IMPORTANT TEMPLES OF INDIA
Sr. No. Temples States1. Kamakhya Temple Guwahati, Assam2. Sukresvara temple Assam3. Mahabalipuram Temple Tamil Nadu4. Meenakshi temple Madurai, Tamil Nadu5. Brihadeeswarar Temple Tamil Nadu6. Kanchipuram Temple Tamil Nadu7. Srisailam Temple Andhra Pradesh8. Tirupathi Temple Andhra Pradesh9. Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple Kerala10. Shabarimala ayyappa temple Kerala11. Gomateshwra Temple Karnataka12. Virupaksha Temple Bangalore (Karnataka)13. Golden temple – Amritsar, Punjab14. Somnath temple Gujarat15. Siddhivinayak Temple Maharashtra16. Mahabodhi Temple Gaya, Bihar17. Amarnath Temple Jammu & Kashmir18. Markandeshwar Temple Haryana19. Konark Sun Temple Odisha20. Birla Mandir Jaipur
IMPORTANT JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES OF INDIA
1 Garud India-France2 Hand-Hand India-China3 Indira India-Russia4 Jimex India-Japan5 Malbar US-Inida6 Shade Inida-Japan & China(Naval)7 Surya Kiran India & Nepal8 Varun France & India9 Simbex India-Singapore(Navy)10 Ibsamar India with Brazil and South African
Navy11 Konkan Indian Navy and Royal Navy of Britain12 Ausindex Indian & Australian Navy13 Indradhanush/Raimbow India UK Air Exercises14 Nomadic Elephant India Army Exercise with Mangolia15 Ekuverin Maldives & India16 Garud Shakti India & Indonesia17 Mitra-Shakti India & Shri Lanka18 Nasim Al-Bahar India-Oman19 SAMPRITI India bangladesh
IMPORTANT DAMS IN INDIA
Name Of Dam River -State Name
1 Sardar Srovar Dam Narmada Gujrat2 Ukai Dam Tapi -3 Srisailam Dam Krishna Telangana/AP4 Nagarjunsagar Dam Krishna -5 Ranjit Sagar Dam Ravi- Punjab6 Koteshwar Dam Bhagirathi Uttrakhand7 Lakhwar Dam Yamuna -8 Tehri Dam Bhagirathi -9 Gandhi Sagar Dam Chambal MP10 Omkareshwar Dam Narmada -11 Indira Sagar Dam Narmada -12 Mullaperiyar Periyar Kerala (Idduki
District)13 Idukki arc Dam Periyar Kerala14 Baglihar Dam Chenab J & K15 Salal Dam Chenab -16 Uri Dam Jehlam J & K (Baramula
District)17 Koyna Dam Koyna Maharashtra18 Rihand Dam Rihand UP19 Bhakra Dam Sutlej HP20 Mettur Dam Kaveri TamilNadu21 Hirakund Dam Mahanadi Oddisha22 Jawahar Sagar Dam Chambal Rajasthan23 Ranapartap Sagar Chambal Rajasthan
IMPORTANT NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS OF INDIA
1 Kundakulam Nuclear Power Plant
Kundankulam Tamil Nadu (Tirunelveli)
2 Kakrapar Nuclear power Kakrapar Gujarat (Surat)3 Narora Nuclear Power Plant Narora Uttar
Pradesh(Bulandshahr)4 Tarapur Atomic power
stationTarapur Maharashtra (Thane)
5 Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project
Madban Maharashtra (Ratnagiri)
6 Kaiga Nuclear power station Kaiga Karnataka (Uttar Kannada)
7 Gorakhpur Atomic Power Station
Fatehabad Haryana (Fatehabad)
8 Rajasthan Atomic Power Station
Rawatbhata Rajasthan(Chittorgarh)
9 Mithivirdi nuclear power plant
TalajaTaluka Gujarat(Bhavnagar)
IMPORTANT NATIONAL PARKS IN INDIA
PARK NAME STATE1 Bandhavgarh National Park Madhya Pradesh2 Kanha National Park Madhya Pradesh3 Panna National Park -4 Pench National Park -5 Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary Kerala6 Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary -7 Eravikulam National Park -8 Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary -9 Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary -10 Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary Rajasthan11 Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary -12 Keoladeo National Park -13 Nagarhole National Park -14 Ranthambore National Park -15 Sambhar Wildlife Sanctuary ---16 Rajaji National Park Uttarakhand17 Corbett National Park ---18 Manas National Park Assam19 Kaziranga National Park ----20 Sanjay Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary Maharashtra21 Mahim Nature Park ----22 Dachigam National Park J&K23 Hemis High Altitude Park ----24 Chilka Lake Bird Sanctuary Odisha25 Nandankanan Zoo ---26 Similipal National Park ----27 Bandipur National Park Karnataka28 Dandeli National Park ----29 Dudhwa National Park Uttar Pradesh30 Gir National Park Gujarat31 Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary Tamilnadu32 Nagarjunasagar Wildlife
SanctuaryTelangana
33 Renuka Wildlife Sanctuary Himachal Pradesh34 Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary Haryana (Gurgoan)35 Sunderbans Tiger Reserve West Bengal
IMPORTANT POWER STATIONS OF INDIA
POWER STATION NAME STATE NAME1 Rihand Thermal Power Station Sonebhadra Utar Pradesh2 Singrauli Super Thermal Power
StationSonebhadra Utar Pradesh
3 Anpara Thermal Power Station ----4 Obra Thermal Power Station -----5 Rosa (TPS) Shahjahanpur Utar Pradesh6 Udupi Thermal Power Plant Udupi arnataka7 Bellary Thermal Power station Bellary Karnataka8 MetturTheral Power Station Salem Tamil Nadu9 Simhadri Super Thermal Power
PlantVishakapatnam Andhra Pradesh
10 Chhabra (TPP) Baran Rajasthan11 Hirakud Captive Power Plant Sambalpur Odisha12 Talcher Super Thermal Angul Odisha13 Patratu Thermal Power Station Jaisalmer Jharkhand14 Bokaro Thermal Power Station Bokaro Jharkhand15 Durgapur Thermal Power
StationBardhaman West Bengal
16 Barauni Thermal Power Station Begusarai Bihar17 Vindhyachal Super Thermal
PowerSingrauli Madhya Pradesh
18 SantSingaji (TPP) East Nimar Madhya Pradesh19 Satpura Thermal Power Station Betul Madhya Pradesh20 Sanjay Gandhi Thermal Power
StationBirsinghpur Madhya Pradesh
21 Mundra Thermal Power Station Kutch Gujarat22 Ukai Thermal Power Station Tapi Gujarat23 Sikka Thermal Power Station Jamnagar Gujarat24 Tirora (TPP) Gondia Maharashtra25 Amravati (TPP) Amravati Maharashtra26 Chandrapur Super (TPP) Chandrapur Maharashtra27 Khaperkheda Thermal Power
StationNagpur Maharashtra
28 Bhilai Expansion Power Plant Durg Chhattisgarh29 Sipat Thermal Power Plant Bilaspur Chhattisgarh30 Korba Super Thermal Power
PlantKorba Chhattisgarh
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SOME IMORTANT COMMITTEES1 To revisit civil services examination pattern - B S Baswan
committee2 Review the existing agricultural tenancy laws of states,
including hilly states and schedule areas - T Haque Expert
Group on Land Leasing 3 Restructuring water agencies- Mihir Shah Committee 4 Assess situation in FTII by Union Government - SM Khan-
headed team 5 To review PPP Cell functioning - Ministry of Railways
constituted Ajay Shankar Committee 6 To reinvestigate 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases - The SIT was
constituted on recommendation of Mathur Committee 7 To classify Caste Census data, 2011 - Panagariya Committtee
BANKING APPS AND SCHEMES
Banking Apps and Schemes Name of the Bank1 BOUTIQUE FINANCING SCHEME SBI
2 EFOREX SBI3 E-KYC SBI4 First home grown INDEX “COMPOSITE
INDEX”SBI
5 Twitter Handle account SBI6 TAB BANKING FACILITY SBI7 State Bank Freedom App SBI8 Fedbook Selfie App(India’s first mobile app
for bank account opening)federal bank
9 Video conferencing Indusuld & federal bank
10 Digital Banking “POCKET” ICICI11 Student Travel Card ICICI12 I-Mobile app for windows phone ICICI13 M-Pesa ICICI+Vodafone14 Branch on Wheel ICICI Bank in Odisha15 Tap and pay ICICI16 Digital Village Project in Akodara Village of
GujaratICICI
17 Transparent credit card “in association with American Express
ICICI
18 EMI ON DEBIT CARD ICICI19 Kisan card AXIS Bank20 Asha Home loan AXIS Bank21 Airtel money AXIS BANK+AIRTEL22 Chillar Hdfc Bank23 DDA Housing Scheme 2014 Hdfc Bank24 Instant Money Transfer – IMT Bank of India25 Facebook-basedFUNDS transfer platform
“KayPay”Kotak Mahindra Bank
26 M-Wallet Canara Bank27 Maha Millionaire”, “Maha Lakhpati” Bank of Maharashtra
28 China’s first online Banking “webank” Tancet Holdings29 India’s first credit card exclusively for GOLF
LOVERSRBL Bank
SOME IMPORTANT TEMPLES IN INDIA
Badrinath TemplE---- Situated close to the Alaknanda River, the abode of Lord Badrinath is located in the Chamoli district, a small town of Badrinath (Uttarakhand)
The Konark Sun Temple---- The Sun temple is situated in the small town of Konark, which is situated in the Puri district of Odisha.
Brjbadeeswara Temple---- Also known as Peruvudaiyar Kovil and RajaRajeswaram, this 11th century temple was built by the Chola emperor Raja Raja Chola I. Dedicated to Lord Shiva, Brihadeeswara temple is the largest temple in India that is situated at Thanjavur city of Tamil Nadu.
Somnath Temple----- The temple is located in Prabhas Kshetra in Saurashtra (Gujarat). Prabhas Kshetra is also the region in which, it is believed that, Lord Krishna left his mortal body.
Kedarnath------ Situated in the Himalayan range of Garhwal area (Uttarakhand), Kedarnath temple is one of the most sacred Shiva temples in the world.
Sanchi Stupa----- Sanchi is a village in the Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh, which is a home to several Buddhist structures built in between 3rd century BC to 12th century AD.
Ramanathaswamy (Rameshwaram) Temple ---- Rameshwaram (or Rameswaram) is a small island town in Tamil Nadu and is one of the four holiest pilgrimage places (Char Dhams) of the Hindus.
Siddhivinayak Temple----- Located in Prabha Devi, Mumbai,Siddhivinayak Temple was built in the 18th century.
Gangotri Temple----- The sacred origin of Ganga Maa (mother) is worshipped at Gangotri temple, which is situated in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand.
Kashi Vishwanath Temple--- Located in the ancient and holy city of Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Lord Jagannath Temple--- Built in the 12th century, Jagannath temple is situated in Puri (Orissa) and is popularly called Jagannath Puri.
Yamonotri Temple----- Yamunotri temple was built in the 19th century in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand
Meenakshi Temple---- This architectural wonder is situated in Madurai (Tamil Nadu)
Amarnath Cave Temple---- The holy cave of Amarnath is located at an altitude of 3,888 meters in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Lingaraja Temple---- Lingaraja temple is one of the oldest and largest temples of the ‘Temple City of India’ – Orissa.
Tirupati Balaji----- Located in the hilly town of Tirumala (Andhra Pradesh), the temple is also known as Tirumala Venkateshwara temple.
Kanchipuram Temples---‘The City of Thousand Temples’ – Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu) is one of the seven sacred places in India wherein the people can attain Moksha, as per the Hindu religion.
Khajuraho Temple---- Khajuraho is a town in the state of Madhya Pradesh
Virupaksha Temple--- Located in the village of Hampi, it is one of the most famous temples among the various other temples of Hampi.Shri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir is the oldest Jain temple in Delhi
Gomateshwara Temple---- Situated in the Shravanabelagola town of Karnataka, Gomateshwara temple is dedicated to Lord Bahubali also known as Gomateshwara.
Ranakpur Temple----- Ranakpur is a village in the Pali district of Rajasthan and falls between Udaipur and Jodhpur
Shirdi Sai Baba Temple--- The holy temple of Sai baba was built in 1922, in the Shirdi town of Maharashtra.
Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple ----- Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala is the place where one of the 108 Divya Desams (sacred dwellings of Lord Vishnu) is situated in the form of Lord Padmanabhaswamy.
Dwarkadhish Temple---- The holy abode of Lord Krishna, Dwarkadhish temple is situated in the Dwarka city (Gujarat).
Laxminarayan Temple ---- Inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1939, the temple was built by the industrialist Baldeo Das Birla in Delhi.
