India at a glance

Capital: New DelhiArea: 3.3 Million sq. kmLatitude: 6° 44' and 35° 30' north latitudeLongitude: 68° 7' and 97° 25' east longitudeOfficial Language: Hindi Total Recognized Languages: 22Total Coast Line: 7,516.6 kmArea covered by Forest: 68 million hectaresPopulation: 1,210,193,422 Male: 623.7 millionFemale: 586.4 millionPopulation Growth Rate: 1.64 per cent during 2001-2011Density of Population: 370.8/km2 Sex Ratio: 940Literacy Rate: 74.04%Male: 82.14%Female: 65.46%State: 28Union Territories: 7Largest State: Rajasthan Smallest State: GoaNational Park: 102Wildlife Sanctuaries: 441Largest City: Mumbai Calling Code: +91National Motto: Satyameva JayateNational Song: Vande MataramNational Anthem: Jana Gana Mana Highest Point: Mount Godwin-Austen, 28,251 ftCurrency: Indian RupeeTime Zone: GMT + 05:30 Life Expectancy RateMale: 65.8 yearsFemale: 68.1 yearsEthnic Groups: Australoid, Mongoloid, Europoid, Caucasian, and NegroidNational Days: 26th January (Republic Day)15th August (Independence Day)2nd October (Gandhi Jayanti; Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday)National Bird: Indian peacockNational Flower: LotusNational Tree: Banyan TreeNational River: The GangaNational Aquatic Animal: River DolphinNational Heritage Animal: ElephantNational Animal: TigerNational Fruit: Mango

Current Affairs on Daily basis. Feb 1st to Feb 3rd.

•Scientists of the Jilin University(CHINA) invented " Water Jet Printers" which uses water in place of ink.

•National Waqf Development Corporation Limited (NAWADCO) inaugurated by Prime Minister Mr. Singh as new

Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Minority Affairs.. Rs.500cr allocated for same.

•The 56th Annual Grammy Awards were held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.Best album of the year=Random access memories(artist-Draft Punk) & Best record of the year=Get Lucky

• TCS's BPO Unit replace Genpact as top BPO.

• The Ministry of Rural Development signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Digital Green (Microsoft Research Project) to boost up NRLM(family to be headed by women).

•According to new rules circulated by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT)- IAS, IPS and IFS – will now spend a minimum of two years at each posting.(aims to check political interference).

• New Zealand won the series of 5 matches by 4-0 in Wellington by thrashing India by 87 runs in final ODI.

• Hero MotoCorp introduced a diesel-electric scooter concept naming ‘RNT’, which is probably the world’s first and smallest diesel engine for two-wheelers.(150cc engine)

•Janet Yellen, the first woman to chair the Federal Reserve in 100 years.

• India’s first monorail service launched in Mumbai inaugurated by Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan.

• Asia’s first Shore Based Test Facility (SBTF) commissioned into Indian Navy at Goa.It is 3rd largest facility after USA&Ukraine.

• New-zeland's Kiwi Kathy Cross became the first female umpire to be inducted in ICC'S Umpire Panel.

•Harish Rawat took oath as new Chief Minister of Uttrakahnd.

•Zimbabwe approves INR as legal tender.

•Founder of Super 30 classes Mr. Anand Kumar Awarded with the prestigious 2014 Ramanujan Mathematics Award at Rajkot.

•India to have 243 million internet user by June 2014 according to Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).

•Silverine Swer of Meghalaya, first Padma Shri Awardee died at the age of 103 yr.(awarded in year 1990).

•Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour died in Newyork at his residence.(acted in popular Mission Impossible)& Best Actor Oscar for film Capote.

• Karnataka beat Maharashtra by 7 wicket at Hyderabad to lift Ranji Trophy final.

• India - Fiji inked DTAA for the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income.

•India overtook Japan as 3rd largest OIL Importer.(1st-china ,2nd USA).

•Nadal of Spain tops the ATP Ranking ahead of Djokovic of Serbia.& Serena Williams tops in WTA ranking ahead of Victoria Azarneka of Belarus.

•Agricultural Ministry issued guidelines for implementation of NMOOP(National Mission on Oilseeds & Oil Palm).center and state will bear cost in ratio 75:25.Sanctioned: Rs. 3507 crore under 12th plan.

•CNG prices slashed by rs. 15/kg.(Delhi costs -50.10/kg)

CURRENT AFFAIRS......7th FEB.

Importance of 7th Feb on world history-"1st wireless message was sent from a moving train in year 1915. & Women in Switzerland were granted the right to vote today in year 1971."

•SC directs NTPC not to cut power supply to BSES in Delhi till 26th March.•India offers buyer's credit of $ 100 million to Namibia for infra projects.•Vyas Samman for eminent Hindi writer Vishwanath Tripathi for Vyomkesh Darvesh', a biography of noted Hindi scholar Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi. (for year 2013).•RBI permits 4 non banking companies to set up white label ATM namely Tata communication payment solution , Muthoot finance,Prizm Payment Services and Vakrangee Ltd.•Indian-origin hedge fund portfolio manager Mathew Martoma has been convicted for his role in the $275 million insider trading.•Marco Lambertini of Italy appointed as director-general of WWF (nature)International.•John Thompson appointed Chairman of Microsoft.He will succeed Bill gates.•Union Government hiked FRP(Fair and Remunerative Price ) of Sugarcane by 10 rupees per quintal for 2014-15.•Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, was nominated for the World Children's Prize in Sweden today for championing education rights for girls. • Amul wins AIMA (All India Management Association )brand performance award for year 2013.•Apex court upholds recommendations of Majithia Wage Board( related to pay structure of journalist and non-journalist.)•Arunima Sinha awarded Amazing Indian Award.(She is the first Indian amputee to conquer Mount Everest on 21 may 2013).•The Delhi Police launched a helpline number +91-8750871111 for foreign nationals in distress. "In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure"...

"Some interesting facts about we Indian"

some Indian CEO leading top companies of World...

• Mr. Satya Nadella- CEO of Microsoft• Mrs.Indra Nooyi- Chairperson & CEO of Pepsi co.• Mr.Laxmi Mittal- Chairman &CEO of Arcellor Mittal.• Mr. Sanjay Jha- CEO of Global Foundries.(semiconductor Company).•Mr.Ajay Banga- CEO of Master-card(American Based Financial Service provider.•Mr.Sanjay Maheotra- CEO of San disk.•Mr.Ajit Jain-CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Group.(Property&insurance company USA).•Mr.Piyush Gupta -CEO of DBS Group Holding.(Banking company-Singapore).•Mr.Shantanu Narayen – President and CEO of Adobe Systems.•Mr.Rajeev Vasudeva: CEO of Egon Zehnder.(management consulting,Switzerland).•Mr.Dinesh Paliwali: CEO of Harman International,(audio-electronics,Sanford).•Mr.Ivan Menezes: CEO of alcoholic beverages firm Diageo.•Mr.Rakesh Kapoor – CEO of Reckitt Benckiser.(consumer goods company listed in London stock exchange)

good morning friends.."some important research institute of our India."

• Central Drug Research Institute - Lucknow• Industrial Poison Research institute- Lucknow• Indian Meteorological science Institute- New Delhi.• Headquarter of Indian meteorological Department- Pune• Headquarter of Indian Archaeological survey Department- Kolkatta.• Central rice research institute- cuttack.

• central sugarcane research institute- Coimbatore.(Tamilnadu).• Central Potato research institute- Shimla.• Central pulse research institute - Kanpur.• Indian sugar technology institute- Kanpur.• National design Institute- Ahmedabad.• Forest Research institute- Dehradun.• Central Tobacco Research Institute- Rajahmundry.(Andhra pradesh).• central Leather Research institute- Chennai.• Central Fuel research Institute- Jaduguda.(jharkhand)• Central vegetation Research Institute- Lucknow.• Central Buiding construction research institute- Roorkee.• plasma Research Institute- Gandhinagar• National ocean science institute- panaji.• Indian astrology institute- Bangalore.• National chemical laboratory- pune.• National rural development institute- Hyderabad.•National Research Center on Equines(horse..)- Hisar,(Haryana)

Current Affairs of the day...11th Feb.Importance of 11th Feb on world History....."1990 - Nelson Mandela released after 27 years imprisonment in South Africa., 2013 - Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation from February 28, the first pope to resign since 1415., In 1981 Australia all out 83 vs. India at Melbourne Cricket Ground chasing 143 to win."

>Vinod Sawhny appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Reliance Communications.He will succeeded Mr.Gurdeep Singh.

>The National Green Tribunal banned the burning of tyres at public places viz. roads, areas surrounded by residential buildings.

>Yuvraj Singh to be most Expensive player in IPL-7 auction.

>Asian Development Bank and Government of India signed for a 275 million dollar loan for improving rural road connectivity in five states on 12 February 2014. The states include Assam,Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal.

>Any person found guilty of spreading or propagating hatred against people living with HIV/AIDS will face strict punishment of imprisonment up to two years and a maximum fine of Rs one lac.

>South Africa issues Nelson Mandela stamp.

>India has been ranked 140th in the list of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index.(Finland tops the list).

>ATM's to soon give cash without bank account too.(The Nachiket Mor Committee is working on above issue.).

>Today interim Rail Budget passed in parliament,passed by union rail minister Mallikaarjun Kharge.•some high lights of budget are as:-•No increase in rail fare and freight.•Railway line from Kashmir to Kanyakumari.•To start passenger service to Vaishnodevi-Katra shortly.•Setting up of 11.2 km-long tunnel in J&K.•To introduce 17 new premium trains and 38 express train.

>China and Taiwan hold first official level talks since 1949.

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”"Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless."

SOME HIGHLIGHT OF INTERIM BUDGET 2014 as passed by Union Finance Minister Chidambaram Palaniappan.

"very important for upcoming all banking exam helding in year 2014."

* Fiscal deficit for current fiscal to be 4.6%.

* Revenue deficit estimated at 3% for current fiscal year.

* Excise duty on SUV s cut from 30 to 24%, in large and mid-segment cars from 27-24% to 24-20%

* Excise duty on small cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles cut from 12% to 8%; appropriate cut to be done on chassis, trailers

* A Rs 100 crore scheme formulated to promote community radio stations.

* We must focus on manufacturing, specially manufacturing for exports.

* No changes in tax laws in interim budget

* Government has obtained information in 67 cases of illegal offshore accounts of Indian citizen.

* Excise duty cut from 12 to 10 per cent in capital goods sector to stimulate growth

* Excise duty on mobile handset to be 6% on CENVAT credit to encourage domestic production

* Excise duty on small cars, motorcycles and SUV s reduced.

* Service tax relief storage for warehousing for rice.

* Blood banks to be exempt from service tax

* Rs 500 crore estimated requirement for implementing one-rank-one-pay scheme for armed forces in 2014-15.

* Rs 6000 crore to rural housing fund, Rs 2000 crore for urban housing fund.

* Minority bank accounts have swelled to 43,53,000 by 2013-14 from 14,15,000 bank accounts 10 years ago

* Rs 3711 crore for minority affairs; housing and urban poverty alleviation gets Rs 6000 crore

* Social justice ministry gets Rs 6730 crore; Panchayati Raj Ministry Rs 7000 crore.

* Moratorium on interest on student loans taken before March 31, 2009; to benefit 9 lakh borrowers.

* Public Debt Management Bill ready.

* Fiscal deficit target of 3% to be achieved by 2017.

* Fiscal deficit to be contained at 4.6% of GDP in 2013-14.

* CAD will be $45 billion in 2013-14

* Foreign exchange reserves up by $15 billion

* Food grain production estimated at 263 million tons in 2013-14.

* Agriculture credit will cross $45 billion against $41 billion in 2012-13.

* 296 projects worth Rs 6,60,000 crore cleared by Cabinet Committee on Investment by end January 2014.

* Merchandise export to grow by 6.8% to $326 billion.

* 3 more industrial corridors — Chennai-Bangalore, Bangalore-Mumbai, Amritsar-Kolkata — under various stages of implementation.

* GDP growth rate in Q3 and Q4 of 2013-14 will be at least 5.2%.

* Declining fiscal deficit, moderation of CAD, stable exchange rate and increase in project implementation result of hard work

* Power capacity rises to 234,600 MW in 10 years.

* Expenditure on education has risen from Rs 10,145 crore 10 years ago to Rs 79,251 crore this year.

* Sugar decontrol, gradual correction of diesel prices, application for new bank licenses, sick electricity distribution companies restructured.

* Average growth under UPA's ten year rule was 6.2 per cent against 5.9 during NDA period of 1999-2004

* Average growth under UPA-I was 8.4 per cent and UPA-II 6.6 per cent.

* PSUs to achieve record capex of Rs 2,57,645 crore in 2013-14.

* 500 MW fast breeder nuclear reaction in Kalpakkam to be ready shortly; 7 nuclear power reactors under construction.

* National Solar Mission to undertake 4 ultra mega solar power projects in 2014-15.

* Rs 1,200 crore additional assistance to N-E states to be released before end of the year

* Rs 1,000 crore grant for Nirbhaya Fund will be non-lap sable; another Rs 1,000 crore to be given next fiscal.

* Rs 3,370 crore to transferred to 2.1 crore LPG users

* Govt committed to Aadhaar-based LPG transfer but scheme on hold temporarily.

* Aadhaar is tool for empowerment.

* Non-plan expenditure to exceed by a small amount in 2013-14.

* 500 MW fast breeder test reactor in Kalpakkam to be ready shortly; 7 nuclear power reactors under construction.

* Plan expenditure will be Rs 5,55,322 crore in 2014-15, unchanged from last fiscal.

* Budgetary support to railways increased from Rs 26,000 crore to Rs 29,000 crore 2014-15.

* Rs 2,46,397 crore allocated for food, fertilizer and fuel subsidy.

* Food subsidy will be Rs 1,15,000 crore for implementation of National Food Security Act.

* Defense allocation increased by 10 per cent to Rs 2.24 lakh crore.

SOME IMPORTANT SSC CGL TOPIC :-"FATHER OF DIFFERENT FIELDS."

1. Father of Astronomy : Copernicus2. Economics : Adam Smith3. Biology : Aristotle4. Chemistry : Antoine Lavoisier5. Geometry : Euclid6. History : Herodotus7. Genetics : G.J. Mendel8. Botany : Theophrastus9. Classical mechanics : Isaac Newton10. Computer : Charles Babbage11. Comedy : Aristophanes12. English poetry : Geoffrey Chaucer13. Homeopathy : Heinemann14. Indian Green Revolution : M.S.Swaminathan15. India's Communication Revolution : Sam Pitroda16. Medicine : Hippocrates17. Modern physics : Galileo18. Nuclear physics : Ernest Rutherford19. Nuclear science : Marie Curie , Pierre Curie20. Pentium Chip : Vinod Dham21. Periodic table : Dmitri Mendeleev22. Political science : NiccolòMachiavelli23. Quantum mechanics : Max Planck24. Relativity : Albert Einstein25. Robotics : Al-Jazari26. Thermodynamics : Sadi Carnot27. Zoology : Aristotle

Current Affairs as on 25 th Feb.Importance of the day,1945 - US aircraft carriers attack Tokyo,1945 - World War II: Turkey declares war on Germany.,1990 - Australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win the Cricket World Series Cup,

•Asia Cup: Sri Lanka set 297-run target for Pakistan.Thirimanne hit 11 fours and a six in his 110-ball 102-run innings and starred in a 161-run stand with Kumar Sangakkara (67).

•Former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief Sanjeev Tripathi on Tuesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.

•In the ICC Under 19 cricket World Cup, Pakistan beat England by 3 wickets to enter the final in Dubai.

•Prokash Karmakar, an eminent painter died on 24 February 2014 following age-related illness at the age of 81.

•NTPC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bihar State Power Generation Company Limited and Lakhisarai Bijlee Company Private Limited (LBCPL) to develop a 1320 MW (2 X 660 MW) Thermal Power Project at Kajra in Lakhisarai district of Bihar.

• Mr. Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India on 25 February 2014 inaugurated Indira Paryavaran Bhawan on

Jorbagh Road, New Delhi. This Bhawan will house the Ministry of Environment and Forest.

•Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and industry (FNCCI) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) have agreed to organize Nepal-India Economic Summit every year alternatively in the two countries.

•IT Gaint Wipro wins 10-year deal from British IT firm. As a global strategic partner, Wipro will provide integrated IT and back-office services to Carillion.

•Mauritius President Rajkeswar Puryaag will be the chief guest at Global Ayurveda Fest in Kerala .

•Bimal Jalan panel which was scrutinising applications for new bank licences has submited its report to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday.# India has 27 public sector banks, 22 private sector banks and 56 regional rural banks.

""Life is like a Game of Chess… No one has ever won a game of chess by taking only forward moves… Sometimes you have to move backwards to take better steps forward""

Current Affairs of the day.--27 th Feb.& 28 th Feb.

•Importance of the day-27th FEB."1937 - sir Don Bradman scores 169 in 5th Test Cricket v England in 223 minutes.,1992 - Tiger Woods, 16, becomes youngest PGA golfer in 35 years,2002 - Godhra train burning, a Muslim Mob kills 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya.

•Importance of the day-28th FEB.1984 - 26th Grammy Awards: Michael Jackson wins 8 Grammys,2013 - The brains of two rats have been successfully connected so that they share information.

current events:-27th Feb.•Indian Navy Chief Adm. D.K. Joshi has resigned, claiming “moral responsibility” for the Feb. 26 fire of a Russian-made Kilo-class submarine, INS Sindhuratna.The Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral R.K. Dhowan will take over the command.

•Dinesh Sarraf appointed as next Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).

•Ibrahim Mahlab was sworn in as new Egypt Prime Minister on 25 February 2014. He is a former member of Hosni Mubarak's political party.

•The largest 130-MW Solar Power Plant of India Welspun Solar MP Project was launched at Bhagwanpur in Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh. It is also the Asia's Largest Solar Power Plant.

•South Africa play against Pakistan in the ICC Under 19 Cricket world cup final in Dubai.

•ICICI Bank today launched ’branch on wheels’ in Odisha as part its financial inclusion plan to provide banking services in remote villages in the state which are devoid of banking facilities.

•Mahatma Gandhi's grandson and noted academic, Rajmohan Gandhi, will be the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) candidate from East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, a seat currently held by Sandeep Dikshit, son of the former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikhsit.

28th Feb.

•Govt approves Rs 1,000 min monthly pension under EPS-95 scheme that would immediately benefit 28 lakh pensioners.

•Ukraine's parliament has approved Arseniy Yatsenyuk as the country's new prime minister.

•Government on Friday raised dearness allowance to 100%, from 90%, benefiting its 50 lakh employees and 30 lakh pensioners.

•Cabinet approves President's Rule in Andhra Pradesh.

•India’s 1st post office savings bank ATM inaugurated in Chennai

•Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd launched electric car e2o in Thimphu, Bhutan.

•Hanumath Shastry, the eminent Telugu litterateur died.

•Sahara Chief Subrata Roy was arrested in Lucknow on Friday, after evading for two days a non-bailable warrant issued by the Supreme Court for his failure to appear before it in a case of non-refund of Rs 20,000 crore to investors.

•Lt Gen P R Kumar will on Saturday take over as Director General Military Operations (DGMO) from Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia, who is retiring today.

•Country's First Electric Bus Launched in Bangalore.(first electric zero-emission bus ).

Current Affairs of the day..5th March.

*US honours Indian acid attack victim with International Women of Courage Award named LAXMI.

*Sheila Dikshit, the former three-term Chief Minister of Delhi, was yesterday night appointed Governor of Kerala.

*Election Commission of India issued guidelines & details of LOK SHABA ELECTION 2014.Voting for the next government begins on April 7 and ends on May 12. Results will be declared on May 16.

* Assam became the first state to observe Child Protection Day.

*'Maulana Azad Sehat Scheme' scheme for minority student. .According to this students in the age group of 5-14 years will be provided with a health card which will entitle them to free check-ups twice a year at the place where they are studying. He had earmarked Rs 100 crore for the same.

*The government has decided to hike interest rates on fixed deposit schemes offered by post offices by up to 0.2 per cent.hiked by 20 basis points from 8.2 percent to 8.4 percent.

*Telangana, the country's 29th state, will come into existence on June 2 .

*Graeme Smith, the South African cricket team Captain announced that he will retire from international cricket.He holds the world record as the most test wins as skipper (53) by defeating the record held by Australian Ricky Ponting of 48 wins as a Test captain

*Elections 2014: NOTA to be provided in Lok Sabha polls

For SSC CGL...Some Important Persons & their Nic names..

1. Bengali Tiger =>> Bibin Chandra Pal 2. Punjab Lion, Punjab Kesari =>> Lala Lajpat Rai 3. Sher- e -Punjab =>> Ranjit Singh 4. Lion of Kashmir =>> Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah 5. Mysore Tiger =>> Tippu Sultan

6. Bard of Avon =>> William Shakespeare 7. Sage of Kanchi =>> Sankaracharya 8. Bird man of India =>> Salim Ali 9. Maratha Kesari =>> Bal Gangadhar Tilak 10. Bapu =>> Gandhiji 11. Babuji =>> Jagjeevan Ram 12. Indian Machiavelli =>> Chanakya 13. Indian Napoleon =>> Samudragupta 14. Indian Bismarck =>> Sardar Vallabhai Patel 15. Indian Shakespeare =>> Kalidasa 16. Deenabandhu =>> C.F Andrews 17. Deshabandhu =>> C.R Das 18. Who is known as Prince of Beggars =>> Madan Mohan Malaviya 19. Who is known as Prince of Patriots =>> Subash Chandra Bose 20. Who is known as prince of Martyrs =>> Bhagat Singh 21. Who is known as prince of Builders =>> Shahjahan 22. Who is known as prince of Pilgrims =>> Hiuen Tsang 23. Who is known as prince of Autobiography =>> Babur 24. Who is known as prince of Money Makers =>> Muhammad bin Tughlaq 25. Who is known as prince of Pilgrims =>> Hiuen Tsang 26. Who is known as Grand old man of Indian Journalism =>> Tushar Kanti Ghosh 27. Man of Destiny =>> Napoleon Bonaparte 28. Andhara Kesari =>> T. Prakasam 29. Lok Nayak =>> Jayaprkash Narayan 30. Father of Medicine =>> Hippocrates 31. Lady with the lamp =>> Florence Nightingale32. Poet's Poet =>> Edmund Spencer ~ Important Sports Venue ~ ~ ~ ~

1. 2012 Olympics was held at - London2. Venue of 2016 Olympics - Rio de Genero (Brazil)3. Venue of 2014 Winter Olympics - Sochi (Russia)4. 2012 Summer Paralympics is held at - London5. Venue of 2016 Summer Paralympics - Rio de Genero (Brazil)6. Venue of 2014 Winter Paralympics - Sochi (Russia)7. Venue of 2014 FIFA World Cup Football - Brazil8. Brand ambassador of the 2014 FIFA World Cup - Pele9. Venue of 2018 FIFA World Cup - Russia10. Venue of 2022 World Cup Football - Qatar11. 2010 Commonwealth Games was held at - Delhi12. 2014 Commonwealth Games will be at - Glasgow (Scotland)13. Venue of 2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast (Australia)14. 2012 Euro Cup Football was held at - Poland and Ukraine15. Venue of 2016 Euro Cup Football - France16. Venue of 2015 World Cup Cricket - Australia and New Zealand17. Host of the 2019 World Cup Cricket - England18. Host of the 2014 T-20 World Cup Cricket - Bangladesh19. Host of the 2016 T-20 World Cup Cricket - India20. Venue of 2014 Asian Games - Incheon (South Korea)21. Host of the 2023 World Cup Cricket - India22. Venue of 2019 Asian Games - Hanoi (Vietnam)23. Venue of 2020 Summer Olympics - Tokyo (Japan)24. Venue of 2018 Winter Olympics - Pyeongchang (South Korea)25. Host of Cricket world Test Champions 2017 - England26. Host of Cricket world Test Champions 2021 - India27. Official Mascot of 2014 FIFA World Cup - Smiling Armadillo

28. 35th National Games to be hosted by - Kerala in 2014.29. Official mascot of the 35th National Games - Great Hornbill

History Quiz : - First in India ( Male ):-

1. First Governor of Bengal – Lord Clive ( 1757 – 60)

2. Last Governor of Bengal – Lord Hastings ( 1772 – 74)

3. First Governor Genral of Bengal – Lord Hastings ( 1774 – 75)

4. First British Governor Gerneral of India – Lord Bentinck ( 1833 - 35)

5. First British Viceroy of India – Lord Canning ( 1856 – 62)

6. First President of Indian Rebublic – Dr. Rajendra Prasad

7. First Prime Minister of free India – Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

8. First Indian to win Nobel Prize – Rabindranath Tagore

9. First Muslim President of Indian National Congress –Baduddin Tyabji

10. First Muslim President of India – Dr. Zakir Hussain

11. First Governor General of free India – Lord Mountbatten

12. First and last Indian Governor General of India – C. Rajgopalachari

13. First man who introduced printing press in India – James Hicky

14. First Indian to join the I.C.S – Satyendra Nath Tagore

15. India’s first Cosmonaut – Rakesh Sharma

16. First Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term – Morarji Desai17. First Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive council – S. P. Sinha

18. First President of India who died while in office – Dr. Zakir Hussain

19. First Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament – Charan Singh

20. First Field Marshal of India – Field Marshal S.H.F. J. Maneckshaw

21. First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics – C.V. Raman

22. First Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award – Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

23. First Indian to cross English Channel – Mihir Sen

24. First Person to receive Jananpith award – G. Shanker Kurup25. First Speaker of the Lok Sabha – G V Mavalankar

26. First Vice – President of India – Dr. S. Radhakrsihnan

27. First Home Minister Of India – Sardar Vallabhbahi Patel

28. First Person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen – Sherpa Ang Dorjee29. First person to reach the South Pole – Col J K Bajaj

30. First Person to get Param Vir Chakra – Major Somnath Sharma

31. First Chief Election Commissioner – Sukumar Sen

32. First Person to receive Magsaysay Award – Vinoba Bhave

33. First Indian Origin person to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine – Hargobind Khurana

34. First Person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics – Amartya Sen

35. First Chief Justice of Supreme Court – Justice H. J. Kania

36. First Indian to win back to back medals in Olympics – Sushil Kumar ( 2008, 2012)

37. First Man to climb Mount Everest Twice – Nwang Gombu

38. First Man to Climb Mt. Everest 19 times – Apa Sherpa

39. First Indian Chess Grandmaster – Vishwanathan Anand ( 1988)

40. First Indian Pilot – J.R. D. Tata ( 1929)

SSC: Indian Polity Quiz

1. The president can be removed from his office before the expiry of his normal term only on the recommendation ofA. the Supreme CourtB. the chief justice of IndiaC. council of ministersD. the two Houses of Parliament

2. The new committee system constitutes an improvement over the earlier committee system in so far asA. it assures representation to all the political parties in proportion to their strength in the ParliamentB. it enables the Parliament to examine the grants of all the ministries and departments in detailC. it enables the Parliament to accept the demands of various ministries without scrutinyD. None of the above

3. The members of the State Public Service Commission are appointed by theA. chief ministerB. chief justiceC. governorD. vice-president

4. The president can assign any of the functions of the union government to the state governmentA. in consultation with the chief justice of IndiaB. in consultation with the state governorC. in his discretionD. in consultation with the government of the state

5. Mainstream Nationalism in IndiaA. was characterized by ChauvinismB. aimed at restoration of the Hindu stateC. had national socialism as its ultimate goal

D. aimed at emancipation from colonial rule

6. The minimum age required to become the prime minister of India isA. 25 yearsB. 30 yearsC. 40 yearsD. 35 years

7. The objective of the Morley-Minto Reforms wasA. extension of provincial assembliesB. to give more powers to local governmentC. to abolish the post of secretary of the state for IndiaD. to establish diarchy in provinces

8. The oath of office is conducted to the president byA. the speaker of Lok SabhaB. the chief justice of IndiaC. the vice-president of IndiaD. None of the above

9. The members of the state legislative assemblies are elected for a period ofA. 2 yearsB. 6 yearsC. 5 yearsD. 3 years

10. The office of the prime minister of IndiaA. rests on coronationsB. is created by the ParliamentC. is created by the constitutionD. All of the above

11. The Objectives Resolution was unanimously adopted by the Constituent Assembly onA. 22nd January 1947B. 26th November 1946C. 1st October 1948D. None of the above

12.The preamble declares India as a sovereign state which impliesA. India is free to conduct her internal affairsB. India is free to conduct her external affairsC. India is free to conduct here internal as well as external affairsD. None of the above

13. The parliament works through committees whichA. help the government in the formulation of policyB. exercise effective control over government on a regular and continuing basisC. ensure that the parliament strictly adheres to the provision of the constitution and the prescribed parliamentary procedureD. both (a) and (b)

14. The Muslim League as a political party was founded inA. 1906 B. 1909C. 1915 D. 1919

15. The members of the state legislature exercise control over the council of the ministers throughA. questions and supplementary questionsB. criticism of its policiesC. adjournment motionD. All of the above

ANSWERS-

1. D2. B3. C4. D5. D6. A7. A8. B9. C10. C11. A12. C13. B14. A15. D

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF THE DAY..11th march

*India has committed 8.5 billion rupees to Bhutan for Small Development Project for the country’s the 11th Five Year Plan.

*Akhilesh Gupta, has been elected as President of the Indian Meteorological Society for 2014-16.

*The World Bank has said it would provide up to $3 billion in aid for Ukraine in 2014 to help the country deliver much-needed economic reforms.

*Max Life Insurance has tied up with Toyota Financial Services India Ltd to provide insurance cover to car loan customers.

*Ace paddler Sharath Kamal will lead the 10-member Indian contingent including five women in the World Table Tennis championships to be held in Tokyo from April 28 to May 5.

*Chain Singh and Heena Sidhu claimed gold medals in the seventh Asian Air Gun Championship in Kuwait City

*Pooja Ghatkar clinches gold in women’s air rifle in the seventh Asian air gun championship

*K. Suryanarayana Raja, former international basketball player and a vice-president of the Tamil Nadu Basketball Association, passed away on Monday. He was 72.

*Comedian Raju surrenders his nomination for Kanpur LS constituency.

*. World Longest aircraft Airlander or HAV304 was unveiled at Cardington in Bedfordshire, Britain.The aircraft is 302 feet long and is a hybrid aircraft.

Current Affairs of the day. 12th March

* India's industrial output up 0.1 percent in January.

* National campaign against dengue launched across six Indian cities with public-private partnership. campaign named 'U & Me Against Dengue'.

*United Arab Emirates will stage the initial phase of the IPL while Bangladesh was kept on standby for some of the matches by the BCCI.

*SpiceJet and Boeing ink record $4.4 bn deal at India Aviation Show inked an agreement with Boeing for purchase of 42 737 MAX 8 aircraft costing Rs. 26,000 crore ($ 4.4 billion).

*Rebel Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Ram Kripal Yadav, who is keen to contest from the Patliputra Lok Sabha seat in Bihar against RJD chief Lalu Prasad's daughter Misa Bharti, on Wednesday joined the BJP.

Current affair-19th march1. Luxor Group Chairman DK Jain passes away

2. Russia signed Accession Agreement with Crimea.

3. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation sued 16 world largest banks.

4. OFB(The Ordnance Factory Board) to invest `1,200 crore next financial year.

5. Karnataka won the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2013-14.

6. Gujarat ranks No 1 in 'economic freedom': Report

7. S&P says credit profile of India Inc improving

8. Russia suspended from G-8 Countries Club over its incursion into Crimea.

9. Ekhon Nedekha Nadir Xipaare won audience choice award in North Carolina film festival.

Top 10: Most Densely Populated States In India

S.No. States Population Density per sqaure km

1 Bihar 1,102.42 West Bengal 1,029.23 Kerala 859.14 Uttar Pradesh 6895 Haryana 573.46 Tamil Nadu 554.77 Punjab 550.18 Jharkhand 441.59 Assam 396.8 10 Goa 393.8

current affair- 25th march

1.Govind Mishra, the Hindi writer selected for Saraswati Samman 2013.

2.Egyptian Court sentenced 529 supporters of ousted Islamist President, Mohammed Morsi to death.

3.Nanda, the Veteran actress died in Mumbai.

4.Supreme Court directed Centre not to make Aadhaar mandatory for citizens.

5.GAIL signed MoU with Chubu Electric Power Company of Japan.

6.Vandana Foundation launched AQUATM(water vending machine) in Mumbai.

7.Bank of India launched Instant Money Transfer Scheme.

8.Britain’s Royal Mail issued a postage stamp of Noor Inayat Khan, World War II Indian origin heroine.

Interesting Facts about India.(Fell proud to be Indian. Every Indian should know these fact.)

*India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history.

*When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization)

*The name 'India' is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu.

*The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name 'Hindustan' combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus.

*Chess was invented in India.

*Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India.

*The 'Place Value System' and the 'Decimal System' were developed in India in 100 B.C.

*The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The shikhara of the temple is made from a single 80-tonne piece of granite. This magnificent temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola.

*India is the largest democracy in the world, the 7th largest Country in the world, and one of the most ancient civilizations.

*The game of Snakes & Ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It was originally called 'Mokshapat'. The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices. The game was played with cowrie shells and dices. In time, the game underwent several modifications, but its meaning remained the same, i.e. good deeds take people to heaven and evil to a cycle of re-births.

*The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Built in 1893 after leveling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level.

*India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world.

*The largest employer in India is the Indian Railways, employing over a million people.

*The world's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

*Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The Father of Medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.

*India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus, attracted by India's wealth, had come looking for a sea route to India when he discovered America by mistake.

*The Art of Navigation & Navigating was born in the river Sindh over 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word 'NAVGATIH'. The word navy is also derived from the Sanskrit word 'Nou'.

*Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the Sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. According to his calculation, the time taken by the Earth to orbit the Sun was 365.258756484 days.

*The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century, long before the European mathematicians.

*Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus also originated in India.Quadratic Equations were used by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10*53 (i.e. 10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 B.C.during the Vedic period.Even today, the largest used number is Terra: 10*12(10 to the power of 12).

*Until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds in the world (Source: Gemological Institute of America).

*The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982.

*Sushruta is regarded as the Father of Surgery. Over2600 years ago Sushrata & his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones, plastic surgery and brain surgeries.

*Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient Indian medicine. Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism,physiology, etiology, genetics and immunity is also found in many ancient Indian texts.

*India exports software to 90 countries.

*The four religions born in India - Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world's population.Jainism and Buddhism were founded in India in 600 B.C. and 500 B.C. respectively.

*Islam is India's and the world's second largest religion.

*There are 300,000 active mosques in India, more than in any other country, including the Muslim world.

*The largest religious building in the world is Angkor Wat, a Hindu Temple in Cambodia built at the end of the 11th century.

*The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the world's largest religious pilgrimage destination. Larger than either Rome or Mecca, an average of 30,000 visitors donate $6 million (US) to the temple everyday.

*Sikhism originated in the Holy city of Amritsar in Punjab. Famous for housing the Golden Temple, the city was founded in 1577.

*Varanasi, also known as Benaras, was called "the Ancient City" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C., and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.

*India provides safety for more than 300,000 refugees originally from Sri Lanka, Tibet, Bhutan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, who escaped to flee religious and political persecution.

*His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, runs his government in exile from Dharmashala in northern India.

*Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries.

*Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years.

......It is matter of grate joy that we live in country India and should never forget our richest heritage we have.....never hate your motherland.....

current affair-27th march

1.India defeated Pakistan in the final to win the 3rd South Asian Handball Championship title at Genesis Global School in Noida.

2.Ancient caves depicting 7000-year-old civilization discovered (by K Ramakrishna Reddy) in Andhra Pradesh.

3.Third Nuclear Security Summit was held in The Hague, Netherlands from 24 to 25 March 2014.

4.EPFO announced to provide Universal Account Number from October 2014.

5.Jammu and Kashmir became first state to show No Smoking Area in elections booths.

6. 7 million died in 2012 due to Air pollution: WHO.

7.CERT-In detected Smartphone Virus Dendroid

8.SEBI announced on 25 March 2014 to release the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) compliance norms in the fiscal year 2014-15.

current affair -29th march

1.Jens Stoltenberg was appointed as the Secretary General of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).

2.Smoking ban in public has led to 10 percent fall in Premature Births: Study.

3.Sunil Gavaskar appointed as Interim President of BCCI.

4.‘Kisan Card’ launched by Axis bank to facilitate easy agriculture lending to farmers through ATMs.

5.Lights switched off globally at 8.30 pm for an hour celebrating 8th edition of earth hour.

6.Nepal to host 18th SAARC Summit on 14th Nov.

7.China launches nationwide campaign to seize guns, explosives.

----------FAMOUS LINES, FRONTIERS-------

1. Durand Line - Pakistan and Afghanistan2. Hindenburg Line - Germany and Poland.3. Mac Mohan Line -India and China4. Maginot Line - France and Germany.

5. Oder Neisse Line - East Germany and Poland.6. Radcliffe Line - India and Pakistan7. Siegfried Line -Germany and France.8. 17th Parallel -North and South Vietnam9. 24th Parallel - India and Pakistan10.38th Parallel - North and South Korea11.49th Parallel -U.S.A. and Canada

current affair- 31st march...

1.Heena Sidhu won silver medal in 10m Air Pistol Women final of ISSF World Cup.

2.Zubin Mehta won special jury award of Times Now NRI Awards 2014.

3.IPCC(Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) released Fifth Assessment Report on climate impacts on human and natural systems.

4.Simon Santoso, Indonesian Shuttler won Malaysia Grand Prix gold.

5.BJP expelled Jaswant singh for six year as he decided to contest independet election in Barmar.

current affair-1st april

1.Nancy Powell resigned as the US Ambassador to India.

2.Scientists created man-made chromosome for complex-cell organisms.

3.The US and India has launched a READ Alliance initiative with an aim to improve the reading skills of millions of primary school-aged children in India.

4.The UN's International Court of Justice (ICJ)has ruled that the Japanese government must halt its whaling programme Jarpa II in the Antarctic Ocean.

5.India based American Dr. Sumit Chugh chosen for Prestigious Simon Dack Award.

6.BCCI removed all India Cements officials from the board.

7.President Francois Hollande on 31 March 2014 appointed Interior Minister Manuel Valls as next prime minister of France.

8.Japan announced 15000 crore loan for 5 Indian Projects.

NATIONAL PARKS AND SANCTUARIES

Anna Zoological Sanctuary Vandalur (T.N.)Anamalai Sanctuary Coimbatore, (T.N.)Bandipur National Park Mysore (Karnataka)Corbett National Park Nainital (Uttaranchal)Crocodile Farm Kovalam (Chennai)Dachigam Santuary Srinagar (J & K)

Ghana Bird Sanctuary Bharatpur (Rajasthan)Ghatprabha Bird Sanctuary Belgaum (Karnataka)Gir National Park Junagarh (Gujarat)Guindy Deer Sanctuary Guindy (Chennai)Guindy Snake Park Guindy (Chennai)Hazaribagh National Park Hazaribagh (Jharkhand)Kanha National Park Mandla (M.P.)Kaziranga Natinoal Park Jorhat (Assam)Manas Tiger Sanctuary Barbeta (Assam)Mudumalai Sanctuary NilgrisPeriyar Sanctuary Idukki (Kerala)Pichavaram Bird Sanctuary Chidambaram (T.N.)Rangathitto Bird Sanctuary Mysore (Karnataka)Ranthanbor Tiger Sanctuary Sawai (Rajasthan)Sivpuri National Park Sivpurai (M.P.)Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary Kancheepuram

current affair- 2nd april

1.Sports Ministry derecognised the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF) with an immediate effect after its refusal to comply with its directives.

2.World Bank to double lending to India, China, Brazil, Mexico and Indonesia.

3.Viswanathan Anand raises to No. 3 in FIDE world chess rankings.

4.SC directed the Union Government to furnish all records related to the inclusion of Jats in OBC.

5.World Autism Awareness Day celebrated across the world.

current affairs - 3rd april

1.RBI has granted in-principle approvals to IDFC Ltd and Bandhan Financial Services Pvt Ltd to start new banks in India.

2.NATO suspended all co-operations with Russia over Ukraine crisis.

3.First official census started in Myanmar after 30 years. The last census was conducted in 1983.

4.Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO on 1 April 2014 decommissioned the Communication Satellite INSAT-3E.

5.EC confirmed Amir Khan as its National Icon for Lok Sabha election 2014.

6.Union Ministry of Civil Aviation approved the Tata and Singapore airlines JV.

7.Reserve Bank of India adopted the new Consumer Price Index (CPI) combined as the key measure of Inflation.

8.FIFA rejected US call to ban Russia from World Cup for stand on Ukraine.

9.India ranked as No. 1 cricket team in ICC T20 rankings.

10.NASA suspended ties with Russia except on International Space Station.

11.HAL received the Most Efficient Navratna Award 2013.

12.D K Pathak appointed as the new Director General of BSF.

TEST--------------------------1. Current speaker of Lok Sabha 2. Who make slogan DO OR DIE 3. Who chaired THA Rajya Sabha 4. Which organization got 2013 nobel peace award 5. Who was tha political advisor of Mahatma Gandhi 6. Who is current governor of RBI 7. How many Lok Sabha seats in Delhi8. Who is chairman of 7th pay commission 9. Who is chairman of Chairman bar council of India 10. Who is chairman of National Judicial Academy11. Who is chairman of Law Commission of India12. Who is chairman of National Human Rights Commission13. Who is chairman of National Commission for Women14. Who is chairman of National Knowledge Commission15. Who is chairman of Central Information Commission16. BCCI president 17. CAG of India 18. New cheif minister of Uttrakhand 19. Chairman of UPSC 20. Chief election commissioner of India 21. Which organization is also known as watch dog of public money 22. Head of national Green Tribunal 23. Legal advisor of government of India 24. Chief justice oh India 25. How many High Court in India 26. Father of Indian green revolution 27. Who is Secretary General of UNO28. How many members in Lok Sabha 29. Mximum member in Rajya Sabha 30. M D of DMRC31. Which year current president elected 32. Mammohan singh represent Rajya Sabha from which state

33. MTS Mobile company related from which country 34. Who is current Law minister of India 35. Chairman of NHRC 36. Which day Indian constitution was enforced37. Current LG of Delhi 38. Chairperson of National Commission of Women is 39. Which day is celebrated as National Girl Child day 40. Which day Pakistan celebrated its indepenced day 41. Who was tha first unopposed president of India 42. President of –BJP43. SAMSUNG company is from which country44. Current president of Pakistan 45. Current president of Srilanka

current affair -4th&5th april

1.R Gandhi appointed as Deputy Governor of RBI.

2.Qatar based Doha Bank announced it’s First branch in Mumbai.

3.Election candidates with assets of over 5 crore rupees without PAN card under IT scrutiny.

4.Ancient monastery of Byzantine period found in south Israel.

5.Europe launched a satellite, Sentinel-1A to monitor earth for climate change.

6.NIST launched world's most accurate clock, NIST-F2.

7.ISRO successfully launched IRNSS 1B from Sriharikota.

8.Google launched the 360 degree online view of Angkor Wat in Cambodia.

9.EC banned publication and dissemination of exit polls from 7th April to 12 May 2014.

10.Indian companies creates over a lakh jobs in UK: Grant Thornton research report.

11.India ranked 102 out of 132 countries on Social Progress Index.

12.MS Dhoni won United Kingdom’s 2014 Asian award for outstanding achievement in sports.

current affair- 8th april

1.Dhoni named captain of ICC World T20 team.

2.India's Heena Sidhu clinched World's No. 1 spot in 10 mts air pistol event.

3.Jhumpa Lahiri's "Lowland" shortlisted for 2014 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.

4.Itanagar on 7 April 2014 received its first passenger train and became the second state capital after Guwahati to be put on the railway map of India.

5.Pro-Russian activists of Donetsk proclaimed their independence from Ukraine.

6.UK legalised sale of self-testing kits for HIV.

1-The “SVEEP” programme, which is being reporting in newspapers nowadays, is associated with ____? [A]Finance Commission [B]Election Commission[C]Planning Commission [D]Agriculture Commission

2. Which among the following states has been ranked top in the recently released “Economic Freedom of the States of India” report 2013? [A]Tamil Nadu [B]Rajasthan[C]Gujarat[D]Madhya Pradesh

3. NASA was launched STEREO spacecraft to study the ___?[A]Extreme Space Weather [B]Asteroids[C]Habitable planets[D]Moon

4. Recently, RBI has proposed setting up of a trade Receivables and credit exchange (TCE) for financing ____?[A]Regional Rural Banks[B]Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises[C]Public Sector Banks[D]Non Banking Financial Corporations

5. Who among the following has been awarded with “Green Crusader Award of the Year”?[A]Amitabh Bachchan[B]Maneka Ghandi [C]Ullas Karanth[D]Pranab Joshi

6. Apart from a Chief Election commissioner, the Election Commission of India has how many election commissioners? [A]Two [B]Three[C]Four [D]Five

7. As per the Ministry of Environment and Forest latest notification which among the following states has largest “ecologically sensitive area” in Western Ghats?[A]Kerala [B]Karnataka [C]Maharashtra [D]Tamil Nadu

8. Who among the following is the chairman of National Integration Council?

[A]President [B]Prime Minister[C]Home Minister[D]Vice-President

9. India has recently developed indigenous artillery gun which is said to be improved and indigenous version of the Swedish Bofors. The name of the gun is ___?[A]Akash[B]Dhanush[C]Indra [D]Tejas

10. Which one of the following is not a "Navaratna" company? [A]Bharat Electronics Limited[B]Indian Oil Corporation [C]Coal India Limited[D]Rural Electrification and Corporation Limited

11. As per the Indian Aviation report 2014, which one of the following is the main reason for rendering Indian aviation sector uncompetitive?[A]Over Taxation[B]Lack of Skill [C]Infrastructure[D]Privatisation

12. The state in which Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir is proposed to be built is __?

[A]Uttar Pradesh[B]Gujarat [C]Madhya Pradesh [D]Rajasthan

13. According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which among the following are world’s top three arms importing countries? [A]China, India and Pakistan [B]Pakistan, China and India [C]India, China and Pakistan[D]China, Pakistan and India

14. Which among the following countries is the largest supplier of arms to India in 2009-13?[A]Russia [B]USA[C]Israel[D]Japan

15. Recently, government has approved to set up country’s second nuclear fuel complex to reprocess atomic fuel in ___?[A]Rajasthan[B]Maharashtra [C]West Bengal [D]Jharkhand

16. “Rani-ki-Vav” which has been nominated for World Heritage Status is a 11th century step well located in____? [A]Karnataka[B]Gujarat [C]Rajasthan[D]Haryana

17. Name the Czech priest, philosopher who has won the 2014 Templeton Prize? [A]Chris Herlinger [B]Tomas Halik [C]Graham Greene [D]Billy Graham

18. Bahini Darbar is a monthly newspaper by the women for the women in __? [A]West Bengal[B]Jharkhand [C]Maharashtra[D]Madhya Pradesh

19. Kerem Shalom border crossing is a border crossing between____? [A]Israel and Egypt[B]India and Bangladesh [C]Pakistan and Afghanistan[D]China and Russia

20- . Which among the following posts is not mentioned in the Constitution of India? [A]Solicitor General [B]Deputy Speaker of Loka Sabha[C]Deputy Speaker of Rajya Sabha [D]Attorney General

21. Recently launched Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) ETF is an open-ended scheme that consists of shares of ten major public sector units. The (CPSE) ETF scheme is managed by ___?[A]Goldman Sachs India[B]Bombay Stock Exchange

[C]RBI [D]National Stock Exchange

22. Who among the following is the Chairman of Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC)?[A]Parthasarathy Shome [B]C Rangarajan [C]V Subbarao[D]S. Mahalingam

23. Who among the following is the winner of the Life-Time Achievement Award under 3rd National Photography Awards? [A]J. Suresh [B]Rajesh Bedi[C]Atul Yadav[D]Dinesh Shukla

24. Famous “Jahangiri Mahal” is located inside of which of the following forts? [A]Golkonda Fort [B]Agra Fort [C]Red Fort[D]Jaipur Fort

25. Govinda Mishra, who has been chosen for the Saraswati Samman for the 2013, is a famous author in which language?[A]Kannada [B]Telugu[C]Hindi [D]Marathi