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Q  - 1  किस देश के द्वारा अपने ही नागरिको के विरुद्ध रासायनिक हथियारो का इस्तेमाल किया गया !
           जिसके कारण पूरी दूनिया में तनाव का माहौल पैदा हो गया !
           (a) मिस्र
           (b) लीबिया
           (c) सीरिया
           (d) अफगानिस्तान
Q  - 2  किस देश कि राष्ट्रपति जो कि नोबेल शांति पुरस्कार 2012  से भी सम्मानित है ने भारत कि यात्रा
           की और उन्हें शांति ,निशस्त्रीकरण एवं विकास हेतु वर्ष 2012 का इंदिरा गांधी पुरस्कार प्रदान
           किया गया !
           (a) रूस
           (b) लाइबेरिया
           (c) पाकिस्तान
           (d) अफगानिस्तान
Q  - 3  श्रीलंका द्वारा अंतराष्ट्रीय दबाब के चलते उतरी तमिल बहुल प्रान्त में 25  वर्ष के बाद हुए चुनावो
           में किसकी विजय हुई !  
           (a) TNA
           (b) UPFA
           (c) मुस्लिम लीग
           (d) None
Q  - 4  पाकिस्तान के राष्ट्रपति ममनून हुसैन , जिनका जन्म अविभाजित भारत के आगरा शहर में हुआ ,                  उन्हें पाकिस्तान के सुप्रीम कोर्ट के किस मुख्या न्यायधीश ने शपथ दिलाई !
           (a) जस्टिस इफितखार चौधरी
           (b) हमीदुल्ला हाकिम बेग
           (c) मीर हामिद चौधरी
           (d) अमीना बेगम
Q  - 5  अर्थव्यवस्था की मौजूदा स्थिति और उसके सामने उपस्थित चुनौतिओ के सम्बन्ध में 2013  -14
           की वार्षिक रिपोर्ट Economic Outlook को कौन जारी करता है और उसका अध्य़क्ष कौन है !
           (a) RBI , रघुराम राजन
           (b) प्रधान्मंत्री की आर्थिक सलाहकार परिषद्  , Dr . C . Rangarajan
           (c) S&P , BSE , Narayan  Sami
           (d) None
उतर  
1  (c) सीरिया
2  (b) लाइबेरिया
3  (a) TNA
4  (a) जस्टिस इफितखार चौधरी
5  (b) प्रधान्मंत्री की आर्थिक सलाहकार परिषद्  , Dr . C . Rangarajan
Explanations 
1 अगस्त 2013 में सीरिया सरकार ने अपने ही नागरिको के खिलाफ रासायनिक हमला किया जिसमे अंदाजन 1429  लोग मारे गए ! जिसमे से चार सौ बच्चे थे !
2. लाइबेरिया की राष्ट्रपति एलेन जानसन सरलीफ जो की किसी अफ़्रीकी देश की पहली महिला राष्ट्रपति है ! उन्हें यह पुरस्कार देने की घोषणा इंदिरा गांधी की 95 वीं जयंती पर की गयी !
3.  TNA -- Tamil National Alliance
    यह पांच तमिल पार्टीओ का गठबंधन है , TNA ने कुल 38  सीटो में से 30 प्राप्त की , UPFA ने 7  ,
    मुस्लिम लीग ने 1 प्राप्त की !
4 .   जस्टिस इफितखार चौधरी
5 .   प्रधान्मंत्री की आर्थिक सलाहकार परिषद्  , Dr . C . Rangarajan   

General Knowledge :- Abbreviations

  General Knowledge  :- Abbreviations 

 A

A.A.P.S.O.             :             Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organisation.

A.B.C.(warfare)     :             Atomic, Biological and Chemical(warfare).

A.B.M                     :             Anti-Ballistic Missile.

a/c                          :             Account

AC                          :            air conditioner; air condition.

A.D.                        :             Anno Domini (In the year of God).              

AIDS                      :             Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

A. G.                      :             Accountant General

A.I.R                      :             All India Radio

a. m., am              :             anti meridian, before noon.

Anon.                    :            Anonymous.

Approx.                :            Approximately.

ASEAN                :           Association of South East Asian Nations

ATM                     :          Automated Teller Machine.

   B

B. A.                     :          Bachelor of Arts; British Academy

B. B. A.                :          Bachelor of Business Administration

B. B. C.                :          British Broadcasting Corporation

BC                       :           Before Christ

B.Com                 :          Bachelor of Commerce

B. D. S.               :          Bachelor of Dental Surgery

B. E.                    :          Bachelor of Engineering

B. Ed.                 :           Bachelor of Education.

BHEL                 :           Bharat Heavy Electricals  Ltd.

BIS                     :           Bureau of Indian Standards

B. Sc.                :            Bachelor of Science.

B. S. F.              :           Border Security Force.

B. Tech.            :            Bachelor of Technology.

  C

C. A.                 :            Chartered Accountant 

Capt.               :            Captain

CBI                 :             Central Bureau of Investigation.

C. C. I.            :             Cricket Club of India.

C. D. P.          :             Community Development Programme.

C. D. S.          :             Compulsory Deposit Scheme.

C.G.H.S.        :             Central Government Health Scheme

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General Knowledge

General Knowledge 

Q-1 Which of the following is a former Superstar football player?
(a) Ali Yardari
(b) Diego Maradona
(c) Laxman
(d) None

Q-2 Star plus is a famous ………….
(a) Channel
(b) Petrol Pump
(c) a  and b
(d) None

Q-3 Which is declared as the venue for IFFI?
(a) Goa
(b) HP
(c) TN
(d) AP

Q-4 6th December is remembers for ………..
(a) Demolition of Babri mosque
(b) Terrorist attack
(c) A and B
(d) None

Q-5 IPL related with ------------.
(a) Hockey
(b) Cricket
(c) Football
(d) None

Q-6 Paul Collingwood is a famous---------------
(a) Hockey player
(b) Cricket player of England team
(c) A & B
(d) None
Q-7 Who in supposed to be a football of god?
(a) Diego maradane
(b) Aksay knmar
(c) A and B
(d) None

Q-8 TNS stands far ---------
(a) Tribune news service
(b) Tamil Nadu National Service
(c) A and B
(d) None

Q-9 Zayed cricket stadium is in---------------.
(a) New Delhi
(b) Abu Dhabi
(c) India
(d) None

Q-10 Who is former skipper of England team?
(a) Andrew flint off
(b) Collingwood
(c) J. Anderson
(d) None

Q-11 Which is only Sikh player in England cricket team?
(a) Monty Panesor
(b) Harbhajan Singh
(c) M Kaur
(d) None

Q-12 HPSEB in a educational board of--------------.
(a) Himachal
(b) PB
(c) TN
(d) None

Q-13 Who is son of Dharmendra?
(a) Sunny deol
(b) SRK
(c) Akshay
(d) None

Q-14 AIBMRC stands for---------------.
(a) All India Bismarc Corporation
(b) All India Babri Masjid re- building Committee
(c) A and B
(d) None

Q-15 Who is STF chief?
(a) Ramesh kumar
(b) K. Vijay Kumar
(c) Parveen
(d) None

Q-16 STF stands for--------------.
(a) Special Task Force
(b) Specter Trade False
(c) A and B
(d) none

Q-17 How many people dead in Mumbai attack?
(a) 200
(b) 183
(c) 190
(d) None

Q-18 Datuk Shah Rukh khan is the new name of --------.
(a) SRK
(b) Ajay Devgan
(c) Raveena
(d) none
Q-19 Twinkle khanna is a daughter of -------------.
(a) Rejesh Khanna
(b) Rishi Kapoor
(c) Raj Kopoor
(d) None

Q-20 Who is wife of Akshay kumar?
(a) Twinkle Khanna
(b) Ajay Devgun
(c) Raj Kopoor
(d) None

Answers:

1(b) Diego Maradona
2(a) Channel
3(a) Goa
4(a) Demolition of Babri mosque
5(b) Cricket
6(b) Cricket player of England team
7(a) Diego Maradona
8(a) Tribune news service
9(b) Abu Dhabi
10(a) Andrew Flintoff
11(a) Monty Panesor
12(a) Himachal
13(a) Sunny Deol
14(b) All India Babri Masjid re- building Committee
15(b) K. Vijay Kumar
16(a) Special Task Force
17(b) 183
18(a) SRK
19(a) Rejesh Khanna
20(a) Twinkle Khanna

General Knowledge -- IMPORTANT DAYS OF THE YEAR

IMPORTANT DAYS   OF THE YEAR

         

January 26	Republic Day		January  30	Martyr’s Day
February 28	Science Day		March 8	International women’s Day
March 15 April 13         April 22	World Consumer Right Day Baisakhi Day and Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Anniversary Earth Day		April 8 April 18	World Health Day World Heritage Day
May  1	International Labour Day		May 21	Anti – Terrorism Day (Death Anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi)
May 31	World No Tobacco Day		June 5 June 21	World Environment Day International Yoga Day
June 27	World Diabetes Day		July 11	World Population Day
August 15	Independence Day		August 29	National Sports Day
September 5	Teacher’s Day  ( Dr. S. Radhakrishnan’s Birthday )		September 8	World Literacy Day
September 27	World Tourism Day		October 2	Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday
October 4 October 17	National Integration Day World Food Day		October 8 October 24	Air Force Day United Nation Day
November 9 November 19	Conserve Energy Day Citizen’s Day (Birthday of Mrs. Indira Gandhi)		November 14	Children’s Day (Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru’s Birthday)
December 1	World’s AIDS Day		December 4	Navy Day
December 7	Flag Day		December 10	Human Rights Day

WELL KNOWN DATES OF INDIAN HISTORY

WELL KNOWN  DATES OF INDIAN HISTORY

B.C.

3000- 1500  :   Indus Valley Civilisation, Mohenjo-Daro and  Harappa Culture.

2000 – 1500 :  Advent of  Aryans in India.

1500 – 900   :  The Vedic Age  - Rigveda, Samaveda Yajurveda.

599               :  Birth of Mahavira at Kundagrama near Vaishali in (Bihar). Propounded

                        Jainism; Mahavira’s   Nirvana (death)  527B.C.- Pavapuri (Patna, Bihar)

567 or 563    :   Birth of Gautama Buddha at Lumbini (Indo – Nepal border ) founder of

Buddhism; Attainment of Knowledge Bodh Gaya (Bihar) First Sermon: Sarnath (Near Varanasi U. P.)  Buddha’s Nirvana (death) 487 B. C. Kushinagar (Gorakhpur U.P.).

327 or 326    :  Alexander’s  invasion of India. It opened a land route between India and

                        Europe.

322               :  Chandragupta Maurya’s accession to the throne of Magadha.

298 – 273     :  Bindusara – Son of Chandragupta Maurya succeeded to the throne.

273 – 232     :  Ashoka’s Reign. Ashoka son of Bindusara.

261               : Battle of Kalinga. This Battle killed the ‘ soldiery in Ashoka.

58                 :  Introduction of  ‘Vikrama Samvat’ (era) by king Vikramaditya of  Ujjain.  

A.D

320 – 540     : Gupta Dynasty . Golden period in Indian History Gupta period.     

405               :  Visit of  Fahien (Chinese traveller) to India from 399 to 414. 15 Years

                        journey in the Gupta Empire. 

629 – 647     : Harsh Vardhana’s reign; visit of Hiuen – Tsang – Chinese traveller to India.

1001           :    First invasion of India by Muhmud of Ghazni.

1025           :    Mahmud of Ghazni destroyed Somnath Tample.

1191           :    First battle of Tarain. Muhammad Ghori defeated by Prithviraj Chauhan.

1192           :    Second battle of Tarain. Muhammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan.

1469           :    Birth of Guru Nank Dev .Founder of Sikhism.

1526           :    Babar’s invasion; first Battle of Panipat between Ibahim Lodhi and Babar;

                        won by Babar; foundation of  Mughal Rule in North India.

1539           :    Death of Guru Nanak.

1556           :    Second Battle of Panipat ; Akbar defeated Hemu

1576           :    Battle of Haldighat pass ; Akbar defeated Rana Pratap.

1600           :    East India company was established in India (Dec 31).

1605           :    Death of Akbar.           

1612           :    First British Factory was set up in Surat.

1627           :    Birth of Shivaji .

1757           :    Battle of Plassey Sira-ud-Daula & English forces under Clive won by

English forces fought at Plassey. The English became masters of Bengal:foundation of British rule.

1761          :     Third Battle of Panipat between Ahmed Shah Abdali and Marathas  

won by  Ahmed Shah Abdali..

1764           :    Battle of Buxar between Joint forces of Muslims and English forces won by

                        English..

1835           :    Introduction of English as medium of instruction as recommended by lord

                        Macaulay.

1839           :    Death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh .

1853           :    The first Indian railway line opened from (Bombay to Thana)

1857           :    First battle of Indian independence.

1858          :    Death of Rani Jhansi .

1869           :    Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2^nd October .

1875           :    Arya Samaj founded by Rishi Dayanand .

1885           :    Indian National congress was founded by A.O. Hume.

1909           :    Indian council Act or Morley-Minto Reforms Bill passed .

1914           :    World war I started .

1918           :    World war ended.

1919           :    Government of India Act (or the montage Chelmsford reform ): Rowlatt Act

                        or the Black Bill passed. (13^th April )- Tragedy of  Jallianwala Bagh at

                        Amritsar .

1920          :     Bal Gangadhar Tilak passed away: Non Co-operation movement started by                                                   Mahatma Gandhi; Khilafat Movement started by Ali Brother’s –

Mohammed Ali & Shaukat Ali.  

1921           :    Chauri Chaura Outrage in Village in U.P. (5^th Feb) and thereafter Mahatma

Gandhi arrested (10 March).First Civil Disobedient movement starts in India.

1929         :      Resolution for Purna Swaraj passed at the Lahore Congress under the                                                             presidentship of Pe. Jawaharlal Nehru (31 Dec.)

1948    :           Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi (30^th January ). Death of Md. Ali Jinnah

                        ( September 1) 

1951    :           First five year plan started.

1952    :           First General Elections in the country.

1956    :           States’ Reorganization Act India divided into 14 states & 6 Union Territories.

1962    :           China’s massive invasion of India (October 20) ; Emergency declared by the                                                  President (October 26)

General Knowledge :- Geography :- SUPERLATIVES WORLD AND INDIA

General Knowledge :- Geography :- SUPERLATIVES WORLD

Miscellaneous

Fastest  Animal                                     The Peregrine Falcon

Brightest Planet                                    Venus

Driest Place                                          Death Valley (California)

Place, coldest                                        Pole of Antarctica

Place, hottest                                        Dallol (Ethiopia)

Airmail, first                                        At Allahabad in Feb. 1911.

Bank, Branches most                          State Bank of India

Stamp, first                                         Penny Black (British 1840)

Train, fastest                                       In France; French SNCF high speed train TGV-Train –a 

                                                          Grande Vitesse (average speed 320 km/hr.)

Biggest, Largest & Longest In India

Award for Gallantry                          Param vir Chakra  

Award , highest Civilian                    Bharat Ratna

Road Bridge                                     Mahatma Gandhi setu 

Longest                                            Cross Ganga at Patna ( 5575 km )

Cattle fair, largest                             Sonepur  ( Bihar )

City, Most Populous                        Mumbai

Corridor , Longest                           Rameshwaram Temple

Desert , Largest                               Thar ( Rajasthan )

Dam , Longest                                 Hirakud Dam (Orissa )

Delta , Largest                                Sunderbans Delta

Dome , Largest                              Gol Gumbaz ( Bijapur )

Dam , Highest                                 Bhakra Dam ( 710 ft )

Gateway , Highest                          Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur sikri

Literacy ( Highest )                        Kerala ( near 100 %)

Mosque ( Biggest )                        Jama Masjid (Delhi )

Platform , Longest                         At Kharagpur

Rainfall , Highest                           Mawsynram near Cherrapunji,12000mm

  Road, longest                               G.T.Road(15000 miles)

State , largest(in population)         UP ( 16.6 crore )     

Tunnel Longest                            Jawahar tunnel  ( 1.75 miles  in J&K )

Tunnel , Longest                           6.5 km(Konkan Railway)

Tower , Highest                            Qutab Minar (Delhi,72.5m)

Waterfall , Highest                        Gersoppa  waterfall ( Karnataka : 960 ft )

State with max. forest cover          Assam 

State with Max.                            West Bengal ( 904 per density(square Km)    of  population )

Changed Name of Some Indian Cities

Old Name                                       New Name 

Allahabad                                         Prayag

Banaras                                            Varanasi

Baroda                                             Vadodara

Bombay                                           Mumbai

Calcutta                                           Kolkata

Cochin                                             Kochi

Madras                                           Chennai

Trivandrum                                      Thiruvananthapuram

Aurangabad                                     Sambhajinagar

Countries / Cities  Names – Old & New

New Names                                Old Names

Bangladesh                                   East Pakistan

Beijing                                          Peking

Ghana                                          Gold Coast

Indonesia                                     Dutch East Indies

Iran                                             Persia

Iraq                                             Mesopotamia

Malaysia                                     Malaya

Myanmar                                   Burma

Namibia                                     South West Africa

Holland                                      The Netherlands

Sri Lanka                                  Ceylon

Taiwan                                      Formosa

Yangon                                     Rangoon

Zimbabwe                                 Southern Rhodesia

General Knowledge Current :- Latest Who’s Who

General Knowledge Current :- Latest Who’s Who 

Union Government:        President:                                 Mr. Pranab Mukherjee

                                        Vice President:                        Mohammad Hamid Ansari

Council of Ministers:-    There are two types of Council of ministers, Cabinet minister & 

                                        Minister of states.

Cabinet minister:          Prime Minister:                                           Mr. Narender Modi

                                        Home Affairs                                              SR. Raj Nath Singh

                                        Defence                                                     Sh. Manohar Parrikar

                                        External Affairs ,Overseas Indian Affairs   Smt. Sushma Swaraj   

                                        Railways                                                    Sh. Suresh Prabhu

                                        Finance, Corporate Affairs,

                                        Information and Broadcasting                     Sh. Arun Jaitley

                                        Urban Development Housing

                                        and Urban Poverty Alleviation.

                                        Parliamentary Affairs                                   Sh. M. Venkaiah Naidu

                                        Road Transport and Highways

                                        and Shipping                                               Sh. Nitin Jairam Gadkari

                                        Law and Justice                                          Sh. D.V. Sadanand Gowda

                                        Water Resources , River

                                        Development and Ganga Rejuvenation      Sushri Uma Bharti

                                        Minority Affairs, Science  and                     Dr. Najma A. Heptulla

                                        Technology and Earth Science                  Dr. Harsh Vardhan

                                        Consumer Affairs , food and public

                                        Distribution                                                  Sh. Ram Vilas Paswan

                                        Micro Small and Medium Enterprises         Sh. Kalraj Mishar

                                        Women and Child Development                 Smt. Menka Sanjay Gandhi

                                        Chemical and Fertilizers                              Sh. Ananth Kumar

                                        Communication and Information

                                        Technology                                                   Sh. Ravi Shankar Prasad

                                         Health and Family Welfare                          Sh. Jagat Prakash Nadda

                                         Rural Development , Panchayati Raj  

                                         Drinking water and Sanitation                      Sh. Chaudhary Birender Singh

                                         Civil Aviation                                                 Sh. Ashok G.R. Pusapati

                                         Heavy Industry and Public enterprises        Sh. Ananth Geete

                                         Food Processing Industries                         Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal

                                         Mines , Steel                                                 Sh. Narendra Singh Tomar

                                         Tribal Affairs                                                 Sh. Jual Oram

                                         Agriculture                                                    Sh. Radha Mohan Singh

                                         Social Justice and Empowerment               Sh. Thaawar Chand Gehlot

                                         Human Resource Department                     Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani

                                               

                                                  

Minister of State           Statistic and Programme Implementation,

(Independent charge)  External Affairs,Overseas Indian Affairs       General V.K. Singh                 

                                        Planning , Defence                                        Sh. Inderjit Singh Rao

                                        Textiles                                                          Sh. Santosh Kumar Gangwar

                                        Ayush , Health and Family Welfare               Sh. Rajiv Pratap Rudy

                                        Petroleum and Natural Gas                           Sh. Dharmendra Pradhan

                                        Youth affairs and Sports                                Sh. Sarbananda Sonowal

                                        Environment forest and Climate

                                       Change                                                            Sh. Prakash Javadekar

                                       Power , Coal , New and Renewable

                                       Energy                                                             Sh. Piyush Goyal

                                       Development of North Eastern

                                       Region ,  Department of Space                      Sh. Jitendra Singh

                                       Commerce and Industry                                 Smt. Nirmala Sitaraman

                                       Culture , Tourism , Civil Aviation                    Sh. Mahesh Sharma

                                               

Minister of State       Minority , Parliamentary affairs                   Sh. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

                                    Drinking water and Sanitation                     Sh Ram Kripal Yadav

                                    Home Affairs                                               Sh. Haribhai Parthbhai Chaudhary  

                                    Water Resource , River

                                    Development and Ganga

                                    Rejuvenation                                                Sh. Sanawar Lal Jat

                                    Micro , Small and Medium Enterprises       Sh. G. M . Siddeshwara

                                    Railways                                                      Sh. Manoj Sinha

                                    Panchayati Raj                                            Sh. Nihal Chand

                                    HRD (Human Resource Development)      Sh. Upendra Kushwaha

                                    Road Transport and Shipping                      Sh. Radhakrishnan

                                    Home Affairs                                                Sh. Kiren Rijiju

                                    Social Justice and Empowerment               Sh. Krishan pal

                                    Agriculture                                                    Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan

                                    Mines , Steel                                                Sh. Vishnu Dev Sai

                                    Science and Technology                             Sh. Y.S. Choudhary

                                    Finance                                                        Sh. Jayant Sinha

                                    Information and Broadcasting                     Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

                                    Urban Development , Housing

                                    and Urban Poverty Alleviation                      Sh. Babul Suprio Barat

                                    Food Processing Industries                        Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti

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