Daily NEWS/Currents..

1. Alexander Grothendieck :Renowned Mathematician passed away.In 1966, he was honoured with the ‘Fields medal’ – the highest honour in the field of mathematics.

2. Paul Cox: renowned Australian Director of the movie Force of Destiny, a film of the master stroke section in the 45th edition of IFFI addressed a press conference today. He said that he draws inspiration from the Indian philosophy of mutual respect and love which says that we should respect the differences of each other.

3. National Cadet Corps (NCC), the largest uniformed youth organisation in the world, raised in 1948, is celebrating its 66th anniversary on 23 Nov 2014.

4. Our District-Our Water Programme to be Launched to take the Message of Water Conservation to Every Village of the Country-Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Sushri Uma Bharti.

5. The 26 year old male, Indian, who had undergone Ebola treatment in Liberia and presently quarantined at Airport Health Organization Quarantine Centre, New Delhi continues to be symptom free. His urine and saliva samples tested at National Centre for Disease Control on 21/11/2014 have been found negative for Ebola Virus. However, he would continue to remain in this quarantine facility till all his samples are tested negative.

6. Deutsche Bank clinches its 3rd consecutive ‘Custodian of the Year‘ award at the 11th Custody Risk European Awards.

7. China signed its largest overseas project with Nigeria to build a 1,402 km railway line along the African country’s coast at an estimated cost of nearly USD 12 billion.

8. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited US President Barack Obama to Republic Day on January 26, 2015, an invitation that has been accepted by the US president.

9. Union Ministry for Food Processing Industries reconstituted the National Food Processing Development Council (NFDPC). Ministry appointed ITC Chairman Y Deveshwar and FieldFresh Foods Vice Chairman Rakesh Bharti Mittal as their members.

10. Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) announced to de-recognise Delhi Stock Exchange (DSE) on the allegations of serious irregularities in its functioning.

Things you should know about Global Terrorism Index 2014…

1. The Global Terrorism Index (GTI) is the first index to systematically rank and compare 162 countries according to the impact of terrorism.

2. The GTI uses four indicators to measure the impact of terrorism: the number of terrorist incidents, the number of deaths, the number of casualties and the level of property damage.

3. The score given to each country therefore indicates the impact of a terrorist attack on a society in terms of the fear and subsequent security response.

4. It is the product of Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) and is based on data from the Global Terrorism Database(GTD) which is collected and collated by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland.

5. India ranks at 6th position, Iraq at 1st position.

Part-2: Expected GK Questions For upcoming Exams(SBI(Associates), IBPS).

NOVEMBER-MONTH-GK.

1. White Label ATMs(WLAs) are also known as ?
Ans. Third party ATM.

2. L & T and NPCIL tied up together NPCIL to make forgings for nuclear power plants.It will be developed in which location?
Ans. Hazira.

3. International Internet Day is observed on?
Ans. 29th Oct.

4. The National Stock Exchange recently launched IRFs. It stands for ?
Ans. Interest Rate Futures.

5. Recently “Antares” was in NEWS. It is ?
Ans. It is a rocket explodes during the launch of the unmanned Cygnus CRS-3 spacecraft to the International Space Station.

6. India Signed ‘FTA’ with ASEAN and other countries. What does FTA stands for ??
Ans. Free Trade Agreement.

7. In financial terms, ‘SEPA’ stands for ?
Ans. Single Euro Payments Area .

8. According to launched “Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension scheme”, What will be the amount per person per month as pension?
Ans. Rs. 400.

9. Which telecom company launched “3G Services” and became the first telecom operator to launch the same in India.?
Ans. MTNL.

10. What is the Primary objective of “Financial Inclusion”?
Ans. Connecting every Indian to the Country’s Banking System .

11. Union Government recently sacked the heads of which Public sector bank on the basis of irregularities being found in the selection process of the Chairman and Managing Directors (CMDs) of these banks ?
Ans. Government sacked 6 public sector banks heads; Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, United Bank and Vijaya Bank .

12. World’s first solar aircraft to be run from ??
Ans. Ahmadabad to Varanasi.

13. According to World Economic Forum’s 2014 gender gap index, India’s Rank is?
Ans.114.

14. Who is the new Chairman of the Prasar Bharti Board?
Ans. Surya Prakash.

15. Who has been elected as Prasar Bharati CEO was elected Vice-President (VP) of Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) in Macau.?
Ans. Jawhar Sircar.

16. According to Harvard Business Review (HBR), who has been named as best-performing CEO in the world?
Ans. Jeff Bezos, CEO Amazon.

17. “The Order of the White Lion” is the highest civilian honour of which country?
Ans. Czech Republic. Sir Schindler Nicholas Winton was awarded.

18. Jagatheesa Pandian was recently appointed as Chief Secretary of which state?
Ans. Gujarat.

19. 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health,a meeting conducted by WHO was held at ?
Ans. Barcelona.

20. According to TB-Mission, India would be TB by which year?
ans. 2020.

21. General Assembly Meeting of AAEA (Association of Asian Election Authorities) held in?
Ans. New Delhi.

22. India was re-elected as a member of ECOSOC, its stands for ?
Ans. United Nations Economic and Social Council.

23. Which company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Rajasthan Government to establish 5000 MW capacity of solar power in Rajasthan in next five years. ?
Ans. SunEdison Inc.

24. World’s Children Prize 2014 winner is?
Ans. Malala Yousafzai.

25. Who sworn in as New CM of Goa?
Ans. Laxmikant Parsekar.