SECURITY PRESSES in India 1. Currency Note Press, Nasik (1928) 2. Bank Note Press, Dewas (1974) 3.

. Bharatiya Note Mudra Nigam, Salboni, West Bengal ( 1995) 4. Bharatiya Note Mudra Nigam, Mysore, Karnataka. (1995) Security Paper Mill 1. Security Paper Mill, Hoshangabad (1963) Four mints in the country for the production of coins 1. Mumbai, Maharashtra 2. Alipore(Kolkata),West Bengal 3. Saifabad(Hyderabad), Andhra Pradesh 4. Noida, Uttar Pradesh

AWARDS & HONOURS 1. Who won the Prestigious 2013 Templeton Prize ? Ans:-Desmond Tutu 2. Which film won the best film award in The Times of India Film Awards? Ans:- Barfi 3. Who is the Indian-American got the Baby Noble prize(John Bates Clark young economist award)for the year 2013? Ans:- Raj Chetty 4. According to Skytrax-World Airport Awards,which Airport rated as the fifth best regional airport in Asia? Ans:- Rajiv Gandhi International Airpor,Hyderabad 5. Who received the Queens Award on 20 April 2013? Ans:-Kartar Lalvani 6. Who will honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award on 30 April 2013? Ans:- Yash Chopra 7. Who will get the Kirti Chakra from President on 30 April 2013? Ans:- Anup Joseph ******SPORTS & GAMES****** 1. Who got the Gold medal in ISSF World Cup in Korea on 5 April 2013?

Ans:- Rahi Sarnobat 2. Which country won the T-20 International Series between India and Bangladesh? Ans:-India 3. Which country won the women One-Day International Series bewteen India and Bangladesh? Ans:-India 4. Who is head of the committe announced a ban on two Pakistani umpires over spot-fixing? Ans:- Zaka Ashraf 5. Who won the Augusta 77th Masters Golf Tournament? Ans:- Adam Scott 6. Who won the gold medal in men`s 55kg category in the Senior Asian Wrestling Championship in New Delhi on 20 April 2013? Ans:- Amit Kumar 7. Who won the Monte Carlo Masters title on 21 April 2013? Ans:-Novak Djokovic 8. Who won the gold medal in Mens 66kg Freestyle at New Delhi on 22 April 2013? Ans:- Amit Kumar Dhankar 9. Who is Chennai Super Kings Skipper fined due his team slow over rate? Ans:- Mahendra Singh Dhoni 10 . Who won the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Title? Ans:- Maria Sharapova *******ECONOMY******** 1. Which company developed the cheapest bike of the World in India? Ans:- Yamaha 2. Accorrding to the Sunday Times Rich List 2013,who are the 20th richest persons in the world? Ans:- Ambani Brothers *******SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY********* 1. What is the name insects found in Australia having the capacity to kill the bacteria with their wi ngs? Ans:-Cicadas

2. The Supreme Court of India on 1 April 2013 rejected the plea of Novartis, the Swiss drug maker, to patent the updated version of the cancer drug. What is the name of the drug? Ans:-Glivec 3. Who developed a New Laser powered Camera System that can take image of any object from a distance of about one kilometer? Ans:- researchers from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh 4. What is the name of the Satellite using the NASA to find earth like planets in the entire Space? Ans:- TESS 5. Who discovered the Blue Super-Giant Starlocated in the constellation Virgo, far beyond our Milky Galaxy? Ans:- Dr. duo Ananda Hota

<<<***Current Affairs 2013 ***>>> *****INTERNATIONAL***** 1. Who winner of the Venezuelan Presidential elections? Ans:- Nicolas Maduro 2. When the US House of Representatives has passed the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protect Act (CISPA)? Ans:-18 April 2013 3. Who is the present Italys President? Ans:-Giorgio Napolitano 4. Who is the present President of Paraguays? Ans:-Horacio Cartes 5. Which country is the first country in Europe to outlaw discrimination on caste? Ans:-Britain 6. Which of the two counries have singned for 51 joint projects worth two billion US dollars? Ans:- Cuba and Venezuela 7. Who got the life ban from any elections in Pakistan by Peshawar high court? Ans:- Musharraf ******INDIA & WORLD******

1.Who won the Spelling Championship title held in Singapore? Ans:-Ashwin Kumar ******NATIONAL****** 1. When the Cabinet Committee was approved for 13 power projects that involves investment of 33000 crore rupees? Ans:- 22 April 2013 ******STATES****** 1. What is the name of the online service launched the Andhra Pradesh Government for entrepreneurs and grievance redressal system? Ans:- Parishkaram for Enterpreneurs

****** FIRST IN INDIA*************** *** Awarded with Bharat RatnasDr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Chakravarti Rajgopalachari, Sir C. V. Raman Woman Awarded with Bharat Ratna Indira Gandhi Commandeur of the Order of Arts and Letters Mrinal Sen Chevalier of the Order of Arts and LetterSivaji Ganeshan Posthumally Bharat Ratna AwardeeLal Bahadur Shastri Person awarded Bhartiya-Gyan-Peeth PurskarG. Shankar Kurup (Malayalam1965 ) Woman awarded with Bhartiya-Gyan-P eeth PurskarAshapurna Devi, 1976 Woman Sahitya Akademi Award WinnerAmrita Pritam, 1956 Woman Honours Graduate Kamini Roy Woman Director General of PoliceKanchan C Bhattacharya Successful Surgeon who transplanted heartDr. P. Venugopal Woman to received Nobal Prize Mother Teresa Woman GovernorSaroji ni Naidu 1) Civil Aviation - 49 % 2) Defence - 26 % 3) FM Radio - 26 % 4) Insurance - 49 % 5) Multi Brand - 51 % 6) Pension - 49 % 7) Print Media - 26 % 8) Public Sec. Banks - 49 % 9) Private Sec. Banks - 74 % 10) Pharmaceuticals - 100 % 11) Telecommunication - 74 % 12) Tourism - 100 %

#BIG COMPANY NAMES # - # THEIR ORIGIN OR MEANING 1. MERCEDES - Name of the daughter of the founder

2. NOKIA - Name of city in Finland 3. PEPSI - Named from the digestive enzyme pepsin 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'inKorean 9. TOYOTA - From the name of founder, Sakichi Toyoda 10. YAMAHA - After Torakusu Yamaha, who founded the company 11. ADIDAS - From the name of thefounder Adolf (Adi) Dassler. (das)

>>> BOUNDARY LINES BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES <<< ***************************************** 1. McMahon Line =>> India and China 2. Durand Line =>> Pakistan and Afghanistan 3. Radcliffe Line =>> India and Pakistan 4. 49th Parallel =>> USA and Canada 5. Alpine Line =>> Italy and France 6. Oder Niesse Line =>> Germany and Poland 7. Mannerheim Line =>> Russia an Finland 8. Maginot Line =>> France and Germany 9. 38th Parallel =>> North Korea and South Korea 10. Line of Control =>> Divides Kashmir between India & Pakistan

>>> MONETARY POLICIES OF RBI <<< ***************************** 1) Bank Rate : Rate of rediscount at which the RBI discounts the first class bills of exchange brought by the banks. 2) Repo Rate : Injection of liquidity by the RBI is termed as " Repo Rate" . This was introduced in Dec. 1992 and Reverse Repo Rate in Nov. 1996. RBI buys Govt. Securities for a short period usually a fortnight, with an agreement to sell it later. Thus repo rate is a short-term money market instrument to stabilize short term liquidity in the economy. 3) Reverse Repo Rate : Repo Rate is the rate at which the RBI lends to commercial banks where as the Reverse Repo Rate is the rate at which the RBI borrows from the commercial banks against securities for a very short period. Repo and Reverse Repo rates are used as policy instruments for day-to-day liquidity management under the liquidity adjustment facility. 4) Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) : It refers to the percentage of net demand and time deposits which the scheduled commercial banks have to keep with RBI at zero interest Rate as per RBI act 1934. 5) Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) : It refers to the percentage of net demand and time deposits which the scheduled commercial banks have to keep with themselves. i.e. by purchasing Govt. Securities or in the form of cash or gold as per Banking Regulation Act 1949, Sec 24. SLR is a mechanism used by Commercial Banks for providing credit to the Govt.