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General Knowledge and Current Affairs for Competitive Examinations
2012 is a leap year which is also the International year for Cooperatives,
International year for Sustainable Energy for All
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General Bikram Singh - New Chief of the Indian Army (25th), succeeding
General VK Singh
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The total Cost of mission is about Rs
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The immediate cause for the outbreak of the 1st World War was the murder of
the Austrian crown prince Francis Ferdinand & his wife at Serajevo
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Pranab Mukherjee today (25-07-2012) took oath as the 13th President of India
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TFM in soaps stands for "Total Fatty Matter"
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May 2012: Goa topped the list of the states with highest per capita income in the
country with a total per capita income of 1,92,652 rupees
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Yeast is the best source of vitamin B complex
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Tilak formed the Home Rule League in Bombay (Mumbai) in 1916
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Adolf Hitler kept Swastika as his party's emblem and his followers were known as
Brown Shirts
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Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated on 26 July every year in honour of the Kargil
War's Heroes
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Operation Safed Sagar was the codename assigned to the Indian Air Force's
strike to support the Ground troops during Operation Vijay
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London has hosted the Olympic Games on two occasions, in 1908 and 1948,
and hosts the third in 2012 (27 July 2012 to 12 August 2012)
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Hotmail was launched in 1996 by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith and acquired by
Microsoft in 1997
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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918
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Mahmud Ghazni invaded Mathura in 1018
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Kamalesh Sharma is the 5th and current Secretary General of the
Commonwealth of Nations from 2008
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Viswanathan Anand wins his 5th World Chess title
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September 8 - International Literacy Day, recognized by the UN
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September 27 - World Tourism Day
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1% 2) Delhi - 11
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0% 4) Chhattisgarh - 10
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Hockey: India wins bronze at Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
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The Portuguese were expelled from Goa, Daman and Diu in 1962
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The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act is an act of the Parliament
of India which was passed in 1985, and it came into effect from November 14,
1985
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Vice Admiral DK Joshi named new Navy chief after Admiral Nirmal Verma retires
on August 31, 2012
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VS Sampath is the new Chief Election Commissioner
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The medicine that deals with the structure, function, diagnosis & treatment of
diseases of the stomach & intestine is called Gastroenterology
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Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is a technique that temporarily takes over the
function of the heart and lungs during surgery
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June 14 - World Blood Donor Day
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Shehan Karunatilaka, author of 'Chinaman' wins the Commonwealth Book Prize
for 2012
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November 14 - World Diabetes Day
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Headquarters of IUPAC is located in Zurich, Switzerland
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The International Court of Justice consists of 15 judges chosen by the General
Assembly and the Security Council of United Nations Organization
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Held on June 18-19, 2012 in Los Cabos, Mexico
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The Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act - 1994
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Indian Registration Act - 1908
Powers- Of- Attorney Act - 1882
Indian Stamp Act - 1899
Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act - 1976
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Headquarters New York, USA
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Infosys Chief Mentor Narayana Murthy has been felicitated with the Global
Leadership and Free Enterprise awards by the University of South Florida (USF)
in recognition of his entrepreneurial spirit
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The first session of the Indian National Congress (INC) was held at Bombay
(Mumbai) in 1885 under the Presidentship of Womesh Chandra Banerjee
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May 21 - Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in 1991, is also observed as Anti
Terrorism Day in India
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Controlled dose of insulin & sugar free diet are best preventive measures for
diabetes mellitus
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The 2010 Nuclear Security Summit was a summit held in Washington, D
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, on
April 12 and 13, 2010
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He experimented with coleoptile tips of
Avena (oats)
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A section of the nationalist leaders like C
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Das and Motilal Nehru formed the
Swarajya Party in 1922
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Quit India Movement - 1942
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Black Soil - is also known as Regur soil or Cotton soil
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October 8 - Indian Air Force Day
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Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru Pandit (18 August 1900 - 01 December 1990): In 1953,
she became the 1st woman President of the United Nations General Assembly
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JJ Thomson's atom model is referred as the plum-pudding model
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Uranium Corporation of India - Jaduguda (Jharkhand)
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Aggregate fruit is developed from a single flower with multicarpellary,
apocarpous, superior ovaries
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ISRO launched 'spy satellite' RISAT-1
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'Bangalore' known as the Electronic Capital of India
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The South Asian Association for Regional co-operation (SAARC) was launched
with its 1st summit meet at Dacca (Bangladesh) on Dec 7, 1985
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WiFi - Wireless Fidelity
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RISAT-1 (launched on: April 26, 2012) project Director N Valarmathi, is the first
woman to head a remote sensing satellite project
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It empowered the British Government to
arrest anyone with out any warrant
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IMF (International Monetary Fund) opened an office in India in 1991
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CAD - Computer Aided Design
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Miss India World 2012 - Vanya Mishra
Miss India Earth 2012 - Prachi Mishra
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In 1909 W
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Lachrymal glands secrete tears
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Koyali Oil Refinery is located in Gujarat
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4th December is celebrated as Navy Day in India
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Around 1800 to 15000 people were killed
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Nagarhole National Park (also known as, Rajiv Gandhi National Park) is in
Karnataka
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Amartya Sen (born - 3 Nov 1933): Nobel Prize in Economics - 1998; Bharat
Ratna - 1999; National Humanities Medal (American award) - 2011
Chemical name of laughing gas is Nitrous Oxide
Strait of Dover between England & France, which connects the North Sea with
the English Channel
Chandigarh is the capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana
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Shillong is the capital of Meghalaya
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The known SIV (Swine Influenza Virus) strains include influenza C and the
subtypes of influenza A known as H1N1, H1N2, H2N1, H3N1, H3N2 and H2N3
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March 21 is observed as World Forestry Day
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Soumitra Chatterjee got Dadasaheb Phalke award
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HighMAT: High-performance Media Access Technology
Dheeran Chinnamalai (17 April 1756 to 31 July 1805)
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Birth: Melapalayam, Erode
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On October 23, 2001, Apple introduced the iPod digital music player
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The Bombay Natural History Society was started in 1883
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India (New Delhi) hosts 4th BRICS summit
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Project Elephant, a centrally sponsored scheme, was launched in February 1992
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Deshmukh was the first Indian Governor of RBI to have presented the
Interim Budget for 1951-52
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A rectifier is an electrical device that converts alternating current (AC) into direct
current (DC)
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Sound needs a medium for propagation
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NuSTAR - Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array
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The branch of science that deals with the characteristic features of fruit is called
Pomology
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Origami - art of paper folding, which started in the 17th century AD
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Economic Survey: India 4th largest economy but has low per capita income
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Individual income tax exemption limit raised to Rs 2 lakh
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20 per cent tax between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 10 lakh
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Habeas Corpus is a Latin term which literally means "you should have the body"
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GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
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Central Food Technological Research Institute - Mysore
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MICR - Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
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Psychology is the study of the mind, occurring partly via the study of behavior
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Sir John Shore: Non-intervention policy
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Lord Auckland: Grand Trunk Road from Calcutta to Delhi
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Bacteria were first observed under a microscope by the Dutch Scientist Anton
Von Leeuwenhoek in 1675
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By this Act the system of Lok Adalat came into practice
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It is known as the "Question Hour"
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The company at that time was known as Western India Products
Limited
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20% of the Earth's oxygen produced by the Amazon forest
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Tennis: Roger Federer beats Andy Dubai to win Dubai Open 2012
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India has won the first women's Kabaddi World Cup championship, beating Iran
25-19 in a thrilling game played in Patna, in the state of Bihar
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Bandipur national park, Mysore - Karnataka
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Vinton Cerf, who is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet"
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Pedagogy is the study of being a teacher or the process of teaching
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Rahul Dravid retires from International Cricket
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Indians cross 3 million mark in US
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - First Deputy Prime Minister of India
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Theology: The study of religions
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Akhilesh Yadav scripts history by becoming UP's youngest Chief Minister
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Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen (APJ), Abdul Kalam worked in DRDO in 1958 and
then joined ISRO in 1963
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February 22 - World Thinking Day
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DPT - Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus vaccine (Trible antigen)
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The Rowlatt act was passed in 1919
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Anyone could be imprisoned with out trial
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Such fruits are called parthenocarpic fruits and are seedless
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World's Largest Church - Basilica of St
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GSI (Geological Survey of India) was established in 1951
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The largest bone in the human body is the thigh bone or femer
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Theodor Schwann and Jacole Schleiden postulated the cell theory in 1838
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February 28 - National Science Day
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Virus is a Latin word which means poison
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The study of fungi is called Mycology
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Water expands by about 10% as it freezes
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Gene was first isolated by Hargobind Khurana
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Air (Prevention & control of pollution) Act 1981
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Kreb's Cycle or TCA Cycle (Tricarboxylic acid Cycle) was elucidated by Hans
Krebs (1935) for which he received a Noble Prize
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He
prepared the vaccine in 1865
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World Radio Day is on 13 February
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Kutch is the largest district in the state of Gujarat and is the 2nd largest district of
India after Leh
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Increased glucose level in the blood is called hyperglycermia
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The Central Coffee Research Institute (CCRI) is located in Chickmagalur District
of Karnataka
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Coleman - founder of Coffee Research in India
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In April, 1986 the World's worst nuclear power accident occurred at Chernobyl, in
the former USSR (now Ukraine)
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The term mutation was first used by Hugo de Vries (1901) who observed it in
Oenothera lamarckiana
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The United Nations General Assembly has decided to observe 20 February
annually, starting in 2009, as the World Day of Social Justice
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In 1906 the All India Muslim League was formed under the leadership of
Salimullah khan
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International Mother Language Day is celebrated on the 21st of February every
year since 2000
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Goa - 10 infant deaths per
1,000 live births, followed by Kerala at 13
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A Royal Durbar was held at Allahabad in November 1, 1858
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National Stock Exchange (NSE) of India was established in the year - 1992
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Father of Sanskrit Grammer - Panini
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Tikka disease is associated with Groundnut
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First president of UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) - Sir
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Chemotherapy is a kind of treatment that uses drugs to attack cancer cells
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is the second
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David Warren of Australia invented the 'Black Box' flight data recorder in the
year 1953 and it came into production by 1957
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Its aim is
to control floods brought by the river Kosi in North Bihar
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The Western Himalayas are also known the Trans Himalayas
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Seven sacred cites of Hindus: 1) Ayodhya 2) Mathura 3) Gaya (Bodhgaya) 4)
Kasi (Varanasi, Beneres) 5) Kanci 6) Avantika (Ujjain) 7) Dvaraka
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Central drug research institute is located in Lucknow
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It is made of peptidoglycan (proteins and sugars)
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Red Data Book contains a record of animals which are identified as endangered
species or animals which are in imminent danger of extinction
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Owls are the only bird to see the color blue
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The radiations lying beyond the violet end of the visible spectrum are called ultraviolet rays
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The FM radio uses electromagnetic waves of frequency ranging from 88 MHz to
108 MHz
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India is now 6th nation to have nuclear submarine
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In 1815, its
eruption has killed around 90,000 people
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G4 Nations are India, Japan, Brazil and Germany
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ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) was founded in the year 1969
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January 12 - National Youth Day
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January 24 - National Girl Child Day
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Radioactivity was discovered by Henry Becquerel in the year 1896
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Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History is situated at Coimbatore
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North Pole was discovered by Robert Peary
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The first general election was held in India during 1951 - 1952
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Liquid ammonia is used as a refrigerant in the ice making plant
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Sir C
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Raman was awarded Nobel Prize in 1930
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MIS - Management Information System
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Alcohols are compounds which contain carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
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1 Nibble = 4 Bits
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Oldest sport of the world is Archery
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Manganese is an activator of enzymes particularly involved in Kreb's cycle
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The Nobel Prize was first awarded in 1901
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Andaman and Nicobar islands are separated by 10 degree channel
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Five finger discount is term used for shoplifting or stealing
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Muhammad bin Tughlug was succeeded by Firuz Shah Tughlug in 1351 AD
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Akbar conquered Gujarat in 1573 AD
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The term antibiotic was coined by Selman Waksman in 1942
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Fungi consists of eukaryotic cells
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6th Central Pay Commission comprised a Chairman and 3 Members
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First automobile industry in India was, Premier automobiles ltd at Kurla (Mumbai)
in the year 1947
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From where was the word "Congress" borrowed? North American History
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Indian Marriage Acts: Hindu - 1955, Muslim - 1939, Christian - 1872
Panama Canal connects the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean
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2012 Chennai Open Tennis: India's Leander Paes, Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic
won doubles crown; Canada's Milos Raonic captured singles title
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December 11 - UNICEF Day
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Television Rating Point (TRP) is a tool provided to judge which programmes are
viewed the most
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Integrated Counselling and Testing Centre (ICTC) is a place where a person is
counselled and tested for HIV
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402 GHz to 2
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Apple's late boss Steve Jobs receives Grammy
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December 22, 2011 marked the 125th birth anniversary of the mathematical
genius Srinivasa Ramanujan
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Fratricide is the act of a person killing his or her brother
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Malhotra Committee - Insurance Reforms
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Target is the second largest discount retailer in the United States, behind
Walmart
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Letterbox Company is a company set up in a tax haven and having no physical
presence there other than a mailing address
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The first serious attempt to set up an English Settlement at Roanoke Islands was
made by Sir Walter Raleigh
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‘Rickshaw’, a hybrid of western and eastern cultural mores was invented in
Japan
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India Wins SAFF (South Asian Football Federation) title
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Zee TV was founded by Subhash Chandra and was launched in India in October
1992, becoming the first Hindi satellite channel
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24th October has been celebrated as United Nations Day
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SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) is a new standard for
connecting hard drives into computer systems
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Air-India adopted the Maharaja as its mascot in 1946
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After the India-Pakistan partition, the Reserve Bank served as the central bank
for Pakistan until June 1948
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MRF - Madras Rubber Factory
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HBO - Home Box Office
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Open Collar Worker is a worker who works from home
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Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) was founded in 1986
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Tim Berners Lee invented the World Wide Web (WWW)
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GNH stands for Gross National Happiness
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Wildcat Strike is a strike action taken by workers without the authorization of their
trade union officials
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RBI issues currency notes under the Proportional Reserve System
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The first copyright statute was the British Statute of Anne of 1709
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Britannia Industries Ltd
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7th G-20 Summit (2012) – Mexico
The Finance Commission of India came into existence on November 22, 195
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The First Finance Commission was appointed by the President on November 20,
1951, which was chaired by Mr
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The Thirteenth Finance Commission was set up in November 2007 and was
headed by Vijay Kelkar
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Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, formally Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the
Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water, treaty signed in Moscow on
August 5, 1963
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The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India,
and was established in 1954
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On May 16, 1960, Theodore H
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Motilal Chimanlal Setalvad was an eminent Indian jurist, who became the first
and longest serving Attorney General for India (1950-1963)
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The first Law Commission of independent India was established in 1955 for a
three year term
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The Nineteenth and the current Law Commission was established on 1
September 2009 under the Chairmanship of a justice P
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tenure has been fixed till 31 August 2012
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