GK FOR LAB ASSISTANT PART-5 CURRENCY

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GK FOR LAB ASSISTANT PART-5

CURRENCY

Here I am posting some Memory Tricks to Remember Currencies of Some Countries...Hope u Like it.. #### RUPEE ####

Mind Tricks : PICS of MN ***PICS***

P-Pakisthan I-India C-Ceylon S-Srilanka **MN** M-Maritius N-Nepal

*************************************************************** #### POUND #### : S-E-S-U

Mind Trick : Sheshu(a name) plays in the Pond.. **S-E-S-U**

S-South Sudan E-Egypt S-Syria U-Uk

*************************************************************** #### PESO #### : M-A-C C-P-U

MindTrick : just like MAC intosh…Cpu **MAC**

M-Mexico A-Argentina C-Chile **CPU** C-Columbia P-Philipines U-Urugya

********************************************************* #### KRONE ####:

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1) Denmark 2)Norway

*************************************************************** #### WON ####:

MindTrick : Korea’s Won in the Battle 1)South Korea

2)North Korea

************************************************************ #### SHILLING ####:

MindTrick : Shilling sounds like ‘Shillong’ Both KEN and SOM like Shillong

1)Kenya 2)Somalia

*************************************************************** #### EURO #### : BIG -FAN-PI –SMS

Mind Trick : BIG FAN of PI and wished through SMS **BIG**

B-Belgium I-Ireland G-Germany **FAN** F-France A-Austria N-Netherland **PI** P-Portugal I-Italy **SMS** S-Spain M-Malta S-Solvania

************************************************************************* #### DINAR #### : K-S in J-A-I-L

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*************************************************************** #### DOLLAR ### : Li-Ne-US -Ca-Fi-T-E-A

Mind trick: Li ne(a name) who lives in US likes Coffee(Ca- Fi) and Tea(T-E-A) **Li-Ne**

Li-Liberia Ne-New Zealand **US**

United States **Ca-Fi** Ca-Canadian Fi- Fizzi **T-E-A** T-Taiwan E-Ethiopia A-Australia

Countries and Capitals (194 Pairs)

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Afghanistan

-

Kabul



Albania

-

Tirane



Algeria

-

Algiers



Andorra

-

Andorra la Vella



Angola

-

Luanda

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Antigua and Barbuda

-

Saint John's

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Argentina

-

Buenos Aires

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Armenia

-

Yerevan

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Australia

-

Canberra

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Austria

-

Vienna

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Azerbaijan

-

Baku



Bahrain

-

Manama



Bangladesh

-

Dhaka

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Barbados

-

Bridgetown

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Belarus

-

Minsk

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Belgium

-

Brussels



Belize

-

Belmopan



Benin

-

Porto-Novo

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Bhutan

-

Thimphu



Bolivia

-

La Paz

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

Botswana

-

Gaborone

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Brazil

-

Brasilia



Brunei

-

Bandar Seri Begawan



Bulgaria

-

Sofia



Burkina Faso

-

Ouagadougou



Burma

-

Rangoon



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

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Costa Rica

-

San Jose

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Cote d'Ivoire

-

Yamoussoukro



Croatia

-

Zagreb



Cuba

-

Havana



Cyprus

-

Nicosia



Czech Republic

-

Prague

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

-

Kinshasa

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Denmark

-

Copenhagen



Djibouti

-

Djibouti

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Dominica

-

Roseau



Dominican Republic

-

Santo Domingo

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East Timor

-

Dili

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Ecuador

-

Quito



Egypt

-

Cairo



El Salvador

-

San Salvador



Equatorial Guinea

-

Malabo



Eritrea

-

Asmara



Estonia

-

Tallinn



Ethiopia

-

Addis Ababa



Federated States of Micronesia

-

Palikir



Fiji

-

Suva

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

France

-

Paris



Gabon

-

Libreville



Georgia

-

Tbilisi



Germany

-

Berlin



Ghana

-

Accra



Greece

-

Athens



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



Kuwait

-

Kuwait City



Kyrgyzstan

-

Bishtek



Laos

-

Vientiane



Latvia

-

Riga



Lebanon

-

Beirut



Lesotho

-

Maseru



Liberia

-

Monrovia



Libya

-

Tripoli



Liechtenstein

-

Vaduz

(6)



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



Moldova

-

Chisinau



Monaco

-

Monaco



Mongolia

-

Ulaanbaatar



Morocco

-

Rabat



Mozambique

-

Maputo



Namibia

-

Windhoek



Nauru

-

Yaren District



Nepal

-

Kathmandu



Netherlands

-

Amsterdam



New Zealand

-

Wellington



Nicaragua

-

Managua



Niger

-

Niamey



Nigeria

-

Abuja



North Korea

-

Pyongyang



Norway

-

Oslo



Oman

-

Muscat



Pakistan

-

Islamabad



Palau

-

Koror



Panama

-

Panama City



Papua New Guinea

-

Port Moresby



Paraguay

-

Asuncion



Peru

-

Lima



Philippines

-

Manila



Poland

-

Warsaw



Portugal

-

Lisbon



Qatar

-

Doha

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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 and Montenegro

-

Belgrade



Seychelles

-

Victoria



Sierra Leone

-

Freetown



Singapore

-

Singapore



Slovakia

-

Bratislava



Slovenia

-

Ljubljana



Solomon Islands

-

Honiara



Somalia

-

Mogadishu



South Africa

-

Pretoria



South Korea

-

Seoul



Spain

-

Madrid



Sri Lanka

-

Colombo



Sudan

-

Khartoum



Suriname

-

Paramaribo



Swaziland

-

Mbabana



Sweden

-

Stockholm



Switzerland

-

Bern



Syria

-

Damascus



Taiwan

-

Taipei



Tajikistan

-

Dushanbe



Tanzania

-

Dar es Salaam



Thailand

-

Bangkok



The Bahamas

-

Nassau



The Gambia

-

Banjul



Togo

-

Lome



Tonga

-

Nuku'alofa



Trinidad and Tobago

-

Port-of-Spain

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

Turkey

-

Ankara



Turkmenistan

-

Ashgabat



Tuvalu

-

Funafuti



Uganda

-

Kampala



Ukraine

-

Kiev



United Arab Emirates

-

Abu Dhabi



United Kingdom

-

London



United States

-

Washington D.C.



Uruguay

-

Montevideo



Uzbekistan

-

Tashkent



Vanuatu

-

Port-Vila



Vatican City

-

Vatican City



Venezuela

-

Caracas



Vietnam

-

Hanoi



Yemen

-

Sanaa



Zambia

-

Lusaka

Zimbabwe

-

Harare

Indian Cities and their nicknames:

* Pink City ---- Jaipur (Rajastan)

* Garden City - --- Bangalore (Karnataka) * Diamond City - -- Surat (Gujarat) * Egg city --- Namakkal (Tamilnadu) * Lake City - -- Udaipur (Rajastan) * Sun City - -- Jodhpur (Rajastan)

* City of Palaces - -- Kolkata (West Bengal) * Bangle City - -- Hyderabad (Andra Pradesh) * Golden City - -- Jaisalmer(Rajastan)

* City of Dawn --- Auroville (Pondichery) * White City - - - Udaipur (Rajastan)

* City of Golden Temple --- Amritsar (Punjab)

* Twin Cities --- Hyderabad and Secundarabad(Andhra pradesh) * Pearl City --- Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu)

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* Orange City --- Nagpur (Maharashtra)

* City of seven Islands ---- Mumbai (Maharashtra)

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Union Budget 2014-2015

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1) What is the proposed name of an integrated Ganga Development Project for which Rs. 2037 crore were allocated in the Union Budget 2014-15? –“Namami Ganga”

……….

2) What is the proposed name of a new 24X7 channel for northeast region that was announced in the Union Budget 2014-15? –“Arun Prabha”

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3) Rs. 4200 crore were set for an ambitious Jal Marg Vikas Project on river Ganga in the Union Budget of 2014-15. This project would be established between which two places on Ganga covering a distance of 1620 km? – Allahabad (UP) and Haldia (West Bengal)

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4) What is the name given to a dedicated TV channel for farmers that was announced in the Union Budget for 2014-15 and Rs. 100 crore was set aside for its establishment? – Kisan Television (Kisan TV)

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5) The fiscal deficit target for year 2015 (2014-15) has been retained at the level announced by former Finance Minister P.Chidambaram in his interim budget. What is this level? – 4.1% of GDP (The fiscal deficit which had touched a high of 5.7% in 2011-12, was brought down to 4.8% in 2012-13 and further to 4.5% in 2013-14)

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6) What is the targeted fiscal deficit for 2016 (year 2015-16) as announced in the Union Budget 2014-15? – 3.6% of GDP

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7) What is the targeted fiscal deficit for 2017 (year 2016-17) as announced in the Union Budget 2014-15? – 3.0% of GDP

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8) How much foreign direct investment (FDI) in country’s defence sector was proposed in the

Union Budget 2014-15 presented on 10 July 2014? – 49%

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9) Investments under the most-important Section 80-C has been increased from Rs. 1 lakh to – Rs. 1.5 lakh (This means that the individuals would be able to invest upto Rs. 1.5 lakh under various heads available under Section 80-C)

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10) The upper limit for savings in the Public Provident Fund (PPF) was raised to Rs. 1.5 lakh in the Union Budget 2014-15 presented on 10 July 2014. What was the upper limit for investment in PPF till now? – Rs. 1 lakh

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11) The income tax exemption limit for individuals was raised from Rs. 2 lakh to – Rs. 2.5 lakh (It was raised to Rs. 3 lakh for senior citizens)

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12) The Crisis Management Center for Women (CMCW), that was proposed in the Union Budget 2014-15, would be established at? – Delhi

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13) How much fund was set aside for the proposed National Rural Internet and Technology Mission (NRITM)? – Rs. 500 crore

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14) How much fund was allocated for creating smart cities in the Union Budget 2014-15 presented on 10 July 2014? – Rs. 7,060 crore

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15) The foreign direct investment (FDI) in insurance sector was increased from present 26% to what figure in the Union Budget 2014-15 presented on 10 July 2014? – 49%

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16) What is the corpus size of the venture capital for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which was proposed in the Union Budget 2014-15? – Rs. 10,000 crore

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17) What special feature has been proposed for currency notes in the Union Budget 2014-15 presented on 10 July 2014? – These currency notes will now also integrate Braille-features to benefit the visually-disabled people

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18) 5 new Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have been proposed to be established in which 5 states of the country? – Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Bihar, Odisha and Maharashtra

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19) Complete revamp of Indian Repository Receipts (IRR) was proposed in the Union Budget 2014-15. What is the new name proposed for IRR in the budget? – Bharat Respository Receipts (BRR)

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20) The National Industrial Corridor (NIC) that was proposed to be established in the Union Budget of 2014-15, will have its headquarters at which city? – Pune...

BANKS AND THEIR HEADQUARTERS

[1] Allahabad Bank - Kolkata [2] Andhra Bank - Hyderabad

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[4] Bank of India - Mumbai [5] Bank of Maharashtra - Pune

[6] Bharatiya Mahila Bank - New Delhi [7] Canara Bank - Bengaluru

[8] Central Bank of India - Mumbai [9] Corporation Bank - Mangalore [10] Dena Bank - Mumbai

[11] Indian Bank - Chennai

[12] Indian Overseas Bank - Chennai [13] Oriental Bank of Commerce - Gurgaon [14] Punjab and Sindh Bank - New Delhi [15] Punjab National Bank - New Delhi [16] State Bank of India - Mumbai [17] Syndicate Bank - Manipal [18] Union Bank of India - Mumbai [19] United Bank of India - Kolkata [20] UCO Bank - Kolkata

[21] Vijaya Bank – Bangalore

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