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Contents

SUPERLATIVES (WORLD & INDIA) .................................................................................................................. 2

FIRST EVER(WORLD & INDIA) ......................................................................................................................... 5

WORLD GEOGRAPHY .......................................................................................................................................... 9

INDIA GEOGRAPHY ........................................................................................................................................... 14

INDIAN POLITY .................................................................................................................................................. 32

INDIAN CULTURE .............................................................................................................................................. 36

SPORTS ................................................................................................................................................................ 39

MISCELLANEOUS ............................................................................................................................................... 46

VERSION DETAILS........................................................................................................................................... 109

SUPERLATIVES (WORLD & INDIA)

Superlatives of World

Longest/Largest/Bigg

est/Smallest

Name & Location Longest/Largest/Biggest/

Smallest

Name & Location

Biggest Bell Great Bell, Moscow Largest Continent Asia

Biggest Cinema House Roxy, New York Largest Coral Formation The Great Barrier Reef,

Australia Biggest city(area) Mount Isa, Australia Largest Country(area) Russia

Biggest Flower Raffesia(Java) Largest

Country(population)

China

Biggest Library Library of the congress Washington

Largest Dam Grand Coulee, USA

Biggest Museum British Museum, London Largest Delta Sundarbans, India

Brightest Planet Venus Largest Democracy India

Brightest Star Sirius Largest Desert Sahara, Africa

Broadest Strait Davis Strait Largest Diamond The Cullinan

Busiest Canal Baltic White Sea Canal Largest Diamond Mine Kimbarley, South Africa

Busiest port Rotterdam, Netherland Largest Gulf Gulf of Mexico

Coldest Place Vostok, Antarctica Largest Island Greenland

Deepest & Biggest

Ocean

The Pacific Largest lake(artificial) Lake volta, Ghana

Deepest lake Baikal, Russia Largest lake(fresh water) Lake Superior, USA

Driest Place Atacama Desert, South Africa

Largest lake(salt water ) Caspian Sea

Farthest Planet Neptune Largest land animal African Elephant

Fastest Animal Cheetah Largest Mammal Whale

Fastest Bird Peregrine Falcon Largest Mosque Masjid-al-Haram, Saudi Arabia

Highest Capital city La Paz, Bolivia Largest Palace Imperial Palace, China

Highest City Wen Chuan, China Largest Park National Park, Greenland

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Highest lake Titicaca, Bolivia Largest Peninsula Arabia

Highest Melting Point Tungsten Largest Planet Jupiter

Highest Mountain Peak Everest, Nepal Largest Railway Platform Grand Central Terminal,

New York

Highest Mountain Range

Himalayas Largest River Basin Amazon Basin

Highest Plateau Pamir, Tibet Largest river by volume Amazon

Highest Volcano Ojes del Salado, Chile Largest Sea Caspian Sea

Highest Waterfall Salto Angel Falls, Venezuela

Largest Sea bird Albatross

Hottest Planet Venus Largest Stadium Strahov Stadium, Prague,

Czech Largest Archipelago Indonesia Largest Volcano Mauna Loa, Hawaii

Largest Asian Desert Gobi, Mongolia Lightest Gas Hydrogen

Largest Bay Hudson Bay, Canada Lightest Metal Lithium

Largest Bird Ostrich Longest & Deepest Rail Tunnel

Seikan Tunnel, Japan

Largest Church Basilica of St. Peter,

Rome(Vatican city)

Longest & Largest Canal

Tunnel

Le Rove Tunnel, France

Largest City(population)

Tokyo, Japan Narrowest Strait Chaliks

Longest Animal Blue Whale Nearest Planet Mercury

Longest Corridor Rameshwaram temple

Corridor, India

Rainiest place Cherrapunji, India

Longest Day June 21 Shortest Day Dec 22

Longest Epic The Mahabharata Slowest animal Snail

Longest Jump animal Kangaroo Smallest Bird Humming Bird

Longest life-

Span(animal)

Tortoise Smallest Continent Australia

Longest Mountain

Range

Andes, South America Smallest Planet Mercury

Longest Non stop train Flying Scoutsman Tallest Animal Giraffe

Longest poisonous

snake

King Cobra Tallest Building Bhurj Khalifa, UAE

Longest port Tallest Minaret Great Hassan Mosque

Morocco

Longest Railway Trans-Siberian Railway Tallest Minaret(free

standing)

Qutub Minar, India

Longest Railway Bridge

Lower Zambeji, Africa Tallest Statue Statue of Liberty, New York,USA

Longest Railway Platform

Gorakhpur, UP, India Tallest Tower Tokyo Sky Tree, Japan

Longest River Nile Wingless Bird Kiwi

Longest River Dam Hirakud Dam, Odisha,

India

Longest Wall Great wall of China

Longest Strait Tartar Strait Longest wing spread bird Albatross

Longest Tunnel(road) Laerdal, Norway Most Intelligent Animal Chimpanzee

Largest solar farm China Longest elevated cycle

path

China

Longest bullet train China Longest Flight Qatar Airways

Largest Solar Plant Morocco Largest Artificial Sun Germany

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Superlatives of India

Longest/Largest/Highest etc Name & Location

Biggest Cave temple Ellora, Maharashtra

Biggest Hotel Oberai- Sheraton, Mumbai

Biggest Mosque Jama Masjid at Delhi

Biggest Stadium Yuva Bharti (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata

Deepest River Valley Bhagirathi & Alaknanda, Uttarakhand

Fastest Train Shatabadi Express running between New Delhi

and Bhopal Highest Airport Leh, Laddakh

Highest Award Bharat Ratna

Highest Battle Field Siachin Glacier

Highest Dam Tehri Dam, Uttarakhand

Highest Gallantry Award Param Vir Chakra

Highest Gateway Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur

Highest Lake Devtal Lake, Gadhwal (Uttarakhand)

Highest Peak Karkoram-2 or K-2

Highest Peak in the world is Mount Everest, Nepal

Highest Railway Station Ghum (W. Bengal)

Highest rainfall Mawsynram, Meghalaya

Highest Road Road at Khardungla

Highest Tower Kutab Minar at Delhi

Highest Watefall Nohkalikai Falls in Shora, Meghalaya

Largest Animal Fair Sonepur, Bihar

Largest Auditorium Sri Shanmukhanand Hall, Mumbai

Largest Cave Amarnath, J&K

Largest Cave Temple Kailash Temple, Ellora Maharastra

Largest Church Saint Cathedral,Goa

Largest Delta Sunderbans Delta

Largest Desert Thar, Rajasthan

Largest District Kutch district, Gujarat

Largest Dome Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur

Largest Fresh Water Lake Kolleru Lake, Andhra Pradesh

Largest Gurudwara Golden Temple Amritsar, Punjab

Largest inland salt lake Sambhar lake

Largest Lake Wular Lake, Kashmir

Largest Lake (Saline Water) Chilka Lake, Orrisa

Largest Man- Made Lake Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)

Largest Museum India Museum at Kolkata

Largest Planetarium Birla Planetarium, Kolkata

Largest Populated City Mumbai

Largest Port Mumbai, Mahrashtra

Largest Public Sector Bank State Bank of India

Largest River Island Majuli, Assam

Largest River without Delta Narmada and Tapti

Largest State (Area) Rajasthan

Largest State(Area) Rajasthan

Largest State(Population) Uttar Pradesh

Largest Zoo Zoological Garden at Alipur, Kolkata

Longest Beach Marina Beach, Chennai

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Longest Canal Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal

Longest Cantilever Span bridge Howrah Bridge, West Bengal

Longest Dam Hirakud Dam, Odisha

Longest Electric Railway Line From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna

Longest Highway NH-7 from Varanasi to Kanyakumari

Longest Platform Gorakhpur(UP)

Longest Railway Route From Assam to Kanyakumari

Longest River Ganga

Longest River Bridge Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna

Longest River in India The Ganges

Longest Road Grand Trunk Road

Longest Tributary river of India Yamuna

Longest Tunnel Jawahar tunnel, Jammu & Kashmir

Oldest Church St. Thomas Church at Palayar, Trichur (Kerala)

Smallest State (Area) Goa

Smallest State (Population) Sikkim

State wise largest area under forest Madhya Pradesh

State with longest coastline Gujarat

State with longest coastline of South India

Andhra Pradesh

Tallest Statue Statue of Gomateshwar, Karnataka

Longest Road Tunnel Cheneni-Nashiri, J & K

Largest startup incubator Hubballi, Karnataka

Largest WiFi service Maharashtra

Tallest flag post Attari Border, Punjab

Largest Floating Solar PV Plant Kerala

First in the world

FIRST EVER(WORLD & INDIA)

First in Name of the Person

First men to climb Mt. Everest Sherpa Tenzing Norgay & Sir Edmund Hillary

First man to reach North Pole Robert Peary

First man to reach South Pole Ronald Amundsen

First religion of the world Santosh Dharma

First country to print books China

First country to issue paper currency China

First country to start Civil Services

Competition

China

First President of United States of America George Washington

First prime Minister of great Britain Robert Walpole

First secretary general of United Nations Trigve Li

First country to make education compulsory Prussia

First country to win the world cup Football Uruguay (1930)

First country to make a constitution United States of America

Pakistan’s fist Governor General Mohammed Ali Jinnah

First Summit of NAM was organized in Belgrade (former Yugoslavia)

First European to visit China Marco Polo

First men to fly an aeroplane Wright Brothers

First person to sail around the world Ferdinand Magellan

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First country to send human to Moon United States of America

First country to launch satellite into space Russia (former USSR)

First country to host the modern Olympic

games

Greece

First President of the Republic of China Dr. Sun Yat-sen

First city to be attacked with Atom bomb Heroshima (Japan)

First Radio Telescope Satellite was

launched into space by

Japan

First Russian (Soviet) Prime Minister to visit India

V.I. Bulganin

First University of the world Taxila University

First man to set foot on the Moon Nell Armstrong (U.S.A)

First man to go into space Major Yuri Gagarin (USSR)

First Space Shuttle Launched Columbia

First space ship landed on mars Viking –I (July,1976)

First woman Prime Minister of England Margaret Thacher

First woman Prime Minister of any Muslim country

Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan)

First woman Prime Minister of a country S. Bhandarnayake (Sri Lanka)

First woman cosmonaut in space Valentina Tereshkova (USSR)

First woman to climb Mt. Everest Junko Tabei (Japan )

First deaf and dumb to cross the Srait of

Gibraltar

Taranath Shenoy (India)

First woman president of UN General assembly

Smt. Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1953)

First European Invader of Indian soil Alexander, The Great

First woman to reach the North pole Ms. Fran

First woman to reach Antartica Caroline Michaelson

First man to draw the map of earth Anexemander

First man to compile Encyclopaedia Aspheosis (Athens)

First eldest man to climb Mt. Event Richard Wass

First Asian to win Wimbledon Trophy Arthur Ashe (U.S.A)

First man to win Nobel Prize for Literature Rene F.A. & Suilt Pradhom (France )

First man to win Nobel Prize for Peace Jin F. Dunant (Switzerland) & Frederic Peiry

(France) First man to win Nobel prize for Physics W.K. Roentgen (Germany)

First man to win Nobel prize for Chemistry J.H. Wenthoff (Howlland)

First man to win Nobel Prize Medicine

(Medical Science)

A.E. Wonn Behring (Germany)

First man to win Nobel Prize Economics Ranger fish (Norway)& John Tinbergen (Howlland)

First woman President of a country Maria Estela Peron (Argentina) First Space Tourist (Male) Dennis Tito

First Space Tourist (Female) Mrs. Anousheh Ansari

World's longest hunger striker Irom Chanu Sharmila

First country to switch off FM radio Norway

First country to stop investing in fossil fuels Ireland

First country to allow pharmacies to sell marijuana

Uruguay

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First In India

First Persons

The first President of Indian Republic Dr. Rajendra Prasad

The first Prime Minister of free India Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

The first Indian to win Nobel Prize Rabindranath Tagore

The first President of Indian National Congress W.C. Banerjee

The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress

Badruddin Tayyabji

The first Muslim President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain

The first British Governor General of India Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835)

The first British Governor General of Bengal Lord Warren Hasting(1774-1885)

The first British Viceroy of India Lord Canning

The first Governor General of free India Lord Mountbatten

The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of C. Rajgopalachari

The first man who introduced printing press in India James Hicky

The first Indian to join the I.C.S Satyendra Nath Tagore

India’s first man in Space Rakesh Sharma

The first Prime Minister of India who resigned Morarji Desai

The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India General Cariappa

The first Chief of Army Staff Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji

The first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive S.P.Sinha

The first President of India who died while in office Dr. Zakhir Hussain

The first Muslim President of Indian Republic Dr. Zakhir Hussain

The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Charan Singh

The first Field Marshal of India S.H.F. Manekshaw

The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics C.V.Raman

The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award Dr. Radhakrishnan

The first Indian to cross English Channel Mihir Sen

The first Person to receive Jnanpith award Sri Shankar Kurup

The firs Speaker of the Lok Sabha Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar

The first Vice-President of India Dr. Radhakrishnan

The first Education Minister Abdul Kalam Azad

The first Home minister of India Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

The first Indian Air Chief Marshal S. Mukherjee

The first Indian Naval Chief Vice Admiral R.D. Katari

The first Judge of International Court of Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh

The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen Sherpa Anga Dorjee

The first person to get Param Vir Chakra Major Somnath Sharma

The first Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen

The first person to receive Magsaysay Award Acharya Vinoba Bhave

The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Hargovind Khurana

The first Chinese traveller to visit India Fahein

The first person to receive Stalin Prize Saifuddin Kitchlu

The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics Amartya Sen

The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court Justice Hirala J. Kania

The first Indian Pilot J.R.D. Tata (1929)

The first lady to become Miss World Rita Faria

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The first woman judge in Supreme Court Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi

The first woman Ambassador Miss C.B. Muthamma

The first woman Governor of a state in free India Mrs Sarojini Naidu

The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly Shanno Devi

The first woman Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi

The first woman Minister in a Government Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

The first woman to climb Mount Everest Bachhendri Pal

The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice Santosh Yadav

The first woman President of Indian National Mrs Annie Besant

The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force Harita Kaur Dayal

The first woman Graduates Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi

The first woman Airline Pilot Durba Banerjee

The first woman Honours Graduate Kamini Roy, 1886

The first woman Olympic medal Winner Karnam Malleswari, 2000

The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner Kamlijit Sandhu

The first woman Lawyer Cornelia Sorabjee

The first woman President of United Nations General Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit

The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State Mrs Sucheta Kripalani

The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Roze Millian Bethew

The first woman Director General of Police Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya

The first woman Judge Anna Chandy (She became judge in a

district court in 1937)

The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High

Court) The first woman Judge in Supreme Court of India Kumari Justice M. Fathima Beevi

The first woman Lieutenant General Puneeta Arora

The first woman Air Vice Marshal P. Bandopadhyaya

The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines Sushma Chawla

The first woman IPS officer Mrs. Kiran Bedi

The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India Razia Sultan

The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra Nirja Bhanot

The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award Ashapurna Devi

The first woman to cross English Channel Aarti Saha

The first woman to receive Nobel Prize Mother Teresa

The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna Mrs Indira Gandhi

The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award Ashpurna Devi

The first women head of Indian Cost Accounting Aruna Sethi

First Wax statue of a Living Indian Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussaud's in

1939

First Chinese pilgrim to Visit India Fa-hien

First Exclusive internet magazine Bharat Samachar

First Miss India to participate in Miss Universe Indrani Rehman

First President of Indian National Congress W.C. Bannerjee, 1885

First Muslim President of the Indian National Badruddin Tayyabji

First Judge in International Court of Justice Dr. Nagender Singh

First Graduate in Medicine Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chukerbutty

India's First University Nalanda University

India's First Open University Andhra Pradesh Open University

India's First Lok Sabha Member to be elected with a P.V.Narasimha Rao

First Indian to reach Antarctica Lt. Ram Charan

First British to Visit India Hawkins

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First Test tube baby of India Indira (Baby Harsha)

First Post Office Opened in India Kolkata(1727)

First uterus transplant Pune Doctors

First state to send postal ballots via electronic mode Goa

First cashless island Karang, Manipur

First cashless Township GNFC township

First smart tribal village Habbi, J & K

First 24×7 helpline for forests Maharashtra

First ship to go green INS Sarvekshak

First floating elementary school Manipur

First state to establishes cashless system for PDS Gujarat

First Smart Police Andhra Pradesh

First privately-run railway station Bhopal

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

List of Some Places with its Surname

Surname Country/Place Surname Country/Place

Asia paris Lahore , Pakistan City of roses Chandigarh

Africa in Miniature Cameroon City of smoke Osaka , Japan

Bengal sarrow River damodar , WB,

India

City of steel in india Jamshedpur

Blue mountains Nilagiri hills , India City of temples Bhubaneswar

Britain of the East Japan Costliest coast Coast Rica

Britain of the South New Zealand Coffee port of the

world

Shantos ( Brazil)

Battle field of Europe Belgium Dark continent Africa

Backbone of england Pennine Mountians Dead Heart of Africa Chad

Back bone of italy Apenninine Mountians Dairy of northern

europe

Denmark

Big apple Newyork Evergreen forest Western Ghats

City of Cycles Beijing Eighth Continent Madagascar

City of Eternal Springs Quito (Ecuador) Emerland island Ireland

City of Sky Scrappers New York (USA) Empire city Newyork

City of Magnificent Distances

Washinton DC Eternal city City of Music

Rome Varanasi

City of Golden Gate San Francisco (USA) Eye of greece Athens

City of Seven Hills Rome (Italy) Electronic city of india Banglore

Cockpit of Europe Belgium Forbidden city Lhasa (Tibet)

Concentration Camp of

Africa

Equatorial Guinea Friendly island Tonga

Copper Country Zambia Front door of australia Darwin

City of factories Knapur (U.P) Garden city of england Kent(Englans)

City of festivals Madurai , tamil nadu Garden city of world Chicago , Usa

City of dreaming spires Oxford , england Garden city of india Banglore

City of golden temple Amritsar , India Garden of europe Italy

City of magnificent

distance

Chennai Garden of south india Thanjavur

City of palaces Kolkatta , india Garden of gods Colorado (USA)

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cock pit of europe Belguim Gate way of india Mumbai

City of pope Rome Garden provice of south africa

Natal

City of seven islands Mumbai Gateway of tears Jerusalem

City of snow Canada George cross island Malta

City of arbian nights Baghdad, Iraq Grnaite city Aberdeen (Scotland)

City of motor cars Detroit , Michigan(USA) Great white way Broadway ( Newyork)

The City that Never Sleeps Cairo Granery of india Punjab

Golden city Johannesburg ,

South Africa

Gift of the Nile Egypt

Golden penisula Thailand Granery of south india Andhrpradesh

Hermit kingdom Korea Granery of tamilnadu Tanjavuur

Herring pond Atlantic Ocean Granery of kerala Palakkad

Horn of africa Somalia Gribraltar of the

indian ocean

Aden

Holy city Jerusalem Golden state California , Usa

International Organisations And Their Headquarters

Organisations HQ

Amnesty International London Commonwealth of Nations London

APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Forum) Singapore

ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) Jakarta

FAO(Food and Agricultural Organization) Rome

IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) Vienna

IBRD(International Bank for Reconstruction and Washington

ICAO(International Civil Aviation Org) Montreal

ICJ (International Court of Justice) The Hague

IDA(International Development Association) Washington

ILO(International Labour Org) Geneva

IMF (International Monetary Fund) Washington DC

IMCO(Inter-governmental Maritime Consultative org) London

IMO(International Maritime Organization) London

International Standards Org Geneva

Interpol(International Criminal Police Organization) Lyon, France

ITU(International Telecommunication) Geneva

NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Brussels

OECD (Org. for Economic Cooperation and Dev.) Paris

OPEC(Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) Vienna

OPCW( Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical The Hague

Organization of Islamic Cooperation Jedda

SAARC(South Asian Association for Regional Coop.) Kathmandu

Transparency International Berlin

UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade & Geneva

UNDP(United Nations Development Programme) New York

UNEP(United Nations Environmental Programme) Nairobi

UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Paris

UNHCR(United Nations High Commissioner) Geneva

UNICEF(United Nations International Children’s New York

UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Dev. Org) Vienna

UNITAR(United Nations Institute for Training and New York

UNO (United Nations Org) New York

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UPU(Universal Postal Union) Berne

WHO (World Health Org) Geneva

WMO (World Meteorological Org) Geneva

World Bank Washington DC

World Intellectual Property Org Geneva

WTO(World Trade Org) – GATT Geneva

List of International Lines /boundaries

Name of the lines/Boundaries Between Contries

Line of Actual Control India & China on the Northern Border

Line of Control India and Pakistan

Durand LineHU Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Radcliffe Line India and Pakistan (its includes Banladesh Line)

Blue Line Isreal & Lebanon

Purple Line Israel and Syria

Green Line Israel and its neighbours (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria)

Mason–Dixon line Maryland and Pennsylvania/Delaware in Colonial America

Curzon Line Poland & Russia

Military Demarcation Line(MDL) North Korea and South Korea.

Armistice Line North Korea and South Korea.

McMohan Line India & China

Maginot Line France & Germany

Mannar haime line Russia & Finland

Oder Nisse Line Germany & Poland( aftermath of World War II)

Hindenburg Line Poland & Germany(at the time of First World War)

Sigfried Line East France & Germany (at the time of second world war)

16 Parallel North Angola and Namibia

17th Parallel Line North & South Vietnam

20 ParallelLine Libya & Sudan

22 Parallel Line Egypt & Sudan

25 Parallel Line Mauritania & Mali

26 Parallel Line Western Sahara & Mauritania

31 Parallel Line Iraq & Iran

35 Parallel Line US it serves as border b/w Tennessee/Mississippi,

36 Parallel Line US it Forms forms the southernmost of the state of Missouri

38 Parallel Line North & South Korea

40 Parallel Line US it serves as border b/w Nebraska & Kansas

41 Parallel Line US it forms the border b/w wyoming/utah border,

Wyoming/colorado, 42 Parallel Line US it serves as border of new york & Pennsylvania Border

43 Parallel Line US it serves as border of b/w State Nebraska & state of south

Dakota 45 Parallel Line US it forms the boundary b/w Montana & wyoming

49 Parallel Line USA & Canada

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Some Important Monuments of the World

Monuments Country Monuments Country

Taj Mahal India Angkor Wat Cambodia

Eiffel Tower France Chichen Itza Mexico

tonehenge United Kingdom Pyramid Egypt

Saint Basil's Cathedral Russia Parthanon Greece

Leaning Tower of Pisa Italy Kremlin Russia

Statue of Liberty United States of America Opera House Australia

Borobudur Indonesia Imperial Palace Japan

Christ The Redeemer Brazil Wailing Wall Jersalem

Rivers of Major World Cities

Name of

the

Rivers

Name of

the

Cities

Name of

the

Countries

Name of

the

Rivers

Name of

the

Cities

Name of

the

Countries

Nile Alexandria Egypt Rímac Lima Peru

Amstel Amsterdam Netherlands Thames London England

Tigris Baghdad Iraq Manzanares Madrid Spain

Chao Phraya Bangkok Thailand Yarra Melbourne Australia

Danube, Sava Belgrade Yugoslavia St. Lawrence Montreal Canada

Spree, Havel Berlin Germany Moskva Moscow Russia

Bogotá Bogotá Colombia Seine Paris France

Senne Brussels Belgium Moldau Prague Czech Republic

Danube Budapest Hungary Tiber Rome Italy

Río de la Plata Buenos Aires Argentina Neva Saint Petersburg Russia

Nile Cairo Egypt Mapocho Santiago Chile

Hugli Calcutta India Tietê São Paulo Brazil

Barada Damascus Syria Han Seoul South Korea

Yamuna Delhi India Huangpu Shanghai China

LIffey Dublin Ireland Sumida Tokyo Japan

Saigon Ho Chi

Minh City

Vietnam Danube Vienna Austria

Pearl Hong Kong China Vistula Warsaw Poland

Liwung Jakarta Indonesia Sava Zagreb Croatia

Dnieper Kiev Ukraine Limmat Zürich Switzerland

Tagus Lisbon Portugal Sihl

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Parliament of countries

Country Parliament Country Parliament

Afghanistan Shora Austria National Assembly

Andorra General Council Bahamas General Assembly

Albania People's Assembly Bahrain Consultative Council

Azerbaijan Melli Majlis Bangladesh Jatiya Sansad

Algeria National People's Assembly Belize National Assembly

Angola National People's Assembly Bhutan Tsogdu

Argentina National Congress Bolivia National Congress

Australia Federal Parliament Brazil National Congress

Brunei National Assembly Kuwait National Assembly

Botswana National Assembly Laos People's Supreme Assembly

Britain Parliment (House of Common's

and House of Lords)

Labanon National Assembly

Bulgaria Narodno Subranie. Lesotho National Assembly and Senate

Cambodia National Assembly Lithuania Seimas

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Congo

Democratic

Rep. of National Legislative

Council

Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies

Colombia Congress Libya General People's Congress

Canada Parliament Malaysia Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara

China National People's Assembly Maldives Majlis

Chile Chamber of Deputies and Senate Madagascar National People's Assembly

Comoros Legislative Council and Senate Mongolia Great People's Khural

Costa Rice Legislative Council and Senate Montenegro Federal Assembly

Crotia Sabor Mozambique People's Assembly

Cuba National Assembly of People's

Power

Myanmar Pyithu Hluttaw

Czech Republic

Chamber of Deputies and Senate Nepal Rashtriya Panchayat

Denmark Folketing Netherlands The Staten General

Ecuador Natinal Congress New Zealand Parliament (House of Representative)

El Salvador Legislative Assembly Oman Monarchy

East Timor Constituent Assembly Pakistan National Assembly & Senate

Ethiopia Federal Council and House of

Representative

Paraguay Senate & Chamber of Deputies

Egypt People's Assembly Philippines The Congress

Fiji Islands Senate & House of Representative Papua New

Guinea

National Parliament

France National Assembly Poland Sejm

Finland Eduskusta (Parliament) Romania Great National Assembly

Germany Bundestag (Lower House) and

Bundesrat (Upper House)

Russia Duma & Federal Council

Guyana National Assembly Serbia Federal Assembly

Greece Chamber of Deputies Senegal National Assembly

Hungry National Assembly Seychelles National Assembly

Iceland Althing South Africa House of Assembly

India Sansad Spain Cortes

Indonesia People's Consultative Assembly Sweden Riksdag

Iran Majlis Saudi Arabia Majlis Al Shura

Iraq National Assembly Sudan Majlis Watani

Israel Knesset Switzerland Federal Assembly

Italy Chamber of Deputies and Senate Syria People's Council

Japan Diet Turkey Grand National Assembly

Jordan National Assembly USA Congress

Korea(North) Supreme People's Assembly Vietnam National Assembly

Venezuela National Congress

Korea(South) National Assembly Zambia National Assembly

Important Food Festivals Around The World

Name of the Festivals Name of the Countries Name of the Festivals Name of the Countries

Alba White Truffle

Festival

Alba, Italy Mistura Food Festival Lima, Peru

Abergavenny Food Festival

Wales, UK Monkey Buffet Festival

Lopburi Province, Thailand

Baltic Herring Festival Helsinki, Finland Oktoberfest Munich, Germany

Chinchilla Melon Australia Onion Eating Festival Spain

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Festival

Chocolate Festival London, UK Orange Festival Poland

International Mango

Festival

New Delhi, India Pancake Festival Moscow, Russia

Ivrea Orange Festival Ivrea, Italy Potato Festival Sweden

Maine Lobster Festival Rockland USA San Francisco Street

Food Festival

San Francisco, USA

Maslenitsa Festival Moscow, Russia Tomato Festival Spain

Melbourne Food &

Wine Festival

Melbourne, Australia Vegetarian Festival Thailand

INDIA GEOGRAPHY

India’s World Heritage Sites

Name of the Heritage sites State

Kaziranga Wild Life Sanctuary Assam

Manas Wild Life Sanctuary Assam

Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Bihar

Nalanda Bihar

The Architectural Work Of LeCorbusier Chandigarh

Humayun's Tomb Delhi

Qutb Minar and its Monuments Delhi

Red Fort Delhi

Churches and Convents of Goa Goa

Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Gujarat

Group of Monuments at Hampi Karnataka

Group of Monuments at Pattadakal Karnataka

Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi Madhya Pradesh

Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka Madhya Pradesh

Khajuraho Group of Monuments Madhya Pradesh

Ajanta Caves Maharashtra

Ellora Caves Maharashtra

Elephanta Caves Maharashtra

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Maharashtra

Konarak Sun Temple Odisha

Keoladeo National Park Rajasthan

Jantar Mantar, Jaipur Rajasthan

Khangchendzonga National Park Sikkim

Great Living Chola Temples Tamil Nadu

Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram Tamil Nadu

Mountain Railways of India Tamil Nadu

Agra Fort Uttar Pradesh

Fatehpur Sikri Uttar Pradesh

Taj Mahal Uttar Pradesh

Mountain Railways of India West Bengal

Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers Uttarakhand

Sundarbans National Park West Bengal

Western Ghats Goa, Kerala, Maharashtra,

Hill Forts of Rajasthan (Ranthambhore), Rajasthan

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List of 25 cultural Heritage Sites

Name of the Site Location Year

Agra Fort Uttar Pradesh 1983

Ajanta Caves Maharashtra 1983

Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi Madhya Pradesh 1989

Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park Gujarat 2004

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Maharashtra 2004

Churches and Convents of Goa Goa 1986

Elephanta Caves Maharashtra 1987

Ellora Cave Maharashtra 1983

Fatehpur Sikri Uttar Pradesh 1986

Great Living Chola Temples Tamil Nadu 1987

Group of Monuments at Hampi Karnataka 1986

Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram Tamil Nadu 1984

Group of Monuments at Pattadakal Karnataka 1987

Hill Forts of Rajasthan Rajasthan 2013

Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi Delhi 1993

Khajuraho Group of Monuments Madhya Pradesh 1986

Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya Bihar 2002

Mountain Railways of India Darjeeling, West Bengal 1999

Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi Delhi 1993

Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell) Gujarat 2014

Red Fort Complex Delhi 2007

Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka Madhya Pradesh 2003

Sun Temple, Konârak Orissa 1984

Taj Mahal Uttar Pradesh 1983

The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur Rajasthan 2010

List of Seven Natural Heritage Sites

Name Of the Site Location Year

Great Himalayan National Park Himachal Pradesh 2014

Kaziranga National Park Assam 1985

Keoladeo National Park Rajasthan 1985

Manas Wildlife Sanctuary Assam 1985

Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers Uttarakhand 1988

Sundarbans National Park West Bengal 1987

Western Ghats Covers Four states 2012

List of Important Temples & Its Location

Name of the Temple State

Kamakhya Temple Guwahati, Assam

Sukresvara temple Assam

Mahabalipuram Temple Tamil Nadu

Meenakshi temple Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Brihadeeswarar Temple Tamil Nadu

Kanchipuram Temple Tamil Nadu

Srisailam Temple Andhra Pradesh

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Tirupathi Temple Andhra Pradesh

Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple Kerala

Shabarimala ayyappa temple Kerala

Gomateshwra Temple Karnataka

Virupaksha Temple Bangalore (Karnataka)

Golden temple Amritsar, Punjab

Somnath temple Gujarat

Siddhivinayak Temple Maharashtra

Mahabodhi Temple Gaya, Bihar

Amarnath Temple Jammu & Kashmir

Markandeshwar Temple Haryana

Konark Sun Temple Odisha

Birla Mandir Jaipur

Highest Mountain Peaks Statewise State Peak Range/Region

Andhra Pradesh Arma Konda Eastern Ghats

Arunachal Pradesh Kangto (shared with Tibet) Eastern Himalaya

Assam Unnamed peak near Laike Dima Hasao District

Bihar Someshwar Fort West Champaran District

Chhattisgarh Bailadila Range Dantewada District

Goa Sosogad Western Ghats

Gujarat Girnar Junagadh District

Haryana Karoh Peak Morni Hills

Himachal Pradesh Reo Purgyil (shared withTibet) Western Himalaya

Jammu and Kashmir(claimed) K2 Karakoram

Jammu and Saltoro Kangri Karakoram

Jharkhand Parasnath Parasnath Hills

Karnataka Mullayanagiri Western Ghats

Kerala Anamudi Western Ghats

Madhya Pradesh Dhupgarh Satpura

Maharashtra Kalsubai Western Ghats

Manipur Mount Iso (Tenipu) Senapati District

Meghalaya Shillong Peak Khasi Hills

Mizoram Phawngpui Saiha District

Nagaland Mount Saramati (Shared Naga Hills

Odisha Deomali Eastern Ghats

Punjab Unnamed point on the Naina Devi Rupnagar District

Rajasthan Guru Shikhar Aravali

Sikkim Kangchenjunga (Shared Eastern Himalaya

Tamil Nadu Doddabetta Nilgiri Hills

Telangana Laxmidevipalli Deccan Plateau

Tripura Betalongchhip Jampui Hills

Uttar Pradesh Amsot Peak Shivalik Hills

Uttarakhand Nanda Devi Garhwal Himalaya

West Bengal Sandakphu (Shared with Nepal) Eastern Himalaya

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National Parks In India

State Name of the Park

Andaman and Nicobar

Islands

Campbell Bay National Park

Galathea National Park

Mahatma National Park

Saddle Peak National Park

South Button National Park

Andhra Pradesh Sri Venkateswara Park

Arunachal Pradesh Namdapha National Park

Namdapha Tiger Reserve

Pakhui Tiger Reserve

Assam

Kaziranga National Park

Manas National Park

Nameri National Park

Bihar Valmiki National Park

Chhattisgarh Kanger Ghati National Park

Achanakmar Tiger Reserve

Indravati Tiger Reserves Udanti & Sitanadi

Tiger Reserve

Gujarat

Blackbuck National Park

Gir Forest National Park

Marine Gulf of Kutch park

Haryana Sultanpur National Park

Himachal Pradesh

Great Himalayan National Park

Pin Valley National Park

Jammu and Kashmir

Dachigam National Park

Kishtwar National Park

Salim Ali National Park

Jharkhand Betla National Park

Palamau Tiger Reserve

Hazaribagh National Park

Karnataka

Bandipur National Park

Kudremukh National Park

Nagarhole Tiger Reserve

Bhadra Tiger Reserve

Anshi Dandeli Tiger Reserve

Biligiri Ranganatha Swamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary

Bannerghatta National Park

Kerala

Eravikulam National Park

Periyar National Park

Parambikulam Tiger Reserve

Silent Valley National Park

Madhya Pradesh

Kanha National Park

Madhav National Park

Mandla Fossils National Park

Pench National Park

Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve

Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve

Satpura National Park

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Maharashtra

Chandoli National Park

Melghat Tiger Reserve Pench Tiger Reserve

Tadoba Andhari Tiger Project

Sahyadri Tiger reserve

Nagzira-Navegaon Tiger Reserve

Bor Tiger Reserve

Navegaon National Park

Manipur Keibul Lamjao National Park

Meghalaya Balphakram National Park

Mizoram Blue Mountain National Park

Dampa Tiger Reserve

Odisha

Bhitarkanika National Park

Nandankanan Zoological Park

Satkosia Tiger Reserve

Simlipal National Park

Punjab Harike Wetland

Rajasthan

Desert National Park

Keoladeo National Park

Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary

Ranthambore National Park

Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve

Sariska Tiger Reserve

Sikkim Khangchendzonga Park

Tamil Nadu

Guindy National Park

Gulf of Mannar National Park

Mudumalai National Park

Anamalai Tiger Reserve

Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve

Mudumalai Tiger Reserve

Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve

Palani Hills National Park

Telangana

Kasu bramanda Reddy National Park

Kawal Tiger Reserve

Nagarjunsagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve

Mrugavani National Park

Uttar Pradesh Dudhwa National Park

Pilibhit Tiger Reserve

Uttarakhand

Jim Corbett National Park

Nanda Devi National Park

Rajaji National Park

Valley of Flowers National Park

West Bengal

Buxa Tiger Reserve

Jaldapara National Park

Neora Valley National Park

Singalila National Park

Sundarbans National Park

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Atomic Power Plants

Name of the Plant State

Kaiga atomic power plant Karnataka

Kakrapar atomic power plant Gujarat

Madras atomic power plant Tamil Nadu

Narora atomic power plant Uttar Pradesh.

Rajasthan atomic power plant Rajasthan

Tarapur atomic power plant Maharashtra

Kundankulam atomic power plant Tamil Nadu

Gorakhpur atomic power plant Haryana

Chutka atomic power plant Madhya Pradesh

Mahi Banswara atomic power plant Rajasthan

Kaiga atomic power plant Karnataka

Kovvada atomic power plant Andhra Pradesh

Mithi virdhi atomic power plant Gujarat.

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Important Hydropower plant

State Name of the Plant

ANDHRAPRADESH Nizam Sagar Dam-Manjira River

Prakasam Barrage-Krishna River

Srisailam Dam-Krishna River

GUJRAT Ukai Dam

Dharoi Dam-Banas River

Dantiwada Dam-Sabarmati River

HIMACHAL PRADESH Pandoh Dam-Beas River Bhakra Nangal Dam-Sutlej River Nathpa Dam-Sutlej River

Gobind Sagar, Reservoir-Sutlej River

Maharana Pratap Sagar Reservoir

JAMMU & KASHMIR Salal Project-Chenab River

Chutak Hydroelectric Project

Dumkhar Hydroelectric Dam-Indus River Uri Hydroelectric Dam-Jhelum River

JHARKHAND Maithon Dam-Barakar Rive

Chandil Dam-Subarnarekha River

Panchet Dam-Damodar River

KARNATAKA Tunga Bhadra Dam-Tungabhadra and Krishna River

Linganamakki dam-Sharavathi River

Alamatti Dam-Krishna River Harangi Dam-Cauvery River Ghataprabha Reservoir-Ghataprabha River

KERALA Banasura Sagar Dam-Chalakudy River Malampuzha Dam-Malampuzha River

Idukki Dam-Periyar River

Mullaperiyar Dam-Pennar River Neyyar Dam-Pennar River-Kerala.

MADHYA PRDESH Barna Dam-Barna River

Indirasagar Project-Narmada River

Narmada Dam Project-Narmada River Gandhi Sagar Dam-Chambal River Tawa Reservoir-Tawa River

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MAHARASTRA Koyna Dam-Koyna River Bhatsa Dam-Bhatsa and Chorna rivers

Wilson Dam-Pravara River Girna Dam-Girna and Godavari River

Radhanagari Dam-Bhogawati River

ODSIHA Jalaput Dam Balimela Reservoir-Sileru River Indravati Dam-Indravati River

Hirakud Dam-Mahanadi River

RAJASTHAN MBisalpur dam-banas river

TAMILNADU Vaigai Dam-Vaigai River

Krishnagiri Reservoir

Pechiparai Reservoir-River Kodayar Vidur Reservoir

Perunchani Dam-Paralayar River

Periyar Reservoir-Periyar River Stanley Reservoir-Kaveri River

Mettur Dam-Kaveri River

Bhavanisagar Reservoir-Bhavani River Parambikulam Reservoir-Parambikulam River

UTTARPRADESH Parichha Dam-Betwa River Rihand Project-Rihand River and Son River

Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar Dam-Rihand River

Tehri Dam-Bhagirathi River

List of Thermal Power Plant

Name of the Plant State

Simhadri Super Thermal Power Plant Andhra Pradesh Dr Narla Tatarao TPS

Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Station

Pynampuram Power Station

Rayalaseema Thermal Power Station

Simhapuri Thermal Power Station

Hinduja Thermal Power Station

Meenakshi Thermal Power Station

Barh Super Thermal Power Station Bihar

Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station

Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project

Barauni Thermal Power Station

Kanti Thermal Power Station

Sipat Thermal Power Plant Chhattisgarh

Korba Super Thermal Power Plant

DB Thermal Project Ltd.

Jindal Megha Power Plant

Hasdeo Thermal Power Station

Lanco Amarkantak Power Plant

Dr Shyama Prasad Mukharjee Thermal Power Station

KSK Mahanadi Power

Bhilai Expansion Power Plant

Bhawnendra Singh Deo Power Plant

Badarpur Thermal Power Station New Delhi

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Rajghat Power Station

Mundra Thermal Power Station Gujarat Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project

Wanakbori Thermal Power Station

Essar Power Gujarat Ltd.

Gandhinagar Thermal Power Station

Ukai Thermal Power Station

Surat Thermal Power Station

Sabarmati Thermal Power Station

Kutch Thermal Power Station

Akrimota Thermal Power Station

Sikka Thermal Power Station

Dhuvaran Thermal Power Station

Panipat Thermal Power Station Haryana

Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Station

Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Power Station

Faridabad Thermal Power Station

Amarkantak Thermal Power Station

Chandrapura Thermal Power Station Jharkhand

Koderma Thermal Power Station

Patratu Thermal Power Station

Bokaro Thermal Power Station

Jojobera Thermal Power Plant

Tenughat Thermal Power Station

Raichur Thermal Power Station Karnataka Udupi Thermal Power Plant

JSW Vijayanagar Power Station

Bellary Thermal Power station

Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station Madhya Pradesh

Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project

Sant Singaji Thermal Power Plant

Dada Dhuniwale Thermal Power Plant

Sanjay Gandhi Thermal Power Station

Satpura Thermal Power Station

Amarkantak Thermal Power Station

Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station Maharashtra

Tirora Thermal Power Station

Amravati Thermal Power Plant

Bhusawal Thermal Power Station

Trombay Thermal Power Station

Khaperkheda Thermal Power Station

Parli Thermal Power Station

Nashik Thermal Power Station

Koradi Thermal Power Station

Wardha Warora Power Plant

Dahanu Thermal Power Station

Paras Thermal Power Station

CESC Chandrapur Thermal Power Station

Talcher Super Thermal Power Station

Sterlite Jharsuguda Power Station

Vedanta Jharsuguda Captive Power Plant

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Angul Thermal Power Station

National Aluminium Company Captive Power Plant

Kamalanga Thermal Power Plant

Ib Thermal Power Station

Talcher Thermal Power Station

Hirakud Captive Power Plant

Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Plant Punjab

Guru Hargobind TP

Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant

Suratgarh Super Thermal Power Plant Rajasthan

Kota Super Thermal Power Plant

Raj West Lignite Power Plant

Chhabra Thermal Power Plant

Barsingsar Thermal Power Station

Giral Lignite Power Plant

VS Lignite Power Plant

Neyveli Thermal Power Station II Tamil Nadu

Vallur Thermal Power Station

Tuticorin Thermal Power Station

Neyveli Thermal Power Station I

NTPL Thermal Power Station

Mettur Thermal Power Station

North Chennai Thermal Power Station

Muthiara Thermal Power Station

IL&FS Thermal Power Station

Ennore Thermal Power Station

Tutiorin (Pvt) Thermal Power Station

Neyveli Zero Lignite Power Station

NTPC Ramagundam Telangana

Kothagudem Thermal Power Station

Kakatiya Thermal Power Station

Ramagundam B Thermal Power Station

Rihand Thermal Power Station Uttar Pradesh

Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station

NTPC Dadri

Anpara Thermal Power Station

Obra Thermal Power Station

Rosa Thermal Power Plant

Feroj Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Plant

Parichha Thermal Power Station

Tanda Thermal Power Plant

Harduaganj Thermal Power Station

Panki Thermal Power Station

Mejia Thermal Power Station West Bengal

Farakka Super Thermal Power Station

Kolaghat Thermal Power Station

Bakreshwar Thermal Power Station

Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Station

Budge Budge Thermal Power Plant

Santaldih Thermal Power Station

Durgapur Thermal Power Station

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Sagardighi Thermal Power Station

Bandel Thermal Power Station

Durgapur Thermal Power Station

Titagarh Thermal Power Station

CESC Southern Generating Station

New Cossipore Generating Station

Mejia Thermal Power Station

Farakka Super Thermal Power Station

Kolaghat Thermal Power Station

Bakreshwar Thermal Power Station

Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Station

Budge Budge Thermal Power Plant

Santaldih Thermal Power Station

Durgapur Thermal Power Station

Sagardighi Thermal Power Station

Bandel Thermal Power Station

Durgapur Thermal Power Station

Titagarh Thermal Power Station

CESC Southern Generating Station

New Cossipore Generating Station

Important Lakes

Name of the Lakes Notes

Wular Lake Wular Lake is one of the largest fresh water lakes in Asia and the largest in India, is located in Jammu and Kashmir

Loktak Lake Loktak Lake is the largest freshwater lake in northeastern India,

located in Manipur. Da mdama Lake Damdama Lake is one of the biggest natural lakes in Haryana.

Dal Lake The Kashmir valley is blessed with exotic natural beauty of landscape and water bodies, out of them one of the best is Dal Lake

Pichola Lake Lake Pichola is an artificial fresh water lake situated in Udaipur city

in Rajasthan.

Gurudongmar Lake Gurudongmar Lake is one of the highest lakes in the world. This

fresh water lake is located northeast of the Kangchenjunga range in Sikkim.

Chilka Lake Chilka Lake is the brackish water lake and is the largest coastal lake

in India. The Chilka Lake in situated in Orissa and is Asia’s largest

inland salt water lagoon.

Vembanad Lake Vembanad Lake is India’s longest lake and is the largest lakes in the beautiful state land of God, Kerala

Bhimtal Lake The pride of Bhimtal is a beautiful lake which offers magnificent

vistas for tourists. The lake is larger than Nainital lake, uttarnachal

Upper lake Upper lake is the largest artificial lake in Asia, situated in “City of

Lakes” called Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Kolleru Lake and Pulicat Lake Two major lakes for number of migratory birds in India, AP

Major Sea Ports

The nine coastal Indian states Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh,

Orissa and West Bengal are home to all major and minor ports of India.

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Sea Ports in India Top 10 busiest and the largest Sea Ports

Name of the Port State Name of the Port Country

Kandla Port Gujarat Shanghai China

Nhava Sheva Maharashtra Ningbo-Zhoushan China

Mumbai Port Maharashtra Singapore Singapore

Marmagao port Goa Rotterdam The Netherlands

Panambur Port Karnataka Tianjin China

Cochin Port Kerala Guangzhou China

Port Blair Andaman Qingdao China

Tuticorin Port Tamil Nadu Qinhuangdao Port China

Chennai Port Tamil Nadu Busan South Korea

Vizag Port Andhra Pradesh Hong Kong China

Paradip Port Orissa Haldia port West Bengal

International Airports in India

State City Airport Name

Andaman & Nicobar Islands Port Blair Veer Savarkar International Airport

Andhra Pradesh Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam International Airport

Andhra Pradesh Vijayawada Vijayawada International Airport

Assam Guwahati Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International

Airport Bihar Gaya Gaya International Airport

Delhi New Delhi Indira Gandhi InternationalAirport

Goa Goa/td Goa International Airport/Dabolim Airport

Gujarat Ahmedabad Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International

Airport

Jammu & Kashmir Srinagar Srinagar Airport

Karnataka Bengaluru Kempegowda International Airport

Karnataka Mangalore Mangalore International Airport

Kerala Kochi Cochin International Airport

Kerala Kozhikode Calicut International Airport

Kerala Thiruvananthapura Trivandrum International Airport

Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Raja Bhoj International Airport

Maharashtra Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

Maharashtra Nagpur Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International

Airport

Manipur Imphal Tulihal International Airport

Odisha Bhubaneswar Biju Patnaik International Airport

Punjab Amritsar Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport

Rajasthan Jaipur Jaipur International Airport

Tamil Nadu Chennai Chennai International Airport

Tamil Nadu Coimbatore Coimbatore International Airport

Tamil Nadu Madurai Madurai Airport

Tamil Nadu Tiruchirapalli Tiruchirapalli International Airport

Telangana Hyderabad Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Chaudhary Charan Singh International

Uttar Pradesh Varanasi Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport

West Bengal Kolkata Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International

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List of Important Institutions in India

Name of the Institute Location

Education

Central Hindi Institute Agra, Uttar Pradesh

Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru, Karnataka

Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

Central Institute of English and Foreign Language Hyderabad, Telegana

Institute of Central Indian Language Mysore, Karnataka

Commission of Scientific and Technical Words Terminology New Delhi

Indian Institute of Social Sciences and Research New Delhi

Institute of National Sanskrit New Delhi

Rashtriya Bal Bhavan New Delhi

Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit Vidyapeeth New Delhi

Council of Indian Philosophy Research New Delhi and Lucknow

Indian Council of Higher Research Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

National Sanskrit Vidyapeeth Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

Environmental Institutes

Rehabilitation Institute of Social Forestry and Ecology Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh

G. B. Pant Himdoya Environment and Development Institute Almora, Uttarakhand

Institute of Indian Plywood Industry and Research Bengaluru, Karnataka

Institute of Lumbering Science and Technology Bengaluru, Karnataka

Institute of Indian Forest Management Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Institute of Forest Research and Human Resource Development Chindwara, Madhya

Pradesh Institute of Forest Genetic Tree Breeding Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Indian Forest Research and Education Council Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Institute of National Science & Technology Faridabad, Haryana

Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Institute of Rainforest Jorhat, Assam

Indian Forest Survey Jorhat, Assam

Indian Botanical Survey Kolkata, West Bengal

Indian Anthropology Survey Kolkata, West Bengal

Central Pollution Control Board New Delhi

Central Museum Authority New Delhi

Forest Productive Centre Ranchi, Jharkhand

Himalayan Forest Research Centre Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Defence Institutes

Electrical and Mechanical Engineering School Baroda, Gujarat

Air Force Technical College Bengaluru, Karnataka

Hindustan Aeronatic Limited Bengaluru, Karnataka

Indian Air Force Training Centre Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Officers Training Academy Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Indian Military Academy Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Air Force Academy Hyderabad, Telagana

National Defence Academy Kharagwasala, Pune

Naval College of Engineering Lonavala, Maharashtra

Directorate General N.C.C New Delhi

Directorate of National Cadet Core New Delhi

College of Military Engineering Pune, Maharashtra

Institute of Armament Technology Pune, Maharashtra

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Defence Management Institute Sikandrabad, Uttar Prdeash

Military College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Sikandrabad, Uttar Prdeash

Art and Culture

Allahabad Museum Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh

Indira Gandhi National Human Museum Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Nav Nalanda Mahabihar Bihar

Kala Chitra Foundation Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Salarjanj Museum Hyderabad, Telangana

Jawahar Lal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy Imphal, Manipur

Asiatic Society Kolkata, West Bengal

Indian Anthropology Survey Kolkata, West Bengal

Indian Museum Kolkata, West Bengal

Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Asian Studies Institute Kolkata, West Bengal

National Science Museum Parishad Kolkata, West Bengal

National Modern Art Technique Kolkata, West Bengal

National Library Kolkata, West Bengal

Raja Rammohan Rai Library Foundation Kolkata, West Bengal

Ram Krishan Mission Sanskrit Institute Kolkata, West Bengal

Victoria Memorial Hall Kolkata, West Bengal

Central Buddh Education Institute Leh, J & K

National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural

Heritage

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Institute of National Museum History for Art Conservation and Science Museum

New Delhi

Indian National Archives New Delhi

Central Secretariat Library (1981) New Delhi

Cultural Institute and Training Centre (1979) New Delhi

Delhi Public Library New Delhi

Gandhian Recollection and Philosophy Recollection New Delhi

Indira Gandhi National Art Centre New Delhi

Lalit Kala Academy New Delhi

National Drama Vidyalaya New Delhi

National Museum New Delhi

National School of Drama New Delhi

Nehru Memorial Museum and Library New Delhi

Sahitya Academy New Delhi

Sangeet Natak Academy New Delhi

Khudabaksh Oriental Public Library Patna, Bihar

Rampur Raja Library Rampur, Uttar Pradesh

Institute of Indian Diamond Surat, Gujarat

Central High Tibetean Educational Institute Varanasi, Uttar Prdeash

Food and Civil Supply

Indian Standard Bureau Delhi

Indian Examination House Kolkata, West Bengal,

Health and Family Welfare

National Yunani Institute Bengaluru, Karnataka

National Siddh Institute Chennai, Tamil Nadu

National Ayurvedic Institute Jaipur, Rajasthan

National Homeopathic Institute Kolkata, West Bengal

Central Health Education Bureau New Delhi

National Medical Science Academy New Delhi

Morarji Desai National Yog Institute New Delhi

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National Ayurvedic Vidyapeeth New Delhi

National Natural Medical Institute Pune, Maharashtra

Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd. Rasoyni ,Maharashtra

Industries

National Aluminium Co. Ltd. Bhubaneswar,Orissa

Plastic Engineering and Technology Institute(Sepate) Chennai, Tamil Nadu

South India Textile Research Association Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

North India Cloth Research Institute Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

Pesticide Technology Institute Gurgaon, Haryana

Indian Jute Industry Research Association Kolkata, West Bengal

Silk and Art Silk Mills Research Association Mumbai, Maharashtra

Indian Bureau of Mines Nagpur, Maharashtra

Hindustan Antibiotic Ltd. Pune- Pimpri, Maharashtra

Wool Research Institute Thane, Maharashtra

National Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd. Trombay, Maharashtra

Hindustan Zinc Ltd. Udaipur

Law and Justice

National Justice Academy Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel National Police Academy Hyderabad, Telangana

Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narain National Crime and Justice Institute New Delhi

Labour

Labour Bureau Institute Chandigarh and Shimla

Central Education Media Institute Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Director General of Mines Security Dhanbad, Jharkhand,

Institute of Central government Training and Research Kolkata, West Bengal

Central Labour Board Nagpur, Maharashtra

V. V. Giri National Labour Institute Noida, Uttar Pradesh

Mass Communication

Satyajeet Ray Film and Television Institute Kolkata, West Bengal

Film Department Mumbai, Maharashtra

Indian Committee of Children Film Mumbai, Maharashtra

Testimony Board of Central Movie Mumbai, Maharashtra

Directorate of Publications and Visual Publicity New Delhi

Directorate of Regional Publicity New Delhi

Institute of Indian Film and Television Pune, Maharashtra

National Film Archieves Pune, West Bengal

Institute of Science and Technology

Science Expansion (Vigyan Prasar)New Delhi

Institute for Plasma Research Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Physical Research Laboratory Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Indian Science Academy Allahabad, Gujarat

Indian Astro physics Institute Bengaluru, Karnataka

Jawahar Lal Nehru Developed Scientific Research Centre Bengaluru, Karnataka

Indian Science Academy Bengaluru, Karnataka

National Biological Science Centre Bengaluru, Karnataka

Liquid Crystal Research Institute Bengaluru, Karnataka

National Biology Centre Bengaluru, Karnataka

Physics Institute Bhubaneshwar

Life Science Institute Bhubaneshwar, Odisha

Institute of Physics Bhubaneshwar, Odisha

Indian Oceanic Technical Institute Chennai, Tamil NAdu

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Harish Chand Research Institute Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Project Directorate, Integrated Coastal and Sea Coast Management Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Institute of Mathematical Science Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Sea- biotic Resources and Ecology Centre Cochin, Kerala

Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Cosmic Rays Research Institute Gauribidanur, Karnataka

National Antarctic and Ocean Research Centre Goa

Indian National Oceanic Information Service Centre Hyderabad, Telegana

Survey Training Institute Hyderabad, Telegana

Director of Atomic Mineral Investigation and Research Hyderabad, Telegana

Nuclear Fuel Campus Hyderabad, Telegana

D. N. A. Finger Print and Centre Hyderabad, Telegana

Biotic Resources and Continuous Development Centre Imphal, Manipur

Indian Uranium Corporation Ltd. Jaduguda, Jharkhand

Uranium Corporation of India Ltd. Jaduguda, Jharkhand

Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology Kocchi, Kerala

Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Kolkata, West Bengal

Indian Science Congress Association Kolkata, West Bengal

Bose Institute Kolkata, West Bengal

N. N. Bose National Fundamental Science Centre Kolkata, West Bengal

Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre Kolkata, West Bengal

Saha Nuclear Physics Institute Kolkata, West Bengal

Birbal Sahani Institute of Paleo botany Lucknow, Uttarakhand

Centre of National Mental Research Manesar, Haryana

Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Mumbai, Maharashtra

Heavy Water Board Mumbai, Maharashtra

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Mumbai, Maharashtra

Deptt. of Atomic Energy Mumbai, Maharashtra

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai, Maharashtra

Vishveshraiya National Technical Institute Nagpur, Maharashtra

Aryabhatta Research Observatory Nainital

Indian National Science Academy New Delhi

Indian National Engineering Academy New Delhi

National Institute of Reservation New Delhi

National Plant Genome Research Centre New Delhi

National Earthquake Science Data Centre New Delhi

Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council New Delhi

Shri Ram Institute of Chemical Research New Delhi

Shri Ram Chennai Research Institute New Delhi

Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Pune, Maharashtra

Centre of National Cell Science Pune, Maharashtra

Agarkar Research Institute Pune, Maharashtra

S. V. National Technical Institute Surat, Gujarat

Sri Chitra Triunal Medical Science and Technical Institute Tiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Hindustan Zinc Limited Udaipur, Rajasthan

Transport

Rail Wheel Factory Bengaluru, Karnataka

Chitranjan Locomotive Works Chitranjan, West Bengal

Indira Gandhi National Flying Academy Furshatganj (U. P.)

National Water Sporting Institute Goa

Indian Tourism and Travel Management Institute Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

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Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala, Punjab

Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Kolkata, West Bengal

Marine Engineering and Research Institute Kolkata., West Bengal

Marine Engineering and Research Institute Mumbai, Maharashtra

Lal Bahadur Shastri Coastal Research and Higher Study Institute Mumbai, Maharashtra

Maritime Training Institute Powai Mumbai, Maharashtra

Fire Service Training School Narainpur (Kolkata), WB

Civil Aviation Security Bureau Delhi New Delhi

National Aviation Management and Research Institute New Delhi

Fire Training Centre New Delhi

Indian Inland Waterways Authority Noida, Uttar Pradesh

Integral Coach Factory Perambur, Kapurthala

Diesel Locomotive Works Varanasi, Uttar Prdeash

Hindustan Shipyard Limited Visakhapatnam, Andhra

Pradesh Water Resources

Central Water and Electric Research Centre Kharagwasala ,Pune

Central Soil and Material Research Centre New Delhi

National Project Construction Corporation Ltd. New Delhi

National Hydrology Institute Roorkee,Uttarakhand

Welfare

Multi- disabled Strengthen Institute Chennai, Tamil Nadu

National Rehabilitation Training and Research Institute Cuttack, Odisha

National Blind Institute Dehradun, Uttarakhand

National Orthopedic Disabled Institute Kolkata, West Bengal

Aliyawarjung National Hard of Hearing Institute Mumbai, Maharashtra

Physically Disabled Institute New Delhi

National Public Cooperation and Child Development Institute New Delhi

National Mental Disabled Institute Sikandrabad,Uttar Pradesh

Youth Work and Play

Laxmibai National Physical Education Institute Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

Rajeev Gandhi National Youth Development Institute Perambur, Tamil Nadu

Energy

National Thermal PowerCorporation New Delhi

Electric Finance Corporation Ltd New Delhi

Communication

High Level Telecommunication Training Centre Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

Advance Level Telecommunication Training Centre Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

National Telecommunication Finance and Management Academy Hyderabad, Telegana

Bharat Ratna Bhim Rao Ambedkar Telecommunication Training

Institute

Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh

Telecommunication Engineering Centre New Delhi

Defence

Indian Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is headquartered in the Capital, New Delhi.It has 3 Regional headquarters at

Mumbai, Chennai and Port Blair.

1 District Headquarters in each of the nine coastal states and 2 in the Union territories of Andaman

and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep Islands.

4 Coast Guard Stations, one each at Vadinar, Okha, Tuticorin and Mandapam.

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The Indian Army is organised into seven commands Indian Air Force is organised into seven command

Command Headquarter Command Headquarter

Western command Chandigarh Western command New Delhi

Eastern command Kolkata Central command Allahabad

Northern command 56 APO Eastern command Shillong

Southern command Pune South western command Jodhpur

Central command Lucknow Training command Bangaluru

Army Training Command Shimla Maintenance command Nagpur

South Western Command Jaipur Southern command Thiruvananthapuram

Indian Navy is organized into following command

Command Headquarter

Eastern command Vishakhapatnam

Southern command Kochi

Western command Mumbai

Productions of crops in india highest as per states

States Crops

Andhra Pradesh Vegetable Oil Production, Shrimp

Arunachal Pradesh Shifting Cultivation, Fruits

Assam Tea, Silk

Bihar Potato

Chhattisgarh Paddy

Delhi Wheat

Goa Cashewnuts

Gujarat Cotton ,Sugar

Haryana Wheat And Rice

Himachal Pradesh Fruit & Vegetables

Jammu And Kashmir Apples, Cardamom

Jharkhand Lac Production

Karnataka Coffee(Chitmanglore), Silk

Kerala Spices, Rubber, Ginger

Madhya Pradesh Pulses , Oil Seeds

Maharashtra Cotton ,Sugarcane

Manipur Horticulture,Jute

Meghalaya Ginger

Mizoram Maize

Nagaland Oilseeds,Rice

Odisha Coarse Cereals,Jute

Puducherry Coconut Cultivation

Punjab Wheat , Cotton , Sugar,Millet

Rajasthan Coarse Cereal,Pulses

Sikkim Maize, Millet, Wheat, Barley, Oranges, Tea And Cardamom

Tamil Nadu Flowers ,Rice , Horticulture

Telangana Fruits ,Cotton, Sugarcane, Mango And Tobacco

Tripura Potato, Sugarcane, Mesta, Pulses And Jute

Uttar Pradesh Rice ,Wheat ,Maize , Potatoe, Oilseeds

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Uttarakhand Basmati Rice, Wheat Soybeans, Groundnuts

West Bengal Jute ,Rice, Potato

INDIAN POLITY

CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (Important Points)

Indian Constitution is the framework of duties and rules of different Indian governing bodies

and its people.

After the independence of India in 1947, it took 2 years 11 months and 18 days to build the

Indian constitution.

26 November 1949 India adopted its constitution and it came into effect on 26 January 1950.

The day (26 January) is celebrated as the republic day in India. Because on that day Indian

constitution came into effect and India became a sovereign, democratic republic country.

To commemorate the PurnaSwaraj declaration of independence of 1930, the date 26 January

was chosen.

Indian constitution was drafted by the Constituent Assembly and Dr.

BhimraoRamjiAmbedkar is called the father of Indian constitution. Constituent Assembly

had 13 different committees.

Indian constitution is the longest written constitution. It contains 448 articles in 22 parts, 12

schedules and 118 amendments. Indian constitution was hand written and was both in Hindi

and English. The original copies of the constitution are preserved in a secure way.

Many principles of Indian constitution were influenced from different countries constitution.

Such as separation of powers among the majorbranches of government was adopted from the

constitution of United States, directive principle of state policy was adapted from Ireland.

Important Articles Of Indian Constitution:

Aticles For

Article 1 Name and Territory of the Union.

Article 14 Relates to Right to Equality

Article 17 Abolishes the practice of untouchability

Article 18 Prohibits the state from conferring any title.

Article 19 Deals with six freedoms of Indian citizens namely, freedom of

speech and expression

(d) freedom of movement throughout the territory of India

(e) freedom of residence and settlement in any part of India (d) Freedom of occupation

Article 21 Provides protection to life and liberty to all persons

Article 21A Right to elementary education.

Article 22 Affords protection against arbitrary arrest & detention

Article 23 Prohibits the traffic in human beings and beggars. (making a

person work without wages or adequate compensation) Article 24 Prohibits the employment of children below 14 years.

Articles 25-28 Relates to Right to freedom of religion

Article 32 Right to Constitutional Remedies described as ‘‘The heart and

soul of the Constitution’’ by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Article 36-51 Relates to Directive Principles of State Policy.

Article 39A Free legal aid

Article 40 Deals with the formation of Panchayats

Article 44 Uniform Civil Code for the Citizens.

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Article 45 Free and compulsory education to all children below 14 years of

age. Article 50 Separation of Judiciary

Article 51 Promotion of International peace & security

Article 51(A) Relates to list of Fundamental Duties

Article 74 Council of Ministers to aid and advice the President

Article 110 Definition of Money Bills.

Article 112 Annual Financial Statement (Budget)

Article 123 Power of President to promulgate ordinances during recess of

Parliament. Article 262 Adjudication of disputes relating to waters of Inter

Article 312 All India Services

Article 315 Public Service Commissions for the Union and for the states.

Article 324 Relates to the Election Commission

Article 352 Gives provision regarding emergencies

Article 356 Proclamation of President’s Rule in the states.

Article 368 Amendment of the Constitution by the Parliament

Article 370 Special status to Jammu and Kashmir

The borrowed features of constitution from different countries

Australia Concurrent list Language of the preamble

Provision regarding trade, commerce and intercourse

Canada Scheme of federation with a strong centre Distribution of powers between centre and the states and placing. Residuary Powers with

the centre

Ireland Concept of Directive Principles of States Policy(Ireland borrowed it from SPAIN)

Method of election of President

Nomination of members in the Rajya Sabha by the President

Japan Law on which the Supreme Court function

U.K. Nominal of Head President

Cabinet System of Ministers

Post of PM

Parliamentary Type of Govt.

Bicameral Parliament

Lower House more powerful

Council of Ministers responsible to Lowe House

Speaker in Lok Sabha

U.S. Written Constitution Executive head of state known as President and his being the Supreme Commander of the

Armed Forces

Vice- President as the ex-officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha

Fundamental Rights

Supreme Court

Provision of States

Independence of Judiciary and judicial review

Preamble Removal of Supreme court and High court Judges

USSR Fundamental Duties

Five year Plan

Germany Suspension of Fundamental Rights during the emergency

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Some Important Official Books

Green Book Official reports or publications of Italy & Iran.

White Book The official publications of Portugal, China & Germany.

Blue Book Any official report of the British government.

Yellow Book The report or publication of the French government.

Orange Book Official report of the government of Netherlands.

White Paper The authoritative recital of facts issued by the government stating its views on a

Grey Book Report of the government of Belgium and Japan.

Joint Paper The joint report of two or more than two governments.

SECC 2011 is unique paperless census

The last caste that happen in India is 1932

Total households in the country -- 24.39 crore

The total households in villages -- 17.91 crore

Households are considered as deprived in rural area -- 10.69 crore

villages belong to SC/ST categories -- 21.53% or 3.86 crore

Highest number of SC population -- Punjab (36.74%)

Highest number of ST population --Mizoram(98.79)

Highest mobile penetration state in rural areas—UttaraPradesh

Lowest mobile Penetration state in rural areas—Chattisgarh

How many rural household earn below 5000 rupees month--13.34 cr

Many rural household earn 10000 and more--1.48 cr

State has highest number of manual scavenger –Tripura

State has zero manual scavenger –Delhi

Rural households in the country pay income tax--4.58%

Households in rural areas are landless -- 5.37 crore or 29.97%

State landness household is higher – Kerala

States with the lowest rates of landlessness -- J &K and Himachal Pradesh

Families in villages that live in one room with ‘kaccha’ walls and roof - 2.37 crore or 13.25%

House holds in rural areas has land line phone -- 17.85 lak or 1%

House hold having mobile phone in village--12.24 cr or 68.35%

illiterate number of people in rural areas--3.1 cr or 17.31%

rural household having refrigerator --1.97 cr or 11.04%

Rural household paying income tax in india-- 6%

Rural people have considered deprived or poor--8.96 cr

No adult member in household between age 18 and 59 in rural areas --65.15 lac or 3.64%

Female headed house with no adult male between 16 and 59 in rural areas --- 68.96 lac or 3.85%

Member with no other able bodied adult member ----7.16 lac or 040%

Households with no literate adult above age 25 years in areas -- 4.21cr or 23.52%

Rural household with one salaried member -- 2.50 cr

Average size of a rural Indian household -- 4.93

Highest size of a rural Indian household -6.28 –UttarPradesh

Lowest size of a rural Indian household --3.86 –Andhrapradesh

How many percent of trans gender in rural population -- 0.1%

Highest rural illiterate –Rajasthan

Lowest rural illiterate –Kerala

The percentage of Scheduled Caste (SC) households paying income tax -3.49%

Scheduled Tribe (ST) tax-paying rural households --3.34%

Manual casual labour in rural areas-9.16 cr

Cultivation in rural areas--5.39cr

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Gillz mentor

(Religion)Census 2011

Total Population in 2011 is 121.09 crores

Hindu 96.63 crores (79.8%)

Muslim 17.22 crores (14.2%)

Christian 2.78 crores (2.3%)

Sikh 2.08 crores (1.7%)

Buddhist 0.84 crores (0.7%)

Jain 0.45 crores (0.4%),

Other Religions & Persuasions (ORP) 0.79 crores (0.7%)

Religion Not Stated 0.29 crores (0.2%).

Population Census -2011

It has been conducted every 10 years, beginning in 1871.

Census 2011 were released in New Delhi on 31st March 2011

Union Home Secretary GK Pillai and RGI C Chandramouli.

Census 2011 was the 15th census of india & 7th census after Independece

The motto of census 2011 was “Our Census, Our future”.

Total estimated cost of the Census was INR2200 crore (US$350 million).

First census in 1872.

Present Registrar General & Census Commissioner – C.Chandra Mouli

Total Population – 1,210,569,573 (1.21 Billion)

India in 2nd rank in population with 17.64%. decadal growth & China is 1st rank with decadal

growth 19% (over 1.35 billion)

World Population is 7 Billions

Increase in population during 2001 – 2011 is 181 Million

Population – 1210.19 million [Males – 623.7 million (51.54%) Females – 586.46 million (48.46%)

Top Populous of the Country

1. Uttar Pradesh--19, 98, 12,341

2. Maharashtra--11, 23, 74, 33

3. Bihar--10, 40, 99,452

4. West Bengal--9, 12, 76,115

5. Andhra Pradesh--8, 45, 80,777

Least Populous of the Country

1. Lakshadweep - 64,473

2. Daman and Diu - 2,43,247

3. Dadra and Nagar Haveli - 3,43,709

4. Andaman and Nicobar Islands - 3,80,581

5. Sikkim - 6,10,577

Population Highlight

Highest Populous UT-Delhi

Least Populous UT-Lakshadweep

Highest Populous state--Uttar Pradesh

Least populous state--Sikkim

Highest urban Population in india (state& UT)--Maharashtra – 4,11,00,980

Lowest urban Population in india (state& UT)--Lakshadweep – 26,967

Highest Rular Population in india (state& UT)--Uttar Pradesh – 13,16,58,339

Lowest Rular Population in india (state& UT)--Lakshadweep – 33,683

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Sex Ratio (Females per 1000 Males) Sex ratio in India--943

Highest sex ratio in state--Kerala (1084)

Lowest sex ratio in state--Haryana (879)

Highest sex ratio in UT--Pondicherry (1037)

Lowest sex ratio in UT--Daman and Diu (618)

Child (0-6 years) sex ratio--914

Highest child (0-6) sex ratio in state--Mizoram (971)

Lowest child (0-6) sex ratio in state--Haryana (830)

Total Person Literacy Rate--74%

Males--82.14% ,Females--65.46%

Highest Literacy Rate in State--Kerala (94%)

Lowest Literacy Rate in State--Bihar (61.8%)

Hightest Literacy Rate in UT--Lakshadweep (91%)

Lowest Literacy Rate in UT--Dadra and Nagar Haveli (76.24%)

INDIAN CULTURE Festivals Of Indian States

States Festivals

Andhrapradesh Dasara Festival,Gangamma Jatara,Gowri Habba,Ugadi,Vaikunta Ekadashi

Assam Ali Ai Ligang,Ambubachi Mela,Baresahariya Bhaona,Bathow puja,Bihu,Bohag

Bihu,Bihuwa dance,Brahmaputra Beach Festival,Bwisagu,Dehing Patkai

festival,Jonbeel mela,Kaziranga Elephant Festival,Magh Bihu,Porag,Rongker

Arunachal

Pradesh

Siang River festival,Ziro,Solung,Nyokum,Lossar,Dree,Boori

Boot,Loku,Sanken,Reh,Myoko,Budhha Mahotsava,Choekhor,Tamladu,Mopin

Bihar Chhath,Jivitputrika,Patliputra natya Mahotsav,Patna Sahib Mahotsav,Rajgir Mahostav,Sama Chakeva

Chandigarh Baisakhi,Festival of gardens,Teej

Chhattisgarh Bastar Dussehra,Bastar Lokotsav,Dadaria,Gaur Maria Dance,Madai ,Rajim Kumbh

Goa Shigmo,Bonderam,San joao,Panjim/Margao

Gujarat International Kite festival,Modhera,Kutch Mahotsava,Bhavnath Mahadev fair

Saptak,Shamlaji,TarnetarVautha,Madhavrai Haryana Lohri,Basant Panchami,Gangore,Baisakhi,Teej,Nirjala Akadashi,Guggapir

Himachal Pradesh Dham,Kullu Dussehra,Mandi Shivaratri ,Sati pradha

J & K Hemis,Lohri,Vaishno devi

Jharkhand Karma,Sohari,Sarhul,Chhath puja,Jityya Bhaiya Dooj

Karnataka Karaga,Dakkebali,Gowri Habba,Kanakadasa Jayanthi,Madikeri Dasara

Mahamastakabhisheka,Mailara Jaatre ,Mysore Dasara Kerala Onam,Thiruvathira,Vishu

MadhyaPradesh Chethiyagiri vihara,Madai,Bahgoriya,Nimar utsav,Dhrupad samaroh

Maharashtra nant chaturdashi,Bhau, beej,Gudi Padwa,Pola,Shayani Ekadashi,Vat purnima

Mizoram Chapchar Kut ,Mim Kut ,Pawl Kut

Nagaland Horn Bill,Nazu,Sekrenyi,Tuluni,Yemshe,Sankarni,Rengma Ngadah

Odisha Chaiti,Dhanu,Kalahandi,Ghantapatua,Jagaddhagtri,Raja praba ,Ratha

Punjab Maghi,Lohri,Basant,Holi,Vaisakhi,Rakhri,Teeyan - yatra(puri),Samba Dashami

Rajasthan Baneshwar,Gangaur,Pushkar,Teej,Urs

Sikkim Saga Dawa,Lossong,Losar,Dasain,Tihar,Gutor cham

Tamil Nadu Brihadeeswara Temple car festival,Jangura Habba Erwadi Santhanakkodu,Mattu

pongal,Panguni Uthiram,Thaiusam,Thimithi Telangana Bathukamma,Bonalu,Sammakka Saarakka Jaathara,Peerla panduga

Tripura Ker,Garia Puja

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Uttarakhand Phool Dei,Harela and bhitauli,Olgia,Khatarua,Bat savitri,Janopunya,Chippla

Jaat,Hilijatra

WestBengal Bhadu,Haldia Utsav,Jagaddhatri,Poush Mela

Folk Dances

States Folk Dances

AndhraPradesh Kuchipudi(Classical),Ghantamardala,Ottam,Thedal,Mohioniattam,Kummi,Siddhi

Madhuri,Chhadi. Chhattisgarh Goudi,Karma,Jhumar,Dagla,Pali,Tapali,Navrani.Diwari,Mundari.

Arunachal

Pradesh

Mask Dance,War Dance.

HimachalPradesh ,Jhali,Chharhi,Dhaman,Chhapeli,Mahasu,Nati,Dangi,Chamba,Thali,Jhainta,Daf, Sti

Ck Dance.

Goa Mandi,Jhagor,Khol,Dakni.

Assam Bihu,Bichhua,Natpuja,Maharas,Kaligopal,Bagurumba,Naga Dance,Khel

Gopal,Tabal Chongli,Canoe,Jhumura Hobjanai. West Bengal Kathi,Gambhira,Dhali,Jatra,Baul,Marasia,Mahal,Keertan

Keral Kathakali(Classical),Ottam Thulal,Mohini Attam,Kaikottikali,Tappatikali,Kali

Auttam. Meghalaya Laho,Baagla.

Manipur Manipuri(Classical),Rakhal,Nat Rash,Maha Rash,Raukhat.

Nagaland Chong,Khaiva,Lim,Nuralim

Orissa Odissi(Classical),Savari,Ghumara,Painka,Munari,Chhau,Chadya Dandanata.

Maharashtra Lavani,Nakata,Koli,Lezim,Gafa,Dahikala,Dasavtar Or

Bohada,Tamasha,Mauni,Powara,Gouricha. Karnataka Yakshagan,Huttari,Suggi,Kunitha,Karga,Lambi.

Gujarat Garba,Dandiya Ras,Tippani Juriun,Bhavai.

Punjab Bhangra,Giddha,Daff,Dhaman.

Rajasthan Ghumar,Chakri,Ganagor,Jhulan Leela,Jhuma,Suisini,Ghapal,Panihari,Ginab

Mizoram Khanatm,Pakhupila,Cherokan.

Jammu&Kashmir Rauf,Hikat,Mandjas,Kud Dandi Nach<Damali.

TamilNadu Bharatnatyam,Kumi,Kolattam,Kavadi.

Uttar Pradesh Nautanki,Raslila,Kajri,Jhora,Chappeli,Jaita.

Bihar Jata Jatin,Bakho Bakhain,Panwariya,Sama

Chakwa,Bidesia,Jatra. Haryana Jhumar,Phag,Daph,Dhamal,Loor,Gugga,Khor,Gagor.

Jharkhand Chhau,Sarahul,Jat Jatin,Karma,Danga,Bidesia,Sohrai

Uttarakhand Gadhwali,Kumayuni,Kajari,Jhora,Raslila,Chappeli

Major Tribes of India

Tribal Group State

Abors Arunachal Pradesh, Assam

Adi,Aptanis Arunachal Pradesh

Angami Nagaland

Badagas Nilgiri (TN)

Baiga Madhya Pradesh

Bhils Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, some in Gujarat and aharashtra

Bhot Himachal Pradesh

Bhotias Garhwal and Kumaon regions of U. P.

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Bhutias Sikkim

Chakma Tripura

Chenchus Andhra Pradesh, Orissa

Chutia Assam

Dangs Gujarat

Gaddis Himachal Pradesh

Garos Meghalaya

Gonds Madhya Pradesh. Also in Bihar, Orissa and A.P.

Gujjars Himachal Pradesh

Irula Tamil Nadu

Jarawas Little Andamans

Jaintias Meghalaya

Kanis Kerala

Kancharis, Karbi Assam

Khas Jaunsar-Babar area in U.P.

Khasis Assam, Meghalaya

Khonds Odisha

Kol Madhya Pradesh

Kotas Nilgiri (Tamil Nadu)

Kuki Manipur

Lepchas Sikkim

Lushais Mizoram

Murias Bastar (Madhya Pradesh)

Mikirs Assam

Mundas Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal

Nagas (Angami, Sema, Ao,

Tangkul, Lahora) Nagaland, some in Assam and NEFA region.

Oarons (also called Kurukh ) Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal.

Onges Andaman and Nicobar islands

Rabhas Assam

Rengma Nagaland

Santals Birbhum region in Bengal, Hazaribagh, Purnea in Bihar, Orissa

Sema Nagaland

Sentinelese Sentinel Island, Andaman and Nicobar

Shompens Andaman and Nicobar

Tagin Arunachal Pradesh

Todas Nilgiri (Tamil Nadu)

Uralis Kerala

Warlis Maharashtra

Zeliang Nagaland

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Important Stadiums List

SPORTS

Name of the stadium Location

Assam Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium Pune, Maharashtra

Barabati Stadium Cuttack, Orissa

Barkatullah Khan Stadium Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Bhim Rao Ambedkar International Sports

Stadium

Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh

Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium Ranchi, Jharkhand

Buddh International Circuit Greater Noida, UP

Chand Astroturf Stadium Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Dadaji Kondadev Stadium Maharashtra

Dhyan Chand National Stadium Delhi Dhyan

Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Taleigao, Goa

Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Cricket Stadium Guwahati,

Eden Gardens Kolkata, West Bengal

EMS Stadium Kohzikode, Kerala

Fatorda Stadium Margao, Goa

Feroz Shah Kotla Delhi

G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Hyderabad, Telengana

Green Park Stadium(Cricket) Kanpur, UP

Guindy Race Course Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Hawla Indoor Stadium Aizawl, Mizoram

Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Dharmashala, Himachal Pradesh

Holkar Stadium Indore,Madhya Pradesh

Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Guwahati, Assam

Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium Cuttack Odisha

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Kochi, Kerala

JRD Tata Sports Complex Jamshedpur Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

Kanchenjunga Stadium Siliguri, West Bengal

Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Imphal, Manipur

Kishore Bharati Krirangan Kolkata, West Bengal

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Bengaluru, Karnataka

M.A.Chidambaram Stadium Chennai, TN

Mahalaxmi Racecourse Mumbai, Maharashtra

Mangalagiri International Cricket Stadium Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh

Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium Chennai,Tamil Nadu

MGR Race Course Stadium Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Salt Lake Stadium Kolkata, West Bengal

Sardar Patel Stadium Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Sector 42 Stadium Chandigarh, Punjab

Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium

Raipur, Chhatishgarh

Sree Kanteerava Stadium Bengaluru, Karnataka

Sree Kanteerava Stadium Bengaluru, Karnataka

Thyagaraj Sports Complex Delhi

Wankhede Stadium Mumbai, Maharashtra

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Cricket Stadiums Name of the stadium Location

Nehru Stadium Indore / Pune

Brerbon Stadium Mumbai

Roop Singh Stadium Gwalior

Wankhede Stadium Mumbai

Baramati stadium Cuttack

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium New Delhi

Mohinul Haq Stadium Patna

Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium Hyderabad

Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium New Delhi

Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore

Motera Stadium Ahmedabad

Green Stadium Kanpur

Sardar Patel Stadium Ahmedabad

Gandhi Ground Stadium Amritsar

Chepauk Stadium and Chidmberm Chennai

Motibag Stadium Brudra

K.D. Singh Babu Stadium Lucknow

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Famous Sports Personalities

Name of the Persons Countries Sports

Lionel Messi Argentina Football

Diego Maradona Argentina Football

Sir Donald Bradman Australia Cricket

David Campese Australia Rugby Union

Jack Nicklaus Australia Golf.

Rod Laver Australia Tennis.

Shane Warne Australia Cricket.

Severiano Ballesteros Golf.

Eddy Merckx Belgium Cycling.

Pele Brazil Football.

Ronaldhino Brazil Football.

Aryton Senna Brazilian Motor Racing

Emil Zatopek Czechoslovakia Athletics.

Ian Botham England Cricket.

C.B.Fry England Cricket.

David Beckham England Football.

Lewis Hamilton England Motor Racing.

Steve Davis England Snooker.

W.G. Grace England Cricket.

Haile Gebreselassie Ethiopia Athletics.

Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia Athletics.

Abebe Bikila Ethopia Athletics.

Paavo Nurmi Finland Athletics.

Bernard Hinault France Cycling.

Jacques Anquetil France Cycling.

Serge Blanco France Rugby Union.

Michael Schumacher Germany Motor Racing.

Steffi Graf Germany Tennis.

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Andy Murray Great Britain Tennis.

Bill Shankly Great Britain Football.

Bobby Moore Great Britain Football.

Chris Froome Great Britain Cycling.

Chris Hoy Great Britain Cycling.

Fred Perry Great Britain Tennis.

Henry Cooper Great Britain Boxing.

Mo Farah Great Britain Athletics.

Nick Faldo Great Britain Golf.

Paula Radcliffe Great Britain Athletics.

Roger Bannister Great Britain Athletics.

Sebastian Coe Great Britain Athletics.

Sir Steve Redgrave Great Britain Rowing.

Stirling Moss Great Britain Motor Racing.

Dhyan Chand India Hockey.

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore India Shooting

Balbir Singh Sr India Hockey.

Pullela Gopichand India Bedminton.

Vijay Kumar India Shooting.

Yogeshwar Dutt India Wrestling.

Sachin Tendulkar India Cricket.

Sushil Kumar India Wrestling.

Leslie Claudius India Hockey.

Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav India Wrestling

Vijender Singh India Boxing

Gagan Narang India Shooting

Kapil Dev India Cricket

Mahesh Bhupathi India Tennis

Leander Paes India Tennis

Saina Nehwal India Bedminton

Jwala Gutta India Bedminton

Rohan Bopanna India Tennis

Sania Mirza India Tennis

Don Bradman India Cricket

Sunil Gavaskar India Cricket

Prakash Padukone India Bedminton

Sachin Tendulkar India Cricket

Fausto Coppi Italy Cycling

Usain Bolt Jamaica Race

Asbel Kiprop Kenya Athletics

Tegla Laroupe Kenya Athletics

Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco Athletics

George Best Ireland Football.

Grete Waitz Norway Athletics.

Imran Khan Pakistan Cricket.

Manny Pacquiao Phillipines Boxing.

Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Football.

Eusebio Portugal Football.

Jose Mourinho Portugal Football.

Nadia Comaneci Romania Gymnastics.

Jonathan Edwards Wales Rugby Union.

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Maria Sharapova Russia Tennis.

Alex Ferguson Scotland Football.

Eric Liddell Scottish Athletics.

Rafael Nadal Spain Tennis.

Seve Ballesteros Spain Golf.

Bjorn Borg Sweden Tennis.

Martina Hingis Switzerland Tennis.

Roger Federer Switzerland Tennis.

Johan Cruyff Netherlands Football.

Serguei Bubka Ukraine Athletics.

Tiger Woods US Golf.

Muhammad Ali US Boxing

Carl Lewis US Athletics

Billie Jean King US Tennis

Jackie Joyner Kersee US Athletics.

Al Oerter US Athletics.

Babe Didrikson Zaharias US Golf.

Babe Ruth US Baseball.

Bo Jackson US Baseball.

Bob Beamon US Athletics.

Chris Evert US Tennis.

Greg Lemond US Cycling.

Jim Thorpe US Swimming.

Jimmy Connors US Tennis.

Joe Dimaggio US Basball.

John Mcenroe US Tennis.

Kelly Slater US Surfing.

Lance Armstrong US Cycling.

Magic Johnson US Basketball.

Mark Spitz US Swimming.

Martina Navratilova US Tennis.

Michael Johnson US Athletics.

Michael Jordan US Basketball.

Michael Phelps US Swimming.

Gareth Bale Wales Football.

Gareth Edwards Wales Rugby Union.

Brian Lara West Indies Cricket.

Sir Viv Richards West Indies Cricket.

Sir Gary Sobers West Indies Cricket.

Monica Seles Yugoslavia /

US

Tennis.

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Cups And Trophies(Associated With Sports/Games)

Sport Cups and Trophies

Hockey Aga Khan Cup, Begam Rasul Trophy (women's), Maharaja Ranjit Singh

Gold Cup, Lady Ratan Tata Trophy (women's), Gurunanak Championship

(women's), Dhyanchand Trophy, Nehru Trophy, Sindhia Gold Cup,

Murugappa Gold Cup, Wellington Cup etc

Football Beghum Hazarat Mahal Cup, BILT Cup, Bordoloi Trophy, Colombo Cup,

Confederation Cup, DCM Trophy, Durand Cup, Rovers Cup, BC Rai Trophy

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(National Championship), FIFA World Cup, Jules Rimet Trophy, Kalinga

Cup, Santosh Trophy (National Championship), IFA Shield, Scissor Cup,

Subroto Mukherjee Cup, Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Trophy, Todd Memorial

Trophy, Vittal Trophy, etc.

Cricket Anthony D' Mellow Trophy, Ashes, Asia Cup, Benson and Hedges Cup,

Bose Trophy, Champions Trophy, Charminar Challenger Cup, CK Naidu

Trophy, Cooch - Behar Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, Duleep Trophy, Gavaskar -

Border Trophy, GD Birla Trophy, Gillette Cup, Ghulam Ahmand Trophy,

Hakumat Rai Trophy, ICC World Cup, Irani Trophy, Interface Cup,

Jawaharlal Nehru Cup, Lomboard World Challenge Cup, Mc Dowells

Challenge Cup, Merchant Cup, Moin-ud-Dowla Cup, Nat West Trophy,

Prudential Cup (World Cup), Rani Jhansi Trophy, Ranji Trophy, Rohinton

Baria Trophy, Rothmans Cup, Sahara Cup, Sharjah Cup, Sheesh Mahal

Trophy, Sheffield Shield, Singer Cup, Sir Frank Worrel Trophy, Texaco Cup,

Titan Cup, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Vijay Merchant Trophy, Vizzy Trophy,

Wisden Trophy, Wills Trophy, World Series Cup.

Table

Tennis

Berna Bellack Cup (men), Corbillion Cup (women), Jai Laxmi Cup (women),

Rajkumari Challenge Cup (women junior), Ramanuja Trophy (men junior),

Travancore Cup (women), Swathling Cup (men), etc

Badminton Aggarwal Cup, Amrit Diwan Cup, Asia Cup, Australasia Cup, Chaddha Cup,

European Cup, Harilela Cup, Ibrahim Rahimatollah Challenger Cup, Konica

Cup, Narang Cup, SR Ruia Cup, Sophia Cup, Kitiakara Cup, Thomas Cup,

Tunku Abdulrahman Cup, Uber Cup, World Cup, Yonex Cup etc

Basketball Basalat Jha Trophy, BC Gupta Trophy, Federation Cup, SM Arjuna Trophy,

Todd Memorial Trophy, William Jones Cup, Bangalore Blues Challenge

Cup, Nehru Cup, Federation Cup etc.

Bridge Basalat Jha Trophy, Holkar Trophy, Ruia Gold Cup, Singhania Trophy, etc

Polo Ezra Cup, Gold Cup, King's Cup, Prithi Cup, Schneider Cup etc.

Athletics Charminar Trophy, Federation Cup etc

Air Racing Jawaharlal Challenge Trophy, King's Cup, Schneider Cup etc

Billiards Arthur Walker Trophy, Thomas Cup etc

Boxing Aspy Adjahia Trophy, Federation Cup, Val Baker Trophy etc.

Golf Canada Cup, Eisenhower Trophy, Muthiah Gold Cup, Nomura Trophy,

President's Trophy, Prince of Wales Cup, Ryder Cup, Solheim Cup, Topolino Trophy, Walker Cup, World Cup etc

Chess Naidu Trophy, Khaitan Trophy, Limca Trophy, Lin Arec City Trophy, World

Cup, etc

Horse

Racing

Beresford Cup, Blue Raiband Cup, Derby, Grand National Cup etc.

Netball Anantrao Pawar Trophy, etc

Rugby

Football

Bledisloe Cup, Calcutta Cup, Webb Ellis Trophy, etc

Shooting North Wales Cup, Welsh Grand Pix etc

Volleyball Centennial Cup, Federation Cup, Indira Pradhan Trophy, Shivanthi Gold Cup, etc

Yatching America Cup, etc

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Sports Number of

Players

Sports Fields

Baseball 9 Polo, Football, Hockey Field

Polo 4 Sketing, Boxing Ring

Kho Kho 12 Golf Course Kabaddi 7 Swimming Pool Hockey 11 Karate Mat Football 11 Table Tennis Board Cricket 11 Baseball Diamond Netball 7 Cricket Pitch Volleyball 6 Athletics Track Baminton/Tennis 1 or 2 Shooting, Archery Range Baseketball 5 Cycling Vellodrome

Corquet 13 or 15 Tennis, Badminton, Net Ball, Volley Ball, Squash, Kho-Kho,

Kabaddi

Court

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Sports Related Terms

Name Terms

Athletics Baton,Bell lap,Cross country,Decathlon,Discus throw,False start,Field,Foul,Hammer

Throw,Heptathlon,High Jump,Hurdles,Javelin,Lane,Lap,Long Jump,Marathon,Middle

distance,Pole vault,Photo Finish,relay,Record,Shot put,Sprint,Starting

blocks,steeplechase,Track,Track and field,Triple jump

Badminton Alley, Back Alley, Base Position, Baseline, Center Line, Center Position, Divorce Area,

Forecourt, Long Service Line, Service Court, Short Service Line, Side Alley, T (T-

Junction), Tape, Test Mark, Tramline,Angle of Attack, Angle Of Return, Attack, Back and

Front, “Bird On”, “Clear”, Deception, Defense, Diagonal, Doubles, First Serve, Footwork,

Free Point, Front and Back, Game Point, Hand In, Hand Out ,”Help”, “Hit”, Level

Doubles, Match Point, Mixed Doubles, Offense, Patty-Cakes, Placement, Rally, Receiving

Side, Rotation, Second Serve, Serving Side, Setup, Side by Side, “Sides” Singles,

Unforced Error, “Touch”, Toss, “Up”,Ace, Air-Shot, Attacking Clear, Kill, Backhand,

Block, Carry, Clear, Closed Face, Cross Court, Cut (Slice), Dab, Danish Wipe, Defensive

Clear, Double Hit, Drive, Drive Serve, Drop, Drop Serve, Flick, Flick Serve, Forehand,

Hairpin, Halfcourt Shot, Holding a Shot, Jump Smash, Lift, Lob, Long Serve, Net Shot,

Offensive Clear, Open Face, Pace, Passing Shot, Pop-Up, Push Shot, Round-The-Head,

Serve, Short Serve, Smash, Slice (Cut), Sling, Spin Serve, Stroke, Throw, Toss Serve,

Wood Shot,Backhand Grip, Backswing, Balk, Dead Bird, Fault, Feint, Flexible Wrist,

Flight, Follow-Through, Foot Fault, Forward Swing, Frying Pan Grip, Hammer Grip,

Home, Let, Locked Wrist, Love (Luv), Lunge, Match, On-Guard Stance, , Player,

Poaching, Rush A Serve, Setting, Stance, Straight Games, Sweetspot, Thumb-Up Grip, Tipping, Turnover, Waist

Baseball Balk,Battery,Bunt,Change-up,Cleanup,Count,Diamond,Double Play,Error,Fly ball,Foul

Ball,Full Count,Ground ball,Hit and run,Hit for the cycle,Lead Runner,Load the bases,

On-deck,Pinch hitter,Pinch runner,Pitch around,Pitch out,Position Player,power

hitter,Relay,Reliever or relief pitcher,Runners at the corners,Scoring position,Strike

Zone,walk,

Basketball assist,alley-oop,backboard,,buzzerbeater,cherry-picking,double,fast break,field goal,full -

court press,key,pick and roll,posting up,run-and-gun,sixth man,triple

threat,turnover,hops,beat,dime,bounce,bounce pass,wing,downtown,triple-

double,strongside and weakside,elbow,baseline,brick,power dribble,chickenwing,draft,lay

up,MVP,no look pass,overhead pass,slam dunk,

Billiards Angle Shot ,Backspin ,Bank Shot,Bed of Table,Break Shot,Bridge ,Call Shot,

Chalk,Clean the Table,Cue Ball,Curve Shot ,Cushion ,Diamonds,Foot Spot ,Frozen Ball ,

Head Spot ,Hug the Rail ,Jump Shot ,Leave,Open Table,Rack ,Run the Table

,Scratch,Shaft,Sharking,Sights,Slate,Snooker,Solids,Stripes,Cannon,Baulk,long jenny,short

jenny,frame,spider,short and long rest, in-off

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Boxing Knock out, Round, Ring Stoppage, Punch, Upper-cut, Kidney punch, Timing, Footwork,

technical knockout,sucker punch,standing eight count,southpaw,rabbit punch,parry,neutral

corner,lowblow,knockdown,jab,hook,holding,head-

butt,fist,cross,counterpunch,clinch,bout,block,bare-knuckled

Chess Gambit, stalemate, move, resign, checkmate, international master, Grand master ,accept,active defense,advantage,attack,back rank,backward

pawn,badbishop,berserker,castle long,castle short,centre

break,check,checkmate,chessmen,cross-check,double attack,double check,draw,knight on

the rim,master,mate,minor piece,rank,

Cricket Toss, Run, Wicket, Pitch, Stump, Bails, Crease, Pavilion, Gloves, Wicket Keeper, Over,

Maiden over, Follow On, Rubber, Ashes, Catch, Bowled, Stump out, Run out, L. B. W; Hit

Wicket, Not out, No ball, Wide ball, Dead ball, Over Throw, Bye, Leg by, Cover drive,

Late cut, Hook, Glance, Stroke, Shot, Pull, Sixer, Follow Through, Turn, Googley, Spin,

Yorker, Bouncer, Hattrick, Round the wicket, Over the wicket, Seamer, Boundary line,

Slip, Square leg, Runner, Cover, Gully, Long on, Silly point, Midwicket, Mid on, Forward

short leg, Deep/mid-wicket, etc.

Cycling Sprint, Time trial, Point race, Track Race,attack,blocking,bonk,breakaway,bridge the

gap,criterium,drafting,drop,field sprint,gap,jump,kick,hammering,take a flyer,stage

race,pull off,pull,pull thorough,nep-pro,hook

Football Goal, Kick, Head, Penalty kick, Dribble, Off side, Hattrick, Foul, Left out, Right out,

Stopper, Defender, Move, Side Back, Pass, Baseline, Rebound, Comer bick, back

pass,attacker,free kick,goal line,goal kick,kick off,midfielder,yellow card,wingers,volley

Golf ace, albatross, double eagle, all square, approach putt, apron, ball mark, ballooning, beach,

birdie, blind shot, bogey, bunker, caddy, chip, Claw grip, condor, dogleg, dub, flag, Four-

Ball, Mulligan, off the deck, peg, sand trap, tee shot ,bail out,birdie,caddie,chop

shot,divt,duffer,jungle,par,sand wedge,snake,

Gymnastics Aerial, Back Handspring, Back Somersault, Double Back, Double Twist, Flyaway, Front

Hip Pullover, Front Pike Somersault, Front Split, Front Walkover, Gienger, Handstand,

Hip Circle, Miller, Pike, Rudi, Straddle, Swedish Fall, Tsukahara, Tuck, Whip Back

Hockey Centre, defender, forward, half, penalty-stroke, penalty corner, push-in, free-hit, striking

circle goal, goal-line, touch-line, goalkeeper, offside, foul, stick, carry, dribble, tiebreaker,

trapping, etc Polo Mallet, bunker, chukker, handicap, goal, sixty yarder, etc.

Shooting Bag, bull’s eye, marksmanship, plug, skeet

Swimming Add Up, Anchor, Approved Meet, Backstroke, Banner, Beep, Bonus Heat, Bottom,

Breaststroke, Bullpen, Bulletin, Cap, Carpool, Cards, Check-In, Check-Out, Course,

Dryland, False Start, Freestyle, Gun Lap, Heats, Jump, Lane Lines, Paddle, Parka, Pool,

Pull Buoy, Relays, Split, Stroke, Yardage etc.

Table

Tennis

Backhand, Backspin, Block, Chop, Closed, Dead ball, Doubles, Drive, Drop shot, Expedite

rule, Forehand, Inverted, Let, Lob, Long pips, Loop, Match, Medium-long, Open, Penhold,

Pips-in, Pips-out, Push, Receive, Seemiller, Serve, Set, Shake Hands, Short, Sidespin, Skunk, Smash, Topspin etc.

Tennis smash, cross-court, passing shot,backhand, forehand,slice, topspin,serve, drop shot, lob,

down-the-line, deuce, tie-breaker, set, game, grand slam, ace, volley, etc.

Volleyball Assist, Attack, Attack line, Back row attack, Block, Block assist, Campfire defense, Carry,

Center line violation, Chester, Coach kill, Cover the hitter, Cut shot, Deep dish, Dig,

Facial, Fish, Floater, Friendly fire, Free ball, Heat, Husband-and-wife-play, Jedi defense,

Just, Jump serve, Kill, Kong, Line shot, Lollipop, Mintonette, Monument valley, Net

violation, Paint brush, Pancake, Pepper, Prince/Princess of whales, Quick set, Rainbow,

Red card, Redwood, Roof, Screening, Service ace, Set, Shank, Side out, Six-pack, Sizzle

the pits, Spike, Strong side, Stuff, Tandem, Tip, Tool, Trap set, Tuna, Whale, Yellow card etc.

Weight Bulking, shredded, Six pack, Feeling the Burn, Power Rack, Smith Machine, Muscle

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Lifting Memory, Pump and Toners, Cardio Bunny, Plateau, Vascularity, Supersets, Drop

Sets/Strip Sets, Periodization, Pyramiding, Standard Plates and Bars etc. Wrestling Freestyle, Hal Nelson, Point, Heave, etc.

Inventions & Inventors

MISCELLANEOUS

Invention Inventor Invention Inventor

Adding Machine Pascal Magnetic Tape Fritz Pfluemer

Airplane Wright Brothers Microphone Charles Wheatstone

Automobile Ferdinand Verbiest Microscope Z.Janssen

Ballpoint Pen C. Biro Motion of Planets Johannes Kepler

Barometer E.Tprricelli Motor Car(Petrol) Karl Benz

Bicycle K.Macmillan Neon Lamp G.Claude

Blood Groups Karl Landsteiner Newtons Law of

Motion

Galileo Galilei and

Isaac Newton Bohr Electron Theory Penicillin Sir Alexander Fleming

Boyle Boyle’s Law Periodic Table Dmitri Mendeleev

Computer Charles Babbage Photon Albert Einstein

Cosmic Rays R.A. Millikan Principle of relativity Galileo Galilei

Dalton Atomic Theory Quantum Mechanics Max Born

Diesel Engine Rudolf Diesel Radio Marconi

Dynamite Alfred Nobel Radium Marie Curie

Dynamo Michael Faraday Raman Effect Sir C.V. Raman

Electric Light Bulb Thomas Edison Refrigerator J.Harrison and A. Catlin

Electricity Benjamin Franklin Structure of Atom Ernest Rutherford

Electromagnetic Field James Clerk Maxwell Telegraph Pavel Schilling

Electric Iron H.W.Seeley Telephone Alexander Graham Bell

Electromagnet W.Sturgeon Telescope Galileo

Electromagnetic Theory Heinrich Hertz Television J.L. Baird

Electron J.J. Thomson Theory of Atom John Dalton

Gramophone Thomas Alva Edison Theory of Relativity Albert Einstein

Geometry Euclid Thermometer Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

Insulin Frederick Banting Transformer and

Electric Motor

Michael Faraday

Jet Engine Sir Frank Whittle Type Writer C.Sholes

Law of Gases Gay Lussac Watch A.L.Breguet

Lift E.G.Otis X-rays Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen

List of Important awards and their fields

Name of the Award Field

Nobel prize Peace, Literature, Economics, Physics, Chemistry,

Medical science

Grammy Awards Music

Man Booker prize Authors of Novels

Tansen Award Music

Pulitzer Prize Journalism and Literature

Lenin Peace Prize Peace and Friendship

Ashok Chakra Civilians

Dhanvantri Award Medical Sciences

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Kalinga Science

Lalit Kala Akademi Award Arts

Kalidas Samman Classical Music, Classical Dance and Arts

Magsaysay Public Service, Leadership, Journalism, Literature

and creative arts and international understanding

Bowelay Award Agriculture

Sangeet - Natak Akademi

Award

Music, dance and Drama

Merlin Magic

Dhanwantri Medical science

Shaurya Chakra Civilian or Military Personnel

Param Vir Chakra Military

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar

Award

Science and Technology

Sahitya Akademi Award Literary

Bhatnagar Science

Juliet Curie Award Peace

R.D. Birla Award Medical sciences

Right Livelihood Award Field of environment and social justics

Abel Maths

Bhartiya Jnanpeeth Award Literary

Vyas Samman Literature

Bharat ratna Art, Science, Public services, Sports

Sahitya Akademi Award Books in Indian Languages and Ebnglish

Oscar Awards Film

BAFTA Awards Television, Films, Video Games and Animation

Dada sahib Phalke Film

Ekalavya Award Sports

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Sports

Arjuna Award: Sports

Dhyan Chand Sports

Dronacharya Award Sports

Kolanka Cup Sports

Ekalavya Award Sports

Agricultural Revolutions Protein revoultion - higher productivity(Techonology driven 2nd green revolution)-coined by –

Modi & Arun jaitely

Green Revolution-Food grains

Green revolution "word" COINED by " william s.goud" - UK

White Revolution or Operation Flood-Milk production-"VARGHESE KURIEN "

Yellow Revolution-Oil Seeds production-" Sam Pitroda

Black Revolution-Petroleum Production

Blue Revolution-Fish Production-"DR.ARUN KRISHNAN".

Brown Revolution-Leather/non-conventional(India)/Cocoa production

Golden Fiber Revolution-Jute Production

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Golden Revolution-Fruits/Horticulture development/Honey Production--"NIRPAKH TUTEJ"

Grey Revolution-Fertilizer

Pink Revolution-Onion production/Pharmaceutical (India)/Prawn production--"DURGESH

PATEL"

Father Of Induced Breeding -"PROF.HIRLAL CHAUDRI"

Red Revolution - Meat & Tomato Production -"VISHAL TEWARI"

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Round Revolution-Potato

Silver Fiber Revolution–Cotton

Silver Revolution-Egg/Poultry Production-"INDIRA GANDHI"

Evergreen Revolution-Overall development of Agriculture--Started in 11th plan (2007-2012)

Father of Telecom revolution - sampitroda

Father of poultry revolution - B.V.RAO

Fathers of Various Fields Name of the Father Name of the Field Name of the Father Name of the Field

Father of Physics Albert Einstein Father of Ayurveda Charaka

Father of Zoology Aristotle Father of Botany Theophrastus

Father of Law Cicero Father of Blood groups Landsteiner

Father of Statistics Ronald Fisher Father of Video game Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr.

Father of Modern Antoine Lavoisier Father of Trigonometry Hipparchus

Father of Biology Aristotle Father of Taxonomy Carolus Linnaeus

Father of Homeopathy Samuel Hahnemann Father of the Green Norman Ernest Borlaug

Father of History Herodotus Father of Mathematics Archimedes

Father of Electricity Benjamin Franklin Father of Electronics Ray Tomlinson

Father of the Indian Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Father of Search engine Alan Emtage

Father of Algebra Diophantus Father of the Green M.S Swaminathan

Father of Geometry Euclid Father of Economics Adam Smith

Father of Internet Vinton Cerf Father of Nanotechnology Richard Smalley

Father of Medicine Hippocrates Father of C language Dennis Ritchie

Father of Robotics Al-Jazari Father of Architecture Imhotep

Father of Robotics Nikola Tesla Father of Surgery (early) Sushruta

Father of Microbiology Louis Pasteur Father of Periodic table Dmitri Mendelee

Some Famous Companies

Companies Name HQ

Airbus France(Aircraft Manufacturer)

Posco South korea (Steel company)

Boeing USA (Aircraft)

Fiat Italy (Automobiles)

Nissan Japan (Automobiles)

Toyta Japan (Automobiles)

Honda Japan (Automobiles)

BMW Germany(Automobiles)

Audi Germany (Automobiles)

Volkswagon Germany(Automobiles)

Hyundai South korea(Automobiles)

Ford USA(Automobiles)

Suzaki Japan(Automobiles)

Renault France(Automobiles)

Volvo Sweedon(Automobiles)

Ashoka Leyland India

Samsung South korea( Electronics and electrical)

Hitachi Japan ( Electrical Appliances)

LG South Korea( Electronics and electrical)

Whirlpool USA ( Electrical Appliances)

Ericssion Swedon (Telecom)

Nokia Finland (Telecom)

Motorola USA (Telecom)

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Vodaphone Uk,Britain (Telecom)

Barclays Bank UK (Finance)

Deutsche Bank Germany(Finance)

Goldman Sachs USA (Finance)

Accenture Ireland (IT)

Infosys India (IT)

TCS India (IT)

WIPRO India (IT)

Apple USA (Electronic Appliances)

Google USA (IT Services)

Yahoo USA (IT Services)

Sony Japan (Electronic Appliances)

Intel USA (Hardware)