General knowledge book 2017

2017
Bidyut Halder
Exam Affairs!
01-01-17
General Knowledge 2017

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Table of contents
Important Days of year……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….3
Cups And Trophies related with Sports……………………………………………………………………………………………………9
The United Nations: Organs, General Assembly, Members & Role of the United Nations………………………10
Interesting Facts about Indian Constitution and Important Amendments................................................17
List Of Parliament Of Different Countries Of The World............................................................................22
Women Who Became The Chief Ministers of Various States....................................................................28
List of female Indian governors..................................................................................................................30
Air Chief Marshals of Indian Air Force(IAF) Since Independence…………………………………………………………….31
Finance Commission Programmes……………………………………………………………………………………………….………..34
NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS 2015 ***…..………………………………………………………………………………………………………35
Rural Employment Programmes…………………………………………………………………………………………………………...36
Women Empowerment Programmes........................................................................................................37
PRADHAN MANTRI JAN DHAN YOJANA......................................................................................................39
National Emblems of Various Countries....................................................................................................40
List of Museums in India.................………………………………………………………………………………………………………41
World Institutions and their Founders.......................................................................................................43
Famous Persons and their Nick Names......................................................................................................44
List of Magsaysay Award Winners from India............................................................................................50
LIST OF AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTIONS IN INDIA ......................................................................................53
NICK NAMES OF INDIAN CITIES..................................................................................................................55
List of First in India.....................................................................................................................................57
Sea Ports in India – for Competitive Exams...............................................................................................60
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Winners List..............................................................................................61
IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR HEAD QUARTERS.....................................................................64
Names of the Famous Airports in India......................................................................................................66
Dams and Rivers in India.............................................................................................................................68
Famous Temples in India............................................................................................................................73
Indian States and its Dances.......................................................................................................................75
List of awards and their fields in India…………………………………………............................................................77
List of Jnanpith Award Winners..................................................................................................................80
CENSUS 2011 INDIA HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.......................................................................83
FAMOUS HISTORICAL MONUMENTS OF INDIA..........................................................................................86
IMPORTANT INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENTS & YEARS............................................................................88
List of Indian Music Instruments and Players.............................................................................................89
Important Battles And Wars In India .........................................................................................................90
Indian Missiles Information........................................................................................................................92
Countries and Capital.................................................................................................................................95
Famous Inventions and Discoveries.........................................................................................................105
List of RBI Governors Banking Awareness…………………………………………….………………………………................110
List of Important committees and commissions in India..........................................................................111
List of Indian Institutes and Research Centres..........................................................................................117
Nobel Prizes 2016.....................................................................................................................................119
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Here are the Indian Defense Awards and Honors with 393 gallantry & other Defense award. The
President of India has approved 393 gallantry and other Defence awards for the personnel from Navy,
Air-force & Army.
The Indian Armed Forces are under the management of the Ministry of Defense (MOD), which is led
by theUnion Cabinet Minister of Defense Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is India’s highest military decoration
awarded for the highest degree.
For the purpose of classification, Indian Defense Awards and Honours & other Defense award can be
divided into two categories :
(a) Gallantry awards.
(b) Non-gallantry awards.
The gallantry awards(Indian defense awards and honours) are again divisible into two categories:
(a) Those for gallantry in the face of the enemy.
(b) Those for gallantry other than in the face of the enemy.
The first category of the gallantry awards (Indian defense awards and honours) comprises :
1. Param Vir Chakra
2. Maha Vir Chakra
3. Vir Chakra
4. Sena, Nao Sena and Vayu Sena Medal
5. Mention in Dispatches
6. Chiefs of Staff Commendation Card
The second category of the gallantry awards (indian defence awards and honours) comprise the
following :
1. Ashoka Chakra *
2. Kirti Chakra *
3. Shaurya Chakra *

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* These were originally named Ashoka Chakra Class I, Class II, Class III
Among non-gallantry awards, the following can be mentioned :
1. Bharat Ratna
2. Padma Vibhushan
3. Padma Bhushan
4. Param Vishisht Seva Medal
5. Padma Shri
6. Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal
7. Uttam Yudh Seva Medal
8. Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
9. Yudh Seva Medal
10. Vishisht Seva Medal
11. 30 Years Long Seva Medal
12. 20 Years Long Service Medal
13. 9 Years Long Service Medal
14. Meritorious Service Medal
15. Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
16. General Service Medal – 1947
17. Samar Seva Medal
18. Sainya Seva Medal
19. Videsh Seva Medal
20. Commendation Card
21. Raksha Medal
22. Poorvi Star
23. Paschimi Star
24. Sangram Medal
25. Wound Medal
26. 25th Independence Anniversary Medal

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Here is the List of all National and international Important Days of year, for Competitive
Exams, PSC & SSC CGL,BANK. all Important days in a year which are more special
than the normal day.
January 9 NRI Day
January 10 World Laughter Day
January 12 National Youth Day
January 15 Army day
January 25 National Voters day
January 26 India’s Republic Day, International Customs Day
January 30 World Leprosy Eradication Day
2nd Sunday in February World Marriage Day
February 14 Valentine Day
February 24 Central Excise Day
February 28 National Science Day
Second Monday in March Commonwealth Day
March 8 International Women’s Day, literacy Day
March 15 World Disabled Day
March 18 Ordnance Factories Day (India)

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March 21 World Forestry Day
March 22 World Day for Water
March 23 World Meteorological Day
March 24 World TB Day
April 5 International Day for Mine Awareness
April 7 World Health Day
April 17 World Haemophilia Day
April 18 World Heritage Day
April 21 Secretaries’ Day
April 22 Earth Day
April 23 World Book and Copyright Day
May 1 International Labour Day
May 3 World Asthma Day
May 2nd sunday Mother’s Day
May 4 Coal Miners’ Day
May 8 World Red Cross Day
May 9 World Thalassaemia Day

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May 11 National Technology Day
May 12 World Hypertension Day
May 15 International Day of the Family
May 17 World Telecommunication Day
May 24 Commonwealth Day
May 31 Anti-tobacco Day
June 4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
June 5 World Environment Day
June 3rd sunday Father’s Day
June 14 World Blood Donor Day
June 26 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
July 1 Doctor’s Day
July 6 World Zoonoses Day
July 11 World Population Day
August 3 International Friendship Day
August 6 Hiroshima Day
August 8 World Senior Citizen’s Day

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August 9 Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day
August 15 Indian Independence Day
August 18 IntI. Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
August 19 Photography Day
August 29 National Sports Day
September 2 Coconut Day
September 5 Teachers’ Day ; Sanskrit Day
September 8 World Literacy Day (UNESCO)
September 15 Engineers’ Day
September 16 World Ozone Day
September 21 Alzheimer’s Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN)
September 22 Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients)
September 26 Day of the Deaf
September 27 World Tourism Day
October 1 International Day for the Elderly
October 2 Gandhi Jayanthi
October 3 World Habitat Day

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October 4 World Animal Welfare Day
October 8 Indian Air Force Day
October 9 World Post Office Day
October 10 National Post Day
October 2nd thursday World Sight Day
October 13 UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
October 14 World Standards Day
October 15 World White Cane Day (guiding the blind)
October 16 World Food Day
October 24 World Development Information Day
October 30 World Thrift Day
November 9 Legal Services Day
November 14 Children’s Day; Diabetes Day
November 17 National Epilepsy Day
November 20 Africa Industrialization Day
November 29 International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
December 1 World AIDS Day

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December 3 World Day of the Handicapped
December 4 Indian Navy Day
December 7 Indian Armed Forces Flag Day
December 10 Human Rights Day; IntI. Children’s Day of Broadcasting
December 18 Minorities Rights Day (India)
December 23 Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) (India)
December 25 Christmas Day
Games and sports are the important part of human life. In the competitive exams lots of
questions comes from the sports section. Questions are asked specially for the cups
and trophies and their associated games or sports event. Below is the List of Cups And
Trophies Associated with Sports and Games with the important Olympic Games history
event . You can expect few questions in General Knowledge section about sports in the
Competitive exams.
Cups and Trophies for International sports and games
American Cup : Yacht Racing
Ashes : Cricket
Benson and Hedges : Cricket
Canada Cup : Golf
Colombo Cup : Football
Corbitton Cup : Table Tennis (Women)
Davis Cup : Lawn Tennis
Derby : Horse Race
Grand National : Horse Streple Chase Race
Jules Rimet Trophy : World Soccer Cup
King’s Cup : Air Races
Merdeka Cup : Football
Rydet Cup : Golf
Swaythling Cup : Table Tennis (Men)
Uber Cup : Badminton (Women)
Walker Cup : Golf
Westchester Cup : Polo
Wightman Cup : Lawn Tennis
World Cup : Cricket
World Cup : Hockey
Reliance Cup : Cricket
Rothman’s Trophy : Cricket
William’s Cup : Basketball
European Champions Cup :Football
Eisenhower Cup : Golf
Essande Champions Cup : Hockey
Rene Frank Trophy : Hockey
Grand Prix : Table Tennis

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Thomas Cup : Badminton
U. Thant Cup : Tennis
Edgbaston Cup : Lawn Tennis
Grand Prix : Lawn Tennis
World Cup : Weight-lifting
Cups and Trophies associated with Indian National
Games
Agarwal Cup : Badminton
Agha Khan Cup : Hockey
All-India Women’s Guru Nanak
Championship : Hockey
Bandodkar Trophy : Football
Bangalore Blues Challenge Cup :
Basketball
Barna-Bellack Cup : Table Tennis
Beighton Cup : Hockey
Bombay Gold Cup : Hockey
Burdwan Trophy : Weight-lifting
Charminar Trophy : Athletics
Chadha Cup : Badminton
C. K. Naydu Trophy : Cricket
Chakoia Gold Trophy : Football
Divan Cup : Badminton
Deodhar Trophy : Cricket
Duleep Trophy : Cricket
D. C. M. Cup : Football
Durand Cup : Football
Dhyan Chand Trophy : Hockey
Dr. B. C. Roy Trophy : Football
(Junior)
Ezra Cup : Polo
F. A. Cup : Football
G. D. Birla Trophy : Cricket
Ghulam Ahmed Trophy : Cricket
Gurmeet Trophy : Hockey
Gura Nanak Cup : Hockey
Gyanuati Devi Trophy : Hockey
Holkar Trophy : Bridge
lrani Trophy : Cricket
I. F. A. Shield : Football
lndira Gold Cup : Hockey
Jawaharlal Challenge : Air Racing
Jaswant Singh Trophy : Best Services Sportsman
Kuppuswamy Naidu Trophy :
Hockey
Lady Rattan Tata Trophy : Hockey
MCC Trophy : Hockey
Moinuddaula Gold Cup : Cricket
Murugappa Gold Cup : Hockey
Modi Gold Cup : Hockey
Narang Cup : Badminton

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The United Nations: Organs, General Assembly, Members &
Role of the United Nations
The United Nations (abbreviated UN), is an International Organization whose stated
aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic
development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace.
The United Nations Organisation is an association of states which have pledged
themselves to maintain international peace and security and cooperate in solving
international political, economic, social, cultural and humanitarian problems towards
achieving this end.
The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to
stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for dialogue. It contains multiple
subsidiary organizations to carry out its missions. The UN currently has a total of 193
member states. From its offices around the world, the UN and its specialized agencies
decide on substantive and administrative issues in regular meetings held throughout the
year. The United Nations officially came into existence on Oct. 24,1945, with the deposit
of the requisite number of ratifications of the Charter, the constituting instrument of the
UN with the US Department of State.

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United Nations Day is celebrated on 24 Oct. each year. The headquarters of the UNO is
in New York.
The United Nations system is based on five principal organs:
1. The General Assembly
2. The Security Council
3. The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
4. The Secretariat
5. The International Court of Justice
FLAG: White UN Emblem (two bent olive branches open at the top
and in between them in world map) on a light blue background.
Official Languages: English, French, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, and
Spanish.

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Specialised Agencies of the United Nations (UN):
 International Labour Organisation (ILO): Headquarter – Geneva.
 International Monetary Fund (lMF): Headquarter – Washington.
 Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO): Headquarter – Rome.
 International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO): Headquarter – Montreal.
 Universal Postal Union (UPU): Headquarter – Berne.
 International Bank for Construction and Development (IBRD): Headquarter – Washington.
 International Development Association (IDA): Headquarter – Washington.
 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): Headquarter – Geneva.
 International Fund for Agricultural Development (lFAD): Headquarter – Rome.
 United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO): Headquarter – Vienna.
 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Headquarter – Vienna.
 World Meterological Organisation (WMO): Headquarter – Geneva.
 International Maritime Consulting Organisation (IMCO): Headquarter – London.
 The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF): Headquarter – NewYork.
 World Health Organisation (WHO): Headquarter – Geneva.
 International Telecommunication Union (lTU): Headquarter – Geneva.
 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO): Headquarter – Paris.
 World Trade Organisation (WTO): Headquarter – Geneva.
 International Finance Corporation (lFC): Headquarter – Washington.

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The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is one of the Six Principal Organs of the
United Nations and the only one in which all member nations have equal representation.
Its powers are to oversee the budget of the United Nations, appoint the non-permanent
members to the Security Council, receive reports from other parts of the United Nations
and make recommendations in the form of General Assembly Resolutions. It has also
established a wide number of subsidiary organs. The first session was convened on 10
January 1946 in the Westminster Central Hall in London and included representatives of
51 nations.
The General Assembly meets under its president or Secretary-General in regular yearly
sessions the main part of which lasts from September to December and resumed part
from January until all issues are addressed. It can also reconvene for special and
emergency special sessions. Its composition, functions, powers, voting, and procedures
are set out in Chapter IV of the United Nations Charter.
It consists of all 192 member nations and functions as the main deliberative body. It
meets once a year on the third Tuesday of the month of September and session lasts
for two weeks. It has the under mentioned aspects:
(i) At each session the Assembly elects a new President, 21 Vice-Presidents and
Chairmen of the six main committees. For proper geographical representation, the
Presidency of the Assembly rotates every year among the five geographical groups–
Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and Caribbean, and Western Europe and
other stares.
Special session can be called by the Secretary General at the request of the Security
Council by the majority of members or of by one member of majority of the members
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(ii) Decisions on the important questions are taken by the two-third majority. The issues
are of the nature of peace and security, new membership and budget.
(iii) Decisions on other issues are taken by a simple majority.
(iv) The work of the meeting is divided into six main committees as given below :
• Disarmament and International Security Committee
• Economic and Financial committee
• Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee
• Special Political and Decolonisation Committee
• Administrative and Budgetary Committee
• Legal Committee
(v) In all the committees, each member state is represented.
(vi) There is a general committee which is responsible for the proceedings of the
General Assembly and also its committees as well as Credential Committee.
(vii) The General Committee is made of 28 members, the President and 21 Vice-
Presidents of the General Assembly and Chairmen of six main committees.
(viii) The Credential Committee is composed of nine members appointed by the General
Assembly on the proposal of the President of each session.
(ix) The General. Assembly has two standing Committees as mentioned below :
• An Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions
• A Committee on Contributions
(x) The General Assembly may establish subsidiary and ad-hoc bodies in order to deal
with specific matters. These include the following subject-issues :

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• Committee on Peace Keeping Operations
• Human Rights Committee
• Committee on the Peaceful Use of Outer Space
• Conciliation Commission on Palestine
• Conference on disarmament
• International Law Commission
• Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
• Special committee on the Implementation of Declaration of the Granting of Independence of
Colonial Countries and Peoples.
• Commission on International Trade and Law
(xi) The General Assembly has the right to decide any issue connected with the Charter.
(xii) Excepting those disputes which are on the agenda of the Security Council, the
General Assembly has the power to make recommendations over all other issues.
(xiii) Recommendations of the General Assembly have no compulsion power on the
member state, but the same has the weightage of world opinion.
(xiv) The General Assembly receives reports from the other organs, admits new
members, directs activities of development, sets policies and determines programmers
for the Secretariat, appoints the Secretary General who submits annual reports on the
work of the Assembly and approves the UN Budget.
(xv) Under the resolution ‘Uniting for Peace’ adopted by the General Assembly in Nov.
1950 the same is empowered to take action in the following cases:
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Assembly steps in if the Security Council fails to exercise its primary responsibility for
international peace and security because of lack of unanimity amongst its permanent members.
• In such a case, General Assembly shall consider the matter immediately and make
recommendation for collective measures by the members.
• Even the option for use of armed forces for restoration of peace and security can be approved
by the General Assembly to meet the challenges of crisis.
Interesting Facts about Indian Constitution and Important
Amendments
Here are some very interesting facts about Indian Constitution and Important
Amendments.
Dr B.R. Ambedkar is widely Known as the father of the Indian Constitution.

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The Constitution of India is the Supreme Law of India. It lays down the framework
defining fundamental political principles, establishes the structure, procedures, powers,
and duties of government institutions, and sets out fundamental rights, directive
principles, and the duties of citizens. It is the longest written constitution of any
sovereign country in the world, containing 448 articles in 22 parts, 12 schedules and 97
amendments.
The constitutional head of the Executive of the Union is the President. As per Article 79
of the Constitution of India, the council of the Parliament of the Union consists of the
President and two Houses to be known as the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and the
House of the People (Lok Sabha).
Three subject lists, the Union list, the State list, and the Concurrent list, define the
legislative powers of each level of government. The Union government reserves the
right to make laws in areas specified on the Union list, the state governments allowed to
make laws in areas specified on the State list, and laws in areas listed on the concurrent
list may be made at either a state or federal level. The Constitution distributes legislative
powers between Parliament and State legislatures as per the lists of entries in the
Seventh Schedule to the Constitution. The residual powers vest in the Parliament. The
centrally administered territories are called Union Territories.
Indian Constitution Amendments have been done for the purpose of variation, addition
or cancellation of any provision made in the constitution. Since the enactment of the
Indian Constitution important amendments is on 26 November 1949, there have been
94 amendments made to it till 2006. Number of Bills are introduced before Lok Sabha
and Rajya Sabha for further improving the Constitution.

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The method of an amendment to the constitution is considered to be a highly
complicated procedure. Amendment can be made by various methods, which have
been modeled based on the South African Constitution. The initial step of an
amendment of the constitution is the introduction of Bills regarding it in any one of the
houses of the Parliament. The Bills can be passed by simple majority of the Parliament.
Before sending the Bills for President’s assent, there can be a voting among the
members of Parliament present. If majority of them votes in favor of the amendments, it
is accepted.
An amendment can also be finalized if two-thirds of the members of Parliament present
vote in its favor. However, the number of voters should be more than half of the total
number of members of the house. This method is known as ‘special majority of the
Parliament’. In some cases, Bills for amendments to the Indian Constitution, finalized in
this method, may also require the ratification of the Legislatures of at least half of the
Indian States.
First Amendment 1951 Added Ninth Schedule

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Seventh Amendment 1956 Necessitated on account of reorganization of states on a linguistic basis.
Eight Amendment 1959
Extended special provision for reservation of seats for Sacs, Sets and Anglo-Indians in Look
samba and Leg. Assemblies for a period of 10 years from 1960 to 1970.
The Ninth Amendment
1960 Gave effect to transfer certain territories to Pakistan following the 1958 indo-pak agreement.
The tenth amendment 1961 Incorporated Dadra and Nagar Haveli as a UT.
Twelth Amendment 1962 Incorporated Goa, daman and diu as a UT.
Thirteenth Amendment
1962 Created Nagaland as a state.
Fourteenth Amendment
1963
Puducherry, karaikal, mahe and yanam, the former French territories were included in the I
scheduled as UT of puducherry.
Eighteenth Amendment
1966 Reorganised Punjab into Punjab Haryana and UT of Chandigarh.
Twenty first Amendment
1967 Included Sindhi as the fifteenth regional language.
Twenty Second
Amendment 1969 Created a sub-state of meghalaya within asom.
Twenty third Amendment
1969
Extended the reservation of seats for SC/ ST and nomination of Anglo-Indians for a further
period of 10 years (till 1980).
Twenty sixth Amendment
1971 Abolished the titles and special privileges of former rulers of princely states.
Twenty seventh
Amendment 1971 Established Manipur and Tripura

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Thirty first Amendment
1973
Increased the elective strength of LS from 525 to 545. the upper limit of representatives of states
went up from 500 to 525.
Thirty sixth
Amendments1975 Made Sikkim a state.
Thirty eighth Amendment
1975
Provided that the president can make a declaration of emergency, and the promulgation of
ordinances by the president, governors and the administrative heads of UTS would be final and
could not be challenged in any court. It also authorized the president to declare different kinds of
emergencies.
Thirty ninth Amendment
1975
Provide supremacy of parliament and gave primacy to directive principles over fundamental
rights. It also added 10 fundamental duties. New words- socialist, secular and unity and Integrity
of the Nation, were added in the preamble.
Forty fourth Amendment
1978
The right to property was deleted from part III. Article 352 was amended to provide ‘Armed
Rebellion’ as one of the circumstances for declaration of emergency.
Forty fifth Amendment
1985 Extended reservation for SC/ ST by another 10 years (till 1990).
Fifty second Amendment
1985 Added the tenth Schedule (regarding anti-defection).
Fifty third Amendment
1986 Mizoram was made a state.
Fifty sixth Amendment
1987
Hindi version of the constitution of India was accepted for all purposes. The UT of Goa, daman
and Diu was divided and Goa was made a state Daman and Diu remained as a UT.
Sixty first Amendment
1989 Reduced the voting age from 21 to 18 years for the LS as well as Assemblies.
Sixty first Amendment
1989 Also extended reservation of seats for SC/ ST till 2000 AD.

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Seventy first Amendment
1992 Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali were included in the VIII Schedule.
Seventy third Amendment
1993
(Panchayati Raj Bill) provided among other things Gram Samba in villages, constitution of
panchayats at the village and other levels direct elections to all seats in panchayats and
reservation of seats for the SC and ST fixing of tenure of 5 years for panchayats.
Seventy fourth Amendment
1993
(Nagarpalika bill) provides for, among other things, Constitution of three types of municipalities
reservation of seats in very municipality for the SC and ST, women and the backward classes.
Eighty second Amendment
2000
Reinstalled the provision of reservation of SC and Sets in matters related to promotion. Besides,
the qualifying marks for passing an examination for them has also been lowered.
Eighty sixth Amendment
2002 Makes education a fundamental right for children in the age group of 6 – 14 years.
Eighty seventh Amendment
2003
Made the 2001 census the basis for delimitation of constituencies of the Lower House of
Parliament (Lok Sabha) and State assemblies (Vidhan Sabhas)
Ninety first Amendment
2003
Amended the Anti – Defection Law and also made a provision that the number of ministers in th
Central & State Govts. Cannot be more than 15% of the strength of Lok Sabha & respected
Vidhan Sabha.
Ninety second Amendment
2003 Bodo, Maithili, Santhali and Added into the VIII Schedule.
In the GK section of almost every competitive exam in India some questions are asked
regarding the parliaments of different countries. Like India has lok shaba and rajya
sabha as the two houses of our parliament other countries too have different houses in
their parliament. Parliament simply refer to a democratic government’s legislature. It is

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the body of the people who discuss matters of state and makes laws for the state.
Generally, a parliament has three functions: representation, legislation and
parliamentary control.
List of Parliaments of different countries of the world
Country Parliament
Afghanistan Shora
Albania People’s Assembly
Algeria National People’s Assembly
Andorra General Council
Angola National People’s Assembly
Argentina National Congress
Australia Federal Parliament
Austria National Assembly
Azerbaijan Melli Majlis
Bahamas General Assembly
Bahrain Consultative Council
Bangladesh Jatia Parliament

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Belize National Assembly
Bhutan Tsogdu
Bolivia National Congress
Botswana National Assembly
Brazil National Congress
Britain Parliment (House Of Common’s And House Of Lords)
Brunei National Assembly
Bulgaria Narodno Subranie
Cambodia National Assembly
Canada Parliament
China National People’s Assembly
Colombia Congress
Comoros Legislative Council And Senate
Congo Democratic Rep. Of National Legislative Council
Costa Rice Legislative Council And Senate
Crotia Sabor
Cuba National Assembly Of People’s Power

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Denmark Folketing
East Timor Constituent Assembly
Ecuador National Congress
Egypt People’s Assembly
El Salvador Legislative Assembly
Ethiopia Federal Council And House Of Representative
Fiji Islands Senate & House Of Representative
Finland Eduskusta (Parliament)
France National Assembly
Germany Bundestag (Lower House) And Bundesrat (Upper House)
Great Britain Parliament
Greece Chamber Of Deputies
Guyana National Assembly
Hungary National Assembly
Iceland Althing
India Sansad
Indonesia People’s Consultative Assembly

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Iran Majlis
Iraq National Assembly
Ireland Oireachtas
Israel The Knesset
Italy Chamber Of Deputies And Senate
Japan Diet
Jordan National Assembly
Korea(North) Supreme People’s Assembly
Korea(South) National Assembly
Kuwait National Assembly
Labanon National Assembly
Laos People’s Supreme Assembly
Lativa Saeima
Lesotho National Assembly And Senate
Libya General People’s Congress
Lithuania Seimas
Luxembourg Chamber Of Deputies

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Madagascar National People’s Assembly
Magnolia Khural
Malaysia Majilis
Maldives Majilis
Mongolia Great People’s Khural
Montenegro Federal Assembly
Mozambique People’s Assembly
Myanmar Pyithu Hluttaw
Nepal Rashtriya Panchayat
Netherlands States General (Staten-General)
New Zealand Parliament (House Of Representative)
Norway Storting
Oman Monarchy
Pakistan National Assembly & Senate
Papua New Guinea National Parliament
Paraguay Senate & Chamber Of Deputies
Philippines The Congress

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Poland Sejm
Romania Great National Assembly
Russia Duma & Federal Council
Saudi Arabia Majlis Al Shura
South Africa Parliament
Spain Crotes
Taiwan Yuan
Turkey Grand National Assembly
USA Congress
Uzbekistan Oliy Majlis
Vietnam National Assembly
Zambia National Assembly

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The name of the parliament of Russian Federation is the Federal Assembly of Russia.
The lower house is called Duma.
United Kingdom, Parliament consists of the House of Commons, the House of Lords,
and the Monarch. The House of Commons is composed of 650 members who are
directly elected by British citizens to represent single-member constituencies.
United States of America(USA) has combined federal parliament called the congress. It
consist of two houses the lower house is called the house of representatives while the
upper house is called the senate.
Lots of Women have became the Chief Minister of various states of India. So far
fourteen women have served as the Chief Minister of an Indian state. Currently, Four
are in office— Vasundhara Raje, Anandiben Patel,Jayalalithaa and Mamata Banerjee.
Check out the below list of female chief ministers of India.
Name State Party Term
Sushma Swaraj Delhi BJP 13 Oct to 3 December 1998
Uma Bharti MP BJP 2003-2004
Vasundhara Raje Rajasthan BJP 2003-2008, 8 December 2013 – present
Mamata
Banerjee W.Bengal Trinamool Congress 2011 – present
Sheila Dikshit Delhi Congress 1998-2013
Rabri Devi Bihar RJD 1997—1999, 1999—2000, 2000—2005
Rajinder Kaur
Punjab Congress April 1996 to February 1997

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Bhattal
Mayawati
Uttar
Pradesh BSP
13 June 1995 – 18 October 1995, 21 March 1997 – 21
September 1997, 2002–2003, 2007–2012
J Jayalalithaa Tamil nadu AIADMK 1991–1996, 14 May 2001 – 16 September 2001, 2002–
2006, 2011 – 2014, 23 May 2015 – present
Janaki
Ramachandran Tamilnadu AIADMK 7 to 30 January 1988
Syeda Anwara
Taimur Assam Congress December 1980 to June 1981
Shashikala
Kakodkar GOA
Maharashtrawadi
Gomantak Party 12 August 1973 to 27 April 1979
Nandini Satpathy Orissa Congress
June 1972 to December 1976 & August 1973 to April
1979
Sucheta Kriplani
Uttar
Pradesh Congress October 1963 to May 1967
Anandiben Patel Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party 21 May 2014 – present
Facts about female chief ministers of Indian States
 Sucheta Kriplani is the first woman to be chief minister of any state in India.
 Syeda Anwara Taimur is the first muslim female who became the chief minister.
 J. Jayalalithaa is a film actress who became CM.
 Mayawait is the first dalit CM of any Indian state.
 Mamata Banerjee became CM after uprooting 34 year old Left front rule in the state.
 Vasundhara Raje belongs to royal Maratha Scindia family.
 Sheila Dikshit is the only woman chief minister to lead a government for a third consecutive term.
 Rajinder Kaur Bhattal is the first and only Female CM of Punjab till date.
 Janaki Ramachandran was CM only for 23 days.

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 Shashikala Kakodkar is the first female CM of GOA.
List of female Indian governors
The Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of the states and territories of India have similar powers
and functions at the state level as that of the President of India at Union level. Below is the list of
Women Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of India.
Name From To State
Sarojini Naidu 15 August 1947 2 March 1949 Uttar Pradesh
Padmaja Naidu 3 November 1956 31 May 1967 West Bengal
Vijayalakshmi Pandit 28 November 1962 18 October 1964 Maharashtra
Sharda Mukherjee 5 May 1977 14 August 1978 Andhra Pradesh
Sharda Mukherjee 14 August 1978 5 August 1983 Gujarat
Kumudben Manishankar Joshi 26 November 1985 2 February 1990 Andhra Pradesh
Jyothi Venkatachalam 14 October 1977 27 October 1982 Kerala
Ram Dulari Sinha 23 February 1988 12 February 1990 Kerala
Sarla Grewal 31 March 1989 5 February 1990 Madhya Pradesh
Chandrawati 19 February 1990 18 December 1990 Puducherry
Rajendra Kumari Bajpai 2 May 1995 22 April 1998 Puducherry
Rajani Rai 23 April 1998 29 July 2002 Puducherry
Fathima Beevi 25 January 1997 1 July 2001 Tamil Nadu

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Sheila Kaul 17 November 1995 23 April 1996 Himachal Pradesh
V. S. Ramadevi 26 July 1997 1 December 1999 Himachal Pradesh
V. S. Ramadevi 2 December 1999 20 August 2002 Karnataka
Pratibha Patil 8 November 2004 23 June 2007 Rajasthan
Prabha Rau 19 July 2008 24 January 2010 Himachal Pradesh
Prabha Rau 25 January 2010 26 April 2010 Rajasthan
Margaret Alva 6 August 2009 14 May 2012 Uttarakhand
Kamla Beniwal 27 November 2009 Present Gujarat
Urmila Singh 25 January 2010 27 January 2015 Himachal Pradesh
Margaret Alva 12 May 2012 7 August 2014 Rajasthan
Sheila Dikshit 11 March 2014 25 August 2014 Kerala
Mridula Sinha 31 August 2014 Incumbent Goa
Indian Air Force or Bhartiya Vayu Sena was established in the the year 1932. IAF has
fought 4 war with Pakistan and one with China. The president of India is the commander
in chief of Indian Air Force. The chief of air staff or the air chief marshal is a four-
star commander and commands the Air Force. Arjan Singh was the first 5 star Air Chief
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IAF is divided into five operational and two functional commands. Each Command is
headed by an Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief with the rank of Air Marshal. The
purpose of an operational command is to conduct military operations using aircraft
within its area of responsibility, whereas the responsibility of functional commands is to
maintain combat readiness.
Operational Commands of Indian Air Force
 Central Air Command (CAC), headquartered at Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
 Eastern Air Command (EAC), headquartered at Shillong, Meghalaya
 Southern Air Command (SAC), headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
 South Western Air Command (SWAC), headquartered at Gandhinagar, Gujarat
 Western Air Command (WAC), headquartered at Subroto Park, New Delh
Functional Commands of Indian Air Force
 Training Command (TC), headquartered at Bangalore, Karnataka
 Maintenance Command (MC), headquartered at Nagpur, Maharashtra
List of Air Chief Marshals of Indian Air Force(IAF) Since
Independence(1947)
Air Chief Marshal Tenure
Thomas Elmhirst 15 August 1947-21 February 1950
Ronald Lvelaw Chapman 22 February 1950-9 December 1951
Gerald Gibbs 10 December 1951-31 March 1954
S. Mukherjee 1 April 1954-8 November 1960
A.M.Engineer 1 December 1960-31 July 1964
Arjan Singh 1 Augus t1964-15 July 1969
P.C. Lal 16 July 1969-15 January 1973

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O.P. Mehra 16 January 1973-31 January 1976
H. Moolgavkar 1 February 1976-31 August 1978
I.H.Latif 1 December 1978-31 August 1981
Dilbagh Singh 1 September 1981-3 September 1984
L.M. Katre 4 September 1984-1 July 1985
D.A. La Fontaine 3 July 1985-31 July 1988
S.K. Mehra 1 August 1988-31 July 1991
N.C. Suri 1 August 1991-31 July 1993
S.K. Kaul 1 August 1993-31 December 1995
S.K. Sareen 31 December 1995-31 December 1998
A.Y. Tipnis 1 January 1999- 31 December 2001
Srinivasapuram Krishna Swamy 31 December 2001 – 1 January 2005
SP Tyagi 1 January 2005 – 2007
Fali Homi Major 1 March 2007 – 31 May 2009
Pradeep Vasant Naik 01 June 2009 – 31 July 2011
Norman Anil Kumar Browne 31 July 2011 – 31 December 2013
Arup Raha 31 December 2013 – Present

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The Finance Commission is constituted by the President under article 280 of the
Constitution, mainly to give its recommendations on distribution of tax revenues
between The Union and the states and amongst the states themselves. Two distinctive
features of the Commission’s work involve redressing the vertical imbalances between
the taxation powers and expenditure responsibilities of the Centre and the States
respectively and equalization of all public services across the States.
Candidates who are attending for competitive examinations may face some of the
questions from finance commission in general awareness section hence you are
recommended to study this material for your better performance.
Finance Commission Chairman Estb on Operational Duration
I
K C Nyogi 1951 1952-57
II
K Santhanam 1956 1957-62
III
A K Chanda 1960 1962-66
IV
P V Rajamannar 1964 1966-69
V
Mahaveer Tyagi 1968 1969-74
VI
Brahmanand Reddy 1972 1974-79
VII
J M Sheliet 1977 1979-84
VIII
Y B Chavan 1983 1984-89

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IX
N K P Salve 1987 1989-95
X
K C Pant 1992 95-2000
XI
A M Khusro 1998 2000-05
XII
C Rangarajan 2003 2005-10
XIII
Vijay L Kelkar 2007 2010-15
XIV
Dr. Y V Reddy 2015 2020
1.The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015:
Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald
"for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have
mass"
2.The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015
Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar
"for mechanistic studies of DNA repair"
3.The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015
William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura
"for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by
roundworm parasites"
Youyou Tu
"for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria"

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4.The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015
Svetlana Alexievich
"for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our
time"
5.The Nobel Peace Prize 2015
National Dialogue Quartet
"for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia
in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011"
6.The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred
Nobel 2015
Angus Deaton
"for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare"
Rural Employment Programmes
Sr.NO Name of the Scheme Short Name Started on
1 Community Development Programme CDP 1952
2 National Fund for Rural development NFRD 1984

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3 Council for Advancement of People’s actions and rural Technology CAPART 1986
4 District Rural Development Agency DRDA 1993
5 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana PMGSY 2000
6 Twenty Point Programme TPP 1975
7 Drought Prone Areas Programme DPAP 1973-74
8 Annapurna Scheme 2000
9 Total sanitation Campaign TSC 1999
10 Nirmal Gram Puraskar NGP 2003
11 Desert Development Programme DDP 1977-78
12 Integrated Wasteland Development Programme IWDP 1989-90
13 Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana VAAY 2001
14 Member of Parliament Local Area Development programme MPLADP 1993
15 Affordable Housing In Partnership (Part of JNNURM) AHIP 2009
16 Rajiv Awas Yojana RAY 2010
17 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gauratee Act MGNREGA 2005

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Women all over the world are challenged by a number of obstacles that restrict their
ability to play significant roles in their communities and the border society. For a long
time they have lagged far behind men in key socio-economic indicators that place them
at a huge disadvantage. Women are less likely to have access to land, credit, decent
jobs even though a growing body of research shows that the achievement of gender
equality has enormous socio-economic ramifications. Occupational segregation and
gender wage gaps continue to persist in all parts of the world. Empowered women and
girls have a truly transformative role to play in their communities but they are rarely
afforded the opportunities that will allow them to fulfill their enormous potential. Some
Women Empowerment schemes are
Sr.NO Name of the Programme Shortly known as Established on
1 Support to Training and Employment Programme For women STEPW 2003-04
2 Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls RGSEAG 2010
3 Rashitriya Mahila Kosh – National Credit Fund for women 1993
4 Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana IGMSY 2010
5 Swayam Siddha 2001
6 Swadhar 1995

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7 Support to Training And Employment Programme for Women STEP 1986
8 Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas DWCRA 1982
9 Dhan Laxmi 2008
10 Ujjwala 2007
11 Gender Budgeting Scheme GBS 2004
12 National Mission For Empowerment of Women NMEW 2010
Highlights
India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, had announced about one of his pet projects:
PRADHANA MANTRI JAN DHAN YOJANA. This project is mainly to curb financial
inclusion. In one of the most populous country like India, there are only 58% of the
citizens who have proper bank accounts. The remaining 42% doesn’t have; also, most
of the rural parts of the India do not have banks and basic facilities. To overcome all
these, the Prime Minister, in his Independence day speech had declared about this pet
project and aims that 7.5 Crore accounts will be opened by 26th
January, 2015.
This scheme was rolled out in the country from 28th
of August, 2014 and to everyone’s
surprise the Indian government had found its way into the record books when 1.5 crore
new bank accounts were opened on a single day through financial camps set up in
77,000 locations across the nation. The advantage of having this account will be people
can have zero – balance accounts with any bank, public or private. Know-your-
Customer rules are simplified: only Aadhar-Card proof is enough for opening your
account and some more proofs that will be accepted are: Attested NREGA cards,

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Voters’ ID card. People who don’t even have these can show simplified rules regarding
proof of identity and address will be allowed for opening a more basic account.
What does the scheme offer??
 Zero-balance account for every citizen of the country
 KYC being simplified
 Accident insurance of up to Rs. 1 Lakh comes for free with each account
 Opening account before 26th
January 2015, will get an extra life cover of Rs. 30,000
 Each cardholder will get RuPay debit card and also will also be able to access a basic form of mobile
banking
 Operative for at least six months, holders may be offered the overdraft facility for Rs. 2,500 and then for
Rs. 3,000
 One can check their balance and even can transfer funds using an ordinary phone (not the smartphones)
using a new technology introduced by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
POINTS TO REMEMBER:
 Modi announced the project on 15th
August and was implemented from 28th
of August.
 Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) : Slogan – Mera Khata, Bhagya Vidata.
 If everyone has a bank account then the subsidies for the poor can be transferred to their accounts instead
of sending it through corrupted people and agencies.
 The premium on accident insurance will be paid by the NPCI.
 It is safer to have a bank account rather than going to scam-filled private lenders and institutions.
 Every bank (both public and private) will be part of this scheme.
 This mission will be completed in two phases: one from 15th
August 2014 to 14th
August 2015 and the
other from 15th
August 2015.
National Emblems of Various Countries: General awareness section is very important part
in most of the competitive exams today. To score well in this section candidates
preparing should be prepared with different topics. We are searching different concepts
from where questions are framed and we found that questions are asked couple of
times on national emblems. So to help the job seekers we gathered this information and
providing this information here.
National emblem is an official emblem which is reserved to use by a nation as a symbol
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meaning. Most of the countries have national birds, trees, flowers etc as list of national
symbols.
If we come back to the topic now, national emblems are found in most of the
competitive exams frequently. This is very important topic for the candidates as there
are more chances to ask at least once one question the general awareness part on this
topic. So aspirants save this in the important material folder and remember these in
mind and revise these frequently. Who knows this one mark may change your fate….
National Emblems
Kangaroo :: Australia
Water Lilly :: Bangladesh
White Lilly :: Canada, Italy
Beach :: Denmark
Lily :: France
Corn Flower :: Germany
Lioned Capital :: India
Lion :: Sri lanka, Sierra Leone
Rose :: UK, Iran
Shamrock :: Ireland
White Lilly :: Italy
Chrysanthemum :: Japan
Kiwi :: New Zealand
Crescent :: Pakistan
Eagle :: Spain
Elephant :: Ivory Coast
Lion with Crown :: Luxembourg
Golden Rod :: U.S.A
Secretary Bird :: Sudan
Bauhinia (orchid tree) :: Hong Kong
Baobab tree :: Senegal
Lion :: Netherland,Norway, Belgium
Crescent and Star :: Turkey
Cedar tree :: Lebanon

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List of Museums in India: Museums in India have very special importance as they preserve the
history to the upcoming generations. Government of India gave the responsibilities
of maintaining museums in the country to archeological department. There are many museums in
India which preserve the local antiquarian remains of the areas.
Indian Museum is developed as the remarkable event in the development of heritage and culture
of India. This is the earliest and largestmultipurpose museum in the asia-pacific subcontinent
region of the world. This preserves the Indian heritage and is considered as the best museum in
the country.
If we look at the various competitive exam papers we found that there are chances of asking
question on the museums located in India.
Museums in India
National Childrens Museum :: New Delhi
National Museum :: Kolkata
Tippu Sulthan Museum :: Sreerangapatnam
Prince of Wales Museum :: Mumbai
National Gandhi Museum :: New Delhi
Birla Industrial & Technological Museum :: Kolkata
Calico Textile Museum :: Ahmedabad
Archeological Museum :: New Delhi
Victoria Jubilee Museum :: Vijayawada, AP
Visakha Museum :: Visakhapatnam, AP
Government Museum and Art Gallery :: Chandigarh
Visvesarayya Industrial And Technological Museum :: Bangalore
Indian Air Force Museum :: New Delhi
Birla Planetorium :: Kolkata
Netaji Museum :: Kolkata
National Gallery of Modern Art :: New Delhi
Salarjung Museum :: Hyderabad
Nehru Museum :: New Delhi
Victoria Memorial Hall :: Kolkata
Rail Transport Museum :: New Delhi
Sree Chithra Art Gallery :: Thiruvananthapuram
National Museum of Natural History :: New Delhi

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Indian Museum :: Kolkata
Indian War Memorial Museum :: New Delhi
Dogra Art Museum :: Jammu
Wayanad Heritage Museum :: Ambalavayal, Kerala
Kerala Soil Museum :: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Archaeological Museum :: Kerala
Sardar Vallabhai Patel Police Museum :: Kollam, Kerala
Tripura State Museum :: Agartala, Tripura
Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal and Green Garden :: Noida
Sarnath Museum :: Uttar Pradesh
Forest Research Institute :: Dehradun
Darshan Museum :: Pune, Maharashtra
Indian Institute for Research in Numismatic Studies :: Nashik, Maharashtra
Shree Chhatrapati Shahu Museum :: Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Regional Museum of Natural History :: Bhubaneswar, Odisha
National Institute of Sports :: Patiala, Punjab
Central Sikh Museum :: Amritsar
Gandhi Memorial Museum :: Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Gass Forest Museum :: Coimbatore
Government Museum :: Tamil Nadu
Shankar’s International Dolls Museum :: New Delhi
Goa State Museum :: Panaji
Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya :: Ahmedabad
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial :: Ahmedabad
Swaminarayan Museum :: Ahmedabad
AP State Archaeology Museum :: Hyderabad
Nizam Museum :: Hyderabad
Organizations and institutions have certain value in the world. Actually these institutions established
across the world help the world to move in a systematic way indirectly. Few of these organizations and
institutions are non-profit organizations and the other will be profit oriented organizations. Whatever
they type of institution is both help for the well being of society directly or indirectly.
Before providing the list of world institutions and their founders here we are presenting a brief overview
about what institution is and how it works. Simply speaking institution is ruling our lives and helps us to
lead comfortable lives daily. This gives a systematic life to us in this civilized world.
World Institutions And Their Founders

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United Nations :: Joseph Stalin(USSR),Winston Churchill (UK) and USA
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Boy Scouts :: Baden Powell
Montessori System :: Maria Montessori
Amnesty International :: Peter Berenson
Y.M.C.A. :: Sir George Williams
Lion’s Club :: Melvin John
Red Cross :: Jean-Henri Dunant
Nursing System :: Florence Nightingale
Protestant Religion :: Martin Luther
Kindergarten :: Froebel
Nazism :: Adolf Hitler
Fascism :: Benito Mussolini
Cubism :: Pablo Picasso
Salvation Army :: William Booth
Indian Institutions And Their Founders
Jainism :: Vardhamana Mahavira
Zorastrianism (Parsis) :: Zoraster
Brahma Samaj :: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Suddhi Movement :: Swami Shradhanand
Bhoodan Movement :: Vinoba Bhave
Sarvodaya Movement :: Jaya Prakash Narayan
Ramakrishna Mission :: Swami Vivekananda
Bahaism :: Mirza Hussain Ali
Confucianism :: Confucius
Arya Samaj :: Dayananda Saraswathi
Taoism :: Lao tse
Peoples Education Society :: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Vana Mahothsav :: K.M. Munshi
Sikhism :: Guru Nanak
Servants of India Society :: Gopalakrishna Gokhale
Indian Association :: Surendranath Banerji
Chinmaya Mission :: Swami Chinmayananda
Theosophical Society of India :: Annie Besant
Dev Samaj :: Siva Narayan Agnihothri
Prarthana Samaj :: Kesab Chandra Sen

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Famous Persons and their Nick Names
Famous Persons and their nick names: Most of the famous personalities are known with
their nick names (Sobriquets). They are well known with those nicknames than original
ones. For example Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi father of Indian nation is known with
different names like Mahatma by a class of people treating him as great soul, a certain
class of people calls him Bapuji where in Gujarati Bapu is endearment of ‘father’, ‘papa’.
Nehruji who loves children is called as Chacha by children and slowly this turned as
nickname of Nehruji.
Mostly nicknames are given to the person by common people for their works done. so
these nicknames are very important for everyone of us to learn.
These famous personalities nicknames are important to remember and many times
asked in general knowledge section of competitive exams. So, to help the candidates in
every possible way we are uploading the list of famous personalities and their
nicknames here.
Persons With Popular Names In The World
Light of the world :: Jesus
Poet’s Poet :: Edmund Spenser
Desert Fox :: Erwin Rommel
Prince of Pilgrimage :: Huien Tsang
The Wizard of Menlopark :: Edison
Maid of Orleans :: Joan of Arc
Fuhrer (also Fuehrer) :: Adolf Hitler
Apostle of Free Trade :: Richard Cobden
Master of Suspense :: Alfred Hitchcock

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Rascal monk :: Rasputin
Good Shepherd :: Jesus Christ
Second Duke :: Benitto Mussolini
Iron Duke :: Duke of Wellington
Lady with the Lamp :: Florence Nightingale
Man of Blood and Iron :: Otto von Bismarck
Maiden Queen :: Queen Elizabeth I
King of Rock & Roll :: Elvis Presley
Columbus of Space :: Neil Armstrong
Bard of Avon :: William Shakespeare
Grand Old Man of Britain :: Gladstone
G.B.S :: George Bernard Shaw
Little Corporal :: Napoleon Bonaparte
American Gandhi :: Martin Luther King
Iron Lady :: Margaret Thatcher
African Gandhi :: Dr. Kenneth Kaunda
The Daughter of East :: Benazir Bhutto
Iron Butterfly :: Margaret Thatcher
Persons With Popular Names In India
Prince of Beggars :: Madan Mohan Malaviya

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Sage of Sabarmati :: Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Machiavelli :: Chanakya
Indian napoleon :: Samudragupta
Leopard of the Snow :: Ang Rita
Loknayak :: Jayaprakash Narayan
J.P :: Jayaprakash narayan
Indian Bismarck :: Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Light of Asia :: Buddha
Bengali Tiger :: Bipin Chandra Pal
Maratha Kesari :: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Punjab Lion :: Lala Lajpat Rai
Lokmanya :: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Deshabandhu :: C.R. Das
Grand Old Man of India :: Dadabhai Naoroji
Mahamana :: Madan Mohan Malaviya
Mahatma :: Gandhiji
C.R. :: C. Rajagopalachari
Rajaji :: C. Rajagopalachari
Deenabandhu :: C.F. Andrews
Bapu :: Gandhiji

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Iron Lady of India :: Indira Gandhi
Priyadarshini :: Indira Gandhi
Barefooted painter :: M.F. Hussain
Badshah Khan :: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Frontier Gandhi :: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Kipper :: K.M. Cariappa
Indian Shakespeare :: Kalidasa
Gurudev :: Rabindranath Tagore
Guruji :: Golwalkar
Faker-e-Afghan :: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Netaji :: Subash Chandra Bose
Birdman of India :: Salim Ali
Nightingale of India :: Sarojini Naidu
Prince of Patriots :: Subash Chandra Bose
Lion of Kashmir :: Sheikh Mohammed
Acharya :: Vinobha Bhave
Sage of Paunar :: Vinobha Bhave
Man of Peace :: Lal Bahadur Shastri
Babuji :: Jagjeevan Ram
Little Master :: Sunil Gavaskar

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T.T.K. :: T.T. Krishnamachari
Mysore Tiger :: Tippu Sultan
Sage of Kanchi :: Sankaracharya
Saint of Gutters :: Mother Theresa
Andhra Kesari :: Tangutri Prakasam
Journalism :: Tushar Kanti Ghosh
Flying Sikh :: Milkha Singh
Man of the Masses :: K. Kamaraj
Golden Girl of Indian Athletics :: P.T. Usha
Rani of Jhansi :: Lakshmibai
Natikar Tilakam :: Sivaji Ganesan
Chachaji :: Jawaharlal Nehru
Akbar of Kashmir :: Zian-ul-Abideen
Kuvembu :: K.V. Puttappa
Milkman of India :: Varghese Kurian
Sher-e-Punjab :: Ranjit Singh
Shahid :: Bhagat Singh
Kathal Mannan :: Gemini Ganesan
Punjab Kesari :: Lala Lajpat Rai
Anna :: C.N. Annadurai

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Persons With Popular Names In Kerala
Mayyazhi Gandhi :: K.P. Kumaran Master
Kerala Valmiki :: Vallathol Narayana Menon
Kerala Scott :: C.V. Raman Pillai
Kerala Ibsen :: N. Krishna Pillai
Kerala Simham :: Pazhassi Raja
Swadeshabhimani :: Ramakrishna Pillai
Pulayaraja :: Ayyankali
Sahitya Panchanan :: P.K. Narayana Pillai
Kerala Panini :: A.R. Rajaraja Varma
Kerala Vyasa :: Kodungalloor Kunhikuttan Thampuran
Valiya Diwanji :: Raja Keshavadas
Kerala Gandhi :: K. Kelappan
Bharat Kesari :: Mannathu Padmanabhan
Beypore Sultan :: Vaikam Mohammed Bashir
Kerala Mauppasant :: Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
Kerala Thulasidas :: Vennikulam Gopala Kurup
Kerala Hemmingway :: M.T. Vasudevan Nair
Kesari :: A. Balakrishna Pillai

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Deshabhimani :: Ramakrishna Pillai
Kerala Chaucer :: Chiramakavi
Kerala Kalidasa :: Kerala Varma Valiya Koyithampuran
Kerala Orphuse :: Changampuzha Krishna Pillai
Raman Magsaysay Award is established to honour the memory of late Philippines
President and it is being given to outstanding individuals/organizations – regardless of
race, creed, nationality and gender – who manifests greatness of spirit in service to the
Asian people since 1958. The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) selects
the Asian people/organizations who made rich contributions in Government service
(GS); Public Service (PS); Community Leadership (CL); Journalism, Literature and
Creative Communication Arts ( JLCCA); Peace and International Understanding (PIU)
and Emergent Leadership (EL) for this prestegious award. On August 31, 1956 the first
Raman Magsaysay Awards were presented to five outstanding individuals working in
India, Indonesia, Philippines, China and Sri Lanka and Philippine based Organization.
The Awards are generally presented to the winners annually on 31st August, the birth
anniversary of the late President in Manila. The RMAF continues to honour the persons
and organizations who are exemplars of selfless service/leadership and who lives and
work to make Aia truly a better place. Three Individuals (Ernesto Domingo-Philippines;
Habiba Sarabi-Afghanisstan and Lahpai Seng Raw-Myanmar) and Two Organizations
(Corruption Eradication Commission-Indonesia and Shakti Samuha-Nepal) were receive
the 2013 Ramon Magsaysay Awards for their selfless service for the welfare of the
people. The details of Indians who won the above awards are detailed here for
information and general knowledge purpose

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Name Year Awarded Category
Vinobha Bhave 1958 Community Leadership
Chintaman Deshmukh 1959 Government Services
Amitabha Chowdhury 1961 Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Mother Teresa 1962 Peace and International Understanding
Dara Khurody 1963 Community Leadership
Verghese Kurien 1963 Community Leadership
Tribhuvandas Patel 1963 Community Leadership
Welthy Fisher 1964 Peace and International Understanding
Jayaprakash Narayan 1965 Public Service
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay 1966 Community Leadership
Satyajit Ray 1967 Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts

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Moncompu Sambasivan Swaminathan 1971 Community Leadership
M.S. Subbalakshmi 1974 Public Service
Boobli George Verghese 1975 Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Henning Holck-Larsen 1976 Peace and International Understanding
Ela Ramesh Bhatt 1977 Community Leadership
Mabelle Arole 1979 Community Leadership
Rajanikant Arole 1979 Community Leadership
Gour Kishore Gosh 1981 Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Pramod Karan Sethi 1981 Community Leadership
Chandi Prasad Bhatt 1982 Community Leadership
Manibhai Desai 1982 Public Service
Arun Shourie 1982 Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Rasipuram Lakshman 1984 Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Muralidhar Amte 1985 Public Service
Lakshmi Chand Jain 1989 Public Service
K.V. Subbanna 1991 Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Ravi Shankar 1992 Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts

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Banoo Jehangir Coyaji 1993 Public Service
Kiran Bedi 1994 Government Services
Pandurang Athavale 1996 Community leadership
Tirunellai Seshan 1996 Government Services
Maheshweta Devi 1997 Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Jockin Arputham 2000 Peace and International Understanding
Aruna Roy 2000 Community Leadership
Rajendra Singh 2001 Community Leadership
Sandeep Pandey 2002 Emergent Leadership
James Michael Lyngdoh 2003 Government Services
Shantha Sinha 2003 Government Services
Lakshminarayan Ramdas 2004 Peace and International Understanding
V. Shantha 2005 Public Service
Arvind Kejriwal 2006 Emergent Leadership
Palagummi Sainath 2007 Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Mandakini Amte 2008 Community Leadership
Deep Joshi 2009 Community Leadership

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Neelima Mishra 2011 Emergent Leadership
Harish Hande 2011 Community Leadership
Kulandei Francis 2012 Emergent Leadership
Sanjiv Chaturvedi 2015 Emergent Leadership
Anshu Gupta 2015 Community Leadership
LIST OF AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTIONS IN INDIA FOR
COMPETITIVE EXAMS
Revolution Name Product
Blue Revolution Fisheries
Brown Revolution Leather
Gray Revolution Housing Development
Green Revolution Agriculture
Pink Revolution Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
Silver Revolution Egg Production

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White Revolution Dairy Development
Yellow Revolution Oil Seed
Black Revolution Petroleum
Golden Fiber Revolution Jute
Golden Revolution Horticulture
Grey Revolution Fertilizer
Red Revolution Meat & Tomato Production
Round Revolution Potato
Silver Fiber Revolution Cotton
Silver Revolution Egg/Poultry
Evergreen Revolution Over all Agriculture Development
NICK NAMES OF INDIAN CITIES
NICK NAME CITY STATE
Golden City Amritsar Punjab
Pink City Jaipur Rajasthan

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Orange City Nagpur Maharashtra
Golden City of India, Sun City Jaisalmer Rajasthan
City of Nawabs Lucknow Uttar Pradesh
City of Seven Islands and City of Dreams Mumbai Maharashtra
City of Festivals, City of four Junctions Madurai Tamil Nadu
Twin Cities
Hyderabad,
Secunderabad Andhra Pradesh
City of Weavers Panipat Haryana
The Lake City Srinagar
Jammu and
Kashmir
Space City Benguluru Karnataka
City of Lakes Udaipur Rajasthan
City of Temples Varanasi Uttar Pradesh
City of Sages Rishikesh Uttarakhand
City of Rallies New Delhi New Delhi
Garden City, Silicon Valley of India Bengaluru Karnataka

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Temple City of India Bhubaneswar Orissa
Heaven of India Jammu & Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir
Switzerland of India Kashmir Kashmir
Scotland of India Coorg Karnataka
Manchester of India Ahmedabad Gujarat
Manchester of South India Coimbatore Tamil Nadu
Pitsburg of India Jamshedpur Jharkhand
Hollywood of India Mumbai Maharashtra
Queen of the Hills Darjeeling West Bengal
Queen of the Arabian Sea Kochi Kerala
Queen of Deccan Pune Maharashtra
Gateway to the Duars Siliguri West Bengal
Taj Nagri Agra Uttar Pradesh
Blue Mountains Nilgiri Tamil Nadu
Detroit of Asia, Electronic Manufacturing Hub in
India Chennai Tamil Nadu

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List of First in India
First President Rajendra Prasad
First Women President Pratibha Patil
First Vice- President Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
First Home Minister of India Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
First Women Chief Minister Sucheta Kriplani
First Women Cabinet Minister Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
First Women Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee
First Female Home Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy
First Women Governor Sarojini Naidu
Women Speaker of Lok Sabha Meira Kumar
Speaker of Lok Sabha G.V. Mavlankar
Finance Minister of Independent India R.K. Shanmukhan Chetty
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
First Women Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

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Miss World Reita Faria
Miss Universe Sushmita Sen
Man Booker Prize Arundhati Roy for “ The God of Small Things”
Bharat Ratna Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, C. Rajagopalachari and C. V. Raman
Dadasaheb Phalke Award Devika Rani
Stalin Peace Prize Saifuddin Kitchlew
Magsaysay Award Vinoba Bhave
Oscar for Life Time Achievement Satyajit Roy
First Nobel Prize for Women Mother Teresa
First Man in Space Rakesh Sharma
First Women in Space Kalpana Chawla
First Satellite Aryabhatta
First Satellite for education EDUSAT
Metro Railway System Calcutta
First Technology park (Techno Park) Trivandrum
First Women IPS Officer Kiran Bedi
Nobel Prize in Literature Rabindranath Tagore

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Nobel Prize in Physics C. V. Raman
Nobel Prize in Medicine Har Gobind Khorana
Nobel Peace Prize Mother Teresa
Nobel Prize in Economics Amartya Sen
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
SEA PORTS IN INDIA
SL.NO Name of the Port & Location
Sl.
No Name of the Port & Location
25 Ratnagiri (Maharashtra)
1 CALCUTTA (West Bengal) 26 Redi (Maharashtra)
2 CHENNAI (Tamil Nadu) 27 Salaya (Gujarat)
3 COCHIN (Kerala) 28 Sikka (Gujarat)
4
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU PORT (Mumbai,
Maharashtra) 29 Trivandrum (Kerala)
5 KANDLA (Gujarat) 30 Veraval (Gujarat)
6 MARMUGAO (Goa)

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7 MUMBAI (Maharashtra) 31 Azhikkal (Kerala)
8 NEW MANGALORE (Karnataka) 32 Belikeri (Karnataka)
9 PARADEEP (Orissa) 33 Beypore (Kerala)
10 TUTICORIN (Tamil Nadu) 34 Cannanore (Kerala)
11 VISAKHAPATNAM (Andhra Pradesh) 35 Coondapur (Karnataka)
36 Dahej (Gujarat)
12 Bedi Bunder (Gujarat) 37 Jafrabad (Gujarat)
13 Calicut (Kerala) 38 Jarkhau (Gujarat)
14 Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu) 39 Kasergode (Kerala)
15 Gopalpur (Orissa) 40 Mundra (Gujarat)
16 Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh) 41 Neendakara (Kerala)
17 Karwar (Karnataka) 42 Pindhara (Gujarat)
18 Bedi Bunder (Gujarat) 43 Pipavav (Gujarat)
19 Magdalla (Gujarat) 44 Ponnani (kerala)
20 Mandavi (Gujarat) 45 Tellicherry (Kerala)
21 Navlakhi (Gujarat)
22 Nagpatnam (Tamil Nadu) 46 Coconada (Andhra Pradesh)

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23 Okha (Gujarat) 47
Tuticorin Container Terminal (Tamil
Nadu)
24 Porbandar (Gujarat) 48 Pipavav (Gujarat)
The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (RGKR) is the India’s highest award given for best
sportsman in every year. This award is named after the demise of former Prime Minister
of India late Rajiv Gandhi and it was established in the year 1991-92. This award carries
a medal, a scroll of honour and a cash worth Rs.7,50,000/- Beofre the institution of
RGKR, Arjun Awards have been given every year to outstanding sports people in each
of many disciplines. The RGKR was treated to be an extra-ordinary honour in India
conferred for outstanding performance in sports in a particular year,by as
an individual/by a team across all sporting disciplines. The very first RGKR award was
presented to Viswanathan Anand for his exemplary performance in Chess during the
year 1991-92.This award was not conferred upon any sportsman or team during the
year 1993-94. It is surprise to note that this RGKR Award presented 7 times only
for Shooting discipline, out of 21 announcements made sofar. Abhinav Bindra is the first
receipient of RGKR Award for Shooting in the year 2001-02 whereas Ronjan Sodhi is
the RGKR awardee in Shooting for this year, 2012-13. Keep visiting our website
regularly for updated information on Sports Awards and other topics which will be very
useful to answer questions in General knowledge section while preparing/attending
competitive examinations . Link: https://www.facebook.com/Exam.Affairs.EA

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SL.NO Name Year Category
1 Viswanathan Anand 1991-92 Chess
2 Geet Sethi 1992-93 Billiards
3 Cdr. Homi D. Motivala
1994-95 Yachting4 Lt. Cdr. P. K. Garg
5 Karnam Malleswari 1995-96 Weightlifting
6 Nameirakpam Kunjarani
1996-97
Weightlifting
7 Leander Paes Tennis
8 Sachin Tendulkar 1997-98 Cricket
9 Jyotirmoyee Sikdar 1998-99 Athletics
10 Dhanraj Pillay 1999-2000 Hockey
11 Pullela Gopichand 2000-01 Badminton
12 Abhinav Bindra 2001-02 Shooting
13 Anjali Ved Pathak Bhagwat
2002-03
Shooting
14 K. M. Beenamo Athletics
15 Anju Bobby George 2003-04 Atheletics
16 Lt. co. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore 2004-05 Shooting

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17 Pankaj Advani 2005-06 Billiards and Snooker
18 Manavjit Singh Sandhu 2006-07 Shooting
19 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2007-08 Cricket
20 Mary Kom
2008-09
Boxing
21 Vijender Singh Boxing
22 Sushel Kumar Wrestling
23 Saina Nehwal 2009-10 Badminton
24 Gagan Narang 2010-11 Shooting
25 Vijay Kumar
2011-12
Shooting
26 Yogeshwar Dutt Wrestling
27 Ronjan Sodhi 2012-13 Shooting
28 Sania Mirza 2014-15 Tennis

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IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR HEAD
QUARTERS
SL NO ORGANISATION HEAD QUARTERS
1 United Nations Organizations (UNO) New york
2 United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) New york
3 United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) New york
4 United Nations Educational, Scientific and cultural organizations (UNESCO) Paris
5 World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva
6 World Trade Organization (WTO) Geneva
7 International Labour Organization (ILO) Geneva
8 International Telecommunication Union Geneva
9 World Meteorological Organization Geneva
10 International Committee of The Red Cross Geneva
11 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Geneva
12 World bank Washington, D.C.
13 International Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington, D.C.
14 International Court of Justice The hague

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15 International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) Lyon
16 International Atomic Energy Agency Vienna
17 International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Montral
18 Amnesty International London
19 International Maritime Organization London
20 Common Wealth of Nations London
21 World Tourism Organization London
22 Universal Postal Union Berne
23 Food and Agriculture Organization Rome
24 SAARC Kathmandu
25 World Tourism Organization Spain
26 Transparency International Berlin
27 International Renewable Energy Agency Abu Dhabi (UAE)
28 International Standard Organization Geneva
29 United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Vienna

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SL.NO Name of the Airport Location Category
1 Veer Savarkar International Airport Port Blair International
2 Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Hyderabad International
3 Visakhapatnam Airport Visakhapatnam International
4 Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport Guwahati, Assam International
5 Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport Patna, Bihar International
6 Swami Vivekananda Airport Raipur, Chhattisgarh Domestic
7 Indira Gandhi International Airport New Delhi International
8 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport Ahmedabad, Gujarat International
9 Cochin International Airport Kochi, Kerala International
10 Calicut International Airport Kozhikode, Kerala International

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11 Trivandrum International Airport Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala International
12 Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport Indore, MP Domestic
13 Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai, Maharashtra International
14 Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport Nagpur, Maharashtra International
15 Gandhinagar Airport Nashik, Maharashtra Domestic
16 Tulihal Airport Imphal, Manipur International
17 Biju Patnaik International Airport Bhubaneswar, Odisha International
18 Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport Amritsar, Punjab International
19 Jaipur International Airport Jaipur, Rajasthan International
20 Chennai International Airport Chennai, Tamil Nadu International
21 Coimbatore International Airport Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu International
22 Tiruchirapalli International Airport Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu International
23 Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport Lucknow, uttar Pradesh International
24 Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport Varanasi, uttar Pradesh International
25 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport Kolkata, West Bengal International
26 Bagdogra Airport Siliguri, West Bengal International
27 Goa International Airport Goa International

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28 Bengaluru International Airport Bengaluru, Karnataka International
29 Mangalore International Airport Mangalore, Karnataka International
Nizam Sagar Dam Andhra Pradesh Manjira River
Somasila Dam Andhra Pradesh Pennar River
Prakasam Barrage Andhra Pradesh Krishna River
Dindi Reservoir Andhra Pradesh Krishna River
Tatipudi Reservoir Project Andhra Pradesh Gosthani River
Srisailam Dam Andhra Pradesh Krishna River
Singur Dam Telangana Manjira River
Gandipalem Reservoir Andhra Pradesh Gandipalem, Manneru River
Ramagundam Dam Andhra Pradesh Godavari River
Dummaguden Dam Andhra Pradesh Godavari River
Himayat Sagar Reservoir Andhra Pradesh River Musi

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Shriram Sagar Reservoir Andhra Pradesh Godavari River
Banasura Sagar Dam Kerala Chalakudy River
Malampuzha Dam Kerala Malampuzha River
Idukki Dam Kerala Periyar river
Kundala Dam Kerala Parambikulam River
Parambikulam Dam Kerala Parambikulam River
Walayar Dam Kerala Walayar River
Mullaperiyar Dam Kerala Pennar River
Neyyar Dam Kerala Pennar River
Yeldari Dam Maharashtra Purna River
Ujani Dam Maharashtra Bhima River
Pawna Dam Maharashtra Pawna River
Mulshi Dam Maharashtra Mula River
Koyna Dam Maharashtra Koyna River
Jaikwadi Dam Maharashtra Godavari River
Bhatsa Dam Maharashtra Bhatsa and Chorna rivers
Wilson Dam Maharashtra Pravara River

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Panshet Dam Maharashtra Mutha River
Kolkewadi Dam Maharashtra Koyna River
Girna Dam Maharashtra Girna and Godavari river
Bhandardara Dam Maharashtra Arthur Lake
Vaitarna Dam Maharashtra Vaitarna River
Radhanagari Dam Maharashtra Bhogawati River
Manair Dam Maharashtra Manair River
Khadakwasla Dam Maharashtra Mutha River
Balimela Reservoir Orissa Sileru River
Indravati Dam Orissa Indravati River
Hirakud Dam Orissa Mahanandi River
Vaigai Dam Tamil Nadu Vaigai River
Aliyar Reservoir Tamil Nadu Aliyar River
Chittar Reservoir Tamil Nadu Chittar River
Pechiparai Reservoir Tamil Nadu Kodayar River
Thunakadavu Reservoir Tamil Nadu Chalakudy River
Perunchani dam Tamil Nadu Paralayar River

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Gundar Reservoir Tamil Nadu Berijam Lake
Kullursandai Reservoir Tamil Nadu Arjuna Nadi
Pambar Reservoir Tamil Nadu Pambar River
Periyar Reservoir Tamil Nadu Periyar River
Stanley Reservoir Tamil Nadu Kaveri River
Wellingdon Reservoir Tamil Nadu Periya Odai River
Mettur Dam Tamil Nadu Kaveri River
Bhavanisagar Reservoir Tamil Nadu Bhavani River
Kodaganar Reservoir Tamil Nadu Kodagananar River
Parambikulam Reservoir Tamil Nadu Parambikulam River
Thirumurthi Reservoir Tamil Nadu Parambikulam Aliyar River
Vembakottai Reservoir Tamil Nadu Vaippar River
Pariccha Dam Uttar Pradesh Betwa River
Rihand Project Uttar Pradesh Rihand River and Son River
Tehri Dam Uttarakhand Bhagirathi River
Dharoi Dam Gujarat Banas River
Kadana Dam Gujarat Mahi River

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Dantiwada Dam Gujarat Sabarmati River
Pandoh Dam Himachal Pradesh Beas River
Bhakra Nangal Dam Himachal Pradesh Sutlej River
Nathpa Dam Himachal Pradesh Sutlej River
Chamera Dam Himachal Pradesh Ravi River
Gobind Sagar Reservoir Himachal Pradesh Sutlej River
Salal Project Jammu & Kashmir Chenab River
Baglihar Dam Jammu & Kashmir Chenab River
Dumakhar Hydroelectric Dam Jammu & Kashmir Indus River
Uri Hydroelectric Dam Jammu & Kashmir Jhelum River
Maithon Dam Jharkhand Barakar River
Chandil Dam Jharkhand Subarnarekha River
Panchet Dam Jharkhand Damodar river
Tunga Bhadra Dam Karnataka Tungabhadra and Krishna Rivers
Linganamakki Dam Karnataka Sharavathi River
Kadra Dam Karnataka Kalinadi River
Alamatti Dam Karnataka Krishna River

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Supa Dam Karnataka Kali River
Krishna Raja Sagara Dam Karnataka Cauvery River
Harangi Dam Karnataka Cauvery River
Ghataprabha Reservoir Karnataka Ghataprabha River
Narayanpur Dam Karnataka Krishna River
Kodasalli Dam Karnataka Kali River
Rajghat Dam Madhya Pradesh Betwa River
Barna Dam Madhya Pradesh Barna River
Indirasagar Project Madhya Pradesh Narmada River
Narmada Dam Project Madhya Pradesh Narmada River
Bargi Dam Madhya Pradesh Narmada river
Bansagar Project Madhya Pradesh Son River
Gandhi Sagar Dam Madhya Pradesh Chambal River
Tawa Reservoir Madhya Pradesh Tawa River

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Temple Name Location
Rameshwaram Temple Ramanathapuram
Sun Temple Konark
Lotus Temple New Delhi
Akshardam Temple New Delhi
Jagannath Temple Puri
Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple Thiruvananthapuram
Meenakshi Amman Temple Madhurai
Golden Temple Amritsar
Sai Baba Temple Shirdi
Vaishno Devi Mandir Katra

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Shravana Belgola Hassan
Chennakesava Temple Belur
Hoysaleswara Temple Halebidu
Sabarimala Kottayam
Murugan Temple Palani
Badrinarayan Temple Badrinath
Dwarakadish Temple Dwarka
Siddhivinayak Temple Mumbai
Tirumala Venkateswara Temple Tirupathi
Brihadeeswarar Temple Thanjavur
Guravayur Temple Kerala
Lakshminarayan Temple Delhi
Ekambareswarar Temple Kanchipuram
Lingaraja Temple Bhubaneswar
Kamakya Temple Guwahati
Ghana Saraswati Temple Basar
Vadakkunnathan Temple Thrissur

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Bhadrachalam Temple Bhadrachalam
Thyagaraja Temple Tiruvottiyur
Yogmaya Temple Kerala
Somnath Temple Gujrat
Kashi Vishwanath Temple Varanasi
Mansa Devi Temple Haridwar
Mahabaleshwar Temple Gokarna
Trimbakeshwar Temple Nashik
Brahma Temple Pushkar
Mahabodhi Temple Bodh Gaya
Ram Janmbhoomi Temple Ayodhya
In this article, we will be trying to give you the list of dances along with folk dances of all
the Indian states. This might be little bit difficult to remember, but it is necessary to study
and memorize all these dance forms if you need to gain one mark more than others. Do
you know the best technique for memorizing things? It is writing down as many times as
you can and revising it daily at least once in a day. This will help you improve your
memory for sure and you can remember more things. And also, you can memorize
them in your way, the way you are comfortable with.

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STATE NAME OF THE DANCE
Andhra Pradesh Kuchipudi, Kolattam, Dhimsa, Veeranatyam
Arunachal
Pradesh Bardo Chham
Assam Bihu, Jumar, Bagurumba, Ali Ai Ligang
Bihar Paika, Kajari, Bidesia, Jhijhian
Chhattisgarh Panthi, Raut Nacha
Gujarat Raas, tippani, Padhar, Garba
Haryana Dhamal, Daph, Phag, Ghoomar, Jhumar, Loor
Himachal
Pradesh Kinnauri Nati, Namgen
Jharkhand Karma
Jammu &
Kashmir
Kud, Dumhal, Rouf, Bhand Pather, Bachha Nagma, Hafiza Dance, Bhand Jashan,
Wuegi-Nachun
Karnataka Yakshagna, Bayalata, Dollu Kunitha, Veeragaase dance
Kerala Mohiniattam, Kathakali, Padayani

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Madhya Pradesh
Tertali, Charkula, Jawara, Matki dance, Phulpati dance, Maanch, Gaur Maria,
Grida
Maharashtra Pavri Nach, Lavani, Dangi, Koli
Manipur Thang Ta, Dhol Cholom
Mizoram Cheraw Dance
Nagaland Chang Lo or Sua Lua
Odisha Ghumura, Chau, Goti Pua, Nacni, Odissi, Dhap, Dalkhai, Baag Naach
Punjab Bhangra, Jhumar, Karthi, Kikkli, Malwai Giddha, Sammi, Jindua
Rajasthan Ghoomar, Kalbelia, Bhavai, Chirami, Gair, Tera Tali
Sikkim Singh Chaam
Tamil Nadu
Bharata Natyam, Devarattam, Kamandi, Kummi, Karagattam, Mayil Attam,
Paampu attam, Oyilattam
Telangana Perini Thandavam, Lambadi, Dappu, Tappeta Gullu, Burra Katha, Pagati Vesham
Tripura Hojagiri
Uttar Pradesh Charkula, Kathak, Karma, Dadra
Uttarakhand Barada Nati, Botiya, Cancheri, Chhapelia, Choliya, Jagars, Jhora, Romala
Goa Dekhnni, Fugdi, Corridinho, Dashavatara
Meghalaya Nongkrem, Shad Suk mynsiem, Behdienkhalm, Lahoo
West Bengal Gambhira, Kalikapatadi, Nanci, Alkap, Domni

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1. Grammy – Music
2. Tansen Award- Music
3. Magsaysay Award- Public Service, Leadership, Journalism, Literature and
creative arts and international understanding
4. Man Booker prize: Authors of Novels
5. Pulitzer – Journalism and Literature
6. Bowelay – Agriculture
7. Right Livelihood Award: Field of environment and social justics
8. Kalinga – Science
9. Dhanwantri – Medical science
10. Bhatnagar – Science
11. Nobel prize – Peace, Literature, Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Medical science
12. Shaurya Chakra- Civilian or Military Personnel
13. Ashok Chakra: Civilians
14. Param Vir Chakra- Military
15. Abel-Maths
16. Kalidas Samman- Classical Music, Classical Dance and Arts
17. Vyas Samman- Literature
18. Merlin-Magic
19. Bharat ratna-Art, Science, Public services, Sports
20. Bhartiya Jnanpeeth Award: Literary

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21. Sahitya Akademi Award: Literary
22. Dhanvantri Award: Medical Sciences
23. R.D. Birla Award: Medical sciences
24. Lenin Peace Prize: Peace and Friendship
25. Juliet Curie Award: Peace
26. Sahitya Akademi Award- Books in Indian Languages and English
27. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award- Science and Technology
28. Sangeet-Natak Akademi Award- Music, dance and Drama
29. Lalit Kala Akademi Award- Arts
30. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: Players
31. Dronacharya Award: Sports coaches
32. Dhyan Chand- Sports
33. Ekalavya Award- Sports
34. Kolanka Cup- Ekalavya Award- Sports
35. Arjuna Award: Sport
36. Maharaja Ranjit Singh- Ekalavya Award- Sports
37. Oscar.
38. Dada saheb phalke.

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39. BAFTA Awards- Television, Films, Video Games and Animation.
40. Asianet Film Awards
41. Nandi Awards
42. cinema Awards
43. Vijay Awards
44. SIIMA Awards
45. Sun Kudumbam Awards
46. Santhosham Awards
47. Screen Awards
NAME LANGUAGE YEAR
G. SankaraKurup Malayalam 1965
T.S. Bandyopadhyaya Bangla 1966
Uma Shankar Joshi Gujarati 1967

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K.V.Puttappa Kannada 1967
Sumitranandan Pant Hindi 1968
Firaq Gorakhpuri Urdu 1969
V.Satyanarayana Telugu 1970
BishnuDey Bangla 1971
Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’ Hindi 1972
D.R.Bendre Kannada 1973
GopinathMohanthy Oriya 1973
V.S.Khandekar Marathi 1974
P.V.Akilandam Tamil 1975
Ashapurna Devi Bangla 1976
K.S.Karanth Kannada 1977
S.H.V.Ajneya Hindi 1978
B.K.Bhattacharya Assamese 1979
S.K.Pottekkatt Malayalam 1980
Amrita Pritam Punjabi 1981
Mahadevi Varma Hindi 1982

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MastiV.Iyengar Kannada 1983
Thakazhi S.Pillai Malayalam 1984
Pannalal Patel Gujarati 1985
Satchindanand Rautroy Oriya 1986
V.V.S.’Kusumagraj’ Marathi 1987
C.Narayana Reddy Telugu 1988
Qurratulain Hyder Urdu 1989
V.K.Gokak Kannada 1990
Subhash Mukhopadhay Bangla 1991
Naresh Mehta Hindi 1992
SitakantMahapatra Oriya 1993
U.R.Anantha Murthy Kannada 1994
M.T.Vasudevan Nair Malayalam 1995
Mahasveta Devi Bangla 1996
Ali SardarJafri Urdu 1997
GirishKarnad Kannada 1998
NirmalVerma Hindi 1999

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Gurdial Singh Punjabi 1999
Indira Goswami Assamese 2000
Rajendra Shah Gujarati 2001
D.Jayakanthan Tamil 2002
Vinda Karandikar Marathi 2003
Rahman Rahi Kashmiri 2004
Kunwar Narain Hindi 2005
Satyavrat Shastri Sanskrit 2006
Ravindra Kelekar Konkani 2006
O.N.V.Kurup Malayalam 2007
Akhlaq Khan Shahryar Urdu 2008
Shrilal Shukla Hindi 2009
Amarkant Hindi 2009
Chandrasekhar Kambar Kannada 2010
Pratibha Ray Oriya 2011
Ravuri Bharadwaja Telugu 2012
Kedarnath Singh Hindi 2013

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Bhalchandra Nemade Marathi 2014
Raghuveer Chaudhary Gujarati ( for Novel – Amruta) 2015
2011 Census Motto- OUR CENSUS OUR FUTURE
Present Register General and Census Commissioner- C. Chandra Mouli
Union Home Secretary- Shri G.K. Pillai
First Census started in India- 1872
Present Census in India- 15th
Total Population of India- 1210.19 Million 623.7 million (51.54%) Males and 584.46
million (48.46%) Females
World Population- 7 Billions.
Population of India increased by more than 181 million during 2001-2011.
Percentage of population growth in 2001-2011- 17.64; 17.19 (Male) and 18.12 (Female)
Top Populous States of the Country
Uttar Pradesh 19,95,81,477
Maharashtra 11,23,72,972
Bihar 10,38,04,637

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West Bengal 9,13,47,736
Andhra Pradesh 8,46,65,533
Least Populous States of the Country
Lakshadweep 64,429
Daman & Diu 2,42,911
D & N Haveli 3,42,853
A & N islands 3,79,944
Sikkim 6,07,688
Highest Populous District- Thane (Mumbai)
Least Populous District- Dibang (Arunachal Pradesh)
Rural Population in India- 68.84% of the total population
Highest Urban Population- Maharashtra
India population is equal to the combined population of US, Brazil, Indonesia, Pakistan,
Bangladesh and Japan
Total Number of children in the age group 0-6 – 158.8 million
Total Sex Ration- 940:1000 (Female: Male)
Highest Sex Ratio- Kerala (1084: 1000)
Second Highest Sex Ratio- Puducherry (1038: 1000)

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Least Sex Ratio- Daman & Diu (618: 1000)
Child Sex Ratio (0-6 years): 914: 1000
Highest Child Sex Ratio- Mizoram (971:1000)
Least Child Sex Ratio- Haryana (830:1000)
Three Major states ( J&K, Bihar & Gujarat) have shown decline in sex ration as
compared to census 2001
Literacy Rate in 2001- 64.83
Literacy Rate in 2011- 74.04
Highest Literacy State- Kerala (93.91%)
Lowest Literacy State- Bihar (63.82%)
100% Literacy District in India- Palakkad (kerala)
Raise in Literacy rate from 2001 to 2011- 9.21 %
Density of India- 382 per Sq KM
Highest Density State- Bihar (1102 per Sq KM)
Lowest Density State- Arunachal Pradesh (17 per Sq KM)
No of Villages covered in 2011 census- 6, 40, 867
100% Banking District in India- Palakkad (Kerala)
100% Banking State in India- Kerala

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FAMOUS HISTORICAL MONUMENTS OF INDIA:
Monuments of National Importance is made by the Archaeological Survey of India and
this includes following. These are desgined based on the ancient monuments of India,
The Land on which there is no fences or protective covering structures for preserving
the monument, land on which there is no fences or protective covering structures for
preserving the monument and finally this is also designated by the lands by means
which people can freely access the monument.
Go with the list of Monuments which we presented here. Read it twice of thrice to
remember and save the list in your materials file to check in future during revising.
Ajanta- Ellora Caves (Aurangabad,Maharashtra) : Gupta rulers
Swarna Mandir (Golden Temple) (Amritsar,Punjab) : Guru Ramdas
Tajmahal (Agra,UP) : Shahjahan
Akbar’s Mausoleum (Sikandra,UP) : Akbar
Bibi Ka Maqbara (Aurangabad,Maharashtra) : Aurangzeb
Aram Bagh (Agra,UP) : Babur
Agra Fort (Agra,UP) : Akbar
Jama masjid (Delhi) : Shahjahan
CharMinar (Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh) : Quli Qutub Shah
Deewan-e- Khas (Agra Fort,UP) : Shahjahan
Itmad-ud-daula Fort (Agra,UP) : Noorjahan
Moti Masjid (Delhi Fort) : Aurangzeb
Sun Temple (Kornak,Odisha) : Narsimhadeva I
Hawa Mahal (Jaipur,Rajasthan) : Maharaja Pratap Singh

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Humayun’s Tomb (Delhi) : Humayun’s wife
Jama Masjid (Agra,UP) : Shahjahan
Jagannath Temple (Puri,Odisha) : Anantvarman Ganga
Jantar-Mantar (Delhi) : Sawai Jai Singh
Moti Masjid (Agra Fort,UP) : Shahjahan
Qutub Minar (Delhi) : Qutubuddin Aibak
Gateway of India (Mumbai,Maharashtra) : British Govt.
Elephanta’s cave (Mumbai,Maharashtra) : Rashtrakuta rulers
Fatehpur Sikri (Agra,UP) : Akbar
Ferozshah Kotla (Delhi) : Ferozshan Tughlaq
Jim Corbett Park (Nainital,Uttarakhand) : Sir Malcom Hailley
Jodhpur Fort (Jodhpur,Rajasthan) : Rao Jodhaji
Makka Masjid (Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh) : Quli Qutub Shah
Red Fort (Delhi) : Shahjahan
Sabarmati Ashram (Ahmadabad,Gujarat) : Mahatma Gandhi
Shantiniketan (West Bengal) : Rabindra Nath Tagore
Shish Mahal (Agra,UP) : Shahjahan
Shalimar Garden (Srinagar,J & K) : Jahangir
BELUR Math (Kolkata,West Bengal) : Swami Vivekanand

93:
IMPORTANT INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENTS & YEARS
Important Historical National Movements: National Movements are most important and
common questions asked in General Awareness Part in most of the competitive exams.
Here we are mentioning the list of historical national movements happened in India.
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 – 1916-1920
The Gandhian Era -1917-1947
Khilafat Movement – 1919
The Rowlatt Act – 1919
Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre – 1919
Non-Cooperation Movement- 1920
Chauri Chaura Incident – 1922

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Swaraj Party – 1923
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 Indian Music Instruments and Players
Mridangam: Palakkad Mani Iyer, T.R. Murthy, Guruvayoor Doraiswami, Karaikudi
R.Mani, Umayalpuram Shivaraman, Velloor A. Ramabhadran, Mavelikara Krishnan
Kutty Nair.
Sitar : Ravi Shankar, Mushtaq Ali Khan, Vilayat Khan, Uma Shankar Mishra, Nikhil
Banerjee, Raiz Khan, Harashankar Bhattacharya, Budhaditya Mukherjee, Abdul Halim
Jaffer Khan.

95:
Sarod : Amjad Ali Khan, Ali Akbar Khan, Rajiv Taranath
Violin : V.G. Jog, Lalgudi Jayaraman, T.N. Krishnan, Yehudi Mennuhin, M. S.
Gopalakrishnan, Kunnukkudi Vaidyanathan, Kalyana Krishna Bhagavatar, L.
Subramaniam, Chandayya, Kantha Devi, Gajannan Rao Joshi (Hindustani), Zubin
Mehta (Western).
Santoor : Shiv Kumar Sharma, Tarun Bhattacharya, Bhajan Sopperi.
Flute : N.Ramani, Hariprasad Chaurasia, T.R. Mahalingam, Pannalal Ghosh, T. S.
Shankaran, Sikkil Sisters
Mandolin : U. Srinivas, S. Balamurali Krishna.
Piano : Surojeet Chatterji, Kaikhosh Shapurji, Sorabjee.
Shehnai : Bismillah Khan, Bagheshwari Gamar, Bade Gulam Ali.
Tabla : Alla Rakha, Zakir Hussian, Shankar Ghosh, Abad Mistry, Rimba Shiva, Santha
Prasad, Sheikh Dawood, Sharafat Ahmed Khan, Kishan Maharaj, Ahmed, Tirkuva, Pt.
Samta Prasad.
Battle of Hydaspes 326 B.C.—
Alexander the Great, defeated Porus, the Paurava king. Impressed by the valor of
Porus,ultimately Alexander returned his kingdom to him.

96:
Battle of Kalinga 261 B.C.—
Ashoka defeated the king of Kalinga. Ashoka embraced Buddhism and preached it
during the rest of his life after this war.
Battle of Plassey 1757—
The English under Lord Clive defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah.It brought Muslim Rule in
Bengal to an end and laid foundations of the British Rule in India.
First Battle of Tarain or Thaneswar
A.D. 1191 Prithvi Raj Chauhan defeated Mohammed Ghori.
Second Battle of Tarain A.D. 1192—
Mohammed Ghori defeated Prithvi Raj Chauhan. Ghori’s victory paved the way for the
establishment of Muslim rule in India.
First Battle of Panipat 1526—
Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodhi. This laid the foundation of the Mughal rule in India.
Battle of Khanwah 1527—
Babar defeated Rana Sanga of Mewar. This battle resulted in the defeat of the powerful
Rajput confederacy.
Second Battle of Panipat 1556—
Bairam Khan (Akbar’s General) defeated Hemu (the Hindu General and right-hand man
of Mohd. Adil Shah). It also ended the Afghan Rule and Mughal Rule began instead.
Battle of Talikota 1564- 65—
United alliance between Bijapur, Bidar, Ahmednagar and Golkonda under Hussain
Nizam Shah defeated Ram Raja of Vijayanagar. It destroyed the Hindu Kingdom of
Vijayanagar.
Battle of Haldighati 1576—
Akbar’s forces headed by Raja Man Singh defeated Rana Pratap, the brave Rajput
king. Though defeated, Rana Pratap refused to accept Mughal authority and carried on
warfare till his death.

97:
Third Battle of Panipat 1761—
Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated Marathas. It gave a terrible blow to the Maratha power. It
made the field clear for the English.
Battle of Buxar 1764—
Fought in 1764 between the forces of the English and the combined forces of Mir
Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daulah (Nawab of Oudh) and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam. The
English victory at Buxar finally riveted the shackles of the Company’s rule upon Bengal.
Third Mysore War 1790-92—
Fought between the English and Tipu Sultan. Tipu Sultan had to submit and was
compelled to sign the Treaty of Seringapattam stripped him of half his territory.
Fourth Mysore War 1799—
The British forces under Arthur Wellesley defeated Tipu Sultan, which brought the end
of the Tipu Sultan.
Maratha War 1803-05—
It weakened the Maratha power.The English annexed Tanjore, Surat and Carnatic.
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