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LIST OF COUNTRIES AND CAPITALS

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LIST OF COUNTRIES AND CAPITALS

 


Afghanistan – Kabul
Albania – Tirana
Algeria – Algiers
Andorra – Andorra la Vella
Angola – Luanda
Antigua and Barbuda – Saint John’s
Argentina – Buenos Aires
Armenia – Yerevan
Australia – Canberra
Austria – Vienna
Azerbaijan – Baku
The Bahamas – Nassau
Bahrain – Manama
Bangladesh – Dhaka
Barbados – Bridgetown
Belarus – MinskBelgium – Brussels
Belize – Belmopan
Benin – Porto-Novo
Bhutan – Thimphu
Bolivia – Sucre
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Sarajevo
Botswana – Gaborone
Brazil – Brasilia
Brunei – Bandar Seri Begawan
Bulgaria – Sofia
Burkina Faso – Ouagadougou
Burundi – Bujumbura
Cambodia – Phnom Penh
Cameroon – Yaounde
Canada – Ottawa
Cape Verde – Praia
Central African Republic – Bangui
Chad – N’Djamena
Chile – Santiago
China – Beijing
Colombia – Bogota
Comoros – Moroni
Costa Rica – San Jose
Croatia – Zagreb
Cuba – Havana
Cyprus – Nicosia
Czech Republic – Prague
Denmark – Copenhagen
Djibouti – Djibouti
Dominica – Roseau
Dominican Republic – Santo Domingo
East Timor (Timor-Leste) – Dili
Ecuador – Quito
Egypt – Cairo
El Salvador – San Salvador
Equatorial Guinea – Malabo
Eritrea – Asmara
Estonia – Tallinn
Ethiopia – Addis Ababa
Fiji – Suva
Finland – Helsinki
France – Paris
Gabon – Libreville
The Gambia – Banjul
Georgia – Tbilisi
Germany – Berlin
Ghana – Accra
Greece – Athens
Greenland – Nuuk
Grenada – Saint George’s
Guatemala – Guatemala City
Guinea – Conakry
Guinea-Bissau – Bissau
Guyana – Georgetown
Haiti – Port-au-Prince
Honduras – Tegucigalpa
Hungary – Budapest
Iceland – Reykjavik
India – New Delhi
Indonesia – Jakarta
Iran – Tehran
Iraq – Baghdad
Ireland – Dublin
Israel – Jerusalem
Italy – Rome
Jamaica – Kingston
Japan – Tokyo
Jordan – Amman
Kazakhstan – Astana
Kenya – Nairobi
Kiribati – Tarawa Atoll
Korea, North – Pyongyang
Korea, South – Seoul
Kosovo – Pristina
Kuwait – Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan – Bishkek
Laos – Vientiane
Latvia – Riga
Lebanon – Beirut
Lesotho – Maseru
Liberia – Monrovia
Libya – Tripoli
Liechtenstein – Vaduz
Lithuania – Vilnius
Luxembourg – Luxembourg
Macedonia – Skopje
Madagascar – Antananarivo
Malawi – Lilongwe
Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur
Maldives – Male
Mali – Bamako
Malta – Valletta
Marshall Islands – Majuro
Mauritania – Nouakchott
Mauritius – Port Louis
Mexico – Mexico City
Micronesia – Palikir
Moldova – Chisinau
Monaco – Monaco
Mongolia – Ulan batar
Montenegro – Podgorica
Morocco – Rabat
Mozambique – Maputo
Myanmar Naypyidaw
Namibia – Windhoek
Nepal – Kathmandu
Netherlands – Amsterdam
New Zealand – Wellington
Nicaragua – Managua
Niger – Niamey
Nigeria – Abuja
Norway – Oslo
Oman – Muscat
Pakistan – Islamabad
Palau – Melekeok
Palestine Ramallah and Gaza
Panama – Panama City
Papua New Guinea – Port Moresby
Paraguay – Asuncion
Peru – Lima
Philippines – Manila
Poland – Warsaw
Portugal – Lisbon
Qatar – Doha
Romania – Bucharest
Russia – Moscow
Rwanda – Kigali
Saint Kitts and Nevis – Basseterre
Saint Lucia – Castries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Kingstown
Samoa – Apia
San Marino – San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe – Sao Tome
Saudi Arabia – Riyadh
Senegal – Dakar
Serbia – Belgrade
Seychelles – Victoria
Sierra Leone – Freetown
Singapore – Singapore
Slovakia – Bratislava
Slovenia – Ljubljana
Solomon Islands – Honiara
Somalia – Mogadishu
South Africa – Cape Town
South Sudan – Juba
Spain – Madrid
Sri Lanka – Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte
Sudan – Khartoum
Suriname – Paramaribo
Swaziland – Mata-utu
Sweden – Stockholm
Switzerland – Bern
Syria – Damascus
Taiwan – Taipei
Tajikistan – Dushanbe
Tanzania – Dodoma
Thailand – Bangkok
Togo – Lome
Tonga – Nuku’alofa
Trinidad and Tobago – Port-of-Spain
Tunisia – Tunis
Turkey – Ankara
Turkmenistan – Ashgabat
Tuvalu – Funafuti
Uganda – Kampala
Ukraine – Kiev
United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom – London
United States of America – Washington D.C.
Uruguay – Montevideo
Uzbekistan – Tashkent
Vanuatu – Port-Vila
Vatican City – Vatican City
Venezuela – Caracas
Vietnam – Hanoi
Yemen – Sanaa
Zambia – Lusaka
Zimbabwe – Harare

Important information on Nationalised Banks

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****Important information on Nationalised Banks****
1.The oldest Joint Stock Bank of India –Allahabad Bank
2. The bank founded by Freedom Fighter Dr. Bhogaraju
Pattabhi Sitaramayya –Andhra Bank
3. First bank to open a branch outside India — Bank of India,
London, 1946
4. The first bank to be given an ISO 9002 certificate for one of
its branches –Canara Bank
5. The Postal Dept has issued a commemorative stamp in the
name of this bank celebrating 100 years in 2011 –Central
Bank of India
6. First Indian Bank to be wholly owned by Indians–Central
Bank of India
7. The bank formed on the efforts of Lala Lajpat Rai –Punjab
National Bank
8. The only merger of nationalised banks took place between —
Punjab National Bank and New Bank of India in 1993
9. The bank whose brand equity is “Pygmy Deposit Scheme” —
Syndicate Bank
10. The bank which was conceived by Shri GD Birla –UCO
Bank
11. The bank which was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in
1919 — Union Bank of India
12. The largest among nationalised banks –Punjab National
Bank

13. The bank established in the year 1913 as Bank of Mysore

Ltd. at the instance of the banking committee headed by the
great Engineer-Statesman, Late Dr. Sir M.Visvesvaraya —
State Bank of Mysore

Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)

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RAW
RAW

Research and Analysis Wing (RAW or R&AW) is the primary external intelligence agency of the Republic of India. It was formed in September 1968 under the helmsman-ship of its first Director, Rameshwar Nath Kao. Its creation was necessitated post the Sino-Indian War 1962 and Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 which posed various gaps in intelligence gathering undertaken by Intelligence Bureau. This convinced the Government of India that a specialised, independent agency was required for competent external intelligence gathering.

The primary function of R&AW is collection of external intelligence and counter-terrorism. In addition, it is responsible for obtaining and analysing information about foreign governments, corporations and persons to advise Indian policymakers. R&AW is an effective and one of the primary instrument of India’s national power. It is also involved in the security of India’s nuclear programme.

Headquartered in New Delhi, R&AW’s current chief is Alok Joshi a 1976-batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.

India has a number of intelligence agencies of which the best known are the Research and Analysis Wing, India’s external intelligence agency and the Intelligence Bureau are the domestic intelligence agency.

The objectives of RAW include:

  • To monitor the political and military developments in adjoining countries, which have direct bearing on India’s national security and in the formulation of its foreign policy.
  • To seek the control and limitation of the supply of military hardware to Pakistan, mostly from European countries, the USA and China.

The head of R&AW is designated “Secretary (Research)” in the Cabinet Secretariat. The “Secretary (Research)”, although is under direct command of Prime Minister, reports on an administrative basis to the Cabinet Secretary, who reports to the Prime Minister. However, on a daily basis the “Secretary (Research)” reports to the National Security Advisor. Reporting to the Secretary (Research) are: Two Special Secretaries and one Special Director of the (ARC), the Aviation Research Centre; Four Additional Secretaries, responsible for different geographical regions

The primary mission of R&AW includes aggressive intelligence collection via espionage, psychological warfare, subversion, sabotage and assassinations. R&AW maintains active collaboration with other secret services in various countries. Its contacts with FSB of Russia, NDS, the Afghan agency, Israel’s Mossad, the CIA and MI6 have been well-known, a common interest being Pakistan’s nuclear programme. R&AW has been active in obtaining information and operating through third countries like Afghanistan, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Myanmar and Singapore.

A combination of military, academicians, bureaucrats and policemen was a fine start for RAW which modelled itself on the lines of CIA. Though the RAW is primarily intended for collecting intelligence beyond India’s national borders, it has over time come to have a strong presence in all fields of intelligence gathering.

SBI Clerk – Banking Quiz

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SBI Clerk – Banking Quiz


1. _____________are the beneficiaries of the “Reverse Mortgage Scheme”.
(a) Government employees 
(b) Senior citizens
(c) Unemployed persons 
(d) Persons of BPL category
Ans: (b) Senior citizens

2. RBI was nationalized in the year
(a) 1949
(b) 1952 
(c) 1955 
(d) 1964


Ans: (a) 1949

3. Which of the following is/are associated with the fiscal policy?
1. Marginal Standing Facility
2. Devaluation of Currency
3. Market Stabilization Scheme
(a) 1 & 2
(b) Only 3
(c) 2 & 3
(d) Only 2
Ans: (d) Only 2

4. When was Liberalized Exchange Rate Management System (LERMS) started in India?
(a)1990
(b)1996
(c)1992
(d)1998
Ans:(c)1992

5. National income of India is estimated by
(a) NCAER
(b) Ministry of Statistics
(c) Central Statistical Office
(d) Ministry of Finance
Ans: (c) Central Statistical Office

6. What is understood by Fiduciary Issue of currency?
(a) The issue of currency notes without keeping gold or silver as deposit
(b) The issue of currency notes keeping gold or silver as deposit
(c) The issue of currency notes with partial gold or silver deposits
(d) The issue of currency notes with comparative gold or silver deposits
Ans: (a) The issue of currency notes without keeping gold or silver as deposit

7. _____________is the percentage of total deposits of a bank which it has to keep with itself in the form of liquid assets.
(a) Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)
(b) Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
(c) Statutory Reserve Ratio
(d) Cash Ratio
Ans: (a) Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)

8. The exchange rate in India is dependent upon:
1. Government policy
2. Demand-supply forces
3. Monetary policy objectives
(a) Only 2 (b) 2 & 3 (c) 1 & 2 (d) 1, 2 & 3
Ans: (a) Only 2

9. Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation (CBLO) is a/an ________.
(a) Money Market Instrument
(b) Instrument of Monetary Policy
(c) Type of Risk Cover
(d) Stock Market Instrument
Ans: (a) Money Market Instrument

10. Often, we read in newspapers that the RBI has changed the Repo rate and the Reverse Repo rate by a few basis points. What is a basis point?
(a) Ten % of one hundredth point
(b) One hundredth of 1%
(c) One tenth of 1%
(d) Ten % of 100
Ans: (b) One hundredth of 1%

11. Banks generally don’t pay interest on money deposited in which of the following accounts?
(a) Savings account
(b) Current account
(c) Fixed deposit account
(d) None of these
Ans: (b) Current account

12. ‘Fiat Money’ is defined as the money which is
(a) Accepted internationally
(b) Accepted temporarily in lieu of gold
(c) Issued by keeping gold or silver as deposit
(d) Decreed as money by the government
Ans: (d) Decreed as money by the government

13. Demand-pull inflation can be caused by which of the following?
(a) A decline in consumption expenditure
(b) A sharp increase in lending rates
(c) A steep decline in income tax
(d) An increase in direct taxation
Ans: (c) A steep decline in income tax

14. For obtaining which among the following does a customer not require a bank account?
(a) A loan
(b) A cheque
(c) A banker’s draft
(d) A credit card
Ans: (c) A banker’s draft

15. RBI isn’t expected to perform the role of
(a) Acting as a clearing house
(b) Working as a banker to the government
(c) Managing forex
(d) Accepting deposits from general public
Ans: (d) Accepting deposits from general public
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Who is Happy ?? MUST READ

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Syskool
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Who is Happy ??


A crow lived in the forest and was absolutely satisfied in life. But one day he saw a swan.

“This swan is so white,” he thought, “and I am so black. This swan must be the happiest bird in the world.” 

He expressed his thoughts to the swan. “Actually,” the swan replied, “I was feeling that I was the happiest bird around until I saw a parrot, which has two colors. I now think the parrot is the happiest bird in creation.”

The crow then approached the parrot. The parrot explained, “I lived a very happy life—until I saw a peacock. I have only two colors, but the peacock has multiple colors.”

The crow then visited a peacock in the zoo and saw that hundreds of people had gathered to see him. After the people had left, the crow approached the peacock. “Dear peacock,” the crow said, “you are so beautiful. Every day thousands of people come to see you. When people see me, they immediately shoo me away. I think you are the happiest bird on the planet.”

The peacock replied, “I always thought that I was the most beautiful and happy bird on the planet. But because of my beauty, I am entrapped in this zoo. I have examined the zoo very carefully, and I have realized that the crow is the only bird not kept in a cage. So for past few days I have been thinking that if I were a crow, I could happily roam everywhere.”

That’s our problem too. We make an unnecessary comparison with others and become sad. We don’t value what has God given us. This all leads to the vicious cycle of unhappiness.

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