General Knowledge

• SEBI- Securities and Exchange Board of India.
• CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access.
• ATM- Automatic Teller Machine.
• GSM- Global System for Mobile
• Kaziranga Sanctuary (ASSAM ) is famous for great Indian one-horn rhinoceros
• In 1906, Agha Khan founded the All India Muslim League.
• Lucknow Pact (between Muslim League and Congress)in 1916.
• In 1874, Dayanand Sarswati wrote his famous book Satyarth Prakash.
• On 10 April, 1875 he founded Arya Samaj at Bombay.
• EVM voting was started in 1998 in INDIA.
• Operation flood is related to Milk.
• In the eye donation, Cornea of the eye is transplanted from the donor.
• The number of High Courts in India is 21.
• White blood cells are called security cells of body.
• india sports day- 29 aug.
• Labours day - 1 may
• Chilka Lake is in Orissa.
• Cobalt is a component of Vitamin B 12.
• Water at 4 degree centigrade has maximum density.
• IbnBatuta visited India during the reign of Muhammad bin Tughluq.
• Anaemia occurs due to the deficiency of Folic Acid
• British make English the medium of instruction in India in 1835.
• Balaji Baji Rao was known as 'Nana Saheb'.
• The famous Island located at the mouth of the Hudson River is -Manhattan.
• Parliament of Iran is called Majlis.
• The old name of Taiwan was Farmosa.
• Old name of Istanbul was Constantinople.
• ECS: Electronic Clearing system
• TPF- Trade policy Forum
• Nobel prize-money given is 10 million Swedish krona
• *Largest Steel Producer in the world : China
• * located Maximum Sugar mills : Uttar Pradesh
• Bleaching Powder is called Calcium Oxychloride.
• City of Seven Hills- Rome
• B.C. is an abbreviation for Before Christ.
• A.D. is an abbreviation for anno Domini (Latin word)- in the year of our Lord).
• National Literary Mission was started in 1988 in India.
• Currency of Russia -Ruble.
• Moscow is known as 'Port of Five Seas'.
• The first Industrial Revolution took place in England
• The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located at Kathmandu
• The largest gulf in the world is Gulf of Mexico.
• Article 21A providing Right to Education was inserted by 86th amendment.
• Arvinda Adiga won booker prize in 2008 for book 'The White Tiger’
• PCR: Provision coverage ratio
• CRR: CASH RESERVE RATIO
• SLR: STATUTORY LIQUIDITY RATIO
• National emergency has been proclaimed so far in the years 1962,1971,1975.
• Kepler's Laws are related to- Motion of planets around sun.
• Venturimeter is used to measure rate of flow of fluids.
• Where is the headquarters of UNESCO –Paris.
• The largest library in IndiaThe National Library of India(Kolkata
• Major Dynasty of Medieval India-
• *Ghazni Dynasty (962-1116 a.d.)
• *Ghori (1186-1206)
• *Slave Dynasty (1206-1290)
• *Khilji Dynasty (1290-1320
• *Tughlaq Dynasty (1320-1414)
• *Lodhi Dynasty (1451-1526)
• *Mughal Dynasty (1526-1857)
• *Suri Dynasty (1540-1555)
• *The Marathas (1649-1748 a.d.)
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• ADIDAS-All Day I Dream About Sports
• MRF-Madras Rubber Factory
• REEBOK-Rural English Entertnment Buero of Kent.
• *T.R.P- Television Rating Point.
• *T-series - Trishul Series.
• *L.G.- Lucky Goldstar
• *A.T.M- Automated Teller Machine.
• *First D.N.A bank of Asia has been established in Lucknow.
• Marathon Race is about 26 miles.
• C.N.G- Compressed Natural Gas
• L.P.G- Liquified Petrolium Gas
• *First Indian Governor General -- Rajagopalachari.
• *First silent movie- Raja Harishchandra (1913)
• *First Talkie Film Alam Ara(1931).
• *English is the official langauge of Nagaland
• *Nagarjunasagar dam is constructed on Krishna river
• *Khetri (Raj.) is famous for copper mines
• *AL-BERUNI has written 'Kitab- ul- hind'.
• *Kandraiya Mahadev temple is in Khajuraho made by Chandel kings.
• *Kadambari is writn by Banbhatt.
• *Mayamar (Burma) separated from India in 1937.
• *The country Finland has more than 55000 lakes.
• *The tomb of mugal king Babar is in KABUL
• *Dr. Annie Besant was the first woman president of Indian National Congress.
• *Gadar Party was set up at Sam francisco by Lala Hardyal.
• BOOKS - WRITER
• *Rajtrngini - Kalhan
• *Panchtantra- Vishnu Sharma
• *Padmavat- Malik mohmd Jaysi
• *Rasidi ticket- Amrita pritam
• Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) was announced in 2001.
• In India, a tax on Agricultural revenue can be levied by State.
• TRAI- TELECOM REGULARITY AUTHORITY OF INDIA.
• BHEL - BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LTD.
• SAIL - Steel Authority of India Ltd
• Planning Commission was established on 15th march, 1950.
• Five year plans (panchvarshiya yojna) were started from 1 april, 1951.
• Newyork is situated on Hudson River.
• Guru Shikhar is highest peak of Aravali Mountains located at Mount Abu, in Rajasthan.
• Jhelum river is associated with TulBul Project.
• Vyas Samman is given for excellence in the field of Literature.
• RanaPratap Sagar dam is on river Chambal.
• ChandraGupta II was the real name of 'Vikramaditya'.
• Vitamin K is the vitamin that helps in clotting of Blood.
• Countries by area wise.
• 1 . RUSSIA
• 2. CANADA
• 3. U.S.A
• 4. CHINA
• 5. BRAJIL
• 6. AUSTRALIA
• 7. INDIA
• Nepa Nagar is famous for Paper industry.
• Indira Point in the Great Nicobar Island is Southern Most point of India.
• Uranium is a source of Atomic Energy.
• Two members can be nominated to Lok Sabha by President.
• The term Indus valley civilization was termed by Sir. John Marshall.
• Iron was not known to people of Indus Valley Civilization.
• Hussain Sagar is a lake in Hyderabad, India, built by Hazrat Hussain Shah Wali.
• ‘World Water Day’ is observed on March 22.
• The 'Great wall of China' was built 2000 years ago. construction is said to have begun from the 5th century B.C.The wall about 6,400 kms.
• VenkatRaman ramakrishanan is givn the noble prize 2009 in field of Chemistry.
• 'The Audacity of hope' is a book written by Barack Obama.
• International Human Rights Day - 10 december.
• N.R.I day is to be celebrated on 9 january 2010 in new delhi.
• 'The tales of Beedle the bard' is a book by J.K ROLLING.
• South American grass grounds are called Pampas.
• Mercury (Budh) is the planet closer to Sun.
• The first summit of SAARC was held at Dhaka.
• IBM- International Buisness Machine.
• INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT
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• •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 (19151916)
• • The Gandhian Era (1918-1947)
• • Khilafat Movement (1920)
• • The Rowlatt Act (1919)
• • Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre (1919)
• • Non-Cooperation Movement (1920)
• • Chauri Chaura Incident (1922)
• • Swaraj Party (1922)
• • 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)
• The capital of Pallavas was Kanchi.
• The capital of Pandya dynasty was situated at Madurai.
• 'Long walk 2 freedom' is a book written by Nelson Mandela.
• 'Sunny Days' book is Sunil Gavaskar's own story told in his own words.
• India is the world's largest producer of Mica( Abhrak).