This document provides a summary of important topics related to general awareness from 2011-2017 including: 1. Recent appointments to important government positions in India and other countries. 2. Key bills and constitutional amendments passed in India relating to agriculture, citizenship, and reservations. 3. Important government committees formed to study issues like the pandemic, cyber security, and border infrastructure. 4. Major central government schemes launched to support industries, migrants, and rural development during the COVID-19 pandemic. 5. Significant cultural festivals, world heritage sites, and developments in arts celebrated or occurring in India. 6. Notable natural disasters, geographical locations, and environment and conservation initiatives in India.

1. Analysis of General Awareness
2011, 2014 & 2017
1. Important Personality
2. Constitutional Amendments & Bills
3. Government Schemes
4. Important World heritage site & culture
5. Geographical & Environmental development
6. Defence & Security
7. Sports
8. Award & Honours
9. Ranking & Indices
10. Important Books
11. Summit & Conferences

2. Important Personality
 Recent appointment of a personality by Central Govt. viz. CIC, CVC,
CEC, NTRO chief, NHRC chairman, Chief Justice of High Court,
Attorny General , Defence chief, RBI/SEBI chief, ISRO chief etc.
 Important Personality who died recently viz. Pranab Mukharjee,
Pandit Jasraj, Chetan Chauhan, Sunil Kothari, Dineshwar Sharma,
Deigo Maradona, Carlton Chapman, Ebrahim Alkazi (first Director of
NSD), Sonam Tsering (folk musician), Balbir Singh Sr. (Hockey),
Rishi Kapoor, Satish Gujral (architect) etc.
 Recent appointment in world arena viz. President & Vice President
of USA, Prime minister of Japan, chief of various oganizations like
WTO, IMF, UNO etc.
 Persons nominated to head various committee like committee on
scrapping of AFSPA

3. Constitutional Bill & Amendments
 The Farmer’s Produce Trade & Commerce (Promotion & Facilitation)
Bill 2020
 The Farmers’ (Empowerment & Protection) Agreement of Price
Assurance & Farm Service Bill, 2020
 The Essential Commodities (Amendment) bill 2020
 The Citizenship Amendment bill, 2019
 The J&K Official language Bill, 2020 (Kashmiri, hindi & Dogri as official
language)
 104th Constitutional Amendment (extension of reservation for SC & ST
in Loksabha from 70 yrs to 80yrs)
 103rd Constitutional amendment (10% reservation for EWS)
 102nd Constitutional amendment (constitutional status to NCBC)
 101st Constitutional amendment (GST) etc

4. Committees by Central Govt
 Committee on Pandemic Risk pool under Suresh Mathur
 Committee on AICTE under M S Ananth
 Committee on prevention of stubble burning under Madan B Lokur
 Committee on National Cyber Security Coordinator to study
revelations in China watching under Lt. Gen Rajesh Pant
 Niti Aayog preparing Multidimensional Poverty Index under Ms.
Sanyukta Samaddar
 Kozhikode plane crash committee under Capt. S S Chahar
 Committee on welfare of freedom fighter under G Kishan Reddy
 Committee on Border Infrastructure under Lt Gen DB Shekatkar
 Public Accounts Committee led by Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary
 15th finance Commission led by N K Singh
 Draft new water policy under Mihir Sah

5. Government Schemes
 Atmanirbhar Bharat Scheme – Rs 20 lakh crore package to ease
covid distress
 PM Svanidhi Scheme – for support to street vendor during
pandemic
 Garib kalyan Rojgar Yojna – for returnee migrants to provide jobs
 Padhna Likhna Abhiyan – to tackle literacy related challenge in
post covid world
 Swamitva Scheme – to provide rural people to document their
residential properties
 Operation Green Scheme – provide subsidy to Himalayan & NE
states for air transportation of 41 notified fruits & vegetables
 Vivad se Vishwas scheme – settle pending direct tax cases
 Ayushman Sahakar Scheme – creation of health care
infrastructure by cooperatives

6. Culture & Heritage
Term in news facts
Gaan Ngai
Festival
Celebrated by Zeliangrong people in Assam, Manipur & Nagaland as Post harvest
festival
Sankalp parv Celebrated by ministry of culture to plant trees
Talamaddale Traditional art form practiced in Karnataka and Kerala
Raja Parba
festival
Celebrated in Odisha, dedicated to Mother Earth
Ambubachi mela Held at Kamakhya temple in Guwahati, celebration of yearly menstruation course
of goddess Kamakhya
Toda embroidery Artwork of Toda tride of Nilgiris, Tamilnadu
Ram Mandir Construction of Ram Madir in Ayodhya in Nagara Style of temple architecture
Kalrav First bird festival held at nagi-nakti bird sanctuary in Bihar
Yogasana Recognised as competitive sport
Patrika Gate Located in jaipur Rajasthan, inaugurated by PM Modis

7. Geography
Term in news facts
Nisarga Cyclonic storm, hit Maharashtra, originated in Arabian sea
Mont Blanc 2nd highest mountain in Europe after Elbrus
Project Chetak BRO constructed permanent bridge on River Ravi under this project
Agatti Island Coral atoll in Lakshdweep
Sinabaug Volcanic mountain in Indonesia
Galwan Located in Ladakh region
Shinkun La tunnel World longest high altitude tunnel, will connect HP & J&K in Zankar
valley
Atal Tunnel World’s logest tunnel, connect manali with Leh, lies in eastern Pir
Panjal
Girnar ropeway Asia’s longest ropeway, lie in Gujarat, Jainism, Wildlife sanctuary
Amphan Tropical cyclone that hit odisha & west bengal, originated in Bay of
bengal
Niver Tropical cyclone that hit Tamilnadu, originated in Bay of bengal

8. Environment
Terms in news facts
Pusa Decomposer Fungi based solution to soften hard stubble
Blue flag certification 8 beaches of india got it for pollution control in beach areas
Thumbimahotsavam First ever state Dragonfly festival in kerala
Dehing Patkai National Park of Assam upgraded to wildlife sanctuary
Blue tide Occurred at Juhu beach mumbai due to phytoplankton
Tso Kar Wetland 42nd Ramsar site , located in Ladakh
Haldwani Uttrakhand opened its first and biggest biodiversity park here
Gir national park Only natural habitat of Asiatic Lion
Jet Zero Drive Plan To drive down Green Gas emmission from Aviation by UK
Anthropause/Great
pause
Refer to Covid-19 lockdown period
Black Panther Spotted first time in Goa’s Netravali sanctuary
Nagarjunasagar
Srisailam
Largest tiger reserve in India (AP & Telangana

9. Recent Defence Exercises
Name facts
2nd Edition of ‘Sea Vigil-21’ Indian Navy, Customs, Coast Guard, and other maritime agencies
35th India-Indonesia
CORPAT
Indian Navy and Indonesian Navy at Andaman
PASSEX Exercise 2020 RuFN guided missile cruiser Varyag, large anti-submarine ship
Admiral Panteleyev and medium ocean tanker Pechenga at East
IOR
SITMEX-2020 India, Singapore, Thailand in Andaman sea
‘Bull Strike’ Elements of Indian Army’s Parachute Brigade, MARCOS (Marine
Commando Force) and Special Forces at Andman
Malabar Naval Exercise
2020
India, US, Japan & Australia in Bay of Bengal & Arabian sea
AJEYA WARRIOR 2020 India and the United Kingdom
‘Sahyog-Kaijin’ India and Japan
SAMPRITI-IX India and Bangladesh at Umroi in Meghalaya

10. Defence Exercises of India with other countries
Country Exercise Country Exercise
Bangladesh SAMPRITI, TABLE-TOP Sri Lanka MITRA SHAKTI, SLINEX
China HAND IN HAND Thailand MAITREE
France SHAKTI, VARUNA UK
AJEYA WARRIOR,
INDRADHANUSH
Indonesia GARUDA SHAKTI USA
YUDHABHAYAS, VAJRA PRAHAR,
MALABAR, RED FLAG 16-1
Kazakhstan PRABAL DOSTYK RUSSIA INDRA
Kyrgyzstan KHANJAR Israel Ex Blue Flag-17
Maldives EKUVERIN UAE DESERT EAGLE-II
Mongolia NOMADIC ELEPHANT
Bangladesh,
Nepal,
Sri Lanka, UAE
SAMVEDNA
Nepal SURYA KIRAN
AL NAGAH, Naseem-al-

11. Defence missiles/equipments
Name Facts
SAHAYAK-NG India’s first indigenously designed and developed Air Dropped Container from IL 38SD
aircraft of Indian Navy off the coast of Goa
ATAGS Howitzer DRDO successfully test-fired its Advanced Tower Artillery Gun System Howitzer,
produced by Bharat Forge & Tata Advanced Systems Limited
Hypersonic Wind
Tunnel (HWT) test
facility
India is third country after the US and Russia to have such a facility
ICGS Saksham Goa Shipyard Ltd launched the fifth and final Offshore Patrol Vessel out of an order of
five such vessels
'Sujit' Indian Coast Guard ship 'Sujit', the second in the series of 105 metres off-shore patrol
vessels
‘Himgiri’ Himgiri, which is the first of the three Project 17A ships being built at Garden Reach
Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE)
BrahMos supersonic cruise missile jointly developed by DRDO and NPOM of Russia
MQ-9B Predator B drones manufactured by US firm General Atomics
Varunastra heavy weight Torpedodesigned by Naval Science and Technological Lab

12. .
Name Facts
'Vagir' fifth Scorpene class submarine, part of the six Kalvari-class submarines
Rafale second batch of Rafale arrives at Jamnagar, Gujarat
Pinaka Rocket Pinaka rocket system was successfully flight tested from Integrated Test Range in Chandipur
M M Naravane conferred honorary rank of General of the Nepali Army by Nepal's President Bidya Devi
Bhandari
F-18 USA has offered its F-18 naval fighter jets to fulfil the Indian Navy's requirement of combat jets
Bum La War Memorial constructed at Bum La, where Sub Joginder Singh, the Sikh Regt made the
supreme sacrifice in Sino-india war
INS Kavaratti last of the four indigenously built Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes INS
Kavaratti under Project 28 commissioned into the Indian Navy
INS Sindhuvir India will be delivering a Kilo Class submarine INS Sindhuvir to Myanmar
'Kanaklata
Barua'
Fast Patrol Vessel ICGS 'Kanaklata Barua' of Indian Coast Guard commissioned at the GRSE
kolkata
INS Sahyadri most coveted trophies of Best Ship were awarded to INS Sahyadri amongst Capital ships
Shaurya missile surface-tosurface nuclear-capable ballistic missile
Mangaluru India's first Coast Guard Academy will be established at Mangaluru
Shivangi Singh : First Rafale woman fighter pilot

13. Major Sports Events 2020
Name Venue Winner Facts
IPL 2020 UAE Mumbai -5th time K.L Rahul –orange
cap
Rabada – purple cap
2020 French Open Paris Rafael Nadal – men Iga Swiatek -
women
2020 ITTF Women's World
Cup
China Chen Meng
Italian Open Rome Novak Djokovic – men Simona Halep –
women
US Open US Dominic Theim –men Naomi Osaka -
women
Sumit Nagpal - First
Indian to win a
singles’ main draw in
7 years
Australian open Australi
a
Novak Djokovic – men, Sofia Kenin -
women
WTA International trophy Hobart Sania Mirza - Double

14. Upcoming sports events
Name venue Last
Olympics 2021 - Tokyo (Japan) Rio De Janeiro -2016
Commonwealth Games 2022 - Birmingham,
England
2018-Gold Coast,
Australia
Asian Games 2022-Hangzhou, China
2026-Nagoya, Japan
2018-Jakarta-
palembanga, Indonesia
Winter Olympic 2022 – Beijing, China 2018 – Pyeongchang,
South Korea.
ICC World Cup Cricket 2023 – India 2019 – England, Wales.
Hockey World cup 2023 – India (odisha) 2023 – india (odisha)
FIFA CUP 2022 – Qatar 2018 – Russia
ICC World Cup T20 2021 – india
2022 - Australia
2016 – India
BRICS Game 2021 - India

15. Achievements in Sports
Name Achievements
P V Sindhu BBC Indian sportswomen of the year 2019
P T Usha Lifetime achievement award
Manpreet Singh International Hockey Federation’s Men’s player of the year
award
Jasprit Bumrah Poly Umrigar award male category 2018-19
Harshvardhan
Sadgir
Maharashtra Kesari title
Ellyse Perry Women’s Best cricketer and ODI Player-2019
Rani Rampal FICCI India sports Awards-2019 – Sportsperson of the year
KN Anantha
padmanabhan
Indian umpire included in ICC Panel
James Anderson first fast bowler to reach 600 wickets in Test Cricket
Rajiv Gandhi Khel
Ratna Award
Rohit Sharma - Cricket • Mariyappan T. - Para Athletics • Ms.
Manika Batra - Table Tennis • Vinesh - Wrestling • Ms. Rani –

16. India's Rankings in Different Indices - 2021
Index Index released by India's Rank 1stRank
India Innovation Index 2021 NITI Aayog -- Karnataka
Henley Passport Index 2021 Henley and Partners 85th Japan
Human Freedom Index 2020
American think tank Cato Institute
and Fraser Institute in Canada
111th New Zealand
Human Development Index 2020 UNDP 131st Norway
Human Capital Index 2020 World Bank 116th Singapore
13th Global Innovation Index 2020
Cornell University, INSEAD, and
WIPO
48th Switzerland
Export Preparedness Index 2020 NITI Aayog -- Gujarat
World Competitive Index 2020 (IMD) & (WCC) 43rd Singapore
Environment Performance Index 2020
Yale University and Columbia
University
168th Denmark
Ease of Doing Business 2020 World Bank 63rd New Zealand
Global Energy Transition Index 2020 World Economic Forum 74th Sweden
International Intellectual Property Index
US Chambers of Commerce 40th United

17. Awards and Honours 2020
Awardee Award
Ranjitsinh Disale 2020 Global Teacher Prize
Adar Poonawalla ‘The Straits Times Asian of the Year 2020’
Invest India 2020 UN Investment Promotion Award by UNCTAD
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Time Magazine’s Person of the Year
Ashraf Patel Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award –India 2020
Paul Sein Twa Goldman Environmental Prize 2020 by IUCN
Robert Lewandowski (Poland) Best FIFA Men’s Player 2020
Douglas Stuart 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction
Sanjay Singh ‘2020 Gandhi Award’
Aishwarya Sridhar 2020 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award
Om Puri
Lifetime Achievement Award 2020 at India International Film Festival of
Boston
Chef Vikas Khanna Asia Game Changer Award 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ig Noble Prize 2020 for Medical Education

18. .
Awardee Award
Vasdev Mohi 29th Saraswati Samman
Pullela Gopichand Lifetime Achievement Award by International Olympic Committee’s
(IOC)
Ben Stokes Wisden’s Leading Cricketer 2020 Men
Himachal Pradesh e-Panchayat Puraskar-2020
Rattan Lal World Food Prize 2020
Javed Akhtar Richard Dawkins Award 202
Sachin Awasthi Global Humanitarian Award 202
Kezang D Thongdok 2020 Dada Saheb Phalke Award
Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash
Jonnalagadda
First Gold Medal for India in Mental Calculations World Cup (MCWC)
Sonu Sood SDG Special Humanitarian Action Award
Nasera Sharma 29th Vyas Samman 2019
Akkitham Achuthan
Namboothiri
55th Jnapith Award 2019
Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari 33rd Moortidevi Award 2019

19. Important Books Released in 2020
Author book
Kailash Satyarthi ‘COVID-19: Sabhyata Ka Sankat Aur Samadhan’
Meena Iyer ‘I am No Messiah’
Anupam Kher ‘Your Best Day is Today!’
Shashi Tharoor ‘The Battle of Belonging’
Manish Sisodia ‘Bapu- the Unforgettable’
Chef Vikas Khanna ‘Kitchens of Gratitude’
Romila Thapar ‘Voices of Dissent’
Arundhati Roy ‘Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction.’
Rajnath Singh Connecting, Communicating, Changing
Ruskin Bond ‘A Song of India’
JK Rowling ‘The Ickabog’
Smriti Zubin Irani “Chronicles of Change Champions”
Amit Shah Karmayoddha Granth

20. Summits and Conferences
Name of the Summit Organized/Led by Venue Aim/Theme
17th ASEAN-India
Summit
Prime Minister of
Vietnam, Nguyen Xuan
Phuc.
Virtual
Meeting
The overall focus of the summit was on
tackling pandemic COVID-19,
15th East Asia Summit
2020
Union Minister of
External Affairs, Dr. S
Jaishankar
Virtual
meeting
To increase international cooperation in order
to fight terrorism, climate change and
pandemics
15th edition of G20
Summit
Chairmanship of Saudi
Arabia
Video
Conferencing
Focus on developing an inclusive,
sustainable and resilient future by
safeguarding the planet.
UNFCCC COP25 Chile
Madrid,
Spain
To achieve the goal of 35% emissions
reduction as per the Paris Agreement.
11th BRICS Summit 2019
Brazil’s capital city,
Brasilia
Brasilia,
Brazil
Theme: “Economic growth and innovative
future for BRICS economies”
1st India Sports
Summit 2019
Union Minister of Youth
Affairs and Sports
New Delhi
To induce a national sporting culture with the
aim to make India a sporting powerhouse at
the event.
1st National Hindi Science
Shakuntala Mishra
National rehabilitation Lucknow,
To promote the use of Hindi and other