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www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 General Awareness, Current Affairs Reference points for UIIC NIACL NICL AO, Assistant Exams 2015 Updated on 12 January 2015 IRDA of India: Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Founded 1999. IRDA Name Changed from Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority to IRDA to Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India In the year December 2014. Duties and Responsibilities of IRDA: The duties, powers and functions of IRDA have been specified under Section 14 of IRDA Act, 1999. The IRDA Authority has the duty to promote, regulate and ensure orderly growth of the insurance and re-insurance businesses across India, subject to the provisions of this Act and any other additional law that is being enforced. Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions contained in sub-section (1) of IRDA Act, the powers and functions of the Authority shall include: Issuing a certificate of registration to the applicant as well as modify, renew, withdraw, suspend or cancel any such registration that is deemed unfit. Protecting the interests of the policyholders in matters concerning assigning of insurance policy, nomination by policyholders, settlement of insurance claim, insurable interest, surrender value of policy and other terms and conditions based on contracts of insurance. Specifying requisite qualifications, practical training and code of conduct for insurance intermediaries, insurance brokers and agents. Specifying the code of conduct for surveyors and loss assessors. Promotion of efficiency in the conduct of insurance business. Promoting and regulating professional organizations connected with the insurance and re-insurance business across India. Levying fees, commission and other charges for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Calling for data or information from, undertaking inspection of, conducting enquiries and investigations, conducting audit of the insurers, intermediaries, 1 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 insurance intermediaries and other organizations connected with the insurance business. Under section 64U of the Insurance Act, 1938 (4 of 1938), controlling and regulation of the rates, advantages, terms and conditions etc that may be offered by insurers (or Insurance Companies) in respect of general insurance business not so controlled and regulated by the Tariff Advisory Committee. Specifying the manner and form in which books of account shall be maintained and statement of accounts, financial statements etc shall be rendered by insurers and other insurance intermediaries. Keeping a tab, exercising control and regulating investment of funds by insurance companies. Regulating the maintenance of margin of solvency by the Insurers. Adjudication of disputes between insurers and intermediaries or insurance intermediaries, hospitals, healthcare organizations or with customers. To effectively supervise the functioning of the Tariff Advisory Committee. Specifying the percentage of premium income of the insurer to finance schemes for promoting and regulating professional organizations referred to in clause (f); Specifying the percentage of life insurance business and general (or non-life) insurance business to be undertaken by the insurance company in the rural or social sector. Exercising any such other powers that may be prescribed with passage of time. IRDA Tag line: "Promoting Insurance. Protecting Insured" 2 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 List Of Insurance Companies In India: General Insurance Companies: Public Sector Name Head of office Establishing Year United India Insurance Comp. Ltd Chennai 1938 (Nationalized in 1972) New India Assurance comp. Ltd Mumbai 1919 (Nationalized in 1972) National Insurance Company Kolkata 1906 (Nationalized in 1972) The Oriental Insurance Company Mumbai 12th September 1947 Private Sector Name ICICI Lombard IFFCO Tokio Liberty Videocon General Insurance Co Ltd Reliance General Insurance Royal Sundaram Tata AIG General Life Insurance: In Public Sector: Life Insurance Corporation of India: Head Office: Mumbai Points to LIC: Tag Line: "Your welfare is our responsibility" Establishing year: 1 September 1956 3 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 Insurance Companies and tag Lines: S No Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Apollo Munich Health Insurance Aviva India Life Insurance Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Limited Birla Sun Life Insurance Company Limited Exide Life Insurance India Company Future Generali Life Insurance HDFC Standard life Insurance Company Limited ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance Limited Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC): Max Bupa Health Insurance Max Life Insurance Company Limited Max Newyork Life Insurance Company Limited New India Assurance Company Limited Oriental Insurance Company Limited PNB MetLife India Insurance Company Limited SBI Life Insurance Company Limited Tata AIA Life Insurance Company Limited United India Insurance Company Limited 4 Tag line We know Healthcare. Kal par Control Jiyo Befiqar Muskurate Raho Adding Life to Insurance Ek Shagun Zindagi Ke Naam Sar utha Ke Jiyo Zimmedari ka humsafar Faidey ka Insurance Yogakshemam Vahamyaham Your Health First Aapke Sachhe Advisor Karo Zyada ka Iraada India’s premier general insurance company Prithvi, Agni, Jal, Akash, Sabki Suraksha Hamare Paas Have you met life today? With Us, You re Sure You click, we cover Rest Assured with Us www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 Cups & Trophies: Wills Trophy : Cricket National Agha Khan Cup : Hockey C. K. Naydu Trophy : Cricket D. C. M. Cup : Football International Deodhar Trophy : Cricket Ashes : Cricket Dhyan Chand Trophy : Hockey Asia Cup – Cricket, Hockey Dilip Trophy: Cricket Australian Open – Lawn Tennis Durand Cup: Football Azlan Shah Cup - Hockey Gavaskar –Border Trophy – Cricket Champions Trophy : Hockey/Cricket Lal Bahadul Shastri Cup – Hockey Corbitton Cup : Table Tennis (Women) lrani Trophy : Cricket Davis Cup : Lawn Tennis MCC Trophy : Hockey Derby : Horse Race Nehru Trophy : Hockey FIFA World Cup : Football Ranji Trophy : Cricket French Open – Lawn Tennis Rohinton Baria Trophy : Cricket Johar Cup – Hockey Rovers Cup : Football Merdeka Cup : Football Sahara Cup – Cricket Ryder Cup : Golf Santosh Trophy : Football Sharjah Cup - Cricket Singer Cup – Cricket Thomas Cup : Badminton (Men) Subroto Cup : Football Uber Cup : Badminton (Women) Vijay Merchant Trophy : Cricket Wellington Trophy : Rowing 5 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 Important Dates Month Wise (updated): JANUARY: MARCH: Jan 1...... Army Medical Corps Establishment Day Mar 3...... National Defence Day Jan 8 ...... African National Congress Foundation Day Mar 4...... National Security Day Mar 8...... International Women's Day Jan 9 ...... Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Mar 12...... Central Industrial Security Force Day Jan 10...... World Laughter Day Mar 15...... World Consumer Day Jan 11 ......Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri Mar 16...... National Vaccination Day Jan 12...... National youth Day (Birth Day of Mar 21...... World Forestry Day SwamiVivekanand) Mar 22...... World Day of Water Jan 15...... Army Day Mar 23...... World Meterological Day Jan 23...... Netaji Subhashchandra Bose's birth Mar 24...... World TB Day Anniversary Mar 26...... Bangladesh Liberation Day Jan 25...... India Tourism Day, Indian Voter Day APRIL: Jan 26...... Republic Day April 1...... Odisha Day Jan 28...... Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai April 5...... National Meritime Day Jan 30...... Martyr's day, World Leprosy Eradication April 7 ...... World Health Day Day April 18 ...... World Heritage Day Jan 31...... World Leprosy Eradication Day April 22...... World Earth Day FEBRUARY: MAY: Feb 2...... World Wetlands Day Feb 13...... Sarojini Naidu's Birth Anniversary May 1 ...... International Labour Day, Maharashtra Day Feb 14...... St. Valentine's Day May 3 ...... International Energy Day Feb 24...... Central Day Excise May 8 ...... International Red Cross Day Feb 28...... National Science Day May 11 ...... National Technology Day April 14 ...... B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day 6 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 May 17 ...... World Telecom Day Sept 25 ...... Social Justice Day May 24 ...... Commonwealth Day Sept 27 ...... World Tourism Day May 31 ...... World No Tobacco Day OCTOBER: JUNE: Oct 1 ...... International Day for the Elderly (UN) June 5 ...... World Environment Day Oct 2 ...... Gandhi Jayanti June 8 ...... World Oceans Day Oct 3 ...... World Nature Day, World Habitat Day June 21….. International Day of Yoga Oct 4...... World Animal Day June 23 --- United nation public service day Oct 5...... World Teacher's Day JULY: Oct 6...... World Wildlife Day, World Food Security Day July 1 ...... Doctor's Day Oct 8...... Indian Airforce day July 4 ...... American Independence Day Oct 9...... World Postal Day July 26 ...... Kargil Victory Day AUGUST: Oct 10...... World Mental Health day; National Post Aug 6 ...... Hiroshima Day Day Aug 9 ...... Quit India Movement Day Oct 12...... World Sight day Aug 12 ...... International youth Day Oct 13 ...... World Calamity Control Day(UN) Aug 15 ...... India's Independence Day Aug 20 ...... Sadbhavana Diwas Oct 15 ...... World White cane day(guiding the blind) Aug 29 ...... Sports Day (Dhyanchand's Birth Day) Oct 24 ...... United Nations Day SEPTEMBER: Oct 31 ...... National Integration Day (In memory of Sept 5 ...... Teacher's Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan's Birth Idira Gandhi) Day) NOVEMBER: Sept 8 ...... International Literacy Day Nov 7 ...... Infant Protection day; World Cancer Sept 14 ...... Hindi day,World First Aid Day Awareness Day Sept 16 ...... World Ozone Day Nov 9 ...... Legal Service Day 7 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 Nov 10 ...... Transport Day Dec 7 ...... Armed Force Flag Day Nov 14 ...... Children's day/ World Diabetics day Dec 10 ...... Human Rights day Nov 17 ...... Guru Nanak Dev's Birth Anniverrsary Dec 11 ...... UNICEF Day Nov 26 ...... Law Day Dec 14 ...... National Energy Conservation Day DECEMBER: Dec 19 ...... Goa's Liberation day Dec 1...... World AIDS Day Dec 23 ...... Kisan Divas (Farmer's Day) Dec 3 ...... World Disability Day Dec 25 ...... Good Governance Day Dec 4 ...... Navy Day Share Your Suggestions: publish@bitsadda.com Follow Daily updates: www.fb.com/bitstime WhatsApp: Bitsadda.com Save 96763-32126 Send Hi bitsadda Team 8 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 Books and Authors 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. My experiments with Truth …….. Mahatma M.K.Gandhi Far from the Madding Crowd …….. Thomas Hardy Geetanjali …….. Rabindra Nath Tagore One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch …….. Alexander Solzhenitsyn The Merchant of venice …….. William shakespeare The Moon and Six pense …….. Somerset Maughan Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come …….. John Bunyan 8. A Tale of Two Cities …….. Charles Dickens 9. Utopia …….. Sir Thomas Moor 10. Origin of species …….. charles Darwin 11. David Copperfield …….. Charles Dickens 12. A passage to India …….. E.M.Forster 13. Gulliver's Travels …….. Jonathan Swift 14. Discovery of India …….. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru 15. The Vicar of Wakefield …….. Oliver Goldsmith 16. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire …….. Edward Gibbon 17. The Lady of the Last Minstrel …….. Sir Walter Scott 18. Pride and Prejudice …….. Jane Austen 19. Time Machine …….. H.G. Wells 20. Arthashastra …….. Kautilya 21. Le Contract Social …….. Jean Jacques Rousseau 22. Avigyan Sakuntalam …….. Kalidas 23. Anand Math …….. Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay 24. Mein Kampf …….. Adolf Hitler 25. Ain-i-Akbari …….. Abul Fazal 26. Akbar-Nama …….. Abul Fazal 27. Shakuntala …….. Kalidas 28. War and peace …….. Leo Tolstoy 29. A Dangerous place …….. D.P. Moynihan 30. Raghuvamsa …….. Kalidas 31. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes …….. Arthur Conan Doyle 32. Adventures of Tom Saweyer …….. Mark Twain 33. Agni Veena …….. Kazi Nasrul Islam 34. Alice in Wonderland …….. Lewis Carrol 35. Ancient Mariner …….. Coleridge 36. Animal Farm …….. George Orwell 37. Anna Karenina …….. Tolstoy 38. Antony and Cleopatra …….. Shakespeare 9 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 39. Arms and the Man …….. G.B.Shaw 40. Around the World in eighty days …….. Jules Verne 41. Baburnama …….. Babur 42. Ben Hur …….. Lewis Wallace 43. Bhagwat Gita …….. Ved Vyas 44. Bisarjan …….. R.N.Tagore 45. Canterbury Tales …….. Chaucer 46. Chitra …….. R.N.Tagore 47. Count of Monte Cristo …….. Alexander Dumas 48. Crime and Punishment …….. Dostoevsky 49. Das Kapital …….. Karl Marx 50. Divine Comedy …….. Dante 51. Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde …….. Stevenson 52. Don Quixote …….. Cervantes 53. Dr.Zhivago …….. Boris Pasternak 54. For whom the Bell Tolls …….. Ernest Hemingway 55. Forsyte Saga …….. John Galsworthy 56. Freedom at Midnight …….. Dominique Lapierre 57. Gathering Storm …….. Winston Churchill 58. Geet Govind …….. Jaya Dev 59. Gora …….. R.N. Tagore 60. Hamlet …….. Shakespeare 61. Harsha Charit …….. Bana Bhatt 62. Hunchback of Notre Dame …….. Victor Hugo 63. Hungry Stones …….. R.N.Tagore 64. Illiad …….. Homer 65. Invisible Man …….. H.G.Wells 66. Ivanhoe …….. Walter Scott 67. Jungle Book …….. Rudyard Kipling 68. Kadambari …….. Bana Bhatt 69. Kidnapped …….. R.L.Stevenson 70. King Lear …….. Shakespeare 71. Kumar Sambhav …….. Kalidas 72. Last Days of Pompeii …….. Bulwar Lytton 73. Les Miserable …….. Victor Hugo 74. Life Divine …….. Shri Aurobindo 75. Mahabharata …….. Vyas 76. Man and Superman …….. G.B.Shaw 77. Meghdut …….. Kalidas 78. Mother …….. Maxim Gorky 79. Odyssey …….. Homer 80. Oliver Twist …….. Charles Dickens 81. Othello …….. Shakespeare 10 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 82. Panchatantra …….. Vishnu Sharma 83. Paradise lost …….. John Milton 84. Pickwick Papers …….. Charles Dickens 85. Plague …….. Albert Camus 86. The Post Office …….. R.N.Tagore 87. Principia …….. Issac Newton 88. Ramayana …….. Valmiki 89. Robinson Crusoe …….. Daniel Defoe 90. Shah Nama …….. Firdausi 91. Shape of things to come …….. H.G.Wells 92. Three Musketeers …….. Alexander Dumas 93. The Tempest …….. Shakespeare 94. Tom Sawyer …….. Mark Twain 95. Treasure Island …….. R.L.Stevenson 96. Ulysses …….. James Joyce 97. Uncle Tom's Cabin …….. Mrs.Harriet Stowe 98. Waste Land …….. T.S.Eliot 99. Nineteen Eighty-four …….. George Orwell 100. Sunny Days …….. Sunil Gavaskar 101. Faust …….. Goethe 102. Arabian Nights …….. Sir Richard Burton 103. The City of Joy …….. Dominique Lapierre 104. The One Day Wonders …….. Sunil Gavaskar 105. Silas Marner …….. George Eliot 106. Bachelor of Arts …….. R.K.Narayan 107. China Passage …….. John Kenneth Galbraith 108. A Suitable Boy …….. Vikram Seth 109. A Voice For Freedom …….. Nayantara Saigal 110. A Week with Gandhi …….. Louis Fisher 111. A Woman's Life …….. Guy de Maupassaut 112. Age of Reason …….. Jean Paul Sartre 113. Asian Drama …….. Gunnar Myrdal 114. The Bubble …….. Mulk Raj Anand 115. Ben Hur …….. Lewis Wallace 116. The Castle …….. Franz Kalka 117. Chandalika …….. Rabindra Nath Tagore 118. The Class …….. Erich Byron 119. The Clown …….. Heinrich Boll 120. Comedy of Errors …….. William Shakespeare 121. Communist Manifesto …….. Karl Marx 122. Confessions …….. Jean Jacques Rousseau 123. The Court Dancer …….. Rabindra Nath Tagore 124. Death of a City …….. Amrita Pritam 11 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140. 141. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150. 151. 152. 153. Decline and Fall of the Roman …….. Edward Gibbon Empire Essays of Gita …….. Sir Aurobindo Ghosh French Revolution …….. Thomas Carlyle Ganadevata …….. Tara Shankar Bandopadhyaya Glimpses of World History …….. Jawaharlal Nehru The Godfather …….. Mario Puzo Grammar of Politics …….. Harold T.Laski Guide …….. R.K.Narayan Hindu View of Life …….. Dr.S.Radha Krishnan Hungry Stones …….. Rabindra Nath Tagore India Divided …….. Dr.Rajendra Prasad Jurassik Park …….. Michael Crichton Kidnapped …….. Robert Louis Stevenson Richard Nixon …….. Leaders Mahatma Gandhi …….. Romain Rolland The Masters …….. C.P.Shaw My Truth …….. Indira Gandhi Old Man and the Sea …….. Earnest Hemingway The Other Side of Midnight …….. Sindye Sheldon Pride and Prejudice …….. Jane Austen Shape of Things to Come …….. H.G.Wells Sons and Lovers …….. D.H.Lawrence Treasure Island …….. R.L.Stevenson Valley of Dolls …….. Jacqueline Susann Wealth of Nations …….. Adam Smith My Years with Rajiv and Sonia …….. R D Pradhan Narendra Modi …….. Andy Marino Public Issues Before Parliament …….. Vijay Darda India at Risk …….. Jaswant Singh 154. Water, Peace and War ‐ Confronting the Global Water Crisis …….. Brahma Chellaney. More Books and Authors Updates Available Next Version 12 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 List of Countries, Capital and Currency S Country Name No 1 Afghanistan Capital Currency Kabul Afghani 2 Albania Tirane Lek 3 Algeria Algiers Dinar 4 Andorra Andorra la Vella Euro 5 Angola Luanda New Kwanza 6 Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's East Caribbean dollar 7 Argentina Buenos Aires Peso 8 Armenia Yerevan Dram 9 Australia Canberra Australian dollar 10 Austria Vienna Euro (formerly schilling) 11 Azerbaijan Baku Manat 12 The Bahamas Nassau Bahamian dollar 13 Bahrain Manama Bahrain dinar 14 Bangladesh Dhaka Taka 15 Barbados Bridgetown Barbados dollar 16 Belarus Minsk Belorussian ruble 17 Belgium Brussels Euro (formerly Belgian franc) 18 Belize Belmopan Belize dollar 19 Benin Porto-Novo CFA Franc 20 Bhutan Thimphu Ngultrum 21 Bolivia Boliviano 22 Bosnia and Herzegovina La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial) Sarajevo 23 Botswana Gaborone Pula 24 Brazil Brasilia Real 25 Brunei Brunei dollar 26 Bulgaria Bandar Seri Begawan Sofia 27 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou CFA Franc 13 Marka Lev www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 28 Burundi Bujumbura Burundi franc 29 Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel 30 Cameroon Yaounde CFA Franc 31 Canada Ottawa Canadian dollar 32 Cape Verde Praia Cape Verdean escudo 33 Central African Republic Bangui CFA Franc 34 Chad N'Djamena CFA Franc 35 Chile Santiago Chilean Peso 36 China Beijing Yuan/Renminbi 37 Colombia Bogota Colombian Peso 38 Comoros Moroni Franc 39 Congo, Republic of the Brazzaville CFA Franc 40 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 41 Costa Rica Kinshasa Congolese franc San Jose Colón 42 Cote d'Ivoire CFA Franc 43 Croatia Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto) Zagreb 44 Cuba Havana Cuban Peso 45 Cyprus Nicosia Cyprus pound 46 Czech Republic Prague Koruna 47 Denmark Copenhagen Krone 48 Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti franc 49 Dominica Roseau East Caribbean dollar 50 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Dominican Peso 51 East Timor (Timor-Leste) Dili U.S. dollar 52 Ecuador Quito U.S. dollar 53 Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound 54 El Salvador San Salvador Colón; U.S. dollar 55 Equatorial Guinea Malabo CFA Franc 56 Eritrea Asmara Nakfa 14 Kuna www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 57 Estonia Tallinn Kroon 58 Ethiopia Addis Ababa Birr 59 Fiji Suva Fiji dollar 60 Finland Helsinki Euro (formerly markka) 61 France Paris Euro (formerly French franc) 62 Gabon Libreville CFA Franc 63 The Gambia Banjul Dalasi 64 Georgia Tbilisi Lari 65 Germany Berlin 66 Ghana Accra Euro (formerly Deutsche mark) Cedi 67 Greece Athens Euro (formerly drachma) 68 Grenada Saint George's East Caribbean dollar 69 Guatemala Guatemala City Quetzal 70 Guinea Conakry Guinean franc 71 Guinea-Bissau Bissau CFA Franc 72 Guyana Georgetown Guyanese dollar 73 Haiti Port-au-Prince Gourde 74 Honduras Tegucigalpa Lempira 75 Hungary Budapest Forint 76 Iceland Reykjavik Icelandic króna 77 India New Delhi Rupee 78 Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah 79 Iran Tehran Rial 80 Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar 81 Ireland Dublin 82 Israel Jerusalem* Euro (formerly Irish pound [punt]) Shekel 83 Italy Rome Euro (formerly lira) 84 Jamaica Kingston Jamaican dollar 85 Japan Tokyo Yen 86 Jordan Amman Jordanian dinar 15 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 87 Kazakhstan Astana Tenge 88 Kenya Nairobi Kenya shilling 89 Kiribati Tarawa Atoll Australian dollar 90 Korea, North Pyongyang Won 91 Korea, South Seoul Won 92 Kosovo Pristina 93 Kuwait Kuwait City Euro (German Mark prior to 2002) Kuwaiti dinar 94 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Som 95 Laos Vientiane New Kip 96 Latvia Riga Lats 97 Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound 98 Lesotho Maseru Maluti 99 Liberia Monrovia Liberian dollar 100 Libya Tripoli Libyan dinar 101 Liechtenstein Vaduz Swiss franc 102 Lithuania Vilnius Litas 103 Luxembourg Luxembourg 104 Macedonia Skopje Euro (formerly Luxembourg franc) Denar 105 Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy franc 106 Malawi Lilongwe Kwacha 107 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit 108 Maldives Male Rufiya 109 Mali Bamako CFA Franc 110 Malta Valletta Maltese lira 111 Marshall Islands Majuro U.S. Dollar 112 Mauritania Nouakchott Ouguiya 113 Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian rupee 114 Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso 115 Micronesia, Federated States of 116 Moldova Palikir U.S. Dollar Chisinau Leu 16 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 117 Monaco Monaco Euro 118 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Tugrik 119 Montenegro Podgorica Euro 120 Morocco Rabat Dirham 121 Mozambique Maputo Metical 122 Myanmar (Burma) Rangoon (Yangon); Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw (administrative) Windhoek Kyat 124 Nauru no official capital; government offices in Yaren District Australian dollar 125 Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee 126 Netherlands Euro (formerly guilder) 127 New Zealand Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government) Wellington 128 Nicaragua Managua Gold cordoba 129 Niger Niamey CFA Franc 130 Nigeria Abuja Naira 131 Norway Oslo Norwegian krone 132 Oman Muscat Omani rial 133 Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani rupee 134 Palau Melekeok U.S. dollar 135 Panama Panama City balboa; U.S. dollar 136 Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Kina 137 Paraguay Asuncion Guaraní 138 Peru Lima Nuevo sol (1991) 139 Philippines Manila Peso 140 Poland Warsaw Zloty 141 Portugal Lisbon Euro (formerly escudo) 142 Qatar Doha Qatari riyal 143 Romania Bucharest Leu 123 Namibia 17 Namibian dollar New Zealand dollar www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 144 Russia Moscow Ruble 145 Rwanda Kigali Rwanda franc 146 Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre East Caribbean dollar 147 Saint Lucia Castries East Caribbean dollar 148 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 149 Samoa Kingstown East Caribbean dollar Apia Tala 150 San Marino San Marino Euro 151 Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome Dobra 152 Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal 153 Senegal Dakar CFA Franc 154 Serbia Belgrade Yugoslav new dinar. In Kosovo both the euro and the Yugoslav dinar are legal 155 Seychelles Victoria Seychelles rupee 156 Sierra Leone Freetown Leone 157 Singapore Singapore Singapore dollar 158 Slovakia Bratislava Koruna 159 Slovenia Ljubljana 160 Solomon Islands Honiara Slovenian tolar; euro (as of 1/1/07) Solomon Islands dollar 161 Somalia Mogadishu Somali shilling 162 South Africa Rand 163 South Sudan Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary) Juba 164 Spain Madrid Euro (formerly peseta) 165 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka rupee 166 Sudan Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative) Khartoum 167 Suriname Paramaribo Surinamese dollar 168 Swaziland Mbabane Lilangeni 18 Sudanese Pound Dinar www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 169 Sweden Stockholm Krona 170 Switzerland Bern Swiss franc 171 Syria Damascus Syrian pound 172 Taiwan Taipei Taiwan dollar 173 Tajikistan Dushanbe somoni 174 Tanzania Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative) Tanzanian shilling 175 Thailand Bangkok baht 176 Togo Lome CFA Franc 177 Tonga Nuku'alofa Pa'anga 178 Trinidad and Tobago Port-of-Spain Trinidad and Tobago dollar 179 Tunisia Tunis Tunisian dinar 180 Turkey Ankara Turkish lira (YTL) 181 Turkmenistan Ashgabat Manat 182 Tuvalu Vaiaku village, Funafuti province Australian dollar 183 Uganda Kampala Ugandan new shilling 184 Ukraine Kyiv Hryvna 185 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi U.A.E. dirham 186 United Kingdom London Pound sterling 187 United States of America Washington D.C. dollar 188 Uruguay Montevideo Uruguay peso 189 Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistani sum 190 Vanuatu Port-Vila Vatu 191 Vatican City (Holy See) Vatican City Euro 192 Venezuela Caracas Bolivar 193 Vietnam Hanoi Dong 194 Yemen Sanaa Rial 195 Zambia Lusaka Kwacha 196 Zimbabwe Harare Zimbabwean dollar 19 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 Rivers, Lakes and Waterfalls with Country and Distance No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 River Nile Amazon Mississippi Missouri Irtysh Yanglze-Kiang Hwang Ho Mekong Niger Murray Darling Volga Danube Indus Brahmaputra Lakes Caspian Sea Lake Superior Victoria Aral (salt) Michigan Great Bear Baikal Lake Ontario Eyre (salt) Torrens (Salt) Waterfalls Angel Kukenaam Ribbon Tugela Wollomombi Guaria Niagara Victoria Country Africa South America U.S.A. USSR (now CIS) China China Asia Africa Australia USSR (now CIS) Europe Asia Asia Country Russia-Iran USA-Canada Kenya-Uganda-Tanzania CIS (Previous USSR) USA Canada CIS USA-Canada Australia Australia Country Venezuela Venezuela USA South Africa Australia Brazil Canada Zimbabwe 20 KM 6690 6570 6212 5570 5520 4672 4184 4168 3701 3690 2848 2736 2704 SQ.KM 393898 82814 69485 68682 58016 31792 31492 19529 9324 5775 Height(Feet) 2648 2000 1612 1350 1100 470000 212200 38430 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 India’s Largest and Highest: No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Question Largest Lake Largest Delta Largest Cave Temple Longest Cantilever Span Bridge Largest Population State Largest State (area) Largest Corridor Largest Dome Largest Mosque Highest Peak Highest Rainfall Highest Dam Highest Gateway Highest Tower Highest Waterfalls Longest Bridge Highest Award Highest Award for gallantry Largest Desert Longest Road Largest Tunnel Longest Dam Largest Railway Platform Longest Barrage Tallest Statue Biggest Museum Tallest T.V. Tower Longest Road Bridge Longest River Largest District Answer Wulur (Kashmir) Sunderban Delta Ellora (Maharashtra) Hawrah Bridge,Calcutta U.P. Madhya Pradesh Rameshwaram Temple's Corridor Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur Jumma Masjid,Delhi Nanda Devi Cherrapunji,Assam Bhakra Nangal Dam,Punjab Buland Darwaza,Fatehpur Sikri Qutab Minar Jog Falls (Karnataka) Sone,Bihar Bharat Ratna Param Vir Chakra Thar (Rajasthan) Grant Trunk Road Jawahar Tunnel (Bannihal,Kashmir) Hirakund Dam (Orissa) Kharagpur Platform Sone Statue of Gomateswara in Karnataka Indian Museum,Calcutta Tower of Delhi (235 metres) Nehru Setu on river Sone (3061 metres) The Ganges Ladakh (J&K) Pls Send Any Topic in these Sections For Further Updates. Email: publish@bitsadda.com Important Govt Schemes Pradhanmantri Jan-Dhan Yojana : 15 August 2014. Project Uddan Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana (MGPSY) Krishi Amdani Beema Yojana Rani Laxmi Bai Pension Scheme PradhanMantri Gram Sinchai Yojana Roshini Scheme Pradhan Mantri Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Beema Yojana (BPSSB 21 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 Important Air Lines and Names: No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Airline B.O.A.C. Air France Lufthansa German Airlines Pan American World Airways System Trans-world Airways Aero-flot Alitalia Quantas Empire Airways Air-India Sabena Arana Afghan Airlines Cathay Pacific Finnair Iberia Japan Airlines Garuda Airways KLM Royal Dutch Bruathens Scandinavian Airlines System Swissair Pakistan International Airlines Royal Nepal Airlines Air-Ceylon Thai Airways International Country ENGLAND FRANCE W.GERMANY U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.S.R. ITALY AUSTRALIA INDIA BELGIUM AFGHANISTAN HONGKONG FINLAND SPAIN JAPAN INDONESIA NETHERLANDS NORWAY NORWAY SWITZERLAND PAKISTAN NEPAL SRI LANKA THAILAND NAME OF SOME AIRPORT IN INDIA 1. Kolkata - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport 2. New Delhi - Indira Gandhi International Airport 3. Mumbai - Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport 4. Chennai- Chennai International Airport (Meenambakkam Airport) 5. Hyderabad - Rajiv Gandhi International Airport 6. Amritsar - Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport/Raja Sansi 7. Guwahati - Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport 8. Ahmedabad - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport 9. Bhopal - Raja Bhoj Airport 22 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 10. Indore - Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport 11. Nagpur - Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport 12. Lucknow - Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport/Amausi Airport 13. Varansi - Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport 14. Patna- Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport 15. Raipur- Swami Vivekananda Airport 16. Ranchi- Birsa Munda Airport 17. Bhubaneswar- Biju Patnaik Airport 18. Chandigarh- Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport 19. Port Blair- Veer Savarkar International Airport 20. Vasco Da Gama in Goa- Dabolim International Airport First In India: No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. First or Last First Indian Chief Justice of India First Indian Governor of a Province First President of Indian National Congress First Indian Commander-in-Chief First Indian Naval chief First Indian Air Chief First Indian I.C.S. First P.M. of India First Indian who became President of U.N. General Assembly First Indian who became a Minister in the Union Cabinet First Woman President of the Congress First Indian Judge of High Court First Indian and the last Governor General of India First President of India First Indian Nobel Prize Winner 23 Name Justice H.J.Kania Lord S.P.Sinha W.C.Banerjee (1885) General K.M. Carippa Vice-Admiral R.D.Katari Air Marshal S.Mukherjee Satyendra Nath Tagore Jawaharlal Nehru Vijaya Laxmi Pandit Rajkumari Amrit Kaur Dr.Annie Besant Rama Prasad Roy C.Rajagopalachari Dr.Rajendra Prasad Rabindranath Tagore www.bitsadda.com 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 First Indian Member of the Executive Council of Viceroy First Indian Everest Climber First Indian Test Cricket Player First Indian Woman Governor First Woman Chief Minister of a State First Woman Ambassador of India 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Last Viceroy of India First Indian in Space First Indian Woman to Scale Mount Everest First Indian Woman Supreme Court Judge First Field Marshal of India First Woman P.M. of India First Muslim President of India First Sikh President of India First Talkie (film with dialogue) 31 32 first Telangana chief minister First Graduate in Medicine 25. Sir S.P.Sinha Tenzing Norgay K.S.Ranjitsingh Ji Sarojini Naidu Sucheta Kriplani (U.P.) Vijayalakshmi Pandit (to soviet Union,1947-49) Lord L.Mountbatten Sqn.Ldr.Rakesh Sharma Bachendri Pal Mrs.Mira Saheb Fathima Beevi S.H.F.J. Manekshaw Mrs.Indira Gandhi Dr.Zakir Hussain Giani Zail Singh Alam Ara (1931) K. Chandrashekar Rao Surjo Kumar Chakraborty More updates In This Section Available in next version Number of Players Sports and Games 1. Baseball- 9. 2. Rugby football- 15. 3. Polo- 4. 4. Water Polo- 7. 5. Kho Kho- 9. 6. Kabaddi - 7. 7. Hockey- 11. 8. Football (Soccer)- 11. 9. Cricket- 11. 10. Netball - 7. 11. Volleyball- 6. 12. Badminton- 1 or 2 (Singles & Doubles respectively). 13. Tennis- 1 or 2 (Singles & Doubles respectively). 14. Table Tennis- 1 or 2 (Singles & Doubles respectively). 15. Basketball- 5 . 16. Gymnastic- Several individuals compete simultaneously. 17. Billiards/Snooker- 1. 18. Boxing- 1. 19. Chess- 1. 20. Bridge- 2 . 21. Croquet- 13 or 15. 22. Golf- Several individuals compete simultaneously. 24 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 COUNTRIES & ITS PARLIAMENT 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Afghanistan — Shoora Andorra — General Council Albania — People's Assembly Azerbaijan — Melli Majlis Algeria — National People's Assembly 6. Angola — National People's Assembly 7. Argentina — National Congress 8. Australia — Federal Parliament 9. Austria — National Assembly 10. Bahamas — General Assembly 11. Bahrain — Consultative Council 12. Bangladesh — Jatiya Sansad 13. Belize — National Assembly 14. Bhutan — Tshogdu 15. Bolivia — National Congress 16. Brazil — National Congress 17. Brunei — National Assembly 18. Botswana — National Assembly 19. Britain — Parliment (House of Common's & House of Lords) 20. Bulgaria — Narodno Subranie. 21. Cambodia — National Assembly 22. Congo Democratic — Rep. of National Legislative Council 23. Colombia — Congress 24. Canada — Parliament 25. China — National People's Congress 26. Chile — Chamber of Deputies and Senate 27. Comoros — Legislative Council and Senate 28. Costa Rice — Legislative Council and Senate 29. Crotia — Sabor 30. Cuba — National Assembly of People's Power 31. Czech Republic — Chamber of Deputies and Senate 32. Denmark — Folketing 33. Ecuador — Natinal Congress 34. El Salvador — Legislative Assembly 35. East Timor — Constituent Assembly 36. Ethiopia — Federal Council and House of Representative 37. Egypt — People's Assembly 38. Fiji Islands — Senate & House of Representative 39. France — National Assembly 40. Finland — Eduskusta (Parliament) 41. Germany — Bundestag(LowerHouse),Bundesr at(UpperHouse) 42. Guyana — National Assembly 43. Greece — Chamber of Deputies 44. Hungary — National Assembly 45. Iceland — Althing 46. India — Parliament 47. Indonesia — People's Consultative Assembly 48. Iran — Majlis 49. Iraq — National Assembly 50. Israel — Knesset 51. Italy — Chamber of Deputies and Senate 52. Japan — Diet 53. Jordan — National Assembly 54. Korea(North) — Supreme People's Assembly 55. Korea(South) — National Assembly 56. Kuwait — National Assembly 57. Kenya — National Assembly 58. Laos — People's Supreme Assembly 59. Labanon — National Assembly 25 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 60. Lesotho — National Assembly and Senate 61. Lithuania — Seimas 62. Luxembourg — Chamber of Deputies 63. Liberia — National Assembly 64. Libya — General People's Congress 65. Malaysia — Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara 66. Maldives — Majlis Madagascar — National People's Assembly 67. Mongolia — Great People's Khural 68. Montenegro — Federal Assembly 69. Mozambique — People's Assembly 70. Myanmar — Pyithu Hluttaw 71. Nepal — National Panchayat 72. Netherlands — The State General 73. Norway — Storting 74. New Zealand — Parliament (House of Representative) 75. Oman — Monarchy 76. Pakistan — National Assembly & Senate 77. Paraguay — Senate & Chamber of Deputies 78. Philippines — The Congress 79. Papua New Guinea — National Parliament 80. Poland — Sejm 81. Romania — Great National Assembly 82. Russia — Duma & Federal Council 83. Serbia — Federal Assembly 84. Senegal — National Assembly 85. Seychelles — People's Assembly 86. Somalia — People's Assembly 87. South Africa — Rep. House of Assembly 88. Spain — Cortes 89. Sweden — Riksdag 90. Saudi Arabia — Majlis Al Shura 91. Sudan — National Assembly 92. Switzerland — Federal Assembly 93. Syria — People's Council 94. Turkey — Grand National Assembly 95. Tunisia — National Assembly 96. USA — Congress 97. Vietnam — National Assembly 98. Venezuela — National Congress 99. Zaire — National Legislative Council 100. Zambia — National Assembly 26 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 List of awarded with the Bharat Ratna 1954: C. Rajagopalachari C V Raman Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1980 1983 1987 1988 1990 1955 Bhagwan Das Visvesvaraya Jawaharlal Nehru 1991 1992 1997 1998 1957 Govind Ballabh Pant 1958 Dhondo Keshav Karve 1961 Bidhan Chandra Roy Purushottam Das Tandon 1962 Rajendra Prasad 1963 Vinoba Bhave Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan M. G. Ramachandran B. R. Ambedkar Nelson Mandela Rajiv Gandhi Vallabhbhai Patel Morarji Desai Abul Kalam Azad J. R. D. Tata Satyajit Ray Gulzarilal Nanda Aruna Asaf Ali P. J. Abdul Kalam M. S. Subbulakshmi Chidambaram Subramaniam 1999 Zakir Hussain Pandurang Vaman Kane 1966 Mother Teresa Lal Bahadur Shastri Jayaprakash Narayan Ravi Shankar Amartya Sen Gopinath Bordoloi 1971 2001 Indira Gandhi 1975 V.V Giri 1976 K. Kamaraj 2009 27 Lata Mangeshkar Bismillah Khan www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 2014 Bhimsen Joshi 2013 C. N. R. Rao Sachin Tendulkar Madan Mohan Malaviya Atal Bihari Vajpaye Cups & Trophies International: 1. Azlan Shah Cup -------- Hockey 4. Dilip Trophy ------- Cricket 2. Asia Cup --------- Cricket, Hockey 5. D.C. M. Cup ------- Football 3. Ashes --------- Cricket 6. Durand Cup -------- Football 4. Australian Open ------- Lawn Tennis 7. Dhyan Chand Trophy ------Hockey 5. Champions Trophy ------Hockey/Cricket 8. Gavaskar–Border Trophy ------Cricket 6. Corbitton Cup --------- Table Tennis (Women) 9. 7. lrani Trophy ------- Cricket 10. Lal Bahadul Shastri Cup ------Hockey Davis Cup ------- Lawn Tennis 8. Uber Cup -------- Badminton (Women) 9. Thomas Cup -------- Badminton (Men) 11. Rovers Cup -------- Football 12. Santosh Trophy ------ Football 13. Singer Cup ------- Cricket 10. Sharjah Cup ------- Cricket 14. Sahara Cup --------- Cricket 11. Derby ------ Horse Race 15. Subroto Cup --------- Football 12. French Open -------- Lawn Tennis 16. Vijay Merchant Trophy ------Cricket 13. FIFA World Cup ------- Football 14. Johar Cup -------- Hockey 15. Merdeka Cup -------- Football 16. Ryder Cup -------- Golf National: 1. Agha Khan Cup -------- Hockey 2. C.K. Naydu Trophy ------- Cricket 3. Deodhar Trophy -------- Cricket 17. Wellington Trophy ------ Rowing 18. Wills Trophy -------- Cricket 19. MCC Trophy --------- Hockey 20. Nehru Trophy --------- Hockey 21. Ranji Trophy -------- Cricket 22. Rohinton Baria Trophy -------Cricket 28 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 Important International Boundary Lines 1. McMahon Line : between India and China 2. Durand Line : Pakistan and Afghanistan 3. Radcliffe Line : India and Pakistan 4. 49th Parallel : USA and Canada 5. Alpine Line : Italy and France 6. Oder Niesse Line : Germany and Poland 7. Mannerheim Line : Russia an Finland 8. Maginot Line : France and Germany 9. 38th Parallel : North Korea and South Korea 10. Line of Control : It divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan Some Other Boundary Lines: 1. 17th Parallel defined the boundary between North Vietnam and South Vietnam before two were united. 2. 24th Parallel is the line which Pakistan claims for demarcation between India and Pakistan. This, however, is not recognized by India 3. 26th Parallel south is a circle of latitude which crosses through Africa, Australia and South America. 4. 30th Parallel north is a line of latitude that stands one-third of the way between the equator and the North Pole. 5. 33rd Parallel north is a circle of latitude which cuts through the southern United States, parts of North Africa, parts of the Middle East, and China. 6. 35th Parallel north forms the boundary between the State of North Carolina and the State of Georgia and the boundary between the State of Tennessee arid the State of Georgia, the State of Albama, and the State of Mississippi. 7. 36th Parallel forms the southermost boundary of the State of Missouri with the State of Arkansas. 29 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 8. 36o30' Parallel north forms the boundary between the Tenessee and the Commonwealth of Kentucky between the Tennessee River and the Mississippi River, the boundary between Missouri and Arkansas west of the White River, and the northermost boundary between the Texas and the Oklahoma. 9. 37th Parallel north formed the southern boundary of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson. 10. 38th Parallel is the parallel of latitude which separates North Korea and South Korea. 11. 39th Parallel north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 39 degrees north of Earth's equatorial plane. 12. 40th Parallel north formed the original northern boundary of the British Colony of Maryland. 13. 41st Parallel north forms the northern boundary of the State of Colorado with Nebraska and Wyoming and the southern boundary of the State of Wyoming with Colorado and Utah. 14. 42nd Parallel north forms most of the New York - Pennsylvania Border. 15. 43rd Parallel north forms most of the boundary between the State of Nebraska and the State of South Dakota and also formed the northern border of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson. 16. The Parallel 44o north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 44 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. 17. 45th Parallel north is often the halfway point between the Equator and the North Pole. The 45th parallel makes up most of the boundary between Montana and Wyoming. 18. 49th Parallel is the boundary between USA and Canada. 30 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 Famous Places associated with Eminent Persons 1. Kapilvastu…….Gautam Buddha 2. Macedonia…….Alexander, the Great 3. Kapilvastu…….Gautam Buddha 4. Macedonia…….Alexander, the Great 5. Jalianwala Bagh…….General Dyer 6. Anand Bhawan…….Jawaharlal Nehru 7. Chittore…….Maharana Pratap 8. Haldi Ghati…….Maharana Pratap 9. Sabarmati…….Mahatma Gandhi 10. Sitab Diyara…….Jai Prakash Narayan 11. Shantiniketan…….Rabindra Nath Tagore 12. Talwandi…….Guru Nanak 13. Sevagram…….Mahatma Gandhi 14. Pawapuri…….Mahavir 15. Kushi Nagar…….Gautam Buddha 16. Ibrahim Patti…….Chandra Shekhar 17. Lumbini…….Gautam Buddha 18. Mecca…….Prophet Mohammed 19. Waterloo…….Napoleon Bonaparte 20. Porbandar…….Mahatma Gandhi 21. Bardoli…….Sardar Patel 22. Fatehpur Sikri…….Akbar, the Great 23. Puducherry…….Aurobindo Ghosh 24. Belur Math…….Rama Krishna Paramhans 25. Pawanar…….Vinoba Bhave 26. Seringapatnam…….Tipu Sultan 27. Kundgram…….Mahavir 28. Jeeradei…….Dr. Rajendra Prasad 29. Cuttack…….Subhash Chandra Bose 30. Trimurti Bhawan…….Jawaharlal Nehru 31. Jerusalem…….Jesus Christ 32. Corsica…….Napoleon Bonaparte 33. Trafalgar…….Nelson MEASUREMENTS 8. 1024 Petabytes = 1 Exabyte 9. 1024 Exabytes = 1 Zettabyte 10. 1024 Zettabytes = 1 Yottabyte 11. 1024Yottabytes = 1 Brontobyte 12. 1024 Brontobytes = 1 Geopbyte 13. 1024 Geopbyte=1 Saganbyte 14. 1024 Saganbyte=1 Pijabyte 15. Alphabyte = 1024 Pijabyte 16. Kryatbyte = 1024 Alphabyte Computers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 1 Bit = Binary Digit 8 Bits = 1 Byte 1024 Bytes = 1 Kilobyte 1024 Kilobytes = 1 Megabyte 1024 Megabytes = 1 Gigabyte 1024 Gigabytes = 1 Terabyte 1024 Terabytes = 1 Petabyte 31 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 17. Amosbyte = 1024 Kryatbyte 18. Pectrolbyte = 1024 Amosbyte 19. Bolgerbyte = 1024 Pectrolbyte 20. Sambobyte = 1024 Bolgerbyte 21. Quesabyte = 1024 Sambobyte 22. Kinsabyte = 1024 Quesabyte 23. Rutherbyte = 1024 Kinsabyte 24. Dubnibyte = 1024 Rutherbyte 25. Seaborgbyte = 1024 Dubnibyte 26. Bohrbyte = 1024 Seaborgbyte 27. Hassiubyte = 1024 Bohrbyte 28. Meitnerbyte = 1024 Hassiubyte 29. Darmstadbyte = 1024 Meitnerbyte 30. Roentbyte = 1024 Darmstadbyte 31. Coperbyte = 1024 Roentbyte RENAMED INDIAN CITIES 14. Panaji, formerly Panjim 1. Chennai, formerly Madras, renamed in 1996 15. Pune, formerly Poona 16. Sagar, formerly Saugor 2. Jabalpur, formerly Jubbulpore, renamed in 1947 17. Shimla, formerly Simla 3. Kanpur, formerly Cawnpore, renamed in 1948 18. Thanjavur, formerly Tanjore 4. Kochi, formerly Cochin, renamed in 1996 20. Thrissur, formerly Trichur 5. Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, renamed in 2001 21. Tiruchirapalli,formerly Trichinopoly or its shortened version, Trichy 19. Thoothukudi, formerly Tuticorin 6. Mumbai, formerly Bombay, renamed in 1995 22. Udhagamandalam,formerly Ootacamund or its shortened version, Ooty 7. Puducherry, formerly Pondicherry, renamed in 2006 23. Vijayawada, formerly Bejawada 8. Thiruvananthapuram, formerly Trivandrum, renamed in 1991 9. Vadodara, formerly Baroda, renamed in 1974 24. Visakhapatnam, formerly Waltair and before that, Vizagapatnam or its shortened version, Vizag 10. Varanasi, formerly Benares 25. Avantika to Ujjain 11. Guwahati, formerly Gauhati 26. Vorugallu to Warangal 12. Indore, formerly Indhur 27. Cambay to Khambhat 13. Kozhikode, formerly Calicut 28. Bulsar to Valsad 32 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 29. Bangalore to Bengaluru (change effective from 1 November 2006) 33. Mohali to SAS Nagar 34. Nawan Shahar to Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar 30. Bhopal Bairagarh to Sant Hirda Ram Nagar, Bhopal 35. Cape Comorin to Kanyakumari 31. Jullunder to Jalandhar 32. Ropar to Rupnagar BANKS AND THEIR HEADQUARTERs 11. Indian Bank - Chennai 1. Allahabad Bank - Kolkata 12. Indian Overseas Bank - Chennai 2. Andhra Bank - Hyderabad 13. Oriental Bank of Commerce Gurgaon 3. Bank of Baroda - Vadodara (Baroda) 4. Bank of India - Mumbai 5. Bank of Maharashtra - Pune 14. Punjab and Sindh Bank - New Delhi 15. Punjab National Bank - New Delhi 6. Bharatiya Mahila Bank - New Delhi 7. Canara Bank - Bengaluru 8. Central Bank of India - Mumbai 9. Corporation Bank - Mangalore 10. Dena Bank - Mumbai IMPORTANT RIVER VALLEY PROJECTS IN INDIA 16. State Bank of India - Mumbai 17. Syndicate Bank - Manipal 18. Union Bank of India - Mumbai 19. United Bank of India - Kolkata 20. UCO Bank - Kolkata 21. Vijaya Bank - Bangalore Damodar Valley Project ----- On Damodar in Bihar, Based on Tennessee Valley Project USA Bhakra Nangal Project ------- On Sutlej in Punjab. Highest in India.Ht. 226m. Reservoir is called Gobind Sagar Lake. Hirakud Project ------- On Mahanadi in Odisha, World‘s Longest Dam: 4801m Rihand Project ------ On Son in Mirzapur, Reservoir is called Gobind Vallabh Pant reservoir. Mandi Project ----- On Beas in HP Chambal Valley Project ------ On Chambal in MP & Rajasthan, 3 dams are there:- Gandhi Sagar Dam, Rana Pratap Sagar Dam and Jawahar Sagar Dam Kosi Project ------ On Kosi in N.Bihar 33 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 Mayurkashi Project ------- On Mayurkashi in West Bengal Kundah & Periyar Project ------ In Tamil Nadu Kakrapara Project ------ On Tapi in Gujrat Farakka Project ------- On Ganga in WB. Apart from power and irrigation it helps to remove silt for easy navigation. Nizamsagar Project ------- On Manjra in Andhra Pradesh Ukai Project ------ On Tapti in Gujarat Nagarjuna Sagar Project On Krishna in Andhra Pradesh Mahi Project ------ On Mahi in Gujarat Salal Project ------- On Chenab in J&K Tugabhadra Project ------ On Tugabhadra in Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka Mata Tila Multipurpose Project ------- On Betwa in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh Shivasamudram Project ------- On Cauvery in Karnataka. It is the older river valley project in India. Thein Project ------ On Ravi, Punjab. Tata Hydel Scheme ------ On Bhima in Maharashtra Tehri Dam ------- On Bhgirathi, Uttarakhand Sharavathi Hydel Project ------- On Jog Falls in Karnataka Sardar Sarovar Project -------- On Narmada, Gujarat/MP. Pong Dam ------ On Beas, Punjab Prime Minister and Council of Ministers - India Cabinet Ministers of India 2014 1 Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space; All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister Narendra Modi 2 Home Affairs Rajnath Singh 3 External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs 4 Finance, Corporate Affairs, Information & Broadcasting Sushma Swaraj Arun Jaitley 5 Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary Affairs M. Venkaiah Naidu 6 Road Transport and Highways, Shipping 7 Defence Manohar Parrikar 8 Railways Suresh Prabhu 34 Nitin Jairam Gadkari www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 9 Law & Justice D.V. Sadananda Gowda 10 Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation 11 Minority Affairs 12 Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 13 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 14 Women and Child Development Maneka Sanjay Gandhi 15 Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananthkumar 16 Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad 17 Health & Family Welfare 18 Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati 19 Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 20 Food Processing Industries 21 Mines, Steel Narendra Singh Tomar 22 Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation Chaudhary Birender Singh 23 Tribal Affairs Jual Oram 24 Agriculture 25 Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawar Chand Gehlot 26 Human Resource Development 27 Science and Technology, Earth Sciences Uma Bharati Dr. Najma A. Heptulla Ramvilas Paswan Kalraj Mishra Jagat Prakash Nadda Anant Geete Harsimrat Kaur Badal Radha Mohan Singh Smriti Zubin Irani Dr. Harsh Vardhan Ministers of State with Independent Charge 1 Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge), External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs General V.K. Singh 2 Planning (Independent Charge), Defence Inderjit Singh Rao 3 Textiles (Independent Charge) 4 Labour and Employment (Independent Charge) Santosh Kumar Gangwar 35 Bandaru Dattatreya www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 5 Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Pratap Rudy 6 AAYUSH (Independent Charge), Health & Family Welfare Shripad Yesso Naik 7 Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge) Dharmendra Pradhan 8 Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge) Sarbananda Sonowal 9 Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) Javadekar Prakash 10 Power (Independent Charge), Coal (Independent Charge), New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) Piyush Goyal 11 Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge), Prime Minister's Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space Dr. Jitendra Singh 12 Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge) Nirmala Sitharaman 13 Culture (Independent Charge), Tourism (Independent Charge), Civil Aviation Dr. Mahesh Sharma Ministers of State 1 Minority Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi 2 Drinking Water & Sanitation 3 Home Affairs Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary 4 Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Sanwar Lal Jat 5 Agriculture 6 Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises 7 Chemicals & Fertilizers 8 Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises G.M. Siddeshwara 9 Railways 10 Panchayati Raj 11 Human Resource Development 12 Road Transport & Highways, Shipping Radhakrishnan P. Ram Kripal Yadav Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya Giriraj Singh Hansraj Gangaram Ahir Manoj Sinha Nihalchand Upendra Kushwaha 36 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 13 Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju 14 Social Justice & Empowerment 15 Agriculture 16 Tribal Affairs Manuskhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava 17 Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 18 Mines, Steel Vishnu Deo Sai 19 Rural Development Sudarshan Bhagat 20 Human Resource Development 21 Science and Technology, Earth Science Y.S. Chowdary 22 Finance 23 Information & Broadcasting Krishan Pal Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan Raosaheb Dadarao Danve Prof. (Dr.) Ram Shankar Katheria Jayant Sinha Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore 24 Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Babul Supria (Babul Supriyo) Baral 25 Food Processing Industries Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti 26 Social Justice & Empowerment Vijay Sampla Governor and Chief Ministers of Indian States S. State and Union NO Territories. 1 Andaman & Nicobar 2 Andhra Pradesh Governor Chief Minister A. K. Singh (Lieutenant-Governor) Union Territories Shri. E. S. L. Narasimhan N.Chandrababu Naidu 3 Arunachal Pradesh Nirbhay Sharma Nabam Tuki 4 Assam Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Shri Tarun Gogoi 5 Bihar DY Patil Jitan Ram Manjhi 6 Chandigarh Union Territories. 7 Chhattisgarh Shri Shivraj V. Patil (Administrator) Shri Balramji Dass Tandon 8 Goa Mridula Sinha Laxmikant Parsekar 9 Gujarat Shri Om Prakash Kohli Anandiben Patel 37 Dr. Raman Singh www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 10 Haryana Kaptan Singh Solanki Manohar Lal Khattar 11 Himachal Pradesh Urmila Singh Virbhadra Singh 12 Jammu and Kashmir 13 Jharkhand Narinder Nath Vohra Omar Abdullah Dr. Syed Ahmed Raghubar Das 14 Karnataka Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala Shri K. Siddaramaiah 15 Kerala P. Sathasivam Shri Oommen Chandy 16 Madhya Pradesh Ram Naresh Yadav 17 Maharashtra Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan Devendra Fadnavis 18 Manipur K. K. Paul (Acting Governor) Shri Okram Ibobi Singh 19 Meghalaya K. K. Paul Mukul Sangma 20 Mizoram Aziz Qureshi Pu Lalthanhawla 21 Nagaland Shri Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya Najeeb Jung (LieutenantGovernor) Shri S. C. Jamir T R Zeliang Shri N. Rangasamy 25 Punjab Ajay Kumar Singh (Retd. Lt. General) Shri Shivraj Patil 26 Rajasthan Kalyan Singh 27 Sikkim Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil 28 Tamil Nadu Konijeti Rosaiah Shri Pawan Kumar Chamling O Panneerselvam 29 Telangana ESL Narasimhan K Chandrasekhar Rao 30 Tripura Shri Manik Sarkar 31 Uttar Pradesh Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya Shri Ram Naik 32 Uttarakhand Krishan Kant Paul Harish Rawat 33 West Bengal Keshari Nath Tripathi Km. Mamata Banerjee 34 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 35 Daman and Diu Shri B.S. Bhalla (Administrator) Union Territories. Shri B.S. Bhalla (Administrator) Union Territories. 36 Lakshadweep Shri H. Rajesh Prasad Union Territories. 22 New Delhi 23 Odisha 24 Puducherry 38 Arvind Kejriwal (resigned) Sh. Naveen Patnaik Shri Parkash Singh Badal Vasundhara Raje Akhilesh Yadav www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 UIIC AO Questions Asked in December 2014 1. Bond Market is also known as - Debt Market 2. ARCIL is which type of company? - Asset Reconstruction Company 3. Which manufacturer installed the world's tallest hybrid wind generator turbine at Gujarat recently? - Suzlon Energy 4. BHEL has recently commissioned a hydro power project in which African country? - Rwanda 5. Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers? - Ananth Kumar 6. International Anti-Corruption Day? - December 9 7. Which among the following is the Partner of SBI Life Insurance? - BNP Paribas 8. An enterprise with investment in plant and machinery will be considered micro enterprise if it does not exceed the limit of? -Rs. 25 lakh 9. Name the textile business group of Reliance Group? - Vimal 10. Along with May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser who shared Noble Prize in Medicine 2014? - John O'Keefe 11. In BSBDA Account, no extra charge levied if balance is maintained above? -Rs. 50,000 12. Which is the first State to achieve 100% financial inclusion under PMJDY? Kerala 13. Under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana government aims to cover 2,500 villages by which year? – 2019 14. Protests named "Umbrella Revolution" recently held in which country? - Hong Kong 15. Which is the sole reinsurance company in the Indian insurance market? General Insurance Corporation of India 16. Govt recently announced that the crisis-ridden National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) would have to merge with its holding company named? - Financial Technologies (India) Ltd (FTIL) 17. IMPS full form? -Immediate Payment Service 18. Headquarters of Financial Stability Board? - Basel, Switzerland 19. Tata Power has recently signed a share purchase agreement with Ideal Energy Project (IEPL) to acquire the latter‘s 540-MW thermal power plant in which state?- Maharashtra 20. Word CTS-2010 is related with? –Cheque 21. Which state has highest rural population in India as per Census 2011? - Uttar Pradesh 22. Kisan Vikas Patra is not in which among the following denominations? -Rs.500 23. Name the Digital Life Certificate for Pensioners launched by Prime Minister recently? - Jeevan Pramaan 24. G20 Summit 2014 was held at? -Brisbane, Australia 39 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 25. Capital of Chile? - Santiago 26. Currency for Republic of Colombia? - Colombian peso 27. Paypal is which type of company? - Internet Payment company 28. Name the foreign-exchange agreement between two institutions to exchange aspects? - Currency swap 29. When we open a website first page is called? - Home page 30. Which of the following is Web Browser? - Internet Explorer 31. To move text we use? - Cut & Paste 32. Author of the recently released book "Not just an Accountant"? - Vinod Rai 33. To save a file with a new name we use which option? - Save as 34. Which of the following is function key? - F3 General Awareness/Computer Knowledge Questions: 1. International Non-violence day? 2nd October 2. Vishwanathan Anand is related to? - Chess 3. What is the capital of Austria? Vienna 4. What is the budget of Mars mission of India? - 450 Crore 5. 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Financial Inclusion 77. Dronacharya award in which field? - Sports Coaching 78. Who can issue commercial paper- Corporates, primary dealers (PDs) and the All-India Financial Institutions (FIs) 79. Shortcut key for UNDO - ctrl +Z 80. Full form of SEZ- Special Economic Zone 81. Who won Noble prize in Economics-Jean Tirole 82. Share of state government in RRB - 15% 83. PDA Full form- Personal Digital Assistant 84. What is C in MICR- Character 85. Shortcut key of Find in a document - Ctrl+F 86. Full form of GST- Goods and service Tax 87. What is the exchange date for pre 2005 Notes? - 1st Jan 2015 88. Rupay card is developed by? NPCI 89. Kuwait capital- Kuwait City 90. UNICEF HQ- New York 91. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women - 25 November 92. State Minister Of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship- Rajiv Pratap Rudy 93. Anirban Lahiri related to?- Golf 94. Full form of MICR- Magnetic Ink Character Reader 95. Full form of RTGS- Real Time Gross Settlement 96. 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Kissan Vikas Patra money doubles in – 100 months 140. Banking ombudsman appointed by - RBI 141. Hand –in-Hand‖ is – Military exercise b/w India & China 142. Chairman of national women commission – Lalitha Kumarmangalm 143. Full form of DOS – Disk Operating System 144. Full form of VIRUS - Vital Information Resources Under Siege 145. Full form of LSI – Large Scale integration Computer 146. In MOM first M stands for - MARS 147. Who is the author of the book 'Playing it my way' Sachin Tendulkar 148. Where is the capital of Sweden? - Stockholm 149. World chess champion event of 2014 held in? - Sochi 150. Where is the headquarter of UNESCO? - Paris 43 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 151. KLO is active in which state? Assam and West Bengal 152. What is the full form of NPA? - Non Performing Assets 153. Who is the lender of last resort for banks in India? - RBI 154. What is the full form of URL? - Uniform Resource Locator 155. 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EPROM full form Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory UIIC Assistant Exam GK Questions January 2015: 1. Kepler K2 is used for what purpose? - Second Light Mission in Solar system 2. Jean Tirole won economics Nobel for what? - Market power and regulation 3. RTI reply is received withinhow many days? - 30 days 4. Who is the Union Law & Justice Minister? - Sadananda Gowda 5. What is the currency of Denmark? - Krone 6. Who is the Author of theImmortals of Meluha? Amish Tripathi 7. Who won China Open Series men's single title 2014? K.Srikanth 8. Who won US Open Men's single in 2014? - Marin Cilic 9. Who won International Children's Peace Prize? - Neha Gupta 10. IMF headquarter is located in? Washington DC 11. What was the India-Aus hockeyTest series result? - India beat Australia by 3-1 12. Headquater of world bank ? Washington DC 13. Bhavanisagar Dam in which State- Tamil Nadu 14. LED Full Form- Light emitting Diode 15. Highest Sports Award in IndiaRajiv Ghandi Khel Ratna 16. What is SIP in Mutual FundSystematic Investment Plan 17. Arjun Award in Boxing was given to - Jai Bhagwan and Manoj Kumar 18. Rate of interest on Saving Account is decided by- Individual banks 19. Dada Saheb Phalke Award given in 2014 to whom- Gulzar 20. G-20 summit -Brisbane,Australia 21. Banks USe CTS cheque of ?- CTS 2010 22. Ganga river originate from which State- Uttarakhand 23. Minimum income for E-filing (Income Tax) - Rs. 5 lakh 24. Where recently modi ji inaugurated statue of mahatma gandhi?- Australia 25. KVP can be issued in denominations of 1000,5000,10,000 and----------? 26. Piichola lake ? - Udaipur 27. China has recently announced that it has completed a major hydropower dam on the Yarlung Zangbo river in Tibet. In India this reiver is known by which name - Brahmaputra 28. PAN card is mandatory for Immovable Property transactions above what amount ? 29. 1 of 5 ambassadors for World Cup 2015 From India - Virat Kohli 30. India and which country recently agreed to the 900 MW Arun III project on Arun river - Nepal 46 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 NIACL AO Questions Asked in 10/01/2015 and 11/01/2015 23. When is "Human Rights Day" observed? 10 Dec 24. Ongc dealt with which company for New Zealand oil and gas search mission - Chevron 25. Asian of the year 2014 Narendra Modi 26. In Kisan Vikas Patra, money to be doubled in? 100 months 27. Brazil Olympic 2016 mascot Vinicius 28. Vishwanathan defeated whom to win in London Championship? Michael Adams 29. ECGC full form? Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd. 30. Kouron Space Station in? French Guinea 31. Ireland Capital? Dublin 32. Euro 2016 venue? - France 33. Deodhar trophy is related to? Cricket 34. Bhuwaneshwar Kumar is related to? Cricket 35. World Snooker Championship venue? Crucible Theatre (UK) 36. Neft full form - National Electronic Funf Transfer 37. Bank sale insurance – Bancassurance 38. 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Regulatory Body 17. Telengana is bordered by how many states? 18. Meaning of equity share. 19. Currency of Greece - Eoru 20. Commercial paper valid for -1 year 21. Defence minister - Manohar Parikar 22. FIBA is related to which sports? Basketball 47 www.bitsadda.com General Awareness Reference For NIACL NICL Exams 2015 42. Work in free expansion process zero 43. Two force of 3 and 4 N are acting perpendicular to each other than their resultant force - 5N 44. Transformer works on Electromagnetic Priciple 45. Main gases responsible for green house effect - Co2 and CO 46. Chlorofluorocarbon releases which gas,harmful for ozone layer - Chlorine 47. Seamless tube making process – extrusion 48. Capital of Germany - Berlin 49. Great Himalaya National Park is situated at? Kullu, Himachal Pradesh 50. Snooker champion: Mark Selby 51. Satellite launched by china in association with which country US 52. Pune university named as Savitri Bai Phule University 53. Global partner of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 - MRF 54. Lifetime chievement award to which singer recently - Asha Bhisle 55. Headquater of International Labour Organisation - Geneva 56. Which Australian opener cricketer completed 1000 runs in 2014 - David Warner 57. Asean summit held at? Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar 58. 'G' in GST stands for? Goods 59. Which country has highest literacy rate - Russia 60. Venue of SAARC summit 2014 ? - Kathmandu 61. One ques on PMJDY ? 62. NAV fullform ? - Net Asset Value 63. One question on GDP ? 64. Capital of combodia ? - Phnom Penh 65. Currency of Germany ? - Euro 66. Forward market commission is which type of body ? – Statutory 67. Big Cinemas is now owned by ? Carnival Group 68. NICL max share owned by whom ? - Govt. of India 69. ―Good Governance Day‖ celebrated on whose birthday ? Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Madan Mohan Malviya 70. What does A stands for in WMA Advance 71. What is the full form of Nbfc Non Banking Financial Company 72. 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Who wrote "the NAMO story" Kingshuk Nag 89. World Energy Comservation day is celebrated on ? - 14 December 90. NRE mein R stands for ? Resident 91. On question on sansad adarsh gram yojna ? 92. Headquater of Interpol ? - Lyonn, France 8. who defined the word geography? 9. rbc s are produced in which part of the body? bone marrow 10. chemical components in an human tear. sodium chloride and some other combination 11. which would control nuclear fusion/ fission reaction? boron or heavy water 12. china s rank in world press freedom index? 173 i think 13. question on hard water and the soap lather stuff? 14. operation new dawn - afganistan srilanka iran sudan. Afgan i think 15. not a nucleon - positron 16. nobel prize chemistry 2012 - for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors NICL AO Questions Asked in December 2013 All The Best for NIACL NICL Exams 2015 1. Lalit kala acdamy chairman? KK Chakravarty Share Your Views/Suggestions 2. Napolean of india: samudragupta publish@bitsadda.com 3. varahamihira wrote a book "brihat samhita", is realated with? astronomy 4. The onge tribal belongs to - little andaman 5. India 2020 is written by? APJ Kalam 6. In which month, 80% of sugarcane is grown? 7. which tax contributes more revenue to india? service import .. 49