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IMPORTANT STUDY MATERIAL FOR IBPS PO EXAM 2014 BY CURRENTAFFAIRSEDU.COM

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Manual on Financial and Banking Statistics

List of Abbreviations

ADB - Asian Development Bank ADR - American Depository Receipt

AFS - Annual Financial Statement AGM - Annual General Meeting

AIRCSC - All India Rural Credit Survey Committee

ASSOCHAM - Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India

ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATM - Automated Teller Machine

BOI - Bank of India BoP - Balance of Payments

BPSD - Balance of Payments Division, DESACS, RBI

BSCS - Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

CAG - Controller and Auditor General of India

CC - Cash Credit

CDBS - Committee of Direction on Banking Statistics

CFRA - Combined Finance and Revenue Accounts

CII - Confederation of Indian Industries CPI - Consumer Price Index

CPI-IW - Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers

CSIR - Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

CRR - Cash Reserve Ratio DD - Demand Draft

DCM - Department of Currency Management, RBI

DEIO - Department of External Investments and Operations

ECB - European Central Bank ECS - Electronic Clearing Scheme

EEC - European Economic Community EUR - Euro

EXIM Bank - Export Import Bank of India FCCB - Foreign Currency Convertible Bond

FDI - Foreign Direct Investment FEMA - Foreign Exchange Management Act

FICCI - Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

FII - Foreign Institutional Investor

GDP - Gross Domestic Product GDR - Global Depository Receipt

GIC - General Insurance Corporation G-Sec - Government Securities

HDFC - Housing Development Finance Corporation

HICP - Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices

HUDCO - Housing & Urban Development Corporation

ICICI - Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India

IDBI - Industrial Development Bank of India

IFCI - Industrial Finance Corporation of India

IIP - Index of Industrial Production IMF - International Monetary Fund

IIBI - Industrial Investment Bank of India INR - Indian Rupee



IRBI - Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India

ISIC - International Standard Industrial Classification

LIC - Life Insurance Corporation of India MoF - Ministry of Finance

NABARD - National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

NASSCOM - National Association of Software and Services Companies

NBFC -Non Banking Financial Companies NGO - Non-Governmental Organization

NHB - National Housing Bank NIC - National Industrial Classification

NPA - Non-Performing Assets NRE - Non-Resident External

OD - Over Draft PNB - Punjab National bank

PSE - Public Sector Enterprises RBI - Reserve Bank of India

REC - Rural Electrification Corporation SBI - State Bank of India

SEBI - Securities and Exchange Board of India

SLR - Statutory Liquidity Ratio

UCB - Urban Cooperative Bank UCB - Urban Cooperative Bank

WPI - Wholesale Price Index

List of important international officials:

1. President of the United States : Barack Obama 2. Prime Minister of Australia - Tony Abbott 3. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - David Cameron 4. Prime Minister of Pakistan - Nawaz Sharif 5. President of Sri Lanka - Mahinda Rajapaksa 6. Prime Minister of Bangladesh - Sheikh Hasina 7. President of Afghanistan - Ashraf Ghani 8. President of Russia - Vladimir Putin 9. Prime Minister of Nepal - Sushil Koirala 10. Prime Ministers of Bhutan - Tshering Tobgay 11. Bhutan King and Queen - Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queeen, Jetsun

Pema. 12. Prime Minister of Thailand - Prayuth Chan-ocha 13. President of France - François Hollande. 14. President of South Africa - Jacob Zuma. 15. President of Israel - Reuven Rivlin 16. Prime Minister of Japan - Shinzō Abe 17. President of the People's Republic of China - Xi Jinping 18. China's First Lady - Peng Liyuan. 19. Chairs of the Federal Reserve - Janet Yellen 20. Secretary-General of the United Nations - Ban Ki-moon.

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21. International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Christine Lagarde. 22. President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Takehiko Nakao. 23. World bank president president - Jim Yong 24. UNESCO head - Irina Bokova. 25. US First Lady - Michelle Obama.

List of Council of ministers in Modi Cabinet

The following is the list of council of ministers in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet

Cabinet Ministers

Rajnath Singh: Home Minster

Sushma Swaraj: External Affairs & Overseas Indian Affairs

Arun Jaitley: Finance Corporate Affairs & Defence

M. Venkaiah Naidu: Urban Development Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation & Parliamentary Affairs

Nitin Jairam Gadkari: Road Transport and Highways Shipping

D.V. Sadananda Gowda: Railway Minster

Uma Bharati: Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

Dr. Najma A. Heptulla: Minority Affairs

Gopinathrao Munde: Rural Development, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water and Sanitation

Ramvilas Paswan: Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Kalraj Mishra: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Maneka Gandhi: Women and Child Development

Ananthkumar: Chemicals and Fertilizers

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Ravi Shankar Prasad: Communications and Information Technology & Law and Justice

Ashok Gajapathi Raju: Civil Aviation

Anant Geete: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Harsimrat Kaur Badal: Food Processing Industries

Narendra Singh Tomar: Mines & Steel Labour and Employment

Jual Oram: Tribal Affairs

Radha Mohan Singh: Agriculture

Thaawar Chand Gehlot: Social Justice and Empowerment

Smriti Zubin Irani: Human Resource Development

Dr. Harsh Vardhan: Health and Family Welfare

Ministers of State

General V.K. Singh: Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge) & External Affairs Overseas Indian Affairs

Inderjit Singh Rao: Planning (Independent Charge), Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge) & Defence

Santosh Kumar Gangwar: Textiles (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

Shripad Yesso Naik: Culture (Independent Charge) & Tourism (Independent Charge)

Dharmendra Pradhan: Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge)

Sarbananda Sonowal: Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge)

Prakash Javadekar: Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge), Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) & Parliamentary Affairs

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Piyush Goyal: Power (Independent Charge), Coal (Independent Charge) & New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge)

Dr. Jitendra Singh: Science and Technology (Independent Charge), Earth Sciences (Independent Charge), Prime Minister Office Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space

Nirmala Sitharaman: Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge), Finance Corporate Affairs

G.M. Siddeshwara: Civil Aviation

Manoj Sinha: Railways

Upendra Kushwaha: Rural Development, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water and Sanitation

Radhakrishnan P: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Kiren Rijiju: Home Affairs

Krishan Pal: Road Transport and Highways Shipping

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan: Agriculture & Food Processing Industries

Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava: Tribal Affairs

Raosaheb Dadarao Danve: Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Vishnu Deo Sai: Mines, Steel & Labour and Employment

Sudarshan Bhagat: Social Justice and Empowerment

Nihalchand: Chemicals and Fertilizers

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International Currencies and Currency Codes

COUNTRY OR ECONOMIC REGION

UNIT NAME

SYMBOL CURRENCY NAME Capital

African Financial Community

CFA Franc

XAF Central African Franc

Argentina Peso ARS Argentine Peso Buenos Aires

Australia Dollar AUD Australian Dollar Canberra

Bahamas Dollar BSD Bahamian Dollar Nassau

Brazil Real BRL Brazilian Real Brasília

Bulgaria Lev BGN Bulgarian Lev Sofia

Canada Dollar CAD Canadian Dollar Ottawa

Chile Peso CLP Chilean Peso Santiago

China Yuan CNY Chinese Yuan Beijing

Columbia Peso COP Colombian Peso Bogotá

Croatia Kuna HRK Croatian Kuna Zagreb

Cyprus Pound CYP Cyprus Pound Nicosia

Czech Republic Koruna CZK Czech Koruna Prague

Denmark Krone DKK Danish Krone Copenhagen

Digital Litecoin LTC Litecoin

Digital Bitcoin BTC Bitcoin

Eastern Caribbean States East Caribbean Dollar

XCD East Caribbean Dollar

Estonia Kroon EEK Estonian Kroon Tallinn

European Monetary Union Euro EUR Euro

Fiji Dollar FJD Fiji Dollar Suva

French Polynesia CFP Franc XPF French Pacific Franc

Papeete

Ghana Cedi GHS Ghanaian Cedi Accra

Guatemala Quetzal GTQ Guatemalan Quetzal

Guatemala City

Honduras Lempira HLN Honduran Lempira Tegucigalpa

Hong Kong Dollar HKD Hong Kong Dollar

Hungary Forint HUD Hungarian Forint Budapest

Iceland Krona ISK Icelandic Krona Reykjavik

India Rupee INR Indian Rupee Delhi

Indonesia Rupiah IDR Indonesian Rupiah Jakarta



Israel New Shekel

ILS Israeli New Shekel Jerusalem

Jamaica Dollar JMD Jamaican Dollar Kingston

Japan Yen JPY Japanese Yen Tokyo

Latvia Lats LVL Latvian Lats Riga

Lithuania Litas LTL Lithuanian Litas Vilnius

Malaysia Ringgit MYR Malaysian Ringgit Kuala Lumpur

Mexico Peso MXN Mexican Peso Mexico City

Morocco Dirham MAD Moroccan Dirham Rabat

Myanmar Kyat MMK Myanmar Kyat Naypyidaw

Netherlands Antilles Florin ANG Netherlands Antilles Florin

Willemstad

New Zealand Dollar NZD New Zealand Dollar

Wellington

Norway Krone NOK Norwegian Krone Oslo

Pakistan Rupee PKR Pakistan Rupee Islamabad

Panama Balboa PAB Panamanian balboa

Panama City

Peru New Sol PEN Peruvian New Sol Lima

Philippines Peso PHP Philippine Peso Manila

Poland Zloty PLN Polish Zloty Warsaw

Qatar Riyal QAR Qatari Riyal Doha

Romania Leu RON Romanian Leu Bucharest

Russia Rouble RUB Russian Rouble Moscow

Saudi Arabia Riyal SAR Saudi Riyal Riyadh

Serbia Dinar RSD Serbian Dinar Belgrade

Singapore Dollar SGD Singapore Dollar

South Africa Rand ZAR South African Rand Pretoria

South Korea Won KRW South Korean Won Seoul

Sri Lanka Rupee LRK Sri Lankan Rupee Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Sweden Krona SEK Swedish Krona Stockholm

Switzerland Franc CHF Swiss Franc Bern

Taiwan Dollar TWD New Taiwan Dollar Taipei

Thailand Baht THB Thailand Baht Bangkok

Trinidad & Tobago Dollar TTD Trinidad & Tobago Dollar

Port of Spain

Tunisia Dinar TND Tunisian Dinar Tunis



Turkey Lira TRY Turkish Lira Ankara

United Arab Emirates Dirham AED U.A.E. Dirham Abu Dhabi

United Kingdom Pound GBP British Pound London

United States of America Dollar USD American Dollar Washington, D.C.

Vietnam Dong VND Vietnamese Dong Hanoi

Venezuela Bolivar Fuerte

VEF Venezuela Bolivar Fuerte

Caracas

Computer Awareness

1. The earlier computers, which were massive in size, were based on vacuum tubes.

2. Early computing machines, like the ENIAC, were actually meant to assist the armed forces.

3. The printers in pre-1950s were punch cards.

4. An improvement on the ENIAC, which pioneered 'stored program', was made possible with the help

of the mathematician John von Neumann.

5. Before the 1950s, computers were mostly owned by universities and research labs.

6. The B-programming language was developed by Ken Thompson.

7. Famous people, associated with the ENIAC, EDVAC, UNIVAC computers are Eckert & Mauchly.

8. The 1st commercially produced and sold computer (1951) was UNIVAC.

9. IBM was provided software for PCs by Microsoft.

10. Time-sharing, teletyping, were associated with mainframe computers.

11. The transformation from heavy computers to PCs was made possible using microprocessors.

12. The first microprocessor was developed in 1971 by Intel.

13. The term 'micro' (extremely small) denotes 10-6m.

14. The Harvard student, who chose to write computer programs and dropped studies was Bill Gates.

15. A pentium 4 (P-4) employs roughly 40 million transistors.

16. Mark-1, Apple-1, and collossus were initial desktop computers.



17. Binary digits are briefed as bit.

18. A collection of bits is called byte.

19. C++, is a computer language.

20. The process of eliminating programming faults is called debugging.

21. Starting up on operating system is called booting.

22. A program used to browse the web is called browser.

23. An error in software designing which can even cause a computer to crash is called bug.

24. Click and double-click are achieved using the mouse.

25. Java, C, ForTran, Pascal and BASIC are computer programming languages.

26. The device which sends computer data using a phone line is called MODEM.

27. 'Worm' and 'virus' are actually programs.

28. A 'file' is a unit of information.

29. A megabyte has 106(million) bytes.

30. A small, single-site network is called LAN.

31. A processor that collects several data and sends them over a single line is called bridge.

32. 'Nano' stands for one billionth part.

33. The number of bit patterns using an n-bit code is 2n.

34. The part of a computer that works with the data/programs is called CPU.

35. To convert a binary number to a decimal, we have to express it in power of 2.

36. www stands for world wide web.

37. Mathematics employed in computers is called Boolean algebra.

38. A collection of 8 bits is called byte.

39. The first home computer (1977), which was sold in millions of units was Apple II.

40. 'PARAM' is a supercomputer.

41. A website containing periodic posts is called blog.



42. While cutting and pasting, the cutitem is temporarily stored in the clipboard.

43. http stands for hyper text transfer protocol.

44. The unwanted or non-requested emails are called "spam".

45. A computer framed to give various network services is called server.

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