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The Biggest Dam in India

 Bhakra-Nangal Dam of Himachal Pradesh
The Longest River in India
 Ganga river
The Largest Lake in India
 Wular Lake in the state of Jammu and Kashmir
The Longest Expressway in India
 Agra Lucknow Expressway
The Highest Waterfall in India
 Kunchikal Falls of Karnataka (RBI 2017)
The Tallest Statue in India
 Statue of Unity (182 m) is the tallest statue in India.
Largest National Park in India
 Hemis National Park of Ladakh Union Territory
The Largest Forest Cover in India
 Madhya Pradesh state has the largest forest cover in India 77,522 sq. km. in terms of area.
The Longest National Highway in India
 National Highway 44 (New Numbering) former NH 7
The Highest Mountain in India
 Kanchenjungha is the highest mountain and highest peak in India.
The name of Largest State of India
 Rajasthan is the largest state in India in terms of area
The name of Smallest State of India
 Goa is the smallest state in India in terms of area
The Largest Fort in India
 Chittaurgarh Fort is the largest fort of India
The Longest Beach in India
 Marina Beach in Chennai
The Largest Island in India
 Majuli Island in Assam is the largest river Island
The Longest Coastline in India
 Gujarat state forms the longest coastline of all Indian states
The longest Bridge in India
 Dhola Sadiya Bridge
The longest tunnel of India
 The Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel or Banihal railway tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir
 The Tallest Dam in India
 Tehri Dam in Uttarakhand
The Longest Dam of India
 Hirakund Dam in Odisha
The highest Gateway in India
 Buland Darwaza in Fatehpur Sikri, UP
The largest dessert of India
 Thar Dessert
The Largest Delta of India and World
 Sundarban Delta
The Highest Award in India
 Bharat Ratan
The Highest Gallantry Award in India
 Paramveer Chakra
The Highest Airport in India
 Leh, Laddakh
The Highest Tower of India
 Qutab Minar in Delhi
The Largest Building in India
 Rashtrapati Bhawan in Delhi
The Largest Museum in India
 National Museum in Kolkata
The Largest Cave in India
 Amarnath Cave in Jammu and Kashmir
The Largest State by population
 Uttar Pradesh
The Largest Lake of Saline Water
 Chilka Lake in Odisha
The Longest Tributary river of India
 Yamuna river
The Tallest Building in India
 Imperial Tower in Mumbai
Minister with their Ministry and Constituency
MINISTRY MINISTER(Constituency)

Defence Raj Nath Singh(Lucknow, U.P)

Agriculture & Farmers Welfare,

Rural Development, Narendra Singh Tomar (Morena,
Panchayati Raj M.P)

Home Affairs Amit Shah (Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat)

Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Jairam Gadkari (Nagpur,

Micro, Small and Medium Maharashtra)
Enterprises

Chemicals and Fertilizers D.V. Sadananda Gowda(Bangalore

North, Karnatka)

Finance & Nirmala Sitharaman(Rajya Sabha

Corporate Affairs (Karnatka))

Law and Justice,

Communications, Ravi Shankar Prasad(Patna Sahib,
Electronics and Information Bihar)
Technology

Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Ramvilas Paswan(Not contested)

Distribution

Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawar Chand Gehlot(Rajya Sabha

(M.P))

Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'

(Haridwar, Uttarakhand)

Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal(Bathinda,

Punjab)

External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda(Khunti, Jharkhand)

Women and Child Development Smriti Zubin Irani(Amethi, U.P)
Ministry of Textiles

Health and Family Welfare, Harsh Vardhan(Chandni Chowk,

Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi)
Ministry of Earth Sciences

Environment, Forest and Climate

Change; Prakash Javadekar
Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting

Railways, Piyush Goyal

Commerce and Industry

Petroleum and Natural Gas and Dharmendra Pradhan

Steel

Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Parliamentary Affairs; Pralhad Joshi

Coal, Mines

Skill Development and Mahendra Nath Pandey (Chandauli,

Entrepreneurship U.P)

Heavy Industries and Public Arvind Ganpat Sawant(Mumbai

Enterprises South, Maharashtra)

Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Giriraj Singh(Begusarai, Bihar)

Fisheries
Prahlad Singh Patel(Damoh,
Tourism Madhya Pradesh)

Jal Shakti Gajendra SinghShekhawat(Jodhpur,

Rajasthan)
New denomination banknotes

New ₹10 notes . The note has motif of 'Sun Temple, Konark'. The base
colour of the note is chocolate brown.

New ₹20 notes  The note has motif of the Ellora Caves. The base colour
of the note is Greenish Yellow.

New ₹50 notes  The note has motif of 'Hampi with Chariot'. The base
colour of the note is fluorescent blue.

New ₹100 notes  The note has motif of 'Rani ki Vav'. The base colour of
the note is lavender. Ranki vav is a stepwell situated in the town of Patan
in Gujarat state of India.

New ₹200 notes  The note has motif of 'Sanchi Stupa'. The base colour
of the note is bright yellow.

New ₹500 notes The colour of the notes is stone grey and the
predominant new theme is Indian heritage site - Red Fort.

New ₹2000 notes has motif of the Mangalyaan. The base colour of the
note is magenta.

Miscellaneous GA
Narendra Modi announced the April 2019 to March 2020 as the year of
Construction technology.

Election Commission issues Model code of conduct (MCC) to regulate

political parties and candidates prior to elections, to ensure free and fair
elections.

Rami Malek won the 91st Academy Award for best male actor.

Allahabad Bank has designed and developed the web platform of “Paisa –
Portal for Affordable Credit & Interest Subvention Access”, Launched
under Day-NULM

Bharti AXA General Insurance has been conferred with the 'Non-Life
Insurer of The Year Award 2019 by the Assocham, one of the apex trade
associations of India.
Kerala as taken steps to control “West Nile Virus”

Norway has installed first wireless electric car charging stations.

'One Nation-One Card'has been launched for multipurpose objectives

(Money withdrawal, shopping, travelling, etc).

Indra Grah jyoti Yojana associated with Madhya Pradesh.

Indian IT compant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is going to

modernise a network of more than 1.5 lakh post offices in the country.

China develops world's first armed amphibious drone boat.

Andhra Pradesh has started “Annadata Sukhibhava scheme.”

UN awarded “Kanyashree programme”, which was introduced in 2012 to

aid the girl child in education and her wellbeing. West Bengal has started
this scheme.

India retained its position as the world's top recipient of remittances with
its diaspora sending a whopping USD 79 billion back home in 2018, the
World Bank.

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is the National Coordinating

Institute to implement the SPARC programme. SPARC ( Scheme for
Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration ) scheme aims at
improving the research ecosystem of India’s higher educational
institutions by facilitating academic and research collaborations between
Indian Institutions and the best institutions in the world.

National War Memorial is situated at India Gate, New Delhi.

‘Miracle Creek’ is a twisty legal thriller novel. Angie Kim is the author.

ISRO has started Yuva Vaigyanik Karyakram.

Green Book movie wins best picture at the 91st Annual Academy Awards.

₹1,000 crore is the Chest Balance Limit (CBL) for currency chests
according to the RBI.
The Suez Canal is a sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the
Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.

Guru Shikhar, a peak in the Arbuda Mountains of Rajasthan, is the

highest point of the Aravalli Range.

Megan Rapinoe was awarded the Golden Ball as the best player at the
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi River in the state of Odisha in
India.

Miraitowa is the official mascot of the 2020 Summer Olympics, and

Someity is the official mascot of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Both
events are scheduled to be held in Tokyo, Japan.

The 2024 Summer Olympics commonly known as Paris 2024, in Paris,

France.

The 2022 Commonwealth Games commonly known as Birmingham 2022

to be held in Birmingham, England.

Bansagar or Ban Sagar Dam is a multipurpose river Valley Project on

Sone River situated in the Ganges Basin in Madhya Pradesh,

The Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018 is an Act of the

Parliament of India that seeks to confiscate properties and assets of
economic offenders that evade prosecution by remaining outside the
jurisdiction of Indian courts. Economic offences with a value of more
than Rs 100 crores, which are listed in the schedule of the Fugitive
Economic Offenders Act, come under the purview of this law.

M.A.Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk stadium) is a cricket stadium in

Chennai, India.

J&K State Sports Council has installed floodlights at TRC Turf ground
making it first stadium in the state to get state-of-the-art high-end
floodlights.

The Sabarimala temple and Periyar Tiger Reserve located in

Kerala.
Bagurumba is a folk dance of indigenous Bodo tribe in Assam.

The Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve (GOMBR) is located in the

southeastern tip of Tamil Nadu extending from Rameswaram in the
North to Kanyakumari in the south.

Keoladeo National Park or Keoladeo Ghana National Park formerly

known as the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary in Bharatpur, Rajasthan.

Singphan Wildlife Sanctuary lies in the State of Nagaland.

Dahisar River is a river on Salsette island that runs through Dahisar, a

suburb of Mumbai, India. It originates at the spillway of the Tulsi Lake in
the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in the northern reaches of the city.

Kharchi puja is a Hindu festival from Tripura, India. Performed in

Agartala.

Hemis Festival  Ladakh

Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve is located in Chandrapur district of

Maharashtra state in India.

Fugdi is a traditional folk dance of Goa.

India’s first ‘hydrotherapy pool for jumbosat’ for the elephants suffering
from arthritis, joint pain and foot ailments is in Mathura district of Uttar
Pradesh.

Karnataka is number two in terms of tiger’s numbers after Madhya

Pradesh.

Puthandu also known as Puthuvarudam or Tamil New Year, is

celebrated in Tamilnadu as a festival.

Solomon Islands is a nation in the South Pacific Ocean, that lies east
of Papua New Guinea.

Loktak Lake and Keibul Lamjao National Park  Manipur

The ‘Sangam Youth Festival’ 2019 held at Bhadarwah, Jammu and

Kashmir.