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Appointments1. General Dalbir Singh Suhag takes over as the

new Army Chief. He takes the charge from

General Bikram Singh. Before taking the charge

of Army Chief, General Dalbir Singh Suhag wasLieutenant General in the Army.

2. Chief Marshal Arup Raha took over as the

Chairman of the Chief of Staff Committee

(COEC) on 30th July 2014.

3. K.V. Chowdhary appointed as new Chairman of

CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes)

succeeded by R.K. Tewari. The appointment of

the Chairman of CBDT was confirmed by

Appointments Committee of Cabinet which

Committee headed by Prime Minister ShriNarendra Modi.

4. On 12th August 2014, the Government of India

decided to appoint Shri Bimal Jalan as the Head

of Expenditure Management Commission set up

by the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley. Shri

Bimal Jalan is the former Governor of Reserve

Bank of India.

5. United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)

appointed the Commission, consisted three

members to conduct the inquiry to probe warcrimes and human rights violations conflict in

Gaza. The Head of this Commission will William

Schabas. The conflict on the Gaza strip began in

the 2nd week of June 2014 i.e. 13th June 2014.

6. Rajni Razdan became the Chairperson of Union

Public Service Commission replaced with Prof.

D.P. Agrawal.

7. K.V. Thomas appointed as the Chairman of the

Public Accounts Committee which Committee is

analyze the expenditures of Government of India.

8. Dr.Murli Manohar Joshi appointed as the

Chairman of Estimates Committee which

Committee is working to increase the efficiency

in the administration.

9. V. Shanta Kumar appointed as the Chairman of

Committee on Public Undertakings which

Committee is working upon the reports which are

examined by this Committee and also examine

the accounts of the public undertakings.

10. S.M. Swathi the General Manager of Corporation

Bank appointed as the Executive Director of

Bharatiya Mahila Bank. The Chairman and

Managing Director of Bharatiya Mahila Bank is

Smt. Usha Ananthasubramanian. Recently,

Bharatiya Mahila Bank awarded with Core

Banking System Initiative Award 2014.

11. Ravi Shastri appointed as Team Director of

Indian Cricket team for ODI series agaisnt

England. He is former Indian Captain of Cricket

team. The Coach of Indian Cricket team is

Duncan Fletcher.

12. Prayuth Chan-Ocha became the Prime Minister

of Thailand. Recently, Yinguluck Shinawatra was

resigned from the post.

13. Tejendra Mohan Bhasin (T.M. Bhasin) elected as

the Chairman of Indian Banks Association (IBA)

while Arundhati Bhattacharya elected as the

Honorary Secretary of Indian Banks Association.14. Ahmet Davutogul appointed as the Prime

Minister of Turkey replaced with Recep Tayyip

Erdogan. The capital of Turkey is Ankara.

15. Keshri Nath Tripathi appointed as the Governor

of West Bengal. He became 22nd Governor of

West Bengal. He awarded with Vishwa Bharati

Samman, Bharat Gaurav and Uttar Pradesh

Samman etc.

16. Ramesh Chand Tayal appointed as Special

Director Genral of Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF).

17. R.N. Ravi appointed as Chief of Joint

Intelligence Committee, a committee works

under the National Security Council Secretariat.

18. C.S. Verma became the first President of Indian

Steel Association, the association launched by

domestic steel producer of India. The aim of this

association is to work towards transforming the

Indian steel industry as the global leader.

Deaths1. Madhukar Singh died on 21st July 2014 at his

residence in village Dharahara of Bhojpur

District. He was a famous Hindi literaturer.

2. Pran Kumar Sharma the famous cartoonist known

as comic character Chacha Choudhary died. He

was 75 years old.

3. The politician Reshamlal Jangade died on 11 th

August 2014. He was the Member of Parliament

of the first Lok Sabha of the country which

started in the year 1952 after held the General


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elections. He was related to Indian National

Congress Party.

4. Burra Katha, the famous Folk Artist passed away.

He is a Telegu art of oral story telling. Burra

Katha is generally known as Jangam Katha.

5. The famous poet of Iran Simin Behbahani died

on 19th August 2014. She had remained the

President of Iranian Writers Association. She is

known as Lioness of Iran.

6. Yoga guru Bellur Krishnamachar Sundaraja

Iyengar (B.K.S. Iyengar) died on 20th August

2014. He is the founder of Iyengar Yoga. He

bagged three civilian awards of India i.e. Padma

Shri, Padma Bhushan and recently Padma

Vibhushan. His bookLight on Yoga known as

the Bible of Modern Yoga.7. The famous American Journalist James Foley

was killed by the militants of ISIS.

8. Amitava Nandy, the famous former leader of

Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M)

died due to cancer. He was the Member of

Parliament of 14th Lok Sabha.

9. Chemancherry Narayanan Nair, the famous

Malyalam actor died on 25th August 2014. He

awarded with Special Jury Prize by the

Government of Kerela.10. Richard Attenborough, the famous British

filmmaker and Oscar winner, died at the age of

90. Generally he is known for his critically

acclaimed biopic on Indias Mahatama Gandhi

which film won 8 Oscar Awards in the year 1982.

11. Douglasw McAuthur McCain is the first citizen

of United States of Amercia who died in Syria.

He is American Jihadi.

Politics

1. On 26th August 2014, former Chief Minister of

Delhi Smt.Sheela Dixit resigned from the

Governor of the State of Kerela. She became 8 th

Governor to who resigned from the near past.

2. The parliament of Iraq elected Fuad Masum as

the President of Iraq in Baghdad. He became the

7th President of Iraq. He is a Kurdish Politician.

Moreover, Mr.Jubouri elected as the new speaker

to form the new government in Iraq and to ending

the political deadlock.

3. Union Government of India has launched the

Rashtriya Gokul Mission to protect the

indigenous breed of cows. Under this scheme,

some Integrated Indigenous Cattle Centres will

be set up which will be useful for improving milk

productivity in India. The aim of the government

is to improving milk productivity in India.

Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh

announced this scheme. The Union Government

passed Rs.150 Crore to reach its peak of the

mission.

4. The Government of Maharashtra appointed

Amitabh Bachchan, the Indian Megastar as

Horticulture Ambassador of Maharashtra to

increase the revenue of State.

5. Gujarat tops the charts in e-transactions acrossthe nation with 26% share. It is revealed from the

report of Union Government by analyzing

through E-Transactions Aggregation and

Analysis Layer (E-TAAL) and announced by the

present Secretary of Electronics and Information

Technology Department Shri R.S. Sharma. From

this layer, we came to know that what the

flexibility of e-transactions is.

6. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi concluded

the visit to Nepal on 4th

August, 2014. This is thefirst bilateral meeting between India and Nepal in

past 17 years. During this visit, Prime Minister

Shri Narendra Modi announced to give help to

Nepal for development.

7. On 4th August, 2014 completed the 100 years of

First World War which was started on 4th August,

1914 and was ended on 11th November 1918.

First World War also called as THE GREAT

WAR.

8. The Ministry of Human Resource Developmentset up a four member committee to review and

analyse the status of University Grants

Commission. UGC Chairman Shri Hari Gautam

will be the Head of this committee.

9. In the 6th Brics Summit, 3 bilateral agreements

are signed between India and Brazil. Three

bilateral agreements are MOU on Cooperation in

the field of environment, Agreement on Space,

MOU on Cooperation in consultation mechanism.

7th Brics Summit will be held in Russia.


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10. India became the first country to ratify the

Marrakesh Treaty. This treaty will work for blind

people, visually impaired peopoe and other

disable persons and will give equal rights and

opportunities of education and employment for

blind people.

11. India and World Bank signed MOUs for

URWSSP (Uttarakhand Rural Water Suply and

Sanitation Project), UDWDP (Uttarakahand

Decentralized Watershed Development Project),

MRWSSP (Maharashtra Rural Water Supply and

Sanitation Programme). There is need to well

known to you that water supply, santitation and

decentralization are the keys to develop any

nation.

12. India ranked 8th in Global Rich List with 14800multimillionaires. United States of America tops

the list followed by China and Germany.

13. The Governor of Uttar Pradesh Shri Ram Naik

and Governor of Gujarat Shri Om Prakash Kohli

have given additional charge of Rajasthan and

Goa respectively.

14. On 15th August 2014, 29th State of India i.e.

Telangana is going to celebrate its first National

Independence Day at Golconda Fort. K.

Chandrasekhar Rao is the first Chief Minister ofTelangana.

15. Tamilnadu has the maximum 59 Universities in

India while the whole country has 678

Universitties.

16. Approximately, 200 Indians evacuated from

Libya from the largest island of North Africa

namely Djerba Island. This island is located off

the coast of Tunisia in the Gulf of Gabes.

17. The work of the railway brdige at Noney in

Manipur, India began, after competition of thewhole work, this railway bridge become the

worlds tallest railway bridge.

18. Liberia declared the State of Emergency on 6 th

August 2014. The President of Liberia Ellen

Johnson Sirleaf declared the State of Emergency

over the outbreak of Ebola Virus. Ebola Virus is

normally called Ebola hemorrhagic fever which

will harmfully affected the human body. To take

the initial steps, Health Minister Dr.

Harshvardhan ordered to all the airports to form

the check posts for checking the Ebola Virus.

19. The Government of India raised the limit of

Foreign Direct Investment in the Defence Sector

from 26% to 49%. Foreign Direct Investment is a

direct investment in the production of the country

by the company of another country or individual.

20. Securities Laws (Amendment) Bill 2014 passed

in Lok Sabha to empower Securities Exchange

Board of India (SEBI) and also strenthen it. This

bill will give express powers for any settlement

and also empowers SEBI to establish the special

courts to strenthen it.

21. The Government of India has raised to 100%

Foreign Direct Investment in the Railway

Department. This is happeing first time in India.

The FDI raised to 100% by the Union

Government with the hope to expansion therailway and to make India a strong economy.

22. The United States of America has taken the

action agaisnt the ISIS terrorists. The bombs have

dropped by the USA namely F/A-18 from the

aricraft of USA. It is very important to mention

here that few days back, the Government of Iraq

demanded military help from USA. There is need

to know you that USA has the strongest military

power in all over the world.

23. The World Health Organization (WHO) hasdeclared Ebola Virus as Global Health

Emergency. WHO has taken this decision after

seeing that this is fatal to the human lives and

about 1500 people were died affected by this

Virus.

24. The Nepalese boy namely Jeet Bahadur Maru

Sagar was reunited with his family by the Prime

Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi. Prime

Minister of India completed this responsibility

during the two day visit to Nepal recently.25. ZERO HUNGER CHALLENGE was set up by

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United

Nations under the efforts to ensure that every one

have the right to adequate food.

26. Qaraqosh and surrounding areas is the largest

Chiristian town in Iraq. ISIS (Islamic State in

Iraq and Syria) has taken the control over this

town recently.

27. Recep Tayyip Erdogan became the first elected

President of Turkey. Recep Tayyip Erdogan is

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28. On 10th August 2014, Delhi Police launched the

helpline number to curb the corruption. This will

be best step to curb the corruption.

29. The State of Telangana notified for the State

Public Service Commission according to the

Article 315 of the Constitution and Section 83(2)

of Andhra Pradesh Re-Organization Act, 2014.

30. The President of USA Barack Obama signed and

passed the Near East and South Central Asia

Religious Freedom Act to promote the religious

freedom of minorities in the Near East and South

Central Asia.

31. The ASEAN countries included India are likely

to sign free trade agreement at Myanmar.

32. The Federal Act on International Administrative

Assistance in Tax Matters amended by theGovernment of Switzerland to exchange the

information with other countries regarding the

black money. This amendment was the demand

of time because more and more black money was

depositing in Swiss Banks.

33. On 12th August 2014, World Elephant Day

organized. This day organized every year to

create the awareness about the plightness of

Asian and African elephants.

34. Securities and Exchange Board of Indiagenerally known as SEBI issued Know Your

Client (KYC) Registrartion Agency Regulations,

2014. SEBI conferred it by Section 30 of SEBI

Act, 1992.

35. On 12th August 2014, the World Health

Organization approved the use of experimental

drug Zmapp to fight against Ebola Virus.

36. The State Assembly of Tamil Nadu passed the

Tamil Nadu Entry into Public Places Bill, 2014

to remove restrictions on entry of dhoti-clad menin hotels etc. With the passing of this bill, every

man wearing a dhoti can enter into any hotel,

club, theatres, restaurants etc.

37. The hydroelectric project namely Nimoo Bazgo

Hydroelectric Project initiated on the Indus River

by the Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra

Modi.

38. Pope Francis became the first South Korean

Visiter in a quarter century. The President of

South Korea is Park Geun-hye.

39. Vijaywada will become the ad-hoc State Capital

of Andhra Pradesh. The Chief Minister of Andhra

Pradesh is N.Chandrababu Naidu.

40. The Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley

relaunched the insurance scheme for senior

citizens aged 60 years and above. LIC will

administered this scheme.

41. Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi

launched Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana on the

eve of 68th Independence Day. This Yojana will

help the poor people of India in the near future.

42. China inaugrated the railway line in Tibet which

is very close to Border of the State of Sikkim.

43. The Government of India approved four highway

projects in the State of Jammy and Kashmir. The

four projects are Srinagar-Banihal, Qazigund-Banihal, Chenani-Nashri, Jammu-Udhampur.

44. Indo-Nepal Combined Army Training Exercise

will be conducted in the State of Uttarakhand.

The name of this training session is Surya

Kiran-VII. About 300 personnels will attend this

training session.

45. Jharkhand Disom Party (JDP) merged with

Bharatiya Janta Party which was established in

the year 2002 after creating the new State of

Jharkhand. Salkhan Murmu was the founder ofJharkhand Disom Party (JDP).

46. Massive aid operation for resident of Iraq fleeing

violence launched by United Nations High

Commissioner for Refugees (UNHRC). The

scheme will be helpful to displaced Iraqis who

are the victims after the violence in Iraq. The

basic aim of this scheme is to improve the life of

victim people.

47. World Humanitarian Day observed on 19th

August every year. This day is observed to knowthe humanitarian personnel and who have lost

their lives. The World Needs More

Humanitarian Heroes was the theme for the

year 2014.

48. India signed Memorandum of Understanding

MOU with Czech Republic on technical

cooperation in railway.

49. Samagra Kutumbh Survey or Intensive

Household Survey conducted by Government of

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50. Irom Sharmila released by Manipur Court who is

known as Iron Lady of Manipur for non-violent

protest. She protested agaisnt the abuses

allegedly committed by the security forces of

Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).

51. The Honble Supreme Court of India fined 14

States with 1 Union Territory of Chandigarh with

Rs.25,000 each for not respond to the Report of

Law Commission. These 14 States are Bihar,

Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Punjab,

Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh,

Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Kerela,

Haryana, Sikkim ane Union Territory of

Chandigarh.

52. The Government of India draft new guidelines to

Forward Markets Commission (FMC) toempower and strengthen the commodity market.

Forward Markets Commission (FMC) is a

regulatory authority and is a statutory body which

setup in the year 1953. Its Headquarter is in

Mumbai and the Chairman is Abhishek.

53. Worlds first Hindu eco-temple namely Shree

Swaminarayan Mandir opened in worlds famous

city London, United Kingdom.

54. On 20th August 2014, the Honble Home Minister

of India Shri Rajnath Singh launchedMainstreaming Civil Defence in Disaster Risk

Reduction scheme. The basic aim of this scheme

is to strenthen the capacity of all the states

towards disasters.

55. The new project approved by the Government of

India to ensure that government services are

available to citizens electronically. The name of

this project is Digital India Project.

56. On 19th August 2014, Afghanistan celebrated its

95

th

Independence day. Afghanistan getindepdendence from the British Empire after

fought three Anglo-Afghan wars and ultimately

signed the Anglo-Afghan treay to get the

independence. The capital of Afghanistan is

Kabul.

57. Delhi Development Autohrity (DDA) approved

the modifciation proposal in the Master Plan of

Indias capital Delhi 2021 which plan

incorporates the innovations for the development

of the Natinal Capital.

58. The Government of South Africa has taken the

important decision about the illegal poaching of

rhinos. The Ministry of Environment of South

Africa decided to evacuate 500 rhinos from

Kruger National Park to curb the illegal poaching

of rhinos which is one of the largest parks of

South Africa.

59. Two Districts of the State of Rajasthan namely

Ajmer and Alwar declared Smoke Free districts.

Two other districts of the State of Rajasthan

namely Jhunjhunu and Jodhpur already declared

Smoke Free districts. Now, Rajasthan has 4

Smoke Free Districts.

60. Indias first science and technology institute i.e.

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and

Technology (IIEST) established in West Bengal.61. The Union Government of India launched Indias

first ethanol-run bus in the Nagpur City of

Maharashtra under the Green Bus Project. The

run bus recuce the import of petroleum products

like petrol, diesel and gas etc. The country of

Sweden has manufactured this bus and this bus

using Ethanol instead of fuel.

62. Border Secrity Force and Board Guard

Bangladesh signed an agreement on vulnerability

mapping to implement a coordinated bordermanagement plan to curb drug and human

trafficking. The chief of BSF is D.K. Pathak and

the Director General of BGB is Aziz Ahmed.

63. The Governor of Maharashtra Shri K.

Sankaranarayanan resigned from the office and

he appointed the new Governor of Mizoram.

Recently, the Governor of Gujarat Shri Om

Prakash Kohli has been given to additional

charge of Maharashtra.

64. Approximately, 218 coal block allocationsdeclared illegal by the Supreme Court of India

which were allocated by Screening Committee

during the period 1993 to 2010.

65. Out of 18 Assembly constituencies 10 seats won

by Congress and its allies and remaining 8 seats

won by BJP and its allies. The 18 Assembly

contituencies elections held in Bihar, Punjab,

Madhya Pradesh and Karanataka.

66. The President of France Francois Hollande

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countrys stagnant economy. The Prime Minister

of France Manuel Valls resigned from the post.

67. The Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi

launched energy highway for eastern India to

connect with the national gas grid. Gas Authority

of India Limited will implement this pipeline

project.

68. To gave the special treatment of ebola virus,

Japan will offer favipiravir which is an anti-viral

drug, the drug known as Avignan. The major

countries affected with ebola virus are Guinea,

Sierra Leone and Liberia.

69. Four Governors namely Kalyan Singh appointed

for the State of Rajasthan while Vajubhai

Rudabhai Vala for Karnataka, Mridula Sinha for

the State of Goa and C. Vidyasagar Rao for theState of Maharashtra.

70. A domain called Dot Bharat launched by the

Government of India to connect people with

social media. This domain will give the

information to the people in their regional

languages but initially, eight languages are

included in the domain are Hindi, Bodo, Dogri,

Konkani, Maithili, Marathi, Nepali and Sindhi.

71. The Finance Ministry of India ordered forensic

audit of UCO Bank after found irregularities innon-performing accounts. UCO Bank is 4th bank

that is named for forensic audit. The other three

banks are Dena Bank, Oriental Bank of

Commerce and Syndicate Bank.

72. Israel and Hamas agreed to Egyptian ceasefire

proposal for unlimited time. Few days back, the

proposal was refused by Hamas.

73. Indian Air Force and Russian Federation Air

Force started Indo-Russian Air Force Exercise

called Avia Indra 2014 which is first Indo-Russian aerial exercise between the two

countries.

74. The Jewish Centre, Chabad House oftenly called

as Nariman House reopened after 6 years. The

Centre was remained closed after the 26/11 terror

attack in the year November 2008.

75. Recep Tayyip Erdogan became 12th President of

Turkey. He relates to Justice and Development

Party while Ahmet Davutogul became the Prime

Minister of Turkey.

76. 7 countries Canada, Denmark, France, United

Kingdom, Albania, Croatia and Italy joined

United States of America in arming the Kurdish

forces against ISIS.

77. Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion

notified Press Note 8, the note allows 100% FDI

in the Indian Railways infrastructure.

78. To identify the obsolete laws, Ramanujam

Committee established by the Prime Minister

Shri Narendra Modi. The Chairman of the

Committee will be R. Ramanujam.

79. The Tourism Minister of India Shripad Naik set

the criteria to build tourism industry in all over

the India, the criteria set by him called as

Sustainable Tourism Criteria for India.

80. The Honble Supreme Court of India asked DLFLtd., a real estate developer company to pay the

fine amount of Rs.630 Crore, imposed by

Competition Commission of India.

81. The state of Maharashtra will form the

Transgender Welfare Board. Maharashtra will

become 2nd state of India to form the Transgender

Welfare Board. The first one was Tamil Nadu.

82. Sivaramakrishnan Committee submitted its report

to the Union Home Ministry on the capital of

Andhra Pradesh. The committee was recentlyconstituted to sugest the place to build the capital

city of Andhra Pradesh. The Chairman of this

committee is K. Sivaramakrishnan.

83. The Governor of Manipur Shri Vinod Kumar

Duggal resigned. Formerly, he was the member-

Secretary of Srikrishna Committee, the

committee was constituted on the issue of new

formed state of Telangana.

84. The Cabinet of Delhi made mandatory

instructions to wear the helmets for women ontwo wheelers.

85. Till now, NDA Government of India laid down

the many foundation stones to provide hastle free

services to Indians. In the near future, the Indian

Government can start MyGov.in programme.

Under this programme the educational

certificates, residential documents and other

necessary documents will be stored in the

individual digital lockers. After the inaugration

of this programme, all the Indians can free from


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harassment suffered by them in the government

offices.

PSU Banks in India

Reserve Bank of India (1935)

Head Quarter: Mumbai

Governor: Dr.Raghu Ram Rajan

4 Deputy Governors: Mr.Harun Rashid Khan,

Mr.S.S. Mundra, Dr.Urjit R. Patel, Mr. R. Gandhi

It has 4 regional offices, 15 Branches and 5 sub-

offices.

Functions: Formulates, implements and monitors

the monetary policy, Regulates and supervise the

financial system, Regulates and supervise the

payment systems, Manages the Foreign Exchange,

Issue Currency, Promotes national objectives, Short

terms loans to Govt. under ways and means

advances,

Inspections: Onsite thru CAMELS &

CALCS and ofsite thru OSMOS, Nationalized in

1949, Established in 1935 by RBI Act 1934.

State Bank of India (1955)


It was the 1st Joint Stock Bank of British India, Bank

of Bengal, Bank of Bombay and Bank of Madras

amalamated on 27th Jan. 1921, Imperial Bank of

India was converted into SBI in 1955, 7 subsidiary

were added in the year 1959 State Bank of

Saurastra was merged in 2008 and State Bank of

Indore was merged in 2010, Now SBI is having 5

Associate Banks, It is 3rd largest employer in India

after Coal India and TCS (among listed companies)

Chairman: Ms.Arundhati Bhattacharya

Slogans: Pure Banking nothing else, With you

all the way, and A Bank of commonman. ATMs

more than 43000

Branches: more than 15143, 170

branches in 34 nations

Allahabad Bank (1865)

Head Quarter: Kolkata

It is the oldest Joint Stock Bank of India

CMD: Mr.Rakesh Sethi

Slogan: A tradition of trust

Branches: more than 2500

Andhra Bank (1923)

Head Quarter: Hyderabad

It is founded by freedom fighter Mr.B.P. Sitaramaya

Chairman: Mr.CVR Rajendran

Slogan: For all your needs


Bank of Baroda (1908)

Head Quarter: Vadodara


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Head Quarter: New Delhi

Founding fathers are Bhai Vir Singh, Sir Sunder

Singh Majithia, Sardar Tarlochan Singh.

Chairman: Jatinder Bir Singh

Slogan: Where service is way of life


Punjab National Bank (1894)

Head Quarter: New Delhi

It is Indigenous bank of India and 2nd largest Comm.

Bank of India

Chairman: Mr.K.R. Kamath

Slogan: The name you can bank

upon


Syndicate Bank (1925)

Head Quarter: Manipal

Chairman: Mr.Sudhir Kr. Jain

Slogan: Faithful Friendly


UCO (United Commercial Bank) 1943


Chairman: Mr.Arun Kunal

Slogan: Trust and Excellence since

1904


Union Bank of India (1919)


Mahatama Gandhi inaugurated it.

CMD: Mr.Arun Tiwari

Slogan: Good people to bank with

United Bank of India (1950)


Chairman: Mr.Bhaskar sen

Slogan: The Bank That Begins With

U


Vijaya Bank (1931)

Head Quarter: Bangalore

CMD: Mr.V. Kannan

Slogan: A friend you can bank upon


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Movie awards held in 2014

61ST NATIONAL FILMAWARDSAward Winner

Best popular film providing wholesome

entertainment

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Nargis Dutt Award (National Integration

Award)

Thalaimuraigal (Tamil)

Best Actor Raj Kumar Rao (for Shahid) and Suraj

Venjaramoodu (Peraiyathavar - Malyalam

film)

Best Actress Geetanjali Thapa (for Liars Dice)

Best Film (Hindi) Jolly LLB

Best Director Hansal Mehta (for Shahid)

Non feature film on social issues Gulabi Gang (Hindi-Bundelkhand)

Non feature film Rangbhoomi (Hindi)

Best book on cinema Cinema Ga Cinema written by Nandagopal (in

Telugu)

Best children film Kaphal (Hindi)

Best English film The Coffinmaker

86THACADEMYAWARDS (OSCARS)

Award Winner

Best picture 12 years a slave


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Best Actor Matthew McConaughe for movie Dallas

Buyers Club

Best Actress Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine

Best Director Alfonso Cuaron for Gravity

Best Foreign Language film The Great Beauty (Italian)

15TH IIFA (INTERNATIONAL INDIAN FILMACADEMY) AWARD: (MACAU)Award Winner

Best film Viacom 18 motion pictures Bhaag Milkha

Bhaag

Best Actor Farhan Akhtar

Best Actress Deepika Padukone

Best Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Most popular all time international star John Travolta

Performance in comic role Arshad Warsi in Jolly LLB

Entertainment of the year Deepika Padukone

Life Time Achievement Shatrughan Sinha

59TH FILMFARE AWARDS

Award Winner

Best film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Actor Farhan Akhtar (BMB)

Best Actress Deepika Padukone

Best Director Rakesh Omprakash Mehra


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Life Time Achievement Award Tanuja

56TH GRAMMYAWARDS

Award Winner

Song of the year Royals by Joel Little and Lorde

Album of the year Daft Punk win 4 awards

Best pop solo performance Royals by Lorde Biggest winner with 4 awards

best new artists and most of the grammy rap

categories won by Macklemore and RyanLewis

71ST GOLDEN GLOBEAWARDS

Award Winner

Best Actor (in motion picture) Leonardo Dicaprio (for film The Wolf of Wall

Street)

Best Actress Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

Best Director Alfonso Cuaran (Gravity)

Best motion picture (Comedy or musical) Americn Hustle

Best motion picture drama 12 years a slave

44TH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA (IIFI)

Award Winner

Golden Peacock

Beatrizs War (Co-Directors: Luigi Acquisto and

Netu Reiss)

Silver Peacock


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The Best Director Kaushik Ganguly for Bengali film Apur

Panchali

Special Jury Award Thou Gilds (a Turkish film)

Best Actor Alon Moni Aboutboul for an Israeli Move A

Palace in Heaven

Best Actress Boczarska Magdalina for Polish Movie in

Hiding

Special Centenary Award Bengali film Maaghe Dhaka Tara directed by

Kamleshwar Mukherjee

Life Time Achievement Award Jiri Menzel

Centenary Award for the Indian Film

Personality of the year 2013 was given to

Waheeda Rehman

The Chief Guest of the closing ceremony was Michelle Yeoh

Important facts about Grand Slam

tournaments held in 2014

Tournament Facts

Wimbledon Open 2014 (Grass) In Mens final Novak Djokovic won Roger Federer

in womens final Petra Kvitov of Czech won from EugnieBouchard of Canada

in Mens Double Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock won from

Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan

in womens Double Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won

from Timea Babos and Kristina Miadenovic

A Rosewater Dish trophy is given to womens final

winner and challenge cup to mens winner

French Open (Clay) 2014 Played in Roland Garos, Men Single Rafaeil Nadal ofSpain won from Novak Djokovic of Serbia

Rafael Nadal won the Roland Garros crowns for the


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5th time successively, and 9th winner and in total 14 grandslam winner, also known as King of Clay and retained1st position

women single Maria Sharapova won from SimonaHalep of Romania

Maria Sharapova won the 5th grand slam already in 2012she won all the 4 grand slams of the year. After thiscompetition, she became No.5th player in rank.

Prize Money total Euro 18718000, Single winner-Euro1250000, Mixed Double-Euro 100000 per team

Medal Trophies: Single Men-Coupe Des Mousquetairs,Women Single Coupe Suzanne Lenglan, MixedDouble-Coupe Marcel Barnard

Australian Open 2014 (Hard) Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland won Mens final fromRafael Nadal

in womens final Li Na of Chin won from DominikaCibulkova of Slovakia

In womens double Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won

from Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina

In mixed double Daniel Nestor of Canada and KristinaMladenovic (France) won from Sania Mirza and HoriaTecau (Romanian)

Australian Open is played in Rod Laver Arena inMelbourne and trophies Norman Brookes Challenge Cupand Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup are being given toMens and Womens winner respectively.

US Open 2013 (Hard) Rafael Nadal (Spain) won from Novak Djokovic(Serbian)

Serena William won from Victoria Azarenka

In mens double the winners Leander Paes and Rodek

Stepanek won from Alexander peya and Bruno Soares

US Open was played in Arthur Ashe Stadium, FlushingMeadows ground of New York. The winners in single got$1.9 mn and the runners got $ .95mn.

Union Budget 2014Arun Jaitley, The Finance Minister of Narendra

Modi's cabinet presented, Union Budget. I must

say that this budget is "Growth Oriented".

Government planned to invest lots of funds on

setting up of new educational institutes and one

of the most important step that government took -

Increase in limit of 80C. This would lead to

higher investment rate and automatically this

would help in job creation.

Highlights

Taxes and Interests

Income tax exemption limit raised from

Rs.2 Lakh to Rs.2.5 Lakh

Deduction limit under Section 80-C

raised to Rs.1.5 Lakh

Annual PPF ceiling hiked to Rs.1.5 Lakh

No tax for income upto Rs.3 Lakh for

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Markets & Banking

PSU Banks to raise Rs.2.40 Lakh Crore

capital by 2018

Introduction of uniform KYC norms

One single operating DMAT Account

Two bank accounts in each household to

be opened

What it means: Banking facilities for all households

Customs & Excise

Colour picture tubes exempted from

basic customs duty

Basic customs duty on LCD, LED panels

below 19 inches reduced

More proposals to cut excise on food

processing and footwear

Cigarattes, tobacco products, aerated

water containing sugar to become

expensive

Aim: To curb use of tobacco products as

smoking results in 1 million deaths every year

and 20% of the total deaths in the country.

Sports

Rs.200 Crore for upgrading indoor and

outdoor facilities in Jammu and Kashmir

Rs.100 Crore allocated for Sports

University in Manipur

Rs.100 Crore for training sportsmen and

women for upcoming Commonwealth

and Asian Games.

Aim: As sports have not been mainstreamed to

date, was a need to set up national level

academies for major games in different parts of

the country.

Information Technology

Tax benefits for IT industry restored

FDI to be allowed in e-commerce sector

to provide much needed boost to the

online retail industry

Rs.100 Crore set aside for development

of Technology Development Fund

Biotech clusters to be set up in Bangalore

and Faridabad

All government departments, ministries

to be integrated through e-platform by

31 Dec., 2014

Aim: to promote the use of new technology and

integration of technology across sectors.

Rural Development

Rs.500 Crore for Deen Dayal Upadhaya

Gram Jyoti Yojana

Rs.14,389 Crore for Pradhan Mantri

Gram Sadak Yojana

Initial sum of Rs.100 Crore for Village

Entrepreneurship Programme

New programme Neeranchal to give

impetus to watershed development with

an initial outlay of Rs.2,142 Crore

Swatch Bharat Abhiyaan targeting total

sanitation by 2019

Low interest loan scheme for women self

help groups

Tax exemption limit increased from 2 lacs to 2.5 lacs

Much awaited and expected decision from FM. Although

it was expected that tax exemption limit will be increased

to 3 lacs but it is increased to 2.5 lacs only. Governmenttried to relief to inflation stricken public.

Individual resident below 60 years of age (i.e. born on or

after 1st April 1953) or any NRI, HUF, AOP, BOI or

AJP*

Income Tax Slabs

Income Slabs Tax Rates

I. Where the total incomedoes not exceed

Rs.2,00,000/-

NIL

II. Where the total income

exceeds Rs.2,00,000/- but

does not exceed Rs.

5,00,000/-.

10% of amount by

which the total

income exceeds

Rs. 2,00,000/-

III. Where the total income

exceeds Rs.5,00,000/- but

does not exceed Rs.

10,00,000/-

Rs.30,000/- +

20% of the

amount by which

the total incomeexceeds Rs.


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5,00,000/-

IV. Where the total income

exceeds Rs.10,00,000/-

Rs.130,000/- +

30% of the

amount by which

the total income

exceeds Rs.

10,00,000/-

Surcharge : Nil

Education Cess : 3% of the Income Tax.

* Abbreviations used :

NRI - Non Resident Individual; HUF - Hindu

Undivided Family; AOP - Association of Persons; BOI -

Body of Individuals; AJP - Artificial Judicial Person

I. Individual resident who is of the age of 60 years

or more but below the age of 80 years at any time

during the previous year (i.e. born on or after 1st

April 1933 but before 1st April 1953)

New Schemes introduced in

Budget 2014

Scheme Fund Allocation

Textile Cluster 200 Crore

Kisan Television 100 Crore

Four new AIIMS 500 Crore

Modernization of Madrassas 100 Crore

Community Radio Centres 100 Crore

Agricultural University 200 Crore

Beti Padhao Beti Badhao

Yojana

100 Crore

Statue of Unity of SardarVallabh Patel

200 Crore

National rural internet and

technology mission

500 Crore

New and renewable energy 500 Crore

Soil health card policy 100 Crore

Soil testing lab 100 Crore

Metro rails development

project

100 Crore

Important Organizations

and their Abbreviations

IOD- Indian Ocean Dipole ICANN- Internet Corporation for Assigned

Names and Numbers

CCI- Competition Commission of India

DGCA- The Directorate General of Civil

Aviation

UNESCO- United Nations Educational,

Scientific and Cultural Organization

IAEA- International Atomic Energy Agency

(IAEA)

NFSA- National Food Security Act UNEP- United Nations Environment Programme

NDMA- National Disaster Management

Authority

MPA- Marine Protected Area

OHCHR- Office of High Commissioner for

Human Rights

DRSC- District-level Road Safety Committees

AICTE :- All India Council of Technical

Education

AIIMS :- All India Institute of Medical Sciences ASSOCHAM :- Associated Chamber of

Commerce and Industry

BIS :- Bureau of Indian Standards

CSIR :- Council of Scientific and Industrial

Research

CVC :- Central Vigilance Commission

DGCA :- Director General of Civil Aviation

ECIL :- Electronic Corporation of India Limited

FCI :- Food Corporation of India

FICCI :- Federation of Indian Chamber of

Commerce and Industry

FIEO :- Federation of Indian Export

Organization

IDFC Infrastructure Development Finance Co.

Ltd.

GATT :- General Agreement on Tariff and Trade

AICI Agricultural Insurance Corporation of

India

CCIC Central Cottage Industries Corporation

CCI Consumer Confidence Index

EFTA European Free Trade Association

ISROIndian Space Research Organisation


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ICICIIndustrial Credit and Investment

Corporation of India

HDFCHousing Development Finance

Corporation

NASA :-National aeronautics and space

administration.

ESA :-Employment and support Allowance

Business and Economy1. Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)

retained the rate of interest as 8.75% p.a. on the

deposits of provident fund.

2. RBI has cancelled Certificate of Registration of

six non-banking finanancial institutions

(NBFCs). The reason being that they cannot beable to conduct business of non-banking

finanancial activities. It is hereby important to

noted that RBI at any time observed that if any

institution cannot be able to bear the expenditures

or losses then RBI cancelled the Certificate of

Registration of that institution immediately.

3. HDFC (Housing Development Finance

Corporation) is fast growing private sector bank

who will open a school in Gurgaon. This will be

the first financial organization who taken thistype of step.

4. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index,

Shri Dilip Singhvi, the founder and MD of Sun

Pharmaceutical Industries topped the gloabal rich

list with $17.2 billion. Sun Pharmaceutical

Industries is the fastest growing healthcare

company.

5. Reserve Bank of India reduced the Statutory

Liquidity Ratio (SLR) by 50 basis points to 22%

but the repo rate remains the same announced by

the RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan.

Policy Rates Bank Rate 9.0%

Base Rate 10% to 10.25%

CRR 4.0%

Repo Rate 8.0%

Reserve Repo Rate 7.0%

SLR 22%

Term Deposit Rate 8% to 9.05%

6. RBI has cancelled the licence of The Vasavi Co-

operative Urban Bank Ltd.

7. Reserve Bank of India drafted guidelines to

implement the Bharat Bill Payment Scheme

(BPPS) oftenly called as any time any where

bill payment system.

8. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) became the

first Indian Company to cross Rs.5 Lakh Crore

Market capitalization. Till today, no other

national company can reach at this target. TCS is

an IT Company.

9. Reserve Bank of India will launched Rs.1000

note consisting the Rupee Symbol.

10. The Board of Reserve Bank of India has given

the apporval to create the post of Chief Operating

Officer as per the needs of the economy.11. Reserve Bank of India announed that free ATM

transactions for savings account holders in six

metro cities will decrease from 5 to 3 from 01st

November 2014. That cities are Mumbai, New

Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and

Hyderabad.

12. India ranked at 5th position in Renewables Global

Status Report 2014 while China ranked at 1st

position. First time this report was relased in the

year 2005.13. The merger of Mumbai and Kolkata will held

with Maharashtra and West Bengal under the

Department of Telecom. After the mergeness of

these cities, the telecom subscribers who

travelling from these cities will free from the

roaming charges. The present Telecom Minister

is Ravi Shankar Prasad.

14. The Korean handset maker Samsung still

continues to lead the smartphone market with

29% share as per the report of International DataCorporation which is a market research to

conduct analyzing in information technolgy and

telecommunications. The Chief Executive Officer

of International Data Corporation is Kirk

Campbell.

15. Colgate palmolive appointed Issam Bachaalani as

Managing Director of India. Colgate palmolive

Company is the multinational company which is

focus on the healthcare products like soaps,

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Colgate Palmolive Company is Ian M. Cook and

its headquarter in New York.

16. The 2nd largest private sector bank of India i.e.

HDFC Bank opened its Branch in Dubai. The

HDFC Bank taken this step to see the large

quantity of Indians in Dubai. Before this the bank

has already opened its two international branches

in Bahrain and Hong Kong. The Chief Executive

Officer of HDFC Bank is Aditya Puri.

17. The Swachh Bharat scheme gets Rs.200 Crore

from Tata Consultancy Services and Bharti

Foundation for working this scheme. The Chief

Executive Officer of Tata Consultancy Services

is Natarajan Chandrasekaran. The Chief

Executive Officer of Bharti Foundation is Vijay

Chadda.18. The renowned Private Sector Bank i.e. ICICI

Bank launched EMI facility on debit cards with

the condition to have FD in tha bank. With this

launching, ICICI Bank became the first bank to

launch this type of facility.

19. The Ministry of Finance gave the instructions to

forensic audit to take an audit regarding the

misappropriation of funds committed by Dena

Bank and Oriental Bank of Commerce.

20. International Finance Corporation launched$2.5bn onshore Indian ruppe programme to

strengthen the support infrastructure development

and capital market. International Finance

Corporation is the member of World Bank

Group.

21. The Indian companies Tata Consultancy Services

(TCS), Sun Pharma Industries, Hindustan

Unilever, Larsen & Toubro (L & T), Bajaj Auto

listed in the Forbes list among 100 most

innovative companies.22. ITC Limited listed in Indias most admired

companies. Approximate, 45 companies listed in

the FORBES list.

23. Tata Value Homes signed an angreement with

Snapdeal to enable the users to buy houses

online.

24. Cox & Kings Ltd., a travel company got the

contract of Deccan Odyssey, a luxury train

service of Maharashtra Tourism Development

Corporation for the term of 5 years.

25. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. signed the deal with

BSNL for sharing the towers. Reliance Jio

Infocomm Ltd. is the first telecom company to

get the unified licence for all the 22 service areas

in all over India.

26. Air India will sell tickets for Rs.100 excluding

tax on the eve of Air India Day i.e. on 27 th

August 2014, the day on which the Indian

Airlines merged with Air India 7 years back i.e.

in the year 2007.

27. INTERPOL appointed Shah Rukh Khan as its

Ambassador. The Headquarter of INTERPOL is

in France. After the appointment, he became the

first Indian to become Ambassador of

INTERPOL.

28. More than 1.5 Crore accounts opened all overIndia under the Pradhana Mantri Jan Dhan

Yojana, a Yojana announced by the Prime

Minister on the eve of Independence Day, few

days back. This is a big record in the Indian

banking industry that 1.5 Crore accounts opened

just in One day.

29. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism

Corporation (IRCTC) launched the new

application for all the Black Berry Smartphone

users. With this application, all the Black BerrySmartphone users can book the train tickets.

Science and Technology1. Indian Air Force received its 6th C-17

GlobemasterIII aircraft on 28th July 2014.

2. 6th C-17 GlobemasterIII launched in Indian Air

Force. This success of Indian Air Force wil

enhance the Operational Potential of itself.

3. Two Indians Rishi Israni and his wife Pranoti

invented a Robot which will produce one baked

chapati. This is worlds first Chapati Making

Robot. The Rotomatic device is the first device to

be used in Robotic Technology.

4. On 8th August 2014 India and USA decided to for

co-development and co-production of advanced

weapons systems which will revive the Defence

Trade and Technology Initiative between India

and USA.

5. SHERLOC is the first UV Raman Spectrometer

that will fly in Mars. SHERLOC (Scanning

Habitable Environments with Raman and


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Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals) will

carried by the Mars 2020 rover mission.

6. NASAs ISEE-3 vintage spacecraft successfully

completed the visit to the earth moon system.

Originally this spacecraft was launched in the

year 1978.

7. Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer

(MEDA) would be carried in 2020 to measure

temoperature, measure the speed of wind and also

the direction, presurre and wind and humidity of

air.

8. Radar Imager for Mars Subsurface Exploration

(RIMFAX) will be sent to Mars to study the

centimeter-scale resolution of the geologic

structure of the subsurface. RIMFAX is a ground

penerating radar.9. On 16th August 2014, Prime Minister of India

Shri Narendra Modi will delivered INS Kolkata

to Indian Navy. INS Kolkata will be the part of

44 warships. This is the first and largest made in

India.

10. Google will be build knowledge vault to store the

information of whole the world by using an

algorithm to turn the raw data.

SportsFIFA World Cup 2014

1) 2014 FIFA World Cup was the ..... FIFA World

Cup?

Ans. 20th

2) Which country hosted the FIFA World Cup 2014?

Ans. Brazil

3) The FIFA 2014 was held from __ to __?

Ans. 12th June to 13th July

4) Brazil had earlier hosted FIFA WC in which year?

Ans. 1950

5) How many countries participated in the FIFA WC

2014?

Ans. 32

6) Name the two new technologies used for the first

time at a World Cup in 2014?

Ans. Goal-line technology and vanishing foam for

free kicks.

7) When was the first FIFA World cup held?

Ans. 1930

8) Name the countries which have so far lifted FIFA WC

since it's startingin 1930?

Ans. Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany,

Italy, Spain and Uruguay

9) Which was the first team to be eliminated from FIFA

WC 2014?

Ans. Spain (the champions of 2010 WC)

10) Germany lifted the FIFA WC 2014 defeating whichteam in the finals?

Ans. Argentina (By 1-0 margin)

11) Which team became the first European team to win a

World Cup in the Americas?

Ans. Germany

12) Germany's win marked the first time that sides from

the same continent had won three successive World Cups.

Who were the earlier winners in 2010 and 2006?Ans. 2010- Spain & 2006- Italy

13) Germany qualified for which tournament winning the

world Cup?

Ans. 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup

14) First match of FIFA 2014 was between?

Ans. Brazil and Croatia

15) Who scored the first goal of FIFA WC 2014?Ans. Marcelo of Brazil (It was a self-goal

which earned Croatia the lead in the 11th

minute.) But at the end Brazil won the match

3-1 with Neymar scoring 2 goals and Oscar

one.

16) Who was the referee in the opening match?

Ans. Yuichi Nishimura from Japan

17) Who was the referee in the final match?

Ans. Nicola Rizzoli from Italy


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18) Total how many venues where there for FIFA

WC 2014?

Ans. 12

19) Which stadium hosted the final match

between Germany and Argentina?

Ans. Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

20) Which was the official match ball of the 2014

FIFA World Cup?

Ans. Adidas Brazuca

21) Brazuca was manufactured in which country?

Ans. Sialkot, Pakistan

22) Which country reached their first

quarterfinals since 1986 in FIFA WC 2014?

Ans. Belgium

23) Name the two first-time quarterfinalists in

FIFA WC 2014?

Ans. Colombia and Costa Rica

24) Which country set a World Cup record with

four consecutive semi-final appearances in FIFAWC 2014?

Ans. Germany

25) Who beacme the first player to appear in four

World Cup semi-finals in FIFA WC 2014?

Ans. Miroslav Klose

26) Miroslav Klose broke whose record with 16 goals to

become the highest scorer in the history of FIFA 2014?

Ans. Ronaldo

27) Which team secured third place in FIFA WC 2014?

Ans. Netherlands. The defeated Brazil 30 in third

place play-off.

28) Germany and Argentina faced each other in how

many WC finals?

Ans. Three (1986, 1990 and 2014)

29) Who was awarded the Golden Boot for scoring six

goals in FIFA WC 2014?

Ans. James Rodrguez of Colombia. He was followed

by Thomas Mller- 05, Lionel Messi, Neymar

and Robin van Persie with 04 goals.

30) How many goals were scored in FIFA WC 2014 in

total?

Ans. 171 goals by 121 different players.

31) How many self-goals were there in FIFA WC 2014?

Ans. 05

32) Which player was suspended during FIFA WC 2014

for nine international matches and banned from taking

part in any footballing-related activity (including entering

any stadium) for four months, following a biting incident

on Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini?Ans. Luis Surez of Uruguay

33) Who scored the two hat-tricks of FIFA WC 2014?

Ans. Thomas Muller of Germany and Xherdan

Shaqiri of Switzerland

34) Who won the Golden Ball in FIFA 2014 as best

player of the tournament?

Ans. Lionel Messi of Argentina

35) Who was awarded the Golden Glove for best goal

keeper?

Ans. Manuel Neuer of Germany

36) Who was given the Best Young Player award in FIFA

WC 2014?

Ans. Paul Pogba of France

37) Which team won FIFA Fair Play Trophy?

Ans. Colombia

38) Which country will host the next FIFA WC

in 2018?

Ans. Russia

1. Vikas Gowda became first athlete who brought

the first athletics medal in Commonwealth

Games 2014. After this victory, Vikas Gowda

became Indias 2nd male athlete to win Gold

Medal in Commonwealth Games, the first one


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was Milkha Singh who won Gold Medal in

athletics in the year 1958.

2. Babita Kumari win Gold Medal in womens free

style 55 kg wrestling in Commonwealth Games

2014.

3. Jitu Rai won Gold Medal in 50m Air Pistol in

Commonwealth Games 2014.

4. The closing ceremony of 20th Commonwealth

Games, 2014 held at Hampden Park Stadium,

Glasgow, Scotland. The next 21st Commonwealth

Games, 2018 will he held in Gold Coast in

Australia. India has successful to win 15 Gold

Medals and total 64 medals.

The 15 Indian Gold Medalists are:

Yogeshwar Dutt in Mens wrestling 65

kg freestyle Sushil Kumar in Mens wrestling 75 kg

Amit Kumar in Mens wrestling 57 kg

Babita Kumar in Womens wrestling, 55

kg freestyle

Vinesh Phogat in Womens wrestling 48

kg

Satish Sivalingam in Mens weightlifting

77 kg

Sukhen Dey in Mens weightlifting 56 kg

category

K Sanjita Chanu in Womens

weightlifting 48 kg category

Vikas Gowda in Mens Discus Throw

Jitu Rai in Mens Shooting 50 m Pistol

Rahi Sarnobat in Womens Shooting 25

m pistol

Apurvi Chandela in Womens shooting

10 m Air Rifle

Abhinav Bindra in Mens 10 m Air Rifle

Dipika Pallikal in Womens Squash

Joshana Chinappa in Womens Squash

Parupalli Kashyap in Mens Badminton

5. Parupalli Kashyap became the first shuttler in

Mens singles to win a Gold Medal in

Commonwealth Games in the last 32 years.

6. Sabine Lisicki created the world record by fastest

serve in Womens Tennis. She is from Germany

which country recently won the FIFA World Cup

2014.

7. The Worlds superstar Usain Bolt won Gold

Medal in Commonwealth Games, 2014 in mens

4 100 m relay. He is from Jamaica. Usain Bolt

broke many records which were set by various

athletes.

8. England successful to placed at 1st position in

Commonwealth Games 2014 with 58 Gold

Medals, 59 Silver Medals and 57 Bronze Medals.

9. Chika Amalaha the Weightlifter of Nigeria

became the first to be caught in the dope offence

in Commonwealth Games 2014.

10. Kapil Dev will become the Head of Arjuna

Awards Selection Committee while Ajit Pal

Singh is likely to be charge of selecting the

Dronacharya Awardees. Kapil Dev is a former

Crickter who won the Cricket World Cup forIndia in the year 1983 by defeating the then

worlds strongest team West Indies while Ajit Pal

Singh is a famous hockey skipper. The present

Sports Secretary is Ajit Sharan.

11. The Cricket Team of India equalled the world

record of maximum 6 played gone on ducks in a

test innings. There are three more teams, their 6

players were gone on duck i.e. Pakistan, South

Africa and Bangladesh. From the total four

teams, there are three teams from Asia.12. The Indian Women Recurve team won Gold

Medal in the Archery World Cup. In this World

Cup, the Indian team lead by Deepika Kumari.

The world cup held at Wroclaw, Poland.

13. The famous Crickter Virender Sehwag and

famous Boxer Mary Kom will promote a unity

marathon for CRPF which is the largest

paramilitary force of India. The Chief of CRPF is

Dilip Trivedi.

14. The famous Indian sportsperson RavichandranAshwin declared No.1 Test All-rounder in Test

Cricket. India slipped at 4th position in ICC Test

Cricket. South Africa placed at No.1 position.

15. Ravichandran Ashwin became 46th Indian

Cricketer who will receive Arjuna Award which

was started in the year 1961 who perform their

best and achieve the outstanding performance in

sports. However, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Award will not to be given any sportsperson this

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16. The famous Sri Lankan Cricketer namely Kumar

Sangakkara break the record of Sir Don Bradman

by completing his 10th Double Century. He

completed his 10th Double Century against

Pakistan.

17. The famour Tennis Superstar Roger Federer won

his 300th match during the Master Tournament.

Recently he ranked World No.3 best Tennis

Player by the Association of Tennis

Professionals. Roger Federer belongs to

Switzerland.

18. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the Rogers Cup after

beating Roger Federer. Recently he ranked

World No.10 best Tennis Player by the

Association of Tennis Professionals. Jo-Wilfried

Tsonga belongs to France.19. On 12th August 2014, Jo Pavey became the oldest

woman to win the Gold Medal in European

Championships. This champoionship has

organized by European Athletics Association.

Recently, She won a Bronze Medal in

Commonwealth Games 2014.

20. Real Madrid Football Club won the UEFA

Footbal Super Cup by defeating the Sevila

Footbal Club. Now, Real Madrid has 14

European Trophies included this one. The UEFASuper Cup is organized annualy.

21. The State of Himachal Pradesh will host the

Paragliding World Cup in the next year 2015

which will be organized by Paragliding World

Cup Association.

22. Kush Kumar became the first Indian player to

reach at semi-final of the World Junior Squash

Championship. He is a professional Squash

Player. The President of World Squash

Federation is Cyrus Poncha.23. Judit Polgar the famous Chess Player retired from

competitive Chess Arena. She is the only Chess

woman player who remains at No.1 position in

the Worlds Top players for consecutive 25 years.

She is from Hungary. Now, the present World

Chess Champion is Magnus Carlsen.

24. Roger Federer won Cincinnati Masters after

defearing David Ferrer. This is his 80 th carrer title

and 6th at the Cincinnati Masters.

25. Serena Williams won Cincinnati Master after

defeating Ana Ivanovic. This is her first

Cincinnati title.

26. Adille Sumariwala will head the Indian

contingent for Asian Games which will be hed in

October 2014. He is the President of the Athletics

Federation of India. 17th Asian Games will be

held in South Korea.

27. Tech Mahindra ties up with the famous former

hockey player Shri Dhanraj Pillay to encourage

and promote the game hockey. Dhanraj Pillay is

the Manager of Indian Hockey Team. He also

awarded with Arjuna Award.

28. Max Verstappen will become the youngest F1

(Formula 1) driver. Now, he is just 16 years old.

He is from Netherlands.29. The State of Madhya Pradesh became the

member of Hockey India. It is the 23rd member of

Hockey India. Hockey India is the apex body of

India to promote the Hockey in youth.

30. The American swimmer namely Katie Ledecky

created a new world record in Womens 1500

meter freestyle in swimming by breaking her own

record at Pan Pacific Championship. She created

a record by swam the distance in 15 minute 28.36

seconds. Till now, she won 5 gold medals.31. Daniel Ricciardo from Australia won Belgium F1

Grand Prix which held on 24th August 2014.

32. On 29th August, i.e. the birth anniversary of

former Hockey Player Dhayan Chand, National

Sports Day celebrated throughout the country.

Dhyan Chand is also known as the Hockey

Magician.

33. The new International Hockey Stadium

inaugrated in Raipur on the eve of National

Sports Day. This is the 2

nd

International HockeyStadium established in the State of Chhatisgarh,

the first one was in Rajnandgaon.

Awards and Books1. Bhartiya Mahila Bank Ltd. awarded by Banking

System Initiative Award-2014. The Chairman of

Bhartiya Mahila Bank Ltd. is Usha

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working for economic empowerment of women

in India.

2. Container Corporation of India Limited received

Navratna Status granted by the Union

Government. This corporation is the 17th Central

Public Sector Enterprise to receive this status.

3. Bachendri Pal awarded by Bharat Gaurav Award

organized by East Bengal Club. This is the

highest award of East Bengal Club. Bachendri

Pal was the first Indian woman to climb Mount

Everest in the year 1984. It is important to know

that Bachendri Pal is Gold Medalist in

Mountaineering and also got Arjuna Award and

varous other awards and achievements.

4. Malala Yousufzai won Liberty Medal for the year

2014 given byy National Constitution Center,USA. She awarded by this award for the

outstanding work of basic education and human

rights in Pakistan because in Pakistan girl

education and human rights were restricted by

Taliban. Malala Yousufzai also bageged

Pakistans Civil Awards 2014.

5. Dr. Raghunath Anant Mashelkar honoured with

Padma Vibhushan Award. He is a famous

scientist. Padma Vibhushan is the highest civilian

award of India. The Padma Awards are presentedby the President of India.

6. Vyas Samman 2013, the prestigios award given

in Hindi writing and peotry won by the famous

Hindi writer Vishwanath Tripathi. This award

was started in the year 1991 by K.K. Birla

Foundation.

7. Sanjaya Rajaram won World Food Prize 2014.

He is a famous scientist. The award has given by

the World Food Prize Foundation. This award

was started in the year 1986 by Dr.NormanBorlaug.

8. Kedar Nath Singh won Jnanpith Award 2013. He

is a famous Hindi writer. The award has given by

Bhartiya Jnanpith Trust founded in the year 1961.

This award is given in the filed of excellence

work in any Indian language.

9. The book namely Strictly Personal, Manmohan

and Gursharan was written by Daman Singh.

Manmohan Singh was the 13th Prime Minister of

India. This book is based upon Manmohan Singh

and his wife Gursharan Kaur.

10. Sriram Vedire, the National Convener of Water

Management Cell of Bhartiya Janta Party wrote a

book namely Gujarats success stry in Water

Management mentioning that the water resources

are well utilized resources to achieve the

development of any State or any Country.

11. Three Members of Parliament namely Shri Arun

Jaitley, Dr.Karan Singh and Shri Sharad Yadav

awarded the Parliamentarian Awards for the

excellence contribution in their parliamentary

duties. The awards have given by the President of

India Shri Pranab Mukherjee.

12. The Professor of Iran namely Maryam

Mirzakhani became first woman to win the Top

Prize in Mathematics. She received the Fields

Medal which is generally known as the NoblePrize of Mathematics. The President of Iran is

Hassan Rouhani.

13. The Global South Award given by International

Political Science Association (IPSA) to Dr. Sunil

Kumar who is the renowned Professor of Delhi

University on 13th August 2014 for his paper

titled as Chaning Landscape of Electoral

Democracy and Political Demography based on

the General Election 2014.

14. The Tourism Ministry of India has declared thatthe State of Sikkim became the most favoured

destination for foregin tourists in the North-East

Region. Before this, the State of Sikkim has

declared the best place to visit. Moreover, Sikkim

also won the National Tourism Award 2012.

15. Munjal Bhargava won the Noble Prize of

Mathematics. Moreover, Subhash Khot also won

the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize which is awarded by

Internation Mathematical Union.

16. The highest peacetime gallantry award of IndianArmy i.e. Ashok Chakra conferred to Late Maj.

Mukund Varadarajan. 12 Shaurya Chakras, 39

Sena Medals, 1 Nau Sena Medal and 2 Vayu

Sena Medals also announced on the eve of the

Independence Day.

17. Partha Mitra awarded Early Concept Grants for

Exploratory Research (EAGER) to map the

human brain alongwith Florin Albeanu. He is an

neuroscientist in the USA. Brain Research

throiugh Advancign Innovative

Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) initiative is an


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19. Sharad Kumar Director General, National Investigation Agency

20. Ved Prakash Chairman, UGC

21. K. Radhakrishnan Chairman, Space Commission and ISRO

22. R.K. Sinha Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Sec. Deptt.

of Atomic Energy

23. A. Bhattacharya Chairman, SSC

24. K.G. Balakrishnan Chairman, Human Rights Commission

25. C. Chandramouli Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner

26. K.V.Choudhary Central Board of Direct Taxes

27. T.S. Vijayan Chairman, Insurance Regulatory Development

Authority

28. U.K. Sinha Chairman, Securities & Exchange Board of India

29. Arundhati Bhattacharya Chairperson, State Bank of India30. S.K. Roy Managing Director, LIC

31. Ashoke Kumar Mukherjee Indias permanent representative in UNO

32. Nirupam Sen Spl. Sr. Advisor to President of UN General Assembly

33. Mamta Sharma Chairperson of National Commission for Women

34. Y.V. Reddy Chairman, 14th Finance Commission

35. Ashok Chawla Chairman, Competition Commission of India

36. Leela Samson Chairperson, Central Board of Film Certification

37. Rana Kapoor President, ASSOCHAM38. R. Chandrasekhar Chairman, NASSCOM

39. R. Chandrashekhar President, NASSCOM

40. Alok Joshi Director General, RAW

41. Amole Gupte Chairperson, Children Film Society of India

42. S. Banerjee Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

43. Ajay S. Shriram President, CII

44. Siddhartha Birla President, FICCI

45. Sam Pitroda Chairman, National Knowledge Commission

46. Ramesh Sippy Chairman, National Film Development Corporation

47. Mrinal Pande Chairperson, Prasar Bharati

48. Ratan Tata Chairman, Investment Commission

49. Avinash Chander Scientific advisor to PM and Head DRDO

50. Jawhar Sircar Chairman, Prasar Bharati

51. T.M.Basin Chairman, Indian Banks Association

52. Rajeev Mathur Chief Information Commissioner

53. Prof. Parvin Sinclair Director, NCERT

54. Ajit Doval National Security Advisor


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List of important International organizations and

their headsSr Head Organization

1. BDavid Richardson CEO of ICC2. Hassan Malik Chairman, SAARC

3. Anil Kumble Chairman, ICC Cricket Committee

4. Christine Lagarde Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

5. Irina Bokova Director General, UNESCO

6. Mukhira Kituyi Secretary General, UNCTAD

7. Peter Tomka President, International Court of Justice

8. Takehiko Nakao President, Asian Development Bank

9. Kamlesh Sharma Secretary General, Commonwealth

10. Roberto Azevedo Director General, WTO11. N. Srinivasan President, International Cricket Council

12. Jim Yong Kim President World Bank

13. Yukia Amano Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency

14. Jan Eliasson First Dy. Secretary General, UNO

15. Arjun Bahadur Thapa Secretary General, SAARC

16. Salil Sethi Sec. Gen, Amnesty International

17. Helen Clerk Director General of UNDP

18. Klaus Schweb Chairman, WEF (World Economic Forum)

19. Ban Ki Moon Secretary General, United Nation Organization

20. Hassan Rouhani Chairperson/Secretary Gen. of NAM21. Phumzile Mlambo Nqcuka Head of UN Women

22. Thomas Bach President, International Olympic Committee

23. N.Ramachandran President, Indian Olympic Association

24. Prince Zeid al Hussein UN High Commissioner for Human Rights


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Natural Disaster Reduction

October 14 World Standards Day

October 15 World White Cane Day (guiding

the blind)

October 16 World Food Day

October 24 UN Day;

World Development Information Day

October 30 World Thrift Day

November 9 Legal Services Day

November 14 Children's Day; Diabetes Day

November 17 National Epilepsy Day

November 20 Africa Industrialisation Day

November 29 International Day of Solidarity

with Palestinian People

December 1 World AIDS Day

December 3 World Day of HandicappedDecember 4 Indian Navy Day

December 7 Indian Armed Forces Flag Day

December 10 Human Rights Day;

IntI. Children's Day of

Broadcasting

December 18 Minorities Rights Day

December 23 Kisan Divas (Farmer's Day)

Prime Minister and Council of Ministers - India

S.no Portfolio Name

Cabinet Ministers of India 2014

1

Prime Minister and also in-charge of

the Ministries/Departments not

specifically allocated to the charge of

any Minister

Narendra ModiPersonnel, Public Grievances and

Pensions

Department of Atomic Energy

Department of Space

2 Home Affairs Rajnath Singh

3External Affairs, Overseas Indian

AffairsSushma Swaraj

4 Finance, Corporate Affairs, Defence Arun Jaitley

5

Urban Development Housing, Urban

Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary

Affairs

M Venkaiah

Naidu

6 Road Transport, Highways Shipping Nitin Gadkari

7 RailwaysD V Sadananda

Gowda

8Water Resources, River Development

and Ganga RejuvenationUma Bharati

9 Minority Affairs Dr Najma AHeptulla

10Rural Development, Panchayati Raj,

Drinking Water and SanitationNitin Gadkari

11Consumer Affairs, Food and Public

Distribution

Ram Vilas

Paswan

12 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra

13 Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi

14 Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananth Kumar

15 Communications and InformationTechnology, Law and Justice

Ravi ShankarPrasad

16 Civil AviationAshok Gajapathi

Raju Pusapati

17Heavy Industries and Public

EnterprisesAnant Geete

18 Food Processing IndustriesHarsimrat Kaur

Badal

19 Mines Steel Labour and EmploymentNarendra Singh

Tomar

20 Tribal Affairs Jual Oram

21 AgricultureRadha Mohan

Singh

22 Social Justice and EmpowermentThaawar Chand

Gehlot

23 Human Resource Development Smriti Irani

24 Health and Family WelfareDr Harsh

Vardhan

Ministers of State with Independent Charge

1

Development of North Eastern

Region, External Affairs, Overseas

Indian Affairs

General VK

Singh

2Planning, Statistics and Programme

Implementation, Defence

Inderjit Singh

Rao

3

Textiles, Parliamentary Affairs, Water

Resources, River Development and

Ganga Rejuvenation

Santosh Kumar

Gangwar

4 Culture and TourismShripad Yesso

Naik

5 Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra


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Pradhan

6Skill Development, Entrepreneurship,

Youth Affairs and Sports

Sarbananda

Sonowal

7

Information and Broadcasting

Environment, Forest and ClimateChange, Parliamentary Affairs

Prakash

Javadekar

8Power, Coal, New and Renewable

EnergyPiyush Goyal

9

Science and Technology Earth

Sciences Prime Minister Office

Personnel, Public Grievances &

Pensions Department of Atomic

Energy, Department of Space

Jitendra Singh

10Commerce and Industry, Finance

Corporate Affairs

Nirmala

Sitharaman

Ministers of State

1 Civil AviationGM

Siddeshwara

2 Railways Manoj Sinha

3 Chemicals and Fertilizers Nihalchand

4Rural Development Panchayati Raj

Drinking Water and Sanitation

Upendra

Kushwaha

5Heavy Industries and Public

Enterprises

Radhakrishnan

P

6 Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju

7Road Transport and Highways

ShippingKrishan Pal

8Agriculture, Food Processing

Industries

Dr Sanjeev

Kumar Balyan

9 Tribal Affairs

Mansukhbhai

Dhanjibhai

Vasava

10Consumer Affairs, Food and Public

Distribution

Raosaheb

Dadarao Danve

11 Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment Vishnu Deo Sai

12 Social Justice and EmpowermentSudarshan

Bhagat

Financial Terms A-Z

A

AGM - Annual General Meeting, it is the year meeting

held by every registered company. Agenda is to explain

the performance during the year, presentation of annual

financial statements, voting on important financial

decisions. Any shareholder can participate in AGM.

Asset turnover ratio - This ratio can be explained as Net

assets / Total turnover or sales. This ratio measures the

operational efficiency of business assets. In simple terms

this measures how many time total assets turned in a year

and how efficiently the assets are used in a business.

Acid test ratio - This is one of the important ratio to

measure business liquidity. Business liquidity is defined

as ability of a business to pay it;s short term debts. Acid

test ratio = Highly liquid assets / current liabilities

American Depository Receipts - This is the way non-US

companies raises money from US investors. These shares

can be traded in US stock exchanges and denominated in

US $.

Amortization - It is an accounting technique by which

intangible assets are written off over a period of time. For

example provision for doubtful debts or preliminary

expenses are written off over a certain period of time.

Annuity - It is an investment scheme under which

investor makes recurring investments and lump sum

payment is made to him at the end. Common example is

Recurring deposit account at a post office where people

makes small monthly deposits and gets their money back

at the end of period. Benefit of Annuity is investor gets

compound interest over a period of time.

Asset Management Company - AMC is a company that

pools and invests investor money in pre-determined

goals. Pool of funds is known as Mutual fund.

Audit - Financial statement and physical stock is checked

annually by professional auditor (Chartered Accountant

affiliated by ICAI in India)


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B

Book-keeping - Recording of financial transactions in

books of account.

Bear market - A market situation in which most of the

investors thinks that markets will fall.

Balance of Payment - BOP is the difference between a

country's exports and imports.

C

Capital - Wealth invested by an entrepreneur on his

business. Capital = Assets - Liabilities

Capital gain - Gain by selling a capital asset in which a

person is not doing business. Income by selling a house

by a bank employee is a capital gain whereas when a

builder do the same thing it is Income from business and

professional.

Current asset - An asset that can be converted into cash

with 12 months. For example - debtors, stock etc.

Credit rating - A ranking applied to an individual,business or a nation based upon its credit history and

current financial position. There are various credit rating

companies in India such as Crisil.

CPI - Consumer price index is measure to find price of a

bundle of commodities. CPI is used to measure the

inflation in a country.

D

Debt consolidation - Debt consolidation is a process by

which various loans and converted into a single loan to

reduce interest rate and instalment value.

Depreciation - Depreciation is reduction in value of an

asset due wear and tear over a period of time. For

example a company purchased a machine in 2005 and

planned to charge 20% depreciation. In 2010 the machine

will be written off from the books of account.

Dividend - Dividend is the amount per share paid by a

company to its shareholders. Dividend value is based

upon company's profitability.

Dividend payout ratio - It is the ratio of dividend paid

per share and EPS ( Earning per share )

Double entry bookkeeping - It is a method of

bookkeeping in which every transaction is recorded two

accounts. Once in debit side and once in credit side.

E

Earning per share - Earnings made by a company in a

financial year divided by number of issued shares.

Equity - Value of a business. Equity = Total assets -Total liabilities

Ex-divided - Ex-dividend means without dividend. When

a seller makes a ex-dividend sales contract then he is

entitled to get dividend or interest payment.

EBIT - Earning before interest and taxes

EBT - Earning before tax

EAT - Earning after tax

F

Face value - The amount mentioned on face of a bond

certificate.

Fixed assets - Assets which can be seen such as

machinery

Financial year - A period of 12 months from 1st April to

31st march

Fundamental analysis - Analysis of a company based

upon financial and operational performance.

Fiscal policy - Income and expenses management by

Government.


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Limited liability Liability of an individual or a

business up to the value of investment made in a business

M

Monopoly - A situation in market where there are many

buyers but a single seller exist.

Money market - Market dealing in short term lending

and borrowing of funds. Also know as Cash market.

Monetary policy - Set of actions by Central bank of a

country ( RBI in case of India) to control the supply of

money. These actions included increase in interest rate,

open market purchases, changing commercial bank's

reserve funds ratio (SLR) etc.

Marginal cost - Additional cost to produce an extra unit

of product.

Margin - Amount of profit added to cost price of each

unit of a product

Margin call - Margin call term is used in two

situations. First - Whenever a lender gives a secured loan

and loan value is a fixed percentage of loan thenwhenever the value of security decrease below the

decided ratio then lender given a margin call to borrower

to bring loan to security ratio to decided

level. Secondly in stock exchanges traders trades in

various securities by paying 20-30% of the value of

securities. Whenever the value of security goes below

that margin, broker gives margin call to trader to bring

the margin to desired level.

Mark-to-market - As explained above while definingmargin call, value of assets in case of securities is

measured on daily basis. If the trader's asset value

increased, increased value is transferred to his account. In

case the value of assets decreased margin call is made to

adjust the margin.

N

NPV - Net Present Value is aggregate of future cash

flows from a project minus total costs. NPV is a capital

budgeting technique used to check feasibility of projects.

Net profit - Net profit is Gross profit minus indirect cost.

See indirect costs

Net worth - Net assets - Total liabilities

Nationalization - When Government takes control of a

business, this is known as nationalization.

NAV - Net Assets Value is mutual fund's per unit

exchange traded price

O

Opportunity cost - Additional cost in product

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