Delhi is all set to take its first major step to curb pollution levels with its ‘odd-even’ vehicle rationing policy.
The formula will come into force from tomorrow (1st January 2016) morning at 8 am.
Important Note : Pollution levels in Delhi as per some studies is among the worst in world’s leading cities is expected to be lowered as lakhs of vehicles are expected to stay off roads for next 15 days.
Topic 1 : "Good sense on LPG subsidy"
Spouse - A marriage partner; a husband or wife.
Vijay Diwas (Victory Day) is observed on ?
An Indian-origin writer from Singapore has been awarded prestigious South East Asia Write Award 2015. Who is he ?
An Indian origin politician has been recently appointed as South Africa's new Finance Minister. Who is he ?
This preliminary meeting will focus on the move to resume the peace process, which was stalled in July following the death reports of Taliban chief Mullah Omar.
Topic 1 : "Short-sighted hike in U.S. visa fee"
1. As per the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 which of the following leads the States with the highest number of SC population with 36.74 per cent?
Eminent Gujarati writer Raghuveer Chaudhary is going to be honored with the 51st Jnanpith Award 2015. He has won this award for his contribution to Indian literature. He is the fourth Gujarati litterateur to bag this prestigious award after Uma Shankar Joshi (1967), Pannalal Patel (1985) and Rajendra Shah (2001). This award carries a cash prize of 11 lakh rupees, a citation plaque and a bronze replica of Saraswati.
National Energy Conservation Day is observed on ?
The Energy Conservation Act in India was executed by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) in which year ?
What is India's rank in Human Development Report 2015 released by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) ?
Good news guys, there will be NO INTERVIEWS for Junior-Level Government Jobs from next year. The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (DoPT) has asked all the government ministries, offices and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) not to conduct Interviews from 1st January 2016.
Which is India's biggest company in terms of annual revenue as 10. per the annual list of 2015 For-tune 500 companies in India?
The 18th session of the India-Iran Joint Commission was held in New Delhi on December 28, 2015.
The session was co-chaired by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ali Tayebnia.
Guinea was declared free of Ebola transmission after more than 2,500 people died from the virus in the West African nation, leaving Liberia as the only country still counting down the days until the end of the epidemic.
The announcement comes 42 days after the last person confirmed with Ebola tested negative for a second time.
The country now enters a 90-day period of heightened surveillance.
Important Note : Ebola, the world's worst outbreak of the disease began in Gueckedou, eastern Guinea, in December 2013 before spreading to Liberia, Sierra Leone and seven other countries. In all, more than 11,300 people died.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today released the Report of a Committee on Medium-term Path on Financial Inclusion. Here are some important points to know about this committee.
RBI constituted this committee on 15h July 2015 to work out a five-year (medium-term) action plan for financial inclusion.
Kishor P Kharat - Executive Director, Union Bank of India.
The Prime Minister-led Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) today appointed senior IAS officer, Amitabh Kant as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NITI Aayog (additional charge).
Mr Kant, a 1980 batch IAS officer of Kerela cadre, is presently a Secretary in Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP). He is going to hold the additional charge in place of the current CEO Sindhushree Khullar, whose tenure ends on December, 31.
The Globe Soccer has recently presented the 6 edition of Globe Soccer Awards for the year 2015. These awards are being jointly organized by EFAA (European Association of Player’s Agents) and the ECA (European Club Association). Here is the complete winners list of these awards.
Topic 1 : "Hunger brews in Bengal’s tea estates"
Topic 1 : "New energy in old friendship"
The Congress Party today celebrated its 131st Foundation Day.
The party was founded on 28th December 1885 during the British Raj.
Its founders include Allan Octavian Hume (a prominent member of the Theosophical Society), Dadabhai Naoroji and Dinshaw Wacha.
Giving a boost to women empowerment, Sikkim government is set to have one all-women Police Station each in all the four districts.
The state government also announced posting of at least one woman Police Personnel in every Police Station.
Topic 1 : "A bold & laudable initiative"
Topic 1 : "Judicial overreaction"
At which place is India's Silicon Valley situated ?
World Choral Day is observed on ?
What is the theme of World Choral Day 2015 ?
For the first time, two indian cities Varanasi and Jaipur have made it to the UNESCO's Creative City Network. Name them ?
Like OSI network model, TCP-/IP also has a network model. TCP/IP was on the path of development when the OSI standard was published and there was interaction between the designers of OSI and TCP/IP standards. The TCP/IP model is not same as OSI model. OSI is a seven-layered standard, but TCP/IP is a four layered standard. The OSI model has been very influential in the growth and development of TCP/IP standard, and that is why much OSI terminology is applied to TCP/IP. The following figure compares the TCP/IP and OSI network models.
As we can see from the above fi-gure, presentation and session layers are not there in TCP/IP model. Also note that the Network Access Layer in TCP/IP model combines the functions of Data link Layer and Physical Layer.
China today officially abandoned its controversial one child policy, allowing couples to have a second child amid deepening demographic crisis of shrinking workforce and ageing population in the world's second largest economy.
Chinese lawmakers passed this historic decision allowing all couples to have two children from January 1, ending its over three and half decades old policy that prevented over 400 million births in the country.
China today adopted its first counter-terrorism law that grants overarching powers to security agencies amid criticism from the U.S. over privacy and freedom of speech.
The new law makes it legal for the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) to participate in counter terror missions overseas.
Topic 1 : "Law-making amid moral outrage"
Directions (Q.No. 1-10) : Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake / error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the number of that part with error as your answer. If there is 'No error', mark (5) as your answer.
Directions: (Q. No. 11 - 15) : Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3), and (4) given below each sentence should replace the phrase underlined in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If there is no error mark (5) No correction required as your answer.
11. All the relevant records are easily available ready for hand.
12. It is not realistic to expectation people to spend so much money.
13. His worst fears were realized when he saw that the door has been forcefully open.
14. Students are taught a number of skills that can be reapplied throughout their studies.
15. He was the only one who knows how the system worked.
Directions (Q.No. 16-20) : Each question below has a blank/ two blanks, each blank indicating that some-thing has been omitted. Choose the word / set of words from the five options for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
17. The new methods are _____________ different from the old.
18. The winning numbers are _____________ selected by the computer.
20. He gave an impressive speech to a _____________ audience.
Directions (Q. No. 21-25) : Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
A. The word reader perceives isolated word pictures at a slow rate of speed.
B. But if the process slows down so that each photograph remains before us for a second or more, the movie becomes absurd, boring and almost meaningless.
C. These impressions fail to blend into a meaningful pattern in exactly the same way as do the individual photographs of a slowed-down movie.
D. As the psychologist puts it, "The whole is more than the sum of its parts"
E. When the individual photographs of a motion picture film pass before our eyes at the rate of approximately twenty frames per second.
F. The word reader sees the trees, perhaps, but the forest escapes him completely.
21. What is the SECOND sentence after rearrangement ?
22. What is the THIRD sentence after rearrangement ?
23. What is the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement ?
24. What is the FIRST sentence after rearrangement ?
25. What is the LAST sentence after rearrangement ?
Directions (Q. No. 26-30) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
It is nothing new that the world is full of hate, that men destroy one another, and that our civilization has arisen from the ashes of despoiled and decimated natural resources. But to relate this destructiveness, this evidence of a spiritual malignancy within us, to an instinct and to correlate this instinct associated with love, this was one of the later flowers of the genius of Freud. We have come to see that just as the child must learn to love wisely, so he must learn to hate expeditiously, to turn destructive tendencies away from himself toward enemies that actually threaten him rather than toward the friendly and the defenseless, the more usual victims of destructive energy.
26. Which of the following best expresses the central meaning of the passage ?
The world is full of hate.
Many people prefer to destruct one other.
Our civilization has risen from destruction.
Destructiveness is an evidence of our spiritual malignancy.
The child must learn to turn his destructiveness against actual enemies.
Directions (Q. No. 31 - 40) : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words/ phrases are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word/ phrase in each case and mark your answer.
The majority of Americans have not read a book in the (31) year. This is the (32) conclusion (33) a survey by the American Institute of Public Opinion. Six out of ten adults questioned (34) that the last time they could (35) reading a book - other than the Bible - was a year ago or more. Even (36) college graduates, one out of four (37) a book in the last 12 months. Fewer books are (38) in the United States than in any major English speaking democracy. In England about three times as many people are to be (39) reading books at any given time as in America. One survey (40) the following percentages of book readers: Great Britain, 55%; Australia, 34%; Canada, 31%; United States, 17%.