Geography notes

Somen Singh

• Origin of Krishna river - Mahabaleshwar 
• Dakshin Ganga- Godavari 
• Dakshin Bharat ki Ganga - Kaveri (KN to TN)

• Tributaries of Krishna:- 

1. Tungabhadra 2. Ghataprabha 3. Malaprabha 4. Bhima 5. Vedavati 6. Koyna

• Tributaries of Cauvery :- 

1. Kabini 2. Hemavathi 3. Simsha 4. Arkavati 5. Bhavani

Tributaries of Narmada:- 

1. Amaravati 2. Bhukhi 3. Tawa 4. Banger

Tributaries of Indus:- 

1. Sutlej 2. Dras 3. Zanskar 4. Shyok 5.Gilgit 6. Suru

Tributaries of Brahamaputra:- 

1. Dibang 2. Lohit 3. Jia Bhoreli (Kameng) 4. Dikhow 5. Subansiri 6. Manas

Tributaries of Damodar :- 

1. Barakar 2. Konar

Tributaries of Ravi :- 

1. Budhil 2. Nai or Dhona 3. Seul 4. Ujh

Tributaries of Mahanadi :-

1. Seonath 2. Hasdeo 3. Jonk 4. Mand 5. Ib 6. Ong 7. Tel

Delhi     Yamuna

Kanpur Ganga

Jabalpur, Bharuch Narmada

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DAM  --  RIVER  -- STATE  ==================== Pochampad (Sri Ramasagar) - Godavari -- Telangana Srisailam -- Krishna -- AP Ukai -- Tapti -- Gujarat Pong (Maharana Pratap Sagar) -- Beas -- H.P Thein Dam -- Ravi-- Punjab Baglihar -- Chenab -- JK Panchet -- Damodar -- JH Tehri -- Bhagirathi -- UK Mettur  -- Cauveri  -- TN   Krishnaraja  Sagar Dam  --Cauveri -- KN Almattti  -- Krishna  -- KN Mullaperiyar  -- Periyar  -- Kerela Gandhisagar --- Chambal -- MP Nimboo Bazgo -- Indus  -- JK

Current Affair OCTOBER 2016 PART 6

The 2016 Women of India Festival has started in which of the following cities? 
a)-New Delhi 
b)-Jaipur 
c)-Dehradun 
d)-Allahabad 


 What is the theme of 2016 World Standards Day (WSD)? 
a)-Creating confidence globally 
b)-Standards level the playing field 
c)-Standards Build Trust 
d)-Standards – the world’s common language 


  Who won Shanghai Masters final 2016 ? 
a)-Andy Murray 
b)- Novak Djokovic 
c)-Roger Federer 
d)-Rafael Nadal 


   Who was appointed as the Director General of Foreign Trade recently? 
a) Anup Wadhawan 
b) Ajay Kumar Bhalla 
c) Jai Kumar Jha 
d) Anoop Kapoor 

 Who of the following is the author of the book, Jihad in My Saffron Garden? 
a) -Roxy Arora 
b) -Rahul Pandita 
c) -Tavleen Kaur 
d) -Arundhati Roy 

 Who was awarded with the prestigious IAFP Young scientist scholarship award 2016? 
a) Khalid Mohamed Sharif 
b) Md Yuhaan Ali 
c) Kirtiraj Kundlik Gaikwad 
d) Dashmesh Kumar 

 India recently signed a bilateral agreement for development of a network of Agro irradiation centers with which country? 
a) Russia 
b) Japan 
c) Hungary 
d) Egypt 

 Which state is observing Safe Motherhood Week to provide all necessary medical aid to expecting mothers? 
a)- Rajasthan 
b)- Punjab 
c)- Uttar Pradesh 
d)- Bihar 


 Who has been appointed new head of ICICI bank’s retail division? 
a)- Shilpa Kumar 
b)-Anup Bagchi 
c)-Rajiv Khandelwal 
d)-Abhinav Sen 

What is the theme for the 2016 International Day of Rural Women? 
a)-Moving from humiliation and exclusion to participation: Ending poverty in all its forms
 b)-Pledge for Parity 
c)- Step It Up for Gender Equality 
d)-Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too. 


What was the theme for World Food Day that was observed on 16 October 2016? 
a)-Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too. 
 b)-Feeding the world, caring for the earth 
 c)-Ending poverty in all its forms 
 d)-Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition 


 Which committee has submitted its report on existence of Saraswati River to the Union Government? 
a)-Justice Sharma committee 
b)-Bhagya Shree committee 
c)-Bhaumik committee 
d)-K S Valdiya committee 

Which Indian boxer has recently won the 2016 WBC Asia welterweight title? 
 a)- Neeraj Goyat 
b)-Shiva Thapa 
c)-Manoj Kumar 
d)-Akhil Kumar 

The World Student Day (WSD) is observed on which date? 
 a)-October 16 
b)-October 17
 c)-October 15 
d)-October 14 


 “Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav-2016” has been started in which of the following cities? 
 a)-Kolkata  
 b)-New Delhi 
 c)-Jaipur 
 d)-Shimla 

 The 2016 India International Knit Fair was held in which of the following states? 
a)-Sikkim 
b)-Gujarat 
c)-Meghalaya 
d)-Tamil Nadu 

 Smriti Irani,inaugurated India international silk fair in which city? 
a)-New Delhi 
b)-Mumbai 
c)-Surat 
d)-Varanasi 



The Union Government has decided to use the Postal network for distribution of what? 
a)-Pulses 
b)-Rice 
c)-Sugar 
d)-Salt 


Kumar Poornima festival was celebrated in ? 
a)-Bihar 
b)-Rajasthan 
c)-Odisha 
d)-Maharashtra 


According to World Economic Forum (WEF), which is the safest country of the world? 
a)-Finland 
b)-Bhutan 
c)-Japan 
d)-Austria 

Which Public sector bank has appointed P.V Sindhu and K.Shrikanth as brand ambassador? 

a)-Bank of Baroda 
b)-Indus Ind Bank 
c)-Jammu and Kashmir Bank 
d)-Punjab National bank


Which Malayali writer has been awarded Mathrubhumi Literary Award 2016? 

a) Acharya Ramamurthi 
b) P V Chandran 
c) N Shriniwasan 
d) C Radhakrishnan  


What was the theme for 2016 BRICS Summit? 

a) Global Development: Goal for all 
b) Building Responsive, Inclusive and Collective Solutions 
c) Partnership for Development, Integration and Industrialization 
d) Inclusive Growth: Sustainable Solutions 


On which date International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed? 
a)-15th October 
b)-14th October 
c)-16th October 
d)-17th October 

 With which country, India signed an agreement for water resources and for promotion of co-operation between Indian Council of World Affairs and the country’s Council of World Affairs? 
a) Pakistan 
b) Bangladesh 
c) Russia 
d) Hungary 

Which Indian shuttler clinched the men's singles title at the Chinese Taipei Open badminton? 

a)-Saurabh Verma 
b)-Ajay Jayaram 
c)-Jishnu Sanyal 
d)-Arjun Sachdev 


Which company recently launched India’s first indigenous electric bus? 
a)   Maruti Suzuki 
b)   Tata Motors 
c)   Ashok Leyland 
d)   Hindustan Motors 

 Who of the following was appointed as member of IOC's Athletes' Commission? 
 a)   Deepa Karmakar 
 b)   Saina Nehwal 
 c)   Babita Kumari 
 d)    Pullela Gopichand 


 Name the actor who will be awarded with the 44th Chaplin Award for the year 2016 by Film Society of Lincoln Center? 
a)   Morgan Freeman 
b)   Robert De Niro 
c)   Arnold Schwarzenegger 
d)   Robert Downey 

Jr. India completed its nuclear triad by inducting which of the following submarine into service? 
a)   INS Sindhughosh 
b)   INS Shishumar 
c)   INS Chakra 
d)   INS Arihant Kigeli 

V Ndahindurwa, who passed away recently, was the king of which country? 

a)-Thailand 
b)-Rwanda 
c)-Egypt 
d)-Bhutan 


 Shenzhou-11 a manned spacecraft has been successfully launched by China 

 Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor has been bestowed with the 2016 ET Panache Trendsetter Award 

The 2017 Indian Science Congress (ISC) will be held in Andhra Pradesh  

 Indian  Cricket team recently became the world first team to play 900 ODIs

Name the grappler from India who clinched gold medal in 60kg category at the sixth edition of the TAFISA World Games in Jakarta, Indonesia? 

a)   Naveen Kumar 
b)   Muhammad Alim 
c)   Luv Singh 
d)   Dalmiya 



Name the city in which prime minister Narendra Modi launched the national SC/ST hub and zero effect on environment scheme for MSME sector in__________?

 a)   Pune 
b)   Jaipur 
c)   Ludhiana 
d)   New Delhi 


Which state has decided to roll out biometrics authentication for receiving food grains for beneficiaries of National Food Security Act (NFSA) from January 2017 in the state? 

a)-Jharkhand 
b)-Rajasthan 
c)-Kerala 
d)-Odisha 

 Who has been conferred with the V Krishnamurthy Award for excellence by Centre for Organization Development (COD)? 

a)-Vinayak Rajshekhar   b)-N.Shrinivasan 
c)- R A Mashelkar           d)-Kashi Balachandran 



 ‘Farm Tourism’ scheme has been started by which state government of India? 

a)-Tamilnadu b)-Kerala c)-Punjab d)-Haryana 



  National Summit on Fortification of Food inaugurated in New Delhi

 The first National Tribal Carnival will be launched in New Delhi 


  Who has been appointed as the Ambassador of India to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament (CD)? 

 a)-Amandeep Singh Gill 
b)-Rajiv Prajapati 
c)-Aadarsh Jain 
d)-Ravi Kumar 


 Who is the writer of the book “Jinnah Often Came To Our House”? 
a)-Rahul Pandita b)-ravish Kumar 
c)-Kiran Doshi d)-Anil Gupta  


Also Read :- 

Current Affairs Oct 2016 part 5 

English : Find Error Part 6 

Computer P/3 

Banking/Financial Awareness (August 2016)

Computer P/3

• First Digital Computer :- ENAIC ( J.Prosper Eckert and John W. Mauchly ) 
• First successful supercomputer: CDC 6600 
• Fastest supercomputer:- Sunway TaihuLight 

• India's first supercomputer: PARAM 8000 
• India's fastest supercomputer: Shastra T  

• Default Font and Size of MS Word :-  Calibri (11) 
• Maximum File size of MS Word : 32 MB Maximum File size MS Word can open : 512MB 
• MS Word Shortcuts:- Open file: Ctrl O / Ctrl F12 ,   Save As: F12,    Priview:  Ctrl F2, Font : Ctrl Shift F     
• Default name of MS Word: Document1 

• Default Font and Size of PowerPoint :-  CalibriLight (44) , Calibri Body (28) 
• Default name of PowerPoint:- Presentation 1 

• PowerPoint shortcuts :- New Slide : Ctrl M,   Duplicate Slide : Ctrl D,                         Change case : Shift F3,  Superscript :  Ctrl =  ,  Subscript : Ctrl shift + 

•  In MS Excel, Max. Rows :- 1,048,576 and Max. Columns : 16,384 
• MS Excel Shortcuts:-  New Worksheet:- Alt + Shift + F1,  Formula window :- Shift F3, Format cell:- Ctrl+1,     Cretae a formula to sum all the above cells :-  Alt + =

• MS Excel :- Current Time:- Ctrl + shift + ;   ,    Current Date:-  Ctrl + ;     
• MS Word :- Current Date/Time :- ALT+ Shift + D/T  

Other Links:- 

Computer part2 

Computer Awareness 

Computer part2

1. Cable TV Network is an example of  A) LAN  B)MAN   C) WAN D) NONE OF THESE 
2. what symbol is present on the no. key 7 on the keyboard ? ans & 
3. 1st electronic programmable computer ?  Colossus 
4. MS Word was released in 1983 
5. JAVA Language was releaded in 1995 
6. MS POWERPOINT was launched on May 22, 1990.
7. NAT stands for Network Address Translator  

Computer Awareness

1.  Telnet is  a protocol used to login to a computer by sitting on another computer. 
2. Internet,Intranet and Extra-net are types of websites. The Internet Website is accessed by everyone. Intranet website is is designed and restricted to be used by  a particular company. Extra-net is website to be used by the clients/vendors of a particular company. 
3. Worm replicate themselves to all the people in the user's email list. 
4. Phishing is tricking a computer user to get his password or other confidential information. 
5. Shareware is free for initial period while Freeware is life long free. 
6. Firewall prevents others to access to one company's intranet. 
7. Gateway links two networks having different protocols. . 
8. F12: SAVE AS,       F7: SPELLING and GRAMMER CHECK,      F4: REPEAT THE LAST ACTION, F5: SEARCH 
9. Extension of Excel in Office 2003:.xls, 2007and 2010, .xlsx ,  in 2013 : xlsm
10. CpsLock is an example of Toggle key. 
11. LINUX OS is written in C Language.  
12. OSI Upper Layers: Application, Presentation , Session Layers.  LOWER LAYERS: Transport, Network, Data Link, Physical. 
13. IP address version 4 is in 32 bit format. Now, IP address version 6 is in 64 bit format. 
14. MAC address determines the physical address of a computer. 

English : Find Error Part 6

1} Not only will she go (1)/ to the picture but she will (2)/ also meet some of her (3)/ common friends in the evening. (4)/ no error  

2} Having had reached (1)/ the station, you (2)/ may buy your ticket and (3)/ wait for the train for New Delhi. (4)/ No error  
ans: (1) remove "had" 

3}Sedimentary rocks (1)/ largely comprised of (2)/ minute fragments derived from (3)/ the disintegration of existing rocks. (4)/ no error 
ans: (2) remove "of" 

4} Those who are (1)/ suffering from diabetes (2)/ are advised to substitute (3)/ saccharin by sugar (4)/ no error 
ans: (3) replace "by" with "for" 

5} Despite of the bad efforts (1)/ made by the Government(2)/ the condition of the country is (3)/ going from bad to worse. (4) / no error
ans: (1) remove "of" 

6} The council does (1)/ not hold itself responsible (2)/ for the loss (3)/ or damage to any article. (4) /no error
ans: loss of  

7} with - countable 
in- uncountable 
Ex:- He is writing with a pen in black ink. 

8} "amongst" - is used with more than 2 but before a "verbal"  
ex: The sweets were distributed amongst all of our friends ... Here "a" of "all" is a verbal. 

9} The problem that our (1)/ India has and will face (2)/ are the outcome of the selfishness (3)/ of our so called Netas. (4)/ no error 

ans: India has faced. ( because has and will are different helping verbs , so verbs must be present after each different helping verb.) 

10} Never before + have. 

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               Common Errors Part2 
              Common Errors Part3 
              Common Errors Part4
              Common Errors Part 5

Current Affairs Oct 2016 part 5

SOMEN SINGH

→Which of the following state govt to link Public Distribution System to Aadhar cards to make it corruption-free & transparent? 
 a)-Punjab b)-Haryana c)-Madhya Pradesh d)-Andhra Pradesh 

→Arena By Trans Stadia is in Ahmedabad, India's First Convertible Stadium Hosting Kabaddi World Cup 

→Name the former Chief minister of Uttarakhand,who has been conferred with a prestigious award by the Ugandan government for promoting human values through his literature in Uganda? 
a) a)-B C Khanduri b)-Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank” c)_N D Tewari d)-Vijay Bahuguna 

→The 2016 Women of India Festival has started in which of the following cities? 
 a)-New Delhi b)-Jaipur c)-Dehradun d)-Allahabad 

→What is the theme of 2016 World Standards Day (WSD)?  
a)-Creating confidence globally b)-Standards level the playing field c)-Standards Build Trust d)-Standards – the world’s common language 

→The World Standards Day (WSD) is observed every year on October 14 to pay tribute to the collaborative efforts of the thousands of experts worldwide that develop the voluntary technical agreements that are published as international standards. 

→Which Indian personality has been awarded for ‘Excellence in Technical Innovation’ by the International Society of Automation (ISA)?
  a)-Satish Pathak b)-Pankaj Ahuja c)-Naveen Jain d)-Milind Sharma

→Shahlyla Ahmadzai Baluch, who passed away recently, was a football player of which country? 
a)-Pakistan b)-Iraq c)-India d)-Afganistan 

→The first-ever BRICS-BIMSTEC Outreach Summit was held in which state of India? 
a)-Goa b)-Uttar Pradesh c)-Maharashtra d)-Rajasthan 

→Who was appointed as the Director General of Foreign Trade recently?
 a) Anup Wadhawan b) Ajay Kumar Bhalla c) Jai Kumar Jha d) Anoop Kapoor 

→The book “Jihad in My Saffron Garden” has been authored by Dr. Roxy Arora.  

→What is the theme of the World Sight Day 2016 on 13th October ? 
a)- Stronger Together b) -Universal Eye Health c)- Save Eyes d)- No more Avoidable Blindness  

→UP observed Safe Motherhood Week from 14 October to 21 October 2016 to provide all necessary medical aid to expecting mothers. 

→Who was awarded with the prestigious IAFP Young scientist scholarship award 2016? 
a) Khalid Mohamed Sharif b) Md Yuhaan Ali c) Kirtiraj Kundlik Gaikwad d) Dashmesh Kumar  

→India recently signed a bilateral agreement for development of a network of Agro irradiation centers with which country? a) Russia b) Japan c) Hungary d) Egypt 

→Which Indian Military Force will now have special soldier medals for canines and horses? 
a)-ITBP b)-CISF c)-CRPF d)-Assam Rifles

→5 Indian-Americans are among the 400 richest people in the US, according to a Forbes list. This list is topped by Microsoft’s co-founder Bill Gates for the 23rd year in a row. These 5 Indians are: Symphony Technology founder Romesh Wadhwani,Co-founders of outsourcing firm Syntel Bharat & Neerja Desai,,Airline veteran Rakesh Gangwal,Entrepreneur John Kapoor and Silicon Valley angel investor Kavitark ..Ram Shriram. 


→Bangladesh has formally joined China’s “One Belt One Road" Initiative 

→India has decided to eliminate production of a potent greenhouse gas -HCF-23 with Global Warming Potential of 14800 by 2030. 

→Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a war memorial called Shaurya Smarak at Arera Hills, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. 

→Which country has decided to freeze cooperation with the UN's cultural agency, UNESCO, accusing it of denying Judaism's connections to the religion's holiest sites. 
a) Iraq b) Israel c) South Korea d) Germany 

→Name the country that made a decision to quit the Commonwealth after Warnings over Democracy? a) Maldives b) Bhutan c) Pakistan d) Afghanistan 

→What is the theme for World Food Day that will be observed on 16 October 2016?
 a)-Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too. 
b)-Feeding the world, caring for the earth 
c)-Ending poverty in all its forms 
d)-Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition 

Answer:A 

↦The first International Day of Rural Women was observed on October 15, 2008. Theme for this year was: Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too. 

↦Which committee has submitted its report on existence of Saraswati River to the Union Government? a)-Justice Sharma committee
 b)-Bhagya Shree committee 
c)-Bhaumik committee 
d)-K S Valdiya committee 

Answer: D 

↦Anil Menon is the author of the book “Half of What I Say” 

↦Indian Boxer Neeraj Goyat has recently won the 2016 WBC Asia welterweight title by defeating Australian Ben Kite in New Delhi. 

↦Which country is all set to collaborate with India on its projects for improving rail connectivity of Indian ports? 
a) -Japan b) -Germany c) -Russia d) –China 
 Answer: B 

 ↦The World Student Day (WSD) is observed on which date? 
a)-October 16 b)-October 17 c)-October 15 d)-October 14 
Answer:C 

↦The 2nd edition of Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav (RSM)-2016 has started at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi on October 15th to 23rd, 2016. 

↦Which bank has executed India’s first banking transactions on blockchain in partnership with Emirates NBD? 
 a)-ICICI Bank b)-HDFC Bank c)-Axis Bank d)-State bank of India 
Answer: A 

↦ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank by consolidated assets, announced that it has successfully executed transactions in international trade finance and remittance using blockchain technology in partnership with Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the Middle East. 


↦India has signed a defence deal worth nearly Rs 39,000 crore with Russia to purchase five state of art S-400 ‘Triumf’ air defence systems. 

↦Brazil has won the first-ever BRICS U-17 football tournament by defeating South Africa in the final by 5-1 demolition of in the title clash in Margao, Goa.