Syndicate Bank Probationary Officer Recruitment.....

Syndicate Bank invites applications from young & bright graduates who are interested in a banking career to apply for admissions to one year Post Graduate Diploma in Banking & Finance course.
On succesful completion of the course the candidate will be given appointment as Probationary Officer in junior management grade scale I .

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Expected GA Questions - IBPS PO IV (II Week)

1. Committee appointed to study the feasibility of implementation of Bharath Bill Payment System(BBPS) - G Padmanabhan Committee

2. FDI limit adopted in public sector banks - 20 % (while it is 74% in private sec banks)

3. State with lowest density of population as per census 2011 - Arunachal Pradesh (17)

4. "Mera Khata-Bhagya vidhata" is the slogan for - PM Jan Dhan Yojana

5.Insurance firm that provides Rs 1 Lakh accident insurance in Jan Dhan Yojana - HDFC Ergo General insurance

6.Bank that launched 'video branch' that enables customers to do video conference with bank staff at convenience - IndusInd Bank

7.Maximum limit of pension under Employees Provident Fund organisation - Rs 15,000 ( minimum will be Rs 1,000)

8.Committee appointed by Govt of India to review and recommend amendment in obsolete laws - Ramanujam committee

9. CEO of E-Commerce giant Amazon who visited India recently - Jeff Bezos

10.Country that rejected the independence referendum and decided to stay with UK - Scotland ( 55 N,45 Y)

11. Chairman of Parliament Public accounts Committee : Prof KV Thomas

12. The non-member nation that decided to join the BRICS bank - Bangladesh

13.What is RIET - Real Estate Investment Trust

14. First wildlife corridor to be set up in which state - MadhyaPradesh

15. Chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory and development Authority (PFRDA) -  Hemanth Contractor

16. New Governor of Goa - Mridula sinha

17. 'Make in India,' is associated with - Indian manufacturing sector

18. Director of the film "Liar's dice" - Geethu Mohandas

19. "And then one day" is the autobiography of  - Naseerudin Shah.

20. Gold medals India secured in 17th Asian Games, Incheon - 11 (India is 8th in medal tally with 57 medals)

21. Winners of the Pro kabaddi league - Pune pink panthers defeated U Mumba

22. currency of Argentina - Peso

23. Mario Gotze is associated with - Football ( kicked the winning goal for germany against Argentina)


24. Indian boxer who refused to accept medal at the Asian games : Sarita Devi

25.Chairman of Arjuna Award selection Committee - Kapil Dev ( Ajith pal Sing will
head Dronacharya selection committee)

 

Daily Update-- 9,10 July

1. Emma Watson appointed as UN Good Will Ambassador.
 
    British actress Emma Watson appointed as Un Good Will Ambassador for empowerment of Young women and will work for advocating UN Women's campaign.
This is the first appointment under Phumzle Mlambo Ngucka, the under secretary general and Executive Director of UN Women.

2. F- Cube technology Launched.

  F Cube technology to promote football at ground level was launched in association with Sports Authority of India(SAI) and thefootballlink.F Cube is an interactive software that has various entertaining and educational games and can create standardized tests.

3.FIFA suspended Nigeria from International Competitions.

4. Union Ministry of Health constituted a core group to eradicate the disease Kala Azar by 2015.

5. Union Budget for 2014-15 presented by Finance Minister.

   Read Budget Highlights @

       http://newupdatesexpress.blogspot.in/2014/07/union-budget-2014-15-highlights.html

Union Budget 2014-15 Highlights

Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley presented the annual Budget 2014-15 in Parliament on 10th July.

1. Fiscal deficit target retained at 4.1 pc of GDP for current fiscal.

2. Aims to achieve 7-8 pc growth rate in next 3 to 4 years.

3.FDI in defense raised to 49pc from 26pc.

4.Exemption limit of income tax set to 2.5 lakh from 2 lakh earlier.(limit for senior citizen will be now 3 lakh)

5.Annual PPF limit raised to 1.5 lakh from 1 lakh.

6.3600 cr for rural drinking water project.

7.500 crore for setting up 5 more IIM and IITs.

8.Rupees 50,548 crore for scheduled caste development.

9. Rupees 200 cr for Statue of Unity ,the dream project of PM Narendra Modi.

10. Rupees 2.29 lakh crore for defense ministry, marking an increase of around 12.5 pc.

11. Beti Bachao Beti Padao yojana to create awareness on Women's issues, rupees 100 cr allotted for the same.

12. Rupees 2037 cr for Ganga conservation mission 'Namami Ganga'.

13.Rupees 500 cr for 'Digital India' project to set up broadband connectivity in villages and promote local manufacturing of hardware and software.

14. Time bound program as "financial inclusion mission" to be launched on 15 august 2014.

15. Kisan Vikas Patra to be re introduced.

Daily Update-- 7, 8 July 2014

1. Union Rail budget 2014-15 presented.

     Railway minister DV Sadananda Gowda presented the union railway budget for the year 2014-15 on Tuesday.He highlighted the implementation of PPP models in projects and operation of this mammoth public sector enterprise throughout the budget speech.

Highlights of the budget.

   a. FOB, escalators, toilets on all stations
   b. Food court at major stations
   c. Separate house keeping wing at major stations
   d.17000 RPF personnel and 4000 women personnel for ensuring         safety of passengers.
   e. Setting up Railway university for technical and non-technical      studies.
   f.Ultrasonic broken rail detection system for identifying cracks in tracks.
   g. Bullet train service between Ahmadabad and Mumbai

   h. Special milk tanker for transport of milk.
   i.Office on Wheels,internet and workstations in selected stations.
   j.5 Jansadharan, 5 Premium, 6 AC, 27 Express, 8 Passenger trains are newly allotted.

2. Champions Tennis League launched.

   Veteran Tennis player Vijay Amritraj announced the launch of Champions Tennis League(CTL) . The league will have teams from six major cities playing thirteen matches each.The matches will be conducted over a 10 day period from November 17 to 26.

3. Supreme Court appointed three new Judges.

   Supreme court appointed Justice Arun Mishra, Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice Rohington F Nariman as Supreme court Judges.
Justice Mishra and Justice Goel were the Chief Justice of Calcutta and Orissa  High courts respectively. Rohington F Nariman was a senior advocate of Supreme Court.


 

Daily Update -- 4,5,6 July 2013

1. Union Govt issued 4 new vaccines as apart of UIP.

    Government of India introduced four new vaccines as a part of Universal immunization program .Vaccines for  rota virus ,rubella, polio,vaccine against Japanese encephalitis will be now available at free of cost from government hospitals.The last one will be available only in 179 districts of 9 states which are endemic to the disease.

2. President joined twitter.

   President of India Shri. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee joined twitter with his official twitter account @RashtrapatiBhvn. The account is run and managed by the President's secretariat,the tweets from the president are all signed.
People can follow the account for updates and news from Rashtrapathi Bhavan.

3.RBI restored limit of Overseas direct investment taken under automatic route.

    RBI restored limit of ODI by an Indian company ,under automatic routes of Foreign exchange management act.With this decision an Indian company can undertake financial commitment/investment upto 400 pc net worth in all its joint ventures or wholly owned subsidiaries.

4. Satya Nadella among 4  Indian-American felicitated on US.

    Satya Nadella and three other Indians were honored in US on it's Independence Day for their contributions to US in the great migrants tribute in New York.
   1. Satya Nadella (CEO Microsoft corporation)
   2.Aasif Mandari (Comedian & Actor)
   3.Subra Suresh
   4 Behniz Sethana

5.NABARD and SFAC ink deal to promote small Farmers.

    NABARD , and Small Farmers Agri Business Corporation have signed a MoU to jointly implement schemes for promotion of farm producer organisation.

6.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated Uri II hydroelectric project and Udhampur-Katra rail Line in Jammu & Kasmir.


      PM on a short visit to J&K ,inaugurated 240 MW Uri II hydroelectric project on Jhelum river in Uri area close to line of control(LoC) in Baramullah District.The new project will generate 240 MW from its four units of 60 MW each.
In an another event he inaugurated 25 km long Udhampur-Katra line.Train from Katra named 'Shrisakhthi' express will facilitate pilgrims visiting Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine.