Saturday, July 27, 2013


Parliament Names of Various Countries

Country Name :: Parliament Name :


Afghanistan :: ShoraAustralia :: ParliamentBangladesh :: Jatia ParliamentBhutan :: TasongaduCanada :: ParliamentChina :: National People CongressDenmark :: FolketingEgypt :: People's AssemblyFrance :: ParlementGermany :: BundestagGreat Britain :: ParliamentHungary :: OrszággyűlésIceland :: AlthingIndia :: SansadIran :: MajilisIreland :: OireachtasIsrael :: The KnessetItaly :: Parlamento ItalianoJapan :: DietKuwait :: Majlis-al-UmmaLativa :: SaeimaMalaysia :: MajilisMaldives :: MajilisMagnolia :: KhuralNepal :: Rashtriya PanchayatNetherlands :: States General (Staten-Generaal)Norway :: StortingOman :: MajlisPakistan :: Majlis-e-ShooraPoland :: ScymRussia :: DumaSpain :: CrotesSweden :: RiksdagSouth Africa :: ParliamentSwitzerland :: Federal AssemblyTaiwan :: YuanTurkey :: Grand National AssemblyUSA :: CongressUzbekistan :: Oliy Majlis

QUESTION AND ANSWERS RELATED TO SUPREME COURT OF INDIA 

1. In which year Supreme Court of India came in to force ?
Answer : 1950 January 28
2. Who is the first chief Justice of India?
Answer : Harilal J Kania
3. Who is the39th Chief Justice of India?
Answer : Altamas Kabir(Incumbent)
4. Which article in Indian Constitution gives the power of Writ jurisdiction toSupreme court?
Answer : Article 32
5. Who appoints the judges of supreme court?
Answer : President
6. What is the monthly salary ofchief Justice of Supreme court?
Answer : 1 lakh
7. What is the monthly salary of judge of Supreme court?
Answer : 90,000

 8. Who is the present (40th)Chief Justice of India?
answer : P. Sathasivam
9. Who is the first female supreme court chief justice ?
answer : No female CJI yet
10. Who is the first female judge ofsupreme court?
Answer : Fathima Beevi
SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF SUBJECTS DEALING WITH SCIENCE

§ Oncology - Science that deals withTumors.
§ Epidemiology - Study of Epidemic Diseases.
§ Agriculture - Culture of all cultures.
§ Aeronautics - Science of flight of aeroplanes.
§ Anatomy - Structure of Human body.
§ Arboriculture - Cultivation of trees and vegetables.
§ Astronomy - Study of heavenly bodies.
§ Biology - Science of living body.
§ Botany - Science of plant life.
§ Chemistry -Composition and properties of various elements in nature.
§ Cryptography - Secret writing.
§ Cyrogenics - Concerned with the production, control and application of very low temperatures.
§ Cytogenetics - Cell formation.
§ Cytology - Dealing with cells.
§ Entomology - Insects studies.
§ Exbiology - Science dealing with life or possibilities of life existing beyond the earth.
§ Floriculture - Flowers cultivation.
§ Geology - Condition and structure of the earth.

§ Horticulture - Art of garden cultivation.
Popular ISO Standards

ISO 9000: Quality Management
ISO 14000: Environmental Management
ISO 3166: Country Codes
ISO 22000: Food Safety Management
ISO 26000: Social Responsibility
ISO 50001: Energy Management
ISO 31000: Risk Management
ISO 4217: Currency Codes
ISO 639: Language Codes
CURRENT AFFAIRS


1. Indian short film ‘High Power’, has won the ’Yellow Oscar’ award at the Uranium Film Festival at Rio-de-Janeiro,­ Brazil.

2. American writer Lydia Davis haswon the 5th Man Booker International Prize.

3. Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy’s Mass Contact Programmehas won the prestigious United Nations Public Service Award for 2013.

4. Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was conferred with theUS-based National Space Society’s (NSS) Wernher von Braun Memorial Award in San Diego.

5. Sathwik Karnik, an Indian-origin boy from Massachusetts has wonthis year’s National Geographic Bee contest after gruelling rounds.

6. The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the Asom Ratna Award (posthumously) to Late Smt. IndiraGoswami.

7. The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the Srimanta Shankardeva Award for the year 2008 to Smt. Sharmila Tagore on May 13, 2013 at a function at Guwahati, Assam.

8. Bollywood actor Anupam Kher was honoured with the Asian Award for his performances in movies like “ Silver Linings Playbook “, “ Bride & Prejudice “, and “ Bend it Like Beckham “.

9. Shri Pran Krishan Sikand, popularly known as Pran, the veteran film actor, has been conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2012.

10. Matt Prior has been named theEngland cricketer-of-th­e-year for 2012/13
IMPORTANT SUMMITS HELD ON 2012-13

BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summits

• 4th BRICS Summit 2012 – New Delhi, India
• 5th BRICS Summit 2013 – Durban, South Africa

G-8 Annual Summits Group of Eight (G8) Countries – France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, Russia.

• 37th G8 Meeting 2011 – Deauville, France
• 38th G8 Meeting 2012 – David camp, USA
• 39th G8 Summit 2013 – County Fermanagh, UK
• 40th G8 Summit 2014 – Russia

G-20 Summits

• 7th G 20 Meeting 2012 – Los Cabos, Mexico
• 8th G 20 Meeting 2013 – Saint Petersburg, Russia
• 9th G 20 Meeting 2014 – Brisbane, Australia

SAARC Summits SAARC – South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

• 17th SAARC Summit 2011– Addu, Maldives
• 18th SAARC Summit 2013 – Kathmandu,Nepal

ASEAN Summits ASEAN – Association of South East Asian Nation

• 19th ASEAN Summit 2011 (November) – Bali, Indonesia
• 20th ASEAN Summit 2012 (April)– Phnom penh, Cambodia
• 21th ASEAN Summit 2012 (November)– Phnom penh, Cambodia

ASEAN-India Summit

• 9th ASEAN-India Summit 2011 – Bali, Indonesia
• 10th ASEAN-India Summit 2012 – Phnom penh, Cambodia

East Asia Summit (EAS) EAS meetings are held after annual ASEAN leaders’ meetings.

• 6th East Asia Summit 2011 – Bali, Indonesia
• 7th East Asia Summit 2012 – Phnom penh, Cambodia

IBSA Summits IBSA Dialogue Forum - India, Brazil, South Africa.

• 5th IBSA Summit 2011 – Pretoria, South Africa
• 6th IBSA Summit 2013 – India

APEC Summits APEC – Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

• 23rd APEC summit 2011 – Honolulu, USA
• 24th APEC Summit 2012 – Vladivostok,Russia
• 25th APEC Summit 2013 – Medan/Jakarta, Indonesia
• 26th APEC Summit 2014 – China
• 27th APEC Summit 2015 – Philippines
• 28th APEC Summit 2016 – Lima, Peru

OPEC Seminars OPEC – Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

• 4th OPEC International Seminar 2009 – Vienna, Austria
• 5th OPEC International Seminar 2012 – Vienna, Austria

NAM Summits NAM – Non-aligned Movement

• 16th NAM Summit 2012 – Tehran, Iran
• 17th NAM Summit 2015 – Caracas,Venezuela

SCO Meetings SCO – Shanghai Cooperation Organization

• SCO Meeting 2011 – Astana, Kazakhstan
• SCO Meeting 2012 – Beijing, China
• SCO Meeting 2013 – Kyrgyzstan

NATO (North Atlantic treaty organization) international conference on Afghanistan will be held in Chicago (USA)

Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual Meetings Annual meeting of the board of governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) held every year.

• ADB Annual Meeting 2012 – Manila, Philippines
• ADB Annual Meeting 2013 – New Delhi, India

WTO Ministerial Conferences

• 8th WTO Ministerial Conferences2011 – Geneva, Switzerland
• 9th WTO Ministerial Conferences2013 (Expected) -Bali, Indonesia
Abbreviation of major IT companies

§ GOOGLE :- Global Organisation Of Oriented Group Language of Earth
§ APPLE:- Asian Passenger Payload Experiment
§ HP :- Hewlett-Packard
§ IBM:- International Business Machines Corporation
§ HCL:-Hindustan Computer Limited
§ WIPRO:- Western India Product Limited
§ GE:-General Electronics
§ INFOSYS:-Information System
§ TCS:- Tata Consultancy Services
§ AOL:- American Online
§ BPL:- British Process Laboratory
§ INTEL:- Integrated Electronics
§ CISCO:- Computer Information System Company
§ DELL:- michael DELL
§ SONY:-Sound Of New York
§ AMD:- Advance micro devices
§ LENOVO:- LE(Legend),NOVO(New)
§ COMPAQ:- Compatibility And Quality