MICROSOFT EXCEL SHORTCUT KEYS

MICROSOFT EXCEL SHORTCUT KEYS 

1. F2 Edit the selected cell
2. F3 After a name has been created F3 will paste names
3. F5 Go to a specific cell. For example, C6
4. F7 Spell check selected text or document
5. F11 Create chart from selected data

6. Ctrl + Shift + ; Enter the current time
7. Ctrl + ; Enter the current date
8. Alt + Shift + F1 Insert new worksheet
9. Shift + F3 Open the Excel formula window
10. Shift + F5 Bring up search box
11. Ctrl + A Select all contents of the worksheet
12. Ctrl + B Bold highlighted section
13. Ctrl + I Italic highlighted section
14. Ctrl + K Insert link
15. Ctrl + U Underline highlighted section
16. Ctrl + 1 Change the format of selected cells
17. Ctrl + 5 Strike through highlighted section
18. Ctrl + P Bring up the print dialogue box to begin printing
19. Ctrl + Z Undo last action
20. Ctrl + F3 Open Excel Name Manager
21. Ctrl + F9 Minimize current window
22. Ctrl + F10 Maximize currently selected window
23. Ctrl + F6 Switch between open work books or windows
24. Ctrl + Page up Move between Excel work sheets in the same Excel document
25. Ctrl + page down Move between Excel worksheets in the same Excel document
26. Ctrl + Tab Move between two or more open Excel document
27. Alt + = Create a formula to sum all of the above cells
28. Ctrl + ’ Insert the value of the above cell into cell currently selected
29. Ctrl + Shift + ! Format number in comma format
30. Ctrl + Shift + $ Format number in currency format
31. Ctrl + Shift + # Format number in date format
32. Ctrl + Shift + % Format number in percentage format
33. Ctrl + Shift + ^ Format number in scientific format
34. Ctrl + Shift + @ Format number in time format
35. Ctrl + Arrow key Move to the next selection on text
36. Ctrl + Space Select entire column
37. Shift + Space Select entire row
38. Ctrl + - Delete the selected column or row
39. Ctrl + shift + = Insert a new column or row
40. Ctrl + Home Move to cell A1
41. Ctrl + ~ Switch between showing Excel formulas or their values in cells

നടന്‍ മുകേഷ് വിവാഹം ചെയ്ത നര്‍ത്തകി മേതില്‍ ദേവികയുടെ കൂടുതല്‍ ചിത്രങ്ങള്‍

നടന്‍ മുകേഷ് നര്‍ത്തകി മേതില്‍ ദേവികയെ വിവാഹം ചെയ്ത വിവരം നിങ്ങള്‍ അറിഞ്ഞു കാണുമല്ലോ. മരടിലെ മുകേഷിന്റെ വസതിയില്‍ വെച്ചായിരുന്നു വിവാഹം. മരടിലെ സബ് രെജിസ്ട്രാര്‍ ഓഫീസിലെത്തി ഇരുവരും വിവാഹം റെജിസ്റ്റര്‍ ചെയ്തു. തൃപ്പൂണിത്തുറ പുതിയകാവ് ക്ഷേത്രത്തിലെത്തി പ്രത്യേക പൂജകളും നടത്തി.

പാലക്കാട് രാമനാഥപുരം മേതില്‍ കുടുംബാംഗമായ 36 കാരിയായ ദേവിക ഭരതനാട്യം കലാകാരിയാണ്. കുച്ചിപ്പുടിയിലും പ്രാവീണ്യം നേടിയിട്ടുണ്ട്. ഭാരതീദാസന്‍ സര്‍വകലാശാലയില്‍ നൃത്തത്തില്‍ ഗവേഷണം പൂര്‍ത്തീകരിച്ച ദേവിക കേരള കലാമണ്ഡലത്തില്‍ അധ്യാപികയാണ്. മദ്രാസ് സര്‍വകലാശാലയില്‍ നിന്ന് ബിസിനസ് അഡ്മിനിസ്‌ട്രേഷനില്‍ സ്വര്‍ണമെഡലോടെ ബിരുദാനന്തര ബിരുദം നേടിയ ദേവിക കൊല്‍ക്കത്ത രബീന്ദഭാരതി സര്‍വകലാശാലയില്‍ നിന്ന് കുച്ചുപ്പുടിയില്‍ ബിരുദാനന്തരബിരുദം നേടിയിട്ടുണ്ട്. മോഹിനിയാട്ടത്തിനുള്ള കേരള സംഗീതനാടക അക്കാദമിയുടെ പുരസ്‌കാരവും കേന്ദ്രസാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമിയുെട ഉസ്താദ് ബിസ്മില്ല ഖാന്‍ യുവ പുരസ്‌കാറും നേടിയിട്ടുണ്ട് .

കേരള സംഗീത നാടക അക്കാദമി പുരസ്‌ക്കാരം , കേന്ദ്ര സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമിയുടെ ഉസ്താദ് ബിസ്മില്ലാ ഖാന്‍ പുരസ്‌ക്കാരം എന്നിവ നേടിയിട്ടുണ്ട്.
മുകേഷ് സംഗീത നാടക അക്കാദമി തലവനായിരിക്കെയാണ് ദേവിക ഇവിടെ അംഗമായിരുന്നു. ഈ പരിചയമാണ് വിവാഹത്തില്‍ കലാശിച്ചത്.

Banking Question Answers:

Banking Question Answers:

1. Who is the new president of Pakistan?
Mamnoon Hussain

2. Geeta Phogat is related to which game?
Wrestling

3. Full form of IFSC?
Indian Financial System Code

4. What is the current SLR?
23%

5. BTM stands for?
Banking Through Mobile

6. Name the Prime Minister of Bhutan?
Tshering Tobgay

7. Name the Bengali film Director who died recently?
Rituporno

8. Which program has been changed to new name “swarna jyanti rojgar yojna”?
Nehru Rozgar Yojana (NRY) and National urban livelihood mission

9. Banking Ombudsman issued by?
RBI

10. Which country will be hosting the 2020 Olympic Games?
Japan (Tokyo)

11. RBI is going to issue plastic note of ________ rupees.
Rs 10

12. Among BSE and NIFTY which has been established first in India?
BSE

13. Film and Television Institute of India is situated at?
Pune

14. Name the chemical used in Syria attack?
Sarin Gas

15.Where is the head quarters of Bharathiya Mahila Bank, the first all women bank in India?
New Delhi

16. Prime Minister’s key economic adviser C Rangarajan lowered the growth forecast for the current fiscal to ________ per cent?
5.30%

17. Current Marginal Standing Facility (MSF)?
9.5 per cent

18. RIDF maintained by?
NABARD

19. What is FACTORING?--Factoring is a financial transaction in which a business sells its accounts receivable (i.e., invoices) to a third party (called a factor) at a discount

20. Food security bill how much percent people benefited
67%

21. Who won Jnanpith award 2012?
Ravuri Bhardwaj

22. NOKIA was recently acquired by?
Microsoft

23. PMEAC report India’s growth rate as ________.
5.30%

24. R.Chandrashekhar is the Chairman of?
NASSCOM

Lakes in India - General Knowledge

Lakes in India

1. Wular Lake: Wular Lake is one of the largest fresh water lakes in Asia and the largest in India, is located in Jammu and Kashmir.

2. Loktak Lake: Loktak Lake is the largest freshwater lake in northeastern India, located in Manipur. It is also called the only floating lake in the world due to the floating phumdis

3. Damdama Lake: Damdama Lake is one of the biggest natural lakes in Haryana. It is a weekend getaway destination around Delhi. Located near the Aravalli Hills and the best place for Boating, Rock Climbing, Bungee jumping and trekking.

4. Dal Lake: The Kashmir valley is blessed with exotic natural beauty of landscape and water bodies, out of them one of the best is Dal Lake. Dal Lake is one of the most beautiful lakes of India and is the second largest in the J&K valley. 

5. Pichola Lake: Lake Pichola is an artificial fresh water lake situated in Udaipur city in Rajasthan. Udaipur is a beautiful city, set amidst the Aravalli Ranges of Rajasthan, India.

6. Gurudongmar Lake: Gurudongmar Lake is one of the highest lakes in the world. This fresh-water lake is located northeast of the Kangchenjunga range in Sikkim.

7. Chilka Lake: Chilka Lake is the brackish water lake and is the largest coastal lake in India. The Chilka Lake in situated in Orissa and is Asia’s largest inland salt-water lagoon.

8. Vembanad Lake: Vembanad Lake is India’s longest lake and is the largest lakes in the beautiful state land of God, Kerala. The Vembanad Lake is the largest brackish lagoon in Kerala.

9. Bhimtal Lake: The pride of Bhimtal is a beautiful lake in Uttarakhand which offers magnificent vistas for tourists. The lake is larger than Nainital lake,The island at the center of the lake. 

10. Upper lake: Upper lake is the largest artificial lake in Asia, situated in “City of Lakes” called Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Bhopal is also considered as one of the green city in India.

ATM Security Tips:

ATM Security Tips:

Get rid of ‘dangers’ during ATM transactions…

8 Golden Rules to keep your ATM transactions safe and secure

1. Keep your ATM-cum-DEBIT card in a secure place

2. Cover keypad when entering PIN.

3. Change your PIN first time and regularly thereafter

4. If you lose your card, block it immediately

5. Do not handover your ATM-cum-DEBIT card to any person

6. Do not keep any record of your PIN – memorise it instead

7. Do not ask for help from strangers

8. Do not leave ATM till your transaction is complete.

PC not recognizing your USB drive? Here's what to do

External drives — either USB flash drives or external hard drives — should be easy to use. In some cases, you may connect your drive to a Windows PC or another device with a USB port and find that it's not recognized. This problem can be caused by partition issues on your external drive, using the wrong file system, dead USB ports, driver issues in Windows, or other problems. In a worst case scenario, the drive itself may simply be dead. 

The steps below will be the same for both USB flash drives and larger external hard drives, which work similarly. 

Does the drive show up in disk management?

First, let's check whether Windows detects the drive when you plug it in. Plug your removable drive into your computer. If it's an external hard drive, you may have to flip a power switch on the hard drive to activate it. Some heavy-duty removable hard drives may even have to be plugged in with a separate power cable before they'll work. 

Next, open the Disk Management tool. To do so, press Windows Key + R, type diskmgmt.msc into the Run dialog, and press Enter. 

You should see your external drive listed in the Disk Management window. Even if it doesn't appear in your Computer window because it doesn't contain any partitions, it should show up here. 

If you do see the drive here, you can continue to the last section where we'll format it properly so Windows or your other devices can access and recognize it.If you don't see the drive here, continue to the next section where we'll try to determine why your drive isn't recognized. 

Making Windows recognize the drive 

If Windows doesn't see your drive at all, it's possible there's a hardware issue with your computer's USB port, a driver problem with your Windows computer, or you may just have a dead drive. 

First, unplug the drive from your USB port and try plugging it into another USB port on your computer. If it works in one USB port but not another, you may have a dead USB port. If you've plugged the drive into a USB hub, try connecting it to the computer instead. Some USB hubs won't provide enough power for your external drive to function. 

If the drive doesn't show up in Disk Management even after you skip the USB hub and connect it to another USB port on your computer, it's tough to know for certain whether the drive itself is bad or the computer is having a problem. If you have another computer nearby, try plugging the drive in there to check whether it's detected. If the drive doesn't work on any computer you plug it into — be sure to check whether it appears in the computer's Disk Management window — the drive itself is likely dead and will need to be replaced. 

If the drive does work on other computers — or you don't have another computer around to test this with — Windows may be having a driver problem with the drive. You can check for this using the Device Manager. 

To open it, press Windows Key + R, type "devmgmt.msc" into the Run dialog, and press Enter. 

Look under Disk drives and check for any devices with a yellow exclamation mark next to them. If you see a yellow exclamation mark, you have a driver problem. Right-click the device with a yellow exclamation mark, select Properties, and look at the error message. This error message can help you fix the problem — you may want to perform a Google search for the error message you find. 

Such problems can be tricky to fix. If the problem started recently, you may want to run System Restore. You may want to use the Update Driver button to install an updated driver, use the Roll Back Driver button to revert any changes, or use the Uninstall button to uninstall the device from your system and hope that Windows will reinstall the driver and configure it correctly when you reconnect the drive. 

Partitioning and formatting the drive 

We can use the Windows Disk Management tool to fix partition and file system issues with the drive. If you see that the drive is unpartitioned and is full of "unallocated space," you'll want to create a new partition on it. This will allow Windows and other operating systems to use it. 

To do so, right-click inside the unallocated space, select New Simple Volume, and go through the wizard to create a new partition. 

If your drive is partitioned and you still can't see it, ensure you've set a drive letter so you can access it in Windows. This should happen automatically, but if you've manually unset the drive letter, the drive may not show up and be accessible in Windows. 

To do this, right-click the removable drive's partition, select Change Drive Letter and Paths, and add a drive letter. For example, add the letter G: and the removable drive will be accessible at drive G. 

If the drive does appear to be partitioned, it may be partitioned with the wrong file system. For example, you may have formatted the drive with the ext4 file system from Linux or the HFS Plus file system from a Mac. Windows can't read these file systems. Reformat the drive with the newer NTFS file system or older FAT32 file system so Windows will be able to recognize it. 

To reformat a partition, right-click it, select Format, and select your desired file system. 

Note that this will erase all the files on your drive, so you'll want to copy any important files off of it first — for example, if you formatted the drive on a Linux or Mac computer, take it back to a computer running Linux or Mac and copy your important files off of it before continuing. 

If you can't access the drive from another device, such as a DVD player, smart TV, game console, or media center device, it may be formatted as NTFS. Many devices, even Microsoft's own Xbox 360, can't read the Windows NTFS file system. They can only access drives formatted with the older FAT32 file system. To fix this problem, simply reformat the NTFS partition as FAT32. The drive should then be recognized by other devices when you connect it to them. 

Note that this process will erase the files on your external drive. Copy the files off the drive to back them up first, if necessary.format-removable-drive-as-fat32Following this process should solve most of the disk recognition issues you'll encounter. If a drive isn't recognized by any computer you connect it to and never shows up in the Disk Management window, it's probably dead.

Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/personal-tech/how-to/PC-not-recognizing-your-USB-drive-Heres-what-to-do/articleshow/24697214.cms

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Google’s new tool to send email in your handwriting

WASHINGTON: Google has reportedly added a new handwriting input tool to Gmail and Google Docs that allows users to send emails in their own handwriting.

With a mousepad or cursor users can write out what they want and Google will do its best to create a typed version of their words and also give suggestions for similar words from where the user can choose from.

According to CNN, the tool is in more than 50 languages for Gmail users, while Google Docs users can have options from 20 languages.

Google's Xinangye Xia said that handwriting input makes the internet easier to use by people worldwide and is also part of a larger effort to break the barrier between languages.

Users can simply go to the Gmail or Docs settings and, under the Languages setting in the General tab, click 'Show all language options' and then select the that says 'Enable input tools' and a list will come up having every type of keyboard Google has to offer.

The languages with a pencil icon beside them are the ones that support written words and once an input option is added, one can select it anytime from a drop down on top of the menu bar above the document or email being composed.

Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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അപ്പോള്‍ ഈ പാസ്സ്‌വേര്‍ഡ് ഉപയോഗിച്ച് വേറെ ഏതെങ്കിലും ഇമെയില്‍ ഐഡിയില്‍ ലോഗിന്‍ ചെയ്യാനാവുമോ, അതും ഇല്ല എന്ന് തന്നെ പറയാം.
ഇവിടെയാണ് നമ്മുടെ കുത്തിന്‍റെ (.) പ്രസക്തി, നമുക്ക് ഇനി നമ്മുടെ ഈ ഇമെയില്‍ വിലാസത്തിനിടയില്‍ example@gmail.com എവിടെയെങ്കിലും ഒരു കുത്തിട്ടു നോക്കിയാലോ  ഉദാ: e.xample@gmail.com (ഇവിടെ നമ്മള്‍ “e” യ്ക്ക് ശേഷം ഒരു കുത്ത് (.) ഉപഴോഗിച്ചു ) ഇനി ഈ കുത്തിട്ട പുതിയ ഇമെയില്‍ വിലാസത്തില്‍ നമ്മുടെ പഴയ പാസ്സ്‌വേര്‍ഡ്‌ 12345678 ഉപഴോഗിച്ചു ഒന്ന് കയറി നോക്കിയാലോ , അതെങ്ങനെ സാധിക്കുമെന്നായിരിക്കും, ഒന്ന് ശ്രമിച്ചു നോക്കൂ സാധിക്കുമോ ഇല്ലയോ എന്ന് അപ്പോള്‍ അറിയാമല്ലോ…!
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Current Affairs from Last Week of August 2013 in PDF for Competitive Exams

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Q1. Which team won the inaugural Indian Badminton League (IBL)?

Ans. Hyderabad Hotshots led by Saina Nehwal

Q2. National Sports Day was celebrated across India on 29 August 2013. Why it was celebrated on that day?

Ans. To commemorate the birth anniversary of Indian hockey legend Dhyan Chand.

Q3. Air India launched its direct flights to which country on 29 August 2013, after a wide gap of 22 years?

Ans. Australia

Note: Air India will run direct flights to Sydney and Melbourne

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Q4. Name India's first  exclusive defence satellite which was successfully launched on 29 August 2013 by the European space consortium Arianespace’s Ariane 5 Rocket from the Kourou Spaceport of French Guiana?

Ans. GSAT–7

Note: Indian Navy will use the multi-band home-built communication spacecraft that is expected to become operational by September 2013.

Q5. Name the primary conspirator in various bomb blasts in India as well as the co-founder of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) who was arrested from the India-Nepal border on 29 August 2013?

Ans. Yasin Bhatkal

Q6. Lok Sabha on 29 August 2013 passed the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011, also called the Land Acquisition Bill. What is the aim of the bill?

Ans. Aim of the bill is providing fair compensation to people whose land has been taken away for setting up the buildings or factories.

Q7. Union government of India on 28 August 2013 decided to extend Tourist Visa on Arrival facility at four more airports of the country. Name these airports?

Ans. Trivandrum, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kochi

Note: Presently it is available at four International airports - Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata.

Q8. Who was on 27 August 2013 honoured with the first Lifetime Campaigner for Peace and Freedom of the Mahathir award for Global Peace?

Ans. Nelson Mandela

Q9. Who won the International Children’s Peace Prize 2013 on 27 August 2013?

Ans. Malala Yousafzai

Q10. Which team won Ashes Test Series-2013?

Ans. England

Note: They won by 3-0 against Australia on 25 August 2013 at England. Ian Bell (England) and RJ Harris (Australia) were declared Players of the series

Q11. Lok Sabha on 26 August 2013 passed the National Food Security Bill 2013. What is the aim of the bill?

Ans. Bill seeks to give legal rights to get subsidized grains every month to 67 percent of the overall population (of which 75 percent is rural and 50 percent is urban population).

Q12. Union Government of India on 26 August 2013 set up a commission to review tax laws and suggest ways for a stable and non-adversarial tax administration. Who is the chairman of the commission?

Ans. Parthasarathy Shome

Q13. Name the Indian classical singer and music director who passed away on 25 August 2013 in Bhubaneswar?

Ans. Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi

Q14. Indian women's Recurve team won gold medal in the World Cup Archery Stage- 4 at Wroclaw, Poland on 25 August 2013. India defeated which team in finals?

Ans. South Korea

Q15. Newly elected Members of the Parliament from Karnataka took oath as members of the Lok Sabha on 26 August 2013. Amongst them one is the youngest member of the present Parliament. Name her?

Ans. Ramya

Note: She is a famous south Indian Actress

Q16. India reached finals of 9th Asia Cup Hockey tournament after defeating which country in semi final?

Ans. Malaysia

Note: India will take on South Korea in finals

Q17. N R Narayana Murthy has stepped down as chairman of which corporation  after taking charge as executive chairman of Infosys?

Ans. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)

Q18. Fourth and final Grand Slam of the season which kick started in New York on 26 August 2013?

Ans. US Open Tennis tournament

Q19. President of India, Pranab Mukherjee on 31 August 2013 conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Dronacharya Awards, Arjuna Awards, Dhyan Chand Awards, Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar at a function organised at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award was given to Ronjon Sodhi for shooting. What is the cash prize of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?

Ans. Rs.7.5 lakh

Note: Apart from Cash Prize it carries a medal and a citation.

Q20. Which team won UEFA Super Cup 2013 defeating Chelsea in the final at the Eden stadium in Prague on 30 August 2013?

Ans. Bayern Munich

Note: Winner was decided through a 5-4 penalty shoot-out which went in the favour of Bayern Munich after the match was evenly poised at 2-2 even after extra time

Q21. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of India decelerated to .............. percent, the slowest rate of expansion in 4 years as announced in August 2013?

Ans. 4.4

Q22. Name the bill for which President of India, Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent on 29 August 2013?

Ans. Companies Bill 2013

Note: Companies Bill will now become the law and replace the 60-years-old regulations which governed the country till now. The new bill provides changes to the functioning of the companies’ operation. The Companies Bill 2013 will replace the Companies Act 1956.  

Q23. International Sepaktakraw Super Series 2013 kicked off at which place of India on 29 August 2013?

Ans. New Delhi

Q24. ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting was held at which place on 29 August 2013?

Ans. Brunei

Q25. Union Minister for Human Resource Development on 29 August 2013 launched the RTE anthem- a new initiative to spread the message of RTE Act among Public. Name the present HRD Minister?

Ans. M M Pallam Raju

Q26. Who was recently appointed as the chairman of the Ethics Commission of the International Weightlifting Federation in Beijing in the executive board meeting?

Ans. Birendra Prasad Baishya

Note: He is presently Indian Weightlifting Federation President

Q27. Rajya Sabha on 26 August 2013 passed The Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010. It seeks to amend which existing laws?

Ans. Hindu Marriage Act 1955 and the Special Marriages Act, 1954

Q28. India’s under-23 cricket team won the Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup in Singapore on 25 August 2013 defeating which country by nine wickets?

Ans. Pakistan

 

Q29. Name the US actress known for stage and screen, passed away on 25 August 2013 at the age of 87 years at West Chatham, Massachusetts, United States?

Ans. Julie Harris

Q30. Sania Mirza lifted the women’s doubles trophy at the WTA New Haven Open on 24 August 2013. Name her partner in the doubles?

Ans. Jie Zheng of China 

Q31. Name the Foreign Minister of Tuvalu who was on an official visit to India from 21 to 25 August 2013?

Ans. Taukelina Finikaso

Q32. Juvenile held guilty for rape and murder, awarded 3-year sentence on 31 August 2013. Which authority has decided the punishment?

Ans.  Juvenile Justice Board (JJB)

Q33. Name the Prime Minister of Bhutan who was on a visit to India during last week of August?

Ans. Tshering Tobgay

Q34. Which bank has launched the electronic version of conventional passbook, called FedBook, on 30 August 2013?

Ans. Federal Bank Limited

Q35. Who was recommended as the next head of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation(ONGC) by Public Enterprises Selection Board on 30 August 2013?

Ans. Dinesh K Sarraf

Note: He will succeed Sudhir Vasudeva, who superannuates in February 2014.

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Q36. Name the judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court who was on 30 August 2013 appointed as the new Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court?

Ans. Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana

Q37. Name the 1995 Nobel Prize Literature winner Irish writer who died on 29 August 2013?

Ans. Seamus Heaney

Q38. Name the graphic biography on former Indian Hockey player Dhyan Chand which was launched at Dhyanchand Stadium in New Delhi on 29 August 2013?

Ans. Dhyan Chand-The Wizard of Hockey

Q39. Name the Foreign Minister of Nicaragua who paid an official visit to India from 19 August to 23 August 2013?

Ans. Samuel Santos Lopez

Q40. International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances was observed on ........th August?

Ans. 30 August

Note: It was observed by UN General Assembly expressing its concern by the increase in the number of involuntary or enforced disappearances in different parts of the world.

Q41. Name the joint exercise of air forces planned by China and Pakistan on 28 August 2013?

Ans. Shaheen (Eagle)-2

Q42. Who took charge as the chairman of the Intellectual Property Appellate Tribunal on 28 August 2013?

Ans. Justice K.N Basha

Q43. Name the Indian Origin cardiologist at Johns Hopkins who has been selected for the prestigious White House Fellowship for the year 2013-14 along with 11 others?

Ans. Kapil Parakh

Q44. Which team won 43rd Institutional Table Tennis Championships?

Ans. Petroleum Sports Promotion Board

Q45. Name the Vice President of Afghanistan who paid an Official Visit to India during 20-22 August 2013?

Ans. Mohammad Karim Khalili

Q46. Name the typhoid vaccine launched by Bharat Biotech International Ltd on 26 August 2013?

Ans. Typbar TCV

Q47. Name the Brazilian Foreign Minister who resigned on 26 August 2013?

Ans. Antonio Patriota

Q48. Name the player who announced his retirement from professional football on 26 August 2013?

Ans. Deco

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