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:1DGHAL RULERS IN NDIA:
Hc prcachcd
famousking in Moughal Empirc.
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Unity. He founded a religion Din-E-Ilahi. He abolished Jajiya.

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AURANGAZEB RELIGIOUS FENATIe

in fluenced
Bai her teachings FHighly
A A ! Shivaji founded Maratha empire. Mother Jeja
Shivaji.
MODERN INDIA:
reached to Vasco De Gama in 1498 via.
guese were first to discoversea routeto India. First
:Ne Of Good Hope landed at Calicut.

:TISHRULE IN INDIA:
direct
down that the death of the prince without
iRINE OF LAPSE: Lord Dalhousie lay
on

uscendant the British wilB take over the territories of Prince's.

FIRST WAR OF INDEPENDENCE:1857

broke out in 1857. Jhansi
The Sepoy Mutiny on the First war of Indian Independence
Rani& Nana Saheb participated in the moment. A O Hume organized Indian National Congress
in 1885.

Chennai. li firstinitiated
HOME RULE MOMENT: Annie Besant started injuly 1916
at was

a non-vioBence and non-co-op.. It

by Tilak. Gandhi ji advocated the adoption of Satyagraha
became a m a s s m o v e m e n t .

PARTITIONOF BENGAL: 1905

The ghostly events in Punjab made Gandhi to start this movement. In 1930 civil
disobedience /salt movement. Gandhi undertook Dandi march from Sabamati Ashram to brcak
sat law,. Violation of salt law was the second great step in the Indian freedom movement.

QUIT INDIA: 1942 by Gandhi Muslim league by Jinah started the raise of slogan of division
of India.
INA 1942 by S C Bose. Azad Hind Fauz In Hindi. In 1943 at Singapore.

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IDIAN CONSTITUTION:
Patik
Pratibha Devi Singh
First wonen president.ofIndia- 4Artictes 22Parts
scheduesare ihere in
Indian Constitutiom
e i ****** .
******
ESthedules
Present Joka sabha is - 16.
3.
for -5yrs.
4. Members of lok sabha hold office 6yrs.
of rajya sabha hold office for
-

Members
Tilak.
word Swarajya
-

. First Indian to use

introduced Lord Cornwallis.

by -

7. 1CS in India was

and Bukka raya.
Funder of Vijaya nagara empire Hari hara
-

legal advisorto GOlis-AG of India.

*.***

910. Expert
Which is not a fundamental right- Right to Property.
11. Natonal flag designed by-Ramaiah Pingali.
the amendment -
basic feature of
12. Which part ofthe constiution cannot be opened
to

constitution.
President operate after re assembBy of the
13. How long woutd an ordinance issued by the
Parliamcnt - 6weeks.
14. First general electionsheld in - 1952.

15. First speaker ofloka _abha- G V Malagaonkar. Women speaker- Mcera kumar.
From Karnataka - K S Hegde. Present speaker - Sumithra Mahajan.

KEY NOTE: The idea of constituent assembly for India was put forwarded by MN Roy wh
a pioncer of communist movement in India in 1934.
.

PREAMBLE is the preface to the introduction of constitution. It is an integral part of the

constitution. The interpretation of the constitution is based on the spiritofpreamble.

MAIN FEATURES:
Biggest constitution.
Written constitution.
Rigidity and flexibility.

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS &DUTIES:

Independent judiciary.
Single citizenship.
Emergency powers.
Constitution empowers the parliament to form new states.

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ginen sperial status unler 370.
aru
MENTAL, RI:TS:
RIGr TO EQUALIN.
RIGIT TrO FREEDOM.
RIGIICTO EDUCAION=
RIGHTA6AINST
RIGHT
ExPEOFFÆFION"
TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION.
CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL RIGHT^.
RIGHT TO CONSTITUTIONAL REMIDIES (heart & soul of Indian Constitution).

FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES:
he dea of inserting the Fundamental Duties by the 42nd amendment was made on

therecommendations ofSwarn Singh Eommittee.And theideawastakemfrom *****--+o.~-

constitution of USSR.
To abide the constitution and respect the institutions the national flag and national

anthem
To uphold and protect sovereignty, unity & integrity of India.
Defend the country and render national scrvice when called upon to do so.
To safe guard the public property and protect natural environment including
forests, lakes, rivers and wild life.
PRESIDENT: He is the executive head of the state. First citizen. 42nd amendment of the
constitution has made it obligatory on the
part of the president to accept the asvices of the
uneil of ministers. He is the
supreme commander of armed forces.
POWERS: Chief of supreme commander of armed forces. PFormal
shall have the power to head of administration and
appoint/remove higher authorities like PM, judges, Governor of the state
and appoints chief of Amy,
Navy and Air force. He has the power to
cascs. He also issue
a sin pardon on
special
can an ordinance.

ATTORNEY GENERAL: highest law officer in the country appointed

participate in the proceedings of the parliament but he by
article 76. He can
the
president under
should be quaified to appoint as a judge of SC. has no right to vote. Hle

QUESTIONS ON INDIAN ECONOMY:

. Father of economics Adam Smith. -

2. Green gold refers to Tea. -

3 Noble prize winner in

4 Present RBI Governor-economics-Amartya
Sen.
Urjith R Patel.

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 atin . tis tl :arphese kKurian.
6. urens notea pvinted in - Nasik and Mlysore.
7. iarnit.ika is th: lrgest prducer ul Ragi.

GENERAL QUESTIONS: *,

FrsCTailway lin vasesabtishedtturing= LortDalhuusie

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***** .******* *** ** batle of Panipat-was-betweenAhmed Shah-visMaratha

********

...

3. Famous king of moughal empire- Akbar.

4. GOl has decided 2012 as Mathematics year.
5. Which amendment
ofIndian
constitution fixed the size of council ofministers-91
6. 2019 cricket world cup will be at
England. -

7. Father of scientific socialism Karl Marx. -

8. Life expectancy is highest in the world in which

country Japan. -

9. Where is CFTRI
-Mysore.
GEOGRAPHY:
1. Study of universe is known as- Cosmology.
2. Cluster of stars -

Galaxy.
3. Heavenly bodies that revolve around the sun -

Satellites.
Natural satellite of earth - moon.
5. Aluminium is found more in - kerala.
6. Region around the south pole- Arctic region.
7. Delhi is on the bank of river -

Yamuna.
8. Largest desert -Sahara.
9. Country largest in Muslim population'-Indonesia.
10. India is connected to Europe through - Soez Canal.
11. Almatti is on the river Krishna.
12. Death valley is located Israel.
13. Mt. Everest is located in - Nepal.
14. Smallest state in India - Goá.

15. Highest rainfall in the world- Checrapunji.

16. Jains kash - Moodbidre.

UNITEDNATIONS ORGANIZATIONS: UNO

ORIGIN: UNO came into existence in 1945. The UN.charter was signed by 50 countri es.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:

To maintain peace & security in the world.
To develop friendly relations among the nations.

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 reilent-Jim Vong kim. (GS- Antonio (uterus.
Working language - nglish & French.
**** & social counca
lain organs- General Assembly.Security. Council, Economic
rustceship council, IternationaB court of Justice and secretariat.

ENCRAL QUESTIONS:
First Indian to receive Nohle prize in literature- Tagore.
2. President of Worid bank - 'Jim Yong Kin.
. Founder ofservants of India society GK Ghokle.
4 Booklife divine is written by Aurobindo Ghosh.
. irst women to receive Bharatha Ratna - Indira Gandhi.

.P'anchayath raj first introduced at - Rajasthan in nagur.

7. Which state has separate constitution - J & K.
-
8. andhi was bom at Rajkot, Gujarat.
-
9. Grand oBd man of India Dada Bhai Naoraji
10. Autobiography of APJ Abdul Kalam Wings ofFire.
DATESAND DAYSS:
1. SEP5-TEACHER'S DAY.
2. OCT 2-GANDHI JAYANTHI.
3. JAN 12 - WORLD YOUTH DAY.
. DEC 23 - FARMERS DAY.

5. MAY 8-INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY & REDCROSS DAY.

6. DEC2- COMPUTER LITERACY DAY.
7. JULY1-DOCTORS DAY.
8. NOV 14- ALL INDIA CO-OP.
WEEK, CHILDREN'S DAY.
"MAY3- PRESS FREEDOM DAY.
10. JULY 11-WORLD POPULATION DAY.
11. OCT 24- UNO DAY.
12. DEC 10- HUMAN
13. MAY
RIGHTS DAY.
11-NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY DAY.
14. MAY 31- ANTI
TOBACCODAY.
COMPUTERS:
-
I. Who devcloped yahoo David felo &
Flectronic computer by -- .JP Eckert.
Jerry Yang
 ik.
al h n in 198N3,
T tl *itel. Santa ( lara, ('alifornia.
. i t t : t l t i t Redmoni, \\ashington.
7. DB Data BasSe.
S. DOS= DiSk Operating System. --- ~"**
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9. IP-Desk-fop Publishing.
10. CGPU Graphic Performance Utility.
I1. NIC Network Interface Card.
12. RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer.
13. 1.CP - Link Control Protocol.

14. VCM- Virtual Channel Memory.

15. Father of computer - Charles Babbage.

16 Java Sun microsystems.

17. Mouse - William English.

18. www- Timber Russley.

AWARDS:

NEHRUAWARD: Given annually for outstanding contribution to the promotion of

dship among the pcople of thc world.

GANDHI PEACE AWARD: Nelson Mandela 2002.

MAN BOOKER AWARD: Literary award. Aravinda Adiga for White Tiger in 2008.

REPUBLIC DAY AWARD`:

BHARAT RATNA: Highest civilian award - Dr. S Radha Krishnan.

Youngest recipient - Sachin Tendulkar.

In 2015- Vajpayec and Madhan Mohan Malaviya.

PADMA AWARD: CIVILIANAWARD.
PADMAVIBHUSHAN PADMA BHUSHAN AND PADMASRI.
GALLANTRY AVARDS:
PARAM VIR CHAKRA
MAHAVIR CHAKRA.
ASHOKA CHAKRA.

VEERA CHAKRA.
.VISISHTA SEVA MADAL.
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t t
staul b1sm1llah khanttistdor to iSSR \ijayalanmi V'andt
was
chict
Longest serving Governor of RB1exponcnt
ol Shehnai.
-
*Chairman of sccond administrative Benagal Rama R.
reföims commission - Veerappa Mloey.
Who won wisden
award for Indian cricketer of the century Kapil Dev.
. Frontier (iandhi Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan.
-

oastal Ciandhi and formcr education minister of Karnataka H G Govinde Gowda.

8.Sudden death is a term associated
with which game Foot Ball. -

9. First
president of BCCI in India Grand Goran.
-

10. Sachin scoredi i00th

century against -

Bangladesh.
PULAR NAMES:
Iron man of India Sardar vallabha bhai patel
Grand old m a n of Indir Dada bhai navoraji
Lady with the lamp- Florenee nightingaBe
Priyadarshini - Indira Gandhi

Punjab Kesari LaBa Lajpat Rai

Desh bandhu - C R Das

Baad shah khan - Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

Chachaji -BG Tilak

9. Lokamanya - J P Narayan

10.Gunudev Tagore

HOGRAPHICAL SURNAM1E
I. Play g r o u n d o f Europe - Sivitzerland

2. Sick man o f Europe - Turkey

3. Land ö f Rising Sun - Japan

4. 1.andof mid night sun - Norway

5. Land of Kangaroo
-
Australia

6. Gate way of India

-
Mumbai

7. India gate Delhi

8. India house -
London
9. Bengal sorrow- Damodar river
Nilgiri hills
10. Bluc mountains
Rome
11. Etcrnal city
Africa
12. Black contincnt
-

13. Gift of Nile Egypt

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Lhaand
i t i i i hic chjthit
T.C tapets v ork

OMPuTERS:
. First caleulating machine by - Blaise Pascal
2. Comnpuler literacy day - Dec 2

3. First computer designed in India - Siddhartha

4. Error in the computer program- Bug

5. nternal operations ofcomputer are controlled by System software
6. Collection of data saved by a special name - File

i. Microseti invented by - Bill Gates

8. Microsofi word is a-Application software ****-

9. Instructions to a computer are given through - input device

10. Soliware used for writing text- word processor

11. Website s main page is called- home page
12. Main memory is also called primary memory
13. First computer language-FORTRAN

NERAL QUESTIONS:
1. Biggest mosque in India - jamia masjid, delhi
2. Highest
3.
denomination of Indian postal starmp 50/
Comman name of iron oxide - rust

4.Longcst railway platform-Gorakhpur,UP

. First scicntist who studied mechanism of heredity Aristotle
6 97th amendment of Indian constitution seeks to make to fom a co-op. society a
fundamental right
7. IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
8.
8 Oldest university in UK - Oxford University

9 First women CM ofIndia -Suchetha Krupalani, UP

10. Motlhei of Indian revolution- Bikaji Rusthum Kama
11. Swarajya coined by - Naoraji
12. Highest Insian award for galBantry - Param Vir Chakra

13. India s biggest commerciab bank - SBI

14. Other name ofworld court- International court of justice, Hague

15. First Indian steel plant - Jamshedpur

16. Longest serving CM Jyothi Basu, WB

17. Indian chess world champion -Vishwanathan Aand
8 Servants of India society founded by -

G K Ghokle
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990-1992
992-199 E C O N O M ) A N D
IVPROVE LIFEQUALJTY
OF COMMAN MAN
GROWTIH WITH SMAL
1997-2002
NINTH JUSTICE AND BUALITY
GDP GROWTH
2002-20007
TENTH 2007-2012
GROWTH IN
ELEVENTH AGRICULTURE
INDUSTRY AND MORE
INTRENSIVE GROWTH
-
FASTER SUSTAINABLE
TWELVTH 2012-2017
AND I N C L U S I V E
GROWVTH
QUESTION ONINDIAN ECONOM1
. Mixed economy Mixture of private and public sector.
2. Co-op. sector has threc categories.
3. Fiscal deficit - total expenditure less total resets excluding borrowing.
banking in India.
4 Money lending is not the part of schedule
5. Money laundering - conversion of illegal money into accountable money.
6. AML Prevention act 01 july 2005.
7. Capital market regulator - SEBI.
8. SIDB1 -
Securities Exchange Board of India, 1990.
statc finance corporation commercial
Jts function is to provide assistance to SSI through
co-op. banks.
QUESTIONS:
at Pune, MH
Film and tclevision institute of India islocated
.
.
research is at odissa.
National institute of science education and
-
2.
field.
3. Gold man award is given in- protection of environment
in the field of- medicine.
4 Dr B C Roy award is given Narendra Modi
Arabia s highest civilian award
-
Which PM has confcerred with Saudi
NDDB.
Kurian award is given by
-
6.
citizen to receive Bharata Ratna
Khan Abdul -
Gaffar Khan.
7. First non
Man Booker.
award for the world
-
8. Highest literary WTO.
are associated
with -
9. Trips and trims
10. Symbol of wWF
-
panda
Kathmandu, Nepal
of SAARC
-
1. HQ resource council -
PM.
national water
12. Chairman of
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Andhr.
Kathukali Kerala.
* ***** Y:akshagana- Karnataka.
Manipuri-Manipura.
. Odissi Odissa.
iarba - Gujarath. C .

Lavani - Maharashtra.
Bharatha NatyamTamil Nadn
EMIES:
Lalitha kala academy:
the activities of
Set up in New Delhi in 1954. Its function are io co-ordinate
literature and hold exhibiti ons and
TCgional and state acadcmies and to publish works of
organizes international
CXchange of personnel of art objects. Every 3 yrs academy
exhibition of contemporary art in New Delhi.

Sangcetha nataka academy:

research in different art
Established in 1953 at Delhi. Its function is to conduct
the govt. for implementing of
foms in India. It is an autonomous body funded by
its scheme and programmes.

Sahitva academy:
class literature
Established in 1954 at delhi. Aims to encourage production of high
funded by dept. of
in severaB languages of India. lt is also an autonomous body fully
culturc.
National galBery ofmodern art:
Started in 1954 at Dclhi. Main purpose is to preservation of famous art collectior=
of India.

National book trust of India:

Set up in 1957. Main functio is to publish standard works on education science
and cure. To encourage the production of good literaturc. Sincc 1970 trust has becn

subsidizing the publication of university level books in English by Indian authors.

Indian council for cultural relations:
Established in 1950- HQ at Delhi. Main object is to promote and strengthen
cultural relations between India and Other Countries.
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temple is
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8. Golden Orissa.
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9. Konark sun templc is Indo-Persian

culturc.

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RAPHY:
-
kaveri.
sanmudra
foms watcr falls at shivana
.River which Pradesh.
2. Ramagundam is at - Andhra
Aluminium is mostly found
in kerala. -

3.
4 Farthest planet from sun - Neptune.

S. Land of rising sun -Japan.

6. Popular state in city - Tokyo.
7. Largest ocean-Pacificocean.
8. Highest waterfal- Angel falls
9. Almatti river- Krishna.
10. Largest producer of Uraniun - Canada.

11. Death valley is at - Israel.

12. Land of thunder bolt - Taiwan.

13.Largest producer of ground nul -Gujarath.

14. South ganga - Kaveri.

GENERAL QUESTIONS:
.Who won silver medal in London
Olympics Vijay Kumar.
-

2. Retirement agc of CJ
of
years. India-65
3. Largest exporter of tca - India.
4. Where is CFTRI located Mysore. -

5. Lal Bahadur Shastri national acady of

6. Father of
administration is at
Mussorie -

scientific socialism- Karl Marx.

7. Which revolution changed life
of
May l is observed as -Nationalfarmers workers- Russian revolution..
&
8.
9. technology day.
"Agriculture cannot wait new horizons in Indian agriculture
by -

Swaminatn7"
 ilamnl Ranay Nambn.
Solar.
ust ucel lur epanite inependeni Md. Ali .Jinnah.
15. llea Alusin
ol Justice writen by Anmartva Sen. st
a s deciRl to vbserve 2012 as Mathematies year.
. Sgnilicance ol oct-12-i943- formaiion of UNO. * * ***
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7.
Thirdfbattle ofPanipathmed Shah Abdäli V/s Maratha.
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NVENT1ON AND DISCOVERIES:

GRAPHICAL:
. Who discovered America-Christopher Colombus.
2. Solar System Copernicus |Poland
-

IIEMISTRY AND PHYSICS:

***** ** *****

I. Dynamite - Alfred Noble.

2. Law of gravitation - Newton.

Theory of relativity - Einstein.
Radio Marconi.
5. Telegram- Samuel Morse.
6. Telephone-Grahambell.
7. Theory of Evolution - Charles Darwin.
8. Radium - Madam Curie.

9. X-ray- William K Rontagen.

10. Aeropane Wright Brothers.
11. Bicycle - Mac Milan.
12. Dynamo - Michael Faraday.

13. Diesel -Rudolf Diesel.

14. Lamp- Edison.
I5. Washing Machine Hulxey Machine Company.
16. Fountaiñ pen - Waterman.

17. Steam Engine-James Watt.

18. Microdcope - Jansen.
19. Motorcycle - Daimler.

20. Television -J L Baird.

21. Vaccination- Edward Jenner.
22. Sputnix - Russian Scientist.

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