RBI released its monetary policy statement in which left the short-term lending rate

and the cash reserve ratios were unchanged. What was an important aspect associated
with announcement of this policy statement? This was RBIs first bimonthly
monetary policy statement

Which communication satellite of India expired recently after being in the orbit for
around ten-and-a-half years? -INSAT-3E

Which country was forbidden from whale-hunting and grant of further whaling
permits by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in its judgment? Japan

Nancy Powell, who resigned as the Ambassador of the United States to India, was
appointed Ambassador in which year? In 2012

Which government department of India was chosen for UN Environment Programmes
(UNEPs) prestigious ECA Ozone Protection Award for Customs & Enforcement
Officers? - Directorate of RevenueIntelligence

Who was appointed as the third arbitrator in the dispute between Reliance Industries
Limited (RIL) and the petroleum ministry by the Supreme Court - James Spigelman

What is the name of the 14-year old Indian-American student who came to limelight
after he suggested to the US government that it could save $136 million a year by
simply switching fonts from Times New Roman to Garamondin government
printing? - SuvirMirchandani

Who took over as the new Chairman of Tata group firm Trent Ltd - Noel N Tata

The Reserve Bank of India granted in-principle approval of bank licences to which
two entitites IDFCLimited and Bandhan Financial Services Private Limited

The Finance Ministry released a draft of the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) which focuses
on raising more revenue from high net worth individuals, while leaving the slabs
unchanged for others. In this draft high slab of income-tax has been proposed for
individuals and Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) belonging to super- rich category.
What is the criterion of income for this super-rich category? Annual income
above Rs.10 crore

What is the proposed tax slab for super-rich individuals and Hindu Undivided Family
(HUF) inthe draft of the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) 35%

What is the proposed additional tax on those earning over Rs 1 crore through dividend
income in the draft of the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) 10%

According to the latest Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) findings for 2011-
12, which state of India had the maximum number of factories Tamil Nadu

Oil Ministry recently rejected British energy major BP plcs application for which
category of fuel market, for which the company had submitted its application through
BP Explorer (Alpha) Ltd during December 2013 Aviation Fuel market or
Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) market

What is the approximate number of US citizens who signed up for President Barack
Obamas highly ambitious health care programme? 7.1 million

Which countries highest court gave official recognition to a third category of sex
other than male or female? Australia

Which firm became the first Indian retail e-commerce to file for an initial public
offering (IPO) on NASDAQ and to be listed on this US stock exchange?
HomeShop18

Who was appointed as the new Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
R. Gandhi

The UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) stated that the
number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has reached a new milestone mark. The
UNHCR also called it a devastating milestone for the tiny Arab country with depleted
resources and an explosive sectarian mix of its own. What milestone is this? 1
million

Which international drug manufacturer took Indian firm Biocon to court for allegedly
infringing the patent on one of its diabetes drug? Novartis AG

Union Minister K. Sambasiva Rao, who tendered his resignation to the Prime
Minister, was holding which portfolio? Union Textiles Minister

Which internationally-renowned tracking system made its debut in Indian badminton
circuit at the on-going India Open Super Series in New Delhi? Hawk-
Eye technology

Who is heading the 5-member committee constituted to recommend a site for the
capital of successor state of Andhra Pradesh following the formation of Telangana?
K. Sivaramakrishnan

An Indian rocket carrying the countrys second navigation satellite, IRNSS-
1B, successfully placed this satellite in earths orbit. What is the name of the ISRO
rocket which took IRNSS-1B into space? PSLV-C24

What is the name of the Indian-American who was nominated by US President
Barack Obama to a key administration post as the US Alternate Executive Director at
the International Monetary Fund (IMF)? Sunil Sabharwal

What is the name of the CEO and co-founder of Mozilla (which makes the popular
Firefox web-browser), who resigned recently following protests over his support of a
gay marriage ban in California? BrendanEich

A vast liquid ocean was found on which moon of Saturn by NASAs Cassini probe as
published by Science magazine? Enceladus

What is the name of the Prime Minister of Hungary who was declared victorious in
the Hungarian parliamentary election? - Viktor Orban

Approximately how much amount worth of tax evasions was detected during fiscal-
year 2013- 14 by the Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI)?
Rs. 8,000 crore

Indias foreign exchange (forex) reserves soared by $5.03 billion to $303.67 billion
for the week ended 28 march 2014. What was the last time when the reserves were
over the $300 billion mark? December 2011

Who was crowned as the new Miss India in the 51st Femina Miss India contest, which
culminated in April 2014 at Mumbai? - KoyalRana Jaipur

Which country won the ICC T-20 Womens World Cup 2014, final of which was
played in April 2014? .Australia

Which company will acquire Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited for $3.2 billion, as
announced by the two companies? Sun Pharmaceuticals Limited

Who gave Sahara Force India team its second podium finish by coming third in the
Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix 2014? - Sergio Perez of Mexico

Who won the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix 2014 title? - Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain)
for Mercedes Team

What is the name of the biblical epic movie which was banned by Malaysia and
Indonesia for its visual depiction of the prophet? Noah

Which two international cement companies announced their merger, which would
now create worlds largest cement manufacturing company? Holcim of
Switzerland and Lafarge of France

In an important decision, the Union Govt. decided to allow use of bulls in south
Indias famous Jallikattu festivals by amending the list of animals prohibited from
being trained for performances. While allowing the use of bulls in Jallikattu, the govt.
emphasized on the historic, cultural and religious significance of the event. Jallikattu
festival is held in which South-Indian state? Tamil Nadu

Indian Navy during April 2014 sold its now decommissioned first aircraft carrier ship
to a ship-breaking company of Mumbai for Rs. 63.2 crore. What is the name of this
iconic ship which was commissioned into the India Navy in 1961 and was
decommissioned in 1997? INS Vikrant

What is the name of the Venezuelan daredevil who during April 2014 set a new
Guinness record for skydiving 14,000 feet with worlds smallest parachute? Ernesto
Gainza

Who won the mens singles title of the Yonex-Sunrise India Open Badminton 2014?
Lee Chong Wei ofMalaysia

What is the name of a new tool launched by Internet giant Google as part of its
elections portal offering which will give citizens access to relevant information about
political candidates contesting from their constituency and their incumbent Member
of Parliament? Know your candidate

Who took over as the new Chairman of software industry association NASSCOM?
R Chandrasekaran

Which North-eastern state capital became the second in the region to have rail-
connectivity? Itanagar

Which English Premier League club was denied the permission to change its name by
the Football Association Council (FAC)? Hull City

Which Indian brand was the only Indian retail brand to be listed in the 30 Best Retail
Brands in Asia Pacific of the prestigious Inter brands Best Retail Brands list for
2013? Tanishq

What is the name of the famous character featured in the iconic Archie Comics,
whose character will end in the forthcoming issue of this comic as announced?
Archie Andrews

Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha appointed as the next Chief Justice of India, who will
succeed Justice Sathasivam, will be .Chief Justice of India? 41
st


How much amount was collected by Indias largest banking group the State Bank of
India (SBI) recently in overseas debt sale through a dual tranche bond programme,
which make it the largest ever offering from a domestic issuer? - $1.25 billion

What is the name of the deadly virus for which the Computer Emergency Response
Team of India (CERT- In) issued an advisory to all Internet users in the
country? Heartbleed

Which leading banking luminary was appointed as the special advisor of the interim
President of BCCI-IPL Sunil Gavaskar? Deepak Parekh, Chairman of HDFC

British telecom major Vodafone Group took full control of its Indian unit by buying
the remaining 10.97% stake in the unit. This stake was acquired from which
enterprise? - Piramal Enterprises

Which international financial institution completed its first global rupee bond
programme worth $ 1 billion? -International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Renowned poet-lyricist and filmmaker Gulzar was selected for the prestigious Dada
SahebPhalke award for 2013. He would be 45th recipient of this award. What is the
real name of Gulzar? Sampooran SinghKalra

India retained the top spot in the world in foreign exchange remittances from its
migratory workforce during 2013. How much remittance was received by India
during the year? $70 billion (India was followed byChina ($60 billion),
Philippines ($25 billion)

According to a series of papers published recently in the Lancet Oncology journal,
what is the reason for 40% of all types of cancers in India? Tobacco use

Which un seeded player shocked badmintons world number one Lee Chong Wei to
win the Singapore Open title for 2014? Simon Santoso of Indonesia

Indian Navys decommissioned submarine INS Vagli would be established as a
permanent exhibit at which historic town of Tamil Nadu? Mamallapuram

Who became the 5th Indian-born person to win the prestigious Pulitzer Prize?
Vijay Seshadri

In a landmark judgement the Supreme Court gave the recognition of third gender to
trans genders and asked the Centre to treat trans genders as socially and
economically backward so as to enable them to get reservations in jobs and
education. This ruling was given on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by which
entity? The National Legal Services Authority NALSA

A new round of India-China Strategic Dialogue was held at Beijing between Foreign
Secretary Sujatha Singh and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin. The talks
aimed at maintaining the momentum of India-China relations and implementing
agreements reached at the leadership level. These talks were which round of the India-
ChinaStrategic Dialogue series? 6
th


Who was appointed the new Finance Secretary? ArvindMayaram

Which team won the National T20 title for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy? Baroda

What is the title of the book written by former Coal Secretary P.C. Parakh in which he
claimed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singhs inability to take on vested interests
led to the coal block row? Crusader orConspirator: Coalgate and other truths

Usha International, the leading household consumer durables company, has become
the official partners of which franchisee team for the 7th season of the Indian Premier
League (IPL)? Mumbai Indians

Which member of the Commonwealth organisation recently announced its decision to
withhold funding to the Commonwealth Secretariat, pointing to the Secretariats
silence on alleged war crimes and rights abuse in Sri Lanka? Canada

New Chief of the Indian Navy: Robin K Dhowan 22
nd


Which film was selected as the Best Film for 61st National Film Awards announced?
Ship of Theseus

Which noted director was the Chairman of the 11-member 61st National Film Awards
selection committee which announced the winners? Saeed Akhtar Mirza

Pakistan became the fourth country to publish name and shame tax directory in a bid
to embarrass tax evaders.Cash-strapped Pakistan published its first tax directory
showing income tax details of all its registered taxpayers. Which are the other three
countries who already follow this practice? Sweden,Finland and Norway

With the implementation of new Companies Act, a majority of the top 200 listed
companies will need to change their auditors over the next three years. According to
the new Companies Act, it is now mandatory for the companies to change their
auditors after how many years? 10 years

U.S. President Barack Obama signed a law that allows Washington to deny visas to
anyone (including United Nations envoys) who has engaged in terrorist acts against
the United States. This law would apparently deny a visa to Irans designated
ambassador to the New York-based United Nations. What is the name of this Iranian
diplomat? Hamid Abutalebi

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Nobel Prize winning Latin-American author, who passed
away, was citizen of which Latin American country? Colombia

In a surprising development Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung announced
backing out from hosting the Asian Games of 2019. Which Vietnamese city was to
host the 18th edition of Asian Games? Hanoi

What is the name of Indian Navys Vice-Admiral, who put in his papers seeking
voluntary retirement after his junior Admiral RK Dhowan superseded him to take
over as Navy chief? Shekhar Sinha

What is the date for providing permanent or universal account numbers (UAN) to
subscribers of retirement fund body Employees. Provident Fund Organisation.s
(EPFO) as stated by the body recently? 15 October2014

Who won the Chinese F1 Grand Prix? Mercedes Lewis Hamilton

Noted Indian woman squash player JoshnaChinappa defeated Australias former
world champion Rachael Grinham in the final of which inaugural tournament to win
the title? Richmond Open

Which international Drug Company announced a multi-billion dollar revamp plan in
which it will swap assets with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and will sell some business to
Eli Lilly? Novartis AG

Which state has achieved the highest rate of increase in the number of electors in the
country in the past five years as stated in the electoral data released early this year?
Tamil Nadu

Which football club recently created history by winning the I-League title in their
debut season? Bengaluru FC

What is the name of NASAs Moon probe which recently crashed into the lunar
surface thus closing the six- month mission? Lunar Atmosphere and Dust
Environment Explorer LADEE

What is the new name of leading confectionary and chocolate manufacturer Cadbury
India Limited which was adopted by the company recently? Mondelez India Foods
Ltd.

What was the name of the naval exercise conducted by Chinas Peoples Liberation
Army (PLA) to celebrate 65th anniversary of its Navy in which naval ships from India
and Pakistan also participated? Maritime Cooperation 2014

The Supreme Court set up a four-member committee for framing guidelines to
prevent misuse of public funds by the government and its authorities in giving
advertisements in newspapers and television to get political mileage. The court ruled
that substantive guidelines are needed to regulate such advertisements at the cost of
public exchequer. The order to constitute this committee was passed while the apex
court heard a public interest litigation (PIL) by two NGOs. Which two NGOs are
these? Common Cause and Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL)

What is the name given to the newest mineral discovered recently in Australia?
Putnisite

Indian Air Force (IAF) has initiated a project for DNA profiling of its personnel,
selecting a high-risk group of air crew that undertakes dangerous missions for the first
round. Under this project the DNA samples of nearly 2,500 crew members who face
potential threat to life during everyday operations are being collected. A database of
the DNA records will be established at which place? Pune

Sherpa guides, who assist in undertaking summit expeditions to Mt. Everest in Nepal,
started the boycott of climbing season for 2014. These guides packed up their tents
and left Mount Everests base camp. What is the reason for their boycott? To honour
the death of 16 of their colleagues who were killed in the deadliest avalanche ever
recorded on the mountain

Supreme Court constituted a 5-member committee to look after the administration of
Keralas SreePadmanabhaswamy temple. With this the main trustee of the temple was
asked to hand over the keys to all secret vaults to the new committee. This order was
given based on a report by which famous lawyer, in which it was alleged that the
trustees had failed very miserably in bringing transparency in managing the affairs of
the temple? Gopal Subramaniam

Who took over as the head of 5-member temple administration committee of
SreePadmanabhaswamy temple, Thiruvananthapuram? K.P. Indira

NTT Docomo recently announced its decision to exit the Indian telecom market by
selling its entire stake in its Indian joint-venture partner Tata Teleservices Limited
(TTSL). The two entities were operating in the Indian market with the Tata Docomo
brand name. NTT Docomo is which countrys No.1 telecom company? Japan

The South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won offered to resign over which
issue? After criticism of the governments response to the ferry disaster

Microsoft completed the acquisition of Nokias Devices & Services business. The
deal, which was announced in September 2013 means Nokias mobile business has
become a subsidiary of Microsoft. What is the name of this subsidiary? Nokia
Mobile

Which country was rated lowest for average internet speed in the Asia Pacific region
in a recently conducted study done by US firm Akamai? India

Which country overtook Mauritius as the top gateway of money being brought in by
overseas investors through the foreign direct investment (FDI) into Indian markets?
The United States

The United States signed Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement with which
country, which would give American forces temporary access to selected military
camps and allow them to preposition fighter jets and ships?The Philippines

The 15th edition of IIFA was held from 24 to 26 April 2016 at Tampa Bay, Florida

Which two former Popes were declared Saints by the Pope Francis at the Vatican?
John XXIII and JohnPaul II

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) entered into a historic agreement with
which organisation to use the power of sports to promote peace and economic
development? The United Nations UN

Which India-born business leader was appointed as the new CEO and President of
Nokia? RejeevSuri

Three leading mobile operators got relief from the Telecom Dispute Settlement
Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) after it allowed intra-circle roaming deals for 3G
services. The Department of Telecom had issued orders in March 2013 to stop 3G
services in circles where these operators did not have spectrum. Which three operators
are these? Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafon

Which famous American bank came to news recently for miscalculating a measure of
the capital on its books which reduced its capital level by $4 billion? Bank of
America

Approximately how many investors were lost by Indias mutual fund industry during
the last financial year (2013-14)as disclosed in recently released SEBI data? 33 lakh

Former Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Norman Anil Kumar Browne was appointed
Indias next Ambassador to which country? Norway

Actress to win Padma Shri Award Nargis Dutt(1958)
Architect Maha Govinda (5 th B.C)
Atomic Station Tarapore Power Staion Near Mumbai
Aryabatta medal Winner K R Ramanathan(1977)
Bank in India Bank of Hindustan
Bharat Rathna Winner C.Rajagopalachari

British Governor General of Free
India
Lord Mountbatten(Aug15, 1947-June 20,1948)
Captain of Test Cricket C K Nayudu(1932)
Century in Test cricket Lala Amarnath(1933-1934
Chairman of Rajya Sabah S V Krishnamurty
Chevalier Award Winner Shivaji Ganesan
Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen
Chief Justice Of India Hiralal J Kania(1950-1951)
Chief of Air Staff Sir Thomas Elmhirst(1947-1950)
Chief of Army Staff M Rajendra Sinhji(April1,1955-May 14,1955)
Chief of Army Staff to die in harness B C Joshi
Chief of Coast Guard V A Kamath(1978-1980)
Chief of Naval Staff R D Katari(1958-1962)
College Fort William College ,Calcutta
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Commander in Chief K M Cariappa(1949-1953)
Cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma(1984)
Cricketer to have batted in all
positions
VInoo Mankad(1 to 11)
Dada Saheb Palke Award winner Devika Rani Roerich(1969)
Dancer to perform abroad Uday Shankar
Deputy Prime Minister Sardar Vallabhai Patel(1947-1950)
Emperor of Mughal Dynasty Babar(1526-1530)
English Song My Heart is Beating from Julie(1974)
Electric Train In Mumbai Between Mumbai V T and Kurla(in
1925)
Engineering College Thompson College ,Roorkee
Eye Hospital Chennai Eye Hospital
Field Marshal S H F J Maneshaw(1973)
First Colour Film Can-Can Dance
First indigenous Film Pundalik made by R G Torney and N G Chitre
First Talkie Film Alam Ara by Ardeshir Irani(1931)
First Animated Film On A Moon Lit Night by R C Bora
First Hollywood film dubbed in
Hindi
Jurassic Park
First Sanskrit Film Shankaracharya
First Child Star Bhalachandar(Son of Dada saheb Pahalke)
First Female Child Star Mandakini (Daughter of Dada sahib Phalke)
Film Star Chief Minister M G Ramachandran(Tamil Nadu,1977)
Finance Minister of Free India R K Shanmughan Cetty(1947)
Finance Minister to present the
Budget 3 times in a row
Man Mohan Singh(1993,94,95)
Foreign Bank in India Chartered Bank
Finix Award winner Sr. P C Sorcar
Geometer Baudhyana ,sulva sutras(800 B C)
General Elections In 1952
Governer General Of British India Wareen Hastings(1773-1785)
Governer-general of Free India C Rajagopalachari(June 1948-Jan 1950)
Grammarian Panini,Ashtadhyaayi
Helms Award winner Kunwar Digvijay Singh Babu(1952)
Home Minister Vallabhai Patel(1946)
ICS Officer Satyendranath Tagore
Indian Woman President of
Indian National Congress
Sarojini Naidu(1952


J C Bose Medal Winner V Ramalingaswami
Jain Tirthankara Rishabha Dev
Jana pith Award winner G Sankara Kurup(Odakuzhal),1965
Lady of the Indian Film Devika Rani Roerich
Lata Mangeshkar Award Winner Naushad ,1984
Library William Carey Library at Serampore in 1800
Law University National Law school of India, Bangalore
Law giver Manu smriti(3100 B C )
Man to Climb Mount Everest Tenzing Norgay(with Edmund Hillary,1953)
Man to Reach across English
Channel
Mihir Sen(1966)
Male Child Star Bhalachandra (Son of Dadasaheb Phalke)
Medical College Medical College, Bengal(Now Calcutta Medical
College) (By Lord William Bentinck jan28,1935)
Man to win individual Olympic
Medal
K D Jadhav(Bronze on Wrestling-Helsinki
Olympics,1952)
Managing Director of World bank Gautam Kaji(1995)
Member of British Parliament Dadabhai Naoroji(1862)
Member of Viceroys Executive
Council
Sir S P Sinha(1909)
Missiles-First tactical surface to
surface missile
Prithvi
Short range surface to air missile Trishul
Intermidiate range ballistic
missile
Agni
Long Range multiple target
missile
Akash
Missile firing Submarine INS Sindhushastra(July 19,2000)
Miss Universe Sushmita Sen(1994)
Miss World Riet Faria
Musician to get Padma Bhushan
and Padma Vibhushan
M S Subbulakshmi(1954-1975)
Musician to get Raman
Magsaysay Award
M S Subbulakshmi(1974)
Naval Ships-First Missile Boat INS Vinash
First Frigate INS Khukri
Tanker INS Shakti
Indigenous Ship INS Magar
First frigate with modern guided
missiles
INS Godavari
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Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant
National Anthem(First Sung) First sung on Dec 27,1911 at Kolkatta session of
Indian National Congress
National Flag(First Hoisted) At Green Park,Kolkatta,on Aug 7,1906 by
Surendranath Bannerji
Newspaper The Bengal Gazatte
First Vernacular Paper Samachar Darpan(in Bengali from Serampore
on May 31,1818)
Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore,Gitanjali(1913)
Open University Andhra Open University
Oscar Winner Bhanu Athaiya
Pilot J R D Tata ,Tata Airlines(1929)
Post Office(First GPO) At Fort St.George Square,Chennai
Post office outside the country At Dakshin Gangotri on Antarctica
Post office Stamp Designer Captain H L Thuillier ,Deputy surveyor of
General,Kolkatta
State to Issue Stamp Kathiawar in saurashtra(now Gujarat state)
Stamp Honouring a National
Leader
Mahatma Gandhi on August 15,1948
Postoffice-first Airmail Allahabad to Naini on Feb 18,1911
Presentation of Budget R K Shanmugham cettty,Finance Minister(1947)
President Rajendra Prasad(1950-1962)
President of Indian National
Congress
W C Banerjee(1885)
President of International Court of
Justice
Nagendra Singh(1970)
President to die in Harness Zakir Hussain
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru(1947-1964)
Prime Minister to die in Harness Jawaharlal Nehru(1964)
Prime Minister to resign from
office
Morarji Desai(1979)
Prime Minister who did not face
parliament
Chaudary charan singh(July28,1979-Jan 14,1980)
Raman Magsaysay Award
Winner
Vinoba Bhave(1958)
Recipient of World Food Prize M S Swaminathan
Satellite Aryabhatta
Experimental Geostationary
Satellite
APPLE(Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment)
Satellite Launch Vehicle SLV-3
Earth-cum-communication
Satellite
INSAT-1A
Solar-Powered Station Yedakumeri(on Hasan-mangal Section)
Slave Ruler of India Qutub-ud-din Aibak(1206-1210)
Speaker in Hindi at the UN Atal Bihari Vajpayee(1977)
Speaker of Lok Sabah Ganesh Vasudeo Mavalankar(1952-1957)
Subscriber Telephone Dialling
(STD)
Between Lukcnow and Kanpur(Nov 26 ,1960)
First Telephone exchange In Mumbai by Oriental Telephone Co. on Jan
30,1882
Automatic telephone Exchange At Shimla in 1914
International subscribers
Dialling(ISD)
Between Mumbai and London in 1976
Telegraphs and telephones(first
telegraph line)
From kolkatta to Diamond Harbour, a distance of
33.8 km in 1838 by William B.Oshaughnessy,an
Irish Professor at Calcutta Medical College
Telex Exchange Mumbai and Ahmedabad in 1953
Test-Tube Baby Baby Harsha or Indira(1986)
Train Journey(First) Mumbai to Thane(a distance of 34 km)on April
16,1853
First Electric Train In Mumbai between Mumbai And Kurla(in 1925)
First Metro train At Kolkatta
First Super Fast Train Rajdhani Express between New Delhi And
Howrah
First Railway Company East Indian Railway Company and Great Indian
Peninsular railway Company
Use of Indelible Ink Third Lok sabha Elections in 1962
Vice-President S Radhakrishnan
Viceroy of India Lord Canning(1858-1862)
Woman(Muslim)Ruler of India Razia Sulthan(1236-1240)
Woman Ambassador Vijayalakshmi Pandit(U S S R, 1947-1949)
Woman central Minister Raj Kumari Amrit(health)
Woman chairperson of NFDC Hema Malini
Woman Chief justice of high
court
Leila Seth(Himachal Pradesh,1991)
Woman Chief Minister Sucheta Kripalani(Uttar Pradesh)
Woman to Win Nobel Prize Mother Teresa
Woman Secretary General of
Rajya Sabha
V S Ramadevi(1993)
Woman IAS Officer Anna Rajan Goeorge(1950)
Woman IPS Officer Kiran Bedi(1974)
Woman Jana pith Award winner Ashapurna Devi, Prathama Pratishruti(1976)
Woman Judge of Supreme Court Meera Sahib Fatima beevi(1989)
Woman Minister of State Vijayalakshmi Pandit(Uttar Pradesh 1937)
Woman Pilot (Indian Airlines) Durba Banerjee(1966-1988)
Woman President of Indian
National Congress
Annie Besant(1917)
Woman President of UN General
Assembly
Vijayalakshmi Pandit(1953)
Woman Prime Minister Indira Gandhi(1966-1977,1980-1984)
Woman to Climb Mount Everest Bachendri Pal(1984)
Woman to Perform a solo flight Harita Kaur Doel(1994)
Woman Sahitya Akademi Award
Winner
Amrita Pritam,Sunehre(1956)
Woman Shehnai Player Bageswari Gamar
Woman to Swim across English
Channel
Arati saha(1959)
Woman to swim across the strait
of Gibraltar
Arti Pradhan
Woman to Win an Asian Gold Kamaljit Sandhu(1970)
Woman to win individual
Olympic Medal
Karanam Malleshwari (Bronze in Weightlifting
sydney Olympics 2000)
Woman to win a Grand Slam Sania mirja(wimbledon 2003)
Woman to go in space Dr.Kalpana Chawla(Nov 1997)
Women University Indian Womens University,Pune
Womens Hospital Muslim Maternity and Zenana
Hospital,Hyderabad
Womens College Bethune College,Kolkatta
Woman Doctor Dr.Kandambani Ganguli
Woman Advocate and Barrister Cornelia sorabjee
Womens University Indian Womens University,Pune(founded by D
K Karve)



: : : Tallest, Highest, Largest, Longest, Biggest, Deepest and Smallest in
the World : : :

Tallest
Tallest building - Burj Khalifa in Dubai

Tallest road
- Khardungla Pass (Leh Manali,
India)

Khardungla Pass (Leh
Manali, India)
Tallest fountain - Fountain Hills, Arizona
Tallest free standing structure
(Tower)
- CN Tower, Toronto (Canada)

Tallest tree - The Redwood Tree

The Redwood Tree
Tallest Railway line - Quin - Hai - Tibet (China)
Tallest animal - Giraffe

Tallest office building
- Petronas Twin Tower
(Malaysia)

Petronas Twin Tower
(Malaysia)
Tallest bridge
- Royal Gorge Arkansas,
America)
Tallest Statue - Statue of Motherland (USSR)

Sultan Hassan Mosque
(Egypt)
Tallest Minaret
- Sultan Hassan Mosque
(Egypt)
Highest
Highest Plateau - Tibet

Qinghai - Tibet
Highest Railway - Qinghai - Tibet
Highest Airport - Lhasa Airport (Tibet)

Highest Town - Wenchuan (Tibet)

Highest Mountain Peak - Mt. Everest (Nepal)
Highest Mountain - Himalaya

Highest Lake - Titicaca (Bolivia)

Titicaca (Bolivia)
Highest Continent - Antartica
Highest Waterfall - Angel Falls (Venezuela)

Highest Active Volcano - Guayathiri (Chile)

Highest Volcano - Cotopaxy (Ecuador)
Highest Railway Station - Condor Station (Bolivia)

Highest River Bridge - Royal Gorge (Colorado)
Highest Road Bridge - Bailey bridge built by the Indian
Army at Khardungla (Ladakh)
Highest Bridge - Milau (France)

Milau (France)
Highest Capital City - La Paz (Bolivia)

Largest
Largest Animal - Blue Whale

Blue Whale
Largest Land Animal - The African Bush Elephant
Largest Archipelago - Indonesia

Largest Airport - King Khalid International
Airport (Riyadh - Saudi Arabia)
Largest Continent - Asia

Largest gulf - Gulf of Mexico

Gulf of Mexico
Largest Ocean - Pacific
Largest River - Amazon

Largest Island - Greenland

Amazon
Largest River Basin - Amazon
Largest Lake (Salt Water) - Caspian sea

Largest Lake (Fresh Water)
- Lake Superior (North
America)
Largest Artificial Lake - Lake Mead at Hoover Dam
(USA)
Largest bay - Hudson Bay (North Canada)

Largest Gorge - Grand Canyon (USA)

Grand Canyon (USA)
Largest Sea - South China Sea
Largest Delta - Sundarbans (India &

Bangladesh)
Largest Peninsula - Arabia

Largest Country (In Area) - Russia

Largest Country (In
Population)
- China

Largest Temple - Angkorwat (Cambodia)

Angkorwat (Cambodia)
Largest Church - St.Peter's Basilica, (Rome)
Largest Mosque
- Sha Faisal Mosque
(Islamabad)
Largest Embassy - Russian Embassy (Beijing)

Largest Democracy - India

India
Largest Electorate - India
Largest War Plane - Mirage (France)

Largest Prison - Kharkov (Russia)

Largest Hotel - MGM Grand Hotel and
Casino, Las Vegas (USA)
Largest Canal - Keil Canal in Germany

Largest Forest - Coniferous Forests (Northern
Russia)

Largest Palace - Imperial Palace, Beijing

Largest Stadium - Strahove (Czech Republic)

United States Library of
Congress
Largest Library
- United States Library of
Congress
Largest Museum - American Museum of Natural
History (New York-USA)
Largest town - Mt. Isa (Queensland)

Largest Dam - Three Gorges (China)

Largest Reef - Great Barrier Reef, (Australia)

Largest Park - Wood Buffalo National Park
(Canada)
Largest Zoo - Krugal National Park (South
Africa)
Largest Strait - Tartar Strait

Largest River Island - Majuli (Assam)

Majuli (Assam)
Largest Dome in the World - Astrodome (Housten- USA)
Largest Inland Sea - Mediterranean Sea

Largest City (Population) - Tokyo (Japan)

Largest Wall - The Great Wall (China)

The Great Wall (China)
Largest Cave
- Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
(USA)
Largest Cemetery - Leningrad (Russia)

Largest Railway Station - Grand Central Terminal (New
York)
Largest University Building - University of Riyadh (Saudi
Arabia)
Largest Open University - Indira Gandhi National Open
University (New Delhi)
Largest Steel Plant - Nippon Steel plant (Japan)

Largest Active Volcano - Mauna Lao (Hawaii)

Largest Planet - Jupiter

Largest Carnivorous Mammal - Polar Bear

Polar Bear
Largest Bird - Ostrich
Largest Sea Bird - Albatross

Largest Cold Desert - Gobi (Mongolia)

Largest Diamond - The Cullinan

The Cullinan
Largest parliament
- The National People's Congress
of the People's Republic of China
Largest Plateau - Pamir (Tibet)

Largest Mountain Range - The Himalaya

Largest Bank - World Bank (Washington)

Largest Cricket Stadium - Melbourne (Australia)

Largest Natural Satellite - Ganymede (Jupiter)

Largest Statue - Statue of Liberty

Largest Book Publishing
Company
- Mc Graw Hill (New York)
Statue of Liberty
Largest Epic - Mahabharat

Longest Wall - Great Wall of China

Longest Wall - Great Wall of China

Longest Dictionary - Oxford English Dictionary

Longest Shipping Canal - Baltic White Sea Canal

Longest Beach - Rio de Janerio (Brazil)

Longest Railway Line - Trans - Siberian Railway

Longest Swimming Canal - English Canal

Longest Day - June 21

Biggest
Biggest Bird - African Ostrich
Biggest Desert - Sahara (Africa)
Biggest library - National Kie Library (CIS)
Biggest Planet - Jupiter
Biggest Dome - Gol Gumbaz (India)
Biggest Palace - Vatican (Italy)
Biggest Reptile - Saltwater Crocodile
Biggest Car Manufacturer - General Motors (Detroit, America)
Biggest lizard - Komodo Dragons
Biggest Eggs - Ostrich Eggs
Biggest Flower - Rafflesia
Biggest Passenger Ship - Queen Elizebeth II
Biggest Diamond Mine - Kimberley (South Africa)
Biggest Park - Yellow Stone National Park
Biggest Auditorium - Municipal Auditorium (Atlantic City)
Biggest Football Stadium - Marakana (Brazil)
Deepest
Deepest Point in the Ocean
- Challenger Deep of Mariana Trench in Pacific
Ocean
Deepest Lake - Lake Baikal, (Siberia)
Deepest Ocean - Pacific Ocean
Deepest Gorge - Hells Canyon, (USA)
Smallest
Smallest Bird - Humming Bird
Smallest Continent - Australia
Smallest Ocean - Arctic
Smallest State - Vatican
Smallest Flowering Plant - Wolfia
Smallest Planet - Mercury
Smallest Museum - Arizona, US
Smallest PC - Space Cube
Smallest Colony - Gibraltar
Miscellaneous
Oldest Religion - Hinduism
Oldest National Flag - Denmark
Oldest Plant - Rose
Oldest Capital City - Damascus
Fastest Bird - Swift
Fastest Planet - Mercury
Fastest Land Animal - Cheetah
Shortest River - Roe (Montana)
Hottest Planet - Venus
Lowest Point on Earth - Dead Sea
Lowest Temperature - Absolute Zero (-273oC)
Least Populous City - Vatican
Most Poisonous Fish - Puffer Fish
Coldest Place - Vostok (Antarctica)
Strongest Natural Fibre - Silk
Widest Bridge - Sydney Harbour Bridge
Busiest Airport - Chicago O'Hare International Airport
Coldest Planet - Neptune
Widest Waterfall - Khone Falls


: : : Largest, Longest and Highest in India : : :

Largest
Largest River Barrage - Farakka Barrage

Largest Church - St. Cathedral (Old Goa)

Largest Desert - Thar (Rajasthan)
St. Cathedral (Old Goa)
Largest River in South
India
- Godavari

Largest Populated City - Mumbai

Largest Animal Fair - Sonepur fair (Bihar)

Largest Fresh Water
Lake
- Kolleru (Andhra Pradesh)

Largest Salt Water Lake - Chilka (Orissa)

Chilka (Orissa)
Largest State - Rajasthan
Largest Museum - Indian museum (Kolkata)

Largest Zoo - Zoological Garden (Kolkata)

Largest Dome - Gol Gumbaz (Karnataka)

Largest Mosque - Jama Masjid (New Delhi)

Jama Masjid (New
Delhi)
Largest Cave Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
Largest Plateau - Deccan plateau

Largest G.P.O - Mumbai G.P.O

Largest Cinema Theatre - Thangam Theatre

Largest Arch Dam - Idukki dam (Kerala)

Idukki dam (Kerala)
Largest Library - National library (Kolkata)
Largest Aircraft Carrier - INS Viraat

Largest Landing Ship - INS Magrar

Largest Gurudwara - Golden Temple (Amritsar)

Rashtrapati Bhavan
Largest Residence - Rashtrapati Bhavan
Largest Open university
- Indira Gandhi Open University (New
Delhi)
Largest Ocean Island - Middle Andaman

Largest Prison - Puzhal Jail (Chennai)

Largest Populated State - Uttar Pradesh

Largest Planetarium - Birla planetarium (Kolkata)

Birla planetarium
(Kolkata)
Largest River Island - Majuli (Brahmaputra)

Longest
Longest Glacier - Siachen Glacier

Longest Hanging bridge - Howra bridge

Howra bridge
Longest Canal - Indira Gandhi canal
Longest Dam - Hirakud (Orissa)

Longest River - Ganga

Longest Tunnel - Kharbude (Konkan Railway)

Longest National
Highway
- N.H. 7

Longest Corridor - Rameswaram Temple corridor

Rameswaram Temple
corridor
Longest Bridge
- Anna Indira (Rameswaram to
Mandap)
Longest River bridge - Mahatma Gandhi Sethu

Longest Railway
platform
- Kharagpur (West Bengal)

Highest
Highest tower - Qutabminar

Highest peak - Mt. K2 (Godwin Austin)

Highest water falls - Jog falls (Karnataka)

Jog falls (Karnataka)
Highest literacy among
state
- Kerala

Highest dam - Bhakra Dam (Punjab)

Highest gate way - Buland Darwaza (Fathepur sikri)

Miscellaneous
Fastest Train - Shatabdi express

Oldest Refinery - Digboi (Assam)
Digboi (Assam)
Biggest hotel - Oberoi - Sheraton (Mumbai)

Highest award (civilian) - Bharat Ratna

Highest Gallantry award - Param vir chakra

Busiest bridge - Howra (Calcutta)

Highest statue - Gomateswara Statue



: : : Sobriquets - India : : :

Sobriquet Place

Manchestor of India - Ahamadabad

City of Golden Temple - Amritsar

Golden Temple
Land of Sunrise in India - Arunachal Pradesh

Tea Garden of India - Assam

Tea garden
Garden City of India - Bangalore

Silicon Vally of India - Bangalore

Microsoft office
Sorrow of Assam - Brahmaputra

Brahmaputra
City of Palaces - Calcutta

Victoriamemorialhall
Manchester of South India - Coimbatore

Pearl of the Orient - Goa

Goa
Silent Share - Hadakh

Ladakh
All Seasons State - Himachal Pradesh

Himachalpradesh
Mini-Switzerland in India - Khajjar (Himachal Pradesh)

Khajjar
Hi-Tech City - Hyderabad

Hitec city
Pink City - Jaipur

Nahargarh Fort
City of Padala - Jaipur

Jaipur
Paradise on Earth - Kashmir

Kashmir
Switzerland of India - Kashmir

Kashmir
Spice Garden of India - Kerala

Kerala
Gods Own Land of India - Kerala

Kerala
Clouds of House - Megalaya

Megalaya
Holly wood of India - Mumbai

Mumbai
Gateway of India - Mumbai

Gateway of India
Blue Mountains - Nilgiri

Nilgiri
City of Orange - Nagpur

Nagpur
Weavers City of India - Panipat

Detroit of India - Pithampur

Pithampur
Granary of India - Punjab

Punjab
Land of Five Rivers - Punjab

Punjab
Sorrow of Bengal - River Damodar

River Damodar
Sorrow of Bihar - River Kosi

River Kosi
Lake City - Udaipur

Udaipur
Sugar Bowl of India - Uttar Pradesh



: : : World - Sobriquets : : :

Granite City - Aberdeen (Scotland)
Dark Continent - Africa
Land of Eagles - Albania
Land of Golden Fleece - Australia
Land of Kangaroo - Australia
Tallest Railway line - Quin - Hai - Tibet (China)
Herring Pond - Atlantic Ocean
Island of Pearls - Bahrain
Pearl of Arabia - Bahrain
Battle field of Europe - Belgium
Cockpit of Europe - Belgium
City of Cycles - Beijing
White City - Belgrade
Land of Thunder Bolt - Bhutan
Land of Setting Sun - Britain
Land of Lilies - Canada
Land of Maple - Canada
Windy City - Chicago
Land of Thunder Dragon - China
Pearl of Antilles - Cuba
Sugar Bowl of World - Cuba
Land of Thousand Lakes - Finland
Key to the Mediterranean - Gibraltar
Island of fire - Iceland
Emerald Island - Ireland
Land of Rising Sun - Japan
Britain of the East - Japan
Garden of England - Kent
Hermit Kingdom - Korea
Land of Morning Calm - Korea
Land of Thousand Elephants - Laos
Forbidden City - Lhasa (Tibet)
Island of Cloves - Madagascar
George Cross Island - Malta
Land of Golden Pagoda - Myanmar
Land of the Tulips - Netherlands
Land of Perpetual Greenary - Natal
Empire City - New York (USA)
City of Sky Scrappers - New York
Britain of the South - New Zealand
Land of Midnight Sun - Norway
Manchester of the Orient - Osaka
City of Dreaming Spires - Oxford
Holy Land - Palestine
Roof of the World - Pamirs
Worlds Bread Basket - Paris (North America)
Quaker City of USA - Philadelphia (USA)
Land of windmills - Polland
Never, Never Land - Prairies (North Australia)
City of Eternal Springs - Quito (Ecuador)
Sorrow of China - River Huang Ho
City of Seven Hills - Rome (Italy)
Eternal City - Rome (Italy)
Nation of Thousand Hills - Rwanda
City of Golden Gate San - Francisco (USA)
Land of Lakes - Scotland
Hill Queen - Shimla
Venice of the North - Stockholm (Sweden)
Gateway of Tears - Strait of Bab-el Mandeb
Pillars of Hercules - Strait of Gibraltar
Playground of Europe - Switzerland
Land of White Elephant - Thailand
World Loneliest island - Tristanda Cunha
Sickman of Europe - Turkey
Queen of the Adriatic - Venice (Italy)
City of Magnificent Distances - Washington D.C
Copper Country - Zambia


: : : National Emblems of Different Countries : : :

Emblem Country
Kangaroo - Australia

Kangaroo
Water Lilly - Bangladesh

Water Lilly
White Lilly - Canada, Italy
Beach - Denmark
Lily - France
Corn Flower - Germany

Corn Flower
Bauhinia (orchid tree) - Hong Kong
Lioned Capital - India

Lioned Capital
Shamrock - Ireland

Shamrock
White Lilly - Italy
Elephant - Ivory Coast
Rose - Iran, UK
Chrysanthemum - Japan

Chrysanthemum
Cedar tree - Lebanon
Lion with Crown - Luxembourg
The Soyombo - Mongolia
Lion - Netherland, Norway, Belgium
Kiwi - New Zealand

Kiwi
Crescent - Pakistan
Baobab tree - Senegal
Lion - Sierra Leone, Sri lanka
Eagle - Spain
Secretary Bird - Sudan
Crescent and Star - Turkey
Golden Rod - USA



: : : Countries and Currencies : : :

Country Currency

India - Rupee

Rupee
Israel - Shekel

Shekel
Japan - Yen

Yen
Russia - Rouble

Rouble
U.K. - Pound Sterling

Pound Sterling
U.S.A - Dollar

Dollar
Afghanistan - Afghani

Algeria - Algeria Dinar

Angola - New Kwanza

Armenia - Dram

Austria - Schilling

Argentina - Peso

Australia - Australian Dollar

Azerbaijan - Manat

Bahrain - Dinar

Bangladesh - Taka

Bhutan - Ngultrum

Brazil - Cruzeiro Real

Bulgaria - Lev

China - Yuan/Renminbi

Columbia - Peso

Costa Rica - Colon

Croatia - Kuna

Cuba - Peso

Cyprus - Cyprus pound

Czech Republic - Koruna

Denmark - Krone

Egypt - Egyptian Pound

Georgia - Lari

Ghana - Cedi

Hungary - Forint

Indonesia - Rupiah

Iran - Rial

Iraq - Iraqi Dinar

Kazakhstan - Tenge

Korea - Won

Kuwait - Kuwaiti Dinar

Malaysia - Ringgit

Mexico - Peso

Mongolia - Tugrik

Myanmar - Kyat

Norway - Krone

Russia - Rouble

Saudi Arabia - Riyal

Switzerland - Swiss Franc

Thailand - Bhat

Vatican City State - Lira

Vietnam - Dong

Austria, Belgium, - Euro

Cyprus, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Ireland,
Italy, Luxembourg, Malta,
The Netherlands, Portugal,
Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain,
Belgium


: : : Countries - Parliaments : : :

Country Parliament
Afganistan - Shora
Algeria - National Peoples Assembly
Australia - House of representative of senate
Austria
- Austrian Parliament
(National Council and Federal
Council)

Bangladesh - Jatiya Sangsad

Jatiya Sangsad
Bhutan - Tshogdu (National Assembly)
Britain - Parliament (Commons & Lords)
China - National Peoples Congress

National Peoples Congress
Cuba
- National Assembly of people
power

Denmark - Folketing
Egypt - Peoples Assembly
France - National Assembly
Germany - Bundestag

Bundestag
Greenland - Landstraad
Hungary - National Assembly

National Assembly
Iceland - Althing
India
- Parliament (Lok Sabha & Rajya
Sabha)

Parliament
Iran - Majlis
Iraq - National Assembly
Israel - Knesset
Japan - Diet

Diet
Kuwait - National Assembly
Libya - General Peoples Congress
Maldives - Majlis
Myanmar - Peoples Assembly
Nepal - National Panchayat
Netherlands - States General
Norway - Sterling
Pakistan - National Assembly
Poland - Sejm

Sejm
Russia - State Duma

State Duma
Srilanka - National State
South Africa - House of Assembly
Sweden - Riksdag
Switzerland - Federal Assembly

Federal Assembly
Sudan - National Assembly
Uzbekistan - Oliy Majlis
USA - Congress

Congress
Vietnam - National Assembly



: : : New and Old Names of Places and Countries : : :

New Name Old Name
Ankara - Ahamadabad
Bangladesh - East Pakistan
Beijing - Peking
Belize - British Honduras
Burkino Faso - Upper Volta
Cape Kennedy - Cape Caneveral
Cambodia - Kampuchia
Djibouti - French Somaliland
Ethiopia - Abyssinia
Ghana - Gold Coast
Guianea Bissau - Portuguese Gayana
Guyana - British Guinia
Harare - Salisburry
Hawaiin Islands - Sandwich Islands
Indonesia - The Dutch East India
Iran - Persia
Iraq - Mesopotamia
Istanbul - Constantinople
Jakartha - Batavia
Japan - Nippon
Kinshasa - Leopoldville
Kiribati - Gilbert Island
Laos - Lanxang
Lesotho - Basitoland
Malavi - Nyasaland
Mali - French Sudan
Malaysia - Malaya
Malabo - Santa Isabet
Madhya Pradesh - Central Province
Manchuria - Manchuko
Mexico - New Spain
Mosambique - Potuguese East Africa
Myanmar - Burma
Namibia - South West Africa
Nauru - Pleasant Island
Papua New Guinea - Trust Territory of New Guinea
Portuguese - Lucitania
Sri Lanka - Ceylon
St. Petersburg - Leningrad
Surinam - Dutch Gayana
Taiwan - Formosa
Thailand - Siam
Togo - Togoland
Tuvalu - The Ellice Islands
Volgograd - Stalingrad
Zaire - Congo
Zambia - Northern Rhodesia
Myanmar - Burma
Zimbabwe - Rhodesia


: : : National Flowers of Different Countries : : :

Country National Flower
Australia - Gold wattle

Gold wattle
Bangladesh - Water Lilly

Water Lilly
Canada - Maple leaf

Maple leaf
China - Narsissas
France - Lilly
Germany - Corn Flower

Corn Flower
India - Lotus

Lotus
Ireland - Shamrock
Japan - Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum
Russia - Sunflower

Sunflower
Scotland - Thistle
Spain - Pomegranate
UK - Rose
USA - Golden Rose
Official Books
Book Country
Belgium& Japan - Gray Book
British - Blue Book
France & Italy - Green Book
Germany & China - White Book
India - White Paper

: : : World Institutions - Founders : : :

Institution

Founder

Amnesty International - Peter Berenson

Peter Berenson
Boy Scouts - Baden Powell
Cubism - Pablo Picasso
Fascism - Benito Mussolini
Lions Club - Melvin John
Montessori System - Maria Montessori
Nazism - Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler
Nursing System - Florence Nightingale
Protestant Religion - Martin Luther
Red Cross - Jean-Henri Dunant
Salvation Army - William Booth
Atomic Structure - Bohr and Rutherford
Taoism - Lao Tse
United Nations - Joseph Stalin (USSR)

Winston -
Churchill (UK) and
Franklin Delano
Roosevelt (USA)

YMCA - Sir George Williams
Confucianism - Confucius Sir George Williams
Zorastrianism (Parsis) - Zoraster
India
Arya Samaj - Dayananda Saraswathi
Bahaism - Mirza Hussain Ali

Mirza Hussain Ali
Bhoodan Movement - Vinoba Bhave
Brahma Samaj - Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Chinmaya Mission - Swami Chinmayananda

Dev Samaj -
Siva Narayan
Agnihothri

Indian Association - Surendranath Banerji
Jainism - Vardhamana Mahavira

Peoples Education Society - Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Kesab Chandra Sen
Prarthana Samaj - Kesab Chandra Sen
Ramakrishna Mission - Swami Vivekananda
Sarvodaya Movement - Jaya Prakash Narayan

Jaya Prakash Narayan
Servants of India Society -
Servants of India
Society
Sikhism - Guru Nanak
Suddhi Movement - Swami Shradhanand
Theosophical Society of India - Annie Besant
Vana Mahothsav - K.M. Munshi



: : : First in the World : : :

Who is the first European to reach China?
Ans. : Marco Polo

Marco Polo
Which country is the first country to print book?
Ans. : China
Which is the first country to issue paper currency?
Ans. : China

Which country commenced first competitive examination in
civil services?
Ans. : China

Who is the first human to walk on the Moon?
Ans. : Neil Armstrong (1969)

Neil Armstrong (1969)
Who is the first person followed Neil Armstrong to land on the
moon?
Ans. : Edwin E. Aldrin

Edwin E. Aldrin
Who is the first human entered in space?
Ans. : Yuri Gagarin (Russia)

Yuri Gagarin
Who is the first maan to walk in Space?
Ans. : Alexei Leonov (1965)

What is the name of the first manned space vehicle?
Ans. : Vostok 1,USSR (1961)

Who is the first persons to reach Mount Everest ?
Ans. : Sherpa Tenzing, Edmund Hillary

Sherpa Tenzing, Edmund
Hillary
Who is the first man to have climbed Mount Everest Twice?
Ans. : Nawang Gombu

Who is the first adventurer flying successfully across the
English Channel without aircraft?
Ans. : Felix Baumgartner (July, 2003)

Who is first man in to space from China?
Ans. : Yang Liwei

Yang Liwei
Who is the first person to fly aeroplane?
Ans. : Wright Brothers

Wright Brothers
Who is the first person to sail round the world?
Ans. : Magellan

Magellan
Who is the first President of the United States of America?
Ans. : George Washington

George Washington
Who is the first Prime Minister of Britain?
Ans. : Robert Walpole

Who is the first woman Prime Minister of England?
Ans. : Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher
Who is the first person to reach North Pole?
Ans. : Robert Peary

Who is the first person with only one arm to climb the Everest?
Ans. : American Gary Guller(2003)

Who is the first woman of the world to climb Mt. Everest four
times?
Ans. : Lakpa Sherpa (Nepali)
Who is the first person to reach South Pole?
Ans. : Amundsen

Amundsen
What is the first religion of the world ?
Ans. : Hinduism

Who are the first residents of International Space station?
Ans. : Bill Shepherd (USA), Yuri Gidzanko and Sergei Krikalev
(Russia)

Who is the first Governor General of the United Nations
Organization?
Ans. : Trigveli (Norway)

Which country is first prepared a constitution?
Ans. : Mohd. Ali Jinnah

Mohd. Ali Jinnah
Which country is the first host NAM summit?
Ans. : Belgrade (Yugoslavia)

Which is the first country to send man to the moon?
Ans. : USA

Which is the first country to launch Artificial satellite in the
space?
Ans. : Russia

Who is the first Muslim woman to receive Nobel Prize?
Ans. : Shirin Ebadi (Nobel Peace Prize 2003)

Shirin Ebadi (Nobel Peace
Prize 2003)
Which is the first country to host the modern Olympics?
Ans. : Greece

Which is the first Asian city to host Olympics?
Ans. : Tokyo, Japan (1964)

Who is the first woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal?
Ans. : Charlotte Cooper, UK, Tennis singles (1900)

Which is the first city that an atom bomb was dropped?
Ans. : Hiroshima (Japan)
Which is the first shuttle to go in space?
Ans. : Columbia

Which is the first spacecraft to reach on Mars?
Ans. : Viking-I

Who is the first woman to climb Mount Everest?
Ans. : Mrs. Junko Tabei from Japan

Who is the first woman cosmonaut of the world?
Ans. : Valentina Tereshkova from Russia

Valentina Tereshkova from
Russia
Who is the first woman President of the United Nations
General Assembly?
Ans. : Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Who is the first batsman to score three test centuries in three
successive tests on his debut?
Ans. : Mohd. Azharuddin

Who is the first USA President to resign Presidency?
Ans. : Richard Nixon

Who is the first Chinese traveller to India?
Ans. : Fahein

Who is the first woman Prime Minister of a country?
Ans. : Mrs. Srimavo Bhandarnaike

Mrs. Srimavo
Bhandarnaike
Who is the first woman President of a country?
Ans. : Maria Estela Peron

Which is first talkie movie in the world ?
Ans. : The jazz Singer (1927)

Who is the first blind man to scale Mt. Everest?
Ans. : Erik Weihenmayer, from USA, on May 25, 2001.

Who is the first Muslim woman to become the Secretary
General of Amnesty International?
Ans. : lrine Zubeida Khan

Who is the first youngest grandmaster of the world in chess?
Ans. : Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)

Who is first woman to fly solo around the world?
Ans. : Jerrie Fredritz Mock.(1964)

Who is the first woman to fly solo across the English Channel?
Ans. : Hariiet Quimby

Who is the first ascent of Everest without bottled oxygen?
Ans. : Peter Habeler (Austria) and Reinhold Messner, (Italy)
(1978)

What is the name of the first Atom Bomb that was dropped on
Hiroshima during second world war?
Ans. : Little Boy

Little Boy
Who is first professional woman bull fighter?
Ans. : Patricia Mccormick (1952)

Who is the first woman Commander of a Space shuttle?
Ans. : Eileen Collins from USA

Who is the first woman to cross seven important seas of the
world by Swimming?
Ans. : Bula Chaudhury (India)

Bula Chaudhury (India)
Who is the first woman to win a Grand Slam?
Ans. : Maureen Catherine (1953)



: : : Reviside Cites And Countries : : :

City River Country
Alexandria - Nile - Egypt

Amsterdam - Amsel - Netherlands
Baghdad - Tigris - Iraq

Bangkok - Menam - Thailand
Tigris River
Basra - Eupharates and Tigris - Iraq
Belgrade - Danube - Serbia
Berlin - Spree - Germany

Spree River
Bonn - Rhine - Germany
Bristol - Avon - England
Brussels - Seine - Belgium
Budapest - Danube - Hungary
Cairo - Nile - Egypt
Chittagong - Karnaphuli - Bangladesh
Colombo - Kaliganga - Sri Lanka
Cologne - Rhine - Germany
Dublin - Liphi - Ireland
Glasgow - Clyde - Scotland
Hamburg - Elbe - Germany
Karachi - Indus - Pakistan
Khartoum - Nile - Sudan
Lahore - Ravi - Pakistan
Lisbon - Tagus - Portugal
Liverpool - Mersey - England
London - Thames - England

Thames River
Montreal - Ottawa - Canada
Moscow - Moskva - Russia
New York - Hudson - USA

Hudson River
Paris - Seine - France
Philadelphia - Delawara - USA
Prague - Vitava
-
Czechoslovakia

Quebec - St. Lawrence - Canada
Rome - Tiber - Italy
Shanghai - Yangtze-Kiang - China
Stalingrad - Volga - Russia

Volga River
Tokyo - Sumida - Japan
Vienna - Danube - Austria
Warsaw - Vistula - Poland
Washington - Potamac - USA
Yangoon - Irawadi - Myanmar



: : : Discoveries and Inventions : : :

Discoveries / Inventions

Scientists

Adding Machine - Balise Pascal

Wright Brothers
Aeroplane - Wright Brothers
Air Brake - George Westinghouse

George Westinghouse
Air Conditioner - Carrier
Alcohol Thermometer - Farenheit
Aniline Dyes - Hoffman
Antiseptic Surgery - Lord Joseph Lister
Archimedean Screw - Archimedies
Aspirin - Dreser

Otto Hahn
Atom Bomb - Otto Hahn
Atomic Number - Mosley
Atomic Structure - Bohr and Rutherford
Atomic Theory - Dalton
Atomic Thermometer - Bohr

Bohr
Automobile - Daimler
Avogadro's Hypothesis - Avogadro
Balloon - Monto Golfier
Ball Pen - Loud
Barometer - Torricelli

Torricelli
Beri Beri - Eijkman
Bicycle - Mac Millan
Blood Circulation - Harvey
Boson - S.N.Bose
Boyle's law - Boyle
Braily System - Louis Braille

Louis Braille
Braille - Louis Braille
Celluloid - Parkes
Cinema - Lumiere Brothers
Cinema Projector - Thomas Alva Edison

Thomas Alva Edison
Chloroform - James Young Simpson
Cholera Bacillus - Robert Koch
Coloured Photography - Lippman
Computer - Charles Babbage

Charles Babbage
Cosmic Rays - R.A.Millikan
Crescograph - J.C. Bose
Cyclotron - Lawrence
DDT - Dr. Paul Muller
Deuterium (Heavy Water) - H.C.Urey

Diesel Engine - Rudolf Diesel Rudolf Diesel
Dynamite - Alfred Nobel

Alfred Nobel
Dynamo - Michael Faraday
Electric Battery - Volta
Electricity - Faraday
Electric Lamp - Thomas Alva Edison
Electric Measurement - Gauss
Electron - J.J. Thompson

J.J. Thompson
Electron Theory - Bohr
Elevator - Elisha G Otis
Electrical Waves - Heitz
Fahrenheit Scale - Fahrenheit
Film & Photographic goods - Kodak
Fountain Pen - Waterman
Generator - Piciontti
Glider - George Cayley
Gramaphone - Thomas Alva Edison
Gun Powder - Roger Bacon
Helicopter - Broquett
Helium Gas - Lockyer
Homoeopathy - Hahnemann

Hahnemann
Hovercraft - Cockrell
Hydrogen - Cavendish

Cavendish
Hydrophobia - Louis Pasteur
Incandescent Bulb - Edison
Induction Coil - Rohm Korff
Induction of Electric Current - Faraday
Insulin - F.Banting
Intelligence Tests - Binet
Jet Engine - Sir Frank Whittle
Jet Propulsion - Frank Whittle
Laser - Theodore Maiman
Laughing Gas - Priestley
Law of Electrolysis - Faraday
Laws of Electrical Resistance - Ohm
Law of gases - Gay Lussac
Law of Gravitation - Issac Newton
Laws of Heredity - Gregory Mandel
Laws of Motion - Newton

Newton
Laws of Multiple Proportion - Dalton
Laws of Natural Selections - Darwin

Darwin
Life Boat - Henry Great Head
Lift (Elevators) - Otis
Lightning Conductor - Benjamin Franklin
Linotype - Mergenthaler
Line of demarcation (ship) - Plimsoll
Liquid Oxygen - Dewar
Logarithm - John Napier
Machine Gun - Dr. Richard Gattling
Maser - Charles H. Townes
Meson - Hideki Yakawa
Microphone - Graham Bell

Graham Bell
Molecular Scattering of light in
fluid
- Ramanathan
Neon Gas - Ramsay, Travers
Neutron - Chadwick
Nuclear Fission -
Otto Hahn, Bohr and
Fermi

Nylon Plastic - Carothers
Origin of Species - Charles Darwin
Oxygen - J.B.Preistly
Parachute - A.J. Garnerian
Pencillin - Alexander Fleming
Periodic Law - Mendeleef

Mendeleef
Photograph - Dauguerre
Photography (Film) - John Carbutt
Phonograph - Edison
Principle for lever
(S.P.Gravity)
- Archimedes

Archimedes
Phototherapy - N.R.Finsen
Pneumatic Tyre - Dunlop
Positive Electrons - Anderson
Powerloom - Cartwright
Printing for the Blind - Braille
Printing Press - Caxton
Printing Types - John Guttenberg

John Guttenberg
Psycho-analysis - Dr.Sigmund Freud
Quantum Theory - Max plank
Radio-activity of Uranium - Henry Becquerel
Radio transmitter - Alexanderson
Radium - Madame Curie
Railway Engine - Stephenson
Raman Effect - C.V.Raman

C.V.Raman
Rare Gas - Cavandish
Rayon - Sir Joseph Swan
Replacing human heart - Christian Barnard

Christian Barnard
Revolver - Colt
Refrigerator - James Harrison
Safety Lamp - Humphry Davy
Safety Match - Land Strom
Safety Pin - William Hunt
Safety Razor - Gillette
Seismograph - Roberts Mallet
Sewing Machine - Barthelling Thimonnier
Sextant - Hadley
Short Hand - Pitman
Solar System - Copernicus (1540)
Specific Gravity - Archimedes
Spectroscope - Bunsen
Steam Engine - James Watt
Steam Turbine - Parsons
Stethoscope - Rene Laennee
Submarine - David Bushnell
Steam boat - Fulton
Submarine - Bushwell
Tank - Swinton
Talkies - Lee-de-Frost
Telegraph Code - Morse
Telephone - Alexander Graham Bell
Telegraphy -
William F.Cooke.
Charles Wheatstone

Telescope - Galileo
Television - J.L. Baird
Theory of Evolution - Charles Darwin
Theory of Relativity - Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein
Thermosflask - Dewar
Transistor - Shockly and Bardeen
Typewriter - Sholes
Uranium fusion - Oho Hahn
Uranus (Planet) - Herschel William
Vaccination - Jenner
Vaccum Flask - Sir James Dewar
Vulcanisation - Good Year
Washing Soda - Lablanc
Wireless Communication - Oliver Lodge
Wireless Telegraphy - Marcony
X-ray - W.C. Rontgen



: : : List of Geographical Discoveries in the World : : :

Discovery

Discoverer

America - Christopher Columbus (Italian)

Christopher Columbus
(Italian)
Brazil - Pedro Alvarez Cabral (Portuguese)
Cape of Good Hope - Bartholomew Diaz (Portuguese)
China - Marco Polo

Marco Polo
Greenland - Norseman Eric
Hudson Bay - Henry Hudson
Island of Tasmania &
New Zealand
- Tasman (Dutch)

Lake Tanganyika - Richard Francis Burton

New Foundland - John Cabot

Nigeria river in Africa - Mungo park

North America - Leif Ericsson

North Pole - Robert Peary (USA)
Taoism - Lao Tse
Robert Peary (USA)
Planets - Kepler

Sandwich (Hawaiin)
Islands
- Captian Cook (British)

Vasco da Gama
(Portuguese)
Sea route to India - Vasco da Gama (Portuguese)
South Pole - Amundsun (Norway)
Suez Canal - Ferdinand de Lesseps (Designed)
Victoria Falls - David Livingstone (British)



: : : Popular Names Persons in the World: : :


Popular Name Person
Fuhrer (also Fuehrer) - Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler
Master of Suspense - Alfred Hitchcock
The Daughter of East - Benazir Bhutto

Second Duke - Benitto Mussolini
African Gandhi - Dr. Kenneth Kaunda
The Wizard of Menlo Park - Edison
Poets Poet - Edmund Spenser
King of Rock & Roll - Elvis Presley
Desert Fox - Erwin Rommel

Florence Nightingale
Lady with the Lamp - Florence Nightingale
GBS - George Bernard Shaw
Grand Old Man of Britain - Gladstone
Prince of Pilgrimage - Huien Tsang
Light of the world - Jesus Christ

Good Shepherd - Jesus Christ
Maid of Orleans - Joan of Arc
Iron Lady - Margaret Thatcher
Iron Butterfly - Margaret Thatcher
American Gandhi - Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King
Little Corporal - Napoleon Bonaparte
Columbus of Space - Neil Armstrong
Man of Blood and Iron - Otto von Bismarck
Maiden Queen - Queen Elizabeth I
Rascal monk - Rasputin
Apostle of Free Trade - Richard Cobden

William Shakespeare
Bard of Avon - William Shakespeare


: : : Popular Names Persons in India : : :


Popular Name Person
Lokmanya - Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Maratha Kesari - Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Shahid - Bhagat Singh

Bengali Tiger - Bipin Chandra Pal
Light of Asia - Buddha
Indian Machiavelli - Chanakya
Deenabandhu - C.F. Andrews
Anna - C.N. Annadurai
Deshabandhu - C.R. Das

C. Rajagopalachari
C.R. - C. Rajagopalachari
Rajaji - C. Rajagopalachari
Grand Old Man of India - Dadabhai Naoroji
Bapu - Gandhiji
Mahatma - Gandhiji

Guruji - Golwalkar
Iron Lady of India - Indira Gandhi
Priyadarshini - Indira Gandhi
Babuji - Jagjeevan Ram
J.P - Jayaprakash Narayan

Loknayak - Jayaprakash Narayan
Chachaji - Jawaharlal Nehru
Indian Shakespeare - Kalidasa
Badshah Khan - Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Frontier Gandhi - Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Faker-e-Afghan - Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Man of the Masses - K. Kamaraj

Kipper - K.M. Cariappa
Kuvembu - K.V. Puttappa
Rani of Jhansi - Lakshmibai

Lal Bahadur Shastri
Man of Peace - Lal Bahadur Shastri
Punjab Kesari - Lala Lajpat Rai
Mahamana - Madan Mohan Malaviya
Prince of Beggars - Madan Mohan Malaviya

Barefooted painter - M.F. Hussain
Sage of Sabarmati - Mahatma Gandhi
Flying Sikh - Milkha Singh
Saint of Gutters - Mother Theresa
Golden Girl of Indian Athletics - P.T. Usha

Gurudev - Rabindranath Tagore
Sher-e-Punjab - Ranjit Singh

Birdman of India - Salim Ali
Indian Napoleon - Samudragupta
Sage of Kanchi - Sankaracharya
Indian Bismarck - Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Nightingale of India - Sarojini Naidu
Lion of Kashmir - Sheikh Mohammed

Subash Chandra Bose
Netaji - Subash Chandra Bose
Prince of Patriots - Subash Chandra Bose
Little Master - Sunil Gavaskar
Andhra Kesari - Tangutri Prakasam
Mysore Tiger - Tippu Sultan
T.T.K. - T.T. Krishnamachari
Grand Old Man of Indian
Journalism
- Tushar Kanti Ghosh
Acharya - Vinobha Bhave

Vinobha Bhave
Sage of Paunar - Vinobha Bhave
Milkman of India - Varghese Kurian



: : : Worlds important famous Fathers : : :

Branch of Subject

Founding Father

Father of Economics - Adam Smith

Father of Biology - Aristotle
Father of Sociology - Augustus Comte Aristotle
Father of Modern Computer - Marco Polo

Greenland - Norseman Eric
Hudson Bay - Charles Babbage
Father of Greek Democracy - Clesthenes

Father of Nuclear Physics - Ernest Rutherford

Father of English Poetry - Geoffrey Chaucer

Gregor Mendel
Father of Genetics - Gregor Mendel
Father of Printing - Guttenberg
Father of Modern Drama - Henrik J. Ibsen

Father of Motor Car - Henry Ford

Father of History - Herodotus

Father of Medicine - Hippocrates

Father of Cloning - Ian Wilmut

Father of Jurisprudence - John Locke

Father of Tanzania - Julius Nyrere
Father of Scientific
Socialism
- Karl Marx

Leonardo Da Vinci
Father of Painting - Leonardo Da Vinci
Father of Reformation - Martin Luther
Father of Pakistan - Muhammed Ali Jinnah
Father of Green Revolution - Norman Borlaug
Father of Atom Bomb - Otto Hahn
Father of Renaissance - Petrarch
Father of Mathematics - Pythagorus
Father of Socialism - Robert Owen
Father of Co-operation - Robert Owen
Father of Homeopathy - Samuel Haniman
Father of Bangladesh - Sheikh Mujibur Rehman
Father of Psychology - Sigmund Freud
Father of Philosophy - Socrates
Father of Modern Tourism - Thomas Cook
Father of Modern Cartoon - William Hogarth

: : : Important Famous Fathers in India : : :

Branch of Subject

Founding Father

Father of Indian Unrest - Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
Father of Indian Cinema - Dada Saheb Phalke
Father of Indian Green
Revolution
- Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
Father of Co-operative
Movement in India
- Frederic Nicholson
Father of Indian Printing - James Hickey
Father of Sanskrit Drama - Kalidasa

Father of Indian Railway - Lord Dalhousie

Father of Local Self Government
in India
- Lord Ripon

Father of the Nation - Mahatma Gandhi

M.Visweswariah
Father of Indian Engineering - M.Visweswariah
North America - Leif Ericsson
Father of Indian Painting - Nandalal Bose

Father of Indian Budget - Professor Mahalanobis

Father of Indian Renaissance - Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Father of Surgery - Susruta

Father of Astronomy - Varahamihira

: : : Riverside Cities and States in India : : :

City

River

State

Agra - Yamuna - U.P

Yamuna River
Ahmedabad - Sabarmati - Gujarat
Allahabad - Ganga, Yamuna - U.P
Aluya - Periyar - Kerala

Ayodhya - Sarayu - U.P

Badrinath - Alaknanda - Uttarakhand

Bhaglpur - Ganga - Bihar

Buxar - Ganga - Bihar

Cuttack - Mahanadi - Orissa

Delhi - Yamuna - Delhi

Dibugarh - Brahmaputra - Assam

Ferozepur - Sutlej - Punjab

Guwahati - Brahmaputra - Assam

Haridwar - Ganges (Bhagirathi) - Uttarakhand

Musi River
Hyderabad - Musi - Telangana
Jabalpur - Narmada - M.P
Jamshedpur - Subarnarekha - Bihar

Kanpur - Ganges - Uttar Pradesh

Kolkata - Hoogly - W. Bengal

Kota - Chambal - Rajastan

Kurnool - Tungabhadra - Andhrapradesh

Leh - Indus -
Jammu &
Kashmir
Lucknow - Gomati - Uttar Pradesh

Ludhiana - Sutlej - Punjab

Madurai - Vaigai - Tamil Nadu

Mathura - Yamuna - U.P

Mongar - Ganges - Bihar

Moradabad - Ramganga - U.P

Mysore - Kaveri - Karnataka

Nasik - Godawari - Maharashtra
Pandharpur - Bhima - Maharastra Godawari River
Patna - Ganges - Bihar

Sambalpur - Mahanadi - Orissa

Srinagar - Jhelum -
Jammu &
Kashmir
Srirangapatanam - Cauvery - Karnataka

Surat - Tapti - Gujarat

Varanasi - Ganges - Uttar Pradesh

Krishna River
Vijayawada - Krishna - Andhra Pradesh
Tiruchirapally - Cauvery - Tamil Nadu
Tirunelveli - Tamaraparni - Tamil Nadu

Ujjine - Narmada - Madya Pradesh



: : : International Days : : :

January
Global Family Day - 1

World Laughter Day - 10

World Customs Day - 26

Data Protection Day - 28

World Leprosy Eradication Day - 30

February
World Marriage day - 2nd Sunday

Marriage day (2nd
Sunday of February)
World Cancer day - 4
World day of the sick, Darwin day - 12
World Radio day - 13

Valentines Day - 14

World day of social justice - 20

World Mother Language Day - 21

World scout day - 22

March
Common Wealth day - 2nd Monday

World Kidney day - 2nd Thursday


World Womens Day - 8


World Consumer Day - 15


World Disabled Day - 15


World sparrow day - 20


World Forestry Day - 21


International Day for the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination
- 21


World Day for Water - 22


World Meteorological Day - 23


World Tuberculosis Day - 24


World Theatre Day - 27


April

World Ship Day - 5

World Health Day - 7


World Aviation and Cosmonautics
Day
- 12


International Special Librarians Day - 15


World Haemophilia Day - 17


World Heritage Day - 18


World Secretaries Day - 21

World Earth Day (April
22)

World Earth Day - 22

World Book and Copy Right Day - 23

International Dance Day - 29


May

May Day, International Labourers
Day
- 1

World Asthma Day - 1st Tuesday


World Solar Energy Day - 3


World Press Freedom Day - 3


World Red Cross Day - 8


World Thalassaemia Day - 9


International Nurses Day - 12

International Mothers
Day (2nd Sunday of May)

International Mothers Day - 2nd Sunday

World Migratory day - 14

World Day of the Family - 15

World Telecommunication Day - 17


World Biological diversity day - 22


Common wealth Day - 24


World Hunger Day - 28


World Anti-tobacco Day - 31


June

International Day of innocent,
Children Victims of Aggression Day
- 4

World Environment Day
(June 5)

World Environment Day - 5

World day to combat desertification
and drought
- 3

Fathers Day - 3rd Sunday


World Refugee day - 20


World Music day - 21


UN Charter Signing Day - 25

International Day against Drug Abuse
and Illicit Trafficking
- 26


World Diabetes day - 27


July

World Architectural Day - 1

World Population Day

World Zoonoses Day - 6

(July 11)
World Population Day - 11

Malala Day (July 12)

Malala Day - 12

August

World Breast Feeding Day - 1

International Friendship Day - 1st Sunday


Hiroshima Day - 6


World Senior Citizens Day - 8


Nagasaki Day - 9


World Youth Day - 12 (UNO)


World Photography day - 19

World Humanitarian Day - 19


World Folklore Day - 22


World Sanskrit Day - 22


September

World Coconut Day - 2

World Charity Day - 5


World Literacy Day - 8


World Ozone Day - 16


U.N. Peace Day - 20


World Alzheimers Day - 21


World Tourism Day - 27

World Rabies Day - 28


World Heart Day - Last Sunday


October

World Habitat day - 3

World Animal Welfare Day - 4


World Postal Day - 9


Territorial Army Day - 9


World sight day - 2nd Thursday


World Arthritis day - 12


World Standards Day - 14

World Blind Day (World white cane
day)
- 15


World Food Day - 16


Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders
Day
- 21


U.N Day - 24


World Information Development Day - 24


International Animation day - 28


World Thrift Day - 30


November

World Radiography day - 5

World Pneumonia day - 12


World Diabetes Day - 14


World Citizen Day - 14


World Tolerance day - 16


World Environmental Protection day - 25


December

World AIDS Day - 1

World Computer Literacy Day - 2


World Handicapped day - 3


World Volunteer day - 5


World Civil Aviation Day - 7


World Human Rights Day - 10


World Asthma Day - 11

Marconi Day - 12


World Energy day - 14



: : : National Days in India : : :

January
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas - 9

National Youth Day - 12

Army Day - 15

Netaji Day - 23

India Tourism Day - 25

National Voters Day
(January 25)
National Voters day - 25
Republic Day - 26
Martyrs Day - 30

February
Panchayat Day - 19

Arunachal Day - 20

Central Excise Day - 24

National Science Day - 28

March
National Security Day - 4

Vaccination day - 16


Ordinance Factories Day (India) - 18


April

Orissa Day - 1

National Maritime Day - 5


Jallianwalabagh Day - 13


National Fire Service Day - 14


National Civil Services Day - 21


May

National Technology Day - 11

Solidarity Day - 13


Sikkim Day - 16


Anti Terrorism Day (Death
anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi)
- 21


July

Doctors Day - 1

Kargil Vijay Diwas - 26


August

Quit India Day - 9

Independence Day - 15


Sadbhavana Day (Birth anniversary
of Rajiv Gandhi)
- 20


National Sports Day (Dhyanchands
Brithday)
- 29
National Sports Day
(Dhyanchands Brithday-
August 29)

September

Teachers Day (Birth anniversary of
Dr. Radhakrishnan)
- 5

Teachers Day (Birth
anniversary of Dr.
Radhakrishnan- September
5))

Hindi Day - 14

Engineers day - 15

Deaf Day - 26


October

National Blood Donation Day - 1

Gandhi Jayanti Day - 2


Wild Life Week - 1st to 7

Air Force Day (October 8)

Air Force Day - 8

National Postal Day - 10

Azad Hind day - 21


National Rededication Day (Death
anniversary of Mrs. Indira Gandhi, birth
anniversary of Sardar Vallabhai Patel)
- 31

November

Legal Service Day - 9

Transport Day - 10

Childrens Day (November
14)

Childrens Day - 14

National News Paper day - 16

Indian Citizen Day - 19

National Integration day - 19


NCC Day - 24


National Law Day - 26


December

Navy Day - 4

Navy Day (December 4)

Armed Force Flag Day - 7

Conservation Day - 14

National energy protect day - 14


National Minorities Rights Day - 18


Kisan Day (Farmers Day) - 23


National Consumer Day - 24



: : : Where they rest in peace : : :

Place

Person
Chaithrabhoomi - B. R. Ambedkar
Kisanghat - Charan Singh
Narayanghat - Gulzarilal Nanda

Shakthisthal
Shakthisthal - Indira Gandhi
Samathasthal - Jagjivan Ram
Santhivan - Jawaharlal Nehru
Nigam Bodhghat - Kishan Kant
Karmabhumi - K. R. Narayanan
Vijayghat - Lal Bahadur Shastri
Rajghat - Mahatma Gandhi

Abhyaghat - Morarji Desai
Budha Purnima Park - P. V. Narasimha Rao Rajghat
Veerbhoomi - Rajiv Gandhi
Ekthasthal - Zail Singh



: : : United Nations International Years : : :

Importance

Year
World Refugees year - 1959-60
Health and Medical Research year - 1961
Co-operation Year - 1965
Tourism year - 1967
Human Rights Year - 1968
Education Year - 1970
Action to Combat Racism and Racial Prejudice - 1971
Population Year - 1974
Womens Year - 1975
Anti-Apartheid year - 1978/79
Childrens Year - 1979
Disabled Persons year - 1981
Mobilization for Sanctions Against South Africa - 1982
Communication Year - 1983
Youth Year - 1985
Peace Year - 1986
Year of Shelter for the Homeless - 1987
Literacy Year - 1990
Space Year - 1992
Worlds Indigenous People year - 1993
Year of the Family, Year of Sport and the Olympic
Ideal
- 1994
Year of Tolerance - 1995
Poverty Eradication Year - 1996
Ocean Year - 1998
Old Age persons Year - 1999
Peace and Cultural Year - 2000
Year of Volunteers - 2001
Year for Cultural Heritage, Ecotourism year,
Mountains Year
- 2002
Fresh Water Year - 2003
International Rice Year - 2004
International Micro Credit Year - 2005
International Physics Year - 2005
International Sports and Physical Education - 2005
Year of Deserts and Desertification - 2006
Polar Year - 2007/08
International Potato Year, International Earth Year,
Year of Sanitation, Year of languages
- 2008
Year of Reconciliation, Year of Natural Fibres, Human
Rights learning, Year of Astronomy
- 2009
Year of Youth, Reapproachment of cultures, Year of
Seafarer, Bio Diversity Year
- 2010
Year for People of African Descent, Year of
Chemistry, Year of Forest
- 2011
Sustainable Energy for All - 2012
Water Cooperation, Year of Quinoa - 2013
Solidarity with the Palestinian people year, Small
Island Developing States, Crystallography, Family
Farming
- 2014
Year of Soils - 2015
Year of Pulses - 2016


: : : Important Museums in India : : :

Museum

Place
Calico Textile Museum - Ahemadabad
Visvesarayya Industrial And
Technological Museum
- Bangalore

Salarjung Museum - Hyderabad Salarjung
Museum(Hyderabad)
Nethaji Museum - Kolkata
Indian Museum - Kolkata
National Museum - Kolkata
Birla Industrial & Technological
Museum
- Kolkata

Victoria Memorial
Hall(Kolkata)
Victoria Memorial Hall - Kolkata
Prince of Wales Museum - Mumbai
Rail Transport Museum - New Delhi
National Museum of Natural History - New Delhi
Archeological Museum - New Delhi
Indian War Memorial Museum - New Delhi
National Gallery of Modern Art - New Delhi
Nehru Museum - New Delhi
National Childrens Museum - New Delhi
Tippu Sulthan Museum - Srirangapatnam
Sree Chithra Art Gallery - Thiruvananthapuram



: : : Official Residences : : :

Leaders - Residences
American President - White House

White House
Brazil President - Palacio da Alvorada
Britain Prime Minister - 10, Downing Street
Canada Prime Minister - 24 Sussex Drive
French President - Elysee Palace
Germany President - Bellevue Palace

Indian President - Rashtrapathi Bhavan Rashtrapathi Bhavan
Indian Prime Minister - No. 7, Race Course Road
India Governors - Raj Bhavan
King & Queen of Britain - Bekkingham Palace
Kongo President - Marbil Palace

Narayan Hithi Palace
Nepal King - Narayan Hithi Palace
Pakistan President - Ivane Sadan
Pope - Vatican Palace
Russia President - Kremlin
Spain King - Royal Palace
South Korean President - Blue House
Sreelankan President - Temple Trees



: : : Famous Publications in the World : : :

Publication

Place
Morning News - Bangladesh
Peoples Daily - Beejing
Red Flag - Beejing
Australian - Canberra
Statesman - Colombo
Al thavara - Demascus
The Hindu - India

Times of India
Times of India - India
Mainichi Shimban - Japan
Kabool Mail - Kabool
The Don - Karachi
Outlook - Karachi
Pakistan Times - Karachi
Rising Nepal - Katmandu
Akbar Al Kuwait - Kuwait
The Observer - London
Morning Star - London
The Economist - London
Financial Times - London

The Times
The Times - London
The Sunday Times - London
Daily Telegraph - London
The Guardian - London
The Sun - London
The Daily Mail - London
Isestya - Moscow
Pravda - Moscow
International Herald
Tribune
- Newyork
Newyork Times - Newyork

Newyork Times
Limonde - Paris
Rudepravo - Pregue
Straight Times - Singapore
Sydney Morning News - Sydney
China Times - Tai Pey
Ashi Shimban - Tokyo
Washington Post
- Washington

: : : International News Agencies : : :

Agency

Country
Reutors - Britain
Sinhwa - China
Agents France Press (AFP) - France
Dentas Press Agenter - Germany
Nafen - Hongkong
United News of India - India

Press Trust of India
Press Trust of India - India
Andara - Indonesia
Erna - Iran
Kyodo - Japan
Al Jaseera - Khattar
Bernama - Malaysia
Interpress Service - Rome
Tass - Russia
Ritha - Russia
Ansa - Spain

Associated Press
Associated Press - USA


: : : Famous vehicle producers in the World : : :

Producer

Country
Benze - Germany

Benze
Daewoo - South Korea
Fiat - Italy
Ford Motors - USA
General Motors - USA
Honda Motors - Japan
Hyundai - South Korea

Mitsubishi Motors - Japan Hyundai
Erna - Japan
Nissann Motor - Japan
Pyugiyottu - France
Toyotta Motors - Japan

: : Famous Classical Dances of India : : :

Dance

State
Kutchipudi - Andhra Pradesh

Kutchipudi Dance
Bihu - Assam
Nat-Natin - Bihar
Mando - Goa
Garba - Gujarat
Nati - Himachal Pradesh
Rauf - Jammu & Kashmir

Chhau
- Jharkhand , W. Bengal, Orissa and
Bihar

Hattari - Karnataka

Kathakali Dance
Yakshagan - Karnataka
Mohiniattam - Kerala
Kathakali - Kerala
Karma - Madhya Pradesh

Manipuri - Manipur

Laho - Meghalaya

Kathak Dance

Khantumm - Mizoram

Kathak - North India

Odissi - Orissa

Bhangra - Punjab


Bharat Natyam - Tamil Nadu

Garhwali - Uttaranchal Bharat Natyam Dance



: : : Famous Folk and Tribal Dances of India : : :

States

Dances
Andhra Pradesh -
Burrakatha, Veedhi Natakam, Ghanta
Mardala.

Burrakatha
Assam -
Bihu, Canoe Khel Gopal, Rash Lila, Tabal
Chongli.
Bihar
- Chhau, Bakho, Jata Jatin, Jadur, Jatra,
Karma, Kathaputli, Jhijhiya, Samochakwa,
Natna.
Gujarat - Dandiya Rass, Garba, Gomph, Tippani.

Dandiya Rass
Haryana
-
Daph, Dhamal, Gagor, Gugga, Jhumar,
Loor, Khoria, Ras Leela, Phag dance.
Himachal
Pradesh
-
Chharhi, Dangli, Jadda, Jhainta, Jhora,
Jhali, Mahasu.

Jammu &
Kashmir
- Hikat, Rauf.

Karnataka
- Huttari, Suggi Kunitha, Yakashagana.

Yakashagana
Kerala - Kaikottikali, Kaliyattam, Tappatikkali.
Maharashtra
-
Dasavtar, Dandaniya, Dahikala, Gafa,
Kathakeertan, Lezin, Lovani, Mauni,
Tamasha.
Orissa -
Chadya Dandanata, Chhau, Ghumara
Sanchar.
Punjab - Bhangra (men), Giddha (women).

Rajasthan
- Chakri, Ginad, Gangore, Jhuma, Jhulan
Leela, Khayal, Terahtaal, Suisini.
Bhangra Dance
Tamil Nadu -
Kolattam, Pinnal Kolattam, Kummi,
Kavadi, Karagam.
Uttar Pradesh - Chappeli, Kajri, Nautanki, Raslila, Thora.

West Bengal - Baul, Chhau, Jatra, Kathi, Kirtan, Lama.



: : : Famous Instrumentalists : : :

Flute -
Hari Prasad Chaurasia, T. R. Mahalingam,
Pannalal Ghose.

Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Tabla
- Alla Rakha Khan, Zakir Hussain, Kishan
Maharaj, Nikhil Ghosh.
Violin
- T. N. Krishnan, Baluswamy Dikshitar, Lalgudi
G. Jayaraman, M. S. Gopala krishnan, Gajanan
Rao Joshi, Mysore T. Chowdiah.
Veena - K. R. Kumaraswamy lyer, Doraiswami lyengar.

Sarod
-
Ali Akbar Khan, Allaudin Khan, Amjad Ali
Khan, Buddhadev Dasgupta, Bahadur Khan,
Sharan Rani, Zarin S. Sharma.

Bismillah Khan
Shehnai - Bismillah Khan.

Ravi Shankar
Sitar
-
Nikhil Banerjee, Ravi Shankar, Vilayat Khan,
Hara Shankar Bhattacharya.


: : : Famous Vocalists : : :

Hindustani
-
Bheemsen Joshi, Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan,
Shubha Mudgal, Madhup Mudgal, Mukul, Girija
Devi, Shivputra, Pandit Jasraj, Mallikarjun Mansur,
Naina Devi, Gangubai Hangal, Krishna Hangal, V.
Rajput, Kumar Gandharva, Faiyyaz Khan, Parveen
Sultana.

Bheemsen Joshi
Carnatic
-
M. S. Subbalakshmi, Bombay Jayasree,
Balamuralikrishna, Mani Krishnaswamy, H. K.
Raghavendra, H. K. Venkataram, Sitarajam, G. N.
Balasubramaniam , M. L. Vasanthakumari, M. D.
Ramanathan, Akhil Krishnan.
M. S. Subbalakshmi
Dhrupad
-
Bundecha Bandhu, Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar,
Pt. Ritwik Sanyal, Zahiruddin Dagar, Waslfuddin
Dagar, Uday Bhawalkar, Pt. Abhay Narayan Mallick.

Balamuralikrishna
Quwwali
- Sultan Niyazi, Ghulam Hasan Niyazi, Chand Nizami,
IqbalHussain Khan Bandanawaji, Aslam Sabari,
Ghulam Farid Nizami.

Thumri
- Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Ustad Mazhar Ali
Khan, Ustad Zawad Ali Khan, Naina Devi, Rita
Ganguli, Poornima Chaudhary, Shanti Heerananda.

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: : : Famous Dancers : : :


Bharatnatyam
-
Alarmel Valli, Anita Ratnam, Malika Sarabhai,
Padma Subrahmanyam, Rukmini Devi, Yamini
Krishnamurty, Mrinalini Sarabhai,
Balasaraswati, Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai.

Rukmini Devi
(Bharatanatyam Dancer)
Kuchipudi
- Raja and Radha Reddy, Vempati Chinna
Satyam, Koushalyadevi, Yamini reddy, Bhavana
reddy.

Raja and Radha Reddy
(Kuchipudi Dancers)
Kathak
-
Birju Maharaj, Kumudini Lakhiya, Malabika
Mitra, Manisha Gulyani, Shovana Narayan,
Sitara Devi.

Mohiniyattam
- Gopika Varma, Pallavi Krishnan, Sunanda Nair,
Jayaprabha Menon, Vijayalakshmi, Radha
Dutta, Smitha Rajan.

Birju Maharaj (Kathak
Dancer)
KathaKali
-
Kalamandalam Gopi, Krishna Prasad, Kesavan
Namboodiri, Vasu Pisharody, Ramankutty Nair,
Sivaraman, Kavungal Chathunni Panicker.
Odissi
- Aadya Kaktikar, Aditi Bandyopadhyay, Anita
Babu, Arpita Venkatesh, Aruna Mohanty,
Dhirendra nath Pattnaik, Debaprasad Das.

Manipuri
- Guru Bipipin Singha, Jhaveri Sisters, Nayana
Jhaveri, Nirmala Mehta, Sonal Mansingh, Savita
Mehta. Indrani Rahman, Kelucharan Mahapatra,
Priyambaba Mohanty.