GA Explored

G.A. Facts 2012 Explored

·         Aman Nath and Francis Waczing won the National Tourism Award 2012 for their Neemsana Fort Palace. New Delhi Railway station got the award for Best Tourism Friendly Railway Station.

·         Manzar Khan is the M.D. of Oxford University Press , India.

·         Shri Manoj Gaur is the Executive Chairman and C.E.O. of JAYPEE Group.

·         M.D. Bhattacharya is the M.D. of Aditya Birla Group.

·         Prof. Thomas Hintze is the M.D. of Webster University Press, Australia.

·         Manas Saikia is the M.D. of Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi.

·         The World Economic Forum annual meeting 2012 was held at Devos, Switzerland. In the meeting everything was discussed from the secret of universe to fixing capitalism.

·         The Income Tax Settlement Commission (I.T.S.C.) is an important Alternative Dispute Resolution (A.D.R.) mechanism for resolving tax disputes relating to direct taxes.

·         The 17th SAARC summit was held at Addu city of Maldives. The Theme of the summit was "Building Bridges".

·         The 61th edition of Miss World Pageant was held at the Earls Court Two on 6th November 2011 in London.

·         Counter Terrorism is not included in the Millennium Development Goal of U.N. U.N.O. promotes the work and purposes of the United Nations by disseminating information to and by organizing activities and events in co-operation with local media, Governmental and non governmental organizations, educational institutions and other local partners.

·         H.S.B.C. is a British multinational Banking and Financial Services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

·         Coal India Limited approved Gross Caloric Value (G.C.V.) pricing on 2nd January, 2012.

·         The main aim of SWARNJAYANTI GRAM SWAROZGAR YOJANA (S.G.S.Y.) is to provide self employment to villagers through the establishment of Self Help Groups (S.H.G)

·         Escudo is the Currency of Portugal.

·         Guilder is the Currency of Netherlands.

·         Riyal is the Currency of Saudi Arabia.

·         Shilling is the Currency of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

·         Dollar is the Currency of United States.

·         Danone is the Spanish food products MNC based in Paris. It claims world leadership in fresh dairy products.

·         Heinz is most global U.S. based food company.

·         Frito lays is a North American Division of Pepsico that manufactures, market and sells corn chips, potato chips and other snack foods.

·         Schweppes is a beverage brand that is sold around the globe.

·         Varun Berry, the C.E.O. of Pepsico India Foods left the company. The new C.E.O. of Pepsico is Ms. Indra Nooyi w.e.f. last week of February 2012.

·         S.Gopalakrishnan is the C.E.O. of Infosys.

·         Ratan N. Tata is the C.E.O. of T.C.S. Company.

·         Eric Emerson Schmidt is the C.E.O. of Google.

·         Who won the Association of Surfing Professionals (A.S.P.) Women's World Champion award? -Carissa Moore.

·         Sally Fitzgibbons is A.S.P. Women's World Runner-Up.

·         Courtney Contogue is A.S.P. Women's breakthrough performer of the year 2012.

·         Leila Hurst is A.S.P. Women's world junior champion.

·         Lindsey Steinride is A.S.P. Women's world long-board champion.

·         Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru won the Bharat Ranta Award in the year 1955.

·         Govind Vallabh Pant won the Bharat Ranta Award in the year 1957.

·         Dhondo Keshav Karve won the Bharat Ranta Award in the year 1958.

·         Bidhan Chandra Roy won the Bharat Ranta Award in the year1961.

·         Mother Teresa won the Bharat Ranta Award in the year 1980.

·         Fifa World cup in 2018 will be hosted by Russia.

·         Federal Insurance Contributions Act (F.I.C.A.) tax is a United States payroll tax imposed by the Federal Government on both employees and employers to fund Social Security and Medicare.

·         Arun Jaitley is the current leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha.

·         Akhilesh Yadav has been appointed as the new Cheif Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 2012 elections.

·         Mohd. Hamid Ansari is the chairman of Rajya Sabha.

·         K.Rehman Khan is the Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha.

·         Fringe benefit Tax was abolished by government of India in 1985 but reintroduced again as non-inflationary measure.

·         Garuda has written "Ka: The story of gruda".

·         Golding Williams has written "Rites of passage".

·         Lewis C.S. has written "The Problem of Pain".

·         William Dalrymple has written "Nine lives: in search of the sacred in modern India".

·         William Shakespeare has written "Hamlet".

·         Article 21 of Indian Constitution includes the protection of Life and Personal Liberty which states that "No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law".

·         Yingluck Shinawatra was the cheif guest at 63rd Republic Day Parade 2012. She is the first women Prime Minister of Thailand.

·         Jawahar Lal Nehru National Solar Mission's main objective is to establish India as a global leader in solar energy. The aim of this mission is to add 20,000 MW solar energy by 2022.

·         Bank can grant agriculture loans without referring to the central board of directors, where the maximum repayment period is 15 years.

·         The maximum amount of finance that can be extended to an artisan in urban area is Rs. 15,000.

·         Before sanction of a bridge loan against public issues, it should be ensured that 75% of the issue is fully underwritten by banks/financial institutions/brokers of good standing.

·         BASEL-II introduced capital on Operational Risk for the first time.

·         For issuing cheques the minimum sufficient balance should be maintained in your account otherwise bank may close the account without any information.

·         The Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial assets and enforcement of security interest and for matter connected therewith or incidental thereto. -25%

·         William Dalrymple is an award winning historian and writer, as well as broadcaster, critic and art historian of Scotland.

·         Market Capitalization represents the public consensus on the value of companies equity.

·         Demerger is a form of corporate restructuring in which the entity's business operations are segregated into one or more components.

·         World Habitat Day is celebrated on 5th October of every year. It was officially designated by the United Nations and first celebrated in 1986.

·         The 2016 Olympic games will be held at Rio-de-Generio, Brazil.

·         The Ministry of health and family welfare introduced an updated health policy known as National Health Policy in 2002.

·         Gillian Tett is the author of the book 'Food's Gold'. He is also an award winning journalist.

·         Durand cup is associated with Football.

·         U.S. is the world's largest exporter of cotton.

·         India is world's largest exporter of rice.

·         South Africa is the largest exporter of Mohair.

·         Bangladesh is the world's largest exporter of Jute.

·         P.M.L.A. is Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002.

·         Rajiv Awaas Yojna is an urban development scheme and is a part of J.N.N.U.R.M.