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The Ramon Magsaysay Award

Hi Guys, in this post we are gonna discuss about the Ramon Magsaysay Award also called 'Nobel Prize of Asia '. As we all know that international prizes are of much importance in any competitive examination so here we are gonna discuss about the award and some facts which would help you in the exams. The prize was started in 1958 and it is given in the memory of Ramon Magsaysay, the third president of Philippines, by the Philippines government. The prize was established in April 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund which is based in New York City with the co-operation of the Philippine government. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is Asia's premier prize and highest honor. The trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation annually selects the awardees. Awardees are Presented with a Certificate and a medallion with an carved image of Ramon Magsaysay in his right profile. The Awards are presented in formal ceremonies in Manila, capital of Philippines, on ...

All About Nobel Prize and tricks

Hello Guys, today we are gonna talk about the Nobel Prize and some tricks related to it. We all know that the Nobel Prize is most prestigious awards in the world. But we will read about it in a way that will help us in competitive exams. NOBEL PRIZE : The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards given in number of categories namely chemistry, literature, peace, physics, physiology or medicine by the Swedish and Norwegian committees. It was established by the will of Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel in 1895.  Alfred invented dynamite and this made him very rich. But he didn't wanted to be remembered as a person who made money by killing people as he invented dynamite, so he set aside a bulk of his estate to establish the Nobel Prizes to be awarded annually without distinction of nationality. Click Here! Here is a picture of Alfred Nobel.    First awarded in : 1901 The related Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science was established by Sweden's central ban...

ALL ABOUT THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE

Here we are gonna discuss about the MAN BOOKER PRIZE. I think almost everyone have heard about the prize but we don't really know why, when and to whom the prize is given. So here we are gonna discuss everything about it. INTRODUCTION : The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel, written in the English language, and published in UK. It was first awarded in 1969. The winner of the Man Booker Prize is generally assured of international renown and success. At first only Commonwealth, Irish, and zimbabwean citizens were eligible to receive the prize but in 2013 the eligibility was widened to any English language novel published in UK. HISTORY : The Man Booker Prize was formerly known as the Booker-McConnell Prize and is commonly known as the  Booker Prize. Usually the the winner is announced at a ceremony in London's Guildhall, usually in early October. It was known as the Booker-McConnell Prize because it was sponsored b...

SOME MORE TRICKS

Hi guys here i am gonna post some more tricks which i hope will help you to remember some facts that are important in respect of the competitive exams. First trick is to remember the member countries of "OPEC" OPEC means Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. It is an intergovernmental organization petroleum exporting nations, founded in 1960 by five members and headquartered since 1965 in Vienna, Austria. the countries account for 40% of global oil production and 73% of the world's proven oil reserves, making OPEC a major influence on global oil prices. It's official language is English and the Secretary General is "Abdallah Salem el-Badri". OPEC logo is shown below : TRICK : AQUA EVIL SKIN Now to remember this trick just think of an animal which lives in water and the animals living in water are known as aquatic animals so think of an aqua animal which have evil skin like a jelly fish or something else whatever you can think or imagin...

TRICKS FOR GK.

Welcome back guys how is it going? Here i am gonna post some more tricks that will help you remembering gk facts. So let's start... Click Here! First trick is to remember the MAHARATNA companies or PSUs of india. TRICK: GIC'S BACHELOR SON Now to remember the trick  think of a mother who is worried about his son's marriage as we all know all Indian mothers are :) , and the name of the mother is GIC. And the companies are : G - GAIL(Gas Authority of India Limited) I - IOCL(Indian Oil Corporation Limited) C - CIL(Coal India Limited) BACHELOR - BHEL(Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited) S - SAIL(Steel Authority of India Limited) O - ONGC(Oil and Natural Gas Corporation) N - NTPC(National Thermal Power Corporation) Now the second trick. this trick is very important for all IBPS Exams because it is related with the banking sector. this trick will help you remember the head-quaters of Public Sector Banks. TRICK 1 : BANKS WHICH HAVE "OF INDIA" IN THEIR NAME HAVE H...