First Schedule

List of States and Union Territories.

Second Schedule
Salary of President, Governors, Chief Judges, Judges of High Court and Supreme Cour, Comptroller
and Auditor General.
Third Schedule
Forms of Oaths and affirmations.
Fourth Schedule
Allocate seats for each State of India in Rajya Sabha.
Fifth Schedule
Administration and control of Scheduled Areas and Tribes.
Sixth Schedule
Provisions for administration of Tribal Area in Asom, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal
Pradesh.
Seventh Schedule
Gives allocation of power and functions between Union and States. It contains three lists
Union List for Central Government having 98 subjects
State List for Powers of State Government having 62 subjects
Concurrent List for both Union and State with 52 subjects
Eighth Schedule
List of 22 languages of India recognized by constitution.
Assamese
Bengali
Gujarati
Hindi
Kannada
Kashmiri
Konkani (added in 1992 by 71st amendment)
Malayalam
Manipuri (added in 1992 by 71st amendment)
Marathi
Nepali (added in 1992 by 71st amendment)
Orya
Punjabi
Sanskrit
Sindhi (added in 1967 by 21st amendment)
Tamil
Telegu
Urdu
Santhali (added in 2003 by 92nd amendment)
Bodo (added in 2003 by 92nd amendment)
Maithili (added in 2003 by 92nd amendment)
Dogri (added in 2003 by 92nd amendment)
Ninth Schedule

Added by 1st amendment in 1951. Contains acts and orders related to land tenure, land tax,
railways, industries. (Right of Property not a fundamental right now.)
Tenth Schedule
Added by 52nd amendment in 1985. Contains provisions of disqualifiation on the grounds of
defection
Eleventh Schedule
By 73rd amendment in 1992. Contains provisions of Panchayati Raj.
Twelfth Schedule
By 74th amendment in 1992. Contains provisions of Municipal Corporation.


Bhakra Nangal Project
It is on Sutlaj river in Punjab. It is dam highest in India with a height of 226 meter. Reservoir is called
Gobind Sagar Lake.
Mandi Project
On Beas in Himachal Pradesh.
Chambal Valley Project
On Chambal river in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Three dams are there:
Gandhi Sagar Dam
Rana Pratap Sagar Dam
Jawahar Sagar Dam
Damodar Valley Project
On Damodar in Bihar. Based on Tennessee Valley Project, USA.
Hirakud Project
On Mahanadi in Odisha. World's longest dam: 4801 meter.
Rihand Project
On Son in Mirzapur. Reservoir is called Goind Vallabh Pant reservoir.
Kosi Project
On Kosi river in North Bihar.
Mayurakshi Project
On Mayurakshi river in West Bengal
Kakrapara Project
On Tapi in Gujarat
Nizamsagar Project
On Manjra in Andhra Pradesh
Nagarjunasagar Project
On Krishna in Andhra Pradesh
Tungabhadra Project
On Tungabhadra river in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
Shivsamudram Project
On Cauvery in Karnatka. It is the oldest river valley project of India (1902).
Tata Hydel Scheme
On Bhima in Maharashtra.
Sharavathi Hydel Project
On Jog Falls in Karnataka.
Kundah and Periyar Project
In Tamil Nadu
Farakka Project
On Ganga in West Bengal. Apart from power and irrigation it helps to remove silt for easy navigation.
Ukai Project
On Tapi in Gajarat.
Mahi Project
On Mahi in Gujarat.
Salal Project
On Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir.
Mata Tilla Multipurpose Project
On Betwa river in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
Thein Project
On Ravi river in Punjab.
Pong Dam
On Beas river in Punjab.
Tehri Project
On Bhagirthi river in Uttarakhand
Sardar Sarovar Project
On Narmada river in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.


1. Which Asian river is sometimes referred to as The Road to Mandalay?
Answer: Irrawaddy (Myanmar)

2. Where is the headquarters of the Transparency International?
Answer: Berlin (Germany)

3. Which international organization was founded by Peter Eigen?
Answer: Transparency International

4. Which is the worlds most saline lake?
Answer: Lake Vanda (Antarctica)

5. A projectile launched at which degree angle has the greatest range?
Answer: 45 degree angle

6. What is the unit of measurement of cotton?
Answer: Bales

7. Which metal is added to fireworks to get the lilac colour?
Answer: Potassium

8. Which acid is used to acidify foods and beverages such as various colas?
Answer: Phosphoric Acid

9. What kind of creature is a silverfish?
Answer: Wingless insect

10. Which animals walking style is known as Knuckle walking?
Answer: Gorillas and Chimpanzees

11. Which countrys official currency is the Renminbi?
Answer: China..


TOP 10 REMARKABLE ENGINEERS OF ALL TIME.

10. Alan Turing :
Alan Turing developed the binary architecture now used in all computers, as well as much of the
theory behind computers.

9. Nicolaus Otto : Nicolaus Otto was a German ENGINEER credited with developing the four-stroke
or Otto-cycle engine which sparked the development of the motor care.

8. Nikola Tesla : Every electrical engineer should have a picture of Nikola tattooed somewhere on
their bodies. Maybe not a tattoo but at least have a picture of him hanging in their office. Teslas
inventions make him arguably the greatest electrical engineer of all time. His inventions include
fluorescent lighting, the Tesla coil, the induction motor, and 3-phase electricity. He developed the
AC-current
generation system comprised of a motor and a transformer.

7. Archimedes : It was Archimedes who came up with the simple yet clever idea of determining an
objects volume by measuring the amount of water displaced by the object.

6. James Watt : James Watt was an enthusiastic ENGINEER whose improvement of the steam engine
sparked the Industrial Revolution .

5. Hero of Alexandria : This man could have started the Industrial Revolution in 50 AD with the
invention of the Aeolipile, a form of steam or jet engine where jets of steam spin a ball. However, he
failed to realize what the device
could do, and thought of it as nothing but a toy. .

4. Wilbur and Orville Wright : The Wright brothers were the first to look at propeller design
and aerodynamics, profoundly changing the world.

3. Henry Ford : Ford produced cars at a record-
breakingrate forever changing the automobile industry.

2. Thomas Edison : Edison is the most prolific inventor in history, holding a record 1,097 patents.

1. Leonardo da Vinci : Leonardo foresaw everything from the helicopter to the tank to the
submarine. There have been few individuals in the history of engineering who have designed so
many revolutionary devices that
actually worked .

Numbers in Human Body.

Number of bones 206.
Number of ribs 24.
Number of bones in skull 22.
Number of bones in face 14.
Number of bones in neck 7 .
Number of bones in Vertebral column 33.
Number of bones in hand 30 .
Respiratory rate 16-20
times / minute .
Number of heart beat 70-72 times/minute.
Number of pulse- 70-72
times / minute .
Blood pressure 120/80 mm of Hg.
Number of Cranial nerves 12 pairs .
Number of spinal nerves 31 pairs .
Life span of R.B.C 120 days .
Life span of W.BC 10-15 Days .
Life span of platelets 5-9 days.
Amount of blood 5-6 Liter


National Games of Various Countries

USA - Baseball
Spain - Bull Fighting
Canada - Ice Hockey
New Zealand - Rugby Union
India - Hockey
Pakistan - Hockey
Bangladesh - Kabbadi
Srilanka - Volley ball
Russia - Football and Chess
China - Table Tennis
Brazil - Football
France - Football
England - Cricket
Japan - Judo
Australia - Cricket
Malaysia - Badminton
Scotland - Rugby Football
Indonesia - Badminton
Bhutan - Archery
Switzerland - Shooting and Gymnastics
Turkey - Wrestling and Jereed


Arjun Awards for cricket
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1. 1961 Saleem Durani
2. 1964Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi
...
41. 2006 Anjum Chopra
42. 2009Gautam Gambhir
43. 2010Jhulan Goswami
44. 2011 Zaheer Khan
45. 2012 Yuvraj Singh
46. 2013 Virat Kohli


FAMOUS PERSONS & THEIR NICKNAMES

1. Bengali Tiger - Bipin Chandra Pal
2. Punjab Lion, Punjab Kesari - Lala Lajpat Rai
3. Sher- e -Punjab - Ranjit Singh
4. Lion of Kashmir - Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah
5. Mysore Tiger - Tippu Sultan
6. Bard of Avon - William Shakespeare
7. Sage of Kanchi - Sankaracharya
8. Bird man of India - Salim Ali
9. Maratha Kesari - Bal Gangadhar Tilak
10. Bapu - Gandhiji
11. Babuji - Jagjeevan Ram
12. Indian Machiavelli - Chanakya
13. Indian Napoleon - Samudragupta
14. Indian Bismarck - Sardar Vallabhai Patel
15. Indian Shakespeare - Kalidasa
16. Deenabandhu - C.F Andrews
17. Deshabandhu - C.R Das
18. Who is known as Prince of Beggars - Madan Mohan Malaviya
19. Who is known as Prince of Patriots - Subash Chandra Bose
20. Who is known as prince of Martyrs - Bhagat Singh
21. Who is known as prince of Builders - Shahjahan
22. Who is known as prince of Pilgrims - Hiuen Tsang
23. Who is known as prince of Autobiography - Babur
24. Who is known as prince of Money Makers - Muhammad bin Tughlaq
25. Who is known as prince of Pilgrims - Hiuen Tsang
26. Who is known as Grand old man of Indian Journalism - Tushar Kanti Ghosh
27. Man of Destiny - Napoleon Bonaparte
28. Andhara Kesari - T. Prakasam
29. Lok Nayak - Jayaprkash Narayan
30. Father of Medicine - Hippocrates
31. Lady with the lamp - Florence Nightingale
32. Poet's Poet - Edmund Spencer


New International Appointments
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New President of ICC - Alan Issac (N.Z.)
New Italian Finance Minister - M.Vittorio Grilli
New World Bank Chief Economist - Kaushik Basu
New President of Yemen - A.Mansour Hadi
Nepals Army Chief - Gaurav Shumsher Rana
New president of World Bank - Jim Yong Kim (Koreanborn)
New President of Germany - Joachim Gauck
New UN mediator in Syria - Lakhdar Brahimi
President of Nicaragua - Daniel Ortega (re-elected)
President of Guyana - Donald Ramotar
New Mauritius President - Rajkeshwur Purryag
New President of Mexico - Enrique Pena Nieto
New President of Malawi - Joyce Banda
New President of Libya - Mohammed Magarief


10 Best Intelligence Agencies in the World
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1. CIA America
2. MI-6 United Kingdom
3. RAW- India
4. ISI Pakistan
5. MSS China
6. Mossad Israel
7. ASIS Australia
8. DGSE France
9. FSB Russia
10. BND Germany


Prime Minister and Council of Ministers(2014) - India
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Cabinet Ministers:
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1. Prime Minister and also in-charge of the Ministries/Departments not specifically allocated to the
charge of any Minister , Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions & Department of Atomic Energy
Department of Space -- Narendra Modi
2. Home Affairs -- Rajnath Singh
3. External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs -- Sushma Swaraj
4. Finance, Corporate Affairs, Defence -- Arun Jaitley
5. Urban Development Housing, Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary Affairs -- M Venkaiah
Naidu
6. Road Transport, Highways Shipping -- Nitin Gadkari
7. Railways -- D V Sadananda Gowda
8. Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation -- Uma Bharati
9. Minority Affairs -- Dr Najma A Heptulla
10. Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation -- Gopinath Munde
11. Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution -- Ram Vilas Paswan
12. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises -- Kalraj Mishra
13. Women and Child Development -- Maneka Gandhi
14. Chemicals and Fertilizers -- Ananth Kumar
15. Communications and Information Technology, Law and Justice -- Ravi Shankar Prasad
16. Civil Aviation -- Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati
17. Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises -- Anant Geete
18. Food Processing Industries -- Harsimrat Kaur Badal
19. Mines Steel Labour and Employment -- Narendra Singh Tomar
20. Tribal Affairs -- Jual Oram
21. Agriculture -- Radha Mohan Singh
22. Social Justice and Empowerment -- Thaawar Chand Gehlot
23. Human Resource Development -- Smriti Irani
24. Health and Family Welfare -- Dr Harsh Vardhan

* Ministers of State with Independent Charge:
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1. Development of North Eastern Region, External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs -- General VK Singh
2. Planning, Statistics and Programme Implementation, Defence -- Inderjit Singh Rao
3. Textiles, Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation --
Santosh Kumar Gangwar
4. Culture and Tourism -- Shripad Yesso Naik
5. Petroleum and Natural Gas -- Dharmendra Pradhan
6. Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports -- Sarbananda Sonowal
7. Information and Broadcasting Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Parliamentary Affairs --
Prakash Javadekar
8. Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy -- Piyush Goyal
9. Science and Technology Earth Sciences Prime Minister Office Personnel, Public Grievances &
Pensions Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space -- Jitendra Singh
10. Commerce and Industry, Finance Corporate Affairs -- Nirmala Sitharaman

* Ministers of State:
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1. Civil Aviation -- GM Siddeshwara
2. Railways -- Manoj Sinha
3. Chemicals and Fertilizers -- Nihalchand
4. Rural Development Panchayati Raj Drinking Water and -- Sanitation Upendra Kushwaha
5. Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises -- Radhakrishnan P
6. Home Affairs -- Kiren Rijiju
7. Road Transport and Highways Shipping -- Krishan Pal
8. Agriculture, Food Processing Industries -- Dr Sanjeev Kumar Balyan
9. Tribal Affairs -- Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava
10 Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution -- Raosaheb Dadarao Danve
11. Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment -- Vishnu Deo Sai
12. Social Justice and Empowerment -- Sudarshan Bhagat


List of Indian Missiles :-
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1. Prithvi-I (SS-150)(Range: 150 km, Payload: 1000 kg, User: Army)

2. Prithvi-II (SS-250)(Range: 250 km - 350 km, Payload: 500 kg - 1000 kg, User: Air Force, Army)

3. Prithvi-III (SS-350)(Range: 350 km - 600 km, Payload: 250 kg - 500 kg, User: Army, Air Force, Navy)

4. Agni-I(Range: 700 1,200 km, Type: MRBM, User: Army, Air Force)

5. Agni-II(Range: 2,000 2,500 km, Type: IRBM, User: Army, Air Force)

6. Agni-III(Range: 3,000 5,000 km, Type: IRBM, User: Army, Air Force)

7. Agni-IV(Range: 2,500 3,700 km, Type: IRBM, User: Army, Air Force)

8. Agni-V(Range: 5,000 8,000 km, Type: ICBM, User: Army, Air Force)

9. Agni-VI(Range: 8,000 10,000 km, Type: ICBM, User: Army, Air Force)

10. K-15(Range: 750 km, Weight: 10 tonne, Warhead: 1 tonne, length: 10 m)

11. K-4(Range: 3,500-5,000 km, Weight: 17 tonnes, Warhead: 1 tonne - 2.5 tonnes, length: 10 m)

12. K-5(Range: 6,000 km, Weight: Unspecified, Warhead: 1 tonne, length: Unspecified)

13. BrahMos(Type: Supersonic, Range: 290 km, Status: Inducted)

14. Shaurya (Type: Hypersonic, Range: 1000-1800 Km, Status: Inducted)

15. SRSAM (Type: Hypersonic, Range: 15 Km, Status: Inducted)

16. Pinaka (Range: 40 km, Status: Inducted)

17. Nag (Range: 4km, Status: Induction)

18. Akash (Range: 30 Km , Status: Inducted)

19. Phase-I:(Status: Development completed)

20. MRSAM(Range: 70 km, Used: Air force)

Some other Indian Missiles that are either in development phase or in testing phase are :

1. BrahMos-2(Type: Hypersonic, Range: 290 km, Status: In development)

2. Long-Range Cruise Missile (LRCM) (Type: Supersonic, Range: 1000 km, Status: In development)

3. Pinaka 2 (Range: 120 km, Status: Design Phase)

4. Nag 2(Range: 7 km, Status: In development)

5. Akash MK2(Range: 45 -50 KM, Status: In development)

6. Astra missile Mk2(Range: 100-120 km, Status: Design Phase)

7. Phase-II(Status: In design Phase)

8. Prahaar(Range: 150 KM, Status: In Test Phase)

9. Astra(Range: 80 km, Status: In Trail Phase)

10. Helina(Range: 7Km, Status: In Test Phase)

11. LRSAM (Range: 70 Km, Status: testing phase)

12. Trishul (Range: 8-12 Km, Status: Closed)



FIVE YEAR PLANS IN INDIA

1st Five Year Plan (1951-56) - Priority of Agriculture
2nd Five Year Plan (1956-61) - Priority of Industries Sector
3rd Five Year Plan (1961-66) - Self Reliance
4th Five Year Plan (1969-74) - Removal of Poverty, Growth with Justice
5th Five Year Plan (1974-79) - Removal of Poverty and Self reliance
6th Five Year Plan (1980-85) - The emphasis same as 5th Plan
7th Five Year Plan (1985-90) - Food Production, Employment, Productivity
8th Five Year Plan (1992-97) - Employment Generation, Control of Population
9th Five Year Plan (1997-02) - Growth Rate of 7 percent
10th Five year Plan (2002-07) - Self employment and resources and development
11th Five Year Plan (2007-12) - Comprehensive and faster growth
12th Five Year plan (2012-17) - Improvement of Health, Education and Sanitation and inclusive
growth

Formation of States in India in chorological order:
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1901: North-West Frontier Area (not to be confused with North Western Provinces) split from
Punjab.

1902: Name of North Western Provinces and Oudh changed to United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.

1902-10-01: Berar merged with Central Provinces to form Central Provinces and Berar.

1905-10-16: Bengal and Assam provinces reorganized into Eastern Bengal and Assam province and
West Bengal province.

1910: Native state of Benares formed by merging a number of smaller fiefs.

1911-12-12: 1905 partition of Bengal was nullified.

1912-10-01: Delhi province split from Punjab; Indian capital moved from Calcutta to Delhi.

1912: Bihar and Orissa province split from Bengal.

1931-02-10: New Delhi officially replaced Delhi as capital.

1932: Aden province split from Bombay presidency.

1935: Name of United Provinces of Agra and Oudh changed to United Provinces.

1936-04-01: Orissa province formed from parts of Bihar and Orissa province, Central Provinces and
Berar province, and Madras presidency; remaining part of Bihar and Orissa renamed Bihar; status of
Sind division of Bombay presidency changed to province.

1937-04-01: Aden (now in Yemen) and Burma (now Myanmar) split from India as crown colonies.

1947-08-15: Indian independence. The British provinces became part of India immediately. The
native states and agencies became effectively independent. Some of them were allowed to decide
whether to accede to (merge with) India or Pakistan. Others combined to form new states in the
Indian Union, or merged directly with existing provinces. The process was essentially complete when
the new Constitution took effect, less than 2 1/2 years later. On this date, Bengal split into West
Bengal (India) and East Pakistan; Punjab split into East Punjab (India) and West Punjab (Pakistan); the
presidency of Bombay, which had consisted of Bombay and Sind provinces, split, with Sind going to
Pakistan; Banaras, Rampur, and Tehri-Garhwal states merged with United Provinces; Central
Provinces and Berar became Madhya Pradesh.

1947-10: France ceded its loges, the sites of French-owned factories (trading posts) in Bombay,
Madras, and Orissa provinces, totaling 526 sq. km., to India.

1947-10-26: Jammu and Kashmir state became part of India by the signing of the Instrument of
Accession. However, Pakistani fighters invaded the area, bringing about a de facto partition which
has been in dispute ever since.

1947-11-08: India annexed the native states of Junagadh and Manavadar to Rajputana, even though
they had acceded to Pakistan.

1948: Native states merged to form seven unions: Greater Rajasthan (corresponding to an area
called Rajputana before independence), Madhya Bharat (also called the Malwa Union), Patiala and
East Punjab States Union (PEPSU for short), Saurashtra (also called the United State of Kathiawar),
Travancore-Cochin, United Deccan State, and Vindhya Pradesh.

1948: 15 native states merged with Madhya Pradesh.

1948: Native states of Banganapalle and Pudukottai merged with Madras state.

1948: 174 native states merged with Bombay, including Baroda, Cambay, Idar, Janjira, Kolhapur,
Palanpur, Radhanpur, Rajpipla, Sirohi, and the states of the United Deccan State.

1948: Native states of Dujana, Loharu, and Pataudi merged with East Punjab.

1948-04-15: Himachal Pradesh state formed from 30 former Hill States, including Chamba, Mandi,
Nahan, Sirmur, and Suket.

1948-05: Native states of Saraikela and Kharsawan merged with Bihar.

1949-04-01: Native state of Sandar merged with Madras state.

1949-08-01: 24 former native states merged with Orissa.

1949-10-15: Tripura merged with India as a centrally administered area.

1949-10-15: Manipur merged with India as a union territory.

1950-01-01: Cooch Behar state merged with West Bengal.

1950-01-24: Name of United Provinces changed to Uttar Pradesh.

1950-01-26: The Constitution took effect. The divisions of India were classified as follows: nine Part A
states, formerly governors' provinces; eight Part B states, formerly native states or groups of states;
ten Part C states, formerly chief commissioners' provinces; and two Part D territories. Name of East
Punjab state changed to Punjab (India). Greater Rajasthan union became Rajasthan state.

1950-05-02: Chandernagore transferred from French possession to India.

1950-12-05: Sikkim became an Indian protectorate.

1951: Territory in Assam around Dewangiri ceded to Bhutan.

1953-10-07: Capital of Punjab moved to the new city of Chandigarh.

1953-10-01: Andhra Part A state split from Madras.

1954: Bilaspur state merged with Himachal Pradesh.

1954-10-02: Chandernagore merged with West Bengal.

1956: Capital of Hyderabad moved from Kurnool to Hyderabad.

1956-05-28: France ceded Pondicherry to India as a union territory.

1956-09-01: Status of Tripura changed from centrally administered area to union territory.

1956-11-01: States Reorganization Act took effect. The distinction among Part A, B, and C states was
abolished. States were reorganized largely on linguistic lines. Andhra Pradesh state formed by
merging Andhra with part of Hyderabad. Bombay state formed by merging Kutch, Saurashtra union,
and part of former Bombay state. Status of Delhi and Himachal Pradesh changed from states to
union territories. Kerala state formed by merging most of Travancore-Cochin union and part of
Madras. Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands union territory split from Madras. Madhya Pradesh
state formed by merging Bhopal and Vindhya Pradesh union, all of Madhya Bharat union but one
exclave, most of former Madhya Pradesh, and an exclave of Rajasthan. Madras state lost large areas
to other states, but gained part of Travancore-Cochin union. Mysore state formed by merging Coorg
and former Mysore states and parts of Bombay, Hyderabad, and Madras states. Punjab state formed
by merging Patiala and East Punjab States Union and former Punjab. Rajasthan state gained Ajmer
state and small parts of Bombay and Madhya Bharat union, and lost an exclave to Madhya Pradesh.
8,177 sq. km. transferred from Bihar state to West Bengal.

1957-12-01: Naga Hills-Tuensang Area split from Assam as a centrally administered area.

1960-04-01: Madras state ceded 573 sq. km. of territory to Andhra Pradesh in exchange for another
territory of 1,062 sq. km.

1960-05-01: Bombay state split into Gujarat and Maharashtra by the Bombay Reorganization Act.
Maharashtra also incorporated part of Madhya Pradesh and all that remained of Hyderabad state.

1961-08-11: Dadra and Nagar Haveli, formerly a Portuguese colony and independent since 1954-07,
merged with India as a union territory.

1961-12-20: Portuguese India (India Portuguesa, later called Estado da India) annexed by India and
became the territory of Goa, Daman and Diu.

1963-12-01: Naga Hills-Tuensang centrally administered area became Nagaland state.

1966-11-01: By the Punjab Reorganization Act, Punjab state split into a smaller Punjab state, a new
Haryana state and Chandigarh union territory, and a section which merged with Himachal Pradesh.
Chandigarh, formerly capital of Punjab, became joint capital of Punjab and Haryana states and its
own union territory.

1968-08: Name of Madras state changed to Tamil Nadu.

1970: Capital of Gujarat moved from Ahmedabad to Gandhinagar.

1971-01-25: Status of Himachal Pradesh changed from union territory to state.

1972-01-20: Arunachal Pradesh union territory, Meghalaya state, and Mizoram union territory split
from Assam; capital of Assam moved from Shillong to Dispur. Before the split, Arunachal Pradesh
had been the North East Frontier Agency, and Mizoram had been the Lushai Hills district.

1972-01-21: Status of Manipur and Tripura changed from union territories to states.

1972-12-17: A new line of control between India and Pakistan in the area of Jammu and Kashmir
took effect.

1973-11-01: Name of Mysore state changed to Karnataka; name of Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi
Islands union territory changed to Lakshadweep.

1974-05-27: Capital of Arunachal Pradesh moved from Shillong (in Meghalaya) to Itanagar.

1975-04-26: Status of Sikkim changed from protectorate to state.

1985-07-24: By the Punjab Accord, Chandigarh union territory would eventually merge with Punjab
state. This has not yet been carried out, but it remains a live issue.

1986-07: Status of Mizoram changed from union territory to state.

1987-02-20: Status of Arunachal Pradesh changed from union territory to state.

1987-05-30: Goa, Daman, and Diu union territory split into Goa state and Daman and Diu union
territory.

1992-02-01: Official name of Delhi union territory changed to National Capital Territory.

1996: Name of the capital of Tamil Nadu state changed from Madras to Chennai; name of the capital
of Maharashtra state changed from Bombay to Mumbai.
~1996: Name of the capital of Himachal Pradesh state changed from Simla to Shimla; name of the
capital of Kerala state changed from Trivandrum to Thiruvananthapuram.

1999-07-20: Assembly of West Bengal resolved to change the name of the state to Bangla, but this
change doesn't take effect until passed by Indian Parliament.

2000-11-01: Chhattisgarh state split from Madhya Pradesh (former FIPS code IN15), as provided by
the Madhya Pradesh Reorganization Bill, which passed on 2000-07-31. Chhattisgarh comprises
sixteen districts of Madhya Pradesh: Bastar, Bilaspur, Dantewada, Dhamtari, Durg, Janjgir, Jashpur,
Kanker, Kawardha, Korba, Koriya, Mahasamund, Raigarh, Raipur, Rajnandgaon, and Surguja.

2000-11-09: Uttaranchal state split from Uttar Pradesh (former FIPS code IN27), as provided by the
Uttar Pradesh Reorganization Bill, which passed on 2000-08-01. Uttaranchal comprises thirteen
districts of Uttar Pradesh: Almora, Bageshwar, Chamoli, Champawat, Dehradun, Haridwar, Nainital,
Pauri Garhwal, Pithoragarh, Rudra Prayag, Tehri Garhwal, Udham Singh Nagar, and Uttarkashi.

2000-11-15: Jharkhand state split from Bihar (former FIPS code IN04), as provided by the Bihar
Reorganization Bill, which passed on 2000-08-02. Jharkhand comprises eighteen districts of Bihar:
Bokaro, Chatra, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Dumka, East Singbhum, Garhwa, Giridih, Godda, Gumla,
Hazaribagh, Koderma, Lohardaga, Pakur, Palamau, Ranchi, Sahibganj, and West Singbhum. Ranchi,
formerly the summer capital of Bihar, became the capital of Jharkhand.

2001-01-01: Name of the capital of West Bengal changed from Calcutta to Kolkata.

2006-09-20: Name of Pondicherry union territory changed to Puducherry.

2007-01-01: Name of Uttaranchal state changed to Uttarakhand

Will split into two states, Telangana and a residual Andhra Pradesh on 2 June 2014.



Name of the Gas

1. Gas used in LPG--Butane, Propane and Ethane
2. Tear Gas---Ammonia (NH3)
3. Gas with foul smell---Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S)
4. Laughing gas---Nitrous Oxide (N2O)
5. Gas used in refrigeration---Freon
6. Freon, the gas used in refrigeration is chemically known as---Diflouro Dichloro Methane
7. Gobar gas is a mixture of---Methane, CO2 and hydrogen
8. Gas mixed with oxygen and given to patients with restricted breathing--- Helium
9. A major air pollutant, the percentage presence of which is checked in vehicle pollution test---
Carbon monoxide
10. The gas which is responsible for the formation of brown air in traffic congested cities--- Nitrogen
oxide
11. Major gaseous pollutant of areas located near thermal power station----Suphur dioxide
12. Natural gas---Mainly methane with small quantities of ethane and propane
13. Strong smelling substance added to LPG---Ethyl Mercaptan or Ethanethiol
14. Gases responsible for depletion of ozone layer---Chloroflouro carbons
15. Gas used in gas welding and also artificial ripening of fruits---Acetylene
16. Gas used in electric bulbs---Argon
17. Gas used in flourescent lamps---Mercury vapour
18. Gas known as marsh gas---Methane
19. Gas responsible for acid rain---Sulphur dioxide
20. Gas most abundant in earth's atmosphere----Nitrogen (78%)
21. Percentage of oxygen in earth's atmosphere---21% (appx) -


Classical Dances of India

Bharat Natyam Tamil Nadu
Bihu Assam
Bhangra Punjab
Chhau Bihar, Orissa, W. Bengal and Jharkhand
Garhwali Uttaranchal
Garba Gujarat
Hattari Karnataka
Kathak North India
Kathakali Kerala
Kutchipudi Andhra Pradesh
Khantumm Mizoram
Karma Madhya Pradesh
Laho Meghalaya
Mohiniattam Kerala
Mando Goa
Manipuri Manipur
Nati Himachal Pradesh
Nat-Natin Bihar
Odissi Orissa
Rauf Jammu & Kashmir
Yakshagan Karnataka




NDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENTS :- IMPORTANT YEARS..
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Government of India Act 1858
Indian National Congress (1885)
Partition of Bengal (1905)
Muslim League (1906)
Swadeshi Movement (1905)
Morley-Minto Reforms (1909)
Lucknow Pact (1916)
Home Rule Movement (1915--1916)
The Gandhian Era (1918-1947)
Khilafat Movement (1920)
The Rowlatt Act (1919)
Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre (1919)
Non-Cooperation Movement (1920)

Chauri Chaura Incident (1922)
Swaraj Party (1922)
Simon Commission (1927)
Dandi March (1930)
Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931)
The Government of India Act, 1935
Quit India Movement (1942)
Cabinet Mission Plan (1946)
Interim Government (1946)
Formation of Constituent Assembly (1946)
Mountbatten Plan (1947)
The Indian Independence Act, 1947
Partition of India (1947)


List of FIRST Countries in World:
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* First Country in World to abolish Slavery:Spain

* First Country in World to abolish Death Penalty(or Capital Punishment):Venezuela

* First Country in World to legalize Same-Sex marriage: Netherlands

* First Country in World to issue Paper Currency:china(by Song Dynasty)

* First Country in World to issue Postal Stamp:Britain (the stamp name is "Penny Black")

* First Country in World to develop Hydro-electricity:Norway

* First Country in World to let Right to Vote for Women: Newzealand.

* First Country in World to introduce VAT(Value Added tax): France in 1954

* First Country in World to impose Carbon Tax:Finland in 1990

* First Country in World to be Democratic:Athens of Greece

* First Country in World to experience Industrial Revolution:Britain

* First Country in World to have an official National Flag:Denmark(soit has oldest Flag)

* First Country in World to launch 3G Technology:Japan

* First Country in World to initiate Family Planning Policy: India

* First Country in World to initiate Railways: Britain

* First Country in World to launch artificial Satellite into Earth's orbit: USSR or Soviet Russia in
1957(Satellite's name is Sputnik-1)
sports:

* First Country in World to host Olympics:Athensof Greece in 1896 (the first olympics is summer
olympics)

* First Country in World to host Winter Olympics:Francein 1924

* First Country in World to host Summer Paralympics :Italy in 1960
First Country in World to host Winter Paralympics: Sweden in 1976 (where Paralympics means
Olympics for Physically Handicapped)

* First Country in World to host Summer Youth Olympics: Singapore in 2010

* First Country in World to host Winter Youth Olympics: Innsbruck of Austria in 2012

* First Country in World to won ICC Cricket World Cup: West Indies in 1975 (2nd is also west-indies
in 1979 and 3rd is India in 1983)

* First Country in World to won ICC Cricket World Cup(Twenty 20):India

* First Country in World to won FIFA world Cup: Uraguay in 1930

INDIAN GEOGRAPHY - NICK NAMES OF SOME PLACES:
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1) Golden City - Amristar
2) Manchester of India - Ahmedabad
3) City of Seven Islands - Mumbai
4) Queen of Arabian Sea - Cochin
5) Space City - Bangalore
6) Garden City of India - Bangalore
7) Silicon Valley of India - Bangalore
8.) Electronic City of India - Bangalore
9) Pink City - Jaipur
10) Gateway of India - Mumbai
11) Twin City - Hyderabad - Sikandarabad
12) City of Festivals - Madurai
13) Deccan Queen - Pune
14) City of Buildings - Kolkata
15) Dakshin Ganga - Godavari
16) Old Ganga - Godavari
17) Egg Bowl of Asia - Andhra Pradesh
18) Soya Region - Madhya Pradesh
19) Manchester of the South - Coimbatore
20) City of Nawabs - Lucknow
21) Venice of the East - Cochin
22) Sorrow of Bengal - Damodar river
23) Sorrow of Bihar - Kosi river .
24) Blue Mountains - Nilgiri.
25) Queen of the Mountains - Mussoorie.




List of Important Committees related to Banking and Finance for all exams:-

1. Abid Hussain Committee On Small Scale Industries
2. A C Shah Committee Reforms Relating To Non Banking Financial Companies (NFBC)
3. Aditya Puri Committee Dissemination of Credit Information
4. Anil Kaushal committee To examine the recommendations made by the TRAI on pricing of
Spectrum.
5. Arvind Mayaram Panel Report on the alleged irregularities at the National Spot Exchange Ltd
(NSEL)
6. Arvind Mayaram Committee For giving clear definitions to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and
Foreign Institutional Investment (FII)
7. Athreya Committee Restructuring Of IDBI
8. Basel Committee Banking Supervision
9. Bimal Jalan panel To scrutinize applications for new bank licenses.
10. Bhandari Committee Reconstruction of RRBs
11. B. Mahapatra Committee To review the existing prudential guidelines on restructuring of
advances by banks/financial institutions
12. Cook Committee Capital adequacy of banks.
13. C Rangarajan committee For poverty scale estimates in the country
14. C Rangarajan Panel Recommended the pricing of natural gas by a complex methodology of
arriving at an average of International gas hub prices
15. Committee On Uttarakhand Floods The committee headed by AK Ganju
16. Damodran Committee On improvement of customer services in banks
17. Dave Committee (2000) Pension Scheme For Unorganized Sector
18. Deepak Parekh committee For Financing Infrastructure sector
19. Janakiraman Committee To investigate the security transactions of the bank
20. JS Mathur committee To revise Newspaper Advertisement Rates.
21. Justice A.P. Shah committee To head panel on road safety
22. Kelkar Committee Tax Structure Reforms
23. Kirit Parikh panel On fuel pricing has suggested that the diesel prices should be increased by Rs 1-
1.50 a litre every month as against the 45-50 paise monthly hike followed currently.
24. K M Chandrasekhar committee For rationalization of foreign investment norms
25. K. Ratna Prabha Committee on indecent depiction of women in media
26. K U.B. Rao The idea of setting up Bullion Bank or Bullion Corporation of India
27. K.U.B. Rao Committee Recommended aligning gold import regulations
28. MBN Rao Committee To prepare the blueprint of Indias first womens bank
29. MB Shah committee For inspection of illegal mining activities
30. Mckinsey Report Merger Of 7 Associate Banks With SBI
31. M. Narasimham Committee On Banking Sector Reforms
32. Mukul Mudgal member panel To probe IPL spot-fixing
33. Mukul Mudgal Committee To look at process of film clearance
34. Mukul Mudgal Committee Looking into US giant Walmarts lobbying activities to enter India
35. Nachiket Mor Committee on comprehensive financial services for small businesses and low-
income households.
36. Naresh Chandra committee 14 member task force on security issues
37. Narismhan Committee Banking Reforms
38. N Rangachary committee To examine taxation policies for I.T. sector
39. N R Narayana Murthy committee For evaluation of corporate sector participation in Higher
Education.
40. Parthasarathi Shome. For Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC), Suggest a system to
enforce better tax compliance
41. Parthasarathi Shome committee Implementation of GAAR (General Anti Avoidance Rule)
42. Percy Mistry Committee Making Mumbai An International Financial Center
43. Prasad Panel International Trade And Services
44. Pulak Kumar Sinha Committee To study the feasibility of Aadhaar as an additional factor for
authentication of card present transactions
45. Raghuram Rajan Committee On Financial Sector Reforms
46. R V Gupta Committee Small Savings
47. Raja Chelliah Committee Tax Reforms
48. Rekhi Committee Indirect Taxes
49. RS Gujral Committee Suggest measures to boost MSME exports.
50. Sitakant Mahapatra committee For inclusion of Bhojpuri language in eighth schedule of
constitution
51. Shyamala Gopinath Committee Suggestions on Post office Small saving schemes
52. SK Srivastava Committee To formulate a policy on public-private partnership model to raise coal
output
53. S P Talwar Committee Restructuring Of Weak Public Sector Bank
54. SN Verma Committee (1999) Restructuring The Commercial Banks
55. Suma Verma Committee To update, and revise the Banking Ombudsman Scheme, 2006
56. UK Sharma Committee NABARDs Role In RRB
57. Urjit Patel Committee To examine the current monetary policy framework
58. Vaghul Committee Money Market In India
59. Vasudev Committee NBFC (Non Banking Finance Corp) Sector Reforms
60. Y B Reddy Committee (2001) Review Of Income Tax
First Banks :-
* First India bank Got ISO : Canara Bank

* First Governor of RBI : Mr. Osborne Smith

* First Indian governor of RBI : Mr. C D Deshmukh

* First Bank to Introduce ATM in India : HSBC

* First Bank to introduce savings : Presidency bank in 1833

* First Bank to Introduce Cheque system : Bengal Bank 1784

* First Bank to introduce Internet Banking : ICICI BANK

* First Bank to introduce Mutual Fund : State Bank of India

* First Bank to introduce Credit Card : Central Bank of India

* First Foreign Bank in India : Comptoire dEscompte de Paris of France in 1860

* First Joint Stock Bank of India : Allahabad Bank

* First Bank that is oldest Public Bank in India : Allahabad Bank

* First national bank that is merged with Punjab National Bank : New Bank of India in 1993

* First Indian bank to open branch outside India in London in 1946 : Bank of India

* First Indian Bank started with Indian capital / indigenous Bank of India : Punjab National Bank

* First Regional Rural Bank name Prathama Grameen Bank - Was started by : Syndicate Bank

First Bank to launch branch in foreign was
"Bank of India" in 1946 in London UK.

* First bank to Introduce Credit card in India was Central Bank of India With "Central Card" 1980.

* First Bank to introduce Debit Card in India was
Citibank In Bangalore in 1987.

TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH SPORTS
1. Badminton - Drop, Smash, Ione, deuce, Clash Service
2. Baseball - Bunting, home, pitcher , strike, put out
3. Basketball - Block, dribble , pivot , held ball, basket
4. Billiards - Cue, Cannon, frame, spider, baulk
5. Boxing - Rounds, knock-out , jab, punch, uppercut
6. Chess - Gambit, resign, checkmate, rook, knight, pawn
7. Cricket - Maiden, caught, slips, gully, point, cover, yorker
8. Football - Penalty , foul, dribble, half, pass, goal
9. Golf - Course, links, tee, hole, nibble, club, putt, iron, eagle
10. Hockey - Centre, defender, push-in, free-hit, stick, carry, bully
11. Horse- racing - Bets, bookies, jockey, punter, steeplechase
12. Polo - Mallet, bunker, chucker, handicap, goal
13. Shooting - Bag, Bulls eye, plug, skeet, marksmanship
14. Tennis - Smash , slice, lob, set, ace, volley
15. Volleyball - Blocking, heave, point, serve, doubling, smash
REVOLUTION IN INDIA:
* Black Revolution - Petroleum Production
* Blue Revolution - Fish Production
* Brown Revolution - Leather/non-conventional(India)/Cocoa production
* Golden Fibre Revolution - Jute Production
* Golden Revolution - Fruits/Overall Horticulture development/Honey Production
* Green Revolution - Food grains
* Grey Revolution - Fertilizer
* Pink Revolution - Onion production/Pharmaceutical (India)/Prawn production
* Red Revolution - Meat & Tomato Production
* Round Revolution - Potato
* Silver Fiber Revolution - Cotton
* Silver Revolution - Egg/Poultry Production
* White Revolution (In India: Operation Flood) - Milk/Dairy
production
* Yellow Revolution - Oil Seeds production
* Evergreen Revolution - Overall development of Agriculture

company Name Origin/Meaning
1.Mercedes - Name of the daughter of the founder
2.Nokia - Name of city in Finland
3.Pepsi - Named from the digestive enzyme pepsi
4.Honda - From the name of its founder Soichiro Honda
5.Sony - from the Latin word'sonus'meaning sound
6.Maggi - Food company named after its founder,Julius Maggi
7.Suzuki - From the name of its founder, Michio Suzuki
8.Samsung - Meaning'three stars'in Korea
9. Toyota - From the name of founder, Sakichi Toyoda
10.Yamaha - After Torakusu Yamaha, who founded the company
11.Adidas - From the name of the founder Adolf (Adi) Dassler. (das)

FIRST IN INDIA
British Governor-General : Warren Hastings
British Governor-General of Independent India : Lord Mountbatten
Justice of India : Hiralal J. Kania
Comander-in-Chief of Free India : General K. M. Cariappa
Chief of Air Staff : Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst
Indian Air Chief : Air Marshal S. Mukherjee
Chief of Army Staff : General M. Rajendra Singh
Chief of Naval Staff : Vice-Admiral R. D. Katari
Consmonaut : Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
Emperor of Mughal Dynasty in India : Babar
Field Marshal : SPFJ Manekshaw
Governor-General of Indian Union : C. Rajgopalachari
Indian to get an Oscar : Bhanu Athaiya
Indian to Reach the South Pole : Col. I. K. Bajaj
Indian ICS Officer : Satyendra Nath Tagore
Indian Member of the Viceroys Executive Council : Sir S. P. Sinha
Indian Man to Swim Across the English Channel : Mihir Sen
Indian Woman to Swim Across the English Channel : Miss Aarti Saha
Indian Woman to Swim Across the Strait of Gibraltar : Aarti Pradhan
Man to Climb Mount Everest : Sherpa Tenzing
Man to Climb Mount Everest without Oxygen : Phu Dorjee
Man to Climb Mount Everest twice : Nawang Gombu
Muslim Woman to sit on the throne of Delhi : Razia Sultana
Nobel Prize Winner : Rabindra Nath Tagore
President of the Indian National Congress : W. C. Banerjee
Woman President of the Indian National Congress : Annie Besant
President to Die in Office : Dr. Zakir Hussain
Prime Minister to Lose an Election : Indira Gandhi
Prime Minister to Resign from Office : Morarji Desai
Deputy Prime Minister : Vallabhbhai Patel
Talkie Film : Alam Ara (1931)
Test-tube Baby : Indira (Baby Harsha)
Viceroy : Lord Canning
Woman Central Minister : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
Woman Chief Minister of a State : Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
Woman Governor : Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
Woman Minister : Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Woman to Climb the Mt. Everest: Bachendri Pal
Woman Prime Minister : Mrs. Indira Gandhi
Woman Speaker of a State Assembly : Mrs. Shanno Devi
Woman Airline Pilot : Durba Banerjee
Woman to Win an Asiad Gold : Kamaljit Sandhu
Woman Judge of the Supreme Court : Fathima Beevi
Woman IPS Officer : Kiran Bedi
Indian in the British Parliament: Dadabhai Naoroji
Indian to win Miss Universe Title : Ms Sushmita Sen
Indian Woman Congress President : Sarojini Naidu (1925)
Woman President of UN General Assembly : Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1953)
Woman to Win the Nobel Prize : Mother Teresa (1979)
Woman to become Miss World : Reeta Faria
Speaker, Lok Sabha : G. V. Manavalankar (1952-57)
Chairman Rajya Sabha : S. V. Krishnamoorthy (1952)
Indian to Pass ICS : Surendra Nath Banerji (1869)
Indian Pilot : JRD Tata (1929)
To Reach Antarctica : Lt. Ram Charan (1960)
Vernacular Daily : Kolkata (1727)
Telegraph Line Installed : Calcutta to Diamond Harber (1853)
Silent Movie : Raja Harish Chandra by Dada Saheb Phalke (1913)
Coloured Cinemascope Film : Pyar ki Pyas (1961)
Satellite launched : Aryabhatta (1975)
Indigenously built satellite : Aryabhatta (1975)
Atomic device exploded at : Pokharan in Rajasthan (1974)
Large-scale Nuclear Reactor : Apsara (1956)
Indigenously designed and built missile : Prithvi (1988)
Member of the Dalit Community to become the President of India : K. R. Narayanan
DNA typing forensic Laboratory set-up at : Kolkata
Electric Train started between : Ludhiana and New Delhi
Science City was inaugurated in : Kolkata
Actress of Indian Cinema : Kamalabai Gokhale
Woman Pilot of IAF : Harita Deol
Solar Thermal Parabolic Trough Power Station was established at : Mathania (Rajasthan)
Indian writer to win the Booker Prize : Arundhati Roy
Musician to be awarded the Bharat Ratna : M. S. Subbulakshmi
Indian Woman to go into Space : Kalpana Chawla
Chairman of the Prasar Bharati Board : Nikhil Chakravarthy
Indian Institution to be awarded Gandhi Peace Prize : Ramakrishna Mission
Solar city is developed at : Anandpur Sahib
Woman to win an Olympic medal : Karnam Malleswari
Woman Foreign Secretary of India : Chokila Iyer
Indian to win World Billiards Trophy : Wilson Jones
Indian Grand Master (in Chess) : Vishwanathan Anand
Chinese pilgrim to visit India : Fahien
European invader on India soil : Alexender, the great
Indian to win World Chess Championship : Vishwanathan Anand
Women Air Vice Marshal : P. Bandopadhyaya
Lady Cadet of Indian Army : Priya Jhingan
First Indian to win a medal in the world Athletic Championship : Anju B. George (2003)
Triple Century Maker in Test Cricket : Virendra Sahwag (2004)
Hitter of 5 Double Centuries : Rahul Dravid (2004)
Woman DGP : Kanchan Chaudhury
Medal winner in Olympic Games : Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore (2004)(facebook/cnaonweb)
Asian Tennis Champion, WTA champion, Third round winner in Grand Slam Tournament, Grand
slam tournament winner Match winner in U.S. open, Youngest awardee of Padamshree : Sania Mirza
Formula-1 Car Racer : Narayan Kartikeyan
Indian to be awarded Srilanka Ratn : N. Ram
Woman Commanded the annual passing out parade : Wahida Prizm (2006)(facebook/cnaonweb)
Five hundred wicket taker in Test cricket: Anil Kumble (2006)
To the ski to the North Pole : Ajeet Bajaj (2006)
First Air Chief to to Sky dive : Air Chief S. P. Tyagi (2006)
First Indian Woman to win a Badminton Grand Prix : Saina Nehwal (2006)
First President to make sortie in a combat aircraft : Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
(2006)(facebook/cnaonweb)
First Women President : Pratibha Patil (2007)
First Indian to win Gold Medal in Olympics in individual Event : Abhinav Bindra (2008)
First Woman Pilot of Fighter Plane : Suman Sharma
World Cup (Jr.) Badminton, Indonesian Open Winner (Woman) : Saina Nehwal
(2009)(facebook/cnaonweb)
Woman Speaker Lok Sabha : Ms. Meira Kumar (2009)
Two Oscar Award Winner : A. R. Rehman (2009)
Khel Ratna, Arjun and Dronacharya Award : P. Gopi Chand (2009)(facebook/cnaonweb)
Indian Woman to reach the South Pole : Reena Kaushal (2009)

Nationalized banks & their HEAD QUARTERS

Allahabad BankKolkata
Bank of IndiaMumbai
Bank of Maharashtra Pune
Canara Bank Bangalore
Central Bank of IndiaMumbai
Corporation BankMangalore
Dena BankMumbai
Indian BankChennai
Indian Overseas BankChennai
Oriental Bank of CommerceNew Delhi
Punjab National BankNew Delhi
Punjab & Sind Bank New Delhi
Syndicate BankManipal
UCO BankKolkata
Union Bank of IndiaMumbai
United Bank of India Kolkata
Vijaya BankBangalore
Andhra BankHyderabad
Bank of Baroda Mumbai
CONFUSING GK QUESTIONS FROM DAYS :
1. National Youth Day - January 12

2. International Youth Day - August 12

3. National Teachers' Day - September 5

4. International Teachers' Day - October 5

5. National Tourism Day - January 25

6. International Tourism Day - September 27

7. National Children's Day - November 14

8. International Children's Day - June 1

9. National Consumer Day - December 24

10. International Consumer Day - March 15

11. National Postal Day - October 10

12. International Postal Day - October 9

13. National Blood Donation Day - October 1

14. World Blood Donors Day - JUNE 14

Largest Producers in India:
*******************
1.The largest producer of paddy in India- West Bengal
2.The lagest producer of wheat in India- Uttar Pradesh
3.The lagest producer of sugarcane in India- Uttar Pradesh
4.The lagest producer of groundnut in India- Gujarat
5.The largest producer of tea in India- Assam
6.The largest producer of coffee in India- Karnataka
7.The largest producer of jute in India- West Bengal
8.The largest producer of tobacco in India- Andhra Pradesh
9.The largest producer of bananas in India- Tamilnadu
10.The largest producer of saffron in India- Jammu & Kashmir
11.The largest producer of onion in India- Maharashtra
12.The largest producer of black pepper in India- Kerala
13.The largest producer of cotton in India- Gujarat*
14.The largest producer of bamboos in India- Assam
(Maharashtra has the largest area under cotton cultivation but Gujarat is the largest producer as per
GoI release dt 25 Jul 2011

Nick names of Place In India:
Which place is known as Hi-Tech City = Hyderabad
Which place is known as Manchester of South India = Coimbatore
Which place is known as Deccan Queen = Pune
Which place is known as City of weavers = Panipat
Which River is known as Old Ganga = Godavari
Which River is known as Dakshin Ganga = Kaveri
Which state is known as Milk Pail of India = Haryana
Which place is known as Gardan city of India = Bangalore
Which place is known as Sapce city of India = Bangalore
Which place is known as Electronic city of India = Bangalore
Which Indian place is known as Pensioners' Paradise = Bangalore
Which state is known as Jewel of India = Manipur
Which Indian place is known as Scotland of the east = Shillong
Which place is known as Temple city of India =>> Bhuvaneswar
Which place is known as Cathedral city of India =>> Bhuvaneswar.

Indian Trophies:
Agha Khan Hockey
Bama Belleck Cup Table Tennis
Beighton Cup Hockey
Bombay Gold Cup Hockey
Burdwan Trophy Weight Lifting
DCM Trophy Football
Dhyanchand Trophy Hockey
Dr. BC Roy Trophy Football
Duleep Trophy Cricket
Durand Cup Football
India Ezra Cup- Polo
IFA Shield Football
Lady Ratan Tata Trophy Hockey
Moinuddaula Gold Cup Cricket
Nehru Trophy Hockey
Ranaji Trophy Cricket
Radha Mohan Cup Polo
Rangeshwari Cup Hockey
Rovers Cup Football
Santosh Trophy Football
Scindia Gold Cup Hockey
Subrato mukherjee Cup Football
Wellington trophy Rowing

Important information on RBI

1. Reserve Bank of India started its operations on-01 Apr 1935
2. Reserve was nationalised in ---1949
3. The maximum number of Deputy Governors RBI can have--4
4. Number of regional offices of RBI --28
5. RBI can issue notes upto the value of ---Rs. 10,000/-
6. As per Indian Coinage Act 1 Re coins can be used to pay/settle ------Any amount
7. As per Indian Coinage Act 0.50 ps coins can be used to pay/settle----- Amount not exceeding Rs.
10.
8. As per Indian Coinage Act coins worth less than 0.50 ps can be used to pay/settle----- Amount not
exceeding Re. 1.(no longer applicable)
9. The logo of RBI has---A palm tree and a tiger
10. The H.O. of the RBI is in---Mumbai
11. The maximum amount for which customer's deposit is insured in a bank----Rs. 1,00,000

Institutions established by RBI and Head Office

1. Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation--Mumbai
2. National Housing Bank --New Delhi
3. National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development--Mumbai
4. Securities Trading Corporation of India --Mumbai
5. Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited--Bangalore
5. Industrial and Development Bank of India Mumbai
BOOKS AND AUTHORS:

1. India & Malaysia: Intertwined Strands by: Veena Sikri

2. Mythily Sivaraman Wrote A Book Haunted by Fire Essays On Caste, Class, Exploitation And
Emancipation

3. Ahmev Radha, Ahmev Krishnah - Gulab Kothari (Chief Editor of Hindi newspaper Rajasthan
Patrika)

4. An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions - Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen.

5. A Brush with Life- Satish Gujral

6. A Bend in the river- V.S. Naipaul

7. God of Small things- Arundhati Rai

8. Inheritance of Loss- Kiran Desai.

9. Joseph Anton- Sulman Rushdie (Autobiography)

10. Khushwantnama-The Lessons of My Life Khushwant singh

11. Lajja- Taslima Nasrim.

12. My Unforgettable Memories-Mamata Banerjee

13. "Muslim in Indian cities- Christophe Jaffrelot & Laurent Gayer

14. My country My Life- L.K.Advani

15. My Music My Life- Pt Ravi shankar mahadevan

6. Revolution 2020- Chetan Bhagat

17. Runs in Ruins Sunil Gavaskar

18. Satenic versus- Salman Rushdi

19. True Colours Adam Gilchrist

20. The Heritage of Sikhs Harbans Singh

21. The Jewels of Happiness Indian spiritual guru Sri Chinmoy.

22. The Things About Thugs Tabish Nair

23. The Test of My Life'- Indian cricketer Yuvraj singh

24. Those were the Day and then-The Life & Times of Lal Krishna Advani-Mira Govind Advani

25. Turning Points-APJ Abdul Kalam

26. What Young India Wants Chetan bhagat

27. Ye Jo Hai Pakistan'- Shivendra Kumar Singh.

28. Smritiyan - Garima Sanjay

29. My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions - former President of India, Dr. Avul Pakir
Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (APJ

30. How Not to Make Money -Raj Kundra, the millionaire businessman.
index/Reports Issued by different organizations in World:

1. World Economic Outlook is published by: International Monetary Fund (IMF).

2. Global Hunger Index is issued by: International Food Policy Research Institute

3. Global Peace Index is issued by: Institute for Economics and Peace

4. Global Corruption Index is issued by: Transparency International

5. Global Competitiveness Index is issued by: World Economic Forum

6. Human Development Report is issued by: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

7. Gender Inequality Index is issued by: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
WORLD RIVERS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE:

GK about World Rivers and more......

Third world comprises of 70% of world population.
Hamun Mashkel Lake (Baluchistan) is salt water lake.
Most important crop of Nile delta is Cotton.
Pak: is 4th among worlds largest cotton producers.
A famous natural bridge is located in Virginia.
Eskimos live in North America.
Iberian Peninsula is a part of Europe.
The number of CARS is five.
Height of Islamabad is 2000 ft: above sea level.
The Devil Tower present in US is a volcano.
Hudson Bay is largest bay and is in Northern Canada.
Largest gulf is Gulf of Mexico.
Grand Canal is oldest man made canal for shipping purpose in China.
Shark bay is in Western Australia.
English Channel separates England from France.
Gulf of Sidra is in Libya.
Red river is in USA.
Gulf of lion is in France.
Churchill water fall is in Canada.
Danube River is in Romania (Europe). It pours into Black sea.
The Volga is Europe longest river what is the second longest Danube
Volga River is in Russia.
What is the only river that flows both north and south of equator The Congo
New Zealand is situated in the region of Oceania.
Oxus River (also called Amu Darya) is flowing between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. It is the largest
river of central Asia.
Bari Doab is the area lying between River Ravi and River Beas.
SURMA is the name of a river.
Windermere Lake is the largest lake of UK.
What is Frances longest river: Loire
Hundroo (Hundrubagh) Water Falls are in India.
An iceberg floating in sea will have one-tenth of its mass above the surface of water.
Jog Falls are the highest waterfalls in India.
Which river is in Lebanon? River Latani
Highest salinity is found in the Great Salt Lake in USA.
Niagara Falls was discovered by Louis Hennepin
Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of Cloves
Niagara Falls was discovered by Louis Hennepin
River Darling is in Australia.
Gateway of Pacific is Panama Canal.
Panama Canal links Pacific Ocean with Atlantic Ocean.
Panama Canal was opened in 1914.
Panama Canal links North America with South America.
Amazon River crosses Equator twice.
The Amazon river rises in which country-Peru
Amazon River is largest river in terms of volume. It is in Brazil. It pours into Atlantic Ocean.
The longest and largest river in Asia is Yangtze.
The largest river in China is The Yangtze River.
The Soan and the Haro are the two rivers of Potohar Plateau.
Aswan dam is constructed on river Nile.
Worlds largest earth filled dam is Tarbela.
Voctoria falls are on the border b/w Zimbabwe & South Africa.
Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in world extending from Peru to Bolivia.
Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world. It is located in Siberia.
Indus River pours into Arabian Sea.
After Indus, the longest river is Sutlaj in Pakistan.
The longest river in South Asia is the Brahmputra.
Nile River pours its water into Mediterranean Sea.
Don River pours its water into Sea of Azov.
Tigris River pours its water into Caspian Sea.
Lake Mead is a man-made largest lake in the world.
The largest river in France is Lore
Most populated lake is Lake Eire.
Suez Canal is 170 Km long constructed in 1869.
The Suez Canal was constructed in 1869.
The Suez Canal link the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea. The Canal was constructed by a
French Engineer, Ferdinand De Lesseps.
The Suez Canal was nationalized by Col. Nasser on 26th July, 1956.
Mariana trench is the deepest part in the ocean and it lies in Pacific Ocean. It is also called the
deepest seafloor depression in the world.
River Zambezi flows in Southeast Africa.
Euphrates flows in Syria and Iraq.
Mesopotamia is the region b/w Tigris & Euphrates.
Mississippi river flows in USA. Mississippi is longest river of America.
Missouri river flows in USA
Hudson River flows in USA.
Lake Michigan flows in USA.
Golden River flows in Alaska, Canada.
In what country are the Painted Lakes- Indonesia
Name the river that flows through Baghdad- Tigris
What city has the most canals- Birmingham
Suez Canal was acquired by Britain in 1875 and nationalized by Egypt in 1956. It remains closed
1967-75 after Arab Israel War.
Thames River is in England.
Seine River is in France.
Hang He river is in China.
Victoria Lake forms boundary line b/w Tanzania and Uganda.
Victoria Lake is in Africa.
Source River Jehlum is Verinag.
Lake Superior is the largest fresh water lake in the world. It is located in North America (USA-
Canada).
Lake Victoria is located in Kenya-Tanzania and Uganda.
Great Bear Lake is located in Canada.
Huron Lake is in USA-Canada.
In which country would you find Lake Disappointment Australia
The Amazon river dolphins are what colour- Pink
Which of the following rivers rises in lake Lan-Ka Tso in Tibet? Sutlej
Volga river pours its water into Caspian Sea it is longest river of Europe.
Don is a river of Russia.
Lake Erie (N.America) is most polluted lake in the world.
Lake Mead on the Arizona-Nevada is largest man-made lake in USA.
Baikal Lake is in Siberian desert.
Palk Bay lies b/w Gulf of Mannar and Bay of Bengal.
Panama Canal connects Atlantic Ocean with Pacific Ocean.
3- Gorges Dam is in .. China
Indus originates from Tibet near Mansorowar Lake.
The Victoria Falls in Africa is located on river Zambezi. It is the highest fall of Africa.
Mt Merapi is located on Java.
What is the longest river in Australia- Murray-Darling
Gulf Stream is an ocean current named after the Gulf of Mexico.
The panch Pokhri Lake situated in the Himalaya Mountains is the highest lake in the world.
Aswan dam is in Egypt.
Word Tsunami is of Japanese language.
Largest coral reef is in Australia.
Colorado River forms Grand Canyon.
River Rhine is in Western Europe.
The Victoria Falls is located in Zimbabwe.
Highest fall of world Angel Falls is on river Carrao Venezuela.
Niagara fall is in North America b/w America & Canada.
Ribbon fall is in North America.
Silver Strand fall is in North America.
Grand Canal is located in Peoples Republic of china.
After Australia, Europe is the smallest continent.
Victoria falls is located in Rhodesia.
Deccan Plateau is in Asia.
Asia is the largest continent and covers about 1/3 of the worlds total land area.
Both the highest and lowest points on the earth are found in Asia.
The lowest point of Asia is Dead Sea which is about 397 meter below sea level.
Dead sea lying b/w Israel and Jordan.
Asia Minor is a geographical expression, a part to Turkey.
The worlds longest river, the Nile is located in Africa.
Africa is also known as Dark Continent.
Highest point of South America is Mount Aconcagua (Argentina) and lowest point is Valdes
Peninsula (Argentina).
Highest Point of North America is Mount Mckinley and the lowest point is Death Valley (California,
USA).
Highest point of Africa is Kibo, a peak of Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) and lowest point is Lake Assal
(Djibouti).
Highest point of Europe is Mount Elbrus and the lowest point is Caspian Sea.
Highest point in Antarctica is Vinson Massif.
Highest point in Australia is Mount Kosciusko (New South Wales) and the lowest point is Lake Eyre
(South Australia).
The lowest point of the North America is the Death Valley located in California.
Danube River flows in Austria.
Victoria River is the chief source of River Nile.
Dardanelles connects black Sea and Mediterranean.
Black sea is so called because a dense fog prevails there in winter.
The river Jordan flows out into the Dead sea
River Mekong flows in Vietnam.
River Thames flows in Southern England.
River boat Gondola is used in Italys city Venice.
Hydespes River is now called the Jhelum River.
The length of Panama Canal is 50072 miles.
At the equator, the equation of the day is 12 hours.
Meridan means mid-day.
Shale is not a metamorphic rock.

IMPORTANT SUMMITS HELD ON 2012-13

BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summits
4th BRICS Summit 2012 New Delhi, India
5th BRICS Summit 2013 Durban, South Africa

G-8 Annual Summits Group of Eight (G8) Countries France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom,
United States of America, Canada, Russia.
37th G8 Meeting 2011 Deauville, France
38th G8 Meeting 2012 David camp, USA
39th G8 Summit 2013 County Fermanagh, UK
40th G8 Summit 2014 Russia

G-20 Summits
7th G 20 Meeting 2012 Los Cabos, Mexico
8th G 20 Meeting 2013 Saint Petersburg, Russia
9th G 20 Meeting 2014 Brisbane, Australia

SAARC Summits SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
17th SAARC Summit 2011 Addu, Maldives
18th SAARC Summit 2013 Kathmandu,Nepal

ASEAN Summits ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nation
19th ASEAN Summit 2011 (November) Bali, Indonesia
20th ASEAN Summit 2012 (April) Phnom penh, Cambodia
21th ASEAN Summit 2012 (November) Phnom penh, Cambodia

ASEAN-India Summit
9th ASEAN-India Summit 2011 Bali, Indonesia
10th ASEAN-India Summit 2012 Phnom penh, Cambodia

East Asia Summit (EAS) EAS meetings are held after annual ASEAN leaders meetings.
6th East Asia Summit 2011 Bali, Indonesia
7th East Asia Summit 2012 Phnom penh, Cambodia

IBSA Summits IBSA Dialogue Forum - India, Brazil, South Africa.
5th IBSA Summit 2011 Pretoria, South Africa
6th IBSA Summit 2013 India

APEC Summits APEC Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
23rd APEC summit 2011 Honolulu, USA
24th APEC Summit 2012 Vladivostok,Russia
25th APEC Summit 2013 Medan/Jakarta, Indonesia
26th APEC Summit 2014 China
27th APEC Summit 2015 Philippines
28th APEC Summit 2016 Lima, Peru

OPEC Seminars OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
4th OPEC International Seminar 2009 Vienna, Austria
5th OPEC International Seminar 2012 Vienna, Austria

NAM Summits NAM Non-aligned Movement
16th NAM Summit 2012 Tehran, Iran
17th NAM Summit 2015 Caracas,Venezuela

SCO Meetings SCO Shanghai Cooperation Organization
SCO Meeting 2011 Astana, Kazakhstan
SCO Meeting 2012 Beijing, China
SCO Meeting 2013 Kyrgyzstan

NATO (North Atlantic treaty organization) international conference on Afghanistan will be held in
Chicago (USA)

Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual Meetings Annual meeting of the board of governors of the
Asian Development Bank (ADB) held every year.
ADB Annual Meeting 2012 Manila, Philippines
ADB Annual Meeting 2013 New Delhi, India

WTO Ministerial Conferences
8th WTO Ministerial Conferences2011 Geneva, Switzerland
9th WTO Ministerial Conferences2013 (Expected) -Bali, Indonesia
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First India bank Got ISO : Canara Bank
First Governor of RBI : Mr. Osborne Smith
First Indian governor of RBI : Mr. C D Deshmukh
First Bank to Introduce ATM in India : HSBC
First Bank to introduce saving Bank in India : Presidency bank in 1830
First Bank to Introduce Cheque system in India : Bengal Bank 1784
First Bank to introduce Internet Banking : ICICI BANK
First Bank to introduce Mutual Fund : State Bank of India
First Bank to introduce Credit Card in India : Central Bank of India
First Foreign Bank in India : Comptoire dEscompte de Paris of France in 1860
First Bank Set Up in India : Bank of Hindustan in 1770
First Joint Stock Bank of British India : State Bank of India
First Joint Stock Bank of India : Allahabad Bank
First Bank that is oldest Public Bank in India : Allahabad Bank
First national bank that is merged with Punjab National Bank : New Bank of India in 1993
First Indian bank to open branch outside India in London in 1946 : Bank of India
First Indian Bank started with Indian capital /indigenous Bank of India : Punjab National Bank
First Regional Rural Bank name Prathama Grameen Bank Was started by : Syndicate Bank


Important International Lines:

1. Radcliffe Line---- India and Pakistan
2. McMahon Line--- India and China
3. Durand Line ------Pakistan and Afghanistan
4. Maginot Line -----France and Germany
5. 38th Parallel -----North and South Korea
6. 17th Parallel----- North and South Vietnam
7. 49th Parallel -----USA and Canada
1. Currency chest is the property of ____ ?
A. RBI. b) SBI. C) GoI d) Lead bank of the area. e) Bank itself.
ans1) A. RBI. CC is extension of Issue Dept of RBI.


2. Which dept of RBI oversees designing of banknotes in India?
a) Dept of banknotes b) Dept of rupee management c) Dept of banking affairs d) Dept of Currency
management e) none of these.
ans2) D. This dept essentially oversees work of issue & retrieval of currency. This is performed
through 18 issue offices.

3. Where is not a currency printing press located ?
a) Dewas (MP) b) Salboni (WB) c) Nasik d) Mysore e) Mumbai
ans 3) E. Dewas & Nasik presses' are Govt owned. Salboni & Mysore are owned by RBI, through its
wholly owned subsidiary, the Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Ltd. (BRBNML).


4. Where is not a coin mint located from below ?
a) Noida b) Delhi c) Hyderabad d) Mumbai e) Calcutta
ans 4) B.


5. Banknotes & Rs.1 coins can be used to pay any sum upto _____?
a) no such limit b) Rs 1 lacs. c) 1 crore, d) 1.50 lacs
ans 5) A.

6) 50 Paisa coins can be used to pay/ settle any sum upto ____?
a) Rs Two. b) Rs Five. c) Rs Ten. d) Rs One hundred.
ans 6) C.

7) Which of the following is true of RBI's balance sheet?
a) RBI's balance sheet is a sum of 2 major Dept i.e. Issue Dept & Banking dept.
b) RBI's annual year closes on 30 june.
c) Currency circulation is backed by 3 major assets of Issue dept ie. Gold, foreign & Rupee security.
d) CRR balances, Open Market Operations, Loans to Govt etc comes under Banking dept's Balance
sheet.
e) all of the above.
ans 7) E.


8) What is KYC?
a) to verify the identity of customers.
b) budget related activity of an organisation.
c) effort to convert black money into white money.
d) legal ways to harass poor customers.
d) none of these.
ans 8) A. Know Your Customer.


9) Payment system of the country include which of the following?
a) Cheques.
b) Credit cards
c) Currency
d) Electronic transfers
e) all of these.
ans 9) E.

10) Which of the following is not true about WMA - Ways & Means Advance by RBI to State Govts.
a) Short-term finance to state govt to tide over temporary mismatches in cash flow.
b) non interest-bearing limits
c) if WMA limits are exceeded, its called 'Overdraft' - allowed for few days only.
d) These limits are without any security.
e) B & D
ans 10. B. State govts have to pay interest on these limits.


1. Recently, Supreme Court has set up a four member committee under the chairmanship of N R
Madhava Menon for framing guidelines to prevent____?
[A] Ponzi schemes
[B] Misuse of funds on government advertisement
[C] Illegal mining activities
[D] Misappropriation of powers by politicians

Ans - Misuse of funds on government advertisement

2. The SAVE is an international organisation created to conserve which of the following
endangered bird species?
[A] Great Indian Bustards
[B] Asias Vultures
[C] Bengal Florican
[D] Lesser Florican

Ans- Asias Vultures

3. The Mont Blanc Tunnel links which of the following two countries?
[A] France and Germany
[B] France and Italy
[C] Germany and Switzerland
[D] Switzerland and Germany

Ans - France and Italy

4. Which among the following is the NASAs moon probe, which recently crashed into the lunar
surface thus ending its operation?
[A] LADEE
[B] LCDEE
[C] LDCEE
[D] LEDCC

Ans- LADEE

5. The Dhamra port one of the major newly developed port located in which state?
[A] Odisha
[B] Gujarat
[C] Karnataka
[D] Andhra Pradesh

Ans - Odisha

6. The country with highest per-capita milk availability in the world is ___?
[A] Denmark
[B] Iceland
[C] New Zealand
[D] Holland

Ans - New Zealand

7. Which among the following planets in our solar system is called the Upside Down planet?
[A] Jupiter
[B] Venus
[C] Saturn
[D] Mars

Ans - Venus

8. Which among the following International Organisation is not based in Geneva?
[A] International Labour Organisation
[B] International Telecommunication Union
[C] World Trade Organisation
[D] World Bank

Ans - World Bank

9. Currently, which among the following political parties is not recognised as National Political Party?
[A] Communist Party of India
[B] Nationalist Congress Party
[C] Bahujan Samaj Party
[D] Rastriya Janta Dal

Ans - Rastriya Janta Dal

10. Who among the following has won the Chinese F1 Grand Prix -2014?
[A] Daniel Ricciardo
[B] Lewis Hamilton
[C] Sebastian Vettel
[D] Nico Hulkenberg

Ans - Lewis Hamilton

[1] What is the theme of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2014 for this year?
Ans - "Engaging Diaspora: Connecting Across Generations.

[2] When is Army day celebrated?
Ans - 15 january

[3] Who was named world's best soccer player for the 2012/2013 season by FIFA?
Ans Cristiano Ronaldo

[4] What is the full form of EPI?
Ans - Environmental Performance Index

[5] Which state won the Senior National Womens Football Championships title at Golaghat Stadium
in Assam?
Ans Manipur

[6] Who won the Madrid open?
Ans men- Rafael Nadal
Women Maria Sharapova

[7] A Book entitled India Junction A Window to the Nation was released by???
Ans - Arunendra Kumar, the Chairman of Railway Board.

[8] Who won the prestigious 2014 Gregory Bradeb Memorial Fellow of the Year Award?
Ans - Indian-American cardiologist Mitul Kadakia

[9] Which country was awarded with the New Frontiers Award 2014 on 8 May 2014 by Arabian
travel Market (ATM)?
Ans - India

[10] Who won the presidential election of Panama?
Ans- Juan Carlos Varela

1. International Womens day is celebrated on: 8th March
2. RBI measure to liquidate the market: Repo rate
3. RUpay launched in India by which organization:: NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India)
4. Common Wealth Games 2014 will be held in: Glasgow, Scotland
Note: The 2018 Commonwealth Games will be held in Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia.
5. Cadbury's India new name: Mondelez India Foods Ltd
6. IIFA International Entertainer: John Travolta
7. KYC related to: Know Your Customer (a term used for customer identification).
8. Who is the chairman of TATA GROUP - Cyrus Mistry
9. Full form of EFT: Electronic Fund Transfer
10. Fastest mode of transaction: RTGS
11. Alphanumeric code on cheque? Indian Financial System Code (IFSC) is an alphanumeric code is
printed on cheque.
Note: MICR is a 9 digit code.
12. Bank pays interest on savings account ? Daily Basis
13. Function of banking ombudsman?
14. Author who got Padmabhushan? Ruskin Bond
15. World Snooker Women Champion: Steve Davis

1. Which Asian river is sometimes referred to as The Road to Mandalay?
Answer: Irrawaddy (Myanmar)

2. Where is the headquarters of the Transparency International?
Answer: Berlin (Germany)

3. Which international organization was founded by Peter Eigen?
Answer: Transparency International

4. Which is the worlds most saline lake?
Answer: Lake Vanda (Antarctica)

5. A projectile launched at which degree angle has the greatest range?
Answer: 45 degree angle

6. What is the unit of measurement of cotton?
Answer: Bales

7. Which metal is added to fireworks to get the lilac colour?
Answer: Potassium

8. Which acid is used to acidify foods and beverages such as various colas?
Answer: Phosphoric Acid

9. What kind of creature is a silverfish?
Answer: Wingless insect

10. Which animals walking style is known as Knuckle walking?
Answer: Gorillas and Chimpanzees

11. Which countrys official currency is the Renminbi?
Answer: China..

1. What is the Full form of PIN?
Answer. Postal Index Number
2. When did the Pin system Started in India?
Answer. 1972
3. Which is the first Indian post office outside Indian Territory?
Answer. Post office at Dakshin Gangotri in Antarctica (1983)
4. When did the speed post service started in India?
Answer. 1986
5. Which Governor General found Telegraph and Postal systems?
Answer. Lord Dalhousie
6. When did the first General Post Office opened in India?
Answer. 1774 (Kolkata)
7. Which is the first postage stamp of India?
Answer. Sinde Dawk (1852)
8. World Postal Day is observed in:
Answer. October 9
9. Indian Postal Day is observed in:
Answer. October 10
10. Where is the highest post office in the world situated?
Answer. Hikkim (Himachal Pradesh)
11. When did Universal Postal Union founded?
Answer. 1874
12. In which year Money Order system introduced in India?
Answer. 1880
13. In which year Postal Life Insurance started in India?
Answer. 1884
14. Where is postal staff college situated?
Answer. Ghaziabad (UP)
15. Who was the first Minister of Communication of India?
Answer. C.R.K Kidwai
16. Who is the author of Meghdootam?
Answer. Kalidasa
17. How many electrons does hydrogen have?
Answer. One
18. What is the international standard unit for measurement of Temperature?
Answer. Kelvin
19. What is the currency of Bangladesh?
Answer. Taka
20. Amartya Sen was awarded Nobel Prize for his contribution in:
Answer. Economics

Scientific Units: Physics

Ampere Electric Current
Angstrom Wavelength of light
Bar Atmospheric Pressure
Becquerel Activity of a radionuclide
Coulomb Electric charge
Dioptre Power of a lens
Decibel Intensity of sound
Dalton Atomic mass
Darcy Permeability
Force Newton
Farad Electric capacitance
Fathom Depth of sea
Henry Inductance
Hertz Frequency of sound
Joule Work or Energy
Knot Speed of ship
Kilowatt Electric power
Kelvin Thermodynamic Temperature
Lax Illuminance
Maxwell Magnetic flux
Ohm Electric resistance
Volt Electric potential
Watt Power
Siemens Electric Conductance

Printing of Currency Notes & Coins in India

SECURITY PRESSES in India
1. Currency Note Press, Nasik (1928)
2. Bank Note Press, Dewas (1974)
3. Bharatiya Note Mudra Nigam, Salboni, West Bengal ( 1995)
4. Bharatiya Note Mudra Nigam, Mysore, Karnataka. (1995)
Rupees Notes and CoinsSecurity Paper Mill
1. Security Paper Mill, Hoshangabad (1963)
Four mints in the country for the production of coins
1. Mumbai, Maharashtra
2. Alipore(Kolkata),West Bengal
3. Saifabad(Hyderabad), Andhra Pradesh
4. Noida, Uttar Pradesh

new seven wonders
1. Taj Mahal Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India (AD 1632)
2. Chichen Itza Yucatn Mexico( AD 800)
3. Christ the Redeemer Rio de Janeiro Brazil (AD 1926)
4. Colosseum Rome, Italy (AD 70)
5. Great Wall of China China (BC 700)
6. Machu Picchu Cuzco Region, Peru (AD 1438)
7. Petra Ma'an Governorate, Jordan (BC 312)
What is Repo rate and Reverse Repo Rate?
Ans: Repo rate is the rate at which the RBI lends money to the commercial banks while Reverse repo
rate is the rate at which the RBI takes money from a commercial bank.
Repo rate controls inflation.
12.What is current Bank Rate?
Ans: 9%
Note: Current Rates:
Repo Rate: 8%
Reverse Repo Rate: 7%
CRR 4%
SLR 23%
MSF 9%
Bank Rate 9%
13.What is the difference between Private bank Nationalized bank?
Ans: Nationalized banks are also known as public sector banks that is bought and controlled by the
government.
Private Banks are owned, controlled and managed by an individual or conducted by a partnership.
14.What is CRR and SLR?
Ans. CRR: Cash Reserve Ratio It is the ratio of physical cash that every bank has to keep with RBI.
Current CRR 4%
SLR: Statutory Liquidity Ratio It is the ratio of liquid assets that every bank has to keep with RBI.
Current SLR 23%
15.What is NPA?
Ans. NPA: Non Performing Asset: When a loan becomes bad then it becomes NPA.
16.What do you mean by the term financial inclusion?
Ans: Financial inclusion means providing sound and affordable financial services to the "unbanked,
those who do not have access to the formal financial system. To bring every citizen of a country
under banking system.
17.What Are Bitcoins?
Ans: The Bitcoin is a form of currency without notes and coins, it is a digital currency.
In this era of Internet and digitization, weve moved from phone to VoIP calls, face-to-face meeting
to video conferencing, fax to email, cable television to IP TV, and the list goes on.
The concept of Bitcoins was developed by Satoshi Nakamoto and belongs to Japan.
The worlds first insured bitcoin storage service has launched in the UK (London).
18.Why RBI does the Open Market Operations (OMOs)?
Ans: OMOs are the market operations conducted by the Reserve Bank of India by way of sale/
purchase of Government securities to/ from the market with an objective to adjust the rupee
liquidity conditions in the market on a durable basis.
19.What is CBS (Core Banking Solutions)?
Ans: Core Banking Solutions is the process, where branches of the bank are connected to a central
host and the customers of connected branches can do banking at any breach with core banking
facility.
20.What is Credit card?
Ans. Credit card is a plastic instrument that can be used for the purchase of goods and services. You
can buy the services and then pay the cash to the bank. Limits will be fixed based on the net worth
of the customer.

Important Financial Organizations & their foundation

1955: Industrial credit and Investment Corporation India Ltd(ICICI)
1962: Deposit Insurance Corporation
1963: Agricultural Refinance Corporation
1964: Unit Trust of India
1964: Industrial Development Bank of India
1969: National Institute of Bank Management
1971: Credit Guarantee Corporation
1978: Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (The DIC and
CGC were merged and renamed as DICGC)
1982: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
1982: Export-Import Bank of India
1987: Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
1988: Discount and Finance House of India
1988: National Housing Bank
1990: Small Industries Development Bank of India
1994: Securities Trading Corporation of India
1995: Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited
1996: Institute for Development & Research in Banking Technology
2001: Clearing Corporation of India Limited
2008: National Payments Corporation of India

1. Who is the Present Attorney General =>> Mukul Rohatgi
2. Who is the Present Solicitor General =>> Ranjith Kumar
3. Who is the Present Comptroller and Auditor General =>> Shashi Kant Sharma
4. Who is the Present Army Chief =>> Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh
5. Who is the Present Chief of Air staff =>> Arup Raha
6. Who is the Present Chief of Naval Staff =>> vice admiral R K Dhowan
7. Who is the Present Chief Election Commissioner =>> V. S. Sampath
8. Who is the Present National Human Rights Commission, Chairman =>> K.G Balakrishnan
9. Who is the Present National Commission for Woman, Chairperson =>> Mamta Sharma
10. Who is the Present Chief Information Commissioner =>> Rajiv Mathur
11. Who is the present Finance Commission, Chairman =>> Y.V. Reddy
12. Who is the Present ISRO, chairman =>> Dr. k. Radhakrishnan
13. Who is the present SEBI chairman =>> UK Sinha
14. Who is the present Supreme Court Chief Justice of India =>> P. Sathasivam(New R M Lodha)
15. Who is the new chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) ?
Answer: Alok Joshi
16. Who is the new chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB)?
Answer: Syed Asif Ibrahim
17. Who is the new chief of CBI?
Answer: Ranjit Sinha
18.Who is the present TRAI ( Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) Chairman ?
Answer: Rahul Khullar
19. Recently appointed CAG of India is
Answer: Sashikanth Sharma
20. Present Central Vigilance Commissioner of India ?
Answer: Pradeep Kumar

List of Recently Appointed Heads of Important Organizations
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1. President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee appointed Narendra Modi as Prime Minister of India.
2. Nripendra Misra appointed as Principal Secretary to PM Narendra Modi
3. Mukul Rohatgi appointed as 14th Attorney-General of India
4. Ajit Doval appointed as new National Security Adviser
5. R.M.Lodha: New Chief Justice of India. He is the 41st Chief Justice of India. He succeeds Justice P.
Sathasivam.
6. Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag: appointed new Army Chief. He succeed Gen Bikram Singh.
7. R Gandhi appointed Deputy Governor of RBI. He replace Anand Sinha
8. Robin K Dhowan: appointed New Navy Chief.
9. Arup Raha: New Air Chief Marshal. He succeeded NAK Browne.
10. Retired Air Chief N A K. Browne appointed new Indian envoy to Norway.
11. K Natarajan took over as 21st Command of Coast Guard Region (A&N)
12. A.B. Pandya appointed as the Chairman of Central Water Commission
13. Rajiv Mathur took over as the new Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information
Commission.
14. Hiroshi Naka appointed as Vice President and Auditor General of World Bank
15. Kavery Banerjee appointed as Secretary, Department of Posts.
16. Arvind Mayaram: Appointed new Finance Secretary. He replace Sumit Bose
17. Saurabh Chandra: New Oil Secretary.
18. Rajiv Takru: appointed Revenue Secretary
19. Sudhir Gupta: appointed new TRAI Secretary
20. Rajeev Kher: appointed new Commerce Secretary. He replace S R Rao


[1] Who won 2014 Thomas Cup badminton?
Ans Japan
[2] Who was appointed as the Dean of the School of Business and Management at the HKUST?
Ans - An Indian management scholar Jitendra Vir Singh
[3] Who won 10th UEFA Champions League title?
Ans - Real Madrid
[4] Who won AFC Women's Asian Cup title?
Ans Japan
[5] Who became the top source of foreign direct investment (FDI) into India?
Ans Singapore
[6] Who has started drilling its first-ever well in the Palar basin at Chinnapuliyur village near
Chennai?
Ans ONGC
[7] Name the girl who became the youngest woman to climb Mount Everest, the highest peak in the
world?
Ans - Malavath Poorna
[8] Which programme was resumed on 23 May 2014 in Tamil Nadu by Wildlife wing of the Forest
Department?
Ans - Olive Ridley Conservation Programme
[9] Name the floating hotel unveiled in Mumbai?
Ans - AB Celestial
[10] When was world turtle day celebrated?
Ans- 23 May

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International Organizations and their Headquarters

1. UNO - New York
2. UNICEF - New York
3. UNESCO - Paris
4. UNIDO - Vienna
5. WHO - Geneva
6. UNFPA - New York
7. ILO - Geneva
8. IMF - Washington DC
9. WTO - Geneva
10. International Court Of Justice - The Hague
11. International Atomic Energy Agency - Vienna
12. World Bank - Washington D.C.
13. International Committee of the Red Cross -Geneva
14. International Maritime Organisation - London
15. Universal Postal Union - Berne
16. Food and Agricultural Organisation - Rome
17. World Meteorological Organisation - Geneva
18. SAARC - Kathmandu
19. Amnesty International - London
20. Transparency International - Berlin
21. World Intellectual Property Organization - Geneva
22. International Renewable Energy Agency - Abu Dhabi (UAE) (Interim HQs)
23. Commonwealth of Nations - London
24. International StandardsOrganisation - Geneva
25. UNEP( united nations environmental programme)- Nairobi(Kenya).

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1.Interim president of BCCI : Sunil Gavaskar
2.Khushwant Singh last book: The Good, The Bad and The Ridiculous
3.MICR full form: Magnetic ink character recognition
4. What is NECS: National Electronic and Clearing Service
5. Chairman of FPSB (Financial Planning and Standard Board ) B.N Srikrishna
6. which award Given by President on 8th March: Stree Shakti Puraskar
7. World two heritage one in Himachal and one in which state: Gujarat Rani ki vav (Queens
stepwell)
8. Who initiated and started IMPS system: NPCI (National Payment Corporation of India)


1. Who is the Present Attorney General =>> Mukul Rohatgi
2. Who is the Present Solicitor General =>> Ranjith Kumar
3. Who is the Present Comptroller and Auditor General =>> Shashi Kant Sharma
4. Who is the Present Army Chief =>> Gen. Bikram Singh
5. Who is the Present Chief of Air staff =>> Arup Raha
6. Who is the Present Chief of Naval Staff =>> vice admiral R K Dhowan
7. Who is the Present Chief Election Commissioner =>> V. S. Sampath
8. Who is the Present National Human Rights Commission, Chairman =>> K.G Balakrishnan
9. Who is the Present National Commission for Woman, Chairperson =>> Mamta Sharma
10. Who is the Present Chief Information Commissioner =>> Rajiv Mathur
11. Who is the present Finance Commission, Chairman =>> Y.V. Reddy
12. Who is the Present ISRO, chairman =>> Dr. k. Radhakrishnan
13. Who is the present SEBI chairman =>> UK Sinha
14. Who is the present Supreme Court Chief Justice of India =>> P. Sathasivam(New R M Lodha)
15. Who is the new chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) ?
Answer: Alok Joshi
16. Who is the new chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB)?
Answer: Syed Asif Ibrahim
17. Who is the new chief of CBI?
Answer: Ranjit Sinha
18.Who is the present TRAI ( Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) Chairman ?
Answer: Rahul Khullar
19. Recently appointed CAG of India is
Answer: Sashikanth Sharma
20. Present Central Vigilance Commissioner of India ?
Answer: Pradeep Akshay Kumar

Some Important Portals & their Founders

1. Google Larry Page & Sergey Brin
2. Facebook Mark Zuckerberg
3. Yahoo David Filo & Jerry Yang
4. Twitter Jack Dorsey & Dick Costolo
5. Internet Tim Berners Lee
6. Linkdin Reid Hoffman, Allen Blue&
Koonstantin Guericke
7. Email Shiva Ayyadurai
8. Gtalk Richard Wah kan
9. Whats up Laurel Kirtz
10. Hotmail Sabeer Bhatia
11. Orkut Buyukkokten
12. Wikipedia Jimmy Wales
13. You tube Steve Chen, Chad Hurley &
JawedKarim
14. Rediffmail Ajit Balakrishnan
15. Nimbuzz Martin Smink & Evert Jaap
Lugt
16. Myspace Chris Dewolfe & Tom
Anderson
17. Ibibo Ashish Kashyap
18. OLX Alec Oxenford & Fabrice Grinda
19. Skype Niklas Zennstrom,Janus Friis &
Reid Hoffman
20. Opera Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner &
Geir lvarsoy
21. Mozilla Firefox Dave Hyatt & Blake Ross
22. Blogger Evan Willams

1. Book: Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and other Truths
authored by _____PC Parakh

2. Book: The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh
authored by ______Dr. Sanjaya Baru

3. Book: Lal Bahadur Shastri: Lessons in Leadership
written by ______Pavan Choudary .

4. Book: Rationalised Roman for Kashmiri
written by _____Dr. R L Bhat

5. Book: Narendra Modi: A Political Biography
written by ____ Andy Marino.

6. Book: Public Issues Before Parliament
written by ______Vijay Darda

7. Book: The Political Economy of Energy and Growth
authored by ______Sh. Najeeb Jung

8. Book: India at Risk:
authored by _____ Jaswant Singh.

9. Book - ModiNomics: Inclusive Economics, Inclusive Governance:
authored by _____Sameer Kochhar.

10. Book: Water, Peace and War - Confronting the Global Water Crisis
written by ____Brahma Chellaney.

IMPORTANT QUIZ

1) Rana Kapoor is all set to be re-appointed as MD & CEO of which of the following private sector
banks operating in India?
1) YES Bank
2) Federal Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) Kotak Mahindra Bank
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) YES Bank

2) Infrastructure finance company IDFC plans to start bank operations by Oct 2015. IDFC bagged a
commercial banking licence along with which of the following financial institutions, recently?
1) India Post
2) Reliance Capital
3) Bandhan
4) Mahindra Finance
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Bandhan

3) The visiting Indian cricket team won a three match ODI series against which of the following
countries, recently?
1) Sri Lanka
2) Bangladesh
3) New Zealand
4) Australia
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Bangladesh

4)Which of the following teams has won the women's World Cup hockey title, recently?
1) Australia
2) Netherlands
3) USA
4) Argentina
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Netherlands

5)Dmitry O Rogozin, who visited India, recently, is the deputy Prime Minister of which of the
following countries?
1) Uzbekistan
2) Kyrgyzstan
3) Turkmenistan
4) Ukraine
5) Russia
Answer:- 5) Russia

6)Which of the following teams has won the men's World Cup hockey title, recently?
1) Australia
2) Germany
3) Netherlands
4) Malaysia
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Australia

7) Andhra Pradesh is considering taking help from space agencies ISRO and NASA to trace the 17
missing engineering students after sudden release of water from a reservoir in Mandi in Himachal
Pradesh. The incident took place in which of the following rivers?
1) Sutlej
2) Ganges
3) Chenab
4) Beas
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Beas

8) Militant separatist group ISIS is in news for its activities in which of the following countries,
recently?
1) Iraq
2) Iran
3) Libya
4) Nigeria
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Iraq

9)Which of the following countries lay thrust on 'Gross National Happiness rather than Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) as the parameters for measuring its economic development?
1) Bangladesh
2) Thailand
3) Bhutan
4) Singapore
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Bhutan

10 )The govt is mulling Centre of National Excellence status for the institutions FTII, SRFTI as
announced by the Information and Broadcasting Minister _________, recently.
1) Ramvilas Paswan
2) Prakash Javadekar
3) Nitin Jairam Gadkari
4) M Venkaiah Naidu
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Prakash Javadekar
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam :- Wings of Fire, Ignited Minds, Target 3 Million, The luminous Spark, India 2020,
Mission India, Indomitable Spirit, The Life Tree, India My Dream, Inspiring Thoughts, Thoughts for
Change, Spirit of India, Evolution of Enlightened Societies, India Wins Freedom, You are Born to
Blossom, Turning Point.

Barack Obama :- Dreams From My Father

Bill Clinton :- My Life
Khuswant Singh :- We Indians, Train To Pakistan, Women and Men in My Life

Koutilya :- Arthashastra

L.K. Advani :- My Nation My Life

Lala Lajpat Rai :- Unhappy India

Mrs. Indira Gandhi :- Eternal India

N.R. Narayan Murthy :- A Better India A Better World

Nandan Nilekani :- Imagining India

Narendra Modi :- Jyoti punj

P. V. Narasimha Rao :- Ayodhya

Panini :- Ashtadhyayi

R. C. Dutt :- Economic History of India

R.K. Narayanan :- My Days, The Guide, Malgudi days, Waiting for the Mahatma, The Dark Room,
The Bachelors of Art, The English Teacher, The Financial Expert

Rabindranath Tagore :- Lipika, Chandralika, Chitra, Geethanjali, Gora, Ghare, Broken Ties, Malini,
Sacrifice, Two Sisters , Bhaire, Chaturanga

RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan: Aid and Growth, Fault Lines, Indias Pattern of Development, The
Real Effect of Banking Crises Controlled Capital Account Liberalization
Sunil Gavaskar :- One Day Wonders

Swami Vivekananda :- Inspired Talks, The Sleeping Giant, Living at the State, Way of the Saint,
Jnana Yoga, Raja Yoga, My Master, Women of India, Vedanta Philosophy
Vikram Seth :- Two Lives, The Golden Gate, A Suitable Boy, Arion and The Dolphin, An Equal
Music, From Heaven Lake:Travels

Vishnu Sharma :- Panchatantra

Yann Martel :- Life of Pi