Page-3 of GKToday Archives: April, 2010

How Cash Reserve Ratio affects loan rates?

The Cash Reserve Ratio is the amount of funds that the banks are bound to keep with Reserve bank of India. Present CRR is 6.0 per cent. It has been raised by 25 basis points from 5.75 to 6.00. RBI ..

Quiz 372: General Awareness for State PCS Exams

1. Which state is India’s first integrated horticulture district? Gujarat Assam Odisha Kerala 2. Barak valley is an important part of which of the following states of India? Nagaland Assam Jammu & Kashmir Arunanchal Pradesh 3. Twang is an area ..

Why leaves change color in autumn?

The color of the leaves of many deciduous trees and shrubs changes from green to a range of other colors from yellow to Red. The phenomenon is called autumn colors. Leaves are green because of the Chlorophyll, a pigment which ..

Micro Credit

The Reserve Bank of India defines Micro Credit as provision of thrift, credit and other financial services and products of very small amount to the poor in rural, semi-urban and urban areas for enabling them to raise their income levels ..

Which is the hardest part in Human Body?

Femur and Temporal bone of the skull are the strongest bones of the human body. However, tooth enamel is the hardest and most highly mineralized substance in the human body. It’s a tissue and not a bone. This tissue has ..

Why Moscow is called “Port of Five Seas”?

Moscow is called “Port of five seas” because of the Moscow Canal. Moscow Canal (length: 128 Kms) was completed in 1937, provides connectivity to five seas: the White Sea, Baltic Sea, Caspian Sea, Sea of Azov, and the Black Sea. ..