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General Awareness, Current Affairs Reference points for UIIC NIACL NICL AO, Assistant
Exams 2015
Updated on 12 January 2015
IRDA of India: Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Founded 1999.
IRDA Name Changed from Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority to IRDA to
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India In the year December 2014.
Duties and Responsibilities of IRDA:
The duties, powers and functions of IRDA have been specified under Section 14 of
IRDA Act, 1999. The IRDA Authority has the duty to promote, regulate and ensure
orderly growth of the insurance and re-insurance businesses across India, subject to
the provisions of this Act and any other additional law that is being enforced.
Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions contained in sub-section (1) of
IRDA Act, the powers and functions of the Authority shall include:
 Issuing a certificate of registration to the applicant as well as modify, renew,
withdraw, suspend or cancel any such registration that is deemed unfit.
 Protecting the interests of the policyholders in matters concerning assigning of
insurance policy, nomination by policyholders, settlement of insurance claim,
insurable interest, surrender value of policy and other terms and conditions
based on contracts of insurance.
 Specifying requisite qualifications, practical training and code of conduct for
insurance intermediaries, insurance brokers and agents.
 Specifying the code of conduct for surveyors and loss assessors.
 Promotion of efficiency in the conduct of insurance business.
 Promoting and regulating professional organizations connected with the
insurance and re-insurance business across India.
 Levying fees, commission and other charges for carrying out the purposes of
this Act.
 Calling for data or information from, undertaking inspection of, conducting
enquiries and investigations, conducting audit of the insurers, intermediaries,
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insurance intermediaries and other organizations connected with the insurance
business.
 Under section 64U of the Insurance Act, 1938 (4 of 1938), controlling and
regulation of the rates, advantages, terms and conditions etc that may be
offered by insurers (or Insurance Companies) in respect of general insurance
business not so controlled and regulated by the Tariff Advisory Committee.
 Specifying the manner and form in which books of account shall be maintained
and statement of accounts, financial statements etc shall be rendered by
insurers and other insurance intermediaries.
 Keeping a tab, exercising control and regulating investment of funds by
insurance companies.
 Regulating the maintenance of margin of solvency by the Insurers.
 Adjudication of disputes between insurers and intermediaries or insurance
intermediaries, hospitals, healthcare organizations or with customers.
 To effectively supervise the functioning of the Tariff Advisory Committee.
 Specifying the percentage of premium income of the insurer to finance schemes
for promoting and regulating professional organizations referred to in clause (f);
 Specifying the percentage of life insurance business and general (or non-life)
insurance business to be undertaken by the insurance company in the rural or
social sector.
 Exercising any such other powers that may be prescribed with passage of time.
IRDA Tag line: "Promoting Insurance. Protecting Insured"
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List Of Insurance Companies In India:
General Insurance Companies:
Public Sector
Name
Head of office
Establishing Year
United India Insurance Comp. Ltd
Chennai
1938 (Nationalized in 1972)
New India Assurance comp. Ltd
Mumbai
1919 (Nationalized in 1972)
National Insurance Company
Kolkata
1906 (Nationalized in 1972)
The Oriental Insurance Company
Mumbai
12th September 1947
Private Sector
Name
ICICI Lombard
IFFCO Tokio
Liberty Videocon General
Insurance Co Ltd
Reliance General Insurance
Royal Sundaram
Tata AIG General
Life Insurance:
In Public Sector:
Life Insurance Corporation of India: Head Office: Mumbai
Points to LIC:
Tag Line: "Your welfare is our responsibility"
Establishing year: 1 September 1956
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Insurance Companies and tag Lines:
S No
Name
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Apollo Munich Health Insurance
Aviva India Life Insurance
Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Limited
Birla Sun Life Insurance Company Limited
Exide Life Insurance India Company
Future Generali Life Insurance
HDFC Standard life Insurance Company Limited
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited
Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance Limited
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC):
Max Bupa Health Insurance
Max Life Insurance Company Limited
Max Newyork Life Insurance Company Limited
New India Assurance Company Limited
Oriental Insurance Company Limited
PNB MetLife India Insurance Company Limited
SBI Life Insurance Company Limited
Tata AIA Life Insurance Company Limited
United India Insurance Company Limited
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Cups & Trophies:
Wills Trophy : Cricket
National
Agha Khan Cup : Hockey
C. K. Naydu Trophy : Cricket
D. C. M. Cup : Football
International
Deodhar Trophy : Cricket
Ashes : Cricket
Dhyan Chand Trophy : Hockey
Asia Cup – Cricket, Hockey
Dilip Trophy: Cricket
Australian Open – Lawn Tennis
Durand Cup: Football
Azlan Shah Cup - Hockey
Gavaskar –Border Trophy – Cricket
Champions Trophy : Hockey/Cricket
Lal Bahadul Shastri Cup – Hockey
Corbitton Cup : Table Tennis (Women)
lrani Trophy : Cricket
Davis Cup : Lawn Tennis
MCC Trophy : Hockey
Derby : Horse Race
Nehru Trophy : Hockey
FIFA World Cup : Football
Ranji Trophy : Cricket
French Open – Lawn Tennis
Rohinton Baria Trophy : Cricket
Johar Cup – Hockey
Rovers Cup : Football
Merdeka Cup : Football
Sahara Cup – Cricket
Ryder Cup : Golf
Santosh Trophy : Football
Sharjah Cup - Cricket
Singer Cup – Cricket
Thomas Cup : Badminton (Men)
Subroto Cup : Football
Uber Cup : Badminton (Women)
Vijay Merchant Trophy : Cricket
Wellington Trophy : Rowing
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Important Dates Month Wise (updated):
JANUARY:
MARCH:
Jan 1...... Army Medical Corps Establishment Day
Mar 3...... National Defence Day
Jan 8 ...... African National Congress Foundation
Day
Mar 4...... National Security Day
Mar 8...... International Women's Day
Jan 9 ...... Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
Mar 12...... Central Industrial Security Force Day
Jan 10...... World Laughter Day
Mar 15...... World Consumer Day
Jan 11 ......Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur
Shastri
Mar 16...... National Vaccination Day
Jan 12...... National youth Day (Birth Day of
Mar 21...... World Forestry Day
SwamiVivekanand)
Mar 22...... World Day of Water
Jan 15...... Army Day
Mar 23...... World Meterological Day
Jan 23...... Netaji Subhashchandra Bose's birth
Mar 24...... World TB Day
Anniversary
Mar 26...... Bangladesh Liberation Day
Jan 25...... India Tourism Day, Indian Voter Day
APRIL:
Jan 26...... Republic Day
April 1...... Odisha Day
Jan 28...... Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
April 5...... National Meritime Day
Jan 30...... Martyr's day, World Leprosy
Eradication
April 7 ...... World Health Day
Day
April 18 ...... World Heritage Day
Jan 31...... World Leprosy Eradication Day
April 22...... World Earth Day
FEBRUARY:
MAY:
Feb 2...... World Wetlands Day
Feb 13...... Sarojini Naidu's Birth Anniversary
May 1 ...... International Labour Day,
Maharashtra Day
Feb 14...... St. Valentine's Day
May 3 ...... International Energy Day
Feb 24...... Central Day Excise
May 8 ...... International Red Cross Day
Feb 28...... National Science Day
May 11 ...... National Technology Day
April 14 ...... B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day
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May 17 ...... World Telecom Day
Sept 25 ...... Social Justice Day
May 24 ...... Commonwealth Day
Sept 27 ...... World Tourism Day
May 31 ...... World No Tobacco Day
OCTOBER:
JUNE:
Oct 1 ...... International Day for the Elderly (UN)
June 5 ...... World Environment Day
Oct 2 ...... Gandhi Jayanti
June 8 ...... World Oceans Day
Oct 3 ...... World Nature Day, World Habitat Day
June 21….. International Day of Yoga
Oct 4...... World Animal Day
June 23 --- United nation public service day
Oct 5...... World Teacher's Day
JULY:
Oct 6...... World Wildlife Day, World Food
Security Day
July 1 ...... Doctor's Day
Oct 8...... Indian Airforce day
July 4 ...... American Independence Day
Oct 9...... World Postal Day
July 26 ...... Kargil Victory Day
AUGUST:
Oct 10...... World Mental Health day; National
Post
Aug 6 ...... Hiroshima Day
Day
Aug 9 ...... Quit India Movement Day
Oct 12...... World Sight day
Aug 12 ...... International youth Day
Oct 13 ...... World Calamity Control Day(UN)
Aug 15 ...... India's Independence Day
Aug 20 ...... Sadbhavana Diwas
Oct 15 ...... World White cane day(guiding the
blind)
Aug 29 ...... Sports Day (Dhyanchand's Birth Day)
Oct 24 ...... United Nations Day
SEPTEMBER:
Oct 31 ...... National Integration Day (In memory
of
Sept 5 ...... Teacher's Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan's
Birth
Idira Gandhi)
Day)
NOVEMBER:
Sept 8 ...... International Literacy Day
Nov 7 ...... Infant Protection day; World Cancer
Sept 14 ...... Hindi day,World First Aid Day
Awareness Day
Sept 16 ...... World Ozone Day
Nov 9 ...... Legal Service Day
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Nov 10 ...... Transport Day
Dec 7 ...... Armed Force Flag Day
Nov 14 ...... Children's day/ World Diabetics day
Dec 10 ...... Human Rights day
Nov 17 ...... Guru Nanak Dev's Birth Anniverrsary
Dec 11 ...... UNICEF Day
Nov 26 ...... Law Day
Dec 14 ...... National Energy Conservation Day
DECEMBER:
Dec 19 ...... Goa's Liberation day
Dec 1...... World AIDS Day
Dec 23 ...... Kisan Divas (Farmer's Day)
Dec 3 ...... World Disability Day
Dec 25 ...... Good Governance Day
Dec 4 ...... Navy Day
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Books and Authors
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My experiments with Truth
…….. Mahatma M.K.Gandhi
Far from the Madding Crowd
…….. Thomas Hardy
Geetanjali
…….. Rabindra Nath Tagore
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch …….. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The Merchant of venice
…….. William shakespeare
The Moon and Six pense …….. Somerset Maughan
Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come …….. John
Bunyan
8. A Tale of Two Cities …….. Charles Dickens
9. Utopia …….. Sir Thomas Moor
10. Origin of species
…….. charles Darwin
11. David Copperfield …….. Charles Dickens
12. A passage to India …….. E.M.Forster
13. Gulliver's Travels …….. Jonathan Swift
14. Discovery of India …….. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
15. The Vicar of Wakefield
…….. Oliver Goldsmith
16. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
…….. Edward Gibbon
17. The Lady of the Last Minstrel
…….. Sir Walter Scott
18. Pride and Prejudice …….. Jane Austen
19. Time Machine
…….. H.G. Wells
20. Arthashastra …….. Kautilya
21. Le Contract Social …….. Jean Jacques Rousseau
22. Avigyan Sakuntalam
…….. Kalidas
23. Anand Math …….. Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay
24. Mein Kampf …….. Adolf Hitler
25. Ain-i-Akbari …….. Abul Fazal
26. Akbar-Nama …….. Abul Fazal
27. Shakuntala …….. Kalidas
28. War and peace
…….. Leo Tolstoy
29. A Dangerous place …….. D.P. Moynihan
30. Raghuvamsa …….. Kalidas
31. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes …….. Arthur Conan Doyle
32. Adventures of Tom Saweyer
…….. Mark Twain
33. Agni Veena …….. Kazi Nasrul Islam
34. Alice in Wonderland
…….. Lewis Carrol
35. Ancient Mariner
…….. Coleridge
36. Animal Farm …….. George Orwell
37. Anna Karenina
…….. Tolstoy
38. Antony and Cleopatra
…….. Shakespeare
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39. Arms and the Man …….. G.B.Shaw
40. Around the World in eighty days …….. Jules Verne
41. Baburnama …….. Babur
42. Ben Hur
…….. Lewis Wallace
43. Bhagwat Gita
…….. Ved Vyas
44. Bisarjan
…….. R.N.Tagore
45. Canterbury Tales …….. Chaucer
46. Chitra …….. R.N.Tagore
47. Count of Monte Cristo
…….. Alexander Dumas
48. Crime and Punishment
…….. Dostoevsky
49. Das Kapital …….. Karl Marx
50. Divine Comedy
…….. Dante
51. Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde
…….. Stevenson
52. Don Quixote …….. Cervantes
53. Dr.Zhivago …….. Boris Pasternak
54. For whom the Bell Tolls
…….. Ernest Hemingway
55. Forsyte Saga …….. John Galsworthy
56. Freedom at Midnight
…….. Dominique Lapierre
57. Gathering Storm
…….. Winston Churchill
58. Geet Govind …….. Jaya Dev
59. Gora …….. R.N. Tagore
60. Hamlet
…….. Shakespeare
61. Harsha Charit
…….. Bana Bhatt
62. Hunchback of Notre Dame …….. Victor Hugo
63. Hungry Stones
…….. R.N.Tagore
64. Illiad …….. Homer
65. Invisible Man
…….. H.G.Wells
66. Ivanhoe
…….. Walter Scott
67. Jungle Book …….. Rudyard Kipling
68. Kadambari …….. Bana Bhatt
69. Kidnapped …….. R.L.Stevenson
70. King Lear
…….. Shakespeare
71. Kumar Sambhav
…….. Kalidas
72. Last Days of Pompeii
…….. Bulwar Lytton
73. Les Miserable
…….. Victor Hugo
74. Life Divine …….. Shri Aurobindo
75. Mahabharata
…….. Vyas
76. Man and Superman …….. G.B.Shaw
77. Meghdut
…….. Kalidas
78. Mother
…….. Maxim Gorky
79. Odyssey
…….. Homer
80. Oliver Twist …….. Charles Dickens
81. Othello
…….. Shakespeare
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82. Panchatantra
…….. Vishnu Sharma
83. Paradise lost …….. John Milton
84. Pickwick Papers
…….. Charles Dickens
85. Plague …….. Albert Camus
86. The Post Office
…….. R.N.Tagore
87. Principia
…….. Issac Newton
88. Ramayana …….. Valmiki
89. Robinson Crusoe …….. Daniel Defoe
90. Shah Nama …….. Firdausi
91. Shape of things to come …….. H.G.Wells
92. Three Musketeers …….. Alexander Dumas
93. The Tempest …….. Shakespeare
94. Tom Sawyer …….. Mark Twain
95. Treasure Island
…….. R.L.Stevenson
96. Ulysses
…….. James Joyce
97. Uncle Tom's Cabin …….. Mrs.Harriet Stowe
98. Waste Land …….. T.S.Eliot
99. Nineteen Eighty-four
…….. George Orwell
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Sunny Days …….. Sunil Gavaskar
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Faust …….. Goethe
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Arabian Nights
…….. Sir Richard Burton
103.
The City of Joy
…….. Dominique Lapierre
104.
The One Day Wonders
…….. Sunil Gavaskar
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Silas Marner …….. George Eliot
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Bachelor of Arts
…….. R.K.Narayan
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China Passage
…….. John Kenneth Galbraith
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A Suitable Boy
…….. Vikram Seth
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A Voice For Freedom
…….. Nayantara Saigal
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A Week with Gandhi
…….. Louis Fisher
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A Woman's Life
…….. Guy de Maupassaut
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Age of Reason
…….. Jean Paul Sartre
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Asian Drama …….. Gunnar Myrdal
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The Bubble …….. Mulk Raj Anand
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Ben Hur
…….. Lewis Wallace
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The Castle …….. Franz Kalka
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Chandalika …….. Rabindra Nath Tagore
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The Class
…….. Erich Byron
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The Clown …….. Heinrich Boll
120.
Comedy of Errors …….. William Shakespeare
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Communist Manifesto
…….. Karl Marx
122.
Confessions …….. Jean Jacques Rousseau
123.
The Court Dancer …….. Rabindra Nath Tagore
124.
Death of a City
…….. Amrita Pritam
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Decline and Fall of the Roman
…….. Edward Gibbon Empire
Essays of Gita
…….. Sir Aurobindo Ghosh
French Revolution …….. Thomas Carlyle
Ganadevata …….. Tara Shankar Bandopadhyaya
Glimpses of World History …….. Jawaharlal Nehru
The Godfather
…….. Mario Puzo
Grammar of Politics …….. Harold T.Laski
Guide …….. R.K.Narayan
Hindu View of Life …….. Dr.S.Radha Krishnan
Hungry Stones
…….. Rabindra Nath Tagore
India Divided …….. Dr.Rajendra Prasad
Jurassik Park
…….. Michael Crichton
Kidnapped …….. Robert Louis Stevenson
Richard Nixon
…….. Leaders
Mahatma Gandhi …….. Romain Rolland
The Masters …….. C.P.Shaw
My Truth
…….. Indira Gandhi
Old Man and the Sea
…….. Earnest Hemingway
The Other Side of Midnight
…….. Sindye Sheldon
Pride and Prejudice …….. Jane Austen
Shape of Things to Come …….. H.G.Wells
Sons and Lovers
…….. D.H.Lawrence
Treasure Island
…….. R.L.Stevenson
Valley of Dolls
…….. Jacqueline Susann
Wealth of Nations …….. Adam Smith
My Years with Rajiv and Sonia …….. R D Pradhan
Narendra Modi
…….. Andy Marino
Public Issues Before Parliament …….. Vijay Darda
India at Risk …….. Jaswant Singh
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Water, Peace and War ‐ Confronting the Global Water Crisis ……..
Brahma Chellaney.
More Books and Authors Updates Available Next Version
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List of Countries, Capital and Currency
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Country Name
No
1 Afghanistan
Capital
Currency
Kabul
Afghani
2 Albania
Tirane
Lek
3 Algeria
Algiers
Dinar
4 Andorra
Andorra la Vella
Euro
5 Angola
Luanda
New Kwanza
6 Antigua and Barbuda
Saint John's
East Caribbean dollar
7 Argentina
Buenos Aires
Peso
8 Armenia
Yerevan
Dram
9 Australia
Canberra
Australian dollar
10 Austria
Vienna
Euro (formerly schilling)
11 Azerbaijan
Baku
Manat
12 The Bahamas
Nassau
Bahamian dollar
13 Bahrain
Manama
Bahrain dinar
14 Bangladesh
Dhaka
Taka
15 Barbados
Bridgetown
Barbados dollar
16 Belarus
Minsk
Belorussian ruble
17 Belgium
Brussels
Euro (formerly Belgian franc)
18 Belize
Belmopan
Belize dollar
19 Benin
Porto-Novo
CFA Franc
20 Bhutan
Thimphu
Ngultrum
21 Bolivia
Boliviano
22 Bosnia and Herzegovina
La Paz
(administrative);
Sucre (judicial)
Sarajevo
23 Botswana
Gaborone
Pula
24 Brazil
Brasilia
Real
25 Brunei
Brunei dollar
26 Bulgaria
Bandar Seri
Begawan
Sofia
27 Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
CFA Franc
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28 Burundi
Bujumbura
Burundi franc
29 Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Riel
30 Cameroon
Yaounde
CFA Franc
31 Canada
Ottawa
Canadian dollar
32 Cape Verde
Praia
Cape Verdean escudo
33 Central African Republic
Bangui
CFA Franc
34 Chad
N'Djamena
CFA Franc
35 Chile
Santiago
Chilean Peso
36 China
Beijing
Yuan/Renminbi
37 Colombia
Bogota
Colombian Peso
38 Comoros
Moroni
Franc
39 Congo, Republic of the
Brazzaville
CFA Franc
40 Congo, Democratic Republic
of the
41 Costa Rica
Kinshasa
Congolese franc
San Jose
Colón
42 Cote d'Ivoire
CFA Franc
43 Croatia
Yamoussoukro
(official); Abidjan (de
facto)
Zagreb
44 Cuba
Havana
Cuban Peso
45 Cyprus
Nicosia
Cyprus pound
46 Czech Republic
Prague
Koruna
47 Denmark
Copenhagen
Krone
48 Djibouti
Djibouti
Djibouti franc
49 Dominica
Roseau
East Caribbean dollar
50 Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Dominican Peso
51 East Timor (Timor-Leste)
Dili
U.S. dollar
52 Ecuador
Quito
U.S. dollar
53 Egypt
Cairo
Egyptian pound
54 El Salvador
San Salvador
Colón; U.S. dollar
55 Equatorial Guinea
Malabo
CFA Franc
56 Eritrea
Asmara
Nakfa
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57 Estonia
Tallinn
Kroon
58 Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Birr
59 Fiji
Suva
Fiji dollar
60 Finland
Helsinki
Euro (formerly markka)
61 France
Paris
Euro (formerly French franc)
62 Gabon
Libreville
CFA Franc
63 The Gambia
Banjul
Dalasi
64 Georgia
Tbilisi
Lari
65 Germany
Berlin
66 Ghana
Accra
Euro (formerly Deutsche
mark)
Cedi
67 Greece
Athens
Euro (formerly drachma)
68 Grenada
Saint George's
East Caribbean dollar
69 Guatemala
Guatemala City
Quetzal
70 Guinea
Conakry
Guinean franc
71 Guinea-Bissau
Bissau
CFA Franc
72 Guyana
Georgetown
Guyanese dollar
73 Haiti
Port-au-Prince
Gourde
74 Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Lempira
75 Hungary
Budapest
Forint
76 Iceland
Reykjavik
Icelandic króna
77 India
New Delhi
Rupee
78 Indonesia
Jakarta
Rupiah
79 Iran
Tehran
Rial
80 Iraq
Baghdad
Iraqi Dinar
81 Ireland
Dublin
82 Israel
Jerusalem*
Euro (formerly Irish pound
[punt])
Shekel
83 Italy
Rome
Euro (formerly lira)
84 Jamaica
Kingston
Jamaican dollar
85 Japan
Tokyo
Yen
86 Jordan
Amman
Jordanian dinar
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87 Kazakhstan
Astana
Tenge
88 Kenya
Nairobi
Kenya shilling
89 Kiribati
Tarawa Atoll
Australian dollar
90 Korea, North
Pyongyang
Won
91 Korea, South
Seoul
Won
92 Kosovo
Pristina
93 Kuwait
Kuwait City
Euro (German Mark prior to
2002)
Kuwaiti dinar
94 Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek
Som
95 Laos
Vientiane
New Kip
96 Latvia
Riga
Lats
97 Lebanon
Beirut
Lebanese pound
98 Lesotho
Maseru
Maluti
99 Liberia
Monrovia
Liberian dollar
100 Libya
Tripoli
Libyan dinar
101 Liechtenstein
Vaduz
Swiss franc
102 Lithuania
Vilnius
Litas
103 Luxembourg
Luxembourg
104 Macedonia
Skopje
Euro (formerly Luxembourg
franc)
Denar
105 Madagascar
Antananarivo
Malagasy franc
106 Malawi
Lilongwe
Kwacha
107 Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Ringgit
108 Maldives
Male
Rufiya
109 Mali
Bamako
CFA Franc
110 Malta
Valletta
Maltese lira
111 Marshall Islands
Majuro
U.S. Dollar
112 Mauritania
Nouakchott
Ouguiya
113 Mauritius
Port Louis
Mauritian rupee
114 Mexico
Mexico City
Mexican peso
115 Micronesia, Federated States
of
116 Moldova
Palikir
U.S. Dollar
Chisinau
Leu
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117 Monaco
Monaco
Euro
118 Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
Tugrik
119 Montenegro
Podgorica
Euro
120 Morocco
Rabat
Dirham
121 Mozambique
Maputo
Metical
122 Myanmar (Burma)
Rangoon (Yangon);
Naypyidaw or Nay
Pyi Taw
(administrative)
Windhoek
Kyat
124 Nauru
no official capital;
government offices
in Yaren District
Australian dollar
125 Nepal
Kathmandu
Nepalese rupee
126 Netherlands
Euro (formerly guilder)
127 New Zealand
Amsterdam; The
Hague (seat of
government)
Wellington
128 Nicaragua
Managua
Gold cordoba
129 Niger
Niamey
CFA Franc
130 Nigeria
Abuja
Naira
131 Norway
Oslo
Norwegian krone
132 Oman
Muscat
Omani rial
133 Pakistan
Islamabad
Pakistani rupee
134 Palau
Melekeok
U.S. dollar
135 Panama
Panama City
balboa; U.S. dollar
136 Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby
Kina
137 Paraguay
Asuncion
Guaraní
138 Peru
Lima
Nuevo sol (1991)
139 Philippines
Manila
Peso
140 Poland
Warsaw
Zloty
141 Portugal
Lisbon
Euro (formerly escudo)
142 Qatar
Doha
Qatari riyal
143 Romania
Bucharest
Leu
123 Namibia
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New Zealand dollar
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144 Russia
Moscow
Ruble
145 Rwanda
Kigali
Rwanda franc
146 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre
East Caribbean dollar
147 Saint Lucia
Castries
East Caribbean dollar
148 Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines
149 Samoa
Kingstown
East Caribbean dollar
Apia
Tala
150 San Marino
San Marino
Euro
151 Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome
Dobra
152 Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Riyal
153 Senegal
Dakar
CFA Franc
154 Serbia
Belgrade
Yugoslav new dinar. In
Kosovo both the euro and
the Yugoslav dinar are legal
155 Seychelles
Victoria
Seychelles rupee
156 Sierra Leone
Freetown
Leone
157 Singapore
Singapore
Singapore dollar
158 Slovakia
Bratislava
Koruna
159 Slovenia
Ljubljana
160 Solomon Islands
Honiara
Slovenian tolar; euro (as of
1/1/07)
Solomon Islands dollar
161 Somalia
Mogadishu
Somali shilling
162 South Africa
Rand
163 South Sudan
Pretoria
(administrative);
Cape Town
(legislative);
Bloemfontein
(judiciary)
Juba
164 Spain
Madrid
Euro (formerly peseta)
165 Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka rupee
166 Sudan
Colombo; Sri
Jayewardenepura
Kotte (legislative)
Khartoum
167 Suriname
Paramaribo
Surinamese dollar
168 Swaziland
Mbabane
Lilangeni
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169 Sweden
Stockholm
Krona
170 Switzerland
Bern
Swiss franc
171 Syria
Damascus
Syrian pound
172 Taiwan
Taipei
Taiwan dollar
173 Tajikistan
Dushanbe
somoni
174 Tanzania
Dar es Salaam;
Dodoma (legislative)
Tanzanian shilling
175 Thailand
Bangkok
baht
176 Togo
Lome
CFA Franc
177 Tonga
Nuku'alofa
Pa'anga
178 Trinidad and Tobago
Port-of-Spain
Trinidad and Tobago dollar
179 Tunisia
Tunis
Tunisian dinar
180 Turkey
Ankara
Turkish lira (YTL)
181 Turkmenistan
Ashgabat
Manat
182 Tuvalu
Vaiaku village,
Funafuti province
Australian dollar
183 Uganda
Kampala
Ugandan new shilling
184 Ukraine
Kyiv
Hryvna
185 United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
U.A.E. dirham
186 United Kingdom
London
Pound sterling
187 United States of America
Washington D.C.
dollar
188 Uruguay
Montevideo
Uruguay peso
189 Uzbekistan
Tashkent
Uzbekistani sum
190 Vanuatu
Port-Vila
Vatu
191 Vatican City (Holy See)
Vatican City
Euro
192 Venezuela
Caracas
Bolivar
193 Vietnam
Hanoi
Dong
194 Yemen
Sanaa
Rial
195 Zambia
Lusaka
Kwacha
196 Zimbabwe
Harare
Zimbabwean dollar
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Rivers, Lakes and Waterfalls with Country and Distance
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River
Nile
Amazon
Mississippi Missouri
Irtysh
Yanglze-Kiang
Hwang Ho
Mekong
Niger
Murray Darling
Volga
Danube
Indus
Brahmaputra
Lakes
Caspian Sea
Lake Superior
Victoria
Aral (salt)
Michigan
Great Bear
Baikal
Lake Ontario
Eyre (salt)
Torrens (Salt)
Waterfalls
Angel
Kukenaam
Ribbon
Tugela
Wollomombi
Guaria
Niagara
Victoria
Country
Africa
South America
U.S.A.
USSR (now CIS)
China
China
Asia
Africa
Australia
USSR (now CIS)
Europe
Asia
Asia
Country
Russia-Iran
USA-Canada
Kenya-Uganda-Tanzania
CIS (Previous USSR)
USA
Canada
CIS
USA-Canada
Australia
Australia
Country
Venezuela
Venezuela
USA
South Africa
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Zimbabwe
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6690
6570
6212
5570
5520
4672
4184
4168
3701
3690
2848
2736
2704
SQ.KM
393898
82814
69485
68682
58016
31792
31492
19529
9324
5775
Height(Feet)
2648
2000
1612
1350
1100
470000
212200
38430
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India’s Largest and Highest:
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Largest Lake
Largest Delta
Largest Cave Temple
Longest Cantilever Span Bridge
Largest Population State
Largest State (area)
Largest Corridor
Largest Dome
Largest Mosque
Highest Peak
Highest Rainfall
Highest Dam
Highest Gateway
Highest Tower
Highest Waterfalls
Longest Bridge
Highest Award
Highest Award for gallantry
Largest Desert
Longest Road
Largest Tunnel
Longest Dam
Largest Railway Platform
Longest Barrage
Tallest Statue
Biggest Museum
Tallest T.V. Tower
Longest Road Bridge
Longest River
Largest District
Answer
Wulur (Kashmir)
Sunderban Delta
Ellora (Maharashtra)
Hawrah Bridge,Calcutta
U.P.
Madhya Pradesh
Rameshwaram Temple's Corridor
Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur
Jumma Masjid,Delhi
Nanda Devi
Cherrapunji,Assam
Bhakra Nangal Dam,Punjab
Buland Darwaza,Fatehpur Sikri
Qutab Minar
Jog Falls (Karnataka)
Sone,Bihar
Bharat Ratna
Param Vir Chakra
Thar (Rajasthan)
Grant Trunk Road
Jawahar Tunnel (Bannihal,Kashmir)
Hirakund Dam (Orissa)
Kharagpur Platform
Sone
Statue of Gomateswara in Karnataka
Indian Museum,Calcutta
Tower of Delhi (235 metres)
Nehru Setu on river Sone (3061 metres)
The Ganges
Ladakh (J&K)
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Important Govt Schemes
Pradhanmantri Jan-Dhan Yojana : 15
August 2014.
Project Uddan
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha
Yojana (MGPSY)
Krishi Amdani Beema Yojana
Rani Laxmi Bai Pension Scheme
PradhanMantri Gram Sinchai Yojana
Roshini Scheme
Pradhan Mantri Saansad Adarsh Gram
Yojana
Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Beema
Yojana (BPSSB
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Important Air Lines and Names:
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Airline
B.O.A.C.
Air France
Lufthansa German Airlines
Pan American World Airways System
Trans-world Airways
Aero-flot
Alitalia
Quantas Empire Airways
Air-India
Sabena
Arana Afghan Airlines
Cathay Pacific
Finnair
Iberia
Japan Airlines
Garuda Airways
KLM Royal Dutch
Bruathens
Scandinavian Airlines System
Swissair
Pakistan International Airlines
Royal Nepal Airlines
Air-Ceylon
Thai Airways International
Country
ENGLAND
FRANCE
W.GERMANY
U.S.A.
U.S.A.
U.S.S.R.
ITALY
AUSTRALIA
INDIA
BELGIUM
AFGHANISTAN
HONGKONG
FINLAND
SPAIN
JAPAN
INDONESIA
NETHERLANDS
NORWAY
NORWAY
SWITZERLAND
PAKISTAN
NEPAL
SRI LANKA
THAILAND
NAME OF SOME AIRPORT IN INDIA
1. Kolkata - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
2. New Delhi - Indira Gandhi International Airport
3. Mumbai - Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
4. Chennai- Chennai International Airport (Meenambakkam Airport)
5. Hyderabad - Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
6. Amritsar - Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport/Raja Sansi
7. Guwahati - Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
8. Ahmedabad - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
9. Bhopal - Raja Bhoj Airport
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10. Indore - Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport
11. Nagpur - Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport
12. Lucknow - Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport/Amausi Airport
13. Varansi - Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport
14. Patna- Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport
15. Raipur- Swami Vivekananda Airport
16. Ranchi- Birsa Munda Airport
17. Bhubaneswar- Biju Patnaik Airport
18. Chandigarh- Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport
19. Port Blair- Veer Savarkar International Airport
20. Vasco Da Gama in Goa- Dabolim International Airport
First In India:
No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
First or Last
First Indian Chief Justice of India
First Indian Governor of a Province
First President of Indian National
Congress
First Indian Commander-in-Chief
First Indian Naval chief
First Indian Air Chief
First Indian I.C.S.
First P.M. of India
First Indian who became President of
U.N. General Assembly
First Indian who became a Minister in
the Union Cabinet
First Woman President of the
Congress
First Indian Judge of High Court
First Indian and the last Governor
General of India
First President of India
First Indian Nobel Prize Winner
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Name
Justice H.J.Kania
Lord S.P.Sinha
W.C.Banerjee (1885)
General K.M. Carippa
Vice-Admiral R.D.Katari
Air Marshal S.Mukherjee
Satyendra Nath Tagore
Jawaharlal Nehru
Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
Dr.Annie Besant
Rama Prasad Roy
C.Rajagopalachari
Dr.Rajendra Prasad
Rabindranath Tagore
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First Indian Member of the Executive
Council of Viceroy
First Indian Everest Climber
First Indian Test Cricket Player
First Indian Woman Governor
First Woman Chief Minister of a State
First Woman Ambassador of India
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27.
28.
29.
30.
Last Viceroy of India
First Indian in Space
First Indian Woman to Scale Mount
Everest
First Indian Woman Supreme Court
Judge
First Field Marshal of India
First Woman P.M. of India
First Muslim President of India
First Sikh President of India
First Talkie (film with dialogue)
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first Telangana chief minister
First Graduate in Medicine
25.
Sir S.P.Sinha
Tenzing Norgay
K.S.Ranjitsingh Ji
Sarojini Naidu
Sucheta Kriplani (U.P.)
Vijayalakshmi Pandit (to soviet
Union,1947-49)
Lord L.Mountbatten
Sqn.Ldr.Rakesh Sharma
Bachendri Pal
Mrs.Mira Saheb Fathima Beevi
S.H.F.J. Manekshaw
Mrs.Indira Gandhi
Dr.Zakir Hussain
Giani Zail Singh
Alam Ara (1931)
K. Chandrashekar Rao
Surjo Kumar Chakraborty
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Number of Players Sports and Games
1. Baseball- 9.
2. Rugby football- 15.
3. Polo- 4.
4. Water Polo- 7.
5. Kho Kho- 9.
6. Kabaddi - 7.
7. Hockey- 11.
8. Football (Soccer)- 11.
9. Cricket- 11.
10. Netball - 7.
11. Volleyball- 6.
12. Badminton- 1 or 2 (Singles &
Doubles respectively).
13. Tennis- 1 or 2 (Singles &
Doubles respectively).
14. Table Tennis- 1 or 2 (Singles &
Doubles respectively).
15. Basketball- 5 .
16. Gymnastic- Several individuals
compete simultaneously.
17. Billiards/Snooker- 1.
18. Boxing- 1.
19. Chess- 1.
20. Bridge- 2 .
21. Croquet- 13 or 15.
22. Golf- Several individuals compete
simultaneously.
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COUNTRIES & ITS PARLIAMENT
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Afghanistan — Shoora
Andorra — General Council
Albania — People's Assembly
Azerbaijan — Melli Majlis
Algeria — National People's
Assembly
6. Angola — National People's
Assembly
7. Argentina — National Congress
8. Australia — Federal Parliament
9. Austria — National Assembly
10. Bahamas — General Assembly
11. Bahrain — Consultative Council
12. Bangladesh — Jatiya Sansad
13. Belize — National Assembly
14. Bhutan — Tshogdu
15. Bolivia — National Congress
16. Brazil — National Congress
17. Brunei — National Assembly
18. Botswana — National Assembly
19. Britain — Parliment (House of
Common's & House of Lords)
20. Bulgaria — Narodno Subranie.
21. Cambodia — National Assembly
22. Congo Democratic — Rep. of
National Legislative Council
23. Colombia — Congress
24. Canada — Parliament
25. China — National People's
Congress
26. Chile — Chamber of Deputies
and Senate
27. Comoros — Legislative Council
and Senate
28. Costa Rice — Legislative Council
and Senate
29. Crotia — Sabor
30. Cuba — National Assembly of
People's Power
31. Czech Republic — Chamber of
Deputies and Senate
32. Denmark — Folketing
33. Ecuador — Natinal Congress
34. El Salvador — Legislative
Assembly
35. East Timor — Constituent
Assembly
36. Ethiopia — Federal Council and
House of Representative
37. Egypt — People's Assembly
38. Fiji Islands — Senate & House of
Representative
39. France — National Assembly
40. Finland — Eduskusta
(Parliament)
41. Germany —
Bundestag(LowerHouse),Bundesr
at(UpperHouse)
42. Guyana — National Assembly
43. Greece — Chamber of Deputies
44. Hungary — National Assembly
45. Iceland — Althing
46. India — Parliament
47. Indonesia — People's
Consultative Assembly
48. Iran — Majlis
49. Iraq — National Assembly
50. Israel — Knesset
51. Italy — Chamber of Deputies and
Senate
52. Japan — Diet
53. Jordan — National Assembly
54. Korea(North) — Supreme
People's Assembly
55. Korea(South) — National
Assembly
56. Kuwait — National Assembly
57. Kenya — National Assembly
58. Laos — People's Supreme
Assembly
59. Labanon — National Assembly
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60. Lesotho — National Assembly
and Senate
61. Lithuania — Seimas
62. Luxembourg — Chamber of
Deputies
63. Liberia — National Assembly
64. Libya — General People's
Congress
65. Malaysia — Dewan Rakyat and
Dewan Negara
66. Maldives — Majlis Madagascar —
National People's Assembly
67. Mongolia — Great People's
Khural
68. Montenegro — Federal Assembly
69. Mozambique — People's
Assembly
70. Myanmar — Pyithu Hluttaw
71. Nepal — National Panchayat
72. Netherlands — The State General
73. Norway — Storting
74. New Zealand — Parliament
(House of Representative)
75. Oman — Monarchy
76. Pakistan — National Assembly &
Senate
77. Paraguay — Senate & Chamber
of Deputies
78. Philippines — The Congress
79. Papua New Guinea — National
Parliament
80. Poland — Sejm
81. Romania — Great National
Assembly
82. Russia — Duma & Federal
Council
83. Serbia — Federal Assembly
84. Senegal — National Assembly
85. Seychelles — People's Assembly
86. Somalia — People's Assembly
87. South Africa — Rep. House of
Assembly
88. Spain — Cortes
89. Sweden — Riksdag
90. Saudi Arabia — Majlis Al Shura
91. Sudan — National Assembly
92. Switzerland — Federal Assembly
93. Syria — People's Council
94. Turkey — Grand National
Assembly
95. Tunisia — National Assembly
96. USA — Congress
97. Vietnam — National Assembly
98. Venezuela — National Congress
99. Zaire — National Legislative
Council
100.
Zambia — National
Assembly
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List of awarded with the Bharat Ratna
1954:

C. Rajagopalachari

C V Raman
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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
1980
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1983
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1987
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1988
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1990
1955
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Bhagwan Das
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Visvesvaraya

Jawaharlal Nehru
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1991
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1992
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1997
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1998
1957

Govind Ballabh Pant
1958
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Dhondo Keshav Karve
1961
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Bidhan Chandra Roy
Purushottam Das Tandon
1962
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Rajendra Prasad
1963
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Vinoba Bhave
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
M. G. Ramachandran
B. R. Ambedkar
Nelson Mandela
Rajiv Gandhi
Vallabhbhai Patel
Morarji Desai
Abul Kalam Azad
J. R. D. Tata
Satyajit Ray
Gulzarilal Nanda
Aruna Asaf Ali
P. J. Abdul Kalam
M. S. Subbulakshmi
Chidambaram Subramaniam
1999
Zakir Hussain
Pandurang Vaman Kane
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1966
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Mother Teresa
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Jayaprakash Narayan
Ravi Shankar
Amartya Sen
Gopinath Bordoloi
1971

2001
Indira Gandhi
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1975
 V.V Giri
1976
 K. Kamaraj
2009
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Lata Mangeshkar
Bismillah Khan
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Bhimsen Joshi
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2013
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C. N. R. Rao
Sachin Tendulkar
Madan Mohan Malaviya
Atal Bihari Vajpaye
Cups & Trophies International:
1.
Azlan Shah Cup -------- Hockey
4.
Dilip Trophy ------- Cricket
2.
Asia Cup --------- Cricket, Hockey
5.
D.C. M. Cup ------- Football
3.
Ashes --------- Cricket
6.
Durand Cup -------- Football
4.
Australian Open ------- Lawn
Tennis
7.
Dhyan Chand Trophy ------Hockey
5.
Champions Trophy ------Hockey/Cricket
8.
Gavaskar–Border Trophy ------Cricket
6.
Corbitton Cup --------- Table
Tennis (Women)
9.
7.
lrani Trophy ------- Cricket
10.
Lal Bahadul Shastri Cup ------Hockey
Davis Cup ------- Lawn Tennis
8.
Uber Cup -------- Badminton
(Women)
9.
Thomas Cup -------- Badminton
(Men)
11.
Rovers Cup -------- Football
12.
Santosh Trophy ------ Football
13.
Singer Cup ------- Cricket
10.
Sharjah Cup ------- Cricket
14.
Sahara Cup --------- Cricket
11.
Derby ------ Horse Race
15.
Subroto Cup --------- Football
12.
French Open -------- Lawn Tennis
16.
Vijay Merchant Trophy ------Cricket
13.
FIFA World Cup ------- Football
14.
Johar Cup -------- Hockey
15.
Merdeka Cup -------- Football
16.
Ryder Cup -------- Golf
National:
1.
Agha Khan Cup -------- Hockey
2.
C.K. Naydu Trophy ------- Cricket
3.
Deodhar Trophy -------- Cricket
17.
Wellington Trophy ------ Rowing
18.
Wills Trophy -------- Cricket
19.
MCC Trophy --------- Hockey
20.
Nehru Trophy --------- Hockey
21.
Ranji Trophy -------- Cricket
22.
Rohinton Baria Trophy -------Cricket
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Important International Boundary Lines
1. McMahon Line : between India and China
2. Durand Line : Pakistan and Afghanistan
3. Radcliffe Line : India and Pakistan
4. 49th Parallel : USA and Canada
5. Alpine Line : Italy and France
6. Oder Niesse Line : Germany and Poland
7. Mannerheim Line : Russia an Finland
8. Maginot Line : France and Germany
9. 38th Parallel : North Korea and South Korea
10. Line of Control : It divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan
Some Other Boundary Lines:
1.
17th Parallel defined the boundary between North Vietnam and South Vietnam
before two were united.
2.
24th Parallel is the line which Pakistan claims for demarcation between India
and Pakistan. This, however, is not recognized by India
3.
26th Parallel south is a circle of latitude which crosses through Africa, Australia
and South America.
4.
30th Parallel north is a line of latitude that stands one-third of the way between
the equator and the North Pole.
5.
33rd Parallel north is a circle of latitude which cuts through the southern
United States, parts of North Africa, parts of the Middle East, and China.
6.
35th Parallel north forms the boundary between the State of North Carolina and
the State of Georgia and the boundary between the State of Tennessee arid the State of
Georgia, the State of Albama, and the State of Mississippi.
7.
36th Parallel forms the southermost boundary of the State of Missouri with the
State of Arkansas.
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36o30' Parallel north forms the boundary between the Tenessee and the
Commonwealth of Kentucky between the Tennessee River and the Mississippi River,
the boundary between Missouri and Arkansas west of the White River, and the
northermost boundary between the Texas and the Oklahoma.
9.
37th Parallel north formed the southern boundary of the historic and extralegal
Territory of Jefferson.
10.
38th Parallel is the parallel of latitude which separates North Korea and South
Korea.
11.
39th Parallel north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 39 degrees north of
Earth's equatorial plane.
12.
40th Parallel north formed the original northern boundary of the British Colony
of Maryland.
13.
41st Parallel north forms the northern boundary of the State of Colorado with
Nebraska and Wyoming and the southern boundary of the State of Wyoming with
Colorado and Utah.
14.
42nd Parallel north forms most of the New York - Pennsylvania Border.
15.
43rd Parallel north forms most of the boundary between the State of Nebraska
and the State of South Dakota and also formed the northern border of the historic and
extralegal Territory of Jefferson.
16.
The Parallel 44o north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 44 degrees north
of the Earth's equatorial plane.
17.
45th Parallel north is often the halfway point between the Equator and the
North Pole. The 45th parallel makes up most of the boundary between Montana and
Wyoming.
18.
49th Parallel is the boundary between USA and Canada.
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Famous Places associated with Eminent Persons
1. Kapilvastu…….Gautam Buddha
2. Macedonia…….Alexander, the
Great
3. Kapilvastu…….Gautam Buddha
4. Macedonia…….Alexander, the
Great
5. Jalianwala Bagh…….General
Dyer
6. Anand Bhawan…….Jawaharlal
Nehru
7. Chittore…….Maharana Pratap
8. Haldi Ghati…….Maharana
Pratap
9. Sabarmati…….Mahatma Gandhi
10. Sitab Diyara…….Jai Prakash
Narayan
11. Shantiniketan…….Rabindra
Nath Tagore
12. Talwandi…….Guru Nanak
13. Sevagram…….Mahatma Gandhi
14. Pawapuri…….Mahavir
15. Kushi Nagar…….Gautam
Buddha
16. Ibrahim Patti…….Chandra
Shekhar
17. Lumbini…….Gautam Buddha
18. Mecca…….Prophet Mohammed
19. Waterloo…….Napoleon
Bonaparte
20. Porbandar…….Mahatma Gandhi
21. Bardoli…….Sardar Patel
22. Fatehpur Sikri…….Akbar, the
Great
23. Puducherry…….Aurobindo
Ghosh
24. Belur Math…….Rama Krishna
Paramhans
25. Pawanar…….Vinoba Bhave
26. Seringapatnam…….Tipu Sultan
27. Kundgram…….Mahavir
28. Jeeradei…….Dr. Rajendra
Prasad
29. Cuttack…….Subhash Chandra
Bose
30. Trimurti Bhawan…….Jawaharlal
Nehru
31. Jerusalem…….Jesus Christ
32. Corsica…….Napoleon Bonaparte
33. Trafalgar…….Nelson
MEASUREMENTS
8. 1024 Petabytes = 1 Exabyte
9. 1024 Exabytes = 1 Zettabyte
10. 1024 Zettabytes = 1 Yottabyte
11. 1024Yottabytes = 1 Brontobyte
12. 1024 Brontobytes = 1 Geopbyte
13. 1024 Geopbyte=1 Saganbyte
14. 1024 Saganbyte=1 Pijabyte
15. Alphabyte = 1024 Pijabyte
16. Kryatbyte = 1024 Alphabyte
Computers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
1 Bit = Binary Digit
8 Bits = 1 Byte
1024 Bytes = 1 Kilobyte
1024 Kilobytes = 1 Megabyte
1024 Megabytes = 1 Gigabyte
1024 Gigabytes = 1 Terabyte
1024 Terabytes = 1 Petabyte
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17. Amosbyte = 1024 Kryatbyte
18. Pectrolbyte = 1024 Amosbyte
19. Bolgerbyte = 1024 Pectrolbyte
20. Sambobyte = 1024 Bolgerbyte
21. Quesabyte = 1024 Sambobyte
22. Kinsabyte = 1024 Quesabyte
23. Rutherbyte = 1024 Kinsabyte
24. Dubnibyte = 1024 Rutherbyte
25. Seaborgbyte = 1024 Dubnibyte
26. Bohrbyte = 1024 Seaborgbyte
27. Hassiubyte = 1024 Bohrbyte
28. Meitnerbyte = 1024 Hassiubyte
29. Darmstadbyte = 1024
Meitnerbyte
30. Roentbyte = 1024 Darmstadbyte
31. Coperbyte = 1024 Roentbyte
RENAMED INDIAN CITIES
14. Panaji, formerly Panjim
1. Chennai, formerly Madras,
renamed in 1996
15. Pune, formerly Poona
16. Sagar, formerly Saugor
2. Jabalpur, formerly Jubbulpore,
renamed in 1947
17. Shimla, formerly Simla
3. Kanpur, formerly Cawnpore,
renamed in 1948
18. Thanjavur, formerly Tanjore
4. Kochi, formerly Cochin, renamed
in 1996
20. Thrissur, formerly Trichur
5. Kolkata, formerly Calcutta,
renamed in 2001
21. Tiruchirapalli,formerly
Trichinopoly or its shortened
version, Trichy
19. Thoothukudi, formerly Tuticorin
6. Mumbai, formerly Bombay,
renamed in 1995
22. Udhagamandalam,formerly
Ootacamund or its shortened
version, Ooty
7. Puducherry, formerly
Pondicherry, renamed in 2006
23. Vijayawada, formerly Bejawada
8. Thiruvananthapuram, formerly
Trivandrum, renamed in 1991
9. Vadodara, formerly Baroda,
renamed in 1974
24. Visakhapatnam, formerly
Waltair and before that,
Vizagapatnam or its shortened
version, Vizag
10. Varanasi, formerly Benares
25. Avantika to Ujjain
11. Guwahati, formerly Gauhati
26. Vorugallu to Warangal
12. Indore, formerly Indhur
27. Cambay to Khambhat
13. Kozhikode, formerly Calicut
28. Bulsar to Valsad
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29. Bangalore to Bengaluru (change
effective from 1 November 2006)
33. Mohali to SAS Nagar
34. Nawan Shahar to Shaheed
Bhagat Singh Nagar
30. Bhopal Bairagarh to Sant Hirda
Ram Nagar, Bhopal
35. Cape Comorin to Kanyakumari
31. Jullunder to Jalandhar
32. Ropar to Rupnagar
BANKS AND THEIR HEADQUARTERs
11.
Indian Bank - Chennai
1.
Allahabad Bank - Kolkata
12.
Indian Overseas Bank - Chennai
2.
Andhra Bank - Hyderabad
13.
Oriental Bank of Commerce Gurgaon
3.
Bank of Baroda - Vadodara
(Baroda)
4.
Bank of India - Mumbai
5.
Bank of Maharashtra - Pune
14.
Punjab and Sindh Bank - New
Delhi
15.
Punjab National Bank - New
Delhi
6.
Bharatiya Mahila Bank - New
Delhi
7.
Canara Bank - Bengaluru
8.
Central Bank of India - Mumbai
9.
Corporation Bank - Mangalore
10.
Dena Bank - Mumbai
IMPORTANT RIVER VALLEY
PROJECTS IN INDIA
16.
State Bank of India - Mumbai
17.
Syndicate Bank - Manipal
18.
Union Bank of India - Mumbai
19.
United Bank of India - Kolkata
20.
UCO Bank - Kolkata
21.
Vijaya Bank - Bangalore
Damodar Valley Project ----- On
Damodar in Bihar, Based on Tennessee
Valley Project USA
Bhakra Nangal Project ------- On Sutlej
in Punjab. Highest in India.Ht. 226m.
Reservoir is called Gobind Sagar Lake.
Hirakud Project ------- On Mahanadi in
Odisha, World‘s Longest Dam: 4801m
Rihand Project ------ On Son in
Mirzapur, Reservoir is called Gobind
Vallabh Pant reservoir.
Mandi Project ----- On Beas in HP
Chambal Valley Project ------ On
Chambal in MP & Rajasthan, 3 dams
are there:- Gandhi Sagar Dam, Rana
Pratap Sagar Dam and Jawahar Sagar
Dam
Kosi Project ------ On Kosi in N.Bihar
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Mayurkashi Project ------- On
Mayurkashi in West Bengal
Kundah & Periyar Project ------ In
Tamil Nadu
Kakrapara Project ------ On Tapi in
Gujrat
Farakka Project ------- On Ganga in
WB. Apart from power and irrigation it
helps to remove silt for easy navigation.
Nizamsagar Project ------- On Manjra
in Andhra Pradesh
Ukai Project ------ On Tapti in Gujarat
Nagarjuna Sagar Project On Krishna in
Andhra Pradesh
Mahi Project ------ On Mahi in Gujarat
Salal Project ------- On Chenab in J&K
Tugabhadra Project ------ On
Tugabhadra in Andhra Pradesh &
Karnataka
Mata Tila Multipurpose Project ------- On Betwa in Uttar Pradesh and
Madhya Pradesh
Shivasamudram Project ------- On
Cauvery in Karnataka. It is the older
river valley project in India.
Thein Project ------ On Ravi, Punjab.
Tata Hydel Scheme ------ On Bhima in
Maharashtra
Tehri Dam ------- On Bhgirathi,
Uttarakhand
Sharavathi Hydel Project ------- On
Jog Falls in Karnataka
Sardar Sarovar Project -------- On
Narmada, Gujarat/MP.
Pong Dam ------ On Beas, Punjab
Prime Minister and Council of Ministers - India
Cabinet Ministers of India 2014
1
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy
Department of Space; All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated
to any Minister
Narendra Modi
2
Home Affairs Rajnath Singh
3
External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs
4
Finance, Corporate Affairs, Information & Broadcasting
Sushma Swaraj
Arun Jaitley
5
Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary
Affairs M. Venkaiah Naidu
6
Road Transport and Highways, Shipping
7
Defence
Manohar Parrikar
8
Railways
Suresh Prabhu
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Law & Justice
D.V. Sadananda Gowda
10
Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
11
Minority Affairs
12
Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
13
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
14
Women and Child Development Maneka Sanjay Gandhi
15
Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananthkumar
16
Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad
17
Health & Family Welfare
18
Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati
19
Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
20
Food Processing Industries
21
Mines, Steel Narendra Singh Tomar
22
Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation
Chaudhary Birender Singh
23
Tribal Affairs Jual Oram
24
Agriculture
25
Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawar Chand Gehlot
26
Human Resource Development
27
Science and Technology, Earth Sciences
Uma Bharati
Dr. Najma A. Heptulla
Ramvilas Paswan
Kalraj Mishra
Jagat Prakash Nadda
Anant Geete
Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Radha Mohan Singh
Smriti Zubin Irani
Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Ministers of State with Independent Charge
1
Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge), External
Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs General V.K. Singh
2
Planning (Independent Charge), Defence
Inderjit Singh Rao
3
Textiles (Independent Charge)
4
Labour and Employment (Independent Charge)
Santosh Kumar Gangwar
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Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge), Parliamentary
Affairs Rajiv Pratap Rudy
6
AAYUSH (Independent Charge), Health & Family Welfare
Shripad Yesso Naik
7
Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge)
Dharmendra Pradhan
8
Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge)
Sarbananda Sonowal
9
Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge)
Javadekar
Prakash
10
Power (Independent Charge), Coal (Independent Charge), New and Renewable
Energy (Independent Charge)
Piyush Goyal
11
Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge), Prime Minister's
Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy,
Department of Space
Dr. Jitendra Singh
12
Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge) Nirmala Sitharaman
13
Culture (Independent Charge), Tourism (Independent Charge), Civil Aviation
Dr. Mahesh Sharma
Ministers of State
1
Minority Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
2
Drinking Water & Sanitation
3
Home Affairs Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary
4
Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Sanwar Lal Jat
5
Agriculture
6
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
7
Chemicals & Fertilizers
8
Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises G.M. Siddeshwara
9
Railways
10
Panchayati Raj
11
Human Resource Development
12
Road Transport & Highways, Shipping Radhakrishnan P.
Ram Kripal Yadav
Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya
Giriraj Singh
Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
Manoj Sinha
Nihalchand
Upendra Kushwaha
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Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju
14
Social Justice & Empowerment
15
Agriculture
16
Tribal Affairs Manuskhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava
17
Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
18
Mines, Steel Vishnu Deo Sai
19
Rural Development Sudarshan Bhagat
20
Human Resource Development
21
Science and Technology, Earth Science Y.S. Chowdary
22
Finance
23
Information & Broadcasting
Krishan Pal
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan
Raosaheb Dadarao Danve
Prof. (Dr.) Ram Shankar Katheria
Jayant Sinha
Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
24
Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Babul Supria
(Babul Supriyo) Baral
25
Food Processing Industries
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti
26
Social Justice & Empowerment
Vijay Sampla
Governor and Chief Ministers of Indian States
S.
State and Union
NO Territories.
1 Andaman &
Nicobar
2 Andhra Pradesh
Governor
Chief Minister
A. K. Singh (Lieutenant-Governor)
Union Territories
Shri. E. S. L. Narasimhan
N.Chandrababu Naidu
3 Arunachal Pradesh
Nirbhay Sharma
Nabam Tuki
4 Assam
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Shri Tarun Gogoi
5 Bihar
DY Patil
Jitan Ram Manjhi
6 Chandigarh
Union Territories.
7 Chhattisgarh
Shri Shivraj V. Patil
(Administrator)
Shri Balramji Dass Tandon
8 Goa
Mridula Sinha
Laxmikant Parsekar
9 Gujarat
Shri Om Prakash Kohli
Anandiben Patel
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10 Haryana
Kaptan Singh Solanki
Manohar Lal Khattar
11 Himachal Pradesh
Urmila Singh
Virbhadra Singh
12 Jammu and
Kashmir
13 Jharkhand
Narinder Nath Vohra
Omar Abdullah
Dr. Syed Ahmed
Raghubar Das
14 Karnataka
Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala
Shri K. Siddaramaiah
15 Kerala
P. Sathasivam
Shri Oommen Chandy
16 Madhya Pradesh
Ram Naresh Yadav
17 Maharashtra
Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao
Shri Shivraj Singh
Chouhan
Devendra Fadnavis
18 Manipur
K. K. Paul (Acting Governor)
Shri Okram Ibobi Singh
19 Meghalaya
K. K. Paul
Mukul Sangma
20 Mizoram
Aziz Qureshi
Pu Lalthanhawla
21 Nagaland
Shri Padmanabha Balakrishna
Acharya
Najeeb Jung (LieutenantGovernor)
Shri S. C. Jamir
T R Zeliang
Shri N. Rangasamy
25 Punjab
Ajay Kumar Singh (Retd. Lt.
General)
Shri Shivraj Patil
26 Rajasthan
Kalyan Singh
27 Sikkim
Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil
28 Tamil Nadu
Konijeti Rosaiah
Shri Pawan Kumar
Chamling
O Panneerselvam
29 Telangana
ESL Narasimhan
K Chandrasekhar Rao
30 Tripura
Shri Manik Sarkar
31 Uttar Pradesh
Padmanabha Balakrishna
Acharya
Shri Ram Naik
32 Uttarakhand
Krishan Kant Paul
Harish Rawat
33 West Bengal
Keshari Nath Tripathi
Km. Mamata Banerjee
34 Dadra and Nagar
Haveli
35 Daman and Diu
Shri B.S. Bhalla (Administrator)
Union Territories.
Shri B.S. Bhalla (Administrator)
Union Territories.
36 Lakshadweep
Shri H. Rajesh Prasad
Union Territories.
22 New Delhi
23 Odisha
24 Puducherry
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Arvind Kejriwal
(resigned)
Sh. Naveen Patnaik
Shri Parkash Singh
Badal
Vasundhara Raje
Akhilesh Yadav
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UIIC AO Questions Asked in December 2014
1. Bond Market is also known as - Debt Market
2. ARCIL is which type of company? - Asset Reconstruction Company
3. Which manufacturer installed the world's tallest hybrid wind generator turbine
at Gujarat recently? - Suzlon Energy
4. BHEL has recently commissioned a hydro power project in which African
country? - Rwanda
5. Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers? - Ananth Kumar
6. International Anti-Corruption Day? - December 9
7. Which among the following is the Partner of SBI Life Insurance? - BNP Paribas
8. An enterprise with investment in plant and machinery will be considered micro
enterprise if it does not exceed the limit of? -Rs. 25 lakh
9. Name the textile business group of Reliance Group? - Vimal
10. Along with May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser who shared Noble Prize in
Medicine 2014? - John O'Keefe
11. In BSBDA Account, no extra charge levied if balance is maintained above? -Rs.
50,000
12. Which is the first State to achieve 100% financial inclusion under PMJDY? Kerala
13. Under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana government aims to cover 2,500 villages by
which year? – 2019
14. Protests named "Umbrella Revolution" recently held in which country? - Hong
Kong
15. Which is the sole reinsurance company in the Indian insurance market? General Insurance Corporation of India
16. Govt recently announced that the crisis-ridden National Spot Exchange Ltd
(NSEL) would have to merge with its holding company named? - Financial
Technologies (India) Ltd (FTIL)
17. IMPS full form? -Immediate Payment Service
18. Headquarters of Financial Stability Board? - Basel, Switzerland
19. Tata Power has recently signed a share purchase agreement with Ideal Energy
Project (IEPL) to acquire the latter‘s 540-MW thermal power plant in which
state?- Maharashtra
20. Word CTS-2010 is related with? –Cheque
21. Which state has highest rural population in India as per Census 2011? - Uttar
Pradesh
22. Kisan Vikas Patra is not in which among the following denominations? -Rs.500
23. Name the Digital Life Certificate for Pensioners launched by Prime Minister
recently? - Jeevan Pramaan
24. G20 Summit 2014 was held at? -Brisbane, Australia
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25. Capital of Chile? - Santiago
26. Currency for Republic of Colombia? - Colombian peso
27. Paypal is which type of company? - Internet Payment company
28. Name the foreign-exchange agreement between two institutions to exchange
aspects? - Currency swap
29. When we open a website first page is called? - Home page
30. Which of the following is Web Browser? - Internet Explorer
31. To move text we use? - Cut & Paste
32. Author of the recently released book "Not just an Accountant"? - Vinod Rai
33. To save a file with a new name we use which option? - Save as
34. Which of the following is function key? - F3
General Awareness/Computer Knowledge Questions:
1. International Non-violence day? 2nd October
2. Vishwanathan Anand is related
to? - Chess
3. What is the capital of Austria? Vienna
4. What is the budget of Mars
mission of India? - 450 Crore
5. Dramatic decade author? Pranab Mukherjee
6. Venue of Next SAARC summit? Islamabad
7. Nobel Prize was given to May
Britt Moser and Edward Moser in
which field? - Medicine
8. Dongfeng missile is developed by
which country? - China
9. Insurance regulator in India? IRDA
10. What is the new name of MCX? Metropolitan Stock Exchange of
India Ltd‘, abbreviated as ‗mSXI'
11. Biggest nuclear plant in the
world? - Kashiwazaki-Kariwa
Nuclear Power Plant
12. United Nations day? - 24th
October
13. Where is the venue of next
Hockey world cup? - India
14. Sri Lanka currency? - Sri
Lankan Rupee
15. IRDA headquarter? - Hyderabad
16. Ryder Cup is related to? - Golf
17. Darjeeling Makaibiri is?- A tea
estate
18. What is a bit? - Smallest Unit of
information
19. Which is not an OS-windows XP,
NT, 2000, 2007 & suffix? - Suffix
20. What is output device-Printer
scanner, keyboard, and webcam?
– Printer
21. Personal accident cover in Jan
Dhan Yojana - 1 lakh
22. Capital of Afghanistan- Kabul
23. Currency of Bhutan- Ngultrum
24. In FEMA,M stands forManagement
25. Shortcut key to undo last step in
word - Ctrl + Z
26. Shortcut key to make characters
italics - Ctrl + I
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27. Book name authored by
Yashwardhan Shukla - 'Gods of
Antarctica'
28. Which is the largest public sector
insurance company? - LIC
29. Full form of URL - Uniform
resource locator
30. Full form of EMV - EuroPay,
MasterCard, Visa
31. In MICR middle 3 digits
represent? - Bank
32. Ntpc tie up with which state to
plant a 1000mw plant? - Andhra
Pradesh
33. America developing which cities
in to Smart cities? - Allahabad,
Ajmer and Vishakhapatnam
34. RTGS full-form - Real Time
Gross Settlement
35. MMID full form - Mobile Money
Identifier
36. ISDN full form - Integrated
Services Digital Network
37. Name of the book authored by
Rajamohan Gandhi - Eight lives
38. person with disability day - 3rd
December
39. Validity of Kishan vikas patra 100 months
40. 1 census 2011 related question
41. Full form of AQB? - Average
Quarterly Balance
42. WHO headquarters - Geneva
43. Capital of Australia - Canberra
44. Who can issue commercial
paper? - Corporates, primary
dealers (PDs) and the All-India
Financial Institutions (FIs)
45. In EBT, E stands for? Electronic
46. Argentina currency - Argentine
peso
47. Sarjubala devi related to which
sport? - Boxing
48. Tapan raychaudhri who died
recently was a? - Historian
49. Lowland is written by? - Jhumpa
Lahiri
50. Lucknow city is banked on which
river ?- Gomti
51. Antyoday Divas is celebrated in
whose memory?- Pandit Deen
Dayal Upadhyaya
52. constituency of Sushama swrajVidhisha
53. Venue of next G20 Summit Turkey
54. CBS full form - Core Banking
Solution
55. ULIP full form - Unit-linked
insurance plan
56. Economics Nobel prize is
conferred on - Jean Tirole
57. Revised Target of opening of
accounts in PMJDY?- 10 Crore
58. Brazilian President? - Dilma
Rouseff
59. BCCI life time achievement
award 2014 - Dilip Vengasarkar
60. Digits in IFSC code - 11
61. Kisan vikas patra validity - 100
months
62. Shanti swarup Bhatnagar Prize
for Physical Sciences 2014 Dr.Pratap Raychaudhuri
63. Rbi allowed minors of age
______to open account? - 10
years
64. Payment bank working capital 100 Crore
65. Shortcut to find text in word Ctrl + F
66. Name of Mars orbit mission
which celebrated its 50th
anniversary- Mariner 4 mission
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riyal
68. Which Day celebrated on 19
November- World Toilet Day
69. Full form of IFSC- Indian
Financial System code
70. First three digit in MICR
represents- City
71. World AIDS Day- 1 December
72. UNEP headquarters Nairobi(Kenya)
73. Euro cup in 2016 to be held in? France
74. Capital of Iraq? - Baghdad
75. UN goodwill ambassador for
South East Asia? - Farhan
Akhtar
76. Jandhan yojna's objective? Financial Inclusion
77. Dronacharya award in which
field? - Sports Coaching
78. Who can issue commercial
paper- Corporates, primary
dealers (PDs) and the All-India
Financial Institutions (FIs)
79. Shortcut key for UNDO - ctrl +Z
80. Full form of SEZ- Special
Economic Zone
81. Who won Noble prize in
Economics-Jean Tirole
82. Share of state government in
RRB - 15%
83. PDA Full form- Personal Digital
Assistant
84. What is C in MICR- Character
85. Shortcut key of Find in a
document - Ctrl+F
86. Full form of GST- Goods and
service Tax
87. What is the exchange date for
pre 2005 Notes? - 1st Jan 2015
88. Rupay card is developed by? NPCI
89. Kuwait capital- Kuwait City
90. UNICEF HQ- New York
91. International Day for the
Elimination of Violence against
Women - 25 November
92. State Minister Of Skill
Development &
Entrepreneurship- Rajiv Pratap
Rudy
93. Anirban Lahiri related to?- Golf
94. Full form of MICR- Magnetic Ink
Character Reader
95. Full form of RTGS- Real Time
Gross Settlement
96. SAARC summit 2014Kathmandu, Nepal
97. Sansad Adarsh Gram yojna
started on whose birthday- Lok
Nayak Jaya Prakash Narayan
98. Full form of HTTP- HyperText
Markup Language
99. Rajnath constituency- Lucknow
100.
Indira Gandhi Awas Yojna
will provide house to how many
households101.
Target of accounts under
JanDhan Yojna- 10 crore
102.
Commonwealth games
held in?
103.
Target under PMJDY
104.
Artificial intelligence
related questions
105.
Bank borrow money from
RBI - Repo Rate
106.
Oracle is
107.
MICR
108.
Unity day
109.
2016 Olympics venue
110.
ASCII full form
111.
One question related to
GPS
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112.
ATS full form
113.
One question from RFID
chip
114.
Chip commonly known as
115.
Which of the following not
a storage? Printer
116.
Kissan credit card validity
– 5 years
117.
UNIDO headquarter
118.
G-20 Summit 2016 will
be held in – China
119.
Ajay Jayaram associated
with which game – Badminton
120.
Hindu Kush is between
which countries – Afghanistan
and Pakistan
121.
Age limit for minors to
operate saving account – 10
years
122.
Committee to Identify
'Obsolete' Laws - R. Ramanujam
123.
World Pneumonia day –
12th November
124.
Unity Day celebrated on
birth anniversary of – Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel
125.
KYC norms implemented
under - Banking Regulation Act,
1949
126.
Information and
broadcasting minister – Arun
Jaitley
127.
Capital of Cambodia –
Phnom Penh
128.
Currency of Greece –
EURO
129.
Normon gorden is a
veteran - South African bowler
130.
Lokpal selected by whom?
131.
Monetary policy regulated
by – RBI
132.
Full form of NBFC – NonBanking Finance Company
133.
Full form of NPPA National Pharmaceutical Pricing
Authority
134.
Full form of LTV – Loan To
Value
135.
Full form of IPO – Initial
Public Offering
136.
Full form of TDS - Tax
Deducted at Source
137.
Full form of FEMA –
Foreign Exchange Management
Act
138.
Full form of NAV – Net
Asset Value
139.
Kissan Vikas Patra money
doubles in – 100 months
140.
Banking ombudsman
appointed by - RBI
141.
Hand –in-Hand‖ is –
Military exercise b/w India &
China
142.
Chairman of national
women commission – Lalitha
Kumarmangalm
143.
Full form of DOS – Disk
Operating System
144.
Full form of VIRUS - Vital
Information Resources Under
Siege
145.
Full form of LSI – Large
Scale integration Computer
146.
In MOM first M stands for
- MARS
147.
Who is the author of the
book 'Playing it my way' Sachin Tendulkar
148.
Where is the capital of
Sweden? - Stockholm
149.
World chess champion
event of 2014 held in? - Sochi
150.
Where is the headquarter
of UNESCO? - Paris
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KLO is active in which
state? Assam and West Bengal
152.
What is the full form of
NPA? - Non Performing Assets
153.
Who is the lender of last
resort for banks in India? - RBI
154.
What is the full form of
URL? - Uniform Resource
Locator
155.
What is the full form of
KYC? - Know Your Customer
156.
What is the full form of
BC? -Business Correspondent
157.
Next Commonwealth
summit will be held in? - Malta
158.
Where was the venue of
APEC summit in 2014? - Beijing
159.
What is Amortization? The paying off of debt with a
fixed repayment schedule in
regular installments over a
period of time.
160.
What is the Duration of
PPF account? - 15 years
161.
LRSAM missile is
developed by India with the help
of which country? - Israel
162.
Which one of the following
is non-volatile memory?
163.
Which one of the following
is not secondary storage?
164.
In MS word the footer will
be displayed? - Bottom of the
page
165.
Which state has highest
rural population? - Uttar
Pradesh
166.
Who is named as the test
cricketer of the year? - Mitchell
Johnson
167.
Rauf dance is from which
state? - Jammu and Kashmir
168.
What is the currency of
Italy? - Euro
169.
What is the limit of free
ATM transaction under PMJDY?
-4
170.
What is the Base year for
new consumer price index? 2010
171.
Who is the current health
minister? - J.P.Nadda
172.
Where is the head-quarter
of SIDBI? - Lucknow
173.
Manmohan Singh to be
awarded by which country? Japan
174.
Study of fungi is called
as? - Mycology
175.
Which state declared 2015
as the tourism year? - Madhya
Pradesh
176.
Headquarters of ABD 177.
Head of ABD 178.
Currency of New Zealand 179.
Capital of Fiji 180.
Constituency of Kalraj
Mishra 181.
VDA Full Form 182.
NEFT Full Form
183.
State with Highest
Boundary touching 184.
Next Asian Games
185.
Kisan Vikas Patra is what
type of scheme
186.
Typhoon VongFong stuck
which country
187.
Who author graduated
from IITD and IIMA
188.
Chairman of Finance
Commission
189.
Rural and Panchayati Raj
Minister
190.
Nobel Prize Economics
191.
World Bank
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192.
Sardar Singh relates to
193.
Securities Transactions
Tax
194.
Housing for all till which
year
195.
World Standards Day
196.
Operation Lehar
197.
IRNSS 1C is of which
country
198.
ISDN Full Form
199.
WAN Full Form
200.
Hexadecimal related
201.
Which Indian film was
selected for Oscar
202.
Largest computer are 203.
Input Device
204.
CTRL+2 in MS Excel
205.
Linux is
206.
Largest Flower in the
World - Rafflesia arnoldii
207.
Environment Minister Prakash Javdekar
208.
GOAFEN - 2 is the
satellite of which country - China
209.
ARSAT satellite belong to
which country - ARGENTINA
210.
Which symbol when
entered in excel cell is
considered to be formula - =
211.
Java is what language Programming
212.
MS DOS is what command line interface
213.
Information travels as
what through network or
internet - Packets
214.
Bold shortcut - Ctrl + B
215.
Keys pressed when you
want to bring up task manager
to end a task - Ctrl + Alt + Del
216.
UNICEF Headquarter New York
217.
Mortgage are which type
of property - Property Types
218.
ICC ODI Captain of the
year - Mahendra Singh Dhoni
219.
Ritu Rani is related to
which sports - Hockey
220.
Which game held in Inch
eon - Asian Games
221.
NBFC is regulated by SEBI
222.
One byte has how many
bits - 8
223.
Capital of Malaysia Kuala Lumper
224.
Japan currency - Yen
225.
Indian army helped for
Jammu & Kashmir known as?
Megh Rahat
226.
KIRAN is made for Women Scientist
227.
Sponsor of RRB Banks Public Sector Banks
228.
UIDAA Deadline - March
2015
229.
Which of the following is
Indirect tax?
230.
National Education day 11th November
231.
Certificate of
commencement of business is for
which type of org 232.
GDP full form - Gross
Domestic Product
233.
What is balance sheet?
234.
Which is Not comes under
negotiable instrument
235.
VDU full form - Video
Display Unit
236.
DVD full form - Digital
Versatile Disk
237.
GUI full form - Graphical
User Interface
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EPROM full form Erasable Programmable Read
Only Memory
UIIC Assistant Exam GK Questions January 2015:
1. Kepler K2 is used for what
purpose? - Second Light Mission
in Solar system
2. Jean Tirole won economics Nobel
for what? - Market power and
regulation
3. RTI reply is received withinhow
many days? - 30 days
4. Who is the Union Law & Justice
Minister? - Sadananda Gowda
5. What is the currency of
Denmark? - Krone
6. Who is the Author of
theImmortals of Meluha? Amish Tripathi
7. Who won China Open Series
men's single title 2014? K.Srikanth
8. Who won US Open Men's single
in 2014? - Marin Cilic
9. Who won International
Children's Peace Prize? - Neha
Gupta
10. IMF headquarter is located in? Washington DC
11. What was the India-Aus
hockeyTest series result? - India
beat Australia by 3-1
12. Headquater of world bank ?
Washington DC
13. Bhavanisagar Dam in which
State- Tamil Nadu
14. LED Full Form- Light emitting
Diode
15. Highest Sports Award in IndiaRajiv Ghandi Khel Ratna
16. What is SIP in Mutual FundSystematic Investment Plan
17. Arjun Award in Boxing was given
to - Jai Bhagwan and Manoj
Kumar
18. Rate of interest on Saving
Account is decided by- Individual
banks
19. Dada Saheb Phalke Award given
in 2014 to whom- Gulzar
20. G-20 summit -Brisbane,Australia
21. Banks USe CTS cheque of ?- CTS
2010
22. Ganga river originate from which
State- Uttarakhand
23. Minimum income for E-filing
(Income Tax) - Rs. 5 lakh
24. Where recently modi ji
inaugurated statue of mahatma
gandhi?- Australia
25. KVP can be issued in
denominations of
1000,5000,10,000 and----------?
26. Piichola lake ? - Udaipur
27. China has recently announced
that it has completed a major
hydropower dam on the Yarlung
Zangbo river in Tibet. In India
this reiver is known by which
name - Brahmaputra
28. PAN card is mandatory for
Immovable Property transactions
above what amount ?
29. 1 of 5 ambassadors for World
Cup 2015 From India - Virat
Kohli
30. India and which country recently
agreed to the 900 MW Arun III
project on Arun river - Nepal
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23. When is "Human Rights Day"
observed? 10 Dec
24. Ongc dealt with which company
for New Zealand oil and gas
search mission - Chevron
25. Asian of the year 2014 Narendra Modi
26. In Kisan Vikas Patra, money to
be doubled in? 100 months
27. Brazil Olympic 2016 mascot Vinicius
28. Vishwanathan defeated whom to
win in London Championship?
Michael Adams
29. ECGC full form? Export Credit
Guarantee Corporation of India
Ltd.
30. Kouron Space Station in? French
Guinea
31. Ireland Capital? Dublin
32. Euro 2016 venue? - France
33. Deodhar trophy is related to?
Cricket
34. Bhuwaneshwar Kumar is related
to? Cricket
35. World Snooker Championship
venue? Crucible Theatre (UK)
36. Neft full form - National
Electronic Funf Transfer
37. Bank sale insurance –
Bancassurance
38. Three resistance of 8 ohm in
series,their total resistance - 24
ohm
39. If we add one more resistance in
parallel arrangement,then effect
on current
increase,decrease,remain same?
40. Carnot cycle efficiency depends
on - temperature
41. Second law of thermodynamics
defines - entropy
1. Majority of shares in UIIC?
2. Khajurao is situated at? MP
3. UN Food Program Headquarter?
- Rome, Italy
4. Indira gandhi peace prize 2014?
- ISRO
5. Hockey championship runner
up? Pakistan
6. BRICS Bank Headquarters Shanghai, China
7. FAO Headquarters - Italy, Rome
8. French Republic Currency - Euro
9. Antodya Diwas - 25th September
10. PWD Day - Dec 3
11. Pillars of BASEL - II - Market
Discipline
12. IRDA is what type of regulatory
body? Statutory Body
13. Census 2011..indias population
is wht % of total population?
17.5
14. Ing vysa insurance new name?
Exide Life insurance
15. JK rowling has written a book
with another name,name of that
writer-Robert Galbraith
16. Pfrda which type of organisation
? Regulatory Body
17. Telengana is bordered by how
many states?
18. Meaning of equity share.
19. Currency of Greece - Eoru
20. Commercial paper valid for -1
year
21. Defence minister - Manohar
Parikar
22. FIBA is related to which sports?
Basketball
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42. Work in free expansion process zero
43. Two force of 3 and 4 N are acting
perpendicular to each other than
their resultant force - 5N
44. Transformer works on Electromagnetic Priciple
45. Main gases responsible for green
house effect - Co2 and CO
46. Chlorofluorocarbon releases
which gas,harmful for ozone
layer - Chlorine
47. Seamless tube making process –
extrusion
48. Capital of Germany - Berlin
49. Great Himalaya National Park is
situated at? Kullu, Himachal
Pradesh
50. Snooker champion: Mark Selby
51. Satellite launched by china in
association with which country US
52. Pune university named as Savitri
Bai Phule University
53. Global partner of ICC Cricket
World Cup 2015 - MRF
54. Lifetime chievement award to
which singer recently - Asha
Bhisle
55. Headquater of International
Labour Organisation - Geneva
56. Which Australian opener
cricketer completed 1000 runs in
2014 - David Warner
57. Asean summit held at? Nay Pyi
Taw, Myanmar
58. 'G' in GST stands for? Goods
59. Which country has highest
literacy rate - Russia
60. Venue of SAARC summit 2014 ?
- Kathmandu
61. One ques on PMJDY ?
62. NAV fullform ? - Net Asset Value
63. One question on GDP ?
64. Capital of combodia ? - Phnom
Penh
65. Currency of Germany ? - Euro
66. Forward market commission is
which type of body ? – Statutory
67. Big Cinemas is now owned by ? Carnival Group
68. NICL max share owned by whom
? - Govt. of India
69. ―Good Governance Day‖
celebrated on whose birthday ? Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Madan
Mohan Malviya
70. What does A stands for in WMA Advance
71. What is the full form of Nbfc Non Banking Financial Company
72. International Mountain day 11th January
73. Who is the Union Minister of
Rural Development, Panchayati
Raj, Sanitation & Drinking
Water? - Ch. Birender Singh
74. Noble prize literature award Patrick Modiano
75. Canada capital -Ottawa
76. oman currancy - Riyal
77. Who were the first siblings to
scale seven tallest peaks in 7
continents? -Tashi, Nungshi
Malik
78. Who was the 14th PM of India?Dr. Manmohan Singh
79. ―Ebola‖ named after whom ? - A
river in Democratic Republic of
Congo
80. PV Sindhu defeated which player
recently to win Macau Open? Kim Hyo Min
81. Nobel Prize in Economics ? Jean Tirole
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82. IT minister in Cabinet of
Ministers ? - Ravi Shankar
Prasad
83. Dramatic decade written by? Dr. Pranab Mukherjee
84. Ritu rani belongs to which
sports? - Hockey
85. Nalanda university is in which
state? - Bihar
86. Which is the Largest river after
Ganga in India - Godavari
87. Who enjoys majority shares in
UIICL
88. Who wrote "the NAMO story" Kingshuk Nag
89. World Energy Comservation day
is celebrated on ? - 14 December
90. NRE mein R stands for ? Resident
91. On question on sansad adarsh
gram yojna ?
92. Headquater of Interpol ? - Lyonn,
France
8. who defined the word geography?
9. rbc s are produced in which part of
the body? bone marrow
10. chemical components in an human
tear. sodium chloride and some other
combination
11. which would control nuclear
fusion/ fission reaction? boron or heavy
water
12. china s rank in world press freedom
index? 173 i think
13. question on hard water and the
soap lather stuff?
14. operation new dawn - afganistan
srilanka iran sudan. Afgan i think
15. not a nucleon - positron
16. nobel prize chemistry 2012 - for
studies of G-protein-coupled receptors
NICL AO Questions Asked in
December 2013
All The Best for NIACL NICL Exams 2015
1. Lalit kala acdamy chairman? KK
Chakravarty
Share Your Views/Suggestions
2. Napolean of india: samudragupta
[email protected]
3. varahamihira wrote a book "brihat
samhita", is realated with? astronomy
4. The onge tribal belongs to - little
andaman
5. India 2020 is written by? APJ Kalam
6. In which month, 80% of sugarcane is
grown?
7. which tax contributes more revenue
to india? service import ..
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