IIFA Awards 2014: list of winners

IIFA Awards 2014: list of winners 

Best Film: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Actor: Farhan Akhtar for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Actress: Deepika Padukone for Chennai Express
Best Entertainer of the Year: Deepika Padukone
Best Debutant (Male): Dhanush for Raanjhanaa
Best Debutant (Female): Vaani Kapoor for Shuddh Desi Romance
Best Supporting Actress: Divya Dutta for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Supporting Actor: Aditya Roy Kapur for Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani
Best Male Playback Singer: Arijit Singh for Tum Hi Ho from Aashiqui 2
Best Female Playback Singer: Shreya Ghoshal for Tum Hi Ho from Aashiqui 2
Best Lyrics Writer: Mithoon for Tum Hi Ho from Aashiqui 2
Best Story: Prashoon Joshi for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Performance in a Comic Role: Arshad Warsi for Jolly LLB
Best Performance in Negative Role: Rishi Kapoor for D Day
Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema: Shatrughan Sinha
Best Cinematography: Binod Pradhan for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Screenplay: Prasoon Joshi for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Dialogue: Prasoon Joshi for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Editing: P S Bharti for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Production Design: Wasiq Khan for Goliyon Ki Rasleela- Ramleela
Best Choreography: Remo D'souza for Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Best Action: Sham Kaushal & Tony Ching Siu Tung for Krrish 3
Best Sound Design: Nakul Kamte for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Song Recording: Vinod Verma for Lungi Dance
Best Sound Mixing: Anup Dev for Chennai Express, Debajit Changmai for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Background Score: Shankar-Ehsaan- Loy for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Special Effects: Keitan Yadav & Haresh Hingorani - Red Chillies VFX
Best Costume Designing: Dolly Ahluwalia for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Make-up: Vikram Gaikwad for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Authors and their books....

Authors and their books....

• A.P.J. Abdul Kalam :- Wings of Fire, Ignited Minds, Target 3 Million, The luminous Spark, India 2020, Mission India, Indomitable Spirit, The Life Tree, India My Dream, Inspiring Thoughts, Thoughts for Change, Spirit of India, Evolution of Enlightened Societies, India Wins Freedom, You are Born to Blossom, Turning Point.

• Amrita Pritam :- Forty Nine Days

• Anil Padmanaban :- Kalpana Chawla – A Life

• Anita Desai :- Fasting, Feasting

• Annie Besant :- Wakeup India

• Arundhati Roy :- The God of Small Things

• Barack Obama :- Dreams From My Father

• Bill Clinton :- My Life

• C.S. Pandit :- End of the Era

• Chetan Bhagat :- The 3 Mistakes of My Life, Five Point Someone, Two States, Revolution 2020, One Night at the Call Center

• Diplomat Pavan K.Varma :- When Loss is Gain

• Dr. Bimal Jalan :- The Future of India

• Dr. S. Radhakrishnan :- Indian Philosophy

• Dr. S. RadhaKrishnan :- Indian Philosophy

• Dr. Salim Ali :- The book of Indian Birds

• E K Nayanar :- My Struggle

• G.D. Khosla :- Last Days of Nethaji

• Indira Gandhi :- My Truth

• Jackie Chan :- My Life in Action

• Jawaharlal Nehru :- Glimpses of World History, The Discovery of India

• Jonathan Swift :- Gulliver Travels

• K. R. Malkani :- India First

• Kalidasa :- Megdoot, kumarasambhava, Swapnavasavadatta, Malavikagnimitra

• Kautilya :- Arthashastra

• Khuswant Singh :- We Indians, Train To Pakistan, Women and Men in My Life

• Koutilya :- Arthashastra

• L.K. Advani :- My Nation My Life

• Lala Lajpat Rai :- Unhappy India

• Leo Tolstoy :- War and Piece

• Mahatma Gandhi :- My Experiments with Truth

• Mrs. Indira Gandhi :- Eternal India

• N.R. Narayan Murthy :- A Better India A Better World

• Nandan Nilekani :- Imagining India

• Narendra Modi :- Jyoti punj

• P. V. Narasimha Rao :- Ayodhya

• Panini :- Ashtadhyayi

• R. C. Dutt :- Economic History of India

• R.K. Narayanan :- My Days, The Guide, Malgudi days, Waiting for the Mahatma, The Dark Room, The Bachelors of Art, The English Teacher, The Financial Expert

• Rabindranath Tagore :- Lipika, Chandralika, Chitra, Geethanjali, Gora, Ghare, Broken Ties, Malini, Sacrifice, Two Sisters , Bhaire, Chaturanga

• RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan: Aid and Growth, Fault Lines, India’s Pattern of Development, The Real Effect of Banking Crises Controlled Capital Account Liberalization

• S.K. Banerjee :- Independence

• Sarojini Naidu :- Broken Wing, Golden Threshold

• Shakespeare :- Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear

• Sharat Chandra Chatterjee :- Devdas

• Shiv Khera :- Living with Honour

• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle :- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

• Sunil Gavaskar :- One Day Wonders

• Swami Vivekananda :- Inspired Talks, The Sleeping Giant, Living at the State, Way of the Saint, Jnana Yoga, Raja Yoga, My Master, Women of India, Vedanta Philosophy

• Tolstoy :- War and Piece

• V.S Naipoul :- Half a Life

• V.V. Giri :- My life and Times

• Valmiki :- Ramayana

• Veda Vyas :- Bhagwad Gita, Mahabharata

• Vikram Seth :- Two Lives, The Golden Gate, A Suitable Boy, Arion and The Dolphin, An Equal Music, From Heaven Lake:Travels

• Vishnu Sharma :- Panchatantra

• Yann Martel :- Life of Pi

Animals, birds, trees and flowers of Indian States:

Animals, birds, trees and flowers of Indian States:
______________________________________

•Andhra Pradesh:
Animal-Black Buck,
Bird-Indian Roller,
Tree-Neem

•Arunachal Pradesh:
Animal-Bos Frontalis,
Bird-Hornbill,
Tree-Hollogan,
Flower-Lady slipper orchid

•Assam:
Animal-One Horned Rhinoceros,
Bird-Wood Duck with white wings,
Tree- Dipterocarpus Macrocarpus

•Bihar:
Animal- Gaur,
Bird-Indian Roller,
Tree-Peepla,
Flower-Kanchnar

•Chhattisgarh:
Animal-Wild Buffalo,
Bird-Hill Myna,
Tree-Sal

•Goa:
Animal-Gaur,
Bird-Black Crestor Bubble,
Tree-Matti

•Gujarat:
Animal-Lion,
Bird-Greater Flamingo,
Tree-Mango

•Haryana:
Animal-Black Buck,
Bird- Black Francolin,
Tree-Sacred Fig,
Flower-Lotus

•Himachal Pradesh:
Animal-Hanjul,
Bird-Black necked Crane,
Tree-Deodar,
Flower-Rhododendron

•Jammu & Kashmir:
Animal-Hangul,
Bird-Black necked Crane,
Tree-Chinar,
Flower-Lotus

•Jharkhand:
Animal-Indian Elephant,
Bird-Asian Koel,
Tree-Sal,
Flower- Palash

•Karnataka:
Animal-Indian Elephant,
Bird-Indian Roller,
Tree-Sandalwood,
Flower-Lotus

•Kerala:
Animal-Elephant,
Bird-Great Indian Horn Bill,
Tree-Coconut,
Flower- Kanikonna

•Madhya Pradesh:
Animal-Baraisinga,
Bird-Asian Paradise Flycatcher,
Tree- Banyan

•Maharashtra:
Animal-Indian Giant Squirrel,
Bird-Yellow footed Pigeon,
Tree-Mango,
Flower-Jarul

•Manipur:
Animal-Sangai,
Bird- Mrs.Hume’s Pheasant,
Tree-Indian Mahogany,
Flower-Shiroy Lily

•Meghalaya:
Animal-Clouded Leopard,
Bird-Hill Myna,
Tree-White Teak,
Flower-Lady Slipper Orchid

•Mizoram:
Animal-, Bird-Mrs.Hume’s Pheasant,
Tree-Iron wood,
Flower-Red Vanada

•Nagaland:
Animal-Mithun,
Bird- Blyth’s Tragopan
Tree-Alder,
Flower- Rhododendron

•Odisha:
Animal-Sambar,
Bird-Blue Jay,
Tree-Asheatha ,
Flower-Lotus

•Punjab:
Animal-Black Buck,
Bird- Northern Goshawk,
Tree-Indian Rosewood

•Rajasthan:
Animal-Chinkara,
Bird- Great Indian Bustard,
Tree-Khejri,
Flower-Rohira

•Sikkim:
Animal-Red Panda,
Bird-Blood Pheasant,
Tree-Rhododendron,
Flower- Nobel Orchid

•Tamil Nadu:
Animal-Nilgiri Thar,
Bird- Emerald Dove,
Tree-Palm Tree,
Flower- Glory Lilly

•Tripura:
Animal-Phayres,
Langur,
Bird-Green imperial pigeon,
Tree-Agar,
Flower-Nageshwar

•Uttarakhand:
Animal-Musk Deer,
Bird- Himalayan Monal,
Tree-Rhododendron,
Flower-Brahma Kamal

•Uttar Pradesh:
Animal-Swamp Deer,
Bird-Sarus Crane,
Tree-Saal,
Flower- Brahma Kamal

•West Bengal:
Animal-Bengal Tiger,
Bird-Kingfisher with white neck
Tree- Devil Tree,
Flower-Shephali

G.K Questions and Answers III

G.K Questions and Answers for preparing Competitive Examinations...

1. Currency chest is the property of ____ ?
A. RBI. b) SBI. C) GoI d) Lead bank of the area. e) Bank itself.

2. Which dept of RBI oversees designing of banknotes in India?
a) Dept of banknotes b) Dept of rupee management c) Dept of banking affairs d) Dept of Currency management e) none of these.

3. Where is not a currency printing press located ?
a) Dewas (MP) b) Salboni (WB) c) Nasik d) Mysore e) Mumbai

4. Where is not a coin mint located from below ?
a) Noida b) Delhi c) Hyderabad d) Mumbai e) Calcutta

5. Banknotes & Rs.1 coins can be used to pay any sum upto _____?
a) no such limit b) Rs 1 lacs. c) 1 crore, d) 1.50 lacs

6) 50 Paisa coins can be used to pay/ settle any sum upto ____?
a) Rs Two. b) Rs Five. c) Rs Ten. d) Rs One hundred.

7) Which of the following is true of RBI's balance sheet?
a) RBI's balance sheet is a sum of 2 major Dept i.e. Issue Dept & Banking dept.
b) RBI's annual year closes on 30 june.
c) Currency circulation is backed by 3 major assets of Issue dept ie. Gold, foreign & Rupee security.
d) CRR balances, Open Market Operations, Loans to Govt etc comes under Banking dept's Balance sheet.
e) all of the above.

8) What is KYC?
a) to verify the identity of customers.
b) budget related activity of an organisation.
c) effort to convert black money into white money.
d) legal ways to harass poor customers.
d) none of these.

9) Payment system of the country include which of the following?
a) Cheques.
b) Credit cards
c) Currency
d) Electronic transfers
e) all of these.

10) Which of the following is not true about WMA - Ways & Means Advance by RBI to State Govts.
a) Short-term finance to state govt to tide over temporary mismatches in cash flow.
b) non interest-bearing limits
c) if WMA limits are exceeded, its called 'Overdraft' - allowed for few days only.
d) These limits are without any security.
e) B & D

ANS:
1) A. RBI. CC is extension of Issue Dept of RBI.
2) D. This dept essentially oversees work of issue & retrieval of currency. This is performed through 18 issue offices.
3) E. Dewas & Nasik presses' are Govt owned. Salboni & Mysore are owned by RBI, through its wholly owned subsidiary, the Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Ltd. (BRBNML).
4) B.
5) A.
6) C.
7) E.
8) A. Know Your Customer.
9) E.
10. B. State govts have to pay interest on these limits.

Current G.K Questions and Answers II

Current G.K Questions and Answers for preparing Competitive Examinations..

1. Recently, Supreme Court has set up a four member committee under the chairmanship of N R Madhava Menon for framing guidelines to prevent____?
[A] Ponzi schemes 
[B] Misuse of funds on government advertisement 
[C] Illegal mining activities 
[D] Misappropriation of powers by politicians

Ans - Misuse of funds on government advertisement

2. The “SAVE” is an international organisation created to conserve which of the following endangered bird species?
[A] Great Indian Bustards
[B] Asia’s Vultures
[C] Bengal Florican
[D] Lesser Florican

Ans- Asia’s Vultures

3. The “Mont Blanc Tunnel” links which of the following two countries?
[A] France and Germany
[B] France and Italy
[C] Germany and Switzerland
[D] Switzerland and Germany

Ans - France and Italy

4. Which among the following is the NASA’s moon probe, which recently crashed into the lunar surface thus ending its operation?
[A] LADEE
[B] LCDEE
[C] LDCEE
[D] LEDCC

Ans- LADEE

5. The “Dhamra port” one of the major newly developed port located in which state?
[A] Odisha
[B] Gujarat
[C] Karnataka
[D] Andhra Pradesh

Ans - Odisha

6. The country with highest per-capita milk availability in the world is ___?
[A] Denmark
[B] Iceland
[C] New Zealand
[D] Holland

Ans - New Zealand

7. Which among the following planets in our solar system is called the Upside Down planet?
[A] Jupiter
[B] Venus
[C] Saturn
[D] Mars

Ans - Venus

8. Which among the following International Organisation is not based in Geneva?
[A] International Labour Organisation
[B] International Telecommunication Union
[C] World Trade Organisation
[D] World Bank

Ans - World Bank

9. Currently, which among the following political parties is not recognised as National Political Party?
[A] Communist Party of India
[B] Nationalist Congress Party
[C] Bahujan Samaj Party
[D] Rastriya Janta Dal

Ans - Rastriya Janta Dal

10. Who among the following has won the Chinese F1 Grand Prix -2014?
[A] Daniel Ricciardo
[B] Lewis Hamilton
[C] Sebastian Vettel
[D] Nico Hulkenberg

Ans - Lewis Hamilton

Index/Reports

Index/Reports Issued by different organizations in World:

1. World Economic Outlook is published by: International Monetary Fund (IMF).
2. Global Hunger Index is issued by: International Food Policy Research Institute
3. Global Peace Index is issued by: Institute for Economics and Peace
4. Global Corruption Index is issued by: Transparency International
5. Global Competitiveness Index is issued by: World Economic Forum
6. Human Development Report is issued by: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
7. Gender Inequality Index is issued by: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

G.K Questions and Answers I

G.K Questions and Answers for preparing Competitive Examinations..

[1] What is the theme of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2014 for this year?
Ans - "Engaging Diaspora: Connecting Across Generations.

[2] When is Army day celebrated?
Ans - 15 january

[3] Who was named world's best soccer player for the 2012/2013 season by FIFA?
Ans – Cristiano Ronaldo

[4] What is the full form of EPI?
Ans - Environmental Performance Index

[5] Which state won the Senior National Women’s Football Championships title at Golaghat Stadium in Assam?
Ans – Manipur

[6] Who won the Madrid open?
Ans – men- Rafael Nadal
Women –Maria Sharapova

[7] A Book entitled ‘India Junction – A Window to the Nation’ was released by???
Ans - Arunendra Kumar, the Chairman of Railway Board.

[8] Who won the prestigious 2014 Gregory Bradeb Memorial Fellow of the Year Award?
Ans - Indian-American cardiologist Mitul Kadakia

[9] Which country was awarded with the New Frontiers Award 2014 on 8 May 2014 by Arabian travel Market (ATM)?
Ans - India

[10] Who won the presidential election of Panama?
Ans- Juan Carlos Varela