IDIOMS AND PHRASES

 True blue :
 Extremely loyal
बेहद वफादार

 Feeling blue:
 Not feeling good/ feeling unhappy
दु खी होना

 Out of the blue:

 Unexpectedly/ without warning
अप्रत्याशित समय पर

 To blue pencil something :

 To ban something/ to restrict something
कुछ प्रशतबंशित करना

 Blue eyed boy :

 A person highly regarded by someone and treated
with special favour.
पसंदीदा
 Blue blood :
 Royal/ one who belongs to noble family
िाही

 Blue murder :
 A great outcry, howl, scream
हाहाकार

 Blue in the face :

 Wasting efforts/ doing futile efforts
 शनरर्थक प्रयास करना

 Once in a blue moon:

 Very rarely/ once in a while
कभी कभार

 To beat black and blue :

 To beat very badly
बहुत बुरी तरह से पीटना

 Blue ribbon/ blue riband :

 Superior prize/ first class
एक प्रशतयोशिता में सवोच्च पुरस्कार
 Talk a blue streak:
 To talk too much and continuously
बहुत ज्यादा और लिातार बात करना

 The blues :
 Feelings of sadness or depression
उदासी या अवसाद की भावना

 Blue collar workers :

 Incompetent workers/ workers who lack skills
ऐसे श्रशमक शिनमें कौिल की कमी हो

 Between the devil and the deep blue sea :

 Stuck between two unfavourable situations.
दो प्रशतकूल स्थर्शतयों के बीच फंसना

 Bolt from the blue :

 A sudden or unexpected event
अचानक या अप्रत्याशित घटना

 Blue stocking :
 A literary or intellectual woman.
Literature में रूशच रखने वाली मशहला
 SPORTS VOCABULARY

CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE!!

Q) ‘Diamond’ this word is used in which sports?

a) Badminton
b) Baseball
c) Football
d) Basketball

Ans [b]

‘Dribble’ : This word belongs to which sports

 a) Badminton
b) Baseball
c) Football
d) Basketball

Ans: [c]

नहीं पता? आइये जानें –

Important Sports Terminology

 Athletics – Baton, Hammer, Hurdles, Lane, Lap,

Marathon, Heptathlon, Relay.

 Badminton- Deuce, Smash, Drop, Let, Game, Love,

Double Fault.

 Basketball – Under head, free throw, over head,

technical/common foul

 Baseball- Pitcher, Strike, Diamond, Bunting, Home, Put

Out.
 Billiards – Jigger, Break, Scratch, Cannons, Pot, Cue, In
Baulk, In Off.

 Boxing – Jab, Hook, Punch, Knock-out, Upper cut, Kidney

Punch.

 Bridge – Revoke, Ruff, Dummy, Little Slam, Grand Slam,

Trump, Diamonds, Tricks

• Chess – Gambit, Checkmate, Stalemate, Check.

• Cricket – Follow on, Googly, Silly Point, Duck, Drive, No

ball, Cover point, Pitch, Crease, Leg-Break, Hit-
Wicket, Bouncer, Stone-Walling etc.

• Football – Dribble, Off-Side, Penalty, Throw-in, Hat-

Trick, Foul, Touch, Down, Drop Kick, Stopper.

• Golf – Hole, Bogey, Put, Stymie, Caddie, Tee, Links,

Putting the green.

• Hockey – Bully, Short corner, Striking Circle, Under

cutting, Scoop, Center forward, Carry, Dribble, Carried.
• Horse Racing – Punter, Jockey, Place, Win, Protest.

• Kho-Kho – Runner, Chaser, Poleby, Out, Foul.

• Lawn Tennis – Volley, Smash, Service, Back-hand-drive.

• Polo – Chukker, Bunker, Mallet.

• Rifle Shooting – Bull’s eyes.

• Rugby Football – Drop Kick, Screen.

• Shooting – Bag, bull’s eye, marksmanship, plug, skeet, etc.

• Skiing – Tobogganing.

• Swimming – Add Up, Anchor, Backstroke, Beep, Bonus

Heat, Breaststroke, Bull Pen, Check-Out, Gun Lap, Jump,
Lane Lines, Parka, Pool, Pull Buoy, Split, Stroke.
• Table Tennis – Backhand, Backspin, Block, Chop,
Doubles, Drop shot, Expedite rule, Forehand, Inverted,
Lob, Long pips, Loop, Penhold, Pips-in, Pips-out, Push,
Seemiller, Serve, Set, Shakehands, Sidespin, Skunk,
Smash, Topspin.

• Volleyball – Deuce Booster, Spikers, Service, Love.

• Weight Lifting – Bulking, bitch tits, shredded, Drop

Sets/Strip Sets, Pyramiding, Standard Plates and Bars etc.

• Wrestling – Heave, Half Nelson.

No. of Players:
 NUMBER OF PLAYERS IN SPORTS

Games which are played by one or two players on

each side (Single or Doubles)
 Badminton
 Tennis
 Squash
  Table Tennis
 Carroms

Important Cups and Trophies

Which sport is played where?

Court/Campus/Field Games/Sports

Field Polo, Football, Hockey

Tennis, Badminton, Net Ball, Handball,

Court
Volleyball, Squash, Kho-Kho, Kabaddi
Mat Judo, Karate, Taekwondo
Course Golf
Pool Swimming
Board Table Tennis
Arena Horse riding
Velodrome Cycling
Track Athletics
Pitch Cricket
Greens Bowls
Rink Curling, Ice Hockey
Range Shooting, Archery

• Test yourself in 30 seconds

Q) How many players are there in Rugby Football
a) 11
b) 15
c) 7
d) 12

Ans. 15

Q) Which of the following game does not have 11 players?

a) Hockey
b) Kho Kho
c) Cricket
d) Football

Ans. Kho Kho – 9

Q) Santosh Trophy is associated with??

a) Hockey
b) Football
c) Cricket
d) Tennis
 Ans. b) Football

MEMBER COUNTRIES OF MAJOR

ORGANISATIONS

पहले knowledge test करते हैं :

Q. India is one of the member countries of which of the

following organization:
a) SAARC
b) ASEAN
c) OPEC
d) G-8

Ans. a (SAARC)

Q. Full form of ASEAN?

a) Association of South Eastern Asian Nations
b) Association of South East Asian Nations
 c) Association of Southern Eastern Asian Nations
d) None of them

Ans: b [Association of South East Asian Nations]

Q. Which of the following is not a member countries of

G-8?
a) USA
b) UK
c) Germany
d) China

Ans [d] China

नहीं पता? आइये जानें –

Member Countries of SAARC :

Full Form : South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation
Headquarters : Kathmandu
Member Countries of ASEAN :
Full Form : Association of South East Asian Nations
Headquarters : Jakarta
Sr. No. Member Countries

1 Brunei Darussalam

2 Cambodia

3 Indonesia

4 Lao-PDR

5 Malaysia

6 Philippines

7 Singapore

8 Thailand

9 Vietnam
Member Countries of OPEC :
Full Form : Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Headquarters : Vienna, Austria

Sr. No. Membership

1 Algeria

2 Angola

3 Ecuador

4 Equatorial Guinea

5 Gabon

6 Iran

7 Iraq

8 Kuwait

9 Libya
 10 Nigeria

11 Saudi Arabia

12 UAE

13 Venezuela

14 Congo

G-20 Member Countries:

The members of the G20 are

 Argentina
 Australia
 Brazil
 Canada
 China
 France
 Germany
 India
 Indonesia
 Italy
 Japan
 Republic of Korea
  Mexico
 Russia
 Saudi Arabia
 South Africa
 Turkey
 The United Kingdom
 The United States
 The European Union.

G-8 Member Countries :

The Group of Eight (G8) refers to the group of eight

highly industrialized nations—
 France
 Germany
 Italy
 United Kingdom
 Japan
 United States
 Canada
 Russia
 ORGANISATIONS AND THEIR
HEADQUARTERS

Q. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?

a) UNESCO : Geneva
b) MF : Paris
c) WTO : Switzerland
d) NATO : The Netherlands
Ans: C

List of Important International Organizations

and their Headquarters :

Headquarter : New York, USA

United Nations Organisation

United Nations Childrens' Fund
(UNICEF)
United Nations Population Fund
(UNFPA)
 UN Women

Headquarter : Paris, France

United Nations Educational Scientific and

Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD)

Washington DC, USA

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

World Bank

Vienna, Austria

United Nations Industrial Development

Organization (UNIDO)
International Atomic Energy Agency
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC)
London

Amnesty International
International Maritime Organisation
Consumers International
Commonwealth of Nations

Geneva, Switzerland

United Nations Conference on

World Trade Organisation
World Meteorological
Organisation
World Intellectual Property
Organization
International Organization for
Standardization
World Economic Forum
Trade and Development
(UNCTAD)
World Health Organisation
International Labour
Organisation
International Committee of the
Red Cross
Médecins Sans Frontières
(MSF) or Doctors without
Borders
International Organization of
Migration (IOM)

Organization Headquarter

International Court Of Justice The Hague, The Netherlands

North Atlantic Treaty
Brussels, Belgium
Organisation (NATO)
International Renewable
Abu Dhabi (UAE)
Energy Agency
South Asian Association for
Kathmandu, Nepal
Regional Cooperation
Association of South East
Jakarta, Indonesia
Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Asia Pacific Economic
Singapore
Cooperation (APEC)
Organisation of Islamic
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Cooperation
 IMPORTANT AWARDS AND
HONORS
CIVILIAN AWARDS

Bharat Ratna : The Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian

award of the Republic of India. The award is conferred in
recognition of exceptional service/performance of the
highest order", without distinction of race, occupation,
position, or sex. It is the premier civilian award, to serve
the nation.
 The Bharat Ratna has been conferred after a gap
of four years.
 Pranab Mukherjee received the award from the
President Ram Nath Kovind , at a function in
Rashtrapati Bhawan.
 Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and
founder of Banaras Hindu University Madan
Mohan Malviya were given the award by the
Narendra Modi government in 2015.
 The first recipients of the Bharat Ratna was
politician C. Rajagopalachari, philosopher
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and scientist C. V.
Raman, who were honoured in 1954.
  Indira Gandhi became the first woman to
receive the Bharat Ratna award

Padma Vibhushan : The Padma Vibhushan is the

second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India. It
awarded people from various fields including Govt.
service to distinguish extraordinary service for the
country.

Padma Bhushan : The Padma Bhushan is the third-

highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded
by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan. The
award is given for "distinguished service of a high order
without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex.
This year, it was awarded to 16 people from different
fields.
Padma Shri: It is awarded to citizens of India for their
distinguished contribution in several fields including
Education, Literature, Arts, Science, Industry, Social
Service, Medicine, Sports & Public Affairs.
This year, it was awarded to 118 people from different
fields.

Awards and their fields

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL

• Academy (Oscar) Awards – Film

• Grammy Award - Music
• Ramon Magasaysay Award - Govt. (Public) Service,
Social Service, Journalism, Literature,
Communication & International Understanding
• Bourlog Award - Agriculture
• Grammy - Music
• Pulitzer – Journalism & Literature
• Arjun award- Sports
• Bowelay award – Agriculture
 • Kalinga award –Science
• Dhanwantri award- Medical Science
• Bhatnagar- Science
• Nobel Prize - Peace, Literature, Economics, Physics,
Chemistry, Medical Science
• Abel award- Maths
• Merlin award- Magic
• Man Booker Prize – Literature
• Vachspati Samman - Sanskrit Literature

Gallantry (Bravery) Awards

WHICH FOR WHAT

Param Vir Chakra : Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is the

highest gallantry award for officers and other enlisted
personnel of all military branches of India for the highest
degree of valour in the presence of the enemy on land, sea
or air.
Maha Vir Chakra : The Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) is the
second highest military decoration in India, after the
Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for acts of conspicuous
gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land,
at sea or in the air.

Vir Chakra : It is the third in the order of awards for acts

of gallantry in the face of the enemy on land, sea or air.

Ashok Chakra : Ashoka Chakra is India's highest

peacetime military decoration awarded for valour,
courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the
battlefield. It is the peace time equivalent of the Param
Vir Chakra, and is awarded for the "most conspicuous
bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valour or self-
sacrifice" other than in the face of the enemy.

AWARDS IN NEWS

IIFA Awards 2019

• Best Film:- Raazi

 • Best Director:- Sriram Raghavan (Andhadhun)
• Best Actor (Female):- Alia Bhatt (Raazi)
• Best Actor (Male):- Ranveer Singh (Padmaavat)
• Best Actor in Supporting Role (Female):- Aditi
Rao Hydari (Padmaavat)
• Best Actor In Supporting Role (Male):- Vicky
Kaushal for (Sanju)
• Best Debut (Male):- Ishaan Khatter (Dhadak)
• Best debut (Female):- Sara Ali Khan (Kedarnath)

Point to remember: For the first time in the Awards'

history, it was held in India, in Mumbai.

Oscar Awards 2020

• Best Picture: Parasite

• Best Director: Bong Joon-ho – Parasite
• Best Actress: Renée Zellweger – Judy as Judy
Garland
• Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix – Joker as Arthur Fleck
/ Joker
• Best Foreign Film: Parasite, South Korea directed
by Bong Joon-ho
• Best Animated Feature Film: Toy Story 4
• Best Original Screenplay: Parasite – Bong Joon-ho
and Han Jin-won
• Best Original Score: Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir
• Best Original Song: "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again"
from Rocketman
• Best Documentary Feature: American Factory –
Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, and Jeff Reichert
• Best Documentary Short: Learning to Skateboard in
a Warzone (If You're a Girl) – Carol Dysinger and
Elena Andreicheva
• Best Animated Short: Hair Love – Matthew A.
Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver

Point to remember:
• Oscar Awards are also know as Academy Award
• 92nd Academy Awards Location: Dolby Theatre,
Los Angeles, California, United States
• The first actor to get Oscar Award : Janet Gayner
 65th Filmfare Awards 2019
• Best Film- Gully Boy
• Best Director- Zoya Akhtar for Gully Boy
• Best Film (Critics) - Article 15 (Anubhav Sinha) and
Sonchiriya (Abhishek Chaubey)
• Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male) - Ranveer Singh for
Gully Boy
• Best Actor (Critics) - Ayushmann Khurrana for Article 15
• Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female) - Alia Bhatt for
Gully Boy
• Best Actress (Critics) - Bhumi Pednekar and Taapsee
Pannu for Saand Ki Aankh
• Best Music Album - Zoya Akhtar-Ankur Tewari for Gully
Boy
Mithoon, Amaal Mallik, Vishal Mishra, Sachet Parampara
and Akhil Sachdeva for Kabir Singh
• Best Lyrics - Divine and Ankur Tewari for Apna Time
Aayega (Gully Boy)
• Best Debut Director - Aditya Dhar for Uri: The Surgical
Strike
• Best Debut Actor- Abhimanyu Dassani for Mard Ko Dard
Nahi Hota
• Best Debut Actress - Ananya Pandey for Student Of The
Year 2, Pati Patni Aur Woh
• Best Original Story- Anubhav Sinha and Gaurav Solanki
for Article 15
• Best Screenplay - Reema Kagti and Zoya Akhtar for Gully
Boy
• Best Dialogue - Vijay Maurya for Gully Boy
• Lifetime Achievement Award - Ramesh Sippy
• Excellence In Cinema - Govinda
• RD Burman Award For Upcoming Music Talent -
Sashwat Sachdev- UR

66th National Film awards

• The national film awards are given in 31 categories. An

Award for film friendly state has been instituted this
year. Uttarakhand won this year.
• Here is the full list of winners:
• Best non feature film: Son Rise by Vibha Bakshi and The
Secret Life of Frogs by Ajay and Vijay Bedi
• Best Educational Film: Sarala Virala
• Best Director: Uri : The Surgical Strike- Aditya D hat
• Best Feature Film: Hellaro a Gujarati film directed by
Abhishek Shah
• Best Actor: Ayushmann Khuranna for Andhadhun and
Vicky Kaushal for Uri : The Surgical Strike
• Best Actress: Keerthy Suresh for Mahanati
• Best Supporting Actor: Swanand Kirkire for Chumbhak
Best supporting actress: Surekha Sikri for Badhaai Ho
• Best Action Direction: KGF Chapter I
• Best Choreography: Padmaavat for Ghumar
• Best Film for National Integration: Ondalla Eradalla
(Kannada)
• Best Cinematography: Olu (Malayalam) to MJ
Radhakrishnan
• Best Popular Film: Badhaai Ho
• Best film on Environment issues - Paani
• Best Debut Film of a Director: Naan
• Best film on Social Issues: Padman
• Best Child artist: P V Rohith (Kannada), Sameep Singh
(Punjabi), Talha Arshad Reshi (Urdu) and Shrinivas Pokale
(Marathi)
• Best Children's Film: Sarkari Area Prathamika Shaale
Kasaragod
• Best Cinematography: MJ Radhakrishnan for 01u,
Malayalam
• Best Special Effects: KGF
• Special Jury Award: Award shared by Sruthi Hariharan,
Joju George for Joseph, Savithri for Sudani From Nigeria,
Chandrachood Rai
• Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation:
Paani
• Best Regional films:
• Best Rajasthani Film: Turtle
• Best Tamil Film: Baaram Best Marathi Film: Bhonga
• Best Hindi Film: Andhadhun
Best Urdu Film: Harnid
• Best Telugu Film: Mahanati
• Best Assarnese Film: Bulbul Can Sing
• Best Punjabi Film: Arjedha Screenplay:
• Best Original Screenplay: Chi La Sow
• Best Adapted Screenplay: Andhadhun
• Best Dialogues: Tarigh Music:
• Best Lyrics: Nathiehirami (Kannada)
• Best Music Direction (Songs): Sanjay Leela Bhansali for
Padmaavat
• Best Music Direction (Background score): Uri
• Best Sound Design: Uri
• Best Female playback Singer: Bindu for Mayavi Manave
(Kannada)
• Best Male Playback Singer: Arijit Singh for Binte Dil
• Production:
• Best Make Up artist: Awe
• Best Production Design: Kammara Samb (Malayalam)
• Best Costume: Mahanati

National Sports Awards 2019

(A) RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD

Sh. Bajrang Punia : Wrestling
Ms. Deepa Malik : Para Athletics

(B) DHYANCHAND AWARD

1. Sh. Manuel Fredricks : Hockey
2. Sh. Arup Basak : Table Tennis
3. Sh. Manoj Kumar : Wrestling
4. Sh. Nitten Kirrtane : Tennis
5. Sh. C. Lalremsanga : Archery
(C) DRONACHARYA AWARD
Regular Category
1. Sh. Vimal Kumar : Badminton
2. Sh. Sandeep Gupta : Table tennis
3. Sh. Mohinder Singh Dhillon : Athletics
Life-Time Category
1. Sh. Merzban Patel : Hockey
2. Sh. Rambir Singh Khokhar : Kabaddi
3. Sh. Sanjay Bhardwaj : Cricket

(D) ARJUNA AWARD

1. Sh. Tajinderpal Singh Toor : Athletics
2. Mohammed Anas Yahiya : Athletics
3. Sh. S. Bhaskaran : Body Building
4. Ms. Sonia Lather : Boxing
5. Sh. Ravindra Jadeja : Cricket
6. Sh. C.S Kangujam : Hockey
7. Sh. Ajay Thakur : Kabaddi
8. Sh. Gaurav Singh Gill : Motor Sports
9. Sh. Pramod Bhagat : Para Sports (Badminton)
10. Ms. Anjum Moudgil : Shooting
 11. Sh. Harmeet Rajul Desai : Table Tennis
12. Ms. Pooja Dhanda : Wrestling
13. Sh. Fouaad Mirza : Equestrian
14. Sh. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu : Football
15. Ms. Poonam Yadav : Cricket
16. Ms. Swapna Barman Athletics

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