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BANKING SPECIAL

Types of Cheque

1. Order Cheque: A cheque which is payable to a particular person or his order is called an order cheque.

2. Bearer Cheque: A cheque which is payable to a person whosoever bears, is called bearer cheque.

3. Blank Cheque: A cheque on which the drawer puts his signature and leaves all other columns blank is called a blank cheque.

4. Stale Cheque: The cheque which is more than six months old is a stale cheque.

5. Multilated Cheque: If a cheque is torn into two or more pieces, it is termed as mutilated cheque.

6. Post Dated Cheque: If a cheque bears a date later than the date of issue, it is termed as post dated cheque.

7. Open Cheque: A cheque which has not been crossed is called an open cheque. Even if a cheque is crossed and subsequently the drawer has cancelled the crossing at the request of the payee and affixes his full signature with the words “crossing cancelled pay cash”, it becomes an open cheque.

8. Crossed Cheque: A cheque which carries too parallel transverse lines across the face of the cheque with or without the words “I and co”, is said to be crossed.

9. Gift Cheques: Gift cheques are used for offering presentations on occasions like birthday, weddings and such other situations. It is available in various denominations.

10. Traveller’s Cheques: It is an instrument issued by a bank for remittance of money from one place to another.

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Locations of Headquarters

 Important International Organizations Name 
 Locations of Headquarters


1. United Nations Organization (UNO) - New York, USA
2. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - New York, USA
3. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - Paris, France
4. United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) - Vienna, Austria
5. World Health Organization (WHO) - Geneva, Switzerland
6. United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) - New York, USA
7. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) - Vienna, Austria
8. World Bank - Washington, D.C., United States
9. International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Geneva, Switzerland
10. International Maritime Organization (IMO) - London, United Kingdom
11. Universal Postal Union (UPU) - Bern, Switzerland
12. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Rome, Italy
13. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - Geneva, Switzerland
14. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) - Kathmandu, Nepal
15. International Labour Organization (ILO) - Geneva, Switzerland
16. International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Washington, D.C., United States
17. World Trade Organization (WTO) - Geneva, Switzerland
18. International Court of Justice (World Court or ICJ) - The Hague, Netherlands
19. Amnesty International - London, United Kingdom
20. Transparency International (TI) - Berlin, Germany
21. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) - Geneva,WIPO-HQ Switzerland
22. International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
23. Commonwealth of Nations - London, United Kingdom
24. International Organization for Standardization (ISO) - Geneva, Switzerland

Our Universe and Planet

 GK For Various Entrance Examination >>>  Our Universe and Planet 

1. In order of their distances from the Sun, which of the following planets lie between Mars and Uranus?
 (a) Earth and Jupiter (b) Jupiter and Saturn (c) Saturn and Earth (d) Saturn and Neptune

Answer. (b)

2. Comets revolve around:
(a) Sun (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) No single heavenly body

Answer. (a)

3. Which one of the following is correct? Great Bear is a
(a) Galaxy (b) Planet (c) Star (d) Constellation

Answer. (d)

4. The hottest planet is:
(a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn

Answer. (b)

5. Which of the planets is nearest to the earth?
(a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Mars

Answer. (b)

6. Which one of the following planets takes the same number of days for rotation And revolution?
(a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter

Answer. (b)

7. Which of the following planets of the solar system has the longest day?
(a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Earth

Answer. (c)

8. Which planet of the solar system spins on its axis at the fastest rate?
(a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Satum

Answer. (c)

QUESTIONS FOR IBPS PO

GA QUESTIONS FOR IBPS PO

 [1] Name the Czech priest won the Templeton Prize for 2014? Ans - Tomas Halik

[2] Who bagged the Gollapudi Srinivas National Award 2013? Ans - Gyan Cornea

[3] Who won the 2014 edition of the UN-Water ―Water for Life‖ Best Practices Award for their sustainable practices of water resources? Ans - India and Singapore

[4] Who was selected for the 23rd G D Birla Award for scientific research for the year 2013? Ans - Physicist Rajesh Gopakumar

[4] Name the renowned Hindi author will receive Sarawasti Samman for the year 2013 for his book ‗Dhool Paudho Par‘ published in 2008? Ans - Govind Mishra

[5] Who was conferred India's Global Icon of the Year award at the NRI of the Year awards in Mumbai? Ans - Amitabh Bachchan

[6] Who won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014? Ans - Japanese architect Shigeru Ban

[7] Which country lifted the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2014? Ans - : South Africa

[8] Who has been appointed coach of the National men‘s hockey team? Ans - Olympian and former India captain Jude Felix

[9] Name the company who has bagged a multi-year deal from Volvo Cars? Ans - : Infosys

[10] Which telecom service provider has launched its popular mobile money transfer and payment service M-Pesa partnering with private sector ICICI Bank? Ans - Vodafone

The Britannica Guide to Political and Social Movements That Changed the Modern World

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GK Based on Highest Facts in the World

Highest mountain peak - Mt. Everest (Nepal)
Highest mountain - Himalaya
Highest lake - Titicaca (Bolivia)
Highest plateau - Tibet
Highest continent - Antartica
Highest waterfall - Angel Falls, (Venezuela)
Highest active volcano - Guayathiri (Chile)
Highest capital city - La Paz (Bolivia)
Highest town - Wenchuan (Tibet)
Highest volcano - Cotopaxy (Ecuador)
Highest airport - Lhasa Airport (Tibet)
Highest railway station - Condor Station (Bolivia)
Highest river bridge - Liuguanghe Bridge in China
Highest road bridge - Bailey bridge built by the Indian Army at Khardungla (Ladakh)
Highest railway - Qinghai - Tibet (5072m)
Highest Bridge - Milau (France) 2.46 km)

Monuments and Founders

Monuments in India General Knowledge Questions and Answers

1. Konark Temple was built by ..........
Answer: Narasimha I
2. Ibadatkhana or Hall of Prayers was constructed by:
Answer: Akbar
3. Kailashnath Temple at Kanchi was constructed by:
Answer: Narasimhavarman II
4. Kailashnath Temple at Ellora was built by:
Answer: Krishna I
5. Dasavatar cave at Ellora was built by:
Answer: Dantidurga
6. Agra Fort was built by:
Answer: Akbar
7. Moti Masjid at Lahore was built by:
Answer: Jehangir
8. Moti Masjid at Delhi was built by:
Answer: Aurangazeb
9. Juma Masjid at Delhi was built by:
Answer: Shah Jahan
10. Tanjavur Big Temple was built by:
Answer: Rajaraja Chola
11. Gangaikonda Cholapuram was built by:
Answer: Rajendra
12. Harmandir Sahib (Golden temple) was built by:
Answer: Guru Arjan Dev
13. Founder of Vikramsila University:
Answer: Dharmapala
14. Seven Rath Temple at Mahabalipuram was built by:
Answer: Narasimhavarman
15. The dancing Nataraja figure at Chidambaram was built by:
Answer: Chola dynasty
16. Palace of Thousand Pillars was built by:
Answer: Alauddin Khilji
17. Hazara temple was built by:
Answer: Krishnadeva Raya
18. Shalimar Bagh of Kashmir was built by:
Answer: Jahangir

Books and Authors

Books and Authors 

01. My experiments with Truth: Mahatma M.K.Gandhi 
02. Far from the Madding Crowd: Thomas Hardy 
03. Geetanjali: Rabindra Nath Tagore
 04. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch: Alexander Solzhenitsyn 
05. The Merchant of venice: William shakespeare 
06. The Moon and Six pense : Somerset Maughan 
07. Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come: John Bunyan 
08. A Tale of Two Cities: Charles Dickens
09. Utopia: Sir Thomas Moor 
10. Origin of species: Charles Darwin 
11. David Copperfield: Charles Dickens 
12. A passage to India: E.M.Forster 
13. Gulliver's Travels: Jonathan Swift 
14. Discovery of India: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru 
15. The Vicar of Wakefield: Oliver Goldsmith 
16. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Edward Gibbon 
17. The Lady of the Last Minstrel: Sir Walter Scott 
18. Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen 
19. Time Machine: H.G. Wells 
20. Arthashastra: Kautilya 
21. Le Contract Social: Jean Jacques Rousseau 
22. Avigyan Sakuntalam: Kalidas 
23. Anand Math: Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay 
24. Mein Kampf: Adolf Hitler 
25. Ain-i-Akbari: Abul Fazal 
26. Akbar-Nama: Abul Fazal 
27. Shakuntala: Kalidas 
28. War and peace: Leo Tolstoy 
29. A Dangerous place: D.P. Moynihan 
30. Raghuvamsa: Kalidas 
31. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Arthur Conan Doyle 
32. Adventures of Tom Saweyer: Mark Twain 
33. Agni Veena: Kazi Nasrul Islam 
34. Alice in Wonderland: Lewis Carrol 
35. Ancient Mariner: Coleridge 
36. Animal Farm: George Orwell 
37. Anna Karenina: Leo Tolstoy 
38. Antony and Cleopatra: Shakespeare 
39. Arms and the Man: G.B.Shaw 
40. Around the World in eighty days: Jules Verne 
41. Baburnama: Babur 
42. Ben Hur: Lewis Wallace 
43. Bhagwat Gita: Ved Vyas 
44. Bisarjan: R.N.Tagore 
45. Canterbury Tales: Chaucer 
46. Chitra: R.N.Tagore 
47. Count of Monte Cristo: Alexander Dumas 
48. Crime and Punishment: Dostoevsky 
49. Das Kapital : Karl Marx 
50. Divine Comedy: Dante

Important Sports Venue

~ ~ Important Sports Venue ~ ~
 1. 2012 Olympics is held at - London
 2. Venue of 2016 Olympics - Rio de Genero (Brazil)
 3. Venue of 2014 Winter Olympics - Sochi (Russia)
 4. 2012 Summer Paralympics is held at - London
 5. Venue of 2016 Summer Paralympics - Rio de Genero (Brazil)
 6. Venue of 2014 Winter Paralympics - Sochi (Russia)
 7. Venue of 2014 FIFA World Cup Football - Brazil
 8. Brand ambassador of the 2014 FIFA World Cup - Pele
 9. Venue of 2018 FIFA World Cup - Russia
 10. Venue of 2022 World Cup Football - Qatar
 11. 2010 Commonwealth Games was held at - Delhi
 12. 2014 Commonwealth Games will be at - Glasgow (Scotland)
13. Venue of 2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast (Australia)
 14. 2012 Euro Cup Football was held at - Poland and Ukraine
 15. Venue of 2016 Euro Cup Football - France
 16. Venue of 2015 World Cup Cricket - Australia and New Zealand
 17. Host of the 2019 World Cup Cricket - England
 18. Host of the 2014 T-20 World Cup Cricket - Bangladesh
 19. Host of the 2016 T-20 World Cup Cricket - India
 20. Venue of 2014 Asian Games - Incheon (South Korea)
 21. Host of the 2023 World Cup Cricket - India
22. Venue of 2019 Asian Games - Hanoi (Vietnam)
 23. Venue of 2020 Summer Olympics - Tokyo (Japan)
 24. Venue of 2018 Winter Olympics - Pyeongchang (South Korea)
 25. Host of Cricket world Test Champions 2017 - England 
26. Host of Cricket world Test Champions 2021 - India
 27. Official Mascot of 2014 FIFA World Cup - Smiling Armadillo
 28. 35th National Games to be hosted by - Kerala in 2014.
 29. Official mascot of the 35th National Games - Great Hornbill
30. 4th Kabaddi World Cup - In Punjab, November 2013

GK Tricks 27

1. Which is the latest theory of evolution of the Universe: "Pulsating Universe Theory"
2.The total number of planets in our solar system is: "8"
3. Which is the nearest planet to the Sun: "Mercury"
4. Which is the farthest planet from the Sun: "Neptune"
5. Which of the planets has rings round it: "Saturn"
6. Which of the 8 planets is the largest: "Jupiter"
7.The outermost halo of the Sun is called: "Corona"
8. How many minutes the Sunlight takes to reach to Earth: "8.3 minutes"
9. Lunar Eclipse occurs when : "The Earth is between the Sun and the Moon"
10. Solar eclipse is caused when:"The Moon is between the sun and the Earth."
11. 70 degree of the Sun's mass consists of: "Hydrogen"
12. Qantas Airlines belongs to : "Australia"
13.The first country to launch any vehicle in space

was: "USSR (in 1957)"