Banking Terms - BPS

BPS - Base Points

               It is just an unit equivalent to hundred. It is used to indicate the change in rate of interest and other financial instrument.
                   1 Base Point is equal to 0.01%

 RBI has recently reduced 50 BPS in Maintaining SLR and 25 BPS in LAF.
as a result the SLR now at 21.5%, Repo at 7.75% Reverse repo at 6.75% and MSF at 8.75%.

Capital and Currency - Canada

CANADA

Capital : Ottawa

Currency : Canadian Dollar

Prime Minister : Stephen Harper

Language : French, English

Central Bank : Bank of Canada

Insurance Awareness - eIA

eIA - Electronic Insurance Account
                      It will safeguard the insurance policy document of policy holders in electronic form. this eIA facilitates the policy holders by providing access to  insurance portfolio at the click of a button through internet. Each account holder has a unique account number and each user is granted with a User id and Password to access their accounts.

General Awareness

1) Who won the Deodhar Trophy 2014-2015?
East Zone beating West Zone

2) Who is the head of High Level Committee (HCL) to interact with trade and  industry on tax related issues?
Ashok Lahiri, Former Chief Economic Advisor (CEA)

3) Polly Umrigar Award 2014 winner?
Bhuvneshwar Kumar

4) ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year ?
AB de Villiers, South Africa

5) High Level Committee on Environmental laws Headed by ___________?
TSR Subramanian, Former Cabinet Secretary

6) 43ed Navy Day observed on______?
4 December

7) ICC Test Cricketer of the Year ?
Mitchell  Johnson

8) Capital city of Peru ?
Lima

9) First Indian to get a membership in International Shooting Sport Federation(ISSF)'s Executive Committee?
Raninder Singh

10) Capital City of Netherlands?
Amsterdam

Capital Currency - Jamaica

JAMAICA

Capital : Kingston

Currency : Jamaican Dollar

President : Elizabeth II

Prime Minister : Portia Simpson-Miller

Language : English

Central Bank : Bank of Jamaica