First in India Men

Field	Person
The first President of Indian Republic	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The first Prime Minister of free India	Pt. Jawahar Lai Nehru
The first Indian to win Nobel Prize	Rabindranath Tagore
The first President of Indian National Congress	W. C. Banerjee
The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress	Badruddin Tayyabji
The first Muslim President of India	Dr. Zakir Hussain
The first British Governor General of India	Lord William Bentinck
The first British Viceroy of India	Lord Canning
The first Governor General of free India	Lord Mountbatten
The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India	C. Rajgopalachari
The first man who introduced printing press in India	James Hicky
The first Indian to join the I.C.S.	Satyendra Nath Tagore

Field	Person
India's first man in space	Rakesh Sharma
The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term	Morarji Desai
The first Indian Commander - in - Chief of India	General Cariappa
The first Chief of the Army Staff	Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji
The first Indian member of the Viceroy's executive council	S. P. Sinha
The first President of India who died while in office	Dr. Zakir Hussain
The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament	Charan Singh
The first Field Marshal of India	S.H.F. Manekshaw
The first Indian to get Nobel prize in Physics	C.V. Raman
The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award	Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Indian to cross English channel	Mihir Sen
The first person to receive Jnanpith award	Sri Shankar Kurup
The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha	Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
The first Vice - President of India	Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Education Minister	Abul Kalam Azad
The first Home Minister of India	Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
The first Indian Air Chief Marshal	S. Mukherjee
The first Indian Naval Chief	Vice Admiral R. D. Katari
The first judge of International Court of Justice	Dr. Nagendra Singh
The first person to receive Paramveer Chakra	Major Somnath Sharma
The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen	Sherpa Anga Dorjee
The first Chief Election Commissioner	Sukumar Sen
The first person to receive Magsaysay Award	Acharya Vinoba Bhave
The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine	Hargovind Khurana
The first Chinese traveller to visit India	Fahein
The first person to receive Stalin Prize	Saifuddin Kitchlu
The first person to resign from the central cabinet	Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna	Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics	Amartya Sen
The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court	Justice Hiralal J. Kania

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs

1. Who retained the top spot on Forbes' fourth annual ranking of "The World's Most Powerful People", which was released in December 2012?
1) Barack Obama
2) Angela Merkel
3) Vladimir Putin
4) Bill Gates
5) David Cameron

2. Who will be honored with a lifetime achievement Grammy award in Los Angeles on February 10, 2013?
1) A.R.Rehman
2) Pandit Ravi Shankar
3) Norah Jones
4) Pandit Vishwamohan Bhatt
5) Ustad Zakir Hussain

3. Rakesh Mohan, former Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India, has taken charge as Executive Director on the board of?
1) World Bank
2) ADB
3) IMF
4) OECD
5) WTO

4. Which of the following full forms is not correct?
1) ECS - Electronic Clearing Service
2) TPF - Trade Policy Forum
3) CCEA-Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
4) LAF - Liquidity Adjustment Facility
5) FTA - Full Trade Agreement

5. Which one of the following statements is not true with regard to Malala Yousafzai?
1) Malala Yousafzai is a teenage education activist in the Swat district of Pakistan.
2) She won Pakistan's first National Youth Peace Prize in 2011. It was subsequently renamed the National Malala Peace Prize in her honor.
3) On October 9, 2012 she was shot by Taliban gunmen and is being treated in hospital in Birmingham, UK.
4) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon declared November 10 as Malala Day.
5) She won the 2012 Right Livelihood Award.

6. Ahmed Nazif was sentenced to three years in prison for corruption in September 2012. He was the Prime Minister of which of the following countries from 2004 to 2011?
1) Syria
2) Yemen
3) Egypt
4) Libya
5) Lebanon

7. Who received the US Congressi-onal Gold Medal on September 19, 2012?
1) Dalai Lama
2) Angela Merkel
3) Gordon Brown
4) Aung San Suu Kyi
5) Dilma Rousseff

8. Which film was given the prestigious Golden Lion Award for the best film at the 69th Venice Film Festival on September 8, 2012?
1) Pieta
2) The Master
3) Fill the Void
4) The Artist
5) None of these

9. The United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has appo-inted who among the following as its International Goodwill Ambassador?
1) Aamir Khan
2) Aishwarya Rai
3) Priyanka Chopra
4) Shah Rukh Khan
5) Vidya Balan

10. Who has become the first woman to command the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner which landed in New Delhi in September 2012?
1) Alka Shukla
2) M.P. Shumathi
3) Nivedita Bhasin
4) Saudamini Deshmukh
5) None of these

11. Forbes released the list of 400 richest Americans recently. Bill Gates remained at the top position for the 19th consecutive year. Who is at second position?
1) Steve Ballmer
2) Warren Buffet
3) Paul Allen
4) Jeff Bezos
5) Larry Ellison

12. Paul McCartney has been awarded France's highest public award, the French Legion of Honor, for his services to music. He belongs to?
1) USA
2) Canada
3) Australia
4) England
5) Argentina

13. Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Prize is named after the founder Director General of?
1) IISC
2) BARC
3) CSIR
4) ISI
5) IARI

14. Which of the following topped the QS World University Rankings released in September 2012?
1) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2) University of Cambridge, UK
3) Harvard University, USA
4) University of Oxford, UK
5) Yale University, USA

15. Which team won the Irani Cup Cricket in Bangalore in September 2012?
1) Rest of India
2) Rajasthan
3) Karnataka
4) Hyderabad
5) Mumbai

16. The Super Fight League (SFL) is promoted by IPL team Rajasthan Royals' co-owner Raj Kundra and Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt. Who is the brand ambassador of SFL?
1) Devendro Singh
2) Vijender Singh
3) MC Mary Kom
4) Vikas Krishnan
5) None of these

17. The Ig Nobel Prizes are a parody of the Nobel Prizes and given each year for ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. They are given in?
1) Sweden
2) Norway
3) Philippines
4) USA
5) UK

18. Which of the following countries is not a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)?
1) China
2) Russia
3) India
4) Kyrgyzstan
5) Uzbekistan

19. Which of the following is a private bank in India?
1) UCO Bank
2) IDBI Bank
3) United Bank of India
4) HDFC Bank
5) Syndicate Bank

20. 'Touch Down' is a term used in the game of?
1) Hockey
2) Cricket
3) American Football
4) Golf
5) Ice Hockey

ANSWERS:
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 5 5) 5 6) 3 7) 4 8) 1 9) 2 10) 3 11) 2 12) 4 13) 3 14) 1 15) 1
16) 3 17) 4 18) 3 19) 4 20) 3

Wainganga Krishna Gramin Bank Recruitment 2013 – Apply Online for Officer & Office Asst Posts

                         Recruitment Advt| Online Application

 Wainganga Krishna Gramin Bank invites applications for 19 posts of Officer in Middle Management Grade (Scale III), Officer in Middle Management Grade (Scale II) and Office Assistant (Multipurpose) who have qualified at the CWE for RRBs conducted by IBPS in September 2012 & having valid score card. Eligible candidates may apply through online from 24-12-2012 to 04-01-2013. 

WKG Bank Vacancy Details:
Name & No.of the Posts:
1. Officers Scale III:  01 post
2. Officers Scale II (Information Technology): 02 Posts
3. Officers Scale II (Treasury Manager): 01 Post
4. Officers Scale II  (Marketing Officer): 01 Post
5. Office Assistant (Multipurpose):  14 posts

Age Limit: Candidate age must be below 40 years for Officer Scale – III Post, above 21 years and below 32 years for Officer Scale- II post and between 18 years to 28 years for Office Asst Post. Cutoff date for age determining would be 01-06-2012. (Age relaxations will be extended as per rules).

Educational Qualification: Candidate must possess Degree or its equivalent with proficiency in local language for Officer Scale III & Office Asst posts and PG Degree in Marketing for Marketing Officer Scale II, CA from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India or PG Degree in Finance for Treasury Manager Scale II post, Degree in Electronics /Communication / Computer Science / Information Technology or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate  for post 2 from recognized University with relevant experience.

IBPS Score Card Minimum Weighted Score: Candidates who have been declared qualified in the RRBs-Common Written Examination conducted by IBPS in September 2012 should have obtained the Minimum Weighted Score as per the details given in the notification.

Application Fee: Candidates need to pay Challan of Rs.100/- (Rs. 20/- for SC/ ST/ PWD/EXSM candidates) by means of a Payment Challan available in the Bank’s website. Go to the nearest Wainganga Krishna Gramin Bank Branch with the Fee payment Challan and pay, in Cash, the appropriate Application Fee in CBS Account No.202410110000771.

Selection Process: Selection will be done on the basis of performance in RRBs CWE conducted by IBPS in September 2012 and Interview.

How to Apply: Candidates can apply through online mode by bank’s web site from 24-12-2012 to 04-01-2013.

Important Dates:
Opening date of On-line Application: 24-12-2012.
Last date for submission of On-line Application: 04-01-2013.
Payment towards application fee can be made between: 24-12-2012 to 04-01-2013.