KAVALIPOST

Wednesday, 12 June 2013

Who is Who - General Knowledge





Mr. Pranab Mukherjee
President of India
Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Vice President
Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister of India (Chairman of Planing Commission)
Ms. Meira Kumar
Speaker, Lok Sabha
Mr. P. J. Kurien
Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha
Mr. Karia Munda
Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha
Ms. Sushma Swaraj
Leader of Opposition (Lok Sabha)
Mr. Arun Jaitley
Leader of Opposition (Rajya Sabha)
Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
Mr. V. S. Sampath
Chief Election Commissioner
Mr. Hari Shankar Brahma
Election Commissioner
Justice K.G. Balakrishnan
Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission
Mr. Shashi Kant Sharma
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Mr. Justice M.N. Rao
Chairman, National Commission for Backward Classes
Prof. D.P. Agarwal
Chairman, UPSC
Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
Chairman, National Commission on Farmers (NCF)
Mr. Satyanand Mishra
Chief Information Commissioner
Mr. N. K. Raghupathy
Chairman, SSC
Dr. Vishwa Mohan Katoch
Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research
Mr. C. Chandramouli
Register General and Census Commissioner of India
Mr. Justice D. K. Jain
Chairman Law Commission
Mr. Duvvuri Subbarao
Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Mr. Baldev Raj
President, Indian National Academy of Engineering
Mr. Shailesh Gupta
Chairman, Audit Bureau Circulation(ABC)
Dr. (Ms.) Poonam Kishore Saxena
Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT)
Mr. U. K. Sinha
Chairman, Securities & Exchange Board of India
Ms. Mamata Sharma
Chairperson, National Commission for Women
Dr. Vijay Kelkar
Chairman, 13th Finance Commission
Mr. Sam Pitroda
Chairman, National Knowledge Commission
Shri Jawhar Sircar
CEO, Prasar Bharati
Mr. Ratan Tata
Chairman, Investment Commission
Mr. Krishnakumar Natarajan
Chairman, NASSCOM
Mr. Rajkumar Dhoot
President, ASSOCHAM
Mr. Shiv Shankar Menon
National Security Advisor and Special Advisor to PM (Internal Security)
Mr. Shumsher K. Sheriff
Secretary General Rajya Sabha
Mr. T. K. Vishwanathan
Secretary General Lok Sabha
Syed Asif Ibrahim
Director IB
Mr. Ranjit Sinha
Director CBI
Mr. Alok Joshi
Director, Research and Analytical Wing (RAW)
Mr. Arvind Ranjan
Director General, NSG
Mr. Pranay Sahay
Director General, CRPF
Mr. Rajiv
Director General, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
Mr. P. K. Mehta
Director General, Railway Protection Force
Shri Ajay Chadha
Director General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police(ITBP)
Prof. Ved Prakash
Chairman UGC
Dr. V. K. Saraswat
Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister and Director General DRDO
Dr. R. Chidambaram
Principal Scientific Advisor to the Govt.
Dr. K. Radhakrishnan
Chairman Space Commission and ISRO
Dr. R. K. Sinha
Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Dept of Atomic Energy.
Mr. Wajahat Habibullah
Chairperson, National Commission for Minorities
Dr. Pronob Sen
Chairman, National Statistical Commission
Shri Arun Chaudhary
Director General, Sashastra Seema Bal
Mr. Rameshwar Oraon
Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
Mr. P. L. Punia
Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Castes
Mr. S. C. Sinha
Director General National Investigation Agency (NIA)
Vice Admiral Anurag G Thapliyal
Director General, Indian Coast Guard
Mr. N. Srinivasan
President Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
Dr. Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi
Election Commissioner
Justice Altamas Kabir
Chief Justice of India
Mr. Mohan Parasaran
Solicitor General
Mr. K. K. Chakravarty
Chairman Lalit Kala Academy
Mr. S. Gopalkrishnan
Chairman Confederation of Indian Industries(CII)
General Vikram Singh
Chief of the Army Staff
Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi
Chief of the Naval Staff
Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne
Chief of the Air Staff
Mr. Goolam E. Vahanvati
Attorney General of India
Mrs. Kushal Singh
Chairperson of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)
Dr. Y. V. Reddy
Chairman 14th Finance Commission
Mr. Subhash Joshi
Director General of Border Security Force (BSF)
Smt. Mrinal Pande
Chairperson Prasar Bharati Board


Name
Ban Ki-moon
Secretary-General, United Nations Organisations
Jan Eliasson
Deputy Secretary-General,UN
Dr. Jim Yong Kim
President, World Bank
Christine Lagarde
Managing Director, International Monetary Fund(IMF)
Irina Bokova
Director -General, UNESCO
Dr. Margaret Chan
Director -General, WHO
Juan Somavia
Director -General, Inter-national Labour Organisation
Anthony Lake
Executive Director, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund(UNICEF)
Antonio Guterres
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Helen Clark
Administrator, United Nations Development Programme
Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi
Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on trade and Development(UNCTAD)
Angel Gurria
Secretary-General, Organisation of Economic Cooperation And Development (OECD)
Peter Tomka
President, International Court of Justice
Haruhiko Kuroda
President, Asian Development Bank
Donald Kaberuka
President, African Development Bank
Jacques Rogge
President,International Olympic Committee
Kamalesh Sharma
Secretary-General, Commonwealth
Thomas Yayi Boni
Chairman, African Union Assembly
Pascal Lamy
Director - General, WTO
Ms. Navanetham Pillay
High Commissioner, UN High Commission for Human Rights
Herman Van Rompuy
President, European Council
Alan Issac
President, International Cricket Council
Jose Manuel Durao Barroso
President, European Commission
Kandeh K. Yumkella
Director - General, UNIDO
Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani
Secretary-General, Gulf Co- operation Council
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu
Secretary-General, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
Abdallah Salem el-Badri
Secretary-General, Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC)
Jose Miguel Insulza Salinas
Secretary-General, Organisation of American States
Hifikepunye Pohamba
President, South West African People's Organisation(SWAPO)
Mr. Yukia Amano
Director - General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Secretary-General, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin
Executive Director, UNFPA
Dr. Surin Pitsuwan
Secretary-General, ASEAN
Mr. Ahmed Saleem
Secretary-General, SAARC
Lamine Diack
President, international Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF)
Charles F. Bolden, Jr
Chief of NASA (USA)
Salil Shetty
Secretary-General, Amnesty International


Mr. Cyrus Mistry
Chairman Tata Sons
Mr. Mukesh Ambani
Chairman Relience Industries
Mr. Lakshmi Mittal
Chairman Mittal Arcelor Steels
Ms. Kiran Majumdar
Chairman Biocon
Ms. Chanda Kochhar
Managing Director & CEO ICICI Bank
Mr. Shiv Nadar
Chairman HCL Technologies
Mr. Naresh Goyal
Chairman Jet Airways
Mr. Sunil Mittal
Chairman Bharati Group
Ms. Indira Nooye
CEO Pepsico
Shikha Sharma
MD, CEO Axis Bank
S. D. Shibulal
CEO and Managing Director Infosys
Azim H. Premji
Chairman Wipro
Mr. Vineet Nayyar
Chairman of Mahindra Satyam
Mr. Rohit Nandan
Chairman & Managing Director of Air India
Mr. K. V. Kamath
Chairman ICICI Bank & Chairman Infosys
Mr. C. M. Vasudev
Chairman, HDFC Bank
Mr. Pratip Chaudhuri
Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI)
Mark Zuckerberg
CEO Facebook
Narayan Murthi
Founder & Ex-Chairman of Infosys
Steve Jobs
Founder of Apple Company
Mr. Vijay Maliya
Chairman of UB Group and Kingfisher Airlines
Mr. Sunil Mittal
Founder of Airtel (Telecom Service Provider in India)
Mr. Kumaramangalam Birla
Chairman of Aditya Birla Group of Company
Mr. Anand Mahindra
Chairman, Mahindra & Mahindra Group
Mr. Warren Buffett
Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
Rajan Bharti Mittal
President of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) India
Dr. Arup Roy Choudhury
Chairman NTPC

Courtesy http://systempost.blogspot.in/

Electronics and Computer - General Knowlege



No.
Question
Answer
01
The unit of frequency is
Hertz
02
The unit of resistance is
Ohm
03
The device which makes or breaks a circuit is
Switch
04
The path of an electric current is known as a
Circuit
05
Device which opposes the flow of electric current is known as
Resistor
06
Arc Lamp was invented by
C.F.Brush
07
Television was invented by
J.L.Baird
08
Transistor was invented by
J.Bardeen,W.Shockley and W.Brattain
09
The unit of wavelength of light is
Angstrom
10
A device which converts light into electricity is known as
Photo cell
11
Hertz was the first to discover
Radio waves
12
Marconi invented
Radio
13
In 1901,Marconi beamed a signal from Cornwall in England to
Newfoundland
14
Thomas Edison was an
American inventor
15
A glass tube with two electrodes is called a
Diode
16
Lee de Forest was an
American scientist
17
Lee de Forest discovered the
Triode
18
Radio and television transmit signals using
Electromagnetic waves
19
To turn pictures into electrical signals,television Cameras rely on
Photo-electric effect
20
Transistor was invented in the year
1948
21
The first electronic components invented were the
Thermionic valves
22
Microchip was invented in the year
1958
23
Microchip was invented by
Jack Kilby
24
The microchip invented first was also the first
Integrated circuit
25
Silicon and germanium are ideal examples of
Semi conductors
26
LED stands for
Light Emitting Diode
27
The first computer was invented in the year
1834
28
The first computer was invented by
Charles Babbage
29
The first computer invented was called
Analytical Engine
30
In the present day electronic machines,computers function as
Artificial brains
31
CAD means
Computer Aided Design
32
CPU stands for
Central Processing Unit
33
RAM stands for
Random Access Memory
34
J.J. Thomson was a
British physicist
35
In 1897,J.J.Thomson discovered
Electrons
36
A device used for increasing the strength of electric signal is called
Amplifier
37
The height of a wave is called
Amplitude
38
An electron carries a charge
Negative
39
In a transistor,a base is the
Filling in the semiconductor sandwich
40
The tube behind the screen in TVs and most computers is called
Cathode Ray Tube
41
The force which makes an electric current is called
Electromotive Force
42
Device used for measuring small amounts of electric current is called
Galvanometer
43
Sound too low to be heard by humans is called
Infrasound
44
VDU stands for
Visual Display Unit
45
One kilobyte is approximately
1000 bytes
46
DOS stands for
Disk Operating System
47
WORD STAR is a popular
Word processing programme
48
WORD STAR was developed by
Micro pro Company
49
PC stands for
Personal Computer
50
ALU stands for
Arithmetic Logic Unit
51
The VDU and Keyboard together form a
TERMINAL
52
The speed of the dot matrix printers is measured by CPS which stands for
characters per second
53
The speed of the line printers is measured by LPM which stands for
Lines per second
54
DBMS stands for
Database Management System
55
IBM is a famous computer company.IBM stands for
International Business Machines Corporation
56
ROM stands for
Read Only Memory
57
The actual machine of the computer is commonly known as
Hardware
58
The programs run on the computer are commonly known as
Software
59
All the output which is printed on paper is called
Hard Copy
60
The number of pixels on a computer screen determines a screes's
Resolution
61
A processor's speed is measured in
Megahertz
62
A software that assists the computer in performing instructions,is called as
system software
63
CAM stands for
Computer Aided Manufacturing
64
DPI stands for
Dots per Inch
65
DTP stands for
Desk Top Publishing
66
EPROM stands for
erasable and Programmable Read only Memory
67
A magnetic storage disk made out of a thin piece of plastic is called
Floppy Disk
68
A pictorial representation of the step by step sequence for solving a problem is known as a
Flow Chart
69
A measure of storage capacity equal to one thousand megabytes is one
Gigabyte
70
A variable whose value is accessible throughout the program is called
Global Variable
71
A huge,worldwide network of computers that communicate with each other,allowing global communications between users is known popularly known as
Internet
72
KB stands for
Kilobyte
73
LAN stands for
Local Area Network
74
A printer which uses light to transfer the image to paper is the
Laser Printer
75
Memory which retains all its contents even after the power is turned off is known as
Non-Volatile Memory
76
The result that is generated by the computer after processing the information provided to it is known as
Output
77
Electronic mail is more popularly known as
E-Mail
78
PILOT stands for
Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching
79
PILOT was developed by
Doug Engelbardt
80
IQL stands for
Interactive Query Language
81
LOGO was developed by
Dr.seymour Papert
82
CAL stands for
Computer Assisted Learning
83
APT stands for
Automatically Programmed Tooling
84
`C'language was invented by
Dennis M.Ritchie
85
Modula-2 was developed by
Niklaus Wirth
86
Terminals that have their own memory are called
Smart terminals
87
The memory that needs electric power to sustain its contents is known as
Volatile Memory
88
MOS stands for
Metallic Oxide Semiconductors
89
Dvorak key board was designed by
August Dvorak
90
A simple device which functions as a simpler alternative to the keyboard is the
Mouse
91
Automatic drawing input device is called
Scanner
92
In the second generation computers,magnetic cores were used as
Main Memory Devices
93
LCD stands for
Liquid Crystal Display
94
RADAR stands for
Radio Detection and Ranging
95
RADAR works on the principle of
Echo
96
software-in-Hardware modules are called
Firmware
97
A device by which any microcomputer can use ordinary television set for producing output is called
RF modulator
98
EDSAC stands for
Electronic Delayed Storage Automatic Computer
99
EDVAC stands for
Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
100
EDSAC was developed in the year
1949
101
EDVAC was developed in the year
1952
102
ENIAC stands for
Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator
103
The most successful computing device in the ancient time was
Abacus
104
Use of some mechanism for the operation of a machine is known as
Automation
105
Radar contact with the moon was first made in
1945
106
Radar contact with Venus was first made in
1961
107
A system in which information is displayed on a television screen is known as
Video Text System
108
A modern means of communication in which the information is stored in a computer at a TV station is known as
Teletext
109
Global communication became possible by using
Satellites
110
Morse code was invented by
Samuel Morse
111
The code used in a teleprinter is the
Baudot Code
112
Teleprinter exchange is popularly known as
Telex
113
A device which converts sound waves into electrical waves is called
Microphone
114
AVC stands for
Automatic Volume Control
115
The device used to measure wavelengths of radio waves is
Wavemeter
116
A hollow metallic tube used in place of wire in electric circuits carrying high frequency currents is called
Waveguide
117
An instrument used to measure the intensity of radiations is the
Radiometer
118
An instrument used to measure electrical voltage is the
Voltmeter
119
VTVM stands for
Vacuum Tube Volt Meter
120
A circuit which maintains a constant voltage is called
Voltage Stabilizer
121
SCR stands for
Silicon Controlled Rectifier
122
A device used to increase or decrease electric voltageis called a
Transformer
123
A magnetic tape that records both audio and video signals is called a
Video Tape
124
The first electronic calculator was manufactured in 1963 by
Bell Punch Company,USA
125
MASER stands for
Microwave Amplification by stimulated Emission of Radiation
126
A computer which can handle a large volume of numbers is called a
Number cruncher
127
POST stands for
Power on Self Test
128
POST is a test carried out just after the computer has been
Switched on
129
An index of the files stored on a disk is called
Directory
130
CP/M stands for
Control program for Microcomputers
131
CP/M was developed by
digital Research Inc.,USA
132
MVS stands for
Multiple Virtual Storage Operating System
133
MVS is used in
Mainframe computers
134
The process of starting a computer is called
Booting
135
A group of four binary digits is called a
NIBBLE
136
BPI stands for
Bit per Inch
137
A smart card is a
multifunctional microprocessor
138
LIPS stands for
Logical Inferences Per Second
139
A computerized machine is normally called a
Robot
140
A robot is a machine directed by a
Computer
141
A robot which resembles a human being is called an
Android
142
PL/1 stands for
Programme Language-1
143
The language PL/1 has combined features of
COBOL and FORTRAN
144
BASIC stands for
Begineers All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
145
COBOL stands for
Common Busines Oriented Language
146
ALGOL stands for
Algorithmic Language
147
ALGOL was developed in the early 1960s in
Europe
148
COBOL was first introduced in the year
1961
149
FORTRAN stands for
Formula Translation
150
FORTRAN was developed and introduced by IBM in the year
1957
151
PL/1 was introduced in the 1960s by
IBM
152
COMAL stands for
Common Algorithmic Language
153
BASIC was developed by
John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz
154
SNOBOL stands for
String Oriented Symbolic Language
155
SNOBOL was developed in
1962
156
LISP stands for
List Processing Language
157
LISP was developed by
John McCarthy
158
Loud speaker was invented by
Rice Kellogg
159
PROM stands for
Programmable Read Only Memory
160
Two types of RAM chips are
Dynamic,static
161
Data is fed into the computer by first converting it into
Binary codes

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Benefit of Merger of 50% DA effectively amounting to 78.2% as on 01.01.2007 to BSNL Employees - DoT issued Orders


Benefit of Merger of 50% DA  effectively amounting to 78.2% as on 01.01.2007 to BSNL Employees - DoT issued Orders

One of the major union, BSNL Employees Union has published with cheer the settlement news about the long pending demand of 'Merger of 50% DA'...

78.2% IDA merger settled.
DoT issued Presidential Directive.
Hearty congratulations to one and all.

The order on 78.2% IDA merger has finally been issued today the 10-06-2013, by the DoT. BSNL will issue the order tomorrow. It is a matter of great joy and relief that one of the most burning problem of the BSNL employees has finally been settled. Undoubtedly, the call for indefinite strike and the total determination of the entire employees to fight out the demand has settled the issue. The credit goes to the unity of the employees. CHQ congratulates the entire employees as well as the all the unions and associations for this great achievement. Forum of BSNL Unions and Associations has once again done a commendable job by uniting all, which made the settlement possible.  CHQ also heartily thanks the Secretary, DoT, CMD BSNL, Director (Finance) and Director (HR) for trying their best to bring in a settlement and also for avoiding the indefinite strike. It is also a matter of great joy that the retired comrades will get their pension refixed based on 78.2% IDA.

No 61-01/2012-SU
Government of India
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
Department of Telecommunications

Sanchar Bhavan, 20 Ashoka Road 
New Delhi 110001

Dated, the 10th June, 2013

In exercise of the powers conferred by the Article 145 of Articles of Association of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the President is pleased to approve the proposal of BSNL regarding the fitment formula as per Department of Public Enterprises OM No.2(70)/08- DPE(WC)-GL-VII/09 dated 02.04.2009, Accordingly, in partial modification of this Department's Order No. 61-01/2009-SU dated 27.02.2009, the benefit of merger of 50% DA effectively amounting to 78.2% as on 01.01.2007 for the purpose of fitment in respect of the Board level & below Board Level executives and Non-Unionized Supervisors and Non- executives of BSNL is hereby allowed from the date of issue of this order.

2. No arrears will be paid and the revised fitment on the basis of DPE OM dated 02.04.2009 will be paid with prospective effect only.

3. BSNL has to bear the additional financial implication on account of revised fitment benefit for pay revision from its own resources and no budgetary support will be provided.

4. All instructions/guidelines issued by DPE from time to time in this regard may be scrupulously followed.

5. This has the concurrence of Internal Finance Division(TPF), Department of Telecommunications vide Dy. No. 05/171/PSF/13 dated 10.06.2013.

sd/-
 (Sanjeev Gupta)
Director (PSU-1) 

 Source: www.bsnleuchq.com
[http://www.bsnleuchq.com/78_order.pdf]

Central retirement at 62 ? ...... Waiting for cabinet approval


A move is afoot to raise the retirement age of over five million central government employees from 60 to 62 years, citing the longer span of life enabling most to be fit to work, though ostensibly it may be keeping an eye on the Delhi Assembly elections due in November to influence over 80 per cent of them living in the capital.

The Ministry of Personnel and Training has forwarded a proposal in this regard to the Prime Minister's office (PMO) for inclusion in the agenda of the Cabinet for consideration, after securing consent of various ministries, sources said, claiming that it has an approval of the finance ministry. The decision will help immensely those on the verge of retirement to continue in service for two years.


BSNL issued 78.2% D.A. merger order


The much awaited 78.2% merger order has been issued by BSNL. 

(Courtesy : BSNL Employees Union)

Various Demands of Central Government Employees - Minister explained in Parliament

Various Demands of Central Government Employees - Minister explained in Parliament

The below explanation was given by the Minister Shri.V.Narayanasamy in Lok Sabha on 5th May 2013 regarding the various demands of Central Government employees... 

"The Government has in operation a Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) scheme and as per the scheme of JCM, this Department deals with staff side on the National Council (JCM). The JCM scheme is for promoting harmonious relations and of securing the greatest measure of cooperation between the Government, in its capacity as employer and the general body of its employees in matters of common concern and deals with issues and demands raised by the staff side. Regular interactions are held at requisite levels to address the concerns of Government employees. 

A meeting was convened by Union Minister of Labour & Employment with the representatives of Central Trade Unions (CTUs) on the 13th February, 2013 to discuss the charter of demands and call for all India strike given by the Central Trade Unions on 20th and 21st February, 2013. Subsequently, a Group of Ministers (GoM) held a meeting with the representatives of the major CTUs on 18th February, 2013. The Union representatives were assured that Government is serious on the demands related to working class and taking all possible measures to redress them. An appeal was issued to them to withdraw the strike. 

Government has taken various measures to address the concerns raised by the trade unions. These relate to huge amount spent on food subsidy to ensure availability of food grains to the poor at very concessional rate through the Public Distribution System, the Food Security Bill to further increase the availability of subsidized food grains to the larger segments of the population. National Employment Policy has been prepared by the Ministry of Labour & Employment to ensure inclusive and equitable growth process, so as to achieve the goal of remunerative and decent employment for all women and men in the labour force. The Government has enacted Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008 and has also set up Nation Social Security Fund (NSSF) with a corpus of Rs.1000 crore. National Social Security Board has also been constituted which is advising the Government from time to time on Social Security Schemes. Action to amend the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 is underway wherein it is, inter-alia, proposed that in case where the contract labour perform the same or similar kind of work as the workmen directly appointed by the principal employer, the wage rates, holidays, social security provisions of contract labour shall be the same as are available to the directly appointed workmen on the roll of principal employer. Further, a Bill is being brought before the Parliament to amend the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 to provide a National Floor Level Minimum Wage". 

Updation of entries in the All India Negative List of Cash Certificates-Corrigendum


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