Computer Awareness Questions in Banking Exam

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The earlier computers, which were massive in size, were based on vacuum tubes.

Early computing machines, like the ENIAC, were actually m...eant to assist the armed forces.

The printers in pre-1950s were punch cards.

An improvement on the ENIAC, which pioneered ‘stored program’, was made possible with the help of the mathe-matician John von Neumann.

Before the 1950s, computers were mostly owned by universities and research labs.

The B-programming language was developed by Ken Thompson.

Famous people, associated with the ENIAC, EDVAC, UNIVAC computers are Eckert & Mauchly.

The 1st commercially produced and sold computer (1951) was UNIVAC.

आफरीदी ने किया एक और कीर्तिमान अपने नाम

 शाहिद आफरीदी दोबारा पाक टीम में शामिल होने के मिले मौके को गंवाना नहीं चाहते इसीलिए वह ताबड़तोड़ एक के बाद एक रिकॉर्ड अपने नाम करते जा रहे हैं।

हरफनमौला क्रिकेटर आफरीदी को एक धाकड़ बल्‍लेबाज के रूप में जाना जाता है। वह गेंदबाजी में भी कमाल करने में माहिर हैं। इस साल दो बार उन्हें पाक टीम में शामिल नहीं किया गया तो उनकी टीम को करारी हार का सामना करना पड़ा।

दक्षिण अफ्रीका दौरा और इंग्लैंड में हुए चैंपियंस ट्रॉफी में टीम की असफलता को देखते हुए पा‌‌क टीम के चयनकर्ताओं ने आफरीदी को मौका देना का फैसला लिया तो उन्होंने इसका जमकर फायदा उठाया।

28 July Current Affair

1. UN Declared 19 November as World Toilet Day

i. In a bid to make sanitation for all a global development priority, the United Nations General Assembly designated 19 November as World Toilet Day, urging changes in both behaviour and policy on issues ranging from enhancing water management to ending open-air defecation.

ii. Adopting a new resolution, the Assembly urged UN Member States and relevant stakeholders to encourage behavioural change and the implementation of policies to increase access to sanitation among the poor, along with a call to end the practice of open-air defecation, which it deemed “extremely harmful” to public health.

iii. Of the world’s 7 billion people, six billion have mobile phones. However, only 4.5 billion have access to toilets or latrines – meaning that 2.5 billion people, mostly in rural areas, do not have proper sanitation. In addition, 1.1 billion people still defecate in the open.

iv. World Toilet Day has previously been marked by international and civil society organizations all over the world. However, it was not formally recognized as an official UN day until today.

2.    Rampur first in N-India to get ATM facility in co-op banks

i. Rampur today become the first city of North India where ATM facility will be available for people maintaining accounts in co-operative banks. 

ii. UP Minister and local MLA Mohammad Azam Khan inaugurated five co-operative bank ATMs in the city today. 

iii. The minister said lakhs of account-holders in co-operative banks will now be able to withdraw money round-the-clock. 

iv. Mohammad Anjum Khan, Secretary-cum-CEO of the District Co-operative Bank, said Rampur has now become the first city of North India where co-operative bank account holders can also avail ATM facility.

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शाही तख्त के नए वारिस का आगमन, जश्न का माहौल

31 वर्षीय डचेज आफ कैम्ब्रिज ने बीती शाम स्थानीय समयानुसार चार बजकर 24 मिनट पर मध्य लंदन के पेडिंग्टन के सेंट मैरी हास्पिटल के निजी लिंडो विंग में जन्म दिया। ब्रिटेन के तख्त के मौजूदा तीसरी पीढ़ी के राजा के आगमन के मौके पर ट्राफ्लगर स्क्वेयर पर फव्वारे को नीली रोशनी से रोशन किया गया और मध्य लंदन में बच्चों के जन्म के तुरंत बाद बीटी टावर पर लिखा दिखा 'इट्स ए ब्वाय'।

भारतीय वायुसेना के आधुनिकीकरण का हिस्सा है C-17: ब्राउन

अमेरिका की यात्रा पर आए वायुसेना प्रमुख एनएके ब्राउन ने कहा है कि बोइंग सी 17 ग्लोब मास्टर सैन्य परिवहन विमान भारतीय वायुसेना के आधुनिकीकरण अभियान का एक महत्वपूर्ण हिस्सा है।ब्राउन ने कल कैलिफोर्निया के लांग बीच में बोइंग कंपनी से दूसरा सी 17 विमान हासिल करने के बाद कहा कि हमारे पहले सी 17 ग्लोब मास्टर तृतीय ने न सिर्फ हमारी सामरिक परिवहन क्षमता को जबर्दस्त रूप से मजूबत किया है, बल्कि यह भारतीय वायुसेना के आधुनिकीकरण अभियान का एक बड़ा हिस्सा है।

अमेरिका की बोइंग कंपनी से खरीदे जा रहे दस सी 17 विमानों में से पहले विमान को एक महीने पहले भारतीय वायु सेना में शामिल किया गया था। बोइंग इस साल तीन और सी 17 विमान प्रदान करेगी तथा शेष पांच विमान 2014 में उपलब्ध कराए जाएंगे। बोइंग से सभी दस सी 17 विमान अनुमानित तौर पर 4.1 अरब अमेरिकी डॉलर में खरीदे जा रहे हैं।

सी 17 विमान प्रतिकूल मौसम में भी परिचालित हो सकते हैं। ये काफी दूर तक बड़ी मात्रा में भार लादकर ले जा सकते हैं और छोटे तथा सामान्य रनवे पर भी उतर सकते हैं। ये पुराने हो चुके रूस निर्मित मालवाहक विमानों के बेड़े की जगह लेंगे।

Who is who

1. Who is the Indian Ambassador to USA?
Ans) Ms Nirupama Rao

2. Who will be the next Foreign Secretary of India?
Ans) Ms Sujatha Singh

3. Who is the new Home Secretary?
Ans) Mr Anil Goswami

4. Who is the new CM of Karnataka?
Ans) Mr Siddaramiah

5. Who is Chairperson of National Women
Commission?
Ans) Ms Mamta Sharma

6. Who is the new chairman of DRDO ?
Ans) Mr Avinash Chander

Main Points of Food Security Bill 2013

Main Points of Food Security Bill 2013

1.    The food security bill approved is directed towards giving the right to food to around 67 per cent of India's 120-crore population (including 75% rural and 50% urban).

2.    While families in the poorest of the poor will continue to get 35 kg of grains per month.

3.    Rice will be made available at 3 Rupees per Kg.

4.    Wheat will cost 2 rupees a kg and cereal will be sold for 1 Rupees per kg.

5.    The Food Security programme will be the biggest in the world with the government spending estimated at Rs. 1,25,000 crore annually on supply of about 62 million tonnes of rice, wheat and coarse cereals to 67 per cent of the population.

6.    About 2.43 crore poorest of the poor families covered under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) scheme under PDS (Public Distribution System) would continue to get 35 kg of food grains per family per month but with legal entitlement.

23 July GK

1. The  government has  allowed Securities  and Exchange  Board  of India  (SEBI), to  pass orders  like
  search and  seizure, attachment  of properties,  arrest and  detention of  defaulters. The  agency now  can
  pass order to recover the wrongful gains made in contravention of laws. The government has also allowed  Sebi   to seek information from other regulators within India and abroad with retrospective effect. It will pave way for   collection of details pertaining to cases pending for over 15 years now.

  2.  Satish  Babu,  Director,  International  Centre  for  Free  and  Open  Source  Software  (ICFOSS),  has   been  elected to  the 2014  Nominating Committee  of the  Internet Corporation  for Assigned  Numbers
  and Names (ICANN). The NomCom of ICANN identifies  individuals for specific leadership positions within   the organisation.

  3. Indian athlete Devendra Jhajharia has created history today by becoming the first differently-abled
  Indian to win a gold medal at the IPC Athletics World Championships in France. He won the gold medal
  in javelin  throw at the  sixth edition of  the event. Jhajharia hurled  the javelin to  57.04 metres in  F-46 category,   meant for one-armed athletes.

  4. India has won a Gold medal in the Women’s Recurve Team event at the Archery World Cup Stage-
  3  in  Medellin,  Colombia.  India’s  Deepika  Kumari,  Laishram  Bombayla  Devi  and  Rimil  Biruly  defeated  the   top seeded Chinese Cheng Ming, Xu Jing and Cui Yuanyuan by 201-186 to win Gold after a gap of 2 years.

IMP. Points on Basel III Norms

IMP. Points on Basel III Norms

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision:

i. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is an institution of Governors of the Central Banks of “G-10” nations and was formed in 1974.

ii. The Committee is a forum for discussion on the handling of specific supervisory problems.

iii. It coordinates the sharing of supervisory responsibilities among national authorities in respect of banks' foreign establishments with the aim of ensuring effective supervision of banks' activities worldwide.

iv. The committee operates from Basel in Switzerland. 

Basel III Guidelines:are based upon 3 very important aspects which are called 3 pillars of the BASEL II.

These III pillars are:

1. Minimum Capital Requirement

2. Supervisory Review Process

3. Market Discipline

Important Points:

18 July GK

RBI hikes short term interest rates to support rupee

i.The Reserve Bank of India hiked short term rates in the first strong measure to support the Indian rupee.

ii. These measures, aimed to curb the rupee's decline by tightening liquidity, came after Governor D Subbarao met Finance Minister P Chidambaram yesterday.

Here's what the central bank has done

i. The RBI has increased banks' cost of borrowing short term money through the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate and Bank Rate each by 200 basis points (2 per cent) to 10.25 per cent.

ii. The measure will make it unattractive for banks to borrow rupee (at cheap rates) and buy dollars (in the forward markets). This will reduce the pressure on the rupee.

iii. The RBI has capped the amount banks can borrow from overnight markets to Rs. 75,000 crore. This is aimed to suck liquidity from the system. This will prevent banks from taking speculative position in forward markets (will support the rupee).

iv. The RBI will conduct Open Market Sales of bonds of Rs. 12,000 crore on Thursday to further suck out liquidity from the system. Bond prices will fall and yields will rise. Higher yields will attract foreign investors in the debt market. 

v. The RBI does not set a target for the rupee, which hit a record low of 61.21 to the dollar last week, but it does take measures to manage volatility.

vi. However, the latest measures will weigh on long term interest rates.

vii. That's because banks may hike deposit rates to attract cheap funds, but the step will lead to higher interest rates driving up home and auto loan rates.

viii. Economist say liberalizing FDI rules will help attract foreign investment into the country, which is badly needed at a time when the rupee is the worst performing currency in Asia.

ix. A weak rupee also poses political challenges for the government, seeking to win a third straight mandate early next year.

RBI CURRENT RATES:

1. Repo  Rate: 7.25%

2. Reverse repo Rate: 6.25%

3. CRR – 4%

4. SLR – 23%

5. Bank Rate – 10.25%

6. MSF (Marginal Standing Rate)– 10.25%

NEW APPOINTMENTS IN INDIA

NEW APPOINTMENTS IN INDIA
1. Sujata Singh – New Foreign Sec. She succeeded Ranjan Mathai
2. Justice P Sathasivam - New CJI (Chief Justice of India). He Succeeded Altamas Kabir’s
3. Avinash Chander - New Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO Chief) replaced V. K. Saraswat
4. Infosys appoints Narayana Murthy as Executive Chairman
5. Sunil Soni – New Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards
6. Shashi Kant Sharma - New Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, replaced Vinod Rai.
7. Kushal Singh - New Chairperson of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)
8. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul takes oath as new CJ of Punjab&Haryana high court
9. Sudha Sharma: New CBDT chief (Central Board of Direct Taxes). She succeeded Poonam Kishore Saxena
10. K R Kamath Re-Elected as the Chairman of Indian Banks'Association (IBA)
11. SK Roy New Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation
12. Asian Athletics Association') President's - Dahlan Jumaan Al- Hamad
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MPORTANT SUMMITS HELD ON 2012-13

MPORTANT SUMMITS HELD ON 2012-13

BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summits
• 4th BRICS Summit 2012 – New Delhi, India
• 5th BRICS Summit 2013 – Durban, South Africa

G-8 Annual Summits Group of Eight (G8) Countries – France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, Russia.
• 37th G8 Meeting 2011 – Deauville, France
• 38th G8 Meeting 2012 – David camp, USA
• 39th G8 Summit 2013 – County Fermanagh, UK
• 40th G8 Summit 2014 – Russia

G-20 Summits
• 7th G 20 Meeting 2012 – Los Cabos, Mexico
• 8th G 20 Meeting 2013 – Saint Petersburg, Russia
• 9th G 20 Meeting 2014 – Brisbane, Australia

SAARC Summits SAARC – South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
• 17th SAARC Summit 2011– Addu, Maldives
• 18th SAARC Summit 2013 – Kathmandu,Nepal

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इस संबंध में बृहस्पतिवार को शासनादेश जारी करने की तैयारी है। भर्ती प्रक्रिया 1 अगस्त से शुरू कर 31 अगस्त तक पूरी की जाएगी। यूपी में पहली बार उच्च प्राइमरी स्कूलों में शिक्षकों की सीधी भर्ती होगी।

Maveric Systems bags 'Best Banking Technology Partner Award'

IT service provider Maveric Systems has bagged the "Best Banking Technology Partner Award" at the 14th Annual Banker Middle East Industry Awards ceremony held in Dubai recently.

"We are delighted to win this award. The Middle East market will be very critical to our transformation and growth as a provider of IT Life-cycle Assurance. In FY14, we expect 50% of our revenue to come from the Middle East market", Ranga Reddy, CEO, Maveric Systems said.

The award was instituted by CPI Financial, a financial media company based in Middle East, a company release said.

3 July Gk

1. With an aim to protect information and build capabilities to prevent cyber attacks, the govt released the National Cyber Security Policy 2013 to safeguard both physical and business assets of the country.

2. The Reserve Bank has directed lenders not to discriminate against their customers and follow a uniform, fair and transparent pricing policy. RBI said in a directive yesterday that banks should not discriminate between their customers at the home branch and non-home branches under the Core Banking Solutions (CBS) platform.

3. Sujata Singh, currently envoy to Germany, will be India’s next Foreign Secretary following an approval of her appointment by PM Manmohan Singh, ending months of speculation on who will head the foreign services.

4. Former Delhi Police commissioner K K Paul was appointed Meghalaya governor replacing Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary. Paul takes over as Meghalaya Governor from R S Moosahary. A 1970 batch IPS officer, Paul was also Member of Union Public Service Commission from 26th July 2007.

5. Jamia Millia Islamia vice-chancellor Najeeb Jung was on Monday appointed Delhi lieutenant-governor replacing Tejendra Khanna.