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“Polar Vortex” is 2014′s Newest Buzzword

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In this past few days the word Polar Vortex and Arctic Blast are tending in news and in social media all over.  Much of the United States has plunged into a deep freeze from record low temperatures. One of the coldest Arctic outbreaks in two decades has plunged into country, bringing bitterly cold temperatures to the Midwest, South and East.  The bitter chill gripping North America is a result of Arctic air that has spilled southwards, and global warming may be a cause. As tundra-like temperatures and wind chills as cold as 70 below zero fan out across the country, everyone is blaming the "polar vortex”. What is a polar vortex? What distinguishes it? Polar Vortex: A polar vortex is basically a great swirling pool of extremely cold air located tens of thousands of feet in the atmosphere. Basically an arctic cyclone, it ordinarily spins counterclockwise around the north and south poles. When the vortex weakens, the air starts heading southwards, bringing exceptional snow and ch...

General Awareness for IBPS Clerk III: 2013

1.     Recently which of the following country withdrew as host of the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) ? (1) Malta (2) Sri Lanka (3) Mauritius (4) India (5) None of these 2.     Recently Magnus Calresn defeated Viswanathan Anand to become the youngest World Chess Championship. H ow many times  Viswanathan Anand had won the world championship title? (1) Three (2) Four (3) Six (4) Five (5) None of these 3.     Recently OPCW (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) won the Nobel Peace Prize 2013. The headquarter of OPCW located in __? (1) Austria (2) France (3) Belgium (4) Netherland (5) None of these 4.     Recently which among the following banks awarded with ‘The Strongest Bank Balance Sheet in India’ by the Asian Banker Magazine? (1) HDFC Bank (2) ICICI Bank (3) SBI Bank (4) BOB (5) Yes Bank 5.     Which of the following stock exchanges in India has launched the country’s...

General Awareness for IBPS Clerk III: 2013

1.     Jayprakash Narayna is the author of which among the following book? (1) Why Socialism (2) Indian Leaders (3) India Divided (4) True Nation (5) None of these 2.     The Year 2013 marks the 50 th Years of Establishment of Diplomatic Ties between India and Peru. Which among the following is the capital of Peru? (1) Bogota                         (2) Lima (3) La Paz                         (4) Caracas (5) None of these 3.     Recently NASA’s space craft has detected chemical “propylene” on ___? (1) Moon (2) Saturn (3) Titan (4) Mars (5) None of these 4.     Name the book which has won the 2013 US National Book Award in fiction? (1) The Good Lord Bird (2) The Lowland (3) Bleeding Edge (4) G...

General Awareness for IBPS Clerk III

1.     Recently RBI (Reserve Bank of India) directed Public Sector Banks (PSBs) to give loans to women self Help Groups (SHGs) at a rate of _____? (1) 5%                   (2) 6.5% (3) 7%                   (4) 7.5% (5) 8% 2.     In a bid to ease liquidity to Micro and Small Enterprises (MSME) sector, the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) has extended how much amount _____ to refinance window for a period of one year for the sector? (1) Rs1,000  crore (2) Rs 5,000 crore (3) Rs 10,000 crore (4) Rs 15,000 Crore (5) None of these 3.     As per the SEBI regulation, the level of risk will on mutual funds be depicted by the colour code boxes. Which of the following colour denotes the Principal at high risk? (1) Blue (2) Yellow (3) Brown (4) Red (5) None of these 4.   ...

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