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27/08/2016

CURRENT AFFAIRS Important Points

1.Union govt launches online library “Sugamya Pustakalaya” for Divyang under Prime Minister’s Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan in New Delhi.
2.A special pink colour envelop under speed post has been launched by the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court Justice Virender Singh with a purpose to expedite judicial process.
3.Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar has announced Sakshi malik as brand ambassador for “Beti Bachao, Beti Padao campaign” in the state.
4.Singapore’s longest serving president Sellapan Ramanathan passes away.Indian-origin Former President of Singapore Sellapan Ramanathan (92-year) passed away.
5.Former Competition Commission of India (CCI) head Ashok Chawla will take charge as Non-Executive Part-time Chairman of the YES Bank .
6.India’s Jawaharlal Nehru Port has signed 400 Million US Dollar agreement with State Bank of India and Development Bank of Singapore for External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) in Navi Mumbai.
7.Raj Kumar Sharma has been chosen for the Dronacharya Award-2016 is associated with Cricket.
8.Telangana state government has proposed a draft notification to create 17 new districts in the state.
9.A Bronze statue of B R Ambedkar (350-feet tall) will be installed at the Ambedkar memorial at Indu Mill land in Mumbai. The statue will be called the ‘Statue of Equality‘.
10.The International Kabaddi Federation has announced that the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup will be hosted in Ahmedabad (Gujarat) between7th to 22nd October 2016.

13/08/2016

# ManekaGandhi kicks off campaign to mark 11 August as Daughters ' Day
• The Ministry of Women and Child Development has launched a social media campaign to mark the Daughters Day to be celebrated on 11th August 2016 by tweeting a picture with her daughter-in-law and grand-daughter.
• The entire coming week will be celebrated by the Ministry of Women and Child Development as Daughters Week, as part of the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao programme to check female foeticide, improve s*x ratio and educate girls across the country.
• Through social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter etc, users from across the country will post photographs online with their Daughters,Daughters-in-law and Granddaughters using the hashtag # BBBPDaughtersWeek .
• This opportunity is being used by the
# Ministry to engage # citizens to celebrate the young women and girls in their lives and spread the message of valuing the girl child.
• Last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Mann Ki Baat address had asked fathers across the country to click selfies with their daughters. The selfies were then retweeted by the PM.

01/08/2016

LONGEST and LARGEST places all over WORLD

1: Longest river (India) --- Ganges
2: Longest river (World) --- Nile
3: Longest Railway(World) --- Trans-Siberian railway
4: Longest Railway Station (World) --- Grand Central Terminal, Chicago (U.S.A.)
5: The longest tributary river of India --- Yamuna
6: The longest river of the south India --- Godavari
7: Longest Electric railway line in India --- From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna
8: Longest Road in India --- Grand Trunk Road
9: State with longest coastline in India --- Gujarat
10: Longest tunnel in India --- Jawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir)
11: Longest national highway in India --- NH-7 which runs from Varanasi to Kanyakumari
12: Longest Dam in India --- Hirakund Dam (Orissa)
13: Longest River Bride in India --- Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna
14: Longest Populated City in India --- Mumbai (1.60 crore)
15: Longest Railway Platform --- Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)
16: State with longest coastline of South India --- Andhra Pradesh
17: Longest Beach in India --- Marina Beach, Chennai
18: Largest Church in India --- Saint Cathedral (Goa)
19: Largest Zoo (India) --- Zoological Gardens, Alipur, Kolkata
20: Largest cave temple in India --- Kailash temple, Ellora (Maharashtra

31/07/2016

Good Afternoon News 30/7/2016

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds meeting with top ministers to discuss GST; Bill to come up for consideration and passage in Rajya Sabha next week.
• Normal life thrown out of gear in various states due to continuous rain and floods; Union Home minister Rajnath Singh to visit Assam today to take stock of the situation.
• Supreme Court asks centre to file a status report on the prevailing situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
• Data from Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign hacked as part of a larger cyber intrusion against Democratic Party; FBI investigating the incident.
• In Syria 35 civillians killed in US-led airstrikes.
• Last date of filing Income Tax return extended upto 5th August; For Jammu and Kashmir date extended till 31st August.
• Second Test between India and the West Indies to begin in Kingston, Jamaica this evening.

29/07/2016

CURRENT AFFAIRS Important Points

1.Bezwada Wilson and TM Krishna win Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2016.
Human rights activist Bezwada Wilson was born in Karnataka has been lauded for his efforts towards asserting the inalienable right to a life of human dignity.
South Indian classical musician TM Krishna has been awarded for ensuring social inclusiveness in culture.
2.The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Brazil free of measles due to no case of the disease was registered in the last year.
3.State bank of india (SBI) has used Indian Oil Corporation’s ‘Kisan Seva Kendras’ to extend banking facilities to farmers across the country.
4.Eminent diplomat Arundhati Ghose (76-year) has passed away at her residence in Delhi.
5.Dakshayani (86-year) is all set to enter the Guinness World Records as the oldest living elephant.
6.Chief Minister of Odisa Naveen Patnaik has announced Rs. 60 lakh cash for six sports persons of the state who have qualified for the Rio Olympics 2016.
7.Archaeologist Budha Rashmi Mani has been appointed as Director General (DG) of National Museum
8.A K Manocha is Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC).
9.Indian e-commerce company Flipkart Ltd has acquired online retail portal Jabong through its unit Myntra.
10.Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan has launched first water Metro project in Kochi, Kerala.

28/07/2016

BOOKS and their AUTHORS recently released

True Colours — Adam Gilchrist
☀️Storm Over the Sutlej–Akali
☀️Politics — A.M. Narang
☀️My Life Struggle — Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
☀️Asking for Trouble — Amreek Singh
☀️Sandy Storms — Sandeep Patil
☀️Runs in Ruins — Sunil Gavaskar
☀️Assam-A Valley Divided — Shekhar Gupta
☀️Speaking for My Life — Cherry Blair
☀️The Things About Thugs — Tabish Nair
☀️The Heritage of Sikhs — Harbans Singh
☀️Secular Perception in Sikh Faith — K.M. Duggal
☀️Basanti — Bhishma Sahani
☀️Rich Like Us — Nayantara Sehgal
☀️Reflection on our Time — P.N. Haksar
☀️Hinduism — Nirad C. Chaudhari
☀️Bliss was in that Dawn — Minoo Masani
☀️Netaji and Gandhi — Shashi Ahluwalia
☀️Survivors — Randheer Khare
☀️Alone in the Multitude — Amrita Pritam
☀️Swami and Friends — R.K. Narain
☀️Terrorism in India — Shaileshwar Jha
☀️Struggle For Change — K.B. Lal
☀️The Indian Epics Retold — R. K. Narayan
☀️Indian Drama — Chelapati Rao
☀️The Last Hero — Mihir Bose
☀️You cannot Please every one — Kavita Sarkar
☀️Mrs. Gandhi’s Second Regime — Arun Shourie
☀️The Emerging Developing Countries — P.G. Salve
☀️Pakistan-The Gathering Storms — Benazir Bhutto
☀️The Morarji Papers — Arun Gandhi
☀️The Lord of the Flies — William Goldings
☀️Agnigarbha — Amrat Lal Nagar

21/07/2016

Current Affairs Capsule 20.7.2016
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1. Rohit Khandelwal has become the first Indian to win the coveted title of Mr. World at a grand ceremony at Southport Theatre, Floral Hall, The Promenade, South port U.K.
2. A Nigerian journalist Didi Akinyelure has won the second BBC World News Komla Dumor Award for 2016.
3. A Canadian university will conduct the world’s first Zika vaccine test on humans in the coming days.
4. All Gram Panchayats in the country will be connected through Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) by 2018.
5. Dr. Nasim Zaidi, Chief Election Commissioner of India , Mr. A. K. Joti and Mr. O.P. Rawat, Election Commissioners of India launched the “SVEEP Portal” in Hindi language.
6. India will host the BRICS Policy Planning Dialogue on 26th of this month at Patna in Bihar.
7. Noted Indian hockey player Mohammed Shahid (56-year) passed away due to multiple organ failure.
8. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised downward its global economic growth forecast for next year after the British people voted to leave the European Union.
9. Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in as Australia’s prime minister for another term after a narrow election victory with budget repair and a public vote on same s*x marriage among his top priorities.
10. Former South Africa fast bowler Steve Elworthy (51-year) has been appointed as Managing Director of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.

20/07/2016

CURRENT AFFAIRS

1.The 2016 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit 2016 was held at?
Ans-Warsaw - Capital of Poland
2.Who is the newly appointed Union Minister of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)?
Ans-Prakash Javadekar
3.Who has become the first-ever Indian gymnast to be certified as “World Class Gymnast” by the International Federation of Gymnastics (IFG)?
Ans-Dipa Karmakar
4.How much interest subsidy for farmers has been approved by Union Government for FY 2016-17?
Ans-5%
5.Which bank during July 2016 launched a full-fledged digital banking service for small and medium enterprises (SME)?
Anss-HDFC
6.Abbas Kiarostami, the immensely acclaimed and influential writer-director from which country died recently (July 2016)?
Ans-Iran
7.Who is the newly appointed Union Minister of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting?
Anss-Venkaiah Naidu
8.Om Prakash Sonik, who passed away recently, was a famous personality of which field?
Anss-Film
9.Shankar Acharya committee has been constituted during July 2016 by Union Government for?
Ans-Examine the feasibility of a new financial year
10.What is the India’s rank in the 2016 Networked Readiness Index (NRI)?
ANS-91

15/07/2016

• India hits back at Pakistan for raising the issue of killing of a terrorist in Kashmir in the UN.
• Home Minister reviews situation in Jammu and Kashmir at a high level meeting; Normal life remains affected in the valley.
• MET department says monsoon covers entire country two days before its normal date.
• ACB issues notice to Sheila Diksh*t in the alleged 400 crore rupee water tanker scam.
• Wholesale inflation rises to 1.62 per cent in June against 0.79 per cent last month.

09/07/2016

List of awards and their fields in India:

1. Grammy – Music
2. Tansen Award- Music
3. Magsaysay Award- Public Service, Leadership, Journalism, Literature and creative arts and international understanding
4. Man Booker prize: Authors of Novels
5. Pulitzer – Journalism and Literature
6. Bowelay – Agriculture
7. Right Livelihood Award: Field of environment and social justics
8. Kalinga – Science
9. Dhanwantri – Medical science
10. Bhatnagar – Science
11. Nobel prize – Peace, Literature, Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Medical science
12. Shaurya Chakra- Civilian or Military Personnel
13. Ashok Chakra: Civilians
14. Param Vir Chakra- Military
15. Abel-Maths
16. Kalidas Samman- Classical Music, Classical Dance and Arts
17. Vyas Samman- Literature
18. Merlin-Magic
19. Bharat ratna-Art, Science, Public services, Sports
20. Bhartiya Jnanpeeth Award: Literary
21. Sahitya Akademi Award: Literary
22. Dhanvantri Award: Medical Sciences
23. R.D. Birla Award: Medical sciences
24. Lenin Peace Prize: Peace and Friendship
25. Juliet Curie Award: Peace
26. Sahitya Akademi Award- Books in Indian Languages and Ebnglish
27. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award- Science and Technology
28. Sangeet-Natak Akademi Award- Music, dance and Drama
29. Lalit Kala Akademi Award- Arts
Sports Awards:
30. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: Players
31. Dronacharya Award: Sports coaches
32. Dhyan Chand- Sports
33. Ekalavya Award- Sports
34. Kolanka Cup- Ekalavya Award- Sports
35. Arjuna Award: Sport
36. Maharaja Ranjit Singh- Ekalavya Award- Sports
Film Awards:
37. Oscar – Film
38. Dada sahib phalke – Film
39. BAFTA Awards- Television, Films, Video Games and Animation
40. Asianet Film Awards
41. Nandi Awards
42. cinema Awards
43. Vijay Awards
44. SIIMA Awards
45. Sun Kudumbam Awards
46. Santhosham Awards
47. Screen Awards

08/07/2016

Pure Current Affairs
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1) How many new ministers were inducted on 5 July 2016 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Council of Ministers as he expanded it for the second time since 2014? – 19
2) Who was allotted the important portfolio of Human Resources Development Ministry in the Cabinet reshuffle in the Narendra Modi Govt. on 5 July 2016? – Prakash Javadekar
3) What is the name of the spacecraft of the US space agency NASA that arrived at Jupiter on 4 July 2016 and initiated its attempts to join its orbits? – Juno
4) Which port during July 2016 became country’s first port with the facility of logistical data identification tagging? – Jawahar Lal Nehru Port (Mumbai)
5) Which footballer from Mohali recently created history by becoming the first from India to feature in a UEFA Europa League match? – Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
6) The second edition of “BRICS Youth Summit” was held from 1 to 3 July 2016 in which Indian city? – Guwahati

03/07/2016

CURRENT AFFAIRS Important Points
1.Viswanathan Anand honoured with ‘Honoris Causa’ Doctor of Science degree by Indian Institute Of Technology.
2.Firebrand leader Rodrigo Duterte has been sworn in as the Philippines’ president.
3.The National Statistics Day is being observed every year on 29 June with theme “Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare”
4.The Assam Government has recently granted district status to Majuli, a river island in the Brahmaputra River. Majuli has become the first river island district of India.
5.Ballistic missile Barak-8 has been successfully tested from Balasore district of Odisha.
6.Renowned Marathi literary scholar Dr. Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere (86-year) passed away.
7.Railway Ministry will install CCTV cameras at one thousand railway stations across the country.
8.India has supplied 60 modern passenger coaches to Bangladesh Railway.
9.India’s leading food Product Company Amul has signed up as the official sponsor for the Indian contingent to the Rio Olympics 2016.
10.Sameer Mon emerges fastest athlete of Nat’l Inter-state Athletics with 10.60 sec

02/07/2016

CURRENT AFFAIRS Important Points

1.The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India Shashi Kant Sharma has been conferred with the honorary professorship by the Nanjing Audit University (NAU), China.
2.Four Indian-Americans have been honoured with prestigious Great Immigrants: The Pride of America Award 2016.These are
a)Sunder Pichai is CEO of internet search engine giant Google.
b)Hari Sreenivasan is broadcast journalist associated with the PBS NewsHour.
c)Vikram Malhotra is associated with McKinsey.
d)Bharati Mukherjee is award-winning author. She is professor emerita in the department of English at the University of California, Berkeley
3.The National Statistics Day is being observed every year on 29 June .It is celebrated annually on the occasion of Birth anniversary of India’s eminent statistician Late Prof Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis.
2016 Theme: “Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare”.
4.The Union Cabinet has approved Memorandum of Understanding between Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC), Bhutan.
5.Rodrigo Duterte has been sworn in as the Philippines’ president,
6.Suzuki Motors appoints scion Toshihiro Suzuki as CEO.
7.Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has launched Nivaran, an online system for redressal of service related grievance of serving and former Railway employees.
8.Amul has signed up as the official sponsor for the Indian contingent to the Rio Olympics 2016..
9.The Assam Government has granted district status to Majuli. It will become the 34th district of Assam.
10.HRD Minister launches teacher education portal ‘Prashikshak ’for District Institutes of Education and Training in New Delhi.

01/07/2016

IIFA Awards 2016 Winners

1.Best Film: Bajrangi Bhaijaan
2.Best Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Bajirao Mastani
3.Best Actor (Male): Ranveer Singh for Bajirao Mastani
4.Best Actor (Female): Deepika Padukone for Piku
5.Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male): Anil Kapoor for Dil Dhadakne Do
6.Best Actor in Supporting Role (Female): Priyanka Chopra for Bajirao Mastani
7.Best Actor in Negative Role: Darshan Kumar for NH10
8.Best Performance in Comic Role: Deepak Dobriyal for Tanu Weds Manu Returns
9.Best Debut Actor (Male): Vicky Kaushal for Masaan
10.Best Debut Actor (Female): Bhumi Pednekar for Dum Laga Ke Haisha
11.Best Debut Couple: Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty for Hero
12.Best Story: Juhi Chaturvedi for Piku
13.Best Playback Singer (Female): Monali Thakur for Moh Moh Ke Dhaage (Dum Laga Ke Haisha)
14.Best Playback Singer (Male): Papon for Moh Moh Ke Dhaage
15.Best Lyrics: Varun Grover for Moh Moh Ke Dhaage
16.Special Award: Woman of the Year- Priyanka Chopra
17.Best Cinematography: Sudeep Chatterjee for Bajirao Mastani
18.Best Screenplay: Kabir Khan, Parveez Shaikh, V. Vijayendra Prasad for Bajrangi Bhaijaan
19.Best Dialogue: Juhi Chaturvedi for Piku
20.Best Editing: A Sreekar Prasad for Talvar
21.Best Production Design: Saloni Dhatrak, Sriram Iyengar, Sujeet Sawant for Bajirao Mastani
22.Best Choreography: Remo D’souza for Pinga (Bajirao Mastani)
23.Best Action: Shyam Kaushal for Bajirao Mastani
24.Best Sound Design: Bishwadeep Chatterjee and Nihar Ranjal Samal for Bajirao Mastani
25.Best Song Engineer: Tanay Gajjar for Deewani Mastani (Bajirao Mastani)
26.Best Sound Mixing: Ajay Kumar PB for Badlapur
27.Best Background Score: Sanchit Balhara for Bajirao Mastani
28.Best Special Effects: Prasad Sutara for Bajirao Mastani
29.Best Costume Designing: Anju Modi and Maxima Basu for Bajirao Mastani
30.Best Make Up: Vikram Gaikwad for Datto (Tanu Weds Manu Returns)

30/06/2016

CURRENT AFFAIRS Important Points

1.A government-appointed panel has selected N S Vishwanathan as a Reserve Bank of India deputy governor replacing incumbent H R Khan.
2.Sujoy Bose appointed CEO of NIIF (National Investment and Infrastructure Fund ) Ltd.
3.Gudni Johannesson New President of Iceland.He will succeed Olafur Ragnar Grimsson
4.Uttar Pradesh government has declared that all natural calamities including unseasonal heavy rain, lightning, Loo and storm etc will be treated as state disaster.
5.Prime Minister Narendra Modi has released a book titled “The Birds of Banni Grassland” in New Delhi.The book was presented to the Prime Minister by the Scientists of Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE).
6.Xerxes Desai founder of Titan passes away in banglore.
7.Anju Bobby George and Pullela Gopichand have been named as the members of Khelo India.
Khelo India is a national programme launched by the Union Government for the development of sports in the country.
8.The Argentina women’s team has claimed a record seventh International Hockey Federation Champions Trophy title with a 2-1 win over reigning World and Olympic champions, the Netherlands, in the final at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre.
9.India has become the 35th member of the Missile Technology Control Regime in June 2016.
10.Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has been bestowed with an Honorary Fellowship by an Indian students body (NISAU) in the United Kingdom (UK) for his contributions to world peace and culture.

29/06/2016

Mid-day News 28 June 2016
1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi says India needs to be alert all the time in its engagement with Pakistan.
2. United States says India as a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) will strengthen international non-proliferation.
3. Uttar Pradesh government declares all natural calamities including lightning, storm and heat stroke to be treated as state disaster.
4. CSIR launches an anti diabetic ayurvedic drug BGR -34.
5. In Yemen, at least 42 people killed and 24 injured in triple bomb attacks in south-eastern city of Mukalla.
6. In Sports; Iceland stuns England 2-1, in the EURO Football Championships to enter the quarterfinals .
7. National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships, begins today in Hyderabad.

26/11/2015

FAMOUS HISTORICAL MONUMENTS OF INDIA
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** Ajanta- Ellora Caves (Aurangabad,Mah
arashtra) : Gupta rulers
** Aram Bagh (Agra,UP) : Babur
** Agra Fort (Agra,UP) : Akbar
** Akbar’s Mausoleum (Sikandra,UP) :
Akbar
** Itmad-ud-daula Fort (Agra,UP) :
Noorjahan
** Bibi Ka Maqbara (Aurangabad,Mah
arashtra) : Aurangzeb
** Char Minar (Hyderabad,Andhra
Pradesh) : Quli Qutub Shah
** Deewan-e- Khas (Agra Fort,UP) :
Shahjahan
** Elephanta’s cave (Mumbai,Maharas
htra) : Rashtrakuta rulers
** Fatehpur Sikri (Agra,UP) : Akbar
** Ferozshah Kotla (Delhi) : Ferozshan
Tughlaq
** Gateway of India (Mumbai,Maharas
htra) : British Govt.
** Hawa Mahal (Jaipur,Rajasthan) :
Maharaja Pratap Singh
** Humayun’s Tomb (Delhi) : Humayun’s
wife
** Jama Masjid (Agra,UP) : Shahjahan
** Jama masjid (Delhi) : Shahjahan
** Jagannath Temple (Puri,Odisha)
Anantvarman Ganga
** Jantar-Mantar (Delhi) : Sawai Jai
Singh
** Jim Corbett Park (Nainital,Uttar
akhand) : Sir Malcom Hailley
** Jodhpur Fort (Jodhpur,Rajasthan) :
Rao Jodhaji
** Makka Masjid (Hyderabad,Andhra
Pradesh) : Quli Qutub Shah
** Moti Masjid (Agra Fort,UP) :
Shahjahan
** Moti Masjid (Delhi Fort) : Aurangzeb
** Qutub Minar (Delhi) : Qutubuddin
Aibak
** Red Fort (Delhi) : Shahjahan
** Sabarmati Ashram (Ahmadabad,Guja
rat) : Mahatma Gandhi
** Shantiniketan (West Bengal) :
Rabindra Nath Tagore
** Shish Mahal (Agra,UP) : Shahjahan
** Shalimar Garden (Srinagar,J & K) :
Jahangir
** Sun Temple (Kornak,Odisha) :
Narsimhadeva I
** Swarna Mandir (Golden Temple)
(Amritsar,Punjab) : Guru Ramdas
** Tajmahal (Agra,UP) : Shahjahan
** Vellure Math (Kolkata,West Bengal) :
Swami Vivekanand

25/11/2015

Important General Knowledge Questions Answers on Indian ...
1: Approx __ % of Indian population is still Agriculturist.
Ans: 58%
2. Contribution of agriculture to Gross National Product is approximately ?
Ans: 17.5%
3. How much population is living below poverty line in India ?
Ans: Approx 26%
4. The best indicator of economic development of any country is ?
Ans: Its per capita income
5. What is the mainstay of Indian economy ?
Ans: Agriculture
6. India is the largest milk producing country in the world .
Ans: True
7. Who was the father of Operation Flood ?
Ans: Dr. Verghese Kurien
8. The increase in oil seeds production was due to ?
Ans: Yellow revolution
9. The progress in increase of fish production was called.
Ans: Blue revolution
10. Which state is the biggest tea producer in the country ?
Ans: Assam
11. India holds the third position in production of Sugar cane.
Ans: False
12. National Agriculture Insurance Scheme was implemented on.
Ans: Oct. 1999
13. Which is not a Kharif Crop ?
Ans: Wheat
14. The data of estimation of India's National income is issued by ?
Ans: Central Statistical Organsation
15. The concept of Economic Planning in India is derived from ?
Ans: Russia

24/11/2015

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1. Name of the first Atomic Submarine of India ?
Ans: I.N.S Chakra
2. What is the name of first British to visit India ?
Ans: Hawkins
3. Name of the first commissioner of India ?
Ans: Sukumar Sen.
4. Name of the first university of India ?
Ans: Nalanda University.
5. Where is India's First nuclear centre ?
Ans: Tarapur
6. Name of the first Chinese pilgrim to visit India ?
Ans: Fa-hien
7. Name of first foreign recipient of Bharat Ratna ?
Ans: Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
8. Where was the first Post Office opened in ?
Ans: Kolkata in 1727
9. Name of the first deputy Prime Minister of India ?
Ans: Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
10. Name of first Space Tourist of India ?
Ans: Santosh George
11. Name of the first Aircraft Carrier Indian Ship ?
Ans: I.N.S. Vikrant
12. Name of First Indian who reached south pole ?
Ans: Col. I K Bajaj
13. Name of first Indian who won Billiards Trophy ?
Ans: Wilson Jones
14. Name of the First Indian Prime Minister who resigned from Office ?
Ans: Moraji Desai
15. First Indian recipient of Award ?
Ans: Bhanu Athaiya

23/11/2015

: Terms
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=> Absolute Zero—The starting point of absolute temperature where all molecular motion ceases.
=> Artificial Gravity—This is actually the creation of centrifugal force by causing a craft-like object, the popularly known space station, to slowly rotate. This is just one more attempt to imitate the natural environment.
=> Astronaut—One who is chosen to go on flights into space.
=> Capsule—The original container for the astronauts in their orbiting flights around the earth. It is sealed tight and can maintain for an extended period of time an environment suitable for life to exist.
=> Command Module—The section of the Apollo space craft which houses the crew of three astronauts and which is the only reentering unit of the main sub-system used during the flight.
=> Communication Satellite—A satellite which is equipped to act as a middle relay station for a transmitting and receiving station pair thousands of miles apart. These wouldn't have to rely upon ground cables which are not always available between the two points.
=> Docking—The joining together of two separate units in space although the two are not launched at the same time. This requires very careful selection of orbit and speed of the chasing vehicle to catch up with the pursued vehicle.
=> Rocket—A device which can produce thrust by burning fuel and is capable of moving itself as a result of reaction.
=> Space Suit—A suit which can provide the necessary environment for an astronaut in case of cabin pressure failure. If he wishes to go outside and around the ship as it travels through space, he will wear the suit temporarily while he is in space.
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22/11/2015

Companies & Founders smile emoticon
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1. — Larry Page and Sergey Brin
2. — Mark Zuckerberg
3. — David Filo and Jerry Yang
4. — Jack Dorsey and Dick Costolo
5. — Tim Berners Lee
6. LinkedIn— Reid Hoffman, Allen Blue and Koonstantin Guericke
7. — Shiva Ayyadurai
8. Gtalk— Richard Wah kan
9. Whats up— Laurel Kirtz
10. Hotmail— Sabeer Bhatia
11. — Jimmy Wales
12. You tube— Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and JawedKarim
13. Rediff— Ajit Balakrishnan
14. Nimbuzz— Martin Smink and Evert Jaap Lugt
15. — Chris Dewolfe and Tom Anderson
16. Ibibo— Ashish Kashyap
17. — Alec Oxenford and Fabrice Grinda
18. Skype— Niklas Zennstrom,JanusFriis and Reid Hoffman
19. Opera— Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner and Geir lvarsoy
20. Mozilla Firefox— Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross
21. — Evan Williams

21/11/2015

ist of Foreign Book and authors..........
Book-Author
*The Wealth of Nation-Adam Smith
*Mein Kampf-Adolf Hi**er
*The World as I See It-Albert Einstein
*Politics-Arastu
*The Red Sari (Congress President ,Biography of Soniya Gandhi)-Javier Moro
*A Passage to India-E.M. Forster
*Long Walk to Freedom-Nelson Mandela
*A Journey-Tony Blair
*Mr. Oliver's Diary-Ruskin Bond
*The Jungal Book-Rudyard Kipling

20/11/2015

About :
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1. Area- 32,87,263 sq-km( 2.4% of world area)
2. Population-1.271 billion (17.5% of world population)
3. India shares international land boundary with 7 countries namely-pakistan, china, Nepal, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, bhutan, Myanmar .
4. India is separated from srilanka by pak-strait
5. Longest boundary line with Bangladesh
6. Shortest boundary line with Afghanistan
7. Radcliff is the international boundary line between India and Pakistan.
8. Mac- mohan line--- between india and china
10. India’s largest frontier- 15,200 kms
11. India’s north to south distance-3,214 kms
12. India’s east to west distance---2,93
3kms
13. India’s northern most point---kilik dhawan pass (jammu & kashmir)
14. Southern most point—pygmollian point (great nicobar islands) or Indira point.
15. India’s eastern most point—purvancha
l mountains(arunachal Pradesh)
16. India’s western most point-Rann of kutch (Gujarat)
17. Total coastline length-7516.6kms (including islands)
18. India’s mainland coastline length-6100kms (9 states)
19. India has 29 states and 7 UT’S
20. Largest state-rajastan
21. Smallest state-goa
22. Most populous state- Uttar Pradesh
23. Least populous state- Sikkim
24. Largest UT- Andaman and nicobar islands
25. Smallest UT –lakshadweep
26. India is 7th largest country in the world
27. 2nd populous country in the world
28. National bird of india- peacock
29. National animal of india- tiger
30. National flower-lotus
31. National fruit- mango
32. National song- vandemataram
33. National game- hockey
34. National tree- banyan
35. National emblem- the lion capital of ashoka at sarnath.

19/11/2015

Some miscellaneous GK..........................
1. सिंधु घाटी सभ्यता की लिपि को भावचित्रात्मक कहा जाता था।
2. सिंधु घाटी सभ्यता की लिपि दायें से बाएं लिखी जाती थी।
3. विजयनगर के सबसे प्रतापी राजा कृष्ण देवराय थे।
4. आमुक्त माल्यदा" नामक पुस्तक कृष्ण देवराय ने लिखी थी।
5. महाबलीपुरम के तट मंदिर नर्सिंग वर्मन 1st ने बनवाए थे।
6. ज्वारीय वन सुन्दर वन में पाये जाते है।
7. ज्वारीय वन को मैंग्रोव वन भी कहा है।
8. ब्रोमीन नामक पदार्थ द्रव अवस्था में पाया जाता है।
9. अम्लीय वर्षा का कारण नाइट्रोजन और सल्फर के ऑक्साइड है।
10. किसी वस्तु का ph मान 6 से कम हो तो वह वस्तु अम्लीय होती है।
11. किसी वस्तु का ph मान 7 से ऊपर होगा तो वह वस्तु क्षारीय होती है।
12. Ph का अर्थ है - power of hydrozen
13. Ph scale की खोज सोरेन्सन ने की।
14. जो वस्तु प्रकृति के वातावरण में मिलकर नष्ट हो जाती है उसे जैव निम्नीकरण कहते है जैसे- कागज, लकड़ी
15. जो वस्तु प्रकृति के वातावरण में मिलकर नष्ट नहीं होती है उसे जैव अनिम्मीकरण कहते है जैसे- प्लास्टिक, पोलोथिन
16. गीता का फ़ारसी भाषा में अनुवाद दारा सिकोह ने किया था।
17. दारा सिकोह, औरंगजेब का भाई था।
18. दारा सिकोह की हत्या औरंगजेब ने की थी।
19. कोई विधेयक धन विधेयक है या नहीं इसका फैसला लोक सभा अध्यक्ष करता है ।
20. 22 मार्च को विश्व जल दिवस मनाया जाता है।
21. पुष्पहीन पौधों को ब्रायोफाइट कहते है।
22. सबसे लम्बी सड़क ग्रांड ट्रंक रोड।
23. सबसे अधिक वनाच्छदित राज्य है - मध्य प्रदेश।
24. सबसे लम्बा रेल मार्ग है - डिब्रुगढ़ से कन्याकुमारी (4278)।
25. प्रथम भारतीय महिला राजयपाल थी - साोजिनी नायडू