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Company Name Origin/Meaning….

1.Mercedes - Name of the daughter of the founder.
2.Nokia - Name of river in Finland.
3.Pepsi - Named from the digestive enzyme pepsi.
4.Honda - From the name of its founder Soichiro Honda.
5.Sony - from the Latin word 'sonus' meaning sound.
6.Maggi - Food company named after its founder,Julius Maggi.
7.Suzuki - From the name of its founder, Michio Suzuki.
8.Samsung - Meaning 'three stars' in Korea.
9. Toyota - From the name of founder, Sakichi Toyoda.
10.Yamaha - After Torakusu Yamaha, who founded the company
11.Adidas - From the name of the founder Adolf (Adi) Dassler (das).

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Current Affairs General Knowledge Quiz 22 December 2013

Q1 :    According to Google who becomes the most searched sportsperson of 2013?

•         Sachin Tendulkar
•         Lionel Messi
•         Mahendra Singh Dhoni
•         Usain Bolt

Q2 :   Which University scientists ‘print’ new eye cells that could be used to treat blindness?

•         University of Cambridge
•         University of Oxford
•         University of Michigan
•         University of Maryland

 Q3 :   Who has been won the men’s crown at National Ranking Table Tennis Championships?

•         Gaurav Mehta
•         Narendra Jain
•         Sanil Shetty
•         Mukesh Pawar

Q4 :    According to data provided in Rajya Sabha which Indian state tops list of communal violence and related deaths?

•         Rajasthan
•         Gujarat
•         Delhi
•         Uttar Pradesh

Q5 :   Name the Britain’s ‘Great Train Robber’ Who passes away on 18th December 2013?

•         Buster Edwards
•         Ronnie Biggs
•         Jack Slipper
•         Bruce Reynolds

Q6 :    Who has been cleared to fight the Rajasthan Cricket Association presidential elections?

•         Arun Jaitley
•         Sharad Pawar
•         Lalit Modi
•         Ajay Jadeja

 Q7 :   Who among the following to be the new Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC)?

•         General Bikram Singh
•         Vijay Kumar Singh
•         Joginder Jaswant Singh
•         Devendra Kumar Joshi

Q8 :    Name the china actress who won the libel case against US website over sex scandal allegations?

•         Gong Li
•         Michelle Yeoh
•         Zhang Ziyi
•         Zhou Xun

Q9 :    About 500 people were killed in clashes in-

•         Malaysia
•         New Zealand
•         Japan
•         South Sudan

Q 10 :     Who among the following to be conferred with BCCI’s lifetime achievement award for 2013?

•         Saurav Ganguly
•         Kapil Dev
•         Rahul Dravid
•         Anil Kumble

 Answer :

1. Sachin Tendulkar:Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar most searched sportsperson of 2013
2. University of Cambridge:Scientists ‘print’ new eye cells that could be used to treat blindness
3. Sanil Shetty:Sanil Shetty wins men’s crown at National Ranking Table Tennis Championships
4. Uttar Pradesh:Uttar Pradesh tops list of communal violence and related deaths
5. Ronnie Biggs:Britain’s ‘Great Train Robber’ Ronnie Biggs dies at 84
6. Lalit Modi:Lalit Modi cleared to fight Rajasthan Cricket Association elections
7. General Bikram Singh:General Bikram Singh to be the new Chairman of COSC
8. Zhang Ziyi:Zhang Ziyi settles libel case against US website over sex scandal allegations
9. South Sudan:About 500 people were killed in clashes in South Sudan
10. Kapil Dev:Kapil Dev to be conferred with BCCI’s lifetime achievement award

Current Affairs General Knowledge Quiz 16 December

Q1 :   Which player won the ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year Award?

•         Quinton De Kock
•         Virat Kohli
•         Umar Akmal
•         Cheteshwar Pujara

  Q2 :  Which among the following bollywood actor announces separation from his wife?

•         Govinda
•         Hrithik Roshan
•         Dharmendra
•         Rajpal Yadav

 Q3 :   Seven residents killed in fire at high-rise building in-

•         Assam
•         Uttar Pradesh
•         Mumbai
•         Jammu & Kashmir

 Q4 :   What is the name of current chairman of National Green Tribunal?

•         Swatanter Kumar
•         Naresh Mehta
•         Dr. Shivam Malhotra
•         Rajiv Bajaj

Q5 :    Which among the following political party issues notices to 3 MPs over sting allegations?

•         Aam Aadmi Party
•         Shiv Sena
•         Janta Dal (United)
•         Samajwadi Party

 Q6 :   Who became the first country to allow euthanasia for incurably ill children?

•         China
•         Philippines
•         Japan
•         Belgium

Q7 :    Who has been takes oath as Rajasthan Chief Minister on 13th December 2013?

•         Ashok Gehlot
•         Gulab Chand Kataria
•         Vijayaraje Scindia
•         Vasundhara Raje

 Q8 :   Name the former chief minister of Bihar who granted bail by Supreme Court in fodder scam case?

•         Lalu Prasad Yadav
•         Satyendra Narayan Sinha
•         Jagannath Mishra
•         Rabri Devi

Q9 :    Who has been appointed as new president & chief executive of Walmart India?

•         Mukesh Kher
•         Krish Iyer
•         Dinesh Tomar
•         Vinay Sinha

Q10 :    Who has been crowned as the best cricketer in the world in 2013 by the International Cricket Council (ICC)?

•         Alastair Cook
•         Mahendra Singh Dhoni
•         Hasim Amla
•         Michael Clarke

Answer :

1. Cheteshwar Pujara:Cheteshwar Pujara named ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year
2. Hrithik Roshan:Hrithik Roshan announces separation from wife Sussanne
3. Mumbai:Seven residents killed in fire at high-rise building in Mumbai
4. Swatanter Kumar:National Green Tribunal bans burning of plastic, rubber in open across the country
5. Janta Dal (United):JD(U) issues notices to 3 MPs over sting allegations
6. Belgium:Belgium’s upper house approves euthanasia for children
7. Vasundhara Raje:Vasundhara Raje takes oath as Rajasthan Chief Minister
8. Lalu Prasad Yadav:Lalu Prasad granted bail by Supreme Court in fodder scam case
9. Krish Iyer:Krish Iyer named Walmart India president & chief executive
10. Michael Clarke:Cheteshwar Pujara named ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year

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Current Affairs General Knowledge Quiz

Q1.Who among the following country’s election commission rejects call for poll review?

•         Nepal
•         Japan
•         India
•         Finland

Q2.How much extra time gives to students for CBSE open book section?

•         15 minutes
•         One hour
•         30 minutes
•         45 minutes

Q3.In which country us drone protesters block NATO supply route?

•         Iran
•         Pakistan
•         South Korea
•         Afghanistan

Q4.Who among the following Trinamool Congress MP recently arrested in Saradha scam?

•         Partha Chatterjee
•         Rajiv Kumar
•         Rachpal Singh
•         Kunal Ghosh

Q5.How many Tehelka staffers quit in sexual assault case?

•         Two
•         Three
•         Six
•         Nine

Q6.Name the Hurriyat leader who recently released from house detention?

•         Syed Ali Shah Geelani
•         Mohamed Javed
•         Ifran Khan
•         Shoaib Malik

Q7.How many cases disposed by Lok adalats in 8 hours?

•         10 lakhs
•         20 lakhs
•         35 lakhs
•         50 lakhs

Q8.Name the current chief election commissioner of Nepal?

•         Neelkantha Upreti
•         Baburam Bhattarai
•         Hisila Yami
•         Sher Bahadur Deuba

Q9.Name the Tamil poet who has been recently held in Sri Lanka?

•         Subramanya Bharathi
•         Gnanakoothan
•         Ramanuja Kavirayar
•         V I S Jayapalan

Q10.Which Indian player recently loses in Australian Open play-off semis?

•         Vishnu Vardhan
•         Yuki Bhambri
•         Divij Sharan
•         Somdev Devvarman

Answer :

1. Nepal:Nepal’s election commission rejects call for poll review.
2. 30 minutes:Students to get extra 30 minutes for CBSE open book section.
3. Pakistan:US Drone Protesters in Pakistan Block NATO Supply Route.
4. Kunal Ghosh:Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh arrested in Saradha scam.
5. Three:Tehelka sexual assault case: Three staffers quit, more may follow suit.
6. Syed Ali Shah Geelani:Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani released from house detention.
7. 35 lakhs:Lok adalats dispose of 35 lakh cases in 8 hours.
8. Neelkantha Upreti:Nepal’s election commission rejects call for poll review.
9. V I S Jayapalan :Tamil poet Jeyapalan held in Sri Lanka.
10. Yuki Bhambri:Yuki Bhambri loses in Australian Open play-off semis.

Current Affairs General Knowledge

Q1.Who among the following country’s election commission rejects call for poll review?

•         Nepal
•         Japan
•         India
•         Finland

Q2.How much extra time gives to students for CBSE open book section?

•         15 minutes
•         One hour
•         30 minutes
•         45 minutes

Q3.In which country us drone protesters block NATO supply route?

•         Iran
•         Pakistan
•         South Korea
•         Afghanistan

Q4.Who among the following Trinamool Congress MP recently arrested in Saradha scam?

•         Partha Chatterjee
•         Rajiv Kumar
•         Rachpal Singh
•         Kunal Ghosh

Q5.How many Tehelka staffers quit in sexual assault case?

•         Two
•         Three
•         Six
•         Nine

Q6.Name the Hurriyat leader who recently released from house detention?

•         Syed Ali Shah Geelani
•         Mohamed Javed
•         Ifran Khan
•         Shoaib Malik

Q7.How many cases disposed by Lok adalats in 8 hours?

•         10 lakhs
•         20 lakhs
•         35 lakhs
•         50 lakhs

Q8.Name the current chief election commissioner of Nepal?

•         Neelkantha Upreti
•         Baburam Bhattarai
•         Hisila Yami
•         Sher Bahadur Deuba

Q9.Name the Tamil poet who has been recently held in Sri Lanka?

•         Subramanya Bharathi
•         Gnanakoothan
•         Ramanuja Kavirayar
•         V I S Jayapalan

Q10.Which Indian player recently loses in Australian Open play-off semis?

•         Vishnu Vardhan
•         Yuki Bhambri
•         Divij Sharan
•         Somdev Devvarman

Answer :

1. Nepal:Nepal’s election commission rejects call for poll review.
2. 30 minutes:Students to get extra 30 minutes for CBSE open book section.
3. Pakistan:US Drone Protesters in Pakistan Block NATO Supply Route.
4. Kunal Ghosh:Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh arrested in Saradha scam.
5. Three:Tehelka sexual assault case: Three staffers quit, more may follow suit.
6. Syed Ali Shah Geelani:Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani released from house detention.
7. 35 lakhs:Lok adalats dispose of 35 lakh cases in 8 hours.
8. Neelkantha Upreti:Nepal’s election commission rejects call for poll review.
9. V I S Jayapalan :Tamil poet Jeyapalan held in Sri Lanka.
10. Yuki Bhambri:Yuki Bhambri loses in Australian Open play-off semis.

Current Affairs General Knowledge Quiz

Q1.Who among the following has been recently elected as new chief boxing coach till 2016 Olympics?

•         Gurbax Singh Sandhu
•         Gurcharan Singh
•         Vikas Krishan Yadav
•         Jagdish Singh

Q2.Name the Gujjar leader who has been recently joins Congress?

•         Sunil Chadda
•         Mahenddra Nagar
•         Kirori Singh Bainsla
•         Puneet Choudhary

Q3.Who became the first British PM to call an Iranian president in more than a decade?

•         Gordon Brown
•         David Cameron
•         Tony Blair
•         John Major

Q4.Who among the following has been recently gets EU’s Sakharov human rights prize?

•         Sukhveer Singh
•         Razia Begum
•         Versha Kumari
•         Malala Yousafzai

Q5.Name the Olympic gold medallist who recently returns as coach of the Indian men’s hockey team?

•         Charanjit Singh
•         V. Baskaran
•         Balbir Singh, Sr.
•         Kishan Lal

Q6.Who was the only scientist to have been awarded the prize for Chemistry twice?

•         Frederick Sanger
•         Fritz Haber
•         Paul Sabatier
•         Wilhelm Ostwald

Q7.Name the Women’s hockey team coach who recently dies in accident?

•         Mahendra Rana
•         Vikas Tyagi
•         Inderjit Singh Gill
•         Lokesh Mishra

Q8.Who among following recently smashes record 546 runs in Harris Shield?

•         Rohit Gupta
•         Ravi Mehta
•         Suraj Sharma
•         Prithvi Shaw

Q9.Who among the following country’s capital hosted 2008 Olympics Games?

•         China
•         India
•         Japan
•         Australia

Q10.Which company to spend Rs 800 crore annually on retail?

•         Tata Group
•         Tech Mahindra
•         Bharti Group
•         Reliance Industries

Answer :

1. Gurbax Singh Sandhu:Gurbax Singh Sandhu named chief boxing coach till 2016 Olympics
2. Kirori Singh Bainsla:Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla joins Congress
3. David Cameron:Historic call: UK PM rings up Rouhani
4. Malala Yousafzai:Malala Yousafzai gets EU’s Sakharov human rights prize
5. V. Baskaran:V. Baskaran returns as India’s hockey coach
6. Frederick Sanger:Double Nobel Prize winner Frederick Sanger dies at 95
7. Inderjit Singh Gill:Women’s hockey team coach Inderjit Singh Gill dies in accident
8. Prithvi Shaw:Mumbai’s Prithvi Shaw smashes record 546 in Harris Shield
9. China:Olympic Committee to discuss return of baseball, softball
10. Bharti Group:Bharti to spend Rs 800 crore annually on retail

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How to Prepare Yourself for the Interview

Are you overwhelmed finding you have been called for your favorite job interview? Well, this is the time for getting all your acts together and polish out everything. For some it is a tough job to get fully prepared and sometimes wait for the last minute wondering how to prepare for the interview. However, in this short write up I would like to provide you some of the valuable tips that have been researched and may work wonder for you.

Following are the things you must be prepared about:

1)    Things to be prepared before interview

• Firstly analyze and re-read the job requirement detail and description and specification as well as nature of job. Match up the skills and knowledge you possess and the position you are interviewing for.
• Searching and collecting vital information about the company would surely work in favor of you. The better you can present your insights about the company, the more you can get your employer impressed.
• Expect some of the questions that would possibly be asked and accordingly prepare all the answers highlighting all your accomplishments, knowledge and skills through certain practical examples.
• Finding out the name as well as title of the interviewer followed by time and place is vitally important for you. And practice again and again.

2)    During the interview

• You must arrive 10-15 minutes earlier than normal schedule of interview.
• Choose out matching clothes and dress up professionally.
• On meeting the person interviewing you, make sure to maintain your eye contact, give warm smile and shake your hands firmly.
• Never forget to carry your portfolio such as (copies of your résumé, transcripts, references, etc.)…
• Show your positivity and enthusiasm because these are the qualities that are often sought by employers when it comes to determining suitability of any candidate for the post applied.
• Maintain confidence and time while answering the questions asked.
• Never forget to thank the employer after concluding the interview and firmly shake your hands and say good bye while leaving.

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Current Affairs 21 March 2013

1. Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt will have to undergo a jail term of three years and six months after the Supreme Court has upheld his conviction in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.

2. India has successfully carried out the maiden test firing of the over 290 km-range submarine-launched version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in the Bay of Bengal becoming the first country in the world to have this capability.

3. Veteran Congress leader and former Nagaland Chief Minister Senayangba Chubatoshi Jamir has been sworn-in as the Governor of Odisha even as the Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh left the ceremony alleging “protocol violation”.

4. Parliament has passed the anti-rape bill providing natural life term or even death for repeat offenders of rape, with Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde stating the “law will impact the society for years to come”.

5. The Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) has given clearances to oil and gas activity in five blocks off the East Coast, majority of them belonging to Reliance Industries.

6. Heeding to the advice of parliamentarians and others, the UPSC has changed its notification for the civil services (mains) examination by restoring the status of language papers where the aspirants will now be able to take the test not only in English or Hindi but also in any of regional language.

7. The UNHRC has adopted the US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka on human rights. India has voted in favour oresolution.

8. Bangladeshi President Mohammad Zillur Rahman died Wednesday in a Singapore hospital where he had been hospitalized for a respiratory infection. He was 84.

9. The White House is working to shift control of the Central Intelligence Agency’s lethal drone programme to the military, U.S. officials say, a move that redefines the widely contested campaign that targets suspected terrorists.

10. James Herbert, one of the UK’s most popular novelists and writer of bestselling horror books including The Rats, The Fog and The Survivor, has died at his home in Sussex aged 69.

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