Bank PO Questions

An electric arc is a visible plasma discharge between two electrodes that is caused by electrical current ionizing gasses in the air. Electric arcs occur in nature in the form of lightning.

The most number of countries are in the continent Africa. Eventhough, Asia is the biggest continent in its size, Africa is the continent with 54 countries whereas Asia have 48 countries.

Direct tax is a tax directly paid to the government by the individuals or organizations on whom it is imposed. Sales Tax is paid for the sales of certain goods and services.

The Supreme Court of India, the highest court in the Republic of India. There are currently 25 judges (including Chief Justice of India) against a maximum possible strength of 31. As per the Constitution of India, judges of the Supreme Court retire at age 65.

Justice Dipak Misra, from Odisha is the current and 45th head.

Nilambar Acharya has been appointed as the new Nepalese ambassador to India.

Dr Manmohan Singh also announced that the year 2012 would be celebrated as the National Mathematics Year. The Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan was born on 22 December 1887 and died on 26 April 1920.

List of all the National Parties in India and their established years are ::

• India National Congress - 1885

• Communist Party of India - 1925

• CPI (Marxist) - 1964

• Bharatiya Janata Party - 1980

• Bhahujan Samaj Party - 1984

• All India Trinamool Congress - 1998

• Nationalist Congress Party - 1999.

International day of sign language is celebrated annually across the world on 23rd september along with International Week of the Deaf.