R Sridharan Named Acting Chairman of SBI

R Sridharan will be taking over as Acting Chairman of the country’s largest lender State Bank of India from O P Bhatt, who superannuated today.

Sridharan, who currently serves as the Managing Director and Group Executive (Associates and Subsidiaries) at the bank will take over as Acting Chairman from April 1, according to a source close to the development.

What is it that makes soda water fizz?
Answer : Carbon Dioxide

Which star has collapsed into itself?
Answer : Black Hole

Which is the heaviest star?
Answer : HDE 269810 IN Magellanic Cloud

Which Australkian city includes the suburbs of Cottesloe and Subiaco?
Answer : Perth

What country produces Rioja wines?
Answer: Spain

Who was the favourite daughter of Shakespeare’s King Lear?
Answer : Cordelia

Which is the brightest star?
Answer: Sirius

Who discovered Oxygen in 1774?
Answer : Joseph Priestly

Name the author of A Town Like Alice
Answer : Nevil Shute

What disease is the Sabin Vaccine used to prevent?
Answer : Polio

Name the actor grandfather of Drew Barrymore.
Answer : John Barrymore

Who is the female host of the television show, Better Homes and Gardens?
Answer : Noni Hazlehurst

Which comedian once said, “A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand”?
Answer : Billy Connolly

How many Earth years does it take Pluto to orbit the sun?
Answer : 248

What name is given to the central part of a fleshy fruit, containing the seeds?
Answer : The core

Question: What letter appears to the right of Y on a keyboard?
Answer : U

HCL Infosystems has introduced three new ME tablets that run Google Android 2.2 Froyo. These tablets include two 7-inch models and one 10-inch model. One thing unique about these ME tablets is that they will come with HCL Touch functionality that will connect the users to the local content and HCL custom service, all at a touch of a single button. These three new HCL ME tablets are expected to available all across India in the price range of Rs. 14,990 and Rs. 32,990.

New HCL ME tablets are aimed at different consumers – the ME AE7 is aimed at economy users, ME AM7 for the mainstream users and the ME AP10A. All new ME tablets run Google Android 2.2 Froyo update and it doesn’t seem like all of them will get the Gingerbread update. Let’s take a look at each tablet.

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Fiscal Policy: that part of government policy which is concerned with raising revenue through taxation and deciding on the level and pattern of expenditure.

Fixed Costs: Costs which in the short run do not vary with outputs. These costs are borne even if no output is produced.

Asset: Anything of monetary value that is owned by a person. Assets include real property, personal property, and enforceable claims against others (including bank accounts, stocks, mutual funds, and so on)

Base year: In the construction of an index, the year from which the weights assigned to the different components of the index is drawn. It is conventional to set the value of an index in its base year equal to 100. Bear: An investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price. A Bear Market is one which is trending downwards or losing value.

Bid price: The highest price an investor is willing to pay for a stock.

Bill of exchange: A written, dated, and signed three-party instrument containing an unconditional order by a drawer that directs a drawee to pay a definite sum of money to a payee on demand or at a specified future date. Also known as a draft. It is the most commonly used financial instrument in international trade.

Bond: A certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the bond issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal. Bonds guide.

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Consumer Surplus is the difference between the price a consumer pays and what they were prepared to pay.

Direct tax: A tax that you pay directly, as opposed to indirect taxes, such as tariffs and business taxes. The income tax is a direct tax, as are property taxes. See also Indirect Tax.

Double taxation: Corporate earnings taxed at both the corporate level and again as a stockholder dividend

Exchange rate: The price of one currency stated in terms of another currency, when exchanged.

Inflation is the percentage increase in the prices of goods and services.

Repo rate: This is one of the credit management tools used by the Reserve Bank to regulate liquidity in South Africa (customer spending). The bank borrows money from the Reserve Bank to cover its shortfall. The Reserve Bank only makes a certain amount of money available and this determines the repo rate. If the bank requires more money than what is available, this will increase the repo rate – and vice versa.

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Subsidy : Financial assistance (often from the government) to a specific group of producers or consumers.

Who was the first Ramon Magsaysay Award winner from India

Ans : Acharya Vinoba Bhave

The first recipient of Gandhi Peace Prize was

Ans : Dr. Julius N. Nyerera

Nehru Award is instituted for

Ans : International understanding and peace

Magnifying glass was invented by

Ans : Roger Bacon

Polio vaccine was invented by

Ans : Jonas Edward Salk

Who discovered the Blood groups

Ans : Karl Landsteiner

Television was invented by

Ans : John L. Baird

Theory of relativity was explained by

Ans : Albert Einstein

Wireless Telegraph was invented by

Ans : Marconi

Incandescent lamp was invented by

Ans : Edison

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Quantitative Analysis based Questions for BANK PO/MBA/BANK CLERK Exams-Answer the  below Questions  and  Test Your Quantitative Analysis Skill.

1. A trader sells his goods at a discount of 20 per cent. He still makes a profit of 25 per cent. If he sells the goods at the marked price only, his profit will be
(a) 56.25 per cent
(b) 25.56 per cent
(c) 50.25 per cent
(d) 54.25 per cent

2. The total surface area of a metallic hemisphere is 1848 cm2 . The hemisphere is melted to form a solid right circular cone. If the radius of the base of the cone is the same as the radius of the hemisphere, its height is
(a) 21 cm.
(b) 26 cm.
(c) 28 cm.
(d) 30 cm.

3. A circle is inscribed in an equilateral triangle of side 8 cm. The area of the portion between the triangle and the circle is
(a) 11 sq. cm.
(b) 10.95 sq. cm.
(c) 10 sq. cm
(d) 10.50 sq. cm

4. A cone, a hemisphere and a cylinder stand on equal bases and have the same height. The ratio of their respective volumes is
(a) 1:2:3
(b) 2:1:3
(c) 1:3:2
(d) 3:1:2

5. The difference between a discount of 40 per cent on Rs. 500 and two successive discounts of 36 per cent and 4 per cent on the same amount is
(a) zero
(b) Rs. 1.93
(c) Rs. 2.00
(d) Rs. 7.20

6. If a discount of 20 per cent on the marked price of a shirt saves a man Rs. 150, how much did he pay for the shirt?
(a) Rs. 600
(b) Rs. 650
(c) Rs. 500
(d) Rs. 620

7. In a cricket match the total number of runs scored by Sachin, Vinod and Saurav is 285. The ratio of the number of runs scored by Sachin and Saurav is 3:2 and that of the runs scored by Sourav and Vinod is also 3:2. The number of runs scored by Sachin in that match is
(a) 135
(b) 90
(c) 60
(d) 140

8. If A:B = 2:3 and B:C = 4:5, then A:B:C is
(a) 2:3:5
(b) 5:4:6
(c) 6:4:5
(d) 8:12:15

9. If two times of A is equal to three times of B and also equal to four times of C, then A:B:C is
(a) 2:3:4
(b) 3:4:2
(c) 4:6:3
(d) 6:4:3

10. In a bag, there are three types of coins- rupee, 50-paise and 25-paise in the ratio 3:8:20. Their total value is Rs. 372. The total number of coins is
(a) 1200
(b) 961
(c) 744
(d) 612

11. 5 years ago, the average age of A,B,C and D was 45 years. With E joining them now, the average of all the five is 49 years. How old is E?
(a) 25 years
(b) 40 years
(c) 45 years
(d) 64 years.

12. 200 liters of a mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 17:3. After the addition of
some more milk to it, the ratio of milk of water in the resulting mixture becomes 7:1. The quantity of milk added it was
(a) 20 liters.
(b) 40 liters.
(c) 60 liters.
(d) 80 liters.

13. Two trains A and B are running at the speeds of 45 KMPH and 25 KMPH respectively in the same direction. The faster train i.e. train A crosses a Man sitting in the slower train B in 18 secs. Find the length of the train A?
(A) 100 metres
(B) 120 metres
(C) 150 meters
(D) 180 meters
Ans (A)

14. The least number, which is a perfect square and is divisible by each of the numbers 16,20 and 24, is
(a) 1600
(b) 3600
(c) 6400
(d) 14400

15. The L.C.M. of the two numbers is 45 times their H.C.F. If one of the numbers is 125 and the sum of H.C.F. and L.C.M. is 1150, the other number is
(a) 215
(b) 220
(c) 225
(d) 235

16.The sum of two 2-digit numbers is 132. If their H.C.F. is 11, the numbers are -
(a) 55, 77
(b) 44, 88
(c) 33, 99
(d) 22,110

17. The average of 30 numbers is 15. The average of the first 18 numbers is 10 and that of next 11 numbers is 20. The last number is
(a) 56
(b) 52
(c) 60
(d) 50

18. If (a-b) is 6 more than (c+d) and (a+b) 3 is less than (c-d), then (a-c) is
(a) 0.5
(b) 1
(c) 1.5
(d) 2.5

19. In a test, a student got 30 per cent marks and failed. In the same test, another student got 40 per cent marks and secured 25 marks more than the essential minimum pass mark. The maximum marks for the test were
(a) 400
(b) 480
(c) 500
(d) 580

20. 200 liters of a mixture contains 15 per cent water and the rest is milk. The amount of milk that must be added so that the resulting mixture contains 87.5 per cent milk is
(a) 30 liters.
(b) 35 liters.
(c) 40 liters.
(d) 45 liters.

21. A man sold two chairs at Rs. 1,200 each. On one hand he gained 20 per cent and on other he lost 20 per cent. His gain or loss in the whole transaction is
(a) 1 per cent loss.
(b) 2 per cent loss.
(c) 4 per cent loss.
(d) 1 per cent gain.

22. If the angles of a triangle are in the ratio 1:2:7 then the triangle is ______
(A) acute angled
(B) obtuse angled
(C) right angled
(D) isosceles
Ans (D)

23. Two sides of a triangle are 8cm and 11cm then the possible third side is____
(A) 1 cm
(B) 2 cm
(C) 3 cm
(D) 4 cm
Ans (D)

24. If the circumference of a circle is increased by 50 per cent, then the area will be increased by -
(a) 50 per cent
(b) 75 per cent
(c) 100 per cent
(d) 125 per cent

25. A , B and C enter into a partnership. A contributes Rs. 3,20,000 for 4 months, B contributes Rs. 5,10,000 for 3 months and C contributes Rs. 2,70,000 for 5 months. If the total profit be Rs. 1,24,800, then A’s share of profit is
(a) Rs. 38,400
(b) Rs. 45,900
(c) Rs. 40,500
(d) Rs. 41,500

Answers

1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (d) 5. (a) 6. (a) 7. (d) 8. (d) 9. (b)
10. (c) 11. (b) 12. (c) 13. (d) 14. (c) 15. (c) 16. (c) 17. (a)
18. (a) 19. (c) 20. (c) 21. (c) 22. (b) 23. (d) 24. (a) 25. (d)

General intelligence is a person’s ability to think, reason, solve problems, and interact appropriately in situations. Answer the following questions and Test Your General Intelligence IQ Now.

1. A factor that ________ the understanding of the genetic versus environmental impacts on IQ is that twins who are separated tend to be placed in ________ households.

A. hinders, similar
B. confuses, dysfunctional
C. furthers, similar
D. furthers, dissimilar

2. If a test is standardized this means that

A. a person’s score can be compared with that of a pre tested group
B. the test is reliable
C. the test is valid
D. the average will always be 100

3. Criticisms of Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences ________.

A. pertain to testing and measuring only
B. pertain to testing and measuring, whether these intelligences are skills, and cultural biases
C. pertain to testing and measuring and whether these intelligences are skills only
D. pertain to whether these intelligences are skills only

4. Those who define intelligence as academic aptitude are most likely to criticize

A. Gardner’s concept of multiple intelligences
B. Sternberg’s and Wagner’s concept of  practical intelligence
C. the standardization of college aptitude tests
D. the predictive reliability of modern intelligence tests

5. Another name for the “self-fulfilling prophesy” as an abuse of IQ test data is:

A. racial/cultural bias
B. gender bias
C. age bias
D. Pygmalion effect

6. The formula that was originally used to calculate the IQ was

A. (chronological age/mental age. X 100 = IQ
B. (mental age/chronological age. X 100 = IQ
C.  mental age X (chronological age/100) = IQ
D. (chronological age X mental age ) X 100 = IQ

7. Studies show that there is a positive correlation between intelligence and

A. digestion
B. neural processing speed
C. muscle mass
D. telepathy

8. Zajonc has proposed a model to explain the impact of family size and birth order on children’s IQs. According to his model, early-born children have higher IQs because they

A. get less attention from their parents
B. are more likely to have a varied environment
C. experience a higher than average intellectual environment
D. learn language earlier

9. The Cerebral Circumference Index is a measure of intelligence based on the circumference of the head just above the eyebrows. It is most reasonable to assume that the test is

A. reliable but not valid.
B. valid but not reliable.
C. both valid and reliable.
D. neither valid nor reliable.

10. Approximately what percentage of individuals will score between  85 and 115 on the WAIS?

A. 94%
B. 74%
C. 68%
D. 10%

Answer Key: 1.A  2.A   3.C   4.A   5.D   6.B   7.B   8.C   9.A   10. C

2011 Cricket World Cup 2011: Teams Qualified For Semifinal Round

India,Pakistan,Srilanka,New Zealand

Semi-Final Match Schedules

Sri Lanka v New Zealand 1st Semi-Final

March -29-14:30 local | 09:00 GMT | 14:30 IST |D/N

India v Pakistan 2nd Semi-Final

March 30 -14:30 local | 09:00 GMT | | D/N