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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Triple Talaq : Talaq-ul-Biddat

Bank - PCA (Prompt Corrective Action) High Bad Loans: IDBI Bank

Zika: Declared End - Brazil

ECI: Setup - "National Contact Centre" - Voter Query

India's Proposal - WTO (World Trade Organization): Trade Agreement

SASEC (2001) – South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation: South Asia

SAGQ (South Asia Growth Quadrangle): India Bangladesh Nepal Bhutan (IBNB)

SAGQ: 1996 - Sustainable Economic Development

SASEC (Program Financer) - ADB (Asian Development Bank)

SASEC : 7 Members - (IBNBMMS)

8th Schedule : Unmentioned languages "Bhojpuri" and "Rajasthani"

8th Schedule : 14 Languages – Initially (1950)


8th Schedule : 22 Languages – Presently (2018)

8th Schedule : Sitakant Mahapatra Committee

GST : Good and Services Tax

GST Council Chairperson - Arun Jaitley (Finance Minister)

GST Compensation State - 5 Years

Rights of Persons With Disabilities and Protocol : "13 December 2006"

India Signed - "1 October 2007"

Child Labour : Cognizable offence

Adolescent : Children "14 - 18" Yrs. (No Hazardous Occupation)

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (2016) : Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board

Karta : Head ( Hindu Undivided Family)

Appropriation: Authorize Expenditure (Authorize Govt. To Spend Money)

Rights of Child (India) - "11 December 1992"

Child : Above "16 Yrs" - Adult (Able To Understand Consequences)

Apply: Criminal Procedure Code

Upload FIR in Police Website : Youth Bar Association vs. UOI

Maximum Time : 24 Hrs. (To - Upload Fir in Police Website)

48 Hrs. (If - Connectivity Problem)


Police : State List - List 2, Schedule 7

NPC - National Police Commission

Criminal Defamation Law Not Unconstitutional : Subramanian Swamy vs. UOI

Right To Life "Article 21"; Right To Reputation; Justice: Dipak Misra

Justice: PC Pant

Multiple Life Sentences Will Run Concurrently : Muthuramalingam vs. State

SC: 14 Yrs. Rule On Aggregate Punishment Not Applicable To Sessions Court

Entry Tax On Goods (Constitutional): Jindal Stainless Ltd. vs. Haryana

Direction To Curb Female Feticide : Voluntary Health Assoc. vs. Punjab

Spice-Jet Case : "People With Disabilities Right To Live With Dignity"

Bench : AK Sikri; RK Agarwal

No Liquor Shops Near National Highways : Tamil Nadu vs. Balu

Bench : TS Thakur

Urgent Need To Review Regulatory Mechanism For Legal Profession : Mahipal Singh

Rana vs. Uttar Pradesh

Cauvery Dispute : Karnataka vs. Tamil Nadu


Supreme Court : Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala

CWDT - Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal

Supreme Court Orders "NEET" : Sankalp Charitable Trust vs. UOI

NEET - National Eligibility Entrance Test : Medical Exam "2 Phases"

National Anthem Must in Theatres : Shyam Narayan Choksey vs. UOI

─ Bench : Dipak Misra; Amitava Roy

─ Abhiram Singh vs. Commachen (Dead)

Case - "Religion Race Caste Not Allowed To Play Any Role in Voting" (1995)

─ Bench : "Seeking Votes On Hindutva (Not Corrupt Practice)"

─ Because Hindutva is Not Religion, Hindutva is Way of Life

Fundamental Duty – 51A : Respect National Anthem and National Flag

─ Prevent - "Insult To Constitution and National Flag"

─ Punishment: Imprisonment - 3 Yrs.

Flag Code of India ( 2000) : Prevent Disrespect of National Flag

“Equal Pay For Equal Work”- Punjab vs. Jagjit Singh

Case - "Exploitative Enslavement" : Punjab vs. Jagjit Singh

─ Petitioner - Employee (Punjab)


─ Defendant - Jagjit Singh

Changes in Domestic Violence Act : Hiral Harsora vs. Kusum Harsora

Case : Supreme-Court Struck Down Word "Adult Male" - Harsora vs. Harsora

Shayara Bano vs. UOI

Case - "Triple Talaq" Invalidated (2002): Shamim Ara

Singur Land Project : Land Should be Given Back To Farmers in 12 Weeks

NJAC "Unconstitutional" : Advocates On Record Assoc. vs. UOI

Yakub Memon Midnight Hearing : Yakub Memon vs. Maharashtra

Yakub Memon Hanged Till Death - On His "Birthday"

Unwed Mother Can Become Sole Guardian of A Child : ABC vs. Delhi

Mother can obtain "Birth Certificate" without Child's Father's Name

Case - “Uphaar Cinema” : Sushil Ansal vs. CBI

Award Compensation To Victim of Crime : Manohar Singh vs. Rajasthan

Awarding Death Penalty Not Unconstitutional : Vikram Singh vs. UOI


States Cannot Unilaterally Grant Remission : UOI vs. Sriharan

Case - "Rajiv Gandhi”: UOI. vs. Sriharan

RBI Also Under RTI : RBI vs. Jayantilal Mistry

Acid Attack Victims in Disability List : Parivartan Kendra vs. UOI

India "Kulbushan Jadhav" : ICJ - 8 May 2017

Case : Pakistan Violated - "Vienna Convention On Consular Relations" (1963)

Un Refugee Convention also known as refugee convention(1951)

Rights To People : Migrating because of Race, Religion, Nationality

No Right To People : Migrating because of Environment Disaster

SASEC - South Asia Sub Regional Economic Cooperation

─ SASEC : 7 Members - IBNBMMS

─ SASEC "Project" - Asian Development Bank

SAARC Members: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, The Maldives,

Pakistan, Sri Lanka

SAGQ "South Asia Growth Quadrangle" : 4 members IBNB (1996)


BIMSTEC (1997) : 7 Members

BIMSTEC : 1st Meeting "National Security Chief of BIMSTEC" - Delhi (2017)

BIMSTEC : 3rd Summit - Goa (2016)

BIMSTEC : 4th Summit - Nepal (2017)

BIMSTEC : "Leaders Retreat Outcome Document" - Against Terrorism

BIMSTEC : "Cultural Industries Observatory" - Bhutan

BRICS formed in 2009

South-Africa joined BRICS – 2010

BRICS : 1st Summit - Yekaterinburg (Russia)

8th BRICS : Goa (2016)

9th BRICS : Xiamen "China" (2017)

Theme - "Building Responsive Inclusive Collective Solutions" (BRICS)

CCIT - Comprehensive Convention On International Terrorism

NDB - New Development Bank

Nuclear Bomb : "USA detonated on Japan" (1945)

NPT "Non Proliferation Treaty" : Objective - Prevent Spread of Nuclear Weapons

NPT "Non Proliferation Treaty" : 1970

Commonwealth (1949) : 52 Members

2 new countries in Commonwealth : "Rwanda" and "Mozambique"

Country left Commonwealth : Maldives


ICC "International Criminal Court" - 124 Members

"Rome" Statute Established International Criminal Court

Narrow Mandate ICC : Does not Investigate "US, UK, China, Russia, France"

UNHRC "United Nations Human Rights Council" - Geneva (2006) : 47 Members

Russia : "Lost Bid To Retain Seat" - UNHRC

NAM "Non Aligned Movement"

NAM : 17th Summit - Margarita (Venezuela)

Vice-President "Hamid Ansari" Represented "India" - NAM

NAM : 1961 - 120 Members

NAM : 1st Summit -Belgrade (1961)

NAM : Ideology - "Protection of Poor Nations Against Rich Nations"

G-20 : 1999 - "19 Countries" and "European Union"

G-20 established after "Financial Crisis"

G-20 (2008) : 1st Summit

G-20 - Hangzhou "China" : 11th Summit

Theme - "Toward Innovative, Interconnected, Inclusive World Economy"

Marrakesh Treaty : 29 September 2016 - 22 Countries

Marrakesh Treaty - WIPO "World Intellectual Property Organization"

Marrakesh Treaty - To Publish Work by Visually Impaired Person (Copyright)

Marrakesh Treaty A.K.A "Books For Blind" Treaty


WIPO Administer - Marrakesh Treaty

ABC "Accessible Books Consortium" : Library-To-Library Service

ABC - Provide Books For Blind Around The World

1st Country Ratified "Marrakesh Treaty" - India

India Launched "Accessible India Campaign" - Sugama Bharat Abhiyan

Setup - Sugama Pustakalaya

World's Largest Telescope: "Fast" - China (500 Meters Dia.)

Green Judge (Biodiversity) - Kuldip Singh

ICELA vs. UOI : "Enacting of Law and Tolerating its Infringement is Worse than not

enacting Law at All" by Kuldip Singh

Heritage Heroes Award - Bibhuti Lahkar "Ecologist" (Assam)

Heritage Heroes Award by "International Union For Conservation of Nature"

Manas Tiger Conservation - Bibhuti Lahkar

IEA "International Energy Agency" : "Reliable - Affordable - Clean" Energy

IEA ( Paris) : 29 Members


Estonia 29th Member : IEA

India Member of IEA (International Energy Agency)

OECD : Organization For Economic Co-Operation and Development (1974)

IUCN "International Union For Conservation of Nature" (1948)

IUNC: Only Environmental Organization -"Un" Observer Status

Red Data Book by IUNC (International Union For Conservation of Nature)

Cites Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species "Flora-Fauna"

Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary - Bihar

Russian Revolution - 1917

Russian Revolution (100 Yrs.) - 2017

Russian Revolution Leader - "Czar"

February Revolution "Russia" - 1st Phase : Russian Revolution

October Revolution : Russia


AIIB - "Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank"

BBIN "Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal" Corridor

CCIT "Comprehensive Convention On International Terrorism"

United Nations Global Counter - Terrorism Strategy (2006)

Gag Rule - Prohibits "Freedom of Speech"

Global Gag Rule A.K.A Mexico City Policy

Global Gag Rule Against Abortion Block Funding to "Ngo" Promoting Abortion

Paris Climate Deal : India, 2 October 2016 (Gandhi B'day)

UnPostal Administration Stamp - "Subbulakshmi" (Singer)

CCAMLR - Commission for Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

India of Member of CCAMLR

World's Largest Marine Park : CCAMLR (Australia) - No Fishing Allowed

OBOR - One Belt One Road (China)

Marrakesh : City of Morocco

Competitive Federalism centre competes with states and Vice-Versa


States Competes With Each-Other

Right to Photocopy : "University of Oxford vs. Rameshwari Photocopy Services"

Case : Delhi HC

Rameshwari Photocopy Services "Authorized"; ensure affordable access to expensive

study material

Inter-State River Water Dispute Bill 2017 : "Lok Sabha"

Anti Defection Law : 1985

Party : "To-Merge With Other Party" Condition : 2/3 Vote (Majority)

CSR "Corporate Social Responsibility"

CSR 5 Cr. Net Profit

1000 Cr. Turn Over

500 Cr. Net Worth

CSR Objective - companies spend 2% on Development of Society

FCRA “Foreign Contribution Regulation Act” (2010)

FCRA : License of Ngo's gets cancelled (Corruption)

PAC “Public Accounts Committee (1921)

PAC - 15 Members; 12 (Lok Sabha) & 7 (Rajya Sabha)

Chairman Member - "Opposition Party"


Function : Cross-Check Accounts

Examine "CAG"

Pre-Censorship To Regulate Media : "PIL" Public Interest Litigation - Rejected by

Supreme Court

NBSA "News Broadcasting Standards Authority"

NBSA : Regulate News Channels

Press Council of India - Statutory Body

Radio Channels : Follow "Programme and Advertisement Code"

All India Radio : Follow "Programme and Advertisement Code"

"Programme and Advertisement Code" : Under - Cable Television Network Act 1995

ASCI "Advertising Standards Council of India" Guidelines Advertisements

Failure To Place Ordinance Before Legislature is "Abuse of Power" : Krishna Kumar

Singh vs. Bihar

Ordinance : Only When House is Not in Session

Ordinance “Approval From Legislature" Mandatory

Case - DC Wadhwa : "Repeated Re-Promulgation of Ordinance is Unconstitutional"


DCA "Department of Consumer Affairs" : Service Charge (Hotel) - Optional

DSPE - Delhi Special Police Establishment Act : 1946

CBI : Under - "DSPE"

CBI : Word - Not Mentioned in "DSPE" Act

Attorney General: Advice Govt. On Legal Matters

Highest Legal officer in Country

Not "Public Authority"

J&K Parliament Can't Change Borders

Citizens out of J&K, Can't Purchase Land

Article 360 - Financial Emergency; All States Except "J&K"

Article 51A(1) : Fundamental Duty - Respect "National Flag and National Anthem"

National Song : Vande Matram in "Sanskrit"

Vande Matram - 1st Time : "Indian National Congress" Session (1896)

National Anthem : Jana Gana Mana in "Sanskrit Bengali"

Jana Gana Mana - 1st Time : "Congress Convention” (1911)

Jana Gana Mana : Translated in Hindi by Abid Ali


Fundamental Duties : Can't be made Compulsory

─ Not enforceable in Court

─ Only Direct Individuals To Become Better Citizen

1st Judge - Contempt Proceeding : Justice Karnan (Calcutta HC)

Article 129 : Supreme Court - Court of Record "Can Punish For Contempt"

Supreme Court : Middle Income Group Scheme - Affordable Legal Services

Scheme : "Supreme Court Middle Income Group Legal Aid Society" (MIG)

Patron-In-Chief : CJI

Ex-officio "Vice President" : Attorney General

Article 39A : Opportunity to Justice Not Denied to Anyone Cos' of Disability

Article 39A : Justice For All

Inter-State River Water Dispute Bill 2017 : Introduce - "DRC"

DRC - Dispute Resolution Committee

20th Law Commission : Chairman - AP Shah

21st Law Commission : Chairman - BS Chauhan

AP Shah - Recommended : "Audio-Visual Recording of Court Proceedings"

Supreme Court : CCTV Cameras "Without Audio" - Courtrooms

Standing Committee: "Inter-State Council" met after 12 Yrs. to discuss power of

Governor.


Inter-State Council : Coordination Between "States" and "Union"

Inter-State Council : Members

─ Chairman, Prime Minister

─ Chief Ministers of State

─ Chief Ministers of UT

─ Union Ministers "6"

Role of Governor : Puncchi Commission

Governor : "During Pleasure of President" - Must be Deleted

NALSA - National Legal Services Authority : "Legal Services Authorities Act"

NALSA : Objective - "Provide Free Legal Services To Weaker Sections"

Lok Adalat (People's Court) - Alternative Dispute Resolution

Lok Adalat : Mutual Settlement of Parties

Speedy Settlement - Without Trial

Lok Adalat : "Legal Services Authorities Act"

Pre-Censorship of Films : PIL - Amol Palekar

Pre-Censorship of Films : Shyam Benegal Committee

Film Censorship : "Cinematograph Act" and "Cinematograph Rules"


"Film in Theatres Are Influential Media of Mass Communication" : Abbas vs. UOI

CBFC - Central Board of Film Certification

─ U : "Universal"

─ A : "Adult"

─ U/A : "Universal" Under "Adult Supervision"

PIL - Amol Palekar : Pre-Censorship of Films

Pre-Censorship : Decided in Advance What May or May Not be Permitted

Right To Access Internet : "Fundamental Right of Expression"

Right To Access Internet : PIL - Sabu Mathew George

PCPNDT : Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Technique "Sex Selection"

Sex Selection - Prohibited

Undeclared "Internet Access" - Human Right

1st State : Internet As "Basic Right" - Kerala

AFSPA - "Armed Forces Special Powers Act" : Arunachal Pradesh

Isak-Muivah : National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Arunachal Pradesh)


Assam - Disturbed Area : Under - "AFSPA"

Waqf Properties - GR Bhattacharya Commission

Cauvery Water Issue : "Tamil Nadu" and "Karnataka"

Supreme Court : Ordered "Karnataka" Release Water For 10 Days To "Tamil Nadu"

"1924 Agreement" - Cauvery River Water Distribution : 4 States

Vasco De Gama (Portuguese) : India - 1498

Jahangir : Permission To British - Setup Factory (Surat)

Battle of Plassey : British Defeated - Nawab of Bengal

Battle of Buxar: British Defeated - Mir Qasim. (Joint - Military)

Dual Govt. End Regulating Act 1773

Father of 'Civil Service' - Cornwallis

1st : Governor General - Bentinck

Liberator of 'Press' - Metcalfe

Doctrine of Lapse - Dalhousie


Lawrence : 'Established' High Court (Calcutta, Madras, Bombay)

1st : High Court – Calcutta(1865)

Father of 'Local Self Governance' - Ripon

Indian University Act - Curzon

Capital : Calcutta To Delhi (1911)

Hindu 'Mahasabha' : Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya

Gandhi Return 'India' - 1915

Gandhi Found 'Sabarmati Ashram' - 1916

Jallianwala Bagh - 1919

Non Cooperation Movement - 1920

Poorna Swaraj Declaration - 1925

Dandi March - 1930


Two Nation Theory - Jinnah

Quit India Movement : 5 Yrs. - Before 'Independence'

Quit India Movement - 1942

1st Governor General Free India : Batten

1st Governor General of Free India = Last Viceroy of British India

1st Governor General - Bentinck

1st 'Indian' Governor General - Rajagopalchari

After Rajagopalchari No Governor General

After Rajagopalchari - 'Yes' President and Prime Minister

Indian National Congress : Founder - A.O. Hume (1885)

Swadeshi Movement - 1905

Swadeshi Movement : Lal Bal Pal

Swaraj = Self Government


Swaraj - Dadabhai Naoroji

Morley Minto : Muslim

Morley Minto Reform - Separate Electorate For Muslim

Father of Electorate - Morley Minto

Swaraj is My Birth Right : Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Rowlatt Act : Suspend Right of 'Habeas Corpus'

Sardar Udham Singh : Kill General Dyer (Jallianwala Bagh)

Simon Go Back

Lahore - Poorna Swaraj

Nehru - Poorna Swaraj

Lahore Session Declare Poorna Swaraj(1929)

Indian flag - 1929

Jawaharlal Nehru Declare Poorna Swaraj


Dandi March = Salt Satyagraha

Poona Pact : Gandhi - Ambedkar

Poona Pact : Ambedkar -No Separate Electorate

Idea of “Pakistan” - Muhammad Iqbal

“Pakistan” name proposed by - Chaudhary Rahmat Ali

Two Nation Theory - Jinnah

Term “Post Dated Cheque” - Gandhi

Slogan “Do or Die” - Gandhi

Headquarter of Indian National Army - Rangoon

Rani of Jhansi Brigade : Women Force

Namdhari Movement : Bhai Balak Singh; Baba Ram Singh

Founder of Indian Women Association - Annie


India as India and Pakistan - Mountbatten

Mountbatten aka Batten

Batten : 1st 'Governor General' of Free 'India'

Mountbatten Plan : India to be Divided Into 'India and Pakistan'

Boundary Commission Head - Radcliffe

India-Pakistan Boundary - Radcliffe Line

Gandhi aka Bapu

Grand Old Man aka Dada (Dadabhai Naoroji)

Rabindranath Tagore aka Gurudev

Vallabhbhai Patel aka Iron Man

Florence Nightingale aka Lady With Lamp

Lala Lajpat Rai aka Lion of Punjab


Subash Chandra Bose aka Netaji

Sarojini Naidu aka Nightingale of India

Crematorium of Gandhi- Raj Ghat

Crematorium of Rajiv Gandhi- Veer Bhumi

Newspaper : Bengal Gazette - Hickey

Newspaper : Kesari - Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Newspaper : Vande Matram - Aurobindo Ghosh

India Undivided (Book) - Rajendra Prasad

Discovery of India (Book) - Jawaharlal Nehru

Nobel Prize : Start - 1900

Nobel Prize : Founder - Alfred Nobel

Alfred Nobel: Death - 10 Dec.


Nobel Prize : Date - 10 Dec. (International Human Rights Day)

Grammy Award - Pt. Ravi Shankar

Pulitzer: Prize for Journalism, Literature, Music.

Magsaysay: Award for Social Service, Public Service.

Man Book: Prize for Literature.

Right Livelihood Award : 'Alternate' of Nobel Prize

Oscar Award: India 'Nomination' - Mother India; Salaam Bombay; Lagaan.

1st : Oscard Award 'India' - Bhanu Athaiya (Costume Design - Gandhi)

Gandhi (Movie) : Bhanu Athaiya 'Costume Design'

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna : Prize - INR 7.5 Lakh

Father of Indian Cinema - Dadasaheb Phalke

1st : Dadasaheb Phalke 'Award' - Devika Rani

WAC - Western Air Command : Headquarter - Delhi


NDC - National Defence College : Headquarter - Delhi

Olympic: Motto – Citius, Altius, Fortius.

Olympic: Motto – faster, Higher, Stronger.

Asian Games aka ASIAD

1st : Asian Games - Delhi (1951)

T20 : Venue - India (2016)

T20 : West Indies vs. England (2016)

T20 : Winner - West Indies (2016)

T20 : Winner “Women” - West Indies (2016)

UN : 24 Oct. 1945

Original : Members - 51

Current : Members - 193


FIFA : 2018 - Russia

ILO : 1919 - Geneva

World Bank: 1944 - Washington D.C.

IMF: 1945 - Washington D.C.

UNICEF: 1945 - New York

FAO: 1945 - Rome

WHO: 1948 - Geneva

WTO: 1995 - Geneva

UN Women : 2010 - New York

Common Wealth : Headquarter - London (England)

ADB : Headquarter - Manila (Philippine)

ASEAN : Headquarter - Jakarta (Indonesia)

IOC - International Olympic Committee


IOC : Headquarter - (Switzerland)

European Union : Headquarter - Brussels (Belgium)

NATO : Headquarter - Brussels (Belgium)

OPEC - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

OPEC : Headquarter - Vienna (Austria)

SAARC : Headquarter - Kathmandu (Nepal)

WWF - World Wildlife Fund

WWF: Headquarter - (Switzerland)

WWF : Members - All The Countries

Kuchipudi - Andhra Pradesh

Kathakali - Kerala

Bharatnatyam - Tamil Nadu


Rasa Lila - Uttar Pradesh

Planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

Study of Universe = Cosmology

Formation of Galaxies and Stars = Big Bang Theory

Biggest Satellite : Ganymede (Jupiter)

Red Planet : Mars

Blue Plant : Earth

Green Planet : Uranus

Brightest Planet : Venus

Closest Star : Solar System - Proxima Centauri

Red Dwarf : Proxima Centauri

Coldest Plant : Neptune

Morning Star : Venus


Evening Star : Venus

Max. Satellite : Jupiter

Fast Revolution : Mercury

Slowest Revolution : Neptune

Hottest Planet : Venus

Fastest Rotation : Jupiter

Slowest Rotation : Venus

Earth's Twin : Venus

Satellite : Atmosphere Like Earth - Titan

Titan : Moon of 'Saturn'

Largest Moon of 'Saturn' : Titan

Inner Planet : Near To Sun


Outer Planet : Far From Sun

Light Year : Unit of Distance

Perihelion : Point - Earth Closest To Sun

Aphelion : Point - Earth Farthest From Sun

Earth constitutes: Crust, Mantle, and Core.

Earth : Core - Iron (Solid)

Rotation of Earth : Day and Night

Revolution of Earth : Change of Seasons

Days and Nights Are Equal : Equinox

Date : Days and Nights Are Equal - 21 March and 23 September

Date : Equinox - 21 March and 23 September

Longest Day : 21 June

Shortest Night : 22 December


Escape Velocity : 11.2 Km/s

Tropic of Cancer : 23.5 Degree N

Tropic of Capricorn : 23.5 Degree S

India : Northern Hemisphere

Greenwich Mean Time : GMT - 0 Degree

Greenwich : Near - London

1 Degree = 4 Minutes

Moon Between 'Earth and Sun' : Solar Eclipse

Earth Between 'Moon and Sun' : Lunar Eclipse

Magnitude of Earthquake : Richter Scale

Intensity of Earthquake : Seismograph

Point Where Earthquake Originate : Focus


Point Where We Feel Earthquake : Epicenter

Point Above Focus On Earth's Surface : Epicenter

Right of Fire : Pacific Ocean - Volcano

Tsunami: Earthquake. Volcano. Underwater.

Himalayas : Fold Mountains

Largest : Mountain Range - Andes (South America)

Highest : Mountain Peak - Mt. Everest (Nepal)

Highest : Mountain Peak (India) - K2 (Godwin Austen)

Max. in Air : Nitrogen - 78 %

Nitrogen: Max. in Air - 78 %

Greenhouse Gas - GHG

Greenhouse Gas: Water Vapor, Methane, Ozone, Carbon Dioxide, Nitrous Oxide.

Atmospheric Pressure : Measure (Instrument) - Barometer


Hurricane = Tropical Cyclone

Hurricane = Tropical Storm

Longest : River - Nile

Largest : River - Amazon

Nile River : Origin - 'Victoria' Lake

Amazon River : Origin - 'Andes' Mountain Range

Panama Canal : 'Pacific Ocean' and 'Caribbean Sea'

Panama Canal : Pacific - Caribbean

Suez Canal : 'Mediterranean' Sea and 'Red' Sea

Deepest : Point - Mariana Trench (Pacific Ocean)

Bab El Mandeb (Strait) : 'Red' Sea and 'Arabian' Sea

Caspian Sea - Asia


Lake Superior - Canada and USA

Highest : Falls - Angel Falls (Venezuela)

Largest : Desert - Sahara Desert (North Africa)

Largest : Island - Greenland (Denmark)

Max. Gold - China

Max. Coffee - Brazil

Largest Grassland - Steppe (Eurasia)

India-Pakistan : Boundary - 24th Parallel

India-China : Boundary - McMahon Line

Pakistan-Afghanistan : Boundary - Durand Line

USA-Canada : Boundary - 49th Parallel

Highest : Point (Asia) - Mt. Everest

Lowest : Point (Asia) - Dead Sea


Highest : Point (Africa) - Mt. Kilimanjaro

Lowest : Point (Africa) - Lake Assal

Highest : Point (America) - Mt. McKinley

Lowest : Point (America) - Death Valley

India : Longest Boundary - Bangladesh

India - Tropic of Cancer : 23.5 Degree (North)

Andaman and Nicobar - Bay of Bengal (East)

Lakshadweep - Arabian Sea (West)

Highest : Peak (India) - K2

Longest : Coastline - Gujarat

Active : Volcano - Barren Island (Andaman Nicobar)

Southern Most : Point - Indira Point


Southern Most : Tip - Kanyakumari

Northern Most : Point - Indira Col

Western Most : Point - Gujarat

Eastern Most : Point - Arunachal Pradesh

River : Delhi - Yamuna

Highest : Falls (India) - Kunchikal (Karnataka)

Salt Water : Lake - Chilika Lake (Odisha)

Salt Water : Lake - Sambhar Lake (Rajasthan)

Ganga : Origin - Gangotri

Ganga : Mouth - Bay of Bengal

Yamuna : Origin - Yamunotri

Yamuna : Mouth - Ganga

Indus : Origin - Mansarovar


Indus : Mouth - Arabian Sea

Brahmaputra : Origin - Mansarovar

Brahmaputra : Mouth - Bay of Bengal

Kaveri : Origin - Western Ghats

Kaveri : Mouth - Bay of Bengal

Bhakra Nangal Project : Sutlej (River)

Black Soil = Regular Soil

Red Soil : Red - Iron

India : Two-Third 'Population' - Agriculture

Kharif - Rice

Rabi - Wheat

Metallic: Mineral - Iron. Gold.


Non-Metallic: Mineral - Coal. Petroleum.

Radioactive: Mineral - Uranium.

DMRC : 2002

Delhi : Metro - 2002

Longest : Highway - NH 44

Golden Quadrilateral: Delhi; Mumbai; Chennai; Kolkata.

NH 1 : Delhi - Amritsar

Ozone : (Colorless)

Kaziranga National Park - Assam

Gir Forest - Gujarat

Ghana Bird Sanctuary - Rajasthan

Corbett National Park - Uttrakhand

Sunderban Tiger Reserve - West Bengal


Marrakech : Conference - Marrakech (Morocco)

PPP - Purchasing Power Parity

Primary Sector - Agriculture

Secondary Sector - Manufacturing

Tertiary Sector = Service Sector

Tertiary Sector - Business

Niti Ayog : 1st Jan. 2015

National Planning Committee : Jawaharlal Nehru

1st : 5 Yr. Plan : Based - 'Harrod Domar Model'

1st : 5 Yr. Plan : 1951 - 1956

12th : 5 Yr. Plan : 2012 - 2017

HDI- Human Development Index


HDI: Founder - Mahbub Ul Haq (Pakistan)

Direct Tax : Paid Directly To Govt. - Income Tax

Indirect Tax: Paid To 3rd Party - Sales Tax. Vat

3rd Party – Restaurant; Store.

GST - Goods and Service Tax

Father of Green Revolution (World) : William God

Father of Green Revolution (India) : Swaminathan

Blue Revolution : Fish

White Revolution : Cattle

Saffron Revolution : Sun (Solar Energy)

PSE - Public Sector Enterprise

Maharatna : Big PSE

Navratna : Medium PSE


Miniratna : Small PSE

1st : Bank - Bank of Hindustan

Bhartiya Mahila Bank : Headquarter - Delhi

RBI : 1 April 1935

1st : RBI Governor - Osborne

1st : RBI Governor (India) - Deshmukh

Indradhanush 'Scheme' - Bank

14th : Finance Commission - Y.V. Reddy

Oldest : Stock Exchange - BSE

IRDAI - Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India

Balance of Trade : Difference - Import and Export

Max. Population - Uttar Pradesh


Max. Literacy - Kerala

Sex Ratio : 9 : 43

Barter System = Exchange System

Black Money = Undisclosed Money

Dumping : Sell At Lower Price

Inflation : Sell At Higher Price

Newton : 1st Law - Body Maintain Initial State Unless External Force is Applied

Newton : 2nd Law - Force is Directly Proportional To 'Mass' * 'Acceleration' (F = Ma)

Newton : 3rd Law - Every Action Has Equal and Opposite Reaction

Centripetal Force : Acts - Inward

Centrifugal Force : Act - Outward

Kinetic Energy = 1/2 mv2

Potential Energy = mgh


Power : Unit - Watt

Power = Work/Time

Acceleration Due To Gravity : g

g = 9.8 m/s2

Gravity: Max. - Poles

Gravity : Min. - Equator

Escape Velocity : (Earth) - 11.2 Km/s

Escape Velocity : (Moon) - 2.4 Km/s

Earth : Rotation - West To East

Pressure = Force/Area

Pressure : Measure 'Instrument' - Barometer

Pressure : Decrease With Height


Pressure : Decrease With High-Altitude

Body floats in liquid- (density)body < (density)liquid

Latent Heat - Hidden Heat

Infrasonic Waves : Less Than - 20 Hz

Audible Waves : 20 Hz - 20000 Hz

Ultrasonic Waves : More Than - 20000 Hz

SONAR - Sound Navigation and Ranging

Concave Mirror : Shaving Glass

Convex Mirror : Car Rear-View Mirror

VIBGYOR

Blue Color of Sky : Scattering of Light

Myopia : Short Sightedness - Can See Near Objects Clearly Only

Hypermetropia : Long Sightedness - Can See Far Objects Clearly Only


Presbyopia : Both - Cannot See Near and Far Objects Clearly

Astigmatism : Cannot See Horizontal and Vertical Lines Clearly

Charge : Unit - Coulomb

Current : Unit - Ampere

Resistance : Unit - Ohm

Conductor - Allow Electricity To Pass

Insulator - Don't Allow Electricity To Pass

Reciprocal of Conductivity : Resistivity

V = IR

Current : Measure 'Instrument' - Ammeter

Current : Unit - Ampere

Potential Difference : Measure 'Instrument' - Voltmeter


Potential Difference : Unit - Voltage

Rays (Cathode and Anode) : Founder - Goldstein

Radioactivity : Founder - Henry Curie and Pierre Curie

Nuclear Fission : Split Into Two

Nuclear Fusion : Combine To Form Single

Hydrogen Bomb : Based On 'Nuclear Fusion'

Coolant : Absorb Heat and Prevent Rise in Temperature

LASER - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

MASER - Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

Boiling Point - Temperature At Which Liquid Converts Into Vapor

Melting Point - Temperature At Which Solid Converts Into Liquid

Renewable Source : Sunlight

Non-Renewable Source: Coal, Petroleum.


Fire Extinguisher : water-vapor surround fire and cut-off oxygen

Pesticide : chemicals used to destroy organism which destroy crop

Botany : Study of Plants

Zoology : Study of Animals

Scientist - Aristotle

DNA – Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid

RNA - Ribo Nucleic Acid

Night Blindness : Lack of Vitamin A

Blood Clotting : Lack of Vitamin K

Blood : Connective Tissue

Adult Person : 5 - 6 Litre (Blood)

Ph : 7 (neutral)


O: Give - Everyone

O: Take - O (Only)

A : Give - A and AB

A : Take - O and A

B : Give - B and AB

B : Take - O and B

AB : Give - AB

AB : Take - Everyone

Heart a.k.a Pacemaker

Olfactory Function - Smell

Cerebrum Function - Thinking

Control : Function - Laughing

Virus - Ebola

Ecology : Relationship Between Organism and Environment

Chlorofluorocarbon : Cause - Depletion of Ozone


Insecticide - Endosulfan

Endosulfan : Banned (All Over World)

Chernobyl Disaster : Ukraine - 1986

Chernobyl Disaster : Explosion of Nuclear Power Plant

Clone - Identical 'Individual'

1st : Clone - Dolly (Sheep)

Largest : Mammal (Land) - Elephant

Largest : Mammal (World) - Whale

Largest : Flower (India) - Sapria

Largest : Bone - Femur

Largest : Tooth - Elephant

Largest : Coral Reef - Great Barrier Reef (Australia)

Largest : Egg - Ostrich


Largest : Cell (Body) - Neuron (Nerve Cell)

Anatomy : Study of Animal

Anthology : Study of Flower

Apiculture : Honey Bee Keeping

Cardiology : Study of Heart

Cytology : Study of Cell

Dermatology : Study of Skin

Floriculture : Study of Flower

Genetics : Study of Heredity

Mycology : Study of Muscle

Ornithology : Study of Bird

Pisciculture : Study of Fish


Sericulture : Silk

Serpentology : Study of Snake

Virology : Study of Virus

CPU - Central Processing Unit

RAM - Random Access Memory

ROM - Read Only Memory

LAN - Local Area Network

Spyware : Collect Information About User Without Permission

Malware : Damage The Computer System

Virus : Installed Without Knowledge and Multiply Itself

Cryptography : Coding and Decoding

Super Computer : India – Param

1st : Country To Make Map - Mesopotamia (Greece)


1st : Space Shuttle - Columbia

1st : Country To Give Voting Right To Women - New Zealand

1st : Country To Appoint Lokpal - Sweden

1st : Man To Climb Mt. Everest - Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary

1st : Man To Go To Space - Yuri Gagarin (Russia)

1st : Man To Walk Into Space - Alexei Leonov (Russia)

1st : Man To Climb Mt. Everest Without Oxygen - Phu Dorji Sherpa

1st : Woman President of A Country - Argentina

1st : Woman Prime Minister of A Country - Sri Lanka

1st : Woman To Cross Strait of Gibraltar - Arti Pradhan (India)

1st : Woman To Cross Seven Seas - Bula Choudhary (India)

Largest : Airport - King Fahad (Saudi Arabia)


Tallest : Building - Burj Khalifa (Dubai)

Largest : Bay - Hudson Bay (Canada)

Longest : Canal - Suez Canal (Mediterranean Sea - Red Sea)

Longest : Epic - Mahabharata

Largest : Island - Greenland (Greenland)

Largest : Mosque - Mecca (Saudi Arabia)

Largest : Delta - Sunderbans (India)

Largest : Desert - Sahara (Africa)

Largest : Lake - Caspian Sea

Largest : Lake (Freshwater) - Lake Superior (USA - Canada)

Largest : Coral Formation - Great Barrier Reef (Australia)

Largest : Continent - Asia

Smallest : Continent - Australia


Largest : Country (Population) - China

Largest : Country (Area) - Russia

Biggest : Dome - Gol Gumbaz (India)

Highest : Dam - Bhakra Dam

Largest : Democracy - India

Most : Intelligent Animal - Chimpanzee

Longest : Wall - Great Wall of China

Highest : Mountain Range - Himalayas

Longest : Mountain Range - Andes

Highest : Waterfall - Angel Falls (Venezuela)

Longest : Gulf - Gulf of Mexico

Deepest and Biggest : Ocean - Pacific


Indian Ocean : Below - India

Atlantic Ocean : Between - Europe and America

Pacific Ocean : Between - America and Asia

Bermuda Triangle - Atlantic Ocean

Largest : Peninsula - Arabian Peninsula (Arabia)

Largest : Archipelago - Indonesia

Largest : River - Amazon

Longest : River - Nile

Longest : Swimming Course - English Channel

Longest : Tunnel - Gotthard Tunnel

Lightest : Gas - Hydrogen

Lightest : Metal - Lithium

Fastest : Bird - Falcon


Longest : Snake - King Cobra

CAPITALS

─ Afghanistan - Kabul

─ Argentina - Buenos Aires

─ Australia - Canberra

─ Austria - Vienna

─ Bangladesh - Dhaka

─ Belgium - Brussels

─ Bhutan - Thimpu

─ Brazil - Brasilia

─ Canada - Ottawa

─ Chile - Santiago

─ China - Beijing

─ Colombia - Bogota

─ Denmark - Copenhagen

─ Egypt - Cairo

─ France - Paris

─ Germany - Berlin

─ Greece - Athens

─ Hungary - Budapest

─ Poland - Budapest

─ Iran - Tehran

─ Iraq - Baghdad

─ Ireland - Dublin

─ Israel - Jerusalem

─ Italy - Rome

─ Japan - Tokyo

─ Kenya - Nairobi

─ North Korea - Pyongyang

─ Kuwait - Kuwait City

─ South Korea - Seoul

─ Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur

─ Maldives - Male

─ Mauritius - Port Louis

─ Myanmar - Naypyidaw

─ Nepal - Kathmandu


─ Netherlands - Amsterdam

─ New Zealand - Wellington

─ Norway - Oslo

─ Pakistan - Islamabad

─ Philippines - Manila

─ Portugal - Lisbon

─ Qatar - Doha

─ Russia - Moscow

─ Saudi Arabia - Riyadh

─ Singapore - Singapore

─ South Africa - Pretoria

─ Spain - Madrid

─ Sri Lanka - Colombo

─ Sweden - Stockholm

─ Switzerland - Bern

─ Thailand - Bangkok

─ Turkey - Ankara

─ UK - London

─ USA - Washington D.C.

─ Venezuela - Caracas

─ Zimbabwe - Harare

Blue Mountains : Nilgiri Hills

City Beautiful : Chandigarh

City of Magnificent Buildings: Washington D.C.

City of Palaces : Kolkata

Forbidden City : Tibet


Gift of Nile : Egypt

Holy Land : Palestine

Island Continent : Australia

Land of Cakes : Scotland

Land of Maple : Canada

Land of Midnight Sun : Norway

Land of Rising Sun : Japan

Spice Garden of India : Kerala

India : Discovery - Vasco Da Gama (1498)

America : Discovery - Christopher Columbus

Planets : Discovery - Kepler

Solar System : Discovery - Copernicus

Mount Everest : Discovery - Edmund Hillary


White Paper : official Paper of Govt. - UK and India

Seven Wonders : Taj Mahal (India)

Lotus : Symbol - Culture

Red Cross : Symbol - Hospital

Red Flag : Symbol - Danger

Black Flag : Symbol - Protest

Blindfolded Woman Holding A Balance : Symbol - Justice

One Skull On Two Bones Crossing Each Other : Symbol - Danger

Wheel (Chakra) : Symbol - Progress

Largest : Newspaper (India) - Times of India

India : Parliament - Sansad

UK : Parliament - Parliament


USA : Parliament - Congress

Smallest : Country (Population) - Vatican City

Smallest : Country (Area) - Vatican City

Vatican City : Wall - Rome (Italy)

Biggest : Religion - Christianity (2.2 Billion)

India : Emblem – Lion Capital of Ashoka

Constituent Assembly : Advisor - B.N. Rau

India

1st : Newspaper - Bengal Gazette (Hickey)

1st : International 'Call' - Mumbai To London

1st : Silent Movie - Raja Harish Chandra (Dadasaheb Phalke)

1st : Talkie Movie - Alam Ara


1st : Warship - Ins Vikrant

1st : Satellite - Aryabhatta

1st : Nuclear Reactor - Apsara

1st : Lunar Mission - Chandrayaan (2008)

1st : Mars Mission - Mars Orbital Mission (2013)

1st : Asian Games - Delhi (1951)

1st : Census - 1872

1st : Biosphere Reserve - Nilgiri

1st : National Park - Hailey National Park

1st : Clone Animal - Samrupa

1st : Governor General - Bentinck

1st : Governor General 'Indian' - Rajagopalchari

1st : Commander in Chief - K.M. Cariappa


1st : Field Marshal - Manekshaw

1st : Indian To Go in Space - Rakesh Sharma

1st : Indian To Climb Mt. Everest Without Oxygen - Sherpa Ang Dorje

1st : NHRC Chairman - Rangnath Mishra

1st : Nobel Prize 'Physics' - C.V. Raman

1st : Nobel Prize 'Literature' - Rabindranath Tagore

1st : Nobel Prize 'Economics' - Amartya Sen

1st : Nobel Prize 'Medicine' - Dr. Har Govind Khorana

1st : Bharat Ratna - Radhakrishnan. Rajagopalchari. Raman.

1st : Bharat Ratna 'Posthumously' - Lal Bahadur Shastri

1st : Jnanpith 'Award' - Sankara Kurup

1st : Cross 'English Channel' - Mihir Sen


1st : ICJ Judge - B.N. Rau

1st : Woman To Cilmb Mt. Everest - Bachendri Pal

1st : Woman Cabinet Minister - Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

1st : Woman Chairman of Un General Assembly - Vijay Laxmi Pandit

1st : Woman President of India - Pratibha Patil

1st : Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha - Meira Kumar

1st : Woman Prime Minister of India - Indira Gandhi

1st : Woman IAS officer - Anna George

1st : Woman Chief Justice - Leela Seth

1st : Woman Bharat Ratna - Indira Gandhi

1st : Woman Nobel Prize - Mother Teresa

1st : Actress in Rajya Sabha - Nargis Dutt

1st : Woman Governor - Sarojini Naidu


1st : Woman Chief Minister - Sucheta Kriplani

India

Longest : River - Ganga

Longest : Canal - Indira Gandhi Canal

Longest : Dam - Hirakud Dam

Highest : Dam - Bhakra Dam

Longest : Beach - Marina Beach

Largest : Saline Water Lake - Chilika Lake

Largest : Fresh Water Lake - Wular Lake

Biggest : River Island - Majuli

Highest : Waterfall - Kunchikal Falls

Longest : Coastline - Gujarat


Longest : Sea Bridge - Bandra Worli (Sea Link)

Longest : Road - Grand Trunk Road (Delhi - Kolkata)

Largest : Desert - Thar Desert

Largest : Delta - Sunderbans

Largest : Zoo - Zoological Garden

Highest : Award - Bharat Ratna

Highest : Peak - K2 (Godwin Austen)

Largest : Mosque - Jama Masjid

Highest : Battlefield - Siachen Glacier

The Three Musketeers (Book) - Alexandre Dumas

Politics (Book) - Aristotle

God of Small Things (Book) - Arundhati Roy


Time Machine (Book) - Herbert George Wells

My Truth (Book) - Indira Gandhi

Discovery of India (Book) - Jawaharlal Nehru

Glimpses of World History (Book) - Jawaharlal Nehru

Straight From Heart (Book) - Kapil Dev

Das Capital (Book) - Karl Marx

I Dare As I See (Book) - Kiran Bedi

Inheritance of Loss (Book) - Kiran Desai

My Experiments With Truth (Book) - Mahatma Gandhi

Heart of India (Book) - Mark Tully

Golden Threshold (Book) - Sarojini Naidu

The Broken Wings (Book) - Sarojini Naidu

Long Era of Darkness (Book) - Shashi Tharoor


Brief History of Time (Book) - Stephen Hawking

All About Women (Book) - Taslima Nasreen

Sachin Cricketer of The Century (Book) - Vimal Kumar

Driven (Book) - Virat Kohli

As You Like It (Book) - William Shakespeare

The Test of My Life (Book) - Yuvraj Singh

NRI Day - 9 Jan.

Youth Day - 12 Jan.

Swami Vivekananda: Birthday - 12 Jan.

Army Day - 15 Jan.

Girl Child Day - 24 Jan.

Voters Day - 25 Jan.


Customs Day - 26 Jan.

Republic Day - 26 Jan.

Martyr's Day - 30 Jan.

Wetland Day - 2 Feb.

Cancer Day - 4 Feb.

Science Day - 28 Feb.

Women's Day - 8 March.

International Human Rights Day - 15 March.

Forest Day - 21 March.

Water Day - 22 March.

Meteorological Day - 23 March.

TB Day - 24 March.

Health Day - 7 April.


Earth Day - 22 April.

Labour Day - 1 May.

Press Freedom Day - 3 May.

Red Cross Day - 8 May.

Anti-Terrorism Day - 21 May.

Environment Day - 5 June.

Yoga Day - 21 June.

International Youth Day - 12 August.

Sports Day - 29 August.

Dhyanchand Birthday - 29 August.

Teacher's Day - 5 September.

Radhakrishnan Birthday - 5 September.


Hindi Day - 14 September.

International Peace Day - 21 September.

Tourism Day - 27 September.

Non-Violence Day - 2 October.

Mahatma Gandhi Birthday - 2 October.

Lal Bahadur Shastri Birthday - 2 October.

International Teacher's Day - 5 October.

Air Force Day - 8 October.

UN Day - 24 October.

Legal Services Day - 9 November.

Children's Day - 14 November.

Diabetes Day - 14 November.

International Children's Day - 20 November.


Aids Day - 1 Dec.

Advocates Day - 3 Dec.

Rajendra Prasad Birthday - 3 Dec.

Person with Disabilities Day - 3 Dec.

Navy Day - 4 Dec.

Flag Day - 7 Dec.

International Human Rights Day - 10 Dec.

Good Governance Day - 25 Dec.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Birthday - 25 Dec.

Theory of 'Utilitarianism : Jeremy Bentham

Term : International Law - Jeremy Bentham

Father of 'International Law' : Hugo Grotius


Law 'Positive Morality' : John Austin

The Idea of Justice (Book) - Amartya Sen

Ignorance of Law Excuse No Man - John Seldon

Justice Must Not Only be Done But Appear To be Done - Henry Cecil

Litigation is A Game - Pollock

Directive Principles Are Like Cheque Payable At Convenience - K.T. Shah

Law Forbid Rich and Poor To Sleep Under Bridges - Anatole France

Law is Reason Free From Passion - Aristotle

Law is Cement of Society - Granville Williams

Writing Law is Easy But Governing is Difficult - Leo Tolstoy

If There Were No Bad People There Would be No Good Lawyers - Charles Dickens

Oilpol : Prevention of Pollution of Sea by Oil

Ramsar 'Convention' - Wetlands


Silk 'Road' : Iran - China

Conference : Human Environment - (Stockholm)

UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme

UNEP : Founder - Maurice Strong

UNEP : Headquarter - Nairobi (Kenya)

Marpol : Marine Pollution

Kyoto 'Protocol' : Greenhouse

Delhi 'Summit' : 2002

Earth 'Summit' : 1992 - Rio (Sustainable Development)

NGT : 2010

Custom Duties: Tax - Central Govt.

Ad Valorem : According To Value


Central Tax: Income Tax; Custom Duty; Corporate Tax.

State Tax: Land Revenue; Agriculture; Land Tax; Vat; Alcohol; Road Tax; Toll Tax;

Luxury Tax; Entertainment Tax.

Education : No Tax

Non-Cooperation Movement : Start – 1920; End - 1922

Viceroy : During "Non-Cooperation Movement" : Lord Chelmsford

Andrews A.K.A Deenbandhu

Raja Ram Mohan Roy : Against - "Sati Custom"

Viceroy : Repealed "Vernacular Press Act" - Lord Lytton

Vernacular - Local Language

Bal Gangadhar Tilak : Founder - "Mahratha" & "Kesari" Newspaper

Bal Gangadhar Tilak : Founder - "Kesari" Newspaper

Yakshagana "Art Form" - Karnataka


Budhha : Born - "Lumbini"

Sunga "Dynasty" : After - "Maurya" Dynasty

1st : Buddhist Council - "Rajgriha"

Ibn Batuta "Traveller" : During - "Mohd. Bin Tughlaq"

Ibn Batuta Born - "Morocco"

Ibn Batuta Book - "Rihala"

Indica (Book) by - "Megasthenes"

Chera Kingdom : Kerala

Gregorian Calendar : We Follow "Gregorian Calendar"

Saka Calendar : official Calendar - "India"

India : "Saka Calendar"

Difference: "Saka Calendar" and "Gregorian Calendar" - 78 Yrs.

Fahien : Visited India During - "Chandragupta 2"


Khajurao Temples : Built by - "Chandelas"

Chambal "River" - Rajasthan

Tungabhadra "River" - Karnataka

Beas "River" - Himachal

Kishenganga "River" - J&K

Teesta "River" - Sikkim

Nanda Devi "Peak" : Uttrakhand

Satpura Range : "Rajpipla" + "Maikal" + "Mahadeo" - Hills

Krishna "River" - Vijaywada "City"

Largest Sugarcane Producer "India" - Uttar Pradesh

Planet : Without "Natural Satellite" – Mercury; Venus

Cotopaxi "Volcano" : Andes "Mountain" - Ecuador


Ring of Fire : Area "Pacific Ocean" where Earthquakes and Volcanoes occur

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam : Krishna "River"

Krishna "River" : South-India

Largest Riverine Island : "Majuli" Island

Majuli "Island" : Brahmaputra (Assam)

Riverine Island District : Majuli "Island"

Indian Standard Time : 82.5 East "Longitude"

GST = UTC

Silent Valley "National Park" : Kerala

Indian Astronomical Observatory : Ladakh

Constituent Assembly : Prepare "Constitution"

Constituent Assembly : President - Rajendra Prasad

Chairman "Drafting Committee" - B.R. Ambedkar

Advisor : B.N. Rau


1st President : Rajendra Prasad

1st Law-Minister : B.R. Ambedkar

1st Indian-Judge "ICJ" : B.N. Rau

Public Accounts Committee : 22 Members (15 Loksabha + 7 Rajyasabha)

Supreme Court : Started - 28 January 1950

Constitution of India: From - Govt. of India Act 1935

Emergency : 352 - 356 - 360

42nd Amendment 1976 : "Socialist" and "Secular" - Mini Constitution

Fundamental Duties : "Swaran Singh" Committee

official-Language "Union of India" - Article 343

official-Language "Union of India" : "Hindi" and "English"

Amendment - Article 368


Uniform Civil Code : "Article 44" - Part 4

Fundamental Duties : "Article 51a" - Part 4a

Legislative Council "Vidhan Parishad" : 7 States

Nominated "Members" : President - Rajya Sabha : 12

Nominated "Members" : Governor - Legislative Council "Vidhan Parishad" : 1/6

Election Commission of India : Article 324

Vijaya 'Bank' : Agreement - 'Piaggio'

Finland : 'Capital' - Helsinki

Australian : 'Overseas Citizen of India' - Shaun Tait

E-Commerce 'Company' : Member 'ASCI' - Paytm

Theatre 'Day' : 27 March

NHB - 'National Housing Bank' : Headquarter - 'Delhi'

Young Women U-19 : 'Badminton' - Purva Barve


1000 'Matches' : Tennis - 'Rafael Nadal'

Santosh 'Trophy' : West Bengal

Santosh 'Trophy' - (Football)

Kenya : 'Capital' - Nairobi

USA : Organization - 'American Hindu Coalition'

BIMSTEC : Meeting 'National Security Advisor' - India

WHO : 'Disability' - Blindness

Best-Water Ngo - ISKCON

Unnati : 'Credit Card' - SBI

USA : 'Export' India - 'Natural Gas'

Regal Cinema - Closed

Leadership 'Conference' : Human-Right - 'Vanita Gupta'


B.S. Chauhan 'Law-Commission' : Report - 'Hate Speech'

Gurdev Singh Badal - 'Dead'

Bandra-Worli 'Sea Link' : Swim - 'Gauri Singh'

Online 'Film' Certification-System : E-Cinepramaan

IOL : 'Supply' Oil - Nepal

Ananya 'Branch' : Syndicate 'Bank'

World Hockey League - Odisha

World Cup 'Hockey' - Odisha

Cannabis - Marijuana : 'Medicine' – Argentina

PERU- 'Peace Education Reconciliation Unit' : Sri Lanka

Noble 'Literature' : Bob Dylan

NATO : 29th 'Member' - Montenegro

Deodhar 'Trophy' : Tamil Nadu


Animal Welfare 'Board' : Chairman - 'Sharad Singh Negi'

DRDO : 'Chairman' - Christopher

AAI - 'Airport Authority of India' : Headquarter - 'Delhi'

Home of Brave (Book) : Nitin Gokhale Chatterji

Home of Brave (Book) : 'Rashtriya Rifles'

ICC 'Award' : India

Best 'Small-Bank' : Karur Vysya 'Bank'

India : 'No' Vote (Un - General Assembly) - 'Nuclear Disarmament'

Environment 'Education' Congress : Vancouver (Canada)

Truecaller : 'Truecaller Pay' - Axis 'Bank'

WFP - 'World Food Programme' : David Beasley

WFP: 'Rome'


Australia : 'Cyclone' - Debbie

Elvan Abeylegesse - 'Turkey'

Grandmaster : 'Srinath Narayanan'

E-Billing 'System' : Indian Air Force

Hari Om Award : Neena Shrivastava

Atlantic Council 'Think-Tank' : Member - 'Anil Ambani'

Pakistan : Border 'Fence' - Afghanistan

Pakistan-Afghanistan : 'Border' - Durand 'Line'

China : 'Martial Art' - Tai Chi

Netherland = Holland

Netherland : 'Capital' - Amsterdam

Vikram Limaye : Member of BCCI

Laadli Award : Ngo - 'Population First'


Great Firewall - 'China'

Wi-Fi 'Hotspot' : Railwire Saathi

IPO : GIC - 'General Insurance Corporation'

Pravasi Bhartiya 'Great-Britain' : (Award) - Priti Patel

India's 'Ambassador' : UK - 'Yashvardhan Sinha'

Emerging Artist 'Glenfiddich' : (Award) - Sitaram Swain

Lionel Messi : 'Ban' (Insulting Referee) - 4 'Matches'

PSU 'Dainik Bhaskar' : (Award) - Airport Authority of India

Amazon : 'Buy' - Souq.Com

Soft-Drink 'Company' : Train 'Vendor' - Coca Cola

Bs-3 : 'Ban' - 1st April

Bs-4 : 'Start' - 1st April


8-11 'Demonetization' : (Digital and Paperless) A/C - Kotak Mahindra 'System'

Traffic - 'Mobile App.' : E-Challan ; M-Parivahan

Pmay-G 'Scheme' : 100 Lakh 'Houses'

Nagaland : 'Chief Minister' - Liezietsu

Axis Bank : 'CEO' - Shikha Sharma

Central Vigilance Commissioner : 'Chowdary'

'Montblanc' : Ambassador - 'Ab De Villiers'

Mascot : 'Bhoorsingh - Barasingha' - Kanha National Park

Metal Mining : Banned in 'El Salvador'

IRDAI : 'Penalty' - ICICI Prudential

Player of Year : 'Hockey' – Sunil

Uruguay Round Negotiations : WTO

Uruguay Round Negotiations : 'Result' - WTO


WTO : 1995 - Geneva

GATT (Old) - WTO (New)

WTO - GATT : Marrakech Agreement

WTO : After Every 2 Years

Last WTO 'Meeting' - 2015 : Nairobi (Kenya)

Nairobi Package : WTO

Nairobi Package - Aim To Benefit Poor Nations

Doha Development Round : WTO

India : Join 'WTO' - 1995

Trips : WTO

Trips - (Agreement)

WTO : 'Not' Part of UN


President's Rule : 356

Emergency : 352 - May be Revoked by Either 'President' or 'Parliament'

Emergency : 356 - Only Revoked by 'President' On Advise of Council-Ministers

President's Rule : Governor - Acts On Behalf of President

Council of Ministers (Union) : Collectively Responsible To Lok Sabha

Council of Ministers (State) : Collectively Responsible To Vidhan Sabha

De Jure Head - President

De Facto Head - Prime Minister

De Jure Head - Governor

De Facto Head - Chief Minister

During : President's Rule - Vidhan Sabha is 'Dissolved' or 'Suspended'

J&K : Emergency 356 - Governor's Rule

Bommai vs. UOI : President’s Rule

Rameshwar Prasad vs. UOI : President's Rule


President's Rule : 2016 - Uttrakhand

Composite Floor Test : To Check 'Majority' of Leading Party in House

Anti Defection : 10th Schedule - 52nd Amendment

Defection : voluntary resignation from party; disobey directives of party; don't vote on

any issue important to party

NITI : 1 January 2015

NITI : Vice Chairman - Arvind Panagariya

Arvind Panagariya : Members

- World Bank

- ADB

- IMF

- WTO

- UNCTAD

UNCTAD - United Nations Conference of Trade and Development

NITI : Ex officio - 4 'Union Ministers'

Article 124 : Judiciary - NJAC


Appointment of Judges : 'President' Always Consult - CJI

Special Reference Case = 3 Judges Case : NJAC

NJAC : CJI

2 'Senior Most' Judges

Law Minister

2 'Eminent' Personalities

Advocates On Record vs. UOI : NJAC 'Unconstitutional'

PIL : 'Introduced' by - P.N. Bhagwati

P.N. Bhagwati - Ex. CJI : (Dead)

LBA : Land Boundary Agreement - 'India' and 'Bangladesh'

India Bangladesh : Boundary - Chitmahals

India Bangladesh : Boundary - Dahala Khagrabari

Delimitation : Fixing Limits of Territories

Delimitation : Fixing Boundaries of Territories

Article 24 : Children Below 14 Yrs. - No Hazardous Work


Article 21A : Education 6-14 Yrs. - Fundamental Right

POSCO: Below 18 Yrs.

Juvenile: Below 18 Yrs.

Juvenile: 16-18 Yrs. - Heinous offence : Can be Tried As Adults

Convention : Rights of Child - 1992 (India)

Joint Parliamentary Committee : 'Land Acquisition'

Joint Parliamentary Committee : 20 - Lok Sabha; 10 - Rajya Sabha

Real Estate Act : Complaint - 60 Days

World Bank : Ease of Doing Business 'Index'

Rajya Sabha : Pass - Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Bill '2016'

IPC - 1860

Section 121: Wage or Attempt - War With Govt. of India

Section 124A: Sedition - Hatred against Govt. of India


Hindu Succession Act - 2005 : 'Daughter' Have Right in Property

Section 228A : Disclosure of Identity 'Victim of Rape' : offence

Lily Thomas vs. UOI : Representation of People Act - Unconstitutional

Lily Thomas vs. UOI : Convicted MP or MLA Continue in office - (Wrong)

Shreya Singhal : Section 66A - Information Technology Act

Polluter Pays: Principle - Ban 'Diesel Cars' 10 Yrs.

Highest No. of Displaced People by Conflict - Assam

First Organic State - Assam

100 % Education - Kerala

Gender Education Compulsory - Telangana

Alcohol banned in

- Bihar

- Gujrat

- Nagaland

- Mizoram

4th State : Alcohol 'Ban' - Bihar


Total Primary Education : Kannur

Digital State : Kerala

Typhoon : 'Nona' - Philippines

Typhoon : 'Nina' - Philippines

Typhoon : 'Melor' - Philipines

Silk Road : Iran - China

Zika Virus : Mosquito - Aedes Aegypti (Daytime)

Mother Teresa : Saint of Roman Catholic Church - Cannonisation (Process)

1st : White Tiger Safari - Mukundpur (Madhya Pradesh)

Supercomputer : Param Kanchenjunga

Venus : Longest - Day and Night (Fastest - Revolution)

Jupiter : Shortest - Day and Night (Slowest - Revolution)

Time: Sunlight To Reach 'Earth' - 8 Min. 16 Sec. (496 Sec.)


Time: Moonlight To Reach 'Earth' - 1.3 Sec.

Smallest : Satellite - Deimos (Mars)

Biggest : Satellite - Ganymede (Jupiter)

Tropic of Cancer : India - 9 'States'

Tropic of Cancer : India – Gujarat; Rajasthan; Madhya Pradesh; Chhattisgarh; Jharkhand;

West Bengal; Tripura; Mizoram

Tropic of Cancer : Neighbor 'India'

- Bangladesh

- China

- Myanmar

1st - GMT : Line 'Cross' - 5 (States)

- MP, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, AP, UP

India: No. of States 'Touch Foreign Countries' - 17

India: No. of Countries 'Touch foreign countries' - 7

Ruler of 'Mewar' - Maharana Pratap

Net Neutrality : Founder - Tim Wu


Whatsapp Founder - Jan Koum

Article 21 : 'According To Procedure Established by Law'

Article 21 : A.K. Gopalan vs. Madras

According To Procedure Established by Law : A.K. Gopalan vs. Madras

Golak Nath vs. Punjab : Fundamental Rights Cannot be Amended

Kesavnanda vs. Kerala : Fundamental Rights Can be Amended

Basic Structure of Constitution Can't be Amended

Kesavnanda vs. Kerala : 13 Judges

Indira Gandhi vs. Raj Narain : Judicial Review

Maneka Gandhi vs. UOI : Procedure Established by Law - Just Fair Reasonable

Minerva Mills vs. UOI : Basic Structure Doctrine

Transgender : Nalsa vs. UOI


Under-Trial Prisoners : Hussainara Khatoon vs. Bihar

Women 'Workplace' : Vishaka vs. Rajasthan

Juvenile in Jail : Sheela Barse vs. UOI

Bonded Labour : Bandhu Mukti Morcha vs. UOI

Absolute Liability (Environmental Pollution) : M.C. Mehta vs. UOI

Custodial Violence : Nilabati Behera vs. Odhisha

Right of Arrested Person : D.K. Basu vs. West Bengal

Mandamus : Vineet Narain vs. UOI

Mobile : Internet 'Access' - Freedom of Speech

Save Life Foundation vs. UOI : People Who Save in Accident - 'Not' Harassed

People Who Save and Help Victim in Accident : Good Samaritan

Lottery : Case - Kerala

Child Born From Rape Has Right Over Assaulter's Property : Allahabad HC


Minimum 'Educational Qualification' : Panchayat - Haryana

Cinema 'Censor' : Shyam Bengal 'Committee'

Sit : Black Money - M.B. Shah

Delhi : Traffic 'Violation' - Radhakrishnan 'Committee'

Yoga 'Education' : Nagendra 'Committee'

MCI - Medical Council of India

Medical Council of India : Lodha 'Committee'

BCCI : Lodha ' Committee'

IPL Scandal : Lodha 'Committee'

PACL : Pearls Agrotech Coroporation Ltd. - Lodha 'Committee'

7th : Pay Commission : A.K. Mathur

Empowered Committee On Film Certification : Mukul Mudgal 'Committee'


No State Government Can Order Suspension of Film : Mukul Mudgal

FSLRC : Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission - B.N. Srikrishna

Center-State Relation : Sarkaria 'Commission'

Provide Result in Text With Audio For PWD : App. - Gyansetu

ITU World Telecom Event : Award - Gyansetu

National Film Awards : 'Given' by - President

Narendra Modi : 9th - Most 'Powerful'

National League For Democracy : Leader - Aung Saan Suu Kyi (Myanmar)

Kingdom For His Love (Book) : Vani Mahesh; Shinie Antony

Sleeping On Jupiter : Anuradha Roy

The Drowned Detective (Book) : Neil Patrick

The Crying Game (Show) : Neil Patrick

Chief Information Commissioner : R.K. Mathur


Central Administrative Tribunal : Permod Kohli

NASSCOM : Chairman - Gurnani

Consumer Disputes Redressal : D.K. Jain

NHRC : H.L. Dattu

GST 'Committee' : State 'Finance Ministers' - Amit Mitra

UNHCR : Filipo Grandi

SAWEN : South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network

SAWEN : Member - India

My Biosphere My Future : Campaign - UNESCO

SARTTAC : South Asia Regional Training and Technical Assistance Center

UN 'Security Council' : Against - North Korea

Atomic Energy Agency : Vienna (Austria)


Human Environment : Conference - Stockholm

UNEP : United Nations Environment Programme

UNEP : Founder - Maurice Strong

UNEP : Headquarter - Nairobi (Kenya)

United Nations Conference On Human Environment : 'Result' - UNEP

Earth 'Summit' : Rio - 1992

UN Conference On Environment and Development = Earth 'Summit'

Term : 'Sustainable Development' - Earth 'Summit'

Convention On Climate Change : Stabilize 'Greenhouse Gas'

UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention On Climate Change

UNFCCC : 'Result' - Kyoto Protocol

Kyoto Protocol : 'Climate' - 1997

World 'Summit' : Sustainable Development - Johannesburg


TERI : Tata Energy Research Institute - (Old)

TERI : The Energy and Resource Institute - (New)

Delhi 'Summit' : Organized by - TERI

Paris 'Agreement': Objective - Limit Temp. Below 2'c; Temp. Increase Limit 1.5'c

NGT : 'National Green Tribunal' Act - 2010

NGT : Headquarter - Delhi

NGT : Chairman - Retired 'Chief Justice' of High Court; Judge of Supreme Court

1st Country : Environment Protection 'State Goal' in Constitution - India

Article 48A : Forest and Wildlife

Article 51A (G) : Fundamental Duty - Protect 'Forest and Wildlife'

Acid Rain : Due To Emission of - Sulphur Dioxide; Nitrogen Oxides

Public Trust Doctrine : Founder - 'Roman' Empire

Public Trust Doctrine : Air Sea Water Forest - Not 'Private Ownership'


Sexual Harassment : Only 'Protect' - Women

Stalking : Only 'Protect' - Women

Acid Attack : 'Protect' - Men and Women (Both)

Section 370 : Human Trafficking

Article 370 : J&K

Section 375 : Rape

Section 376A : Death Due To Rape

Aruna Shanbaug : Case - 'Rape' by Sweeper (Hospital)

Passive Euthanasia : Case - Aruna Shanbaug

Free Medical Treatment 'Acid-Attack Victim' : Case - Laxmi vs. UOI

Central Vigilance Commissioner : K.V. Chowdary

Central Vigilance Commissioner : 'Appointed' by - President


Lokpal = Ombudsman

Lokpal 'Bill' : Introduction - 1968

Lokpal 'Bill' : Passed - 2013

Lokpal 'Bill' : President's Assent - 1 Jan. 2014

Paying For Sex : Ban - France

Supermarket Food Waste : Ban - France

Polygamy : Mandatory - Eritrea

Sexual Assault On Men : Crime - China

Affidavit - Written Statement Under Oath Which is Sworn To be True

Ratio Decidendi - Principles Laid Down in A Judgment

Obiter Dicta - Remarks of Judge

Per Incurium - Decision Given by Court I.E. Contrary To Law

Per Incurium - Wrong Decision by Court


Contempt of Court - Disobey Court

Sacrilege - offence of Breaking Divine Idol

Putsch - Attempt To Overthrow The Govt.

Estoppel - Stop Someone To Change The Previous Statement

Confession - To Admit Guilty of Crime

Cess - Temporary Tax Levied To Obtain Revenue

Palimony : Financial Settlement in Dispute of Live-in Partners

De Facto - in Fact

Ex officio - by Virtue of office

Colorable Legislation - Can't be Done Directly Can't be Done Indirectly

Sine Die - Indefinitely

Gram Nyayalaya - Affordable Access To Justice At Doorstep


Ex Aquo Et Bono - in Equity and Good Conscience

Ex Aquo Et Bono - in Justice and Good Faith

ADR : Alternate Dispute Redressal - Lok Adalat

- Arbitration

- Mediation

- Conciliation

Lok Adalat : People's Court

Lok Adalat : Doesn't - Non Compoundable offence (Serious offence)

Rebuttal - To Repel by Counter Proof

Rebuttal - Contradict

Rebuttal - Counter Evidence

Equity - Justice

Equity - Fair and Right

Restitution - Restoration

Restitution - Restoration To Its Original State


Restitution - Compensation

Perjury - Lying Under Oath

Mutiny - Rebel

Mutiny - Revolt

Mutiny - Strike

Mutiny - Putsch

Probation - Temporary

Parole - Release of Prisoner Before Completion of Sentence On Condition

Furlough - Release of Prisoner For A Period of Time

Ad Valorem - According To Value

Blind 'Valley' : Karst Region

Soul of 'Indian Constitution' : Right To Constitutional Remedies

Soul of 'Indian Constitution' : Article 32 - Constitutional Remedies

Swang 'Dance' : Rajasthan

Rouff 'Dance' : Jammu Kashmir


Rasa Leela 'Dance' : Uttar Pradesh

Sattriya 'Dance' : Assam

Bharatnatyam 'Dance' : Tamil Nadu

Kathakali 'Dance' : Kerala

Kuchipudi 'Dance' : Andhra Pradesh

Attorney General : 'Constitutional' Post

India - Srilanka : 'Boundary' - Palk Strait

India : 1st Longest 'Boundary' - Bangladesh

India : 2nd Longest 'Boundary' - China

India - Nepal : 'Boundary' - Unrestricted Movement of Goods and People

Gandhi : 1st Time 'Fast Unto Death' - Against 'Separate Communal Electorate'

1st Time 'Press Censorship' : Done by - Lord Wellesley


Closed Economy : Neither Export Nor Import

Agriculture : State 'List'

Money Market : RBI and Banks

Capital Market : SEBI

MALABAR : India - USA - Japan

VARUNA : India - France

KONKAN : India - UK

INDRA : India - Russia

SIMBEX : India - Singapore

MITRA SHAKTI : India - Sri Lanka

HAND IN HAND : India - China

Gandhi : Surrender 'Title' - Kaiser E Hind

Gandhi : 'Title' - Kaiser E Hind


Chernobyl Disaster : 'Reason' - Radioactive Waste (Gas Leakage)

Stainless Steel : 'Hardness' Reason - Carbon

1st : Largest : Steel 'Producer' - China

2nd : Largest : Steel 'Producer' – India

Longest River in World - Nile

Largest River in World - Amazon

Longest River in India - Ganga

Longest Rivers Flowing Through India : "Indus" and "Brahmaputra"

But - Mostly Flowing Outside India


Indus : India-Pakistan

River in Delhi - Yamuna

Red Fort : Shahjahan


Highest Mountain in World - Mt. Everest

Highest Mountain in India - K2 (Godwin Austen)

India : Sex Ratio : 1000 Males - 940 Females

Largest State - Rajasthan

Smallest State - Goa

Largest City - Mumbai

National Motto - Satyameva Jayate

Highest Point in World - Mt. Everest

Highest Point in India - K2 (Godwin Austen) : Karakoram Range

National Bird - Peacock

National Flower - Lotus

National Tree - Banyan Tree

National River - Ganga

National Aquatic Animal - Dolphin

National Animal - Tiger

National Heritage Animal - Elephant

National Fruit - Mango


India : 29 States - 7 Union Territories

1st Governor-General of India : Warren Hastings

1st Governor-General of Independent-India : Mountbatten

1st Indian-Governor-General of India : Rajagopalchari

Governor-General : Till "26 January 1950"

After "26 January 1950" : President

1st Army Chief – KM Cariappa

1st Field Marshall - Manekshaw

1st Speaker of Lok Sabha - Mavalankar

1st President - Rajendra Prasad

1st Vice-President - Radhakrishnan

1st Prime-Minister - Nehru

1st RBI Governor - Sir Osborne Smith


1st Non-Congress Prime-Minister - Morarji Desai

1st Indian To Go To Space - Rakesh Sharma

1st Person To Go To Space - Yuri Gagarin (Russia)

1st Person To Go To Moon - Neil Armstrong (USA)

1st Woman IAS - Anna George

Youngest Bharat Ratna - Sachin Tendulkar

1st Indian To Cross English Channel - Mihir Sen

1st Woman To Cross English Channel - Arati Saha

Raman Magsaysay Award - Vinoba Bhave

Nobel Prize Winner : Literature - Rabindra Nath Tagore

Nobel Prize Winner : Physics - CV Raman

1st Woman Chief Minister - Sucheta Kriplani


1st Chief Election Commissioner - Sukumar Sen

1st India in ICJ - Nagendra Singh

Foreign Winner of Bharat Ratna - Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

1st CJI - HJ Kania

1st Woman DGP - Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya

1st Indian Surgeon : Heart Transplant - Dr. Venugopal

1st Surgeon (World) : Heart Transplant - Christian Bernard

1st Woman Nobel-Prize - Mother Teresa

1st Governor - Sarojini Naidu

1st Woman Teacher - Savitribai Phule

1st National Human Rights Commission : Chairman - Ranganath Mishra

Indian Who Won Grammy Award - Pandit Ravi Shankar

1st Indian Member of British Parliament - Dada Bhai Naoroji


1st Indian To Climb Mount Everest - Avtar Singh Cheema

1st Indian-Woman To Climb Mount Everest - Bachendri Pal

"Vyas-Samman" Award : Ramvilas Sharma

Mountaineer Who Climbed Everest 8 Times - Sherpa

Indian Managing-Director : World Bank - Gautam Kaji

Actress : "Padma-Shri" Award - Nargis Dutt

1st Woman Chief-Justice High-Court : Leila Seth (Himachal-Pradesh HC)

1st Woman IPS : Kiran Bedi

1st Woman Supreme-Court Judge : Fathima Beevi

Nishan-E-Pakistan : Morarji Desai

Magsaysay : Vinoba Bhave

1st Indian Miss-Word : Reita Faria


1st Indian Miss-Universe : Sushmita Sen

1st Place To Get Electricity in India : Darjeeling

1st Sound Film : Alam Ara

1st Color Film : Kisan Kanya

"Dadasaheb Phalke" Award : Devika Rani

1st Newspaper : Bengal Gazette

1st Satellite : Aryabhatta - 1975

1st Man To Climb Mt. Everest : Tenzing Norgay

1st Indian-Man To Climb Mt. Everest : Avtar Singh Cheema

1st Woman To Climb Mt. Everest : Junko Tabei

1st Indian-Woman To Climb Mt. Everest : Bachendri Pal

1st State : 100 % Literacy Rate - Kerala

1st Woman External-Affairs Minister : Indira Gandhi


Highest Mountain in World : Mt. Everest

Highest Mountain in India : K2 (Godwin Austen)

Highest Dam in India : Tehri Dam (Uttrakhand)

Highest Waterfall in World : Angel Falls (Venezuela)

Highest Waterfall in India : Kunchikal Falls (Karnataka)

Highest Gateway in India : Buland Darwaza (Uttar Pradesh)

Highest Award in India : Bharat Ratna

Highest Battlefield in World : Siachen Glacier

Highest Battlefield in India : Siachen Glacier

Most Populated State in India : Uttar Pradesh

Least Populated State in India : Sikkim

Largest State in India : Rajasthan


Smallest State in India : Goa

Largest Zoo in India : Zoological Gardens (Kolkata)

Largest Desert in India : Thar Desert (Rajasthan)

Largest Jail in India : Tihar Jail (Delhi)

Largest Stadium in India : Salt Lake Stadium (Kolkata)

Largest Library in India : National Library (Kolkata)

Longest River in India : Ganga

Longest Coastline in India : Gujarat

Longest Tunnel in India : Chenani-Nashri (Jammu - Srinagar)

Longest National Highway : Nh-7 (Varanasi - Kanyakumari)

Longest Dam in India : Hirakud Dam (Odisha)

Highest Dam in India : Tehri Dam (Uttrakhand)

Bhakra-Nangal Dam : Himachal Pradesh


1st Woman President India : Pratibha Patil

1st Woman PM India : Indira Gandhi

1st Woman Union-Minister India : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

1st Woman Speaker of Lok-Sabha : Meira Kumar

1st Woman Governor of India : Sarojini Naidu

1st Woman Cm in India : Suchetra Kriplani

1st Woman Nobel-Prize India : Mother Teresa

1st Woman Chief-Justice of State : Leila State (Himachal Pradesh)

1st Woman Supreme-Court Judge : Fathima Beevi

1st Woman Judge in India : Anna Chandy

1st Woman Lawyer in India : Cornelia Sorabji

1st Woman DGP : Kanchan Choudhary Bhattacharya


1st Woman IPS : Kiran Bedi

1st Woman IAS : Anna George

1st Woman Chairperson of SBI : Arundhati Bhattacharya

1st Indian Woman To Climb Mt. Everest : Bachendri Pal

1st Indian Woman in Space : Kalpana Chawla

1st Booker Prize : Arundhati Roy

"Maurya Dynasty"

Ashoka : Born - 300 BC (Pataliputra)

Died - 200 BC (Pataliputra)

"Maurya Dynasty" : Founder - Chandragupta

"Ashoka" Was Grandson of "Chandragupta"

Chanakya : A.K.A - "Kautilya" and "Vishnugupta"

Book - "Arthashastra"

Arthashastra (Book) – Chanakya


Akbar : Born – 1542; Died – 1605

Birbal : Appointed by "Akbar"

Appointed As "Poet" and "Singer"

Gupta Empire : A.K.A - "Golden Age of India"

Only Woman Ruler of Delhi - "Razia Sultan"

Birth - "Guru Nanak Dev" - 1469 : 1st Guru

Vasco Da Gama (Portuguese) : India - 1497

"Mughal Empire" : Founder - Babur

"Jehangir" Was Son of "Akbar"

"British" Came To India - 1612

"Aurangzeb" Was Son of "Shahjahan"

"Guru Gobind Singh" - 10th Guru

Battle of Plassey : Robert Clive vs. Mir Jafar

Robert Clive - "Winner"


"Burma" Became - Province of India : 1885

"Indian National Congress" : 1885

"Bengal" Divided - Hindu and Muslim : 1905

"World War 1" : 1914

"Gandhi" Returned India : 1915

"Jallianwala Bagh Massacre" : 1919

"Bhagat Singh" : Shaheed - 23 March 1931

"World War 2" - 1939

"Quit India Movement": 1942; 5 Yrs. Before Independence - 1947

"Gandhi" : Dead - 30 January 1948

"Constitution of India" : Signed - 26 November 1949

Started - 26 January 2950

Father of Nation - Mahatma Gandhi


Iron Man of India - Vallabhbhai Patel

Lokmanya - Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Nightingale of India - Sarojini Naidu

Shaheed-E-Azam - Bhagat Singh

Grand Old Man of India - Dadabhai Naoroji

Missile Man of India - APJ Abdul Kalam

Missile Woman of India - Tessy Thomas

Gurudev - Rabindranath Tagore

Chachaji - Jawaharlal Nehru

Netaji - Subhash Chandra Bose

Father of Indian Nuclear Programme - Homi Bhabha

Father of Indian Space Programme - Vikram Sarabhai


Father of Indian Cinema - Dadasaheb Phalke

Father of Indian Constitution - Ambedkar

Father of Green Revolution of India - Swaminathan

Lion of Punjab - Ranjit Singh

Napoleon of India - Samudragupta

Man of Peace - Lal Bahadur Shastri

Mahamana - Madan Mohan Malaviya

Hockey Wizard - Dhyan Chand

Little Master - Sachin Tendulkar

Flying Sikh - Milkha Singh

Only Active Volcano : Barren Island (Andaman Nicobar)

Only Floating Lake : Loktak Lake (Manipur)

Only River Island : Majuli (Assam)


Only President Elected Unopposed : Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

Youngest President : Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

Youngest Prime-Minister : Rajiv Gandhi

"India Gate" and "Rashtrapati Bhavan" : Designer - Edwin Lutyens

Edwin Lutyens : "India Gate" and "Rashtrapati Bhavan"

Ashok Chakra - 24 Spokes

Ashok Chakra : Represents - Laws of Dharma

Flag of India : "Saffron" - Courage and Sacrifice

"White" - Truth Peace Purity

"Green" - Prosperity

Highest Post office in World : Hikkim (Himachal Pradesh)

Largest Forest Area in India : Madhya Pradesh



Widest River in India - Brahmaputra

Acting Prime-Minister : Gulzarilal Nanda

Acting President : Giri; Hidayatullah; Jatti

1st Bank : India - "Bank of Hindustan"

9th Schedule : Certain Provisions For Certain Classes

Panchayati Raj : Ashok Mehta Committee

Decentralization System : Balwant Rai Mehta Committee

Indian Fiscal Policy : Chelliah Committee

1st Backward Class Commission : Kalekar Commission

Education : Kothari Commission

Socially Educationally Backward Class : Mandal Commission

Corruption in Defense : Phukan Commission

Muslim : Sachar Committee


Centre State Relation : Sarkaria Commission

Kaziranga National Park - Assam

Manas National Park - Assam

Khangchendzonga National Park - Sikkim

Ranthambore National Park - Rajasthan

Keoladeo National Park - Rajasthan

Gir National Park - Gujarat

Sultanpur National Park - Haryana

Kanha National Park - Madhya Pradesh

Corbett National Park - Uttrakhand

Nandadevi National Park - Uttrakhand

Sundarbans National Park - West Bengal

Anamudi National Park - Kerala


Eravikulam National Park - Kerala

Nokrek National Park - Meghalaya

Great Himalayan National Park - Himachal Pradesh

Bay of Bengal - East

Arabian Sea - West

Major Rivers : "Indus - Ganga - Brahmaputra"

Ganga : Flow - "West" To "East"

Ganga : Enter - "Bangladesh"

Ganga : End - "Bay of Bengal"

Brahmaputra : End - "Bay of Bengal"

Kaveri : End - "Bay of Bengal"

Punjab : "Punj" + "Ab" = 5 Rivers

Indus : "Tributaries" : 5 Rivers

B-S-C-R-J

Beas - Sutlej - Chenab - Ravi - Jhelum


Rivers : End "Bay of Bengal" : Ganga

Brahmaputra

Kaveri

Rivers : End "Arabian Sea" : Narmada

Sabarmati

Tapti

Rivers : End "Bangaldesh" : Brahmaputra

Ganga

Rivers : End "Pakistan" : Indus "B-S-C-R-J"

Origin of "Ganga" : Gangotri (Uttrakhand)

Origin of "Ganga" A.K.A Gaumukh

Benefit of GST : Overall Reduction in Price For Consumer

Reduction in Multiplicity of Taxes

No - Double Taxation

Uniform Rate of Tax

Decrease - 'Black' Money

Free Flow of Goods and Services - No 'Checkpoint'

Drafting of 'GST' - CBEC

Procedure : GST Network - Submit Registration Application

- File Returns

- Make Tax Payments


Benefit of GST :

Make in India

Ease of doing business

Benefit to consumers

CBEC and GST : Project - Saksham

GSTN - Goods and Services Tax Network

GSTN : Pvt. Company of Govt.

GST : Training - NACEN

NACEN - National Academy of Customs Excise and Narcotics

State 'Tax': Vat; Central Sales Tax; Luxury Tax; Entertainment Tax;

Entry Tax; Lottery Tax; Gambling Tax; Land Revenue

Union 'Tax': Excise Duty; Service Tax

GST : 122 Amendment - Bill

GST : 101 Amendment - Act

GST : Article

- 269 A

- 246A


- 279 A

GST : Schedule - 7 : 'Union List' and 'State List'

Opinio Juris Sive Necessities - Psychological Feeling That One is Legally Obliged To

Follow

Security Council : Resolutions - Binding

1st : International Organization - International Telecommunication Union

International Telecommunication Union = International Telegraph Union

Treaty of Versailles : 'End' - World War 1

Treaty of Versailles : 'Result' - League of Nations

United Nations : 'Term' - Franklin Roosevelt

International Law : 'Term' - Jeremy Bentham

Private International Law = Conflict of Laws

Public International Law = Law of Peace

Obiter Dicta = Irrelevant Remark by Judge


Ratio Dicta = Relevant Remark by Judge

Tort : French 'Word'

Father of Modern India : Jawaharlal Nehru

Father of Modern India : Nehru

Discovery of India (Book) - Nehru

Glimpse of World History (Book) - Nehru

An Autobiography (Book) : Nehru

Davis Cup : Tennis

Thomas Cup : Badminton

Let's Go Dutch : To Divide The Bill Equally

Let's Go Dutch : Pooling (Equal Share of Everyone)

Equator : Divide Earth Equally - Horizontal

Equator : Divide - 'Northern Hemisphere' and 'Southern Hemisphere'


Prime Meridian : Divide Earth Equally - Vertical

Prime Meridian : Divide - 'Western Hemisphere' and 'Eastern Hemisphere'

Largest : Electricity Generation 'India' - NTPC

NTPC - National Power Thermal Corporation

Largest : Steel Plant 'India' - Bhilai (Chhattisgarh)

Project Tiger : 1973

Largest : Single FDI 'India' - POSCO (Pohang Steel Company)

Mauritius : 'Location' - Africa (Continent)

Fastest Animal : Cheetah

Cheetah : Speed - 120 Km/Hr

National : Animal 'India' - Tiger (New)

National : Animal 'India' - Lion (Old)


Only Country With 'Tiger and 'Lion' - India

Cheetah : Extinct - India

Economics : Study of Production Consumption and Transfer of Wealth

General Theory of Employment Interest and Money : John Keynes

GDP : Standard of Living

Health : Life Expectancy

Planned Economy For India (Book) - Visvesvaraya

Nation Building '5 Yr. Plan For Provinces' (Book) - Visvesvaraya

Reconstructing India (Book) - Visvesvaraya

Blueprint of Planning in India : Visvesvaraya

Laissez Faire : When Govt. Doesn't Interfere

1st : 5 Yr. Plan - 1951 To 1956

1st : 5 Yr. Plan - Harrod Domar 'Model'


2nd : 5 Yr. Plan - Mahalanobis 'Model'

Mahalanobis 'Model' - Heavy Industries Can Lead Growth of Indian Economy

12th : 5 Yr. Plan - 2012 To 2017

Tax : India - 'Direct' and 'Indirect'

Direct Tax : Essential - Progressive

Progressive : More Income - More Tax

Progressive : Less Income - Less Tax

Direct Tax: Eg. - Income Tax. Wealth Tax. Property Tax.

Indirect Tax : Non Essential - Regressive

Regressive : More Income - Less Tax

Regressive : Less Income - More Tax

Indirect Tax. : Eg. - Service Tax. Vat.

Ganga A.K.A Padma (Bangladesh)


Ganga (India) = Padma (Bangladesh)

Largest : Cold Desert 'World' - Gobi

Largest : Cold Desert 'India' - Ladakh

India : Longest 'Boundary' - Bangladesh

India : Shortest 'Boundary' - Afghanistan

India - Bangladesh : (Boundary) - International Border

Bangladesh A.K.A East Pakistan

Sheikh Mujeeb Ur Rehman A.K.A Bang Bandhu

Father : Bangladesh - Sheikh Mujeeb Ur Rehman

Ganga of South : Godavari 'River'

Ashoka : Maurya 'Dynasty'

Longest : Railway 'Platform' - Gorakhpur

Danube 'River' - Vienna (Austria)


Thames 'River' - London (England)

Hudson 'River' - USA

Darling 'River' - Sydney (Australia)

Mt. Everest A.K.A Sagarmatha (Nepal)

Largest : Landlock 'Country' - Kazakhsthan

Milk Day: 26 Nov.

I Too Had A Dream (Book) : Verghese Kurien

White Revolution : Cattle (Milk)

Father : White Revolution - Verghese Kurien

Largest : Milk 'Producer' - India

AMUL - Anand Milk Union Limited

Longest : Train 'Distance' - Vivek 'Express'

Dibrugarh To Kanyakumari


Law Commission: Every 3 Yr.

21st : Law Commission - 2015 To 2018

21st : Law Commission - B.S. Chauhan

1st : Law Commission - M.C. Setalvad

1st : Attorney General - M.C. Setalvad

Freedom Trophy : Cricket - 'India' and 'South Africa'

Long Walk To Freedom (Book) - Nelson Mandela

Foreigner : 'Bharat Ratna' Award - Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

Nelson Mandela

Madan Mohan Malviya A.K.A Mahamanya

Life On My Terms (Book) - Sharad Pawar

Anglo India : Father - European

Dadar and Nagra Haveli : Silvasa


NDB Bank = BRICS Bank

NDB Bank : Chairman - K.V. Kamath

AIIB - Beijing (China)

Max. : LS Seats - Uttar Pradesh

IMF : Head - Always 'European'

World Bank : President - Always 'American'

OPEC : Headquarter - Vienna (Austria)

Organic 'State' - No Chemical. No Pesticide.

Sikkim : Not Part - 7 Sisters

Lakshadweep : Kerala HC

Andaman Nicobar : Kolkata HC

Puducherry : Chennai HC

Daman and Diu : Mumbai HC


India 'Flag' : Producer - Karnataka Khadi Gramudyog Samyukta Sangh (Kkgss)

Kkgss - Hubli (Karnataka)

Diclofinac 'Pain Killer' : Ban

Padma Bhushan - Padma Shri - Ashok Chakra: Awards - 26 Jan.

Interpol : Headquarter - Lyon (France)

Interpol : Head - Jurgen Stock

IOC : Head - Thomas Back

IOC - International Olympic Committee

Red Cross : Headquarter - Geneva

WHO : Headquarter - Geneva

Zika 'Virus' : End - Brazil

15th : Census - 2011

Teachers Day - 5 September

Literacy Day - 8 September


International Teachers Day - 5 October

UNHRC : Head - Filipo Grandi

UNHRC : Headquarter - New York

Great Divide : Line 'Population' - 1921

After : 1921 - Continuous Increase in Population

Largest : Port - Jawaharlal Nehru 'Port' (Maharashtra)

Largest Coastline 'World' - Canada

Largest Coastline 'India' - Gujarat

Largest : South American 'Country' - Brazil

Largest : African 'Country' - Algeria

Myanmar : Part 'India' - 1937

Myanmar A.K.A Burma

Freedom 251 - Ringing Bells Pvt. Ltd.


VC: Du - Yogesh Tyagi

Chancellor: Du - Mohd. Hamid Ansari

Central Universities : 46

Fastest : Test Century - Brendon McCollum

Incredible India : Brand Ambassador - Narendra Modi

Dynamite 'Bomb' : Founder - Alfred Nobel

Anti-Corruption Day: 9 Dec.

Human Rights Day: 10 Dec.

1st : NHRC 'Chairman' - Ranganath Misra

Largest : Spice 'Producer' - India

Largest : Milk 'Producer' - India

Bhoodan Movement : 'Land' - Vinoba Bhave

1st : Magsaysay 'Award' - Vinoba Bhave


Sericulture - Silk

Max. : Silk 'India' - Karnataka

Max. : Coffee 'India' - Karnataka

Father : Green Revolution 'India' - Swaminathan

Father : Green Revolution 'World' - Norman Borlaug

Largest : Production and Consumption 'Wheat' - Uttar Pradesh

Round Revolution - Potato

Fiber Revolution - Cotton

White Revolution - Milk

Pink Revolution - Sea Food

Red Revolution - Meat

Silver Revolution - Eggs

Golden Revolution - Honey

Yellow Revolution - Oil


Patricide : Killing One's Father

Uxoricide : Killing One's Wife

Indigo Revolt : 1859

Vernacular Press Act : Lord Lytton

Father : Local Self Government : Lord Ripon

Purna Swaraj : 1929 (Lahore Session)

1st Time : Flag 'Host' - 1929

Civil Disobedience Movement : 1930

Dandi March : 1930 (Salt)

The Great Depression : Stock Market 'Crash'

The Great Depression : 1929 - 1939

During 'Dandi March' : Viceroy - Lord Irwin


Communal Award = McDonald Award : Separate Communal Electorates

Peacock Throne : 'Build' by - Shah Jahan

Dual Govt. - Bengal

Battle of Panipat : 1526 - 1556 - 1761

Badshahnama : Shah Jahan

Alamgirnama : Aurangzeb

Ibn Battuta : 'Traveller' - Morocco

Morocco : Capital - Rabat

COBE - Cosmic Background Explorer (Satellite)

Sun : 'Core' - Corona

Sun : Outer Most 'Layer' - Photosphere

Sun 'Black Spots' : Photosphere

6 'Planets' : Rotation - West To East


Venus : Rotation - East To West (Opposite)

Uranus : Rotation - North To South

Greenhouse 'Gas': Water Vapor. Methane. Carbon Dioxide.

Greenhouse 'Gas': Max. - Water Vapor

Earth - Venus : Twin 'Planets'

For : Quick Justice - Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum

Strict Liability : Ryland's vs. Fletcher

Student is Minor and Stationary is Requirement, So Contrast is Enforceable.

Travel agent suffered loss of Rs. 80,000 because of no delivery of his car so car service

centre is liable to pay special damages and upto Rs. 80,000.

Actus Reus - Act

Mens Rea - Intention

Actus Non Facit Nisi Mens Sit Rea - Act Does Not Make Guilty Until Mind is Guilty

Ad Hoc - Specific Purpose


Amicus Curiae - Friend of Court

Alibi - Elsewhere

Audi Alteram Partem - Nobody Should be Condemned Unheard

Bona Fide - Good Faith

Mala Fide - Bad Faith

Parliament Has Power To Amend Constitution : Golaknath vs. Punjab

Can't Change Basic Structure of Constitution : Keshavananda Bharti vs. Kerala

Non-Cooperation Movement : Start - 1920

End - 1922

Viceroy : During "Non-Cooperation Movement" : Lord Chelmsford

Andrews A.K.A Deenbandhu

Deenbandhu : "Andrews"

Raja Ram Mohan Roy : Against - "Sati Custom"

Viceroy : Repealed "Vernacular Press Act" - Lord Lytton

Vernacular - Local Language


Bal Gangadhar Tilak : Founder - "Mahratha" & "Kesari" Newspaper

Bal Gangadhar Tilak : Founder - "Kesari" Newspaper

Yakshagana "Art Form" - Karnataka

Budhha : Born - "Lumbini"

Sunga "Dynasty" : After - "Maurya" Dynasty

1st : Buddhist Council - "Rajgriha"

Ibn Batuta "Traveller": During - "Mohd. Bin Tughlaq"

Ibn Batuta : Born - "Morocco"

Ibn Batuta : Book - "Rihala"

Indica (Book) : by - "Megasthenes"

Chera Kingdom : Kerala

Gregorian Calendar : We Follow "Gregorian Calendar"


Saka Calendar : official Calendar - "India"

India : "Saka Calendar"

Difference: "Saka Calendar" and "Gregorian Calendar" - 78 Yrs.

Fahien : Visited India During - "Chandragupta 2"

Khajurao Temples : Built by - "Chandelas"

Chambal "River" - Rajasthan

Tungabhadra "River" - Karnataka

Beas "River" - Himachal

Kishenganga "River" - J&K

Teesta "River" - Sikkim

Nanda Devi "Peak" : Uttrakhand

Satpura Range : "Rajpipla" + "Maikal" + "Mahadeo" - Hills

Krishna "River" - Vijaywada "City"


Largest Sugarcane Producer "India" - Uttar Pradesh

Planet : Without "Natural Satellite" – Mercury; Venus

Cotopaxi "Volcano" : Andes "Mountain" - Ecuador

Ring of Fire : Area "Pacific Ocean" - Where Earthquakes and Volcanoes Occur

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam : Krishna "River"

Krishna "River" : South-India

Largest Riverine Island : "Majuli" Island

Majuli "Island" : Brahmaputra (Assam)

Riverine Island District : Majuli "Island"

Indian Standard Time : 82.5 East "Longitude"

GST = UTC

Silent Valley "National Park" : Kerala


Indian Astronomical Observatory : Ladakh

Constituent Assembly : Prepare "Constitution"

Constituent Assembly : President - Rajendra Prasad

Chairman "Drafting Committee" - B.R. Ambedkar

Advisor : B.N. Rau

1st President : Rajendra Prasad

1st Law-Minister : B.R. Ambedkar

1st Indian-Judge "ICJ" : B.N. Rau

Public Accounts Committee : 22 Members (15 Loksabha + 7 Rajyasabha)

Supreme Court : Started - 28 January 1950

Constitution of India: From - Govt. of India Act 1935

Emergency : 352 - 356 - 360

42nd Amendment 1976 : "Socialist" and "Secular" - Mini Constitution

Fundamental Duties : "Swaran Singh" Committee


official-Language "Union of India" - Article 343

official-Language "Union of India" : "Hindi" and "English"

Amendment - Article 368

Uniform Civil Code : "Article 44" - Part 4

Fundamental Duties : "Article 51a" - Part 4a

Legislative Council "Vidhan Parishad" : 7 States

Nominated "Members" : President - Rajya Sabha : 12

Nominated "Members" : Governor - Legislative Council "Vidhan Parishad" : 1/6

Election Commission of India : Article 324

general knowledge...case - "religion race caste not allowed to play any role in voting"...

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