of co-operation Agreement at Moscow.
- India Signed an agreement with Belgium for the modernization of Indian Railways.
- India and Russia signed pacts on Economic Ties for $2 billion investment fund.
- India and World Bank Signed 500 Million dollar deal for Siksha Abhiyan.
- India and Sweden sign pact to enhance cooperation on social security.
- India and Japan signed an Earth Pact that will enable the latter to import rare Earth minerals from India.
- Indian and Bangladesh decided to increase Rail Link Project.
- India and Mauritius sign MoU in textile sector.
- India and Bangladesh signed MoU on Health.
Some other Points:
- E-stamping to be launch in Delhi on 28-June of all denominations.
- India to launch World's Biggest Cash-to-the-poor program.
- Second all-woman employees post office inaugurated at the Delhi.
- The 5th BRICS summit held in Durban from 26 to 27 march 2013 at the Durban international Convention Centre (ICC).
- HRD Ministry launched Sanskrit Carvan.
- Haryana government decides to implement e-pension scheme system.
- Madhya Pradesh starts new scheme Sampark Setu
- Nirmal Bharat Compaign had started in Sevagram, Maharashtra.
- India's 1st automatic toll collection system launched in Maharashtra.
- UP government launched unemployment allowance scheme.
- Uttrakhand govt to strictly implement 'no work no pay' rule.
- States which ban Gutka- MP, Bihar, kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Gujrat.
- Hamid Ansari inaugurated the Global partnership Summit in the Taj city Agra.
- Shahrukh Khan Ranked 1st in Forbes India Celebrity 100 list.
- Omar Abdullah inaugurated first Civil Air Services in Jammu and Kashmir.
New Appointments in India:
Parthasarathi Shome - advisor to Finance Minister of india.
Krishna Kumar Natrajan - New Chief of NASSCOM
Amitava Bhattacharya - Chairmain of SSC(Staff Selection Commission) (Replaced N. K. Raghupati)
Amarjit Singh - Secretary in UPSC.
Ashwani Kumar (Former CBI Director)- Governor of Nagaland (replaced Nikhi Kumar)
D. Y. Patil - Governor of Bihar (replaced Devanand kunwar)
Devanand Konwar - Governor of Tripura.
Jawahar Sircar - CEO of Prasar Bharati.
Manik Sircar - CM of Tripura for 5th time.
Cyrus Mistry - New Chairman of TATA after retirement of Ratan tata.
S. Raman - Whole time member of SEBI.
Gregg Clark - Coach of the junior hockey Men's National Team.
New Appointments in World:
- Uhuru Kenyatta - president of Kenya.
- Tony Hall - New Director General of BBC.
- Sally Jewell - U.S. Interior Secretary.
- Shinzo Abe - New PM of Japan.
- Nicos Anastasiades - president of Cyprus.
- Hagel - New US Defence Secretary.
- Nicolas Maduro - Venezuela's new President.
- Ahmad Saleem - New Secretary General of SAARC.
Books and Authors :
- A Brush with Life - Satish Gujral
- A foreign policy for India - I. K. Gujral
- A bend in the river - V.S.Naipaul
- A Secular Agenda - Arun Shourie
- Alone in the Multitude - Amrita Preetam
- 'Khushwantnama-The lesson of my Life' - Khushwant Singh
- Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai