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AB TUTORIALS (Bhatara Institute)
A B TUTORIALS
(Bhatara Institute)
2018
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
KIT I (A) AND I (B) (Sample)
NB: This is not the complete module but
only some selected portion for website
purpose.
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Range of Trishul Missile- 9 Km
I.S.R.O. Indian Space Research Organization
situated at-
Bangalore
World largest trading block is- European Union
National Association of Securities Dealers
Automated Quotation System
Nasdaq
Sariska Tiger Sanctuary situated at- Rajasthan
Vitamin ‘C’ is chemically known as Ascorbic Acid
The recently established “National Knowledge
Commission” is headed by
Sam Pitroda
The fastest computer in the world Cray XT5-HE
(JAGUAR)
Name 1st
fully computerized IT District of the
country
Palakkad (Kerala)
Press Note 18 is related to Investment
The film ‘Bose forgotten Hero’ is made by Shyam Benegal
‘Kaziranga’ Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Assam
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Panchayati Raj
Institution
Santhanam committee 1962 Prevention of corruption
(report sub 1964)
Satish Chandra Committee 1988 Review the scheme of
Civil Services exam
World Economic outlook Report is released
by
IMF
Moore’s law is associated with Computer Chip Industry
(complexity of
computing devices)
Cavery monitoring committee – sharing water
with
Pondicherry, Kerala,
Karnataka and
Tamilnadu
The financial year of R.B.I. of India runs
from
July to June
Afro Asian Rural Development Organisation –
AARDO (HQ)
AARDO President 2012
New Delhi Formed 1962
Nagwa Hussain Khalil
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Parliament of Japan is known
as
Diet
India’s largest nuclear power
reactor with a capacity of 540
MWE
TAPS4 (India now building 1000 MWE
nuclear reactor at Kudankulam TN with
Russian help : supposed to be the largest
nuclear reactor in India.
First Unit Expected to be
commissioned by April 2013
Nuclear Power is 4th
largest source of
Electricity in India after thermal hydro
and renewable source of electricity.
38 Jnanpith award for 2002
Tamil writer, award was given
to a Tamil writer after a gap of
27 years (D. Jayakanthan)
42 Jnanpith Award declared
22nd
Nov 2008
Ravindra Kelekar, Satya Vrat Shastri
(First time winners in Konkani and
Sanskrit)
Jnanpith Award (Highest
Literacy Award in India)
First Winner 1965
G. Sankara Kurup (Malayalam
language)
Third official Symbol of Red
Cross
Red Crystal
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Which International
Organisation Controls Internet
all over the World
ICAN Internet Corporation for assigned
Names & Numbers
GENERAL STUDIES
Rice bowl of India Chhattisgarh
Big game country African Savana
Blue mountain Nilgiri hill
Britain of South New Zealand
Ruhr of India Damodar Valley
World’s Bread Basket American Prairies
Queen of Arabian Sea Kochi (India)
Roof of the world Pamir (Tibet)
Forbidden City Llhasa (Tibet)
Eternal City Rome
Islands of Pearls Bahrain
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Herring Pond Atlantic Ocean
Hermit Kingdom Korea
Land of Golden Pagoda Myanmar
Rangaswamy cup is associated with Hockey
First ever woman President of the
International Court of Justice elected
Judge Rosalyn Higgins
(20062009)
Project tiger was launched 1st
April 1973
Jaya Bachchan was disqualified
from Rajya Sabha membership of
holding an “office of profit” she has
been disqualified under sub-clause
(a) of clause 1 of
Article 102
The first Economic Census Report
was done in
1977
In February 18, 1930, Pluto was
discovered by astronomer
Clyde Tombaugh
Hickey’s Bengal Gazette’, the first
newspaper in the country was
printed in the year
1780
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Another name of Bengal Gazette Calcutta General Advertiser
The first woman space tourist of the
world is
Anousheh Ansari
Sixth Pay Commission constituted
was headed by
Justice B.N. Srikrishna
First Chief Justice of India Justice H.L. Kaniya (1950-51)
First President of Congress W.C. Banerjee
First Indian ICS Satyendra Nath Tagore (exam
devised by Lord Macaulay in
1854)
First PM of India Jawaharlal Nehru
First Indian President of General
Assembly
Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (1954)
First Woman who became Minister
of Union Cabinet (Central Minister)
Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur
First Indian and last Governor
General of India
C. Rajagopalachari
First President of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
30 countries maintain
research station in
Antarctica:
It is the 6th
largest continent.
Contains world’s 90% of worlds ice and if
melted world’s 70% of world’s fresh water
Its coastline is 17,968 km
The highest point is Vinson Massif (4892 m).
Kurt Waldheim Former U.N. Secretary General & President of
Austria, whose reputation was tarnished by
revelation over his Nazi Past & he died in June
2007.
Sir Wally Herbert
(Scotland)
The 1st
man to walk to the north-pole and
reached there in 1969, he died in June 2007.
30 manuscripts of
Rigveda dating from
1800-1500 B.C. has been added to the U.N.
heritage list in UNESCO list along with 38
items.
BASEL
CONVENTION
Deals with the control of Trans boundary
movement of Hazardous Waste. This
convention has 172 parties which protects
human & environment. Came into force 1992
Golden Crescent Afghanistan, Iran & Pakistan.
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Golden Triangle Burma, Laos & Thailand. It’s the world’s largest
source of opium.
1st
Indian Woman to
scale Mt. Everest in
1984
Bachendri Pal
1st
woman to scale Mt
Everest
Junko Tabei (1975) (Japan)
Which place is known
as 2nd
Rome
Constantine
VOIP online Voice Over Internet Protocol
Shivasamundram
Hydro Power Station is
situated in
Karnataka on river Kaveri
1st
permanent research
station of India is
1st
Dakshin Gangotri (1983)
2nd
was Maitri (1988-89)
3rd
Bharti (proposed 2012):
Pritz Bay (Antarctica), (69 deg South latitude &
76 deg East longitude )
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National Zoological &
Botanical survey of
India
Kolkata Head quarter
National
Anthropological survey
of India
Kolkata
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The Zoological survey
of India
Kolkatta
The Centre for D.N.A.
fingerprinting &
Diagnostic (CDFD)
Hyderabad
Red Ribbon campaign
is for
AIDS
Head Quarters of
WIPO
Geneva : WIPO (World Intellectual Property
Organisation)
Gas leaked in Bhopal
in 1984 from the
Carbide factory
Methyl Iso-cyanide – CN3 (CN4)
First Nuclear Power
Plant
Tarapur Maharashtra
First Nuclear Reactor Apsara (BARC – Trombay) – 1956
1st
Genetically
Modified Food Product
Tomato (Flavr Savr tomato)
Sriharikota Space
Centre also known as
Satish Dhawan Space Centre
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Name of Space Agency
of France
CNES ( Centre Nationale d’Etudes Spatiales)
Space Application
Centre
Ahmedabad
Vikram Sarabhai Space
Centre
Thiruvanthapuram
India’s first
successfully indigenous
launched Vehicle
SLV-3
Human Development
Report / Index
measures
Life Expectancy,
Literacy,
Education & Standard of living.
This report is released by UNDP
(United Nations Development Programme).
Human Poverty Index Developed by UN
Estimation of National
Income of India
Central Statistical Organisation
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AB TUTORIALS (Bhatara Institute)
Kosovo A new country formed February 2008
(Independence from Serbia)
National remote sensing
agency at
Hyderabad
Bert bolin The co-founder / founding Chairman of the U.N
agency for climate change noble award winning
Inter Government Panel on climate change
(UNPCC) – died in Stockholm (January 2008).
Ibraham Gambari UN special representative to resolve crisis in
Myanmar
Vishwa Bharati
University was
established by
Rabindra Nath Tagore
NAICHO (Intelligence
organization)
Japan (Central Intelligence Agency)
Taikonauts Astronaut from China
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AB TUTORIALS (Bhatara Institute)
Mullaperiyar dam Kerala (controversy because of safety concern)
Amnesty International
founded in
1961 by a Lawyer Peter Benenson in United
Kingdom.
Awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1977.
UPSC and SPSC are
only
advisory committees
Right to freedom of
religion
Article 25 – 28
Concurrent list
borrowed from
Australia
Judicial review
borrowed from
United States
Three gorges river Worlds largest dam on this river (Dam called
Three Gorges Dam)
Gulf of Mexico Largest Gulf
Allahabad Pillar
Inscription
Samudragupta’s achievement
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Chandra Gupta II Son of Samudragupta – patronage of warfare
Hygrometer measures Relative Humidity
Anemometer measures Wind
Photometer measures Light
Altimeter measures Altitude
Head Quarters of Asian
Development Bank
Manilla
APEC – Head Quarters Singapore (Asia Pacific Economic Co-
operation)
Red Cross won Nobel
Prize maximum times
1901—I (Won by Henry Dunant, founder of
Red Cross) 1917
– II
1944 – III,
1963 – IV
Component of blood
responsible for blood
clotting
Platelets
Ilbert Bill Lord Ripon
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AB TUTORIALS (Bhatara Institute)
Survey of India works
under
Ministry of Science and Technology
16th
SAARC summit Maldives April 2009 (cancelled)
16th
SAARC summit
rescheduled
Thimpu Bhutan (April 2010)
17th
SAARC Summit Maldives (Addu City) Nov 2011
18th
SAARC Summit Proposed 2013 in Nepal
Madhesis Original race of Madhesis who are Hindus,
Indian residence in Nepal
Bhagwati Panel /
Commission
P.N. Bhagwati on Human Rights
Hindraf (Hindu Rights
Action Front)
Group of 30 Hindu Organisations formed in
2006 (Malaysia).
Chairman – Waytha Moorthy formed to protect
Hindu rights.
Khmers Ethnic group in Cambodia (approx. 90% of
Cambodia Population).
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AB TUTORIALS (Bhatara Institute)
Tenzin Gyatso 14th
Dalai Lama. U.S. congressional gold medal
which is U.S. highest civilian award. Dalai
Lama means spiritual leader
Roger Anger Chief Architect of Auroville Died
15 Jan 2008 France

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General Knowledge for CLAT 2018

  • 1. © AB TUTORIALS 1 AB TUTORIALS (Bhatara Institute) A B TUTORIALS (Bhatara Institute) 2018 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE KIT I (A) AND I (B) (Sample) NB: This is not the complete module but only some selected portion for website purpose. B-1/14 LG Floor Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016 Tel Nos: 91-11-42270005-42270040-43 Email: info@abtutorials.com Website: www.abtutorials.com
  • 2. © AB TUTORIALS 2 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Range of Trishul Missile- 9 Km I.S.R.O. Indian Space Research Organization situated at- Bangalore World largest trading block is- European Union National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System Nasdaq Sariska Tiger Sanctuary situated at- Rajasthan Vitamin ‘C’ is chemically known as Ascorbic Acid The recently established “National Knowledge Commission” is headed by Sam Pitroda The fastest computer in the world Cray XT5-HE (JAGUAR) Name 1st fully computerized IT District of the country Palakkad (Kerala) Press Note 18 is related to Investment The film ‘Bose forgotten Hero’ is made by Shyam Benegal ‘Kaziranga’ Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Assam
  • 3. © AB TUTORIALS 3 AB TUTORIALS (Bhatara Institute) Panchayati Raj Institution Santhanam committee 1962 Prevention of corruption (report sub 1964) Satish Chandra Committee 1988 Review the scheme of Civil Services exam World Economic outlook Report is released by IMF Moore’s law is associated with Computer Chip Industry (complexity of computing devices) Cavery monitoring committee – sharing water with Pondicherry, Kerala, Karnataka and Tamilnadu The financial year of R.B.I. of India runs from July to June Afro Asian Rural Development Organisation – AARDO (HQ) AARDO President 2012 New Delhi Formed 1962 Nagwa Hussain Khalil
  • 4. © AB TUTORIALS 4 AB TUTORIALS (Bhatara Institute) Parliament of Japan is known as Diet India’s largest nuclear power reactor with a capacity of 540 MWE TAPS4 (India now building 1000 MWE nuclear reactor at Kudankulam TN with Russian help : supposed to be the largest nuclear reactor in India. First Unit Expected to be commissioned by April 2013 Nuclear Power is 4th largest source of Electricity in India after thermal hydro and renewable source of electricity. 38 Jnanpith award for 2002 Tamil writer, award was given to a Tamil writer after a gap of 27 years (D. Jayakanthan) 42 Jnanpith Award declared 22nd Nov 2008 Ravindra Kelekar, Satya Vrat Shastri (First time winners in Konkani and Sanskrit) Jnanpith Award (Highest Literacy Award in India) First Winner 1965 G. Sankara Kurup (Malayalam language) Third official Symbol of Red Cross Red Crystal
  • 5. © AB TUTORIALS 5 AB TUTORIALS (Bhatara Institute) Which International Organisation Controls Internet all over the World ICAN Internet Corporation for assigned Names & Numbers GENERAL STUDIES Rice bowl of India Chhattisgarh Big game country African Savana Blue mountain Nilgiri hill Britain of South New Zealand Ruhr of India Damodar Valley World’s Bread Basket American Prairies Queen of Arabian Sea Kochi (India) Roof of the world Pamir (Tibet) Forbidden City Llhasa (Tibet) Eternal City Rome Islands of Pearls Bahrain
  • 6. © AB TUTORIALS 6 AB TUTORIALS (Bhatara Institute) Herring Pond Atlantic Ocean Hermit Kingdom Korea Land of Golden Pagoda Myanmar Rangaswamy cup is associated with Hockey First ever woman President of the International Court of Justice elected Judge Rosalyn Higgins (20062009) Project tiger was launched 1st April 1973 Jaya Bachchan was disqualified from Rajya Sabha membership of holding an “office of profit” she has been disqualified under sub-clause (a) of clause 1 of Article 102 The first Economic Census Report was done in 1977 In February 18, 1930, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh Hickey’s Bengal Gazette’, the first newspaper in the country was printed in the year 1780
  • 7. © AB TUTORIALS 7 AB TUTORIALS (Bhatara Institute) Another name of Bengal Gazette Calcutta General Advertiser The first woman space tourist of the world is Anousheh Ansari Sixth Pay Commission constituted was headed by Justice B.N. Srikrishna First Chief Justice of India Justice H.L. Kaniya (1950-51) First President of Congress W.C. Banerjee First Indian ICS Satyendra Nath Tagore (exam devised by Lord Macaulay in 1854) First PM of India Jawaharlal Nehru First Indian President of General Assembly Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (1954) First Woman who became Minister of Union Cabinet (Central Minister) Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur First Indian and last Governor General of India C. Rajagopalachari First President of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  • 8. © AB TUTORIALS 8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 30 countries maintain research station in Antarctica: It is the 6th largest continent. Contains world’s 90% of worlds ice and if melted world’s 70% of world’s fresh water Its coastline is 17,968 km The highest point is Vinson Massif (4892 m). Kurt Waldheim Former U.N. Secretary General & President of Austria, whose reputation was tarnished by revelation over his Nazi Past & he died in June 2007. Sir Wally Herbert (Scotland) The 1st man to walk to the north-pole and reached there in 1969, he died in June 2007. 30 manuscripts of Rigveda dating from 1800-1500 B.C. has been added to the U.N. heritage list in UNESCO list along with 38 items. BASEL CONVENTION Deals with the control of Trans boundary movement of Hazardous Waste. This convention has 172 parties which protects human & environment. Came into force 1992 Golden Crescent Afghanistan, Iran & Pakistan.
  • 9. © AB TUTORIALS 9 AB TUTORIALS (Bhatara Institute) Golden Triangle Burma, Laos & Thailand. It’s the world’s largest source of opium. 1st Indian Woman to scale Mt. Everest in 1984 Bachendri Pal 1st woman to scale Mt Everest Junko Tabei (1975) (Japan) Which place is known as 2nd Rome Constantine VOIP online Voice Over Internet Protocol Shivasamundram Hydro Power Station is situated in Karnataka on river Kaveri 1st permanent research station of India is 1st Dakshin Gangotri (1983) 2nd was Maitri (1988-89) 3rd Bharti (proposed 2012): Pritz Bay (Antarctica), (69 deg South latitude & 76 deg East longitude )
  • 10. © AB TUTORIALS 10 AB TUTORIALS (Bhatara Institute) National Zoological & Botanical survey of India Kolkata Head quarter National Anthropological survey of India Kolkata
  • 11. © AB TUTORIALS 11 AB TUTORIALS (Bhatara Institute) The Zoological survey of India Kolkatta The Centre for D.N.A. fingerprinting & Diagnostic (CDFD) Hyderabad Red Ribbon campaign is for AIDS Head Quarters of WIPO Geneva : WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation) Gas leaked in Bhopal in 1984 from the Carbide factory Methyl Iso-cyanide – CN3 (CN4) First Nuclear Power Plant Tarapur Maharashtra First Nuclear Reactor Apsara (BARC – Trombay) – 1956 1st Genetically Modified Food Product Tomato (Flavr Savr tomato) Sriharikota Space Centre also known as Satish Dhawan Space Centre
  • 12. © AB TUTORIALS 12 AB TUTORIALS (Bhatara Institute) Name of Space Agency of France CNES ( Centre Nationale d’Etudes Spatiales) Space Application Centre Ahmedabad Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre Thiruvanthapuram India’s first successfully indigenous launched Vehicle SLV-3 Human Development Report / Index measures Life Expectancy, Literacy, Education & Standard of living. This report is released by UNDP (United Nations Development Programme). Human Poverty Index Developed by UN Estimation of National Income of India Central Statistical Organisation
  • 13. © AB TUTORIALS 13 AB TUTORIALS (Bhatara Institute) Kosovo A new country formed February 2008 (Independence from Serbia) National remote sensing agency at Hyderabad Bert bolin The co-founder / founding Chairman of the U.N agency for climate change noble award winning Inter Government Panel on climate change (UNPCC) – died in Stockholm (January 2008). Ibraham Gambari UN special representative to resolve crisis in Myanmar Vishwa Bharati University was established by Rabindra Nath Tagore NAICHO (Intelligence organization) Japan (Central Intelligence Agency) Taikonauts Astronaut from China
  • 14. © AB TUTORIALS 14 AB TUTORIALS (Bhatara Institute) Mullaperiyar dam Kerala (controversy because of safety concern) Amnesty International founded in 1961 by a Lawyer Peter Benenson in United Kingdom. Awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1977. UPSC and SPSC are only advisory committees Right to freedom of religion Article 25 – 28 Concurrent list borrowed from Australia Judicial review borrowed from United States Three gorges river Worlds largest dam on this river (Dam called Three Gorges Dam) Gulf of Mexico Largest Gulf Allahabad Pillar Inscription Samudragupta’s achievement
  • 15. © AB TUTORIALS 15 AB TUTORIALS (Bhatara Institute) Chandra Gupta II Son of Samudragupta – patronage of warfare Hygrometer measures Relative Humidity Anemometer measures Wind Photometer measures Light Altimeter measures Altitude Head Quarters of Asian Development Bank Manilla APEC – Head Quarters Singapore (Asia Pacific Economic Co- operation) Red Cross won Nobel Prize maximum times 1901—I (Won by Henry Dunant, founder of Red Cross) 1917 – II 1944 – III, 1963 – IV Component of blood responsible for blood clotting Platelets Ilbert Bill Lord Ripon
  • 16. © AB TUTORIALS 16 AB TUTORIALS (Bhatara Institute) Survey of India works under Ministry of Science and Technology 16th SAARC summit Maldives April 2009 (cancelled) 16th SAARC summit rescheduled Thimpu Bhutan (April 2010) 17th SAARC Summit Maldives (Addu City) Nov 2011 18th SAARC Summit Proposed 2013 in Nepal Madhesis Original race of Madhesis who are Hindus, Indian residence in Nepal Bhagwati Panel / Commission P.N. Bhagwati on Human Rights Hindraf (Hindu Rights Action Front) Group of 30 Hindu Organisations formed in 2006 (Malaysia). Chairman – Waytha Moorthy formed to protect Hindu rights. Khmers Ethnic group in Cambodia (approx. 90% of Cambodia Population).
  • 17. © AB TUTORIALS 17 AB TUTORIALS (Bhatara Institute) Tenzin Gyatso 14th Dalai Lama. U.S. congressional gold medal which is U.S. highest civilian award. Dalai Lama means spiritual leader Roger Anger Chief Architect of Auroville Died 15 Jan 2008 France