The Competition Master

RAPID GK SERIES 10

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z1BqDawy1FA/TvbEGtBf1gI/AAAAAAAAAGI/wkwwvFGh-jA/s1600/merry-christmas-images-3.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z1BqDawy1FA/TvbEGtBf1gI/AAAAAAAAAGI/wkwwvFGh-jA/s400/merry-christmas-images-3.gif" width="400" /></a></div> 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Iranâ€™s first nuclear plant is being built at 
2. The first European Country to ban burqua (Purdha) is 
3. The youngest Indian who scaled the Mount Everest is 
4. The Father of Scientific Management is 
5. The Share Allotment Account is a Personal Account. True or False. 
6. According to the Human Development Report 2010, India ranks 
7. The length of a Cricket Bat is 
8. First National Institute of Physical Education is situated at 
9. The Olympic Games in 2016 will be held at 
10. Joint in Nervous System is called 
 
ANSWERS 
 
1. Bushehr 
2. Belgium 
3. Arjun Bajpayee 
4. F. W. Taylor 
5. True 
6. 119th 
7. 38 Inch 
8. Gwalior 
9. Brazil 
10. Synapse</div>

RAPID GK SERIES 10

1. Iranâ€™s first nuclear plant is being built at 2. The first European Country to ban burqua (Purdha) is 3. The younges...

+ Read more »

Dial 1950-toll free for election related complaints

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5242" style="display: block;"> <ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> The Election Commission has opened for the first time a 24-hour call centre to register poll-related complaints. 
 
 </li>
<li> The telephone number will be 1950, the year the election panel was born. 
 
 </li>
<li> Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi said every poll going state shall have a complaint redressal mechanism based on website and call centre. The telephone number will be toll free. 
 
 </li>
<li> Complainants will get to know about the action taken on SMS and from the call centre. 
</li>
</ul></div></div>

Dial 1950-toll free for election related complaints

The Election Commission has opened for the first time a 24-hour call centre to register poll-rela...

+ Read more »

Poll schedule for five states announced

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5243" style="display: block;"> <ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> The Election Commission today announced poll dates for five states - Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa. 
 
 </li>
<li> several measures have been taken to counter poll related malpractice, Mr. Quraishi said district and state level committees are being set up to check the menace of paid-news. 
 
 </li>
<li> A new set of rules have been introduced for two-phase randomization of the Electronic Voting Machines. Elaborate videography of the voting will be done at as many polling stations as possible and the electoral rolls will be updated with January 1st as cut off date in these states. 
</li>
</ul></div></div>

Poll schedule for five states announced

The Election Commission today announced poll dates for five states - Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Punj...

+ Read more »

West Bengal to develop 7 districts for better health services

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5244" style="display: block;"> <ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> The West Bengal Government will develop seven new districts for the improvement of health services in the state. 
 
 </li>
<li> These districts are Bankura, Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas, Diamond Harbour, North 24 Parganas, Basirhat, West Midnapur, Jhargram, Burdwan, Assansole, Birbhum, Rampurhat, East Midnapur and Nandigram. 
 
 </li>
<li> Apart from this in the state’s backward areas, 27 new super specialty hospitals will be constructed in 11 districts at a cost 2 thousand crore rupees. 
</li>
</ul></div></div>

West Bengal to develop 7 districts for better health services

The West Bengal Government will develop seven new districts for the improvement of health service...

+ Read more »

Tsunami-hit girl joins family

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5246" style="display: block;"><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> An Indonesian girl separated from her family during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has been reunited with her relatives after seven years living as a street child, her parents. 
 
 </li>
<li>  Mary Yuranda (whose origininal name is Wati), who is now 14, showed up at a cafe in the city of Meulaboh, in the tsunami-battered Aceh province, looking for her parents. 
 
 </li>
<li> She was reunited with them after a local taxi driver identified her family from details she had provided, ending a seven-year ordeal in which she lived with a woman who forced her to beg on the streets. 
</li>
</ul></div></div>

Tsunami-hit girl joins family

An Indonesian girl separated from her family during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has been reunited with her relatives after seven years ...

+ Read more »

Sahitya Akademi award for Hare Krishna Satapathy

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5247" style="display: block;"> <ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> Hare Krishna Satapathy, Vice-Chancellor of Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati, has been selected for the prestigious ‘Central Sahitya Akademi Award' for his Sanskrit work ‘Bharathayanam'. 
 
 </li>
<li> The award carries Rs.1 lakh in cash, a memento, shawl and a certificate, which will be presented at a special function in New Delhi on Feb 14, 2012. Prof. Satapathy is already a recipient of ‘Sri Ramakrishna Dalmia Srivani Alankarana Nyas Puraskar, Orissa Sahitya Akademi award, Ravindranath Tagore peace prize, Jayadeva Puraskar, Rashtrapathi Puraskar among others. He has also published more than 40 books in Sanskrit, English and Odia. 
</li>
</ul></div></div>

Sahitya Akademi award for Hare Krishna Satapathy

Hare Krishna Satapathy, Vice-Chancellor of Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati, has been s...

+ Read more »

More Japanese aid for Rajasthan water project

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5248" style="display: block;"> <ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> The Japanese financial assistance for the Nagaur Lift Water Supply Project has been revised to Rs.2,199 crore from the earlier amount of Rs.1,774 crore. The proposal is for supply of surface water from the Indira Gandhi Canal Project to Rajasthan's fluoride-affected district of Nagaur. The project, financed through the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), will cover 978 villages and seven towns. 
 
 </li>
<li> The seven towns that will get drinking water from the project are Kuchaman, Nawan, Makrana, Parbatsar, Deedwana, Ladnun and Degana. 
 
 </li>
<li> The ground water in Nagaur has high fluoride presence which causes fluorosis and other diseases of the bones and teeth in the local population. Availability of fresh drinking water is going to provide much-needed relief to the people here and bring down their medical expenses sharply. 
</li>
</ul></div></div>

More Japanese aid for Rajasthan water project

The Japanese financial assistance for the Nagaur Lift Water Supply Project has been revised to ...

+ Read more »

North Korean heir lauded as 'supreme commander'

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> North Korea vowed on Saturday to uphold Kim Jong Il's son as "supreme commander" as the campaign to install the young man as the next leader of the socialist nation sped up one week after his father's death.  
 
 </li>
<li> North Korea was founded in 1948 by Kim Il Sung, who retains the title of "eternal president" long after his death in 1994.  
 
 </li>
<li> His son, Kim Jong Il, ruled as chairman of the National Defense Commission, supreme commander of the Korean People's Army and general secretary of the Workers' Party.  
 
 </li>
<li> Kim Jong Un was promoted to four-star general and appointed a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party in September 2010. He had been expected to assume a number of other key posts while being groomed to succeed his father. 
</li>
</ul></div>

North Korean heir lauded as 'supreme commander'

North Korea vowed on Saturday to uphold Kim Jong Il's son as "supreme commander" as the campaign to install the young man a...

+ Read more »

Ancient handwritten Ramcharitmanas stolen

Ancient handwritten Ramcharitmanas stolen

A hand written Ramcharitmanas has been stolen from a temple situated in Bhelupur area on the bank...

+ Read more »

Belarus to abolish death penalty after US

Belarus to abolish death penalty after US

Belarus will abolish the death penalty as soon as the US abolishes it, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko Belarus is the only Eu...

+ Read more »

Iran's navy begins drill in Persian Gulf

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> Iran's navy has begun a 10-day drill in international waters beyond the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, the passageway for about a third of the world's oil tanker traffic.  
 
 </li>
<li> The exercise could bring Iranian ships into proximity with US Navy vessels in the area. 
</li>
</ul> 
<table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" height="260"><tbody>
<tr> <td></td> </tr>
</tbody> </table><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Navy chief Adm. Habibollah Sayyari says Iran is holding the war games to show off its prowess and defense capabilities.</li>
</ul></div>

Iran's navy begins drill in Persian Gulf

Iran's navy has begun a 10-day drill in international waters beyond the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf...

+ Read more »

Tunisian assembly approves new government

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> Tunisia's constituent assembly overwhelmingly approved the north African country's new government, two months after the first free elections since its January revolution. 
</li>
</ul> <ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> The line-up unveiled by Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali of the moderate Islamist Ennahda party was approved in a confidence vote with 154 in favour, 38 opposed and 11 abstaining. 
 
 </li>
<li> The creation of a new government is a major milestone for Tunisia following the popular revolt against Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, who had been in power for 23 years, that began in December 2010. 
 
 </li>
<li> It triggered what became known as the Arab Spring -- uprisings across the region that also led to the overthrow of veteran dictators in Libya and Egypt. 
 
 </li>
<li> Ben Ali ultimately fled to Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia has charged him in absentia with many crimes including murder. 
</li>
</ul></div>

Tunisian assembly approves new government

Tunisia's constituent assembly overwhelmingly approved the north African country's new government, two months after the first fre...

+ Read more »