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Indian Money Market & Development of Banking in India

The money market is a mechanism that deals with the lending and borrowing of short term funds or debt securities (bankers acceptances, commercial paper, repos, negotiable certificates of...

May 24, 2011

Quiz 533: General Awareness Questions

123456789101. Which among the following South East Asian country is Landlocked?CambodiaBruneiLaosVietnam2. Cayman Islands are famous for which among the following?Tourism HubOffshore Financial CentreLargest producer of GuavaPopulation of Ethnic...

May 24, 2011

Who was the first person to calculate the circumference of Earth?

Eratosthenes was the first person to calculate the size of the earth. He was also the first person to use the word “Geography”. He also is known to...

May 24, 2011

What is foxfire?

Fireflies, anglerfish, and other creatures produce the chemicals luciferin pigment, which in presence of a catalyst called luciferase, react with Oxygen and create light which is known as...

May 24, 2011

What is Synthetic Fuel?

Synthetic fuel or synfuel is a liquid fuel obtained from coal, natural gas, oil shale, biomass or even plastics or rubber waste. It is most commonly produced by...

May 24, 2011

Reverse Mortgage Loan

Reverse Mortgage Loan (RML) enables a Senior Citizen above 60 years age in India. The idea is to avail of periodical payments/ lump sum amount from a lender...

May 24, 2011

In which state, maximum mines are located in India?

The number of mines which reported mineral production (excluding minor minerals, petroleum (crude), natural gas and atomic minerals) in India was 2628 in 2010-11 as against 2999 in...

May 24, 2011

What are Rustam, Lakshya & Nishant?

Rustom-1 is the name of India’s a medium-altitude and long-endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), which is being developed by the Bangalore-based Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE). It was successfully...

May 24, 2011

Which Countries share maritime Border with India in Andaman Sea?

India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia in the Andaman Sea. Further, on 23-12-1986, there has been an agreement between the Myanmar...

May 24, 2011

Unit System in Banking

Unit Banking refers to a single bank which renders services and operates without any branches anywhere. Unit Banking System is not found in India but is very common...

May 24, 2011

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