Monthly Archives: October 2016

31 Oct

List of Olympics Host Cities & Countries

Check out list of Modern Olympics host cities. It is very important topic for all competitive exams.

Olympics Host Cities :

S. No Year City Country
1. 1896 Athens Greece
2. 1900 Paris France
3. 1904 St. Louis USA
4. 1908 London UK
5. 1912 Stockholm Sweden
6. 1916 Cancelled
7. 1920 Antwerp Belgium
8. 1924 Paris France
9. 1928 Amsterdam Netherlands
10. 1932 Los Angeles USA
11. 1936 Berlin Germany
12. 1940 Cancelled
13. 1944 Cancelled
14. 1948 London UK
15. 1952 Helsinki Finland
16. 1956 Melbourne Australia
17. 1960 Rome Italy
18. 1964 Tokyo Japan
19. 1968 Mexico City Mexico
20. 1972 Munich West Germany
21. 1976 Montreal Canada
22. 1980 Moscow Soviet Union
23. 1984 Los Angeles USA
24. 1988 Seoul South Korea
25. 1992 Barcelona Spain
26. 1996 Atlanta USA
27. 2000 Sydney Australia
28. 2004 Athens Greece
29. 2008 Beijing China
30. 2012 London UK
31. 2016 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
24 Oct

Latest Policy Rates of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) – BANK RATE, REPO RATE, CRR, SLR

RBI on 4th October 2016 has slashed Repo rate by a quarter of a percent (0.25%) . This will make loans cheaper & provides greater liquidity in the market. Now banks can borrow from RBI at 6.25%.

RBI’s policy announcements has many reasons.

  • A new procedure to decide policy rates has also been adopted. An act was passed in the parliament which called for keeping the retail price inflation between 2-6 percent.
  • A committee has been formed comprising of representatives from both RBI and centre which now makes the call on key policy rates of the central bank.
  • It was for the first time that a six member committee took the decision to reduce the repo rate and this decision was a unanimous one.

Latest Policy Rates of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

Check Current Policy Rates & Reserve Ratios of Indian Banking as on 24nd October 2016:

S. No Rates / Reserve Ratios % W.e.f
1 Bank Rate 6.75% 4th October 2016
2 Repo Rate 6.25% 4th October 2016
3 Reverse Repo Rate 5.75% 4TH October 2016
4 Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) 4.00% 9th February 2013
5 Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) 20.75% 4th October 2016
6 Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) 6.75% 4th October 2016
24 Oct

UIICL AO Recruitment 2016 Marks & Cutoff Out

United India Insurance Company Ltd (UIICL) has released the Marks of the candidates in UIIC Administrative Officer – Scale I (Generalist/Specialist) recruitment Exam conducted on 12th June 2016. 

You can check your marks from the official website of the United India Insurance Company Ltd or from below link by entering your Roll Number and Date of Birth. All the Best 🙂

13 Oct

More than 100 Keyboard Shortcuts (Microsoft Windows)

More than 100 Keyboard Shortcuts (Microsoft Windows):

1. CTRL+C (Copy)
2. CTRL+X (Cut)
3. CTRL+V (Paste)
4. CTRL+Z (Undo)
5. DELETE (Delete)
6. SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)
7. CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)
8. CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)
9. F2 key (Rename the selected item)
10. CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word)
11. CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word)
12. CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph)
13. CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph)
14. CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)
SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document)
15. CTRL+A (Select all)
16. F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)
17. ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item)
18. ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)
19. ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object)
20. ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)
21. CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)
22. ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items)
23. ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened)
24. F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop)
25. F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
26. SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)
27. ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window)
28. CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)
29. ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu) Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command)
30. F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program)
31. RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu)
32. LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu)
33. F5 key (Update the active window)
34. BACKSPACE (View the folder onelevel up in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
35. ESC (Cancel the current task)
36. SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing)

Dialog Box – Keyboard Shortcuts
1. CTRL+TAB (Move forward through the tabs)
2. CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the tabs)
3. TAB (Move forward through the options)
4. SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the options)
5. ALT+Underlined letter (Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option)
6. ENTER (Perform the command for the active option or button)
7. SPACEBAR (Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box)
8. Arrow keys (Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons)
9. F1 key (Display Help)
10. F4 key (Display the items in the active list)
11. BACKSPACE (Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box)

Microsoft Natural Keyboard Shortcuts
1. Windows Logo (Display or hide the Start menu)
2. Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the System Properties dialog box)
3. Windows Logo+D (Display the desktop)
4. Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of the windows)
5. Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restore the minimized windows)
6. Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer)
7. Windows Logo+F (Search for a file or a folder)
8. CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for computers)
9. Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows Help)
10. Windows Logo+ L (Lock the keyboard)
11. Windows Logo+R (Open the Run dialog box)
12. Windows Logo+U (Open Utility Manager)
13. Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts
14. Right SHIFT for eight seconds (Switch FilterKeys either on or off)
15. Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN (Switch High Contrast either on or off)
16. Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK (Switch the MouseKeys either on or off)
17. SHIFT five times (Switch the StickyKeys either on or off)
18. NUM LOCK for five seconds (Switch the Toggle Keys either on or off)
19. Windows Logo +U (Open Utility Manager)
20. Windows Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts
21. END (Display the bottom of the active window)
22. HOME (Display the top of the active window)
23. NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign (*) (Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder)
24. NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+) (Display the contents of the selected folder)

MMC Console keyboard shortcuts
1. SHIFT+F10 (Display the Action shortcut menu for the selected item)
2. F1 key (Open the Help topic, if any, for the selected item)
3. F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
4. CTRL+F10 (Maximize the active console window)
5. CTRL+F5 (Restore the active console window)
6. ALT+ENTER (Display the Properties dialog box, if any, for the selected item)
7. F2 key (Rename the selected item)
8. CTRL+F4 (Close the active console window. When a console has only one console window, this shortcut closes the console)

Remote Desktop Connection Navigation
1. CTRL+ALT+END (Open the Microsoft Windows NT Security dialog box)
2. ALT+PAGE UP (Switch between programs from left to right)
3. ALT+PAGE DOWN (Switch between programs from right to left)
4. ALT+INSERT (Cycle through the programs in most recently used order)
5. ALT+HOME (Display the Start menu)
6. CTRL+ALT+BREAK (Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen)
7. ALT+DELETE (Display the Windows menu)
8. CTRL+ALT+Minus sign (-) (Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)
9. CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+) (Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clip board and provide the same functionality as pressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)

Microsoft Internet Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts
1. CTRL+B (Open the Organize Favorites dialog box)
2. CTRL+E (Open the Search bar)
3. CTRL+F (Start the Find utility)
4. CTRL+H (Open the History bar)
5. CTRL+I (Open the Favorites bar)
6. CTRL+L (Open the Open dialog box)
7. CTRL+N (Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address)
8. CTRL+O (Open the Open dialog box,the same as CTRL+L)
9. CTRL+P (Open the Print dialog box)
10. CTRL+R (Update the current Web page)
11. CTRL+W (Close the current window)
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