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General Facts About India
General Facts About India
General Facts About India
A SUGGESTION: The Geography subject will be clearer to you, if you look at the map.
Please read with a map beside you.
India is the 10th industrialized country in the world.
India is the 6th nation in the world to have gone into outer space.
India is the 7th largest country in the World.
India lies entirely in the northern hemisphere. (Do you know what Northern Hemisphere is?).
India measures 3,214 km from North to South.
India measures 2,933 km from east to west.
The mainland extends between latitudes 8 40 and 37 60 North.
The mainland extends between 68 70 and 97 250 East longitudes.
Indias land frontier is about 15,200 km.
India has a common boarders with
North-west: Afghanistan and Pakistan
North: China, Bhutan and Nepal
East: Myanmar
East of West Bengal : Bangladesh
India is separated from Sri Lanka by a narrow channel of sea formed by the Palk Strait and the
Gulf of Mannar.
The plains of the Ganga and the Indus are one of the worlds greatest stretches of flat alluvium
and also one of the most densely populated areas on the earth.
Between Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea lies a narrow coastal strip.
Between Eastern Ghats and Bay of Bengal there is a broader costal area.
Niligiri Hills is the point where the eastern and Western Ghats meets.
Cardamom hills lying beyond may be regarded as a continuation of Western Ghats.
The Indus, which is one of the greatest rivers of the world rises near manasarovar in Tibet and
flows through India and thereafter through Pakistan and falls in Arabian Sea near Kutch.
Tributaries of Indus: The Sutlej, the Beas, the Ravi, The Chenab and the Jhelum.
The Ganga-Brahmaputra_Meghana is another important system of which the principle sub
basins are those of Bhagirathi and Alakanada join at Dev Prayag to form the Ganga.
The major east flowing rivers are Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery, Mahanadi, etc.
The west flowing rivers Narmada, Tapti and Mahi.
The climate of India is tropical monsoon type.
South-West monsoon is the summer monsoon and wind blows from sea to land after crossing
Indian ocean, the Arabian sea and the Bay of Bengal.
North-east monsoon is known as the winter monsoon and wind blows from land to sea.
Botanical survey of India (BSI) headquarters Kolkata.
Zoological survey of India (ZSI) headquarters Kolkata.
The tiger and lion belong to cat family.
The salt water crocodile is found along eastern coast and in the Andaman and Nicobar islands.
The first census in India was conducted in the year 1872. It was conducted non-synchronously
in different parts.
Since 1881 it was conducted synchronously.
The first census commissioner of India was W W Plowden (1881).
2001 census was undertaken during 9-28 February 2001.
The census moment, the referral time at which the snapshot of the population is taken was
00.00 hours of March 1, 2001.
Until 1991 census, the sunrise of 1 March was taken as the census moment.
India accounts for a meager 2.4 percent of the worlds surface area.
India has 17.5 (2011) percent of World population.
The percent decadal growth of population in the inter-censual period 1991-2001 varies from a
low of 9.43 in Kerala to a very high 64.53 in Nagaland.
The population density of India in 2001 was 324 per sq km.
West Bengal is the most thickly populated state with a population density of 903 in 2001.
Delhi is the city with highest population density with 9340.
Lowest population density is in Arunachal Pradesh with 13.
Bihar second and Kerala third.
Sex ration in India 940:1000. (2011 census)
Highest sex ratio is Kerala. 1084:1000. (2011 census)
Who is a literate? A person aged seven and above, who can both read and write any language
with understanding is treated as a literate.
In the census prior to 1991 children below 5 years were necessarily treated as illiterates.
The literacy rate in the country is 74.04 percent (2011).
Kerala retained its position by being on top with a 93.91 percent literacy rate (2011).
Highest male and female literacy state Kerala.
Bihar with a literacy rate of 63.82 (2011) percent ranks last in the country.
Lowest male and female literacy state Bihar.
743 million people in India live in rural areas as per the 2001 census.
286 million people in India live in urban areas.
Highly populated state in India is UP with 199 million (2011) people.
Lowest population is in Sikkim with 540,851 people and constitutes 0.05 percent of the total.
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DO YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE FACTS ABOUT THE NATIONAL FLAG,
NATIONAL ANTHEM.?
The ratio of width of the flag to its length is 2 to 3.
There are 3 colors in the National Flag. Saffron at the top, White in the middle followed by
Green at the bottom.
In the middle of the National Flag there is a wheel called Chakra.
The Chakra has 24 spokes.
The design of the National Flag was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India on July 22,
1947.
The Flag code of India, 2002, has taken effect from January 26, 2002 and supersedes the Flag
code Indias as it existed.
There shall be no restriction on the display of the National Flag by the members of general
public private organizations, educational institutions, etc.
The state emblem is an adoption from the saranath Lion capital of Asoka.
In the sate emblem as adopted on January 26, 1950 only 3 lions are visible and the 4 th one is
hidden.
The wheel appears in the center of the abacus with a bull on the right and a horse on the left
and the outlines of other wheels on extreme right and left.
The words Satyameva Jayate were taken from the Mundaka Upanishad. It means Truth
Alone Triumphs are inscribed below the abacus in Devanagari script.
The National Anthem Jana-gana-mana, composed originally in Bengali by Rabindranath
Tagore, was adopted in its Hindi version as National Anthem on January 24, 1950.
National Anthem was first sung on December 27, 1911 at the Calcutta session of the INC.
The National song Vande Mataram, composed in Sanskrit by Bankimchandra Chatterji, was a
source of inspiration to the people in their struggle for freedom. It has an equal status with the
National Anthem.
The first political occasion when National song, sung was the 1896 session of the INC.
The National calendar is based on Saka era, with Chaitra as its first month and a normal year
of 365 days was adopted from March 22, 1957 with Gregorian calendar.
NATIONAL SYMBOLS:
National Animal: The magnificent tiger, (Panthera Tigris).
National Bird: The Indian peacock (Peafowl), (Pavo Cristatus).
National Flower: Lotus (Nelumbo Nucipera Gaertn).
National Tree: The Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis).
National Fruit: Mango (Manigifera Indica).
National River: Ganges
National Aquatic Animal: Gangetic Dolphin
National Reptile: King Cobra (Ophiophagus hanna)
National Heritage Animal: Elephant (Elephas Maximus indicus)
National Drink: Tea (this will be from April 17, 2013)
NATIONAL PARKS
Bandipur National Park
Chandraprabha sanctuary
Corbett National Park
Ghana Bird Sanctuary
Gir National Park
Hazaribagh Sanctuary
Kanha National Park
Kaziranga National Park
horned rhinoceros).
Periyar Sanctuary
Wild Ass Sanctuary
Manas Sanctuary
Karnataka
UP
Uttaranchal
Rajasthan
Gujarat
Jharkhand
MP
Assam (Famous for oneKerala
Gujarat
Assam
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The first Indian satellite Aryabhatta was launched from USSR on April 19, 1975.
Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma became Indias first man in space.
India set a record on April 28, 2008 by PSLV-C9 successfully launching 10 satellites from
Sriharikota, AP.
Nagpur.
Coffee Board
Bangalore
Tea Board
Kottayam (Kerala)
Tobacco Board
Andhra Pradesh
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
New Delhi
Indian Institute of Mathematical Sciences Chennai.
Indian Diamond Institute
Surat
Advanced Level Telecom Centre
Ghaziabad
Bharat Ratna Bhim Rao Ambedkar Institute of Telecom Training Jabalpur.
National Academy for Telecom Finance and Management
Hyderabad.
telecommunication Engineering Centre
New Delhi
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore.
Indian School Business
Hyderabad
Bureau of Indian Standards
Delhi
Central Drug Research Institute
Luck now
National Institute for Oceanography
Panaji (Goa)
Centre For Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)
Hyderabad
National Institute for Nutrition
Hyderabad
Central Rice Research Institute
Cuttack
Centre for DNA finger printing and Diagnostics
Hyderabad
Indian Institute for Sugar Technology
Kanpur
National Institute for Immunology
New Delhi
National Institute for Ocean technology
Chennai.
Indian Institute for Spices Research (IISR)
Kozhikode, Kerala.
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HEALTH:
Indias National Anti-Malaria programme is the worlds biggest health
programme against a single communicable disease.
Dengue fever is a viral disease which is transmitted through the bites if
female AEDES mosquitoes.
The National Leprosy control programme was launched in 1955.
The National Programme for control of Blindness was launched in 1976.
The control of sexually transmitted Diseases (STD) was introduced during fourth 5 year
plan.
PAINTING:
AJANTA paintings belong to 1st century to 8th Century AD. These are associated with the life
History of the Buddha and the Jataka stories.
MUGHAL paintings reached climax during Jahangirs time. Jahangirs court was patronized
by Bishan Das, Murad, Mansur, Bahzad, and Aga Raza.
EUROPEAN STYLE: Raja Ravi Verma of Kerala distinguished himself in this style of
paintings.
The modern paintings in India were pioneered by Gaganendranath Tagore, Jamini Roy, and
Rabindranath Tagore.
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CULTURAL INISTITUTIONS
LALIT KALA ACADEMY: It is the National Academy of Fine Arts. It was Established in
1954 in New Delhi.
SANGEETH NATAK ACADEMY: It is the National Academy of Music, Dance and
Drama. Established in the year 1952 in New Delhi.
NATIONAL SCHOOL OF DRAMA: set up in 1959 in New Delhi.
SAHITYA ACADEMY: Established in 1954 in New Delhi.
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OTHER INSTITUTIONS:
ACHAELOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA: ESTABLISHED in 1861 in NEW DELHI.
ASIATIC SOCIETY: It was established in 1784 at Calcutta by Sir William Jones.
Anthropological Survey of India: Set up in 1945 at Calcutta.
National Achieves of India: Set up in 1981 in New Delhi.
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PRECEDENCE IN ADMINISTRATION:
1.
President
2.
Vice President
3.
Prime Minister
4.
Governors of states within their respective states.
5.
Former Presidents.
6.
Chief Justice of India.
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INDIAs FIRST AND LAST:
First Governor-General of Bengal (1772-1785) Warren Hastings
Last Governor-General of Bengal
Lord William Bentinck (18281833)
GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Bengal became the GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA.
First Governor-General of India (1833-35)
- Lord Canning
- Lord Canning
Last Viceroy
- Lord Mountbatten
Lord Mountbatten
Last G-G
C.Rajagopalachari
PRESIDENTS
First President
(1950-1962)
He is the only president who got elected to the office for two times.
Present President (2007- till date
VICE PRESIDENTS
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
He is the only Vice President who got elected to the office for two times
Present Vice President (2007- till date)
Jawaharlal Nehru
Sardar Patel
LK Advani
FINANCE MINISTERS:
First FM (1947-1949)
RK SHANMUKHAM SHETTY
Pranab Mukharjee
GV Mavalankar
Meira Kumar
SPEAKERS:
Harilal Kania
SH KAPADIA
Sukumar sen
S Y Quereshi
CHAIRMEN OF UPSC:
Present Chairman
DP Agarwal
V. Narahari Rao
Vinod Rai
ATTORNEY-GENERALS OF INDIA
First A-G (1950-63)
MC. Setalvad
G E Vahanavati
(1943- 1949)
Sir C D Deshmuk
Do you know? Orissa has the distinction of publishing news papers in 18 out
of 23 languages (22 languages plus English).
2.
The largest number of news papers and periodicals registered in any Indian
language is Hindi.
3.
The SUN
Britain
The Mirror
Britain
DAWN
The Times
Pakistan
-
Britain
New Statesman
Britain
USA
PRAVDA
Russia
Red Flag
China
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THE SOLAR SYSTEM and few more facts:
The rotation of the Sun as seen from the Earth. At the poles it is more than the equator. At the
equator it is 25.38 days and at poles it is 33 days.
The Chemical composition of the Sun is 71% Hydrogen, 26.5% Helium and other elements
2.5%.
The age is about 5 billion years.
The nearest planet to the Sun is Mercury 58 million kms.
The farthest planet to the Sun is Neptune 4497 million kms.
The distance of Earth from Sun is 150 million Km.
The planet with highest diameter is Jupiter with 1, 41,968 km. It is next to Sun with 13, 84,000
km.
Mercury has the lowest diameter with 4850 km.
The Earth has only one satellite i.e. Moon.
Jupiter has of 63 satellites. This is the highest for any planet.
The planets Mercury and Venus have no satellites.
On August 24, 2006 Pluto was declared as a dwarf planet. It lost its seven decade status
as the ninth and the outermost planet.
The Pluto was discovered in 1930 by the American Clyde Tom Baugh.
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EARTH
Escape Velocity is the speed necessary to break away from the Earth into outer space. It is 11
km per second.
Speed of the rockets is 8 km per second. This is the velocity required to counter the Earths
gravity to rise up to the atmosphere.
The highest component in the Earth is Iron (35%) and lowest is Aluminum (0.4%).
Period of rotation of earth on its own axis is 23 hours 56 m. 4.09 sec.
Period of revolution of Earth round the Sun is 365 days 5 hrs 48 m 45.51 sec.
Area of water surface on the Earth is 70.9%.
Asia is the biggest continent and it has 29.5% in the earths area.
Approximately 3879 million populations live in Asia.
Antarctica is an uninhabited area and it occupies 9.6% of the earths area.
Lowest population lives in Australia. 32 million people live in Australia.
Area wise Australia is the lowest with only 5.2% of the earths area.
Highest point on the Earth is Everest with 8848 meters.
Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean.
Greatest depth location is Mariana trench in Pacific.
Russia is the biggest country in area wise.
India is the 7th biggest country area wise.
China is the biggest country population wise.
India is the second biggest country population wise.
Vatican City is the smallest country (0.44 sq km) with respect to area and population.
Highest volcano Ojos del salado 6885 meters. It is in Andes mountain range. It is in
Argentina and Chile.
Largest desert is Sahara.
Deepest cave Reseau du Foillis, in France.
Greenland is the largest islands.
South-china Sea is the largest sea. Largest ocean is pacific.
Longest river is Nile, Africa.
Deepest point is Challenger deep in Mariana Trench.
Highest waterfalls are ANGEL is in Venezuela.
The biggest deltas is Ganges-Brahmaputra in Bangladesh.
China has most land borders. It has borders with 14 countries.
India has borders with 7 countries.
The Tallest statue is USHIKU DAIBUTSU in Japan.
The Worlds longest mountains in the World Andes present in South America. This passes
through the west coast of South America. The range is about 7000 km. This runs through 7
countries. Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. (The highest
peak in Andes is Mt. Aconcagua of 6963 m. This is in Argentina).
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WITH REFERENCE TO INDIA:
The highest mountain peak K2 (Mount Godwin Austen) 8611 meters. It is in Pak-occupied
Kashmir.
Kanchenjunga 8598 meters.
Kuttanadu in the district of Alappuzha in Kerala is the region with lowest region in India. (The
farming is carried below the sea level).
Longest river is Ganga 2510 km.
Longest river in South India is Godavari 1465 km.
Highest population is in Mumbai.
Hindus constitute 80.44% in India.
India has longest border with Bangladesh. (4097 km).
India has lowest border with Afghanistan. (80 km).
Most literate district in India is AIZAWL in Mizoram.
The district with highest sex ratio is Mahe in Pondicherry.
Highest hill station in India Gulbarga in Jammu and Kashmir. 2250 meters.
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Golden Quadrilateral project:
The Golden Quadrilateral is a highway network connecting India's four largest metropolitan
cities. Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, thus forming a quadrilateral of sorts.
The largest highway project in India, initiated by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, it is the first phase of
the National Highways Development Project (NHDP), and consists of building 5,846 km of
four/six lane express highways at a cost of 60,000 crore.
As of 31 October 2010, 5,806 km of the entire work has been completed and work on
remaining 40 km is under progress.
Only National Highways are used in the Golden Quadrilateral. The four legs use the following
National Highways:
Delhi Kolkata: NH 2
Delhi Mumbai: NH 8 (Delhi Kishangarh), NH 79A (Ajmer bypass), NH 79 (Nasirabad
Chittaurgarh), NH 76 (Chittaurgarh Udaipur), NH 8 (Udaipur Mumbai)
Mumbai Chennai: NH 4 (Mumbai Bangalore), NH 7 (Bangalore Krishnagiri), NH
46 (Krishnagiri Ranipet), NH 4 (Ranipet Chennai)
Kolkata Chennai: NH 6 (Kolkata Kharagpur), NH 60 (Kharagpur Balasore), NH
5 (Balasore Chennai)
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UNO (UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION):
UNO officially came into existence on October 24, 1945.
The declaration was signed in 1942 in San Francisco.
Every year October 24 is celebrated as UN day.
193 countries are the members in UNO.
193rd country is the South Sudan (2011).
UN has 6 official languages. Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish and Arabic.
Arabic was added in the year 1973 by the General Assembly.
New countries will be admitted by the General Assembly after the recommendation by the
Security Council.
India became a member of UNO on October 30, 1945.
The UN has six important wings. The General Assembly, the Security Council, the Secretariat,
the Trusteeship Council, the Economic and Social Council and the International Court of
Justice.
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY:
It is like a world Parliament.
The members of UN form General Assembly.
Meets once in a year.
SECURITY COUNCIL:
2008 summit was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It declared 2008 as Year of Good
Governance.
2009 summit is in Male, Maldives. 2009 is the year to Fight Terrorism.
2001 2010 declared as SAARC Decade of the Rights of the Child.
2006-20015 SAARC Decade of Poverty Alleviation.
2010 summit was held in Timphu, Bhutan.
The 17th SAARC Summit was held in Addu City (Maldives) in November 2011.
The theme of the summit is Building Bridges.
The summit was held for the 1st time south of the equator in Addu City on one of the southernmost islands in Maldives.
The summit finalizes 4 agreements. 2 on regional standards, one to establish a rapid response
mechanism to deal with natural disasters and the other to establish a SAARC seed bank.
Mahindra Rajapaksa (The President of Sri Lanka) is the present chairman.
Sheel Kant Sharma is the present Secretary-General.
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
-1966
-Manila (Philippines)
Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) -1967
-Jakarta (Indonesia)
European Space Research Organization -1964
Paris (France)
International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOLE) 1923Lyons (France)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) - 1949
- Brussels (Belgium)
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)- Vienna, Australia.
G-8 (1985) initially it was G-7, Russia Joined in the year 1998. All are most industrialized
nations.
G-77 1964
- Developing Countries.
D-8, Developing 8. India is not a member.
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NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFIRATION TREATY (NPT)
First signed in the year 1968 came into force in the year 1970.
India has not signed the NPT protesting against discriminatory nature.
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COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY (CTBT)
1996, UN General Assembly approved the CTBT.
India voted against it.
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PANCHASHEEL
Signed in the year 1954 in New Delhi.
Signed between India and China by the PM Jawaharlal Nehru and Chou-en-Lai.
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MONTREAL PROTOCOL
Signed in 1987 in Montreal (Canada).
To prevent further depletion of Ozone layer.
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KYOTO PROTOCAL
1 Signed in Kyoto (Japan), 2005.
It requires industrialized countries to reduce their emission of Carbon dioxide and other green
house gases.
NOTE: Green House gases water vapour, Methane, Nitrous oxide, ozone and Chloro floro
carbons
India signed and ratified in the year 2002.
USA has not ratified.
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BOUNDARY LINES:
Radcliff line
India and Pakistan
McMahon
India and China
th
49 parallel
USA and Canada
th
38 parallel
South Korea and North Korea
Durand Line
India and Afghanistan
th
24 parallel
India and Pakistan
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BHUDDISM
Founded in the year 525 BC by Gautama Buddha (Siddhartha).
Vihara means Temple.
Sacred books related to Buddhism are Tripitakas also called Sutras.
Tripitakas (Sutta Piatika, Vinaya Pitaka and Abhidamma pitaka).
Buddha was born in Lumbini in Nepal.
He received enlightnment in Bodh Gaya in Bihar.
Attained Nirvana in Kushinagara in UP.
CHRISTIANITY
Founded by Jesus Christ (Jesus of Nazareth)
Sacred book Bible.
Highest numbers of people in the World belong to this religion.
Christ lived and preached in Jerusalem.
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HINDUISM
Founded by Aryan Invaders.
Sacred books Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Mahabharata, and Ramayana.
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ISLAM
Founded by Prophet Mohammad.
Prophet was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Sacred book Quran. God delivered to the Prophet by the angle Gabriel.
Judaism
- Sacred book
Torah
Shintoism
No specific sacred book
Skims Guru Nanak
Sacred Book
Guru Grant sahib
Taoism
-Sacred book
Tao-te-Ching
Zoroastrianism (Fire Temple) Zend Avesta
Majority of the people in the world speak Chinese, Mandarin followed by Spanish and
English.
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NATIONAL DAYS
1. National Science Day
February 28
2. International womens Day
March 8
3. World Meteorological Day
March 23
4. World Health Day
April 7
5. World Heritage Day
April 18
6. Earth Day
April 22
7. International Labour Day
May 1
8. World Red Cross Day
May 8
9. World Telecommunication Day
May 17
10. No (Anti) Tobacco Day
May 31
11. World Environment Day
June 5
12. World Population day
July 11
13. Teachers Day
September 5
14. World Literacy Day
September 8
15. World Ozone Day
September 16
16. World Tourism Day
September 27
17. World Post Office Day
October 9
18. National Post Day
October 10
19. World AIDS day
December 1
20. Human Rights Day
December 10
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MISCELLANEOUS
The largest archipelago (group of islands) in the world is Indonesia.
The largest dam in the world Three Gorges dam in China.
The largest island is the Greenland.
The largest salt water lake is Caspian Sea.
The largest mountain range is Andes (South America).
The largest Railway platform is Kharagpur in West Bengal.
The largest temple is Angkor Vat in Kampuchea.
The country with largest electorate (number of voters) is India.
The largest bird Ostrich.
The largest creature Blue Whale.
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FIRSTs
First Chinese pilgrim to visit India
Fahein
First Governor-General of Pakistan
-Mohammad Ali Jinnah
First to climb Everest
Tensing Norgay and Edmund Hillary
First to step on the MoonNeil Armstrong followed by Edwin Aldrin
First President of USA
George Washington
First lamb created using DNA from a sheep
Dolly
Worlds first cloned Human Baby
EVE
First women cosmonaut
Valentina Tereshkova
First woman Prime Minister of a Country
-Mrs. Sirimavo Bandarnaike
First woman President of a country
-Maria Estela Peron (Argentina)
First Indian to get Oscar award
-Bhanu Athaiya
First Talkie Film
-Alam Ara
First test Tube Baby
Indira Baby Harsha
First Woman Central Minister
Rajkumari Amrut Kaur
First Woman CM of a state
Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
First woman Governor
Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
First woman Minister of a state
Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
First women to Climb Everest
Bachendri Pal
First Science city
Kolkata
First silent Movie
- Raja Harish Chandra
First News paper
-Bengal Gazette
First Telegraph line installed between
Diamond Harbour and Kolkata
First Indian in the British Parliament
- Dadabhai Narorji
First Indian woman to go to space
- Kalpana Chawla
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OLYMPIC GAMES
First held in 776 BC by Greeks.
Revived and conducted in the modern times in the year 1896 for the first time in Athens,
Greece.
Summer Olympics -2008 - Beijing, China
Summer Olympics- 2012 - London
First winter Olympics 1924 - Chamonix. France.
Winter Olympics
-2006 - Turin, Italy.
Winter Olympics
-2010 - Vancouver, Canada
Indias won the first gold medal in Hockey in the year 1928.
In the year 2008 Abhinav Bindra won gold medal in Mens shooting 10 m air rifle.
India officially participated in the sixth Olympic Games in the year 1920 in Antwerp,
Belgium.
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CABE (CENTRAL ADVISORY BOARD OF EDUCATION):
This is the highest decision making body on education in the country.
Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal is the Chairman of the Central
Advisory Board of Education. (As on June 8, 2011).
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crust.
India has about 25% of the World Thorium reserves.
Indias Kakrapar-1 reactor is the Worlds first reactor which
uses Thorium rather than depleted Uranium.
The KAPS (Kakrapar Atomic Power Station is located in
Gujarat).
At present KAPS using PHWR (Pressurized Heavy Water
Reactors).