DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL@ Sector 98

G.K Quiz Handout- Unit I

Name_____________ Class & Sec ____________ Roll no. _______
 Let’s learn various Acronyms and their full forms.
S.no. Acronyms Full form
1. ATM Automatic Teller Machine
2. PETA People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
3. CNG Compressed Natural Gas
4. LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas
5. BARC Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
6. BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
7. BSE Bombay Stock Exchange
8. CBI Central Bureau of Investigation
9. FICCI Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
10. GST Goods and Service Tax
11. IAS Indian Administrative Service
12. IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
13. IQ Intelligence Quotient
14. NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration (of the U.S.A.)
15. PAN Permanent Account Number
16. PDF Portable Document Format
17. GPRS General Packet Radio Service
18. NEFT National Electronic Fund Transfer
19. OMR Optical Mark Recognition
20. GOOGLE Global Organization Of Oriented Group Language Of Earth
21. FDA Food And Drug Administration
22. NCERT National Council of Education Research and Training
23. NCR National Capital Region
24. SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation
25. UNICEF United Nations International Children’s (Emergency) Fund
26. UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
27. VAT Value-added Tax
28. DRDO The Defence Research and Development Organisation
29. IRCTC Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation
30. FDA Food and Drug Administration
31. CID Crime Investigation Department
32. FIFA Federation International de Football Association
33. FIR First Information Report
34. LED Light Emitting Diode
35. NGO Non- Governmental Organisation
  Let’s learn various companies/brands and their logos.

Indian Navy Internet Explorer Indian Medical Association

Coal India World Bank Income Tax

Hindustan Petroleum DRDO Larsen & Toubro

India Post ISRO Hindustan Unilever Limited

Indian Airlines IRCTC The United Nations

United Nations’s The world Health Microsoft

Environment Programme Organisation
  Important Points to remember.
S.no. Question Answer
1. Which city is known as 'Electronic City of India'? Bengaluru
2. Where is the headquarters of Oil and Natural Gas Dehradun
Commission?
3. Which is the largest and oldest bank in existence in SBI
India?
4. In which decade was the telephone invented? 1870
5. The words 'Satyameva Jayate' inscribed below the base Mundak
plate of the emblem of India are taken from? Upanishad
6. The National Anthem was first sung in the year 1911
7. Madhubani', a style of folk paintings, is popular in which Bihar
of the following states in India?
8. The headquarters of the UNESCO is at Paris
9. The main aim of SAARC is Regional Co-
operation
10. Fathometer is used to measure Ocean Depth
11. Which Indian city has been ranked first on the WHO’s Kanpur
list of 15 most polluted cities?
12. Which of the following telescopes has captured the first- Event Horizon
ever Black hole image? Telescope

13. Which Indian sportsperson is the recipient of the New Deepa Malik
Zealand Prime Minister’s Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship
for 2019?
14. What is the name of lunar mission which will Chandrayaan 2
be launched by ISRO in July 2019?
15. Which Indian Shooter has become World Apurvi Chandela
Number One in women’s 10m Air Rifle?

 Major highlights.
Mission Indradhanush: Indias immunisation growth rate since launch rises to
four per cent

In December 2014, Mission Indradhanush was launched for a targeted approach

to immunisation in India, in a bid to change the tardy annual growth rate of 1
per cent. Between 2014 and 2018, India’s annual immunisation growth rate has
risen to 4 per cent, with an unprecedented 16 per cent rise in the number of
fully immunised children. The word Indradhanush was chosen to represent the
seven vaccines that were subsequently included in the Universal Immunization
Program against these seven diseases - tuberculosis, poliomyelitis, hepatitis B,
diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus and measles.

India becomes first country in the world to develop Cooling Action Plan

During World Ozone Day celebrations on September 17, Union Environment

Minister Harsh Vardhan released a draft India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) which
lists out actions which can help reduce the cooling demand, thus helping in
reducing emissions. The minister also release a booklet on ‘Montreal Protocol –
India’s Success Story’. ‘Keep Cool and Carry on’ : The Montreal Protocol is the
theme of 24th World Ozone Day celebrations.

Amul announced to sponsor Afghanistan team in upcoming World Cup 2019

which will be held in England and Wales from May 30, 2019.
Amul’s logo will be visible on the leading arm of jerseys of the Afghanistan
players in an international match and also in training kit throughout the world
cup.
Earlier in only two instances, Amul sponsored any cricket team in World Cup
tournament. These two countries are New Zealand and Holland.

countries are New Zealand and Holland

FDA approved first Dengue vaccine named Dengvaxia

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), United States approved first vaccine
named Dengvaxia for the prevention of dengue disease but with certain
conditions that use dengue vaccine only in people who have a previous history
of the disease. The vaccine is a live, attenuated dengue virus. Under the
vaccination, 3 doses will be provided to the patient and after 1st dose, there will
be a difference of 6 months between 1st dose and 2nd dose and also a
difference of 6 months between 2nd dose and 3rd dose.

The 5th UN Global Road Safety Week 2019 is being held

The Fifth United Nations (UN) Global Road Safety Week is being held from 6
May to 12 May 2019. The theme for the weekly event in 2019 is Leadership for
road safety.
The UN Global Road Safety Weeks and its' campaigns are coordinated by United
Nations Road Safety Collaboration, chaired by the World Health Organization
(WHO). During the on-going global road safety week WHO released the Global
Status Report on Road Safety.
As it is acknowledged that with a stronger leadership for road safety Global
Goals could be achieved, so it launched action through ongoing campaign

UN Report stated that the Royal Bengal Tigers may not survive Climate Change
Recent UN report said that Climate change and rising sea levels may eventually
wipe outThe Sundarbans, which is one of the world's last and largest tiger
strongholds. The report rely on climate change scenarios was developed by
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for its simulation
models.
Observations listed in the report:
If greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continued at the current rate, the
atmosphere would warm as much as 1.5C (above preindustrial levels) by 2040.
This climate change would lead to rising sea level and existential threat to the
Sundarbans.
In 2010, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWFN), a Non-governmental
organization estimated that sea level rise of 11 inches could reduce the number
of tigers in Sundarbans by 96% within a few decades. By 2070, there will not be
any suitable habitats of tiger remaining in Bangladesh Sundarbans.
70% of Sundarbans is just a few feet above sea level, thus faces grave threat due
to climate changes. It is one of the prime habitats of Bengal tigers, who are
among 500,000 land species whose survival is in question because of threats to
their natural habitats due to climate change.
Conservation efforts and fight against habitat loss in Sunderbans needs to begin
immediately, as it could take about 20 years for these efforts to even start
showing any results, but if action isn't taken soon there won't be any forest or
tigers to save in 50 years.

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