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COUNTRIES AND THEIR CURRENCIES & CAPITALS
RUPEE:
India
Mauritius
Nepal
Pakistan
Seychelles
Sri Lanka
Switzerland
New Delhi
Port Louis
Kathmandu
Islamabad
Victoria
Colombo
Indian rupee
Mauritian rupee
Nepalese rupee
Pakistani rupee
Seychellois rupee
Sri Lankan rupee
AUSTRALIA DOLLAR:
Australia
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Nauru
Norfolk Island
Tuvalu
US DOLLAR:
American Samoa
British Virgin Islands
Ecuador
Guam
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Northern Marianas
Palau
Puerto Rico
Timor-Leste
Turks and Caicos
Islands
United States
US Virgin Islands
El Salvador
Canberra
Flying Fish Cove
West island
Yaren
Kingston
Funafuti
Sweden
Swiss franc
Copenhagen
Danish krone
(pl. kroner)
Torshavn
Nuuk
Oslo
Longyearbye
n
Stockholm
Norwegian
krone (pl.
kroner)
Swedish
krona (pl.
kronor)
PESO:
Pago Pago
Road Town
Quito
Hagta
Majuro
Palikir
Garapan
Koror
San Juan
Dili
Cockburn Town
Washington DC
Charlotte Amalie
San Salvador
FRANC:
Burundi
Runion
Comoros
Republic of the
Congo
Djibouti
Guinea
Madagascar
Rwanda
Liechtenstein
KRONE:
Denmark
Faroe
Islands
Greenland
Norway
Svalbard
and Jan
Mayen
Bern
Bujumbura
Saint-Denis
Moroni
Kinshasa
Burundian franc
Reunion franc
Comorian franc
Congolese franc
Djibouti city
Conakry
Antananarivo
Kigali
Vaduz
Djiboutian franc
Guinean franc
Malagasy ariary
Rwandan franc
Swiss franc
Argentina
Chile
Colombia
Cuba
Dominican
Republic
Mexico
Philippines
Uruguay
Buenos Aires
Santiago
Santa Fe de
Bogot
Havana
Santo Domingo
Argentine peso
Chilean peso
Colombian peso
Mexico City
Manila
Montevideo
Mexican peso
Philippine peso
Uruguayan
peso
EASTERN CARIBBEAN
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Dominica
Grenada
Montserrat
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines
Cuban peso
Dominican peso
DOLLAR:
The Valley
St John's
Roseau
St George's
Plymouth
Basseterre
Castries
Kingstown
CENTRAL AFRICAN CFA FRANC:

Cameroon
Yaound
Central African
Republic
Bangui
Chad
N'Djamena
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Congo
Ivory coast
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Brazzaville
Yamoussoukro
Malabo
Libreville
WESTERN AFRICAN CFA FRANC

Benin
Porto Novo
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
Guinea-Bissau
Bissau
Mali
Bamako
Niger
Niamey
Senegal
Dakar
Togo
Lom
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Austria
Netherlands
Belgium
Finland
France
French Guiana
Germany
Greece
Guadeloupe
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Martinique
Mayotte
Monaco
Portugal
Saint Pierre and
Miquelon
San Marino
Spain
The Hoy See (Vatican
City State)
Andorra la Vella
Vienna
Amsterdam
Brussels
Helsinki
Paris
Cayenne
Berlin
Athens
Basse Terre
Dublin
Rome
Luxembourg city
Fort-de-France
Mamoudzou
Monaco
Lisbon
Saint-Pierre
San Marino
Madrid
Vatican City
DINAR:
Algeria
Bahrain
Iraq
Jordan
Algiers
Manama
Baghdad
Amman
Algerian dinar
Bahraini dinar
Iraqi dinar
Jordanian dinar
Kuwait
Libya
Serbia and
Montenegro
Sudan
Tunisia
Serbia
Kuwait City
Tripoli
Belgrade
Kuwaiti dinar
Libyan dinar
dinar (1); euro (2)
Khartoum
Tunis
Belgrade
Sudanese dinar
Tunisian dinar
dinar
OTHERS:
Afghanistan
Albania
Angola
Armenia
Aruba
Azerbaijan
Kabul
Tirana
Luanda
Yerevan
Oranjestad
Baku
Afghan afghani
Albanian lek
Kwanza
dram
Aruban florin
Azerbaijani
manat
Bangladesh
Dhaka
taka
Belarus
Minsk
Belarusian
ruble
Bhutan
Thimphu
ngultrum
Bolivia
Sucre16
boliviano
Bosnia and
Sarajevo
Bosnian
Herzegovina
convertible
mark
Botswana
Gaborone
pula
Brazil
Brasilia
Brazilian real
(pl. reais)
Bulgaria
Sofia
lev (pl. leva)
Cambodia
Phnom Penh riel
Cape Verde
Praia
Cape Verde
escudo
China
Beijing
renminbi-yuan
Costa Rica
San Jos
Costa Rican
coln (pl.
colones)
Croatia
Zagreb
kuna
Cyprus
Nicosia
Cyprus pound
Czech Republic Prague
Czech koruna
(pl. koruny)
Egypt
Cairo
Egyptian
pound
Eritrea
Asmara
nakfa
Estonia
Tallinn
Estonian kroon
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R. A. C. E
Ethiopia
Falkland
Islands
Former
Yugoslav
Republic of
Macedonia
Georgia
Ghana
Gibraltar
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
Indonesia
Iran
Israel
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Lithuania
Macau
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Malta
Mauritania
(pl. krooni)
Addis Ababa Ethiopian birr
Stanley
Falkland
Islands pound
Skopje
denar
Tbilisi
Accra
Gibraltar
lari
cedi
Gibraltar
pound
Guatemala Guatemalan
City
quetzal (pl.
quetzales)
Port-augourde
Prince
Tegucigalpa lempira
Budapest
forint
Reykjavik
Icelandic krna
(pl. krnur)
Jakarta
Indonesian
rupiah
Tehran
Iranian rial
Tel Aviv
new shekel
Tokyo
yen
Astana
tenge
Nairobi
Kenyan shilling
Tarawa
Kiribati dollar
Bishkek
som
Vientiane
kip
Riga
lats (pl. lati)
Beirut
Lebanese
pound
Maseru
loti (pl. maloti)
Vilnius
litas (pl. litai)
Macau
pataca
Lilongwe
Malawian
kwacha
Kuala
Malaysian
Lumpur
ringgit
Mal
rufiyaa
Valletta
Maltese lira
Nouakchott Mauritanian
ouguiya
Moldova
Chisinau
Moldovan leu
(pl. lei)
Mongolia
Ulan Bator tugrik
Morocco
Rabat
Moroccan
dirham
Mozambique Maputo
metical (pl.
meticais)
Myanmar
kyat
Netherlands
Willemstad Netherlands
Antilles
Antillean
guilder
Nicaragua
Managua
crdoba
Nigeria
Abuja
naira
North Korea
Pyongyang North Korean
won
Oman
Muscat
Omani rial
Panama
Panama City balboa
Papua New
Port
kina
Guinea
Moresby
Paraguay
Asuncin
guaran (pl.
guaranes)
Peru
Lima
new sol
Poland
Warsaw
zloty
Qatar
Doha
Qatari riyal
Romania
Bucharest Romanian leu
(pl. lei)
Russia
Moscow
rouble
Saint Helena Jamestown Saint Helena
pound
Samoa
Apia
tala
So Tom and So Tom dobra
Prncipe
Saudi Arabia Riyadh
Saudi riyal
Sierra Leone Freetown
leone
Slovakia
Bratislava Slovak koruna
(pl. koruny)
Slovenia
Ljubljana
tolar
Somalia
Mogadishu Somali shilling
South Africa
Pretoria
rand
South Korea
Seoul
South Korean
won
Sudan
Khartoum Sudanese
pound
Suriname
Paramaribo Suriname
guilder
R. A. C. E
Swaziland
Mbabane
lilangeni (pl.
emalangeni)
Sweden
Stockholm Swedish krona
(pl. kronor)
Syria
Damascus Syrian pound
Tajikistan
Dushanbe somoni
Tanzania
Dodoma78 Tanzanian
shilling
Thailand
Bangkok
baht
The Gambia
Banjul
dalasi
Tonga
Nuku'alofa pa'anga
Turkey
Ankara
Turkish lira
Turkmenistan Ashgabat
Turkmen
manat
Uganda
Kampala
Ugandan
S.No States
.
1 Andhra
Pradesh
2 Arunachal
Pradesh
3 Assam
Ukraine
United Arab
Emirates
United
Kingdom
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Western
Sahara85
Yemen
Zambia
Capitals
Chief Ministers
Amaravathi
[*Hyderabad
Initially]
Itanagar
N.Chandrababu
Naidu
Dispur
pound sterling
Tashkent
Port Vila
Caracas
Hanoi
Al aaiun
sum
vatu
bolvar
dong
Moroccan
dirham
Yemeni rial
Zambian
kwacha
San'a
Lusaka
Kalikho Pul
Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa

Padmanabha
Balakrishna Acharya
Ram Nath Kovind
Balram Das Tandon
Najeeb Jung
(Lt.Governor)
Mridula Sinha
Indian National
Congress
Bharatiya Janata
Party
Janata Dal (United)
Bharatiya Janata
Party
Aam Aadmi Party
Patna
Raipur
6 Delhi
New Delhi
Arvind Kejriwal
7 Goa
Panaji
8 Gujarat
Gandhinagar
9 Haryana
Chandigarh (Shared
with punjab)
Shimla
Laxmikant
Parsekar
Anandiben
Patel
Manohar Lal
Khattar
Virbhadra
Singh
Mehbooba
Mufti Sayeed
Raghubar Das
London
Party
4 Bihar
5 Chhattisgarh
Srinagr (Summer)
Jammu (Winter)
Ranchi
shilling
hryvnia
UAE dirham
Governors/Administrato
rs
Shri. E. S. L. Narasimhan
Sarbananda
Sonowal
Nitish Kumar
Raman Singh
10 Himachal
Pradesh
11 Jammu and
Kashmir
12 Jharkhand
Kiev
Abu Dhabi
Telugu Desam Party
Narinder Nath Vohra
Bharatiya Janata
Party
Bharatiya Janata
Party
Bharatiya Janata
Party
Indian National
Congress
PDP, BJP
Draupadi Murmu
Bharatiya Janata
Shri Om Prakash Kohli

Kaptan Singh Solanki
Acharya Dev Vrat
R. A. C. E
13 Karnataka
Bangalore
Siddaramaiah
Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala
14 Kerala
Thiruvananthapura
m
Bhopal
Pinarayi
Vijayan
Shivraj Singh
Chauhan
Devendra
Fadnavis
Okram Ibobi
Singh
Mukul Sangma
P. Sathasivam
Pu
Lalthanhawla
T R Zeliang
Nirbhay Sharma
Naveen Patnaik
Shri S. C. Jamir
Kiran Bedi (Lt.Governor)
15 Madhya
Pradesh
16 Maharashtra
Mumbai
17 Manipur
Imphal
18 Meghalaya
Shilong
19 Mizoram
Aizawl
20 Nagaland
Kohima
21 Odisha
22 Puducherry
Bhubaneshwar
Puducherry
23 Punjab
24 Rajasthan
Chandigarh(shared
with Haryana)
Jaipur
25 Sikkim
Gangtok
26 Tamil Nadu
Chennai
27 Telangana
Hyderabad
28 Tripura
Narayanaswam
y
Parkash Singh
Badal
Vasundhara
Raje
Pawan Kumar
Chamling
J. Jayalalithaa
Ram Naresh Yadav

Vidyasagar Rao
V Shanmuganathan
V Shanmuganathan
Padmanabha Acharya
Party
Indian National
Congress
CPM
Bharatiya Janata
Party
Bharatiya Janata
Party
Indian National
Congress
Indian National
Congress
Indian National
Congress
Nagaland People's
Front
Biju Janata Dal
All India NR
Congress
Kaptan Singh Solanki
Shiromani Akali Dal
Kalyan Singh
Bharatiya Janata
Party
Sikkim Democratic
Front
All India Anna
Dravida Munnetra
Kazhagam
Telangana
Rashtriya Samiti
(TRS)
Communist Party of
India (Marxist)
Indian National
Congress party
Samajwadi Party
Shriniwas Dadasaheb
Patil
Konijeti Rosaiah
ESL Narasimhan
Agartala
K
Chandrasekhar
Rao
Manik Sarkar
29 Uttarakhand
Dehradun
Harish Rawat
Krishan Kant Paul
30 Uttar
pradesh
31 West Bengal
Lucknow
Akhilesh Yadav
Shri Ram Naik
Kolkata
Mamata
Banerjee
Keshari Nath Tripathi
Tathagata Roy
All India Trinamool

Congress
R. A. C. E
32 Andaman
and Nicobar
Islands
Port blair
A.K.Singh (Lt.Governor)
33 Dadra and
Nagar Haveli
Silvassa
Vikram Dev Dutt

(Administrator)
34 Daman and
Diu
Daman
Vikram Dev Dutt

(Administrator)
35 Lakshadwee
p
36 Chandigarh
Kavaratti
Chandigarh
Vijay Kumar
(Administrator)
Kaptan singh Solanki
(Administrator)
(*Note: All union territories are administered by only Governors except Delhi and Puducherry
.Delhi and puducherry have chief minister and Lt.Governor ).
The complete list of reshuffles:Name of the
Ministers
Faggan Singh
Kulaste
Constituency
In charge of
A prominent tribal leader and Member of

Parliament from Barbati in Madhya Pradesh.
Health & Family Welfare
Surendrajeet
Singh Ahluwalia
From Darjeeling.
Agriculture & Farmer Welfare,

Parliamentary Affairs
Ramesh
Chandappa
Jigjinagi
A Dalit leader and Lok Sabha MP (five

times) from Bijapur, Karnataka
Drinking Water & Sanitation
Vijay Goel
He is a BJP leader from Delhi and was

elected to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan.
Youth Affairs and Sports

(Independent Charge), Water
Resources, River Development &
Ganga Rejuvenation
Ramdas
Athawale
He is the chief of Republican Party of India

(Athawale) and is a seasoned Dalit leader
and a vocal Ambedkarite. He is the lone
Rajya Sabha member from Maharashtra.
Social Justice & Empowerment
R. A. C. E
Rajen Gohain
He is a BJP MP (4th term in Lok Sabha) from

Nawgong, Assam.
Railways
Anil Madhav
Dave
He is a Rajya Sabha MP from Madhya

Pradesh and is an environmentalist. He has
written several books on the subject.
Environment, Forest and Climate

Change (Independent Charge)
Parshottam
Rupala
He is a Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat and

this is his second term as a Rajya Sabha
member.
Agriculture & Farmer Welfare,

Panchayati Raj
MJ Akbar
Rajya Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh.
External Affairs
Arjun Ram
Meghwal
He is a Lok Sabha MP from Bikaner,

Rajasthan.
Finance, Corporate Affairs
Jaswant Sinh
Bhabhor
He is a tribal leader and a Member of the

Parliament from Dahod constituency in
Gujarat.
Tribal Affairs
Dr Mahendra
Nath Pandey
He is a BJP Lok Sabha MP from Chandauli,

Uttar Pradesh.
Human Resource Development
Ajay Tamta
He is also a Dalit leader from the hill state of

Uttarakhand. He is a Lok Sabha member
from the Almora constituency.
Textiles
Krishna Raj
She is a Dalit leader from UP's Rohilkhand

region and a Lok Sabha member from UP's
Shahjahanpur.
Women & Child Development
Mansukh
Mandaviya
A native of Bhavnagar in Gujarat and a

prominent leader from the Patel community
is a Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat.
Road Transport & Highways,

Shipping, Chemicals & Fertilisers
Anupriya Singh
Patel
She is the daughter of the late Sone Lal

Patel, a Kurmi leader with significant
influence in Uttar Pradesh. She is a Lok
Sabha MP from Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh.
Health & Family Welfare
C R Chaudhary
He is a BJP MP from Nagaur, Rajasthan.
Consumer Affairs, Food & Public

Distribution
R. A. C. E
P P Chaudhary
He Lok sabha MP from Pali, Rajasthan. He is

a recipient of the Sansad Ratna award twice
in his stint at the Lok sabha.
Law & Justice, Electronics &

Information Technology
Dr. Subhash
Bhamre
He is an oncologist and a practicing doctor.

He is BJP Lok Sabha MP from Dhule,
Maharashtra.
Defence
While some changes in Union Cabinet Ministry : Prakash Javadekar- Constituency: Member of Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh- Now taken
charge as: New HRD minister - moved from Environment.

Ravishankar Prasad selected as new law minister - loses Telecom.
Venkaiah Naidu is the new I&B minister and retains Urban Development - loses Parliamentary
Affairs.
Smriti Irani - loses HRD - gets Textiles.
Sadananda Gowda - loses Law and Justice - gets Statistics and Programme Implementation.
Birendra Singh - loses Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation -
gets Steel.
Arun Jaitley - loses I & B - retains Finance.
Ananth Kumar - gains Parliamentary Affairs and retains Chemical & Fertilisers.
Narendra Singh Tomar - loses Steel - gains Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water
and Sanitation.
While some major changes in existing Minister of States cadre : Mahesh Sharma - loses Civil Aviation - retains Independent charge of Culture and Tourism.
Manoj Sinha - gets independent charge of Communications - retains Railways.
Hansraj Ahir - loses Chemical and Fertilisers - gets home ministry.
Santosh Gangwar - loses Independent charges of Textiles - gets Finance.
Rao Inderjit Singh - loses Defence - gets UD and HUPA - retains Independent charge of
planning.
Rajiv Pratap Rudy - loses Parliamentary Affairs - retains Independent charge of Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship.
R. A. C. E
V K Singh - loses Independent charge of Statistics and Programme implementation - retains
External Affairs.
Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary - loses Home - gets MSME.
Upendra Kushwaha : loses Drinking Water and Sanitation - retains HRD.
Sanjeev Balyan - loses Agriculture - gets Water Resources, River Development, and Ganga
Rejuvenation.
Vishnu Deo Sai - loses Mines - retains Steel.
Sudarshan Bhagat - loses Rural Development - gets Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Jayant Sinha - loses Finance - gets Civil Aviation.
New Books & Authors

Book titled Jawaharlal Nehru and The Indian Polity in Perspective- by Prof (Dr) P J Alexander
The Z Factor, a book written by Subhash Chandra The book is the autobiography of the
promoter of Essel/ Zee Group Subhash Chandra.
Book titled MARU BHARAT SARU BHARAT (My India Noble India) written by Jain Acharya
Ratnasundersuriswarji Maharaj.
Book titled Nathuram Godse The Story of an Assassin authored by Anup Ashok Sardesai
Former President APJ Abdul Kalams book Transendence launched in Johannesburg, South
Africa
The Bose Brothers and Indian Independence An Insiders Account authored by Madhuri
Bose (the grand-niece of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose)
Life On My Terms: From the Grassroots to the Corridors of Power: an autobiography of Sharad
Pawar
What Happened to Netaji? authored by former journalist Anuj Dhar
Rebooting India: Realizing a Billion Aspirations: authored by Nandan Nilekani and Viral Shah
Interlinking of Indian Rivers authored by Radha Kant Bharati
Dreaming Big: My Journey to Connect India: Sam Pitroda
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty Eight Nights: Salman Rushdie
The Courage to Act A Memoir of a Crisis and Its Aftermath authored by Ben S. Bernanke
Dreaming Big: My Journey to Connect India: auto biography of Sam Pitroda written with the
help of David Chanoff, an American author.
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R. A. C. E
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty Eight Nights authored by the British Indian novelist
Salman Rushdie
To the Brink and Back: Indias 1991 Story written by former Union Environment & Forest
Minister (Independent Charge) Jairam Ramesh.
Making India Awesome written by Chetan Bhagat
Green Signals: Ecology, Growth, Democracy in India written by Jairam Ramesh
Uniki written by CH Vidyasagar Rao, Governor of Maharashtra.
The China Model written by Daniel A Bell.
Recasting India written by Hindol Sengupta.
Sourav Ganguly: Cricket, Captaincy and Controversy written by Saptarshi Sarkar.
Flood of fire written by Amitav Ghosh.
India Central Asia Relations: The Economic Dimension authored by Amiya Chandra.
Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years authored by AS Dulat and Aditya Sinha.
37 Bridges and Other Stories authored by noted Pakistani author Aamer Hussein.
Important Indian Committees
Kamlesh Chandra Committee to examine the wage structure, service conditions of the
Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) in the Department of Posts (DoP).
Adam Lewis Panel to safeguard integrity in International tennis.
Shyam Benegal Committee to look into revamp the film certification nuances by Central
Board of Film Censors (CBFC).
RM Lodha Committee on the IPL betting scandal.
Dr T K Viswanathan Committee on Bankruptacy Law Reforms
A P Shah committee to look into the dispute between Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
Limited (ONGC) and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) on Krishna Godavari (KG) gas fields.
L Narasimha Reddy Committee to look into the implementation of One Rank One Pension
(OROP) scheme for the ex-servicemen.
Arvind Subramanian Committee on Possible Tax rates under Goods and Services Tax (GST)
MB Shah Committee on Black Money
RV Easwar Committee to simplify the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
T Haque committee NITI Aayog constituted T Haque Expert Group on Land Leasing
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R. A. C. E
R Gandhi committee recommended conversion of Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs) with
business size of 20,000 crore rupees or more into regular banks.
Deepak Mohanty committee to frame action plan on financial inclusion.
A P Shah committee A high level committee on the controversial issue of payment of
Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) by foreign institutional investors.
Vijay Kelkar committee: on Revisiting and Revitalizing the Public Private Partnership (PPP)
Model of Infrastructure Development.
AK Bhargava committee: to look into the issues of Net neutrality
CENSUS 2011
Census 2011 is the 15th Census of India since 1872

Census 2011 was held in two phases:
House listing & Housing Census(April to September 2010)
Population Enumeration (9th to 28th February 2011)
Reference Date: 0:00 Hours of 1st March 2011
Population
Literacy
Density of population
Sex ratio
Child sex ratio (06 age group)
Total
Males
Females
Total
Males
Females
per km2
per 1000 males
per 1000 males
1,210,854,977
62,37,24,248
58,64,69,174
74%
82.10%
65.50%
382
940 females
919
The motto of census 2011 was Our Census, Our future.

Total estimated cost of the Census was INR2200 crore (US$350 million).
First census in 1872.
Present Registrar General & Census Commissioner C. Chandra Mouli
Total Population 1,210,569,573 (1.21 Billion)
India in 2nd rank in population with 17.64%. decadal growth & China is 1st rank with decadal
growth 19% (over 1.35 billion)
World Population is 7 Billions
Increase in population during 2001 2011 is 181 Million
Population 1210.19 million [Males 623.7 million (51.54%) Females 586.46

million (48.46%)]
Top Populous of the Country
1
2
3
4
Uttar Pradesh
Maharashtra
Bihar
West Bengal
19,98,12,341
11,23,74,333
10,40,99,452
9,12,76,115
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5
Andhra Pradesh
1
2
3
4
5
Lakshadweep
Daman and Diu
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Sikkim
8,45,80,777
Least Populous of the Country
64,473
2,43,247
3,43,709
3,80,581
6,10,577
Population Highlight
Highest Populous UT
Least Populous UT
Highest Populous state
Least populous state
Highest urban Population in India (state& UT)
Lowest urban Population in India (state& UT)
Highest Rural Population in India (state& UT)
Lowest Rural Population in India (state& UT)
Delhi
Lakshadweep
Uttar Pradesh
Sikkim
Maharashtra 4,11,00,980
Lakshadweep 26,967
Uttar Pradesh 13,16,58,339
Lakshadweep 33,683
Sex Ratio (Females per 1000 Males)

Sex ratio in India
Highest sex ratio in state
Lowest sex ratio in state
Highest sex ratio in UT
Lowest sex ratio in UT
Child (0-6 years) sex ratio
Highest child (0-6) sex ratio in state
Lowest child (0-6) sex ratio in state
943
Kerala (1084)
Haryana (879)
Pondicherry (1037)
Daman and Diu (618)
914
Mizoram (971)
Haryana (830)
Literacy Rate in India

Total Person Literacy Rate
74%
Males
Females
Highest Literacy Rate in State
Lowest Literacy Rate in State
Highest Literacy Rate in UT
Lowest Literacy Rate in UT
82.14%
65.46%
Kerala (94%)
Bihar (61.8%)
Lakshadweep (91%)
Dadra and Nagar Haveli (76.24%)
Miscellaneous GK
Exclusively for SSC and RRB Examinations
Various Forms of Dances in India:
Classical Dance: A classical dance form characterized by grace and precision of movement and
by elaborate formal gestures, steps, and poses. 8 Classical Dances in India.
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Folk Dance: Folk dancing is a simple dance form meant for group performance based on a
reason like harvest of food.
Kerala
State
Classical Dance
Kathakali, Mohiniyattum
Andra Pradesh
Assam
Kuchipudi
Sattriya
Arunachal Pradesh
Bihar
Chattisgarh
Gujarat
Goa
Haryana
Punjab
Jammu and Kashmir

Jharkhand
Karnataka
Lakshadeep
Madhya Pradesh
Mizoram
Manipur
Maharastra
Odisha
Manipuri
Odissi
Puducherry
Rajasthan
Tamilnadu
Bharathanatyam
Tripura
Sikkim
Telangana
Himachal Pradesh
Nagaland
Uttarakhand
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal
Kathak
-
Folk Dance
Chakyar koothu, Theyyam, kaikotti kalai,
Mudiyettu, Chavittu nadagam, Koodiyattam
(UNESCO recognised), Krishna aattam.,
Thullal, Thirayattam
Kolattam, Dhimsa, Veera natyam.
Ojapali, Bihu, Ankia Naat, Jhumur Naach,
Bayurumba, Ali ai ligang
Lion and peacock dance, Cardo chham, Aji
lamu.
Jata jatin, Bikhari.
Panthi, Raut Nacha.
Dandya Ras, Garba, Bhavi, Tippani
Fugdi, Tarangamel, Dhala, Dekhni(Going to
be Classical recognised), Dhangar
Saang, Khoria, Gugga Dance, Teej, Phag
Luddi, Pandass, Kikkli, Giddha,
Bhangra(Going to be Classical recognised)
Hikat, Rouf, Kud, Dumhal
Karma or Munda
Bayalata, Dollu Kunitha, Veeragase,
Yakshagana(Going to be Classical recognised)
Lava
Teratali, Charkula, Jawara, Matki, Maanch,
Grida Dance.
Cheraw Dance(Bamboo Dance)
Dhol Cholom, Thang Ta(form of martial art)
Tamasha, Pavri Nah, Lavani.
Ghumura Dance, Chau Dance, Baagh
Naach(Tiger Dance), Dalkhai, Karma Naach.
Garadi
Kalbelia, Bhavai, Kach hi Ghodi, Ghoomar
Kamandi, Devarattum, Kummi, Kollatum,
Karagattum, Mayil attum, Paambattum,
Puliyattum, Poikal kudirai, Bommalattum,
Therukoothu.
Hojagiri, Goria, Labang Boomani.
Singhi Chham, Yak Chaam, Rechungma.
Perini Thandavam, Dappu, Lambadi.
Kinnauri Nati, Namgen
Chang Lo or Sua Lua
Chholiya, Thali Jadda, Jhainta
Rasiya, Swang , Nautanki, Naqual
Chau, Gumbhira, Kalikapatadi, Alkap,
Gaundiya Nritya(Going to be Classical
recognised)
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Major Festivals
Makar Sankranti or Pongal
Vasant Panchami
Thaipusam or Kavadi
Maha Shivaratri
Holi
Shigmo
Vasant Navratri
Rama Navami
Gudi Padwa
Ugadi
Vishu
Tamil New Year
Hanuman Jayanti
Bihu
Sitalsasthi
Vat Pournima
Bonalu
Bathukamma
Rath Yatra
Raja Parba
Guru Purnima
Mahalakshmi Vrata
Onam
Raksha Bandhan
Krishna Janmaashtami
Gowri Habba
Ganesh Chaturthi
Nuakhai
Navarathri
Vijayadashami
Deepavali
Bhai dooj
Kartik Poornima
Chhath
Prathamastami
Yatra
Karthikai Deepam
Kumbh Mela
State/Region
Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
Saraswati Puja by Bengalis, Oriyas and Biharis
Tamilnadu
Popular throughout India
Popular in North India.
Goa
Popularly called navarathiri
Throughout India.
Celebrated by Marathas and Konkanis
Karnataka ,Andrapradesh and Telungana
Kerala
Tamil nadu
Throughout India
Assam
Throughout India
Maharastra
Telangana
Telangana
Jagannath Temple
Orissa.
North India
Throughout India
Kerala
Northern India.
Throughout India
Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu.
Throughout India
Orissa (Kosal).
Throughout India
Throughout India
Throughout India
Throughout India
Varanasi
Bihar and Terai.
Orissa
Throughout India in all temples
Tamil nadu
Allahabad and 12 years once in a Temple
GEOGRAPHY
Important National Parks and Sanctuaries of India
Name and Location
Important Species
1. Kanha National Park, Mandla and Balaghat

(MP)
Chital, gaur, tiger, nilgai, sambar, barasingha
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2. Kaziranga National Park, Jorhat (Assam)
3. Kinnersani Sanctuary, khammam(AP)
One-horned rhinoceros, elephant, wild buffalo, wild

boar, tiger, leopard
Chital, tiger, gaur, wolf, nilgai
4. Manas Sanctuary, Barpeta (Assam)
One-horned rhinoceros, gaur, elephant, wild buffalo
5. Namdapha Sanctuary, Tirap(Arunachal

Pradesh)
6. Pachmarhi Sanctuary Hoshangabad (MP)
Elephant, tiger, panther, wild buffalo
7. Palamau Sanctuary, Daltonganj

(Jharkhand)
8. Periyar Sanctuary, Idukki (Kerala)
Barking deer, gaur, chital, elephant, panther
9. Rohla National Park, Kullu (Himachal

Pradesh)
10. Simlipal Sanctuary, Mayurbhanj, (Orissa)
Brown bear, musk deer, snow leopard, snow pigeon,

snow cock
Elephant, gaur, chital, tiger, flying squirrel
11. Tadoba National Park, Chandrapur

(Mah.)
12. Wild Ass Sanctuary, Little Rann of
Kutchch,(Guj.)
13. Bandipur National Park, Mysore
(Karnataka)
14. Bhimbandh Sanctuary, Monghyr(Bihar)
Chital, chinkara, panther, tiger, sloth bear, gaur
15. Chandraprabha Sanctuary ,Varanasi (UP)
Tiger, panther, sambar, sloth bear, peafowl
16. Corbett National Park,Garhwal

(Uttarakhand)
17. Dampa Sanctuary, Aizawl (Mizoram)
Four-horned antelope, elephant, tiger, panther,

sambar
Barking deer, Himalayan bear, tiger, elephant
18. Dudhwa National Park, Lakhimpur Kheri

(Uttarakhand)
19. Ghandhi Sagar Sanctuary, Mandsaur
(MP)
20. Ghana Bird Sanctuary, Bharatpur
(Rajasthan)
21. Gir National Park, Junagarh (Gujarat)
Barking deer, chital, sloth bear, tiger, panther
22. Hazaribagh Sanctuary, Hazaribagh

(Jharkhand)
23. Silent Valley National Park (Kerala)
Barking deer, bison, bear, tiger
Elephant, chital, nilgai
Wild ass, wolf, nilgai, chinkara

chital, elephant, panther, barking deer, four-horned
antelope
Leopard, tiger, wild boar, wolf
Barking deer, chinkara, chital

Black-buck, sambar, wild boar, chital
Asiatic lion, Panther, chital, nilgai, four-horned
antelope
Chital, nilgai, sambar, tiger
Lion-Tailed Macaque
Note:
Jim Corbett National Park - India's first national park was established in 1936 as Hailey
National Park, now known as Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand.
Madhya Pradesh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands have the largest number of national parks
in the country (9 each).
Policy:
National forest policy -1952, 1988
Project tiger 1973s
Project elephant 1992
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Project crocodile 1975
Project dolphin 2008
Reserves:
Total number
Total number
Total number
Total number
of
of
of
of
BIOSPHERE reserves in India18

ELEPHANT reserves in India 29
TIGER reserves in India 48
CROCODILE reserves in India 4
Nine of the eighteen biosphere reserves are a part of the World Network of Biosphere
Reserves, based on the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme list.
Name
Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve
Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve
Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve
Nokrek Biosphere Reserve
Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve
Simlipal Biosphere Reserve
Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve
Great Nicobar
Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve
States
Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
West Bengal
Uttarakhand
Meghalaya
Madhya Pradesh
Odisha
Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Kerala and Tamil Nadu
Year
2000
2001
2001
2004
2009
2009
2009
2012
2013
2016
Important Stadiums
1. Wankhede Stadium
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Cricket
2. Feroz Shah Kotla Ground
Delhi
Cricket
3. M.A. Chidambaram Stadium
Chennai , Tamil Nadu
Cricket
4. Eden Gardens
Kolkata, West Bengal
Cricket
5. Gymkhana Ground
Mumbai , Maharashtra
Cricket
6. Jsca Stadium
Ranchi, Jharkhand
Cricket
7. Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium
Pune , Maharashtra
Cricket
8. Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
Hyderabad, Andhra
Cricket (Bangladesh first ever
Pradesh
test match in India is at Rajiv

Gandhi International Stadium
in 2017)
9. Barkatullah Khan Stadium
Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Cricket
10. Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium
Kochi, Kerala
Multipurpose
11. K.D. Singh Babu Stadium
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Multipurpose
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12. Fatorda Stadium
Margao, Goa
Football & Cricket
13. Maulana Azad Stadium
Jammu,Jammu & Kashmir
Cricket
14. Indira Priyadarshini Stadium
Visakhapatnam, Andhra
Cricket
Pradesh
15. Zorawar Singh Stadium
Jammu & Kashmir
16. Roop Singh Stadium
Gwalior , Madhya Pradesh
Cricket
17. Nehru Stadium
Pune, Maharashtra
Cricket
18. Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium
Delhi
Multipurpose
19. Keenan Stadium
Jamshedpur , Jharkhand
Cricket And Football
20. Sardar Patel Stadium
Ahmedabad , Gujarat
Cricket
21. Moti Bagh Stadium
Vadodara , Gujarat
Cricket
22. Sher-I-Kashmir Stadium
Srinagar, Jammu &
Cricket
Kashmir
23. Sawai Mani Singh Stadium
Jaipur , Rajasthan
Cricket
24. Gandhi Sports Complex Ground
Amritsar , Punjab
Cricket
25. Barabati Stadium
Cuttack, Orissa
Cricket
26. M. Chinnasawami Stadium
Bangalore , Karnataka
Cricket
27. Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium
Telengana, Andhra
Cricket
Pradesh
28. Brabourne Stadium
Mumbai , Maharashtra
Cricket
29. Guru Gobind Singh Stadium
Nanded, Maharashtra
Cricket
30. Birsa Munda Stadium
Ranchi, Jharkhand
Hockey
31. Dhyan Chand Astroturf
Hockey
32. Dadaji Kondadev Stadium
Thane, Maharashtra
Football
33. Guru Nanak Stadium
Ludhiana, Punjab
Football
Important Airports in India

1. Veer Savarkar International Airport
Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
2. Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
Guwahati, Assam
3. Gaya International Airport
Gaya, Bihar
4. Lok Nayak Jayaprakash International Airport
Patna, Bihar
5. Indira Gandhi International Airport
New Delhi, Delhi
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6. Dabolim Airport
Goa
7. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
8. Birsa Munda International Airport
Ranchi, Jharkhand
9. Kempegowda International Airport
Bangalore, Karnataka
10. Raja Bhoj International Airport
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
11. Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
Mumbai, Maharashtra
12. Tulihal International Airport
Imphal, Manipur
13. Biju Patnaik International Airport
Bhubaneshwar, Odisha
14. Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport
Amritsar, Punjab
15. Shaheed S. Bhagat Singh International Airport
Chandigarh, Punjab
16. Maharana Pratap Airport
Jaipur, Rajasthan
17. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Hyderabad, Telangana
18. Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
19. Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
20. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
Kolkatta, West Bengal
21. Bagdogra Airport
Siliguri, West Bengal
Waterways in India
National Waterway 1: Allahabad
Haldia stretch of the Ganga - Bhagirathi Hooghly river system with a total length of
1,620 kilometers (1,010 mi) in October
1986.
National Waterway 2: Saidiya
Dhubri stretch of the Brahmaputra river
system with a total length of 891 kilometers
(554 mi) in 1988.
National Waterway 3: Kollam
Kottapuram stretch of the West Coast Canal
along with Champakara and Udyogmandal
canals, with a total length of 205 kilometers
(127 mi) in 1993.
National Waterway 4: Bhadrachalam
Rajahmundry and Wazirabad
Vijaywada stretch of the Krishna
Godavari river system along with the
KakinadaPondicherry canal network, with a
total length of 1,095 km (680 mi) in 2007.
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National Waterway 5: Mangalgadi
Paradeep and TalcherDhamara stretch of

the MahanadiBrahmani river system along
with the East Coast Canal, with a total length
of 623 km (387 mi) in 2007.
Nickname of Countries in the World
Asia
1. Bhutan Land of the Thunder Dragon
2. China The Red Dragon
3. Indonesia The Emerald of the Equator
4. Japan Land of the Rising Sun
5. Mongolia Land of the Blue Sky
6. North Korea The Hermit Kingdom
7. Philippines The Pearl of the Orient Seas
8. South Korea Land of the Morning Calm
9. Sir Lanka Indias Teardrop
10. Thailand Land of Smiles
11. Afghanistan Graveyard of Empires
12. Israel The Holy Land
13. Lebanon Switzerland of the Middle East
Africa
R. A. C. E
1. Burkina Faso Land of the Upright Men
2. Egypt The Gift of the Nile
3. Lesotho The Kingdom In The Sky
4. Madagascar The Red Island
5. Rwanda Land of a Thousand Hills
6. South Africa - Rainbow Nation
America
1. Brazil Pindorama (Land of the Palms)
2. Canada The Great White North
3. Chile Land of Poets
4. Guyana Land of Many Waters
5. Paraguay The Island Surrounded by
Land
6. Peru Land of the Incas
7. USA - Uncle Sam
8. Venezuela Land of Grace
Australia
1. Australia Land Down Under (sometimes
also used for New Zealand)
2. New Zealand Land of the Long White
Cloud
Europe
1. Albania Land of the Eagles
2. Belarus The White Rus
3. England Land of Hope and Glory
4. Finland Land of a Thousand Lakes
5. France Lhexagone
6. Iceland Land of Fire and Ice
7. Ireland The Emerald Isle
8. Italy The Boot
9. Slovenia The Sunny Side of the Alps
10. Switzerland Land of Milk and Honey
11. Ukraine The Bread Basket of
Europe
List of Arjuna Award Winners 2015
Arjuna Awards were started from 1961. It is
one of the highest award given to recognize
outstanding
achievement in National Sports. Lets know
more about it.
Arjuna Awards were constituted in 1961.
These awards are given by the Ministry of
Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of
India.
Cash Prize of Rs.5,00,000 is given to

awardee.
Recently, Government has revised the
scheme(guidelines) of Arjuna Award.
According to
revised scheme To be eligible for the
Award, a sportsperson should not only have
good
performance consistently forthe last three
previous years at the international
level with excellence for the year for which
the Award is recommended but should also
have the qualities like Sense of Discipline,
Leadership and Sportsmanship.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2015 award won
by Sania Mirza for Tennis.
Arjuna Awards 2015 (NOMINATION)
Name of the sportsperson
1 Naib Subedar Sandeep Kumar
2 Ms. M.R. Poovamma
3 Mr. Kidambi Srikanth
Nammalwar
4 Mr. Mandeep Jangra
5 Mr. Rohit Sharma
6 Ms. Dipa Karmakar
7 Mr. Sreejesh P.R.
8 Mr. Manjeet Chhillar
9 Ms. Abhilasha Shashikant
Mhatre
10 Mr. Sawarn Singh
11 Mr. Anup Kumar Yama
12
13
14
15
16
17
Mr. Jitu Rai

Shri S. Sathish Kumar
Mr. Bajrang
Ms. Babita Kumari
Ms. Yumnam Sanathoi Devi
Mr. Sharath M. Gayakwad
Discipline
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Boxing
Cricket
Gymnastic
Hockey
Kabaddi
Kabaddi
Rowing
Skating
Roller
Shooting
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Wrestling
Wushu
Para-Swim
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International Organizations and their Headquarters and Heads 2015

International Organization
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Headquarters
Rome, Italy
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Vienna, Austria
International Civil Aviation Organization

(ICAO)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
United Nations (UN)
Quebec, Canada
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
New York City, USA
United Nations Educational, Scientific

and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO)
World Food Programme (WFP)
Paris, France
World Health Organization (WHO)
Geneva, Switzerland
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Geneva, Switzerland
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Madrid, Spain
Singapore
Association of Southeast Asian Nations

(ASEAN)
Commonwealth of Nations
Jakarta, Indonesia
Geneva, Switzerland
New York City, USA
Vienna, Austria
Rome, Italy
Council of Europe
London, United
Kingdom
Strasbourg
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
Brussels, Belgium
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
Beijing, China
South Asian Association for Regional

Cooperation
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Kathmandu, Nepal
African Development Bank
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Asian Development Bank
Metro Manila,
Philippines
Geneva, Switzerland
Heads
Jos Graziano da Silva
(Director-General)
Yukiya Amano (DirectorGeneral)
Raymond Benjamin (SecretaryGeneral)
Guy Ryder (Director-General)
Ban Ki Moon (SecretaryGeneral)
Anthony Lake (Executive
Director)
Irina Bokova (DirectorGeneral)
Kandeh Yumkella (DirectorGeneral)
Josette Sheeran (Executive
Director)
Margaret Chan (DirectorGeneral)
Michel Jarraud (SecretaryGeneral)
Taleb Rifai (Secretary-General)
Muhamad Noor (Executive
Director)
Surin Pitsuwan (SecretaryGeneralm)
Queen Elizabeth II (Head)
Thorbjrn Jagland (Secretary
General)
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
(Secretary-General)
Bolat Nurgaliyev (SecretaryGeneral)
Ahmed Saleem (SecretaryGeneral)
Roberto Azevedo (DirectorGeneral)
Donald Kaberuka (President)
Haruhiko Kuroda (President)
R. A. C. E
International Monetary Fund
World Bank
Fdration Internationale des checs (FIDE)
Fdration Internationale de Football
Association (FIFA)
International Cricket Council (ICC)
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
Union of European Football Associations
(UEFA)
Colombo Plan
Washington, D.C.,
United States
Washington D.C.,
United States
Athens, Greece
Zrich, Switzerland
Christine Lagarde (Managing

Director)
Jim Yong Kim (President)
Dubai, United Arab

Lausanne,
Switzerland
Bonn, Germany
Nyon, Switzerland
N. Srinivasan (President)
Thomas Bach (President)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Patricia Yoon-Moi Chia

(Secretary-General)
G. Irving Levance (SecretaryGeneral)
Peter Maurer, Switzerland
(President)
Ronald Noble (SecretaryGeneral)
Tadateru Kono (President)
EDU - Intergovernmental Organization (EDU)

International Committee of the Red Cross
International Criminal Police Organization
(Interpol)
International Federation of Red Cross and
Red Crescent Societies
International Maritime Organization
International Organization for Migration
(IOM)
International Telecommunication Union
Switzerland,
England
Lyon, France
Geneva, Switzerland
London, United
Kingdom
Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva, Switzerland
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical

Weapons (OPCW)
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC)
Universal Postal Union
The Hague,
Netherlands
Vienna, Austria
World Intellectual Property Organization

(WIPO)
Geneva, Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (President)

Sepp Blatter (President)
Philip Craven (President)

Michel Platini (President)
Koji Sekimizu (SecretaryGeneral)

William Lacy Swing (Directorgeneral)
Hamadoun Tour (SecretaryGeneral)
Ahmet zmc (DirectorGeneral)
Mohammed S. Barkindo
(Secretary-General)
douard Dayan (DirectorGeneral)
Francis Gurry (DirectorGeneral)
Largest Lakes in the World in decreasing order:

Name
Caspian
Sea
Countries with
shoreline
Kazakhstan
Russia
Notes
The Caspian Sea is often regarded as the world's largest lake,
but it contains an oceanic basin (contiguous with the world
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Superior
Victoria
Huron
Michigan
Tanganyika
Baikal
Great Bear
Lake
Malawi
Great
Slave Lake
Turkmenistan
Azerbaijan
Iran
Canada
United States
Uganda, Kenya
Tanzania
Canada
United States
United States
Burundi, Tanzania
Zambia, Democratic
Republic of the Congo
Russia
ocean until 11 million years ago) rather than being entirely over
continental crust.
Largest of the Great Lakes by volume, having more water than
the other four combined. Popularly considered the largest
freshwater lake by surface area, though Lakes Michigan and
Huron are treated hydrologically as a single entity due to their
connection at the deep watered Straits of Mackinac; this single
entity would be the largest freshwater lake by surface area if it
were treated as a single lake.
The largest lake by area in Africa.
Contains Manitoulin Island, the world's largest lake island.
Largest lake by area entirely within one country.
Longest freshwater lake in the world and largest volume fresh
water lake in Africa.
Canada
Deepest lake in the world and largest volume fresh water lake in
the world.
Largest lake entirely within Canada.
Malawi
Mozambique
Tanzania
Canada
Deepest lake in North America.
Longest Rivers of the world in decreasing order:

River
Source
Nile
Tributaries of Lake Victoria, Africa
Amazon
Glacier-fed lakes, Peru
MississippiSource of Red Rock, Montana
MissouriRed Rock
Chang Jiang
Tibetan plateau, China
(Yangtze)
Ob
Altai Mts., Russia
Outflow
Mediterranean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
China Sea
Gulf of Ob
World's Largest Dams in decreasing order

Dam
Three Gorges
Syncrude Tailings
Chapetn
Pati
New Cornelia Tailings
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Location
China
Canada
Argentina
Argentina
United States
R. A. C. E
Tarbela
Pakistan
List of Dams in the order of height

Name
Jinping-I Dam
Nurek Dam
Xiaowan Dam
Xiluodu Dam
Grande Dixence Dam
Country
China
Tajikistan
China
China
Switzerland
River
Yalong
Vakhsh
Lancang
Jinsha Jiang
Dixence
List of Ocean and Sea in the order of area

Name
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean1
Arctic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Caribbean Sea
South China Sea
Bering Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Okhotsk Sea
East China Sea
Hudson Bay
Japan Sea
Andaman Sea
North Sea
Red Sea
Baltic Sea
Place of greatest known depth

Puerto Rico Trench
Sunda Trench
South Sandwich Trench
7745'N; 175W
Off Cape Matapan, Greece
Off Cayman Islands
West of Luzon
Off Buldir Island
Sigsbee Deep
14610'E; 4650'N
2516'N; 125E
Near entrance
Central Basin
Off Car Nicobar Island
Skagerrak
Off Port Sudan
Off Gotland
List of Mountain Ranges in the order of length

Range
Andes
Southern Great
Escarpment
Rocky Mountains
Trans Antarctic
Mountains
Great Dividing Range
Himalayas
Continent
South America
Africa
Highest point
Mount Aconcagua
Ntlenyana
North America
Antarctica
Mount Elbert
Mount Kirkpatrick
Australia
Asia
Mount Kosciuszko
Mount Everest
List of Desert in the order of Area

Name
Antarctica
Sahara
Type
Cold Winter
Subtropical
Location
Antarctica
North Africa
24
R. A. C. E
Arabian Desert
Gobi Desert
Kalahari Desert
Great Victoria Desert
Patagonian Desert
Syrian Desert
Great Basin Desert
Chihuahuan Desert
Great Sandy Desert
Karakum Desert
Colorado Plateau
Sonoran Desert
Kyzylkum Desert
Taklamakan Desert
Thar Desert
Gibson Desert
Dasht-e Margo
Registan Desert
Simpson Desert
Atacama Desert
Mojave Desert
Namib Desert
Dasht-e Kavir
Dasht-e Loot
Subtropical
Cold Winter
Subtropical
Subtropical
Cold Winter
Subtropical
Cold Winter
Subtropical
Subtropical
Cold Winter
Cold Winter
Subtropical
Cold Winter
Cold Winter
Subtropical
Subtropical
Subtropical
Subtropical
Subtropical
Cool Coastal
Subtropical
Cool Coastal
Subtropical
Subtropical
Western Asia
Central Asia
Southern Africa
Australia
South America
Western Asia
United States
North America
Australia
Turkmenistan
United States
North America
Central Asia
China
South Asia
Australia
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Australia
South America
United States
Southern Africa
Iran
Iran
Highest Peaks in decreasing order:

Peak
Mount Everest /
Sagarmatha /
Chomolungma
K2 / Qogir /
Godwin Austen
Kangchenjunga
Lhotse
Makalu
Cho Oyu
Dhaulagiri I
Manaslu
Nanga Parbat
Annapurna I
Height
8,848
Parent Range
Mahalangur Himalaya
8,611
Baltoro Karakoram
8,586
8,516
8,485
8,188
8,167
8,163
8,126
8,091
Kangchenjunga Himalaya
Mahalangur Himalaya
Mahalangur Himalaya
Mahalangur Himalaya
Dhaulagiri Himalaya
Manaslu Himalaya
Nanga Parbat Himalaya
Annapurna Himalaya
Highest Peaks in Indian States:

State
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
25
Peak
Arma Konda
Kangto (shared
withTibet)
Unnamed peak near
Range/Region
Eastern Ghats
Eastern Himalaya
Dima Hasao District
R. A. C. E
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir (claimed)
Jammu and Kashmir(administered)
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Laike
Fort Someshwar
Gourlata
Sosogad
Girnar
Karoh Peak
Reo Purgyil (shared
with Tibet)
K2
Saltoro Kangri
Parasnath
Mullayanagiri
Anamudi
Dhupgarh
Kalsubai
Mount Iso (also
known as Tenipu)
Shillong Peak
Phawngpui
Mount
Saramati(Shared
withMyanmar)
Deomali
Unnamed peak on
the Naina Devi
range
Guru Shikhar
Kangchenjunga(sha
red with Nepal)
Doddabetta
Doli Gutta
Betalongchhip
Amsot Peak
Nanda Devi
Sandakphu (shared
with Nepal)
West Champaran District

Bailadila Range
Western Ghats
Junagadh District
Morni Hills
Western Himalaya
Karakoram
Karakoram
Parasnath Hills
Western Ghats
Western Ghats
Satpura
Western Ghats
Senapati District
Khasi Hills
Saiha District
Naga Hills
Eastern Ghats
Rupnagar District
Aravali
Eastern Himalaya
Nilgiri Hills
Deccan Plateau
Jampui Hills
Shivalik Hills
Garhwal Himalaya
Eastern Himalaya
Union Territories
State
Andaman & Nicobar
Islands
Chandigarh
Dadra and Nagar
Haveli
Daman and Diu
Delhi
Lakshadweep
Puducherry
Range/Region
North Andaman
Height (m)
732
Capital Area
Amboli
383
278
Diu
Tughlaqabad
Agatti Island
Red Hills
30
319
15
30
26
Countries through which tropic of

Capricorn passes through are as follows
in west to east direction:
13579-
Chile
Paraguay
Namibia
South Africa
Madagascar
2- Argentina
4- Brazil
6- Botswana
8- Mozambique
10- Australia
The equator passes through 13 countries:

Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Sao Tome &
Principe, Gabon, Republic of the Congo,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda,
Kenya, Somalia, Maldives, Indonesia and
Kiribati.
The Tropic of Cancer passes through the
Bahamas, Mexico, Mauritania, Mali, Western
Sahara, Algeria, Niger, Libya, Egypt, Saudi
Arabia, India, China, Abu Dhabi, Oman,
Bangladesh, Burma and Taiwan.
Important Lines and Boundaries
Durand Line is the line demarcating the
boundaries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. It
was drawn up in 1896 by Sir Mortimer
Durand.
Hindenburg Line is the boundary dividing
Germany and Poland. The Germans
retreated to this line in 1917 during World
War I.
Mason-dixon Line is a line of demarcation
between four states in the United States.
Marginal Line was the 320 km line of
fortification built by France along its border
with Germany before World War II, to
protect its boundary from German attack.
Mannerheim Line is the line of fortification
on the Russia-Finland border. Drawn up by
General Mannerheim.
Macmahon Line was drawn up by Sir.
Henry MacMahon, demarcating the frontier
of India and China. China did not recognize
the MacMahon line and crossed it in 1962.
Medicine Line is the border between

Canada and the United States.
Order-neisse Line is the border between
Poland and Germany, running along the
Order and Beisse rivers, adopted at the
poland Conference (August 1945) after
World War II.
Radcliffe Line was drawn up by Sir Cyril
Radcliffe, demarcating the boundary
between India and Pakistan.
Siegfried Line is the line of fortification
drawn up by Germany on its border with
France.
17th Parallel defined the boundary
between North Vietnam and South Vietnam
before the two were united.
24th Parallel is the line which Pakistan
claims for demarcation between India and
Pakistan. This, however, is not recognized by
India.
26th Parallel south is a circle of latitude
which croses through Africa, Australia and
South America.
30TH PARALLEL north is a line of latitude
that stands one-third of the way between the
equator and the North Pole.
33rd Parallel north is a circle of latitude
which cuts through the southern United
States, parts of North Africa, parts of the
Middle East, and China.
35th Parallel north forms the boundary
between the State of North Carolina and the
State of Georgia and the boundary between
the State of Tennessee arid the State of
Georgia the State of Alabama, and the State
of Mississippi.
36030 Parallel north forms the boundary
between the Tennessee and Commonwealth
of Kentucky between the Tennessee River
and the Mississippi River, the boundary
between Missouri and Arkansas west of the
R. A. C. E
White River, and the northernmost boundary
between the Texas and the Oklahoma.
37th Parallel north formed the southern
boundary of the historic and extralegal
Territory of Jefferson.
38th Parallel is the parallel of latitude
which separates North Korea and South
Korea.
39th Parallel north is an imaginary circle
of latitude that is 39 degrees north of the
Earths equatorial plane.
40th Parallel north formed the original
northern boundary of the British Colony of
Maryland.
41th Parallel north forms the northern
boundary of the State of Colorado with
Nebraska and Wyoming and the southern
boundary of the State of Wyoming with
Colorado and Utah.
42nd Parallel north forms most of the New
York - Pennsylania Border.
43rd Parallel north forms most of the

boundary between the State of Nebraska
and the State of South Dakota and also
formed the northern border of the historic
and extralegal Territory of Jefferson.
The Parallel 440 north is an imaginary
circle of latitude that is 44 degrees north of
the Earths equatorial plane.
45th Parallel north is often called the
halfway point between the Equator and the
North Pole.
The 45th parallel makes up most of the
boundary between Montana and Wyoming.
45th parallel of south latitude is the eastwest line that marks the theoretical halfway
point between the equator and the South
Pole.
49th Parallel is the boundary between USA
and Canada.
Landlocked Seas in the World

Aral Sea
Lake Balkhash
Caspian Sea( Worlds
Largest Lake)
Lake Chad
Lake Chilwa
Chott Melrhir
Dead Sea
Lake Eyre
Issyk Kul(Second Largest
after Caspian)
Namtso
Sea of Galilee
Great Salt Lake
Qinghai Lake
Salton Sea
Lake Torrens
Lake Turkana(Worlds
Largest Desert Lake)
Kazakhsthan
Kazakhsthan
Kazakhsthan, Russian, Iran,
Azerbaijan, Turkmenisthan(Between
Asia and Europe)
Chad, Niger, Cameroon(West Africa)
Eastern Zomba district, near
Mozambique
Algeria
Borders Jordan and Israel
Australia
Eastern Kyrgyzstan
Dangquka, China
Israel
Northern U.S
China
U.S
Australia
Kenya, Africa
28
R. A. C. E
Lake Van
Turkey
List of landlocked countries

Country
Afghanistan
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bhutan
Bolivia
Botswana
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Czech Republic
Ethiopia
Hungary
Kazakhstan
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malawi
Mali
Moldova
Mongolia
Niger
Paraguay
Rwanda
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
South Sudan
Swaziland
Switzerland
Tajikistan
Transnistria
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Uzbekistan
Vatican City
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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Cluster
Central Asia
Africa
Caucasia
Central Europe
Caucasia
Eastern Europe
Central Asia
South America
Southern Africa
Central Africa
Central Africa
Central Africa
Central Europe
Central Africa
Central Europe
Central Asia
Central Europe
Central Asia
Central Europe
Central Europe
Central Europe
Southern Africa
Central Africa
Eastern Europe
Asia
Central Africa
South America
Central Africa
Europe
Central Europe
Central Europe
Central Africa
Southern Africa
Central Europe
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Central Asia
Central Africa
Central Asia
Europe
Southern Africa
Southern Africa
R. A. C. E
LIST OF STOCK EXCHANGES AND THEIR INDEX:
1. BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) - SENSEX (Sensitive Index)
Mumbai More than 5,000 companies are listed on BSE (Highest number of companies listed in
India)
2. NSE (National Stock Exchange) - Nifty-50
3. NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) - DJ (Dow Jones).
4. NASDAQ (National association of securities dealers Automated Quotation System) - NASD-100
NASDAQ is the first electronic stock market in the world located in New York.
5. Tokyo Stock Exchange (Japan) - Nikkei-225
6. Korea Stock Exchange (Seoul, South Korea) Kospi
7. Shanghai Stock Exchange (China) - Composite Index
8. Shenzhen Stock Exchange (China) - Composite Index
9. German Stock Exchange- DAX (Deutscher Aktein Index)
10. Hong Kong Stock Exchange- Hang Seng
11. SGX (Singapore Exchange) - STI (Straits Times Index)
12. LSE (London Stock exchange) or UK stock Exchange - Footsie or FTSE-100 (Financial Times
and London Stock Exchange)
There is a Sub section in LSE which is known as AIM (Alternative Investment market)
13. France Stock Exchange - CAC-40 (Cotation Assisteeen Continuo)
14. Iran Tepix
Research centres of India
Research Institute
Indian Agricultural Research Institutes
Central Rice Research Institute
Central Sugarcane Research Institute
Central Potato Research Institute
Central Tobacco Research Institute
Central Forest Research Institute
National Sugar Research Institute
Indian Lac Research Institute
National Dairy Research Institute
Central Fuel Research Institute
Central Leather Research Institute
Central Mining Research Institute
Central Drug Research Institute
Indian Meteorological Observatory
Raman Research Centre
Central Scientific Instruments Organization
National Metallurgical Laboratory
Central Salt & Marine Chemical Research Institute
Archaeological Survey of India, India Museum
Central Jute Technological Research Institutes
Central Coconut Research Institute
Taxtile Research Institute
All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS)
National Aeronautical Laboratory
Centre
New Delhi
Cuttack
Coimbatore
Shimla
Rajamundry
Dehradun
Kanpur
Ranchi
Karnal
Dhanbad
Chennai
Dhanbad
Lucknow
Pune and Delhi
Banglore
Chandigarh
Jameshedpur
Bhavnagar
Kolkata
Kolkata
Kasergod, Kerala
Ahmedabad
New Delhi
Bangalore
30
R. A. C. E
National Institute of Oceannography
National Geophysics Research Institute
Indian Institute of Petroleum
Central Building Research Institute
Central Road Research Institute
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
High Altitude Research Laboratory
National Botanical Research Institute
Central Food Technological Research institute
Central Glass AND Ceramic Research Institute
National Environmental Engineering Research institute
Central Electro-Chemical Research Institute
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
Industrial Toxicology Research Centre
Centre Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
Panaji
Hyderabad
Dehradun
Roorkee
New Delhi
Mumbai
Gulmarg
Lucknow
Mysore
Kolkata
Nagpur
Karaikudi
Kolkata
Lucknow
Durgapur
Hyderabad
Health and Medicinal Research Centres in India

Health and Medicinal Research
All India Malaria Research Institute
National Tuberculosis Institute
Indian Cancer Research Centre
Indian Veterinary Research Institute
Institute of Ayuvedic Studies and Research
Vallabh Bhai Patel Chest Institute
Haffkine Institute
National Institute of Communicable Diseases
School of Tropical Medicine
Central Leprosy Training and Research Institute
P.G.I. Medical Education and Research
National Institute of Nutrition
National Institute of Occupational Health
King Institute of Preventive Medicine
All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health
Centres
New Delhi
Bangalore
Mumbai
Mukteshwar(H.P), Izzatnagar (U.P)
Jamnagar (Gujarat)
Delhi
Mumbai
Delhi
Kolkata
Chingelpet
Chandigarh
Hyderabad
Ahmedabad
Guindy (Chennai)
Kolkata
Superlatives of India
The
The
The
The
The
The
The
The
The
The
The
31
longest river Bridge

largest animal Fair
largest Auditorium
largest Lake
highest Dam
largest Desert
largest cave Temple
largest Zoo
largest Mosque
highest peak
longest Tunnel
Mahatma Gandhi Setu Patna (5.575 km.)

Sonepur (Bihar)
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
Wular Lake (J & K)
Bhakhra Dam, on Sutlej River (Punjab)
Thar (Rajastan)
Kailash Temple (Ellora, Maharashtra)
Zoological Garden (kolkatta)
Jama Masjid (Delhi)
Godwin Austin/ K-2 (8611m)
Jawahar Tunnel, Banihal Pass (J & K)
R. A. C. E
The largest Delta
The State with maximum forest area
The longest Corridor
The
The
The
The
The
The
The
The
The
The
highest Waterfall
longest Road
highest Gate way
longest River
largest museum
largest Dome
Tallest Statue
largest Public sector Bank
Biggest Canti lever Bridge
longest Canal
The longest Railway platform

The Biggest Stadium
The most popular city
The largest Sea Bridge
The Longest Passenger Train Route
The Oldest Church
The longest National Highway
The State with longest Coast Line
The Highest Lake
The largest Saline water Lake
The largest fresh water Lake
Largest Cave
The longest river of Southern India
The longest Dam
The highest Gallantry Award
The highest Award
The largest Gurudwara
The biggest Church
The Tallest T.V Tower
The Southern Indian State with Longest
Coat line
The Longest Sea Beach
The Highest Road
The largest artificial Lake
The deepest River Valley
The largest River without Delta
The highest Battle field and the Longest
Glacier
The biggest river Island
The largest Planetarium
The Highest Airport
Largest state in area
Smallest state in area
Largest Union Territory in Area
Sundarbans (W. Bengal)

Madhya Pradesh
Corridor of Ramanathaswamy Temple of
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu)
Jog or Garsoppa (Karnataka)
Grand Trunk Road (Kolkatta to Delhi)
Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri (U.P)
The Ganga (2640 km. long)
Indian museum, Kolkatta
Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur (in Karnataka)
Gomateswara (Karnataka)
State Bank of India
Rabindra Setu or Howrah Bridge (Kolkatta)
Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal
(Rajasthan)
Kharagpur (W. Bengal)
Yuva Bharti (Salt Lake) Stadium Kolkatta
Mumbai (Maharastra)
Anna Indira Gandhi Bridge (Tamil Nadu)
Jammu Tawi to Kanyakumari
St. Thomas Church at palayer, Thrissur (Kerela)
N.H-7 (Varanasi to Kanyakumari)
Gujarat
Devtal Lake, Gadhwal (Uttrakhand)
Chilka Lake (Orissa)
Kolleru Lake (Andhra Pradesh)
Amarnath (J & K)
Godawari
Hirakud Dam (Orissa)
Param vir Chakra
Bharat Ratna
Golden Temple, Amritsar
Saint Cathedral at old Goa (goa)
Pitampura (New Delhi)
Andhra Pradesh
Marina Beach (Chennai)
Road at Khardungla, (in Leh Manali Sector)
Govind Sagar (Bhakhra Nangal)
Bhagirathi and Alaknanda
Narmada and Tapi
Siachen Glacier
Majuli Brahmputra river, (Assam)
Birla Planetarium
Leh Airport (Ladakh)
Rajasthan(3,42,239 sq.km)
Goa(3,702sq.km)
Andaman and Nicobar islands
32
R. A. C. E
Smallest Union Territory in Area .
Most populated union Territory
Most populated State
Least populated state
State having highest literacy rate
State having lowest literacy rate
Union Territory having highest literacy rate
Lakshadweep(32 sq.km)
Delhi(1,37,82,976)
Uttar Pradesh (16,60,52,859)
Sikkim (5,40,493)
Kerala ( 93.11%)
Bihar (63.82%)
Lakshadweep (92.28%)
Superlatives of World
Tallest Animal on (land)
Biggest Bell
Fastest Bird
Largest Bird
Smallest Bird
Longest Bridge (Railway)
Tallest Building
Tallest office Building
Longest Big Ship Canal
Busiest Canal (Ship)
Biggest Cinema House
Highest city
Largest City (in population)
Biggest City in (area)
Largest Continent
Smallest continent
Largest Country (in population)
Largest country (in area)
Largest Coral Formation
Largest Dam
Longest Day
Shortest Day
Largest Delta
Longest Desert (World)
Largest Diamond
Biggest Dome
Biggest Dome (New Archi)
Longest Epic
Largest Island
Largest Lake (Artificial)
Deepest Lake
Highest Lake
Largest Lake (Fresh Water)
Largest Lake (Salt Water)
33
Giraffe
Great Bell at Moscow
Swift
Ostrich
Humming Bird
Lower Zambeji (Africa )
Burj khalifa, Dubai (U.A.E)
Patronas Twin Towers Kuala Lampur
(Malaysia)
Seuz Canal (Linkin red sea &
Mediterranean)
Baltic White Sea Canal (152 miles)
Roxy (New York)
Wen Chuan (Tibet, China) 16,732 ft.
Tokyo [(3,42,00000), Est. population in
2006]
Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia (41225
sq. km.)
Asia
Australia
China
Russia
The Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
Grand Coulee- Concrete Dam (U.S.A)
June 21 (in Northern Hemisphere)
Dec. 22(in Northern Hemisphere)
Sundarbans, India (8000 sq. miles)
Sahara, Africa (84, 00,000 sq. km.)
The Cullinan (over 1 1b.)
Gol Gumbaz (Bijapur), (Old archi) 144 ft.
diameter.
Astrodome, Sports
The Mahabharata
Greenland (renamed kalaatdlit Nunaat)
Lake mead (Bouler)
Baikal (Siberia); average depth2300 ft.
Titicaca (Bolivia) 12645 ft. above sea level.
Lake Superior, U.S.A
Caspian Sea 3, 71,000 sq. km.)
R. A. C. E
Largest Mosque
Biggest Library
Highest Mountain peak (World)
Longest Mountain Range
Biggest Museum
Tallest Minaret (Free Standing)
Tallest Minaret
Deepest & Biggest Ocean
Largest Palace
Largest Park
Largest Peninsula
Coldest Place or Region
Driest Place
Hottest Place (World)
Largest Planet
Brightest and Hottest Planet (also nearest
to Earth)
Farthest planet (from the Sun)
Nearest Planet (to the Sun)
Smallest Planet
Highest Plateau
Longest Platform (Railway)
Largest Platform (Railway)
Largest sea Port
Busiest container Port
Longest Railway
Longest River
Longest River Dam
Largest sea-bird
Largest Sea (inland)
Brightest Star
Tallest statue
Tallest Statue (Bronze)
Longest Swimming Course
Tallest Tower
Longest train nonstop
Longest Tunnel (Railway)
Longest & Largest Canal Tunnel
Longest Tunnel (Road)
Highest Volcano
Largest Volcano
Longest Wall
Highest Waterfall
Longest Strait
Jama Masjid, Delhi, (area 10,000 sq. ft.)

National Kiev Library,Moscow & Library of
the Congress, Washington)
Himalayas
Andes (S.America) 5,500 miles in length
British Museum (London)
Qutub Minar, Delhi 238 ft.
Great Hassan Mosque, Casablanca,
Morocco
The Pacific
Imperial Palace (Gugong), Beijing (China)
Yellow stone national park(USA).
Arabic (32,50,000 sq. km.)
Verkhoyansk (Syberia), Temperature 85`
C
Death Valley (California); rainfall 1 inch.
Al-Aziziyah (Libya, Africa) 136`F
Jupiter
Venus
Neptune
Mercury
Mercury
Pamir (Tibet)
Kharagpur W.B, India (833m)
Grand Central terminal, New York (U.S.A)
Ningbo-zhoushan,china.
Shangai ,china.
Trans-Siberian Railway (6,000 miles Long)
Nile (6690 km), Amazon (6570 km.)
Hirakund Dam (Orissa), India 15.8 miles.
Albatross
Mediterranean
Sirius (also called Dog star)
Spring temple Budha,china(128m)
Bronze Statue of Lord Buddha, Tokyo
(Japan).
English Channel
Skytree ,Tokyo,japan.(634m)
Flying Scoutsman
Seikan Rail Tunnel (Japan), (53.85 km.)
Le Rove Tunnel (South of France)
Laerdal, Norway
Ojos Del Salado, Andes Argentine-Chile
(6,885 m.)
Mauna Lao (Hawaii)
Great Wall of China (1500 miles)
Salto Angel Falls (Venezuela)
Tartar Strait (Sakhalin Island & the Russian
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R. A. C. E
Broadest Strait
Narrowest strait
Largest Bay
Largest Gulf
Largest Archipelago
Tallest Active Geyser
Largest River Basin
World rainiest spot
Largest Gorge
Lightest gas
Lightest Metal
Highest Melting Point
Hardest Substance
Longest Animal
Longest Life Span of an Animal
Largest Land Animal
Fastest Animal
Longest Jump Animal
Longest wing Spread Bird
Slowest Animal
Domestic Dog
Fastest Dog
Longest poisonous snake
Biggest Flower
Largest Stadium
Largest Church
Largest Temple
Largest Diamond mine
Largest River in volume
Longest Corridor
Highest Straight Dam
Highest Capital City
Largest Asian Desert
Largest Democracy
Longest Thoroughfare
Largest Neck Animal
Largest Animal of the Cat Family
Most Intelligent Animal
35
mainland)
Davis Straits (Greenland & Baffin Island,
(Canada)
Chaliks-45 yards (Between the Greek
mainland the island of Euboea in the
Aegean Sea)
Hudson Bay, Canada (Shore line 7623
miles)
Gulf of Mexico,( shoreline 2100 miles)
Indonesia (over 3,000 Islands)
Giant (Geyser ) yelowstone park U.S.A 200
ft. high
Amazon Basin- 27, 20,000 sq. mile.
Cherrapunji (Mawsynram), India
Grand Canyon, on the Colorado River,
U.S.A
Hydrogen
Lithium
Tungsten, 3,410`C
Diamond
Blue Whale, (recorded length 106 ft.
weight-195 tons)
190 to 200 years, (Giant tortoise)
African Bush Elephant
Cheetah (Leopard ) 70 m.p.h
Kangaroo
Albatross
Snail
Irish Wolf Hound
Persian Grey Hound (speed 43 m.p.h)
King cobra
Raffesia (Java)
Strahov stadium in Prague, (the Czech
Republic)
Basilica of St. Peter, Vatican city, Rome
Italy
Angkor Vat (Combodia)
Kimbarley (S.Africa)
Amazon, Brazil
Rameshwaram Temples Corridor (5000 ft.)
Bhakhra Dam
La Paz (Bolivia)
Gobi, Mongolia
India
Verazano-Narrows, New York City Harbour
Giraffe
Lion
Chimpanzee
R. A. C. E
Bird, that never makes its nests
Wingless Bird
Reptile which changes its colors
Largest Mammal
Cuckoo
Kiwi
Chameleon
Whale
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NAME OF THE PLACES

Badrinath Temple
The Konark Sun Temple
Brihadeeswara Temple (largest temple in India)
Somnath Temple
Kedarnath Temple
Sanchi stupa
Ramanathaswamy (Rameshwaram) Temple
Vaishno Devi Temple
Siddhivinayak Temple
Gangotri Temple
Golden Temple
Kashi Vishwanath Temple
Lord Jagannath Temple
Yamunotri Temple
Meenakshi Temple
Amarnath Cave Temple
Lingaraja Temple
Tirumala Venkateshwara Temple
Kanchipuram Temples (The city of thousand temples)
Khajurao Temple
Virupaksha Temple
Akshardham Temple
Gomateshwara Temple
Sree Padmanabhasamy temple
Ajanta Caves
Ellora Caves
LOCATION
Chamboli district, Uttarakhand
Puri district, Odisha
Thanjavur, Tamilnadu
Gujarat
Uttarakhand
Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh
Tamilnadu
Jammu & Kashmir
Mumbai, Maharastra
Uttarakhand
Amristar, Punjab
Puri district, Odisha
Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand
Madurai, Tamilnadu
Jammu & Kashmir
Bhuvaneshwar, Odisha
Andhra Pradesh
Tamilnadu
Madhya Pradesh
Bellary district, Karnataka
Delhi
Karnataka
Kerala
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
IMPORTANT TEMPLES, CAVES, CHURCHES IN WORLD

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NAME
Angkor Wat
Bayon temple
Mahabodhi Temple
Holy Temple(The Temple in Jerusalem)
Sagrada Familia
Saint Basils Cathedral
Notre Dame de Paris
Wat Phra Kaew
Basantapur Durbar Square
Palmyra Temple
Bamiyan Caves
LOCATION
Cambodia
Cambodia
India
Israel
Barcelona, Spain
Moscow, Russia
Paris, France
Thailand
Kathmandu, Nepal
Syria
Afghanistan
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FAMOUS GATES, PILLARS AND TOMBS IN INDIA
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NAME
Akbar's Tomb
Buland Darwaza
Golgumbaz
Gateway of India
Humayun's Tomb
Iron Pillar
Qutab Minar
Sarnath Stupa
Taj Mahal
Tower of Victory
Tomb of Shershah Suri
Vivekananda Rock
Victoria memorial
Memorial of Tansen
Tughlaqabad Fort
India Gate
Jama Masjid
Babri Masjid
Tipu Sultan Mosque
Haji Ali Dargah
IMPORTANT MONUMENTS
Ancient City of Polonnaruwa
Ancient City of Sigiriya
Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro
Buddhist Ruins ofTakht-i-Bahi and
Neighbouring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
Chitwan National Park
Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore
Golden Temple of Dambulla
Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta
Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat
Kathmandu Valley
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha
Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications
Rohtas Fort
Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
Sacred City of Anuradhapura
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LOCATION
Agra
Fatehpur sikri, Agra
Karnataka
Mumbai
Delhi
Delhi
Delhi
Agra
Chittorgarh, Rajasthan
Sasaram, Bihar
Kanyakumari, Tamilnadu
Kolkata, West Bengal
Madhya Pradesh
Delhi
New Delhi
Delhi
Ayodhya, Uttarpradesh
Kolkata
Mumbai
PLACE
Polonnaruwa District, North Central
Province, Sri Lanka
Matale District,Central Province, Sri Lanka
Sindh, Pakistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Chitwan District,Narayani Zone, Nepal
Punjab, Pakistan
Matale District,Central Province, Sri Lanka
Sindh, Pakistan
Bagerhat District,Khulna Division,
Bangladesh
Kathmandu Valley,Nepal
Rupandehi District,Lumbini Zone, Nepal
Ghor, Afghanistan
Galle, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan
Naogaon District,Rajshahi Division,
Bangladesh
Anuradhapura District, North Central
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Sacred City of Kandy
Sagarmatha National Park
Sinharaja Forest Reserve
Taxila
The Sundarbans
Chilzina Mausoleum of Ahmad Shah Durrani
and Shrine of Baba Wali.
Angkor
Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong
Valley
Ban Chiang Archaeological Site
Baroque Churches of the Philippines
Borobudur Temple Compounds
Central Sector of theImperial Citadel of
Thang Long
Complex of Hu Monuments
Citadel of the H Dynasty
Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the
Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri
Hita Karana Philosophy
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex
Gunung Mulu National Park
H Long Bay
Historic City of Ayutthaya
Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated
Historic Towns
Historic Town of Vigan
Kinabalu Park
Temple of Preah Vihear
Province, Sri Lanka

Central Province, Sri Lanka
Solukhumbu District,Sagarmatha Zone,
Nepal
Sabaragamuwaand Southern Province, Sri
Lanka
Punjab, Pakistan
Khulna Division, Bangladesh
Afghanistan
Siem Reap Province, Cambodia
Perak, Malaysia
Udon Thani Province, Thailand
Philippines
Central Java, Indonesia
Hanoi, Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam
Bali, Indonesia
Thailand
Northern Sarawak,Borneo, Malaysia
Ayutthaya province, Thailand
Thailand
Philippines
Sabah,Borneo, Malaysia
Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia
Important Cups and Trophies Associated With Sports

National
Agarwal Cup
Agha Khan Cup
All-India Women's Guru Nanak
Championship
Bandodkar Trophy
Bangalore Blues Challenge Cup
Barna-Bellack Cup
Beighton Cup
Bombay Gold Cup
Burdwan Trophy
Charminar Trophy
Chadha Cup
Badminton
Hockey
Hockey
Football
Basketball
Table Tennis
Hockey
Hockey
Weight-Lifting
Athletics
Badminton
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C. K. Naydu Trophy
Chakoia Gold Trophy
Divan Cup
Deodhar Trophy
Duleep Trophy
D. C. M. Cup
Durand Cup
Dhyan Chand Trophy
Dr. B. C. Roy Trophy
Ezra Cup
F. A. Cup
G. D. Birla Trophy
Ghulam Ahmed Trophy
Gurmeet Trophy
Gura Nanak Cup
Gyanuati Devi Trophy
Holkar Trophy
Irani Trophy
I. F. A. Shield
Indira Gold Cup
Jawaharlal Challenge
Jaswant Singh Trophy
Kuppuswamy Naidu Trophy
Lady Rattan Tata Trophy
MCC Trophy
Moinuddaula Gold Cup
Murugappa Gold Cup
Modi Gold Cup
Narang Cup
Nehru Trophy
Nixan Gold Cup
Obaid Ullah Gold Cup
Prithi Singh Cup
Rani Jhansi Trophy
Ranjit Trophy
Rangaswami Cup
Ranjit Singh Gold Cup
Rajendra Prasad Cup
Ramanujan Trophy
Rene Frank Trophy
Radha Mohan Cup
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Cricket
Football
Badminton
Cricket
Cricket
Football
Football
Hockey
Football (Junior)
Polo
Football
Cricket
Cricket
Hockey
Hockey
Hockey
Bridge
Cricket
Football
Hockey
Air Racing
Best Services Sportsman
Hockey
Hockey
Hockey
Cricket
Hockey
Hockey
Badminton
Hockey
Football
Hockey
Polo
Cricket
Cricket
Hockey
Hockey
Tennis
Table Tennis
Hockey
Polo
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Raghbir Singh Memorial
Rohinton Baria Trophy
Rovers Cup
Sanjay Gold Cup
Santosh Trophy
Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee
Subroto Cup
Scindia Gold Cup
Sahni Trophy
Sheesh Mahal Trophy
Todd Memorial Trophy
Tommy Eman Gold Cup
Vittal Trophy
Vizzy Trophy
Vijay Merchant Trophy
Wellington Trophy
Wills Trophy
Football
Cricket
Football
Football
Football
Football
Football
Hockey
Hockey
Cricket
Football
Hockey
Football
Cricket
Cricket
Rowing
Cricket
International
American Cup
Ashes
Benson And Hedges
Canada Cup
Colombo Cup
Corbitton Cup
Davis Cup
Derby
Grand National
Jules Rimet Trophy
King's Cup
Merdeka Cup
Rydet Cup
Swaythling Cup
Thomas Cup
U. Thant Cup
Uber Cup
Walker Cup
Westchester Cup
Wightman Cup
World Cup
World Cup
Reliance Cup
Yacht Racing
Cricket
Cricket
Golf
Football
Table Tennis (Women)
Lawn Tennis
Horse Race
Horse Steeple Chase Race
World Soccer Cup
Air Races
Football
Golf
Table Tennis (Men)
Badminton
Tennis
Badminton (Women)
Golf
Polo
Lawn Tennis
Cricket
Hockey
Cricket
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Rothman's Trophy
William's Cup
European Champions Cup
Eisenhower Cup
Essande Champions Cup
Rene Frank Trophy
Grand Prix
Edgbaston Cup
Grand Prix
World Cup
Cricket
Basketball
Football
Golf
Hockey
Hockey
Table Tennis
Lawn Tennis
Lawn Tennis
Weight-Lifting
Important Countries and their Parliament Names
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United Nations Organization (UNO)

The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization to promote international cooperation. A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was established
on 24 October 1945 after World War II in order to prevent another such conflict. At its
founding, the UN had 51 member states; there are now 193. The headquarters of the United
Nations is in Manhattan, New York City, and experiences extraterritoriality. Further main offices
are situated in Geneva, Nairobi and Vienna. The organization is financed by assessed and
voluntary contributions from its member states. Its objectives include maintaining international
peace and security, promoting human rights, fostering social and economic development,
protecting the environment, and providing humanitarian aid in cases of famine, natural disaster,
and armed conflict.
The name United Nations was adopted of the suggestion of the US president F. D Roosewelt.
The preamble to the Charter was the work of Field Marshal Smuts.
The main office of the UN was built in 1952, where the first meeting of the General Assembly
was held in 1952.
Flag of UN: White UN emblem (two bent olive branches open at the top, and in between
them is world map) on a light blue background.
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Languages of UN: Official languages & Working Languages of General Assembly, Economic &
Social Council and Security Council English, French, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Spanish. UN
Secretariat has English and French only as its working languages.
The UN has six principal organs:
The General Assembly (the main deliberative assembly).
The Security Council (for deciding certain resolutions for peace and security).
The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) (for promoting international economic and social
co-operation and development).
The Secretariat (for providing studies, information, and facilities needed by the UN).
The International Court of Justice (the primary judicial organ) - English & French official
Languages.
The United Nations Trusteeship Council (inactive since 1994).
International Court of Justice sits at The Hague (Netherlands), while all other organs of the UN
are situated in New York.
UN System agencies include the World Bank Group, the World Health Organization, the World
Food Programme, UNESCO, and UNICEF. The UN's most prominent officer is the SecretaryGeneral, an office held by South Korean Ban Ki-moon since 2007.
The Security Council (Policeman of the World)
The Security Council is made up of 15 member states, consisting of 5 permanent
membersChina, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United Statesand ten
non-permanent membersAngola (term ends 2016), Chad (2015), Chile (2015), Jordan (2015),
Lithuania (2015), Malaysia (2016), New Zealand (2016), Nigeria (2015), Spain (2016), and
Venezuela (2016). The five permanent members hold veto power over UN resolutions, allowing
a permanent member to block adoption of a resolution, though not debate. The ten temporary
seats are held for two-year terms, with member states voted in by the General Assembly on
a regional basis. The presidency of the Security Council rotates alphabetically each month.
International Organizations and their Headquarters and Heads 2015
International Organization
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Headquarters
Rome, Italy
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Vienna, Austria
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
Quebec, Canada
International Labour Organization (ILO)

United Nations (UN)
Geneva, Switzerland
New York City, USA
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
New York City, USA
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Heads
Jos Graziano da Silva
(Director-General)
Yukiya Amano (DirectorGeneral)
Raymond Benjamin (SecretaryGeneral)
Guy Ryder (Director-General)
Ban Ki Moon (SecretaryGeneral)
Anthony Lake (Executive
Director)
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United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO)
World Food Programme (WFP)
Paris, France
World Health Organization (WHO)
Geneva, Switzerland
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Geneva, Switzerland
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Madrid, Spain
Singapore
Association of Southeast Asian Nations

(ASEAN)
Commonwealth of Nations
Jakarta, Indonesia
Vienna, Austria
Rome, Italy
Council of Europe
London, United
Kingdom
Strasbourg
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
Brussels, Belgium
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
Beijing, China
South Asian Association for Regional

Cooperation
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Kathmandu, Nepal
African Development Bank

Asian Development Bank
Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Metro Manila,
Philippines
Washington, D.C.,
United States
Washington D.C.,
United States
Athens, Greece
Zrich, Switzerland
International Monetary Fund

World Bank
Fdration Internationale des checs (FIDE)
Fdration Internationale de Football
Association (FIFA)
International Cricket Council (ICC)
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
Union of European Football Associations
(UEFA)
Colombo Plan
Geneva, Switzerland
Thorbjrn Jagland (Secretary

General)
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
(Secretary-General)
Bolat Nurgaliyev (SecretaryGeneral)
Ahmed Saleem (SecretaryGeneral)
Roberto Azevedo (DirectorGeneral)
Donald Kaberuka (President)
Haruhiko Kuroda (President)
Christine Lagarde (Managing
Director)
Jim Yong Kim (President)
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (President)
Sepp Blatter (President)
Dubai, United Arab

Lausanne,
Switzerland
Bonn, Germany
Nyon, Switzerland
N. Srinivasan (President)
Thomas Bach (President)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Patricia Yoon-Moi Chia

(Secretary-General)
G. Irving Levance (SecretaryGeneral)
Peter Maurer, Switzerland
(President)
EDU - Intergovernmental Organization (EDU)

International Committee of the Red Cross
Irina Bokova (DirectorGeneral)

Kandeh Yumkella (DirectorGeneral)
Josette Sheeran (Executive
Director)
Margaret Chan (DirectorGeneral)
Michel Jarraud (SecretaryGeneral)
Taleb Rifai (Secretary-General)
Muhamad Noor (Executive
Director)
Surin Pitsuwan (SecretaryGeneralm)
Queen Elizabeth II (Head)
Switzerland,
England
Philip Craven (President)

Michel Platini (President)
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International Criminal Police Organization
(Interpol)
International Federation of Red Cross and
Red Crescent Societies
International Maritime Organization
Lyon, France
Geneva, Switzerland
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
London, United
Kingdom
Geneva, Switzerland
International Telecommunication Union
Geneva, Switzerland
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical

Weapons (OPCW)
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC)
Universal Postal Union
The Hague,
Netherlands
Vienna, Austria
World Intellectual Property Organization

(WIPO)
Geneva, Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland
Ronald Noble (SecretaryGeneral)

Tadateru Kono (President)
Koji Sekimizu (SecretaryGeneral)
William Lacy Swing (Directorgeneral)
Hamadoun Tour (SecretaryGeneral)
Ahmet zmc (DirectorGeneral)
Mohammed S. Barkindo
(Secretary-General)
douard Dayan (DirectorGeneral)
Francis Gurry (DirectorGeneral)
Secretaries-General of the United Nations:

No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Name
Trygve Lie
Dag Hammarskjld
U Thant
Kurt Waldheim
Javier Perez de Cuellar
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Kofi Annan
Ban Ki-moon
Country of origin
Norway
Sweden
Burma
Austria
Peru
Egypt
Ghana
South Korea
Took office
2 February 1946
10 April 1953
30 November 1961
1 January 1972
1 January 1982
1 January 1992
1 January 1997
1 January 2007
Left office
10 November 1952
18 September 1961
31 December 1971
31 December 1981
31 December 1991
31 December 1996
31 December 2006
Incumbent
Language Days at UN:

In 2010, the UN's Department of Public Information announced an initiative of six
"language days" to be observed throughout the year, one for each official language, with the
goal of celebrating linguistic diversity and learning about the importance of cross-cultural
communication.
UN Arabic Language Day: 18 December (the date on which the United Nations General
Assembly designated Arabic as the sixth official language of the United Nations in 1973).
UN Chinese Language Day: first celebrated 12 November, now set on 20 April ("to pay tribute
to Chang Jie).
UN English Language Day: 23 April ("the date traditionally observed as the birthday of William
Shakespeare").
UN French Language Day: 20 March.
UN Russian Language Day: 6 June (the birthday of Alexander Pushkin)
UN Spanish Language Day: 12 October.
International UN Weeks:
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February 1st Week
1923 April
2430 April
410 May 2015
17 August
4 -10 October
24 30 October
9 15 November
World Interfaith Harmony Week

Global Soil Week
World Immunization Week
UN Global Road Safety Week
World Breastfeeding Week
World Space Week
International Disarmament Week
International Week of Science and Peace
United Nations International Years:

2016
International Year of Pulses
2015
International Year of Light and Light-Based Technologies
International Year of Soils
2014
International Year of Small Island Developing States
International Year of Crystallography
International Year of Family Farming
2013
International Year of Water Cooperation
International Year of Quinoa
2012
International year of Cooperatives
International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
2011
The International Year of Forests
The International Year of Chemistry
The International Year for People of African Descent
2010
The International Year of Biodiversity
The International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures
The International Year of Youth
United Nations International Decades:
2015-2024:
2014-2024:
2011-2020:
2010-2020:
2005-2015:
International Decade for People of African Descent.

United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy for all.
United Nations Decade on Biodiversity.
United Nations Decade for Deserts and the flight against Desertification.
International Decade for Action, Water for life.
Important Days in a Year

January 01 : Global family day.
January 09 : NRI Day.
January 10 : World laughter day.
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January 12 : National Youth Day.
January 15 :Army Day.
January 23: Netaji Subhash Chandra bose birthday
January 26 : India's Republic Day
January 26 : International Customs day.
January 28 : Lala lajpat rai birthday
January 28 : Data protection day
January 30 : Martyrs' Day
January 30 : World leprosy eradication day
February 04 : World Cancer day
February 06 : International day against female genital mutilation
February 12 : Darwin day
February 12 : World day of the sick.
February 13 : Sarojini Naydu's birthday
February 14 : Valentines day
February 20 : World day of social justice
February 21 : International mother language day
February 22 : World scout day
February 23 : World peace and understanding day
February 24 : Central Excise Day.
February 28 : National Science Day.
Also check out: list of All Countries, their Capital and Currency
March 4 : World day of fight against sexual exploitation, National Security day.
March 8 : International Women's Day
March 13 : World kidney day
March 15 :World Disabled Day
March 15 : World consumer right day.
March 20 : World day of theatre for children and young people.
March 20 : International day for Francophonie
March 20 : World Sleep day
March 21 : World Forestry Day.
March 21 :International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
March 22 : World water day
March 23 :World Meteorological Day.
March 24 : World T.B. day
March 24 : International day for achievers
March 25 : International day of remembrance-victims of slavery and transatlantic slave trade
March 27 : World Drama day
April 2 : World autism day
April 5 : National Maritime Day.
April 7 :World Health Day.
April 17 : World haemophilia day
April 18 :World Heritage Day.
April 22 :Earth Day.
April 23 : World book and copyright day
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April 25 : World Malaria day
April 29 : International Dance day
May 1 : International Labour Day (Workers Day)
May 3 :Press Freedom Day.
May 4 : Coal miners day
May (2nd Sunday) : Mother's Day
May 8 :World Red Cross Day.
May 9 : Victory day
May 11 : National Technology Day.
May 12 : International Nurses day
May 14 : World Migratory day
May 15 : International Day of the Family.
May 17 :World Telecommunication Day (Information society day)
May 21 : Anti-terrorism day
May 24 :Commonwealth Day.
May 31 :Anti-Tobacco Day.
June 4 :International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression.
June 5 : World Environment Day.
June 7 : International level crossing awareness day
June 8 : World ocean day
June 12 : World day against child labour
June(2nd Sunday) : Fathers Day.
June 14 : World blood donor day
June 17 : World day to combat desertification and drought
June 20 : World Refugee day.
June 21 : Father's day, World Music day.
June 23 : United Nations public service day
June 23 : International Widows day
June 26 : International day against Drug abuse & Illicit Trafficking.
June 27 : World Diabetes Day.
July 1 : National Doctors day.
July 6 :World Zoonosis Day.
July 11 : World Population Day.
July 12 : World Malala day
July 18 : Nelson Mendela International day
July 28 : World Nature conservation day
August 2 : International Friendship Day.
August 3 : Independence day of Niger
August 5 : Independence day of upper volta
August 6 : Hiroshima Day
August 9 : International day of Worlds indigenous people
August 9 : Quit India Day and Nagasaki Day.
August 12 : International Youth day
August 15 : Independence Day of India
August 23 : International day for the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition
August 29 : National Sports Day.
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September 5 : Teachers' Day (Dr. Radhakrishnans birthday)
September 5 : Forgiveness day
September 8 :World Literacy Day.
September 14 : Hindi day, World first aid day
September 16 :World Ozone Day. Engineer's day in India
September 21 :Alzheimer's Day, International day of peace
September 25 : Social justice day
September 26 : Day of the Deaf.
September 27 : World Tourism Day.
October 1 : International day of the Older person
October 2 : Mahatma Gandhi birthday, International day of non-violence
October 3 :World Habitat Day, World nature day
October 4 :World Animal Welfare Day.
October 5 : World Teachers day.
October 8 : Indian Air Force Day.
October 9 : World Post Office day.
October 10 : National Post Day.
October 11 : International girl child day
October 12 : World Arthritis day.
October 13 :UN International Day for National disaster reduction.
October 14 :World Standards Day.
October 15 : World White Cane Day( guiding the Blind)
October 16 : World Food Day.
October 17 : International day for the eradication of poverty.
October 20 : World statistics day
October 24 : UN Day, World development information Day.
October 30 :World Thrift Day.
November 1 : World vegan day
November 5 : World Radiography day.
November 9 : World services day
November 14 : Children's Day in India, Jawaharlal Nehru birthday
November 16 : International day for Endurance
November 17 : World Student day, National Journalism day
November 18 : World Adult day.
November 19 : World Citizen day.
November 20 : Africa Industrialization Day, Universal children day.
November 21 : World Television day, World Fisheries day.
November 25 : World Non-veg day.
November 26 : Law day
November 29 : International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People.
November 30 : Flag day.
December 1 : World Aids Day.
December 2 : World Computer literacy day, International day of abolition of slavery
December 3 : International day of People with disabilities, World conservation day
December 4 : Navy Day.
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December
December
December
December
December
December
December
December
December
December
December
5 : International volunteer day for economic and social development.

7 :Armed Forces Flag Day, International civil aviation day.
9 : The International day against corruption.
10 :Human Right Day.
11 : International Mountain day.
14 : International Energy day.
18 : International Migrants day.
19 : Goas liberation day.
20 : International Human solidarity.
23 :Kisan Divas Farmer's Day).
29 : International Bio-diversity day
List of Important food festival and countries where its celebrated:

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10.
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13.
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18.
Festival
Country
Potato Festival
Chocolate Festival
Tomato Festival
Onion Eating Festival
Orange Warsaw Festival
Vegetarian Festival
Watermelon Festival
Baltic Herring Festival
Food & Wine Festival
International Mango Festival
Street Food Festival
Pancake Festival
Maine Lobster Festival
Mistura Food Festival
Alba White Truffle Festival
Monkey Buffet Festival
Oktoberfest
Grape Throwing Festival
Sweden
London UK
Spain
Spain
Poland
Thailand
Australia
Helsinki Finland
Melbourne Australia
New Delhi India
San Francisco USA
Moscow Russia
Rockland USA
Lima Peru
Alba Italy
Thailand
Munich Germany
Mallorca Spain
Famous Revolutions in India & World

Black Revolution
Blue Revolution
Brown Revolution
Golden Fiber Revolution
Golden Revolution
Green Revolution
Grey Revolution
Pink Revolution
Red Revolution
Round Revolution
Silver Fiber Revolution
Petroleum Production
Fish Production
Leather/non conventional (India)/Cocoa production
Jute Production
Fruits/Overall Horticulture development/Honey Production
Food grains
Fertilizer
Onion production/Pharmaceutical (India)/ Prawn production
Meat and Tomato Production
Potato
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Silver Revolution
White Revolution
Yellow Revolution
Evergreen Revolution
Egg/Poultry Production
Milk/Dairy production
Oil Seeds production
Overall development of Agriculture.
Exercises with Foreign Neighbours

LAMITYE 2016 India & Seychelles joint military exercise
Surya Kiran IX India-Nepal Military Exercise
Shakti-2016 Indo-French military exercise
Sahayog Kaijin 2016 India & Japan joint Coast Guard Exercise
Joint Naval Exercise SLINEX 2015 India & Sri Lanka
Indra Indo-Russia bilateral naval exercise
Malabar Exercise 2015 India, US & Japan.
Mitra Shakti 2015 India Sri Lanka
Hand in Hand India & China
EKUVERIN 2015 India Maldives
AUSINDEX-15 India Australia (Bilateral Maritime Ex.)
Indradhanush India UK (Bilateral Air Ex.)
Varuna Exercise 2015 India France Naval Exercise.
Surya Kiran VIII Indo- Nepal joint military exercise.
HADR Exercise Indian Navy conducted a large scale Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster
Relief (HADR) exercise in the Lakshadweep Islands (Karavati, Aggatti, Kalpeni and Androth).
Shaheen (Eagle)-4 China and its strategic partner Pakistan have launched a joint air
exercise called Shaheen (Eagle)-4 in China.
IBSAMAR 2016 Brazil, India and South Africa
LINEX India and Sri Lanka
Miscellaneous GK List of Nick Names (India & World)
Sobriquets
Places
City of Golden Gate
San Francisco
City of Golden Temple
Amritsar
City of the Dreaming Spires
Oxford, UK
City of Magnificient Distances
Washington
City of Seven-Hills Eternal City
Rome, Italy
Cockpit of Europe
Belgium
Dark Continent
Africa
Emerald Island
Ireland
Empire City / City of Skyscrapers
New York
Garden of England
Kent, England
Gate of Tears
Bal-el-Mandab
Gateway of India
Mumbai
Gift of the Nile
Egypt
Granite City
Aberdeen, Scotland
51
R. A. C. E
Great White Way
Herring Pond
Hermit Kingdom
Island of Cloves
Key to the Mediterranean
Land of Cakes
Land of Golden Pagoda
Land of the Lillies / Land of Maple
Land of Morning Calm
Queen of the Arabian Sea
Queen of the Adriatic
Roof of the World
Sick Man of Europe
Sorrow of China
Sugar Bowl of the World
Venice of the East
Venice of the North
World's Breadbasket
Battle Field of Europe
City of Palaces
City of Popes
World's Loneliest Island
City of Arabian Nights
Forbidden City
The Isle of Spring
Workshop of Europe
Island Continent
Dairy of Northern Europe
Dark Continent
Cockpit of Europe
Saw Mill of Europe
Gateway of Europe
Sick man of Asia
Land of Golden Pagoda
Rainbow Nation
Eighth Continentent
Perfumed islands
Heart of Africa
Africa of Minimature
Broadway, New York

Atlantic Ocean
North Korea
Zanzibar
Gibraltar
Scotland
Mayanmar (Burma)
Canada
South Korea
Kochi, India
Venice, Italy
Pamirs
Turkey
Yellow River Hwang Ho
Cuba
Alappuzha
Stockholm, Sweden
Prairies of N. America
Belgium
Mexico
Rome
Tristan da Cunha
Bhagdad
Lhasa (Tibet)
Jamaica
Belgium
Australia
Denmark
Africa
Belgium
Sweden
Rotterdam
Phillipines
Myanmar
South Africa
Madagascar
Comors
Burundi
Cameron
52
R. A. C. E
Horn of Africa
The country that Never Sleeps
Britain of the South
Playground of Europe
Pink City
Pillar of Hercules
Pearl of the Antilles
Land of Golden Fleece
Land of the Long White Cloud
Land of Midnight Sun
Land of Thunderbolt
Land of Rising Sun
Land of white elephants
Land of the Eskimos
Key of the Mediterranean
Port Of Five Seas
Land of Canals
Land of Tulips
Land of Windmills
island of Pearls
Land of Thousand Lakes
Land of Kangaroos
Holy Land
Somalia
Spain
New Zealand
Switzerland
Jaipur
Gibraltar
Cuba
Australia
New Zealand
Norway
Bhutan
Japan
Thailand
Green Land
Gibraltar
Moscow
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
baharain
Finland
Australia
Palastine
List of Nick Names of Famous Places in India

Sobriquets
Boston of India
Manchester of India
Abode of the God
Sangam City
City of Prime Ministers
Golden City
Land of Black Diamond
Royal Heritage City
City of Peace
Electronic City of India
Garden City of India
Silicon Valley of India
Blue Mountains
Pensioners Paradise
Space City
53
Places
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
Allahabad
Allahabad
Allahabad
Amritsar
Asansol(West Bengal)
Bardhaman(West Bengal)
Bardhaman(west Bengal)
Bengaluru
Bengaluru
Bengaluru
Nilgiri Hills
Bengaluru
Bengaluru
R. A. C. E
Science city of India
IT Capital of India
The Silk City of India
City of Lakes
Mini Mumbai
Temple City ofIndia
The City Beautiful
Gateway of South India
Detroit of Asia
Auto Hub of India
Health Capital of India
Textile City of south India
Scotland of India
The Queen of the Hills
The Coal Capital of India
Scotland of East
Tea City of India
Ruhr of India
Eco-polite city
Gateway of Madhya Pradesh
City of Scindia
Historical Capital of MP
City of Kings
Gibraltar of India
Blue Mountains
City of Nizams
HITECH City
City of Pearls (Historically known as
a pearl and diamond trading centre,
and it continues to be known as the
City of Pearls)
Pink City
Paris of India
Golden City of India
Steel City of India
Pittsburgh ofIndia, for being rich in
minerals
Leather City of the World
Manchester of North India
Bengal's Sorrow
Cultural City
The Place of Victory
Diamond City Of India
Textile city Of India
Blue City
Sun City
Venice of the East
Evergreen City of India
Gods Own Land
Bengaluru
Bengaluru
Bhagalpur(Bihar)
Bhopal
Indore
Bhubaneswar(Odisha)
Chandigarh
Chennai
Chennai
Chennai
Chennai
Coimbatore
Coorg(Karnataka)
Darjeeling(West Bengal)
Dhanbad(Jharkhand)
Shillong(Meghalaya)
Dibrugarh(Assam)
Durgapur(west Bengal)
Gandhinagar
Gwalior(Madhya Pradesh)
Gwalior
Gwalior
Gwalior
(Gwalior Fort) Gwalior
Nilgiri
Hyderabad
Hyderabad
Hyderabad
Jaipur
Jaipur
Jaisalmer (Rajasthan)
Jamshedpur(Jharkhand)
Jamshedpur(Jharkhand)
Kanpur
Kanpur
River Damodar
Rajahmundry(Andra Pradesh)
Vijayawada
Surat
Surat
Jodhpur(Rajasthan)
Jodhpur(Rajasthan)
Udaipur
Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram
54
R. A. C. E
City of Weavers
City of Handloom
City of Rallies
Orange City
Green City
Panipat(Haryana)
Panipat(Haryana)
New Delhi
Nagpur
Mysore
List of Important Thermal Power Plants in India

Sno.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
Name
Mundra TPS
Vindhyachal TPS
Talcher Super TPS
Sipat TPS
Korba Super TPS
Rihand TPS
Jharsuguda TPS
Tiroda TPS
Anpara TPS
Barauni TPP
Bellary TPP
Durgapur TPP
Sikka TPS
Satpura TPS
Singrauli Super TPS
Wanakbori TPS
Location
Kutch, Gujarat
Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh
Angul, Odisha
Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh
Sonebhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Odisha
Maharashtra
Uttar Pradesh
Bihar
Karnataka
West Bengal
Gujarat
Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Gujarat
List of Nuclear Power Plants in India

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Narora Atomic Power Plant

Rajasthan Atomic Power Plant
Tarapur Atomic Power Plant
Kakarpar Atomic Power Plant
Madras Atomic Power Plant
Kaiga Atomic Power Plant
Kudankullam Atomic Power Plant
Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant
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Narora, Uttar Pradesh

Rawatbhatta, Rajasthan (India & Canada)
Maharashtra (India & USA)
Gujarat
Tamil Nadu
Karnataka
Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu (India and Russia)
Ratnagiri, Maharashtra (India and France)

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