What is the name of the new ambitious alliance formed by Internet search engine Google on 3 November 2014 to promote the growth of Indic language content online?
- Indian Language Internet Alliance (ILIA)
The main task of ILIA would be to work together in building Indic language content for the hundreds of millions of Indians who will be coming online for the very first time. The alliance hopes to enable 300 million Indian language speakers to become highly engaged Internet users by 2017. The initiatives of ILIA would include options such as Hindi Voice Search and building relevant content for new Indian language mobile users. The alliance comprises of ABP News, Amar Ujala Publications Ltd, C-DAC, DB Digital, Firstouch, HinKhoj, Jagran Prakashan Ltd, LinguaNext Technologies Pvt. Ltd, NDTV, Network 18, Oneindia.com, Patrika Group, Process Nine Technologies Pvt Ltd, Prost Innovation Pvt Ltd, Reverie Language Technologies Pvt Ltd, Times Internet Ltd, Ver Se Innovation/NewsHunt, and Webdunia.com in addition to Google.
Who was named by Pro-Russian separatists of Ukraine as the leader of their breakaway republic named “Donetsk People’s Republic” on 3 November 2014?
- Alexander Zakharchenko
38-year old Alexander Zakharchenko is a former mining electrician. He easily won election as head of the “Donetsk People’s Republic”, an entity proclaimed by armed rebels in the days after they seized key buildings in cities of Ukraine’s Russian-speaking east during April 2014. Zakharchenko’s election could create a new “frozen conflict” in post-Soviet Europe and further threaten the territorial unity of Ukraine, which lost control of its Crimean peninsula during March 2014.
Who has been appointed as the new Financial Services Secretary by the Union Govt. on 3 November 2014?
- Hasmukh Adhia
Hasmukh Adhia replaces G S Sandhu, who was transferred as the new Chairman of National Authority for Chemical Weapon Convention (NACWC). Sandhu is the second Secretary among five Secretaries in the Finance Ministry who has been shifted after Arvind Mayaram in last few days. Adhia is a 1981-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Gujarat cadre and is presently posted in Gujarat. After this reshuffle, the General Budget for 2015-16 will be presented by new team of Secretaries with Rajiv Mehrishi as Economic Affairs Secretary (who is also likely to be nominated as new Finance Secretary because of his seniority), Expenditure Secretary Ratan Watal, Revenue Secretary Shaktikantha Das, Financial Services Secretary Adhia and Disinvestment Secretary Aradhana Jauhri with Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian.
What was the real name of noted actor Sadashiv Amrapurkar who passed away on 3 November 2014?
- Ganesh Kumar Narwode
Sadashiv Amrapurkar was born as Ganesh Kumar Narwode in Nasik in 1950 and later in 1974 he adopted the name Sadashiv. He was associated with Marathi stage before migrating to the world of Hindi and Marathi films. He shot into prominence with his central negative character in Govind Nihalani’s ‘Ardh Satya’. Some of his most popular Hindi films were ‘Sadak’, ‘Hukumat’, ‘Mohra’, ‘Ishq’, ‘Aankhen’ and ‘Coolie No.1’. For Mahesh Bhatt’s ‘Sadak’ he won the first-ever ‘Fimfare award for Best negative role’.
Former Union Shipping Minister G.K. Vasan on 3 November 2014 quit Congress party and announced floating a new party. What was the name of the erstwhile political party formed by his late father G.K. Moopanar which is expected to be revived by Vasan now?
- Tamil Manila Congress (TMC)
TMC was floated by G.K. Moopanar, the father of G.K. Vasan, in 1996 by breaking away from the Congress, protesting the decision of the party high command to form an alliance with J. Jayalalitha’s AIADMK. However, TMC was merged with the Congress in 2002. Vasan quit Congress as he felt the party was not taking efforts necessary to fulfil the aspirations of the people of Tamil Nadu.
Who won the US Formula One Grand Prix that was held on 2 November 2014?
- Lewis Hamilton of UK
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton pipped fellow teammate Nico Rosberg (Germany) to take 24 point lead over him with just two races left in the season. Third spot was taken by Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) of Red Bull team. The two F1 GP’s left this year are Brazilian GP and Abu Dhabi GP.
IBPS PO Questions
- 1)What is the full form of PKI?
Ans: Public Key Infrastructure
2)Taskant is the capital of?
Ans: Uzbekistan
3)Sati Pratha abolished by whom?
Ans: Raja Ram Mohan Rai
4) MTSS used?
Ans: Personal remittance
5)What is the full form of PMJDY?
Ans: Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
6)EBW full form is?
Ans: Export Bills permitted to be written off
7)The BSE is given trade facility?
Ans: Online
8) Who is the head of DIGC insurance cover?
Ans: Central Government
9)What is the capital of Tanzania?
Ans: Dodoma
10)How many digits does IFSC code contain?
Ans: 11 alphanumeric code
11) Agaria Tribe” belongs to which state?
Ans: Madhya Pradesh
12)What is the full form of CBS?
Ans: Core Banking Solution
13)DNA full form?
Ans: Deoxyribonucleic acid
14)What is the committee on Banking Ombudsman?
Ans: Suman Verma Committee
15)“Cyrus Mistry” is the CEO of ____group?
Ans: TATA Group
16)What is the full form of “CVV”?
Ans: Card Verification Value
17)_____ actor’s father is a famous badminton player?
Ans: Deepika Padukone
18)The Bank of International Settlement Headquarter?
Ans: Switzerland
19)Who is the Minority Affairs Minister?
Ans: Najma Heptulla
20)What does C stand in CP?
Ans: Commercial (Commercial Paper)
21)The purpose of starting minor account for 10 years children is ?
Ans: Financial Inclusion
22)What is the capital of Afghanistan?
Ans: Kabul
23)Who is the “Hard Choice” author?
Ans: Hillary Clinton
24)Who invented the Dynamite?
Ans: Alfred Nobel
25)Kudankulam nuclear plant is basically agreement between India and which country?
Ans: Russia
26)What is the Full form of GUI?
Ans: Graphic User Interface
27)What is the full form of VIRUS?
Ans: Vital Information Resources Under Seize
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