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Pinnacle Day : 1st - 7th Static GK
- Songi Mukhawate dance Dasiyattam are the forms of
Static GK ⬥ The Songi Mukhawate dance is of - Mohiniyattam dance
- Maharashtra ⬥ Garba, Dandiya Raas, Tippani Juriun
⬥ Songi Mukhawate dance represent dances are popular in state of -Gujarat
Dance Narasimha, an aspect of - Lord Vishnu ⬥ 'Sarhul' festival of dance performed in
⬥Rikham pada dance belongs to Jharkhand, by - Oraontribe
- ArunachalPradesh ⬥Jagoi and Thabal Chongba are the
SSC Exams ⬥'The soft and suitable for female famous dances of - Manipur
presentation' known as - Laasya ⬥ SeraikellaChhau is a popular dance
⬥ Indian classical dance techniques like
⬥ The Indian classical dances have two form of - Jharkhand
Rasa and Bhava trace their origins to
basic aspects - Laasya and Tandav ⬥Ghurehi folk dance is performed (by
- Bharatmuni's Natyashastra
⬥The word 'Kathak' is derived from - Story women) in the region of
⬥Lavani, Powada, Koli, Waghya Murali
⬥ The technique of classical dancing was - HimachalPradesh
and Dhangari Gaja are folk dance from
codified in 5th century B.C by - Bharata ⬥The Chari folk dance is primarily
- Maharashtra
⬥ The Lambadi dance is a folk dance form performed (by women) in - Rajasthan
⬥ One act play of Sattriya is called
of the - Banjara tribe ⬥Kamsale is the folk dance of
- Ankiya Nat
⬥ Kalbelia (Snake Charmer Dance) is a - Karnataka
⬥The origin of most of the classical
famous folk dance of -Rajasthan ⬥Padayani folk dance performed at
dance forms of India is from
⬥ Kalbelia danceis performed by the Bhadrakali temple in - Kerala
- Natya Shastra
- KalbeliaCommunity ⬥ The bamboo dance of Mizoram is called
⬥ The dance form of Goa which is known
⬥ The Balti dance is related to the state of - Cheraw dance
as 'Warrior Dance' - Ghode Modni
- Ladakh ⬥ The Princely states was primarily
⬥Manipuri dance is based on Rasleela
⬥ Conveying the meaning through body associated with Kathak - Avadh
themes of - Radha and Krishna
movements is known as ⬥ The Pakhawaj syllables are used to
⬥Sattriya (Assam) was recognised as a
- AngikaAbhinaya conclude the classical dance of - Odissi
Classical dance by the Sangeet Natak
⬥Mundari dance of Munda tribe is ⬥ The dance that features painted masks,
Akademi in - 2000
associated with - Jharkhand big skirts, heavy jackets, lots of jewellery,
⬥ UNESCO recognized 'Mudiyettu,' a
⬥Tapu dance performed by Adi tribe of and tall headdresses is - Kathakali
ritual-drama of Kerala as an 'intangible
- ArunachalPradesh ⬥The dance where dancers forms a
cultural heritage of humanity in - 2010
⬥Chali, Jhumura and Nadu Bhangi are counterclockwise circle with concentric
⬥Thullal dance is originated from -Kerala
form of - Sattriya Classical dance circles in opposite directions
⬥The 'Ka Shad Mastieh' or victory dance of
⬥Dhimsa folk dance is performed by - Garba dance
the Khasi tribe is from -Meghalaya
Porja tribes of ⬥Kuchipudi, a Yakshagaana style,
⬥ Maimata is a popular folk dance of
- Araku valley (Andhra Pradesh) conceived by Siddhendra Yogi in
- Tripura
⬥Kandyan is a traditional dance form of - 17th century
⬥Bharatanatyam dance is traditionally
- Sri Lanka ⬥The number of Indian classical dance
performed in - Carnatic music
⬥ Trippani, Hudo, Mer Ras, Palli Jag forms recognized by the Sangeet Natak
⬥Thumri music is associated with
Garbo are folk dances of - Gujarat Academy of India is - 8
- Kathak (UttarPradesh)
⬥Kathak dance is associated with ⬥Jhijhiya dance is performed to please the
⬥The masculine aspect of the Manipuri
- Hindustani classical music god of rain ‘Indra’ for good rain and crop
classical dance is known as -Choloms
⬥Gair folk dance is performed by bhil in - Bihar
⬥ Kathakalidance was immediately
community in the state of - Rajasthan ⬥ The tribe who performs the Bagurumba
preceded by a practice session called
⬥ ‘Nat’ isthe traditional singing style folk dance in assam - Bodo tribe
- Sevakali
which is associated with- Manipuri dance ⬥Grida folk dance is performed in
⬥ The abhinayas that deals with the use of
⬥ Ras, Sankirtana and Thang-Ta are the - MadhyaPradesh
costumes, jewellery, facial make-up etc
popular forms of - Manipuri dance ⬥‘Gonph’ is a famous folk dance of - Goa
- AharyaAbhinaya
⬥ The earliest form of Manipuri dance is ⬥ Kud, a folk dance, is associated with
⬥ Siddhis have a cultural history in Gujarat
- Lai Haraoba - Jammu and Kashmir
for about 300 years, known for their
⬥Dollu Kunitha , Bhoota and Balakat ⬥Chang Lo tribal dance is performed by
unique dance called - Siddhi Dhamal
dances are associated with state of the Chang tribe of - Nagaland
⬥ Natwari Nritya is associated with
- Karnataka ⬥ Gunakanta Dutta Borbyan was awarded
- Kathak Dance
⬥Drums are adorned with colourful the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in
⬥ The Dandari-Gusadi festival is celebrated
clothes in the dance of - Dollu Kunitha -Sattriya dance
by the tribe - Raj Gond and Kolams
⬥ Laho dance is performed by Jaintiya ⬥Fugdi dances is performed in - Goa
⬥ Paika dance of Jharkhand performed
tribe of - Meghalaya ⬥Tashi Sabdo dance is associated with
(male member) by - Munda tribe
⬥ Paika dance is performed by Munda - Sikkim
⬥ Gaur Maria, is a dance form from
tribe in the region of ⬥Agni, Mardana Jhumar, Phagua dances
- Chhattisgarh
- Chota NagpurPlateau are associated with - Jharkhand
⬥ Lebang Boomani dance is the harvest
⬥ Chavittu Kali dance is associated with ⬥Koli is the folk dance of
dance of - Tripura
the state of - Kerala - Maharashtraand Goa
⬥ Bharatanatyam was banned by the
⬥Gugga folk dance is performed by men ⬥
The folk dance ‘Lambadi’ is associated
British government in -1910
in - Haryana with - AndhraPradesh
⬥ The victory of truth over falsehood
⬥Tevitichiyattam, Nangai Natakam and ⬥Chu Faat is a folk dance of - Sikkim
celebrates in Maharashtra through
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⬥Zo Mal Lok dance is associated with Rama is associated with - Thailand ent legs while feet keep rhythm are
b
- Sikkim ⬥Theyyam is the ritual art form of - Kerala present in - Bharatanatyam
⬥ Mohiniyattam dance is performed by ⬥Veera Natyam is a ritual dance form of ⬥The classical dance style which is
women in honour of - Lord Vishnu - Andhra Pradesh inscribed on the Gopuram of
⬥Gotipua, dance of Odisha, performed in ⬥ Lotia is the regional music of - Rajasthan Chidambaram temple - Bharatanatyam
honour of - Lord Jagannath ⬥ A form of folk theatre which is based on ⬥ Bharatanatyam expresses South Indian
⬥Bhama Kalapam is the classical dance - the life of Lord Krishna is - Raasleela religious themes and spiritual ideas of
drama associated with - Kuchipudi ⬥ "Yakshagana" folk dance is associated - Shaivism
⬥ Saila, Panthi, Pandwani, Raut Nacha with - Karnataka ⬥Daskathia is the tribal dance of - Odisha
dances are associated with- Chhattisgarh ⬥ Chhau dance was inscribed in the ⬥ Dance performed by the Santhal tribe
⬥Ghodemodini is folk dance of - Goa UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List of Jharkhand - Jhika Dashain
⬥Choliya, a martial dance is related to in - 2010 ⬥ Changai dance is associated with
-Uttarakhand ⬥Buddhist chanting of Ladakh was - Nagaland
⬥ The prime themes of Kathak are tied with inscribed in the UNESCO Intangible ⬥ Alarippu is a dance piece from
- Vaishnavism Cultural Heritage List in - 2012 - Bharatnatyam
⬥
Bhangra, Luddi, Giddha are folk dances of ⬥ Tradition of Vedic chanting was ⬥ Thabal Chongba is a folk dance of
- Punjab inscribed in the UNESCO Intangible - Manipur
⬥ Jagoi and Cholom are the two main Cultural Heritage List in - 2008 ⬥ Bhavai (Vesha or Swang) is the popular
divisions of - Manipuridance ⬥A freestyle dance where performers folk theatre form of -Gujarat
⬥
Satriya dance of Assam is inspired by dance with clay pots filled with burning ⬥ Paika, Ghumra and Dhap are the folk
- Bhaktimovement incense is - Dhunuchi Naach dances of - Odisha
⬥ The classical work 'Hastalakshan ⬥Ancient dance teachers or gurus of ⬥The Raigarh Gharana is associated
Deepika' is related to the dance-Kathakali Bharatanatyam are popularly known with - Kathak
⬥
Matki dance is performed in as - Nattuvanars ⬥Jamda folk dance is associated with
- MadhyaPradesh ⬥Veedhi-Bhagavatam is a famous - Jharkhand
⬥Gugga, Khoria, and Phag dances are dance form of - Andhra Pradesh ⬥ Kalasam is a dance sequence in
associated with - Haryana ⬥ Lavani is a folk dance of - Maharashtra - Kathakali
⬥Hurka Baul dance, performed during ⬥Hand gestures used in Indian classical ⬥ Kajari is a folk song and dance which
maize and paddy cultivation in dances are called - Mudra originated in - Uttar Pradesh
- Uttarakhand ⬥ Ghoomar is traditionally performed by ⬥ Chhau dance exists in - 3 main styles
⬥
Kummi dance is associated with - Bhil tribe (Rajasthan)
Note:-Saraikela (Jharkhand),
- Tamil Nadu ⬥ Mayurbhanj Chau dance is performed in
ayurbhanj, (Orissa) and Purulia (West
M
⬥Cheraw is a folk dance associated with - Odisha
Bengal).
- Mizoram ⬥ Purulia Chau dance is performed in
⬥Bharatanatyam was originally known as - West Bengal
⬥ Kalakshetra style is associated with
- Sadir Attam ⬥The Ras Leela was first started as a
-Bharatanatyam
⬥Gotipua is a traditional dance form in dance form in 1779 by
⬥ Kud is a folk dance of
- Odisha - Bhagyachandra (Meitei monarch)
- Jammu andKashmir
⬥
Hand gestures in Mohiniyattam which ⬥ Danda-nacha (a dance form of Odisha)
⬥ Theoretical foundations of
are mainly adopted from Hastalakshana narrates about the story of - Lord Shiva
Bharatanatyam have been found in
Deepika text are - 24 ⬥ Gaur Maria dance belongs to
- Natya Shastra
⬥Gavari, a dance-drama is majorly - Chhattisgarh
⬥ Vazhuvoor is one of the styles in
performed in - Rajasthan ⬥The element in Kuchipudi dance in which
-Bharatanatyam
⬥Purulia, Mayurbhanj, Seraikella are the performer balances his feet on the
⬥ Luddi is a folk dance of - Punjab
subtypes of the dance - Chhau edge of a brass plate - Tarangam
⬥ Ras-Lila recognised as classical dance
⬥ Charu Sija Mathur is a name that is ⬥The competitive play between dancer and
form of - Manipuri
synonymous with - Manipuri dance tabla player in Kathak is - Jugalbandi
⬥ Oldest gharana of Kathak Dance
⬥
Kolannalu, a folk dance is popularly ⬥ Rasa in which Love can be best
- BanarasGharana
known as - stickdance expressed is - Shringaararasa
⬥Wangla is a famous folk dance of ⬥ Mudiyettu is a ritual dance drama from haranasofKathak-Jaipur,Lucknow,
G
- Meghalaya Kerala based on the mythological tale of Benaras and Raigarh
⬥Bharatanatyam dance evolved from a battle between
⬥
Bhortal dance is famous in - Assam
- 'Ekaharya Lasyanga’ - Goddess Kali and Demon Darika
⬥ Lai Haraoba is the earliest form of
⬥
Konark dance festival is organized ⬥According to 'Natya Shastra',
-Manipuri dance
every year for 5 days in - Odisha Mohiniyattam is a form of- Lasya Dance
⬥The Joenpa Legso is a welcome dance of
⬥Varnam is one of the stages in the ⬥ Mohiniyattam dance emotes a play
- Bhutan
classical dance of - Bharatanatyam through dancing and singing where the
⬥ Mati-Akhora is associated with
⬥ The Khajuraho Dance Festival was song is customarily in
- Sattriya dance
started by the Government of India in - Manipravalalanguage
⬥The Nalacharitham play is associated
collaboration with Madhya Pradesh Kala ⬥ A dance form of Nagaland which is
with - Kathakali
Parishad in - 1975 performed as preparation for a hunting
⬥ Dance performed by the Kamar tribe
⬥The Khon, the masked drama dance expedition, known as - Sadal Kekai
of Madhya Pradesh is - Terah Tali
performance depicting the glory of Lord ⬥The dance movement characterized by
⬥ Mangalacharan, Sthayee, Pallavi,
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Abhinaya and Mokshya are items of ⬥ Hai - Hak Dance is associated with - Pung Cholom (Manipuri)
- Odissi Dance - Tripura ⬥Dance form which depicts the anguish of
⬥Traditional dance mainly performed ⬥ Gugga dance is a traditional folk dance women whose partners are gone from
during Navratri - Garba of - Haryana home - Biraha
⬥ Dance form related to the worship of ⬥ The Zo-Mal -Lok dance is associated ⬥ Gatka, a traditional fighting style of the
Lord Jagannath - Odissi with - Lepcha community (Sikkim) Nihang Sikh warriors has originated from
⬥Classical dance form which begins with a ⬥ Dance that developed from the - Punjab
drum playing performance called Vaishnavite monasteries of Assam ⬥‘Mudiyettu’ is a traditional folk theatre
Kelikottu - Kathakali - Sattriya form of - Kerala
⬥ Zang Talam is a popular dance of ⬥ Dance in which the artist never ⬥ ‘Elelakkaradi’ is a tribal dance form of
Mizoram performed by - Paihte tribe establishes eye contact with the audience - Kerala
⬥ Gair dance is performed by the - Manipuri ⬥ ’Waghya Murali’ dance, associated with
- Bhil community of Rajasthan ⬥ Dance performed by the women of Lord Khandoba, originated in
⬥ Karagam Folk Dance is associated with Maharashtra is - Lavani - Maharashtra
- Tamil Nadu ⬥ The folk dance Tarangamel associated ⬥Sangrai is a folk dance of - Tripura
⬥Bhoota Kola is a spirit worship ritual with - Goa ⬥Dance dedicated to temples and was
dance of - Karnataka ⬥ Buiya Dance form associated with the earlier known as Sadir - Bharatnatyam
⬥ Suggi is a famous folk dance form of state of - Arunachal Pradesh ⬥First of India's traditional dance to be
- Karnataka ⬥Classical dance form which uses various refashioned as a theatre art
⬥ Dance performed in the temples of colours on face to symbolise the -Bharatanatyam
Tamil Nadu, by the Devadasis characters is -Kathakali ⬥Dance associated with the Vaishnavism
- Bharatanatyam (Dasiattam) ⬥ Dance form which is mentioned in the of the Meitai people - Manipuri Dance
⬥ Sapera dance of Rajasthan is also known ancient text of Vyavahar Mala ⬥ Ummatt-aat is a folk dance form
as - Kalbeliadance - Mohiniyattam performed in - Coorg (karnataka)
⬥ Ekaharya, where one dancer perform ⬥ Dhaman is a dance form associated with ⬥ Bharatnatyam dance recital is done by
many roles in a single performance is the state of - Himachal Pradesh - Nattuvanar
associated with - Bharatnatyam ⬥ Rangabati is a folk dance of - Odisha
Note :Nattuvanar is a dance master.
⬥ Jagoi and cholom are the two main ⬥ Nupa dance is associated with - Manipur
divisions in - ManipuriDance ⬥ Borgeet, a musical composition, is ⬥Lava is a Popular folk dance of
⬥ Kathakali took shape in Southern India used in - Sattriyadance - Minicoy Island
in the 17th century under the patronage ⬥ The traditional folk dance of Rajasthan, ⬥A popular mask dance of South Malabar
of the - Prince of Karnataka performed by Kanjar tribe is - Chakri - Kummattikali
⬥Dance performed at the time of Dussehra ⬥ Mundari is a famous dance of ⬥ Chairs on heads with lighted diyas are
in Mithila region (Bihar) is - Jhijhiya - Jharkhand performed by women in which dance
⬥ Sangphao tribal dance is performed in ⬥ Zangtalam, Chailam, Cheraw dance - Chari Dance
- ArunachalPradesh belong to - Mizoram ⬥Dance which combines speech, mime
⬥ The Tapu dance from Arunachal Pradesh ⬥The folk dance Hojagiri is associated with and pure dance - Kuchipudi
is performed by - AdiTribe - North-EastIndia ⬥The Veeragase dance, performed during
⬥Charkula is a famous dance form ⬥ Mohiniyattam is associated with the Dussehra festival belongs to
associated with - Uttar Pradesh - God Vishnu - Karnataka
⬥ Dance performed during the worship ⬥ Kathakali is associated with ⬥Rathwa ni Gher is a dance performed on
o
f Murugan the Hindu God of war - God Krishna the occasion of Holi by the Rathwa tribe of
- Kavadi attam ⬥
Ghoomar dance form was developed by - Gujarat
⬥ Rouf is a folk dance of Bhil tribes to worship ⬥Ratvai is a dance form associated with
- Jammu andKashmir - GoddessSaraswati the -Mewati tribes
⬥ The Main theme of Manipuri dance is ⬥ The main percussion instrument used in ⬥ Tillana style is associated with
- Devotion the performance of Mohiniyattam dance -Bharatanatyam
⬥ Panthi dance form is associated with - Edakka ⬥ Chad Sukra', a popular traditional dance
- Chhattisgarh ⬥ Classical dance which referred to as the - festival of Meghalaya, is celebrated as a
⬥ The gopurams of the Chidambaram dance of the storytellers - Kathak -Sowing festival
temple (Tamil Nadu) depict the poses of ⬥Folk dance that represents a mock fight ⬥ Community of Sikkim that traditionally
- Bharatnatyam between Goddess Durga and associated with the folk dance Chu-Faat
⬥ Ghoomar is a folk dance of - Rajasthan Mahishasura - Dandiya Raas - LepchaCommunity
⬥ Kuchipudi dance is accompanied by ⬥ A dance form influenced by Bihu dance ⬥Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance
-Carnatic music - Sattriya Academy is located in - Imphal
⬥ The music of Bharatanatyam belongs ⬥Dance of Jharkhand that performed ⬥Kamsale is a dance form traditional to
to - CarnaticSystem mainly by the tribal women during the the state of -Karnataka
⬥After recovering from smallpox, a cultivation season - Janani-Jhumur ⬥ Rikhampada is a traditional dance of
typical dance performed in West Bengal is ⬥Dance form of Assam performed by the - ArunachalPradesh
- Brita dance 'Kulis' (people who work in the tea ⬥Dance form in Mizoram participated
⬥ Colorful makeup and unique masks gardens) during autumn - Jhumur exclusively by village guests - Khuallam
depicting the ancient martial art of ⬥The drum prominently used as a part of ⬥ A folk dance of Odisha depicting the life
- Kathakali dance movements in of Lord Krishna in - Ranpa dance
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⬥ Maimata is a popular dance of the Kaloi ⬥The Khajuraho dance festival was - Mizoram
community from the state of - Tripura instituted by the collaboration between ⬥ A south Indian classical dance form
⬥Bhand Pather is the dance form of Government of India and which means ‘Story-Play’ - Kathakali
- Kashmir - Madhya Pradesh Kala Parishad ⬥ The Indian dance form ‘Manipuri’ is
⬥ Aaluyattu is a folk-dance form from the ⬥ Bharatanatyam is classical dance mostly based on the themes of
state of - Nagaland form of -Tamil Nadu - Krishna-Gopis
⬥ Bolak-aat dance form belongs to ⬥ Two classical dances of Kerala ⬥Tapali & Dagla are the folk dance of
- Karnataka - Kathakali & Mohiniattam - Chhattisgarh
⬥Hallisaka is a group dance native to ⬥Kuchipudi, a classical dance originated in ⬥ Raut Nacha is a famous tribal dance of
- Gujarat - AndhraPradesh - Chhattisgarh
⬥ Birhor dance is a tribal folk dance of ⬥Manipuri is classical dance belongs to ⬥Parichakali is a popular folk dance of
- Jharkhand - Manipur - Lakshadweep
⬥ Kadsa is a kalasha carrying dance style ⬥Kathak is classical dance form of ⬥ The Kajri folk dance of Uttar Pradesh
performed by women in - Jharkhand - Uttar Pradesh is related to season of - Monsoon
⬥ A dance which is harmonious ⬥Classical dance of Odisha - Odissi ⬥Maruni Dance is associated with
combination of five fine art forms ⬥Sattriya, a classical dance from - Assam - Sikkim
- Kathakali ⬥ Changsang dance is performed by the ⬥Dance perform by young boys in Odisha
⬥ Kolkali ispopular dance form of Chang tribe from Nagaland during Refers to the -‘Gotipua’
- LakshadweepIsland - Naknyulumfestivals ⬥ ’Dollu Kunitha’ (folk dance) is from
⬥ Saila dance performed by boys after the ⬥ Rechungma, Gha To Kito, and Chi Rmu - Karnataka
harvest season in - Chhattisgarh are the dance forms of - Sikkim ⬥ The performers wear a cylindrical skirt
⬥ The 'Royal Dance of Ladakh' is - Shondol ⬥Jat-Jatin is a popular folk dance of- Bihar named 'PotIoi’ in - Manipuri dance
⬥ Dangiis a folk Dance of ⬥ Bharatnatyam dance was revealed ⬥ Triangle mudra is associated with
- HimachalPradesh by Lord Brahma to sage Bharata, who dance form - Odissi
⬥ Dalkhai is the folk dance of - Odisha codified this dance in - Natya Shastra ⬥ Laho is a dance of - Meghalaya
⬥ Hurkiya Baul is a folk dance of
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⬥Bardo Chham is folk dance of
⬥Mayurbhanj Chhau dance is native to - ArunachalPradesh ⬥ Jhali is the folk dance of
- Odisha ⬥Gaur Maria is folk dance of - HimachalPradesh
⬥Padayani is a ritual dance art form - Chhattisgarh ⬥’Deodhani’ dance of Assam is associated
performed at Bhadrakali temple in ⬥Dandiya dance is associated with with the - Snake goddess Manasa
- Kerala - Gujarat ⬥ Mayilattam (the dance of South India) is
⬥Garadi folk dance (related to the ⬥
Dhalo is a Popular ritual folk dance of also called -Peacockdance
Ramayana) in Puducherry is performed - Goa ⬥Natpuja is a folk dance of - Assam
at- Villianur Temple ⬥The Gambhira dance performed using ⬥Mahari dance style is a dance form of
⬥
Siddi Dhamal Dance is associated with various wooden masks in - West Bengal - Odissi dance
- Gujarat ⬥
Mando is a folk dance of - Goa ⬥The Hunta dance of Jharkhand is
⬥
’Alkap' is a traditional dance-drama ⬥The traditional theatre of Kerala where associated with
found in Jharkhand and - West Bengal 8 plays are performed for 8 consecutive - Santhal tribal community
⬥‘Huli Vesha’ is a popular folk dance in days - Krishnanattam ⬥ Manipuri dance often depicts scenes
- Karnataka ⬥
The only Indian dance form featured in from the life of - LordKrishna
⬥Harvest dance which is popular in the Michael Jackson's 1991 music video ⬥‘Mohiniyattam’ means
Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh 'Black or White’ - Odissi - Dance of the Enchantress
- Jawara ⬥
The Sikkimese are known for their ⬥Dollu Kunitha, a folk dance of Karnataka,
⬥Rai is primarily a folk dance of amazing mask dance, known as - Chaam is performed for - LordShiva
- MadhyaPradesh ⬥ A Classical dance which in its present ⬥’Tippani’ is a well-known dance of
⬥A dance in Andhra Pradesh similar form is influenced by Mughal tradition - Gujarat
to the stick dance is - Kolannalu - Kathak ⬥The gestures used in Bharatnatyam are
⬥Paika Dance is famous in - Odisha ⬥
Dumhal dance form belongs to known as - Mudras
⬥Rengma is primarily a folk dance of - Jammu& Kashmir ⬥The Gopurams of the Chidambaram
- Nagaland ⬥
The dance form ‘Chharhi’ has temple contain numerous poses of
⬥The Sattriya dance was introduced in originated from - Himachal Pradesh -Bharatanatyam
15th century A.D. by saint ⬥
The Mathuri folk dance is practised in ⬥'Jhora' dance is performed as a
- Mahapurusha Sankaradeva - Telangana springtime celebration in - Uttarakhand
⬥Thang Ta is an exclusive Martial dance ⬥Nat Puja, Bihu, and Chongli are folk ⬥ The Hindu god associated with
form of - Manipur dances of - Assam Mohiniyattam dance is - Lord Vishnu
⬥ A folk art performed in the North ⬥A popular folk dance of Nimar region of ⬥The musical instrument used in the
Malabar region of Kerala is - Kolkali Madhya Pradesh - Kathi Mohiniyattam dance is - Edakka
⬥A folk dance in Himachal Pradesh that ⬥Choliya dance form is associated with ⬥ The classical dance of storytellers is
ends with a Yagya - Nati - Uttrakhand - Kathak
⬥The Khajuraho Dance Festival was ⬥
Spao Dance belongs to - Ladakh ⬥ The Sattriya dance form was introduced
instituted in - 1975 ⬥
Cheraw (bamboo Dance) belongs to by - Mahapurusha Sankaradeva
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⬥
Kalbelia is a folk-dance of - Rajasthan - Uttrakhand ⬥ Kathak in its present form has the
⬥ A folk dance that represents a mock fight ⬥ Goddess Amba is the presiding deity of influence of - Mughal tradition
between Goddess Durga and - Bhavai dance ⬥ Dhimsa is a folk dance of
Mahishasura is - Dandiya Raas ⬥ ‘Grida’ is a folk dance of - AndhraPradesh
⬥ Sattriya dance forms is influenced by - Madhya Pradesh ⬥ Dhimsa is a tribal dance form that is
- Bihu dance ⬥ Bhavai is a folk dance of - Rajasthan performed by - Porja caste women
⬥ Dance of Jharkhand that performed ⬥ The dance which involves balancing pots ⬥ Bhand Pather theater is a tradition
mainly by the tribal women during the on the head of the dancer- Bhavai dance primarily of - Jammu and Kashmir
cultivation season - Janani-Jhumur ⬥ Paika Dance performed by a tribal ⬥ Hallisaka is a group dance native to
⬥The dance drama Bhamakalapam community of - Jharkhand - Gujarat
based on Kuchipudi was composed by ⬥ Folk dances which is performed holding ⬥ Birhor dance is a tribal folk dance from
- SiddhendraYogi a sword in one hand and a shield in the - Jharkhand
⬥ Garba and Dandiya arepopular folk other - Paika Dance ⬥ Kadsa dance is a dance style performed
dances of Gujarat are performed during ⬥ Mundari dance is associated with carrying a - ‘Kalasha’
- Navratri - Jharkhand ⬥ Bhootada Kola is a spiritual folk dance
⬥A dance style called 'Hi-Dance' was ⬥’Fag’ is a folk dance associated with of - Karnataka
created by - Uday Shankar - Haryana ⬥ ‘Leshalaptu’ is a dance form of
⬥ The dance of Assam that performed by ⬥ Cham Mask dance is celebrated in - Nagaland
'Kulis' during autumn is - Jhumur Dance - Bhutan ⬥ Ponung is a folk dance form of
⬥'Dhimsa' is a folk dance of ⬥ Dhangar is the worship dance form of - ArunachalPradesh
- Andhra Pradesh - Goa ⬥ Chhau, Kalaripayattu, Lazim are
⬥ Lavani is a popular dance of ⬥ Gotipua is a folk dance of - Odisha traditional dances of - Martial art form
- Maharashtra ⬥ Chau dance forms has been included ⬥ Cheraw is a traditional dance form of
⬥ The Tapu dance is performed in in the UNESCO Heritage Dances in - Mizoram
- ArunachalPradesh - 2010 ⬥‘Rauf’ is a folk dance associated with
⬥'Karagam' is a folk dance of - Tamil Nadu ⬥ Suwa folk dance is associated with - Jammu andKashmir
⬥ Bhadam dance is popular among - Chhattisgarh ⬥ Bayalata is a dance form of - Karnataka
- Bharia tribe ⬥ While performing the Suwa folk dance ⬥Jhulan is a folk dance form of- Rajasthan
⬥ 'Saila' is a folk dance which is performed women act like the bird - Parrot ⬥ Popir is a dance form of
with bamboo sticks in - Chhattisgarh ⬥’Ponung’ is a folk dance associated with - ArunachalPradesh
⬥ ’Ahirai’ is a folk dance of the Bharia tribe - ArunachalPradesh ⬥ Panthi is a dance form of - Chhattisgarh
of - MadhyaPradesh ⬥Dumhal is a famous folk dance of ⬥ The Dhangar dance is performed by
⬥ ‘Fugdi’ is a folk dance of -Goa - Jammu andKashmir shepherd community of Goa
⬥ ’Fugdi’ is celebrated in the month of ⬥ 'Manduka Shabdam, a story of the frog, -during Navratri
- Bhadrapad is performed in - Kuchipudi dance ⬥ Karma is a dance form of - Jharkhand
⬥’Fugdi’ is celebrated by the ⬥ Bagurumba is a group dance performed ⬥ Nati folk dances, India has made its entry
-Konkan women by the people of - Bodo community in the Guinness Book of World Records in
⬥ Bhagoriya dance is performed by Bhils in ⬥ Jhijhiya is a famous cultural dance of - 2015
- MadhyaPradesh - Bihar ⬥ Pung Cholam is a dance form of
⬥ Cheraw dance is the traditional bamboo ⬥ "Tamasha" is a folk dance of - Manipur
dance of - Mizoram - Maharashtra ⬥ Lai Haroba festival is a part of
⬥ Yakshagana is a traditional theatre, ⬥ Karakattam is a traditional dance of -Manipuri dance
developed in - Karnataka - Tamil Nadu
⬥ A sword dance that depict the martial art ⬥ Maruni danceis a group dance of the Defence Exams
tradition of the Kumaoni tribe is Nepali community in - Sikkim
-Chholiya dance ⬥ Scenes of Lord Krishna are performed in ⬥
Giddha is a folk dance form of - Punjab
⬥ The Lebang Boomani Dance is the - Manipuridance ⬥ Tertali is a dance form of - Rajasthan
harvest dance of -Tripura ⬥ Jat-Jatin, Bidesia, Jhijhiya are dance ⬥ Bihu is folk dance form of - Assam
⬥ Aji Lamu is a folk dance of form of - Bihar ⬥ Sonal Mansingh is a famous
- ArunachalPradesh ⬥ 'Zeliang' is a tribal folk dance of - Odissi dancer
⬥ Aji Lamu is a folk dance performed by - Nagaland ⬥Jatra folk theatre of - Eastern India
- Monpa Tribes ⬥‘Shondol’ is a dance form of - Ladakh ⬥ Gair is a folk dance form of -Rajasthan
⬥ Chang Lo Dance performed by Chang ⬥ Hojagiri dance is a tribal dance form of
tribe of - Nagaland the Reang community associated with
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⬥ Jagoi is the famous dance form of - Tripura
- Manipur ⬥ Kuchipudi dance was composed by
⬥ The folk dance which is prevalent on the
⬥ 'Laho' is a popular dance of - Meghalaya Vaishnava poet - Sidendra Yogi
occasion of Deepawali in the regional
⬥ Kharaiti is a martial dance performed ⬥ Ghoomar is the traditional folk dance of
areas of Sagar - Moniya Dance
with swords in - Himachal Pradesh - Rajasthan
⬥ The Turra-Kalangi folk drama is famous
⬥ Chutki is the traditional dance form of ⬥ Bharatanatyam traces its lineage to the
in - Nimar region (Madhya Pradesh)
- Sikkim ancient dance of - Sadir Attam
⬥ In Rajasthan, Agni dance (Fire dance) is
⬥ ‘Khuallam’ is a folk dance of - Mizoram ⬥ Mukhota dance is usually performed to
performed by - Jasnathi Siddha Sect
⬥Hurka Baul is a famous dance of worship God Bhumitayal in- Uttarakhand
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⬥ Bappi LahiriIndian musician personality's - Indian Music
Arts Personality
native place is - WestBengal ⬥
Talat Aziz is famous for
⬥ Gangubai Hangal primarily belong to - Ghazal singing
SSC Exams - Kirana Gharana ⬥ Begum Akhtar is associated with the
⬥ The musician RD Burman popularly field of - Ghazal
⬥ ‘The Unforgettables' was the collection known as - ‘ Panchamda’ ⬥Asghari Bai is primarily remembered
of semi-classical music by ⬥ Dancers Meenakshi Chithranjan belongs f or her contribution to the
- Jagjit Singh to - Bharatanatyam - Dhrupad genre ofmusic
⬥Dr.Teejan Bai is an exponent of Pandwani, ⬥ Sruti Bandopadhay belongs to ⬥ The father of the modern indian dance
a traditional storytelling art form - Manipuri dance is - Uday Shankar
originating from - Chhattisgarh ⬥ Trilichan Mohanta belongs to ⬥ Film actressHema Malini is trained
⬥ The founder of the Kalakshetra - Chhau dance dancer of - Bharatnatyam
Foundation in Chennai was ⬥ Who is credited with composing Talas ⬥Subha Mudgal is famous for
- Rukmini DeviArundale such as Trimukhi, Panchamukhi, - Hindustani classicalmusic
⬥'Father of Carnatic Music in India' is Saptamukhi and Navamukhi ⬥The term ‘Odissi’ for Odisha’s classical
- Purandar das - M Balamuralikrishna dance coined by
⬥Jhelum Paranjape is a classical dancer ⬥ A maestro of Hindustani classical music - Kabichandra Kalicharan Patnaik
of - Odissi is - Bade Ghulam Ali Khan ⬥ Kumari Kamala is associated with
⬥ K Uma Rama Rao was a classical dancer ⬥ Bharati Shivaji and Kanak Rele are - Kathak dance
of - Kuchipudi dancer exponents of - Mohiniyattam ⬥ Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (sarod player) was
⬥Alarmel Valli is an exponent of ⬥ Mrinalini Sarabhaiis a Bharatanatyam born in 1945 in - Gwalior
Pandanallur style dance form of and - Kathakali dancer ⬥ Vyjayanthimala was an exponent of
-Bharatanatyam ⬥ Pandit Janki Prasad was associated with -Bharatanatyam
⬥The European theatrical techniques to - Banaras Gharanas ⬥Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain belongs to
Indian Classical dance, applied by ⬥ Sitara Deviwas described as ‘Nritya - Punjab gharana
- Uday Shankar Samragni' by - Rabindranath Tagore ⬥The folk music singer Sulochana Chava
⬥ Before joining Akbar's court, Tansen ⬥ ‘Hi-Dance’ style is started by is associated with - Lavani Geet
served as a court musician for - Uday Shankar ⬥, The renowned vocalist Ustad Amir Khan
- Raja Ram Chand ofRewa ⬥ The Singer S Janaki belongs to belonged to - Indore Gharana
⬥ Haripriya Namboodiri is an exponent of - Andhra Pradesh ⬥ Sujata Mohapatra and Madhavi Mudgal
- Kathakalidance ⬥ Lachhu Maharaj is related to - Kathak are renowned for - Odissi dance
⬥ The Wadali Brothers (Puranchand Wadali ⬥ Sonal Mansingh is themasters of ⬥ Darshana Jhaveri and Devjani Chaliha
and Pyarelal Wadali) are singers of Bharatanatyam and-Odissi dancing style are renowned for - Manipur dance
- Sufi music ⬥Deba Prasad Das, Pankaj Charan Das and ⬥ The Bhendi Bazaar Gharana was founded
⬥ Padma Bhushan awardee (2010) Gangadhar Pradhan are associated with by three brothers - Chhajju Khan, Nazir
Kumudini Lakhia is renowned for - Odissi dance Khan and Khadim Husain Khan
- Kathak dance ⬥ Bhanu Ji is associated with ⬥Tabla maestro Ustad Alla Rakha was a
⬥Guru Amubi Singh and Phanjoubam - Jaipur Gharana ofKathak musician, trained by Mian Kader Baksh of
Iboton Singh was an exponent of ⬥ Music directors AR Rahman is known as the - Punjab Gharana
- ManipuriDance - 'Mozart of Madras ⬥Elam Endira Devi is associated with
⬥ Govindji Nartanalaya dance school for ⬥Rohini Bhate and Pandit Munnalal Shukla -Manipuri dance
women in Imphal was founded by are exponents of - Kathak ⬥Khagen Mahanta was a notable person in
- GuruBipin Singh ⬥Kumudini Lakhia and Uma Sharma are the folk music of - Assam
⬥ Jagjit Singh is associated with which famous exponents of - Kathak ⬥Padma Bhushan awardee Guru Vempati
form of singing - Ghazal ⬥ Popular Bollywood actor Kriti Sanon is a Chinna Satyam is associated with
⬥ Aluna Kabuini is associated with the - Kathak dancer - Kuchipudidance
dance of - Manipuri Dance ⬥ Indian musicians Begum Akhtar was ⬥Prabha Atre is related to- Kirana gharana
⬥ Roshan Kumari and Shovana Narayan called - Mallika-e-Ghazal ⬥Anita Ratnam is associated with
are the - Kathakartists ⬥Vallathol Narayana Menon and - Bharatnatyam
⬥ Maya Rao and Kumudini Lakhia are Kalyanikutty Amma revived and ⬥Rasheswar Saikia Barbayan is related
eminent artists of - Kathak rejuvenated the - Mohiniyattam dance with - Sattriyadance
⬥ Rani Machaiah, a Ummathat folk ⬥”Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon" sung by Lata ⬥ Guru Pankaj Charan Das is a famous
dancer was awarded by Padma Shri in Mangeshkar was directed by proponent of - Odissidance
- 2023 - C Ramchandra ⬥ Sitara Devi was famous for performance
⬥ The dancers Padma Subrahmanyam, ⬥ Sutapa Talukdar is associated with of - Kathak dance
Alarmel Valli, Yamini Krishnamurthy and dance form of - Odissi ⬥ Sharodi Saikia is an Indian classical
Anita Ratnam are exponents of ⬥ The personality which known as dancer of - Sattriya
- Bharatanatyam ‘Queen of Carnatic Music’ is ⬥ Radha Reddy and Raja Reddy are
⬥ Pandit Jasraj is associated with - M.S. Subbulakshmi famous proponents of - Kuchipudi
- MewatiGharana ⬥Padma shri awardee (2011) Mo. Zahur ⬥Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2016
⬥ Indian musicians Jagjit Singh also known Khayyam was a famous - Music Director for Chhau dance was given to
as the - 'Ghazal King' ⬥Padma Vibhushan Awardee (2008) - Gopal PrasadDubey
⬥ Shambhu Maharaj was a renowned guru Asha Bhosle is famous personality in ⬥Shambu Maharaj, Sitara Devi, Gopi
of - Lucknow Gharanas of Kathak
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rishna are knowing for the dance form
K ⬥ Guru Bipin Singh was renowned for ⬥Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan
of - Kathak -Manipuri Dance (Bharatanatyam) was called to perform
⬥ E Krishna Iyer was related to classical ⬥ Urmila Satyanarayanan is an exponent for - Queen Elizabeth-ll's coronation
danceof -Bharatnatyam of - Bharatanatyam (1953)
⬥ Kelucharan Mohapatra was conferred ⬥Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande is related to ⬥ Vasundhara Doraswamy received
with a doctorate by the Akhil Bharatiya - Hindustani classicalmusic Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2019 for
Gandharva Mahavidyalaya in -1981 ⬥ Kalyani Varadarajan, Subramania -Bharatanatyam
⬥ Yamini Krishnamurthy has won various Bharathiyar, MS Subbulakshmi are ⬥First person from Odisha to get Padma
accolades in the dance form of associated with - Carnatic Music Vibhushan (2000) was
- Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam ⬥ Yamini Krishnamurthy was hailed as a - Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra
⬥Kunchu Kurup is related to the dance resident dancer of ⬥ Music composer Jyoti Prasad Agarwala
form of - Kathakali - Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam known as 'Rupkonwar' in - Assam
⬥Kathak dancer,Janaki Prasad is ⬥ Padma Shri Awardee Satyaram Reang, ⬥ Raja and Radha Reddy received the
associated with - Banaras gharana a Hojagiri dancer, belongs to - Tripura Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for
⬥ Kalamandalam Kallyanikutty Amma ⬥ Alla Rakha was a classical tabla player - Kuchipudi
received fame and recognition for also known as - 'Abbaji' ⬥Yamini Krishnamurthy opened Yamini
- Mohiniyattam ⬥ Pandit Jasraj, Bhimsen Joshi and Zakir School of Dance in - Delhi (1990)
⬥Kumar Gandharva was a renowned Hussain are associated with ⬥Pandit Ravi Shankar was awarded the
vocalist, known for - Hindustani ClassicalMusic Bharat Ratna in - 1999
- Hindustani Classical music ⬥ U Srinivas (Uppalapu Srinivas) is ⬥ 'Darpana Academy of Performing Arts'
⬥Pandit Jasraj was an Indian classical associated with - Mandolin in Ahmedabad was founded by
vocalist, he was associated with ⬥ KADAMB Centre for Dance was founded - MrinaliniSarabhai
- Mewati Gharana in 1964 by - Kumudini Lakhia (Kathak) ⬥Gulzar (Sampooran Singh Kalra) won
⬥Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was a Hindustani ⬥ A Bharatanatyam exponent, and founder Grammy and oscar for - ’Jai Ho’ Song
classical vocalist, he was associated with of the Kalakshetra Dance School ⬥ Ratikant Mohapatra, an awardee of
- Kirana gharana - Rukmini DeviArundale 'Sangeet Natak Akademi Award’ is known
⬥Damayanti Joshi was a ⬥ Rahul Dev Barman is also known as for - Odissi dance
- Kathak Dancer - 'Pancham Da' ⬥ Kamalini and Nalini Asthana conferred
⬥Kishori Amonkar was a vocalist of ⬥ Shivaputra Siddaramaiah Komkalimath with the Padma Shri (2022) are
Hindustani music, she was associated is original name of renowned for - Kathak Dance
With - Jaipur gharana - Pandit Kumar Gandharva ⬥Surupa Sen is a famous for- Odissi dance
⬥The father of Qawwali in India is ⬥ Pandit Kishan Maharaj of Benaras ⬥ Recipient of Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva
- Amir Khosrow Gharana was a - Tabla Player Puraskar for Kathak in 2017 - Vidha Lal
⬥The ‘Shakespeare of Bhojpuri’ is ⬥ Padma Shri awardee, Darshana Jhaveri ⬥ Papanasam Sivan was related to
- Bhikhari Thakur is a - ManipuriDancer - Carnatic music
⬥Hindustani classical musician ⬥ 'Father of Modern Dance in India' ⬥ Recipient of Filmfare Award in the Best
Annapurna Devi died in - 2018 - Uday Shankar Choreographer category in 2008
⬥The earlier name of music director A.R. ⬥ Lucknow gharana of Kathak was - Saroj Khan
Rehman - DileepKumar founded by - Ishwari Prasad ⬥ Zakir Hussain, Mickey Hart, Sikiru
⬥Christopher Guruswamy is an ⬥ Ustad Hassu Khan was one of the Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo awarded
exponent of - Bharatanatyam dance founders of - Gwalior Gharana Grammy for - ‘Global Drum Project’
⬥Prateeksha Kashi is an exponent ⬥ Ramkrishna Talukdar received the ⬥ Ilyas Khan was famous for playing- Sitar
of - Kuchipudidance Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2018 ⬥Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma was an
⬥Mayadhar Raut is an exponent of for - Sattriyadance exponent of - Santoor
- Odissi dance ⬥ Lata Mangeshkar was born in - Indore ⬥
Rukmini Devi was associated with
⬥Ranjumoni Saikia is an exponent of ⬥ Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam was a -Bharatnatyam
- Sattriya dance renowned guru of - Kuchipudi dance ⬥Rukmini Devi received Sangeet Natak
⬥Prerna Shrimali is an exponent of ⬥ Akham Lakshmi Devi is renowned for Akademi Fellowship in -1967
- Kathak dance -Manipuri dance ⬥Rukmini Devi was awarded Padma
⬥Rupa Rani Das Bora is an exponent of ⬥Padma Bhushan awardee, Alarmel Bhushan in - 1956
- Kathak dance Velli is an exponent of ⬥ Ustad Shafaat Ahmed Khan was
⬥ Shobha Naidu is an exponent of - Bharatanatyam and Odissi associated with - Tabla
- Kuchipudi dance ⬥ Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra was ⬥ V. Satyanarayana Sarma received
⬥Sharon Lowen (Odissi dancer) belongs to instrumental in reviving of- Odissi dance Padma Shri (1970) for - Kuchipudi
- United States ofAmerica ⬥ Founder of Benaras Gharana of Kathak is ⬥ Bismillah Khan was awarded the Bharat
⬥Ustad Amjad Ali Khan performed the - Janaki Prasad Ratna in - 2001
'Rage for Peace' in the Nobel Peace Prize ⬥Tanjore Balasaraswati received Sangita ⬥Credited for taking the shehnai from
Concerts in - 2014 Kalanidhi by Madras Music Academy in Marriage mandap to concert hall goes to
⬥ The first Indian folk artist to attend the 1973 for - Bharatnatyam -Bismillah Khan
Cannes Film Festival (France) ⬥Shahid Parvez Khan, Budhaditya ⬥Padma Subrahmanyam is a
- Mame Khan Mukherjee, Anushka Shankar and Hara - BharatnatyamDancer
⬥ Mrinalini Sarabhai is an exponent of Shankar Bhattacharya are associated ⬥ Girija Devi was known as the
- Bharatanatyam and Kathakali with - Sitar - 'Queenof Thumri'
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⬥Sitara Devi was a recognized dancer of ⬥ ‘Kahe Chhed Mohe' and ‘Mohe Rang Do ⬥ Allauddin Khan was the guru of
- Kathak Laal' was choreographed by - Pandit RaviShankar
⬥Ustaad Allauddin Khan is associated - Birju Maharaj ⬥ K Vaidyanathan was a - Violinist
with - Sarod ⬥ "Bombay" Ramnath is a famous ⬥ Ustad Vilayat Khan was a - Sitar player
⬥ AR Rahman won the Oscar award in -Carnatic singer ⬥Bimbavati Devi is an exponent of
2009 for the song - Jai Ho ⬥ Maharaja of Manipur conferred the -Manipuri Dance
⬥ Birju Maharaj (Kathak) received Padma prestigious title of "Nrityacharya' to ⬥ Baba Allauddin Khan was a musician in
Vibhushan in - 1986 - GuruBipin Singh - Maihar court (Madhya Pradesh)
⬥ Saswati Sen was a recognized dancer ⬥ As a dancer, Alarmel Valli is known for ⬥ Dr. Kanak Rele was an exponent of
of - Kathak her performance at the - Mohiniyattam
⬥ First musician to be awarded the - Salzburg Festival(2015) ⬥ Birju Maharaj was awarded National Film
Bharat Ratna - M.S. Subbulakshmi ⬥ Jayanthi Kumaresh is an exponent of Award in - 2012
⬥ First Indian classical musician to - Veena ⬥ Roshan Kumari is an exponent of
perform at the United Nations General ⬥ Italian-born Kathakali dancer, Milena - Kathak
Assembly - M.S. Subbulakshmi Salvini received Padma Shri in - 2019 ⬥ Gangubai Hangal (a singer of Kirana
⬥ First Indian musician to receive the ⬥Nahid Siddiqui (Kathak Dancer) received gharana) belongs to
Grammy LifeTime Achievement Award Milapfest Lifetime Achievement Award in - Hindustani Khyalfamily
- Pandit RaviShankar - 2017 ⬥ Rajashree Shirke received Sangeet Natak
⬥ Sonal Mansingh (Bharatnatyam and ⬥ Elam Endira Devi received the Padma Academy Award (2013) for - Kathak
Odissi dancer) received the Sangeet Shri award for - Manipuri Dance ⬥ Ustad Bismillah Khan has an auditorium
Natak Akademi Award in - 1987 ⬥ Indore gharana (a vocal gharana) was named after him in - Tehran, Iran
⬥Srimanta Sankardev is associated founded by - Ustad Amir Khan ⬥ Sunanda Nair is a famous
with - Sattriyadance ⬥ Ghanakanta Bora Barbayan is related to - MohiniyattamDancer
⬥ Saroja Vaidyanathan received Kalidas - Sattriya dance ⬥ Rani Karnaa Nayak (Kathak dancer) was
Samman for Bharatanatyam in-2009 -10 ⬥ Vyjayanthi Kashi, Vempati Chinna awarded the Padma Shri in - 2014
⬥Most recorded artist in music history Satyam, Radha Reddy are associated with ⬥ Sundaram Balachander was a
by the Guinness Book of World records - Kuchipudidance - Veena player
in 2011 - AshaBhosle ⬥ First dancer of foreign origin to be ⬥ First recipient of Nishagandhi
⬥Lata Mangeshkar recorded her first conferred the Padma Shri (2006) Puraskaram in 2013 - Mrinalini Sarabhai
playback song for a - Ileana Citaristi(Odissi) ⬥ Uday Shankar won a Padma Vibhushan
- Marathi film (Kitihasaal) ⬥ Indian percussionist T H Vinayakram award in - 1971
⬥Mozart of the Madras is - A.R. Rahman is also known as - God of ghatam ⬥Shovana Narayan received Guru Deba
⬥ Pandit Ram Narayan is a Hindustani ⬥ Ustad Zakir Hussain is a player of - Tabla Prasad award in - 2013
classical musician associated with ⬥ Hariprasad Chaurasia is associated ⬥ Guru Gopinath was a famous
- Sarangi with - Bansuri - KathakaliDancer
⬥ Alla Rakha left home at age 12 to learn ⬥First woman to participate and represent ⬥Rajkumar Singhajit Singh (Manipuri
tabla under - Ustad Mian Qadir Baksh India in the Miss Universe pageant (1952) Dancer) was awarded Padma Shri in-1986
⬥Shakoor Khan was a - Sarangi player - IndraniRahmani ⬥ Padma Bhushan Kishori Amonkar
⬥Jnan Prakash Ghosh, Sabir Khan, ⬥ M.S. Gopalakrishnan (violin) mastered belongs to - Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana
Sandeep Das are associated with - Tabla in - Carnatic and Hindustani music ⬥ Prerana Shrimali is an exponent of
⬥ Lacchu Maharaj was a Indian classical ⬥ Jagjit Singh is credited for the revival of - Kathak Dance
dancer and choreographer of - Kathak -Ghazal (music) ⬥ Sitara Devi received Padma Shri in- 1973
⬥Alarmel Valli (Pandanallur Style in ⬥ Budhaditya Mukherjee is associated ⬥ Guru Nileshwar Mukharjee is the
Bharatanatyam) received Padma Bhusan with - Sitar exponent of - Manipuri Dance
in - 2004 ⬥ Teejan Bai (Pandavani dancer) was ⬥ Sisters Lalita and Nandini are associated
⬥Dancer Shovana Narayan is renowned awarded a Padma Bhushan in - 2003 with - Violin
for - Kathak ⬥ Shri Mani Prasad is associated with ⬥ Prerana Deshpande (Kathak) received
⬥ Zarin Sharma was a - Sarod maestro - Hindustani vocalmusic the National Devadasi Award in - 2016
⬥Empress of Bharatanatyam across the ⬥ Shri Jatin Goswami is an exponent of ⬥ Rukmini Devi Arundale received the Prani
world - Tanjore Balasaraswati - Sattriya dance Mitra Award in - 1968
⬥ Pandit Ravi Shankar was an exponent of ⬥ Akham Lakshmi Devi (Manipuri) received ⬥ Hariprasad Chaurasia served as the
- Sitar the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in artistic director of
⬥ Sonal Mansingh was honoured with - 2018 - World Music Department
Padma Bhushan in -1992 ⬥ Deepika Reddy is associated with ⬥ Prateeksha Kashi is an exponent of
⬥Kumari Kamala (Kathak) was awarded - KuchipudiDance - KuchipudiDance
with Padma Bhushan in -1970 ⬥ The poet saint Kabir Das was born in ⬥ Smitha Rajan, Jayaprabha Menon and
⬥ Vidushi Sharan Rani is famous for - Kashi Radha Dutta are - Mohiniyattam Dancers
playing - Sarod ⬥ Aditi Mangaldas is a leading dancer & ⬥ Surekha Punekar is a - Lavani Dancer
⬥ Melody Queen in India- Lata Mangeshkar Choreographer of -Kathak ⬥ Priyadarshini Govind (Bharatnatyam)
⬥ Sri Deepak Mazumdar received the ⬥ Abdul Karim Khan belongs to the was awarded Kalaimamani in - 1998
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in - 2018 -Kirana Gharana ⬥ Gulabo Sapera from Rajasthan is a
⬥ Annapurna Devi was known to practice ⬥ Sonal Mansingh received the Padma -Kalbelia Dancer
- Surbahar Vibhushan in - 2003 ⬥ Nritya Bharati Kathak Dance Academy in
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Pune was established by - Rohini Bhate ⬥Rukmini Devi Arundale was awarded the ⬥ Meenakshi Srinivasan (Bharatnatyam)
⬥ Kumkum Mohanty (Odissi dancer) Queen Victoria Silver Medal of the Royal received Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva
received Padma Shri in - 2005 Society in - 1958 Puraskar in - 2011
⬥ Sharodi Saikia is an exponent of ⬥ Meenakshi Pillai achieved fame for the ⬥ Jayaprabha Menon was given the
- Sattriya Dance Pandanallur school of - Bharatanatyam Devadasi National Award in - 2013
⬥ Hema Malini (Bharatnatyam dancer) ⬥ Ustad Asad Ali Khan (Rudra Veena ⬥Tulsidas Borkar (Harmonium player)
received Padma Shri in -2000 player) was the master of one of the four was awarded with the Padma Shri in
⬥ Sharmila Biswas (Odissi dancer) was schools of Dhrupad named - Khandar - 2016
awarded the 'Best Choreography Award' in ⬥ Tankeswar Hazarika Borbayan (Sattriya) ⬥ R Muthu Kannammal (Sadir dancer)
- 1998 received Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in received the Padma Shri in - 2022
⬥ Ustad Sultan Khan was a- Sarangi player - 2018 ⬥ Haleem Khan is associated with
⬥ Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Hariprasad ⬥ Sheikh Chinna Moula was a - Kuchipudidance
Chaurasia and Brij Bhushan Kabra - Nadaswaramplayer ⬥ Guru Makar Dhwaja Darogha was a
produced an album in 1967 ⬥ First woman to be nominated as a - Chhau Dancer
- 'Callof the Valley' member of the Rajya Sabha ⬥ Guru Amubi Singh was an exponent of
⬥ Mogubai Kurdikar was a vocalist of - Rukmini DeviArundale -Manipuri Dance
- Jaipur-Atrauligharana ⬥ Madhavi Mudgal is associated with ⬥Annapurna Devi and her father and trainer
⬥Telangana’s first Sangeet Natak Akademi - Odissi Dance Ustad ‘Baba’ Allauddin Khan established
Award winner is ⬥ Ali Akbar Khan was associated with the - Maihar-Senia gharana
- Padmaja Reddy (Kuchipudi Dancer) - Sarod ⬥ Vallathol Narayana Menon was a
⬥ Bade Ghulam Ali Khan was a singer of ⬥ Kadri Gopalnath was associated with - Malayalampoet
-Patiala gharana - Saxophone ⬥ Vallathol Narayana Menon credited with
⬥ Louise Lightfoot also known as ⬥ Pandit Pannalal Ghosh (Bansuri player) revitalising - Kathakali
- ‘Australian Mother of Kathakali’ also known as - Amal Jyoti Ghosh ⬥ Guru Gangadhar Pradhan was a Popular
⬥ Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam has created a ⬥ Kamala Narayan is known for - Odissi dancer
new style of - Bharatanatyam - BharatnatyamDance ⬥ Maitya Ram Reang (Satyaram) received
⬥ Abdul Karim Khan and Abdul Wahid Khan ⬥ Radha Sridhar (Bharatnatyam) received Padma Shri for - Hojagiri Folk dance
founded the - Kirana Gharana the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in ⬥ Lata Mangeshkar was awarded the
⬥ Sudha Chandran is a - 2018 Officer of the Legion of Honour (french
- BharatanatyamDancer ⬥ Rohini Bhate, recipient of Kalidas award) in - 2009
⬥ Gharana, propounded by Bade Fateh Samman, was associated with - Kathak ⬥ Uma Sharma is a - Kathak Dancer
Ali Khan and Ali Baksh Jarnail Khan ⬥ Dr N Rajam is known for playing - Violin ⬥ A R Rahman won Grammy twice for
- Patiala ⬥ First trans woman to win a Padma Shri Danny Boyle’s film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ i
⬥ Bhajan Sopori was a - Santoor Player for Bharatanatyam - Narthaki Nataraj n - 2010
⬥ L Subramaniam (Violinist) is famous for ⬥ Anouska Shankar (Daughter of Ravi ⬥ Bhupen Hazarika was known as
-Carnatic music Shankar) is a - SitarPlayer - ‘Bard of Brahmaputra’
⬥ First Indian musician to receive Ramon ⬥ Buddhadev Das Gupta was a ⬥ Bhupen Hazarika won the Best Music
Magsaysay award for public service - Sarod player Director National Award for - ‘Rudaali’
- MS Subbulakshmi ⬥ Pandit Rajendra Gangani is associated ⬥ Ashish Sankrityayan is an exponent of
⬥ Appa Jalgaonkar was associated with with - Kathak - Dhrupad Music
- Harmonium ⬥Music of Silsila and Chandni films ⬥ ‘Govindji Narthanalaya’ dance school for
⬥ Hari Prasad Chaurasia (flutist) is composed by Pandit Shivkumar Sharma women in Imphal was opened by
associated with - Senia gharana with - Hariprasad Chaurasia - Bipin Singh
⬥ Bhaamaakalaapam (a dance drama ⬥ Minati Mishra was associated with ⬥ Shubha Mudgal is a
based on Kuchipudi) is composed by - Odissi Dance - Hindustani ClassicalSinger
- SiddhendraYogi ⬥ Chitti Babu is associated with - Veena ⬥ Shobana Chandrakumar is an exponent
⬥ Ustad Bundu Khan and Santosh Mishra ⬥ Yog Sunder Desai was born on July 16, of -Bharatnatyam
are famous as - Sarangi Player 1921 in - Gujarat ⬥ Pandit Birju Maharaj is known as a
⬥ Satyadev Pawar is associated with ⬥ Kelucharan Mohapatra along with his descendant of
- Violin wife, and their son built Srjan (dance - Ishwari Prasad (First Kathak Guru)
⬥Mallika Sarabhai received Chevalier des school) in - 1993 ⬥ First recipient of the National Award for
Palmes Academiques by French ⬥ The Nooran Sisters are famous for Best Music Direction - K. V. Mahadevan
government in - 2005 - Sufi Music ⬥ Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi gave his
⬥Sabri brothers, Aziz Warsi and Nusrat ⬥Janki Bai (vocalist) and Gauhar Jaan first-ever live performance in - 1941
Fateh Ali Khan are associated with performed for Emperor George V at the ⬥ Kuchipudi Art Academy (1963) at
- Qawwali Delhi Darbar in - 1911 Madras was founded by
⬥ Nikhil Banerjee was a - Sitarist ⬥ Gopal Prasad was awarded Padma Shri - Dr. Vempati Chinna Satyam
⬥ Laxmipriya Mohapatra was associated for - Chhau Dance ⬥ Chittani Ramachandra Hegde was a
with -Odissi Dance ⬥ First Indian musician to win the Oscar - YakshaganaArtist
⬥ TR Mahalingam was known for playing award for Best Original Score ⬥ Meer Qutub Baksh (Khyal singer) was
- Flute - AR Rahman given the title of ‘Tanras” by
⬥ Tansen of the 20th century is ⬥ Shamshad Begum was a playback singer, - Bahadur ShahJaffar
- Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan received the OP Nayyar Award in - 2009 ⬥Guinness world record for singing the
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highest number of songs (28) in one day ⬥ ‘Raag Sarita’ was written by - Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
- Kumar Sanu - Chintaman Raghunath Vyas ⬥ Grammy for Best song (‘Jai Ho’) written
⬥
Guru Mayadhar Raut redefined the ⬥ Kalamandalam Kshemavathy Pavithran for Visual Mediawon by - Tanvi Shah
grammar and Abhinaya vocabulary of received the Padma Shri award for ⬥Durga Charan Ranbir is a teacher and
- Odissi dance - Mohinyattam performer of - Odissidance
⬥The title of ‘Rajya Gayika’ given to ⬥ C V Chandra Shekhar is a ⬥ Banaras Gharana of style of Khayal
Kesarbai Kerkar (HIndustani classical - BharatnatyamDancer Singing was founded by
vocalist) by - Maharashtra Government ⬥ Who perform for the ceremony at the - Pandit GopalMishra
⬥ Academy of Performing Arts and Red Fort on August 15, 1947? ⬥ Anup Jalota is famous for - Bhajan
Research in Switzerland established by - Ustad Bismillah Khan ⬥ Ustad Fateh Ali Khan belongs to
- Dr. Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna ⬥Mallika-e-Ghazal or the Queen of Ghazal - PatialaGharana
⬥ Dr. Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna - Begum Akhtar ⬥ Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Ustad Rashid
received the Padma Vibhushan award in ⬥ Padma Subrahmanyam received Padma Khan, Ustad Inayat Khan belong to
- 1991 Shri and Padma Bhushan in - Rampur Sahaswan Gharana
⬥ Kanaka Raju was awarded Padma Shri - 1981 and 2003 respectively ⬥Lourembam Bino Devi is an exponent of
in 2021 for - GussadiDance ⬥ Ajay-Atul (music director) made their - ManipuriDance
⬥The Music album ‘Land of Gold’ was debut in Forbes India Celebrity 100 List in ⬥ Natya Tarangini (1976) in National
composed by - Anoushka Shankar - 2015 Capital Region was founded by
⬥ Vidyagauri Adkar (kathak dancer) ⬥ Pandit Kumar Gandharva (Hindustani - Radha and Raja Reddy (Kuchipudi)
belongs to - Jaipur Gharana classical singer) received Padma ⬥ Ry Cooder and Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
⬥Guru Shyama Charan Pati received the Vibhushan in - 1990 won a grammy in 1993 for music album
Padma Shri for - Chhau nritya ⬥ Allah Jilai Bai was a folk singer from - ‘A Meeting bythe River’
⬥ Geeta Chandran is an exponent of - Rajasthan ⬥ Ramali Bin Ibrahim (Padma Shri 2018 )
-Bharatanatyam ⬥ Rama Vaidyanathan (Bharatnatyam) is a Malaysian choreographer of
⬥ Pandit Sunder Prasad (Kathak) received received the Devadasi National Award in - Bharatanatyam and Odissi
the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in - 2013 ⬥Kalamandalam Rajan (Kathakali Dancer)
- 1959 ⬥ Shambhu Maharaj (Kathak) was awarded received the Sangeet Natak Akademi
⬥First National Film Award for Best Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Award in - 2009
Choreography (1992) - 1967 ⬥ Ustad Hassu Khan, Ustad Haddu Khan
- Laxmibai Kolhapurkar ⬥ Sujata Mohapatra (Odissi) received and Ustad Nathu Khan were exponents of
⬥ Wadali Brothers are famous for Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in - 2017 - GwaliorGharana
- Sufi Music ⬥ Guru Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair was a ⬥ Kottakkal Sivaraman is associated with
⬥ Sartaj Khan, Sarwar Khan,Swaroop dancer of - Kathakali - Kathakali
Khan and Mame Khan are famous for ⬥ Shobha Naidu was a - Kuchipudi Dancer
- Rajasthanifolk music ⬥ MakarDhwaja Darogha (Chhau) received Railway Exams
⬥Oldest Hindustani musical Gharanas the Padma Shri in - 2011
among all the Khayal Gayaki styles ⬥ Harmony and Universality through Music ⬥Allarakha Qureshi (Alla Rakha) is an
- GwaliorGharana (HUM) was founded by - Sandeep Das Indian -Tabla Player
⬥ Faiyyaz Khan, Latafat Hussein Khan and ⬥ Guru MK Saroja was an exponent of ⬥The founder of National Orchestra of
Dinkar Kakini are singers of -Bharatanatyam India -Ravi Shankar
- Agra Gharana ⬥ Kishore Kumar was born in 1929 in ⬥
MS Subbulakshmi was an Indian
⬥ Arjun Singh Dhurve received the Padma - Khandwa Carnatic singer born in - Madurai
Shri (2022) for - Baiga dance and Music ⬥ Maguni Charan received the Padma Shri ⬥Pandit Jasraj, an Indian Classical
⬥ GN Balasubramaniam was a for - GotipuaDance Vocalist, belongs to - Mewati gharana
- CarnaticVocalist ⬥ Maharaj Kalka Prashad is a 19th century ⬥ Tyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar, and
⬥ In India, tradition of singing ghazal was exponent of - KathakDance Syama Sastri are referred to as
established by - Hazrat Amir Khusrau ⬥ Rahul Dev Burman introduced Western - ‘The Trinity of CarnaticMusic’
⬥ Pandit Bhimsen Joshi received the tunes in - Hindi filmindustry ⬥Tarana Singer Pandit Rattan Mohan
National Film Award for singing in 1985 ⬥ The Ballet Folklorico of Mexico was Sharma belongs to - Mewati gharana
for - AnkaheeMovie choreographed by - Mrinalini Sarabhai ⬥
Shagun Bhutani, Chitra Krishnamurti
⬥ Ricky Kej won the 57th Grammy Award ⬥ Ustad Zakir Hussain is the son of and Kumkum Mohanty are dancers of
for - Winds ofSamsara - UstadAlla Rakha - Odissi
⬥ Shanta and VP Dhananjayan are famous ⬥ Lakshmi Shankar was a Hindustani ⬥Pandit Bhimsen Joshi (2008 Bharat
for -Bharatnatyam classical vocalist of - Patiala Gharana Ratna), Khayal singer, belonged to
⬥ India’s first transgender folk dancer to ⬥ Mallikarjun Mansur was a vocalist in -Kirana gharana
receive a Padma Shri (2021) Khayal style, belongs to ⬥
Teejan Bai (a Pandavani exponent)
- ManjammaJogati - Jaipur-Atrauligharana showcases Chhattisgarhi traditional
⬥ Two books "Mohiniyattam - History" and ⬥Mallikarjun Mansur was a singer from art by performing tales of - Mahabharata
"Dance Structure" is authored by, - Karnataka ⬥
The father of Carnatic music
Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma ⬥ Dr. Radhe Shyam Barle received Padma -PurandaraDasa
⬥ Malka Jaan of Agra Gharana was the Shri Award for - Panthi Folk Dance ⬥The musical player known as "Sarod
court musician at the durbar of ⬥ ‘Raga for peace’ at Nobel Peace Prize Samrat" - Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
- Wajid Ali Shah Concert in 2014 was played by ⬥Zakir Hussainwon the best
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contemporary world music for album - Bhil tribe ⬥Jogen Dutta Bayan is related to
" Global Drum Project" in -2008 ⬥ Kalashram, a dance school in New Delhi - Sattriya dance
⬥Ustad Mohi Bahuauddin Dagar is a was started by - Pandit Birju Maharaj ⬥Tanjore Balasaraswati was a prominent
legendary musician associated with ⬥Meenakshisundaram Pillai was dancer of - Bharatanatyam
- Rudra Veena recognised for - Bharatnatyam dance ⬥ Padma Shri awardee (2020) Indira PP
⬥M.S Subbulakshmi, Priya Sisters, and ⬥Sunanda Nair completed her PhD from Bora, (Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, and
Bombay Jayashri are exponent of Mumbai University for her thesis on Sattriya dancer), hails from - Assam
-Carnatic Music "Internal Lyrical Feminism" in which ⬥ Dr. Balamuralikrishna was an exponent
⬥Sonal Mansingh is famous for classical dance - Mohiniyattam of - Classical carnaticmusic
- Bharatanatyam and Odissi dance ⬥ Rani Karnaais an exponent of Indian
⬥Pandit Birju Maharaj is a - Kathak Dancer classical dance - Kathak
Arts Awards
⬥ Tansen learnt music for 11 years from ⬥ Kalashram (a dance school) was opened
- Swami Haridas by - Pandit BirjuMaharaj
⬥Jamini Roy, Amrita Shergil, and Nandalal ⬥ The Kuchipudi Art Academy at Madras SSC Exams
Bose are famous - Painters (now Chennai) in 1963 was founded by
⬥Ganesh Pyne is associated with- Painting - Vempati ChinnaSatyam ⬥Lata Mangeshkar received, Bharat Ratna
⬥ Gulabo Sapera, recipient of Padma Shri award in - 2001
⬥Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award is
Police Exams Award in 2016, is an exponent of
- Kalbeliya dance given by the - State ofOdisha
⬥Famous actress Sudha Chandran is a ⬥ Guru Gangadhar Pradhan Award is given
⬥Musician Bhajan Sopari was a Santoor
accomplished dancer of- Bharatanatyam in the field of - Dance
maestro from - Sufiana Gharana
⬥ A dancer was called to perform for the ⬥The Kalidas Samman is awarded
⬥The noted Sindhi Sarangi player Lakha
coronation festivities of Queen Elizabeth annually by
Khan belongs to - Rajasthan
II in 1953 - Kumari Kamala - Madhya Pradesh Government
⬥Vyjayanthi Kashi is an exponent of
⬥ Lakshmi Narayan Shastri is related to ⬥ Anindita Neogy Anaam received the
- Kuchipudi
- Kuchipudi National Nritya Shiromani award in the
⬥ Chinta Krishnamurthy is associated with
⬥The dancer Ranjana Gauhar belongs to field of - Kathakdance
- Kuchipudidance
- Odissi dance ⬥ Rama Vaidyanathan, an Akademi
⬥Jayalakshmi Eshwar won Sangeet Natak
⬥The founder of Kadamb School of Award winner (2017) is belong to
Akademi Award (2021) for- Bharatnatyam
Dance and Music is - Kumudini Lakhia - Bharatanatyam
⬥Ustad Latafat Hussain Khan is associated
⬥ Laxmipriya Mohapatra was associated ⬥The Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Yuva
with -Agra Gharana
with -Odissi dance Pratibha Samman 2021 was presented
⬥ Rajarshi Bhagya Chandra (famous
⬥ Kalyani Amma is famously associated to Arushi Mudgal for - Odissi Dance
dancer) is also known as
with - Mohiniyattamdance ⬥ The youngest recipient of the Padma
- Ningthou Ching-Thang Khomba
⬥ Yamini Reddy, daughter of Raja Radha Vibhushan award (1984) in dance, was
⬥ Madan Singh Chauhan (Guruji) is a folk
Reddy and Kaushalya Reddy is a - Pandit Birju Maharaj (Kathak)
and Sufi singer from - Chhattisgarh
- Kuchipudidancer ⬥ Ammanur Madhava Chakkiar was
⬥ Sahitya Akademi Award winner, Maya
⬥Padma Bhushan awardee (2004), Alarmel awarded the Padma Shri for dance form
Khutegaonkar is a - Lavani dancer
Valli is a - Bharatanatyam dancer Kutiyattam - 1982
⬥Bharti Vitthal is a - Kuchipudi dancer
⬥ Kumudini Lakhia is associated with ⬥Kanaka Raju received the Padma Shri in
⬥Gangmei Aluna Kabuini, a tribal ‘Kabui’
- Kathak dance 2021 for - Gussadi folk Dance
dancer, is associated with - Manipur
⬥ VP Dhananjayan and Shanta Dhananjayan
⬥ The ‘Bhajan Samrat’ of India is
received the Rashtriya Kalidas Samman
- Anup Jalota Defence Exams
in 2019-2020 for - Bharatanatyam
⬥Sheema Kermani is associated with
⬥ Ghanakanta BoraBarbayan has been
-Bharatanatyam ⬥ Rukmani Devi Arundaleis best known
conferred the Padma Shri award (2013)
⬥Tanjore Bandhu (Ponnayya, Vadivelu, for the renaissance of which dance
for -Sattriya Dance
Shivanandam, and Chinnayya) were - ’Bharatnatyam’dance
⬥ Vishwa Mohan Bhatt won the Grammy
exponents of - Bharatanatyam ⬥ The first modern treatise on Hindustani
award for 'A Meeting by The River' with
⬥ ‘The Academy of Performing Arts and classical music was written by
Ry Cooder in - 1994
Research’ in Switzerland was - Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande
⬥ Kalidas Samman is presented annually
established by - Dr. M Balamuralikrishna ⬥ In 1918, Madhav Music School in
by the government of - Madhya Pradesh
⬥ Sadashiva Pradhan is famous for Madhya Pradesh was started by
⬥ The National Award for Classical Dance
- Chhau dance - Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande
is called - Abhinandan Saroja Award
⬥Faiyyaz Khan, Latafat Hussein Khan, and ⬥ The musician Malini Rajukar belongs to
⬥The first Carnatic musicians receive the
Dinkar Kaikini are famous exponents from - Rampur Sahaswan Gharana
Bharat Ratna was - MS Subbulakshmi
- Agra Gharana ⬥ Pandit Vishwamohan Bhatt is a
⬥ Rani Machaiah was awarded with 'Padam
⬥Lalon Fakir is famous for - Veena player
Shri' in 2023 for - Ummathat Dance
- Baul(folk music)
⬥ AR Rahman won the Oscar award for the
⬥ The founder of Darpan Academy of State PCS Exams movie Slumdog Millionaire in - 2009
Performing Arts is - Mrinalini Sarabhai
⬥The playback singers Udit Narayan Jha
⬥ Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan is ⬥
Padma Bhushan (1998) awardee Guru received the Padma Shri in - 2009
associated to - Kasur Patiala gharana Vempati Chinna Satyam is renowned for ⬥Udit Narayan Jha received the Padma
⬥ Ghoomar dance form was developed by - Kuchipudidance Bhushan in - 2016
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⬥Lata Mangeshkar Award Instituted in Vishwaroopam was awarded to Award for - Chhau dance
- 1984 - Pandit BirjuMaharaj ⬥
‘Kala Rathnam’ (2016) and 'Kalaasree’
⬥Nirmala Panikar received the Sangeet ⬥
Gopal Prasad Dubey won Padma Shri in (2011) was awarded to - Sunanda Nair
Natak Akademi Award for - 2019 dance form of - Chhau ⬥Arjun Singh Dhurwey was awarded the
⬥ Nirmala Panikar received the Sangeet ⬥
Sujata Mohapatra won Sangeet Natak Tulsi Samman (1995) by
Natak Akademi Award for her contribution Akademi Award for her contribution in - Madhya Pradesh Government
to - Mohiniyattam - Odissi dance ⬥The honour of Sangeet Natak Akademi
⬥ Bismillah Khan was awarded with the ⬥In 1968 Mrinalini Sarabhai was honoured Fellowship carries 3 lakh ₹ along with
Bharat Ratna in - 2001 with a gold medal for choreography for - Tamrapatra and Angavastram
⬥ The first person to receive the Padma - Ballet Folklorico ofMexico ⬥ Guru Bipin Singh is associated with the
Vibhushan from Odisha ⬥Pasumarthy Ramalinga Sastry won the dance form of -Manipuri
- Kelucharan Mohapatra Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in ⬥Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair
⬥Kelucharan Mohapatra receive the Kuchipudi in - 2018 received the Sangeet Natak Akademi
Padma Vibhushan in the year - 2000 ⬥In 2015, MN Subramaniam Endowment Fellowship for his contribution to
⬥The first person to receive Jnanpith Award - The Music Academy Madras was Kathakali in - 2004
Award for English Literature was awarded to - AlarmelValli ⬥The Tagore Ratna and Tagore Award
-Amitabh Ghosh ⬥Anindita Neogy Anaam has been was instituted by the Sangeet Natak
⬥ Padma Shri (2020) Awardee Shashidhar awarded with - National Nritya Shiromani Akademi in - 2012
Acharya is an exponent of - Chhau Dance ⬥The couple Vannadil Pudiyaveettil ⬥ Deepika Reddy received the Sangeet
⬥Gopika Varma received the Sangeet Dhananjayan and Shanta Dhananjayan Natak Akademi Award 2017 for
Natak Akademi fellowship for won Padma Bhushan in - 2009 - Kuchipudi
- Mohiniyattam ⬥Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma ⬥National Tansen Samman was instituted
⬥Tapan Kumar Pattanayak won the received Kerala Sangeet Natak Academy in - 1980
Sangeet natak Akademi Award in fellowship in - 1974 ⬥ Bihari Puraskar is a literary award
- Chhau dance ⬥Gaddam Padmaja Reddy won Padma instituted by K. K. Birla Foundation in
⬥ Sadanam P.V Balakrishnan won the Shri for - Kuchipudidance - 1991
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in ⬥
C. V. Chandrasekhar was awarded the ⬥ The Moortidevi Award is an Indian
-Kathakali Padma Bhushan for his contribution in literary award annually presented by
⬥ Radha Sridhar won the Sangeet Natak - Bharatnatyam - Bharatiya Jnanpith
Akademi Award in 2018 in ⬥Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in ⬥Mallika Sarabhai bagged the best actress
- Bharatnatyam Manipuri in 2018 was given to award in 1975 for - Meena Gurjari
⬥The Youngest recipient of Padma - Akham LakshmiDevi ⬥ Sruti Bandyopadhyay (Manipuri dancer)
Vibhushan in 2003 - Sonal Mansingh ⬥Radha Sridhar won the Sangeet Natak received the Sangeet Natak Akademi
⬥ The youngest recipient of Padma Akademi Award in 2018 in Award in - 2020
Bhushan in 1992 -Sonal Mansingh - Bharatnatyam ⬥ Birju Maharaj bagged the Filmfare award
⬥ Milena Salvinihas won the Padma Shri ⬥
Kalamandalam Vasu Pisharody was for best Choreographer in 2016 for film
in 2019for - Kathakali awarded the Kerala State Kathakali -Bajirao Mastani
⬥Aparna Satheesan was given Bharata Award in - 2012 ⬥ D Imman won the 67th National Award
Shastra Nritya Praveena National Award ⬥ Sunayana Hazarilal received the for the Best Music Director for the movie
for - Kuchipudi Sangeet Natak Akademi award for - 'Viswasam'
⬥ Manjamma Jogati won Padma Shri for - Kathak ⬥ Devdas Smriti Panthi Dance Award is
the contribution in Arts in - 2021 ⬥
Darshana Jhaveri received the Padma related to - Chhattisgarh
⬥ Pandit Birju Maharaj has received the Shri for - ManipuriDance ⬥ 48th Dadasaheb Phalke Award received
- Soviet Land NehruAward ⬥Shovana Narayan was received Parishad by - Asha Bhosle
⬥ Alarmel Valli has won the Balasaraswathi Samman by - Delhi Government ⬥ Recipients of the 62nd Dadasaheb
award in - 2019 ⬥Jatin Goswami awarded with Sangeet Phalke Award - Shashi Kapoor
⬥The honour of being the Asthana Nartaki Natak Akademi Award in - 2004 ⬥ The first recipient of the Dadasaheb
of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams was ⬥
Gopika Varma won the 2018 Sangeet phalke award was - Devika Rani
held by - Yamini Krishnamurthy Natak Akademi Award for ⬥ Sangeet Natak Akademi fellowship is
⬥Alarmel Valli received the Sangeet Natak - Mohiniyattam conferred by - Sangeet Natak Akademi
Akademi Award in -2001 ⬥TTK Memorial Award by Madras Music ⬥ Manna Dey honored with the Dadasaheb
⬥ Jatin Goswami received the best dance Academy was awarded to P halke Award in - 2007
director Award from the - Vempati ChinnaSatyam ⬥Akademi Award recipient’s purse money
- Assam Government ⬥
Sunayana Hazarilal was awarded the prize in 2019 was -₹1 lakh
⬥
Gangadhar Pradhan received the Padma Padma Shri for the contributions in ⬥ Sangeet Natak Akademi instituted Ustad
Shri award in 2008 for - Odissi dance - Kathak Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar in - 2006
⬥Kelucharan Mohapatrahas won Padma ⬥ Yumlembam Gambhini Devi was ⬥ Sri Shanmukhananda National Eminence
Vibhushan Award in -2000 awarded the Padma Shri for Award set up in - 2002
⬥Shovana Narayan won awards and - Manipuriart form ⬥ Kalidas Samman presented in Classical
recognitions for the development of ⬥
In 1994, Natya Visharadha was given to music, Classical dance, Plastic arts and
- Kathak - G PadmajaReddy - Theatre
⬥ National Film Award for Best ⬥Suddhendra Narayan Singh Deo was ⬥ B Herambanathan (Bharatnatyam)
Choreography for the movie awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi received Sangeet Natak Akademi Award’
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in - 2013⬥ The first Indian musician to receive the are exponents of the
⬥ Chevalier of Arts and Letters award Ramon Magsaysay award was - Nadaswaram Instrument
( French Award) in 2004 received by - MS Subbulakshmi ⬥ Pandit Bhajan Sopori, died in 2022, was a
- Alarmel Valli ⬥ Kelucharan Mahapatra received the famous player of - Santoor
⬥ Kalaimamani is the highest civilian honor of Padma Vibhushan in - 2000 ⬥ Pandit Shivkumar Sharmawas a player
award of -Tamil Nadu ⬥ Pt. Ravi Shankar (sitar player) was of the musical instrument - 'Santoor'
⬥ Deepika Reddy (Kuchipudi) received awarded the Bharat Ratna in - 1999 ⬥ Ustad Allah Rakha and Ustad Zakir
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in ⬥ Pandit Birju Maharaj received the Padma Hussain are associated with - Tabla
- 2017 Vibhushan in - 1986 ⬥ N Rajam associated with
⬥ Kalidas Samman presented annually by ⬥ Purushottam Dadheech (Kathak dancer) - Violin instrument
- Madhya Pradesh government was awarded the Padma Shri in - 2020 ⬥ Pandit Shivkumar Sharma is master in
⬥ The French Palme D'or in 1977 received ⬥ Saroja Vaidyanathan was received playing - Santoor
by - MallikaSarabhai Padma shri in 2002 and Padma Bhushan ⬥ Ustad Akbar Ali Khan is associated
⬥ Bharat Muni Samman is given by in - 2013 with the instrument - Sarod
- Nalanda Dance Research Centre ⬥ Saroja Vaidyanathan is associated to ⬥RK Bijapure was player of musical
⬥ First Indian woman to win a Grammy - Bharatnatyamdance Instrument - Harmonium
Award - Tanvi Shah ⬥ The first Bengali woman writer ⬥ Arvind Parikh is associated with - Sitar
⬥ Madhya Pradesh started the Lata Ashapoorna Devi received the Jnanpith ⬥ Amjad Ali Khan is associated with
Mangeshkar Award in - 1984 Award in - 1976 - Sarod
⬥ The famous Kathak dancer Sitara Devi ⬥ Dr A P J Abdul Kalam used to play the
Railway Exams received the Padma Shri in - 1973 musical instrument - Veena
⬥ The first person to receive the Sahitya ⬥The famous title of flute player
⬥The Sahitya Akademi was inaugurated Akademi Fellowship award in 1968 was Hariprasad Chaurasia is- Bansuri Samrat
by Government of India in - 1954 - S.Radhakrishna ⬥ Ramnad V Raghavan is associated
⬥The ‘Vyas Samman’, a literary award, ⬥
MS Subbulakshmi was the first singer with musical instrument - Mridangam
was first awarded in - 1991 to receive the Bharat Ratna in - 1998 ⬥ Shehnai player Ustad Bismillah Khan
⬥Devendra Mewari was awarded the Bal ⬥ The famous dancer T Balasaraswati awarded by - Bharat Ratna(2001)
Sahitya Puraskar 2021 for his play was an exponent of ⬥ Buddhadev Das Gupta is associated with
- Natak Natak meVigyan - Bharatnatyamdance - Sarod
⬥Grammy Award is associated with ⬥ Totaram Sharma is associated with
- Music Defence Exams - Pakhawaj
⬥The first rapper to win Pulitzer Prize for ⬥ Ustad Vilayat Khan was associated with
music - KendrickLamar ⬥The first Indian to receive the Richard - Sitar
⬥AR Rahman won two Oscars for Slumdog Dawkins Award was - Javed Akhtar ⬥The musical instrument which was played
Millionaire in - 2009 ⬥ The first Indian to win Pulitzer Prize was by Ustad Bismillah Khan on the eve of
⬥ The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is - GobindBehari Lal India's independence in1947 -Shehnai
awarded for significant public ⬥The instrument which was played by
Sheikh Chinna Maulana - Nadaswaram
achievement in field of - Cinema State PCS Exams
⬥Ustad Amjad Ali Khan adapted the sarod
from the - Rabab
Police Exams ⬥ Gopika Varma (Mohiniyattam exponent)
⬥ Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan was an
was awarded by Sangeet Natak Akademi
exponent of - Shehnai
⬥ Annapurna Devi was received the Padma Award in - 2019
⬥ The main percussion instrument used in
Bhushan in - 1977 ⬥ Guru Bipin Singh (Manipuri exponent)
the performance of the Mohiniyattam
⬥Chitra Visweswaran (Bharatnatyam received Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in
dance is - Edakka
dancer) received the prestigious Natya - 1966
⬥ Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma was a
Kalanidhi Award in - 2021 ⬥ Pandit Birju Maharaj (Kathak dance)
- Santoor player
⬥ Geeta Mahalik won the Sangeet Natak received Padma Vibhushan - In 1986
⬥Imrat Khan was a Sitar and
Akademi Award (2009) for- Odissi dance ⬥ Sonal Mansingh received Padma
- Surbahar player
⬥ Ileana Citaristi received the Padma Shri Bhushan in - 1992
⬥ Lakshminarayana was a - Violinist
in 2006 for - Odissidance ⬥Pandit Ravi Shankar (sitarist) was
⬥Pandit Anokhe Lal Mishra was a
⬥Pandit Ravi Shankar received the Japan awarded India's highest civilian honour
- Tabla player
Art Association’s Praemium Imperiale Bharat Ratna in - 1999
⬥ Mohi Bahauddin Dagar is a
prize for Music in -1997
- Rudra Veena player
⬥ Bhuban Kumar won Sangeet Natak Musical Instruments ⬥ Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu was a
Akademi Award (2021) for- Chhau dance
- Violin player
⬥ Radha Sridhar received the Sangeet
SSC Exams ⬥ Pandit Kishan Maharaj was a
Natak Akademi Award (2018) for her
- Tabla player
contribution in - Bharatanatyam
⬥ Ali Akbar Khan was a - Sarod player
⬥ Kathak guru, Shovana Narayan received ⬥ Pandit Ram Narayan is an exponent of
- Sarangi ⬥ Annapurna Devi was a
the Padma Shri in - 1992
⬥
H ara Shankar Bhattacharya is a -Surbahar player
⬥ Teejanbai, a famous artist of Pandwani
renowned maestro of the - Sitar ⬥Veena, Sitar, Tamboura, Guitar, and
music, received the Padma Vibhushan in
⬥
N
eeruswamy Pillai and Rajaratanam Pillai Violin are examples of
- 2019
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- String instrument pot used as a percussion instrument types of - Wind musical instruments
⬥
Yehudi Menuhin was a - Violinist - Ghatam ⬥ Pt Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar,
⬥Rudra Veena player who had expertise in ⬥ Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu was a and Ustad Vilayat Khan are exponents
the Khandar School of Drupad - Violinist of - Sitar
- Ustad AsadAli Khan ⬥ Mridangam, Ghatam and Tabla are ⬥The South Indian instrument equivalent of
⬥ Sivamani is associated with - Drums - Percussion instrument the North Indian instrument 'Nagada'
⬥ Tansen (Ramtanu Pandey) was an expert ⬥ Sarod is a - Stringed musical instrument is known as - Chenda
in playing - Rabab ⬥ Shehnai is also known as ⬥Hariprasad Chaurasia & TR Mahalingam
⬥Music which is confined to Karnataka, - Mangal Vadya are associated with - Flute
Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala is ⬥‘Dhrupad style’ is associated with the ⬥Totaram Sharma is associated with
-Carnatic music - Bishnupurgharana - Pakhawaj
⬥ The origin of 'Carnatic music' is related ⬥ An instrument played in a vertical ⬥ Kishan Maharaj, and Ustad Sabir Khan
to - VijayanagarDynasty position with an arched bow is - Sarangi are associated with - Tabla
⬥ Faiyaz Khan is associated with - Tabla ⬥'Ponu Yoksi’ a sword like instrument used ⬥N. Rajam, L. Subramaniam, M.S.
⬥ Pandit Ayodhya Prasad was associated during ceremonial dances in Gopalakrishnan, and Kala Ramnath are
with - percussion instruments - ArunachalPradesh associated with - Violin
⬥ Percussion instruments are played by ⬥ Kamaicha is a bowed flute played by the ⬥Musician Ustad Bismillah Khan was
- striking Manganiars of - West Rajasthan associated with -Shehnai
⬥ Aruna Sairam, T M Krishna and Gayathri ⬥ 'Chinkara' is a Stringed musical ⬥Cello, Violin and Bass are type of
Girish are associated with instrument popular in - Madhya Pradesh - String musical instrument
-Carnatic Music ⬥ "Pena" is a binding instrument related to
⬥ Nandini and Ragini Shankar are - Manipur Police Exams
associated with - Violin ⬥Instrument 'Kartal' from the state of
⬥ Kumari Kamala is a preeminent artist of Rajasthan comes under - Idiophones ⬥Anantha R Krishnan is a famous player of
- Vazhuvoordance ⬥ Ektara is a single string musical - Mridangam
⬥ Ghana Vadya are - Solid instruments Instrument, used in Maharashtra, made ⬥Pandit Ayodhya Prasad is associated with
of - bamboo anda gourd - Pakhawaj
⬥ Shehnai is a reed instrument with ⬥ 'Khuang' is a traditional musical ⬥ Palghat Mani Iyer is associated with
- Seven Holes instrument of -Mizoram - Mridangam Instrument
⬥ Natya shastra was compiled by ⬥Bobbili Veena/Saraswathi Veena, used in ⬥Pudukkottai Dakshinamurthy Pillai is a
- Bharat Muni Carnatic classical music, made from famous player of -Kanjira
⬥ Tat Vadya is a - Stringed instrument -Jackfruit wood ⬥ Murad Ali is a well-known player of
⬥ Flute instruments fall under the category - Sarangi
of - SushiraVadya Railway Exams ⬥The percussion instrument used in the
⬥ Pandit Bhawani Shankar is a folk dance ‘lavani’ is - Dholak
- Pakhawajplayer ⬥ Bharat Muni categorised musical ⬥ Pandit S Ballesh Bhajantri is a
⬥ Bickram Ghosh is a music composer and instruments in Natya Shastra into - Shehnai player
also a -Tabla player - 4 groups ⬥KV Prasad and SV Rajarao are associated
⬥ Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman is a ⬥ A Percussion Instrument used in with - Mridangam
- MridangamPlayer Carnatic Music - Mandolin ⬥Shivnath Mishra (Benaras Gharana) is
⬥ Rajeev Taranath (Sarod player) is a ⬥The style of singing traditionally related to - Sitar
disciple of - Ali AkbarKhan performed by men with tanpura and ⬥Karaikudi R Mani is renowned player of
⬥ Pandit Ananda Gopal Bandopadhyay pakhawaj is - Dhrupad - Mridangam
was a -Tabla Player ⬥The kanjira (a South Indian frame drum) ⬥Palghat Raghu was a famous player of
⬥ Padma Bhushan awardee Ustad Sabri is made with a circular frame of - Wood - Mridangam
Khan was a - Sarangiplayer ⬥Who popularised guitar as a musical ⬥ Ustad Sultan Khan is related to musical
⬥ Bageshwari Qamar is a - Shehnai player instrument in Hindustani Classical music instrument - Sarangi
⬥ Pandit Nikhil Jyoti Ghosh was a - Pandit Brij BhushanKabra ⬥ Bhajan Sopori is related to musical
- Tabla player ⬥The number of beats in the Hindustani instrument - Santoor
⬥ Ustad Imrat Khan was associated with classical taal named Dadra Taal -6 ⬥ Appa Jalgaonkar is related to musical
- Surbahar ⬥Mohan Veena (a modified Hawaiian instrument - Harmonium
⬥ Vikku Vinayakaram is a - Ghatam player Guitar) also known as a Hindustani Slide ⬥ Ustad Bundu Khan and Santosh Mishra
⬥ Lalgudi Gopala Iyer Jayaraman used to Guitar was popularised by are the famous players of - Sarangi
play - Violin - Vishwa MohanBhatt ⬥ The famous musician Satyadev Pawar
⬥ Hafiz Ali Khan from Bangash gharana ⬥ Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma, Tarun is related to musical Instrument - Violin
was a -Sarod player Bhattacharya, and Bhajan Sopori are ⬥ Annapurna Devi is related to musical
⬥ Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri is associated exponents of - Santoor instrument - Surbahar
with - Tabla ⬥V Balsara was associated with - Piano ⬥ Nikhil Banerjee is a famous player of
⬥ Zia Mohiuddin Dagar was a ⬥Tappa, Thumri, and Dhrupad are style of - Sitar
- Rudra VeenaPlayer - Hindustani classical music ⬥ TH Vinayakram is related to musical
⬥ Bombay Jayashree is a ⬥Sitar, Tabla, and Rabab were originated in Instrument of - Ghatam
- Carnaticvocalist - Indo-Islamic ⬥ Alla Rakha Khan is related to musical
⬥ A large, narrow-mouthed earthenware ⬥Shehnai, Saxophone, and Trumpet are Instrument of - Tabla
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⬥ TR Mahalingam is related to musical - The Beatles ⬥Sohrai festival, a chief festival of Santhal
Instrument of - Flute ⬥ Prabhat Sarma received the Sangeet tribe is celebrated in - Jharkhand
⬥ The 'Dhenka' of the state of Odisha is a Natak Akademi Award for his contribution ⬥Sohrai is celebrated after Diwali on the
popular - Chordophone instrument as a flute player in - 2003 new moon day in the honour of - cattle
⬥ The Natya Shastra describes stringed ⬥
Talvin Singh is associated with - Tabla ⬥Sarhul festival is celebrated in honour of
instruments as - ‘TatVadya’ ⬥Ustad Asad Ali Khan (famous for the tree in - Jharkhand
⬥ The wind instrument used by snake Khandarbani schools of Dhrupad) was ⬥Buddha Purnima is marked on a full
charmers is - Been exponent of - RudraVeena moon day in the month of - Vaisakh
⬥ As per the Natya Shastra, idiophones ⬥Me-Dum-Me-Phi, a festival which is
are called - GhanVadya Festivals celebrated in - Assam
⬥ Arvind Parikh is related to musical ⬥ Chapchar Kut festival is associated with
Instrument of - Sitar - Mizoram
⬥ 'Damane' and 'Hulki' are popular
SSC Exams ⬥'Losoong' festival, is celebrated by
traditional musical instruments of - Bhutia and Lepcha tribes
- HimachalPradesh ⬥ Festival of snake-worshiping in Haryana, ⬥ 'Losoong' festival is celebrated in
⬥ Pandit Kishan Maharaj is related to Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and - Sikkim
musical instrument of - Tabla Himachal Pradesh - Gugga Naumi ⬥Bastar Goncha festival brings out the
⬥ Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar is related to ⬥ “Doul Utsav” is majorly celebrated in best of the fusion of the rich culture of
musical instrument - Flute - Assam - Chhattisgarh and Odisha
⬥ Musician Tulsidas Borkar is related to ⬥Bhagoria festival associated with ⬥ The Sakraat festival is celebrated with
musical instrument - Harmonium - Holi the 'Budigali' or 'Kalasi' dance in - Odisha
⬥ Pandit Budhditya Mukherjee is ⬥Sohrai, Karam and Jawa festivals are ⬥Paryushana Parva is related to
associated with - Sitar celebrated in - Jharkhand - Jaincommunities
⬥ Saraswati is considered to be the ⬥ Paro Tsechu’ is most popular festivals in ⬥Atla Taddi festival is celebrated in the
goddess of the musical instrument - Bhutan - Andhra Pradesh
- Veena ⬥ Tirupati Tirumala Brahmotsavam is ⬥According to the Hindu calendar, Holi is
⬥ Bhungal (trumpet-shaped) musical organized for a duration of - 9 days celebrated on - Phalguna Purnima
instruments is played in - Rajasthan ⬥ Chethiyagiri Vihara Festival is organised ⬥ Bastar Dussehra is celebrated in
⬥ Pandit Ram Narayan is associated with in - MadhyaPradesh - Chhattisgarh
- Violin ⬥ As per the Hindu calendar, the birth ⬥ The Chaitraul festival is celebrated in
⬥ Ustad Ali Akbar Khan is related to anniversary of Lord Mahavir Swami is - HimachalPradesh
musical instrument -Sarod celebrated in - Chaitramonth ⬥ Lohri festival celebrated mainly in
⬥ 'Bobbili Veena' is a well-known musical ⬥In Hindu Mythology, during the Gudi - Punjab
instrument of - Andhra Pradesh Padwa festival, the “Gudi” signifies is ⬥ Onam is a state festival of - Kerala
⬥ Tumbi is a folk musical instrument - Symbol of victory or success ⬥ Lui Ngai Ni festival associated with
played during Bhangra in - Punjab ⬥ The meaning of Bathukamma, a - Manipur
⬥ A single stringed musical instrument colourful floral festival (celebrated ⬥Tusu Parab is harvest festival of
made using bamboo and gourd is - Ektar in Telangana), is - Jharkhand
⬥ ‘Mahuri’ is a traditional musical - ‘Mother Goddess come and alive’ ⬥ Nongkrem festival of Meghalaya is
instrument of - Odisha ⬥The Malayalam New Year celebrated in celebrated by - Khasitribe
⬥ Shivkumar Sharma is related to musical Kerala is called - "Vishu” ⬥ Yaoshang festival (five-day event) is
instrument of - Santoor ⬥ Sao Joao festival is celebrated primarily mainly associated with - Manipur
⬥ Bismillah Khan is associated with by the Catholic Christians in - Goa ⬥ Mysore Palace(Karnataka) is famous
- Shehnai ⬥Moatsu festival of Nagaland is celebration place of - Dussehra
celebrated by the -Ao tribe ⬥ Bihu is festival and dance of - Assam
⬥Ker and Garia Puja are traditional tribal ⬥ Modhera dance festival is performed
Defence Exams festivals of - Tripura in - Gujarat
⬥The Gangaur Festival celebrated in ⬥ Pawl Kut is a thanksgiving festival of
⬥ A mouth musical instrument which made
Central and Western India is associated - Mizoram
from a single piece of bamboo with a
with - GoddessParvati ⬥ Pongal is a festival of - Tamil Nadu
split at one end, is called
⬥ Losar (a new year festival) is celebrated ⬥ Jallikattu a famous bull-taming festival
- Gogona
in - Arunachal Pradesh of - Tamil Nadu
⬥ Mridangam, Dholak, Tabla are
⬥ Rongker festival is celebrated by ⬥Onam harvest festival of Kerala
- Percussion instruments
- Karbi tribe celebrated for - 10 days
⬥ Veena, sitar, rebab, banjo, mandolin,
⬥ Onam festival of South India is ⬥ The festivals is celebrated on the
ukulele, and bouzouki are
associated with the folklore of Makar Sankranti day in Assam
- Stringedinstrument
- King Mahabali - Magh Bihu
⬥ Chapchar Kut festival, is predominantly ⬥ Tam Ladu (Tamla Du) festival of
State PCS Exams celebrated in - Mizoram - Arunachal Pradesh
⬥Chad Shukra (Chad Sukra) festival is ⬥ Fatorpa Zatra festival celebrated in- Goa
⬥ Ustad Allarakha Qureshi, popularized the celebrated by the Jayanti tribe in ⬥ Bonalu is the famous festival of
musical instrument -Tabla - Meghalaya - AndhraPradesh
⬥ Pandit Ravi Shankar is credited for ⬥ Ugadi is (Telugu New Year) celebrated in ⬥Mopin is an agricultural festival
collaborating with the famous band the month of - March
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celebrated by Galo tribe in Taj Mahotsav are celebrated in - Ashvin month
- ArunachalPradesh - Uttar Pradesh ⬥Lunar New Year festival of people who
⬥Goa is the permanent venue of ⬥Mysuru Dasara is a 10 day festival, follow the Sanamahism religion in the
International Film Festival since - 2004 celebrated in - Karnataka Indian state of Manipur is
⬥ Tulip Festival is famous in - Srinagar ⬥ Torgya, a three days monastery festival, - Sajibu Cheiraoba
⬥ Gaan-Ngai is a five-day festival is observed by the Monpa tribe of ⬥ Gangaur Festival is celebrated in honour
celebrated in region of - North-Eastern - ArunachalPradesh of the Goddess - Parvati
⬥Deepavali is celebrated in month of ⬥Shigmo, a spring festival is celebrated in ⬥ Gangaur Festival is mostly celebrated by
Hindu calendar - Kartika - Goa the womenfolk of - Rajasthan
⬥Chaitrual and Phulaich are the festival ⬥ Makar Sankranti is celebrated as ⬥Karaga, oldest festival of Karnataka, is
of - HimachalPradesh Tirmoori by - Sindhi community celebrated in honour of - Goddess Shakti
⬥Rajini Gabra and Harni Gabra is the ⬥National Youth Festival is celebrated to ⬥ Bohag Bihu is also known as
cultural festival of - Assam commemorate the birth anniversary of - Rongali Bihu
⬥'Boita Bandana festival' is celebrated in - Swami Vivekananda ⬥The people of Kashmir dedicates the
- Odisha ⬥ Dree, an agricultural festival of Arunachal Navreh festival to Goddess - Sharika
⬥'Bonalu Festival' is celebrated in Pradesh, is celebrated in the month of ⬥Vishu is a hindu festival, celebrated
- Telangana - July primarily in - Kerala
⬥The ’Navam Perahera' festival’ is ⬥The Bumchu festival is primarily ⬥ Another name of Makar Sankranti is
celebrated in -Sri Lanka celebrated in - Sikkim - Maghi
⬥A thanksgiving festival which is ⬥Chakan Gaan-Ngai is also known as ⬥ Mahavir Jayanti is celebrated in the
celebrated by the farmers in Maharashtra - Festival of winter month of - March-April
and Chhattisgarh - Pola festival ⬥ Shumang Leela festival is associated ⬥Ram Navami is celebrated in the Hindu
⬥Maha Shivratri is celebrated in the Hindu with - Manipur month of - Chaitra
month of - Phalguna ⬥ The Gochi festival is predominantly ⬥ The five-day Ganga Festival is celebrated
⬥Makar Sankranti is celebrated as Pedda celebrated in - Himachal Pradesh in - Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Panduga in - Andhra Pradesh ⬥Shvetambara sect of Jains celebrates ⬥The Karaga festival is observed in
⬥ Bestu Varas is celebrated as Paryushan Parv for -8 days Karnataka for a duration of - 11 days
- GujaratiNew Year ⬥ Digambara sect ofJains celebrate ⬥ Papeti is the festival of - Parsis
⬥ Goddess Lakshmi and lord Ganesha is Paryushan Parv for - 10 days ⬥In Nagaland 'Mimkut' festival is
worshiped together on the festival of ⬥ The Medaram Jatara Festival is a 4 days celebrated by - Kukis tribe
- Diwali long festival, celebrated by - Koya tribe ⬥ Khordad Sal is the festival of - Parsis
⬥Hemis festival is predominantly ⬥ Lui-Ngai-Ni is celebrated as a seed ⬥Thrissur Pooram festival is held annually
celebrated in - Ladakh sowing festival by the people of- Manipur in Kerala at - Vadakkunnathan temple
⬥ Buddha Purnima is known as ‘Saga ⬥Kati Bihu is celebrated in the month of ⬥ Diwali is celebrated in the month
Dawa’ in - Sikkim - October of - Kartik
⬥ Nishagandhi Nritya Utsav is celebrated in ⬥Mopin is the cultural festival of ⬥ Majuli festival is celebrated in the
- Kerala - ArunachalPradesh month of - November
⬥Hornbill Festival is also known as ⬥The harvest festival ‘Nabanna’ is ⬥ Bhai Dooj is celebrated on the fifth
- Festivalof Festivals celebrated in - West Bengal and last day of - Diwali
⬥Onam festival celebrates the harvest ⬥Bathukamma, a flower festival, is ⬥The Palkhi festival is observed in
season in - August-September celebrated in - Telangana - Maharashtra
⬥ Thiruvathira festival is mainly celebrated ⬥Chhath Puja, celebrated in Bihar, is also ⬥Ullambana festival is primarily
in - Kerala known as - Dala Puja celebrated by - Buddhist
⬥ Sekrenyi, a 10-15 days festival celebrated ⬥ Sharad Purnima is associated with the ⬥The 'Gyana Panchami' is celebrated by
in - Nagaland Goddess - Lakshmi - Jains
⬥Karkidaka Vavu Bali, a Hindu ritual to ⬥Songkran, a Buddhist festival, celebrated ⬥ Makar Sankranti is celebrated in the
appease ancestors is celebrated in in the month of - April month of - January
- Kerala ⬥
The Halda festival is primarily celebrated ⬥ Ezhara Ponnana is celebrated as a
⬥Kharchi Puja is the worship of 14 Gods in - HimachalPradesh part of temple festivals in - Kerala
which is celebrated in the month of - July ⬥Theannual festival of Gangaur is ⬥The Lohri festival is celebrated in
⬥Sindhis observe a 40 day fast to show observed in the Hindu month of - Chaitra - January
their devotion to Lord Jhulelal during ⬥Jain festival which is celebrated after ⬥Prabhat Pheri is associated with
- Chaliha Sahibfestival every twelve years - Gurpurab
⬥ Nuakhai, a harvest festival, celebrated by - Mahamastakabhisheka ⬥Holi is celebrated every year in the month
the people of - Western odisha ⬥Saga Dawa is primarily celebrated by of - Phalgun
⬥Phooldei, a harvest festival, is primarily Buddhists communities in - Sikkim ⬥‘Bathukamma’ festival is celebrated in
celebrated in - Uttarakhand ⬥Three types of Bihu festivals are - Telangana
⬥The Hampi Utsav is celebrated every year celebrated in - Assam ⬥ Baisakhi is a - Harvest festival
in - Karnataka ⬥Raksha Bandhan is celebrated on ⬥'Kharchi Puja', which involves worshiping
⬥According to Hindu calendar Ganesh Purnima tithi in the Hindu month of 14 deities over a 7-day period, is
Chaturthi begins on the fourth day of - Shravana celebrated in - Tripura
- Bhadrapadamonth ⬥
According to the Hindu calendar ⬥In Manipur, Sangai festival is
⬥Ganga Mahotsav, Buddha Mahotsav, and Dussehra is celebrated in celebrated in the month of - November
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⬥ Shirui Lily Festival is an annual ⬥
Hemis Festival is celebrated in - Ladakh ⬥Chapchar kut is a famous festival of
festival of - Manipur ⬥ Hornbill festival was started by the - Mizoram
⬥ Meher is the presiding deity of the moon Government of Nagaland in - 2000 ⬥Dussehra festival is also known as
which is worshiped during - Navroz ⬥ Diwali falls in the month of -Kartik - Vijayadashami
⬥ Puthari (rice harvest festival) celebrated ⬥ Chithirai festival is celebrated in ⬥Yaoshang festival of Manipur is
by - Kodavas - Tamil Nad celebrated for - Five days
⬥ Boori-Boot Yullo festival is ⬥ The Birth of Lord Krishna is celebrated as ⬥Tusu, a harvest festival in Jharkhand, is
celebrated by Nyishi tribe in - Janmashtami celebrated in winter on the final day of the
- Arunachal Pradesh ⬥ Tea Festival is celebrated every year in -Poushmonth
⬥Hola Mohalla, started by Guru Gobind -Jorhat (Assam) ⬥Ladainha is the thanksgiving festival,
Singh, primarily celebrated in - Punjab ⬥ 'Lokrang', a 5 day festival organised every mainly celebrated in - Goa
⬥Generally 'Sharad Purnima’ falls on year on 26 January in - Madhya Pradesh ⬥’Gurupurab’ is celebrated as a birth
- 15 days beforeDiwali ⬥ Losar festival, celebrated every year in anniversary of - Guru Nanak Dev
⬥ Lathmar Holi is celebrated in Ladakh, traces its origin to ⬥ Kharchi Puja is a traditional ritual in
- Vrindavan andMathura - TibetanNew Year - Tripura
⬥ The annual Rann Utsav is observed in ⬥ 'Kambala' festival is organised by ⬥ Pongal, four day Harvest festival, is
- Dhordo(Gujarat) farming communities in - Karnataka generally celebrated in - South India
⬥ Losoong festival is the Sikkimese New ⬥ Sikhs celebrate Bandi Chhor Divas which ⬥The Hindu festival Bonalu, centered on
Year of the - Bhutia tribe coincides with - Diwali Goddess Mahakali is celebrated in
⬥The festival of Cheti Chand is observed ⬥ The meaning of tamil festival ‘Pongal’ is - Telangana
by community of - Sindhis - ‘to boil’ ⬥The six-day Khajuraho Dance festival is
⬥Doljatra is a festival of Assam introduced ⬥ Majuli festival is celebrated in - Assam celebrated in - Madhya Pradesh
by - Sankaradeva ⬥ Bastar Dussehra, a 10 day festival is ⬥ The Festival which marks the triumph of
⬥India's biggest vineyard music festival associated with - Chhattisgarh Goddess Durga over the demon king
Sula Fest is held in - Maharashtra ⬥ Doongri festival of Himachal Pradesh is Mahishasura is - Navratri/Durga Puja
celebrated by - Hindu community ⬥Kicheri is a harvest festival and involves
⬥Arubathu Moovar festival is annually ⬥ Tamladu festival (In Arunachal Pradesh) ritual bathing, celebrated majorly in
celebrated in - TamilNadu is celebrated by - Mishmitribe - Uttar Pradesh
⬥The Rongker festival is celebrated by ⬥ Bihu festival of Assam is celebrated ⬥ Kharchi Puja of Tripura is a Hindu
- The Karbi tribe(Assam) - 3 times a year festival that worships - 14 Hindu Gods
⬥ The Doongiri festival is primarily ⬥ Guruvayur Ekadashi is the cultural ⬥ The festival of Holika Dahan marks the
celebrated in - Himachal Pradesh festival of -Kerala - Victory of goodover evil
⬥ The Hornbill Festival celebrated ⬥ Paro Tschechu is a famous festival of ⬥Diwali festival is the day when lord Ram
annually in - Kohima (Nagaland) - Bhutan returned to Ayodhya after - 14 years
⬥ Bhanu Saptami is a festival dedicated to ⬥In Telangana Muharram is known as ⬥ Kite flying symbolises the celebration of
- Sun God - Peerla Panduga Uttarayan festival in - Gujarat
⬥The Ugadi Pachadi dish contains 6 ⬥ Makaravilakku festival is celebrated in ⬥Vesak is celebrated as the birth
ingredients, associated with the festival of - Kerala anniversary of - Gautama Buddha
South India, named - Ugadi festival ⬥ Festival Milad-un-Nabi is also known as ⬥Gangaur festival of Rajasthan is
⬥Festival that is celebrated on the third day - Barawafat associated with God and Goddess
of Krishna Paksh of Aashvijam in Andhra ⬥Huthri celebrated during November - - Shivaand Parwati
Pradesh is - Atla Tadde December is the harvest festival of ⬥ The Galdan Namchot festivals marks
⬥ Gombe Habba is a famous festival of - Karnataka the birthday of a Buddhist saint
- Karnataka ⬥Tamu Lachar festival celebrated as the - Je Tsongkhapa
⬥ Mamallapuram Dance Festival is held New Year by the Gurung Community in ⬥The monsoon mud festival of Goa
every year in - TamilNadu - Sikkim - Chikal Kalo
⬥’Unakoti’ festival is celebrated in - Tripura ⬥ Mopin, agricultural festival of Arunachal ⬥The Ganga Dussehra is celebrated on
⬥The tribal harvest festival of Jharkhand, Pradesh, is celebrated by - Galo tribe the 10th day of Shukla Paksha in the
which falls on the last day of Pus ⬥ Nongkrem is a harvest festival of month of - Jyeshtha
(Pausha) month during winter is known - Meghalaya ⬥Rath Jatra festival, Chariots of Lord
as - Tusu ⬥Baisakhi Festival is majorly celebrated Jagannatha is celebrated in- Puri, Odisha
⬥Mando Festival is celebrated in - Goa in - Punjab and Haryana ⬥ The Festival celebrated to commemorate
⬥The festival that falls on the first day of ⬥ Navroz festival is celebrated as the the formation of the Khalsa Panth is
the Malayali month of Medam, usually on new year of - Parsi Community - Baisakhi
either April 14 or 15 is - Vishu ⬥Rohini (festival of sowing seeds in the ⬥ Onam, Kerala’s festival is celebrated in
⬥The ‘Mukteshwar’ dance festival is held field) is celebrated in - Jharkhand the month of - August-September
From - 14th to 16th January ⬥Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Devi ⬥Hampi festival is known as - Vijaya Utsav
⬥ ‘Ties of protection’ term is associated Subhadra is associated with Odisha’s ⬥The Sair-E-Gul Faroshan festival held in
with - RakshaBandhan - Ratha Yatrafestival - Delhi
⬥ Nag Panchami is celebrated in ⬥Chhath Puja, celebrated for 4 days, is ⬥ Puthandu is celebrated as New Year in
- Shravan Month dedicated to - God Surya - Tamil Nadu
⬥ Banganga festival takes place annually ⬥ Raja Parba festival of Odisha is held for ⬥Wangala festival is celebrated by
at - Mumbai (Maharashtra) three days in the month of - June - Garo tribe
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⬥Kagyed dance, which is celebrated ⬥Soorya Classical Dance Festival is held Railway Exams
annually in Sikkim falls in - December in - Thiruvananthapuram
⬥A Hindu festival celebrated by the ⬥Modhera Dance Festival is an annual ⬥The 'Chalo Loku' festival is celebrated
Tamil community is - Thaipusam cultural phenomenon in in - Arunachal Pradesh
⬥The birthday of Prophet Muhammad is - Mehsana(Gujarat) ⬥ During the festival of Pongal, people
celebrated by the name of ⬥The Ellora Ajanta Dance Festival held worship - The Sun
-Mawlid al-Nabi in - January ⬥Wangala festival of Meghalaya is
⬥The Pattadakal Dance Festival is ⬥ Sun Temple (Famous for Konark dance celebrated by - Garostribe
organised by - Karnataka's government festival) is also known as ⬥Sindhu Darshan festival is celebrated in
⬥Gokulashtami is celebrated in the month - Black Pagoda - Ladakh
of - Bhadrapada ⬥Nicobar Islands' tribes honour the ⬥Saga Dawa festival is celebrated in
⬥Durga Puja has been recognized as an deceased family head during the - Sikkim
intangible cultural heritage of humanity by - ossuary feast ⬥’Nishagandhi Dance Festival' is
UNESCO in - 2021 ⬥Kali Puja is held on a - new moon day celebrated in - Kerala
⬥Guru Purnima, a festival celebrated by ⬥‘Sangken’ is a festival of the - Buddhists ⬥ A major harvest festival celebrated in
Hindus, Jains and Buddhists in the ⬥‘Fatorpa Zatra’ is celebrated in - Goa the South India is - Onam
month of - Ashadha ⬥ Rottela Panduga, an annual three- day ⬥The festival Makar Sankranti is
⬥Thiruvathira is a cultural festival of festival, is held at celebrated in month of - January
- Kerala - Bara Shaheed Dargah (Nellore) ⬥’Natyanjali Utsav' is celebrated in Tamil
⬥Sekrenyi festival is celebrated by ⬥Phool Dei festival is celebrated in Nadu on the occasion of - Mahashivratri
- Angami tribe (Nagaland) - Uttarakhand ⬥ An annual ten-day festival held between
⬥Dunnapothula Panduga is celebrated in ⬥The Kodava community of Coorg February and March at Shilpgram is
- Telangana worships weapons during the - Taj Mahotsav
⬥Mahavir Jayanti is a major festival of - Kailpodhfestival ⬥Hornbill festival revives and preserves
- Jains ⬥Puttari is the harvest festival of the the rich culture of - Nagaland
⬥Fugdi, a Goan folk dance, is performed Kodava community of - Coorg ⬥The festival held in punjab and widely
during the festival of - Ganesh Chaturthi ⬥The Paryushana festival is celebrated recognized as the 'Rural Olympics’
⬥The cultural festival of Shad Suk for eight days by - Kila Raipur SportsFestival
Mynsiem is associated with - Meghalaya - Shwetambar Community of Jains ⬥’Raja Parba’ festival is associated with
⬥‘Laru Kaj’ festival is celebratedby ⬥The Paryushana festival is celebrated - Odisha
- Gonds (Madhya Pradesh) tribe for ten days as Dasalakshan Parva by ⬥Bihu festivals is associated with- Assam
⬥The custom of decorating eggs is - Digambar community of Jains ⬥Maru Sri (Maru Shri) is a desert
practised during - Easter festival ⬥ Cheiraoba is celebrated as the New Year pageant held at
⬥Sammakka-Sarakka Jatara is celebrated of - Manipur - Jaisalmer Desert Festival
in - Telangana ⬥Dhanuyatra of Odisha's Bargah district is ⬥The five day religious festival of 'Shad
⬥ Goncha Festival is celebrated in dedicated to - Lord Krishna Nongkrem' is celebrated in - Meghalaya
- Chhattisgarh ⬥Kaveri Sankramana festival is ⬥ The Nabakalebara festival is observed
⬥Nishagandhi festival is celebrated in celebrated in - Karnataka at the - Jagannath Temple, Odisha
- Kerala ⬥ 'Sundareswara Festival' is celebrated ⬥Penkuni Festival is celebrated in - Kerala
⬥Mahavir Jayanti is celebrated in the in ` - Kerala ⬥Seven-day long festival that marks the
month of - April ⬥Drukpa Tsechi, a festival celebrated in beginning of the Assamese New Year
⬥The Chera Panhara ritual is associated Sikkim, is associated with - Lord Buddha - Bohag Bihu
with - Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra ⬥‘Valvil Ori Vizha’ festival of Tamil Nadu is ⬥ A Muslim festival that marks hajj
⬥ The International Sand Art festival is celebrated in - August culmination at Mina (Saudi Arabia) near
held in - Odisha ⬥Madai festival is celebrated in Mecca - EidAl-Adha
⬥Baishagu festival is associated with - Bastar region (Chhattisgarh) ⬥Shigmotsav is a spring festival of - Goa
- Assam ⬥Teeyanisamonsoonfestival of-Punjab ⬥ Ramadan (Ramazan) is 9th month of
⬥The Festival of Salhesh is celebrated in ⬥Festival of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh - Islamiccalendar
- Bihar which is celebrated by farmers by ⬥ Vesak, celebrated in lunar month of
⬥Kumarakom boat racetake placeon worship of the bullocks - Pola festival vaisakha, is the festival of - Buddhism
Vembanad lake during - Onam festival ⬥Saga Dawa (‘Month of Merits’) festival is ⬥The Jewish festival of lights is called
⬥Float Festival is celebrated in Tamil Nadu celebrated in - May and June - Hanukkah
at - Meenakshi Amman Temple ⬥Arthunkal Feast and Vettukad Festival ⬥Bali Yatrafestivals commemorates
⬥The Moatsu festival is celebrated by are church festivals of - Kerala the rich maritime history of - Odisha
the Ao tribes of - Nagaland ⬥Baliyatra, meaning 'voyage to Bali,' is a ⬥ Thanksgiving is celebrated as a ritual in
⬥Gochi festival celebrated in festival celebrated in - Cuttack (Odisha) Goa
- HimachalPradesh ⬥The famous Gaura-Gauri Puja is - Konsachem Festival, or Harvest Festival
⬥‘Maru Mahotsav’, also known as desert celebrated in - Chhattisgarh ⬥Gurpurab is celebrated to commemorate
festival, is celebrated in - Jaisalmer ⬥ Lai Haraoba festival is celebrated by the the birth anniversary of - Guru Nanak Dev
⬥ Festival Hathi Mahotsav is celebrated Meitei community in - Manipur ⬥ The festival celebrated in West Bengal,
every year in - Jaipur (Rajasthan) Assam and other states in the month of
Note: Lai Haraoba means 'merry
⬥The five-day Deccan festival is celebrated March during the time of Holi - Doljatra
aking of the gods'.
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in - Andhra Pradesh ⬥The Dree festival is celebrated by the
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Apatani tribe in - Arunachal Pradesh ⬥The spring festival celebrated by the ⬥ ‘Paro Tshechu’ is celebrated in
⬥The Baisakhi festival in India marks the Konyak tribe of Nagaland- Aoleang Monyu - Bhutan
birth of Khalsa Panth under ⬥The Losar festival (Arunachal Pradesh) ⬥Ahaia Winter Festival is organised to
- Guru Gobind Singh (10th Sikh Guru) is celebrated by the tribe of - Monpa promote tourism in - Meghalaya
⬥A festival in Varanasi, 15 days after Diwali ⬥ ‘Husori’ or ‘Huchari’ performance is ⬥The festival of Pushkaralu is celebrated
on the ghats of River Ganga is known as associated with - Assam to promote the cultural heritage of
- Dev Deepawali ⬥Gudi Padwa new year is celebrated in - Andhra Pradesh
⬥Sarhul is a tribal festival celebrated in - Maharashtra ⬥ Nawala (a Thanksgiving Festival)
- Jharkhand ⬥Poila Boisakh new year is celebrated in dedicated to Lord Shiva is majorly
⬥Nuakhai is an agricultural festival - West Bengal celebrated in
observed by people of - Odisha ⬥Anthurium, named after a famous - Kangra (Himachal Pradesh)
⬥Buhsu Jiba is a festival celebrated by flower, is a major festival of - Mizoram ⬥ ’Lent’ is a religious observance
Dimasa-Kachari tribe in - Nagaland ⬥Gudi Padwa is celebrated on the first day celebrated by - Christians
⬥The cultural festival 'Thrissur Pooram' of the month - Chaitra ⬥Holi in West Bengal and Odisha is
is celebrated in - Kerala ⬥Ali-Aye-Ligang, Falgustsav, and Bihu celebrated as - Dola Purnima
⬥ Lohri, Bhogali Bihu and Pongal are festivals are celebrated in the river Island ⬥The festival of Ram Navami is celebrated
celebrated mainly in January -February - Majuli on - Ninth day of Chaitra month
⬥Onam is celebrated in the month of ⬥Poompuhar beach in Tamil Nadu is ⬥The Kali Pooja in West Bengal is
- September famous for the - Chitra Pournami festival celebrated on - Kartika Amavasya
⬥Festivals Pongal, Baisakhi, and Lohri are ⬥The 'Gyana Panchami' is celebrated by ⬥Jashan-e-Mihragan festival is celebrated
related to - Agriculture the Jains on the - 5th day of Kartika by - ParsiCommunity
⬥‘Beating the Retreat’ ceremony officially ⬥Bathukamma is a colourful and vibrant ⬥The cultural festival of Ratha Saptami is
denotes the end of - Republic Day festival of - Telangana mainly celebrated in - Andhra Pradesh
⬥ The most popular festival of Adi Tribe of ⬥The sixth of the eighteen books in the ⬥’Narali Purnima’ is celebrated on the last
Arunachal Pradesh is - Solung Mahabharata that includes studied day of - Shravan
⬥Buddha Purnima falls on the full moon Bhagavad Gita is - Bhishma Parva ⬥ Festival celebrated by the Jain
day of - Vaishakha ⬥ UNESCO’s Representative List of the community in Pawapuri (Bihar)
⬥The Annual Boat Race Festival is held Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity commemorating the attainment of
in - Kerala includedDurga Puja in its listduring Nirvana by Lord Mahavira
⬥Celebration of Rama's triumph over -16th session - Dev Deepavali
10 - headed demon king Ravana ⬥The Tamil New Year is also known as ⬥’The Kachin Manaw Festival’ is
- Dussehra - Varusha Pirappu (Puthandu) associated with - Myanmar
⬥The Lokrang Utsav is celebrated in ⬥The famous elephant festival is ⬥ Kolayat festival is celebrated in
- MadhyaPradesh celebrated on the day of Holi in city - Rajasthan
⬥Rama Navami comes in the month of - Jaipur ⬥'Mera Houchongba' an annual festival of
- April ⬥Tarpa festival is celebrated in - Manipur
⬥The festival known as "Magh Bihu" in - Dadra and NagarHaveli ⬥As per the Hindu lunar calendar, Guru
Assam is also called - Makar Sankranti ⬥The Red Panda Winter Carnival is Nanak Jayanti is celebrated on
⬥Easter festival for the Christians marks celebrated in - Sikkim - Kartika Poornima
the resurrection from the dead of ⬥ A traditional bull taming sport popular ⬥Biswa and Phulaich are the cultural
- Jesus Christ in Tamil Nadu -Jallikattu festivals of - Himachal Pradesh
⬥'Peerla Panduga' is also known as ⬥ Mamallapuram Utsav is celebrated in ⬥’Anthurium’ festival is celebrated to
- Muharram - Tamil Nadu promote horticulture in - Mizoram
⬥Rongali Bihu, a spring dramatic-cultural ⬥‘Ugadi’ is a festival celebrated in ⬥The festival of 'Sonam Lochar' in Sikkim
festival of - Assam - AndhraPradesh is celebrated by the- Tamang community
⬥The Ram Navami festival is celebrated on ⬥ ‘Sangai Festival’ is an annual cultural ⬥ The Banganga Festival in Mumbai is a
the Ninth day of - Chaitra Navratri festival organised by - Manipur musical tribute to - LordRama
⬥ Nowruz is popularly known as the ⬥The Kambala festival of Karnataka is ⬥Kalidasa Festival is organized in
new year of - Parsi associated with - Buffalorace - Nagpur (Maharashtra)
⬥ Pawl Kut festival celebrated in - Mizoram ⬥’Tamladu’, a festival of the Digaru
⬥ Puli Kali (Tiger Dance) event is main Police Exams Mishmis tribe, is celebrated in
attraction of the - Onam festival - Arunachal Pradesh
⬥Lhabab Dhuechen in Sikkim is observed ⬥According to Drik Panchang, the festival ⬥The Halda festival of Himachal Pradesh is
to mark the descent of - Lord Buddha celebrated on Chaturdashi of Krishna primarily celebrated by
⬥The Hemis Gompa festival (Ladakh) Paksha of Magh month - Mahashivratri - Buddhist community
celebrates the birth anniversary of ⬥
Taj Mahotsav (cultural festival) is ⬥ Hanukkah, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur,
- Guru Padmasambhava organized by Sukkot, Purim, Pessah, Shabuot are some
⬥The name of Kashmiri Hindu New year - Uttar Pradesh Tourism Department main festivals of - Jewish
- Navreh ⬥
Kajli Teej is the cultural festival of ⬥ 'Medaram Jathara' is the largest tribal
⬥Ugadi is celebrated as - Telugu New year - Rajasthan festival of India celebrated in Magha
⬥Malayali New Year is named as - Vishu ⬥The Doongri festival is celebrated in (February) on the full moon day by the
⬥Pana Sankranti is celebrated as honour of Hidimba Devi in Koya community of - Telangana
- Odia New year - HimachalPradesh ⬥Chaupakhya Festival is celebrated in
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- Uttarakhand ⬥ During the Gangaur festival, the deity ⬥ The ‘Modhera Dance Festival’ held
⬥According to the Hindu calendar, Raksha worshipped is - Goddess Gauri every year during the third week of
Bandhan falls on ⬥ Hornbill festival is an annual festival January belongs to - Gujarat
- Shravana Poornima (Shukla) celebrated from 1 to 10 December in ⬥The ‘Siang River Festival’ is celebrated
⬥The festival initiated by Shivaji to - Nagaland in - Arunachal Pradesh
channelize the patriotic spirit of Hindus ⬥ Yaoshang is the spring festival is ⬥ Pang Lhabsol is primarily celebrated in
was - Ganesh Chaturthi celebrated in - Manipur - Sikkim
⬥The traditional dance of Goa performed ⬥ The religious festival of Ganesh ⬥ The most important festival of the Toda
during the Shigmo festival is - Morulem Chaturthi is especially associated with tribe of the Nilgiris is - Modhweta
⬥The Kundang Lem Festival is celebrated - Maharashtra ⬥ The agro-based religious Nuakhai
in - Nagaland ⬥ Pola festival is celebrated by the farmers festival is celebrated in - Odisha
⬥ ‘Rongali Bihu’ is a festival of Assam, is through the - worship of bullocks ⬥'Harela', the harvesting festival, is
celebrated in the month of - April ⬥ Snake boat race is a unique feature of celebrated in - Uttarakhand
⬥ Thiruvathira is a cultural festival of - Onam ⬥ Ashadi Beej (Kutchi new year) is a
- Kerala ⬥ The festival celebrated at the confluence distinguished cultural festival is
⬥ Kharchi Puja is a festival associated of Mahi and Som rivers is celebration of - Rain
with - Tripura - Baneshwarfestival ⬥ Rongker is an annual festivals of
⬥ Bhagta Parab festivals is observed by ⬥ ‘Shaheedi Sabha’ is a festival celebrated - Assam
the tribal people of - Jharkhand in - Punjab ⬥ Krishna Janmashtami festivals is
⬥ Sekrenyi festival is celebrated in the ⬥ Diwali festival is celebrated during the celebrated in the month of - Bhadrapada
month of February by the Angami tribe Amavasya of - Kartik month ⬥ The Vesak Poya' festival, celebrated on
of - Nagaland ⬥‘ Lohri’, a harvest festival of Punjab, is the full moon day in May, is related to
⬥ Jawa is the cultural festival of celebrated in the month of - January - Buddhismreligion
- Jharkhand ⬥ ‘Kail Polud’ is a festival celebrated by ⬥ Baneshwar fair is an annual tribal fair
⬥ Fugdi is a Goan folk dance performed - Kodava tribes (Karnataka) held in - Dungarpur (Rajasthan)
during - Ganesh Chaturthi ⬥ The festival of Dussehra is also known ⬥ The tribal festival called 'Divaso' is
⬥ Thaipusam festival is celebrated in as - Vijayadashami traditionally associated with - Gujarat
- Tamil Nadu ⬥ The Buddhist festival 'Songson Kran' is ⬥ The tribal festival is 'Hal Punhya'
⬥ Mahavir Jayanti is a major festival of celebrated in - Arunachal Pradesh traditionally associated with- Jharkhand
- Jains ⬥ The ‘Mahamagham’ festival is ⬥ 'Uruka' is a traditional festival of - Assam
⬥ Sarhul festival is celebrated in celebrated once in every 12 years in ⬥"Bahubali Mahamastakabhishek
- Jharkhand - Tamil Nadu Mahotsav" is organized once every 12
⬥ ‘Gangaur’ festival is celebrated in ⬥ Bali Jatra, is annual events held at years in - Shravanabelagola
- Rajasthan - Cuttack(Odisha) ⬥ Mandu Festival is a famous festival of
⬥ Bhagoria festival is celebrated in ⬥Milad-un-Nabi is also known as - MadhyaPradesh
- MadhyaPradesh - Eid-e-Milad or Maulid ⬥ Sonam Lochar festivals is celebrated in
⬥ Shad Suk Mynsiem is the cultural ⬥ The International Kite Festival in - Sikkim
festival of - Meghalaya Gujarat is held in the month of - January ⬥ Onam is celebrated in the Malayalam
⬥ The Dev Deepavali is the festival of ⬥ ‘Karam’ is an agricultural festival month of - Chingam
Kartik Poornima celebrated in celebrated by tribals in ⬥ ‘Bathukamma’ and ‘Bonalu’ are festivals
- Varanasi - MadhyaPradesh of - Telangana
⬥‘Rann Utsav’, is a cultural festival of ⬥‘Shirui Lily Festival’ is celebrated in ⬥
Sakewa festival is celebrated by the
- Gujarat - Manipur Kirat Khambu Rai community of
⬥ Kaikottikali dance is performed to ⬥ Chapchar Kut is a festival of - Mizoram - Sikkim
celebrate - Onamfestival ⬥ Dashain festival is originated from ⬥ Sekrenyi festival is celebrated in the
⬥ The Chhath Puja of Bihar is dedicated - Nepal month of February by Angami tribe of
to - Surya Dev ⬥ The tribal festival called “Madai” - Nagaland
⬥ The Wangala festival is celebrated by traditionally associated with ⬥Jamshedi Navroz is a festival of
- Garo tribe - Chhattisgarh Zoroastrian origin celebrated by - Parsis
⬥ Onam is a harvest festival of - Kerala ⬥ The tribal festival ‘Pawl kut’ is ⬥Jamshedji Nowruz festival is celebrated
⬥ ‘Ekamra Utsav’ is a festival of - Odisha traditionally associated with - Mizoram every year on the day of spring equinox
⬥ Makar sankranti is a festival dedicated ⬥ The tribal festival ‘yemshe’ is traditionally in - March
to - Sun associated with - Nagaland ⬥ Hemis Tsechu Festival commemorates
⬥ Khajuraho dance festival is celebrated ⬥ Garia Puja is a major festival of the birth anniversary of
in - MadhyaPradesh - Tripura - Guru Padmasambhava
⬥ The festival of Holi is celebrated in the ⬥ A Tamil festival wherein temple ⬥ ‘Ali-Aye-Ligang’ , a spring festival, is
Hindu month of - Phalguna idols are taken in a procession to a associated with - Assam
⬥ Bonalu” in which Goddess Mahakali is water body for a Ceremonial bath ⬥ The festival of ancestor worship
worshipped is celebrated in - Telangana - Masi Magam 'Mee-Dam-Mee-Phee' is celebrated in
⬥The God worshipped on the occasion of ⬥ Tuluni is a Festival of - Nagaland - Assam
Malayalam New Year is - Lord Vishnu ⬥ Vishu is a cultural festival of - Kerala ⬥Madai Festival is celebrated in
⬥ Gaungaur festival is a celebration to ⬥ Wangala is the popular harvest festival - Chhattisgarh
welcome - Springseason of - Meghalaya ⬥'Mysore Peta’ is traditional attire worn
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on the - Head - Maha Shivaratri ⬥ Purna Kumbh Mela is held every
⬥ Kailpodh is an indigenous harvest ⬥ Ambubachi Mela dedicated to - 12 years
festival of - Karnataka - Goddess Kamakhya
⬥The festival 'Tsokum Samai' is celebrated ⬥ Makar Sankranti is celebrated by the Defence Exams
in - Nagaland name of ‘Magha Saaji’ in
⬥ Eid-ul-Fitr is celebrated on the first day of - HimachalPradesh ⬥Chitra Vichitra, is an annual tribal fair
Shawwal, which falls in eight months of ⬥"Ambubachi Mela" is held in held in the - Sabarkantha (Gujarat)
- Islamiccalendar - Guwahati(Assam) ⬥ The Kapil Muni Fair takes place annually
⬥ The Thimithi festival in Tamil Nadu is ⬥A ritual bath named "Shahi Snan" is a on Kartik Purnima (November) in
celebrated in the honour of - Draupadi major event of - Kumbh Mela - Bikaner(Rajasthan)
⬥ Hunter’s Moon in the West is called as ⬥Ganga Sagar Mela is conducted at ⬥ The Shamlaji Fair is held in - Gujarat
- Kartik Purnima Hooghly river in - West Bengal ⬥ Shri Jagannathji Mela is held at
⬥ Navroz is another name for the ⬥ The Champaran Mela is celebrated - Alwar (Rajasthan)
- Parsi New Year every year in - Raipur ⬥The Madhavpur fair is held at
⬥Thaipusam festival is celebrated by ⬥The fair held at the shrine of Mastan - Porbandar(Gujarat)
- Tamil communities Shah Vali is - DhamoniUrs ⬥The world's largest camel fair is held in
⬥The Nanda Devi Fair is organised in the - Pushkar (Rajasthan)
Defence Exams Kumaon region in - September
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The Gotmar fair is held annually in
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Surajkund Mela, also known as the composed by - Pandit Ravi Shankar
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- Haryana vocalist, was known for - Carnatic music
⬥Jon Beel mela where the barter system ⬥Basanti Devi Bisht, an Indian folk singer
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⬥Kenduli fair is celebrated in - Jagar
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- Kamakhya Temple (Assam) ⬥ Dunnapothula Panduga is celebrated in -Bhimsen Joshi
⬥ Sonepur Cattle fair (Bihar) is associated - Telangana ⬥The singing of 'Pankhida' by peasants
with - Hariharnathtemple ⬥ Jallikattu is a bull taming festival held while working in the fields is associated
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- Chhattisgarh ⬥ Surajkund mela is organised in the ⬥The song ’Yeh Dosti Hum Nahi Todenge’
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menstruation period of the Goddess ⬥ Sonepur Cattle Fair is held on Kartik ⬥Qawwali was brought in India from
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singing style from - Rajasthan ⬥ In Hindustani Classical music, second ⬥Mini is a tribe in - Arunachal Pradesh
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Academy organises the Tansen Sangeet with - Thumri
Samaroh in - Gwalior ⬥ Abassoon musical bands is used by ⬥Santhal community is an ethnic group
the Mewe community of of - Eastern India
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⬥ Pandit Jasraj was related to
- Classicalsinging ⬥Toda, Badaga and Irula are major tribes
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number of ‘Melakarta ragas’ are - 72
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- Uttar pradesh
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written by - Bankim Chandra Chatterjee ⬥Bhiti Chitra (fresco painting) is a popular
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art form of - Haryana
primarily a form of folk song of - Assam
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The song 'Mere Desh Ki Dharti Sona Ugle' weave fine shawls known as
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the brides belonging to - Manipur
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front of the house is called - Kolam
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⬥India won their second ODI World Cup in team in the inaugural world cup in Grand Slam in tennis is
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⬥The dimension of the Hockey field is ⬥The first Chairman and Commissioner of - PV Sindhu (Badminton)
- 91.4 m long and 55 m wide the Indian Premier League (IPL) ⬥ ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year 2021
⬥ All international athletic events after - Lalit Modi is - Smriti Mandhana
November 1, 2019 will be held under ⬥A baseball has - 108 stitches ⬥The world's largest cricket stadium is
the rules of - World Athletics ⬥Cricketer M. S. Dhoni was granted - Narendra Modi Stadium (Ahmedabad)
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time at the Olympics in -1908 Colonel in the Territorial Army of Boxing Day Test matches is - Virat Kohli
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international women’s team ⬥East Bengal Football Club was N ew Delhi with the efforts of Dr. AC
championship in badminton, was established in - 1920 Nehren (YMCA Madras) in - 1924
organized in 1956-1957 ⬥Serena Williams won her first Grand ⬥Photo finish (a sports term) popularly
⬥The term ‘Scoop’ is associated with Slam singles title in - 1999 used in - Athletics
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⬥The First Khelo India University Games established in - 1925 Open Tournament in -2001
were hosted in 2020 in - Odisha ⬥‘Coach of the Year’ award at the Times ⬥ The OffSide rule was abolished in field
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played on - 15 March 1877 - Jaspal Rana ⬥In Olympic Games, ’Laser' is a category of
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⬥Athletes Anaka Alankamony, Dipika is - Someity -Chess
Pallikal, and Joshna Chinnappa are ⬥The term 'Straight drive' is related to ⬥The 1982 edition of the Asian Games
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⬥The first Paralympic games were held ⬥The first Indian male to reach the BWF - Football
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matches is - Two ⬥ Indian cricketer Sunil Gavasker is
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⬥Dahi-Handi is the official sport of also known as - ‘Little Master’
back line in - Hockey
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⬥The number of flights in a 110 m hurdle
⬥The number of points in the 4th set in team - 11
race is 10
volleyball are - 25 ⬥Lovlina Borgohain (Assam) is associated
⬥ In T20 cricket matches, a bowler can
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bowl a maximum of - 4 Overs
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⬥The Sports Authority of India (SAI) was ⬥Mirabai Chanu won India's first gold at
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established in - 1984 the 2022 Commonwealth Games in
⬥The word 'direct free kick' is related to
⬥ Headquarters of Sports Authority of - Weightlifting
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India (SAI) is at - NewDelhi ⬥2021 Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna
⬥Pankaj Advani is associated to - Billiards
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⬥The Duckworth - Lewis formula used
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⬥Singhraj Adhana is associated with ⬥In the 2012 London Olympics, India
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marathon is 42.195km ⬥In hockey, a yellow card results in a
⬥Khelo India Winter Games was started in ⬥Padma Awardee (2021) Sudha Singh is player's temporary suspension of at least
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⬥A football match lasts two equal ⬥The first edition of the Thomas Cup ⬥The Winter Olympic games are held in
periods of -45 minutes was organised in - 1949 - Everyfour years
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⬥The 35th National Games held in ⬥In hockey, when the umpire raises one ⬥The term ‘Dribbling’ is associated with
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⬥The colours of the squares used in a ⬥The deadlift style is used in ⬥1983 Cricket World Cup was held in
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⬥The equipment 'Shuttlecock' is required in ⬥Players that stop dribbling in handball summer and winter Olympic Games was
- Badminton have to pass or shot within - 3 sec - Beijing
⬥The Super Bowl, an annual football ⬥The length of a Beach Volleyball court is ⬥The first edition of the World Para Table
championship game is held in - USA - 16 m Tennis Championships was held in
⬥ In cricket, hitting the ball in the air to ⬥ The term Slam Dunk, Airball and Pivoting - Assen, Netherlands in1990
cross the boundary is equal to - 6 run are related to - Basketball ⬥India hosted the ICC T20 World Cup
⬥An international level professional auto ⬥ In all AIBA Boxing competitions, the rest cricket for the first time in -2016
racing sport is - FormulaOne time between each round is - 1 min ⬥The minimum over rate in a Test match is
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held in - Paris,France with a score of 6 - 4 ⬥The 1979 Asian Wrestling Championships
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associated with - Judo 2018 was organised in - Berlin, Germany typically consists of
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- Kanpur first time in - 1987 ⬥ The first ICC Women's Cricket World Cup
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⬥The terms Boundary, Chinaman, Dead is a signal of - Penaltycorner National record in - Javelin Throw
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⬥The terms Airborne Throw, Attacking - Poona middleweight boxing won by
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⬥Anshu Malik is a player of - Wrestling ⬥In Basketball backcourt and frontcourt is ⬥The official mascot of the ICC Cricket
⬥Eldhose Paul is an athlete of - Triple jump part of the - centre line World Cup 2011 was - Elephant
⬥No of players in each team in handball - 7 ⬥The area where the bout takes place is ⬥Yuvraj Singh hit six sixes in an over in
⬥Lovely Choubey is a Indian called a "ring", in sport of - Boxing T20 International against Stuart Broad
sportswoman related to - Lawn Bowls ⬥Asiad is regulated by (England) at
⬥Vicky Ostwal is a player of - Cricket - Olympic Councilof Asia - Kingsmead Stadium (South Africa)
⬥The first-ever Indian cricket player to play ⬥In football, the penalty mark situated from ⬥The teams won the first edition (2014) of
400 T20s is - Rohit Sharma the midpoint of the goal post is - 11 m Indian Super League was
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- Atletico de Kolkata Paralympic Games twice is established in - 1954
⬥The Formula One 2013 Indian Grand Prix - Tokyo (1964 and2020) ⬥The National Institute of Water Sports
was held in - Buddh International Circuit ⬥The term LONA is used in - Kabaddi situated in - Goa
⬥ In basketball, a free-throw is worth ⬥ Tanya Hemant is related to - Badminton ⬥Indian cricketer that featured in the most
- One point ⬥The World Badminton Championship number of international cricket matches
⬥The first Indian Grandmaster to become event 2026 will be organised in - India is - SachinTendulkar
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-Koneru Humpy ⬥The Beach Volleyball is modified form of most wins in the FIFA World Cup - Pele
⬥Mahesh Bhupathi is a player of - Tennis - Game Volleyball ⬥Niki Poonacha is a professional player of
⬥The height of the goal-post according to ⬥ The term ‘dunk shot’ is used in - Tennis
FIFA is - 8 foot - Basketball ⬥Saurabh Chaudhary is a player of
⬥The first ever individual Olympic medal ⬥A gymnastic event held on a large floor - Ace pistolshooter
won for India mat is - Floorexercise ⬥The first Indian swimmer to swim across
- Khashaba Jadhav (Wrestler) ⬥The Pro Kabaddi League founded in India the English Channel (1958) was
⬥India won the 2011 ICC ODI Cricket in - 2014 - Mihir Sen
World Cup final against - Sri Lanka ⬥The JRD Tata Sports Complex located in ⬥The ‘Wizard of Hockey’ is
⬥In basketball, the maximum number of - Jamshedpur, Jharkhand - Major DhyanChand
points in a single shot is 4 ⬥The term ‘Bishop' is used in - Chess ⬥Fouaad Mirza is associated with
⬥The distance between the stumps and ⬥The terms like Googly, Full toss and Short - Equestrian
the popping crease at the same end of a pitch are used in - Cricket ⬥Ruia Gold Cup is associated with
Cricket pitch is 1.22 m ⬥In the first six overs (powerplay) of a T20 - Bridge
⬥The Indian player which is also known as cricket match, the number of players can ⬥In cricket, the fielding position First slip
'Dhing Express' - HimaDas stay outside the circle - Two used behind the - batsman
⬥ Number of players are permitted to be ⬥ The width of the tennis court for Doubles ⬥The term ‘Chinaman’ is associated with
substituted in field hockey is - 10.97 m - Cricket
- No limit ⬥The equipment called antenna is used ⬥ the abbreviated form of the IPL franchise
⬥Deepika Kumari is associated with in sport of - Volleyball cricket team from Chennai
- Archery ⬥The Indian Football Association was - CSK (Chennai Super Kings)
⬥Yellow colour card in Football indicates established in - 1893 ⬥ Paralympic SM Gayakwad is associated
- Warn a player ⬥Shot equipment is used in with - Swimming
⬥Red colour card in Football indicates - throwingevents ⬥India's first badminton world champion in
- leavethe ground ⬥Diving comes under the category of 2019 became - PV Sindhu
⬥Green colour card in Football indicates - Aquatic sport ⬥The term '16-yard hit' is associated with
- Fair play ⬥Rajeev Ram is a professional tennis - Field hockey
⬥The dimension of the Hockey field player from - United States of America ⬥The founder and the first Chairman and
91.4 × 55 m ⬥The first female hockey player to receive Commissioner of the IPL was
⬥ In Javelin throw for men the javelin is Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award - Lalit Modi
long about 2.6m to 2.7m metre - Rani Rampal ⬥The shakehand grip is used in sport of
⬥ In Javelin throw for women the javelin is ⬥Los Angeles Clippers and Portland Trail - Table tennis
long about - 2.2m to 2.3m metre Blazers are teams of - Men’s Basketball ⬥Terms like birdie, eagle and albatross are
⬥Squash is a - Racketsport ⬥The Indian cricketer which achieved twin all used in - Golf
⬥UttarPradesh Government will provide centuries in his debut Test opener role is ⬥Vijay Amritraj and Anand Amritraj are
financial support to Indian wrestling till - Rohit Sharma associated with - Lawn tennis
- 2032 Olympics ⬥Sadio Mane is a player of - Football ⬥Manitombi Singh from Manipur was a
⬥The equipment bolt is used in ⬥PV Sindhu, Neha Pandit, Parul Parmar player of - Football
- Mountaineering sport and Ashwini Ponnappa are players of ⬥Indian athlete Joshna Chinappa is
⬥Mallakhamba is the state sport of - Badminton associated with -Squash
- Madhya Pradesh ⬥The Indian Super League is a ⬥ Kambala, the traditional Karnataka sport
⬥Paragliding, Bungee jumping, Rock championship of - Football made to race with - Buffaloes
climbing is type of - Adventure sport ⬥The European Champions Cup or ⬥The headquarters of the All India Chess
⬥The baton is used in the track and field Heineken Cup is associated with- Rugby Federation is situated in - New Delhi
event of - Relay race ⬥ Rhythmic gymnastics, Artistic ⬥The headquarters of the Khelo India
⬥The Clay-pigeon Shooting is other name gymnastics, and Trampoline gymnastics Youth Games is - New Delhi
of - trap shooting are events of -Olympic ⬥Karnam Malleswari become India’s first
⬥Arun Jaitley cricket stadium is located in ⬥India's first world champion in any sport woman to win an Olympic medal in
- New delhi after independence was - 2000 Sydney Olympic Games
⬥Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee - Wilson Jones (Billiards) ⬥The first para-athlete to receive the Rajiv
cricket stadium is located in - Lucknow ⬥The La Liga Trophy is associated with Gandhi Khel Ratna was
⬥Narendra Modi cricket stadium is located - Football - DevendraJhajharia
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⬥Eden Garden cricket stadium is located in - Tripura independent Indian team was
- Kolkata ⬥ Produnova is related to - Gymnastics -Lala Amarnath
⬥The first city to host the Summer ⬥ The Asian Football Confederation was ⬥First Indian pair in Open era to reach all
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- Badminton times by - Brazil ⬥Subroto Cup is related to - Football
⬥The first Indian woman to carry the flag at ⬥The gold medals won by India at the ⬥ Milkha Singh finished fourth in the
the Olympics in 1992 was 1986 Asian Games is -Five 400m at the game of - Rome Olympic
- Shiny AbrahamWilson ⬥Gagan Narang was given the ‘Rajiv ⬥Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th
⬥Sebastian Korda is associated with Gandhi Khel Ratna’ award for 2010 in international cricket century against
- Tennis - Shooting - Bangladesh
⬥First Indian pistol shooter to top the world ⬥The motto of Olympics was proposed by ⬥India’s only six-time world boxing
rankings in ISSF - Heena Sidhu - Pierrede Coubertin champion is - MaryKom
⬥Alan Burgess, the World War II veteran, ⬥The first Indian cricketer to serve as ⬥The captain of the Indian cricket team
also associated with - Cricket President of the BCCI was in the 1983 World Cup - Kapil Dev
⬥Bhavani Devi is a player of - Fencing - Maharaja of Vizianagaram ⬥The national sport of Pakistan is
⬥ Anjum Moudgil is associated with ⬥ The oldest hockey tournament in India - Field Hockey
- Shooting - BeightonCup (1895) ⬥The country that has played every FIFA
⬥First female athlete to represent Pakistan ⬥‘Tenpins’ refers to the game of - Bowling world cup since it began - Brazil
in Olympics (1996, Atlanta) was ⬥The first Indian to receive the ISSF ⬥First time Asian Games was held in
- ShabanaAkhtar Blue Cross is - Abhinav Bindra - 1951(New Delhi)
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⬥First Khelo India Sports school in North - Virender Sehwag ⬥The sixth Indian cricketer to be inducted
East India is - Assam Rifles Public School ⬥Mardani Khel, one of the famous martial into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame
⬥The first athlete to win an Olympic medal art forms in India, belong to - Maharashtra - Sachin Tendulkar(2019)
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Champion of Champions - 1986 ⬥The first Indian batsman who scored
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Bhattacharya used to play in the field York‘s iconic Madison Square Garden - Mohammad Azharuddin
position of - goalkeeper - Bajrang Punia ⬥The first batsman to score 3 ODI
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badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics Cup is organised by - India ⬥‘Silly point’, ‘slip’ and ‘gully’ are terms used
- PV Sindhu ⬥ Roger Federer is a Swiss professional in - Cricket
⬥Sagol Kangjei, an indigenous game of player of - Tennis ⬥Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Joshna
Manipur, is akin to modern-day sport of ⬥The first sportsperson to decline the Chinappa are associated with - Squash
- Polo Olympic torch relay to support the Tibetan ⬥First non-British President of the MCC
⬥The number of medals won by India at Independence Movement (Marylebone Cricket Club)
the Summer Olympic Games, 2012 - Six - BhaichungBhutia - Kumar Sangakkara
⬥ Kho Kho is a game originated in ⬥US & Australian Open Grand Slam ⬥Kabaddi was introduced in the Asian
- Maharashtra tournament is played on - Hard court Games in - 1990
⬥Sachin Tendulkar scored his first ODI ⬥French Open Grand Slam tournament is ⬥Polo sport is not allowed to play with
century in his - 79thmatch played on -Clay court the - Left hand
⬥ Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy ⬥Wimbledon Open Grand Slam ⬥ Kabaddi sport is originated in - India
in Hyderabad was founded in - 2008 tournament is played on - Grass court ⬥Archery is the national game of - Bhutan
⬥The number of Grand Slam tournaments ⬥Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy was ⬥The oldest hockey tournament in India
are played in a year in tennis is - Four instituted in 1956 - 57 - Beighton Cup
⬥The first Winter Paralympics Games held ⬥The number of overs in a cricket world ⬥The five interlinked rings in the Olympic
in - Sweden cup tournament reduced to 50 for the flag represent - Continents
⬥Karnam Malleswari, Rakhi Haldar and first time in - 1987 ⬥The term 'Steeple chase' is associated
Mirabai Chanu are associated with ⬥Rangaswamy Cup, Tommy Eman Gold with -Horse racing
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⬥A dismissal based on the replay in cricket ⬥The Arjuna Award is given in the field of - 1500m race
is decided by - 3rdumpire - Sports ⬥ In karate, the fight starts when the referee
⬥In sport of Kabaddi, the full form of AKFI ⬥Dabang Mumbai, Kalinga Lancers, houts
s - “ShobuHajime!”
- Amateurs Kabaddi Federation of India Ranchi Rays and Delhi Waveriders are ⬥The number of athletes needed to
⬥In sport of Karate, the full form of AIKF regional teams play in complete 4×100m Relay Race is - 4
- All India Karate-do Federation - Hockey IndiaLeague ⬥The first ‘Khelo India School Games’ were
⬥Federation Internationale de Football started in - 2018
Association (FIFA) established in - 1904 Police Exams ⬥The first Khelo India Winter Games were
⬥The world challenge cup is associated hosted by - Leh
with - Artistic Gymnastics ⬥The ‘pawn’ is associated with - Chess ⬥
The standard weight of a discus for
⬥ Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is related to ⬥The first President of the Indian Olympic women in the game of discus throw
- Men’sfield Hockey Association (IOA) was - Sir Dorabji Tata is -1000 gm
⬥The term "raider" is related to - Kabaddi ⬥ ‘Libero’ in a volleyball game is a - ⬥
Anil Kumble took 10 wickets in a cricket
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est match in - 1999
to - Wrestling ⬥’Nage Waza’ is a throwing technique used ⬥
The Arjuna Award was started in
⬥The Yellow flag in Formula-1 denotes in - Judo - 1961
- Danger (Must Slow down) ⬥ The National Sports Festival for Women ⬥ India qualified for the FIFA World Cup in
⬥ The Green flag in Formula-1 denotes was started in - 1975 - 1950
- Start the race ⬥The first para Asiad games were hosted ⬥
Point awarded for an ‘Ippon’ in karate
⬥ The Red flag in Formula-1 denotes in - China - three points
- Immediate stopping of a race ⬥The three-second rule applies to the ⬥
The approximate circumference of a
⬥ The Black flag in Formula-1 denotes game of -Basketball c
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9inches
-Disqualification ⬥ The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award was ⬥
Nilotpal Bora's song 'Shaabaash' became
⬥Barabati Stadium is located in - Odisha renamed as the Major Dhyan Chand Khel t
he anthem for Indian athletes at
⬥Table tennis got recognition as the Ratna Award in - 2021 - Commonwealth Games 2022
Olympic Games in -1988 ⬥The number of officials in Kabaddi match (Birmingham)
⬥The term "LIBERO" is associated with Are - Six ⬥The term ‘chui’ in judo means
- Volleyball ⬥The total number of jumps in a 3000m - light penalty
⬥The father of Gymnastics is known as steeplechase race is - 35 ⬥
Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range is located
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New Delhi
⬥The device "Pommel Horse" is in - Odisha ⬥
The first Olympic Games was organized
associated with - Gymnastics ⬥The Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is held in in Asia in - 1964
⬥Spike in Volleyball is also known as - Malaysia ⬥
The weight of the javelin for women in the
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600 grams
⬥The Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) stadium is Pool Complex is located in - New Delhi ⬥The first National Winter Games were
located in -Indonesia ⬥The number of white rooks in chess is hosted by
⬥The Augusta master trophy is related to - Two - Gulmarg (Jammu and Kashmir)
- Golf ⬥Volleyball Federation of India was ⬥
Western Australian Cricket Association
⬥The volleyball game was invented by established in - 1951 (
WACA) Cricket Ground is located in
- WilliamG. Morgan ⬥The term ‘anchor runner’ is related to - Perth (Australia)
⬥The Indian Football Association was - Relay race ⬥
’Files and Ranks’ are used in - Chess
established in - Kolkata (1893) ⬥The term ‘scoop’ is related to - Hockey ⬥
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ndia’s biggest football stadium
⬥Judo, Kung-Fu, and Kalaripayattu are ⬥The Basketball Federation of India was - Salt Lake City Stadium (Kolkata)
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In Karate, Tsuki is the term used for
⬥ Skiing is a related to - winter sport ⬥The length of a Tennis court is -78 ft - Punch
⬥The words Ippon, Yuko, and Waza-ari ⬥The measurement of a kho-kho field is ⬥The distance from the lower edge of the
are related to - Judosport - 27m × 16m crossbar of a football goal to the ground is
⬥The game basketball was invented by ⬥’Left-arm leg spin’ in cricket is known as - 8 feet
- JamesNaismith - Chinaman ball ⬥
In cricket, a full-pitched ball aimed at the
⬥Round-off, Cartwheel, and Handstand ⬥ ’Mintonette’ is related to - Volleyball b
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terms are related to - Gymnastics ⬥ The traditional game ‘Yubi Lakpi’ is c
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⬥The terms Volley, Smash, Service are played in - Manipur ⬥The Ranji Trophy cricket event series was
related to - Tennis ⬥The size of the Olympic swimming pool is launched in - 1934
⬥The father of Indian cricket - Ranjitsinhji 50 m × 25 m ⬥In archery, the maximum time permitted
⬥The term "Par Terre" is associated with ⬥ Female participants formally admitted to to shoot an end of three arrows is
- Wrestling the Olympic Games in - 1900 (Paris) - 2 minutes
⬥Sudirman Cup is related to - Badminton ⬥ The Indian Olympic Association was ⬥
In Olympic archery events, the number of
⬥'Flaggar Foul' word is related to the formed in -1927 c
oncentric rings which represent
- Basketball ⬥The height of the net in volleyball for different scoring sectors are -10
⬥The minimum age set to participate in women is - 2.24 m ⬥
National Sports University is situated in
the Special Olympics - 8 years ⬥The standard distance for males in a -
Imphal (Manipur)
⬥”Play the game, in spirit of the game" hurdle event is - 110m and 400m ⬥The first National Games known as the
was the motto of - First Asian Games ⬥ The final event in the decathlon is Indian Olympic Games were firstly hosted
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In - 1924 f ractured jaw against West Indies in ₹7.5 lakhs to - ₹25 lakhs
⬥Minimum number of players required in Antigua (2002) was - Anil Kumble ⬥ 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup was
each team to start a football match - 7 ⬥
Sudirman Cup is related to - Badminton hosted by - India
⬥ In 2018, the maiden Athletics World ⬥ The Open Era in tennis began in - 1968 ⬥The official mascot of commonwealth
Cup was held in -London ⬥ William Jones Cup is associated with Games held in Gold Coast (2018)
⬥ Host of the first FIVB Volleyball Men's - Basketball - Borobi, a blue surfingkoala
World Cup was - Poland (1965) ⬥The first bowler to bowl two maiden ⬥ The first Indian batsman to register a
⬥ The 31st South east Asian Games were overs in the Indian Premier league triple century in test cricket
held in - Vietnam match is - Mohammed Siraj - VirenderSehwag
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⬥ The first edition of the World Para Table ⬥The first Commonwealth Games was presented for the first time in -1913
Tennis held in - Assen (Netherlands) held in - 1930 ⬥ The oldest running Grand Slam tennis
⬥ The minimum over rate in a Test match ⬥ The first Indian woman to participate tournament - Wimbledon Open
is - 15 overs/h in the Olympic golf tournament was ⬥Johan Cruyff was a Dutch player of
⬥The 1979 Asian Wrestling Championships - Aditi Ashok - Football
were organised for the first time in ⬥ Kabaddi was recognised as a full fledged ⬥Duryodhan Singh Negi is associated with
- Jalandhar(India) sport at the Asian Games in - 1990 - Boxing
⬥ The Commonwealth Games are ⬥Chess piece that is not allowed to walk ⬥ These words Deuce, Smash & Ace are
organised by backward - Pawn used in - LawnTennis
- Commonwealth Games Federation ⬥ Fundamental Principles of the Olympic ⬥ The word Scoop is related to - Hockey
⬥ A FIBA sanctioned game of basketball Charter are based on a document written ⬥ India won the Asian Games football
typically consists of by - Pierre deCoubertin gold medal for the first time in - 1951
- 4 quarters of 10 minutes each ⬥ Deepa Malik is India's first female para- ⬥ The first goalkeeper to become the
⬥ The first ICC Women's Cricket World Cup athlete to win a medal at the captain of an international hockey team
was held in - 1973 (England) - Rio Paralympics(2016) - ShankarLakshman
⬥The Durand Cup, Santosh Trophy and ⬥ Rohan Bopanna is an Indian player of ⬥ Michael Phelps is associated with
Rovers Cup are related to - Football - Tennis - Swimming
⬥ Unnati Hooda is associated with ⬥ Prakash Padukone & Pullela Gopichand ⬥ ‘CONCACAF Gold Cup’ is associated with
- Badminton are indian players of - Badminton - Football
⬥ Athletics Neeraj Chopra awarded the ⬥ Kuldeep Yadav is associated to - Cricket ⬥ The first Indian boxer to receive a medal
Param Vishisht Seva Medal in - 2022 ⬥ Ajit Singh, Deepika Thakur & Akashdeep at the Olympic games was
⬥ Neeraj Chopra won the men's javelin Singh are player of -Hockey - Vijender Singh
throw event in Tokyo 2020 Olympics ⬥ Manu Bhaker is associated with ⬥ Dalip Singh Rana is a wrestler, popularly
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⬥ Deepika Kumari represents India in ⬥ The number of IPL title Mumbai Indians ⬥ The first Olympic Games of the modern
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⬥ 'Kerala Blasters' team associated with ⬥ Tajinderpal Singh Toor is a player of ⬥’U Thant Cup’ is related to - Lawn tennis
- Football - Shot put ⬥ The first edition of Indian Premier League
⬥ ‘La Liga’ title is associated with ⬥ Vikash Thakur, Jeremy Lalrinnunga, was held in - 2008
- Football & Deepak Lather are - Weightlifter ⬥ Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes
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to - Golf from -Maharashtra in - 1999
⬥ B Sai Praneeth is an Indian player related ⬥ A wall of Chinnaswamy stadium is ⬥ Sourav Ganguli, Virender Sehwag &
to - Badminton dedicated to cricketer - Rahul Dravid Harbhajan Singh are associated with
⬥The SUMO Wrestling game is originated ⬥ All India Tennis Association (AITA) was - Cricket
in - Japan established in - 1920 ⬥ Vijendra Singh is associated with - Boxer
⬥ Sutirtha Mukherjee is an India player ⬥The five colours of the rings in the symbol ⬥ The video assistant referee (VAR) system
related to - Tabletennis of the Olympic Games are red, blue, green, is used in - Football
⬥ The inaugural Olympic Congress was yellow and - Black ⬥ Novak Djokovic is a tennis player from
organised in - Paris(1894) ⬥ Saina Nehwal, Srikanth Kidambi & PV - Serbia
⬥Jwala Gutta is an Indian player related to Sindhu are - Badminton player ⬥ The terms Albatross, Birdie & Eagle are
- Badminton ⬥ Sania Mirza is associated with - Tennis used in - Golf
⬥Swimmer Gaurika Singh (youngest ⬥ The terms Square leg, Gully & Fine leg ⬥ KM Beenamol is associated with
athlete in 2016 Rio olympic) belong to are associated with - Cricket - Athletics
- Nepal ⬥ Dominic Thiem is a professional tennis ⬥ First Indian boxer to rank No.1 in the
⬥A football (soccer) match consists of player from - Austria world (75-kg category) by AIBA
two halves of 45 minutes each with a ⬥ The Badminton Association of India - Vijender Singh
- 15-minuterest was formed in - 1934 ⬥ The official distance to be covered in a
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gold medal in Asian Games - Table tennis ⬥ The Indian football player nicknamed the
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⬥ The bowler who bowled 14 overs with a Khel Ratna award was increased from the ⬥ The headquarters of International Cricket
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Council (ICC) is located in - The UAE ⬥ An ancient Indian Board gamewas governing body of Badminton
⬥ The cricketer that represented India at - Chaupar - Badminton World Federation
the World Youth Chess Championships ⬥ R Pragana Nanda is related to - Chess ⬥
P Harikrishna is associated with - Chess
as a teenager - Yuzvendra Chahal ⬥ The headquarters of FIFA is in ⬥ The term 'Regatta' is associated with
⬥ Tintu Luka (Indian track and field athlete) - Switzerland - Yacht
holds the national record in - 800m track ⬥ Major Dhyan Chand is known as ⬥ F.C. Goa team was coached by
⬥ Table tennis was originated from -Hockey Wizard - Brazilian footballerZico
- England ⬥ PV Sindhu first entered the top 20 of ⬥ The number of players that remain
⬥ Diego Maradona was an Argentine the Badminton World Federation Ranking outside the circle in first six overs of a
professional player of - Football for women in - 2012 T20 cricket match - Two
⬥ Paolo Rossi was an Italian professional ⬥ In the context of tennis, the nationality ⬥ Rovers Cup is related to - Football
player of - Football of Steffi Graf is - Germany ⬥ Thomas cup is related to - Badminton
⬥ Kylian Mbappe is a professional Football ⬥ The ‘Man of the Match’ at the 1983 Men’s ⬥ The first Indian to win an individual
player from - France World Cup Cricket Final was medal in Olympics - KD Jadhav
⬥ Pele was a professional Football player - MohinderAmarnath ⬥ India received its first individual medal in
from - Brazil ⬥ Nation that won the maximum number of Olympics at - Helsinki (1952)
⬥ The Commonwealth Games were held Olympic gold medals in men's hockey ⬥ The first Indian woman to have clinched
in New Delhi in - 2010 - India an Olympic medal - Karnam Malleswari
⬥ The total duration of any international ⬥ The nations that topped the medal tally ⬥ Goalkeeper of the Indian national football
football match, including extra time, is at the 2018 Commonwealth Games team in the 1980s - Atanu Bhattacharya
- 120 minutes - Australia ⬥ The term ‘Penalty Corner’ is associated
⬥ Rajasthan Royals won the inaugural ⬥ The first female president of the with - Hockey
edition of the IPL cricket tournament in Marylebone Cricket Club - Clare Connor ⬥ Koneru Humpy is associated with
- 2008 ⬥ Each kho-kho team consists of total - Chess
⬥ Mary Kom is associated with - Boxing - 12 players (including 3 extras) ⬥ PV Sindhu became the first Indian
⬥First Indian woman to win a gold medal at ⬥ Australian Open is played on- Hard court shuttler to win an Olympics silver medal
the Asian Games in boxing - Mary Kom ⬥ The number of gold medals India won in - 2016
⬥ The first Indian to be elected the in 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games is - One ⬥ Kapil dev is nicknamed as
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Federation in 2016 - Narinder Batra Olympics in - Beijing2008 ⬥ Sagol kangjei is an indigenous game
⬥ Sakshi Malik is associated with ⬥ The word Mankading is associated with of manipur, similar to - Polo
- Wrestling - Cricket ⬥ Stuart Broad was hit for six sixes in an
⬥ Sakshi Malik won a bronze medal in ⬥ Divya Deshmukh is associated with over by an Indian Batsman
Wrestling at - 2016 Summer Olympics - Chess - YuvrajSingh (2007)
⬥ Martina Hingis is associated with ⬥ The footballer Cristiano Ronaldo plays ⬥ First player of Indian origin to play in an
- Tennis for the country of -Portugal NBA game - Gursimran Sim Bhullar
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⬥ The number of players in a Kabaddi ⬥ The highest runs scorer for India at 2011 - BajrangLal Takhar
game on each side -Seven ICC Men's World Cup Final ⬥ The first Indian Squash player to enter
⬥ The 2018 edition of Commonwealth - GautamGambhir the top ten in PSA world rankings
Games was hosted by - Australia ⬥ Man of the match in the 2011 ICC Men's - Saurav Ghosal
⬥ The first Indian to win an Individual Gold World Cup Final - M.S.Dhoni ⬥ The summer Olympic Games 2024 to
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⬥ The women's singles title in the 2020 World Cup - YuvrajSingh ⬥ Dattu Bhokanal is associated with
Australian Open was won by ⬥ In 'Discus Throw' event, The weight of a - Rowing
- Sophia Kenin metal disc for women -1 Kg ⬥ Sultan of Johor Cup is associated with
⬥ The cricketer named Shimron Hetmyer ⬥ In 'Discus Throw' event, The weight of a - Hockey
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⬥ Eden Garden stadium is located in ⬥Australian Open, French Open, -Boxing
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⬥ Motera stadium is located in - Gujarat tournament of - Tennis Championship before it shifted to
⬥ Barabati stadium is located in - Odisha ⬥ Santosh Trophy is related to - Football Flushing Meadows - Forest Hills
⬥ Brabourne Cricket Stadium is located in ⬥ Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy ⬥ Manju Rani, Sonia Chahal, & Sarjubala
- Mumbai (awarded by the President) was instituted Devi are Indian - Boxer
⬥ Arun Jaitley Stadium is located in in 1956 - 57 ⬥ Lakshya Sen is associated with
- New Delhi ⬥ Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy is - Badminton
⬥ Green Park stadium is located in- Kanpur associated with ⬥ Nicol David belongs to - Malaysia
⬥ The first Indian woman to win a medal - Inter-university tournament ⬥ The coach of the World Cup winning
at the Paralympics - Deepa Malik ⬥ ICC is the global governing body for Indian Cricket team in 2011
⬥ ’The Fire Burns Blue: A History of - InternationalCricket - Gary Kirsten
Women's Cricket in India’ was written by ⬥ ICC was founded in -1909 ⬥ Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex,
-Karun Keshav and Siddhant Patnaik ⬥ The organisation that is current
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International debut in 2003 in ⬥ The author of the novel 'Maila Anchal’ - APJAbdul Kalam
- Dhaka (Bangladesh) - Phanishwar Nath'Renu ⬥ “My Country My Life” is the
⬥ Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav was an ⬥ ’The Last Song of Dusk’ is the debut autobiography of Indian politician
Indian - Wrestler novel of - Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi - LK Advani
⬥The cricketer that made his Test debut ⬥ The writer of ‘Man’s Search for ⬥“The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on
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were held in - New Delhi - RamchandraGuha A Novel’ is written by - Vikram Chandra
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⬥ The 2015 Cricket World Cup was won was penned by sons of a great musician - R.K Narayan
- Australia - Amjad Ali Khan ⬥ The author of the book 'Sita: An
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⬥ In ancient India, Chess game was called ⬥ ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ is ⬥ 'Mein Kampf' is the autobiography of
- Chaturanga an autobiography of - Maya Angelou - Adolf Hitler
⬥ Mardani Khel, a type of martial art, ⬥ Author of ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner ⬥ ’Autobiography of a Yogi’ is the
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located in - Manipur biography of - MilkhaSingh ⬥ ‘Pinjar' is a novel by - Amrita Pritam
⬥ The most popular sports in Nepal ⬥”Playing It My Way” is the auto- ⬥ An autobiography of Salim Ali
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started in 1888 from Annadale (Shimla)
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⬥‘My Story’ is the autobiography of - KhushwantSingh
Olympic gold medal in the men's 10m air
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rifle event at the
⬥ ‘The Moor’s Last Sigh’ is written by written by - ArundhatiRoy
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national cricket team of - Zimbabwe
autobiography of - Saurav Ganguly ⬥ ’The Palace of Illusions’ is a novel based
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“The Great Indian Novel” is written by Rassundari Devi, published in - 1876
⬥ The Venus Rosewater Dish is the Ladies' - Shashi Tharoor ⬥The first autobiography written by an
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- Wimbledon Championships is written by - Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ⬥ The author of “The Economic History
⬥ Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup is a ⬥The author of the book 'On Writing: A of India” was - R.C. Dutta
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⬥ India played its first ODI match in1974 biography of - Dr B R Ambedkar - Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma
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- Dr. ManmohanSingh - Novak Djokovic
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autobiography of - Naseeruddin Shah ⬥ The author of ”A Passage to India” is ⬥ The author of ‘Seven Summers’ is
⬥ The author of '’The Color Purple'’ is - E. M. Foster - Mulk Raj Anand
- Alice Walker ⬥ The author of ”A Suitable Boy” is ⬥ The author of book ‘MSD: The Man,
⬥ The author of the novel 'Chokher Bali' is - Vikram Seth The Leader’ on Mahendra Singh Dhoni
- RabindranathTagore ⬥ The author of ”A Tale of Two Cities” is is - BiswadeepGhosh
⬥ The author of the novel 'To Kill a - Charles Dickens ⬥ ”The lckabog” was written by
Mockingbird' is - HarperLee ⬥ The history of Jammu and Kashmir is - JK Rowling
⬥ ”My Life, My Mission” is an auto- depicted in - ‘Rajatarangini’ ⬥ 'My Archaeological Mission to India
biography of - Swami Ramdev ⬥ The author of ‘Rajatarangini’ is - Kalhana and Pakistan' was authored by
⬥ The author of Hindi novel 'Suni Ghati ⬥ The author of 'My Journey: Transforming - REM Wheeler
Ka Suraj” is - Shrilal Shukla Dreams into Actions’ is ⬥ “The Guide” novels is written by
⬥ The author of ‘Speaking Truth to Power: - Dr. A.P.J. AbdulKalam - RK Narayan
My Alternative View’ is- P Chidambaram ⬥ The book 'Satyartha Prakash' was written ⬥ The author of the books ‘The Buddha
⬥ The author of ‘I Do What I Do’ is in Hindi by - Dayanand Saraswati and his Dhamma’ and 'The
- RaghuramRajan ⬥ The author of "An Inquiry into the Untouchables' is - BR Ambedkar
⬥ The author of ‘Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Nature and Causes of the Wealth of ⬥ The author of the books 'Castes in
Fiction’ is - ArundhatiRoy Nations” is - Adam Smith India', 'Bahishkrit Bharat' and 'Buddha
⬥ The author of ‘Farthest Field’ is ⬥ The author of "Gita Govinda" is or Karl Marx' is - BR Ambedkar
- Raghu Karnad - Jayadeva ⬥ The author of the book 'Fasting,
⬥ The author of ‘The Third Pillar: How ⬥ The author of “Straight Drive” is Feasting' is - Anita Desai
Markets and the State Leave the - Sunil Gavaskar ⬥ Author of the books ‘Clear Light of
Community Behind’ is - Raghuram Rajan ⬥ The author of the book "Test of My Day’, ‘Fire on the Mountain’, and ‘Voice
⬥ The author of ’Noddy and His Car’ is Life" is - Yuvraj Singh in the City’ is - Anita Desai
- Enid Blyton ⬥ The author of the book 'Life Divine' is ⬥ The author of the book 'Six Machine: I
⬥ The author of ‘Fear: Trump in the White - Aurobindo Ghosh Don't Like Cricket...I Love It' is
House’ is - Bob Woodward ⬥ The author of “A History of British - Chris Gayle
⬥ The author of the book‘Becoming’ is India” is - James Mill ⬥’Moonwalk’ is a memoir of
- MichelleObama ⬥ ”The Bird of Time” was written by - MichaelJackson
⬥ 'Razmnama' was a Persian translation - Sarojini Naidu ⬥ Winner of 2022 JCB Prize for his book
of - Mahabharata ⬥ 'By God's Decree' is an autobiography ‘The Paradise of Food’ is - Khalid Jawed
⬥The author of ‘From Purdah to Parliament’ of - Kapil Dev ⬥ 'Raga Mala' is an autobiography of
is - Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah ⬥ The author of the novel 'The Insider' is - Ravi Shankar
⬥ The author of the Harry Potter series is - P. V. NarasimhaRao ⬥ Author of the book ‘My Music My Life’ Is
- J.K Rowling ⬥ 'Resolved: Uniting Nations in a Divided - Ravi Shankar
⬥ The author of the book ‘Social Harmony’ World' is a memoir of - Ban Ki-moon ⬥ ‘Meri Filmi Atmakatha’ is an
is -NarendraModi ⬥ The author of novel ‘Right Under Your autobiography of - Balraj Sahni
⬥ The author of ‘A Nation in Making’ is Nose’ is - R.Giridharan ⬥ ’The Act of Life’ is an autobiography of
- SurendranathBanerjee ⬥ The Author of ’Redesign the World: A - Amrish Puri
⬥ The author of ’The Palace of Illusions’ Global Call to Action’ is - Sam Pitroda ⬥ Kamala Das was nominated for Nobel
Is - Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ⬥ The Author of ‘Cooking to Save Your Prize in literature in 1984 for her
⬥ The author of ‘An Autobiography: Life’ is - AbhijitBanerjee Autobiography - “MyStory”
Toward Freedom’ is - Jawaharlal Nehru ⬥ ’Chitra, a Play in One Act’ was written ⬥ 'Vikramarjuna - Vijaya' was composed
⬥ The author of “A Wizard of Earthsea” is by - RabindranathTagore by Pampa in - Kannada language
- UrsulaK. Le Guin ⬥ The author of the novel ‘When Dimple ⬥ 'How I Became a Hindu' is an
⬥The author of ‘The Casual Vacancy’, Met Rishi’ is - Sandhya Menon autobiography of - Sita Ram Goel
‘The Tales of Beedle the Bard’ and ⬥ ’Cricket Crusader’ is the autobiography ⬥ ‘Undisputed Truth’ is an autobiography
‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find of - Gary Sobers of - Mike Tyson
Them’ is -JK Rowling ⬥ “Blasting for Runs” is the auto- ⬥ ‘The Race of My Life' is an auto-
⬥ ‘Anything But Khamosh’ is the biography of - Rohan Kanhai biography of - Milkha Singh
biography of - Shatrughan Sinha ⬥ The author of the novel ‘A Burning’ is ⬥ ‘Wings of Fire’ is an Autobiography of
⬥The author of the book ‘Badshah - MeghaMajumdar - Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
Nama’ is - Abdul Hamid Lahori ⬥ The book ‘Matoshree’, based on the life ⬥ ‘One Life Is Not Enough’ is an auto-
⬥ The author of the novel ‘Hullabaloo in of Ahilyabai Holkar, was written by biography of - Kunwar Natwar Singh
the Guava Orchard’ is - Kiran Desai - SumitraMahajan ⬥ ‘Waiting for a Visa’ is an autobiography
⬥ The first Indian to have authored a ⬥ The author of ‘Of Gifted Voice: The Life of - Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
published English novel was and Art of M.S. Subbulakshmi’ is ⬥ The author of the novel 'The Zoya
- Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay - KeshavDesiraju Factor' is - Anuja Chauhan
⬥ The author of "The Accidental Prime ⬥ The author of ‘India Grows at Night’ is ⬥ The author of the novel 'Battle for
Minister - The Making and Unmaking - Gurcharan Das Bittora' is - Anuja Chauhan
of Manmohan Singh" is - Sanjaya Baru ⬥ The author of ‘The Turbulent Years: ⬥ ‘Dreams From My Father’ is an
⬥ The author of "The Audacity of Hope: 1980-96’ is - Pranab Mukherjee autobiography of -Barack Obama
Thoughts on Reclaiming the American ⬥ The author of novel ‘Pride and ⬥ ‘A Life of the Genius: The Man Who
Dream" is - BarackObama Prejudice’ is - JaneAusten Knew Infinity' is a biography of
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- Srinivasa Ramanujan - Anil Kumble - Dr Manmohan Singh
⬥ Author of the book 'India's Struggle for ⬥ The author of 'The White Tiger' is ⬥ The author of ‘The Stars in My Sky:
Independence' is - Bipan Chandra - Aravind Adiga Those Who Brightened My Film
⬥ The author of the novel 'The Palace of ⬥ ’India at Risk’ is written by Journey’ is - Divya Dutta
Illusions' is - Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni - Jaswant Singh ⬥ The author of ’Me and Ma’ is
⬥ Malgudi Days is a collection of short ⬥'Long Walk to Freedom' is an auto- - Divya Dutta
stories by R.K. Narayana biography of - Nelson Mandela ⬥ The autobiography of Michelle Obama
⬥ ‘The dark room’ is written by ⬥ ’And then One Day: A Memoir’ is an Is ‘Becoming’
- R. K. Narayan autobiography of - Naseeruddin Shah ⬥ The autobiography of Elton John is - ‘Me’
⬥ ‘Half Girlfriend’ is written by ⬥ ’Playing It My Way’ is an autobiography ⬥ The author of ‘Our house is on fire’ is
-Chetan Bhagat of - Sachin Tendulkar - Greta Thunberg
⬥ ‘Unaccustomed Earth’ is written by ⬥ The author of the book ‘Flood of Fire’ is ⬥ The autobiography of Bill Clinton is
- Jhumpa Lahiri - Amitav Ghosh - ‘My Life’
⬥ ’A Suitable Boy’ is written by ⬥ The author of the books ‘The Shadow ⬥ The author of the novel ‘The Invisible
- Vikram Seth Lines’, and ‘The Hungry Tide’ is Man’ is - Herbert George Wells
⬥ 'Freedom in Exile' and My Land And My - Amitav Ghosh ⬥ The author of ‘The Feast of Roses’ is
People’ are the autobiographies of ⬥ The author of the book ‘A Brief History -InduSundaresan
- Dalai Lama of Time’ is - Stephen Hawking ⬥ The author of ‘The One You Cannot
⬥ 'Galpaguchchha', written by ⬥ The author of 'Show Business' is Have’ is - PreetiShenoy
Rabindranath Tagore, is a collection of - Shashi Tharoor ⬥ The author of ’Ajaya: Rise of Kali’ is
- Short stories ⬥ The author of ‘The Roots of Ancient - Anand Neelakantan
⬥ 'In The Afternoon of Time' is an auto India’ is - Walter Ashlin Fairservi ⬥ The author of ‘The East and the West’
biography of - Harivansh Rai Bachchan ⬥ The author of 'Fearless Governance' Is - Swami Vivekananda
⬥ The author of 'Madhushala' is and ‘Dare To Do! For The New ⬥ The author of ‘River of Smoke’ is
- Harivansh Rai Bachchan Generation’ is - Kiran Bedi - Amitav Ghosh
⬥ 'The 7 Sins of Being a Mother' author ⬥ The author of the novel ‘Life of Pi’ is ⬥ The author of ‘No Secrets’ is - Anuj Dhar
Is - Tahira Kashyap Khurrana - Yann Martel ⬥ The author of ‘Mansarovar’ and ‘Poos
⬥ '2G Saga Unfolds' written by ⬥ The author of the tragic story ‘Othello’ Ki Raat’ is - Premchand
- Andimuthu Raja is - William Shakespeare ⬥ The author of the novel ‘Durgeshnandini’
⬥"Narendra Modi: A Political Biography” ⬥ The author of book ‘Gulamgiri’ in 1873 is - Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
is written by - Andy Marino Was - Jyotiba Phule ⬥ The author of ‘Anandamath’ and
⬥ The author of 'The Origin of Species' ⬥ The movie "3 idiots" is based on the ‘Kapalkundala’ is
written on the idea of evolution is novel "Five Point Someone" which was - Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
- Charles Darwin written by - Chetan Bhagat ⬥ The author of the book 'The Pregnancy
⬥ ‘Ace against Odds’ is an autobiography ⬥ The author of ‘The 3 Mistakes of My Bible' is - Kareena Kapoor
of - Sania Mirza Life’ and ‘Half Girlfriend’ is ⬥ The author of ‘The Ministry of Utmost
⬥ The First novel of Anand Neelakantan - Chetan Bhagat Happiness’ - Arundhati Roy
- Asura: Tale of the Vanquished ⬥ The author of ‘Untouchable’ is ⬥ The author of ’The God of Small
⬥ The author of 'The Inheritance of Loss' - Mulk Raj Anand Things’ is - Arundhati Roy
is - Kiran Desai ⬥ The author of ‘The Room on the Roof’ ⬥ The author of the book ‘The Bench’ is
⬥’Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard’ is is - Ruskin Bond - Meghan Markle
written by -Kiran Desai ⬥ The author of ‘Train to Pakistan’ is ⬥ The author of the book ‘Your Best Day
⬥ The author of the book ‘An - KhushwantSingh is Today!’ is - Anupam Kher
Autobiography: Toward Freedom’ is ⬥'Golden Girl' is an autobiography of ⬥ Novels writerLeo Tolstoy belongs to
- JawaharlalNehru - P.T. Usha - Russia
⬥ The author of ‘The Discovery of India’ ⬥ ‘The author of ‘The Third Pillar’ is ⬥ ’Godaan’ is a novel written by Munshi
Is - JawaharlalNehru - Dr. Raghuram Rajan Premchand, published in - 1936
⬥ The author of the epic poem ‘Padmavat’ ⬥ The author of ‘We Are Displaced’ is ⬥ The author of 'Languages of Truth:
is - Malik Muhammad Jayasi - MalalaYousafzai Essays 2003-2020' is- Salman Rushdie
⬥ The author of Sanskrit literature ⬥ The autobiography of Mithali Raj is ⬥ The author of ’Midnight's Children’ and
‘Ritusamhara’ (Six Seasons) is - ‘Unguarded’ ‘ Victory City’ is - Salman Rushdie
- Kalidasa ⬥ The autobiography of Imran Khan is ⬥ The author of 'Elephant in the Womb' is
⬥ "Unfinished: A Memoir" was written -‘All round view’ - Kalki Koechlin
by - Priyanka Chopra ⬥ The autobiography of Michael Holding ⬥ The author of ’Jungle Nama’ is
⬥ The author of ‘I Too Had a Love Story' is - ’No HoldingBack’ - Amitav Ghosh
and ‘Your dreams are mine now’ is ⬥ The autobiography of Erapalli Prasanna ⬥ The author of ’Why I am Hindu’ and
- Ravinder Singh is - ‘Onemore over’ ’The Great Indian Novel’ is
⬥ The author of the novel ‘The Immortals ⬥ The author of the novel ‘Oliver Twist’ is - Shashi Tharoor
of Meluha’ (Shiva Trilogy) is - Charles Dickens ⬥ The author of ‘A State of Freedom’ is
- Amish Tripathi ⬥ ‘Romancing with Life' is an auto- - Neel Mukherjee
⬥ The author of ‘The Secret of the Nagas’ biography of - Dev Anand ⬥ The author of ‘Songs of a Coward’ is
is -Amish Tripathi ⬥ The Accidental Prime Minister (memoirs) - Perumal Murugan
⬥ ’Wide Angle’ is an autobiography of is based on ex-Prime Minister ⬥ The 'Karmayodha Granth' book was
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released by - Amit Shah Intelligence’ is - VK Singh Wonderland’ is - Lewis Carroll
⬥ ‘Imperfect’ is an autobiography of ⬥ The author of ‘Outlaw: India’s Bandit ⬥ The author of ‘Sleeping on Jupiter’ is
- SanjayManjrekar Queen and Me’ (based on Phoolan devi) - Anuradha Roy
⬥ The story of Kovalan and Madhavi's is - Roy Moxham ⬥ The author of ‘Tell Her Everything’ is
daughter is depicted in the Tamil- ⬥ The author of ‘A passage to India’ and - Mirza Waheed
Buddhist epic "Manimekalai" authored ‘A Room with a View’ is - EM Forster ⬥ The author of ‘The Illicit Happiness of
by - SeethalaiSaathanar ⬥ ‘Khullam Khulla’ is an autobiography of Other People’ is - Manu Joseph
⬥ James Mill Published ‘A History of - Rishi Kapoor ⬥ ‘Devil’s Advocate: The untold story’ is
British India’ in -1817 ⬥‘An Unsuitable Boy’ is an autobiography an autobiography of - Karan Thapar
⬥ The autobiography of Rassundari Devi of - Karan Johar ⬥ The autobiography of Surendranath
is - ‘Amar Jiban’ ⬥'Cracking the Code: My Journey to Banerjee is - ‘A Nation in the Making’
⬥ The autobiography of Baby Halder is Bollywood' is an autobiography of ⬥ The novel ‘Ananda Math’ was originally
- ‘Aalo Andhare’ - Ayushmann Khurrana written in - Bengali language
⬥The author of ‘Smriti Chitre : The Memoirs ⬥ The book 'Stripurushtulna' published ⬥ The author of ‘Sangeet Kala Prakash’ is
of a Spirited Wife’ is - Lakshmibai Tilak by - TarabaiShinde - RamakrishnabuvaVaze
⬥ 'I Am No Messiah' is an autobiography of ⬥ The author of 'Slumdog Millionaire' is ⬥ ‘Faster than Lightning: My Autobiography’
- Sonu Sood - Vikas Swarup is the story of -Usain Bolt
⬥ The author of ‘The Room on the Roof’ , ⬥ The author of 'Abhinaya Darpan’ is ⬥ The author of ‘Sultry Days’ is
‘The Blue Umbrella’ and ‘Roads to - Nandikeshwar - Shobhaa De
Mussoorie’ is - RuskinBond ⬥ The author of ‘Raseedi Ticket’ is ⬥ ’Half story’ is an autobiography of
⬥ ‘Mein Kampf’ of Adolf Hitler was - Amrita Pritam - BanarasiDas Jain
originally written in - German language ⬥ ‘Playing to Win’ is an autobiography of ⬥ The author of‘What I Talk About When
⬥ The author of the book ‘Dollar Bahu’ is - Saina Nehwal Talk About Running’ is
- Sudha Murty ⬥ The author of the novel ‘Lajja’ is - HarukiMurakami
⬥ ‘The Autobiography of an Unknown -Taslima Nasrin ⬥ The author of ‘Kafka on the Shore’ and
Indian’ is the autobiography of ⬥ ‘Majya Jalmachi Chittarkatha’ is the ‘A Wild Sheep Chase’ is
- NiradC Chaudhari autobiography of - HarukiMurakami
⬥ The autobiography of Inder Kumar - Shantabai Krushnaji Kamble ⬥ The autobiography of Pt. Ravi Shankar
Gujral is - ‘Matters of Discretion’ ⬥ ‘The Road Ahead’ is an autobiography of is - ‘My Life,My Music’
⬥ The autobiography of Paramahansa - Bill Gates ⬥ The author of ‘The Coward And The
Yogananda is - ‘Autobiography of a Yogi’ ⬥ ‘Why am I an Atheist’ is an Sword’ is - JugalHansraj
⬥ ‘The Godfather of Soul’ is an Autobiography of - Bhagat Singh ⬥ The author of thriller novel 'George David
autobiography of - James Brown ⬥ The author of ‘Set the Boy Free’ is Roberts’ is -Shantaram
⬥ The author of‘Tess of the d'Urbervilles’ - Johnny Mar ⬥ ’The Tunnel of Time’ is an autobiography
is -ThomasHardy ⬥The author of ‘The Year of the of - RK Laxman
⬥ ‘The Great Gatsby’ is written by Runaways’ is - Sunjeev Sahota ⬥ The author of ‘Sangita Ratnakara’ is
- F ScottFitzgerald ⬥ The author of the Marathi novel - Sharngadeva
⬥ The author of ‘Courage and ‘Mrityunjay’ is - ShivajiSawant ⬥ ’Daughter of Destiny: An Autobiography’
Commitment: An Autobiography’ is ⬥ The author of ‘Namak ka Daroga’ and is an autobiography of - Benazir Bhutto
- Margaret Alva ‘Nirmala’ is - Munshi Premchand ⬥ The autobiography of Maulana Abul
⬥ The author of the book ‘Living History’ ⬥ ‘Before Memory Fades: An Kalam Azad is - ‘India Wins Freedom’
Is - Hillary RodhamClinton Autobiography’ is an autobiography of ⬥ author of ‘Tazkirah’ and ‘Ghubar-
⬥ The author of "The Hidden Hindu" is - Jurist FaliS Nariman e-Khatir’ is - Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
- Akshat Gupta ⬥ The autobiography of V. R. Krishna Iyer ⬥ ’Jakhan Choto Chilam’ is an
⬥ The author of the book 'Selection Day' is - ‘Wandering in Many Worlds’ autobiography of - SatyajitRay
Is - Aravind Adiga ⬥ The author of ‘All From Memory: An ⬥ The autobiography of Maria Sharapova
⬥ The author of ‘Modi Government: New Autobiography’ is - B. V Acharya is - ‘Unstoppable: My Life SoFar’
Surge of Communalism’ is ⬥ ‘I, Me, Mine’ is an autobiography of ⬥ The autobiography of Mary Kom is
- SitaramYechury - GeorgeHarrison - ‘Unbreakable’
⬥ The author of ‘Gone Girl’ is- Gillian Flynn ⬥ 'The Man Who Made the Elephant Dance ⬥ The autobiography of John McEnroe is
⬥ ‘Total Recall : My Unbelievably True Life by Kurien’ is the audio autobiography of - ‘But Seriously’
Story’ is an autobiography of - Dr. VergheseKurien ⬥ The autobiography of Andre Agassi is
- Arnold Schwarzenegger ⬥ The autobiography of Anna Chandy (first - ‘Open: An Autobiography’
⬥ ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’ is an female judge of India) is - ‘Atmakatha’ ⬥ ‘My Life in Full: Work, Family and Our
autobiography of - Anne Frank ⬥ The autobiography of Manilal Future’ is a memoir of - Indra Nooyi
⬥ The author of ‘Anna Karenina’ is Nabhubhai Dwivedi is - ‘Atmavrittanta’ ⬥ The author of ‘The King Within’ is
- Leo Tolstoy ⬥ The autobiography of Kamala Surayya - NandiniSengupta
⬥ ‘The Kiss of Life’ is an autobiography is - ‘Ente Katha’ ⬥ The author of ‘The Poisoned Heart’, and
of - EmraanHashmi ⬥ The author of ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ is ‘The Ocean’s Own’ is - Nandini Sengupta
⬥ ‘Courage and Conviction : An - Meghna Pant ⬥ ‘My Times’ is an autobiography of
Autobiography’ is an autobiography of ⬥ The author of ‘Feminist Rani’ and ‘One - JB Kriplani
- VK Singh and a Half Wife’ is - Meghna Pant ⬥ Venkat Raman Singh Shyam wrote an
⬥ The author of ‘India's External ⬥ The author of the ‘Alice’s Adventures in autobiography with the help of Mukul S.
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Anand, named - Finding My Way ⬥ The author of‘Si-yu-ki’ or ‘The Records of ⬥ The author of ‘Vishesh: Code To Win’ is
⬥ ‘Dilo-Danish’, is a novel by Krishna Sobti the Western World’ is - Hiuen Tsiang - NirupamaYadav
was originally published as ⬥ The author of ‘The Description of the ⬥ The author of ‘Kitab-ul-Hind’ is
- ‘The Heart Has Its Reasons’ World' is - Marco Polo - Al-Biruni
⬥ First novel of Chetan Bhagat is ⬥ The author of ‘A bunch of Old letters’ is ⬥ The author of 'Democrats and Dissenters'
- Five PointSomeone - JawaharlalNehru is - RamchandraGuha
⬥ The author of ‘Narcopolis’ and ‘The Book ⬥ ’My Journey: Transforming Dreams into ⬥ The author of 'The Quest for Equity in
of Chocolate Saints’ is - Jeet Thayil Actions' is an autobiography of Development' and ‘Changing India’ is
⬥ ‘Mind Master: Winning Lessons From A - APJAbdul Kalam - ManmohanSingh
Champion's Life’ is an autobiography of ⬥ The author of The books ’Wings of Fire’, ⬥ The author of ‘The Light of Asia: The
- ViswanathanAnand ‘Ignited Minds’, and ‘Turning Points’ is Poem that Defined the Buddha’ is
⬥ The author of ‘Rich Like Us’ is - APJAbdul Kalam -Jairam Ramesh
- NayantaraSahgal ⬥ The author of ‘My Truth’is- Indira Gandhi ⬥ The author of 'Men in White - A Book of
⬥ The author of ‘Such a Long Journey’ is ⬥ The author of ‘The Golden Threshold’ is Cricket' and ‘Looking through Glass’ is
-Rohinton Mistry - Sarojini Naidu -Mukul Kesavan
⬥ The author of ‘The House of Blue ⬥ The author of “The Bird of Time” ⬥ The author of 'The English Teacher' is
Mangoes: A Novel’ is - David Davidar - Sarojini Naidu - RK Narayan
⬥ The author of ‘To kill a mockingbird’ and ⬥ The author of 'The Best Thing About You ⬥ The author of ‘The Hitman: The Rohit
‘Go Set a Watchman’ is - Harper Lee is You' is - AnupamKher Sharma Story’ is - G Krishnan
⬥ The autobiography of Indian writer and ⬥ The author of ‘The Testaments’ is ⬥ The author of ‘Reporting India: My
painter Balraj Khanna is - MargaretAtwood Seventy-Year Journey as a Journalist’ is
- ‘Born in India Made in England’ ⬥ 'Boy : Tales of Childhood' is an - Prem Prakash
⬥ The author of the novel ‘Twilight in autobiography of - RoaldDahl ⬥ The author of ‘Hit Refresh' is
Delhi’ is - Ahmed Ali ⬥ The author of ‘Girl, Woman, Other’ and - Satya Nadella
⬥ ‘Journey with a Hundred Strings: My ‘Blonde Roots’ is -Bernardin Evaristo ⬥ The author of ‘A Fine Balance’ is
Life in Music’ is the autobiography of ⬥ The author of 'The Tales of Beedle The -Rohinton Mistry
- Shiv Kumar Sharma (santoor) Bard' is - JK Rowling ⬥ The author of 'Cross Connection: The Big
⬥ The author of ‘That Long Silence’ is ⬥ The author of‘Harry Potter and the Circus Adventure' and ‘The Coward and
- ShashiDeshpande Philosopher's Stone’ and ‘Troubled Blood’ The Sword’ is - Jugal Hansraj
⬥ The author of ’Idgah’ is is - JK Rowling ⬥ The author of 'Indian Parliamentary
- MunshiPremchand ⬥ The author of 'Speaking Truth to Power: Diplomacy - Speaker's Perspective' is
⬥ The author of ‘Kashi Ka Assi’ is My Alternative View' and‘Fearless in - Meira Kumar
- KashiNath Singh Opposition’ is - P Chidambaram ⬥ The author of ’Night of the Restless
⬥ ‘My Confession’ is an autobiography of ⬥ The book 'Kundalini: The Mother of the Spirits: Stories from 1984’ is
- Leo Tolstoy Universe' (English translation of Lalita - SarbpreetSingh
⬥ ‘Drawing From the City’ is a visual Sahasranama) is written by ⬥ The author of 'My Master', ‘Work and Its
autobiography of - Teju Behun - Rishi SinghGherwal Secret’ and ‘Thoughts of Power’ is
⬥ The author of ‘Mrignayani’ is ⬥ The author of ‘Beyond the Lines’ and - Swami Vivekananda
- VrindavanLal Verma ‘Without Fear’ is - KuldipNayar ⬥ The author of 'Jinnah : His Successes,
⬥ The author of ‘A Movable Feast’ and ‘The ⬥ The author of the book 'Kanthapura' Failures and Role in History' and‘The
Old Man and the Sea’ is - Raja Rao Pakistan Garrison State’ is
- ErnestHemingway ⬥ The author of ‘Chheelate Hue Apne Ko' is - Ishtiaq Ahmed
⬥ The autobiography of David Beckham is - Nand KishoreAcharya ⬥ The author of ‘The Brahma Sutra - The
- ‘My Side’ ⬥ The author of ‘150 Years of Celebrating Philosophy of Spiritual life’ and‘T he
⬥ The author of ‘The Secret of the Veda’ the Mahatma – the South African Hindu view of life’ is
and ‘The Life Divine’ is - Sri Aurobindo Legacy' is - FakirHassen - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
⬥ The author of ‘Social Harmony’, ‘Exam ⬥ The author of ‘A Woman Is No Man’ and ⬥ The author of 'Poskem' is
Warriors’ and ‘Abode of Love’ is ‘Evil Eye’ is - Etaf Rum - WendellRodricks
- Narendra Modi ⬥ The author of ‘Being Gandhi’ is ⬥ ‘Buddha Gaya: The Hermitage of Sakya
⬥ The author of ‘Burnt Sugar’ is - Paro Anand Muni’ was written in 1878 by
- Avni Doshi ⬥ The author of‘Bhavartha Dipika’ and - RajendralalaMitra
⬥ The author of ‘Myth = Mithya : Decoding ‘Amritanubhava’ is - Sant Dyaneshwar ⬥ The author of 'Manucharitra' is
Hindu Mythology’ ,‘Jaya’ and ‘My Gita’ is ⬥ First printed edition of Ramcharitmanas - AllasaniPeddana
- DevduttPattanaik by Tulsidas was published from Kolkata in ⬥ The author of ‘A Better India: A Better
⬥ The author of the epic poem - 1810 World’ and ‘A, Clear Blue Sky’ is
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⬥ First Indian woman to win Miss Universe
⬥ Father of the Indian nuclear programme
⬥ ”Nitisara”, an early book of politics, was - Sushmita Sen(1994)
- Homi J. Bhabha
written by - Kamandaka ⬥ First Indian woman to win the Miss world
⬥ Bismarck of India
⬥ ”Futuhat-i-Alamgiri” was written by crown - Reita Faria(1966)
- Sardar VallabhbhaiPatel
- IshwardasNagar ⬥ The famous quote “If you cry because
⬥ The architect of the Integrated Guided
⬥The book "Kiratarjuniya" was written by the sun has gone out of your life, your
Missile Development Program (IGMDP)
- Bharavi tears will prevent you from seeing the
in India was - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
⬥ The book ”India for Indian” was written stars” was given by
⬥ The Iron Lady of India - Indira Gandhi
by - C.R Das - RabindranathTagore
⬥ Amir Khusro was known as
⬥ The writer of “A Gallery of Rascals” ⬥ Subhash Chandra Bose was born in
- ‘The parrot of India’
- Ruskin Bond - Cuttack(Odisha)
⬥ The Missile Man of India
⬥ The book ‘Spare’ was written by ⬥ The climber who scaled Mount Everest
- APJ Abdul Kalam
- Prince Harry 24 times and set a world record
⬥ Bhagwant Singh Mann is an Indian
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- Kami Rita Sherpa - Sharad Arvind Bobde season falls in the months of
⬥ Mahadevi Vermais known as ⬥ 50th Chief Justice of India is - Margashirsa-Pausa
- ‘Meera of Modern India’ - Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud ⬥ The ninth month of the Islamic
⬥ The famous game Snake Staircase ⬥ The 14th President of India was alendar is
c - ‘Ramadan’
was created by - Gyanadev - Ram Nath Kovind ⬥ International Day for Elder Persons
⬥ The person known as "Picasso of India" ⬥ The Statue of Unity in Gujarat was - 1 October
is - M.F. hussain designed by - Ram Vanji Sutar ⬥ The first day of the Tamil calendar on 14
⬥ The project ‘Nanhi Kali’ in 1996 was April is celebrated as - Puthandu
launched by - Anand Mahindra ⬥ Christian festival Easter is celebrated on
Important Days
⬥ The secretary of UNO between the year - Sunday
1997-2006 - Kofi Annan (Ghana) ⬥ According to the Hindu calendar Holi is
⬥ The spiritual teacher who was honoured SSC Exams celebrated on - Falgun Poornima
with a humanitarian award by Jewish ⬥ In The Gregorian Calendar Vasanta Ritu
Human rights organisation ⬥ The National Sports Day is celebrated in falls in the months of - March-April
- Sri SriRavi Shankar India on - 29 August ⬥ In hindu calendar Ganesh Chaturthi is
⬥ The first ‘International Day of Yoga’ observed in - Bhadrapada month
Police Exams was celebrated in India on - 21June 2015 ⬥ In India, National Voters' Day is
⬥ In the Islamic calendar, Eid-ul-Fitr is celebrated on -25 January
⬥ Kamala Harris, the first female Vice celebrated on the first day of - Shawwal ⬥ The foundation day of its formation is
President of the US, has family roots ⬥ Global Handwashing Day is celebrated celebrated on 1 November by
in the Indian state of - Tamil Nadu on - 15 October - seven states
⬥ Chandrashekhar Venkataraman got the ⬥ National Pollution Prevention Day is
observed on December 2nd in memory Note:States-AndhraPradesh,Haryana,
Nobel Prize in - Physics
of hose who lost their lives in K
arnataka, Kerala, Punjab, Madhya
⬥ Venki Ramakrishnan got the Nobel Prize
- Bhopal Gas Tragedy (1984) P
radesh, and Chhattisgarh celebrate
in - Chemistry
⬥ N agaland Statehood Day is observed on t
heir foundation day on 1 November
⬥ Subramanian Chandrashekhar got the
Nobel Prize in - Physics - 1 December
⬥ Engineer's Day in India is celebrated in the
⬥ Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata has been ⬥
The International Day of Innocent
memory of - Dr. M. Visvesvaraya
named after - Swami Vivekananda Children Victims of Aggression - 4 June
⬥ In India, Engineer's Day is celebrated on
⬥ Vaishnava saint and reformer Chaitanya ⬥ Sikkim celebrates its statehood on - 15 September
belonged to - Nadia (West Bengal) - 16th May
⬥ Halloween is celebrated on
⬥ Bejan Daruwalla was acknowledged as ⬥ ’The National Consumer Day’ celebrated
- 31st October
one of the 100 great astrologers in the on - 24th December
⬥ First month of the Islamic lunar calendar
last 1000 years by ⬥ The World Toilet Day is celebrated on
- Muharram
- Millennium Book of Prophecy -19th November
⬥’Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas’ is observed on
⬥ The name of poetess Lal Ded is ⬥ India observes 10th February and 10th
the birth anniversary of - Birsa Munda
associated with -Kashmir August as - National Deworming Day
⬥ According to Hindu calendar Guru Nanak
⬥ General Ayub Khan gave the title of ⬥ International day of the Girl child is
Jayanti is celebrated in - Karthik month
Flying Sikh to - MilkhaSingh observed on - 11th October
⬥ International Tiger Day - July 29th
⬥ First Commander-in-Chief in Indian ⬥ United Nations Day is celebrated on
th
⬥ In India, National Statistics Day is
Army of Free India - KM Cariappa - 24 October
celebrated on - 29th June
⬥ First Commander-in-Chief in Indian Air ⬥
World polio day is observed on
⬥
Telugu language day -
29 August
Force was -Subroto Mukherjee - 24th October
⬥ National Statistics Day in India is
⬥ Bhupen Hazarika belonged to - Assam ⬥ In India, National Press Day is observed celebrated in the memory of
⬥ Indian poet’s pet name was “Nirala” on - 16 November
- P. C.Mahalanobis
- SuryakantTripathi ⬥ World Alzheimer's Day is observed on ⬥ International Women's Day
⬥Steve Jobs was associated with - 21 September
- 8th march
- Apple Inc. ⬥
International Day for the Preservation of
⬥ World Environment Day
⬥ Freedom fighter Rani Gaidinliu belonged the Ozone Layer is observed on
- 5 June
to -Manipur - 16 September
⬥International Day for the preservation of
⬥ 'Kalpataru Utsav' is held annually on
the Ozone layer - September 16
-1st January
Defence Exams ⬥ Hiroshima Day is observed in the month
⬥ International Day of Clean Air for blue
of - August
skies is observed on - 7 September
⬥ A pioneering Bengali woman who ⬥ World Refugee Day
⬥ International Day to End Impunity for
serialized her autobiography Amar Katha - 20th june
Crimes against Journalists- 2 November
between 1910 and 1913, named ⬥ Swami Vivekananda’s death anniversary
⬥ International Day of the Girl Child
- Binodini Dasi is observed on - July 4
- 11 October
⬥‘Legal Positivism’ theory was developed ⬥ World Health Day - 7April
⬥ First International Day of the Girl Child
by - John Austin ⬥ The Constitution of the World Health
was celebrated in - 2012
Organization (WHO) came into force in
⬥ In the Indian calendar, the Vasanta
State PCS Exams - 7 April 1948
season falls in the months of
⬥ International Non-Violence Day
- Chaitra-Vaishakha
⬥ 47th Chief Justice of India was - 2 October
⬥ In the Indian calendar, the Hemanta
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⬥ The US state of Massachusetts - Subhash Chandra Bose on th
- 24 December
⬥ ‘Minorities Rights Day’ is observed on
proclaimed April 20, 1984, as ⬥ “International Day of Women and Girls
- ‘Amjad AliKhan Day’ - 18 December in Science” is observed on
⬥ National Sports Day of India ⬥ ’World Water Day’ is celebrated on - 11th February
- 29 August - 22 March ⬥ ”International Ozone day” is celebrated
⬥ ‘World Water Day’ is celebrated on ⬥ ’World TB Day’ is observed on- 24 March on -16 September
⬥ The Hijri year (Islamic year) is always- 22 March ⬥ Bangladesh celebrates its Independence
⬥ World Wetlands Day is celebrated on shorter than the solar year-about 11 days Day on - 26 March
⬥ Utkala Dibasa is celebrated on 1 April in ⬥ ”World Bicycle Day” is celebrated on
- 2nd February
⬥Event that is observed by switching off all - Odisha - 3 June
⬥ National Unity Day is observed on 31
lights at homes, business establishments, ⬥ ”National Energy Conservation Day’' is
and landmarks for an hour is known as October, coinciding with the birthday of observed on - 14 December
- Sardar VallabhbhaiPatel ⬥ ”International Day for Biodiversity” is
- Earth hour
⬥ Earth Day is celebrated on ⬥ International Dance Day is celebrated on
- 22 April observed on - 22 May
⬥ Hand Hygiene Day - 5th May - 29th April ⬥ '’World Wetlands Day'’ is celebrated on
⬥ The period of International Decade for ⬥ World Book and Copyright Day is - 2 February
action on ‘Water for life’ was celebrated on - 23rdApril ⬥ Himachal Day is observed on - 15 April
⬥ National Panchayati Raj Day in India is
- 2005 to 2015
⬥ General K.M. Cariappa's retirement day is observed on - 24thApril Police Exams
celebrated annually as ⬥ World Day to Combat Desertification
- Armed Forces VeteransDay and Drought is observed on - 17 June ⬥ India started celebrating National Sports
⬥ 'Pateti' or the day of repentance is an
⬥ National Pollution Prevention Day is Day in - 2012 (29August)
important day of - Parsi calendar
observed on - 2ndDecember ⬥ 11 July is observed as
⬥ National Consumer Day observed in India ⬥ Earth Day is observed on - 22nd April - World PopulationDay
⬥ UN World Wildlife Day is celebrated on
- 24th December ⬥ The Indian Armed Forces Veterans Day
⬥ National Handloom Day - 7th August - 3rd March is observed annually on - 14 January
⬥ World Nature Conservation Day ⬥ National Technology Day is observed ⬥ Women’s Entrepreneurship Day is
on - 28th July - 11 May observed on - 19 November
⬥ National Girl Child Day is observed in ⬥ World Red Cross day is celebrated on ⬥ Indian Army Day is celebrated every
india on - 24 January - 8th May year on - 15 January
⬥ The Hindi Diwas is observed on ⬥ The International Day of Light is ⬥ National Epilepsy Day is observed on
- 14 September
observed on -16th May - 17 November
⬥ Statehood day of Tripura is - 21 January ⬥ “Civil Services Day” is observed on ⬥ World Philosophy Day is celebrated every
⬥ National Disaster Response Force - 21 April 3rd Thursday of - November
Raising Day ⬥ World Bamboo Day is celebrated on
- 19January ⬥ International Day of Commemoration
⬥ ‘Rashtriya Ekta Diwas’ (National Unity -18th September and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime
Day) ⬥ National Handloom day is celebrated
-31st October of Genocide is observed on- 9 December
⬥ The birth anniversary of Sardar on - 7 August ⬥ World Pneumonia Day is observed on
⬥ The ‘International Day of the Unborn
Vallabhbhai Patel is observed as - 12 November
- RashtriyaEkta Diwas
Child’ is observed on - 25 March ⬥ The Formation Day of Chhattisgarh is
⬥ Martyr’s Day is observed in India on
⬥ The first World Environmental Day is observed on - 1 November
- 30 January
celebrated on - 1974 ⬥ International Day to End Impunity for
⬥ International Tea Day ⬥ Armed Forces Flag Day is observed on
- 21 May Crimes against Journalists is celebrated
⬥ 'International Day of Yoga' was started - 7th December on - 2 November
in ⬥ ‘’National Women’s Farmer’s Day” is - 2014 ⬥ National Consumer Day is observed on
⬥ International Yoga Day was celebrated observed on - 15 October - 24 December
on ⬥ ‘International Literacy Day’ is celebrated ⬥ World AIDS Day is observed on
- 21st June
⬥ World Computer Literacy Day on - 8thSeptember - 1 December
⬥ World Students’ Day is celebrated on
- 2 December ⬥ National Milk Day is celebrated on
⬥ World Thyroid Day - 25th May - 15th October - 26 November
⬥ International Day of Biological Diversity ⬥ ”World Hunger Day” is observed on ⬥ Border Security Force celebrates its
- 22nd May - 28 May Raising Day on - 1 December
⬥ International Nurses Day ⬥ The International Labour Organisation
- 12th May ⬥ World Migratory Bird Day is celebrated
⬥ The birth anniversary of Florence was founded on - 28 June 1919 - 2nd Saturday of May and October
⬥ ”World Tiger day” is celebrated on
Nightingale is celebrated as ⬥ Heptathlete Swapna Barman hails from
- 'International NursesDay' - 29 July - West Bengal
⬥ ‘World health day’ is celebrated on ⬥ World Oral Health Day is observed on
Railway Exams - 7th April - 20th March
⬥ ‘World Population Day’ is celebrated on ⬥ International Day of Clean Air for Blue
⬥ ’Rare Disease Day’ is celebrated on - 11th July Skies is observed on - 7 September
- 28 February ⬥ “International Day of Sign Languages’’ ⬥ National Sports Day is celebrated on
⬥ ‘Parakram Divas' is celebrated on the is observed on - 23rd September - 29 August
birth anniversary of ⬥ ”National Consumer Day” is observed ⬥ The World Water Day is celebrated on
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- 22nd March situated in - Kanyakumari ⬥ The 18 metre high statue of Lord
⬥ Rashtriya Ekta Diwas is dedicated to ⬥ Rann Utsav is celebrated in state of Gomateshwara is located in
- Sardar VallabhbhaiPatel - Gujarat - Shravanabelagola (Karnataka)
⬥ World Asteroid Day is celebrated on ⬥ India’s first carbon-free state is ⬥ Rabindranath Tagore Beach is located in
- 30th June - HimachalPradesh - Karwar (Karnataka)
⬥ National Education Day is celebrated ⬥ Himachal Pradesh is renowned for the ⬥ The largest population of greater-one
on - November 11 traditional canal irrigation method known horned rhinoceros in India is found in
⬥ National Hindi Divas is celebrated on as - Kulh - Assam
- September 14 ⬥ The first Indian state to mandate rooftop ⬥ Kanch Mahal is located in
⬥ National Unity Day is observed on rainwater harvesting structures for all - Agra (UttarPradesh)
- October 31 homes was - TamilNadu ⬥ The muga silkworm is endemic to
⬥ Police Commemoration Day is ⬥ Lotia is a regional music form of - Assam
observed on - 21October - Rajasthan ⬥ Chota Imambara is located in
⬥ World Braille Day is observed on ⬥ The abode of the Tharu tribe is - Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
- 4 January - Uttrakhand ⬥ Geto Sora belongs to
⬥ International Women’s Day is ⬥ The Bhadla Solar Power Park is situated - Arunachal Pradesh
celebrated on -8 March in - Rajasthan ⬥ The tomb of Sher Shah Suri is located in
⬥ World Food Day is observed on ⬥ The largest waterfall in Kerala - Sasaram(Bihar)
- 16 October - Athirappillyfalls ⬥ ”Shah-e-Hamdan Mosque” is located on
⬥ World Environment Day is celebrated on ⬥ Inamgaon village is located in the banks of - Jhelum River
- 5 June - Maharashtra ⬥ Bibi ka Maqbara (Aurangabad,
⬥ National Education Day is celebrated ⬥ Area wise the largest state of India is Maharashtra) is a imitation of- Taj Mahal
as the birth anniversary of - Rajasthan ⬥ Rani ki vav (The Queen's Stepwell)
- Maulana Abul KalamAzad ⬥Andhra Pradesh was formed in is situated on the banks of Saraswati
- 1 November1956 River in - Patan (Gujarat)
Defence Exams ⬥The first greenfield airport of Arunachal ⬥ The largest slum in India is
Pradesh - Donyi Polo Airport - Dharavi (Mumbai)
⬥ International Yoga Day is celebrated on ⬥ Geographically, the smallest state of ⬥ The Tomb of Sheikh Chilli is located in
- 21 June India is - Goa (3702km²) - Kurukshetra (Haryana)
⬥ Pakistan's Independence Day is ⬥ Mizoram, shares international borders ⬥ Panch Mahal is located in
celebrated every year on - 14 August with - Myanmar and Bangladesh - Fatehpur Sikri
⬥ International Non-Violence Day is ⬥ State animal of Sikkim is - Red panda ⬥ The height of the five-storey Qutub Minar
celebrated - 2nd October ⬥ The word 'Utkala' in the National Anthem is - 72.5 meter
of India refers to the modern state of ⬥ M. P. Birla Planetarium is located in
- Odisha - Kolkata, WestBengal
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⬥ Chauri Chaura is located in ⬥ The Hemis Monastery is located in
- Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) - Ladakh
⬥ In Madhya Pradesh, Vimukta Jati
⬥ Tawlhlohpuan is a handicraft from ⬥ The Mattancherry Palace is located
(Denotified Tribes) day is celebrated on
- Mizoram in - Kochi, Kerala
- 31 August
⬥Nathdwara, Pushkar and Ranakpur are ⬥ Moti Bagh Palace, Qila Mubarak and
⬥ 'National Statistics Day' is celebrated on
located in - Rajasthan Bahadurgarh Fort are located in
- 29th June
⬥ 'Dal Baati Churma' is a traditional -Patiala, Punjab
⬥ Hindi Diwas is celebrated on
delicacy of -Rajasthan ⬥ Virasat-e-Khalsa museum is located in
- 14thSeptember
⬥ ’Kahwa chai’ is a traditional form of tea - Anandpur Sahib (Punjab)
from - Kashmir ⬥ The principal bench of the National
States G.K. ⬥ The Sonakong forms a part of ethnic Company Law Tribunal is located in
culture from -Nagaland - New Delhi
SSC Exams ⬥ The states Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand ⬥ National Remote Sensing Centre, located
and Jharkhand were created in - 2000 in - Hyderabad
⬥ Aus, Boro and Aman are the varieties of ⬥ Bhimbetka caves are located in ⬥ Rani - Ki - Vav (the Queen's stepwell) is
-Rice - Madhya Pradesh in - Patan(Gujarat)
⬥ Bharhut Stupa is located in ⬥ The Pakyong Airport is located in ⬥ Rajgir Zoo is located in - Bihar
- MadhyaPradesh - Sikkim ⬥ The Kudumbashree Programme was
⬥The Kaziranga National Park is located in ⬥ Gaumukh Kund is a reservoir, located in launched by - Kerala
- Assam - Chittorgarh (Rajasthan) ⬥ Official bird of Telangana
⬥ Semiconductor Policy 2022- 27 is ⬥ Garia Puja is celebrated in April for 7 - Palapitta (Indian roller or Blue Jay)
introduced by - Gujarat government days in - Tripura ⬥ State animal of Telangana - Jinka (Deer)
⬥Vijay Stambh is situated in- Rajasthan ⬥ The tomb Chini-Ka-Rauza is located in ⬥ The Maski inscription is located in
⬥ The Statue of Unity is situated in - Agra - Karnataka(India)
- Gujarat ⬥ Sindhudurg Fort is located in ⬥ Kerala used Electronic Voting Machines
⬥ The Rajghat memorial is situated in - Maharashtra (EVMs) for the first time in - May 1982
- Delhi ⬥ ’Ahom Raja's palace’ is located in ⬥The world's only floating post office
⬥ The Vivekananda Rock Memorial is - Assam situated on - Dal lake
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⬥ Chalukya Style Ravan Phadi cave is located in - Delhi with - Karnataka
located in -Karnataka ⬥ The Umaid Bhawan Palace is located in ⬥ Pochampally Ikat sarees and dress
⬥ Lomas Rishi cave is situated in - Jodhpur materials, famous for their traditional
- Barabar Hills (Bihar) ⬥ Charminar is located in - Hyderabad geometric patterns belong to- Telangana
⬥The Blackbuck National Park is located in ⬥’ Wine’ capital of India is - Nasik ⬥ 'Muya Awandru' is the traditional food of
- Gujarat ⬥ Nashik city is Situated on the banks of - Tripura
⬥ The Dhamek Stupa is located in - Godavari river ⬥ Chikmagalur, Bijapur, Chitradurga cities
- Uttar Pradesh ⬥"Living root bridges" is an iconic structure are located in - Karnataka
⬥ Dhamek Stupa was built by - Ashoka found in - Meghalaya ⬥ Bhusawal city is located in- Maharashtra
⬥ Nalanda University(The world’s first ⬥ ’Diamond city’ and ‘The silk city’ of India ⬥ Bombay state was split along linguistic
residential University)is located in- Bihar - Surat lines in the year 1960, forming the states
⬥ The head office of National Bank for ⬥ The English established their first factory of - Maharashtra and Gujarat
Agricultural and Rural Development is in India at - Surat ⬥ The Stanley Reservoir is located in
located in - Mumbai ⬥ The "Kudumbashree" program was - Tamil Nadu
⬥ Bagh Caves, which have 9 Buddhist implemented in - Kerala ⬥ The 'Pookode Lake' is located in - Kerala
caves, are located on the Bagh River in ⬥India’s First AI-powered, end-to-end digital ⬥ The 'Weinia Falls' is located in
- MadhyaPradesh Lok Adalat was launched in - Rajasthan - Meghalaya
⬥ Buddhist cave temples known as Barabar ⬥ The National War Memorial is located ⬥ The State Tree of Maharashtra is
Caves are located in - Bihar in - Delhi - Mango Tree
⬥ Kalaripayattu is the martial art form ⬥ The first 'smoke-free state' in India is ⬥ The state bird of Rajasthan is
prevalent in the Indian state of - Kerala - HimachalPradesh - Son Chiraiya (Great Indian Bustard)
⬥ Ellora cave is located in ⬥ Mukhyamantri Chaa Srami Kalyan ⬥ The state Animals of Rajasthan
- Aurangabad (Maharashtra) Prakalpa Scheme was launched by - Chinkara and Camel
⬥ Jawaharlal Nehru Port is located in - The Government of Tripura ⬥ The Mattancherry (Dutch Palace) palace
- Mumbai ⬥ Largest Tea Producing State in India is issituatedin -Kerala
⬥ The Elephanta Caves are located in - Assam ⬥ Largest Coffee Producing State in India
- Maharashtra ⬥ The Kashi Yatra Scheme was introduced is -Karnataka
⬥ Darjeeling (West Bengal) is associated by - The government of Karnataka ⬥ Kakinada is located in - Andhra Pradesh
with - Teaindustry ⬥ India's first Olympic Values Education ⬥ The capital of Union Territory
⬥ First State To Implement New Education Programme (OVEP) was launched in Lakshadweep is - Kavaratti
Policy At the Pre-Primary Level - Odisha ⬥ ‘Balchao’ and ‘Sorpotel' are the traditional
- Uttarakhand ⬥ Ralegan Siddhi, a village known for its culinary dishes of - Goa
⬥ The Pandav Leni Caves are located in exemplary watershed development, is ⬥ ‘Tolu Bommalata’ (leather shadow
- Maharashtra situated in- Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) puppet show) is a traditional art form of
⬥ The Raniji ki baori or the ‘Queen’s ⬥ Chandratal wetland is located in - AndhraPradesh
Stepwell is located in - HimachalPradesh ⬥ Burzahom archaeological site is located
- Bundi(Rajasthan) ⬥ District Investment Promotion Agencies in - Jammu and Kashmir
⬥ Manora Fort is located in - Tamil Nadu (DIPA) were set up in - Odisha
⬥ Dhuska is the food item of - Jharkhand ⬥ Bidar Fort is situated in - Karnataka ⬥ Chutka Atomic Power Plant is situated in
⬥ The monuments of Valluvar Kottam, ⬥The Janjira Fort is situated on an island in - MadhyaPradesh
Padmanabhapuram Palace, and the Arabian Sea, off the coast of ⬥ 'Panche' is a traditional sarong worn by
Meenakshi Amman temple are located in - Maharashtra men in - Karnataka
- Tamil Nadu ⬥Borra Caves (limestone cave) are situated ⬥ City which is closest to Pushkar Fair is
⬥ The monument of Bekal Fort is in - Ananthagiri hill (Andhra Pradesh) - Ajmer
situated in - Kerala ⬥ Agumbe, a biodiversity-rich region that ⬥ As per Census 2011, the most literate
⬥ Kye Gompa, the centre of Buddhist receives 7640 mm of average annual district in india is
learning is located in - Himachal Pradesh rainfall is located in - Karnataka - Serchhip, Mizoram (97.91%)
⬥ Aga Khan Palace is located in ⬥ Buxa Fort and Kurumbera Fort are ⬥ Pamban Island is located in
- Pune (Maharashtra) located in - WestBengal - Tamil Nadu
⬥ Pune is also known as ⬥ The Uparkot Buddhist Caves are located ⬥ As per Census 2011, India’s least densely
- ‘Queen of Deccan’ in - Junagadh (Gujarat) populated district Dibang Valley is
⬥ Manchester of India is called ⬥ Litti Chokha is a famous cuisine of located in - Arunachal Pradesh
- Ahmedabad - Bihar ⬥ The Kudremukh iron ore mine is located
⬥ Temple City of India - Bhubaneswar ⬥ 'Kafuli' is a Cuisine of - Uttarakhand in - Karnataka
⬥ Tháng Tại is an indian martial art from ⬥ The buffalo breed called 'Banni' is mainly ⬥ 'Statue of Unity' is located in
- Manipur reared in - Gujarat - Narmada(Gujarat)
⬥ Hawa Mahal was Built by Maharaja Sawai ⬥ A yoghourt based gravy dish called ⬥ Highest meteorological station of India is
Pratap Singh, located in- Jaipur (Pink City) 'Yakhni' is associated with located in - Ladakh
⬥ India's First open Rock Museum is - Jammu and Kashmir ⬥ Chitradurga Fort is located in- Karnataka
located in - Hyderabad ⬥ Tamil Nadu was worst affected by the ⬥ The corporate centre of State Bank of
⬥ Hawa Mahal is a palace situated in tsunami on - 26th December 2004 India (SBI) is situated in - Mumbai
-Jaipur ⬥ ’Janapada Geete’, which includes the ⬥ State Bank of India (SBI) was
⬥ The Safdarjung Tomb Monument is vachanas of Basavanna, is associated nationalised in -1955
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⬥ Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Temple is - Tamil Nadu graphite deposits in India are found in
located in - Andhra Pradesh ⬥ The Indian Government annexed - ArunachalPradesh
⬥ The Sufi shrine Charar-e-Sharief is Hyderabad in 1948 under the code name ⬥The heritage town of ‘Orchha’ is located in
located near - Srinagarcity -'Operation Polo' -MadhyaPradesh
⬥ The state flower of Manipur is- Shirui Lily '⬥ Yadgir, Bidar and Gadag are districts in ⬥ The garrison town in Punjab is
⬥ Nagaland was created as separate state - Karnataka -Jalandhar
in - 1963 ⬥ National Highway (NH) 18 passes ⬥ ‘Venice of the East’ where the City
⬥ Shaheed Bhagat Singh International through the states of Palaceislocatedis -Udaipur
Airport is located in - Chandigarh - West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha ⬥ Founded Jaipur city and constructed five
⬥ Karnataka came into existence as the ⬥ The Saffron Mission was initiated in Jantar Mantars in New Delhi, Jaipur,
Mysore state in - 1953 Jammu and Kashmir in - 2010 Ujjain, Mathura, and Varanasi
⬥ The state of Karnataka was formed on ⬥ Indian city known as 'Athens of the East’ - SawaiJai Singh II
- 1 November1956 is - Madurai ⬥ The northeastern state called
⬥ 'Rahide' is a long scarf worn by women in ‘Nye-Mal-Ale’ by its actual inhabitants is
- HimachalPradesh Railway Exams - Sikkim
⬥ Uttar Pradesh was created as the United ⬥ Gol Gumbaz is situated in - Karnataka
Province by the British on - 1 April 1937 ⬥ Hollong (Dipterocarpus macrocarpus) ⬥ Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE)
⬥ The state that has the most districts in is the state tree of - Assam is located at -Faridabad
India is - UttarPradesh ⬥ 'The Tamil University' is situated at ⬥ ‘Mrignayani ka Mahal’ is situated in
⬥ Himachal Pradesh became a state on - Thanjavur (TamilNadu) - Gwalior
- 25th January1971 ⬥ The State bird of Rajasthan is ⬥ The National Library of India is situated
⬥ The state tree of Karnataka is - Great IndianBustard at - Kolkata
- 'Sandalwood' ⬥ Brahma Kamal is the state flower of ⬥ Bandhavgarh Fort, Asirgarh Fort, and
⬥ The Dogri language is mainly spoken in - Uttarakhand Gwalior Fort are located in
- Jammu and Kashmir ⬥ Ranikhet hill station is located in - MadhyaPradesh
⬥ 'Aloo Posto' is a traditional delicacy from - Uttarakhand ⬥ Janjira Fort is located in - Maharashtra
- West Bengal ⬥ Goa became India's 25th state on ⬥Napier Museum is situated in - Kerala
⬥ The Barabati Sports Stadium is located - 30 May 1987 ⬥ India’s only Naval Aviation Museum is
. in - Odisha(Cuttack) ⬥ Indian city famous for its oranges located in - Goa
⬥ Barabati Sports Stadium was - Nagpur (Maharashtra) ⬥ Karla Caves is located in - Maharashtra
established in - 1958 ⬥ An important form of performing arts in ⬥ Capital of Union Territory Dadra and
⬥ Hill station Matheran is located in Manipur is - Khamba-Thoibi Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu is
- Maharashtra ⬥ The construction of the Jawahar Kala - Daman
⬥ ‘Ramoji Film City’ is located in Kendra is based on the theme of nine ⬥ Vivekananda Rock memorial is situated
- Hyderabad planets - inRajasthan at - Kanyakumari
⬥ Ramoji Film City was set up by Ramoji ⬥ State animal of Maharashtra is ⬥ Chainsoo is a famous food preparation
Group in - 1996 - Giant squirrel of - Uttarakhand
⬥ Vailankanni (Velankanni) is a pilgrim ⬥ Asia’s largest Indira Gandhi Memorial ⬥ The city known as the 'Blue City' is
centre located in Tulip garden is situated in - Srinagar - Jodhpur
- Nagapattinam (Tamil Nadu) ⬥ City of palaces’ is - Kolkata ⬥ Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is
⬥The longest continuous wall in India is ⬥ The states of Maharashtra and Gujarat located in - UttarPradesh
at - Kumbhalgarh Fort (Rajasthan) were created in - 1960 ⬥ 'Khandvi' is a delicacy of - Gujarat
⬥ The longest wall in the world is ⬥ ‘The city of pearls' is - Hyderabad ⬥ The wing style of architecture is related
- The Great Wallof China ⬥ ‘Mallakhamb’ is state sport of to - West Bengal
⬥ The Nehru Memorial Museum and - MadhyaPradesh ⬥ Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel is located in
Library are located in - New Delhi ⬥ Indian state that was known as the - Jammu andKashmir
⬥ Salsette Island is situated in North East Frontier Agency till 1972 ⬥ The Kochi-Muziris Biennale held in Kerala
- Maharashtra - ArunachalPradesh is an exhibition of - Contemporary art
⬥ Vivekananda Rock Memorial is located in ⬥ The central AGMARK laboratory is ⬥ The North Eastern Regional Language
- Tamil Nadu located in - Nagpur Center is located in - Guwahati
⬥ Mughal emperor Humayun's library is ⬥ The ‘Saffron town’ of Kashmir is
located in - New Delhi(India) - Pampore Police Exams
⬥ The hill station Manali (where tourists ⬥ The hydrotherapy treatment center
can experience igloo in winter) is located (water clinic) for elephants is situated ⬥ The ‘Shiksha Karmi’ initiative and the ‘Lok
in - HimachalPradesh at - Mathura Jumbish’ programme are the schemes
⬥ Char-Dham Highway Project belongs to ⬥ The “Detroit of Asia” and the “Automobile that helped to increase the literacy rate in
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connect Kedarnath, Badrinath, ⬥ India’s longest (300 m) single-lane steel Park is situated in - Gujarat
Yamunotri and Gangotri. cable suspension bridge over river Siang ⬥ Largest brackish water lagoon in Asia
was inauguratedin-ArunachalPradesh - Chilika Lake(Odisha)
⬥ The 'Mid-day Meal Scheme' for school ⬥ According to the Geological Survey of ⬥ Chilika Lake (Odisha) was designated as
children was first introduced by India (GSI) Report 2019, the highest a ‘Ramsar Site’ in - 1981
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⬥ Pillared verandahs and cells are integral located in - Srinagar (J & K) - Andhra Pradesh
parts of Ajanta Caves (Buddhist ⬥ The Nahargarh Fort is located in ⬥ Lok Janshakti Party is a regional
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- Maharashtra ⬥ 'Theyyam' is a famous ritual art form - Bihar
⬥ Shree Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak that originated in - Kerala ⬥ Sultanpur National Park is located in
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⬥ Chaitya Hall of Maharashtra is an ⬥ Tawang monastery is located in - Uttar Pradesh
example of - Cave architecture - ArunachalPradesh ⬥ Gugor Fort, Khejarla Fort & Bhatner
⬥ Fort Aguada is located in - Goa ⬥ The ICAR-National Research Centre for Fort are located in - Rajasthan
⬥ Pancha Mahal is located in-Fatehpur Sikri Banana is established in ⬥ Almatti Dam is located in - Karnataka
⬥ The tomb of Mohammad Ghaus is - Tiruchirappalli, TamilNadu ⬥ The first Chief Minister of Assam was
located at - Gwalior ⬥ Netaji Birth Place Museum is located in - GopinathBordoloi
⬥ The Kalaguru Bishnu Rabha Award in the - Cuttack ⬥ Intanki National Park was established
field of dance and music is given by ⬥ The headquarters of Eastern Command in - Nagaland
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instruments are - 20 ⬥ Arjuna Tapasya, carved sculptures is ⬥ Phawngpui or The Blue Mountains is
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fake horse ride as a prop is known as - ⬥ Lotia is a famous song of - Rajasthan ⬥ The Capital Complex is located in
Kacchi Ghodi ⬥ Tabo Monastery is located in - Chandigarh
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- Uttar Pradesh monasteries are located in - Sikkim ⬥ Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh and
⬥ The Maru Mahotsava at Jaisalmer is ⬥ Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya Mehboob-e- Jharkhand were formed in - 2000
held in - January-February Elahi Dargah is situated in - New Delhi ⬥ The Barabati Sports Stadium is
⬥ The Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary is ⬥ The Barabara Caves is located in - Bihar located in - Odisha
located in - Madhya Pradesh ⬥ Traditional Theater Art ‘Mach’ is ⬥ The hill station Matheran is located in
⬥ The Fort of Kushalgadh is located in related to - Madhya Pradesh - Maharashtra
- Madhya Pradesh ⬥ The Salar Jung Museum is situated in ⬥ ‘Ramoji Film City’ is located in
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black sand is located in - Daman ⬥ The Thirumalai Nayakkar palace is ⬥ The Silent Valley Movement was started
⬥ The Dhamek stupa is located in located in - Madurai in 1973 in - Kerala
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⬥ Chand Baori is located in - Rajasthan sanitation in rural and urban households, centre located in
⬥ Bhoramdeo temple is located in schools, etc in 2014 -Sikkim - Nagapattinam (Tamil Nadu)
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⬥ The second-highest number of Lok Punjab - Vini Mahajan ⬥ The Nehru Memorial Museum and
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- Maharashtra - Tamil Nadu ⬥ 25th state of the Indian Union in 1987
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with - Gujarat - Bhor (Maharashtra) ⬥ 23rd state of the Indian Union in 1987
⬥ The Salar Jung Museum is situated in ⬥ The Cellular Jail is located in - Port Blair - Mizoram
- Hyderabad ⬥ Netaji Subhas National Institute of ⬥ 24th state of the Indian Union in 1987
⬥ The Charminar is a mosque and Sports is located in - Patiala (Punjab) - Arunachal Pradesh
monument located in - Hyderabad ⬥ The folk drama named ‘Therukoothu’ ⬥ The state that is known as ‘India’s
⬥ ’Dugong’ is the state animal of belongs to - TamilNadu bread- basket’ - Punjab
- AndamanNicobar ⬥ Beawar industrial cities is in - Rajasthan ⬥ The first fully organic state in India
⬥ Amul, is an Indian dairy cooperative ⬥ The Mahabalipuram Group of - Sikkim
society, based at - Anand (Gujarat) Monuments is located in - Tamil Nadu ⬥ Chandigarh city was designed by
⬥ The foundation day of Uttarakhand is ⬥ The headquarters of the Sports - Le Corbusier
celebrated on - 9 November Authority of India (SAI) - New Delhi ⬥ Darjeeling tea is related to
⬥ Bhima Devi Temple Complex is situated ⬥ 'Pulikkali' is a recreational folk art form -West Bengal
in - Pinjore(Haryana) - Kerala ⬥ Tirupati Laddu is related to
⬥ The Hill Palace Museum is located in ⬥ Sheesh Mahal or the Palace of Mirrors, - AndhraPradesh
- Kerala built by - Maharaja Narinder Singh ⬥ Dal Baati Churma is most popular dish in
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logical Park is located in - Gujarat ⬥ Philosopher, Jiddu Krishnamurti and Rosogolla was between
⬥ Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden is spiritual guru, Sathya Sai Baba belong to - West Bengal& Odisha
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The National Police Memorial is situated
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⬥ Thiksey Monastery is located in - Ladakh ⬥ Vikramshila University is located in
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⬥ State-Level Committee for Vulture
called - Kolam -United Nations
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state - Tamil Nadu
which belongs to - West Bengal Commerce and Industries (FICCI) was
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⬥ Rawatbhata nuclear power station is founded in - 1927
airport) is located in
located in -Rajasthan ⬥ SAARC (South Asian Association for
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⬥ India’s first floating financial literacy
located in -Tamil Nadu on- 8 December 1985, Dhaka (Bangladesh)
camp was organised by India Post
⬥ Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant is located ⬥ Indian council of Historical Research
Payments Bank in - Srinagar
in - Karnataka organization was set up in - 1972
⬥ The first 'floating solar power plant' in
⬥ National Physical Laboratory of India is ⬥ Defence Research Development
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situated in - New Delhi Organisation (DRDO) was formed in- 1958
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⬥ The first tea garden of Bihar has been
⬥ Chenani-Nashri tunnel is located in in 1934 by CV Raman, is situated in
established at - Thakurganj
- Jammu& Kashmir - Bangalore
⬥ The first newsprint paper mill in India
⬥ Bagru Printing is associated with ⬥ The Indian National Science Academy
was set up in
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- Nepanagar (Madhya Pradesh)
⬥ The capital of Tripura is - Agartala - New Delhi
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⬥ Gatka is a martial art form practiced in - 1982
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is located in - TamilNadu ⬥ The number of members in SAARC - 8
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- English set up in - 1952
the year 1977 in
⬥ The largest concentration of stupas in ⬥ World Trade Organization (WTO)
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India - Madhya Pradesh governs - Internationaltrade
⬥ The Madhya Pradesh Food Preservation
⬥ The old name of Allahabad was - Prayag ⬥National Seeds Corporation (NSC) was
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established under
⬥ Indian organization which is responsible
Defence Exams - National Food Security Act, 2013
for collecting data on poverty is
⬥ Aryabhatta Research Institute of
- National Sample Survey Organisation
⬥ Chhattisgarh's Kanger Valley attained Observational Sciences is located at
⬥ The Atal Tunnel was built by
national park status in - 1982 - Nainital (Uttarakhand)
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⬥ The headquarters of Small Industries
- Thanesar(Haryana) located at - Secunderabad (Telangana)
Development Bank of India (SIDBI) is
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trade between nations is
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established in 1956 with its
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headquarters at - NewDelhi
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⬥ The ICMR’s National Institute of
⬥TheVikramkhol Cave is located in- Odisha
Virology is located in - Pune
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Board Act came into effect in - 1987 ⬥ The National Culture Fund was created - Junagarh
⬥ National Dairy Development Board as a Trust in - 1996 ⬥ The headquarter of ICAR-Directorate of
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Lanka.
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Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic ⬥ Forest Research Institute (FRI) was ⬥ Airports Authority of India founded on
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in - 1997 Institute in Dehradun in - 1906 ⬥ National Institute of Oceanography
⬥ The first summit of SAARC was held ⬥ ‘I2U2' initiative is also referred as (headquarter in Goa) was founded on
in - Dhaka (Bangladesh) - WestAsian Quad - 1January 1966
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- 1987
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established in - 1851
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established in -2013 ⬥ NEP 2020 recommends to establish ⬥ Amnesty International is an organisation
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located in - Malaysia Redressal Commission (NCDRC) was - Dag Hammarskjold
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founded in - 1951
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Research's main research station is organisation having its headquarters in ⬥ The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
located in - Bengaluru India is - International Solar Alliance was founded in - 2001
⬥ The English and Foreign Languages ⬥ The headquarters of the ASEAN is ⬥ Child Right and You (CRY) is an
University located in Hyderabad was situated in - Jakarta, Indonesia organisation that works for the
founded in - 1958 ⬥ Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, - Protection of childrights
⬥ The Indian Institute of Tropical Singapore and Thailand are founding ⬥ The Border Roads Organisation comes
Meteorology is located in - Pune countries of - ASEAN under the - Ministry of Defence
⬥ ’Bambai Nazariya’, a small cafe in ⬥ Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi is ⬥ The foundation day of the UN Charter
Mumbai hires only trans/non-binary associated with was on - 24 october1945
people as staff, is supported by - Bachpan Bachao Andolan ⬥ NSSO was established in 1950 by the
- The HumsafarTrust ⬥ The International Institute of Educational - Indian StatisticalInstitute
⬥ The Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Planning in Paris is a part of - UNESCO ⬥ The headquarters of the World Bank and
Hindi Vishwa Vidyalaya is located in ⬥ The UN was founded in 1945 as a IMF are situated at
- Wardha (Maharashtra) successor to - The League of Nations - WashingtonDC, USA
⬥ The Sree Sankaracharya University of ⬥ Clearance of snow in high altitude ⬥ The number of countries that UNO
Sanskrit is situated in -Kerala areas is undertaken by have on its formation in 1945 -51
⬥ An organisation in India advice people to - The Border Road Organisation ⬥ The numbers of UN Agenda for
Save petrol/diesel while driving - PCRA ⬥ WTO (World Trade Organization) was Sustainable Development 2030 are
Note - PCRA - Petroleum Conservation established in - 1995 - Seventeen
Research Association ⬥ The border road organisation was ⬥ The non-permanent members of the
established in India - May 1960 UN Security Council are elected for a
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- Two years ⬥ “Jagritam Aharnisham” or “Always Alert” ⬥ SAARC (South Asian Association for
⬥ The number of non-permanent is the motto of - Intelligence Bureau Regional Cooperation) was set up in
members of the UN Security Council-Ten ⬥ The headquarters of the International 1987 at - Kathmandu (Nepal)
⬥ Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Civil aviation Organisation is situated ⬥ The organisation that termed as ‘a
UK and USA are members of - G7 in - Montreal(Canada) Child of War’ - League of Nations
⬥ The G7 (formerly known as the G8), ⬥ The Association of Southeast Asian ⬥ The Central Rice Research Institute
established in 1975, is Nations (ASEAN) was established on is located in - Cuttack (Odisha)
- 7 IMF described advanced economies 8 August 1967 in - Bangkok (Thailand) ⬥ BRICS Economic Research Annual
⬥ The driving force and executive body of ⬥ Principal organs of the UN -Trusteeship Awards was instituted by - EXIM bank
European Union is Council, Secretariat & Economic and ⬥ The Indian Institute of Petroleum
- European Commission Social Council are situated in - New York is situated in - Dehradun
⬥ The oldest Trade Union Organisations ⬥The SAARC Centre in India is ⬥ The head office of the Export
in India is - SAARC Disaster Management Centre Promotion Council for Handicrafts
- AITUC (All India Trade Union Congress) ⬥ The countries Bangladesh, Bhutan, (EPCH) is located in - New Delhi
⬥ The World Trade Organisation (WTO) India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and ⬥ The headquarters of "Telecom
promotes - Multilateraltrade Thailand are members of the-BIMSTEC Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)"
⬥ Blue Dot hubs to boost protection for ⬥ The headquarter of BIMSTEC (Bay of is located in -New Delhi
children and families on the move across Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral ⬥ The Odantapuri University is located
Europe launched by Technical and Economic Cooperation) in - Bihar
- UNICEF andUNHCR - Dhaka,Bangladesh ⬥ The method of regulating the exchange
⬥ The number of members are in the UN ⬥ The headquarters of the ASI of world currencies was started by - IMF
Security Council (Archaeological Survey of India)is located ⬥ An anthropology museum portraying
- 5 permanent and 10 non-permanent in - New Delhi human and cultural evolution, particularly
⬥ India is an associate member of ⬥ The headquarters of the World Tourism in India is
- SAFTA (South Asian Free Trade Area) Organization (UNWTO) is located at - The Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav
⬥ National Testing Agency (NTA) was - Madrid, Spain Sangrahalaya
established in - 2017 ⬥ The United Nations call its full General
⬥ General Assembly, Security Council, Assembly every year in - September Police Exams
Economic and Social Council, ⬥The headquarters of SAARC Development
International Court of Justice, Fund (SDF) is located in ⬥ The headquarters of NADA (National
Trusteeship Council, and Secretariat are - Thimphu,Bhutan Anti-Doping Agency) is located in
six Principal organs of ⬥ The United Nations adopted the - New Delhi
- United Nations(UN) ‘Charter of Economic Rights and Duties ⬥ The ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton
⬥ The Universal Declaration of Human of States’ in - December1974 Research is located in
Right (UDHR) was adopted by the ⬥ The headquarters of the International - Nagpur (Maharashtra)
UN on - 10 December1948 Committee of the Red Cross is situated ⬥ The headquarters of the Squash Rackets
⬥ Jean Henry Durant was the main in - Geneva Federation of India is located in- Chennai
inspiration for the setup of ⬥ The name ‘United Nations’ was coined ⬥ Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical
- International Committee of the Red Cross in - 1January 1942 Education was founded in - 1957
⬥ International Labour Organisation (ILO) ⬥ The OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum ⬥ The headquarters of the National Rifle
was established in - 1919 Exporting) was founded in Association of India is situated in
⬥ An organisation deals with illicit - Baghdad, Iraq(1960) - New Delhi
trafficking and drug abuse - UNODC ⬥ The International court of Justice is ⬥ The headquarter of the National Remote
(United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) situated in - Hague Sensing Centre (NRSC) is located at
⬥The headquarters of the UNEP (United ⬥ A Political Association normally known - Hyderabad
Nations Environmental Programme) is as ‘The Commonwealth’ is ⬥ The National Commission for Protection
- Nairobi, Kenya - Commonwealth of Nations of Child Rights was established in
⬥ India joined the UNO in the year - 1945 ⬥ The headquarters of the Atomic Energy - 2007
⬥ The bodies World bank, IMF are Commission of India is at - Mumbai ⬥ GATT was established in 1948 with
- Bretton Woods institutions ⬥ The headquarters of United Nations - 23 Countries
⬥ The 193rd member of the United Nations System Staff College is located in ⬥ The Indian Military Academy was
is - South Sudan - Turin (Italy) established at Dehradun in - 1932
⬥ International Year of Indigenous ⬥ UNIDO (The United Nations Industrial ⬥ Marine Products Export Development
Languages is observed in - 2019 Development Organization) established Authority (MPEDA) was established in
⬥ The European Union was established in - 1966 - 1972
in - 1993 ⬥ The Headquarter of International ⬥ The Government of India appointed the
⬥ The term ‘United Nations' was used for Renewable Energy Agency is situated Second Backward Classes Commission
the first time by - Franklin D Roosevelt at - Abu Dhabi in - 1979
⬥ BIMSTEC members that are not ⬥ The UNDP was founded in the year ⬥ Sustainable Development Goal 15 is
participating in China’s Belt and Road - 1965 related to - Lifeon Land
Initiative (BRI) - India and Bhutan ⬥ BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards), ⬥ Sustainable Development Goal 13 is
⬥ Red Cross International Committee established in 1986, has its headquarters related to - ClimateAction
was established on - 17th Feb, 1863 at - New Delhi ⬥ Sustainable Development Goal 5 is
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related to - Gender Equality - “Unity and Discipline” found in - China
⬥ Sustainable Development Goal 11 is ⬥ The National Water Academy (NWA) is ⬥ The ‘Gho’ for men and the ‘Kera/Kira’
related to located at for women are the traditional attire
- Sustainable cities and Communities - Khadakwasla (Pune, Maharashtra) worn in - Bhutan
⬥ The Indira Gandhi Institute of ⬥ The college of Military Engineering ⬥ The Terracotta Army of China describes
Development Research was inaugurated affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru University the life-sized figures found near the
in - 1987 is situated at- tomb Of - Qin ShiHuang
⬥ The First Backward Classes Commission Dapodi, Pune (Maharashtra) ⬥ The capital of Myanmar was moved
waschairedby -KakaKalelkar ⬥ The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of to Naypyidaw in - 2005
⬥ The Asian Development Bank (ADB) India (IBBI) was established on ⬥ In 1950s and 60s, Japan was severely
was established on - 19 December 1966 - 1st October, 2016 affected by the Mercury pollution related
⬥ The headquarters of Asian Development ⬥ National tribal research institute is disease called - Minamata
Bankis - Mandaluyong (Philippines) situated at - New Delhi ⬥ India signed Saint Petersburg Declaration
⬥ The headquarters of the United Nations ⬥ The only paramilitary force with a with - Russia
Environment Programme (UNEP) is dual-control structure is - Assam Rifles ⬥ The Australia, New Zealand and United
located in - Nairobi(Kenya) States Security Treaty (ANZUS) was
⬥ The headquarters of the Asian State PCS Exams signed in - 1951
Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) ⬥ National language of Pakistan is - Urdu
is situated in - Beijing(China) ⬥ About two-thirds of the world population ⬥ The Royal Ascot Racecourse is situated
⬥ India joined the UN after ratifying the and around 85% of the global GDP is in - England
UN Charter in - October1945 represented by - G20 members ⬥ The Imphal Peace Museum in Manipur
⬥ The apex institution for developmental ⬥ World Social Protection Report is was built by - Japan
planning and research in India published by - International Labour ⬥ ‘VEDDA’ is a community from - Sri Lanka
- NITI Aayog Organization ⬥ National fruit of Bangladesh - Jackfruit
⬥ Biosphere Reserves are an initiative by ⬥ The world's highest polo ground is
- UNESCO located in - Shandur, Pakistan
⬥ The Chairman of the National Disaster World G.K. ⬥ The official language of Sri Lanka is
Management Authority - Sinhala
- Prime Minister SSC Exams ⬥ The official language of Bhutan is
⬥ UN FAO headquarters is situated in - Dzongkha
⬥Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is known as the
- Rome, Italy ⬥ The official language of Myanmar is
⬥ SpaceX is an organization headed by - 'Father of Bangladesh' - Burmese
⬥ - Elon Musk
Sandip Soparrkar was honored by the ⬥ Indian Citizens' Association (ICA) of
⬥ The headquarters of World Bank is Government of Bhutan with official stamp Nepal was formed on
situated in - Washington DC
issued for initiative - ‘Dance for a Cause’ - 14 September1990
⬥ Bahujan Hitay Bahujan Sukhay is the ⬥ The official language of Afghanistan is ⬥ The World Meteorological Organization
motto of - All IndiaRadio - Dariand Pashto (WMO) was established in - 1950
⬥ The organisation that promotes ⬥ ‘Dhivehi ’is the official language of ⬥ The hub of information technology
classical music and culture amongst - Maldives Silicon valley is situated in
youth in India ⬥ The official religion in Bhutan is
- SPIC MACAY - California(U.S.A)
⬥ The separation of United Kingdom from - Buddhism ⬥ World's largest producer of rice is
⬥ The largest ethnic group in Myanmar is
EU (European Union) is called - Brexit - China
- Bamar ⬥ Continent, which is referred to as a
⬥ The Nation which is known as ‘country of ‘Continent, Dedicated to Science’ is
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winds’ - Denmark - Antarctica
⬥In terms of nationality, Norman Borlaug ⬥ The official language of China is
⬥ National Water Academy, a centre of
was - American - Mandarin
excellence in training and capacity
⬥ The Dead Sea is bordered by ⬥ The national sport of Bhutan is - Archery
building in water resources, is located at
- Israeland Jordan ⬥ The capital of Bhutan is - Thimphu
- Pune
⬥Father of Green Revolution in the world ⬥ The currency of Bhutan is
⬥ The oldest scientific department of
- NormanBorlaug - Ngultrum(BTN)
government of India is
⬥ The official language of Myanmar is ⬥ The leading producer of jute is - India
- Survey of India (set up in 1767)
- Burmese ⬥ Techniques for making silk were first
⬥ Theheadquarters ofNational Institute of
⬥ The oldest golf club in India and the first invented in - China (7000 year ago)
Ayurveda is located in- Jaipur (Rajasthan)
outside Great Britain ⬥ Highest population density among the
⬥ The headquarters of National Institute of
- The Royal Calcutta GolfClub neighbouring countries of India is
Homeopathy is located in
⬥ Largest ethnic group in Pakistan is - Bangladesh
-Kolkata (WestBengal)
- Punjabis ⬥ Mount Everest was known as - Peak XV
⬥ The headquarters of National Institute of
⬥ Shawala Teja Singh Temple, an ancient ⬥ Mount Everest is known as Sagarmatha
Unani Medicine is located in
Hindu shrine, is situated in - Pakistan in - Nepal
- Bangalore(Karnataka)
⬥ The Leshan Giant Buddha is a UNESCO ⬥ The town of Paro is a famous tourist
⬥ The headquarters of National Institute of
World Heritage site, located in - China destination of - Bhutan
Siddha is located in-Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
⬥ In the wild, giant pandas are now only ⬥ Katas Raj Temple complex, with shrines
⬥ The Motto of National Cadet Corps (NCC)
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of multiple faiths, is located in- Pakistan ⬥ The religion of major population of Israel Police Exams
⬥ Asian Development Bank (ADB) was is - Jewish
established in - 1966 ⬥ Chakma refugees are migrants to India ⬥ Norman Borlaug, Father of the Green
⬥ A golden lion holding a sword in its right from - Bangladesh Revolution, was from
forepaw is the national symbol of ⬥ Caucasoid, Negroid, and Mongoloid are - United States ofAmerica
- SriLanka three distinct human races identified by ⬥ Arakan and Shan are recognised ethnic
⬥ The international agreement Montreal - Georges Cuvier(1828)- groups of - Myanmar
Protocol (1987) is related to ⬥ Thimphu is the capital of - Bhutan ⬥ After Operation Cactus, India offered
- Ozone layer ⬥ Shogatsu is the New Year festival of extensive security cooperation in 1988 to
⬥ The last imperial dynasty to rule China - Japan - Maldives
was -Qing Dynasty ⬥ The word “Brexit” was invented by ⬥ The State of Myanmar where Rohingyas
⬥ Bank of Bhutan (BoB) was established in - Peter Wilding primarily used to reside is - Rakhine
- 1968 ⬥ The country which known as ‘Land of ⬥ The largest ethnic group in China,
⬥ New Development Bank (NDB) was Thousand Lakes’ is - Finland accounting for over 90% of the
established in - 2014 ⬥The biggest producer of coffee in the population is - Han
world - Brazil ⬥ The largest slum in Asia is
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⬥ Abyssinia is the old name of - Ethiopia - Dharavi (Maharashtra)
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South Africa.
⬥ The capital of Bahamas is - Nassau belongs to - Sunnisect
⬥ Gongsa Ugyen Wangchuck became the ⬥ Astana is the capital of - Kazakhstan ⬥ World’s leading manufacturer of
first monarch of Bhutan in - 1907 ⬥ The capital of Belgium is - Brussels hand-sewn footballs- Sialkot (Pakistan)
⬥ Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan from ⬥ Gurdwara Panja Sahib is located in ⬥ The first official language of Sri Lanka is
- 1947 to 1971 - Pakistan - Sinhala
⬥ The highest mountain of Uttarakhand is ⬥ The Country which known as Hermit ⬥ The national sport of Sri Lanka is
- Nanda Devi Kingdomis - North Korea - Volley Ball
⬥ The second highest mountain in the ⬥ The ‘Forbidden City’ is located in - China ⬥ The capital of Myanmar is - Naypyidaw
Garhwal region of Uttarakhand is- Kamet ⬥ Eleanor Roosevelt, former chairperson of ⬥ The national sport of the United States
⬥ Pakistan won their first ICC men’s ODI UDHR, belonged to - USA is - Baseball
world cup in - 1992 ⬥ USA, Soviet Union, Britain and France in ⬥ Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the
⬥ In the context of the Sri Lankan Civil War, World War II are the member of legislative capital of - SriLanka
LTTE stands for - Allied Powers ⬥ Dhaulagiri mountain peaks is located in
- Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ⬥ Germany, Italy and Japan in World War - Nepal
⬥ The largest uranium-producing country in II are the member of - Axis Powers ⬥ Lhotse, Mount Everest, and Annapurna
the world is - Kazakhstan ⬥ Pataca is the currency of - Macau are located in - Nepal Himalayas
⬥ Tummalapalle Uranium Reserves are ⬥ The Inca ruins of Machu Picchu is ⬥ ‘Sagarmatha’ is the Nepali name for
located in - Andhra Pradesh located in - Peru - Mount Everest
⬥ The world's largest field hockey stadium, ⬥ Kurt Waldheim, the fourth UN secretary ⬥ Al Jazeera is Qatar-based-News channel
based on seating capacity, is located in General, was the former president of ⬥ The capital of Vietnam is - Hanoi
- Pakistan - Austria ⬥ The International Solar Alliance is
⬥ New Delhi's Lotus Temple was designed ⬥ The Pittsburgh industrial region is headquartered in - Gurugram (India)
by Fariborz Sahba an architect from located in - The USA ⬥ The capital of Indonesia is - Jakarta
- Iran ⬥ New York City is located at the mouth ⬥ The first NAM (Non-Aligned Movement)
⬥ The magnitude of the Indian Ocean of river - Hudson Summit was held in - Belgrade
Tsunami 2004 was - 9.1 ⬥ The country that called 'Land of white ⬥World’s tallest statue is
⬥ The second largest artificial lake in elephants" is - Thailand - Statue of Unity(India)
Asia is - Dhebar Lake (Rajasthan) ⬥ The 'Christ the Redeemer' statue is ⬥ The koala Bear is a found in - Australia
⬥ The largest city in Sri Lanka is-Colombo located in - Brazil ⬥ H -1B is related to - Work visa for US
⬥ Capital city of the Northern Province of ⬥ 'Freedom Trail' is a 2.5 mile long ⬥ The name of the bank constituted by
Sri Lanka is - Jaffna passage situated in - Boston (USA) the BRICS nations is
⬥'K iribath' is a rice dish from - Sri Lanka ⬥ The US President who gave the famous - New Development Bank
⬥ The world’s longest man-made speech in the U.S. Presidential history ⬥ Amnesty International organisations
waterway is - Grand Canal (China) ‘'The Gettysburg Address" is deals with - Human rights issues
- AbrahamLincoln ⬥ Rohingya issue is associated with
Railway Exams ⬥ The Charter of Liberties (popularly - Myanmar
known as 'The Magna Carta') was ⬥ One Belt One Road initiative was
⬥ Palm Jumeirah, the artificial island, was signed in England in - 1215AD proposed by - China
built in - UAE ⬥ The only U.S. president to have served ⬥ The capital of Mongolia is - Ulaanbaatar
⬥ Pygmies, a group of hunter gatherers, are with two non-consecutive terms is ⬥ A country heavily affected by the
native to - Central Africa (Congo) -GroverCleveland terrorist group ISIS - Syria
⬥ The Negroid race is indigenous to ⬥ Marie Antoinette, the last queen of ⬥ The only country in the world whose
- Africa France, born in - Austria flag is not a square or rectangle is
⬥ The female astronaut Noura al-Matroushi - Nepal
is related to - UAE ⬥ Currency of Bangladesh is - Taka
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Currency of Bhutan is - Ngultrum ⬥The full form of UPSC is - Food and Agriculture Organization
⬥ Currency of China is - Yuan - Union Public Service Commission ⬥ The full form of ESIC
⬥ Currency of Afghanistan is ⬥ In India, in relation to Census, the full - Employees' State Insurance Corporation
- Afghan afghani form of NPR is ⬥ The full form of TANWA - Tamil Nadu
⬥ The cities of Kandy, Jaffna and Galle - National Population Register Women in Agriculture
are all located in - Sri Lanka ⬥TULIP stands for ⬥ The full form of SJSRY
- The Urban Learning Internship Program - Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana
Defence Exams ⬥ Full form of NHRC is ⬥ The full form of ISDN - Integrated
- National Human Rights Commission Services DigitalNetwork
⬥ The United Nations Charter was signed ⬥ In the context of the financial system, ⬥ The full form of ATL - Atal Tinkering Lab
by 51 original members of the United SWIFT stand for - Society for Worldwide ⬥ The full form of JNNURM - Jawaharlal
Nations in 1945 at the Interbank Financial Telecommunication Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
- San Francisco Conference ⬥ In Microeconomics, full form of ‘PPF’ is ⬥ In Pradhan Mantri Gramin DISHA
⬥ The national fish of Bangladesh is - Production Possibilities Frontier Programme,DISHAstands for
- 'Hilsa’ ⬥ Full form of ’AFSPA’ - Digital SakshartaAbhiyan
⬥ The ‘Gandhi Solar Park’ is located at - Armed Forces Special Powers Act ⬥ The full form of the UPU which is
- New York ⬥ Full form of the political party ‘AIADMK’ is related to the UN- Universal Postal Union
⬥ Bagram Air Base is located in - All India Anna Dravida Munnetra ⬥ The full form of IPAB
- Afghanistan Kazhagam - Intellectual Property Appellate Board
⬥Peninsula Shield Force is a military arm ⬥ Full form of IND-INDO CORPAT is ⬥ The full form of NCSM
of - Gulf Cooperation Council - India- Indonesia coordinated patrol - National Council of Science Museums
⬥ First urban settlement in the world to ⬥ Full form of IBM is ⬥ The full form of NASSCOM
reach a population size of one million - International Business Machine - National Association of Software and
(million-plus city) was -London ⬥ Full form of SMPS is Services Companies
⬥ ‘The Grand Order of the Chain of the - Switch Mode Power Supply ⬥ The full form of C-DAC - Centre for
Yellow Star’ is the highest civilian honour ⬥ CMMS (In the context of the Census of Development of Advanced Computing
of - Suriname India) stands for - Census Management ⬥ The full form of CHOGM
⬥ The Heliopolis commonwealth war grave and Monitoring System - Commonwealth Heads of Government
cemetery is located in - Cairo (Egypt) ⬥ ‘SAGY’ stands for Meeting
- Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana ⬥ The full form of CITES - Convention on
State PCS Exams ⬥ IADP - Intensive Agricultural District International Trade in Endangered Species
Programme ⬥ The full form of CCI
⬥ Christopher Columbus was the Explorer
⬥ FRBM - Fiscal Responsibility Budget - Competition Commission of India
from - Italy
Management ⬥ IBEF stand for - India Brand Equity
⬥ Jacques Cartier was the Explorer from
⬥ NADA - National Anti - Doping Agency Foundation
- France
⬥ PVTGS - Particularly Vulnerable Tribal ⬥ The full form of NRDWP - National
⬥ Sir Francis Drake was the Explorer from
Groups Rural Drinking Water Programme
- United Kingdom
⬥ WADA - World Anti- Doping Agency ⬥ Hyderabad is known as a - ‘HITEC City’
⬥ Ferdinand Magellan was the Explorer
⬥ NCRB - National Crime Records Bureau ⬥ The full form of ‘HITEC’ - Hyderabad
from - Portugal
⬥ RPG - Report Program Generator Information Technology and Engineering
⬥ Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm
⬥RDA-RecommendedDietaryAllowances Consultancy
Al-Quwain, Fujairah, Ras Al-Khaimah are
⬥ BHIM - Bharat Interface for Money ⬥ The full form of “PPF”- Public Provident
the - Emiratesof UAE
⬥ UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Fund
⬥ The second largest freshwater lake in the
Convention on Climate Change ⬥ The full form of AKFI- Amateur Kabaddi
world by surface area is - Lake Victoria
⬥ DASD - Direct access storage devices Federation of India
⬥ The only outflow from Lake Victoria is
⬥ ICS - Indian CivilService
the - Nile River Police Exams
⬥ IFSC - Indian Financial System Code
⬥ The official residence and workplace of
Note : IFSC is an 11-digit alphanumeric
the President of the USA is ⬥ Full form of 'NICDIT'- National Industrial
codethatuniquelyidentifiesallbanksand
- The WhiteHouse Corridor Development and
their respective branches
⬥ The White House is a symbol of Implementation Trust
⬥ ATM
- American Democracy - Automated Teller Machine ⬥ VVPAT - Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail
⬥ John Adams became the first President ⬥ CPEC stands for ⬥ UNCITRAL- United Nations Commission
to take residence in the White House on - China-Pakistan Economic Corridor on International Trade Law
⬥ BCIMEC stands for- Bangladesh-China-
- November 1, 1800 ⬥
The full form of FAO
⬥ The United Nations has declared 2024 as India-Myanmar Economic Corridor -
Food and Agriculture Organisation
⬥ BRI stands for-The Belt and Road Initiative
- The International Year Of Camelids ⬥
The full-form of SHG -
Self-Help Group
⬥ MUDRA- Micro Units Development and ⬥
The full-form of CSR
Full forms Refinance Agency - Corporate Social Responsibility
⬥ SCO stand for - Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation
SSC Exams Railway Exams
⬥ United Nations’ SDGs stand for
⬥
ATM is a full form ⬥ The full form of FAO - Sustainable Development Goals
- ‘Automated Teller Machine’ ⬥ The full form of MSP
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- Minimum Support Price ⬥ Dilwara Temples in Mount Abu, ⬥ The Kandariya Mahadeva temple was
⬥ The full-form of JAM Rajasthan, are associated with - Jainism constructed by - Chandela dynasty
- Jan Dhan Aadhaar Mobile ⬥ Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century ⬥ Tower above the sanctum and the
⬥ The full form of SACS temple, located in - Odisha pillared Mandapas is called -Shikhara
- State Aids ControlSociety ⬥ The Sun Temple in Konark was known as ⬥ Sri Jagannath Temple in Odisha is built
⬥ ICBM stands for - Black Pagoda in the style of the - Rekha Deula
- An Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile ⬥ Brihadeshwara Temple of Thanjavur ⬥ Ramappa Temple (Telangana) is
⬥ In the context of the Sri Lankan Civil was built by - Raja Raja CholaI dedicated to - LordShiva
War, the first 'T' in LTTE stands for ⬥ The shore temples at Mahabalipuram ⬥ Dilwara Temples (A Jain temple) is
- Tigers was built during the reign of located in - Mount Abu (Rajasthan)
- Pallavasdynasty ⬥ Kamakhya Temple is located in
Defence Exams ⬥ The Virupaksha temple at Hampi is - Guwahati (Assam)
dedicated to - LordShiva ⬥ Somnath Temple is located in - Gujarat
⬥ The full form of ‘ISWM’ is ⬥ The Kailasanathar temple at ⬥ Shore Temple is situated in
- Integrated Solid Waste Management Kanchipuram was built during the rule of - Mahabalipuram (Tamil Nadu)
⬥ The full form of SWAYAM is - Pallavas ⬥ Mundeshwari Temple is located in
- Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young ⬥Sun temple in Konark is dedicated to - Bihar
Aspiring Minds - Sun God ⬥ Garbhagriha (Inner chamber of temple)
⬥ The entrance gateway in the Dravidian was part of - Earliest Hindu temple
style (South Indian architecture) of ⬥ The Mahabodhi Temple Complex
State PCS Exams
temples is known as - Gopuram associated with the life of-Lord Buddha
⬥ The Black Pagoda temple of Konark is ⬥ Mahabodhi Temple (Bihar) was built by
⬥ The full form of HMX is
built in - Kalinga architecturestyle - EmperorAshoka
- High melting explosive
⬥The architectural style of the Brihadisvara ⬥ Mahabodhi Temple recognised as
⬥ AYUSH is an acronym for - Ayurveda,
temple of Tamil Nadu is - Dravidian UNESCO World Heritage site in - 2002
Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
⬥ The ‘Hinglaj Mata’ temple is situated in ⬥ The Virupaksha Temple, dedicated to
Homeopathy
- Pakistan Lord Shiva is situated at - Hampi
⬥ The style of temple architecture popular ⬥ Sun Temple (Konark) is also known as
Religious Places in northern india - Nagara - Black Pagoda
⬥ The number of temples consists in ⬥ The Brihadisvara temple is located at
SSC Exams Panchayat style of architecture - 5 - Tanjavur (Tamil Nadu)
⬥ In the Dravidian style of architecture, the ⬥ Meguti temple is located in - Karnataka
⬥Somnath Jyotirlinga Temple is located in gateways of the temples are known as ⬥ The Brihadisvara temple constructed by
- Gujarat - Gopuram - RajarajaI
⬥Jagannath Puri Temple is located in ⬥ Garbhagriha, Vimana, and Mandapa are ⬥ The rooftop of Guru Hemkund Sahib is
- Odisha architectural elements found in in the shape of an upturned - Lotus
⬥ The brick temple of Bhitargaon is - Hindu temples ⬥ Guru Hemkund Sahib is located at
situated in - UttarPradesh ⬥ Meenakshi Amman Temple is located on - Chamoli (Uttarakhand)
⬥ The famous Brihadeshwar temple is the southern bank of - Vaigai river ⬥ The Bhitargaon temple in Uttar Pradesh
situated in -Tamil Nadu ⬥ The presiding deity of Dakshineswar is made of - Bakedbricks
⬥ The Mahabodhi temple is situated in temple in Kolkata is ⬥ Lingaraja Temple is situated in
- BodhGaya (Bihar) - Goddess BhavatariniKali - Bhubaneswar (Odisha)
⬥Bhitargaon Brick temple is an example ⬥ The ritual of 'Kanya/Kumari Puja' is held ⬥ The Rock cave temple of Ellora is the
of - Gupta architecture during - Sharad Navaratri largest - Monolithic structure
⬥The ‘Mukteshwar’ dance festival held at ⬥ Arulmigu Kapaleeswarar Temple is ⬥ Konark Sun Temple is situated in
- Mukteswar temple (Odisha) located in -Tamil Nadu - Odisha
⬥ The famous 'Pashupatinath Temple' is ⬥ Hemkund Sahib is located in ⬥ Figures of 4 lions, Dharma Chakras,
located in - Nepal - Uttarakhand Lotus base bell are the components of
⬥ The Sirpur Shrine Temple is situated in ⬥ In 8th century, Virupaksha temple in - Lion Capital atSarnath
- Chhattisgarh Karnataka was built by
⬥ The crowning feature shaped like an - Queen Lokamahadevi ⬥ The place of ritual worship in Kandariya
octagonal cupola on a temple is known ⬥ Srikalahasti Temple is located in Mahadeva Temple-sanctum sanctorum
as - Shikhara - Andhra Pradesh ⬥ Sri Brahmapureeswarar temple is
⬥ The shape of the main temple tower is ⬥ Tibetan Buddhist Golden Temple is situated at - TamilNadu
known as - Vimana located in - Karnataka ⬥ Kardang Monastery situated in
⬥ In Odisha, the epicenter for the Rath ⬥ Sri Akal Takht Sahib is located with in - HimachalPradesh
Yatra is - Jagannath Puri Temple - Golden Temple complex ⬥ Stone-like disc seen at the top of the
⬥ Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh ⬥ The Ganesh-rath temple is located in temple architecture in Odisha - Amalaka
Gaya became a UNESCO World Heritage - Mahabalipuram ⬥ The Iravatanesvara temple is situated in
Site in - 2002 ⬥ The Jagannath Temple in Puri depicts - Tamil Nadu
⬥ The ‘Machail Mata’ shrine, located in the which classical dance - Odissi ⬥ Khajuraho temple is located in
Kishtwar district of Jammu is dedicated ⬥ Architecture of Kandariya Mahadeva - MadhyaPradesh
to - GoddessDurga temple is an example of - Nagara style ⬥ Madan Mohan temple is situated in
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- Uttar Pradesh ⬥ The Palitana temple, a Jain pilgrimage shikhara is called- Deul
⬥ Dravidian architecture had an entrance site, is located in - Gujarat ⬥ Sukreswar temple (Assam) is dedicated
gateway called - gopuram ⬥ The oldest Church of North East India to - Lord Shiva
⬥Harmandir Sahib is situated in-Amritsar is located in - Guwahati (Assam) ⬥ The architectural style of Lakshmana
⬥'Sadashiva', representing three aspects ⬥ Mahabodhi Temple, a Buddhist temple, is Temple (Khajuraho) is - Nagara
of Lord Shiva is found at located in - Bodhgaya,Bihar ⬥ The Lakshmana Temple of Khajuraho
- ElephantaCaves ⬥ ‘Namdroling Monastery’ is situated in (Madhya Pradesh) is dedicated to
⬥ International Society for Krishna - Karnataka - Lord Vishnu
Consciousness (ISKCON) established by ⬥ The style of temple architecture that ⬥ The Statue of Gomateshwara at
- Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada became popular in northern India is Shravanabelagola is carved of a single
⬥ Phodong Monastery is located in known as - NagaraStyle stone block of - Granite
- Sikkim ⬥ The Kandariya Mahadeva temple was ⬥ The main architect of Shri Ram Mandir
⬥ Hoysaleswara Temple is located in constructed in 999 CE by king (Ayodhya) is- Chandrakant Bhai Sompura
- Karnataka Dhangadva of the - Chandela dynasty ⬥ The flat round (stone disk) structure on
⬥ Moinuddin Chishti dargah is situated in ⬥ Nabakalebar Rath Yatra is held in top of North Indian Temple architecture
- Ajmer - Puri (Odisha) is called - Amalaka
⬥ Rajarajeshvara Temple is in ⬥‘Soniji Ki Nasiyan’Temple in Ajmer is ⬥ Pandrethan Temple of Srinagar is
- Thanjavur (TamilNadu) dedicated to - Lord Rishbhdev associated with - Hinduism
⬥‘Vahana Masterclass’, a book of Alfredo ⬥ The Shiva temple near Taliparamba in ⬥ ’Koneswaram’, the Hindu temple, is
Covelli is based on - Lord Ganesha Kerala, where women are allowed to located in - Sri Lanka
⬥ Sabarimala Sree Dharma Sastha Temple enter only after 8 p.m. is ⬥ Stupa sculptures at Sanghol (Punjab)
is located at - Pathanamthitta (Kerala) - Rajarajeshwara Temple belong to the schools of - Mathura
⬥ Sabarimala Temple dedicated to ⬥ The preserved Buddhist caves called ⬥ Kailash Temple of Ellora and Ratha
- Lord AyyappaSwamy ‘Karla’ is in - Maharashtra Temple of Mahabalipuram are examples
⬥ Kadam Rasul Mosque is located in ⬥ Group of Monuments at Hampi consists of - Rock Cut temple architecture
- Gaur (WestBengal) of the - VitthalaTemple ⬥ Kailasa temple is made up of-Basalt rock
⬥ Govardhan Math is located in ⬥ The dargah of sufi mystic Sheikh ⬥ The dance-pavilion (mandapa) within a
- Puri (Odisha) Fariduddin Ganjshaker is located in quadrilateral precinct of the Odisha
⬥ Hemis Monastery (near Leh city) is - Pakpattan(Pakistan) school of architecture is known as
located in - Ladakh ⬥ Kanchipuram Kailashnath temple was - Jagamohana
⬥ Dashavatara Temple (Deogarh (U.P) built by the - Pallavarulers ⬥ Kadri Manjunatha Temple in Mangalore,
architecturebelongs to ⬥ The Mahakaleshwar temple is situated dedicated to - LordShiva
- PanchayatanaStyle in - Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh ⬥ The Rajarajeshwara temple at Thanjavur
⬥ Dashavatara Temple is dedicated to ⬥ Virupaksha Temple is dedicated to the is dedicated to - LordShiva
- Lord Vishnu deity - Shiva ⬥ The Karni Mata temple in Deshnok,
⬥ Terracotta temples are located in ⬥ Khajuraho Temple, built by Chandela Rajasthan is famous for -Rats
- Bishnupur (West Bengal) dynasty, is famous for its ⬥ Aihole has an ancient period temple
⬥ Swaminarayan Akshardham temple is - Eroticcomposition named - ‘Lad Khan Temple’
located in -New Delhi ⬥ The entrance to the South Indian ⬥ The Dashavatara temple of Deogarh is
⬥ Kartarpur Sahib is located near the temples is called - Gopuram located at - Uttar Pradesh
banks of - Ravi river ⬥ The Panchayatan style in Architecture is ⬥ Swayambhunath is also known as
⬥ Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara is located in related to the term - Temple Vanar mandir in - Nepal
- Pakistan ⬥ Sabrimala Temple is located inside the ⬥ The UNESCO World Heritage Site with
⬥ Birthplace of Guru Nanak is known as - Periyar Tiger Reserve nine Hindu temples and a Jain shrine
- NankanaSahib ⬥ St. Peter's Basilica church is located - Pattadakal
⬥ The Biraja Temple, the Rajarani Temple in the - Vatican City ⬥ Sabarimala Sree Dharma Sastha Temple,
and the Samaleswari Temple are is dedicated to - Lord Ayyappa
located in - Odisha Police Exams ⬥ Sabarimala Sree Dharma Sastha
⬥ The name of the fifth Ratha of Panch Temple is located in - Kerala
Rathas is - DraupadiRatha ⬥Number of temples and monasteries in ⬥ Virupaksha Temple is located in
Ellora caves is 34 - Karnataka
Railway Exams ⬥The Sun Temple of Konark is located on ⬥ Kashi Vishwanath Temple is situated
the shore of - Bay of Bengal on the banks of - Ganga
⬥ The Missionaries of Charity is established ⬥ The innermost sanctum of a Hindu ⬥ Kadam Rasool Masjid is situated at
in - 1950 temple where the idol of the main deity - Gaur (WestBengal)
⬥ Urgelling Gompa is found in is placed is called - Garbhagriha ⬥ The Govardhan Math is situated at- Puri
- ArunachalPradesh ⬥ Neelkanth Mahadev Temple is located in ⬥ Hemis Monastery is located at - Ladakh
⬥Poa Mecca is situated on top of - Uttarakhand ⬥ The temple at Lepakshi famous for its
Garurachal Hill in - Assam ⬥ The Bishnupur group of temples is hanging pillars and constructed in
⬥ The Shri Jagannath Temple Act was located in - WestBengal Vijayanagara style is also called
passed in - 1955 ⬥ The Vithal temple of Hampi has 56 - VeerabhadraTemple
⬥ Shri Bhagwan Mahavir Govt. Museum columns that produce - Musical notes ⬥Gnana Saraswati temple is located at
is located in - Andhra Pradesh ⬥ In Odisha style of temple architecture the - Basar(Telangana)
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⬥ Kardang Monastery is situated in ⬥Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga Temple, is - Ashoke Sen
- HimachalPradesh located in - Madhya Pradesh ⬥ The Nobel Prize was first awarded in
⬥ The Dwarkadheesh Temple of Gujarat is - 1901
located on the banks of - Gomti River ⬥ The first woman to win a Nobel Prize
Awards
⬥ The Mahabodhi Temple is situated in - Marie Curie
- Bihar ⬥ The first scientist to be awarded two
⬥ The Vittala Temple in Karnataka is the SSC Exams Nobel Prizes was - Marie Curie
most extravagant architectural ⬥ Surbahar player Annapurna Devi received
showpiece of - Hampi ⬥ Arjuna Award was introduced in - 1961 Padma Bhushan in - 1977
⬥ The largest rock-cut monument in the ⬥ ‘Kitne Pakistan’ novel of Kamleshwar ⬥ Ram Vanji Suthar was awarded the
world is - Kailasatemple was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony in
⬥ Kailasa temple is located in Award in - 2003 2016, he is a famous - Sculptor
- Ellora Caves ⬥ Lata Mangeshkar was awarded Bharat ⬥ The first Indian to receive an Oscar for
⬥ The Wailing Wall is associated with Ratna in - 2001 lifetime achievements in the field of
- Jews ⬥ Arjuna Award, instituted in 1961 is given cinema was - Satyajit Ray
⬥ According to Guinness World Records, for outstanding performance in - Sports ⬥ Atal Bihari Vajpayee was awarded
the richest temple in the world in 2011 ⬥ Gurucharan Singh received the Padma Bharat Ratna in - 2015
was - Padmanabha swamy Temple Shri (2023) for his contribution to the ⬥ Sachin Tendulkar was awarded Bharat
⬥ The world’s largest Hindu temple is sport of - Cricket Ratna in - 2014
- Angkor Vat ⬥ Kapil Dev was awarded with Padma Shri ⬥ Lata Mangeskar was awarded Bharat
⬥ Amritsar was earlier known as in - 1982 Ratna in - 2001
- Ramdaspur ⬥ Arjun Singh Dhurve (Baiga folk dance ⬥ The Ramon Magsaysay award
⬥ This city home to Sri Harmandir Sahib teacher), belongs to the state of Madhya (Nobel Prize of Asia) is given by
(Golden Temple) is - Amritsar Pradesh, is awarded with - Philippines
⬥Black Pagoda is located in - Padma Shri (2021-22) ⬥ The 'Dronacharya Award' is given to
- Konark(Odisha) ⬥ Padma Shri (2023) Patayat Sahu - Coaches
⬥This temple is also known as ‘Black contribute in the field of medicinal plants ⬥Mother Teresa won the Nobel Prize for
Pagoda’ - Sun Temple (Konark) in agriculture, belongs to - Odisha peace in - 1979
⬥ The Meenakshi Temple is situated at ⬥ The Abhinandan Saroja National Award ⬥ Har Gobind Khorana was awarded Nobel
- Madurai (TamilNadu) was started on the birthday of Prize 1968 in the field of
⬥ The building built for Sufi meetings is - Saroja Vaidyanathan - Physiology or Medicine
called - Khanqah ⬥ Parminder Singh received the Arjuna ⬥Kailash Satyarthi was awarded the Nobel
⬥ Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri, and Award in - 2001 Peace Prize in - 2014
Rameshwaram together are known as ⬥ The Dronacharya Award for coaches was ⬥ The Goldman Prize which was
- Char Dham started in - 1985 instituted in 1989 by Richard and
⬥The historic Asamai temple is located in ⬥Norman Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Rhoda Goldman is given in the field of
- Kabul (Afghanistan) peace prize in - 1970 - Environment
⬥ Munneswaram temple is located in ⬥The first transgender to be honored with ⬥ The Arjuna Awards were instituted in
- Sri Lanka Padma Shri (2019) is - Narthaki Natraj 1961 to recognize outstanding
⬥ Shikhara, which has a curved shape, is a ⬥ Sunetra Gupta received the Sahitya achievement in - Sports
feature found in - Nagara architecture Akademi Award for her English novel ' ⬥ International Booker Prize was
Memories of Rain' in - 1996 established in - 2005
⬥ Nishagandhi Award is related to - Kerala ⬥ Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel
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⬥ PT Usha received the Arjuna Award in Prize in 1998 in - Economic Sciences
- 1983 ⬥ The Gandhi Peace Prize is an annual
⬥ Ekambareswarar temple is located in
⬥ The first National Film Award for Best award instituted by Government of India
- Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
Choreography category was given to established in - 1995
⬥ Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple is
- Laxmibai Kolhapurkar ⬥ The Booker Prize is literary award for a
located in - Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
⬥ The Borlaug Award is given in the field of single work of - Fiction
⬥ Sri Venkateswara Swamy Vaari temple is
- Agriculture ⬥ “Kalinga Award” is given by UNESCO for
located in - Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
⬥ First winner of the Saraswati Samman contribution in - Science
⬥ Ramanathaswamy temple is located in
- Harivansh Rai Bachchan ⬥ The Nobel Prize for Economics was
- Tamil Nadu
⬥ The Abel Prize is annually awarded in instituted in - 1968
⬥The famous Gupta period Deogarh
the field of - Mathematics ⬥ Norman Borlaug was given Nobel Peace
Temple is situated in - Uttar Pradesh
⬥ The Oscar for the Best Costume Design Prize in - 1970
at the 92nd Academy Awards was won ⬥ The first Indian musician to receive the
State PCS Exams by - JacquelineDurran Ramon Magsaysay Award
⬥ The Oscar for Best Picture at the 92nd - MS Subbulakshmi
⬥ Matangeshwar temple is situated at Academy Awards was won by - Parasite ⬥ Nobel Prize in Physics in 1949 for 'The
- Khajuraho ⬥ First non-European to receive the Nobel theory of nuclear forces' was credited to
⬥ Kailash temple is located inside the Prize for Literature in 1913 Was -Hideki Yukawa
- Ellora Caves - Rabindranath Tagore ⬥ Sanjay Gandhi Prize in Environment and
⬥Kamakhya Temple is located in ⬥ The first Indian recipient of the Ecology in 1984 was received by
- Guwahati (Assam) Fundamental Physics Prize was
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- Ramdeo Misra ⬥ First-ever badminton player from India ⬥ Mother Teresa got Bharat Ratna in
⬥ Nobel Prize in Physics in 1936 for the to win an Olympic medal in 2012 was - 1980
discovery of 'positron' was credited to - Saina Nehwal ⬥ Nelson Mandela got Bharat Ratna in
-Carl Anderson ⬥ C. V. Raman was awarded the Nobel - 1990
⬥ Received Nobel Prize in Physics in 1962 PrizeinPhysicsin -1930 ⬥ The Indira Gandhi Award for National
for theory for condensed matter ⬥ Amjad Ali Khan performed 'Raga For Integration is accorded by
(notably liquid helium) Peace' at the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize - Indian National Congress
- Lev Davidovich Landau Concertin -Oslo ⬥ Who received the inaugural Infosys Prize
⬥ Received Nobel Prize in Chemistry in ⬥ A.R. Rahman was awarded Japan's (2009) for Social Sciences - History
1913 for atom linkage and coordination Fukuokaprizein -2016 - Upinder Singh
Theory - Alfred Werner (Swiss chemist) ⬥ Zakir Hussain won 51st Grammy Award ⬥ Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace
⬥ Albert Einstein received Nobel Prize in 2009 for - Global Drum Project Prize in - 2009
Physics in - 1921 ⬥ Lata Mangeshkar was awarded the ⬥ First recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel
⬥ The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, ‘BharatRatna’in -2001 Ratna Award was - Viswanathan Anand
Disarmament, and Development was ⬥ The first Indian woman to win Grammy ⬥ The SASTRA - Ramanujan Prize is
first awarded in - 1986 Award is - TanviShah awarded in the field of - Mathematics
⬥First recipient of the Arjuna Award in ⬥ First singer to be awarded the Bharat ⬥ First actor to win the Oscar Awards was
Kabaddi was-Sahanand Mahadev Shetty Ratna in 1998 is - M S Subbulakshmi -Emil Jannings
⬥ Bangladeshi organization that won the ⬥ Kailash Kher was awarded the Padma
Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony is Shri in - 2017 Railway Exams
- Chhayanaut ⬥ Sonu Nigam won a Grammy Award for
⬥ The National Film Awards was first his album - Mubarakan ⬥ Dhanvantari Award is given in the field
awarded in - 1954 ⬥ Bessie Award is a dance award of - USA of - Medicalservices
⬥ Dr Rajendra Singh (Waterman of India) ⬥ Indian musicians who received the 'Best ⬥ The language institution that gives
wontheStockholmWaterPrizein-2015 Original Song' award for his composition away the Bhasha Bharti Samman Award
⬥ Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai in 'Slumdog Millionaire', at Oscars 2009 in India is
won the Nobel Peace Prize in - 2014 - AR Rahman - Central Institute of Indian Languages
⬥ Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff received ⬥ Vyjayanthimala honoured with the ⬥ Homi Bhabha Award is given for
the Nobel Prize in - 1901 'Padma Shri' award in -1968 contribution in the field of- Atomic energy
⬥ Linus Carl Pauling received the Nobel ⬥ K Shivashankar, won National Film ⬥ Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram
Prize in - 1954 Award (2010) for - Magadheera Sabha Puraskar is given by
⬥ William Shockley, John Bardeen, and ⬥ Jean Baptiste Perrin was awarded the - Ministry of PanchayatiRaj
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Prize in 1956 for ⬥ International Booker Prize was is given in the field of - Space Science,
- Discovery of transistor effect established in - 2005 Technology and Research
⬥ Param Vir Chakra, Ashoka Chakra, and ⬥ First Dr. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar ⬥ Honors the persons who contribute to
Vir Chakra are presented on Awardee was - KS Krishnan the Conservation and protection of water
- Republic Day ⬥ Bidhan Chandra Roy Award is given in Resources - Stockholm Water Prize
⬥ Rabindranath Tagore was the first non- the field of - Medicine ⬥ The first Indian to be honoured with the
European to win a Nobel prize in - 1913 ⬥ The first Indian to get an Oscar Award UN Asia Environmental Enforcement
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⬥ Arthur Compton and Charles Wilson - 2001 ⬥ The Nobel prize awarding institute,
received Nobel Prize in - 1927 ⬥ The Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Swedish Academy is associated with
⬥ Nelson Mandela received a Nobel Peace was established in - 1952 - Literature
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-SouthAfrica - France Booker Prize - Arundhati Roy
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in - 2014 Award’ is given for - Wildlife protection awarded for displaying distinguished
⬥ The Nobel Prize for Physics 2022 has ⬥ The Ramon Magsaysay Award was acts of valour during wartime
been given in the field of established in - 1957 - Param Vir Chakra
- Quantum Mechanics ⬥ The ICTP Ramanujan Prize is awarded ⬥ Dronacharya Award for outstanding
⬥ First woman to win the Dronacharya for -Mathematics coaches in Sports instituted in - 1985
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⬥ The Person which awarded with Ashok - 1961 by - The Columbia University (New York)
Chakra for his gallantry in 26/11 Mumbai ⬥ The Royal Swedish Academy Sciences ⬥ Bharat Ratna and Padam Vibhushan
terrorist attacks - Hemant Karkare awards the Nobel Memorial Prize in are instituted in - 1954
- EconomicSciences ⬥ Arvind Kejriwal won the Ramon
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- Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat Prize - Gobind BehariLal ⬥ Amartya Sen awarded the Nobel Prize
⬥The Dronacharya Award was first ⬥ First non-Indian to get Bharat Ratna is in Economic Sciences in - 1998
handed out in - 1985 - Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan ⬥ Rabindranath Tagore awarded the
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Nobel Prize in Literature in - 1913 ' outstanding literary work' in - Hindi ⬥ The Indian to be honored with the
⬥ The Gandhi Peace Prize awards were ⬥ The sports award given for outstanding United Nations Human Rights Award is
instituted in - 1995 performance for four consecutive years - Murli Dharan(BabaAmte)
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in 1901 to ⬥ Dr. B R Ambedkar was awarded the Award for Archery was - Krishna Das
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⬥ British PM Winston Churchill received a ⬥ Vyas Samman award is given by is given in recognition of the work done in
Nobel Prize in 1953 for - Literature - K K BirlaFoundation the field of - Disaster Reduction
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awarded the Jnanpith Award for the epic was awarded to - Priyanka Chopra Taxonomy is administered by the
- Urvashi ⬥ The Von Carman Award is given to - Ministry of Environment, Forest and
⬥ Goldman Environmental Prize started in - Eminent personalities of Science Climate Change
1989 by - Richard and Rhoda Goldman ⬥ The Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award is ⬥ The Government of India has constituted
⬥ The native state of Bharat Ratna awardee given by - UNICEF a civilian award in the name of sardar
Bhupen Hazarika is - Assam ⬥ In 2020, the Ramon Magsaysay Awards Vallabhbhai Patel in the field of
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⬥ Kalinga, the famous award for the conferred with United Nations - The bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
science is given by - UNESCO Champions of the Earth Award in -2018
⬥ The highest literary award of India is ⬥ The Indian Prime Minister was
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- Jnanpith Award awarded the Nishan-e-Pakistan, the
⬥ The Dr. B. C. Roy Award (instituted in highest civilian award of Pakistan
⬥ Padma Vibhushan 2023 awardee in the
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field of Science and Engineering
⬥ The 55th Jnanpith Award was given to
- Shri S.R. Srinivasa Varadhan
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⬥ 'Governor of the Year' award at the
⬥ Non-Indians who received the Bharat
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⬥ Sunayana Hazarilal won the Padma Shri Ratna were Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan and
conferred upon - Shaktikanta Das
(2011) for - Kathakdance - NelsonMandela
⬥ Devadasi National Award is given in ⬥ The Ashok Chakra Class-III was renamed
- Odisha as the Shaurya Chakra in - 1967 Important events
⬥ Mallika Sarabhai was honoured by the ⬥ The first woman to have been awarded
French government with Chevalier des the Yudh Seva Medal - Minty Agarwal SSC Exams
Palmes Academiques in - 2005 ⬥ Harivansh Rai Bachchan received the
⬥ Jnanpeeth Award was first conferred in Sahitya Akademi Award in - 1968 ⬥ The first chief guest to attend the
- 1965 ⬥ The First army officer of Independent Republic Day in 1950
⬥ Malala Yousafzai is the youngest Nobel India to be conferred the rank of Field - Indonesian President Sukarno
Peace Prize Laureate, awarded in - 2014 Marshal - Sam Manekshaw ⬥ The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act
⬥ The highest Indian civilian award, Bharat ⬥ In 1932 the Communal Award was (AFSPA) was passed in - 1958
Ratna, was instituted in -1954 announced by ⬥ The Vaikom Satyagraha (1924-25)
⬥ G Sankara Kurup was the first recipient - James Ramsay MacDonald started in - Kerala
of the Jnanpith Award in - 1965 ⬥ The Lalit Kala Akademi (National ⬥India and china had a war in the region of
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⬥ A cash prize of ₹11 lakh, a citation and ⬥ The Nobel Prize is awarded in conducted against terrorists in the
a bronze replica of Goddess Saraswati - 6 categories Golden Temple in - 1986
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⬥ Crystal Award is given by the genetic code - Har Gobind Khorana ⬥ International year of freshwater was
- World EconomicForum ⬥ India's second highest civilian award is observed in - 2003
⬥ Sahitya Akademi Award was started in - Padma Vibhushan ⬥ Reni Village in Garhwal was known for
- 1954 ⬥ Rabindranath Tagore also known as - ChipkoMovement
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given by the - Hydrographic office of UK - 1913 Conference at Bretton Woods in 1944
⬥ The Vyas Samman was started in - 1991 ⬥ The Ramon Magsaysay Award is was - RK Shanmukham Chetty
⬥ The Vyas Samman is given for associated with - Philippines
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India was created in -1998 ⬥ Victoria Terminus Station (Chhtarpati Prime Minister of India from
⬥ India gave shelter to the Dalai Lama in Shivaji Maharaj Terminus), Mumbai was - 1964 to 1966
- 1959 built in - 1878to 1883 ⬥ Lal Bahadur Shastri was born on
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meeting were held in -1962 or Dalhousie area of Kolkata was ⬥ The World Trade Organization was
⬥ 'Project Elephant' a Centrally Sponsored constructed in - 1833 established in - 1995
Scheme was launched in - 1992 ⬥ D.C. Sircar published "Indian Epigraphy” ⬥ The Tibetan Spiritual Leader the Dalai
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in - 2013 - 1965-66 ⬥ The Drishya Kala-Exhibition held at the
⬥ 'Ramlila' was inscribed on the UNESCO ⬥ "Year of the Great Divide" in India's Red Fort showcased art works from
intangible cultural heritage list in demographic history is - 1921 - 16th century till 1947
- 2008 ⬥ The Serum Institute of India launched
⬥ First “SAARC” summit took place in Railway Exams the oral polio vaccine in -2013
- 1985 ⬥ Playing time of the full version of the
⬥ The first Star Guild Awards ceremony ⬥ The Minamata convention in 2013 was national anthem is approximately
was held in - 2004 (Mumbai) held in Japan to address the emission of - 52 seconds
⬥ The first Indian satellite, Aryabhata, was - Mercury ⬥ Sunita Williams, renowned astronaut of
launched on - 19 April1975 ⬥ The first non-alignment conference took Indian origin, spent a record of
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Territory of Ladakh is -2 (Kargil and Leh) ⬥ Agenda 21 is related to
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Police Exams
in 1870 by - Kesava Chandra Sen ⬥ Earth Hour is organized by
⬥ Construction of the Rashtrapati Bhavan - World Wildlife Fund(WWF)
⬥ The ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ movement was
was completed in -1929 ⬥ The Paris Agreement is related to
launched on Independence Day in - 2022
⬥ Rashtrapati Bhavan was designed by - ClimateChange
⬥ Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth
- Edwin Landseer Lutyens ⬥ Panchsheel agreement is related with
anniversary celebrated in - 2019
⬥ In India, the first Regional Rural Bank - India and China
⬥ Paper was invented in - China
(Prathama Bank) was established in ⬥ The Constitution of Bhutan was enacted
⬥ The Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- 1975 on - 18 July 2008
announced demonetisation in India on
⬥ Rovers Cup of football started in - 1891 ⬥ Nepal abolished the monarchy and
- 8 November2016
⬥ WhatsApp was founded by Brian Acton emerge as a democratic republic in
⬥ The term 'Panchsheel' is associated
and Jan Koum in - 2009 - 2008
with - Foreign Policyof India
⬥ The Secretariat of the SAARC was set ⬥ Maldives turned from a Sultanate to a
⬥ The FAO declared Kuttanad's Subaqueous
up in - 1987 Presidential form of the government in
agriculture system as a 'Globally
⬥ Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata was - 1968
Important Agricultural Heritage System'
established in - 1864 ⬥ Pakistan reached to the finals of ICC
(GIAHS) in - 2013
⬥ Safari (Web Browser) was first released Men’s World Cup in - 1992 and 1999
⬥ FAO declared the saffron heritage of
by Apple in - 2003 ⬥ The Summer Olympic Games 2000 were
Kashmir as a 'Globally Important
⬥ UNESCO included Yoga to its Intangible held at - Sydney (Australia)
Agricultural Heritage System' (GIAHS) in
Cultural Heritage list in -2016 ⬥ Project Snow Leopard was launched in
- 2011
⬥ Andhra state formed after the linguistic - 2009
⬥ The FAO declared Koraput traditional
reorganisation of the former Madras ⬥ The Sanchi Stupa in Madhya Pradesh
agriculture as a 'Globally Agricultural
Province - 1953 was declared a world heritage site by
Heritage System' (GIAHS) in - 2012
⬥ PIN Code (Postal Index Number Code) UNESCO in - 1989
⬥ 'Nehru-Liaquat Agreement', also known
was introduced in India in - 1972
as ‘Delhi pact’ is related to
⬥ The Indian Prime Minister hoists the Defence Exams
- Security and rights of minorities
National Flag on Independence Day at
⬥'Nehru-Liaquat Agreement' was signed on
Red Fort ⬥Operation Sadbhavana is an initiative of
- April 8, 1950
⬥ The first Human Development Report - Indian Army
⬥ Global Leadership was launched by
published in - 1990 ⬥ The Bengal tiger was adopted as 'The
Washington-based US-India Business
⬥ ‘Ramnath Goenka Excellence in National Animal of India' in - 1972
Council (USIBC) in - 2007
Journalism’ award was instituted in ⬥ The National flag adopted on
⬥ Morarji Desai served as Deputy Prime
- 2006 - 22 July 1947
Minister of India in - 1967-1969
⬥ World wide web was invented in - 1989
⬥ Afghanistan join SAARC in - 2007
⬥ The Indian Rupee symbol designed in
⬥ Project Elephant was launched in - 1992 State PCS Exams
2010 by - D. Udaya Kumar
⬥ PT Usha missed winning bronze medal
⬥ The Rigveda manuscript was added to
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Register in - 2007
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⬥ The National Stock Exchange of India
- 1985 parade at New Delhi takes
was established in - 1992
⬥ The first Star Guild Awards ceremony - Presidentof India
⬥ The foundation stone for the Gateway of
was held in - 2004 (Mumbai) ⬥ The Rajpath was decided to be a
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p Choir was - Neil Nongkynrih (pianist) ⬥ The Television (TV) service was started
parade in - 1955 ⬥ In 1925, Rashtriya Swayamsevak in India in - 1959
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⬥
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- Dr. VishnuWakankar company called ‘Biocon’ is for - Vishwaroopam
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- Mahendra LalSircar
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⬥ Tarn Taran Sahib was founded by ⬥ Telephone was invented by- Graham Bell decline of the aristocratic zamindari
- GuruArjun Dev
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800 by
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- DhirubhaiAmbani
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⬥ Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar is known women's organization, was established in Marathi by - Chaitanya Tamhane
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International Film Festival since - 2004
⬥ The political party “Praja Rajyam Party” ⬥The First full length film of India is
⬥ 'Aap Ki Kachehri' TV show was hosted by
was founded by Telugu film actor - Raja Harishchandra
- Kiran Bedi
- Chiranjeevi ⬥ Radio broadcasting began in India by
⬥ The film ‘Shatranj Ke Khiladi’ is based
Radio Club of Bombay (Mumbai) in
on a short story by - Munshi Premchand
Police Exams - 1923
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⬥ The music director of the film 'Sholay'
background of - India-China war of 1962
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⬥ The ad filmmaker who also played a
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⬥ A character of a Ladakh based ojana was launched from - April, 2020
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idiots’ was inspired by (PMJDY) was launched in ⬥ Rural-Landless Employment Guarantee
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- Menaceof drugs Guarantee Act was enacted in - 2005
⬥ Safeguarding India's Intangible Cultural ⬥ Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched
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of India is a scheme of ⬥The Startup India Initiative, was launched
⬥ Winner of the 'Best Hindi Film' award at - Ministry of Culture on - 16th January,2016
the 66th National Film Awards ⬥ Developing and rejuvenating 75 water ⬥AMRUT Scheme 2.0 was launched on
- Andhadhun bodies in every district is objective of - 1stOctober 2021
⬥ In 1983, Bhanu Athaiya won an Oscar - Mission Amrit Sarovar (2022) ⬥ Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
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film - "Gandhi" Mission Authority (NLMA)" which set up comes under
in 1988 is - To implement the policy of - Ministry of Rural Development
State PCS Exams education for all in a new spirit ⬥Swachh Bharat Mission was launched
⬥ PANKH abhiyan launched by Madhya on - 2nd October2014
⬥ The film “Pather Panchali” was made Pradesh Government on ⬥ Swachh Bharat Mission was launched to
by - Satyajit Ray - January24, 2021 fulfill the vision of a cleaner India by
⬥ The first Indian film with sound was ⬥
The Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana -2 October 2019
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Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan Scheme is ⬥ The National Population Policy (NPP)
- 3000/-per month formulated in India in - 2000
SSC Exams
⬥ The first state achieved universal ⬥ Skill India initiative was launched in
household coverage, with at least one - 2015
⬥ Swadesh Darshan Scheme (SDS)
bank account - Kerala and Goa ⬥ National Rural Employment Guarantee
revamped in 2023 is now known as
⬥ To save women and children from Act initially covered - 200 districts
- Swadesh Darshan 2.0 (SD2.0)
trafficking, railway Protection Force (RPF) ⬥ The age of the subscriber under Atal
⬥Age group of population covered under
has been launched - Operation AAHAT Pension Yojana should be between
the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen
⬥ 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' scheme was - 18-40 years
Kaushalya Yojana - 15 to 35 years
launched by - Ministry of Women and ⬥ The Saral Eindhan Vitaran Application
⬥ Sanjeevani scheme launched by the
Child Development (SEVA) app was launched to track
Himachal Pradesh government for
⬥ 'Kavach' is the indigenous anti-collision - Coal dispatch
- dairy farmers
system for rail safety was developed by ⬥ 5 Crore LPG connections were provided
⬥The Training of Rural Youth for Self
- Indian Railway to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families
Employment (TRYSEM) scheme launched
⬥ "Learning Science through Standards" Under - Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
in year - 1979
initiative was launched by ⬥ National Rural Livelihoods Mission
⬥ The Chief Minister Learn and Earn
- Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) (NRLM) is a - Poverty Alleviation project
Scheme of Madhya Pradesh provide an
⬥ The Prime Minister's Employment ⬥ Make in India scheme was launched in
allowance of - Rs 8,000 to 10,000
Generation Programme (PMEGP) was - 2014
⬥Nand Baba Milk Mission to boost milk
launched in 2008-09 by - Ministry ⬥ Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS)
production is launched by the
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- Uttar Pradesh government
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Government of India that aims to the flagship program of- Ministry of Skill
Yojana (SJSRY) was launched in - 1997
romote - Medical Tourism Development and Entrepreneurship
⬥ The Village Defence Guards scheme
⬥ The Start-Up India Seed Fund Scheme ⬥The ultimate goal of Mission
initiated by the - Jammu and Kashmir
(SISFS) was launched in - 2021 Indradhanush is to ensure full
⬥ The Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan
⬥ POSHAN Abhiyaan started to enhance immunization with all available vaccines
Yojana (PMRPY) launched in - 2016
nutrition status for children between the for children up to - 2 years ofage
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aged 0-6 in - 2018 ⬥
Public Distribution System is a
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Rejuvenation And Spiritual Augmentation and other essential commodities at
⬥ Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Mann-Dhan
Drive) scheme is associated with subsidized prices in-Rural and urban areas
(PM-SYM) scheme, 2019 provides a
- Ministryof Tourism ⬥Samarth is a demand driven and
monthly pension of - 3000 Rupees
⬥ The project which was launched for placement-oriented umbrella skilling
⬥ Swadesh Darshan Scheme was launched
tracking the increasing HIV prevalence in programme of - Ministry of Textiles
in - 2014-15
eight North-Eastern states - Sunrise ⬥ Rural Employment Generation Program
⬥ The objectives of ‘Swadesh Darshan 2.0
⬥ National Oxygen Stewardship was launched in India in -1995
Scheme’ is - To increase private sector
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⬥Participation of women under Mahatma ⬥ The Ujjwala 2.0 scheme provides cash enewal Mission (JNNURM) was
R
Gandhi National Rural Employment assistance of up to - Rs.1600 launched in - 2005
Guarantee Act - One-third ⬥ India’s initiative to assist countries in the ⬥ The National Urban Health Mission was
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minimum balance in the accounts of Is - Mission Sagar(2020) ⬥ Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan was
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Note: MUDRA - Micro Units
- Ministry of Rural Development ⬥ Annapurna Yojana aims to provide food
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⬥ The 'Project Elephant' was launched grains to - Seniorcitizens
by the Government of India in - 1992 ⬥ 'Digital Population Clock' was ⬥ Annapurna Yojana was launched in
⬥ Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) was inaugurated in September 2021 at - 2000
launched on - 25th December, 2000 - Institute of Economic Growth (Delhi) ⬥ Pudhumai Penn scheme is launched
⬥ Antyodaya Anna Yojana was ⬥ The Bharat Nirman Programme was by the government of - Tamil Nadu
implemented first in - Rajasthan launched in - 2005 ⬥ National Rural Employment Programme
⬥ The ‘SMILE scheme’ for the welfare of ⬥ Swadesh Darshan Scheme was launched was merged with
transgenders and beggars is comes by - Ministryof Tourism - Jawahar Rozgar Yojana
under - Ministry of Social Justice and ⬥ Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi ⬥ National Rural Employment Programme
Empowerment (PM-KISAN) had its first anniversary on was launched in - 1989
⬥ SMILE scheme's full form is- Support For - 24th February2020 ⬥ Panchamrut Yojana was launched by
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⬥ Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna ⬥ Proliferation of public Wi-Fi networks is launched in - 2000
(PMFBY) was launched in - 2016 the aim of the scheme - PM WANI ⬥ Meri Policy Mere Haath scheme was
⬥Jigyasa is a student scientist connect ⬥ Nirvik (Niryat Rin Vikas Yojana) scheme launched by ministry of
programme, launched in - 2017 was announced in 2020-21 Union Budget, - Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
⬥ UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) a civil related to - Insurance ⬥ Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana was
aviation scheme was launched - 2016 ⬥ The Balika Samriddhi Yojana was launched on - 1st May 2016
⬥ Bharat Nirman Yojana was launched launched on - 2nd October 1997 ⬥ PM SVANidhi scheme was launched on
in - 2005 ⬥ Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan - 1 June 2020
⬥ Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen (RMSA) was launched in - 2009 ⬥ Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) was ⬥ Kalam Program for Intellectual Property was launched in - 1st April 1999
launched in - 2014 Literacy and Awareness Campaign ⬥ "PAHAL Scheme" is related to
⬥ Food Entitlement Scheme 2016 was (KAPILA) was launched on - LPG Subsidy
launched by - Jammu-Kashmir - 15th October,2020 ⬥ The National Literacy Mission (NLM)
⬥ On 14th April 2016, Gram Uday Se Bharat ⬥ The Union Finance Minister when the was set up in - 1988
Uday Abhiyan was launched in Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana was ⬥ Ladli Laxmi Scheme 2.0 was launched
- Mhow, Madhya Pradesh launched in 2014 - Arun Jaitley by - MadhyaPradesh
⬥ Bachat Lamp Scheme was launched in ⬥ National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) ⬥ “PM POSHAN” Scheme is implemented
- 2009 was launched by by - Ministry of Education
⬥ Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare ⬥ Prime Minister's Employment
(PMMVY) is implemented by - Ministry ⬥ National Initiative for Proficiency in Generation Programme (PMEGP) is
of Women and Child Development Reading with Understanding and related to ministry of
⬥ Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan Numeracy’ (NIPUN Bharat) was launched - Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
(RUSA) was launched - 2013 on - 5th July 2021 ⬥ Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
⬥ Prime Minister Ujjwala Yojna (PMUY) ⬥National Mission for Green India (GIM) Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)
was launched on - 1 May 2016 was launched in - February 2014 was launched in - 2005
⬥ The Mahila Samridhi Yojana (MSY) was ⬥ Mission Indradhanush, launched by ⬥ First attempt for the Road Development
launched in - October1993 Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in Programme was - Nagpur Road plan
⬥ Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern 2014 is associated with - Immunization ⬥ Fit India Movement was launched in
India (BGREI), a sub scheme of Rashtriya ⬥ Prime Minister Ayushman Bharat Health - 2019
Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), launched in Infrastructure Mission launched in ⬥SoilHealthCardwaslaunchedin -2015
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⬥ Atal Pension Yojana, launched on 9th ⬥ AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation launched on - 27 September 2021
May 2015 is applicable for the citizen and Urban Transformation) mission was ⬥ ‘Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyan’
between the age of - 18-40 years launched in - 2015 was launched by
⬥ Credit Enhancement Guarantee Scheme ⬥ The Smart Cities Mission was launched - NITI Aayog and Piramal Foundation
for the Scheduled Castes was launched n India in - 2015 ⬥ POSHAN Abhiyaan was launched in
on -July 18, 2014 ⬥ Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban - 2018
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⬥ ‘Start-up India Seed Fund Scheme’ was Empowerment (TITE) is grant-in-aid 2015, is associated with - Highways
launched on - 1st April2021 scheme for - Scheduled tribes ⬥ The scheme to facilitate regional air
⬥ ‘Expanded Programme of Immunization’ ⬥ The Ministry of Labour and Employment connectivity by making it cheap and
(EPI) was introduced in - 1978 has developed an e SHRAM portal for affordable is named as
⬥ The Water (Prevention and Control of creating a National Database of - UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik)
Pollution) Act was passed in - 1974 - UnorganisedWorkers ⬥ Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan making free and
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-2014 - Ministryof Defence ⬥ Jal Kranti Abhiyan was launched by the
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launched in - 2018 ⬥ The Central Government's schemes of by the
⬥ ‘Mission Antyodaya’ is envisaged by interest subsidy on educational loans -MinistryofDrinkingWaterandSanitation
- Ministry of Rural Development for overseas studies for students ⬥ Developing rural India with the help of
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broadband internet services PM-WANI -Padho Pardesh of - Unnat BharatAbhiyan
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⬥ Skill India Mission was launched in Awards initiatives run by the introduced in - 1993
- 2015 - Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports ⬥ SAKSHAT portal was launched in 2006
⬥ ‘Target Olympic Podium Scheme’ ⬥ Aimed at providing Housing and toilet by - Ministry ofEducation
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⬥ National Mission for Clean Ganga poverty line and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha
(NMCG) was launched in - 2014 - Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana and Homeopathy) was formed in - 2014
⬥ Jal Jeevan Mission was launched in ⬥ The Comprehensive Crop Insurance ⬥ Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National
- 2019 Scheme (CCIS) was started in - 1985 Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM)
⬥ Digital India Programme was launched ⬥ The Jawahar Rozgar Yojana was Programme comes under the
on -1 July 2015 launched with a motive to generate wage - Ministry of Rural Development
⬥ ‘Nikshay Poshan Yojana’ provides employment for the needy rural labours ⬥ The National TB Programme (NTP)
nutritional support to in - 1989 was launched by the Government of
- Tuberculosispatients ⬥ The poverty alleviation programs that India in - 1962
was launched before 2000 in India is ⬥ Digital India programme was launched to
Railway Exams - Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana enable digital delivery of services to
⬥ The “Food for Work” programme in India citizens in - 2015
⬥ Dr. Jagdish Chandra Bose Hindi Granth was first launched in - 1977 ⬥ The Swadhar Greh schemewas launched
Lekhan Puraskar Yojna was introduced ⬥ The scheme which ensures that the by - Ministry of Women and Child
by the - Department of Biotechnology designated states procure, store and Development
⬥ The ‘Stree Manoraksha Project’ was issue food grains under the Targeted ⬥ The National Mission for Manuscript
launched by the Ministry of Women and Public Distribution system is was established in February 2003 by
Child Development in collaboration with - Decentralised Procurement Scheme - Ministry of Culture
- NIMHANS ⬥ Jammu and Kashmir Government ⬥ Pension Scheme, launched to provide
Note - NIMHANS - National Institute of launched ‘Saath’, an initiative focusing social and income security to senior
Mental Health and Neuro Sciences. on - Self Help Group (SHG) women citizens aged 60 years and above is
⬥ Scheme to reduce gender disparities in ⬥ The inspiration behind Saansad Adarsh - Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana
science and engineering research Gram Yojana is - Mahatma Gandhi ⬥ Women Scientists scheme-A (WOS-A)
facilities is - SERB-POWER ⬥ Samagra Shiksha is a scheme for was started to provide a platform for
⬥ The scheme of Rajasthan that was school education, which extends from women scientists by the department of
launched in collaboration with ‘IPE - Pre-nursery toclass XII - Science and Technology
Global’ is - Udaan ⬥ ‘Operation Greens’ is a government ⬥ Rythu Bandhu Scheme started to support
⬥ The National Education Policy 2020 scheme for supply stablisation of farmer’s investment by state of
aim for a 100% Gross Enrolment Ratio - TOP crops (Tomato Onion Potato) - Telangana
in school education until -2030 ⬥ The ‘SATH-E (Sustainable Action for ⬥ Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen
⬥ The Program that aims to effectively Transforming Human Capital-Education) Kaushalya Yojana was launched in
reduce pollution and revitalise the project launched in - 2017 - 2014
Ganga is - Namami Gange Programme ⬥ Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha ⬥ The Integrated Child Protection
⬥ SPPEL (Scheme for Protection and Yojana (PMSSY) was launched in - 2003 Scheme was launched in 2009-2010
Preservation of Endangered Languages) ⬥ The watershed development and ⬥ PAHAL Scheme is related with
was initiated in 2013 by the management program that was - Direct transfer of LPG subsidy
- Ministry ofEducation implemented by the central and state ⬥ Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban
⬥ The e-PG Pathshala scheme of the governments is -Hariyali Transformation (AMRUT), launched in
Government of India is related to ⬥ The Setu Bharatam Programme was 2015, related to - Basic civic amenities
- Highereducation launched in - 2016 ⬥ Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana was
⬥ Technological Interventions for Tribal ⬥ The Bharatmala Pariyojana, launched in launched to promote Organic farming in
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⬥ National Skill Development Mission ⬥ The schemes that was launched in ⬥ The Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
was launched in - 2015 April 2020 to enable an integrated was launched in - 2001
⬥ Swajaldhara Yojana was started, for property validation solution for rural is ⬥ The ‘Pradhan Mantri Rozgar Yojana’ was
ensuring drinking water supply in all - SVAMITVA launched in - 1993
village in - 2002 ⬥ One Stop Centre scheme was ⬥ Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of
⬥ Stand Up India Scheme launched in 2016 launched on - 1st April2015
Traditional Industries (SFURTI) scheme
by - Ministryof Finance ⬥ The Ministry of Environment and Forest was launched in - 2005
⬥ The scheme for distribution of LPG ⬥ ’Food for Work Programme’ is renamed
launched Paryavaran Vahini Scheme in
cylinders to woman of BPL family is - June 1992
as-‘National Rural Employment Programme’
- Ujjwala Yojana ⬥ Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana was ⬥ Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan was started to
⬥ Immunization programme launched in implemented in - 1993
achieve Universalisation of Elementary
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- Mission Indradhanush was launched in 2017 to boost ⬥ The ‘Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana’
⬥ The scheme that was launched by investment in - Food processing (VAMBAY) was launched in - 2001
PM Modi in 2014 to eliminate open ⬥ Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana ⬥ Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium
defecation is - Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is implemented by Enterprises launched a scheme 'Mission
⬥ The SWAYAM scheme, launched in 2017 - Ministry of Food Processing Industries Solar Charkha' in - 2018
by Ministry of Education, aim to achieve ⬥ The scheme which aims to provide LED ⬥ Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Deposit
- Access, equity and quality of education bulbs to domestic consumers at Scheme (PMGKDS) was launched in
⬥ The Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro subsidised rates is - Ujala Scheme - 2016
Resources Dhan (GOBAR -DHAN) ⬥The three indemnity levels provided under ⬥ The international partner in the
scheme was launched on the ‘Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana’ implementation of 'PM Gramin Digital
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⬥ National Social Assistance Programme ⬥ The Senior Citizen Health Insurance ⬥The Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
was launched in 1995 under the Scheme (SCHIS) is subsumed in (PMKVY) was launched in - 2015
- Ministry of Rural Development ⬥ The 'Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Unnat
- Ayushman Bharat-National Health
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Ministry of ⬥ Swadesh Darshan scheme was launched - 2016
- Electronics and Information Technology ⬥ India's 'National Food for Work
by the - Ministry of Tourism and Culture
⬥ The programme that was launched to ⬥ Swadesh Darshan scheme was Programme' began in -2004
trace missing and destitute children and launched in ⬥ The National Rural Health Mission was
2014-15
reunite them with their families is ⬥ Vidyanjali is an initiative of the launched in - 2005
- OperationMuskaan ⬥ National Food for Work Programme
- Ministry of Education
⬥ The National Food for Work Programme ⬥ The plan started in 2015 to safeguard (NFWP) was launched by Central
was launched on UNESCO World Heritage Sites and Government of India on
- 14th November2004 enhance their economic viability is - 14 November 2004
⬥ The PRASAD scheme of the Central ⬥ The Central Rural Sanitation Programme
- Hridaya
Government focused on ⬥ ‘Saubhagya Yojana’ was launched in was launched in - 1986
- Development of pilgrimage destinations 2017 by ⬥ National Rural Livelihood Mission
- Ministry ofPower
⬥ Pradhan Mantri Jan-Aushadhi Scheme ⬥ The scheme “Shaala ASMITA” to track scheme is also known as - 'Ajeevika'
comes under academic performance of school ⬥ The National Design policy was
- Ministry of Chemical and Fertilisers children across the country was launched a nnounced in - 2007
⬥ DISHA is an initiative under the by ⬥ The biometric enabled digital service
- Ministry ofEducation
- Ministry of Rural Development ⬥ Mukhyamantri Yuva Swabhiman was launched by the Government of India
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costs for Domestic cargo and EXIM ⬥ The Ministry of Labour and Employment
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cargo - SagarmalaProject ⬥ National Bamboo Mission is a sponsored formulated the first National Policy on
⬥ The programme aimed to provide scheme of Ministry of Skill Development in - 2009
financial security to farmers through ⬥ The amount of annual health cover a
- Agriculture and farmers welfare
harnessing solar energy capacities is family can get under the 'Ayushman
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was launched in - 2019 (PMGKY) was launched in - 2016 ⬥ 'Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima
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The ‘Central Rural Sanitation Programme’
programme was launched in 2019 by the - “Mera Khaata, Bhagya Vidhaata” (CRSP) was launched in - 1986
- Ministry ofEducation ⬥ The Annapurna Scheme for providing ⬥
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⬥ The state that made rooftop rainwater ⬥ The ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan’ was ⬥
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launched in - 2008 ⬥ Village health workers under National ⬥ The ministry of Social Justice and
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⬥ Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna was ⬥The scheme aimed at increasing the Aam Aadmi Bima Yojna (For rural
launched in - 2015 all-weather road connectivity for landless household) in -2007
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⬥ The minimum amount of bank loan to its economic and social betterment ⬥ PM Jan Aarogya Yojna was launched on
granted under the stand-Up India - Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 23rd September, 2018 in
scheme - 10 lakh ⬥ The project aimed at holistic - Ranchi,Jharkhand
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launched on - April 2016 Ganga - The Ganga Gram Project in - 2015
⬥ The maximum amount of loan ⬥ The 'SAMPADA' scheme of Government ⬥ The Ministry of Environment, Forest and
permissible under Shishu Yojana of of India is related to - Food Processing Climate Change launched National Clean
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⬥ The mid day meal scheme was Yojana (2015) ⬥ Radar Satellite-1 (RISAT-1) was launched
launched in -1995 ⬥ The prefix 'MG' was added to NREGA in on -April 26, 2012
⬥ In Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana - 2009 ⬥ Indian Council of Historical Research
Yojana amount of cash incentive ⬥ National Food Security act was enacted (27 March 1972) is a captive body of
provided is - ₹5,000 in - 2013 - Ministry of Education
⬥ Total Sanitation Campaign to accelerate ⬥ Asia’s largest slum is - Dharavi (Mumbai)
sanitation coverage was established in ⬥ Humanoid robot developed by Indian
Defence Exams
- 1999 Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is
⬥ Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana was -VyomMitra
⬥The Local Area Bank (LAB) Scheme was
launched in - 2016 ⬥ University of Bombaywas established in
introduced in - 1996
⬥ The Expanded Programme on - 1857
⬥An e-filing portal of Income Tax Appellate
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in - 1978 - India
⬥ The objective of Mission Indradhanush is
⬥ Infrastructure development project to ⬥ Theme of the 6th International Day of
– full vaccination of children
promote ‘port-led development’ in India Yoga 2020
⬥The Saubhagya Scheme aims at
- Sagarmala - ‘Yoga at Home and Yoga with Family’
- Universal household electrification
⬥ Maximum amount of loan permissible ⬥ Telephone service is an example of
under Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana - Personal communication
State PCS Exams ⬥ The Nagara style of architecture was
- ₹10 lakhs
⬥ The minimum amount of monthly developed between-Himalaya to Vindhya
⬥ Rashtriya Poshan Maah (National ⬥ Films, Radio and Television are the
pension permissible under the Atal
Nutrition Month) under the Poshan example of - Mass Communication
Pension Yojana - Rs1000
Abhiyaan is celebrated in the month of ⬥ The Wild Bird and Animal Protection
⬥ Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan
- September Act was enacted by the British govt.
Yojana was launched in - 2015
⬥ The “Antyodaya Programme” was started of India in - 1912
⬥ Swadesh Darshan Scheme was launched
from - Rajasthan ⬥ Sanchi was declared as a UNESCO
by Ministry of Tourism in - 2014-2015
⬥ The National Rural Health Mission World Heritage Site in - 1989
⬥Sakhi centre or One stop Centre is
(NRHM) was launched on ⬥ The Red Fort Complex in New Delhi was
under ministry of
- 12th April 2005 designated a UNESCO World Heritage
- Women and Child Development
⬥ National Social Assistance Programme site in - 2007
⬥ Scheme to sponsor a Non Residential
was launched on - 15th August 1995 ⬥ The Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra were
Indian (NRI) Religious Tour in India
⬥ Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana designated as UNESCO World Heritage
- Pravasi Teerth Darshan Yojana
was launched in - 1999 Site in - 1983
⬥ Aadhaar is administered by - UIDAI
⬥ Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana ⬥Sundarban was designated as UNESCO
⬥ Digital India was launched on
(SGRY) was launched in - 2001 world heritage site in - 1987
-1st July 2015
⬥ Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan (Accessible ⬥ The union territory of Lakshadweep
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⬥ The Jamia Masjid of Srinagar was ⬥ The architect of Chhatrapati Shivaji 1950 - Sukarno (President of Indonesia)
constructed under the patronage Maharaj Terminus is - F. W. Stevens ⬥ The first Republic Day parade at the
of - Sultan Sikandar Butshikan ⬥ UNESCO Natural World Heritage sites Rajpath in - 1955
⬥ The Elephanta caves are located in in India is - Seven ⬥ Rajarajeshvara Temple was built by
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- Islandof Gharapuri Shantiniketan institute in - 1901 ⬥ Rajarajeshvara Temple is dedicated to
⬥ Brahmagupta used the terms ‘Kuttaka’ ⬥ According to WHO, If a person’s BMI is - Lord Shiva
and ‘Kuttakaganita’ to refer to - Algebra below 18.5, he/she is classified as ⬥ Political parties led the Punjabi Suba
⬥ Yogesh Maitreya runs an independent - Underweight movement in India- Shiromani Akali Dal
anti-caste publishing house, named ⬥ 1st airport in India to be run entirely on ⬥Eastern Railway Zone is headquartered
-Panther’s Paw hydro and solar energy at - Kolkata
⬥ The Panchayatan is a style of - Indira Gandhi International Airport ⬥ Former name of the Yamuna
- Temple architecture ⬥ The country hosted the first meeting of Expressway Project was-Taj Expressway
⬥ Pilgrimage to the sufi shrines is known India-Central Asia Summit - India ⬥ Intensive farming is known as
as - Ziyarat ⬥ The world's highest motorable road - Industrialagriculture
⬥ Crescograph, a device for measuring passes through which pass in India ⬥ ‘Doordarshan’ in India is a
growth in plants, was invented by - Umling La - National television channel
- Jagdish Chandra Bose ⬥ Market Based Economic Dispatch ⬥ The first six-lane expressway in India is
⬥ The oldest language of South India (MBED) Mechanism is related with - Mumbai Pune Expressway
is - Tamil - The Ministry of Power ⬥ The Barabati Fort is situated in- Cuttack
⬥ Exercise Maitree is a joint military ⬥ The website e-Sahaj was launched in ⬥ The Gulbarga Fort is situated at
exercise between India and - Thailand 2018 by - Ministry of Home Affairs - Karnataka
⬥ Dayton Accord was signed to solve the ⬥ “Statue of Equality” (Hyderabad) is ⬥ The aviation sector in India was
problem of - Bosnia related to - Saint Ramanujacharya inaugurated with Tata Airlines in - 1932
⬥ Pattadakal, a UNESCO World Heritage ⬥ NOTA (None of the above) was first ⬥ The ‘Shillong Chamber Choir was
Site, is located on the banks of implemented in - 2013 founded by - Neil Nongkynrih
- Malaprabhariver ⬥ 'Vayudoot' airline was setup in - 1981 ⬥ The ‘Lotteries Regulation Act’ was
⬥The combination of Nagara and Dravidian ⬥ Railway system connecting St. passed in - 1998
style of temple architecture is known as Petersburg toVladivostok is ⬥ The maximum permissible limit of
- Vesara - Trans-Siberian Railway (Russia) turbidity in potable water is - 5 NTU
⬥ Bengaluru city is known as ⬥ The word Manuscripts derived from ⬥ NTU stands for
-Silicon Plateau - Latin - Nephelometric Turbidity unit
⬥"Yojana" magazine is published by ⬥ At present, The Grand Trunk Road ⬥ Chokhamela was a saint from
- Ministry of Information and Broadcasting extends from - Amritsar to Kolkata - Maharashtra
⬥ In India, Darjeeling Tea was granted the ⬥ The Manchester of India is called the ⬥ The Ramagundam power plant
Geographical Indication (GI) tag in - 2004 - Ahmedabad (Telangana) is famous for
⬥ The Elephanta Caves designated as ⬥ The ‘flag-raising’ ceremony by the Prime - Thermalenergy
UNESCO World Heritage Site in - 1987 Minister on Independence Day at ⬥ The national heritage animal of India is
⬥ Krishnadeva Raya composed a work on - Red Fort - Elephant(2010)
statecraft in Telugu known as the ⬥ Developing place of settlement is called ⬥ A Unique Transaction Reference (UTR)
- Amuktamalyada - site number has - 22 character code
⬥ Architecture that was used in Laxmi ⬥ Newsprint sector in our country is ⬥ Pattachitra art form is dedicated to
Vilas Palace of Vadodara (Gujarat) is governed by - LordJagannath
- Indo-Saracenic - Newsprint Control Order (2004) ⬥ SIMBEX is a joint military exercise
⬥ Harmika, Vedika and Chhatra are related ⬥ Duration of the lunch interval in a cricket between - India and Singapore
to - stupa test match - 40minutes ⬥ The founder of the field of
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situated on the banks of - Saraswati - 1891 ⬥ The largest sea bird with the longest
⬥ Bhopal gas disaster was occurred in the ⬥ Television was started in India in -1959 wingspan - Wandering Albatross
factory of ⬥ All India Radio was established in ⬥‘Oolong’isavariantof -Tea
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⬥ Bhopal gas disaster was occurred on ⬥ All India Radio (AIR), officially known as -Southern india
- 3 Dec1984 Akashvani, in - 1957 ⬥ Kiwi is a - flightlessbird
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was - Methyl Isocyanate - 1911 from - Karnataka
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the time of Bhopal Gas tragedy was - George Wittet was declared as a World Heritage Site
- WarrenAnderson ⬥ First ever Republic Day parade was in - 1986
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⬥ Analysing large amounts of data and ⬥ The size of an ostrich egg is dinosaur-Ichthyosaur is found in 2016
finding patterns is called - Data science - 170 mmx 130 mm in - Gujarat
⬥ The Marine Products Export ⬥ National Innovation Foundation - India ⬥ The Central Industrial Security Force
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⬥ India's longest LPG pipeline is from ⬥ The balanced theory (a theory of attitude Decade for Drinking Water and
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⬥ The Editors Guild of India was founded is proposed by - FritzHeider ⬥ The Gomateshwara statue at
in - 1978 ⬥ Wipro Ltd. was incorporated in - 1945 Shravanabelagola is made of - Granite
⬥ First factory of the Indian Iron and Steel ⬥ The churches and convents of Goa were ⬥ The International Telecommunication
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- Hirapur (WestBengal) Sites list in - 1986 ⬥ Electronic-National Agriculture Market
⬥ The Rumi Darwaza was located in ⬥ The largest slum area in India (e-NAM) is a pan-India electronic trading
- Lucknow - Dharavi (Maharashtra) portal launched on - 14th April, 2016
⬥ One ‘Femto’ is equal to - 10-15 ⬥ The Ahilya fort was constructed in the ⬥ The ‘national heritage animal’ of India is
⬥ Navdanya Movement was founded in 8 Century on bank of - Narmada river
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⬥ Konark Sun temple was included as a ⬥ The public sector company that provided
⬥ Standing in an open ground on a UNESCO World Heritage site in - 1984 helicopter service for the tourists in hilly
cloudless day a shadow will be shortest
⬥ Rani-ki-vav, Patan, was included as a areas is - Pawan HansLtd
at - 12:00 (solarnoon)
UNESCO World Heritage site in - 2014 ⬥ Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation
⬥ ‘The Name you can Bank Upon’ slogan⬥ Ajanta Caves, Aurangabad, was stone of National Museum (New Delhi) in
of - Punjab NationalBank
included as a UNESCO World Heritage - 1955
⬥ The political party of Kamal Haasan is site in - 1983 ⬥ Second edition of the sign language
- Makkal NeedhiMaiam
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⬥ Number of windows on the outside (Formerly known as Victoria Terminus) - ISLRTC
walls of Hawa Mahal (Jaipur) is - 953
was designed by - F.W. Stevens ⬥ The Global Green Growth Institute
⬥ Hawa Mahal of Jaipur was designed by
⬥ The monuments Taj Mahal, Bara was established in - 2010
- LalChand Ustad
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⬥ Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in located in - UttarPradesh National Policy for Farmers in - 2007
Calcutta founded by - PC Mahalanobis
⬥ The number of digit of Aadhaar that is ⬥ Dr Bindeshwar Pathak is associated
⬥ The railway lines and telephone lines issued by UIDAI (Unique Identification with the - Sulabh Toilet Movement
shown in the topographic map in- Black
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⬥ Animals is used for transport in ⬥ Vijay Ghat is the memorial of Temple was laid by - Hazrat Mian Mir
Tibet - Yak
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⬥ Chipko movement (related to the
⬥ The memorial of Jawaharlal Nehru is of - Cogs
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⬥ Rajghat is the memorial of - 1973 a name change since independence is
⬥ ‘Baltimore Bullet’ is a nickname of - MahatmaGandhi - Delhi
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⬥ HH Cole was appointed as the Curator Singh - Kisan Ghat the India Gate in - January 1972
of Ancient Monuments in⬥ The train that facilitates travel to - 1880 ⬥ As per UNESCO, Ellora caves are the
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⬥ India Gate is also known as the - Buddhist Circuit TouristTrain National Flag represents
- 'All India War Memorial'
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- ‘The Lady WillingdonPark’ - AndamanIslands smallest egg - Hummingbird
⬥ The ISO certification that pertains to
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⬥ The Capitol Complex in Chandigarh ⬥ The dynasty that introduced the
Lokpal in India was - Prashant Mishra
designed by architect Le Corbusier is a Vesarean style temple of architecture is
- UNESCO World Heritage Site - Chalukya
Railway Exams ⬥ The Indian Air Force was established ⬥ In yoga, the position of the Makarasan
on - 8October 1932 islike -Crocodile
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The Chairman of Union Carbide ⬥ Operation Vijay is associated with ⬥ Posture of yoga in which the shape of
Company during the Bhopal Gas Tragedy - KargilWar (1999) the body becomes like a fish
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⬥ India boycotted the first Belt and Road ⬥
The standard weight of a lawn tennis ⬥ Total number of spokes in Ashok
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⬥ The chairperson of the drafting ⬥ The Indian Forest Act was propounded ⬥ Varuna is a naval exercise held between
committee of the Universal Declaration by Dietrich Brandeis in the year - 1865 India and - France
of Human Rights (UDHR) was ⬥ Presidents of India who also served as ⬥ Vajra Prahar is a joint military exercise
- EleanorRoosevelt the Union Labour Minister - V.V Giri held between India and - United States
⬥ The President of India, when Rajiv ⬥ Maitree Exercise is a military exercise
Police Exams Gandhi was sworn in as Prime Minister, held between India and - Thailand
was - GianiZail Singh ⬥ Sampriti exercise held between
⬥ Rohtasgarh or Rohtas Fort is located in ⬥
The poet who wrote under the pen - India and Bangladesh
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The shortest shadow during a between - India and Sri lanka
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-Indo-Saracenicstyle ⬥
‘The Name you can Bank Upon’ is the held between - India and Nepal
⬥ The Rigveda Samhita comprises of slogan of - Punjab National Bank ⬥ Harimau Shakti is the military exercise
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⬥ ’Vrittayata’ is a major sub-division of founded by - Actor Kamal Haasan ⬥ AUSTRA HIND, AUSINDEX exercises
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Architects Edward Lutyens and Herbert held between - India and Australia
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Founder of Alibaba group, a Chinese held between - India and Japan
⬥ Siri Fort at New Delhi of medieval times i e-commerce company, is -Jack Ma ⬥ KHANJA,KAZIND exercises held between
s an epitome of - Islamic Architecture ⬥
The largest border guarding force in - Kazakhstan and India
⬥ In Stupa Architecture, 'Toran' refers to t
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Border Security Force (India) ⬥ India’s joint naval exercise with Sri
- Entry gates ⬥
Total number of states and UTs in the Lanka is called - SLINEX
⬥ In temple architecture, Temple roofs Indian Union are - 28 and 8 respectively ⬥ The You Only Need One (YONO) app is an
composed of several slabs are referred to ⬥ The place inside the temple where integrated digital banking platform
as - Phamsana deity is placed - Garbhagriha offered by - State Bank ofIndia
⬥ Receivables Exchange of India Ltd (RXIL) ⬥
Amazon, eBay, Flipkart are ⬥ State Bank of India was founded on
was formed as a joint venture between - e-commerce portal - July 1, 1955
SIDBI and NSE in - February 25, 2016 ⬥
Shahtoosh shawls are made out of the ⬥ The headquarters of State Bank of
⬥ General Insurance Corporation of India f
ur obtained from - Chiru India is located in -Mumbai
Limited was incorporated as a private ⬥
Inlay work on marble with colourful
company limited on- 22 November 1972 stones is called - Pietra Dura Defence Exams
⬥ SIMBEX -20 Exercise is held between ⬥ India was certified as being free from
- Singapore and India Polio in - 2014 ⬥The joint multinational maritime exercise,
⬥ Oordhwaka is a - Musical Instrument ⬥ Central Armed Police Force that guards IBSAMAR, is conducted by the Navies of
⬥ India sign an agreement with the the Indo-Bangladesh border - India, Brazil and South Africa
International Seabed Authority for - Border Security Force ⬥ ‘Naseem-Al-Bahr’ is a bilateral naval
exploratory mining in the year - 2002 ⬥
Indian Administrative Service, Indian exercise between - India and Oman
⬥ The term 'Vesara' is associated with P
olice Service and Indian Forest Service ⬥ Desert Knight-21 is the Air Force exercise
- Temple architecture a
re all come under between - India andFrance
⬥ Operation Flood is related to - All India Services Act,1951 ⬥ The 4th edition of joint military exercise
- India’s dairyindustry ⬥
India’s largest paramilitary force 'DUSTLIK' between the Indian Army and
⬥ National Milk Day is celebrated on- - CRPF the Uzbekistan Army was held in
- 26th November ⬥ New Delhi architecture is known as - Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand)
⬥ The Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen's Stepwell) - Rome ofHindustan ⬥ ‘Coastal defense and national security in
located in North Gujarat district of ⬥
The joint naval exercise conducted by the maritime domain’ is the aim of
- Patan I
ndia, USA, Australia and Japan is known - Exercise Sea Vigil-22
⬥ The Organization that developed a a
s - Malabar ⬥ Joint Military exercise ‘Keen Sword 23’
sanitizing park path named ‘Clear Way’ ⬥
The joint military exercise conducted was conducted between- USA and Japan
- Wipro by India and Russia - INDRA ⬥ United Nations Peacekeepers are known
⬥ Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus was ⬥
Ramsar Convention is related to as - Blue Helmets
designed by - FW Stevens - Wetlands
⬥ The old parliament house was designed ⬥ City of Joy - Kolkata
State PCS Exams
by - Herbert Baker, Edwin Lutyens ⬥ Golden Triangle is often referred to
⬥ The ratio of the length to the height - Delhi-Jaipur-Agra
⬥ The Communist Party of India (Marxist)
(width) of the national flag is -3 : 2 ⬥
Pioneers of Social Contract Theory
was founded in - 1964
⬥ The National flag was designed by w
as -
Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau
⬥ The Bahujan Samaj Party was founded in
- PingaliVenkayya ⬥
Convention on Biological Diversity was
- 1984
⬥ The Victorian Gothic and Art Deco s
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Rio summit 1992
⬥ All India Trinamool Congress was
Ensembles of Mumbai were included ⬥
Before becoming the President of
founded in - 1998
in the list of world heritage sites by India, Ram Nath Kovind was the
⬥ Nathpanthis, Siddhas and Yogis made
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devotional religion popular in ⬥
The Rajiv Gandhi Centre for
- Northern India iotechnology is situated at
B
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Charaka is related to - Medicine - Thiruvananthapuram
⬥ Brahmagupta was an ⬥ The National Research Centre on Camel
- Indian mathematician is located at - Bikaner
⬥ Varahamihira was an - Indian Astrologer ⬥ The motto of Defence Research and
⬥ Vishakhadatta was related to- Playwright Development Organisation (DRDO) is
⬥ According to the Mother Tongue Survey - Balasya Mulam Vigyanam
of India (2022), there are
- 576 Languagesin India
⬥ Beret is a type of - Hat
⬥ Stilettos is a type of - Women’s footwear
⬥ Aviators is a type of - Sunglasses
⬥ Chignon is a type of - Hairstyle
⬥ Brogue is a type of - Men’s footwear
⬥ Billing mechanism for solar energy by
consumers for the electricity they add to
the grid is - NetMetering
⬥ Queen Elizabeth II reigned for 70 years
and died at the age of - 96 years
⬥ Al-Hilal was a journal started by
- Abul Kalam Azad
⬥ Nevasa is a archaeological site is
situated in - Maharashtra
⬥ Isampur is a archaeological site is
situated in -Karnataka
⬥ Didwana is a archaeological site is
situated in -Rajasthan
⬥ Gudiyam cave is a archaeological site is
situated in -Tamil Nadu
⬥ The idea of "Cultural Poverty" was given
by - Oscar Lewis
⬥ A satellite of ISRO, dedicated to the
comprehensive study of the Sun
- Aditya L1
⬥ An industrialist who is known as ‘Steel
Man of India’ - Jamshed J. Irani
⬥ Tatipaka oil refinery is located at
- East Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh)
⬥ Bhil freedom fighter, Bhima Nayak was
related to the princely state of - Barwani
⬥ ‘Mukul’ is the famous literary work of
- Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
⬥ Dharma Rajeshwar Monument is related
with ancient city
- Dashpur (Madhya Pradesh)
⬥ The Malaw Samvat was also known as
- Krit Samvat
⬥ The Development Monitoring and
Evaluation Office (DMEO) was
constituted on - 18th September, 2015
⬥ Blowfish is the first symmetric
encryption algorithm created by
- Bruce Schneierin 1993
⬥ The first cyber law which provides the
legal infrastructure for e-commerce in
India is
- Information Technology Act, 2000
⬥ The first sugar industry based on
beet-root was established at
-Sri Ganganagar
⬥ The Nathmal Ji Ki Haveli is located in
- Jaisalmer
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was discovered by - RD Banerji (1922) - Bihar
History ⬥Lothal, a dockyard located in Gujarat ⬥
Burzahom is located in - Kashmir
was discovered by - S.RRao ⬥ Dholavira is located in - Gujarat
⬥ The terracotta model of a plough was ⬥ Dholavira was discovered in 1968 by
Ancient History found in - Banawali (Haryana) - J.P. Joshi
⬥ The Citadel and Great Bath were situated ⬥ The first astronomical observatory of the
in - Mohenjodaro Harappan Civilization was located in
Prehistoric And Indus Valley ⬥The largest Harappan site in India is - Dholavira
- Rakhigarhi(Haryana) ⬥ Dholavira is situated on the banks of
SSCExams ⬥Daimabad (A prehistoric site) is located in - River Luni
- Maharashtra ⬥ Water harvesting system, Water reservoir,
⬥There were covered drains on both sides ⬥Mahagara, the prehistoric site providing Dams, and Embankments were found in
of the streets of - Harappan cities evidence of cattle rearing is located in - Dholavira
⬥Water and garbage from outside houses - Uttar Pradesh ⬥ Underground drainage systems and
flowed into the main underground drain in ⬥Koldihwa is an archaeological site Systematic town planning were found in
- Harappan civilisation located in - UttarPradesh - Indus valleycivilization
⬥Harappan cities were divided into two ⬥Burzahom and Gufkral are the Neolithic ⬥ Indus valley civilization was a
Parts - Citadel and Lower Town sites located in - Kashmir - Bronze Age civilization
⬥ The upper part of the Harappan ⬥Alamgirpur site of Indus Valley civilization ⬥ Great bath used for rituals was found in
civilisation towns is described as is located in - Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) - Mohenjo Daro
- Citadel ⬥ Great bath, Bronze dancing girl and Seal ⬥ In India, the practice of erecting
⬥Evidences ofFire altars were found in of Pasupathi Mahadeva were found in megaliths began - 3000 years ago
Harappan cities of - Mohenjo Daro ⬥ Nilaskal, Hanamsagar, Junapani, Hire
- Kalibangan and Lothal ⬥ The ruins of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa Benakal are - MegalithSites
⬥The Great Bath (Mohenjo-Daro) was made show that these were magnificent and ⬥ Mehrgarh is situated in - Balochistan
watertight with thick layer of well planned - Merchant cities ⬥ In 1974, Mehrgarh was discovered by
- Bitumen (natural tar) ⬥The longest inscription found on a - Jean FrancoisJarrige
⬥ Mohenjodaro site of Harappan Harappan seal consists of - 26 signs ⬥ Hunsgi, a Paleolithic Site located in
civilisation is situated on the bank of ⬥The animal motifs found on the - Yadgir(Karnataka)
- Indus river cylindrical seal of the Indus region ⬥ Mohenjodaro belongs to
⬥The Great Bath was a public water tank - Humped bull - Indus Valley civilization
located in - Mohenjo Daro ⬥Thefirstastronomicalobservatoryofthe ⬥ Mohenjo-Daro was excavated by R. D
⬥Harappa is an Indus Valley site located in Harappan Civilization was founded at Banerjee in - 1922
- Pakistan - Dholavira(Gujarat) ⬥ Cotton was probably grown at Mehrgarh
⬥The Indus River Valley Civilization is ⬥Large quantities of ostrich eggshells from about -7000 yearsago
considered - Bronze Age society were found during the Palaeolithic period ⬥ Harappa city existed in
⬥Indus valley civilization is also known as in India at - Patne (Maharashtra) - Indus valleycivilization
- Harappan civilization ⬥ Iron age is named for the adoption of ⬥ A Harappan town was located on Khadir
⬥Harappa is situated on the bank of iron material for tools and weapons Beyt in the Runn of Kutch - Dholavira
- Ravi River because it mostly replaced - Bronze ⬥ Bhimbetka, a Palaeolithic site is located
⬥Mehrgarh is located near the Bolan Pass ⬥ In Lothal, the drains for the drainage in - MadhyaPradesh
on the Kacchi Plains of system made of - Burnt bricks ⬥ Harappa city Jogna Khera is located in
- Balochistan (Pakistan) ⬥ Port and dockyard, Single citadel, Rice - Kurukshetra (Haryana)
⬥ Archaeological site, Chirand is located husk, Chess (game) were found in ⬥ Ostriches were found in India during
at which district of Bihar -Saran - Lothal - Palaeolithicage
⬥ Archaeological site, Hallur is located in ⬥ Pottery was first traceable to ⬥ Jadeite stone was found in the sites of
- Haveri(Karnataka) -Neolithic period - Daojali Hading
⬥ Archaeological site, Mahagara is ⬥ The first and longest part of the Stone ⬥ Catal Huyuk was one of the most
located in - Allahabad(UP) Age was - Palaeolithic period famous sites of - Neolithic periods
⬥ Eastern part of the Harappan cities is ⬥Humans made stone tools in ⬥ In Harappan cities, the higher and
called the - Lower city - Palaeolithicperiod smaller western area was called- Citadel
⬥ Metal of Harappan civilization obtained ⬥ The period between the Paleolithic and ⬥ Metal was used to make weapons
from present-day Rajasthan and Oman Neolithic periods of the Stone Age was and tools in Harappan cities - Copper
is - Copper - Mesolithic ⬥ Harappan brought Gold from present day
⬥The Director General of Archaeological ⬥ Handaxes, choppers and cleavers were - Karnataka
survey of India at the time of Indus the tools of - PaleolithicPeriod ⬥ Square or rectangular house remains
Valley excavation was - John Marshall ⬥ New stone age is also known as were found in - Mehrgarh site
⬥The Harappan Civilization belongs to - Neolithic age ⬥ The word India came from the Indus, is
- Bronze Age ⬥ Weapons made of bones were found in called in Sanskrit -Sindhu
⬥Harappan sites in Montgomery - Burzahom andChirand ⬥The duration of the Mesolithic period is
(Pakistan) was discovered by ⬥ Burzahom, Chirand and Mehrgarh were from - 12000 to 10000 years ago
- Dayaram Sahni(1921) the sites of - Neolithicage ⬥ Rakhigarhi, Largest Harappan site of
⬥Mohanjodaro in Larkana Sindh (Pakistan) ⬥ Neolithic sites of Chirand situated in India is located in -Haryana
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⬥ In Harappan architecture, Storehouses, ⬥The bronze statues of Harappan ⬥Harappan site Amri is located in
Great Bath, Fire altars were part of civilization were made using the - Sindh, Pakistan
- Citadel - lost wax castingmethod ⬥Kalibangan,a Harappan site on the bank
⬥Shape of the Great Bath of Mohenjo Daro ⬥ The Palaeolithic age is divided into of river Ghaggar discovered in 1951 by
was - Rectangular - Three stages - Amalanand Ghosh
⬥Most of the Harappan seals were made ⬥ The Harappan structure which had a thin ⬥Evidence of a large open area with
of - Steatite lining of bitumen to prevent the seepage terraced stands, identified as ‘stadium’
⬥A celt is a tool from - Neolithic period of water is found in Harappan site of - Dholavira
⬥Small stone tools used by early humans - Great Bath
- Microliths ⬥The terms Citadel and Lower town are ⬥
Banawali, an archaeological site in
⬥Shortughai, a Harappan sites is located associated with -Harappan Civilization Haryana was excavated by - R S Bisht
in - Afghanistan ⬥A terracotta plough has been found at ⬥
Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh is a
⬥Ropar is situated on the banks of a Harappan site presently located in - Paleolithic site
-Sutlej River - Banawali( Haryana) ⬥Kalibangan, Balathan, Karanpura, Baror
⬥ The archaeological site of Atranjikhera is ⬥A dockyard-like structure found at a sites are located in - Rajasthan
located in - UttarPradesh Harappan site named - Lothal ⬥Lothal was a famous port town during
⬥The statue of ‘Priest-King’ has been - Indus Valley Civilization
Railway Exams found in - Mohenjo- Daro ⬥Surkotada, aHarappan site in Gujarat
⬥Evidence of a ploughed field has been was discovered in 1964 by - J P Joshi
⬥A site of Indus Valley Civilization which is found in -Kalibangan ⬥
Evidence of domestication of dogs in
located in Punjab (India) is - Ropar ⬥The 'Dancing Girl' found at Mohenjo-Daro ancient India was found at
⬥During the Indus Valley Period, the shells is made of - Bronze - Burzahom (Kashmir)
for craft production were procured from ⬥An inscription comprising ten large sized ⬥
Northernmost site of the Indus Valley
- Nageshwar signs of Harappan script was found at Civilization is - Manda
⬥‘Nataraja’, a stone male dancing figure - Dholavira ⬥
Gola Dhora site related to the Indus
was discovered from - Harappa ⬥
Furrow marks were found in the Valley Civilization is located in - Gujarat
⬥ Uruk is an ancient site of - Mesopotamia Harappan site of - Kalibangan ⬥
Skull of a 'Homo erectus' was found in
⬥ REM Wheeler undertook the excavations ⬥
A Harappan city was divided into three the prehistoric Indian site of- Hathnora
of Harappa in - 1946 parts, with each part surrounded by ⬥
Charaka samhita is written by
⬥ In 1944, Director General of the massive stone walls - Dholavira - Maharshi Charak
Archaeological Survey of India was ⬥
The 'Great Bath' of Mohenjodaro was ⬥
Another name for Indus Valley
- REM Wheeler made water-tight with a layer of Civilisation is - Harappan Civilisation
⬥An animal frequently seen on the seals of - Natural Tar ⬥Largest Indian site of Indus Civilization is
the Harappan Civilization is -Bull ⬥
The ancient Harappan site of Lothal is - Rakhigarhi (Hisar, Haryana)
⬥Chanhudaro city of Harappan Civilization located in the present- day Indian state of
was almost exclusively devoted to - Gujarat Defence Exams
- CraftProduction ⬥Remains of the Harappan Civilization at
⬥ Palaeolithic Period, Mesolithic Period, the Lothal site was discovered by- SR Rao ⬥ The caves of Bhimbetka were discovered
Neolithic Period are the Chronological ⬥Pit - houses dug into the ground, with by - Dr. Vishnudhar Wakankar
sequence of - Pre-historic period steps leading into them were found at ⬥The rock cave in India where most
⬥ A team of German and Italian - Burzahom (Kashmir) paintings are found is - Bhimbetka
archaeologists begins surface explorations ⬥
Khirasara, Balakot, Lothal were port town ⬥The Chalcolithic Age is also known as
at Mohenjodaro - 1980 of - Indus Valley Civilisation - The Copper age
⬥ Material used to make beads in the ⬥Houses of the Indus Valley Civilisation ⬥The evidence of domestication of the
Harappan Civilisation was generally had rooms built around a animals in Mesolithic period are found in
-Carnelian stone - Courtyard - Bagor (Rajasthan)
⬥ Archaeological site of Surkotada is ⬥
Mesopotamian people of Tigris - ⬥Cattle breeding was started in
situated in - Gujarat Euphrates valley called Indus Valley - Mesolithic Period
⬥ Harappa city was discovered in the year Civilization as - Meluhha ⬥ The ceramics similar to the Anarta
1920-21, situated on river -Ravi ⬥
‘Father of Indian Archaeology’ is tradition were first reported from
⬥ First metal, used by man was - Copper - Alexander Cunningham - Surkotada
⬥ Indus civilization site that has evidence ⬥
Alexander Cunningham became the ⬥Mesolithic site paisra is located in - Bihar
of water reservoirs is - Dholavira Director General of Archaeological ⬥ ‘Levallois Technique’ refers to
⬥ The People of the Indus Valley Survey of India (ASI) in - 1861 - Making prehistoric flaketools
Civilisation worshiped - Pashupati ⬥Fire altars of Harappan culture were ⬥ Several large cisterns and reservoirs have
found in - Kalibangan and Lothal been found In the citadel and lower - town
⬥
Chalcolithic Culture site named
Police Exams areas of the Harappan city of - Dholavira
Daimabad is located in - Maharashtra
⬥Dholavira, Rangpur and Amarpura
⬥ Koldihwa is a neolithic site in State PCS Exams
archaeological sites are located in
- Uttar Pradesh
- Gujarat
⬥The Harappan city that was divided into ⬥ The Harappan Civilization site Mandi is
⬥Archaeological site of Surkotada is
three parts - Citadel, the Middletown, and situated in - UttarPradesh
situated in - Gujarat
the Lower town - Dholavira ⬥ The northernmost site Harappan
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Civilization, Manda, is situated in ⬥Veda that depicts the life of early Vedic ⬥ Veda includes magic spells and charms
- Jammu andKashmir people of India - Rigveda for warding off evil spirits and Diseases
⬥ The easternmost site of Harappan ⬥The Rigveda is a collection of 1,028 -Atharva Veda
Civilization is- Alamgirpur (Uttar Pradesh) hymns divided into - 10 mandalas ⬥ The Purva Mimansa school of
⬥ The southernmost site of the Indus ⬥Black (krishna) and white (Shukla), were philosophy was founded by - Jaimini
Valley Civilisation is the two categories of - Yajurveda ⬥ The Bharat clan is first mentioned in
- Daimabad (Maharashtra) ⬥ ‘Lord of the Plough’ in the later Vedic - Rig Veda
⬥ The tree shape which was found in the period - Indra ⬥ Brahmacharya, Grihastha,Vanaprastha,
seal of the Indus valley Civilization ⬥ The Manusmriti is written in - Sanskrit and Sanyasa are the four ashrams
- Pipal tree ⬥ The oldest vedas is - Rigveda recognised by - Brahmins
⬥ Which civilization in Indian continent was ⬥The shortest among the four ⬥Sanskrit is a part of a family of
unaware to horse - Indus Valley Vedas is - Samaveda languages known as - Indo - European
⬥The cultivation of food grains started in ⬥Hymns of the Rigveda are known as
- Neolithic age - Sukta ⬥ The ancient name of Beas river
⬥ Dogs were cremated in human burials at ⬥ River, named only once in Rigveda - Vipasha
- Burzahom - Ganga River ⬥Total number of Vedas in Indian literature
⬥The most ancient evidence of Systematic ⬥ The sanskara initiating a boy into are - Four
farming in India is found at - Mehrgarh spiritual student (brahmachari) life is ⬥OldestVeda which hasten Mandalas
⬥From the contents of the Copenhagen called - Upanayana sanskar - Rigveda
Museum a triangular division of the Stone, ⬥ The veda which deals with the rituals is ⬥The language of the Aryan texts was
Bronze and Iron Age was done by known as -Yajurveda - Sanskrit
- Thompson ⬥ Rigveda, Samaveda, and Yajurveda are ⬥The iron implement site of Hastinapur
⬥River Valley from where first human fossil jointly called - Vedatryi was found in - Uttar Pradesh
were found - Narmada Valley ⬥ The Atharvaveda is a collection of ⬥As per the Rigvedic or Early Vedic Period,
⬥Robert Bruce Foot found the first Pre - 20 khandas River Goddess was - Sindhu
stone age tools in India in - 1863 AD ⬥The term 'Ayas' in Rigveda refers to- Metal ⬥ A hymn in the Rig Veda presents a
⬥The idol of Matridevi, made from bone in ⬥ The total number of Vedangas are - 6 dialogue between Sage Vishvamitra and
the Paleolithic age, found in ⬥ The Mimamsa-sutra was written by the rivers - Beas andSutlej
- Belan Valley (Uttar Pradesh) - Rishi Jaimini ⬥ Atri, Bharadvaja, Gotama, Kashyapa,
⬥Sarai Nahar Rai and Mahdaha are ⬥ Vedic religion was also known as Bhrigu, Vasishtha, and Vishvamitra are
associated with - Brahmanism - Seven Gotra
- Mesolithic age culture of Ganga valley ⬥Love marriage during the Vedic Period is ⬥ Protecting people and administering
⬥Three human Skeletons from the same known as - Gandharva Vivah justice was the responsibility of- Kshatriya
grave is found from - Damdama ⬥ Marriage with the same varna with Vedic ⬥ Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaishya and
⬥The ancient most evidence of buffalo rituals - BrahmaVivaha Shudra were - Fourvarnas
farming in Indian subcontinent is found ⬥ The number of types of marriages during ⬥ Veda dealt with music - Sama Veda
from - Mehrgarh the Vedic Period - 8 ⬥ To rescue the earth, which sunk into the
⬥ The ancient most evidence of paddy ⬥ Marriage done by purchase during the water. Lord Vishnu took the shape of
cultivation in the Ganga Valley is found in Vedic Period was called - Asura Vivah - Boar
- Lahuradewa ⬥ Marriage by abduction during the Vedic ⬥ The third of the 10 incarnations of the
⬥The Archaeological Site of Inamgaon is Period was known as - Rakshasa Vivah Hindu god Vishnu is - Boar
situated in - Maharashtra ⬥The epic Mahabharata consists of ⬥ According to 'The Ramayana', Ratnakar
⬥Navdatoli (Madhya Pradesh) was - 18 chapters(Parvas) was the other name of - Valmiki
excavated by - H.D. Sankalia ⬥ The famous epic Mahabharata was ⬥ Collections of Vedic hymns are called
⬥The early Harappan site which provides written by -Ved Vyasa - Samhita
evidence of fortification is - Kalibangan ⬥The most discussed river in the Rig ⬥ ‘Purusha Sukta’ is a hymn from -Rigveda
⬥The main source of knowledge about Veda is - Saraswati ⬥Shiksha, Kalpa, Vyakaran, Nirukta,
Harappan civilization is ⬥ The details of coronation ceremony are chhanda and Jyotisha are - Vedangas
- Archeological Excavations narrated in which scripture
⬥The polity of the Harappan people as - AitareyaBrahmana Railway Exams
derived from the material evidence, was ⬥Gopatha Brahmana is associated with the
- Theocratic- unitary - Atharvaveda ⬥The term 'Upa' in the term Upanishad
⬥ Measuring scale of elephant tusk in ⬥ The Vedic Aryans lived in the area called denote - Nearness
Harappan context is found from - Lothal - Sapt - Sindhu ⬥ The Oldest Upanishad - Brihadaranyaka
⬥ Archeological site Sanghol is located in ⬥Ancient name of Jhelum is - Vitasta ⬥ The Aitareya Upanishad belongs to the
- Punjab ⬥A wealthy person in the early Vedic fourth, fifth and sixth chapters of the
period was known as - Gomat second book of Aitareya Aranyaka of the
⬥ Dasarajna war is mentioned in - Rigveda
Vedic Age - Rig Veda
⬥The varna primarily engaged in cultivation ⬥ Upanishads, Brahmanas and Aranyakas
animal husbandry, and trade during the are part of - Vedic literature
SSCExams later Vedic period - vaishya ⬥ Rigveda consists of 10 chapters (called
⬥The main (chief) social unit of the Aryans Mandalas) that consists of - 1028 hymns
⬥Asikni river, a part of Sapta - Sindhu, is - Jana ⬥ In Hinduism, God Brahma is considered
ancient name of - Chenab river
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⬥The Yajna in which a horse was let loose
to be the - Creator priests, came from - Purusha’s Mouth
⬥ Number of stages of Life determined by to wander freely and guarded by the raja’s ⬥As per Vedic theory, the Vaishyas or
early Hindu philosophy is men in ancient India- Ashvamedha Yajna - Four the commoners, came from
⬥ Hymns of Rigveda are also known as ⬥The Deity, known as breaker of forts in - Purusha’s Thighs
the Rig Veda - Suktas - Indra ⬥As per Vedic theory, the Shudras or
⬥ God considered to be the preserver and ⬥The hymn of Rigveda, used by the labourers and servants, came from
protector of the universe is- Lord Vishnu
Brahmanas of ancient India to justify the - Purusha’s Feet
⬥ "Book of Song," "Veda of Chants" or even Varna system - Purusha Sukta ⬥The national motto of India,
⬥Rig Veda is related to the knowledge
"Yoga of Song" is called to - Sama Veda ‘Satyameva Jayate’ has been taken from
⬥ Veda of sacrificial formulas is called of the - Hymnsof Praise - Mundaka Upanishad
⬥ Yajur-Veda is related to the knowledge
- Yajurveda ⬥
Upanishads are books on - Philosophy
⬥ Yajurveda is categorized into two groups of the - Sacrificialformulas ⬥
Yoga was propounded by - Patanjali
⬥ Sama-Veda is related to the knowledge
- Krishnaand Shukla ⬥Charak Samhita deals with - Ayurveda
⬥ Vedic God Brihaspati falls under the of - Melodies and chants ⬥“Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” means
⬥
category of - Prithivisthana
Atharva-Veda is related to the knowledge - The world is one family
⬥An ancient Indian Epic that Stands as the
of the - Magic formulas ⬥
Vedic god associated with rain and
⬥During the Early Vedic Age, Gods
longest epic poem known is Thunder - Indra
worshipped were
- The Mahabharata
⬥ According to the Vedic texts, the function - Indra, Varuna, Agni, Surya ⬥Yagya is related to - Yajur Veda
⬥Ritual (golden womb), performed by
of 'Sangrahitris' was of ⬥
“limbs of the vedas” are called to
- Treasurer / Cashier
new rulers to demonstrate their rebirth - Vedangas
⬥ Venkateshwara, also known as as Kshatriyas - Hiranya - garbha ⬥First Varna among the Four Varna is
⬥According to the 'Chaturashrama' of the
Venkatachalapati Srinivasa and Balaji, - Brahmin
are a form of the Hindu God - Vishnu
Vedic period, term related to period of ⬥Second Varna among the Four Varna is
⬥ In Hinduism, Artha, Kama, Dharma and family life, was -Grihastha - Kshatriya
⬥Ayurveda is the Upveda of
Moksha are four - Purusharthas - Rigveda ⬥Third Varna among the Four Varna is
⬥ Brihadaranyaka, Mundaka and ⬥ Dhanurveda is the upveda of the - Vaishya
Taittiriya are examples of - Upanishads
Yajurveda, It deals with - Art of warfare ⬥
Fourth Varna among the Four Varna is
⬥Gandharveda deals with dance and
⬥ Archaeologist B.B. Lal carried out - Shudra
excavation at Hastinapur, situated in
musicis the Upveda of - Sama Veda
⬥Shilpvedadeals with architecture is
Meerut district in - 1951- 52 Defence Exams
⬥ Dhanurveda is the upveda of the the Upveda of - AtharvaVeda
⬥Founder of the Samkhyaschool of
Yajurveda. that deals with- Art of warfare ⬥ In the early Vedic period, the Battle of
⬥ The Vedic time period in India lasted Hindu philosophy was Ten Kings was fought on the bank of river
from - 1500to 500 BC - VedicSage Kapila - Parushni
⬥Rigvedais divided into
⬥ Limbs of Vedas, known for explanation ⬥ The legend of Prahlad and his father
and meaning of complex words is - 10 mandalas (books) Hiranyakashyap was first set out in
⬥Gayatri mantra in Rig Veda is taken from - Nirukta - Vishnu Purana
⬥ Vedas that talks about the treatment - Mandala 3 ⬥ In the Manusmriti, the form of marriage
of diseases is ⬥ - AtharvaVeda
A scholar who prepared grammar for which results from the ‘Voluntary union of
⬥“Satyameva Jayate” inscribed in the Sanskrit language - Panini a maiden and her lover’ is - Sixth form
⬥Sushruta is said to be the
Devanagari script in the National ⬥ Sarga, Pratisarga, Vansha, Manvantar
Emblem of India, has been taken from - Father of surgery and Vanshanucharitra are the indicators
⬥Animal associated with the 'Ashvamedha'
- Mundaka Upanishad of - Puranas
⬥ Grandson of Bhim and Hidimba as per ritual in Vedic India - Horse ⬥ The number of Puranas is - 18
⬥'Samaveda’ is considered to be one of
Mahabharata was - Barbarika ⬥ Mythological name of Mahanadi was
⬥ The original name of Mahabharata is the primary sources of Indian called Nilotpala in - Vayu Purana
- Jaya Samhita - Music and Art ⬥ Mantra famous as Gayatri Mantra first
⬥
⬥ The conversation between a young boy
The verses were composed in ancient found in - Rig - Veda
named Nachiketas and Yama god is
text - Samveda ⬥ Etareya Brahmin epic is associated with
⬥
captured in - Kathopanishad
The philosophy of the eightfold path - Rig Veda
⬥ In Mahabharata, Sanjaya was blessed (eight types of verses) was propounded ⬥ The published Rigveda Samhita belongs
with by - Divine vision - GautamBuddha to - Shakal Branch
⬥Ancient book based on surgery is
⬥ Sanjaya explained Mahabharatha scene ⬥ The Gayatri mantra was composed by
by scene to the blind king - Dhritarashtra - Sushruta Samhita - Vishwamitra
⬥ The Adi Parva is the first of eighteen ⬥The word 'Varna' is first mentioned in
books of - Mahabharata - Rig Veda
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⬥
The collections of Vedic hymns or ⬥Purusha sukta related to Varna system is
mantras are known as - Samhita originally found in - RigVeda
⬥During Vedic period the religious rituals ⬥
Rig Vedais a collection of - 1028 poems ⬥The most of Rig Vedic suktas are devoted
for the king were performed by- Purohita ⬥ As per Vedic theory, the Kshatriyas, or to - Indra
⬥The term 'Takshan' in the Vedic age was warrier rulers, came from- Purush’s Arms ⬥ Lopamudra was a Brahmavadini who
used for -Carpenter ⬥As per Vedic theory, the Brahmans or
composed some hymns of - Vedas
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⬥The Saraswatiriver is called ‘Nadittam’ in magical charms and spells- Atharvaveda 2
2 Neminatha Shankha
- Rigveda ⬥ The early mention about Ayurveda (the 23 Parshvanatha Snake
⬥The most mentioned river in early Vedic science of life) is found in - Atharva-veda 24 Mahavira Lion
literature is - Sindhu ⬥ The Sabha and the Samiti as the two ⬥ The first Tirthankara of Jain Dharma was
⬥The modern name of Vedic river Sadanira daughters of 'Prajapati' are mentioned in - Rishabhdev
is - Gandaka - Atharva-veda ⬥Vardhamana Mahavira was born in the
⬥The sage who is said to have Aryanized ⬥ The story of videh Madhav is Narrated in 6th century BC in
South India was - Agastya - Yajurveda - Kundagram, Vaishali (Bihar)
⬥ The god who was considered as the War ⬥ Purushamedha (Human sacrifice) is ⬥Vardhman Mahavir belonged to
God in the Vedic Pantheon is - Indra mention in - Shatpath Brahmin - IkshvakuDynasty
⬥ The 9th Mandal of Rigveda Samhita is ⬥ The first mention of Devaki’s son Krishna ⬥The first Jain Tirthankara, Rishabhanatha,
dedicated to - Soma is found in - Chandogya Upanishad was born in - Ayodhya
⬥ The first verses of either mandal of Rig - ⬥The famous dialogue between, Nachiketa ⬥ The Jain temple at Pattadakal was
Veda is devoted to - Agni and Yama is mentioned in- Kathopanishad built by -Rashtrakuta
⬥ The most ancient mention about Vishnu ⬥The utterance ‘Tamso-Ma-Jyotirgamaya’ ⬥ Last tirthankara of the Jainas
is found in - Rig Veda basically belongs to - Upanishad - Vardhamana Mahavira
⬥ The early mention about Goddess of ⬥ Upanishads are texts on - Philosophy ⬥ Mahavira left home and went to live in
forest Devi Aranyani is in - Rik Samhita ⬥ Chandogya Upanishad is associated with a forestat the age of - 30
- Sam Veda ⬥ Lord Mahavira attained salvation in
⬥ In Hinduism, Four Purushartha are - Pawapuri
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- Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha ⬥ The birthplace of the first and fourth
⬥ The capital of North Panchal, according Jain Tirthankaras -Ayodhya
⬥ City that was served as the capital of the
to Mahabharata, was located at
ancient kingdom of Magadha during the
- Ahichchhatra
early Vedic Period is - Rajagriha Railway Exams
⬥ The Shatasaharsi - Samhitais the
⬥ The officer known as 'Bhagadugha'
nickname of - Mahabharata
during Vedic administration was the ⬥In Jainism, the word 'Jain' is derived from
- RevenueCollector the Sanskrit word 'Jina’ which means
⬥ In the Puranas, the rulers of Ikshvaku Jainism - Conqueror
dynasty have been termed as ⬥The water temple related to Jainism was
- Shriparvatiya SSCExams built by - King Nandivardhana
⬥ The Rigvedic term ‘Pani’ belong to ⬥The Digambara sect belongs to - Jainism
- Traders ⬥ Mahavira left home and went to live in a ⬥ 'Agam' that describes non-violence in
⬥The Gayatri Mantra is dedicated to forest in search of enlightenment at the Jainism is - Sutrakratang Sutra
- Goddess Savitri age of -Thirty ⬥ 24th Tirthankara of the Jainism was
⬥ In Vedic rituals Hota is associated with ⬥The last and 24th tirthankara of the - Vardhamana Mahavira
- Rig - Veda Jainism - Vardhamana Mahavira ⬥ Swami Mahavir was born in
⬥ Brahmin, Kshatriya, and Vaisya were - Kundagram (Vaishali)
collectively called - Dwij Tirthankaras and Symbol ⬥ The teachings of Mahavira and his
⬥The Rigvedic term 'Pani' belongs to which followers were written down about
class of citizens - Traders No. Tirthankaras Symbol 1500 years ago at - Valabhi (Gujarat)
⬥The head of village during Vedic Period 1 Rishabhanatha Bull ⬥First Tirthankar of Jainism
was - Gramani - Rishabhadeva
2 Ajitanatha Elephant
⬥ Rigvedic tribal assembly associated with ⬥ Navakara Mantra, is the universal prayer
3 Sambhavnatha Horse
judicial function was - Sabha of - Jains
4 Abhinandananatha Monkey
⬥The famous battle of ‘Ten Kings’ as ⬥ When a Tirthankara leaves a mortal
5 Sumatinatha Curlew
described in the Rig-Veda was fought on body, it is known as - Nirvana
6 Padmaprabha Red Lotus ⬥ Total Tirthankaras in Jainism was - 24
the bank of the river - Parushni
⬥ Sudas belonged to - Bharat dynasty 7 Suparshvanatha Swastika ⬥The Jain monastic establishments in
⬥ The word 'Yava' referred in the Rig-Veda 8 Chandraprabha Crescent Moon Kannad are called as - Basadis
is applied for - Barley 9
Pushpadanta Dolphin ⬥Right Faith (Samyak Darshan), Right
⬥ In vedic period cow was known as 1
0 S
hitalanatha K
alpavriksha Knowledge (Samyak Jnana), Right Action
- Aghanya 11 Shreyansanatha Garuda (Samyak Charitra) are
⬥ The main source of livelihood of Aryans 12 Vasupujya Buffalo - Triratnaof Jainism
during Ancient India was - Agriculture 13 Vimalanatha Boar
⬥ During Rigvedic period The officer who 14 Anantanatha Bear Police Exams
enjoyed authority over a large pasture 15 Dharmanatha Vajra
ground was known as- Vrajapati 16 Shantinatha Deer ⬥The 24th tirthankara of Jainism was
⬥ Laws related to sacrificial acts are found 17 Kunthunatha Goat -Vardhaman Mahavira
in - Yajurveda 18 Aranatha Fish ⬥
Mahavir's father Siddhartha was a chief
⬥ The earliest literary reference to iron in of - Jnatrika Kshatriyaclan
19 Mallinatha Kalasha
the Indian Sub-Continent are found in ⬥
24th and the last Tirthankara of Jainism,
20 Munisuvrata Tortoise
- Yajurveda Vardhamana Mahavira was born in 6th
21 Naminatha Blue Lotus
⬥ Veda which contains an account of century BC in - Vaishali inBihar
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⬥Digambara (meaning sky clad) sect and - Prakrit language - MoggliputtaTissa
the Svetambara (meaning white clad) are ⬥
Kurchak was a sect of - Jainism ⬥ The Fourth Buddist council was held at
two sects of - Jainism ⬥ Yapaniya sangha is related to - Jainism undalvan(Kashmir) in 72 A.D. and
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⬥23rd Tirthankaras of Jainism was presided by -Vasumitra
- Parshwanath State PCS Exams ⬥
The third Buddhist Council was held
⬥The role assigned to Jain institutions is during the reign of Emperor - Ashoka
described in the Chola inscriptions as ⬥ The first jain tirthankara Rishabhanath, ⬥Gautama Buddha learnt the technique of
- Pallichchhandam attained nirvana or moksha in meditation and the teachings of the
⬥Jain scholar Merutunga compiled the - Ashtapad (Mount Kailash) Upanishads from - Alara Kalama
‘Prabandha Chintamani' in - 1304 AD ⬥ The last jain tirthankara Mahavira, ⬥The name of the mother of Gautama
⬥
Kalpa Sutra is a Jain text containing the attained nirvana in - Pavapuri (Bihar) Buddha was - Maya
biographies of the Jain Tirthankaras, ⬥The Jain tirthankara Neminath, attained ⬥
In Buddhism, ‘Mahayana’ referred to
notably - Parshvanath and Mahavira nirvana in - Urjayanta (Girnarhill) - Great Vehicle
⬥Triratnas (three gems) were given by ⬥ Vasupujya, 12 jain tirthankara, attained th ⬥
The Jatakas tales, related to Buddhism,
- Mahavira nirvana in w
ere written in -
Pali language
⬥ 'Samyak Darshan', 'Samyak Gyan' and - Champapuri (Bhagalpur, Bihar) ⬥ Shailendra kings in South-east Asia were
'Samyak Charitra' are the three gems of the followers of - Buddhism
- Jainism ⬥ First woman ordained as a bhikkhuni in
⬥Jain gurus or teachers were called as
Buddhism Buddhism - Mahapajapati Gotami
- Tirthankaras ⬥ Stupa is associated with - Buddhism
⬥Fire temples are the places of worship SSCExams ⬥ The rules made for the Buddhist
for - Parsis "Sangha” were written in - Vinaya Pitaka
⬥Shravanabelagola is situated in List of Buddhist Councils ⬥
Meditation cells and living quarters for
- Karnataka Council Place Year Patronage the monks are - Viharas
⬥
First Tirthankara of Jainism 1st
Rajagriha 583 BC - Ajatshatru ⬥
Sanchi stupa is located in
-Rishabhanatha 483 BC - MadhyaPradesh
⬥
Ahimsa was symbolized by hand with a 2nd Vaishali 383 BC Kalasoka ⬥ Buddha attained enlightenment under
wheel on the palm in - Jainism 3rd Pataliputra 250 BC Ashoka a peepal tree at - BodhGaya
4th Kashmir 72 AD Kanishka
⬥ Painting and sculptures of the Ajanta
⬥A place famous for having a
Defence Exams caves are related to - Jataka tales
hemispherical dome structure monument
⬥ The stories of the previous birth of
- Sanchi stupa (Madhya Pradesh)
⬥
The symbol of Mahavira was - Lion Buddha are contained in - Jataka tales
⬥The largest Stupa in India is
⬥Jain Tirthankara Parshvanath was ⬥ The pedestrian path for devotees to
- Kesariya Stupa(Bihar)
associated to - Varanasi wave in homage to Stupa was - Medhi
⬥ ‘Buddhacharita’, the biography of Buddha
⬥Composed teachings of Parshwanath are ⬥ Largest stupa in India - Kesaria stupa
has been written by - Ashvaghosha
known as - Chaturyam ⬥ Ramabhar Stupa is situated in
⬥Ashtangika Marga guides us in
⬥ The concept of Anuvrata was advocated - Uttar Pradesh
eliminating human misery, is concerned
by - Jainism ⬥ Harmika, Anda and Chhatra are part of
with - Buddhism
⬥ The slogan of ‘Live and let live’ was given - Buddhiststupas
⬥Buddhist sites Nagarjunakonda,
by - Mahavir Swami ⬥ The Lion Capital was built to celebrate
Jaggayyapeta and Amaravati are found in
⬥ In ancient India How many vows was the the historical event of
- Vengi region (Andhra Pradesh)
life of a Jain monk discipline - Five - First sermon ofBuddha
⬥ Chaukhandi Stupa is a Buddhist stupa,
⬥ In Jainism ‘perfect knowledge’ is referred ⬥ Bharhut Stupa is located in
located in - UttarPradesh
to as - Jina - MadhyaPradesh
⬥The Buddha belonged to a Sakya gana,
⬥ Syadvad is the doctrine of - Jainism ⬥ Gautama Buddha belonged to a small
and was a - Kshatriya
⬥ The state of indicating the complete gana known as - Sakya gana
⬥Dhamek Stupa is situated in
destruction of karma atoms in Jainism is ⬥ Gautama Buddha belonged to varna
- Sarnath(Varanasi)
called - Nirjara - Kshatriya
⬥ The dwelling places used by Buddhist
⬥’Samadhi Maran’ is associated with ⬥ Gautama Buddha passed away at
monks were called - Viharas
- Jain Philosophy - Kushinagar
⬥ The Swayambhunath Stupa is located at
⬥ In Jainism, Offering death by hunger is ⬥ Chethiyagiri Vihara Mahotsav (Sanchi) is
- Kathmandu
termed as - 'Sallekhana' a festival celebrated by - Buddhist
⬥ Anda, Harmika, and Yasti are related to
⬥Shravanabelagola is located in- Karnataka ⬥ Buddhist texts were written in - Pali
the structure of - Buddhist Stupa
⬥ Jain Kalpasutra was written by ⬥ Sarnath, a Buddhist site located in
⬥ Gautam Buddha (Siddhartha) was born
- Bhadrabahu - Uttar Pradesh
at Lumbini (Nepal) in - 623 B.C
⬥The early history of Jainism is found in ⬥ Buddha gave his first sermon on the
⬥ The 1st Buddhist Council was held at
- Kalpsutra Four Noble Truths at - Sarnath
Rajagriha in 483 B.C. and presided by
⬥Purvas are the religious epics of - Jains ⬥ The ‘Gandhara’ School of Art was
- Mahakassapa
⬥The place where Jaina texts were finally influenced by the art from of - Greece
⬥ The 2nd Buddhist Council was held at
compiled - Vallabhi Vaishali in 383 B.C.and was presided by
⬥The early jain epics were written in - Sabakami Railway Exams
- Ardhamagadhi language ⬥ The 3rd Buddhist Council was held at
⬥Jain Agams are written in Pataliputra in 250 B.C. and presided by ⬥ Tripitaka is a sacred text related to
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- Buddhism pilgrim place of - Buddhist ⬥'Uparkot Buddhist Caves' are located in
⬥ The Digha Nikaya is a collection of ⬥ The concept of Bodhisattva is - Junagadh
- Buddhist discourses associated with - Mahayana Buddhism ⬥ The Stupa at Sanchi is surrounded by
⬥ Before Bodhgaya, Gautama Budhha ⬥ Culture of Buddhism, is known for its - Four Toranas(gates)
meditated for six years at - Prag Bodhi tantric rituals - Vajrayana ⬥ The place of Buddha’s birth was a
⬥ Venuvana Vihara Buddhist Monastery ⬥ 'Abhaya mudra’ in Buddhism symbolizes grove known as - Lumbini
is located in - Tripura - Fearlessness ⬥Harmika is associated with the
⬥ The language in which Buddha gave his ⬥ Place of worship in Buddhism is called architecture of a - Buddhist Stupa
sermons was - Pali - Chaitya ⬥Chaukhandi, Dhamek, Ramabhar Stupa
⬥ Buddhism was founded by ⬥Architecture consists of Chaityas,Viharas, sites are located in the state of
- Gautama Buddha Stupas and Stambhas related to - Uttar Pradesh
⬥ Buddhist teachings of Nichiren Daishonin - Buddhist Architecture ⬥Languages spoken by Buddha - Prakrit
begin in - Japan ⬥Set of tales that deal with the previous
⬥ First sermon of Buddha was called Police Exams births of Buddha - Jataka
- Dharmachakra Pravartana ⬥Branch of Buddhism that was spread to
⬥The birth of Buddha is symbolized with ⬥
The buddhist text ‘Majjhima Nikaya’ is a Southeast Asia - Theravada
- Lotus and Bull part of -Sutta Pitaka ⬥Buddhist prayer halls were known as
⬥ Buddha’s Nirvana (Enlightenment) is ⬥Ashvaghosha (the author of - Chaityas
symbolized with - Bodhitree Buddhacharita) was the philosopher in ⬥The rules of the Buddhist Sangha are
⬥ The Therigatha, a Buddhist text, is part the court of - KanishkaI mentioned in - Vinaya Pitaka
of the - Sutta Pitaka ⬥Gautam Buddha attained ⬥ B uddha attained Mahaparinirvana at
⬥ A collection of verses composed by Enlightenment in - Bodh Gaya -
Kushinagar
Bhikkhunis is - Therigatha ⬥Three Pitakas are compilation of the ⬥ Ashtangika Marga (Eightfold path) is
⬥ Abhidhamma Pitaka deals with teachings of - Buddha associated with - Buddhism
- Philosophicalmatters ⬥
'Digha Nikaya' is a collection of
⬥ First Buddhist Council, held at discourses of - Buddhism Defence Exams
Saptaparni Rajagriha (483 BC) under the ⬥
First Buddhist Council held under the
patronage of - King Ajatshatru patronage of King Ajatashatru in 483 ⬥ In Buddhism, Respected women who had
⬥ Second Buddhist Council (383 BC), in BC at - Rajgriha attained liberation were known as
Vaishali was conducted by - Kalashoka ⬥
Second Buddhist Council held under - ‘Theris’
⬥ Third Buddhist Council held at the patronage of King Kalasoka of ⬥ Gautam Buddha’s mother belonged to
Pataliputra (250 BC) under the patronage Sisunaga dynasty in 383 BC at - Vaishali - Koliya dynasty
of -King Asoka ⬥Third Buddhist Council held under the ⬥ Gautam Buddha is known as
⬥ Fourth Buddhist Council, held at patronage of Mauryan king Ashoka in - ’Light of Asia’
Kundalvana, Kashmir (72 AD) under the 250 BC at -Pataliputra ⬥ The departure of Gautam Buddha from
patronage of Kushan king - Kanishka ⬥Fourth Buddhist Council held under the his home is known as
⬥ Jataka tales are related to - Buddhism patronage of Kushana king Kanishka in - Mahabhinishkraman
⬥ Abhidharma Kosha is an ancient 72 AD at - Kashmir ⬥ Alara Kalama is known as
- Buddhist text ⬥
Buddhism was divided into two sects, - Mentor of Buddha
⬥ Buddhist text that comprises rules for Mahayana and Hinayana during ⬥ The first sermon delivered by Buddha in
Monks is - VinayaPitaka - 4th Buddhist Council (Kashmir) Sarnath is known as
⬥ Buddhist text that consists of the main ⬥Buddhist event known as - Dhamma chakra pravartan
teaching or Dhamma of Buddha 'Dhammachakkapavattan' took place in ⬥ The event of Buddha’s life which is
- Sutta Pitaka - Sarnath presented as 'deer along with chakra' in
⬥ Hinayana and Mahayana are sects of ⬥
The term 'Tripitakas' in Buddhism Indian art - First Sermon
- Buddhism mean - ThreeBaskets ⬥ According to Buddhist philosophy, the
⬥ In Sanskrit Hinayana means ⬥
Namdroling Math is located in principle of ‘reason and action’ (Karan
- Small Vehicle - Karnataka and Karya) is known as
⬥ In Sanskrit Mahayana means ⬥
The paintings and sculptures of the - Pratityasamutpada
- Great Vehicle Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra are related ⬥ The ‘Kalyan Mitra’ in Buddhist philosophy
⬥ Gautama Buddha was born in to - Buddhism is - AshtangikaMarg
- Lumbini (Nepal) ⬥
Ashokan pillars were usually made of ⬥ Ashtangika Marg was propounded by
⬥ The Sermon of Gautama Buddha which - Sandstone - Buddha
is also known as the Fire Sermon is ⬥
First Buddhist council was presided ⬥ Ephemeralism was propounded by
- AdittapariyayaSutta over by - Mahakasyapa - Buddha
⬥ Second discourse of the Gautama ⬥
Second Buddhist council was ⬥Jeevaka, a famous physician during
Buddha is said to - Anattalakkhana Sutra presided over by - Sabakami Gautam Buddha period was associated
⬥ Personal physician of Gautam Buddha ⬥
Third Buddhist council was presided with court of - Bimbisara
was - Jivaka over by - MogaliputtaTissa ⬥ Mahatma Buddha visited kaushambi
⬥ Upagupta influenced Ashoka to ⬥
Fourth Buddhist council was presided during the reign of - Udayin
embrace -Buddhism over by - Vasumitra ⬥ Mahatma Buddha attained
⬥ Court physician of Kanishka was-Charak ⬥Gautama Buddha gave most of his Mahaparinirvan in the Republic of- Mallas
⬥ Bodh Gaya, Kushinagar, Sarnath are preaching at - Gridhakuta, Bihar ⬥"Triratna" in Buddhism
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- Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha Chedi Suktimati B undelkhand were - 16
⬥Mahasanghika sect was originated in (Sothivati)/B ⬥ Capital of avanti Mahajanapadas was
- Vaishali anda - Ujjayini
Avanti Ujjain/ adhya
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⬥ The Buddhist sect Mahayana formally ⬥ Kosal, Anga, Kashi and Vajji were all
Mahishmati Pradesh
came into existence during the reign of Gandhara Taxila Rawalpindi part of - 16 Mahajanapadas
- Kanishka Kamboj Pooncha Rajoori/Kash
⬥ The propounder of Madhyamika mir Police Exams
philosophy was - Nagarjuna smaka
A Podana (or Maharashtra
⬥ Yamaka Buddha pitaka is associated (Assaka) Pratisthan /
⬥ Initially, the capital of Magadha
Paithan)
with - Abhidhamma Mahajanapada was - Rajgriha
Vajiji Vaishali Vaishali
⬥ The Nikayais related to - Buddhism ⬥King Ambhi was the ruler of - Taxila
alla
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⬥ The Buddhist text Majjhima Nikaya is in Pradesh ⬥Total number of Mahajanapadas - 16
- Pali language ⬥Mahapadma Nanda ruled over the
⬥ Gandatindu Jataka was written in SSCExams kingdom of -Magadha
- Pali Language ⬥Meaning of the word ‘Vish’ during the
⬥ The Buddhist text which contains an ⬥The capital of Magadha for several year Janapada period was - Ordinary people
account of the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka before it was shifted to Pataliputra ⬥ The Gandhara School of Art was
is - Mahavamsa - Rajagriha influenced by - Greek and Roman art
⬥ The earliest Buddhist literature which ⬥In ancient times the area to the south of ⬥ During the 'Age of Mahajanapadas',
deal with the stories of the various birth the Ganga was known as - Magadha Ujjain was the capital of - Avanti
of Buddha are - Jatakas ⬥
The capital of Vajji Mahajanapada was ⬥Ajatashatru send his minister named
⬥ The author of “Visuddhimagga” is - Vaishali Vassakara to seek advice from - Buddha
- Buddhaghosa ⬥ The capital of Matsya during ⬥Thecity of Ujjain was earlier known as
Mahajanapadas period - Viratanagara - Avantika
State PCS Exams ⬥
Bimbisara was one of the powerful
⬥ which King sent Vassakara to seek rulers of - Magadha
⬥ In Indian art, the construction of ‘Stupa’, Buddha's advice on attacking Vajji ⬥
The monuments of Khajuraho in
‘Chaitya’ and ‘Vihara’ is related to - Ajatasatru Madhya Pradesh are fine denotations
- Buddhism ⬥ The capital of the Vatsa kingdom of - Chandeladynasty
⬥ The features of a platform with 'Aryak - - Kaushambi ⬥The remains of Takshila, an ancient
Pillars' are found in - Amaravati stupa ⬥ The capital of the Avanti kingdom institute of learning, were discovered By
⬥ ‘Aryamanjushrimulakalpa’ a buddhist text -Ujjayini (Ujjain) - Alexander Cunningham
is related to -Mahayana⬥ The capital of Vajji Mahajanapada was ⬥Gandhara ancient School of Art was
⬥ Milind-Panho is in the form of a dialogue - Vaishali developed during the reign of
between the King Menander and the ⬥Bimbisara is considered the main - Kushana
Buddhist monk - Nagasena founder of - Haryanka dynasty ⬥
Gandhara, Mathura, Amaravati are
⬥ Kesaria buddha stupa is located in ⬥ Sanchi Stupa, Bharhut Stupa, Ajanta ancient Indian school of -Arts
- Bihar Caves are - Buddhist architectural marvel ⬥
Capital of Surasena Mahajanapada was
⬥ The painting of Bodhisattva Padmapani ⬥ Kosala Mahajanapada is a part of - Mathura
is located in - Ajanta modern day - Uttar Pradesh ⬥Most important Mahajanapada among
⬥ Buddha statue at Sarnath in ⬥ Iron mines in Jharkhand attributed to the 16 known Mahajanapadas- Magadha
‘Bhumisparsha mudra’ is related to the rise of - Magadha empire
- Gupta Period ⬥ Magadha Mahajanapada was Defence Exams
⬥ Bamiyan in Afghanistan was famous for surrounded by - Ganga and Son River
- Buddha statue ⬥ The first capital of Magadha ⬥ Patliputra city was founded by
Mahajanapada was - Rajagriha - Ajatashatru
Mahajanapadas ⬥
The area to the south of the Ganga ⬥ ’The destroyer of all Kshatriyas' was
was known as - Magadha known as - Mahapadma Nanda
Mahajanapada Capital Modern ⬥
Capital of Magadha was later shifted to
s Location - Pataliputra
Anga Champa Munger and ⬥ Rulers of Mahajanapadas collected
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Bhagalpur taxes on crops at the rate of - 1/6th
Magadha Rajagriha/ Bihar ⬥ The area to south of the Ganga in ancient
⬥ Nanda dynasty in Eastern Magadha was
Pataliputra times was known as - Magadha
established by - Mahapadma Nanda
Kashi Kashi Banaras ⬥ Chand-prodhyot was the ruler of ancient
Vatsa (Vamsa) Kausambi Allahabad ⬥
Ajatshatru was the son of - Bimbisara
Indian Mahajanapada - Avanti
Kosala Sravasti Eastern Uttar ⬥ Last ruler of the Nanda dynasty was ⬥ The name of Ujjain during ancient period
Pradesh - Dhana Nanda
was - Avantika
Saurasena Mathura Mathura ⬥ Capital was Shifted from Rajagriha to
Panchala Ahichhatra/ Western Uttar ⬥ Mahishmati city was situated in
Pataliputra in the 4th century by - Udayin
Kampilya Pradesh - Avanti Mahajanapada
Kuru Indraprastha Meerut and ⬥ The ancient town of taxila was located
Haryana Railway Exams between - Indus and JehlumRiver
Matsya Viratnagar Jaipur ⬥ The Magadha ruler Mahapadmananda
(Maccha) ⬥ The total number of Mahajanapadas
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was known as - ‘Aparo Parashuram’ ⬥ The bookIndicawas written by - Ashwadhyaksha
- Megasthenes ⬥ The Mauryan pillar capital (Lion Capital)
Mauryan Dynasty ⬥
Megasthenes mentioned 64 gates and founded at - Sarnath
570 towers in the city of - Pataliputra ⬥ Minute details of the administrative and
⬥ According to Magasthenes Mauryan military organization was given in
SSCExams ruler's army consists of - 6 lakh Infantry - Arthashastra
⬥ According to Magasthenes, Mauryan ⬥ Nagarjuni Caves were donated to-Ajivika
⬥A Ceylonese chronicle that was important rulers consists of - 130,000 cavalary ⬥ Tosali, Ujjayini and Taxila were a
literary source of the Mauryan empire ⬥ According to Magasthenes Mauryan provincial center in - Magadha Empire
-Mahavamsa ruler had - 9000 Elephants ⬥ Ashoka abandoned the policy of
⬥ The Mauryan king who embraced ⬥ Ashoka has mentioned his visit to Bodh physical occupation - After Kalinga war
Buddhism and its non-violent principles Gaya (Bodhi Tree) and Dhamma Yatra in ⬥The number of Major political centres
after the Kalinga war was - Ashoka -Major Rock EdictVIII were there in the Mauryan empire
⬥ Mauryan king, fasted to death and ⬥ The titles ‘Devanampiya’ and ‘Piyadassi’ - Five
died at Shravanabelagola were adopted by the King - Ashoka ⬥ Bindusara was called Amitrochates by
- Chandragupta Maurya ⬥ The Sudarshana lake in Gujarat was built - The Greeks
⬥ The foundation of Sanchi Stupa was laid during the rule of -Mauryas ⬥ Cities located on the southernmost
by - Ashoka side in Mauryan empire - Brahmagiri
⬥ In the Mauryan Empire, the revenue Note:-Minor rock edicts of Asoka -Bahapur,
⬥ The purpose behind the Pillars of Ashoka
department chief was called-Samaharta Bairat, Bhabru, Siddapur, Brahmagiri, Nittur, was - To spread the dharma policies
⬥ The last Mauryan ruler Brihadratha was Rajula Mandagiri, Udeg, Gavimath,
⬥ The oldest surviving rock-cut caves in
killed by - Pushyamitra Sunga Palkigundu, Jatinga Rameshwar, Siddapur, India -Barabar and Nagarjuni cave
⬥ In Mauryan administration, the army was Maski. ⬥ Qin Shi Huang ordered construction of
looked after by a war office consisting of the Great Wall around - 221 B.C
⬥ Buddhist texts have been mentioned in
- 30 members ⬥ Emperors of China began building the
Ashoka's Inscriptions of
⬥ Magadha emperor who made Anga a Great Wall around - 2400 years ago
- Bhabruinscription
part of his empire, named - Bimbisara ⬥ The foundation of the Mauryan empire
⬥ Ashoka has been mentioned as
⬥The Kalinga War was fought during the was laid by - Chandragupta Maurya
Priyadarshi in the - Bhabru inscription
reign of - Ashoka ⬥ Shunga Dynasty established by
⬥ Ashoka tried to hold his empire together
⬥ The Greek ruler sent Megasthenes to the - Pushyamitra
by propagating - Dhamma
court of Chandragupta Maurya was ⬥ To solve the social problems, Ashoka
⬥ The first Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh
- SeleucusNicator appointed - Dhamma Mahamatta
Gaya (Bihar) was built by - Ashoka
⬥ The capital of the Mauryan Kingdom was ⬥ Most of Ashoka’s inscriptions were
⬥ Tax paid by peasants during Mauryan
- Pataliputra written in - Brahmiscript
empire was called - Pindakara
⬥ The last king of the Mauryan empire was ⬥ Many of Chanakya’s ideas were written
⬥ After a terrible famine in bihar, Jain monk
- Brihadratha down in a book called - Arthashastra
Bhadrabahu and his disciples migrated to
⬥ Emperor Ashoka was the son of ⬥ First Mauryan ruler, tried to spread his
- Shravanabelagola (Karnataka)
- Bindusara message to the people through
⬥The number of Tirthas mentioned in
⬥ The provincial capital under the rule of inscriptions - Ashoka
Kautilya's 'Arthashastra' - Eighteen (18)
Ashoka - Taxila & Ujjain ⬥ Names used for Indian subcontinent
⬥ Tax assessment was the function of
⬥ There were men and women such as the by ancient travellers - Swaran Bhoomi
an officer called - Samaharta
Dasa Karmakara who did not own land in ⬥ Alexander (Sikandar) and Porus
⬥ Ashoka sent his son (Mahendra) and
- Post MauryanPeriod fought in the Battle of - Hydaspes
daughter (Sanghamitra) to spread the
⬥ According to Megasthenes, the gates in ⬥ Seleucus fight against which Mauryan
principle of Dhamma to - Ceylon
Pataliputra were - Sixty four ruler in the Seleucid-Mauryan War
⬥ Ashoka gave up war after the battle of
⬥ The founder of the Mauryan Empire was - ChandraguptaMaurya
- Kalinga
- ChandraguptaMaurya ⬥ Last king of the Mauryan dynasty was
⬥ Greek ambassador Megasthenes was
⬥ The Mauryan king who gave up conquest - Brihadratha
send to the court of
after winning a war - Ashoka ⬥ 'Kantakasodhana', a type of court was
- Chandragupta Maurya
⬥ The Mauryan ruler, Ashoka died in prevalent in - Mauryan Empire
⬥ Megasthenes was the ambassador of
- 232 BC ⬥ Alexander Cunningham published a
- SeleucusI Nicator
⬥ The Great Stupa of Sanchi was built set of Ashokan inscriptions in - 1877
⬥ Mauryan emperor Chandragupta Maurya
during the reign of - Ashoka ⬥ First scholar to decipher the Ashokan
defeated - Seleucus Nicator
⬥ The concept of Dhamma was edicts was -James Prinsep
⬥ Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the
popularized by - Ashoka ⬥ First empire in ancient India to use
Nanda Dynasty with the help of
⬥ Ashoka conquered the Kalinga elephants in its war on a large scale was
- Vishnugupta
in the - 8th year ofhis reign - Magadha
⬥ After 8 years of his coronation, Ashoka
⬥ The Mauryan ruler, pioneered the ⬥ ‘Atavika rajya’ was referred to as the
conquered - Kalinga
propagation of Bauddh Dhamma was -Forest kingdom
⬥ Seven classes of Indian society are
- Ashoka
mentioned in Megasthenes book
⬥ The Ashoka pillar of Rampurva is topped
with a statue of - Bull
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⬥The Commanding Officer of the cavalry
⬥Pre - Mauryan Magadha ruling dynasty
in the Mauryan administration ⬥ During the Mauryan reign, Suvarnagiri
- Haryanka, Shishunaga, Nanda
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was the gold mine hub in - Karnataka reign of - Mauryan intrigues and Chandragupta Maurya’s
⬥ Most Ashokan inscriptions were in the ⬥Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscriptions ascent to power - Mudrarakshasa
- Prakritlanguage were written in 2 languages ⬥Lion Capital at Sarnath belongs to
⬥ Ashokan inscriptions found in northwest - Greek and Aramaic - Ashoka
of the subcontinent were in ⬥
First pan - Indian empire was ⬥
The national emblem has been taken
- Aramaic and Greek language - Mauryan Empire from - SarnathPillar
⬥ Number of Major rock edicts of Ashoka ⬥From the 6th century BC onwards, ⬥Ashoka capital was at - Pataliputra
- 14 punch-marked coins were made from ⬥
Indian ruler drove the Greeks out of India
⬥The Mauryan emperor who engraved - Silverand Copper - Chandragupta Maurya
inscriptions on rocks and pillars- Ashoka ⬥
Ashoka was the grandson of ⬥
Silver coins are mentioned as "Rupyarupa"
⬥ Arthashastra is attributed to - Kautilya - Chandragupta Maurya in - Arthashastra
⬥ The Sarnath Lion Capital was made up ⬥Chanakya was the Guru of
of - Sandstone - EmperorAshoka Defence Exams
⬥ The Girnar rock edicts of Ashoka are ⬥Chanakya was Prime Minister under
located in the state of - Gujarat the reign of - Chandragupta Maurya ⬥ First Indian thinker who spoke of food-
⬥ Maski, in Raichur district of Karnataka, ⬥
The Buddhist Vihara at Sanchi is also for - work programmes to counteract the
a minor rock edict site of Ashoka was known as - GreatStupa effects of famines - Kautilya
discovered by C. Beadon in - 1915 ⬥'The Great Tang Dynasty Record on the ⬥The painted illustration of the moving of
⬥ Buddhist monument built by emperor Western Regions' book was written by the Ashoka Pillar at Topra is found in
Ashoka in Madhya Pradesh-Sanchi Stupa - Xuanzang - Sirat -i - Firuz Shahi
⬥ The play ‘Mudrarakshasa’ was written by ⬥
Kandahar Edicts of Ashoka were ⬥ In Mauryan Administration, In-charge of
- Vishakhadatta discovered in the year - 1958 the frontier areas was
⬥ James Prinsep deciphered Ashokan ⬥Maurya dynasty ruled over Magadha - Antamahamatta
edicts in - 1837 after the reign of the - Nanda dynasty ⬥ In Mauryan Administration, In-charge of
⬥ Famous Buddhist structure, Dhamekh ⬥
Yatravetanawas a tax levied on women’s welfare was
Stupa was originally constructed during pilgrims in - Mauryan Empire - Ithijhakhamahamatta
- Mauryan dynasty ⬥
Brihadratha(Last Mauryan king) was ⬥ In Mauryan Administration, In - charge
⬥During the reign of the Mauryas, historical assassinated by - Pushyamitra Shunga of spread of Dhamma was
Grand Trunk road was called - Uttarapath ⬥
Customs and toll collector in the - Dhamma mahamatta
⬥ Adhyakshas as the superintendents of Maurya administration were known as ⬥ In Mauryan Administration, In-charge of
different departments in the Mauryan - Shulka Adhyaksha city administration was- Nagalaviyohalaka
Administration was mentioned by ⬥The famous Buddhist Sanchi Stupa
- Kautilya was originally built by - Ashoka
⬥ Ashoka’s triumph of Kalinga is ⬥
In the North Western part of Ashoka State PCS Exams
mentioned in - 13th Rock Edict Empire, his inscriptions were written in
- Kharosthi script ⬥ Chandragupta Maurya blessed Seleucus
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Sanchi Stupa is located in Nicator with the gift of- 500 war elephants
- Madhya Pradesh ⬥ The official "Agronomai" during the
⬥The ruler who defeated Dhana Nanda to ⬥Cave architecture of prehistoric times Mauryan age was related to the
establish the Maurya dynasty was in Sisupalgarh is in the state of - Orissa - Constructionof roads
- Chandragupta Maurya ⬥The name of General of Alexander, who ⬥ The information about Ashoka winning
⬥ The Maurya king who extended control was defeated by Chandragupta Maurya Avanti Mahajanapada and merging it into
as far north-west as Afghanistan and after Alexander's death the Mauryan empire during Bindusara's
Balochistan was- Chandragupta Maurya - SeleucusNicator rule is found in the text
⬥During Chandragupta Maurya’s reign, ⬥Heliodorus came as an ambassador - Samant Pasadika of Buddha Ghosh
administration of Pataliputra (capital of during the 2nd century BCE in the court of ⬥ The Mauryan idols which inscribed the
Mauryas) was managed by - Bhagabhadra name of Manibhadra (Yaksha) was found
- Six Committees ⬥The capital of the province of Eastern from- Parkham (Uttar Pradesh)
⬥ The lower portion of Dhamekh Stupa at India of the Maurya Empire was - Tosli ⬥ Chandragupta maurya was referred to as
Sarnath is covered with - Carved Stone ⬥Sanchi Stupa was discovered in 1818 ’Vrishala’ in the text of - Mudra Rakshasa
⬥The Dhamekh Stupa was built by by - SirHenry Taylor ⬥ Sandrocottus was identified as
- Ashoka ⬥Hathi gumpha cave contains an Chandragupta Maurya by- William Jones
⬥The capital of North-western province inscription of - King Kharavela ⬥ Megasthenes was the ambassador of
under Ashoka, was -Taxila ⬥According to Megasthenes, society - Seleucus
⬥ The fraction of sales price collected as during the reign of Chandragupta ⬥The Mauryan ruler Bindusar was referred
tax under the Mauryas, was Maurya was divided into - 7 castes to as 'Amitraghat' by - Greek authors
- tenth part ⬥
Under Mauryan administration the
⬥ Chanakya had received his education at 'Sitadhyaksha' was the officer in charge Gupta Dynasty
- Taxila(Pakistan) of - Agriculture
⬥ The revenue collecting officer in the ⬥
Megasthenes, a Greek historian visited
India in the 4th century B.C during the
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Mauryan administration was called
- Samaharta reign of - Chandragupta Maurya
⬥12 rulers of Dakshinapatha were defeated
⬥ Sanchi Stupa was built during the ⬥
ASanskrit work deals with court
by - Samudragupta
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⬥ Nalanda University was established by officer was - Maha-danda-Nayaka ⬥‘Napolean of India’ was called to
- Kumaragupta ⬥ In Gupta period, the post of Minister of - Samudragupta
⬥ The composer of Prayag Prashasti (the War and Peace was - Sandhi-vigrahika ⬥The first ruler of the Gupta dynasty to
Allahabad Pillar ) in praise of Samudra ⬥ In ancient India, the leader of merchant adopt the grand title of Maharaj-adhiraja
Gupta was- Harishena caravans was - Sarthavaha - Chandragupta I
⬥ Fa Xian began his journey back to home ⬥ In Gupta period, the post of Chief Banker ⬥Founder of Nalanda University
from - Bengal or merchant was - Nagara-shreshthi -Kumaragupta I
⬥ Samudragupta is depicted in coins ⬥ Fa Xian began his journey back home ⬥‘Prayag Prashasti’ was composed in
showing him playing - Veena from - Bengal - Sanskrit
⬥ The first Gupta ruler to adopt the title of ⬥ Nalanda, a famous Buddhist monastery ⬥ The play 'Abhijnanasakuntalam' by
Maharajadhiraja - Chandragupta I is located in - Bihar Kalidasa is a love story between
⬥Chandragupta IIis also known by his title ⬥ Samudragupta's mother belonged to Shakuntala and King - Dushyanta
- Vikramaditya - Licchavi gana ⬥Junagarh inscription of Rudradaman
⬥Harisena was the court poet and minister ⬥ ‘Kaviraja’ title held by - Samudragupta refers to the repairing of a lake named
of - Samudragupta ⬥ Chandragupta-I married a princess from - Sudarshan Lake
⬥ The Gupta rulers in India issued a large the - Lichchhaviclan ⬥Harisenawas a poet and minister in
number of gold coins called - Dinaras ⬥ Prabhavati Gupta was the daughter of the court of King - Samudragupta
⬥ The term used for a province during the Kuberanaga and - Chandragupta II ⬥The gigantic statue of Gautam Buddha,
Gupta period was -Bhukti ⬥ The Gupta imposed a plough tax called discovered at Sultanganj in Bihar has
⬥ The first ruler of the Gupta Dynasty - Halvakara been dated to the - Gupta Period
- Sri Gupta ⬥ Mrichchhakatika, Vinavasavadatta,
⬥ The last ruler of the Gupta Dynasty Railway Exams Padmaprabhritaka sanskrit plays were
- Vishnugupta written by - Shudraka
⬥The name of the God mentioned in the ⬥ The information about achievements of ⬥Bhitargaon temple called as ‘Hindu
Allahabad Prasasti Samudragupta is mentioned in Arch’ is located at- Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
- Varuna, Antaka, Indra, Kubera - Prayag Prashasti (Allahabad Pillar) ⬥In the context of the polity during the
⬥The inscription that described ⬥ Varahamihira was one of the nine 7th century, the term 'samanta' meant
Samudragupta as equal to the Gods gems of - ChandraguptaII - A subordinate ruler
- AllahabadPrashasti ⬥ Bhukti, Bhoga, Visaya, Vithi and Mandal ⬥Iron pillar made in the Qutub Minar
⬥ The Gupta ruler married a Lichchavi were administrative divisions in complex was established by
princess was - ChandraguptaI - Gupta period - Chandragupta II
⬥ Vakataka dynasty was directly related to ⬥ Nalanda University was established by ⬥Samudragupta's successor
- ChandraGupta II - Kumaragupta I Chandragupta II is also known as
⬥ First inscriptional example of the ⬥ The Golden Age of Indian history is - Vikramaditya
practice of Sati found in - Gupta period called -Gupta period ⬥ 'The Golden Period of Indian History' is
⬥ The Prayaga Prashasti is known as ⬥ Samudragupta, king of the Gupta Empire called to - GuptaPeriod
- Allahabad pillar inscription was also a - Veenaplayer ⬥Kumaradevi, the daughter of the chief
⬥ A famous source of the Gupta empire ⬥ The Height of the Allahabad pillar of the Licchavis was married to
was - Prayaga Prashasti inscription of Samudragupta is - 35 feet - Chandragupta I
⬥ The credit for starting the Gupta era ⬥ At the beginning of the 4th century CE, ⬥Vararuchi, Kshapanaka, Kalidasa were
was given by - ChandraguptaI the Guptas established a small kingdom among the ‘Navratna’ at the court of
⬥ Amar singh was one of the luminaries in - Magadh - Vikramaditya
in the court of - ChandraguptaII ⬥
Meghaduta, Abhijnanashakuntalam,
⬥ Banabhatta writer of “Chandishtak” was Malavikagnimitra are famous works of
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⬥ Chandragupta adopted the grand title ⬥Vikramorvashi, Raghuvamsha,
⬥Author of the Arthashastra is- Kautilya
- Maharaja-dhiraja Kumarasambhava, were written by
⬥ Aryabhatta is believed to be one of the
⬥ Vetala Bhatta from Chandragupta II - Kalidasa
greatest astronomers, during the
courtee wrote - Mantrashastra ⬥ Allahabad Pillar Inscription (Prayag
- Gupta period
⬥ Kumaragupta I was the son and Prasasti) of Samudragupta was
⬥ The instrument which Samudra Gupta is
successor of - ChandraguptaII composed by - Harishena
shown playing on the coin - Veena
⬥ Samudragupta was shown on his ⬥Allahabad Pillar inscription of
⬥ The gupta were believed to be sprung
coins as a - Veenaplayer Samudragupta were written in - Sanskrit
from this varna - Vaisya varna
⬥ Chandragupta II adopted the title of ⬥Brihajjataka, Brihatsamhita and
⬥
Nalanda Mahavihara was founded by
- Vikramaditya Panchasiddhantika are notable works of
the king - KumaraguptaI
⬥ Chandragupta I succeeded the Gupta -Varahamihira
⬥Shore temple was built in 700 - 728
ruler - Ghatotkacha ⬥ Varahamihira was one of the ‘Navaratna’
AD during the reign of
⬥ Iron pillar in Delhi was built by in the court of - ChandraguptaII
-Narasimhavarman II (pallava dynasty)
- Gupta dynasty ⬥ Nalanda Mahavihara was established
⬥The Shore temple at Mahabalipuram is
⬥ Sandhi-vigrahika, Maha-danda- by - KumaraguptaI
an example of
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Successor of Chandragupta I was
⬥ In Gupta period, the post of Chief Judicial
- Samudragupta ⬥The Bagh caves near Gwalior represent
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⬥Author of the book ‘Vrihat Katha Kosha’ built by - RajarajaChola I
- Harisena ⬥
King Harshavardhana belong to ⬥ The Chola Kings gave the titles like
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narrates Skandagupta's fight with ⬥Chinese traveller who came and stayed - RichLandowner
-Hunspeople in Nalanda both as a student and a ⬥ The dynasty, associated with
⬥ Samudragupta is known as the Teacher - HiuenTsang Aihole Inscription is- Chalukya Dynasty
- Napoleonof India ⬥ A Chinese Buddhist monk famous for ⬥Temple architecture in South India
⬥ Samudragupta’s prashasti was found on his 17 year long trip to India between attained its climax under the rule of
the Ashokan pillar at - Allahabad 627 to 643 AD - Hiuen Tsang - Cholas
⬥ Sabha and Ur, two kinds of village
State PCS Exams assemblies are referred to
Police Exams - Chola dynasty
⬥ To build a Buddhist temple at Gaya, ⬥ Brahmadeya a type of land during the
⬥
Harshavardhana was the king of Chola Period gifted to - Brahmans
Meghavarman, the ruler of Sri Lanka,
-Vardhana Dynasty ⬥ The Airavatesvara Temple in Tamil
sent a missionary to - Samudragupta
⬥ Hieun Tsang (Xuan Zang) visited India Nadu was built by - Rajaraja Chola II
⬥ The first epigraphic evidence of Sati has
during the reign of -Harsha ⬥ The term "Vetti" in Chola empire is
been found in the
⬥Kannauj assembly was held to publicize related to - Forcedlabour
- Eran Pillar Inscription (Bhanugupta)
the doctrines of Mahayana sect during ⬥ Rajaraja I became king in - 985
⬥ The Varika Vishnuvardhan Victory
reign of - Harsha ⬥ A Town was built by the ruler Vijayalaya
Tower situated in Bayana Fort belongs
to - GuptaPeriod in Kaveri delta -Thanjavur
Defence Exams ⬥ Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni was a
contemporary of - RajendraI
Vardhana Dynasty ⬥ After Harshavardhana's death, Arunashva ⬥ Rajendra I built a Shiva temple and filled
usurped power in - Kanyakubja it with a Sun-pedestal seized from
SSCExams ⬥ During ancient times in India, the diary - Chalukyas
"Records of the Travels to Middle India" ⬥ A prominent military officer for king
⬥ The court poet of Harshavardhana and was written by the Chinese traveler of the Chola Throne - Muvendavelan
the author of 'Harshacharita’ was - Xuanzang (HiuenTsang) ⬥ Vijayalaya founded the Chola Empire
- Banabhatta and captured Thanjavur in - 850 CE
⬥The war between Harshavardhana and State PCS Exams ⬥ Rajaraja I and Rajendra I belonged to
Pulakeshin II was fought on the bank of - Chola dynasty
- Narmada ⬥ According to the foreign traveler Hiuen ⬥ Temple for goddess Nishumbhasudini
⬥ In the Battle of Narmada, king Tsang, Dhruvasena II attended Harsha's was built by -Vijayalaya
Pulakeshin II of chalukya dynasty assembly at - Prayag (Allahabad) ⬥ Bhillasvamin was grown as a temple
defeated - Harshavardhana town during the -Chola dynasty
⬥ The period of rule of King Harsha ⬥ Xuan Zang spent a lot of time in the ⬥ Pandaya and Pallava were made part of
- 606 to 647 court of - Harshavardhana the Chola kingdom by the successors of
⬥The biography of Harshavardhana, - Vijayalaya
'Harshacharita,' written by Banabhatta, ⬥ Ravikirti composed prashasti of ⬥ Chola bronzes statues were made using
was composed in - Sanskrit chalukya ruler - PulakeshinII the - ‘lost wax’technique
⬥ Hsuan Tsang, a Chinese traveler visited ⬥ Puhar or Kaveripattinam was the port
India during the reign of of - Cholasdynasty
- Harshavardhana
Chola Dynasty ⬥ Rajendra I was the son of - Rajaraja I
⬥ The period of Harshavardhana's reign ⬥ Brihadeshwara temple is an example of
- 606CE to 647 CE SSCExams Dravidian architecture during
⬥ Ratnavali, Priyadarsika and Nagananda - Chola period
were written by - Harshavardhana ⬥The Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur
⬥ Banabhatta wrote the "Harshacharita", was built by - Rajaraja I Railway Exams
a biography of - Harshavardhana ⬥The Chola empire was founded by
⬥ The Chinese Buddhist pilgrims Xuan - Vijayalaya ⬥ In Chola dynasty, land gifted to Temples
Zang came to India in the court of ⬥The Chola ruler whose army reached the was - Tirunamattukkani
- Harshavardhana Ganga in the 11th century to invade ⬥ Great Living Chola Temple in Thanjavur
⬥ Who defeated Harshavardhana when he Bengal was - RajendraI is - Brihadisvaratemple
invaded the Chalukya kingdom ⬥ The Chola rulers invaded Malaya to ⬥ Tanjore paintings originated in the time
- Pulakesin II liberate their trade with -China of - Choladynasty
⬥ King Shashanka was a ruler of the ⬥ During the Chola period, muvendavelan ⬥ The land for the maintenance of a school
-Gauda kingdom and araiyar were titles given to mentioned in Chola inscription was
⬥ Pushyabhuti was the founder of - Rich landowners - Shalabhoga
- Vardhana dynasty ⬥ According to the Chola inscriptions, the Police Exams
⬥ King Harshavardhan ascended the land for the maintenance of schools was
called - Shalabhoga ⬥ The royal emblem of the Chola dynasty
throne of - Thaneshwar and Kannauj
was - Tiger
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⬥ The Chola king who raided the Ganga depicts the architecture of ⬥ Charaka is known as the father of
Valley region -Rajendra I - Pala Dynasty - Ayurveda
⬥ A tax was taken not in cash but in the ⬥
Malavikagnimitra, a drama of the 5th ⬥ A Tamil epic, the Silappadikaram was
form of forced labour in Chola empire entury CE, was written by
c - Kalidasa composed by a poet named Ilango,
- Vetti ⬥ Ravana Phadi cave and Durga Temple at around - 1800 yearsago
⬥ Brihadeshwara Temple at Thanjavur Aihole portray are the architectural style ⬥ About 50 years after Xuan Zang, which
was built by - RajarajaChola of - Chalukya dynasty Chinese pilgrims visited India - I - Qing
⬥ Kadmai was a form of land revenue ⬥ Ashtadhyayi, a sanskrit treatise on ⬥ The Kandariya Mahadeva temple was
under the - Choladynasty grammar, was written by - Panini built in 999 AD by - Chandela
⬥
Panini code is a Sanskrit grammar ⬥‘Arthashastra’ was written by - Kautilya
Defence Exams problem in - Ashtadhyayi ⬥ The founder of the Vakataka Dynasty
ote :- The 2500 - year-old Sanskrit
N - Vindhyashakti
⬥ The tax refers to the land of the grammarproblemintheAshtadhyayi—has ⬥ The Satavahana kingdom was
maintenance of a school in the Chola been solved by Dr Rishi Rajpopat established about - 2100 years ago
dynasty -Shalabhoga ⬥ The inscriptions of the Pallavas mention
.⬥ The star - shaped temples were built the Sabha, which was a meeting of
⬥ The founder of the Chola dynasty was
during the reign of -Hoysala - Brahman Bhuswami
- Vijayalaya
⬥ Sanchi Stupa is located in ⬥ The second capital of the Kushanas
⬥Nataraja image belongs to the reign of
- MadhyaPradesh during their empire - Mathura
- Cholas
⬥ The capital of the Hindu Shahi Kingdom ⬥ The capital of the Pandyas - Madurai
⬥ “Gangaikonda cholapuram” title was
was - Waihind ⬥ In the Tamil region during the Sangam
given to - Rajendra I
⬥ The Gahadavalas ruled over the region of period, landless laborers, were known as
- Kanauj - Kadasiyar and Adimai
State PCS Exams ⬥ Abhinaya Darpana is a source to study ⬥ Satavahanas was a powerful dynasty in
-Bharatanatyam - Western India
⬥ The village autonomy was the unique
⬥ Alvars were the devotees of ⬥Kanishka, belonged to the
administrative system feature of the
- Vaishnavism - KushanDynasty
- Chola dynasty
⬥ The book ‘Rajatarangini' is about the ⬥ Arthashastra, an Indian treatise based on
Miscellaneous history of -Kashmir politics, was written by - Chanakya
⬥The Arab traveller Sulaiman visited India ⬥ The Kushana rulers adopted the title
in -9th century devaputra (son of god) inspired by
SSCExams ⬥ Ruler accepted Jainism under the - Chinese rulers
influence of a Jain scholar ⬥ Indo - Greek kings ruled which part of
⬥Mahabhashya was written by
Hemachandra - Chalukya ancient India - Northwest
- Patanjali
⬥ Vikramashila was founded by the Pala ⬥ Ancient site Gottiprolu, provides
⬥ The dynasty that succeeded the
emperor - Dharmapala evidence of ancient maritime trade, is
Palas of Bengal was - Senas dynasty
⬥ Alha and Udal belonged to the Rajput located in - Andhra Pradesh
⬥ Menanderset up his capital at
State of - Chandella ⬥ Three Crowned Kings (Muventar) in
- Sialkot(Pakistan)
⬥ The founder of Chandela Rajput State Sangam literature belong to
⬥Chalukyas of Vatapi were the tributary
was - Nannuk - Pandya, Chola, and Chera dynasties
Princes under the - Kadambas dynasty
⬥The Pala Dynasty rulers were primarily ⬥ Biography author of Chalukya ruler
⬥Bharhut and Amaravati stupas are
patrons of - Buddhism Vikramaditya VI -Bilhana
famous for
⬥ Megasthenes classified Indian society ⬥ The first ever gold coins in India were
- Buddhist railings and gateways
into - Sevenclasses issued by - Kushana dynasty
⬥Amravati Stupa (Palnadu, Andhra
⬥ The book “Mitakshara” written by ⬥ The rashtrakuta dynasty was founded by
Pradesh) was discovered by
Vijnaneshwara is related to Dantidurga (Dantivarman) in - 753 AD
- ColinMackenzie
- Judiciary field ⬥Alexander, the Great invaded India in
⬥Bharhut Stupa (Satna, Madhya Pradesh)
⬥ The style of sculpture in Bengal during - 326 BC
was discovered by- Alexander Cunningham
the ninth to eleventh century is known as ⬥First ruler of Nanda dynasty was
⬥ Junagadh inscription of Kathiawar is
- Pala style - MahapadmaNanda
related to - RudradamanI
⬥ To treat the ruler of Avanti Pradyota, ⬥ Hiranya-garbha was performed by
⬥ The oldest dated fort in India
Bimbisara sent a royal physician, named - KingDantidurga
- Kangra Fort (Himachal Pradesh)
- Jivaka ⬥ TheVikramasila University was founded
⬥ Brihat Samhita which was the treatise of
⬥The city of Thanjavur and the temple of by - Dharampala
astronomy, written by - Varahamihira
Goddess Nishumbh Sudini in that city ⬥Dravidian style of architecture and
⬥ Shore temple of Mamallapuram was built
were built by -Vijayalaya sculpture was Introduced by - Pallavas
by - Pallavas
⬥ The founder of the Shunga ⬥ Abhigyanshakuntalam is a Play written
⬥ The rule of Chahamana dynasty who
dynasty - Pushyamitra by - Kalidasa
made Ajmer his capital - Ajayaraja
⬥ Ashvaghosha who composed ⬥ Meghdutam (lyrical poem) is written by
⬥ "Prithviraj Raso" was written by
‘Buddhacharita’ lived in the court of - Kalidasa
- Chand Bardai
- Kanishka ⬥ Mahabalipuram temple was constructed
⬥ Dhruvasena II is related to
⬥ The dynasty controlled the Silk Route during the reign of - Pallava dynasty
- Maitrakadynasty
during post Mauryan period - Kushanas ⬥ The ruler who ruled over Magadha after
⬥ Siddheshwar Mahadev Temple in Bengal
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the Mauryan dynasty - Shunga Dynasty ⬥ Rudradaman was a famous ruler of compiled by - SageVyasa
⬥ The first dynasty to initiate the Dravidian - Shaka ⬥ Nagaram was known as an organisation
style of temple architecture in South India ⬥ In 999 A.D Kandariya Mahadeva Temple of merchants in the inscriptions of
- Pallava Dynasty was built by - Dhangadeva - Pallavas
⬥The Pala King Dharmapala was ⬥ Dhangadeva was a ruler of ⬥ Aryabhatiyam Granth was written by
succeeded by his son - Devapala - Chandeladynasty -Aryabhatta
⬥ As per Rabatak inscription, the third ruler ⬥ Pala style was used for the sculptures ⬥ Vasudeva Kanva was the founder of the
of the Kushana dynasty in - Bengaland Bihar -Kanva dynasty
- VimaKadphises ⬥ After overthrowing Chalukya, Dantidurga ⬥ Khajuraho temples were built by
⬥ Kanvas is called as Shungabhrityas in performed a ritual literally called a - ChandelaDynasty
- Puranas - Golden womb ⬥ The Kadamba Dynasty was an ancient
⬥ A Maukhari king who adopted the title of ⬥ The emblem of the Chera Dynasty was royal dynasty of the modern day
Maharajadhiraja - Isanavarman -Bow and Arrow - Karnataka
⬥ Purana Kassapa preached the doctrine ⬥ Samkhya Darshan was founded by ⬥ Kannauj Triangle Wars were fought
of - Akriya ornon-action - Kapila between
⬥ The famous work 'Natya Shastra' was ⬥ Kushana adopted the title - Devaputra - Palas, Pratiharas and Rashtrakutas
written by - BharataMuni ⬥ Amaravati School of art was developed ⬥ Amoghavarsha wrote Kavirajamarga in
⬥ The dynasty that governed from under the patronage of - Satavahanas - Kannadalanguages
Thaneshwar in ancient India was ⬥ Nedunjeliyan II was a ruler of the Pandya ⬥ Dharampala made Chakrayudha as the
- Pushyabhuti dynasty, belonged to - South India Ruler of - Kannauj
⬥ The Lingaraja Temple in Bhubaneshwar ⬥ The second capital of the Kushanas ⬥ King of the Pala dynasty Dharampala
was built during the- Somavamsi dynasty around 2000 years ago was - Mathura defeated - Indrayudh
⬥ The Warangal Fort was built during the ⬥ Sangam poems mention a Tamil word ⬥ Tansen was the disciple of - Haridas
reign of - Kakatiya dynasties 'Muvendar' which means - Three chiefs ⬥ Manuscripts were usually written on
⬥ The ruler of Rashtrakuta kingdom, ⬥ Chola, Chera and Pandyas belong to - Palm leaf
Dantidurga was succeeded by - Krishna I -Sangam Period ⬥ Mukteshwara Temple is located in
⬥ In 999 CE, the Kandariya Mahadeva ⬥ The term 'Kammakaras' is related to - Odisha
temple, was built by - Landless agricultural laborers ⬥ Rashtrakuta King Krishna I built the
- King Dhangadeva (Chandela dynasty) ⬥ Kanishka was known as-Second Ashoka rock-cut temple of - Kailash at Ellora
⬥ In ancient India, a tax free land granted to ⬥ Kanchipuram was the capital of ⬥ Queen Rudramadevi belonged to
a Brahmana was known as - Agrahara - Pallavas - Kakatiyadynasty
⬥The Iranian ruler Darius annexed the ⬥ The Sangam literature compiled in ⬥ In ancient India Tamralipti was famous
north - western regions of India in assemblies of poets were held in the city for - Port city
- 516 BC of - Madurai ⬥ In ancient India, a fishing colony that was
⬥ Shudraka was the author of the play ⬥ Kadamba Mayurasharmanestablished a used as a port for trading with the
- Mrichchhakatika kingdom in -Karnataka Romans -Arikamedu
⬥ The Ashtadhyayi of Panini is a renowned ⬥ Some kingdoms of Shakas lasted for ⬥ The Mesopotamians wrote on tablets
work on - Sanskrit Grammar - About500 years were made of - Clay
⬥ "Amatya '' in the Saptang Theory of ⬥ The region of India ruled by Shakas ⬥ Charaka was a contributor to the subject
Kautilya denotes - Minister and Officials - North westand North of - Medicine
⬥ Rudradaman I renovated the Sudarshana ⬥ Vakatakas ruled the region of ⬥Charaka wrote a book - Charaka Samhita
Lake in - Kathiawar (Gujarat) - Central and westernIndia ⬥ Varahamihira was an ancient Indian
⬥ The last king of the Shunga dynasty was ⬥ Quran was first brought in India by Mathematician - astronomer
- Devabhuti Merchants and migrants in ⬥ The author of the Pancha-siddhantika
⬥ The author of ‘Harshacharita’ is - seventhcentury - Varahamihira
- Banabhatta ⬥ Scientific explanation of lunar and solar ⬥ Sringaverapura had a water harvesting
⬥ Rajshekhar was the court poet of eclipses was given by - Aryabhata system channeling the flood water of the
-Mahendrapala I ⬥ Day and night were caused by the Ganga river in - First centuryB.C
⬥ Satavahanas were the first to make land rotation of the earth on its axis it was ⬥ Ningthouja dynasty ruled - Manipur
grants to - Brahmins stated by -Aryabhata ⬥ Elephanta caves are predominantly
⬥ Mahabalipuram Monuments were built in ⬥ ‘Muvendar’ is used for the heads of three dedicated to - LordShiva
- Pallava dynasty architecture ruling families ⬥ A monumental entrance tower, at the
⬥ Hiuen Tsang visited the Pallava capital - Cholas, Cheras, and Pandyas entrance of Hindu temple, in the South
Kanchi during the reign of ⬥ Ravikirti was the court poet of Indian architecture - Gopuram
- NarasimhavarmanI - Chalukyadynasty ⬥ Gopuram is found in
⬥ Gautamiputra Shri Satakarni was a ruler ⬥Durga temple at Aihole (Karnataka), - Shiva Temple, Chidambaram
of - Satavahanas dedicated to - LordSurya ⬥ In 12th Century AD, the Sun Temple of
⬥ The Capital of Sangam kingdom ⬥ Aihole regions was the capital of the Odisha was built by - Narasimha Deva I
‘Pandyas’ was - Madurai - Chalukyas ⬥ Amuktamalyada is a work on statecraft
⬥The Rampurva bull is now placed at ⬥ As per Brihat Samhita, the process of written by - Krishnadevaraya
- RashtrapatiBhawan making scents, mouth perfumes and ⬥ Basic text of Vaisheshika philosophy was
⬥ The last Pallava king was bath powders is called - Gandhayukli written by - Kanada
- Aparajitavarman ⬥ Puranas and the Mahabharata were ⬥ Story of Maynamati and Gopichandra is
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⬥ Yashovigraha was the founder of the century by - Madhavacharya - 5 Basic Elements (Panch Tatva)
- Gahadavaladynasty ⬥ Madhava Nidana contains 69 chapters ⬥ Vikram Samvat calendar is 56.7 years
⬥ Yashovigraha, Mahichandra and exclusively on - Diagnosis of diseases ahead of - Gregorian calendar
Chandradeva were rulers of -Gahadavala ⬥‘Vikramorvasiyam’ The story of the love ⬥ Aryabhata has made a significant
⬥ Vasishka, Vasudeva and Huvishka were of Pururavas and Urvasi was written by contribution to the development of
the rulers of - Kushana dynasty - Kalidasa - Algebra
⬥ Assam was earlier known as ⬥ Kalidasa wrote his poem Meghaduta in ⬥ ‘Sushruta Samhita’ deals with
- Pragjyotisha - Sanskrit - Medicine and surgery
⬥ Painting named ‘Padmapani Bodhisattva’ ⬥ Colossal statues of Kushana rulers ⬥ Pulakeshin I and Pulakeshin II were
is found in - Ajanta CaveNo.1 installed in a shrine at Mat (near Mathura) related to - Chalukya dynasty
⬥ Bhaskaravarman of the Varman dynasty in - Uttar pradesh ⬥ King Simhavishnu belonged to
ruled in - Kamaruparegion ⬥ Brihatkatha of Gunadhya is written in - Pallava dynasty
⬥ The book ‘Tahqiq ma lil - Hind’ is - Paisachi language ⬥ Indian national calendar is based on
written by - Al-Biruni ⬥ Great literary work ‘Mricchakatika’ was - Saka era
⬥ Udayagiri and Khandagiri caves are written by - Shudraka ⬥ Ancient Indian Philosophy that believed
located in - Odisha ⬥ Founder of the Vishishtadvaita in the technique of logical thinking
⬥ ‘Kathasaritsagara’ is written by Philosophy - Ramanujacharya - Nyaya
- Somadeva ⬥ Style of architecture related to Heritage - ⬥ Oldest coin of India was
⬥ Small-time kingdoms Kolathunadu, sites at Hampi - Dravidianstyle - Punch Marked Coins
Valluvanad and Thekkumkoor were in ⬥ Brahmi and Kharosthi scripts used for ⬥ First city of Delhi named Indraprastha
- Kerala earlier inscriptions was deciphered by was founded by - Pandavas
⬥ Vikrama Era begin in - 57BC - James Prinsep
⬥ The temples of Khajuraho are an ⬥ An ancient practice of donating a Police Exams
example of - Nagara style commodity equal to a person’s weight
⬥Kailash Temple of Ellora is an example of - Tulabhara ⬥ The ancient text called “Siddhant
- Dravidianstyle ⬥ Study of inscriptions is called- Epigraphy Shiromani” was written by
⬥ The Nagara style of architecture is ⬥ Study of coins is called - Numismatics - Bhaskaracharya
known as - North Indian style ⬥ Vaisheshika, Nyaya, Samkhya, Yoga, ⬥ Rajatarangini (River of Kings), a Sanskrit
⬥ The Dravidian style of architecture is Purva Mimansa and Vedanta or Uttara poem about the kings of Kashmir was
known as - South Indian style Mimansa are six schools of written by - Kalhana
⬥ Appar, Sundarar and Sambandar were - Indian philosophy ⬥Vikramshila University was founded by
- Nayanar saint ⬥ In 326 BC to invade India, Alexander Pala king - Dharmapala
crossed the first river - Indus ⬥Vikramankadevacharita is a eulogy
Railway Exams written by - Bilhana
⬥ In the ‘Battle of Hydaspes’ (326 BC) King ⬥ The famous South Indian epic
⬥ Founder of Islam considered as the Porus defeated by - Alexander "Silappadikaram" was originally written
- Prophet Muhammad ⬥ ‘Battle of Hydaspes’ took place on the In - Tamillanguage
⬥The name of the sacred text of banks of - JhelumRiver ⬥According to Sangam texts the term
Christianity - Bible ⬥ ‘The Dashakumaracharita’ or ‘Tales of "uzhavar" means - Ordinary ploughmen
⬥’Old Testament’ and ‘New Testament’ are Ten princes’ was composed by - Dandin ⬥ ‘Shaka’ is the Indian term used for the
part of -Bible ⬥ “Brihat Samhita”, a collection of people called Scythians, originally
⬥ Easter basket is related to - Christianity scientific information on diverse belonged to - Central Asia
⬥ Holy book of Muslims is - Quran Subjects was written by - Varahamihira ⬥Amorite, Akkadian, Sumerian were
⬥ Books which contain the records of the ⬥ ‘Meghdoot’ and ‘Abhigyan Shakuntalam’ languages of - Mesopotamia
life of Jesus Christ -Gospels were written by - Kalidas ⬥ The Hathigumpha inscription was
⬥ Vaisheshika is major philosophical ⬥ Native Indian dynasty issued Coins with engraved in - Pali Language
school of - Hinduism portraits of their rulers on them were ⬥ The two major internal land routes in the
⬥ The sayings or day-to-day teachings of issued by - Satavahana Dynasty Post - Mauryan period were
Prophet Muhammad was called - Hadith ⬥ In 9th Century, Vikramshila University - Uttarapatha and Dakshinapatha
⬥ Birthplace of Jesus Christ was founded by - Dharmapala ⬥ “Shishupala Vadha” was written in
- Bethlehem in Jerusalem ⬥ Rock shelters of Bhimbetka are Sanskrit by - Magha
⬥ First person to bring Christianity to India famous for Earliest traces of human ⬥ The architecture predominantly seen in
- Saint Thomas life on the - Indian subcontinent Hampi's temples and palaces is
⬥ Sangam literature was composed in ⬥“Kitab-ul-Hind’ written by Al - Biruni in - Dravidian
-Tamil language - Arabic language ⬥ A chinese philosopher and scholar who
⬥ Islam was promulgated by the Prophet ⬥ Sun temple at Modhera was built by emphasised the importance of ethical
Muhammad in Arabia in the - 7th century - Chalukya (solanki) dynasty values in his teachings was - Confucius
⬥ In Hinduism, 'Advaita' theory was ⬥ Ancient Indian philosopher who ⬥ In the mid-eighth century, Dantidurga, a
propounded by - Adi Sankaracharya deliberated the smallest particle of Rashtrakuta chief performed a ritual
⬥ Work of Kalidasa, based on the matter and named it ‘Parmanu’ was called - Hiranya-Garbha Yajna
context of the birth of Kartikeya is - Kanada ⬥ Rashtrakuta ruler who defeated
- Kumarasambhava ⬥ Early Indian philosophers classified Dharmapala of the Pala dynasty- Dhruva
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⬥ The city of Hampi was named after the century during the reign of - Shaiva cult
local mother goddess called - Kakatiya dynasty ⬥ A large stone used to construct a
- Pampa Devi ⬥ Kandariya Mahadev Temple was built structure, either alone or together with
⬥The sun temple, built by Raja Bhimdev I of by the Chandela king - Dhangdev other stones is called - Megalith
the Solanki Dynasty, is ⬥ Last Sunga ruler was assassinated by ⬥ The Predecessor of Chalukya ruler
- Modhera SunTemple his minister named - Vasudeva Kirtivarman I was - PulakeshinI
⬥ The first Gurjara Pratihara ruler who ⬥ Founder of Kanva dynasty - Vasudeva ⬥ The dynasties named Sharabhpuriya
successfully defeated the Arab invaders, ⬥ Elephanta caves have a collection of and Somvanshi ruled in - Chhattisgarh
was - Nagabhata I rock art belonging to the - Shiva sect ⬥ Ningthouja Dynasty ruled the
⬥ Rudradaman belongs to the ⬥ Ramacharitam or Rampal Charit is a princely state of -Manipur
- Shaka dynasty literary work created by ⬥ The archaeological site of Atranjikhera
⬥ The first ruler to issue gold coins on a - Sandhyakar Nandi is located in - Etah (Uttar Pradesh)
large scale in India, was ⬥ Fusion of Nagara and Dravidian styles ⬥ Veerashaiva tradition originated in the
- Vima Kadphises (Kushan dynasty) of architecture is called as - Vesara style 12th century CE in the present day
⬥ The tripartite struggle between the ⬥ ‘Sangita Ratnakara’ by Pandit - Karnatak
Gurjara - Pratihara, Rashtrakuta and Pala Sarngadeva consists of - 7 chapters ⬥ Markandeshwara temple complex is
dynasty was fought for control over ⬥ Between 4th to 9th century, popularly known as the
- Kannauj Kanchipuram served as the capital of - Khajuraho ofVidarbha
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dynasty’ of Rajput clan between 9th and ⬥ Rani Durgawati, who ruled over on behalf ⬥ The Badami fort is an ancient fort built
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⬥ The language, used by Harisena in the to - Gond tribe ⬥ Evidence of coarse cereals cultivation
Allahabad pillar inscription - Sanskrit ⬥ Ashvaghosha was a poet in the court in ancient India has been found at
⬥ The capital of Satakarni I of the of King - Kanishka - Hallur(karnataka)
Satavahana dynasty was ⬥ A famous Tamil epic composed by ⬥ Pressure flaking technique was used
- Pratisthana (Maharashtra) Ilango in ancient India - Silapathikaram in ancient India to make - Stone tools
⬥ Satavahana empire in the Deccan in ⬥ Bhimbetka site (Madhya Pradesh) is ⬥ Kushan Empire in India was founded
ancient India was strengthened by famous for its - Rock paintings by - KujulaKadphises
- Gautamiputra Satakarni ⬥ Chola, Chera and Pandya dynasties are ⬥ Gautamiputra Satakarni was a ruler of
⬥ The Rajput dynasty in Malwa region, related to - SouthernIndia the Satavahana Empire, was also
established by Nagabhatta I in 8th century ⬥ Jayadeva write a collection of poems known as - Ekabrahaman
India - Gurjara-Pratihara called Gita Govinda in - 12th century ⬥ ‘Kavirajamarga’, the earliest known
⬥ The founder of Maitraka dynasty of ⬥The capital of Pandya Kingdom Madurai, Kannada poem was written by
Vallabhi was - Bhatark was situated on bank of - Vaigai River - Amoghavarsha I
⬥ Haryanka dynasty was founded in 543 ⬥ Vikramankadeva Charita was written ⬥ Badami Cave Temples were built by
BC by - Bimbisara by Kashmiri poet -Bilhana - Mangalesha
⬥ Vikramankadeva Charita is about the ⬥ Ancient ritual performed by kings
⬥ Khajuraho temples between 950 to Chalukya king - Vikramaditya involving a horse - Ashvamedha
1050 A.D in the central India was built ⬥ Famous Lingaraj Temple in ⬥ The famous rock-cut temple of Kailasa
By - ChandelaDynasty Bhubaneswar was built by the king is at - Ellora
⬥ Kadamba Dynasty was an ancient - Jajati Keshari ⬥ Silk Route was established during the
royal dynasty of the modern day ⬥ Founder of the Vakataka Dynasty in reign of - Han Dynasty of China
- Karnataka ancient India was - Vindhya Shakti ⬥ Silk route (trade route of Asia) was
⬥ Narasimhavarman I, Simhavishnu, ⬥ Narasimhavarman I, who was also started for Indians by - Kanishka
Mahendravarman I were the rulers of known as 'Mamalla', was a ruler of ⬥ Chahamanas ruled over the region
- Pallava dynasty - Pallava dynasty around Delhi and Ajmer were later known
⬥ Gurjara Pratihara dynasty was founded ⬥ Construction of the Kailashnath temple as - Chauhans
by - Nagabhata at Ellora was patronised by Rashtrakuta ⬥ Second capital of Kushanas in ancient
⬥ Kavirajamarga in Kannada language King - KrishnaI India was - Mathura
was written by - Amoghavarsha ⬥ The Founder of the Sunga dynasty was ⬥ The Italian traveller Marco Polo visited
⬥ Valabhi type of buildings are a major - Pushyamitra Kerala in - 13th CE
subdivision of temple architecture of ⬥ The leader of merchant slayers in
- Nagara style ancient India was called - Sarthavaha Defence Exams
⬥ Rani ki Vav, built in the 11th century CE ⬥ Adichanallur archaeological site is
is a stepwell located in - Gujarat located in -Tamil Nadu ⬥
The notion of kinship projected by the
⬥ The Vikramshila University was built ⬥ In the context of ancient India culture, Kushana rulers is best evident through
during the rule of - Pala dynasty 'panchayatana' refers to a style of - Coins andsculpture
⬥ Barabati Fort built by the Ganga - Temple architecture ⬥The theme of India's G20 Presidency
dynasty is situated in - Odisha ⬥ A female ruler named Didda in the late ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' or ‘One
⬥ Gajapati kingdom of Orissa was 10th century ruled over - Kashmir Earth-One Family-One Future' is drawn
established in 1435 AD by ⬥ King Rudradaman belonged to the from - Maha Upanishad
- Kapilendra Deva - Shaka dynasty ⬥The Mahendra Verma (7th century)
⬥ Golkonda fort was built in the 13th ⬥ Veerashaiva, Pashupatha, Kapalika are created an inscription related to musical
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instruments at - Kudumiyamalai - Patanjali ⬥ Traditionally, the number of Alvars and
⬥The language of the famous political ⬥Propounder of the Nyaya philosophy was Nayanas are - 12and 63
treatise ‘Amuktamalyada’ is - Telugu - Gautam ⬥ The inscription known as the first
⬥ The author of the Gwalior Prashasti of ⬥Propounder of Mimansa philosophy was advertisement of the World is
Mihira Bhoja was - Kakkuka - Jaimini - Dashpurinscription
⬥ Kumarila Bhatta and Prabhakara ⬥ The doctrine of Apurva is related to ⬥The Ellora and Elephanta site belongs to
belonged to the which school of - Mimansa the period of - Rashtrakuta dynasty
philosophy - Purva Mimamsa ⬥Aadi Shankar who was later known as ⬥According to Chachnama, the Capital of
⬥ Tolkappiyam is a book of grammar and Shankaracharya was born in - Kerala the Indus Country in the 6th and 7th
poetics written in - Tamil language ⬥ The saint who propounded the century was - Arod
⬥ ‘Duta Ghatotkacha’ Drama was written by philosophy of Advaita Vedanta ⬥The inscriptions that reveals information
- MahakaviBhasa - Shankaracharya about Silk Weavers Guild
⬥ ‘Mrichchhakatika’, ‘Vinavasavadatta’, and ⬥Joshimath, Dwarika, Puri, Sringeri Mathas - DashpurInscription
‘Padmaprabhritaka’ plays were written by were established by - Shankaracharya ⬥ The ‘Tribhuvan Narayan Temple’ of
- Shudraka ⬥The followers of Ramanuja are called Chittour was built by - Parmar Raja Bhoj
⬥ The author of ‘kiratarjuniyam’ book is - Vaishna ⬥ The Arab traveler Suleman visited India in
- Bharavi ⬥ Ramanujacharya is associated with the reign of Pratihar King - BhojaI
⬥ The author of ‘Ravanavadha’ is - Vishishtadvaitavad ⬥ The Stupa of Bharhut is a fine example of
- Bhatti ⬥Women saint Dayabai was the disciple of - Shunga architecture
⬥ Founder of Charvaka or Lokayata - Saint Charandas
philosophy -Brihaspati ⬥ The main Monastery (peetha) of Varkari
⬥ Dhurtta and Sushikshita are the example sect is located at - Pandharpur
Medieval History
of - Charvaka philosophy ⬥The founder of ‘Vir Shaiva sect’ was
⬥ ‘Lilavati’ of Bhaskaracharya was - Basava Foreign Invasions
translated into Persian by - Abul Faizi
⬥The biography of Shaikh Muinuddin State PCS Exams SSCExams
Chishti, authored by Jahanara, is known
as - Munisal Arwah ⬥ The Maithili language started to develop ⬥ Mahmud of Ghazni attacked Gujarat and
⬥ The ruler who identified through during the reign of - Karnat dynasty lundered the Somnath Temple in
p
matronymics (names derived from that ⬥ Sudarshan Lake (an artificial reservoir) - 1025 AD
of the mother) - Satavahanas was repaired by - Rudradaman ⬥ Somnath Temple in Gujarat was attacked
⬥ The credit of christening the and looted in 1025 AD by
mathematical discipline of algorithm is ⬥ Deogarh (Jhansi) and Garhwa (Allahabad) - Mahmudof Ghazni
given to the Arab scientist- Al -Khwarizmi are the important remains of ⬥ In the first Battle of Tarain (1191 AD),
⬥ Statue of Kushana rulers have been - The Rashtrakutaart Prithviraj Chauhan defeated
found near the city ⬥ Charak Samhita is divided into - Muhammad Ghori
- Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) - 120 chapters and 8 Sections ⬥ Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated by
⬥ Charaka Samhita originated in the ⬥ The ”Vishishtadvaita" Philosophy is Muhammad Ghori in 2nd battle of Tarain
- 3rd to 2nd century BCE associated with the - Ramanuja in - 1192 AD
⬥ The author of the “Hastyayurveda” was ⬥ The “Dvaita” Philosophy is associated ⬥ The third battle of Tarain was fought
- Palakapya with the - Sri Madhvacharya between Iltutmish and Tajuddin in
⬥ Kailasanatha Temple was built by Pallava ⬥ The “Dvaitadvaita” Philosophy is - 1216 AD
Dynasty in - Tamil Nadu associated with the - Nimbaraka ⬥ Mahmud of Ghazni was a contemporary
⬥ Father of Indian Archaeology ⬥ The “Sudhadvaita” Philosophy is of - RajendraI
- Alexander Cunningham associated with the - Vallabhacharya ⬥Al - Biruni, the Persian scholar,
⬥ Robert Bruce Foote, who discovered the ⬥ Chintamani Bhatt's Sanskrit text 'Suka accompanied an invader from
first archaeological equipment in India, Saptati' was translated in Persian and Afghanistan to India - Mahmud Ghaznavi
was a - Geologist gave it the title 'Tutinama' by ⬥ Battle of Peshawar (1001) was fought
⬥The subject matter of Mahabhashya is - Khwaza Ziya-uddin Nakhshabi between
- Grammar ⬥Sahasadhipati was associated with - Raja Jayapal and Mahmud Ghazni
⬥The commentator of Manusmriti was - Officer of cases ofDacoity ⬥ Al-Masudi visited India around
- Medhatithi ⬥Talar was associated with - 10th century AD
⬥ In Manusmriti, the region between - Officer of NightGuards ⬥ Suleiman al-Tajiri visited India around the
Saraswati and Drishdwati was called ⬥ Pattakola was associated with 9th century during - Pala Dynasty
- Brahmavarta - Village TaxCollector ⬥ Mongol ruler Genghis Khan died in -1227
⬥ The sect which believed in the abiding ⬥ Baladhip was associated with ⬥ Sultan Mahmud came to India from
nature of destiny - Ajivikas - Guard of Octroi - Ghazni (Afghanistan)
⬥ The founder of Ajivika sect was ⬥ An Arab writer who has given the ⬥ Genghis Khan invade Transoxiana in
- Makkhali Goshal description of Kalachuri ruler North - East Iran in - 1219
⬥Saptaparni cave is located at - Rajgriha Gangeyadeva and his capital Tripuri ⬥ Zoroaster was a/an Iranian - Prophet
⬥ Sankhya philosophy was propounded by - Al-Biruni ⬥ Portuguese built the first European fort in
- Kapil ⬥The ancient name of ‘Omkareshwar’ was India in - 1503
⬥ Propounder of Yoga philosophy is - Mandhata ⬥ Muhammad Ghori attacked Tabarhinda
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(Bhatinda) in 1911, a strategic point for Sultanate - Razia Sultana
Delhi Sultanate
- PrithvirajChauhan
⬥ Muhammad Bin-Qasim invaded India in Railway Exams
-712 AD SSCExams
⬥ Rule of Kakatiya dynasty was ended by
Railway Exams ⬥ Qutub Minar is an example of
- Delhi Sultanate
- Indo-Islamic architecture
⬥ Ghiyas-ud-din Balban, took over and
⬥ Peacock Throne and Koh-i-Noor diamond ⬥ The number of storeys in Qutub Minar
ruled the throne of Delhi in - 1266-1287
was taken away from India by - 5
⬥ ‘Amir-al- Khayl’ an Arabic title which
- Nadir shah ⬥The Qutub Minar is situated in - Delhi
means ‘Commander of the Faithful’ was
⬥ Ahmad Shah Abdali came from ⬥In Delhi Sultanate, Diwan - i - Insha was a
given to - Jamal-ud-Din Yaqut
- Afghanistan department of - Royal correspondence
⬥ The second Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate
⬥ The Diwan-i-Insha was headed by the
- Aram Shah
- Dabir - i - Khas
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⬥One - fifth tax, imposed on mines,
treasure troves and war booty was Police Exams
⬥ The Turkish ruler who attacked India with
- Khams tax
the intention of plundering in 1398 ⬥ A tax on agricultural land of non -
⬥In Delhi sultanate, Balban was the slave
- Taimur Lang muslims during Delhi Sultanate
of - Iltutmish
⬥ An influential tribe in Punjab during the - Kharaj tax
⬥First Sultan of Delhi (founder of the slave
13th and 14th centuries - Khokhar ⬥ The Raziyya was more able and qualified
dynasty) - QutbuddinAibak
⬥ The Battle of Chandawar (1194) was than all her brothers for the Sultan of
⬥ The Delhi Sultan who annexed Bengal
fought between Mohammad Ghori and Delhi Sultanate, this statement was said
into the Delhi Sultanate and appointed his
- Jaichand by - Minhaj-i Siraj
son Bughra Khan as the Governor
⬥ Kannauj King Jaichand belongs to the ⬥ Ziyauddin Barani wrote his first chronicle
- Balban
- Gahadavala dynasty in - 1356
⬥ The Tarikh-i-Firozshahi text, related to the
⬥ The Arab invasion of India in 712 AD was ⬥ In the second battle of Tarain, the victory
Delhi Sultanate was authored by
led by - Muhammad Bin Qasim of Turks laid the foundation stone of
-Ziauddin Barani
⬥Prithviraj Chauhan in the Second Battle -Delhi Sultanate
⬥ Iqtadari System of the Delhi sultanate
of Tarain in 1192 AD was defeated by ⬥ Tarikh - i - Mubarak Shahi is a Persian
had a influence on the
- Muhammad Ghori language chronicle of the
- Bahmani and Vijayanagar kingdoms
⬥ Kitab - ul - Hind was written by Al-Biruni - Delhi Sultanate
⬥ Iqtadari System was introduced by
in the - Arabiclanguage ⬥ Author of Tarikh - i - Mubarak Shahi
- Shamsuddin IIltutmish
⬥ The famous scholar Al-Biruni wrote - Yahya bin Ahmad Sirhindi
⬥ The real founder of Delhi Sultanate
mainly in - Arabic language ⬥Special slaves bought by Delhi Sultans
- Iltutmish
⬥ Prithviraj Chauhan in the First Battle of for military services were called
⬥ Head of the Diwan-i-Insha department
Tarain in 1191 AD defeated - Bandagan
- Dabir-i-Khas
- Muhammad Ghori ⬥ The language of administration under
⬥ Under the Delhi sultanate, Head of the
⬥ The first Invasion of Muhammad Ghori the Delhi Sultans was - Persian
information and intelligence department
was in multan in - 1175AD ⬥ During the rule of the Delhi Sultans,
-Barid-i-Mumalik
⬥ The term associated with ‘Learned making a manuscript required
Defence Exams theologians and Jurists’ was - Ulema - Four stages
⬥ Under the Delhi Sultanate, Zakat, a ⬥ Delhi first became the capital of a
⬥ Timur's invasion of Delhi took place in religious tax was imposed on kingdom under - Tomara Rajputs
- 1398 - The wealthy and rich Muslims in India ⬥Coins minted in Delhi under the
⬥The last invasion by Mahmud Ghazni ⬥ "Tabaqat-i-Nasiri'' was written in Persian Tomaras were called - Dehliwal
outside Punjab was language by - Minhaj-i-Siraj ⬥ Number of dynasties ruled Delhi during
- Somnath Temple (1025 AD) ⬥ Ananga Pala Tomar ruled before the Sultanate period (1206 AD – 1526
⬥The Battle of Chandawar (1194) took Prithviraj Chauhan over - Delhi AD) - 5
place between ⬥ The author of Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi ⬥ Delhi Sultanate was established in- 1206
- Jaychand and Muhammad Ghori -Yahya bin Ahmad Sirhindi ⬥ In Delhi sultanate, the holder of a land
⬥ Special slaves bought for military assignment ‘iqta’ was called as - Muqti
services were known as - Bandagan ⬥ Fatehpur Sikri in Agra was built by
State PCS Exams
⬥ Land or land revenue entrusted to a - Akbar
⬥ Nadir Shah invaded India in - 1739 A.D person on specific conditions was - Iqta
⬥
The Chandela king who faced Mahmud ⬥ Officers responsible for collecting Defence Exams
Ghaznavi was - Vidyadhar revenue in Delhi sultanate were - Nazir
⬥ Department of State Correspondence in ⬥"Parrot of India" (Tuti -e -Hind) and Father
Delhi Sultanate - Diwan-i-insha of qawwali is - Amir Khusrau
⬥ Department of Justice in Delhi Sultanate ⬥ The Sultan of Delhi at the time of the
- Diwan-i-Qaza-i-Mamalik establishment of Vijayanagara Empire
⬥ Department of Military in Delhi Sultanate (1336 AD) was
- Diwan-i-Ariz - Mohammad bin Tughlaq
⬥ First and only woman ruler of Delhi ⬥ Delhi Sultanate was established in
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⬥ The fifth storey of Qutub Minar was built ⬥ Ghiyas-ud-din Balban ruled in India ⬥ Hauz-i-Sultani, a large reservoir, just
during the reign of etween
b - (1266-1287) outside Delhi was constructed by
- Firoz Shah Tughlaq ⬥ Qutub-ud-din-Aibak was the commander - Sultan Iltutmish
of - MuhammadGhori ⬥ 'Adhai-Din-Ka-Jhonpra' is one of the
State PCS Exams ⬥
Jizya on non-Muslims for the first time oldest mosques situated in - Ajmer
in India was imposed by ⬥ Fakhr-i-Mudabbir, a renowned historian
⬥ "Muqaddam or Chaudhari" during Delhi - Qutb-ud-din Aibak was contemporary of - Sultan Iltutmish
Sultanate was used for-Village headman ⬥ The practice of Sijada and Paibos in the ⬥ Razia become the Sultan of Delhi in
court was started by-Ghiyasuddin Balban - 1236 AD
⬥ The Tomb of Razia Sultan made of ⬥ Razia Sultana, the first Empress of Delhi
Slave Dynasty - Baked bricks had been imprisoned in
⬥ Hauz - i - Sultani was constructed by - Qila Mubark
SSCExams - Iltutmish ⬥ Raziya Sultan was defeated by her
⬥ Razia Sultan was the daughter of rebellious general
⬥The Tomb of Iltutmish was built in - Iltumish - Malik Ikhtiar-ud-din Altunia
- 1235 AD ⬥ Approximate height of the Qutub Minar ⬥ Slave dynasty established by Qutubuddin
⬥ The customs Sijda and Paibos were -73 m (237.8 ft) Aibak, ruled North India From
introduced by ⬥ In 1199, Construction of Qutub Minar - 1206 to 1290
-Ghiyasuddin Balban (Mamluk dynasty) was started by - Qutb ud-Din Aibak
⬥The practice of celebrating Nauroz Defence Exams
started during the period of ⬥Ghiyasuddin Balban was appointed as the
- GhiyasuddinBalban Prime Minister by - Nasir-ud-din Mahmud ⬥ The Sultan who succeeded in finally
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Delhi - Nasiruddin Mahmud - SultanIltutmish Turkan - i - chihalgani - Balban
⬥ Ghiyasuddin Balban ruled in India ⬥ Ghiyasuddin Balban took up the title of ⬥
Mameluke style of architecture
from - 1266-1287 - Zil-i-Ilahi belongs to the
⬥ The only lady who has ruled Delhi as a ⬥ Razia Sultana was chronicled by - Slave dynasty (1206 -1290)
sultan - RaziyaSultan - Minhaj-i-Siraj ⬥ The Delhi sultan, died from injuries
⬥ Raziya Sultan belonged to ⬥ Malik Ikhtiyar-ud-din Altunia imprisoned sustained in a fall from a horse
- Mamlukdynasty Razia Sultan in-Qila Mubarak in Bathinda - QutubuddinAibak
⬥ The Slave dynasty ruled Delhi from ⬥ Qila Mubarak in Bathinda was built by
- 1206 ADto 1290 AD - Raja Dab
State PCS Exams
⬥ The Slave Dynasty (Ghulam Dynasty) ⬥ Iltutmish organized a group of forty
was founded by - Qutb ud-Din Aibak known as - Turkan-i-Chahalgani
⬥ Persian festival Nowruz in India was
⬥ The first of the Islamic dynasties to rule ⬥ Third ruler of the Mamluk dynasty of
introduced by - Balban
as the Delhi Sultanate - Slave dynasty Delhi of Turkish origin was - Iltutmish
⬥ Tughril Khan raised a standard of revolt
⬥In 1229 AD, the title 'Sultan-i-Azam' and
during the reign of -Balban
'Nasir-Amir-al-Mommin' were given to Railway Exams ⬥ Sultan Ghari tomb was built by
Iltutmish by - Caliph Mustansir Billah
- Iltutmish
⬥ The Diwan-i-Arz, military department of ⬥The fifth storey in Qutub Minar was added ⬥ Red Palace (Lal Mahal) was built by
the Delhi Sultanate, was created by by - FirozShah Tuglak - GhiyassudinBalban
- Balban ⬥ “Adhai din ka Jhopara’’ at Ajmer was
⬥Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra was built by
⬥ Tughril Begrevolted against - Balban built by - QutubuddinAibak - Qutubuddin Aibak
⬥ Tughril Beg declared himself as an
independent ruler of Bengal in -1279
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⬥Two basic coins, silver tanka and the Khilji Dynasty
⬥ Founder of Slave dynasty
copper Jital were introduced by- Iltutmish
- Qutubuddin Aibak (1206)
⬥In 1197-98 A.D., Badaun was occupied by
⬥ Iltutmish was a king of the SSCExams
- QutbuddinAibak
- Slave dynasty
⬥ Iltutmish was appointed as first Muslim
⬥ Turkan-i-Chahalgani was established ⬥ The Sultan of Delhi, was appointed as
Governor by - Qutbuddin Aibak
by - Iltutmish Amir-i-Tuzuk (Master of Ceremonies)
⬥ Qutub Minar is an example of
⬥ Slave dynasty was founded by Qutub - before becoming the Sultan
- Indo-Islamic architecture
Din Aibakwas the commander of -Alauddin Khalji
⬥ Ulugh Khan assumed the title of -Balban
- MuhammadGhori ⬥The incident of Jauhar was first
⬥ Minhaj-i-Siraj was a chronicler during the
⬥ The approximate height of the Qutub mentioned in Persian language by
Rule of - Iltutmish
Minar situated in Delhi - 73 meters - Amir Khusro
⬥ Razia removed from the throne of the
⬥ Raziya sultan was the daughter of ⬥ The dynasty ruled over Delhi
Delhi Sultanate in - 1240
- Shams - ud - din IItutmish during 1290 to 1320 - Khalji
⬥ First female Muslim ruler of India
⬥ Territorial units assigned to military ⬥ Zafar khan was a famous General of
- Razia Sultan
commanders in the Delhi Sultanate - Alauddin Khilji
⬥ Quwwat al-Islam mosque and minaret,
were known as - Iqta ⬥ Predecessor of Alauddin Khilji was
built during the last decade of
⬥ Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque is situated in - JalaluddinKhilji
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⬥ Malik Kafur was the slave-general of written by - Amir Khusro
during the reign of - Tughlaq dynasties
- Alauddin Khilji ⬥ Amir Khusrau was a royal poet and a
⬥In 1342, Ibn Batuta went to China as the
⬥ The battle against Ramachandra of disciple of sufi saint envoy of - Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Devagiri led by - MalikKafur ⬥ Muhammad bin Tughlaq created an
- Nizamuddin Auliya
⬥ The system of Dagh and Huliyah and ⬥ Last dynasty to rule over Gujarat agricultural department "Diwan - i - Amir -
cash payment to soldiers introduced by before it passed on to the hands of
Kohi" to improve - Cultivation in Doab
- Alauddin Khalji ⬥ Mohammad bin Tughlaq ascended the
Ala-ud-din Khilji - Vaghela Dynasty
⬥ During Alauddin Khilji's reign, the cloth ⬥ First Delhi sultan to start militarythrone after the death of
market was known as - Sarai-i-Adl campaigns in Southern India - GhiyasuddinTughlaq
⬥ Allauddin Khilji built his capital by name ⬥ Ibn Batuta came in the reign of
- Alauddin Khalji
of - Siri ⬥ Delhi sultan best known for his market - Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
⬥ First Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate to start regulation policy ⬥ Aziz Khummar, a wine distiller appointed
- Alauddin Khalji
military expeditions into southern India ⬥ Malwa (Madhya Pradesh) was captured toHigh administrative post by
-Alauddin Khalji by Ala-ud-din- Khilji in - 1305AD- Muhammad bin Tughluq
⬥ The founder of Khilji Dynasty in 1290 AD ⬥ Alauddin Khilji Madrasa and tomb are
⬥ Two gardeners (Ladha and Pira) were
was - Jala-ud-din FirozKhilji situated in - New Delhi
appointed to High administrative post by
⬥ Alai Darwaza was built by using the ⬥ Amir Khusro was popularly known as - Muhammad binTughluq
- Redsandstone ⬥ Ziyauddin Barani wrote his first chronicle
- Parrot of India
⬥ Under Alauddin Khilji, an officer oversaw ⬥ ‘Siri’, the second city of Delhi, was builtin 1356 and another version
a merchant register to secure ample by -Alauddin Khilji -Two years later
goods supply - Shahna-i-Mandi ⬥ Khilji dynasty (1290 to 1320) was
⬥ Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq founded the
⬥ Types of taxes were in the reign of the founded by - Jalal-ud-din Firuz Khalji
Tughlaq dynasty in - 1320
Alauddin Khalji - 3 (jaziya, ghari, chari) ⬥ The Dynasty that came after the Khilji
⬥ Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq ruled over delhi
⬥ Alauddin Khalji attacked Chittor in dynasty - Tughlaqdynasty
from - 1320–1324
- 1303 ⬥ ‘Chor Minar’ in the Hauz Khas area of
⬥ Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq founded the city of
Railway Exams Delhi was constructed by- Alauddin Khilji - Tughlaqabad
⬥ Timur invaded India in 1398 AD during
⬥ Tower of victory (Vijay Stambha) in Defence Exams the rule of - Tughlaq Dynasty
Chittorgarh was erected by Rana Kumbha ⬥
M uhammad -bin- Tughlaq transferred his
after defeating - Mahmud Khilji ⬥ A series of regulations was framed to c
apital from Delhi to - Daulatabad
⬥ Alai Minar, near the Qutub Minar, an Control the power of nobles by ⬥
Muhammad Bin Tughlaq e stablished
unfinished monument was started by - Alauddin Khilji Diwan-i-Amir Kohi to take care of
- Ala-ud-Din Khilji ⬥ The classic poet of Sultanate period in - Agriculture
⬥ Tax on housing, cultivation and cattle India popularized Qawwali- Amir Khusrau ⬥
During the reign of Ala-ud-din, Ghiyas- ud-
was imposed by the state during the din Tughlaq was the governor of
-Punjab(Multan)
reign of - AlauddinKhilji State PCS Exams
⬥ Alai Darwaza in Delhi in 1311 was built
by -Alauddin Khilji ⬥The ‘Jahaz-Mahal’ of Mandu was built by Railway Exams
- GhiyasuddinKhilji
Police Exams ⬥The Jamaat Khana Masjid was built by ⬥ Begumpuri mosque, main mosque of
- Khizr Khan (son of Alauddin Khilji) Jahanpanah in his new capital Delhi was
⬥Alauddin Khalji ruled the Delhi built during the reign of
Sultanate from - 1296 AD to 1316 AD - Muhammad Tughluq
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Mughal Empire in - 1601 of the Naqshbandiyya leader Khwaja
-16 March 1527
⬥ The head of Panchayat in Mughal India Ubaydullah Ahrar was - Babur
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known as - Muqaddam ⬥ Babur introduced a technique of
the first Mughal emperor in India - Babur
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the battle of - Ghagra
called as - Jins-i-kamil between Babur and- Muhammad Lodi
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⬥ In the context of economic system of
-Babur
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⬥ Babur assumed the title of - Padshah
to - Annually cultivatedland
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- Khud kashta introduction of - Cannons in warfare
Babur in - 1528
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Nizam of Hyderabad, appointed by establishment of
⬥ Babur (first name Zahiruddin) succeeded
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to the throne of Ferghana in - 1494
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⬥ François Bernier was physician to Suri
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depicting Jahangir embracing the safavid the title of - Ghazi
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- Tulughama
Mustarfi was related to - Biga Begum
⬥ Babur assumed the title of Ghazi after
- Income-expenditure of state ⬥ Mirza Kamran was the brother of
the success of- Battle of Khanwa (1527)
⬥ Under the Mughal Administration, the ⬥ 'Baburnama', the Memoirs of Babur, was - Humayun
duty of Mushrif was to ⬥ Ruling period of Sher Shah Suri
composed in - Turkish language
- Look afterthe office - (1540-1545)
⬥ Under the Mughal Administration, the ⬥ Tomb of Sher Shah Suri is located in
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duty of Vakianvis was to - Maintained a
proper list of main events and firmans
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effectively for the first time in India in
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developed in the court of Mughal
- First Battle of Panipat(1526)
Emperor - Mohammad Shah ⬥ Shahi (Royal) road from the Indus valley
⬥ In the Battle of Chanderi (1528), Babur
to the Sonar valley in Bengal was built by
defeated Rajput ruler - Madini rai
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Sikandra in Agra houses the mausoleum the original rent is called - Abwab
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o - Akbar
⬥The Ain-i-Akbari, written by Abu'l Fazl, is Railway Exams
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⬥ Humayun’s Tomb was declared as a r
ecoup its lost fertility was termed as between Akbar and Hemu in - 1556
UNESCO World Heritage site in - 1993 - Parauti ⬥ To commemorate his victory over
⬥ Battle of Chausa fought between ⬥
The title of 'Khan-e-Khana' was given by Gujarat, Akbar built Buland Darwaza in
Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in A
kbar to -
Mirza Abdul Rahim Khan - Fatehpur Sikri
- 1539 AD ⬥ Another name of Buland Darwaza is
⬥ Mandu(Madhya Pradesh) was the ⬥
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capital of - HoshangShah ⬥During the reign of Akbar, Land that has ⬥ Red Fort of Agra was constructed by
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called to -Tipu Sultan ⬥ Akbar defeated Daud Khan Karrani in the in - Fatehpur Sikri
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the model followed by - Akbar
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⬥ The medieval rulers who prioritized the ⬥The monument constructed by Akbar in
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construction of sarais (shelters) for 1575 to celebrate his victory over Gujarat
honour of - Shaikh Salim Chisti
travelers was - Sher ShahSuri -Buland Darwaja
⬥ The information about Revenues, Army
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and Administration during Akbar rule
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contained in - Ain-iAkbari
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under the - Mughals
⬥ Grand Trunk (GT) Road was constructed ⬥ Battle of Tukaroi (1575) fought between
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by - Sher Shah Suri Daud Khan Karrani (Bengal Sultanate)
melodies in - Hindustani music
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administration of Akbar was related to
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charge of defending the fort of - Chittor were called - Faujdars
‘Khetakautukam’ and ‘Dwatrinsha
⬥In 1590, Govind Dev Temple in Vrindavan, ⬥ Akbar issued Mahzarnama in -1579
Yogavali’ were written by
Uttar Pradesh, was constructed by ⬥ Fatehpur Sikri, Buland Darwaja, Agra
- Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan
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⬥For the construction of Govind Dev ⬥ Murshidabad (Maksudabad) was built by
by - Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan
Temple (Vrindavan), red sandstone was - Akbar
⬥ Akbarawarded the titleZarin Qalam or
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⬥Mughal emperor Akbar died in - 1605 CE rights for the English by - Jahangir
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⬥ Shalimar Bagh, built by Jahangir, is also
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- Din-i- Ilahi Itimad-ud-Daulah - Jahangir
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⬥Raja Man Singh, General of Akbar ⬥ Mughal Emperor, permitted East India
(1613) in Surat with the permission of
defeated Chero tribe in - 1591CE Company to establish their factory at
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- Jahangir who visited India (1608 AD) during the
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Nicholas Downton arrived at surat in
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614 during the reign of -
Jahangir
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⬥ Pilgrimage Tax Abolished by Akbar in
- 1563 biography) was written by
⬥ Khaas Mahal, Moti Masjid, Sheesh - Mutamid Khan Shah Jahan
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⬥ Second Battle of Panipat (5 november ⬥ Sarai Nurmahal is situated in
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TheRed Fort (Delhi) and Jama Masjid
1556) was fought between Akbar and - Jalandhar,Punjab
( Delhi)was built by - Shah Jahan
- Samrat Hemu ⬥ Mehrunnisa married Emperor Jahangir in
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⬥Akbar held his Religious discussions - 1611
as constructed by
w - Shah Jahan
with all religions members in ⬥ The tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah is located
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spiritual discussions were called
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⬥ Khandesh merged into the Mughal - PersianLanguage -
Shah Jahan
empire by Akbar in - 1601 ⬥ Ustad Mansur was leading nature ⬥
Jama Masjid in Delhi was built by
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ughals in - 1636
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Tomb of Jahangir is at- Shahdara, Lahore
visited India during the reign of - Akbar ⬥The Mughal emperor Jahangir ruled for a ⬥ The ‘Char Chaman’ book was written by
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participated by Shah Jahan’s daughter ⬥ The Taj Mahal was built by ⬥
‘Bibi ka Maqbara’ was commissioned
- Jahanara - Shah Jahan in 1660 by the Mughal emperor
⬥ Jama Masjid and Red Fort in Delhi was - Aurangzeb
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⬥ First Use of Pietra Dura technique in ⬥ The Bibi Ka Maqbara is a tomb located
the Mughal emperor - Aurangzeb
India was used in Taj Mahal by in - Aurangabad (Maharashtra)
⬥ Fatwa-i-Alamgiri , a digest of Muslim
- Shah Jahan ⬥ The Mughal Empire consisted of 21
laws , was written during the period of
⬥ Jama Masjid of Delhi was Built during Subahs at the time of
- Aurangzeb
the reign of - ShahJahan - Aurangzeb'sdeath
⬥ Mughal empire reached its greatest
⬥ Golden age of Mughal architecture is ⬥ Maximum number of books in Persian on
extent under - Aurangzeb
called to the reign of - ShahJahan classical Indian Music was written in
⬥ Famous Koh - e - Noor diamond and - Reign ofAurangzeb
⬥ Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya and Pilgrim State PCS Exams
shahjahan's peacock throne was taken
away by -Nadir Shah tax in - 1679
⬥ Manucci, an Italian traveller visited ⬥ The first Mughal ruler who fought against
⬥ Main residence of the Mughal Emperors
India during the reign of - Aurangzeb the British was - Aurangzeb
for nearly 200 years was - Red Fort
⬥ An attempt was made to demolish the ⬥ The fort of Golconda was seized by
⬥ Red Fort, Delhi was built in the 17th
Kailash temple of Ellora by - Aurangzeb Aurangzeb in 1687 during the reign of
century by the Mughal Emperor
⬥ Aurangzeb assumed the title - Alamgir - Abul Hasan QutubShah
- Shah Jahan
⬥ Dara Shikoh was the son of- Shah Jahan ⬥ Dilras Banu Begum was also known as
⬥ Taj Mahal is located in Agra on the - Rabia-ud-Daurani Sikh Guru
banks of - Yamuna river ⬥ The memorial of Aurangzeb's wife, Dilras
⬥ “Shahjahan Nama” a genre of works Banu Begum is - Bibi Ka Maqbara
⬥ Mughal ruler, Aurangzeb died in - 1707
SSC Exams
about the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan
was written by - InayatKhan ⬥ The last powerful Mughal ruler of India
⬥ The Sikh Gurus who guided the
⬥ Humayun Tomb was built by - Aurangzeb
construction of the Golden Temple
Humayun's first wife - Haji Begum ⬥ Bijapur was annexed by Aurangzeb in
-Guru Arjun Dev
⬥ Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan ruled -1686
⬥ Baba Dayal Das emphasised the worship
during - 1628 to 1658 AD ⬥ Moti Masjid, Delhi was built during the
of God as Nirankar in - Punjab
⬥ Abdul Hamid Lahori's work titled reign of - Aurangzeb
⬥ The Sikhs revolted against the Mughals
'Badshah Nama' is the official history of ⬥Dara Shikoh was defeated by Aurangzeb
under the leadership of - Banda Bahadur
- Shah Jahan in - Battle of Deorai(1659)
⬥ Patna Sahib city was founded by
⬥ The title of ‘Sultan Buland Iqbal’ ⬥ Tarikh-i Dilkusha is written by - Bhimsen
- Guru GobindSingh
given by Shah Jahan to - Dara Shikoh ⬥ Dasam granth was written by
⬥ Peacock Throne was commissioned Railway Exams - Guru GobindSingh
by - Shahjahan ⬥ Guru Arjan Dev assisted Khusrau, the
⬥ Prince Khurram is also known by the ⬥ Aurangzeb was also known as - Alamgir
rebellious son of - Jahangir
name -Shah Jahan ⬥The Badshahi Masjid in Lahore was built
⬥ Guru Gobind Singh laid the foundation of
⬥The Largest mosque in India by - Aurangzeb
- Khalsa Panth
- Jama Masjid of Delhi
⬥ Diwan-i-Khas and Diwan-i-Aam were Police Exams Railway Exams
constructed at the Delhi Red Fort by
⬥ Aurangzeb ruled the Mughal Empire
- Shahjahan
⬥ Foundation stone of Golden Temple
⬥ The style of garden that became popular during the period of - 1658-1707
(Harmandir Sahib) in Amritsar was laid
⬥The mughal emperor Aurangzeb was
during the Mughal era - Chahar Bagh
by sufi saint - Hazrat MianMir
known as - ‘Zinda Pir’
⬥ Sufi saint Hazrat Mian Mir laid the
Defence Exams ⬥ Battle of Samugarh (1658) for Shahjhan’s
foundation stone of Golden Temple
throne was won by Aurangzeb by
at the invitation of 5th sikh guru
⬥ The “Badshah Nama”, was written by defeating - DaraShikoh
- Guru Arjun Dev ji
- Abdul HamidLahori ⬥
Bijapur was annexed by Aurangzeb in
⬥ Holy Book of Sikhism - Adi Granth
⬥ Abdul Hamid Lahori was a historian t
he year -
1686
⬥The first Guru of the Sikh religion
during the reign of - Shahjahan ⬥
Aurangzeb had depleted the military
- Guru Nanak Dev
and financial resources of his empire by
⬥ Banda Singh Bahadur, military
fighting a long war in - Deccan
State PCS Exams commander of Khalsa army was
⬥ ‘Bibi ka Maqbara’ is a famous historical
executed in - 1716
monument situated in
⬥ The mausoleum of the Taj Mahal was ⬥ Total Takhts in Sikhism -Five
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- Bathinda (Punjab) - Baji Rao II
⬥ Amritsar was founded by- Guru Ram Das ⬥Bajirao I (Bajirao Ballal), was also known ⬥ ‘Ashta Pradhan’ was a Council of
as - FighterPeshwa Ministers in - Maratha administration
⬥ 25 % of the land revenue collected by ⬥ ‘Sumant’ was the foreign minister in the
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Marathas in the Deccan was - Chauth reign of - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
⬥ Baji Rao I or Baji Rao Ballal was the son
⬥ Institution of the Khalsa in 1699 was
of - Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath
founded by - Guru Gobind Singh
⬥ Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was a
Vijaynagar Empire
⬥ Gurmukhi script was invented by
famous ruler of the - Maratha dynasty
- Guru Angad SSC Exams
⬥ The Council of Ministers during the time
⬥ Sixth Guru of Sikhism - Guru Hargobind
of Shivaji Maharaj was - Ashta Pradhan
⬥ The Janamsakhis (birth stories) are
⬥The dominant source of income in the
legendary biographies of - Guru Nanak
Railway Exams Vijaynagar Empire was - Land revenue
⬥ Shri Guru Teg Bahadur (9th sikh guru)
⬥ The Vijayanagar kingdom was
was executed by Aurangzeb in - 1675
established by Harihara and Bukka in
⬥ Sikh Gurdwara Act was passed in - 1925 ⬥ Sambhaji, son of Shivaji sat on the
throne in - 1680 - 1336
⬥ Practice of nominating a religious
⬥
To fight against Chhatrapati Shivaji ⬥ Tuluva dynasty of the Vijayanagar Empire
head was closed by - Guru Gobind Singh
Maharaj, Aurangzeb sent - Jay singh was founded by - Krishna Deva Raya
⬥ Bhakti and Sufi movements took place
⬥TheVijaynagar ruler who married his
in India during - Medieval times ⬥ Third battle of Panipat was fought in
- 1761 daughter to Firuz Shah Bahmani
⬥ Sri Harmandir Sahib (The Golden
- Deva Raya I
Temple) was built by Guru Ram Das in P
olice Exams ⬥ The founders of Vijayanagara Empire
- Amritsar
were the feudatories of
⬥ Sikh Guru Shri Har Krishan Ji received ⬥The famous Maratha warrior Shivaji
- Kakatiyadynasty
enlightenment in - 1661 fought against - Aurangzeb
⬥ Before the foundation of the Vijayanagar
⬥ Second Sikh guru was - Guru Angad ⬥ Third Battle of Panipat (14 January 1761)
empire, Harihar and Bukka were the
⬥Guru Gobind Singh commanded Sikhs was fought between Marathas and
nobles of
to wear five items - Ahmad Shah Durrani
- Kakatiya dynasty (Warangal)
- Kesh, Kangha, Kara, Kachera, and Kirpan ⬥ Treaty that signed between Baji Rao II,
⬥ Portuguese traveler Domingo Paes
⬥ Adi Granth was compiled by the fifth (Maratha Peshwa of Poona) andBritish
visited the Vijayanagara empire in
Sikh Guru - Guru ArjanDev - Treaty of Bassein (1802)
- 16 Century
⬥ 10th and last of the Sikh Gurus ⬥ Fort regarded as the first pillar of
⬥Vijayanagara was founded on the banks
- Guru Gobind Singh Maratha empire
of - Tungabhadrariver
- Torna Fort (Prachandagad fort)
⬥ Krishnadeva Raya (Vijayanagara king)
Defence Exams ⬥ Satara wasannexed in 1848 through
defeated the sultan of Bijapur in -1520
- The Doctrineof Lapse
⬥ The last capital of Vijayanagara Kings
⬥The rules for congregational worship ⬥The tax rate of 'Sardeshmukhi' (land
- Chandragiri
(Sangat) involving collective recitation revenue tax) in the Maratha Empire
⬥Chandragiri fort is located in
were organized by - Guru Nanak Dev 9 - 10 %
- AndhraPradesh
⬥ The Khalsa tradition was initiated by ⬥
Sardeshmukhi was a tax collected
⬥Fernao Nuniz, who studied the institution
Guru Gobind Singhin -1699 during the reign of - Shivaji
of nayaka in the Vijayanagara Empire,
⬥ After the Third Anglo-Maratha War, the
was a - Portuguese Chronicler
State PCS Exams Peshwa was sent away with a pension
⬥The Aravidu dynasty began to rule over
to - Bithur
the Vijayanagar empire in - 1570
⬥ The Sikhs under Guru Hargobind ⬥ The Treaty of Purandar was signed
⬥ The author of the famous Telugu work
defeated the Mughals four times during between Shivaji and Jai Singh I in
‘Amuktamalyada’ was - Krishnadevaraya
the reign of - ShahJahan - 11 June 1665
⬥ The founder of the Saluva dynasty was
⬥ Battle of Dharmatpur (15 April 1658) - Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya
was fought between Aurangzeb and Defence Exams ⬥ A diplomat who came from Herat, visited
- Maharaja Jaswant Singh India and described 15th - century
⬥ Battle of Dharmatpur was fought on ⬥
Founder of Hindavi Swarajya in the Vijayanagara -Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi
the bank of river - Narmada edieval era
m - Chhatrapati Shivaji ⬥ Krishnadeva Raya founded a suburban
⬥The title 'Mirza Raja' was accorded by ⬥Treaty of Salbai (17 May 1782) was township near Vijayanagara called
Aurangzeb to two of his highest-ranking signed to settle the outcome of the - Nagalapuram
nobles - Jai Singh and Jaswant Singh - First Anglo-Maratha War (1775-82) ⬥ Krishnadeva Raya founded Nagalapuram
⬥ Chhatrapati Shivaji and Soyarabai on name of his -Mother
named their son - Rajaram Bhosle I ⬥ Abdur Razzaq came to Vijaynagar during
Maratha Empire ⬥ Shivaji’s son from Saibai was named the reign of -Dev Raya II
- Sambhaji ⬥ Local communities of merchants were
SSC Exams known as Kudirai Chettis in
- Vijayanagara empire
⬥ Rajaram was the leader of Jat revolt
⬥ Amuktamalayada was written by
against - Mughals (Aurangzeb)
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⬥ The 'Pattanulkars' (silk weavers) - KrishnadevaRaya ⬥ Kashmir was sold to the Dogra dynasty
migrated from theGujarat region to ⬥ Duarte Barbosa, a traveller to India was of Jammu in 1850 under the
-Vijayanagarstate
from - Portugal - Treaty of Amritsar
⬥ The military commanders who ruled in ⬥The Amara - nayakas were military ⬥ French possessions in India were
the Vijayanagara Empire were commanders in the Vijayanagara empire restored after the Battle of Wandiwash
⬥ The historical significance of
–Amar Nayaks (1760) by the treaty of Paris in - 1763
⬥ Vijayanagara Empire was situated on the 'Mahanavami Dibba' is associated with ⬥ The seven years of war in the 18th
banks of river - Tungabhadra - Vijayanagar century was fought between
⬥Two empires which fought for Raichur ⬥ Nicolo de Conti, an Italian merchant - Britainand France
Doab - Vijayanagar and Bahmani visited the - Vijayanagara Kingdom ⬥The Iranian ruler Nadir Shah attacked
⬥ Battle of Talikota (1565) led to the ⬥ Krishnadevaraya, King of Vijayanagar Delhi in - 1739
destruction of the -Vijayanagara empire from 1509 to 1529, belonged to the ⬥ Battle of Karnal (1739) was fought
⬥ The Battle of Raichur was fought in - Tuluva dynasty between
⬥ Battle of Talikota (1556 AD) was fought
- 1520 - Nadir Shah and Muhammad Shah
⬥ Provida style of architecture belongs to between the Vijayanagara Empire and ⬥ British East India Company in Battle of
- VijayanagarEmpire the - Deccansultanate Buxar led by - HectorMunro
⬥ Hampi was the capital city of the ⬥ 'Andhra Bhoja' title was given to the ⬥ TheBattle of Plassey took place in
- VijaynagarEmpire
King - KrishnadevaRaya - 23 June 1757
⬥ Hampi was declared a UNESCO world ⬥ Chandragiri was one of the capitals of ⬥ The Battle of Haldighati (1576) was
heritage site in - 1986 - Vijayanagara empire fought between
⬥ Sangama dynasty established the ⬥ Gol Gumbaz is located in - Karnataka - Maharana Pratap and Akbar
kingdom of ⬥ Foundation of Pondicherry was laid by
- Vijayanagara ⬥ Mohammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj
⬥ Anantraj Sagar Tank was built by Francois Martin in - 1673 Chauhan in
⬥ Abdur Razzaq come to India during
- Vijayanagararuler - Second Battle of Tarain (1192)
⬥ Krishna III of Manyakheta belonged to medieval times from - Persia ⬥On the soil of India the first major and
⬥ Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa,
- Rashtrakutadynasty decisive victory for the East India
⬥ The founder of Chera dynasty with the help of some locals in - 1510 Company was - Battle of Plassey
⬥ Vijayanagara empire was founded in
- Uthiyan CheralAthan ⬥First Anglo-Maratha War (1775-1782) was
the 14th century by- Harihara and Bukka fought between British East India
⬥ The founder of Gurjara-Pratihara ⬥ Capital of the Vijayanagara Empire was Company and - Maratha Empire
Dynasty -Nagabhata - Hampi ⬥The Battle of Tiruvannamalai (1767) was
⬥ The founder of Pala dynasty - Gopala ⬥ Mewar, Hadoti, Marwar are part of fought between Mysore (Haider ali) and
⬥ The founder of the Rashtrakutas dynasty - Rajasthan School of Miniature Painting - East IndiaCompany
- Dantidurga ⬥ Anglo-Maratha war that resulted in the
Defence Exams merger of Peshwa's territories with the
Railway Exams Bombay Presidency
⬥ The Amara-Nayaka system was a major - Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817-1819)
⬥ Krishnadeva Raya belonged to political innovation of ⬥ Mir Qasim’s name is associated with
- Tuluva dynasty - Vijayanagaraempire - Battle of Buxar(1764)
⬥ Founder of Aravidu dynasty in ancient ⬥Domingo Paes (Portuguese traveller) ⬥ The second Anglo-Mysore War came to
India was - TirumalaRaya visited Vijayanagara around 1520 during an end by signing
⬥ Sangama dynasty (1336 - 1485) of the the region of - Krishna Deva Raya - The Treaty of Mangalore (1784)
V ijayanagara Empire was founded by ⬥The treaty of Seringapatam was signed
two brothers- Harihara I and Bukka Raya I between Tipu Sultan and Cornwallis in
State PCS Exams - 1792
⬥ Ruins at Hampi were brought to the
light by engineer ⬥ East India Company got control over
⬥The Nagalapuram near Vijaynagara was Bengal by defeating Nawab Siraj - ud -
- Colonel Colin Mackenzie
founded by - Krishna Deva Raya daulah in the - Battle of Plassey (1757)
⬥ The Allasani Peddana was given the title ⬥ The Treaty of Surat was signed between
Police Exams of ‘Andhra Kavita Pitamah’ by - British and Raghunath Rao
-Krishnadev Ray ⬥The battle of Buxar was fought in -1 764
⬥ Krishna Deva Raya founded a suburban
⬥ The British East India Company obtained
township near Vijayanagar, called
- Nagalapuram Wars and Treaties the Diwani rights of Bengal, Bihar, and
Orissa from Shah Alam II under
⬥ In the popular tradition of Vijayanagara,
- Treatyof Allahabad
the Deccan Sultans are termed as SSC Exams
⬥ Shah Alam granted Diwani of Bengal
- Ashvapati
(revenue collection) to the East India
⬥ Traveller Duarte Barbosa visited India in ⬥The treaty signed between Lord
Company in - 1765
the early 16th century, was from Wellesley and Baji Rao II in 1802 was
⬥ The battle of Chanderi (1528) was fought
- Portugal - The treatyof Bassein
between - Medini Rai and Babur
⬥ Vijayanagara empire was founded in ⬥On 26 June 1838, a treaty was signed
⬥ Battle of Ghaghra was fought in 1529
- 1336 between the British, Shah Shuja and
between - Babur and Afghan
⬥ Nagalapuram town was founded by Maharaja Ranjit Singh, known as
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⬥ The Mughal emperor duringthird battle ⬥ Tipu Sultan (Tiger of Mysore) was finally between the French and the - British
of Panipat - Shah alam II defeated at the hands of -Lord Wellesley ⬥ Treaty of Srirangapatnam (1792) was
⬥ Ahmad Shah Durrani defeated Marathas ⬥ Akbar defeated Maharana Pratap in the signed in between Charles Cornwallis and
in the - Third Battle of Panipat (1761) Battle of - Haldighati (1576) - Tipu Sultan
⬥ 2nd Battle of Panipat (1556) Fought ⬥ British emerged victorious in ‘The Siege ⬥ Puducherry was captured by the Dutch in
between - Hemu and the army of Akbar of Arcot’ in - 1751 AD - 1693
⬥ Alamgir II was the Mughal Emperor at ⬥ Treaty of Versailles was signed in - 1919 ⬥ The British annexed Punjab after
the time of -Battle of Plassey (1757) ⬥ Assam was annexed by the British East defeating the Sikhs in - 1849
⬥ Tripartite struggle was fought for control India Company through the Treaty of ⬥ After the defeat of Tipu Sultan at the
over - Kannauj - Yandabo(1826) Battle of Seringapatam, Mysore came
⬥ Tripartite struggle was fought between ⬥ The Holkar Dynasty signed the Treaty of under the rule of - Wodeyars
- Pratiharas, Rashtrakutas, and Pala Mandsaur with British in - 1818 ⬥ Hathigumpha (Elephant Cave)
dynasties ⬥ In the Battle of Swally (1612) the British inscription in Udayagiri Hills, Odisha
⬥ Prithviraja III defeated Muhammad Ghori fought against - Portuguese was inscribed by - Kharavela
- in 1191 ⬥ The Battle of Bedara (1759) was fought ⬥ Treaty of Sagauli (1816) was signed
⬥ Treaty of Purandar (1665) was signed - Between British andDutch between the British and the - Gurkhas
between - Shivaji and Jai SinghI ⬥ The British annexed Punjab after ⬥ The Battle Of Plassey Was Fought on
⬥ Treaty of Salbai (1782) was signed defeating the Sikhs in - Anglo-Sikh War 23 June 1757 between the British and
between - British and the Marathas ⬥The second Anglo-Sikh war was fought - Siraj-ud-daulah
⬥ The Battle of Plassey (1757) was fought - between 1848 and 1849
between the East India Company and ⬥Siraj-ud-Daula signed the treaty of Defence Exams
-Siraj-Ud-Daulah Alinagar with - British
⬥ In theBattle of Plassey, East India ⬥The First Anglo-Maratha War was
Company led by - Robert Clive Railway Exams concluded by
⬥ The Battle of Tukaroi fought in - 1575 - The Treaty of Salbai(1782)
⬥ The Battle of the Hydaspes (326 BCE) ⬥ Black Hole incident took place in the ⬥ Marthanda Varma of Travancore
was fought between year 1756 in - Calcutta kingdom defeated the Dutch in
- Alexander and King Porus ⬥ Ahmadullah Shah Defeated Henry - Battle of Colachel(1741)
⬥ The battle of Pullalur was fought Lawrence in 1857 in - Battle of Chinhat ⬥ Baji Rao II signed the Treaty of Bassein
between ⬥ Number of wars fought by the British on - 31 December,1802
- Pulakesin II andMahendravarman with Mysore - 4 ⬥ Lachit Borphukan was known for his
⬥ The Battle of Khatoli (1517) was fought ⬥ The Santhal Revolt in 1855-56 was led leadership in the - Battle of Saraighat
between-Rana Sanga and Ibrahim Lodhi by - Sidhuand Kanhu ⬥ First Anglo-Burmese War was concluded
⬥ British East India Company defeated the ⬥ British army under Eyre Coote defeated with - Treaty of Yandabo
French forces in - Battle of Wandiwash Haider Ali at Porto Novo in - July 1781 ⬥ Cuttack, Balasore and the area west of
⬥ In the Battle of Wandiwash (1760), ⬥ East India Company was granted Wardha River was acquired by the British
British forces were led by - Sir Eyre Coote ‘Diwani rights’ by the Mughals in - 1765 under the - Treaty of Deogaon in 1803
⬥ The battle of Adyar was fought in - 1746 ⬥ Lord Auckland, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ⬥ ‘The treaty of Schonbrunn’ (1809) was
⬥ The battle of Ambur was fought in -1749 Shah Shuja signed Tripartite Treaty in signed after - Battle of Wagram
⬥Shah Alam granted the Diwani rights after 1838 against - Dost Mohammad Khan ⬥ The Treaty of Yandabo was signed in
the defeat in the - Battle of Buxar (1764) ⬥ Tipu Sultan was associated with - 1826
⬥ In the battle of Aliwal (1846), British led - Srirangapatnam ⬥ The Treaty of Mangalore was signed
by - SirHarry Smith ⬥ Battle of Haldighati (1576) was fought between Tipu Sultan and the British East
⬥ British defeated Sikh forces in the battle between Man Singh I (General of India Company in - 1784
of - Aliwal Akbar) and - Maharana Pratap
⬥ In the battle of Aliwal, Sikh forces led by
State PCS Exams
- Ranjodh SinghMajithia
Police Exams
⬥ The Treaty of Lahore (1846) signed
⬥ The Treaty of Allahabad (1765) was
between
⬥ The English forces in the Battle of Buxar signed after the - Battle of Buxar (1764)
- Duleep Singh and East India Company
were led by - Hector Munro ⬥ The Battle of Mudki was fought on
⬥ Founder of Sikhism - Guru Nanak Dev
- 18 December1845
⬥ Siraj-ud-daulah became the Nawab of
⬥ The treaty which resulted in the ⬥ The Battle of Porto Novo was fought on
Bengal in - 1756
demarcation of territories between Ranjit - 1 July 1781
⬥ Alivardi Khan died in - 1756
Singh and the East India Company ⬥ The Battle of ShakarKheda was fought
⬥ In the Battle of Plassey, Robert Clive led
-Amritsar treaty on - 11 October1724
the company’s army against
⬥ The treaty of Rajpurghat (1805) was ⬥ The Battle of Bedara was fought on
-Siraj-ud-daulah
concluded by the East India Company - 25 November1759
⬥ In 18th century, the British fought four
with - Holkar ⬥ The First Carnatic War ended in 1748
wars with - Mysorerulers
⬥ The Battle of Buxar was fought in- 1764 with the - Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
⬥ Tipu Sultan died in 1799 defending his
⬥ Battle of Plassey was fought in - 1757 ⬥ Under the Treaty of Aix-La Chapelle,
capital - Seringapatam
⬥ Battle of Aliwal (1846) was fought Madras was handed back to the
⬥ Summer Palace of Tipu sultan also
between the British and - Sikh forces - English
known as - Daulat Bagh
⬥ Battle of Wandiwash (1760) was fought ⬥ The Battle of Gagron was fought in
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- 1519 AD - Monghyr ⬥A french traveller, Francois Bernier was a
⬥The Battle of Sarangpur was fought in ⬥
The Chola King Rajaraja I ascended the court physician of - Prince Dara Shukoh
- 1437 AD t hrone in - 985 C.E. ⬥During the Mughal reign, panchayats were
⬥The Battle of Summel was fought in ⬥ The Charminar was built by led by a headman known as - Muqaddam
- 1544 AD - Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah ⬥After the death of Tipu Sultan in 1799, the
⬥The Battle of Saheba was fought in ⬥ TheVijay Stambh at Chittor was Mysore was placed under
- 1541-42 AD constructed by - Rana Kumbha - Wodeyar dynasty
⬥ Hoshang Shah's tomb is located in ⬥Tipu Sultan died in the battle of
- Mandu (Madhya Pradesh) - Seringapatam
Miscellaneous
⬥ ‘Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh’ was written by ⬥ In ancient Indian history, Assam was
- AbdulQadirBadauni known as -Kamarupa
SSC Exams ⬥ The Hawa Mahal in Jaipur was built by ⬥ Hector Munro led the English army in the
- Sawai PratapSingh - Battle of Buxar(1764)
⬥ Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay ⬥ The poem ‘Padmavat’ was written by ⬥ Malik Ambar was an administrator of
ncorporated the Vande Mataram song - Malik Muhammad Jayasi - Ahmednagar
to his novel - Anandmath ⬥ Chand Minar is situated in ⬥ The Imadshahi family was known for the
⬥ The Bahmani sultan who was noted for - Daulatabad (Maharashtra) foundation of - Berar (Maharashtra)
cruelty and hence got the title as ‘Zalim’ ⬥ Tomb of Etmaduddaula is situated in ⬥ In 1490, Imad Shahi Dynasty was
- Alauddin HumayunShah - Agra (UttarPradesh) established by - Fathullah Imad Ul Mulk
⬥ The number of new independent states ⬥ The Jantar Mantar observatories in Delhi, ⬥ Murshid Quli Khan founded the
that emerged after the decline of Jaipur, Ujjain, Mathura, and Varanasi was independent State of - Bengal
Bahmani kingdom was - Five constructedby -SawaiJaiSingh ⬥ Maharana Kumbha belonged to the
⬥ Mehrangarh fort is located in ⬥Founder of the Patiala dynasty- Ala Singh - Sisodia clanof Rajputs
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⬥ A Mughal ruler contributed to the revolt by -Lord Hastings -Lord Dalhousie
of 1857 - BahadurShah II ⬥The Annexation of Awadh by the British
⬥ The viceroy of India at the time of India's
⬥ Bahadur Shah II sent to exile in Burma, East India Company -1856 independence was - Lord Mountbatten
after the - Revoltof 1857 ⬥ A heavy, large-caliber smoothbore gun
⬥The incorporation of English as the
⬥The sepoys of Meerut arrived at the for infantry soldiers, introduced in the official language for higher education in
Gates of Red Fort on 11 May, 1857 to 16th century - Musket India by - Lord Macaulay
meet - Bahadur Shah ⬥ Rani Lakshmibai died fighting with British
⬥ The Vernacular Press Act was enacted
⬥ Mangal Pandey, killed two British officials colonial rulers on 18th June 1858 in during the regime of - Lord Lytton
(Hugeson and Baugh) on- 29 March 1857 - Gwalior ⬥The Tripartite treaty for British
⬥ Mangal Pandey was hanged on ⬥ Siege to the fortress of Jhansi in 1858 interference in Afghanistan was signed by
- 8 April 1857 was laid by - Sir HughRose - Lord Auckland
⬥Queen Victoria’s proclamation, which ⬥ Mughal ruler at the time of the revolt ⬥The Father of civil services in India
marked the beginning of British Crown's of 1857 - Bahadur Shah Zafar -Lord Cornwallis
administration in India was made on ⬥ The leader of Faizabad during the ⬥Frazer Commission was appointed to
- 1 Nov, 1858 1857 revolt - Maulvi Ahmadullah investigate police administration by
⬥ The revolt in the countryside of the ⬥ Governor General of India during the - Lord Curzon
Bombay Deccan occurred in - 1875 1857 Revolt - Lord Canning ⬥Accused of committing the judicial
⬥Sidhu Manjhi was the leader of
murder of Raja Nand Kumar was
- Santhal rebellion
Defence Exams - WarrenHastings
⬥The Governor-General during the
Railway Exams ⬥ During the days of the Revolt of 1857, Anglo-Nepal War was - Lord Hastings
Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah was known as ⬥ Lord Dalhousie annexed the Punjab into
⬥ In revolt of 1857,Shah Mal rebelled at
- Danka Shah British India in - 1849
Baraut in Uttar Pradesh and was killed
⬥ In Bihar, the Revolt of 1857 was led by ⬥ Lord Dalhousie annexed the Punjab into
in the battle in -July 1857
- Kunwar Singh British India as the result of
⬥ The Governor General of India during the - Second AngloSikh war
⬥Painting "In Memoriam" dedicated to
Revolt of 1857 was - Lord Canning ⬥ During the trial for meerut conspiracy, the
British women in India during the
Viceroy of India was - Lord Irwin
Revolt of 1857 was painted by
State PCS Exams ⬥
The doctrine of subsidiary alliance was
- Joseph NoelPatone
introduced by - Lord Wellesley
⬥Revolt of 1857 was finally suppressed
⬥ Rani Laxmibai died in - Gwalior ⬥ General Dyer was responsible for
by the British in - 1859
⬥ The tribal leaders, Sitaram Kanwar and - Jallianwala Bagh massacre
⬥Enfield rifles that became the
Raghunath Singh Mandloi Bhilala join the ⬥ The Ryotwari system was devised during
immediate reason for the 1857 revolt
Anti - British Revolution in the year the British rule in India by
was introduced by - Henry Hardinge
- 1857 A.D - Alexander Reed
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⬥The Zamindari system was introduced - WilliamBentinck - LordMountbatten
during the British rule in India by ⬥ First Governor General of India ⬥ Lord Dalhousie, was Governor General
-Lord Cornwallis -William Bentick of India during - 1848 to1856
⬥Colin Mackenzie was appointed as the ⬥ Awadh ‘as a cherry’ was described by the ⬥Announcement of transfer of power to
first Surveyor General of India in - 1815 Governor General - Lord Dalhousie Indians by June 1948 was made by
⬥The British Governor General who ⬥ Last Governor General of British India -Clement Attlee
adopted the policy of 'Paramountcy' - LordMountbatten ⬥
Kingdom of Awadh as ‘a cherry that
- Lord Hastings ⬥ Warren Hastings was the Governor will drop into our mouth one day’ was
⬥The first state to be annexed under General from - 1773 to1785 described by - Lord Dalhousie
Doctrine of lapse - Satara (1848) ⬥ The Permanent Settlement was ⬥ Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place
⬥ The number of Presidencies during the introduced in 1793 during Governor during the term of Viceroy
time of Warren Hastings in India General of Bengal - Charles Cornwallis - LordChelmsford
-3 (Bengal, Madras, and Bombay) ⬥ In 1809, Maharaja Ranjit Singh signed ⬥ Royal Commission on Civil Services
⬥ Lord Ripon was appointed as the Viceroy the Amritsar treaty with was formed in 1912 during the
of India in - 1880 - CharlesT. Metcalfe viceroyship of - Lord Hardinge
⬥ Bahadur Shah Zafar would be the last ⬥ ”A History of British India” is a work ⬥ Madras Presidency was formed during
Mughal king after his death was declared published by -JamesMill the tenure of - Lord Wellesley
by - Governor General Canning ⬥ In 1801, Subsidiary alliance treaty was ⬥ Lord Wellesley built a massive palace,
⬥ TheGovernor General who was related to imposed on - Awadh Government House, for himself in
the abolition of Thuggee ⬥The English Education Act - Calcutta
- Lord WilliamBentinck introduced in 1835 was based on ⬥Last governor-general and first viceroy
⬥The Governor general of Bengal during - Macaulay’sMinute of India - LordCanning
the first Anglo-Maratha War was ⬥ Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was ⬥Policy of ‘paramountcy’ was initiated
- WarrenHastings repealed by - LordRipon under Governor-general - Lord Hasting
⬥The last viceroy of India was ⬥ In 1856, Governor-General decided that ⬥ Viceroy of British India at the time India
- LordMountbatten Bahadur Shah Zafar would be the last became independent in 1947
⬥ The first governor general of India after Mughal king - Lord Canning (1856-1862) - LordMountbatten
independence was - Lord Mountbatten ⬥During the formation of the Indian ⬥‘Father of Civil Services’ in India
⬥ The first Indian Governor-General of National Congress (1885) the Viceroy - CharlesCornwallis
independent India was was -Lord Dufferin ⬥ In 1939, Viceroy of India, to announced
- C Rajagopalachari ⬥ The first step to separate provincial that India had entered the war along
⬥ The Viceroy of India at the time of the finance from central finance took by with Britain was - Lord Linlithgow
Kakori conspiracy was - Lord Reading - Lord Mayo ⬥ Statistical survey of India was
⬥The Viceroy of India during the Dandi ⬥ Viceroy Lord Mayo introduced financial organised by - LordMayo
March was - LordIrwin decentralisation in India in -1870 ⬥ In 1793, Permanent Settlement of Bengal
⬥
Bifurcation of British Indian Empire into a ⬥Father of Civil Services in India was introduced under viceroy
secular India and Islamic Pakistan was -Lord Cornwallis - CharlesCornwallis
announced by - Lord Mountbatten ⬥The Daroga system, replacing zamindari ⬥ ‘Father of Communal Electorate’ in
⬥ CP Ilbert was a law member of the thanedars, was introduced by India - Lord Minto
Council under viceroy - Lord Ripon -Lord Cornwallis ⬥ Vernacular Press Act in India was
⬥ The Governor of Bombay province of ⬥Robert Clive had come to Madras from introduced by - LordLytton
India during 1819-27 - Elphinstone England at the age of 18 in - 1743 ⬥ Office of Governor-General of India
⬥
The administrative code to separate ⬥ The East India Company appointed was created by - Charter Act, 1833
revenue administration from Judicial Residents in Indian states after ⬥ To form the interim Government in
administration was designed by - The Battle of Buxar(1764) India in 1946, Lord Wavell invited
- LordCornwallis ⬥ Richard Wellesley was the Governor - JawaharlalNehru
⬥ Keen Interest in restoration and General of India from - 1798 to 1805 ⬥ Last Governor General of India from
protection of historical monuments was ⬥ The infamous ‘crawling order’ was issued 1948 to 1950 was - C. Rajagopalachari
taken by - LordCurzon by - General Dyer ⬥ ‘Liberator of Indian Press’ was called to
⬥ Ancient Monuments Preservation Act ⬥ Viceroy of India during the Bengal - CharlesMetcalfe
was passed in 1904 under Viceroy famine of 1943 - Lord Linlithgow
- Lord Curzon Police Exams
⬥ The resolution on local self-government Railway Exams
for the political education brought by ⬥Lord Curzon was appointed as
- Lord Ripon ⬥First medical college in India was Viceroy of India, in - 1899
⬥ Father of local self Government in India established during the period of ⬥
The Permanent Settlement system in
- Lord Ripon - Lord WilliamBentinck 793 was introduced by
1
⬥ First Viceroy of India- Lord Canning ⬥Viceroy of British India during the - Lord Cornwallis
⬥ The policy of dual system of Bengal Rowlatt Act was passed ⬥ Law against the Sati practice in
government was the brainchild of - Lord Chelmsford December 1829 was enacted by
Governor-General - Lord Clive ⬥Father of local self government in - Lord William Bentinck
⬥ Practice of Sati was outlawed by India - Lord Ripon (1880-1884) ⬥ Vernacular Press Act in 1878 was
Governor General of Bengal ⬥Last viceroy in India was introduced by - Lord Lytton
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⬥ Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was - Lord Ripon ⬥ Awadh was annexed by the
repealed by - LordRipon ⬥Lord Mayo’s Resolution of 1870 was British in - 1856
⬥ Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by attempted to rectify - Existing imparity ⬥ In 1877, Viceroy Lytton organised
- Lord Dalhousie ⬥The first step that bifurcated Central and a durbar to acknowledge Queen
⬥ Doctrine of Lapse was withdrawn by Provincial finances was Victoria as the - Empress of India
- Lord Canning - Lord Mayo’s Resolution of 1870 ⬥ Elizabeth I granted the East India
⬥ Mughal emperor appointed the Company ⬥The system of Mahalwari settlement in Company exclusive East Asian trading
as the Diwan of the provinces of Bengal Bengal was introduced by rights in - 1600
in - 1765 -Holt Mackenzie ⬥The first Factories Act was enacted
⬥Maharaja Chait Singh (Banaras) was ⬥ The first British Governor of Bihar during Lord Ripon's time in - 1881
arrested by Warren Hastings in - 1781 - Sir James DavidSifton ⬥ The Mahalwari system was introduced
⬥ Robert Clive came to India in the year ⬥ Sind was conquered and annexed by by - HoltMackenzie
- 1743 - Napier ⬥The Mahalwari system was introduced
⬥ 'Kaiser-i-Hind' title given to the Queen ⬥ The Viceroy who followed an aggressive in India during the period of
Victoria in Delhi Durbar by - Lord Lytton policy towards Afghanistan was - Lord William Bentinck
⬥ Lord Cornwallis was the Governor - - Lord Lytton ⬥ British Parliament transferred powers to
General of Bengal from - 1786 to 1793 the Crown from East India Company
⬥ Permanent Settlement and civil services British acts and Policies through - Government of India Act 1858
in India were introduced by ⬥The Act that allowed some elected
- Lord Cornwallis representation in the legislature for the
⬥ Hunter Commission (1882) was
SSC Exams First time
appointed by - LordRipon - Government of India Act 1909
⬥ Lord Linlithgow made the declaration ⬥ Zamindars were granted legal ownership
known as ‘August Offer’ in - 1940 of land for receiving a certain revenue by Note:- GovernmentofIndiaAct1909
⬥ First Governor-General of bengal a certain date under is also known as the Morley-Minto
- WarrenHastings - Permanent settlement Reforms
⬥ Governor-General of Bengal was made ⬥ Lord Lytton passed the Indian Arms Act
in - 1878 ⬥ The Morley-Minto Reforms, passed in
the Governor-General of India by
⬥The Arms Act, 1878 and Vernacular 1909, aimed to implement a
- Charter Act of 1833
Press Act, 1878 were passed by - Separate electoralsystem
⬥ Governor General of India at the time
- Viceroy Lord Lytton ⬥The Act that granted autonomy to the
of the First World War - Lord Hardinge II
⬥ Native Marriage Act was passed in provinces in India
⬥ A code provided for the separation of
- 1872 - Government of India Act 1935
revenue administration from judicial
⬥The Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was ⬥ The Government of India Act was passed
administration was introduced by
modelled on - Irish Press Laws in 1935 and came into effect in - 1937
- Lord Cornwallis
⬥The Defence of India Act was enacted in ⬥ Major portion of Indian Constitution has
⬥ Governor-General of India was given
- 1915 been borrowed from
the title of Viceroy for the first time in
⬥ The Rowlatt Act was passed in - 1919 - Government of India Act 1935
- 1858
⬥ The Criminal Tribes Act was passed in ⬥ The Constitution of India superseded the
⬥ Governor General of India during the
- 1871 - Government of India Act of 1935
first Anglo-Sikh War (1845-46)
⬥The Bengal Sati Regulation Act was ⬥ The establishment of a Federal Court in
- Lord Hardinge
passed in - 1829 Delhi was provided by
⬥ Father of local self-government in
⬥The Caste Disabilities Removal Act was - The Government of India Act, 1935
India - Lord Ripon (1880-1884)
passed in - 1850 ⬥ The dyarchy rule system in the provinces
⬥The First viceroy of India was was abolished by
Defence Exams - Government of India Act, 1935
- Lord Canning
⬥ The Act of 1947 declared that British rule ⬥ The head of the Indian Statutory
⬥The first viceroy to officially shift his Commission of 1928 (Simon Commission)
in India would end by - 30 June 1948
council to Shimla during the summer was - Sir John Allsebrook Simon
⬥ The powers between the Central and
season was - John Lawrence ⬥The Majority Act, which defines the age of
provincial governments in terms of three
⬥ The Indian Agriculture Service was the majority of Indian citizens, was
lists were divided by
started by - LordMinto II passedin -1875
- The Government of India Act of 1935
⬥ Governor general that was impeached by ⬥The Indian Education Commission of
⬥ Lord Cornwallis initiated the permanent
the British Parliament - Warren Hastings 1882 was appointed by - Lord Ripon
settlement system in - Bengal and Bihar
⬥ The Viceroy of India at the time of ⬥The Saddler Commission was appointed
⬥The Act that abolished the British East
Gandhiji’s Dandi march was - Lord Irwin to analyze the Calcutta University's
India Company's rule and the Board of
Control was problems in - 1917
State PCS Exams -GovernmentofIndiaAct1858 ⬥ Ryotwari system was introduced by
⬥ The Act that centralized the - Sir Thomas Munro
⬥ The Ilbert Bill (1883) was proposed administration of India was ⬥ Ryotwari system was based on the
during the tenure of - Lord Ripon - Charter Act of 1833 - Ricardian theory of rent
⬥ Vernacular Press Act was enacted by ⬥ Jhansi was annexed by Lord Dalhousie ⬥ Secretary of State for India made
- Lord Lytton under the doctrine of responsible for the Government of British
⬥Vernacular Press Act was repealed by Lapse in - 1854 India in - 1858
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⬥ Governor General of Bengal was made as ⬥ The British Government of India ⬥ Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by
Governor General of India under Charter introduced the ‘provincial autonomy’ by Sir William Jones in - 1784
Act of - 1853 - Government of India Act 1935 ⬥ Siraj ud-Daulah was defeated by Robert
⬥ Vernacular Press Act was enacted in ⬥ Partition of British India into two new Clive in the Battle of Plassey in - 1757
British India in - 1878 independent dominions, India and ⬥
During Clement Attlee (PM), British
⬥ The rule of the East India company was Pakistan was done by Parliament passed an independence bill
ended in British India by the Government - Indian Independence Act 1947 for India in - July 1947
of India Act - 1858 ⬥ Act separate the commercial and ⬥Sir Stafford Cripps, Sir Pethick Lawrence
⬥ The Cabinet Mission came to India in political functions of British East India and A.V Alexander were the members of
-1946 company - Pitt’s India Act,1784 - Cabinet Mission Plan,1946
⬥ The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms ⬥
Indian Councils Act, 1909 is also known
introduced Dyarchy in the provinces with as - Morley-Minto Reforms Railway Exams
- Government of India Act, 1919 ⬥ The British Parliament transferred the
⬥ The Zamindari Settlement as a measure powers of the East India company to the ⬥ First Municipal Corporation was set up
of land revenue administration British crown in - 1858 in 1688 in - Madras
introduced by - Lord Cornwallis ⬥ Act allows the government to confiscate ⬥ Jawaharlal Nehru classified Government
⬥ A Comprehensive despatch on education the assets of newspaper in case of of India Act 1935 as
called Wood's despatch on education publishing anything ‘objectionable’ - ‘A new charter ofslavery’
was sent in - 1854 - Vernacular Press Act,1878 ⬥ Commission formed to investigate the
⬥ The British government sent the cripps ⬥ Ilbert Bill which provide for the trial of Jallianwala Bagh incident of 1919 was
mission to India in - 1942 British person by Indians magistrates - Hunter Commission
⬥Montague Chelmsford Reform Act, 1919 was introduced in 1883 by - Lord Ripon ⬥ The act that liquidated East India
introduced - Diarchy ⬥ First state to sign a subsidiary alliance Company and British Indian territories
⬥ The dual system of control by the British with the British was - Hyderabad ruled in the name of the British Queen
government and the East India Company ⬥
The Indian Universities Act was passed was - Government of India Act, 1858
in India was established under in 1904 by the Viceroy - Lord Curzon ⬥ The Government of India Act, 1919
- Pitt’s IndiaAct 1784 ⬥The original name of the Empress of was passed on the recommendation of
⬥ English Education Act of 1835 was made India Act - The Royal Titles Act 1876 - EdwinMontague
English as a medium of instruction for ⬥ Act regulates the Indian labour law with ⬥ The Government of India Act, 1919
- Highereducation regard to trade unions and individual was passed by - Lord chelmsford
⬥ Dyarchy’, system of dual government at workmen - Industrial Disputes Act 1947 ⬥ Simon Commission arrived in India in
the provincial level was abolished by ⬥ The Child Marriage Restraint Act was - 1928
- Government of India Act,1935 passed in India in - 1929 ⬥ Imprisonment without trial was a
⬥ In 1858 Queen Victoria, became the ⬥ Government of India Act 1935 abolished measure taken under the - Rowlatt Act
sovereign of British India, with the title the - Councilof India ⬥ First revenue settlement in the
- "Empressof India" ⬥Act prohibiting marriage of girls below 14 Bombay Deccan came into operation in
⬥ The Charter Act of 1813 extended the and boys below 18 years of age the year - 1820
East India Company's rule in India to - ShardaAct (1929) ⬥ India will be divided into two parts was
- 20 years ⬥
Freedom of press was curbed through a provision of the
⬥ The objective of Simon Commission was the Indian Official Secrets Act in - 1904 - Indian Independence Act of 1947
to - Decide India's Politicalfuture ⬥ In 1877, Viceroy Lord Lytton organised a ⬥ Mahalwari System, a method for
⬥ The Charter Act, 1793 was also known durbar to acknowledge Queen Victoria as collecting revenue in India was developed
as - East India Company Act, 1793 the - Empressof India By - HoltMackenzie
⬥ The Gandhi-Irwin pact signed in - 1931 ⬥The capital of the British India was ⬥ Commission that drafted the Indian
⬥ The Champaran Agrarian Law was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in-1911 Penal code enacted in 1860 was chaired
passed by the British Government in ⬥
Indian representatives, for the first time, by - LordMacaulay
- 1918 were allocated seats for election in ⬥ Lord Pethick-Lawrence, AV Alexander,
⬥ Regulating Act 1773 was passed by the Indian Legislative Councils by Sir Stafford Cripps were member of
- BritishParliament - Indian Councils Act,1892 - CabinetMission
⬥ Regulating Act 1773 was passed to ⬥Martial law was imposed in India during ⬥ Act provided for responsible government
control the territories of the command of - General Dyer in the provinces - Act of1935
- East IndiaCompany ⬥
An initiative of the British parliament to ⬥ The Act that ended the Trade monopoly
⬥ The Arms Act disallowing Indians from bring an administrative reform in British of the Company in India and opened it to
possessing arms was passed in1878 by India - Regulating Act of1773 all British Subjects except tea was
- Lord Lytton ⬥
An act changed the post of ‘Governor of - Charter Act of 1813
⬥ British government enacted a legislation Bengal’ to ‘Governor-General of Bengal’ ⬥ Cripps Mission to India in 1942 was
banning the use of chintz in England in - Regulating Actof 1773 sent by British PM - Winston Churchill
- 1720 ⬥ The office of the first Accountant General ⬥ During British rule, the Sharda Act was
⬥ The Act of Banning the use of printed was established in - 1858 passed in 1929 to prevent
cotton textiles, chintz in England was ⬥
Khilafat Committee was formed in - Child marriage
also known as - Calico Act Bombay in - March 1919 ⬥ In 1909, for the first time Separate
⬥ A law was passed in India to make ⬥ The Cornwallis code was enacted in electorate for Muslims was introduced
conversion to Christianity easier in- 1850 - 1793 By - Morley-Minto Reforms
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⬥ An Act in India, based on report of a Mission to India in the year - 1946 British India in - 1864
committee headed by the British Prime ⬥ Communal Award in 1932 was ⬥ ‘Wood's Dispatch’ in 1854 was related
Minister Lord North announced by British Prime Minister to - Indianeducation
- Regulating Actof 1773 - Ramsay MacDonald ⬥ Lord Macaulay's introduced the
⬥ British Cabinet Mission arrived in India ⬥ 6 April 1919 was observed as the Day Downward filtration theory in his
in - March 1946 of Nonviolent Protest against Famous - Macaulay's Minutes
⬥ Revenue system introduced in Bombay - Rowlatt Act ⬥ Pitt’s India Act was passed in the year
Deccan came to be known as ⬥ Peasants or cultivators were regarded - 1784
- RyotwariSettlement as the owners of the land in ⬥ Ilbert Bill Act was introduced by Lord
⬥ The Comment ‘no dalil, no vakil, no - Ryotwarisystem Ripon in - 1883
appeal’ was associated ⬥ Summer capital of British India ⬥ East India Company official or political
- RowlattAct (1919) between 1864 and 1939 - Shimla agents to Indian States were termed
⬥ ‘Wood’s dispatch’ was concerned ⬥ Holt Mackenzie and Robert Merttins as - BritishResidents
with reform in - Education Bird introduced - Mahalwari System ⬥ Separate electorates for Muslims were
⬥ Indian Official Secrets Act was passed ⬥ Ryotwari system during British rule in introduced in the
to restrict the freedom of the press in India was devised by - Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909
- 1904 - Alexander Read and Thomas Munro ⬥ Rowlatt Act is associated with
⬥ British enacted the Inland Emigration ⬥ Diwani of Bengal was transferred to the - Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Act in - 1859 East India Company in -1765 (13 April, 1919)
⬥ British policy that triggered people to ⬥ A system of indigo cultivation in ⬥ Elections were held for the first time in
assemble at Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar British India - Nij 11 Indian states during the reign of
was - Rowlatt Act ⬥ India’s first post office was established -Lord Linlithgow
⬥ Total number of members in Cabinet in 1774 by - Warren Hastings
Mission were - Three ⬥ Around 1810 AD, about 95% of indigo Defence Exams
⬥ “The Rowlatt Act is a preventive imported to Britain was from - India
murder” was said by ⬥ British Mission in 1942 to secure full ⬥
The East India Company lost monopoly
- Edwin Samuel Montagu Indian cooperation and support for over China trade in - 1833
⬥ First Indian native ruler to accept the their efforts in World War II ⬥For the first time,the Provincial
system of Subsidiary Alliance -Cripps Mission elections were held in 1937 under the
- Nizam of Hyderabad ⬥ Hunter Commission in 1882 presided - Government of India Act, 1935
⬥ Subsidiary alliance system was by Sir William Hunter and appointed by ⬥ Act provided for the establishment of the
devised by - Lord Wellesley - Lord Ripon Indian Law Commission
⬥ The Offer of ‘Dominion Status’ for India ⬥ English Education Act 1835 made - Charter Act (1833)
in 1929 was announced by - Lord Irwin English the language of instruction for ⬥ Supreme Court was established under
⬥ Plantation labourers were not allowed - Highereducation the Regulating Act of 1773 at - Calcutta
to leave tea gardens without permission ⬥ Lord North’s Regulating Act was
under - Inland Emigration Act, 1859 passed in - 1773
State PCS Exams
⬥Thomas Macaulay was instrumental in ⬥ Monopoly of the British East India
Promoting - English education in India Company on trade with India was
⬥ Minto-Morley Reforms introduced in
⬥ India and Pakistan were divided into broken by - Charter Act1813
- 1909
two independent nations by ⬥ Dyarchy was introduced for the
⬥ Vernacular Press Act was come to be
- Indian Independence Act 1947 provinces of British India by the
known as - ‘GaggingAct’
- Government of India Act of 1919
⬥ The system of 'Chamber of Princes' with
Police Exams ⬥ Mahatma Gandhi termed Cripps
120 members was created by the
mission as a - Post-dated cheque
- Act of 1919
⬥ The act under which the commercial and ⬥ First Factory Act, 1881 to regulate
political activities of the British East India employment of children was enacted
company were divided was by - Lord Ripon Partition of Bengal and
⬥ Founder of Fort William College of
- Pitt's IndiaAct, 1784 Swadeshi Movements
⬥The President of the Board of Trade when Kolkata in 1800 was - Richard Wellesley
he Cabinet Mission visited India was ⬥ The Simon Commission came to India
in - 1928 SSC Exams
-Stafford Cripps
⬥ The Ryotwari (Peasant) System of 1820 ⬥ Diarchy at the center was introduced
by - Government of India Act, 1935 ⬥ The Swadeshi Movement was known as
was mostly implemented in
⬥ Land revenue systems, also known as the Vande Mataram Movement in
- Madras andBombay
‘Munro System’ is - Ryotwari system - Deltaic Andhra
⬥ The first Indian state to sign a subsidiary
⬥ Simon Commission was welcomed in ⬥ The Bengal Famine was occurred in
treaty with the British was
India with the slogan of- Go Back Simon - 1943
- Hyderabad
⬥ “Quit India” and “Simon Go Back” ⬥ The Swadeshi Movement had the
⬥ Supreme Court was established under
slogans were coined by strongest impact on people of - Bengal
the Regulating Act of 1773 in - Calcutta
- Yusuf Meherally ⬥ The main argument put forward by the
⬥ The term ‘British possessions in India’
⬥ Sir John Lawrence officially declared British for the partition of Bengal in 1905
used first time in - Pitt’s India Act 1784
Shimla as the summer capital of the was
⬥ British government sent the Cabinet
- Administrative convenience
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⬥Lord Curzon declared the partition of song of people during ⬥
In the Second Round Table Conference,
Bengal in - 1905 - Swadeshi Movement ongress was led by - Mahatma Gandhi
c
⬥ The official reason given by Britishers ⬥ The first Satyagraha Movement led by
after partition of Bengal in 1905 was Defence Exams Mahatma Gandhi was
- Administrative Convenience - Champaran Satyagraha (1917)
⬥ Before the Partition of Bengal in 1905, ⬥ Lord Curzon announced the partition of ⬥
Gandhi traveled and spent a year around
the biggest province was - Bengal Bengal in - 1905 British India to understand its people, on
⬥ Before the Partition of Bengal, Bengal ⬥ Lord Curzon passed the Indian the advice of - Gopal Krishna Gokhale
consisted of parts of - Bihar and Orissa Universities Act passed in - 1904 ⬥ Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded the
⬥ The formal proclamation of the ⬥ The Ancient Monuments Preservation Servants of India Society in - 1905
Swadeshi movement made on 7 August Act was enacted in - 1904 ⬥
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also
1905 was at - Calcutta Town Hall known as the Amritsar massacre, took
⬥ All India Muslim League supported the place on - 13 April1919
State PCS Exams
move for partition of -Bengal ⬥ The Thuggee and Dacoity Suppression
⬥ All India Muslim League was founded at Acts were a series of laws enacted in
⬥ Bihar was first separated from Bengal
Dhaka in - 1906 British India from - 1836 to 1848
Presidency in - 1912
⬥ The image of Bharat Mata portraying her ⬥ The Khilafat Day was celebrated all over
⬥ The Swadeshi and Boycott movement
as an ascetic figure was painted by India on - 17th October1919
were adopted in India during
- Abanindranath Tagore ⬥ The Secret radio service during the Quit
- The Bengal partition(1905)
India movement was started by
⬥ About Bengal Partition, the statement
- Usha Mehta
Railway Exams "The partition announcement fell like a
⬥ All the three Round Table Conferences
bombshell" was expressed by
organized to consider the Simon Report
⬥ First national flag of India is said to be - Surendra Nath Banerjee
was participated by - Tej Bahadur Sapru
hoisted in 1906 at -Kolkata
⬥ Movement in pre-independent India
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that gave impetus to cotton production in all thethreeRoundTableConference
- Swadeshi Movement were B. R. Ambedkar, M.R. Jayakar,
⬥ During the Swadeshi Movement in SSC Exams N.M. Joshi, C.N. Mudaliar.
Bengal, a tricolor flag was designed
having colors - Red, green and yellow ⬥Salt Satyagraha was associated with the ⬥The Poona Pact was concerned with
⬥ Swaraj as the goal of India’s political - Civil Disobedience Movement (1930) providing representation to
efforts was announced in ⬥ The movement in which Vallabhbhai - Depressedclasses
- Calcutta Session1906 Patel and Indulal Yajnik helped Gandhi ⬥ The Kheda Satyagraha was started by
⬥ In 1906, Calcutta session of INC was - Kheda movement Mahatma Gandhi in -1918
presided by - Dadabhai Naoroji ⬥ The Third Round Table Conference was ⬥ In 1928, Vallabhbhai Patel led the
⬥ First Partition of Bengal took place in held in - 1932 peasant movement in Bardoli (Gujarat),
the year - 1905 AD ⬥ 'Rowlatt Satyagraha' was initiated by against enhancement of land revenue,
⬥ India's capital was shifted from Calcutta - Mahatma Gandhi (1919) Known as - Bardoli Satyagraha
to Delhi in - 1911 ⬥ Mahatma Gandhi was born on ⬥ The main demand of the peasant
-2 October 1869 movement of Kheda was
⬥ International Day of Non-Violence is - Revenue collection be relaxed
Police Exams
celebrated on - 2October ⬥ Jallianwala Bagh is located in - Punjab
⬥ The only Annual Session of the Congress ⬥ Mahatma Gandhi decided to withdraw
⬥ Formal proclamation of the Swadeshi
presided over by Mahatma Gandhi was the Non-Cooperation Movement in
Movement was made on 7 August
- Belgaum,1924 - February, 1922
1905 at - Calcutta TownHall
⬥ The political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi ⬥ The Harijan Sewak Sangh was
⬥ Viceroy Lord Curzon partitioned
was - Gopal Krishan Gokhale founded as a result of the Poona
Bengal in - 1905
⬥ Mahatma Gandhi was first called the Pact in - 1932
⬥ Tricolour flag was designed during the
"Father of the Nation" by ⬥ Chauri-Chaura incident happened during
- Swadeshi Movement
- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose - Non-cooperation movement
⬥ Bengal gradually broke away from
⬥ The Quit India Movement was launched ⬥ Mahatma Gandhi returned to
Mughal control under- Murshid Quli Khan
by Mahatma Gandhi on India on - 9th January1915
⬥ One of the important reasons for the
- 8 August 1942 ⬥ The second round table conference was
Swadeshi Movement of 1905
⬥ Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed in - 1931 held in - 1931
- Partitionof Bengal
⬥ Poona Pact, 1932 was signed between ⬥ In 1919, Gandhiji called for satyagraha
⬥ Partition of Bengal was repealed by
- Mahatma Gandhi and B R Ambedkar against the - RowlattAct
the British in - 1911
⬥ Non-Cooperation Movement started in ⬥ The Non-Cooperation-Khilafat
⬥ ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’, the national
- 1920 Movement began in January - 1921
anthem of Bangladesh was composed
⬥Salt Satyagraha was started on ⬥ The main Resolution of Non Cooperation
by - Rabindranath Tagore
- 12th March 1930 Movement was passed in 1920 at
⬥ Swadeshi and Boycott movements
⬥ The author of“Hind Swaraj” and “The - Nagpur session of congress
were launched against
Story of My experiment with Truth” is ⬥ Khilafat Committee was formed
- The partitionof Bengal
- Mahatmagandhi at Bombay in - March1919
⬥ "Vande Mataram" became the popular
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⬥ The Ahmedabad Satyagraha was ⬥ The title of "Father of the Nation" to Mohammed Ali Jinnah was
led by Mahatma Gandhi in - 1918 Mahatma Gandhi in 1944 was given by - Gopal KrishnaGokhale
⬥ Rabindranath Tagore returned his - Subhas ChandraBose
knighthood after the ⬥ Mahatma Gandhi called off the Railway Exams
- Jallianwala Bagh massacre Non-cooperation Movement in February
⬥ The Natal Indian Congress was founded 1922 after - Chauri Chaura incident ⬥ The Non-violent protest against the
In 1894 by - Mahatma Gandhi ⬥ Political guru ofMahatma Gandhi was British monopoly on salt production in
⬥ The first law minister ofindependent - Gopal KrishnaGokhale 1930 was - DandiMarch
India - Dr B RAmbedkar ⬥ In Kheda, Gujarat, Patidar peasants ⬥ In 1919, Mahatma Gandhi decided to
⬥ The temple entry movement was started organised non-violent campaigns against launch a nationwide Satyagraha against
by Bhim Rao Ambedkar in -1927 -Highland revenue - RowlattAct, 1919
⬥ Gandhiji entered active politics in India ⬥Depressed classes got the reserved ⬥ Mahatma Gandhi ended non-cooperation
for the first time by seats in provincial and central legislative agitation in February 1922 due to
- Champaran Movement (1917) councils in - September1932 - Chauri-Chauraincident
⬥ Bal Gangadhar Tilak was referred to as ⬥The Champaran Agrarian Act was ⬥ “Truth is God” and“H ind Swaraj”
'the maker of modern India' by passed in - 1918 books were written by- Mahatma Gandhi
- Mahatma Gandhi ⬥ Gandhiji arrived in india in 1915 from ⬥ Jamia Millia Islamia, Kashi Vidyapith,
⬥ In India Mahatma Gandhi made his first South Africa at the age of - 46 Gujarat Vidyapith were established in
public appearance in -1916 ⬥ "Be the change you wish to see in the response to Mahatma Gandhi's call for
⬥ The Satyagraha Ashram (Sabarmati world" said by - Mahatma Gandhi - Non-cooperation Movement
Ashram) was founded by Mahatma ⬥ The All-India Khilafat Conference in ⬥ In 1923, Swaraj Party was formed by
Gandhi in - 1915 November 1919 took place at - Delhi - Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das
⬥ Mahatma Gandhi visited Noakhali and ⬥ Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was called ⬥ Quit India movement was started on
other riot-torn areas to stop communal ‘a patriot of patriots’ by-Mahatma Gandhi - 8thaugust 1942
violence in - 1946 ⬥ The pact signed between the Indian ⬥ The system of separate electorate for
⬥ Harijan Sevak Sangh founded in 1932 by National Congress and All India Muslim Harijans was replaced by reservation of
- Mahatma Gandhi League in 1916 is - Lucknow Pact seats for them under the
⬥ Bardoli Satyagraha led by ⬥ Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das - PoonaPact (1932)
- Sardar VallabhbhaiPatel founded the Swaraj Party in - 1923 ⬥ In Gujarat, the famous ‘Salt March’ was
⬥ Albert Einstein was inspired by the idea ⬥ Hunter Commission was appointed started in district - Navsari
of non-violence of - Mahatma Gandhi after-effect of the ⬥ Second round table (1931) conference
⬥ ’Hind Swaraj' or 'Indian Home Rule' is - Jallianwala Bagh Massacre was held in - London
written by - Mahatma Gandhi ⬥First nationwide Satyagraha of Mahatma ⬥ In Second round table conference,
⬥ The Poona pact was signed between Gandhi was introduced in - 1919 congress was represented by
Mahatma Gandhi and ⬥ Viceroy of British India during the Non - - MahatmaGandhi
- BhimraoAmbedkar Cooperation Movement-Lord Chelmsford ⬥ A movement started in India in
⬥ Only Round Table Conference attended ⬥ The civil disobedience campaign support of the Turkish Sultan was
by Mahatma Gandhi - Second (1931) was completely ceased in - 1934 - KhilafatMovement
⬥ 'Do or Die' slogan during Quit India ⬥ During the Quit India Movement, the ⬥ Sapru Committee Report of 1945 was
Movement was given by Indian flag was hoisted at Gowalia Tank related to - Minorityissues
- MahatmaGandhi Maidan in - Mumbai ⬥ First Round Table Conference was
⬥‘Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have ⬥ During the Quit India Movement, the started in - November1930
it’ slogan was given by Indian flag was hoisted by-Aruna Asaf Ali ⬥ The remark “South Africa was the
- Bal GangadharTilak ⬥The All India Congress Committee making of the Mahatma” was maid by
⬥ ‘Simon Go Back’ slogan was given by ratified the 'Quit India' resolution in - Chandran Devanesan
-Lala Lajpat Rai - 1942 ⬥ Movement was negative enough to be
⬥On 13 April 1919, the Jallianwala Bagh ⬥Motilal Nehru along with 8 congress peaceful but positive enough to be
massacre took place at - Amritsar leaders drafted a Constitution for india in Effective - Non-cooperation Movement
⬥ Mahatma Gandhi visited Champaran to - 1928 ⬥ Banaras Hindu University was
understand the problems of peasants ⬥ The only martyr of the Quit India phase Founded by - Madanmohan Malaviya
under persuasion of - Rajkumar Shukla of the freedom movement who was ⬥ Mahatma Gandhi’s first major public
⬥ Mahatma Gandhi returned his medal of hanged was - Kushal Konwar appearance in India was at the opening
Kaisar-i-Hind in response to Jallianwala ⬥ ’Indian Opinion’ Newspaper was founded of the - Banaras Hindu University
Bagh Massacre in - 1920 by Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa in ⬥ Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from
⬥ Mahatma Gandhi, along with other - 1903 South africa on - 9 January 1915
Indians established the Natal Congress ⬥ To support khilafat, Shaukat Ali ⬥ A revolt led by Mahatma Gandhi against
to fight against racial discrimination in convinced Mahatma Gandhi to start the forced cultivation of Indigo was
-1895 - Non-cooperation movement - Champaran Satyagraha
⬥ The first hunger strike led by Mahatma ⬥ C Rajagopalachari led the Salt ⬥ ‘Do or Die' slogan was given by
Gandhi in 1918 - Ahmedabad Mill Strike Satyagraha in - Tamil Nadu - Mahatma Gandhi
⬥ The first satyagraha movement of ⬥ Sarojini Naidu earned the sobriquet ⬥ Newspaper started by Mahatma
Mahatma Gandhi for indigo planters in ‘Bharat Kokila’ from - Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi in South Africa - Indian Opinion
1917was - Champaran Satyagraha ⬥ A mentor to both Mahatma Gandhi and ⬥ Mahatma Gandhi was persuaded to
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come to Champaran in 1917 by by - Kamladevi Chattopadhyay - Non-cooperation Movement
- RajKumar Shukla ⬥ “Hind Swaraj”, book was written by
ote: Sarojini Naidu had also to
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⬥ Khilafat Movement was originated in Mahatma Gandhi in -1909
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⬥ Sabarmati, Sevagram, Tolstoy Farm South Africa to India on- 9thjanuary 1915
were Ashrams established by ⬥ Gandhi was advised to “travel around ⬥ Dandi March (1930) carried out to
- MahatmaGandhi British India, getting to know the land - Break the salt law
⬥ Mahatma Gandhi presided INC for the and its people”, by ⬥ Non-cooperation (1920), Civil
first and the last time in- Belgaum (1924) - Gopal KrishnaGokhale Disobedience (1930), Quit India
⬥ On the day India got Independence, ⬥ Champaran farmers pre-Satyagraha movements (1942) were led by
Mahatma Gandhi was in - Calcutta followed 'panchkathiya' which planting - MahatmaGandhi
⬥ All-India Khilafat Committee passed a on five katthas of land per bigha- Indigo ⬥ Sabarmati Ashram, Sewagram, Tolstoy
resolution (no muslim should serve Farm are associated with
in the British Indian Army) in - July 1921 Police Exams - Mahatma Gandhi
⬥ Mahatma Gandhi was described as ⬥ Political guru of Gandhi ji was
“the great soul in a beggar's garb” by ⬥ Mahatma Gandhi called off the - Gopal KrishnaGokhale
- RabindranathTagore Non-cooperation Movement due to ⬥ Before coming to India, Mahatma
⬥ Gandhiji was thrown out of a train in - The Chauri Chaura incident Gandhi was in
South africa at - Pietermaritzburg ⬥ 'Salt Satyagraha' was launched by - South Africa (1893 to1915)
⬥ Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed prior to Mahatma Gandhi in the year - 1930 ⬥ Gandhi's first ashram (1915) in india
- Second Round Table conference ⬥ Kheda Satyagraha (1918) in Gujarat - Kochrab Ashram (Ahmedabad )
⬥ Satyagraha Sabha was founded in was a non tax campaign led by ⬥ Mahatma Gandhi set up Sevagram
February 1919 by - Mahatma Gandhi - Gandhi with Sardar Vallabbhai Patel ashram in Maharashtra in - 1936
⬥ ‘Indian nationalism is an elite ⬥ Gandhiji spent a year traveling to
phenomenon, a creation of lawyers British India to learn about the land ⬥ Gandhi’s ashram name in South Africa
and doctors and landlords’ said by and the people there on advice of - Tolstoy Farm
- MahatmaGandhi - Gopal Krishna Gokhale ⬥ The period from 1915-47 in India's
⬥ In protest of the Jallianwala Bagh ⬥ Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on Freedom Struggle was termed as
Massacre, Gandhiji return the honour of - March 5, 1931 - Gandhian Phase
- Kaiser-i-Hind ⬥ Mahatma Gandhi go on to a hunger ⬥ Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil
⬥ Non-Cooperation Movement was strike in 1932 in a cell at - Yerwada Jail Disobedience Movement from
pitched in under the leadership of ⬥ Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928 was led by Sabarmati Ashram in -1930
Mahatma Gandhi from - 1920 to 1922 - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ⬥ Gandhi’s Dandi March ended on 6th
⬥ Dandi March was a journey of ⬥ Participation of women on a large April 1930 after - 24 days
approximately - 240 miles scale for the first time in ⬥ ‘Quit India Movement’ (1942) is also
⬥ Natal Indian Congress to fight against - Civil Disobedience Movement known as - AugustKranti
racial discrimination was founded by ⬥ Poona Pact was signed in 1932 ⬥ The non-cooperation movement was
- MahatmaGandhi between Mahatma Gandhi and called off by Gandhiji due to
⬥ Indian lady went for the 2nd Round - BR Ambedkar - Chauri-Chaura Incident(5th Feb of 1922)
Table Conference with Gandhiji was ⬥ National Salt Satyagraha Memorial is
-Sarojini Naidu located in - Gujarat Defence Exams
⬥ Title of "Mahatma" upon M.K. Gandhi ⬥ Mahatma Gandhi started the Salt
was conferred by - Rabindranath Tagore March on 12 March 1930 from ⬥ During a tour of South India, Gandhiji
⬥ Gandhiji was informed about the - Sabarmati shaved his head and began wearing a
problems about farmers of Champaran ⬥ Chittaranjan Das was a lawyer from khadi dhoti in order to identify with the
in - Lucknow - East Bengal poor in - 1921
⬥ After the NCM, Judge who presided over ⬥ Nehru Report (1928) was associated ⬥ Gandhiji initially forge the techniques of
the trial of Mahatma Gandhi was with - Constitutional framework Satyagraha in - SouthAfrica
- Justice CN Broomfield ⬥ “Golden Threshold” book was written ⬥ The Indian businessman who favoured
⬥ “The Indian railways brought people of by -Sarojini Naidu ‘healthy capitalism’ in helping Gandhiji to
diverse cultures together to contribute to ⬥ “Indian Home Rule”, “India of My work towards a ‘common objects’ was
India’s freedom struggle” was said by Dreams”, “Nature Cure” books are - Ghyanshyam dasBirla
- MahatmaGandhi written by - MKGandhi
⬥ Second person to join the individual ⬥ The Khilafat movement was led by State PCS Exams
satyagraha movement in 1940 - Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali
⬥ Batak Mian, Bihar cook, saved Gandhi
- JawaharLal Nehru ⬥ The Palace, served as a jail for Mahatma
from food poisoning in -1917
⬥ Khadi (fabric) became a symbol of Gandhi and other freedom fighters
⬥ The Kheda Satyagraha began in - 1918
- India’s freedom struggle during Quit India Movement
⬥ Mahatma Gandhi initiated his first
⬥ Abbas Tyabji laid the march to raid the - Aga Khan Palace (Maharashtra)
hunger strike during
Dharasana salt works after ⬥ Mahatma Gandhi launched the Quit
- Ahmedabad Mill Strike
- Gandhiji’s arrest India Movement on - 8 August 1942
⬥ Swami Vidyanandled Bihar's cultivators
⬥ Gandhiji was persuaded not to restrict ⬥ Tilak Swaraj Nidhi was announced to
in - Non-Cooperation Movement
the protest of salt march to men alone be created during
⬥ "Mahatma Gandhi and Bihar, Some
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Reminiscences" was written by ⬥ First British presidency was established Defence Exams
- Dr. RajendraPrasad in India at - Surat
⬥ The Vaikom Satyagraha was organized ⬥ Colonial rule was first established in ⬥ First telegraphic connection between
against the - Bengal Europe and India was established in
- Untouchability and caste discrimination ⬥ King George-III established the - 1865
⬥ In 1924, Vaikom Satyagraha was started Supreme Court in Madras in - 1800 ⬥ William Carey, Joshua Marshman, and
from the Princely state of ⬥ The English opened their ‘factory’ in William Ward are related to
- Travancore(Kerala) 1611 on the east coast of India at - Seramporemission
⬥ Mahatma Gandhi participated the - Masulipatnam ⬥ India's first Christian missionary
Vaikom Satyagraha in the year - 1925 ⬥ Capital city of British India from 1773 organization
⬥ During the Champaran Satyagraha, the to 1911 was - Calcutta - Serampore mission (1800-45)
cultivation of Indigo was known as ⬥ In 1818, First textile mill in India was ⬥ The ’Bombay Secretariat’ in the 1870s
- Tinkathiasystem established at Fort Gloster near was designed by - Henry St. Clair Wilkins
- Calcutta ⬥ The British East India Company
Expansion of British Rule established a trading post in 1639 in
Police Exams South India at - Madraspatnam
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⬥ James Prinsep conducted the census State PCS Exams
at Allahabad in - 1824
⬥ The first jute mill set up in India was in
⬥ The Oriental Seminary was started by ⬥ First English factory established In
- Rishra (WestBengal)
Gaur Mohan Addy in -1829 1651, on the bank of - Hooghly River
⬥The first railway line in India was
⬥ The leader of the French forces during ⬥ The battle which considered britishers
constructed in - 1853
the Second Carnatic War First major victory in India
⬥The name of the 1820s gun where
- Joseph Francois Dupleix - Battle of Plassey, 1757
soldiers ignited the powder with a match
⬥ Awadh was annexed in 1856 by ⬥ Provincial elections were held in
- Matchlock
- Lord Dalhousie British India in - 1937
⬥ The first English factory was established
⬥ Last Nawab of Awadh - Wajid Ali Shah ⬥ Ruler of Mysore before it passed into
in 1651 on the banks of the river - Hugli
⬥ Battle of Imphal (1944) was fought the hands of British - Tipu Sultan
⬥ Lord Dalhousie annexed the Awadh in
between the British Army and
- 1856
-Japanese Army
⬥ Cotton, Jute, Iron and Steel industries
⬥ First Anglo-Sikh War was fought The Revolutionaries
were operational in India during the
during the period - 1845-46AD
- British Rule
⬥ Village named Plassey known for the SSC Exams
⬥ English East India Company acquired
'Battle of Plassey' is located on the
Diwani of Bengal in - 1765
banks of - HooghlyRiver ⬥ Vinayak Savarkar founded ‘Mitra Mela’
⬥ The East India company acquired a
⬥ Mughal emperor Shah Alam II gave the organization in - 1899
charter from Queen Elizabeth I in - 1600
Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Odisha to ⬥ The Naujawan Bharat Sabha was
⬥ Robert Clive became Baron of Plassey
the East India Company in - 1765 founded by - BhagatSingh
after the - Battle of Plassey 1757
⬥ Architect credited with planning and ⬥ Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt
⬥ The first English factory was set up in
designing major parts of New Delhi’s threw bombs at the Central Legislative
1651 on the banks of the river - Hugli
buildings during the British period Assembly at Delhi on - 8th April 1929
⬥ Men on horses in the army of East India
- Edwin Lutyens ⬥ 'Mother of Indian Revolution'
Company - Sawar
⬥ East India Company took over Mysore -Madame Cama
⬥ A heavy gun used by infantry soldiers in
in 1799 in the - Siege of Seringapatam ⬥ Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak made
the army of East India Company- Musket
⬥ Battle of Plassey (1757) was won by the Ganesh Chaturthi very popular in
⬥ In 1761, British East India Company
- British East India Company - Maharashtra
captured Puducherry from the - French
⬥ The Island of Bombay was given to the ⬥ Mitra Mela was a revolutionary secret
⬥ William Hawkins, as a representative of
English Prince Charles II as dowry by society, it was renamed Abhinav Bharat
the English East India Company, met
the Portuguese in - 1661 in - 1904
- EmperorJahangir
⬥ Last king of Punjab Maharaja Duleep ⬥ The Koya movement in Malkangiri,
⬥ To welcome King George V and Queen
Singh ascend on the throne of Punjab during 1880, (now in Odisha) was led by
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at 10 years of age in the year - 1849 - Tama Dora
⬥ The Ahoms Revolt (1828) Led by ⬥ The leader who died due to his injuries in
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⬥ First Anglo-Mysore (1767–69) war was 1928 was - Lala LajpatRai
⬥ The British introduced the concept of
fought between British and - Haider Ali ⬥ The name of Vinayak Savarkar's secret
railways in - 1850
⬥ Treaty between the British and the revolutionary organization formed in
⬥ British control over India's foreign
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- Opening of Suez Canal
- Treaty of Yandaboo publishedby -SwamiVivekanand
⬥ First English factory was set up on the
⬥ Chandra Shekhar Azad shot himself
banks of the river Hugli in - 1651
dead on - February 27, 1931
⬥ First railway line in India was laid in the
⬥ The founder of ‘Khudai khidmatgars’
year 1853 from Bombay to - Thane
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was - Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan ⬥ "We shall die to awaken the nation" , - Bombay Presidency Association (1885)
⬥ Bastar Rebellion in central India statement was given by - Bagha Jatin ⬥Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was launched in
broke out in - 1910 ⬥ Ram Prasad Bismil was involved in the Pune on - 2April 1870
⬥ The Santhal Revolt took place in Kakori Train Action happened in - 1925 ⬥M Veeraraghavachariar, G Subramania
- 1855 ⬥ Madam Bhikaji Cama is known as the Iyer, and P Ananda Charlu founded
⬥ The Hindustan Socialist Republican mother of the - Indian revolution - Madras Mahajana Sabha (1884)
Association (1828) was founded at ⬥Chittagong Armory Raid led by ⬥East India Association was established
- Ferozeshah Kotla(Delhi) - Surya Sen (MasterDa) by Dadabhai Naoroji in -1866
⬥ Udham Singh assassinated ⬥ The Revolutionary Socialist Party was ⬥ Khudiram Bose sent to the gallows at
- MichaelO'Dwyer established in - 1940 - Muzaffarpurjails
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⬥ Birsa Munda was arrested by the British ⬥ Santhal Revolt was led by - Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya
and jailed for two years in -1895 - Kanhuand Sidhu ⬥ Michael O'Dwyer, responsible for the
⬥ Yugantar Ashram (headquarters of ⬥ "He did not wish to glorify the cult of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, was killed by
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Bhakna in - 1913 ⬥ Abhinav Bharat Society was established ⬥
Madan Lal Dhingra assassinated Sir
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founded by Subhash Chandra Bose on as - Young IndiaSociety - Bhikaiji Cama
- 21October 1943 ⬥ Ashwini Kumar Dutta was associated ⬥ The first general secretary of the All
⬥The Yugantar Party was formed in -1906 with - Swadesh Bandhab Samiti India Farmer’s Congress - NG Ranga
⬥ Anti-British movement during the British ⬥ Members of Hindustan Republican ⬥ Rani Gaidinliu led a revolt against British
attempt to annex Kitoor was led by Association (HRA) assassinated John rule from - North EastIndia
- Rani Channamma Saunders in - 1927 ⬥ Revolutionary Khudiram Bose was a
⬥ The Chauri Chaura incident occurred in ⬥ Vasudev Balwant Phadke organised the native of - WestBengal
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh on armed rebellion against the British Raj in
- 4February 1922 1879 in - Maharashtra Railway Exams
⬥ Bhagat Singh, Azad and Rajguru ⬥The Communist Party of India was
assassinated John Saunders on founded in October 1920 at - Tashkent ⬥First president of the Ghadar party was
- 17 December1928 ⬥ In 20th century, Anushilan Samiti was - Sohan SinghBhakna
⬥ The 'Grand Old Lady' of the active in - Bengal ⬥
Ghadar party was founded by Indians
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given to - ArunaAsaf Ali established Anushilan Samiti in - 1902 ⬥
In 1926, the revolutionary organisation
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born in - Manipur present-day - Kolkata - Bhagat Singh
⬥ The Tebhaga Movement (1946-47), a ⬥During the Quit India Movement, The ⬥Hindustan Republican Association
peasant agitation, took place in - Bengal Koraput Revolution occurred in - Odisha was formed in - 1924
⬥ Sohan Singh Bhakna and Har Dayal were ⬥ Bhagat Singh and his revolutionary ⬥Ram Prasad Bismil was hanged for
associated with - Ghadar Party companions in March 1926 founded - Kakoritrain dacoity
⬥ “India House" was established in London - Naujawan BharatSabha ⬥Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt
by - Shyamji KrishnaVarma ⬥ Naujawan Bharat Sabha was founded in threw smoke bombs at
⬥ Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki threw - Punjab - Delhi Central Legislative Assembly
a bomb at a carriage of Kingsford in ⬥Bishnu Charan Biswas and Digambar ⬥Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt
-1908 Biswa led the Indigo Revolts (1859) in threw smoke bombs to protest against
⬥ The secret congress radio during the - Bengal - Trade Disputes Bill and Public Safety Bill
Quit India Movement started by ⬥ Lala Lajpat Rai (Punjab Kesari) took his ⬥
The Anushilan Samiti was established
- Usha Mehta last breath on - November 17th, 1928 on 24 March 1902 by
⬥ In 1928, Hindustan Republican ⬥A revolutionary was arrested by the - PramathanathMitra
Association took to socialist ideas under British as an accused in the Alipore ⬥
Barindra Kumar Ghosh, Bhupendra
- Chandra SekharAzad Bomb Conspiracy Case - Kanailal Dutta nath Dutta, Jatindra nath Banerjee
⬥ Bhagat singh and B.K. Dutt threw a ⬥ At the age of 23, Bhagat Singh was were associated with - Anushilan Samiti
bomb in the central Legislative Assembly hanged for the killing of British officer ⬥ Sri Aurobindo was involved in
on - 8 April 1929 - JP Saunders - AliporeBomb case
⬥ Alluri Sitaram Raju was a tribal freedom ⬥ K. Telang, Badruddin Tyabji and ⬥Founder and editor of the Marathi
fighter from - Andhra Pradesh Phirozshah Mehta established newspaper ‘Kesari’- Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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⬥General Michael O’Dwyer was shot by - Subhash Chandra Bose ⬥ Movement called 'Ulgulan', or 'The
- Udham Singh ⬥ Faraizi Movement(1818) was founded by Great Tumult' on the Chotanagpur
⬥
Lal, Bal, Pal belong to states respectively Haji Shariatullah in - East Bengal plateau was started by - Birsa Munda
- Punjab, Maharashtra, Bengal ⬥ Chandra Shekhar Azad shot himself ⬥ Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel,
⬥Rand, the commissioner of Police, dead on February 27, 1931, at Alfred Rajendra Prasad had the same
Poona was shot by - Damodar Chapekar Park in - Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh profession of - Lawyer
⬥“Satyameva Jayate” from the Mundaka ⬥ Kesari, a Marathi newspaper was ⬥ For the first time after the Swadeshi
Upanishad was popularised by founded in 1881 by- Bal Gangadhar Tilak Movement (1905) Bharat Mata was
- Madan Mohan Malviya ⬥ ‘Gita Rahasya’ was written in the painted by - Abanindranath Tagore
⬥‘Father of All India Services’ Mandalay jail of Myanmar by ⬥ Indian Revolutionary known as
- Sardar VallabhbhaiPatel - Bal Gangadhar Tilak ‘BaghaJatin’ - Jatindranath Mukherjee
⬥'Commonweal' a weekly newspaper ⬥ Kanaklata Barua was a teenaged ⬥ After the Jallianwala Bagh massacre,
founded in 1914 by - Annie Besant freedom fighter from - Assam ‘knighthood’ Title was given up by
⬥
'Swaraj is my birthright and I shall ⬥ Bal Gangadhar Tilak was described as - Rabindranath Tagore
have it' said by - Bal Gangadhar Tilak the ‘Father of Indian unrest’ by ⬥ Batukeshwar Dutt threw a bomb in the
⬥Martin Luther of India - Valentine Chirol Central Legislative Assembly along with
- DayanandSaraswati ⬥ First Indian member of Indian Civil - Bhagat Singh
⬥
Founder of the Ahmadiyya movement Services in 1870 - Satyendranath Tagore ⬥ Azad Hind government was formed on
was - Mirza Ghulam Ahmed ⬥ The slogan, “Freedom is my birth right October 21, 1943 by Subhash Chandra
and I shall have it”, was raised by Bose in - Singapore
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak ⬥ Freedom fighter resigned from the civil
Police Exams
⬥ Freedom fighter accused of killing service and joined the national
General Dyer - Udham Singh freedom struggle - Netaji Subhash Bose
⬥ Subhas Chandra Bose appointed as the
⬥ "Poverty and Un-British Rule in India" ⬥ English weekly 'New India' was started
President of Indian Independence
book was written by - Dadabhai Naoroji by - BipinchandraPal
League in - 1943
⬥ Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was the
⬥ Muhammad Ali Jinnah was called as ‘the
Pashtun leader from Defence Exams
ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity’, by
- North-West Frontier Province
- Sarojini Naidu
⬥ Freedom fighters hanged for killing ⬥Chittaranjan Das was a freedom fighter
⬥ Abhinav Bharat Society was founded
British officers Walter Charles Rand and lawyer from Bengal, He was known as
by - SavarkarBrothers
Charles Ayerst in the year 1897 - Deshbandhu
⬥ The Mukti Mission (1889) was
- Chapekarbrothers ⬥Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and
established by - Pandit Ramabai
⬥ Author of the song 'Saare Jahan Se Bipin Chandra Pal were known as
⬥ The educational institute established by
Achcha Hindustan Hamara' - Lal Bal Pal
Raja Ram Mohan Roy with the
- Mohammad Iqbal ⬥ Sheikh Abdullah was known as
cooperation of David Hare in 1817
⬥ Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan is known as -Sher-e-Kashmir
- Hindu College of Calcutta
-Frontier Gandhi ⬥ Sarojini Naidu is called
⬥ The recruiter, caretaker and commander
⬥ ‘Arise awake and don't stop till you - 'Nightingaleof India'
of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment was
achieve your goal’ slogan was given
- Lakshmi Swaminathan
by - Swami Vivekanand State PCS Exams
⬥ Surya Sen, an Indian revolutionary
⬥ Lala Lajpat Rai is popularly known as
freedom fighter was associated with ⬥ The Santhal Rebellion of 1855 AD was
- Punjab Kesari
- Chittagong ArmoryRaid led b y - Sidhu andKanhu
⬥ Bastar Rebellion began in the Kanger
⬥ ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ was popularized by ⬥ Sukhdev, Bhagat Singh, and Rajguru
forest region in - 1910
- Bhagat Singh were hanged on - 23rd March, 1931
⬥ Movement against the talukdars along
⬥ Revolutionary hero Ashfaqulla Khan ⬥ Khudiram Bose tried to assassinate
with the peasants in Awadh in 1921
was sentenced to death for Kingsford in Muzaffarpur in - 1908 AD
was led by - Baba Ramchandra
- Kakori Train Action (1925) ⬥ In 1924, Kanpur Bolshevik conspiracy
⬥ Revolutionary from West Bengal,
⬥ Novel Anandmath (1882) was written case was framed against the
hanged at the age of 18 by british
by - Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay - Newbie Communist
- Khudiram Bose
⬥ The national song of India, 'Vande ⬥ Thona-Luhari firing incident of Niwari
⬥ Indian National Flag was hoisted for
Mataram’, is an excerpt taken from the district take place in the year - 1939 A.D
the first time in 1907 by Madam
Novel -Anandmath
Bhikaji Cama at - Stuttgart, Germany
⬥ British police officer killed mistakenly
instead of James Scott by Bhagat
⬥ The famous slogan “Tum Mujhe Struggle for Independence
Khoon Do, Main Tumhe Azadi Dunga''
Singh - JohnSaunders
is associated with SSC Exams
⬥ ‘Ghadar Party’ was initially named the
- Subhash Chandra Bose
- Pacific Coast Hindustan Association ⬥
The Satyagraha started by Dr B R
⬥ The birth place of Subhash Chandra
⬥ Lala Har Dayal, Sohan Singh Bhakna, Ambedkar was
Bose is - Cuttack
Baba Jawala Singh, Santokh Singh are - Mahad Satyagraha (1927)
⬥ Pseudonym 'Bhanusingha' was used
associated with - Ghadar Party ⬥ Women's wing of Congress was founded
by - Rabindranath Tagore
⬥ Congress of the Oppressed Nations in 1940 by - Sucheta Kriplani
⬥ ‘Grand Old Man of India’ is called to
held in - Brussels, 1927 ⬥ The National Flag of India was adopted
- DadabhaiNaoroji
⬥ The call 'Dilli Chalo' was given by on - 22 July 1947
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⬥ The first Prime Minister of India protest against - Simon Commission established in - Madras
Jawaharlal Nehru raised the Indian ⬥ Chittaranjan Das and Motilal Nehru set ⬥Home Rule League was established by
national flag above the Lahori Gate of up the Swaraj Party to contest the Bal Gangadhar Tilak and - Annie besant
the Red Fort on - 15 August 1947 elections in - 1923 ⬥An ‘All-Bengal Civil Disobedience
⬥ India's tricolor flag with saffron, white, ⬥Reginald Dyer gave the order to open Council’ was formed in Bengal by
and dark green in equal horizontal fire and led to the -J.M. Sengupta
proportions was proposed by - Jallianwala Bagh massacre ⬥Azad Hind Radio Service as part of
- JawaharlalNehru ⬥Bal Gangadhar Tilak is also known as Germany’s radio service started in- 1942
⬥ Mahatma Gandhi gave the slogan of 'Do -Lokmanya Tilak ⬥
Lala Lajpat Rai died protesting against
or Die' in - Quit India Movement (1942) ⬥Fergusson College in Pune established - Simon Commission
⬥Shyamji Krishna Varma founded the in -1885 ⬥
Komagata Maru Incident is related to
India House in London in - 1905 ⬥
Motilal Nehru, C.R. Das gave up their - Indian freedomstruggle
⬥ Surendranath Banerjee and Ananda legal practices during ⬥Subash Chandra Bose formed the
Mohan Bose founded the Indian - Non-Cooperation Movement “Provisional Government of Free India”
Association in - 1876 ⬥Alluri Sitarama Raju arrested ending a In - Singapore
⬥ Veer Lakhan Nayak, a legendary two-year armed tribal struggle in ⬥
Place served as a prison for Mahatma
tribal leader belonged to - Orissa - May 1924 Gandhi and Sarojini Naidu between
⬥ Veer Lakhan Nayak was hanged ⬥Rabindranath Tagore renouncing his 1942-44 - Aga Khan Palace
by the Britishers in - 1943 knighthood after the ⬥
During the first decade of the 20th
⬥ Leader who was deported for subversion - Jallianwala Bagh massacre century, the nerve centre ofIndian
in 1907, without trial, to Mandalay in ⬥The Koya rebellion took place in the nationalism was -Bengal
Burma - Lala LajpatRai eastern Godavari tract in - 1879-1880 ⬥‘Red Shirts’ movement was organised
⬥ Thecommittee that demanded the “Bill ⬥ Baba Ramchandra lead the peasant by - Khan Abdul GaffarKhan
of Rights'' in 1928 struggle during colonial rule in - Awadh ⬥
Quit India movement is also known as
- Motilal Nehru committee ⬥ C. Rajagopalachari break the salt law in - August Kranti
⬥ Annie Besantfounded the Home Rule the year 1930 at - Vedaranyam ⬥
All the three round table conferences
League in - Madras(1916) ⬥ The Indian Association at Calcutta, 1876 held in London were attended by
⬥ M.N. Roy founded the Communist Party was established by -B.R. Ambedkar
in Mexico in - 1917 - SurendranathBanerjee ⬥“Dilli Chalo” slogan was given by
⬥ Chakravarti Rajagopalachari founded the ⬥ Rani of Jhansi regiment in the Indian - Subhas ChandraBose
Swatantra (Independent)Party in - 1959 National Army was founded by ⬥
Hindustan Socialist Republican Army
⬥ The famous tribal revolt against the - Subhash ChandraBose was established in 1928 at
British policies in 1906 in Assam was ⬥ Bodhachandra Singh (Maharaja of - Feroz Shah Kotlaground
- SongramSangma Manipur) signed the Instrument of ⬥
Mutiny of 1857 is regarded as the
⬥ The Moplah Rebellion took place in Accession with - Government of India - First War of Independence
- Malabar(Kerala) ⬥
Congress Socialist Party wasfounded in ⬥
Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev and Rajguru
⬥ The foundation stone of the new capital, - 1934 were executed in - March 1931
New Delhi, was laid in December 1911 by ⬥ Jhanda Satyagraha or Flag Satyagraha ⬥Simon Commission arrived in Bombay
- King George V of 1923 was held in - Nagpur in - 1928
⬥ Vinoba Bhave started the 'Bhoodan ⬥ Kartar Singh Sarabha was executed at
Movement' from the village of Lahore for his role in Ghadar conspiracy Police Exams
- Pochampally (Telangana) (February 1915) - November 1915
⬥ The Nehru Report (1928) of the ⬥ All three Round table Conferences held
Congress Party was drafted by a Railway Exams in London, were attended by
committee headed by - Motilal Nehru - Tej Bahadur Sapru and Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
⬥ The Salt March from Trichinopoly to ⬥Surendranath Banerjee and Anand ⬥ Armed rebellion against the British in
vedaranyam in Tamil Nadu, was led by Mohan Bose founded the Indian 1879 in Maharashtra was organized by
- C. Rajagopalachari Association in the year -1876 - Vasudev Balwant Phadke
⬥ The Labor Party committed to granting ⬥Oldest textile workers' union in India ⬥
The Communist Party of India was
independence to India in - 1945 - Ahmedabad Textile Labor Association f
ounded at
T ashkent in -1920
⬥The founder of 'Tiger Legion' or 'Free ⬥ Ahmedabad Textile Labor Association ⬥
The Anushilan Samiti was active in
India Legion' - Subhas Chandra Bose (Mazdoor Mahajan Sangh) was - Bengal
⬥Khudai Khidmatgar movement led by founded by - Anasuya Sarabhai Note : - In the year 1902, Anushilan
- Khan Abdul GaffarKhan ⬥Khilafat movement and Non-Cooperation Samiti was founded by Satish Chandra
⬥ Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan was also known movement were organised in and the other three accomplices
as - SeemantGandhi - 1919-1922 Pramatha Mitra, Aurobindo Ghose and
⬥Authorities of Canada denied Permission ⬥
In 1934, Congress Socialist Party was Sarala Devi
to land the ship Komagata Maruthat founded by - Jay Prakash Narayan
carrying Indians in - 1914 ⬥ Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj)
⬥ In 1942, during Quit India Movement
⬥ The origin of Directive Principles was formed in Japan in - 1942
National flag was hoisted at the
of State Policy can be traced to ⬥ Freedom fighter hanged by the British
Gowalia Tank maidan, Bombay by
- Karachi Resolution (1931) in 1915 for his involvement in the
- Aruna Asaf Ali
⬥Lala Lajpat Rai lost his life during the Ghadar Conspiracy
⬥
In 1916,Home Rule League was
- Kartar SinghSarabha
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⬥ ‘India Wins Freedom’ book was written took place in - Orissa t hrowing a bomb at Viceroy Lord
by - Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ⬥ Indian Association (1876) was formed Hardinge in Delhi - Anushilan Samiti
⬥ Communist Party of India was in Kolkata by - Surendranath Banerjea ⬥ Shri Krishna Singh, participated in Quit
officially formed on 26 December 1925 and Ananda Mohan Bose India movement is also known as
at - Kanpur ⬥ The firing order on the gathering of - ‘Bihar Kesari’
⬥ Awadh Kisan Sabha was established in people on Baisakhi Day, 1919 was ⬥ Swaraj Dal in Bihar was established by
- 1920 issued by - GeneralDyer - Sri Krishna Singh (1923)
⬥ Subhash Chandra Bose escaped from ⬥ Bal Gangadhar Tilak, started the Home ⬥ The ‘No chaukidari tax’ campaign was
under British surveillance in - 1941 Rule League movement in 1916 along started in
⬥ Shishir Kumar Ghosh founded India with -Annie Besant - Bihar (Bhagalpur, Munger and Saran)
League in - 1875 ⬥ in 1914, Komagata Maru (ship) is ⬥ During the freedom struggle, a parallel
⬥ Founder of Khudai Khidmatgar associated with - Ghadar Party movement launched in the Indian states
- Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan ⬥ ‘Do or die’ was the motto of that was - Praja Mandal Movement
⬥ Lala Lajpat Rai, a nationalist from - Quit India movement (1942) ⬥ Vinoba Bhave started individual
Punjab, was a member of the ⬥ Quit India Movement was launched in Satyagraha in 1940 from
- Radical group -8 August 1942 - Pavnar (Maharashtra)
⬥ Gadar Party was formed in the USon ⬥ Jallianwala Bagh incident (13 April, ⬥The honorific 'Netaji' was applied to the
- 15 July 1913 1919) was related to name of Subhas Chandra Bose in
⬥ Paika Rebellion (1817) was led by - Arrests under the RowlattAct - Germany
- Bakshi Jagabandhu ⬥ The first satyagrahi of the Individual
⬥ Kol Uprising (1831-32) was mainly led by Defence Exams Satyagraha Movement was
- Budhu Bhagat, Joa Bhagat, Jhindrai - Vinoba Bhave
Manki ⬥ The Central Hindu School (Later ⬥
The foreign Journalist who reported
⬥ Ahom Revolt (1828) was led by developed as Banaras Hindu University a
bout Dharasana Salt Satyagraha was
- Gomdhar Konwar in 1916) at Banaras in 1898 founded by -
Webb Miller
⬥ Pagal Panthi Revolt was led by - Annie Besant ⬥ The freedom fighters Bhagirath Silawat,
- Karam Shah Saadat Khan and Vansh Gopal were
⬥ Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place ⬥In 1791, The Hindu College (Banaras) a
ssociated with b - Indore
on April 13, 1919 in - Amritsar was established by ⬥
The "Azad Dasta" was active in Bihar
⬥ Kuka movement was founded by - Jonathan Duncan and Lord Cornwallis during the - Quit India Movement
Satguru Ram Singh Ji on 12th April ⬥ The call for ‘renunciation of (all)
1872 in - Punjab voluntary associations with the (British) Socio Religious Reforms
⬥ Faraizi movement was led by Haji Government’ was given during
Shariatullah in 1819 in - Bengal - Non-Cooperation Movement
⬥ Moplah rebellions (1921) took place in SSC Exams
⬥ The motion of Secret Sitting Session of
- Malabar (Kerala) the Assembly (1942) was moved by
⬥ Co-founder of the Swaraj Party along ⬥Chembeti Sridharalu Naidu was a
- M.S. Aney
with Motilal Nehru - Chittaranjan Das social reformer and was associated
⬥ The National Liberation Federation
⬥ Malabar Rebellion break out in the with - Veda Samaj
(Liberal Party) was formed by
southern taluks of Malabar in - 1921 ⬥ The Shuddhi Movement, aimed to
- T. B. Sapru and M. R. Jayakar
⬥ Hindustan Socialist Republican reconvert those people who converted
⬥ The Resolution on Fundamental Rights
Association was established in 1928, at from Hinduism to Islam and Christianity,
and Economic Policy was adopted by the
- Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi led by - Arya Samaj
congress at its - Karachi Session (1931)
⬥ Ramosi Uprising (peasant revolt, ⬥The headquarters of the Dev Samaj
⬥ The concept of "Four Pillar State", free
1877-1887) occurred in was located in - Lahore
from district magistracy for India was
- Western Maharashtra ⬥ In Andhra region, the first widow
suggested by - Ram Manohar Lohia
⬥ Sambalpur revolt was led by remarriage was conducted by
⬥ Freedom fighter Kanaklata Barua was
- Surendra Sai - Kandukuri Veeresalingam
martyred in - Quit India Movement
⬥ Battle of Aliwal was fought between ⬥ Satyashodhak Samaj was founded in
⬥ The real beginning of Western education
the Sikh Khalsa army and the British 1873 by - Jyotirao Govindrao Phule
in India can be dated from the
forces in - 1846 ⬥ Paramahansa Mandali was a secret
- Macaulay's Minuteon
⬥ Subsidiary alliance was removed from socio-religious group, established at
Indian Education, 1835
Awadh in - 1856 -Bombay (1840)
⬥ The Mahad Satyagraha of 1927 was
⬥ Khilafat Committee was constituted in ⬥ RG Bhandarkar, Govind Ranade,
organized by - B. R. Ambedkar
March 1919 at -Bombay Atmaram Pandurang were associated
⬥ The idea of Planning in Independent
⬥ Indian Home Rule League started in with - Prarthana Sabha
India was drawn from the - Bombay Plan
Madras (now Chennai) in ⬥ The Association, considered to be the
⬥ The historian who described the Quit
- September,1916 first political association of modern India
India movement as a ‘spontaneous
⬥ 'East Indian' daily newspaper in 1831 - Zamindari Association
revolution’ - F G Hutchins
was established by-Henry Vivian Derozio ⬥ The Zamindari Association
⬥ In 1928, Vallabhbhai Patel led the (Landholders' Society) was formally
State PCS Exams launched in - 1838
peasant movement in - Bardoli
⬥ Paika revolt (1817) against British rule ⬥ The Atmiya Sabha founded to attack the
⬥ The Organisation responsible for evils within Hinduism by
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⬥The Veda Samaj was established in
- Raja Rammohan Roy (1814) pieces written in - Brahmo Samaj
⬥ Swami Vivekananda founded the Madras (Chennai) in - 1864 ⬥Brahmo Samaj was founded by Raja
Ramakrishna Mission (1897) in ⬥ Sishir Kumar Ghosh founded the Indian Ram Mohan Roy in -1828
- Belur,West Bengal
League in - 1875 ⬥ Founder of the Aligarh Movement
⬥Poona Sarvajanik Sabha (1870) was ⬥ The Wahhabi movement was started by - Sayyid AhmadKhan
founded by - MG Ranade and GV Joshi - Sayyid Ahmad ⬥ Responsible for the revival of Muslims in
⬥Rabindranath Tagore founded Visva ⬥ The Bengali reformer who India - Aligarh Movement
Bharati educational institute in - 1921 supported widow remarriage ⬥ Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar,
⬥ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan was established - Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Mahadev Govind Ranade were
by ⬥ In 1873, Satya-Shodhak Samaj
- Dr. Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi prominent leaders of - Prarthana Samaj
⬥ In India, First Women’s University was was founded by - Jyotiba Phule ⬥ Atmaram Pandurang founded Prarthna
⬥ The Depressed Classes
founded by - Dhondo Keshav Karve Samaj in - 1867
⬥ A journal Rast Goftar was started for the Association was established by ⬥Annie Besant promote the studies of
purpose of social-religious reforms B. R. Ambedkar in - 1930 ancient Indian religions, philosophies and
among ⬥ Swami Vivekananda attended the - Parsis doctrines through - Theosophical Society
⬥ Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar set up a conference of World Religions in ⬥Madame H.P. Blavatsky and Colonel
school for girls at 1893 at -Calcutta - Chicago(USA) M.S.Olcott founded Theosophical
⬥ Shree Narayana Dharma Paripalana ⬥ Jyotiba Phule founded the Satyashodhak Society in - 1875
Yogam was founded at Samaj to propagate - Kerala - Caste equality ⬥ Founders of Rahnumai Mazdayasnan
⬥Ramabai Sarasvati received the title ⬥ Woman social reformer who argued that Sabha was - Dadabhai Naoroji
‘Pandita’ from the Calcutta University for religious leaders accorded an inferior ⬥ 'Back to Vedas' was the slogan of
her knowledge of place to women- Sanskrit Reform -Arya Samaj
⬥ The All-India Forward Bloc Party was -Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain ⬥ Karsondas Mulji and Dadoba Pandurang
founded by ⬥ The Indian Association was established
- Subhas Chandra Bose were associated with
⬥ The association in Maharashtra that in Bengal in - 1876 - ParamahansaMandali
aimed for social justice for weaker ⬥ The founder of the Brahmo Samaj (1828) ⬥ Paramahansa Mandali worked against
sections was - Satya Shodhak Samaj - Raja Ram MohanRoy evils like caste system and encouraged
⬥ The founder of the Widow Remarriage ⬥ Sir William Jones had founded the - widowremarriage
Association (1861) was Asiatic Society of Bengal in - 1784 ⬥ Tattvabodhini Sabha was set up to
⬥ Rabindranath Tagore established an
- Mahadev Govind Ranade explore - Spiritualtruth
⬥ 'Gift to Monotheists' of Raja Ram Mohan experimental school at Santiniketan in ⬥ Tattvabodhini Sabha was founded by
Roy was originally written in - Persian - 1901 - DebendranathTagore
⬥ Narayan Guru, the Ezhava caste social ⬥ The Hindu Mahasabha (Sangathan) was ⬥ 'Gift to Monotheists' in Persian to
reformer, was born in founded in -Kerala - 1915 denounce the belief in many Gods witten
⬥The East India Association in London ⬥ The Prarthana Samaj was established in by - Raja Ram MohanRoy
was founded by - Dadabhai Naoroji
Bombay in - 1867 ⬥ Swami Vivekananda participated at the
⬥The Shivaji Festival was started by ⬥ The ‘Bhoodan Movement’ (Land Gift World's Parliament of Religions in
-Lokmanya Tilak
Movemen) was initiated by -Chicago (1893)
⬥ Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati founded - Vinoba Bhave ⬥Keshav Chandra Sen, Debendranath
⬥ The founder of Prarthana Samaj was
the Arya Samaj organization at Bombay Tagore and Raja Ram Mohan Roy are
in -1875- Atma Ram Pandurang associated with - Brahmo Samaj
⬥ Sarvajanik Ganesh Utsav wasorganized ⬥ The founder of the Banaras Hindu ⬥ The Veda Samaj of Madras was inspired
by - LokmanyaTilak
University in 1916 by the - BrahmoSamaj
⬥ 'The Deccan Sabha' was founded by -Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya ⬥ The Depressed Classes Association was
⬥ The first reform organization of
- Gopal KrishnaGokhale founded by Dr. BR Ambedkar in - 1930
⬥ The Mohammedan Literary Society nineteenth-century Maharashtra was ⬥ Rani Gaidinliu is associated with
founded in Calcutta in 1863 was - ParamhansaSabha - Herakamovements
⬥Raja Ram Mohan Roy started publishing
founded by - Nawab Abdul Latif ⬥ Dayanand Anglo Vedic is a full form of
⬥ The disciple of Ramakrishna Sambad Kaumudi in -1821 - D.A.V.
⬥ "one caste, one religion, one god for
Paramahansa was- Swami Vivekananda ⬥ The original name of Swami Dayanand
⬥ The Widow Remarriage Association in humankind" was advocated by Saraswati was - Mool ShankarTiwari
1893 was founded by - DK Karve - Shri NarayanaGuru ⬥ Swami Dayanand Saraswati was a native
⬥ In 1882, the headquarters of the ⬥ Debendranath Tagore established the of - Gujarat
Theosophical Society was established in Tattvabodhini Sabha in -1839 ⬥ Akali Movement was started by the
⬥ The Women's Indian Association was
- Adyar (Tamil Nadu) -Sikh reformers
⬥ The practice of "Sati" was prohibited in established in Madras (Chennai) in ⬥ The spiritual guru of Swami Vivekananda
- 1829 AD - 1917 - Ramakrishna Paramahansa
⬥ The Bahishkrit Hitkarini Sabha for ⬥ Arya Samaj was established by ⬥ Swami Vivekananda founded
uplifting the depressed class was Dayanand Saraswati in Bombay in- 1875 Ramakrishna Mission in - 1897
formed by ⬥ First social reformer to view modern
- B R Ambedkar ⬥ The Ahmadiyya form a sect of - Islam
education as a vehicle ⬥ The Ahmadiyya Movement founded by
Note:- This sabha was established on - Raja Ram Mohan Roy Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in - 1889
20th July 1924.
⬥For the abolition of Sati Pratha, literary ⬥Jyotiba Phule founded the Satyashodhak
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⬥The Widow Remarriage Association was ⬥ Vishnushastri Chiplunkar started a ⬥ Journal published for the purpose of
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⬥The founder of Dharma Sabha (1830) established at was established by- Atmaram Pandurang
- Bombay
was - RadhakantaDeb ⬥ The Vidhava Vivah Uttejak Mandal was ⬥ Maharshi Dhondo Keshav Karve set up
⬥ Hindu College was established in established in the second half of an Ashram to educate widowsat
Benaras in - 1791 - Nineteenthcentury - Poona
⬥ Banaras Hindu University was founded ⬥ Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the ⬥Young Bengal Movement was started
by Madan Mohan Malviya in - 1916 Vedanta College in by -1825
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⬥India as Nirankar, the worship of God in ⬥ Veda Samaj was established in Madras ⬥ Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by
Punjab, was promoted by in - 1864 -Jyotirao Phule
- BabaDayal Das ⬥ The Begums of Bhopal founded a ⬥ In Gujarat, Swaminarayan Sampraday
⬥ Annie Besant laid the foundation of the primary school for girls at - Aligarh
was established by
Central Hindu College in Banaras in ⬥Shuddhi Movement began by - Bhagwan Swaminarayan
- 1898 ⬥Book “Barno-Porichoy” was written by
- Swami Dayanand Saraswati
⬥ Widow Remarriage Association was ⬥
One of the founder of the Deccan - Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
founded by MG Ranade in - 1861 ⬥
Education Society (1884) - GG Agarkar
Mahadev Gobind Ranade associated
⬥ Shiv Narayan Agnihotri founded Dev ⬥The original name of Swami with - PrathanaSamaj
Samaj in 1887 in - Lahore ⬥
Vivekananda was - Narendranath Datta
Lala Lajpat Rai was associated with
⬥
The objective of "Arya Samaj" ⬥
The Satnami Movement in Central India - Servants of the People Society
- To reformHinduism ⬥In 1852, to promote the women's rights
had a motive to improve social status of
⬥ Swami Vivekananda gave his speech in - Leatherworkers
Savitribai Phule started
1893 at Parliament of World Religions in ⬥ Sayyid Ahmed Khan founded - Mahila SevaMandal
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⬥ ’Father of Bengali Prose’ Aligarh in Jones at Calcutta in
- 1875 - 1784
- Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar ⬥ Dhondo Keshav Karve founded an ⬥ ‘Bamabodhini Patrika’ , a journal for
⬥B.R Ambedkar started Temple entry educational institution in poona in 1986 women was edited by
movement with Dalits in -1927 - Hindu WidowsHome - UmeshchandraDutta
⬥ Known as ’Father of Modern India’ ⬥Debendranath Tagore wrote the ⬥ In 1849, Parmahansa Mandali was
- Raja Ram MohanRoy - BrahmoCovenant
founded by
⬥ Lord William Bentinck abolished the ⬥Home Rule Movement was started in - Dadoba Pandurang and Mehtaji
practice of Sati with - 1916
Durgaram
-Raja RammohanRoy ⬥ Author of the book 'Satyarth Prakash' ⬥ Calcutta Unitarian Society was
⬥ The Young Bengal Movement was co-founded by - Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Swami Dayanand Saraswati
founded by - Henry Louis Vivian Derozio ⬥ Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki ⬥ Mukti Mission was established in1889
⬥ The Kuka Movement was started in Dargah was located in by -Delhi - PanditaRamabai
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⬥ Haji Ali Dargah is located in - Mumbai
⬥ The Ramakrishna Mission stressed the ⬥ Shaikh Muinuddin Sijzi (chishti) Kerala took place in - 1921
ideal of - Salvation Dargah is located in ⬥ - Ajmer
Widow remarriage Act,1856 in India
⬥ Jyotiba Phule wrote 'Gulamgiri' in 1873 ⬥ Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah is was passed by - Lord Canning
in - Marathi located in ⬥Bhoodan-Gramdan movement started
- New Delhi
⬥The Paramhans Mandali was founded in ⬥ Veteran freedom fighter, social reformer by Vinobha Bhave in - 1951
-1840(Bombay) ⬥ Newspaper, ‘Sambad Kaumudi’ was
and feminist Savithribai Phule hailed
⬥Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar setup school from started by - Maharashtra - Raja Ram Mohan Roy
for girls at - Calcutta ⬥The 'father of Muslim renaissance' in ⬥First Pradhanacharya of the Brahmo
⬥ Raja Ram Mohan Roy wrote Bengal - Nawab Abdul Latif Khan
Samaj was - Raja Ram Mohan Roy
“Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhidin” with the title ⬥ The Tibet-home theory of the Aryans ⬥Tattwabodhini Sabha to propagate
- 'Gift toMonotheism’ scholars is associated with Ram Mohan Roy’s ideas was founded
⬥ An eminent Indian who championed the By
- Swami Dayanand Saraswat - DebendranathTagore
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- Nagpur - Raja Ram MohanRoy ⬥ S ervants of India Society was founded
⬥ Pandita Ramabai founded the ⬥
Raja Ram Mohan Roy as leader of the b
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⬥ In 1930, Dr. BR Ambedkar led a - Debendra Nath Tagore Police Exams
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untouchables’ entry to the Kalaram - Swami Vivekananda ⬥ The Theosophical Society was founded
temple at - Nasik ⬥
Nirankari movement, a social reform in - America (1875)
⬥ The forerunner of the Brahmo Samaj movement in Sikhism was founded by ⬥ The Indian social reformer who played a
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c ⬥ Narayana Guru, one of the great social ⬥ Prarthana Samaj (1867) was a reform
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reformer - Sarala Devi Chaudhurani - Ghasidas ⬥ The ‘Seva Samiti’ at Allahabad in 1914
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associated with information about - Sannyasi rebellion - Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
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⬥ Banaras Hindu University (1916) was - Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
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founded by - Madan Mohan Malaviya ⬥ The Harijan Sevak Sangh in 1932 was
⬥ Ambedkar started a temple entry founded by - Mahatma Gandhi
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by - Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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⬥Tattwabodhini Sabha was founded by
(Land Gift) movement in 1951 was Liberation was - Subramania Bharathi
- DebendranathTagore
- Vinoba Bhave ⬥ 'Nyayauddha' movement (Haryana)
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⬥ The Arya Samaj was founded in 1875 was led by - Chaudhary Devi Lal
- Raja Ram MohanRoy
by - Swami Dayanand Saraswati ⬥ In 1897, Ramakrishna Mission was
⬥ Swami Sahajanand led the Bakasht
⬥ Swami Dayanand Saraswati rejected the established in - Belur
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superstitious beliefs in Hinduism and ⬥ The Founder of the Satyashodhak Samaj
⬥ The Home Rule Movement was started in
gave the slogan - 'Go back to Vedas' (1873) was - JyotibaPhule
- 1916
⬥ The Birth Name of Swami Dayanand ⬥ The Abolition of Dyarchy in the provinces
⬥ Indian National Liberal Federation was
Saraswati was - Mool Shankar Tiwari was recommended by
formed by- T. B. Sapru and M. R. Jayakar
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⬥ A branch of Anushilan Samiti at Patna in
- Ramakrishna Paramahansa ⬥ The concept of Satyagraha was
1913 AD was established by
⬥ Child Marriage Restraint Act (passed introduced by - Mahatma Gandhi
- Sachindra NathSanyal
on 28 September 1929) is also called ⬥ Rabindranath Tagore started a school
⬥ The Hindustani Sewa-Dal was started in
- Sarda Act outside Kolkata known as - Santiniketan
1920’s by - N.S.Hardikar
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⬥ Dev Samaj was founded by Pandit Shiv
- Narendranath Datta started by - E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker
Narayan Agnihotri in - Lahore
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⬥ Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar set up
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school for girls at - Calcutta (Kolkata)
- Rabindranath Tagore out humanitarian relief and social work
⬥The Adi Brahmasamaj was founded by
⬥The Servants of Indian Society was was founded by - Swami Vivekananda
- Devendranath Tagore
founded in 1905 by ⬥ Sri Narayana Guru was a social
⬥ In 1871, the Rajamundri Social Reform
- Gopal Krishna Gokhale reformer from - Kerala
Association was founded by
⬥ Theosophical Society in India was led ⬥ Prarthana Samaj (1867) was founded by
- Veeresalingam Pantulu
by - Annie Besant - Atmaram Pandurang
⬥ The Vaikom Satyagraha was organized
⬥ ‘Sambad Kaumudi’ newspaper was ⬥ Raja Ram Mohan Roy was given the
against the
founded by - Raja Ram Mohan Roy title ‘Raja’ by Mughal Emperor - Akbar II
- Untouchability and caste discrimination
⬥ The Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act was ⬥Bhoodan movement (Land Gift) was
⬥ In 1924, Vaikom Satyagraha was started
enacted in - 1856 pioneered by - Vinoba Bhave
from the Princely state of
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- Travancore(Kerala) and Moderates camps in ⬥President of the Indian National
- Surat session (1907) Congress in 1938 and 1939
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Indian National Congress
Committee in 1938 was ⬥ The youngest (35 yrs) man elected as
and Its Sessions - JawaharlalNehru the President of the Congress in 1923
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⬥The word swaraj was first used by ⬥ In september 1920, the Indian National 1947 was - J B Kripalani
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⬥ The first Woman President of Indian ⬥ The Indian National Congress (INC), for
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⬥ A tricolor flag made by Khadi with a Constituent Assembly in - 1935
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First session of the Indian National
Congress was adopted in - 1931 for India was put forward for the first time Congress held at - Bombay (1885)
⬥ In the 1939 Tripuri Congress Presidential by - M N Roy ⬥
Congress Working Committee adopted
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defeated by - Subhas Chandra Bose calcutta) of the Indian National Congress - Wardha
⬥ The Indian National Congress was - DadabhaiNaroji ⬥Indian National Congress was formed
established in - 1885 ⬥ 'Swaraj' as the ultimate goal of the Indian by - A.O Hume
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by the All India Congress Committee in by Dadabhai Naoroji in - Calcutta session of ‘Swaraj’ in - 1906 session (Calcutta)
- Bombaysession ⬥ All India Congress formalise the demand ⬥President of Indian National Congress
⬥ The second annual session of the Indian for 'Purna Swaraj' in in 1931 was - Vallabhbhai Patel
National Congress held at - Lahore Session(1929) ⬥
Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, Bal Gangadhar
- Calcutta (1886) ⬥Congress and Muslim League reached Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal were nationalist
⬥The first President of All India Trade an understanding of creating a joint front extremist leader of
Union Congress was - Lala Lajpat Rai against the British regime in - Indian national Congress
⬥ The Congress Socialist Party was - Lucknow session(1916) ⬥Congress annual session of December
foundedin -1934 ⬥ Annie Besant was the first woman 1929 in Lahore was significant because
⬥'Vande Mataram' was first sung during the President of the INC, presided the of - Commitment to Poorna Swaraj
Calcutta session of Congress, under the - Calcutta session1917 ⬥
National Anthem sung for the first time in
chairmanship of ⬥INC at Madras session set up an All INC session of - 1911, Kolkata
- Rahmatullah M.Sayani Parties Conference to draft a ⬥
First president of Indian National
⬥ The Calcutta session (1917) of the Indian Constitution for India in - 1927 Congress - Womesh Chandra Banerjee
National Congress was presided by ⬥Purna Swaraj resolution Passed in 1929 ⬥
Moderates and Extremist leaders were
- Annie Besant (Lahore session) under the presidency of united in Lucknow session of Congress
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⬥The first Muslim president to preside occurred in 1907 at - Surat was presided by
over the Congress Session (Madras,1887) ⬥ Badruddin Tyabji addressed the - Ambika Charan Majumdar
was - Badruddin Tyabji Congress as President in ⬥
First lady President of the Indian
⬥The demand of 'Purna Swaraj' was - 1887 MadrasSession National Congress - Annie Besant
formalized in lahore session (1929) under ⬥ First Muslim and the third President of ⬥In 1937, the Congress session was
thepresidencyof -JawaharlalNehru INC - BadruddinTyabji held for the first time in a village at
⬥ The president of the first session ⬥
The INC was established in 1885 at - Faizpur
of Congress held in 1885 Bombay with - 72 delegates ⬥
Indian National Congress observed 26
- Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee ⬥ First President of the Indian National January as Independence Day for the
⬥ Only President of Indian National Congress - WC Bannerjee first time in - 1930
Congress who resigned from the ⬥ Lucknow Pact was signed between ⬥
First Indian woman president of the
presidency even after being elected Congress and Muslim League in - 1916 Indian National Congress was
- Subhash Chandra Bose ⬥The President of the Indian National - Sarojini Naidu
⬥ The Annual Session of the Congress held Congress in 1915 (Bombay Session) ⬥Indian National Congress split into two
at Surat was presided by - Satyendra Prasanna Sinha groups on the banks of River Tapti at
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⬥ The Indian National Congress was Indian National Congress ⬥
First General Secretary of the Indian
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⬥Indian National Congress and Muslim ⬥ Delegates participated In the second ⬥
First Muslim lady to sing Vande Mataram
League accepted separate electorates by session of Indian National Congress-434 at a congress session - Raihana Tyabji
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- Lucknow session (1916) Allahabad in - 1888 the Quit India Resolution on
⬥ The congress was divided into Extremist ⬥INC Karachi Session held in- 1931 - 8thAugust, 1942
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⬥President of Indian National Congress Congress held in - Faizpur (1936) State PCS Exams
on 15 August 1947 was - J.B. Kripalani ⬥ A 'charkha' was placed at the center of
⬥Calcutta session (1920) was presided the tricolour flag of the Indian National ⬥ The 'Safety Valve Theory' about the
over by - LalaLajpat Rai Congress adopted in the year - 1931 Indian National Congress was first given
⬥Gandhi led a dual cause non-cooperation ⬥ Chauri-Chaura (5 February 1922) by - A.O Hume
movement for Khilafat and Swaraj in incident during Non - cooperation ⬥ The resolution on Fundamental Rights
- Calcutta session(1920) movement took place in- United province and Economic programme was first
⬥Only person to remain president of the ⬥ National Song 'Vande Mataram’ was passed in- Karachi session (1931) of INC
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Independence was -1896 (Calcutta) ⬥ The Flag of Swaraj for India was unfurled
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ⬥ President of the Indian National at Calcutta Session (1906) by
⬥
Safety valve theory regarding INC Congress when India attained - DadabhaiNaoroji
formation was given by - Lala Lajpat Rai Independence - JB Kripalani ⬥ The President of Gaya Session of the
⬥ Jawaharlal Nehru was elected as the Indian National Congress held in 1922
⬥
Subhash Chandra Bose was re-elected President of the Lahore Session of the AD was - ChittaranjanDas
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⬥
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marked in Lahore session of INC held was said by - Lala LajpatRai
Police Exams on - 31 December1929
⬥ ‘Jana Gana Mana’ was first sung in
⬥The female leader who addressed the 1911 Session of the INC held at Muslim league
Indian National Congress Session of 1890 - Calcutta
(Calcutta), was - Kadambini Ganguli ⬥ Conference of nationalist SSC Exams
⬥The first session of Indian National representatives in Surat in December
Congress at Bombay in December 1885, 1907 was presided by - Sri Aurobindo ⬥ Khilafat Committee was formed in
was participated by - 72 delegates ⬥ Maharani Gayatri Devi was a member Bombay in - March1919
⬥ Congress was split into two factions in of the - SwatantraParty ⬥ The Muslim League decided to join the
- Surat Session of 1907 ⬥ Annie Besant originally belonged to Interim Government on
⬥ All-India Khilafat Conference in - Ireland - 13October 1946
November 1919 took place at - Delhi ⬥ Champaran Satyagraha was against ⬥ Muslim League had moved a resolution
⬥ The claim for ‘swarajya’ was put - British planters and indigo demanding “Independent States” for
forward from the Congress platform in ⬥ Indian National Congress (1885, Muslims - 1940
1905 by - Gopal Krishna Gokhale Bombay) Founded by - A.O. Hume ⬥Muslim League observed 16 August
⬥ First President of the All India Trade ⬥ First female President of the Congress 1946 as - ‘Direct ActionDay’
Union Congress was - Lala Lajpat Rai - Annie Besant
⬥ Viceroy of India during the formation of ⬥ First Indian woman to become
the Indian National Congress Railway Exams
Congress President - Sarojini Naidu
- Lord Dufferin
⬥ First President of the Indian National ⬥Event is known as the Calcutta killings
Defence Exams on 16 August 1946 - Direct action day
Congress in 1885
- Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee ⬥
Joint political platform for INC
⬥
The dissolution of the Indian National moderates, radicals, and Muslim League
⬥ All India Forward Bloc was established
Congress as a political organization and was - Lucknow Pact (1916)
in 1939 by - Subhash Chandra Bose
its replacement by a Lok Sevak Sangh ⬥
Muslim League was Founded in
⬥ First meeting of the Indian National
suggested by - M.K. Gandhi December 1906 (Dhaka) under the
Congress was held in 1885 at - Bombay
⬥Indian National Congress celebrated leadership of
⬥ Mahatma Gandhi appeared on a
the first Independence Day in Colonial - Aga Khan and Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk
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India on - 26 January1930 ⬥Direct Action Day was called by
- 1901, Calcutta Session
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⬥ Congress Socialist party was
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established in - 1934
- WC Banerjee League adopted the slogan of
⬥ Swaraj Party (1923) within Congress was
⬥ Indian National Congress passed the -Divide and Quit
established by
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- Motilal Nehru and CR Das
session on - 19th December 1929 the Lahore Session of the Muslim
⬥ Only President of the Indian National
Congress who resigned from the League in - 1940
presidency even after being elected
- Subhash Chandra Bose Police Exams
⬥ The Constitution for India in 1928 (Nehru
Report) was drafted by ⬥ First Muslim President of INC (1887
- Motilal Nehru Madras session) - Badruddin Tyabji
⬥ The first rural session of Indian National ⬥ Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Mian Abdul
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- All India Muslim League (1906) resultingin -FirstAnglo-AfghanWar ⬥In 1943, a parallel government (Prati
⬥ Muslim league was founded on 30 ⬥
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Nyas Port Sarkar), with volunteer corps (Seba dals)
December 1906 in - Dhaka, Bangladesh itnessed the India's struggle for
w and village units (Tufan dals) were setup
⬥ 16 August 1946 as ‘Direct Action Day’ independence,itislocatedin -Kolkata in - Satara (Maharashtra)
to achieve its demand for Pakistan ⬥ First Indian to be selected in Indian Civil ⬥The French colony of Chandernagore in
was announced by - Muslim League Service (ICS) was- Satyendranath Tagore West Bengal was integrated with India in
⬥ Pre-independence, India was renowned - 1954
Defence Exams for its - Handicraftindustry ⬥In South Africa, Mahatma Gandhi led his
⬥ Satyarth Prakash was written by first Satyagraha against the Asiatic
⬥ The Subhas Chandra Bose form an - DayanandSaraswati Registration act in - 1906 -1907
alliance to destroy the Holwell Monument ⬥
Swaraj Party was established in 1923 by ⬥Sir John Marshall established an
in Calcutta during 1939 - 40 was C
hittaranjan Das and -
Motilal Nehru archaeological museum at Sanchi in
associated with - The Muslim League ⬥
Naxalite Movement originated in - 1919
⬥ President of the Muslim League in Naxalbari, Darjeeling (West Bengal) in ⬥Swami Shraddhanand was assassinated
1930 was - Sir Mohammad Iqbal - 1967 by - Abdul Rashid
⬥ Reunification of the moderate and ⬥ East India Association in London was ⬥Daria Daulat Bagh is known as the
Extremist in Congress was the result founded byDadabhai Naoroji in - 1866 Summer Palace of - Tipu Sultan
of - Lucknow Pact(1916) ⬥
The Indian army intervened and took ⬥ After the Santhal Revolt (1855-56),
control of Hyderabad in -1948 Santhal Pargana was carved out from
⬥ The Communist Party of India (CPI) was - Bhagalpur and Birbhum districts
State PCS Exams founded in 1920 in - Tashkent ⬥The peasant revolt of the Deccan started
⬥ Famous novel “Durgesh Nandini“ is in Pune in - 1875
⬥ The Muslim League was formed in written by - Bankim Chandra Chatterjee ⬥Amar Jawan Jyoti was installed under the
Dhaka on - 30 December 1906 ⬥ Choudhry Rehmat Ali had coined the archofIndiaGatein -January1972
⬥The Muslim League moved a resolution name “Pakistan” in - 1933 ⬥ The name of the leader who died while
demanding 'Independent States' for ⬥ The number of independent princely fasting demanding a separate state for
Muslims in - 1940 States, integrated in India after Telugu speakers was - Potti Sreeramulu
⬥Lord Wavell convened a conference independence - 562 ⬥The first conference of Sarvodaya Samaj
between Congress and Muslim League ⬥ The Memorial Pillar located in Valivade was held in - Madhya Pradesh
leaders to reach an arrangement in (Kolhapur, Maharashtra) is in memory of ⬥The code name for police action against
- Shimla over - 5000 Polish refugees the princely state of Hyderabad was
⬥ The first Inspector General of Forests in -OperationPolo(1948)
Miscellaneous India during British rule- Dietrich Brandis ⬥The Battle of Imphal was won by Allied
⬥ Austria-Hungary were part of the forces of British and Indian army, against
coalition called ‘Central Powers’ in the Japanese Army in -1944
SSC Exams - World War I ⬥‘Tahzibul Akhlaq’ a reputed regular
⬥USSR was a part of a coalition called magazine, was established by
⬥India Gate (All-India War Memorial)
‘Allied Powers’ in - WorldWar I - SyedAhmad Khan
was designed by - Edwin Lutyens
⬥ The Urdu daily newspaper named 'Vande ⬥The construction of the Victoria Memorial
⬥ The founders of the Theosophical
Mataram' was founded by Hall (Kolkata) was envisaged by
Society- H P Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott
-Lala Lajpat Rai - Lord Curzon
⬥The Theosophical Society was first
⬥The first newspaper in India named “The ⬥Drafting Committee published the first
founded in - New York (USA), 1875
Bengal Gazette” was published by draft of the Indian Constitution in
⬥The first Burmese war took place from
James Augustus Hicky in - 1780 - February 1948
- 1824 to 1826
⬥ The Harbinger of Modern India ⬥ Moplahs, orMuslim peasants, created a
⬥The political guru of Subhash Chandra
- Raja Ram MohanRoy powerful anti-zamindar movement in
Bose was - ChittaranjanDas
⬥ The Khasi Uprising occurred in the period - Kerala
⬥The Birth name of Ramakrishna
- 1829 -1833 ⬥ Hartog Committee Report (1929) is
Paramahansa - Gadadhar Chattopadhyay
⬥ General Erwin Rommel earned the related to - Education
⬥Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was Referred
nickname "Desert Fox" during ⬥ The Raleigh Commission (1902) was
as - FrontierGandhi
- World War II appointed to recommend reforms in
⬥Harishchandra Mukherjee was the editor
⬥ The newspaper ‘Kesari’ was started by - Educationsystem
of - Hindu Patriot
- Bal GangadharTilak ⬥After resigning from the Congress
⬥In 1821, Bengali newspaper 'Samvad
⬥The Indigo Rebellion was started in Presidentship Subhash Chandra Bose
Kaumudi' was published by
Bengal in -1859 founded - All India Forward Bloc (1939)
- Raja Rammohan Roy
⬥In Jharkhand, Santhal Rebellion was ⬥ First All India Kisan Sabha was formed in
⬥ Self-Respect Movement was founded by
started against Zamindari system in 1936 at - Lucknow
- E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker
- 1855-56 ⬥ The first Indian to qualify for Covenanted
⬥ 'Collective Responsibility can be
⬥The Universities of Calcutta, Bombay, and Service - Satyendra Nath Tagore
achieved only through the instrumentality
Madras were established in -1857 ⬥The Hindu Mahasabha was founded as a
of the Prime minister' mentioned by
⬥During the colonial rule, the official response to muslim fundamentalism in
-Dr.BRAmbedkar
residence of Indian Army's commander - - 1915
⬥ Lord Auckland decided to go ahead with
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⬥ ’Anand Math’ was written by ⬥First President of the All India Trade ⬥Shah Jahan Begum was a
- Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Union Congress - Lala Lajpat Rai - Nawab of Bhopal (1868 - 1901)
⬥ India's National song 'Vande Mataram' ⬥ Chittaranjan Das was known as ⬥ Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan address the
has been taken from - 'Anand Math' - ‘Deshbandhu’ Parliament on 15 August 1947 after
⬥ "English education has enslaved us" said ⬥ Novel 'Gora' during the Nationalist - Jawaharlal Nehru
by - MahatmaGandhi Movement was written by ⬥ The princely state of Hyderabad was
⬥ 'Grand Old Man of India' - RabindranathTagore brought under the Indian Union in - 1948
- DadabhaiNaoroji ⬥
Indian National Army ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ ⬥ Economic Programme Committee (EPC)
⬥ In 1921-22, farmers of the Malabar was revived in 1943 by was formed in 1947 by
seacoast of Kerala undertook a great - Subhas chandrabose - All India Congress Committee
uprising, known as the - Moplah uprising ⬥ In 1942, Rash Behari Bose and ⬥ The chairman of the Economic
⬥ The Koya rebellion took place in the Captain-General Mohan Singh formed Programme Committee (EPC) in 1947
eastern Godavari tract in - 1879 - 1880 - ‘AzadHind Fauj’ was - JawaharlalNehru
⬥ Gopal Hari Deshmukh is known as ⬥Mahatma Gandhi (78 yrs) was ⬥ The tomb of Rani of Jhansi is situated in
- Lokhitwadi assassinated by Nathu Ram Godse on - Gwalior
⬥The Social Service League was founded - 30January 1948 ⬥ C-R formula or Rajaji formula gave by
in Bombay by - Narayan Malhar Joshi ⬥First Indian to be selected to the British - C. Rajagopalachari
⬥ Santhal rebellion occurred between ‘House of Commons’ on a Liberal Party ⬥Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the
- 1855 - 56 ticket - Dadabhai Naoroji Nobel Prize in - 1913
⬥ The literacy rate in India in 1947 was ⬥ Rabindranath Tagore founded ⬥ Rabindranath Tagore was awarded a
- 12 percent Shantiniketan near Bolpur on knighthood in - 1915
⬥ The Deccan Riots of 1875 took place in -22 December1901
- Maharashtra ⬥ India passed the Widow Remarriage Act Railway Exams
⬥Bal Gangadhar Tilak was editor of a in 1856 by the efforts of
Marathi Newspaper - ’Kesari’ - Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar ⬥ Profession of freedom fighter
⬥ Bengal Famine, resulted in the death of ⬥ The song, 'Saare Jahan Se Achha' song Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das was
one-third of the population, happened in was composed by - Muhammad Iqbal - Lawyer
- 1770 ⬥Rabindranath Tagore was popularly ⬥ India's first Christian missionary
⬥ First woman to become the Governor of known as - ‘Gurudev’ organisation, Serampore Mission, was
Uttar Pradesh - SarojiniNaidu ⬥ On 21 October 1943, Subhash Chandra founded by - WilliamCarey
⬥ Tribal leader Birsa was associated with Bose proclaimed the formation of the ⬥The followers of Hamsa Sampradaya
- Munda tribe Provisional Government of Free India in mainly worship Lord - Krishna and Radha
⬥ Dr. B.R Ambedkar was associated with - Singapore ⬥ Lala Lajpat Rai was also known as
- Maharcommunity ⬥ Indian freedom fighter Matangini Hazra - Lion of Punjab
⬥’Father of the two-nation theory’ was also called ‘Gandhi Buri’ or ⬥University Grants Commission (UGC)
- SyedAhmed Khan - ‘OldLady Gandhi’ was inaugurated by
⬥
In 1820s Henry Louis Vivian Derozio was ⬥Avadh Kisan Sabha was set up in - 1920 - Maulana Abul KalamAzad
a teacher of - Hindu college, Calcutta ⬥ Shimla Pact was signed between Zulfiqar ⬥Jawaharlal Nehru was born in- Allahabad
⬥Mamata Banerjee founded Trinamool Ali Bhutto and Indira Gandhi in - 1972 ⬥Central Hindu College at Banaras was
Congress in - 1998 ⬥The annexation of the Hyderabad into founded by - AnnieBesant
⬥Trinamool Congressseparated from India by - OperationPolo ⬥Annie Besant handed over Central
Indian National Congress in - 1998 ⬥
The 'Patharughat Uprising' is associated Hindu College at Banaras to
⬥ Mother Teresa was a Roman Catholic with - Peasants’uprising - Madan Mohan Malviya
missionary worked in - Bengal ⬥ The present Indian National Flag is ⬥First political personality to discuss
⬥ The Paris Indian Society, an Indian designed by - Pingali Venkaiah the concept of ‘Poverty Line’
nationalist organisation founded in-1905 ⬥Nyaya Yudh movement was led by - DadabhaiNaoroji
⬥ The founder of Visva-Bharati University Chaudhary Devi Lal in -1987 ⬥
Nawab Wajid Ali Shah dethroned, exiled
- RabindranathTagore ⬥ French colony, Chandernagore was to Calcutta after
⬥
Chittaranjan Das was the political guru captured by the British Navy on - Annexation of Awadh (1856)
of - Subhash ChandraBose -23 March 1757 ⬥First Indian to join the Indian Civil
⬥India House was established in 1905 by ⬥Japan invade India resulting in the Battle Services was - Satyendranath Tagore
-Shyamji Verma of Imphal in - 1944 ⬥ Gandhian Plan 1944, supporting the
⬥The freedom fighter who, as a child, ⬥ The Bombay Reorganisation Act was spirit of Gandhian economic thinking,
hated going to school and found it passed in - 1960 was prepared by
suffocating and oppressive ⬥ Shyama Prasad Mukherjee is one of the – Shriman Narayan Agarwal.
- Rabindranath Tagore founding members of ⬥Sultan Jehan Begum provided money for
⬥ The claim for ‘Swaraj’ or self-government - Bhartiya JanaSangh the preservation of the ancient site of
with in the British Empire was put ⬥ Damin-i-Koh was declared as the land of - Sanchi
forward from the Congress platform in the Santhals in - 1832 ⬥The Gateway of India was erected to
1905 by - Gopal Krishna Gokhale ⬥
Fort Saint Louis was a French fort in commemorate the landing of
⬥
The Bhoodan Yojana (Land Gift) - Pondicherry - King George V and Queen Mary
movement was founded by ⬥In the 18th century ‘Ryot’ means ⬥
Colin Mackenzie was appointed as the
- Acharya VinobaBhave - Peasants first surveyor General of India in the year
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- 1815 ⬥When the Cabinet Mission came to ⬥Present National flag was adopted on
⬥Tri-Color which was hoisted in Stuttgart India, the political party in power in - 22 July 1947
by Madam Cama was smuggled into England was - LabourParty ⬥
At the time of Independence, princely
British India by - Indulal Yagnik ⬥
‘Axis Powers’ in World War II consists of states in British India were - 565
⬥New Imperial era in Japan is known as - Germany, Japan and Italy ⬥“Political freedom is the life-breath of
-Reiwa ⬥
In 1866,East India Association in a nation” was said by- Aurobindo Ghose
⬥ Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College London was organised by ⬥
Jana Gana Mana was officially adopted
in 1875 was founded by - DadabhaiNaoroji as the Indian National Anthem on
- SyedAhmed Khan ⬥
In 1875,Indian League was established - 24January, 1950
⬥
Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College in Calcutta by - Sisir Kumar Ghosh ⬥
‘Pakistan’ name was coined in the year
later became - Aligarh Muslim University ⬥First Indian to join viceroy’s executive - 1933
⬥
Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti Council was - Satyendra Prasad Sinha ⬥English newspaper ‘Mahratta’ was
(GSDS) was formed in - September 1984 ⬥Last Nizam (ruler) of Hyderabad was founded by - Bal Gangadhar Tilak
⬥
Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati was a - Mir OsmanAli Khan ⬥‘Pak-Stan’ term in 1933 was coined by
great scholar of -Sanskrit ⬥British Prime Minister during the first - Chaudhary RehmatAli
⬥Movement for a separate Andhra was round table conference in London was ⬥First Indian to be elected to the
called - Visalandhra movement - Ramsay MacDonald leadership of the Communist
⬥Railway strike in 1974 was led by ⬥
Vice-President of the Constituent International was- Manabendra Nath Roy
- GeorgeFernandes Assembly elected in year 1946 was ⬥
Indian Social Conference launched the
⬥
“I believe separate electorates will be -HC Mookherjee ‘pledge movement’ to
suicidal to the minorities” was said by ⬥First election for the provincial - Prohibit child marriage
- Govind BallabhPant legislatures in British India was held in ⬥Kashi-Vidyapith established in
⬥
The Gateway of India was built in the year - 1937 - 1921(Varanasi)
- Indo-Saracenicstyle ⬥The first Indian member of the House of ⬥
Mahatma Gandhi, Shiva Prasad Gupt and
⬥ The demand for the formation of Commons in the United Kingdom in 1892 Bhagwan Das established
Pakistan was resisted by was - DadabhaiNaoroji - Kashi-Vidyapith
- Khan Abdul GhaffarKhan ⬥Para-military force of the Nizam of ⬥
Journal ‘Bande Mataram’ in India was
⬥ Famous slogan 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan' Hyderabad was - Razakars founded by - Bipin ChandraPal
was coined by - Lal Bahadur Shastri ⬥Independent Labour Party and ⬥
In the Provincial election of 1937,
⬥Zero Mile Stone consisting of four Scheduled Castes Federation was government in the state of Punjab was
horses and a pillar made up of organised by formed by - Unionistparty
sandstone is at - Nagpur - Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar ⬥Chairman of the Indigo Commission in
⬥ In 1928, all hopes of an agreement ⬥Jawaharlal Nehru was one of the 1860 was - WS Seton-Kar
between the Congress and the Muslim defence attorneys of the famous Trials ⬥
Goa get its independence from Portugal
League ended due to whose opposition - ‘Sehgal-Dhillon-Shah Nawaz’ Trials in - 1961
-M.R. Jayakar ⬥Political party formed by Subhash ⬥
Dissolution of the Soviet Union began
⬥ In 1930, BR Ambedkar organised the Chandra Bose after he left Congress in the year - 1991
Dalits into - All India ForwardBloc ⬥
Jawaharlal Nehru said “The light went
- Depressed Classes Association ⬥
who is remembered for advocating Hindi away from our lives” on death of
⬥“The Al Hilal” a newspaper was as the official language of India - MahatmaGandhi
published by- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad - Purushottam Das Tandon ⬥After 15 August 1947, First Indian
⬥ Great freedom fighter, Chittaranjan ⬥“Nehru is a patriot, while Jinnah is a woman to feature on an Indian stamp
Das was also known as - Deshbandhu politician” was remarked by was - Meera Bai
⬥ Vishva Bharati which later became a - MohammedIqbal ⬥
New India (Weekly) newspaper was
Central University was founded by ⬥TheCo-founder of Swaraj Party along started by - Bipin Chandra Pal
- RabindranathTagore with Motilal Nehru was- Chittaranjan Das ⬥
New India(Daily) newspaper was
⬥
India Gate was built as a war memorial ⬥
National Song of India ‘Vande Mataram’ started by - AnnieBesant
to soldiers of the undivided Indian was composed by ⬥
Bombay Chronicle (1910) newspaper
Army during - First WorldWar - Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was started by - Firoz Shah Mehta
⬥
National calendar of India based on the ⬥
Oldest newspaper of India which is still ⬥
"The Plato of the Jat tribe" was called
Saka Era was adopted along with the in circulation is - Bombay Samachar to - Suraj Mal
Gregorian calendar from- 22 March 1957 ⬥
The slogan ‘Aaram Haram Hai’ was
⬥First month of the national calendar of given by - JawaharlalNehru Police Exams
India is - Chaitra ⬥First President of the All India Kisan
⬥ Yugantar a Bengali revolutionary Sabha - Swami Sahajanand Saraswati ⬥ Annie Besant was a Fabian
newspaper founded in 1906 in - Calcutta ⬥
26th January was called in India before socialist under the influence of
⬥Gadadhar Chattopadhyay was the 1947 as - IndependenceDay - George Bernard Shaw
name of - Ramakrishna Paramhansa ⬥
An Englishman who is known as ⬥ The first Indian to qualify for the
⬥
In 1861, Archaeological Survey of India ‘Deenbandhu’ - C F Andrews covenanted civil services in India
was founded by- Alexander Cunningham ⬥Singapore was founded by - Satyendra Nath Tagore
⬥The Indian National Flag (tricolour) - Sir StamfordRaffles ⬥ The first person in British India who get
was unfurled by Bhikaiji Cama in ⬥
First person to conceive the idea of the the Scholarship of Indian Society of
-Germany, 1907 Indian National Army was - Mohan Singh Oriental Arts, established in 1906, was
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- Nandalal Bose the midnight of 15 August 1947 Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 - Little Boy
⬥ The Sepoy revolt of Vellore took place in - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan ⬥ ‘The Philosophy of the Bomb’ was
- 1806 CE ⬥ Princely state of Hyderabad was written by - Bhagwati Charan Vohra
⬥ The Communist Party of india was brought under the Indian Union in the ⬥ The founder of Mahakali Pathshala
formed in 1925 at the first Party year - 1948 in Calcutta was
Conference in - Kanpur ⬥ Tamil weekly magazine ‘Kudi Arasu’ - Mataji Maharani Tapaswini
⬥ The Republic Day parade, in the year was started by - Periyar EV Ramasamy ⬥ During the British Colonial Rule, the
1955, was organised at - Rajpath, Delhi ⬥ Aitchison Commission, 1886 was Khuntkatti tenure was prevalent in the
⬥ The plan introduced in the year appointed to reform in regions of - ChotaNagpur
1945, before planned economic - Indiancivil services ⬥ The Soviet leader who declared that
development began in India ⬥ Nehru-Liaquat Pact was signed in- 1950 China was responsible for the Sino-Indian
- ThePeople’s Plan ⬥ ‘Bal Charkha Sangh’ was founded in War (1962) was - Khrushchev
⬥ The first headmistress of the country's 1930 by - IndiraGandhi ⬥ The Battle of Rezang La, was fought
first school for girls in Pune, was between India and China in - 1962
- SavitriBai Phule ⬥ Danes established their settlement in
Defence Exams
⬥ In 1855, the first jute mill was set up at India at - Tranquebar (Tamil Nadu)
Rishra, located in - West Bengal ⬥ Lachit Borphukan was the
⬥ The ruins of Hampi were brought to light
⬥ The Mumbai’s gateway of India was built Commander-in-Chief of the - Ahom army
in 1800 by a British officer of the East
in the memory of - King George V ⬥ Hernan Cortes was the European
India Company named
⬥ The bubonic plague broke out in Bombay explorer who conquered - Mexico
- Colonel Colin Mackenzie
in - 1896 ⬥ The term ‘Industrial Revolution’ was first
⬥ Bengalee was an English weekly founded
⬥ The chief Guest in the Republic Day used by - ArnoldToynbee
in 1862 by - Girish Chandra Ghosh
Parade organised at Rajpath in 1955 ⬥ The head of the government overthrown
⬥ The editor of Bengali newspaper was
- General Malik Ghulam Muhammad by the Bolsheviks in the 1917 Revolution
- Surendranath Banerjee
⬥ Kirti Kisan Party (KKP) was established was - Alexander Kerensky
⬥ ‘Voice of India’ newspaper was started in
at Amritsar on - 12th April1927 ⬥ The British demarcated Damin-i-koh for
1883 by - Dadabhai Naoroji
⬥ On the eve of Independence, the settling the Santhals in - 1832
⬥ The Mahratta was a weekly English
direction of Indian foreign trade was ⬥ A large area of land demarcated as
newspaper started by
largely - Restricted toBritain Damin-i-Koh in 1832 was declared as the
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak
⬥ First Municipal Commissioner of land of the - Santhals
⬥ The editor of Navjivan newspaper was
Bombay in 1865 was - Arthur Crawford ⬥ The art piece ‘In Memoriam’ was created
- MahatmaGandhi
⬥ First cotton textile mill in Bombay was by - Sir Joseph NoelPaton
⬥McLeod British firms was taken over by
established in - 1854 ⬥ The Truman Doctrine of 1947 was
- Soorajmull-Nagarmull group
⬥ Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan till announced to achieve
⬥Kherwar or Sapha Har movement
- 1971 - Containment of theUSSR
(1870s) is associated with
⬥ Indian Industrial and Commercial ⬥ ‘The April Theses’ to the Russian
- SanthalCommunity
Congress was formed by G. D. Birla people in 1917 was presented by- Lenin
⬥ The Russian designs were ‘an imminent
and Purshottamdas Thakurdas in- 1920 ⬥ Chandra Shekhar was the President of
peril to the security and tranquility’ of the
⬥ Battle of Kohima was fought in 1944 the Janata Party from 1977 to 1988 and
Indian Empire in 1836, It was believed by
between British Indian Army and he was known as the - Young Turk
- Lord Palmerston
- Royal Burmese Army
⬥ The first European who arrived in Africa
⬥ First cotton mill at Bombay in India was
as traders that eventually led to State PCS Exams
setupasaspinningmillintheYear-1854
European Colonization of Africa was
⬥ James Mill (Scottish economist) has
- Portuguese ⬥ Clement Attlee announced British
divided Indian history into three periods
⬥ The Deccan State Hyderabad, was withdrawal from India by - June 1948
- Hindu, Muslim and British
officially acceded to the Indian Union in ⬥ The 1947 Boundary Commissions for
⬥ National Flag of India is adorned by a
- 1948 defining India-Pakistan frontiers was
navy-blue Ashoka Chakra, a wheel with
⬥ During 19th century, the Satapatra Series headed by - Cyril Redcliffe
- 24 spokes
was written by - Gopal Hari Deshmukh ⬥ Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's novel
⬥ King George V assumed the Crown of
⬥ After the First World War, the Triveni 'Anandamath' mentioned about the revolt
India in - 1911
Sangh was formed by the members of of - SanyasiRebellion
⬥ India Gate in New Delhi is a memorial
three prominent backward castes of ⬥ Orissa was separated from Bihar in
built in commemoration of the Indian
Bihar, namely - 1936
soldiers killed in
- Yadavs (Ahirs), Koeris, and Kurmis ⬥ The Muslim League accepted
- World War I (1914 to1919)
⬥ The first person who accept a ministerial self-government under the British Empire
⬥ Rani Lakshmibai was married to
position in the Central Provinces in in - 1913
- Maharaja Gangadhar Rao Newalkar
October 1925 was ⬥ Lala Hardayal, Bhupendra Nath Dutta
⬥ Foundation of the Gateway of India in
- Shripad BalwanTambe and Virendra Nath Chatopadhyaya were
Mumbai was laid in - 1911
⬥ The socialist idea of Sapta Kranti (Seven related to - 'Zimmerman' scheme
⬥ Hazarduari Palace (Bara Kothi) is
Revolutions) was proposed by ⬥ “Kisaan kya karein” was written by
located in - WestBengal
- Ram ManoharLohia - Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
⬥ One of the speakers after Jawaharlal
⬥ The codename for the type of atomic ⬥ Sanatan Dharma Rakshini Sabha was
Nehru to address the Parliament on
bomb dropped on the Japanese city of located in - Calcutta
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⬥ The main centre of Radha Soami
Satsang Beas is located in - Punjab
⬥ Dhondo Keshav Karve was an eminent
Indian who championed the cause of
- Spread of women education
⬥ The Articles addressing the issues of
child marriages and enforced
widowhood were authoredby
- BairamjiMalabari
⬥ Raja Ranjit Singh set up the Adalat-i-Ala
at - Lahore
⬥ Vishnudhar Wakankar discovered
Bhimbetka Caves in the year - 1957-58
⬥ Bhimbetka Caves are located in
- Raisen, Madhya Pradesh
⬥ Pandit Dwarka Prasad Mishra was the
Chief Editor of - Lokmat newspaper
⬥ The Indian Institute of Science (IISC)
was established in Bangalore by
- Jamshedji Tata (1909)
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- Indian Constitution ⬥ Chairman of the Committee on the
Polity ⬥The kind of Justice mentioned in the
Preamble of the Constitution of India
Functions of the Constituent Assembly
of India was - GV Mavalankar
- social, economic and political ⬥Tenth Session of the Constituent
Constitution ⬥ Meaning of the word 'Republic' in the Assembly was held from
Indian Constitution is - Elected head - 6 to 17 October1949
⬥ Liberty of thought, expression, belief, ⬥ Ammu Swaminathan became a part of
SSC Exams faith and worship are mentioned in the Constituent Assembly in 1946 from
- Preamble - Madras constituency
⬥ Fundamental Law of country that sets ⬥ Constituent Assembly was formed on ⬥ Drafting Committee of the Constituent
out framework and principal functions the recommendation of the Cabinet Assembly consisted of -Seven members
of various organs of the Government, Mission, which visited India in - 1946 ⬥ Constitution of India was hand-written
is called -Constitution ⬥ According to the Preamble of Indian by - Prem Behari Narain Raizada
⬥ The legal advisor to the Constituent Constitution, India is a - Republic ⬥ The first meeting of the Constituent
Assembly during the drafting of the ⬥ Set of written rules, accepted by all Assembly took place in-December 1946
Constitution was -BN Rau the people living within the country ⬥ Number of representatives of princely
⬥ The Preamble of the constitution of - Constitution States in Constituent Assembly - 93
India provides for the liberty of thought, ⬥ Indian constitution is a sovereign ⬥ Member of the Constituent Assembly
expression, belief, faith and - worship socialist secular democratic republic signed the Constitution of India on
⬥ The first session of the constituent with a - Parliamentary system - 24January 1950
assembly was held on - 9 Dec 1946 ⬥ Term Sovereign, Justice, Fraternity are ⬥ Sachchidananda Sinha became interim
⬥ The original Constitution of India was included in - Preamble president of the Constituent Assembly
hand written in English by ⬥ All democratic countries are most likely in - 1946
- Prem Behari Narayan Raizada to have a - Constitution ⬥ Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi described
⬥ The chief draftsman of the Constituent ⬥ Bicameral Legislature is a the preamble of Indian Constitution as
Assembly during the drafting of the - Federal feature of the Constitution - Political horoscope
Constitution - SN Mukherjee ⬥ Single Citizenship, Integrated Judicial ⬥ First election of Constituent Assembly
⬥ The Lengthiest written constitution in System, Appointment of the Governor of India was held in - 1946
the world is - Indian Constitution is - Unitary feature of the Constitution ⬥ Motilal Nehru (Chairman) and eight
⬥ The Hindi version of the original Indian ⬥ Federalism is a system of government other Congress leaders drafted
Constitution was calligraphed by in which powers have been divided constitution for India in - 1928
- Vasant KrishanVaidya between - center and states
⬥ The structural part of the Indian ⬥ Dual Government, Division of Powers,
Constitution largely derived from
Railway Exams
and Written Constitution are
- Government of India Act 1935 - Federal feature of Constitution ⬥ Drafting Committee chaired by Dr. B.R.
⬥ The Handwritten Constitution was ⬥K.C. Wheare described the Indian Ambedkar constituted on
signed on 24th January 1950, by 284 Constitution as - ‘quasi federal’ - 29August 1947
members of the constituent assembly, ⬥The Constituent Assembly adopted the ⬥ The proposal for the formation of a
which included - 15 Women National Anthem (Jana - gana - mana) Constituent Assembly for India was first
⬥ The act regarded as the precursor of on - 24 January1950 proposed by - MN Roy in 1934
the Indian Constitution is ⬥The Constituent Assembly ratified ⬥ First President of the Constituent
- Government of India Act 1935 India's membership of the Assembly of Independent India was
⬥ The Right to Constitutional Remedy Commonwealth in - May 1949 - Dr. RajendraPrasad
was termed as ‘soul of the ⬥According to the Indian Constitution, ⬥ First Vice President of the Constituent
constitution’ by - B.R. Ambedkar the government consists of Assembly was
⬥ The Constitution of India was signed - Three Organs - Harendra Coomar Mookerjee
by Dr. Rajendra Prasad on ⬥ The Constituent Assembly adopted the ⬥ Constitutional advisor of the
- 24January ,1950 National Song (Vande Mataram) on Constituent Assembly was - B. N. Rau
⬥ The term ‘secular’ added to the - 24 January, 1950 ⬥ The Union Ministry of Social Justice
Preamble of the Indian Constitution in ⬥The National Flag was adopted by the and Empowerment declared
- 1976 Constituent Assembly of India on November 26 as Constitution Day' in
⬥ The largest Democratic country in the -22 July 1947 - 2015
world is - India ⬥Number of female members in the ⬥ Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, known as the "Father
⬥ The first temporary Chairman of the Constituent Assembly was - 15 of the Indian Constitution", was the
Constituent Assembly was ⬥Chairman of the House Committee of Chairman of - Drafting Committee
- SachchidanandaSinha the Constituent Assembly of India ⬥ Province having highest representation
⬥ Constitution Day or Samvidhan Divas - B Pattabhi Sitaramayya in the Constituent Assembly of India on
is celebrated on - 26th November ⬥ Chairman of the Credential Committee 31 December 1947 was
⬥ The idea of a Constituent Assembly of the Constituent Assembly of India - United Provinces
for India was put forward for the first Was - Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar ⬥ The Constitution of India was adopted
time in 1934 by - M.N. Roy ⬥ The Constituent Assembly was on 26th November 1949 and came into
⬥ Quasi Federal, Separation of Powers recognised by - Section 8(1) of Indian Effect on - 26 January1950
and fundamental rights are some of Independence Act, 1947 ⬥ The introductory statement in a
the key features of the
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onstitution elucidating its reasons and
c ⬥ The Secretary of the Constituent
Sources of Indian
guiding values is known as - Preamble Assembly was - HVR Iyengar
⬥ Objective Resolution introduced on 13 ⬥ The Interim government of India was Constitution
December 1946 was proposed by formed from the newly elected
- Pt. JawaharlalNehru Constituent Assembly of India on SSC Exams
⬥ The term Liberty, Equality, Justice, and - 2 September1946
Fraternity are mentioned in - Preamble ⬥ The Constituent Assembly of India was ⬥ A parliamentary form of government
⬥ Chairman of the Finance and Staff formed in - 1946 is borrowed from the constitution of
Committee of the Constituent Assembly ⬥ The Constituent Assembly elected for - Britain
was - RajendraPrasad the framing of the Constitution held its ⬥ The source of all the powers under the
⬥ President of the Order of Business first meeting on - 9 December 1946 constitution in the 'Preamble' is
Committee of the Constituent ⬥ The Government of India Act, 1919 - We the peopleof India
Assembly Was - K M Munshi fixed the tenure of the Council of State ⬥ The concept of the federal system in
at - Five years India has been borrowed from
Police Exams ⬥ Dr Rajendra Prasad was elected as - The Canadian constitution
permanent chairman of constituent ⬥ The terms "Liberty, Equality, and
⬥ According to the Constitution of India, assembly on - 11 December 1946 Fraternity" used in the preamble of
the number of tiers in the government ⬥ The Objective Resolution adopted Indian constitution are inspired from
is - 3 unanimously by the Constituent - FrenchRevolution
⬥ The Indian Constitution was described Assembly on - 22 January 1947 ⬥ Directive Principles of State Policy
as 'Quasi-Federation' by - KC Wheare ⬥ The fifth session of the Constituent (DPSP) in Indian constitution taken from
⬥ The time taken to frame the Assembly was held from - Ireland
Constitution of India was - 14 to 30 August1947 ⬥ The concept of Martial Law, which
- 2 years, 11 months and 18 days ⬥ Dr Sachchidananda Sinha was elected restricts Fundamental rights is borrowed
⬥ Written Constitution, Dual Government, as interim president of constituent from - UnitedKingdom
Independent judiciary are features of assembly on - 9 December 1946 ⬥ The provision of fundamental duties is
- Federal government ⬥ Terms like sovereign, socialist, secular, inspired from -USSR (Russia)
⬥ Single Citizenship, Strong Centre, All democratic, republic, justice, liberty, ⬥ The Fundamental Rights in Indian
India Service, Emergency provisions, equality and fraternity are mentioned in Constitution, inspired from
Appointment of Governor are - Preamble - United States of America
- Unitary features of Constitution ⬥ The Indian Constitution came into force ⬥ The concept of single citizenship in
⬥ Indian Constitution is a unique blend of on - 26 January1950 India is inspired by
- Rigidity & Flexibility ⬥ The system of government in which - The British Constitution
⬥ The word in Preamble describes India power is divided between a central ⬥ The political part of the Indian
has complete political freedom and authority and various constituent units Constitution largely drawn from the
supreme authority is - Sovereign is called - Federalism constitution of - Britain
⬥ Jawaharlal Nehru moved the Objective ⬥ The Father of the Indian Constitution ⬥ The provision for the post of
Resolution in the Constituent Assembly is -B.R. Ambedkar Vice-President in the Indian constitution
on - 13 December1946 ⬥ Dual citizenship is a feature of has been taken from
⬥ The Constitution Day of India is - Federal Govt. - United States ofAmerica
observed on - 26 November ⬥ The concept of concurrent list in the
⬥ The Constitution of India was crafted Defence Exams Indian constitution is taken from the
by a Constituent Assembly comprising constitution of -Australia
of -299 members ⬥ The Directive Principles of State Policy ⬥ The concept of ‘equality before law’ is
⬥ The Constitution of India was were described as the novel feature of borrowed from - British Constitution
h andwritten in - English and Hindi the Constitution of India by ⬥ The principle of 'procedure established
⬥ The original Constitution of India was -B. R. Ambedkar by law' is taken from the constitution of
handwritten by ⬥ A forms of Constitution that contains - Japan
- Prem Behari Narain Raizada the features of both the Unitary and ⬥Rule of law, Bicameral legislature, Single
⬥ According to Indian Constitution Federal Constitution is called citizenship is taken from the
government has 3 organs - Quasi-Federal constitution of - United Kingdom
- Executive, Legislative & Judiciary ⬥ The First Constituent Assembly was ⬥ The idea of Fundamental Rights and
⬥ The Constituent Assembly adopted held on - 9th December, 1946 Judicial review is taken from the
the Constitution of India on constitution of - UnitedStates
- 26 November1949 State PCS Exams ⬥ Provisions related to nomination of
⬥ The number of members represented members to the Rajya Sabha is taken
the Indian Princely States in the ⬥ The plan through which Constituent from the constitution of - Ireland
Constituent Assembly of 1946 was - 93 Assembly was created ⬥ The method of electing the president
Note:-The total membership of the - Cabinet MissionPlan in the Indian Constitution is borrowed
Constituent Assembly (1946) was 389 of ⬥ The first nominated Deputy Chairman from - Irish Constitution
which 292 were representatives of the of the Constituent Assembly was ⬥ In Indian Constitution, the concept of
provinces, and four were from the chief - Frank Anthony independence of judiciary is borrowed
commissioner provinces. from the constitution of
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- United State of America independence of the judiciary is taken State PCS Exams
⬥ Centrifugal form of Federalism is a From - US Constitution
feature of Indian constitution based on ⬥ Indian constitution has derived the ⬥
The Indian Constitution has taken the
- Canadian model feature of a Five- Year Plan from - USSR idea of the Fundamental Rights from
⬥
Thefunctions of president and ⬥ The provision for 'indirect election of - The United States of America
vice-president in the Indian constitution Rajya Sabha members' was adopted ⬥ The concept of the Directive Principles
was borrowed from from -South Africa of State Policy in the Indian
- United states ofAmerica ⬥ The concept of suspension of Constitution was borrowed from the
⬥
The provisions of Independence of the fundamental rights is taken from Constitution of - Ireland
judiciary, fundamental rights and - Germany
judicial review were taken from ⬥ The provision of 'first past the post'
-US constitution has been adopted in the Constitution
Article, Schedule, Parts and
⬥A major part of the Constitution of India from - Britain list
is derived from
- Government of India Act ,1935 Police Exams SSC Exams
⬥ Directive Principles of State Policy in the
Indian Constitution borrowed from ⬥ Concept of Judicial Review in Indian ⬥ The President, Governor and Rajpramukh
- Ireland Constitution has been taken from - USA shall not be answerable to any court for
⬥ The feature of fundamental duties in the ⬥ The idea of the ‘Preamble’ in Indian the exercise and performance of the
Indian Constitution is taken from Constitution is borrowed from - USA
powers and duties of the office under
- Soviet Union ⬥ The idea of parliamentary system of - Article 361
⬥ Feature of 'Bicameralism' in the Indian governance has been adopted from ⬥ Schedule - X contains the Provisions for
Constitution is borrowed from - Britain - U.K. disqualification of legislators on the
⬥Concept of "Republic" in the Indian ⬥ The source of authority for the ground of defection, known as
Constitution is borrowed from - France Constitution of India is - People - Anti-DefectionLaw
⬥ Concept of "Amendment of the ⬥ The quasi-federal form of government ⬥The state aims to secure a social order
Constitution" was borrowed from is borrowed from the Constitution of for promoting the welfare of its people,
- South Africa - Canada under - Article 38
⬥ Feature of Advisory jurisdiction of the ⬥ The feature of Single Citizenship and ⬥ “Rights of Ministers and Advocate
Supreme court borrowed from - Canada Parliamentary system of Government General in relation to the State
⬥Preamble of the Indian constitution taken from the constitution of Legislature” are mentioned under
was borrowed from - UnitedKingdom - Article 177
- United State ofAmerica ⬥ The principles of Liberty, Equality and ⬥ The State shall endeavour to secure for
⬥ Concept of "Procedure Established by Fraternity were adopted from the the citizens a uniform civil code
Law" in the Indian constitution is constitution of - Francethroughout the territory of India,
borrowed from - Japan ⬥ The idea of Rule of Law and mentioned in - Article44
⬥ Provision of Fundamental rights in Bicameralism was adopted from the ⬥ The duties and powers of the
Indian constitution was borrowed from constitution of - United Kingdom
Comptroller and Auditor-General of India
- United State of America ⬥ The main source of the Indian is mentioned in - Article149
⬥
The idea of the Rule of Law was Constitution is ⬥ The total number of Schedules in Indian
adopted from the Constitution of - Government of India Act, 1935 constitution is - 12
- UnitedKingdom ⬥ Directive principles of state policy ⬥
The provision of workers participation
⬥ Principles of Liberty, Equality and borrowed from the - Irish Constitution in management of industries is
Fraternity in the Indian constitution ⬥ The idea of Fundamental Duties is mentioned under - Article43A
taken from - France inspired from the Constitution of ⬥ The organisation of village panchayats
- Russia is mentioned in - Article40
Railway Exams ⬥ The concept of Concurrent List of ⬥ Provision related to Union and its
Indian Constitution inspired from territories is dealt within - Articles(1-4)
⬥ The concept of the federal system in - Australia’s Constitution
⬥It shall be the obligation of the State
India has been borrowed from to protect every monument or place or
- Canadian constitution Defence Exams object of artistic or historic interest,
⬥ National Commission for Other mentioned in - Article49
Backward Class came into effect from ⬥ Provisions regarding the citizenship are ⬥ The Schedule that deals with the
-1993 mentioned in - Part II (Article 5-13) division of powers between the Union
⬥ The feature of freedom of trade in the ⬥ The provisions in case of failure of 𝑡ℎ
and the states is -7
Indian Constitution is taken from constitutional machinery in States, ⬥The State shall secure that there is
- Australia mentioned in- Article 356 (President rule) equal pay for equal work for both men
⬥ The feature of the Quasi Federal ⬥ Dr. B.R. Ambedkar defended which and women, mentioned in - Article 39(d)
Government system in the constitution article on the plea that it would be used ⬥ Provision for early childhood care and
of India is taken from - Canada as a ' matter of last resort'? education to children below the age of
⬥ Feature of the Parliamentary form of - Article 356 six years is mentioned in - Article 45
Governmentwasadoptedfrom -Britain ⬥ The Protection in respect of conviction ⬥ “Organisation of village panchayats” is
⬥ The provision of judicial review and for offences is mentioned in - Article 20 a Gandhian principle of
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- Directive Principles of State Policy hall be appointed by the Governor,
s ⬥ Seventh Schedule of the Indian
⬥ The duty of the State to raise the mentioned in - Article164(1) Constitution deals with distribution of
nutritional level and standard of living ⬥ Procedure for impeachment of the power between - centre and states
of its people and to improve public President is mentioned in - Article 61 ⬥ The languages of the Republic of India
health is stated in - Article47 ⬥ The subject matter of laws made by are mentioned in - 8th Schedule
⬥ Provision for just and humane the Parliament and by the Legislatures ⬥ The special provisions with respect to
conditions of work and maternity of States is mentioned in - Article 246 Delhi is mentioned under - Article 239AA
relief is mentioned in - Article 42 ⬥ The population census is a Union ⬥ Centre is empowered to take over a
⬥ “Certain Principles of Policy to be subject under - Article246 state administration on the
Followed by the State” is mentioned ⬥ Originally, the constitution of India recommendation of the Governor under
In - Article 39 contains - Article 356
⬥ The State shall endeavour to organise - 395 Article, 8 schedule and 22 parts ⬥ The Qualifications for election as the
agriculture and animal husbandry on ⬥ The superintendence, direction and President of India is mentioned under
modern and scientific lines as control of elections is vested in the - Article 58
mentioned in - Article 48 Election Commission, stated in ⬥ The Eighth Schedule of the Indian
⬥ Provision regarding equal justice and - Article 324 Constitution encompasses
free legal aid is mentioned in ⬥ The powers and functions of the Union - 22 languages
- Article 39A Public Service Commission is ⬥ The conditions for the disqualification
⬥ Constitutional provisions related to mentioned in - Part XIV of the member from either House of
prevention of sexual harassment at ⬥ In the Constitution of India, Union, State the Parliament, is mentioned under
workplace are enshrined in -Article 42 and Concurrent Lists are mentioned in - Article 102
⬥It shall be the obligation of the State - 7th Schedule ⬥ “Reservation of seats for scheduled
to protect every monument or place or ⬥ The Conduct of business of the castes and scheduled tribes in the lok
object of artistic or historic interest, Government of a State is mentioned in sabha“ - Article 330
mentioned in - Article49 - Article 166 ⬥ An ordinance promulgated under Article
⬥ According to Indian constitution ⬥ Goods and Services Tax Council is 213 can be withdrawn by - Governor
provisions related to emergency is mentioned in - Article279A ⬥ State is directed to take steps to
mentioned in ⬥ The president may appoint the governor separate the judiciary from the
- Part XVIII (Article 352- 360) of a state as the administrator of an executive in the public services of the
⬥ The phrase "Union of States" in Article adjoining union territory under State - Article 50
1 embodies the essence of - Article 239 (2) ⬥ The President is empowered to
-Cooperative Federalism ⬥ The Constitution of India consist of promulgate ordinances during recess
⬥ Article 44,45,48,48A,49,50,51 of - 448 Articles, 12 Schedules and 25 parts of Parliament by - Article123
directive principles of state policy ⬥ The powers and functioning of the ⬥ Part of the Indian Constitution which
contains Supreme Court is mentioned in - Part V deals with scheduled and tribal areas
- Liberal - Intellectual principles. ⬥ The Attorney General of India will be - Part X
⬥ The provisions related to co-operative appointed by the President, mentioned ⬥ Part of the Indian Constitution which
societies in the Indian Constitution are in - Article 76 deals with finance, property, contracts
mentioned in ⬥ The office of the Comptroller and and suits - Part XII
- Part IXB (Article 243 ZH - 243 ZT) Auditor General of India is mentioned ⬥ The Directive Principles of State Policy
⬥ Parliament can create new states and in - Article 148 (Article 36-51) are figured in - PartIV
alter the areas, boundaries or names ⬥ “Power of President to grant pardons, ⬥ The conditions of the President's
of existing states under - Article3 etc., and to suspend, remit or commute office is mentioned under - Article 59
⬥ The provision of education at the sentences in certain cases” is ⬥ The Finance Commission is constituted
primary level in mother tongue is mentioned in - Article72 by the President of India under
mentioned under - Article 350A ⬥ The duties and powers of the - Article 280
⬥ Part of the Indian Constitution has Comptroller and Auditor General of ⬥ The provisions regarding the Citizenship
been considered most enlightened by India are mentioned in - Article 149 of India is mentioned in - PartII
Dr. Ambedkar - Part III ⬥ Qualifications for appointment to the ⬥ The Part XVII of Indian constitution
⬥ The provision of equal pay for equal post of Governor are mentioned in deals with - Official Language
work has been mentioned in - Article 157 ⬥ The directive principles of the state
- Article 39 D ⬥ There shall be a vice president of India, are described under - Article 36 - 51
⬥Uniform Civil Code for the citizens is mentioned in - Article63 ⬥ The salary and allowances of important
mentioned in - Article44 ⬥ Protection against arrest and detention office bearers of India are mentioned in
⬥ Article 76 of the Constitution of India in certain cases’ is mentioned in - Second Schedule
deals with - Attorney General - Article 22 ⬥The provisions regarding the power of
⬥It is the duty of the Attorney General of ⬥ India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of Parliament to amend the constitution
India to advise the Government of India States, mentioned in - Article1 is mentioned in - Article 368 (Part XX)
on legal matters under - Article 76 (2) ⬥ Provisions related to Powers, authority ⬥ An Article of Indian constitution which
⬥The Prime Minister and other Ministers and responsibilities of Municipalities provides that the members of either
shall be appointed by the President, is mentioned in - 12th Schedule House of Parliament are entitled to
mentioned in - Article75 (1) ⬥ The Right to property has been shifted receive salaries and allowances
⬥ The Chief Minister and other Ministers as a legal Right is under - Article 300-A - Article 106
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⬥ As per Article 350 B, There shall be a constitution are related to and oilfields come under - Union list
Special Officer for linguistic minorities - Emergency provisions ⬥ Facilities for instruction in mother -
to be appointed by - The President ⬥ Union Territories are mentioned in the tongue at primary stage mentioned in
⬥ The total number of Ministers, Constitution under - PartVIII - Article 350 A
including the Prime Minister, i n the ⬥ Indian Constitution provides for the ⬥ Directive for development of the Hindi
Council of Ministers shall not exceed Advocate General of the State under language mentioned in - Article 351
15% of the total number of members - Article 165 ⬥ The special provision with respect to the
oftheHouseofthePeople -Article75 ⬥ The 'Promotion of International Peace States of Maharashtra and Gujarat
⬥ Articles 343 to 351 in part XVII related and Security' is mentioned in -Article 51 mention in - Article371
to - Officiallanguages ⬥ Constitution specifies that it is the duty ⬥ Special provisions with respect to the
⬥ Provisions related to relations between of the Union government to protect State of Sikkim are outlined in
the Union and the States are mentioned States against external aggression and - Article 371 F
in -Part XI (Article245-263) internal disturbance under - Article 355 ⬥ Directive Principles of State Policy are
⬥ Legislative Relations between the Union ⬥ 7th schedule categorize establishment non-justiciable, mentioned in - Article 37
and State government are mentioned in of standards of weight and measure in ⬥ Conduct of business of the Government
- Article 245-255 - Union list of a State is addressed in - Article 166
⬥ Administrative Relations between the ⬥ Public Health and sanitation, Hospitals ⬥ The process for introducing changes or
union and State government mentioned and dispensaries, Public order are amendments to the Constitution of India
in - Article256-263 included in - State list (7th schedule) is outlined in - Article368
⬥ The Parliament is empowered to ⬥ Article 323A is related to ⬥ Parliament's empowerment to continue
increase the number of the Supreme - Administrativetribunals the use of English for official purposes
Court Judges under - Article 124 (1) ⬥ ‘Admission or establishment of new beyond January 25, 1965, is outlined in
⬥ Provisions regarding the supreme Court states’ in Indian Constitution included - Article 343(3)
are mentioned in in - Article 2 ⬥The Federal Public Service Commission
- Part V (Articles 124 - 147) ⬥ 7th schedule categorize ‘Intoxicating came to be known as the Union Public
⬥ Directive Principles of the State Policy liquor under - State list Service Commission by virtue of
are mentioned in - Part IV ⬥ Post and telegraphs, Banking, Audit of - Clause (1) of Article378
⬥ Articles related to citizenship is the accounts of the states are included ⬥ Article 370 which provided special
- Article 5 to 11 in - Union list ( 7th schedule) provisions for Jammu and Kashmir was
⬥ The provisions of the Union Executive ⬥ The 10th Schedule relating to anti - added in - 1949
are included in constitution in - PartV defection law was inserted in the ⬥ 'Police and Public Order' are State
⬥ The original Indian Constitution constitution by subjects under - 7th Schedule
consist of - 395Articles - 52nd amendment Act 1985 ⬥ The duties and powers of the
⬥ State shall take steps to organize ⬥ Provisions of disqualification on the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India
Panchayats is mentioned in - Article 40 ground of defection are mentioned in defined under - Article149
⬥ Indian Constitution provides Legislative - 10th Schedule ⬥ Article 279A of the Indian Constitution
Assembly for the National Capital ⬥ 7th schedule categorizes ‘Betting and deals with - GSTCouncil
Territory of Delhi under - Article 239AA Gambling’ in - State list ⬥ Taxes not to be imposed except by
⬥ The 7th Schedule of the Indian ⬥ Post office saving Bank, Inter-state authority of law, is stated in- Article 265
Constitution categorizes extradition trade and commerce, Railways are ⬥ In 1959, the Central Government of India
Under - Union List included in - Union list of 7th Schedule undertook the governance in Kerala
⬥ Indian Constitution provides for the ⬥ 7th schedule categorizes ‘Taxes on under - Article 356
promotion of cooperative societies lands and buildings’ in - Statelist ⬥ No criminal proceedings shall be
under - Article 43B ⬥ Industrial and labour disputes, Forests, instituted against the President, the
⬥ As per Schedule 8 of the Indian Economic and social planning are Governor and Rajpramukh in any court
Constitution, official languages in India included in the - Concurrentlist during his term of office - Article 361
are - 22 ⬥ 7th schedule of constitution categorizes ⬥ The organization of agriculture and
⬥ Indian Constitution lays down the ‘Central Bureau of Intelligence and animal husbandry is mentioned in
uniform civil code under - Article44 Investigation’ in -Union list - Article 48
⬥ 7th Schedule of the Indian Constitution ⬥ 7th schedule categorizes State Public ⬥ Health and sanitation are subject under
categorizes Agriculture under-State List Service Commission under - State list the - 11th Schedule
⬥ Article 312 deals with the ⬥ Indian Constitution contains Provisions ⬥ The Administration of Tribal Areas in the
-All-Indiaservices related to Scheduled Areas under States of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and
⬥ Separation of Judiciary from Executive - 5th schedule Mizoram is specified under
mention in - Article 50 ⬥ Part VII of the Indian Constitution, - 6th Schedule
⬥ Provision related to Attorney General of which has been omitted was related to ⬥ Formation of new States and alteration
India mention in - Article76 - States in part B of the first schedule of areas, boundaries or names of
⬥ Article 370 scrapped in 2019 grants ⬥ The Indian Constitution specifies Hindi existing States mention in - Article3
special status to -Jammu and Kashmir as the official language of the Union ⬥ Special provisions for languages spoken
⬥ Special provisions related to certain under - Article 343 by a section of the population are
classes in Indian Constitution given in ⬥ Special provision for the state of provided under - Article347
- Part XVI Nagaland mention in - Article 371 A ⬥ The states and the union territories
⬥ Article 356 and 360 in the Indian ⬥ Regulation of labour and safety in mines deals under - 1st Schedule
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⬥ Forms of oath or affirmation are - Article 49 non-justiciable, mentioned in - Article 37
included in the - 3rd Schedule ⬥ Article 17 of the Indian constitution ⬥ Special provision with respect to the
⬥ The duties and functions of the UPSC in deals with the abolition of State of Nagaland mentioned in
India are defined in - Article320 - Untouchability - Article 371 A
⬥ The Indian Constitution provides for the ⬥ Abolition of title except military and ⬥ "India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of
Union Public Service Commission under academic title under - Article18 States" mentioned in - Article1
- Part XIV ⬥ A person can acquire Indian citizenship ⬥ Article 336 provides Special provisions
⬥ The independent office for Comptroller by naturalization, if resides in India for in certain services for the
and Auditor General of India provided - 12 years - Anglo-Indian community
under - Article 148 ⬥ Article 44 of the Indian constitution is ⬥The consolidated Funds and public
⬥ Article related to the Comptroller and related to - Uniform CivilCode accounts of India and of the States are
Auditor General of India's audit reports is ⬥ Protection in respect of conviction for mentioned in - Article266
- Article 151 offences mentioned in - Article20 ⬥ The contingency fund of India is
⬥ Superintendence, direction and control ⬥ Provisions related to UPSC are established by the Parliament under
of elections to be vested in an Election mentioned in - Article 267
Commission mentioned in - Article 324 - Part XIV, Chapter II, Article 315-323 ⬥ The provision for adjudication of
⬥ Removal and suspension of a member ⬥ Right to citizenship available for the inter-state water disputes mentioned in
of the Public Service commission peoples migrated from Pakistan before - Article 262
mention in - Article317 19th July 1948under - Article 6(b)(i) ⬥ Special provisions with respect to delhi
⬥ Article 323 of the Indian Constitution ⬥ Reservation of seats for the scheduled are mentioned in - Article 239AA
deals with - Reports of Public Services Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the ⬥ Centre and State Governments are
Commissions Lok sabha is mentioned in - Article 330 empowered to make laws with respect
⬥ Schedule that pertains to the allocation ⬥ The First Inter-State Council was to GST Under - Article246A
of seats in the Rajya Sabha (Council of established on - 28 May 1990 ⬥ Provisions regarding the citizenship are
States) - 4th Schedule ⬥ The provision regarding Inter-State mentioned in - Part II (Article 5-13)
⬥ The administration and control of Council is mentioned in - Article 263 ⬥ State to secure a social order for the
Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes ⬥ Provision for the division of powers promotion of the welfare of the people
are governed by - Article 244(1) between the Union and the States mentioned in - Article38
mentioned in - Seventh Schedule ⬥ Provisions with respect to an Inter State
Railway Exams ⬥ Corporation tax, Income tax, Banking Council mentioned in - Article 263
and Insurance falls under - Union list ⬥ The Article 35A was added to the Indian
⬥ Part XVIII of the Indian Constitution ⬥ As per seventh schedule of the Constitution in - 1954
deals with - Emergency Provisions constitution state list contains ⬥ State is directed to promote international
⬥ Article 360 of the Indian Constitution is - 61 Subjects peace and security under - Article 51
related to - Financial Emergency ⬥ The forms of Oaths of office for a ⬥ Article 76 of Part V deals with the
⬥ President rule is imposed in state under Minister for the Union is contained in - Attorney Generalof India
- Article 356 - Third schedule
⬥ Provision for the National Emergency is ⬥ Article 326 of the Constitution is related Police Exams
mentioned in - Article352 to - Universal adultsuffrage
⬥ Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali were ⬥ The 1st Schedule of the Indian ⬥ State to secure a social order for the
added in the 8th Schedule in - 2004 Constitution is related to promotion of the welfare of the people,
⬥ The number of languages initially - Union and its Territories mentioned in - Article38
included in the 8th Schedule of the ⬥ Article 43B (Part IV)deals with ⬥ Originally Constitution of India had
Constitution was – 14 - Cooperativesocieties 395 articles in 22 parts and
⬥ The constitution of India is divided into ⬥ State is directed to secure the right to - 8 schedules
- 25 parts and 12 schedules work, education and public assistance in ⬥ The Indian Constitution deals with the
⬥ The original constitution consisted of certain cases -Article 41 District Planning Committee in
- 395 Articles and 8 Schedules ⬥ Article 43 of the Indian Constitution - Article 243-ZD
⬥ Subjects like public health, police and deals with the - living wages for workers ⬥ The President of India and the Governor
liquor are part of - StateList ⬥ Provisions related to the salaries of the of States enjoy the immunities as
⬥ 'The power of parliament to amend the President, Governors, High Court and mentioned under - Article361
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Hindi in Devanagari script mentioned in ⬥ Education, forests, weights & measures review - The Ninth Schedule
- Article 343 and administration of justice comes ⬥ National Commission for Scheduled
⬥ Union List, State List and the Concurrent under the - Concurrentlist Castes is mentioned in - Article 338
List is included in - ScheduleVII ⬥ Apart from the 22 languages prescribed ⬥ Equal justice and free legal aid is
⬥ Provision for early childhood care and in the Indian Constitution, the Sahitya mentioned in - Part IV (Article 39-A)
education to children below the age of Akademi also recognizes ⬥ Part IV of the Indian Constitution
six years mentioned in - Article 45 - Rajasthani andEnglish (Article 36–51) contains - DPSP
⬥ The provision for the protection of ⬥ Right to Property is a legal right under ⬥ The provisions contained in Part IV of
monuments and places and objects of article - Article300 (A) constitution cannot be enforced by any
national importance mentioned in ⬥ Directive Principles of State Policy are court, is mentioned in - Article37
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⬥ Article 76 of the Constitution of India is - Right to property ⬥ National emergency is mentioned in
related to - Attorney General of India ⬥ Provisions related to the administration - Article 352
⬥ Promotion of co-operative societies is of tribal areas in Assam, Meghalaya, ⬥ Part XV,Articles 324 – 329 of the
mentioned in - Article43B Tripura, and Mizoram are outlined in Constitution of India deals with
⬥ The Tenth Schedule was added by the - 6th schedule - Election
52nd Constitution Amendment Act in ⬥ All India Services are mentioned in ⬥ Provision of Admission or
- 1985 - Article 312 Establishment of new state is given in
⬥ 22 Official languages, recognized by ⬥ The PM and the other Ministers of the - Article 2
the Constitution of India are dealt within Indian Union are appointed by the ⬥ The executive power of every State shall
- Eighthschedule President under - Article75 be so exercised as to ensure compliance
⬥ Article 239 of the Indian Constitution ⬥ The Part XV of the Indian Constitution with the rules made by Parliament,
deals with the administration of deals with - Election mentioned in - Article256
- UnionTerritories ⬥Part IXB of the Indian Constitution is ⬥ Provisions related to The Union and its
⬥ According to the constitution of India, related to - Cooperative Societies Territories are mentioned in - PartI
Article 44 is related to ⬥ Article 323 A of the Indian Constitution ⬥ Provisions related to Fundamental
- Uniformcivil code deals with - Administrative Tribunals Duties are mentioned in - Part IV (A)
⬥Provision for early childhood care and ⬥ Provisions related to Impeachment of
education to children below the age of the President is mentioned in- Article 61 Defence Exams
6 years is mentioned in - Article45 ⬥ The relations between the union and
⬥ The six Fundamental Rights enshrined in the states are dealt in -Part XI ⬥ Article that deals with Power of
Article 19 can be suspended only when ⬥ The Consolidated Funds and Public parliament to make provision with
national emergency is proclaimed Accounts of India and the States are respect to election to legislature
under - Article 352 defined in - Article266 - Article 327
⬥ The Council of Ministers to aid and ⬥ Articles 343 to 351 in Part XVII of the ⬥ Article that deals with Bar to interference
advise the President is mentioned in Constitution related to- Official language by courts in electoral matters
- Article 74 ⬥ The seventh schedule deals with the - Article 329
⬥ There shall be a Comptroller and division of powers between the ⬥
Article that provides Public Service
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- Article 148 ⬥ Names of the states and their States - Article315 (1)
⬥ The Finance Commission is territorial jurisdiction is mentioned in ⬥ Article that provides for ‘Equal justice
constituted by the President under - First Schedule and Free legal aid’ - Article39 A
- Article 280 ⬥ Rights of citizenship of certain ⬥ All executive actions of the Government
⬥ Promotion of international peace and migrants to Pakistan is mentioned in of India will be taken in the name of the
security is mentioned in - Article51 - Article 7 President, is mentioned under
⬥ The constitution of India is divided into ⬥ “Special Provisions Relating to Certain - Article 77 (1)
- 25 parts and 12 schedules Classes” is enshrined in
⬥ Allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha - Part XVI (Article 330-342A)
State PCS Exams
is mentioned in - Fourth Schedule ⬥ The President addresses both Houses
⬥ Article 368 of the Constitution of India is at the start of each session, informing
⬥ The Speaker can allow any member of
related to -Constitutional Amendment them of the reasons for the summons,
the House to speak in his/her mother
⬥ It is the duty of the State to protect the under - Art 87 (1)
tongueunder -Article120(1)
monuments and places and objects of ⬥ According to the Indian Constitution, the
⬥ Untouchability is abolished by the
national importance, mentioned in Union List, State List and Concurrent List
- Article 17 of the Constitution
- Article 49 are included in - Seventh Schedule
⬥ Governance and protection of interests
⬥ Organisation of village panchayats is ⬥ The official language of the Union shall
of Scheduled Tribes is related tothe
mentioned in - Article40 be Hindi in Devanagari script is
- Fifth Schedule of the Indian Constitution
⬥ According to Indian Constitution, mentioned in - Article343
⬥ Article 300 of the Indian Constitution
Provision related to parliament is ⬥ Formation of new States and alteration
deals with - Suits and proceedings
mentioned in - Part V (Article 79 to 122) of areas, boundaries or names of
⬥ The article which is related to expenses
⬥ Provisions for just and humane existing States is mentioned in- Article 3
of Public Service Commission
conditions of work and maternity relief ⬥ Special Officer for linguistic minorities
- Article 322
is mentioned in - Article42 is mentioned in - Article350B
⬥ The “State Election Commission”
⬥ The 7th Schedule of the Indian ⬥ According to seventh schedule of Indian
Operates the election of Urban bodies
Constitution categorizes extradition, Constitution, Irrigation and Agriculture
that is mentioned in - Article 243K
railways and Defence under - Union List are included in -State List
⬥ The National Commission for ⬥ Subject matter of laws made by
Scheduled Castes is mentioned in Parliament and by the Legislatures of
- Article 338 States is related to - Article246
⬥ Power of Parliament to impose ⬥ Article 62 of the Constitution of India
restrictions on trade, commerce and belongs to - Part V
intercourse is mentioned in ⬥ According to the constitution, provisions
- Article 302 related to citizenship are mentioned in
⬥ Article 300A is related to - Part II
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- 42nd Amendment 1976 ⬥Article 51A (k) of the Indian Constitution
Amendments
⬥ The 42nd Constitutional Amendment was inserted by - 86th Amendment Act
was made on the recommendation of ⬥
The voting age was reduced from 21 to
SSC Exams - Swaran Singh Committee 18 for elections to the Lok Sabha and
⬥ The 101st Constitution Amendment Legislative Assemblies of states by
⬥The government fulfilled the Act introduced - Goods and Service Tax - 61st Constitutional Amendment 1988
constitutional obligation stated in Article ⬥ The 42nd Constitutional Amendment ⬥
Provisions related to Municipalities were
40 through - 73rd amendment Act, 1992 is also known as - Mini Constitution added by - 74th Amendment Act 1992
⬥ The 11th fundamental duty was added in ⬥ 86th Constitutional amendment act ⬥Jurisdiction of High Courts extended to
the Indian Constitution by the - 86th which added 11th fundamental duty, was Union Territories by
Constitutional Amendment Act 2002 enacted in the year - 2002 - 7th Amendment Act 1956
⬥ Right to property was removed from the ⬥ The Anti-Defection Law was inserted by ⬥Konkani, Manipuri, and Nepali languages
list of Fundamental Rights by the - The 52nd Amendment (1985) are added in 8th Schedule by
- 44th amendment act 1978 ⬥ The education was brought to the - 71st Constitutional Amendment 1992
⬥ The types of amendments mentioned concurrent list from the state list by ⬥
The National Commission for Scheduled
in the Article 368 of Indian constitution - 42nd Amendment (1976) Tribes was established by
are - two ⬥
The number of fundamental duties - 89th Amendment Act, 2003
⬥The duty for parents or guardian to added by the 42nd amendment act 1976 ⬥
Sikkim was awarded the status of full
provide opportunities for education for - Ten fledged state of India by
children aged six to fourteen was added ⬥ Delhi was declared as the National - 36th Constitutional Amendment,1975
to the fundamental duties by Capital Territory by the ⬥103rd Amendment Act, 2019 related to
- 86th Amendment Act, 2002 - 69th Amendment Act 1991 - 10% EWS reservation
⬥ Provision related to protection and ⬥ The states of the union of India were ⬥42nd Constitutional Amendment Act,
improvement of environment and reorganised in a major way in 1956 after 1976 was passed under the leadership
safeguarding of forests and wildlife are the enactment of of - Indira Gandhi
added in constitution by - 7th constitutional Amendment Act ⬥
The reservation for Other Backward
- 42nd Amendment Act (1976) ⬥ Constitutional Amendment that made Classes in educational institutions was
⬥ States and Union Territories are Puducherry a Union Territory is introduced by
empowered to identify and specify - 14th Constitutional Amendment - 93rd Amendment Act, 2005
socially and educationally backward ⬥
The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, ⬥
The establishment of the National
classes by- 105th Amendment Act 2021 2021 introduced by Judicial Appointments Commission in
⬥ The Constitutional Amendment Act that - Ministry of Law and Justice India was attempted through
added Fundamental Duties in 1976was ⬥ 127th Constitutional Amendment Bill, - 99th Amendment2014
- 42nd 2021, was introduced in the Lok Sabha ⬥
Dadra and Nagar Haveli was
⬥ Provision for delimitation of by the - Minister of Social Justice and incorporated as a Union Territory
constituencies on the basis of 2001 Empowerment through - 10th Amendment (1961)
census has been made by ⬥
Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021 ⬥
Parliament has the power to abridge
- 87th Amendment Act 2003 amends the Income Tax Act of - 1961 fundamental rights under Article 368
⬥ Right to property was removed from ⬥ The Amendment which abolished the declared by - 24th Constitutional
fundamental right and made a legal right right to property as a fundamental right Amendment 1976
under Article 300 A by - 44th Amendment Act,1978 ⬥
President of India who gave assent to
- 44th Amendment Act 1978 ⬥ On 26 November 1949, India adopted the the 100th Constitutional Amendment
⬥ Separate National Commission for Preamble, and the terms 'Socialist,' - PranabMukherjee
Scheduled Castes and National 'Secular,' and 'Integrity' were later ⬥
National Capital Territory of Delhi
Commission for Scheduled Tribes were included through (Amendment) Bill, 2021, passed in
established by - 89th Amendment Act - 42nd Amendment Act (1976) March 2021, amended the - National
⬥ In India, the voting age was reduced ⬥
State shall provide free and compulsory Capital Territory of Delhi Act,1991
from 21 to 18 by education to all children from the age of ⬥Goa was awarded the status of full
- 61st constitutional amendment 6 to 14 years added by fledged state by
⬥ Part IV A related to Fundamental duties - 86th Amendment Act 2002 - 56th Amendment Act 1987
was inserted in the Indian Constitution ⬥The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act ⬥An amendment to the Hindu Succession
by - 42nd Amendment 1976 passed in - 2014 Act, 1956 was passed in the year - 2005
⬥ The reservation of seats for Scheduled ⬥ 'To minimise inequalities in income ⬥The ceiling of profession tax from ₹250
caste and scheduled tribes in the Lok status facilities and opportunities' was p.a. to ₹2500 p.a. was increased by
Sabha and State legislative assemblies added in DPSP (Article 38) by - 44th - 60th Amendment Act 1988
was extended for 10 years by Constitutional Amendment Act,1978 ⬥The 40th Amendment Act, 1976 was
- 104th Amendment Act (2019) ⬥The Delhi Municipal Corporation passed to amend - Article297
⬥ Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the (Amendment) Bill, 2022 aimed at ⬥
Goods and Service Tax in India was
Parliament of India and State unifying - 3 Municipal Corporations introduced by
Legislatures were abolished by ⬥The Juvenile Justice (Care and - 101st Amendment Act, 2016
- 104th AmendmentAct Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, ⬥Privy purses and privileges of former
⬥ Terms like Socialist, Secular and Integrity 2021 seeks to amend rulers of princely states abolished by
was added into the preamble of Indian - Juvenile Justice Act,2015 - 26th Amendment Act 1971
constitution by
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⬥A new subject 'Taxes on services’ was - 42 Amendment , 1976 ⬥ nd
The titles and special privileges of
added in the Union List by ⬥
Arunachal Pradesh was made a f ormer rulers of princely states are
- 88th Amendment Act 2003 f ull-fledged state by abolished by-26th Amendment Act 1971
⬥Abolition of the zamindari system was - 55th Amendment,1986 ⬥ The first amendment to the
introduced by - First Amendment (1951) ⬥ Article 326 of the Indian Constitution Constitution was made in - 1951
⬥ Goa, Daman and Diu incorporated as was amended by ⬥ The elective strength of the Lok Sabha
the eighth union territory by - 61st Amendment Act 1988 was increased from 525 to 545
- 12th Amendment Act 1962 members by - 31st Amendment Act
Police Exams ⬥ The size of council of ministers including
Railway Exams Prime minister was restricted to 15 %of
⬥ Anti-defection law was added in 10th the total strength of the Lok Sabha by
⬥ Sindhi language was included in the 8th Schedule by - 52nd Amendment Act - 91st Constitutional Amendment 2003
schedule of the constitution by ⬥ The 11 schedule of Indian Constitution
th ⬥
42nd Constitutional Amendment is
- 21st Amendment Act 1967 was added in 1992 by a
lso known as - 'Mini Constitution'
⬥ The provisions to limit the size of the - 73rd constitutional Amendment Act ⬥
Delhi got a Legislative Assembly with
Council of Ministers was introduced by ⬥ Article 366 (22) of the Indian the enactment of the National Capital
- 91th Amendment Act 2003 C
onstitution was amended by Territory Act, 1991 by
⬥ Eleventh Fundamental Duty was added -
26th Amendment Act 1971 - 69th Constitutional Amendment
by - 86 Amendment,2002 ⬥ 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act
th ⬥
The 101st Amendment to the Indian
⬥ The Right to Education under Article 21A 2019 amends - Article 15 and 16 C
onstitution is related to
included in the Indian Constitution by ⬥ Article 31 was removed from the - Goods and ServicesTax
- 86th Amendment Act (2002) constitution of India by ⬥
The representation of UTs in the Lok
⬥ 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, - 44th Amendment Act 1978 S
abha was reduced from 25 to 20 by
1976 is also called ⬥ The 9th Schedule was added in the -
31st Amendment Act, 1973
- MiniConstitution Constitution by
⬥ The 11th Schedule of the Indian - First Amendment Act1951 Defence Exams
Constitution was added in 1992 by ⬥ Representation of the Anglo-Indian
- 73rd AmendmentAct community in the Lok sabha and ⬥ Sikkim became an Associate State of
⬥ The 73rd Amendment Act (1992) came legislative assemblies removed by the Indian Union by
into force on - April 1993 - 104th Constitutional Amendment Act - 35th Amendment Act,1974
⬥ The practice of nominating two ⬥ Article 21A - Right To Education was ⬥ Sikkim became the 22nd State of India
members of the Anglo-Indian added by - 86th Amendment Act (2002) on 26 April 1975, by
community by the President of India was ⬥ The words "Socialist, Secular and - 36th Amendment Act,1975
abolished by - 104th Amendment, 2019 Integrity" were added in the Preamble ⬥ Sindhi language was added in the 8th
⬥ All Adult members registered as voters by the - 42nd Amendment Act,1976 schedule by
in the Panchayat area constitutes ⬥ The 97 Amendment Act 2011, gave
th
- 21st Constitutional Amendment 1967
- Gram Sabha constitutional status and protection to ⬥ The Anti-defection law was added in
⬥ 33% Reservation for women in elected - Cooperative Societies (Article 43B) 10th Schedule by
offices of local bodies is provided by ⬥ The 42nd Amendment Act was passed - 52nd Amendment, 1985
- 73rd and 74th Amendments under the leadership of - Indira Gandhi
⬥ Part IX, related to the Panchayats was ⬥ The voting age was reduced from State PCS Exams
added by - 73rd Amendment Act, 1992 21 to 18 in India by
⬥ The bill related to reservation for 10% - 61st Amendment Act 1989 ⬥ The words - ‘Socialist’, ‘Secular’ and
economically weaker sections is ⬥ 103rd Amendment Act provides for ‘Integrity’ are added in the Preamble by
- 124th Constitutional Amendment Bill 10% quota for the - Economically - 42nd Amendment to the Constitution
2019 Weaker Sections (EWS)
⬥ Constitutional status to the National ⬥ Goa was accorded the status of full
Commission for Backward Classes is fledged state by
Fundamental Rights and
provided by - 102nd Amendment, 2018 - 56th Amendment Act 1987 Duties
⬥ Fundamental Duties under Article 51A ⬥ The land boundary agreement
was inserted by-42nd Amendment,1976 between India and Bangladesh was SSC Exams
⬥ Land boundary agreement between India ratified by - 100th Amendment Act 2015
and Bangladesh was ratified by ⬥ Union Territories with legislatures are
⬥ Provisions regarding ’Right to freedom of
- 100th Amendment (2015) included in the electoral college for
religion' is mentioned under
⬥ Lok Sabha Seats was increased from election to the office of President by
- Article 25 - 28
525 to 545 by - 31st Amendment, 1973 - 70th Amendment Act 1992
⬥ The Provision that No title, not being a
⬥ Sindhi was included in Eighth Schedule ⬥ 27% reservation for OBC in government
military or academic distinction, shall be
by - 21st Amendment,1967 and private educational institutes was
conferred by the State, is mentioned
⬥ Delhi was designated as National given by - 93rd Amendment act 2005
under - Article 18
Capital Territory by ⬥ 104th Constitutional Amendment Act
⬥ “No person shall be deprived of his life or
- 69th Amendment Act , 1991 extended the reservation for SCs and
personal liberty except according to
⬥ Directive principles were prioritized over STs by another 10 years till
procedure established by law”
Fundamental Right by -January25, 2030.
- Article 21
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⬥ All citizens of India have right to practice religion, mentioned in - Article 27 ⬥ Part of the Indian Constitution that deals
any profession, or to carry on any ⬥ Employment of children below 14 years with fundamental rights (Articles 12 to
occupation, trade or business , of age in factories etc. is prohibited 35) is - Part III
mentioned under - Article 19 (1) (g) under - Article 24 ⬥ The fundamental duties were added in
⬥ The right to freedom of speech is ⬥ "Citizens must cherish and follow the the Indian Constitution on the
mentioned in - Article19 ideals that inspired the national struggle recommendations of
⬥ Articles 14 to 18 is related to for freedom" is under - Article 51A (b) - Sardar Swaran Singh Committee
- Rightto Equality ⬥ An Individual can directly approach ⬥ The number of Fundamental rights in
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mentioned in - Article23 - 24 Fundamental Rights under - Article 32 - Seven
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Constitution, Fundamental duties are profession, trade or business under 'reservation' is not violating the right to
enshrined in - Article51A - Article19 (1) (g) equality, under - Article16 (4)
⬥ Article 21A is related to ⬥ It is duty of every citizen to promote ⬥ In 1976, Fundamental duties were added
- The right toeducation harmony and spirit of common by the - 42nd Amendment act
⬥ Fundamental rights that cannot be brotherhood amongst all the people of ⬥ ”The prohibition of employing children
suspended during an emergency are India, under - Article 51A(e) below 14 years in hazardous
- Article20 and 21 ⬥ “Protection of certain rights regarding occupations” comes under the
⬥ ‘Protection of life and personal liberty’ freedom of speech, etc.” is under - Right against Exploitation
is related to - Article 21 - Article 19 ⬥To develop the scientific temper, to
⬥ Protection against arrest and detention ⬥ The definition of state is given in the promote harmony, and to respect
in certain cases is mentioned in Indian Constitution under - Article 12 National Anthem are
- Article 22 ⬥ “Laws inconsistent with or in derogation -Fundamental Duties
⬥ “Untouchability” is abolished and its of any of the fundamental rights shall be ⬥Articles 29 and 30 of Part III of Indian
practice in any form is forbidden, void”, under -Article 13 Constitution are related to
mentioned in - Article17 ⬥ “Equality before law” is mentioned under - Cultural and Educational Rights
⬥ To promote harmony and the spirit of - Article 14 ⬥ Any section of citizens residing in India,
common brotherhood amongst all the ⬥ All citizens shall have the right to form having a distinct language, script or
people of India is a fundamental duty associations or unions, mentioned in culture of its own shall have the right to
Mentioned in - Article 51A(e) - Articles- 19 (1) (c) conserve the same under - Article 29 (1)
⬥ Article 19 of the constitution originally ⬥ Article 51 A of the Indian Constitution ⬥ Right of minorities to establish and
contains - Seven Fundamental Rights came in to effect from-3rd January 1977 administer educational institutions,
⬥ No person shall be punished on the ⬥ According to Article 22 (2), every person mentioned in - Article 30
basis of laws enacted after a crime has who is arrested and detained in custody ⬥ Part III (Article 12-35) is related to
been committed, mentioned in shall be produced before magistrate - FundamentalRights
- Article 20 (1) within a period of - 24Hours ⬥ Right to property was removed from
⬥ To protect and improve the natural ⬥ Remedies for enforcement of rights fundamental right and made a legal right
environment including forests, lakes, conferred by Part III is mentioned in under Article 300 A by
rivers and wildlife is the fundamental - Articles 32 -35 - 44th Amendment Act 1978
dutyunder -Article51A(g) ⬥ No person shall be prosecuted and ⬥ Inclusion of Fundamental right in Indian
⬥ To abide by the Constitution and respect punished for the same offence more constitution was recommended by
its ideals and institutions, the National than once, mentioned in - Article 20 (2) - Swaran Singh Committee
Flag and the National Anthem is a ⬥ Human trafficking and forced labour are ⬥ Provisions related to Right to freedom of
Fundamental duty, mentioned in prohibited in the Indian Constitution Religion is mentioned in - Articles 25-28
- Article 51A (a) under - Article 23 ⬥ The Fundamental Duties were first
⬥ To uphold and protect the sovereignty, ⬥ Right to move freely throughout the added in the Indian Constitution - 1976
unity and integrity of India is a territory of India is mentioned in ⬥ It shall be the obligation of the State to
Fundamental duty, mentioned in - Article 19 (d) protect every monument or place or
- Article 51A (c) ⬥ Prohibition of discrimination on grounds object of artistic or historic interest,
⬥ To value and preserve the rich heritage of religion, race, caste, sex or place of mentioned in - Article 49
of our composite culture is a birth - Article 15 ⬥ According to Indian Constitution,
Fundamental duty, mentioned in ⬥ Parliament has the authority to restrict Fundamental duties are incorporated in
- Article 51A (f) fundamental rights for armed forces and - Article 51A(Part IV A)
⬥ To safeguard public property and to police, under the - Article33 ⬥ According to Indian Constitution the aim
abjure violence is a fundamental duty, as ⬥ “Equality of opportunity in matters of of Fundamental rights is to establish
per - Article 51A (i) public employment” is under - Article 16 - politicaldemocracy
⬥ It shall be the fundamental duty of ⬥Right to equality, Right to freedom, ⬥ The 11th fundamental duty was added
parents or guardians to provide Right to Freedom of Religion are to the Indian Constitution by
opportunities for education to children - Fundamentalrights - 86th Amendment Act 2002
aged between six to fourteen years, ⬥ "Right to Constitutional Remedies" was ⬥ “To provide opportunities for education
under - Article51A (k) considered to be the heart and soul of to his child or ward between the age of
⬥ No person shall be compelled to pay any the Indian constitution by six and fourteen years” was added
taxes for the promotion of particular - Dr. B R Ambedkar through - 11th Fundamental Duties
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⬥The Fundamental Duties (Article 51A) India to develop the scientific temper, ⬥ The duty of every Indian citizen to abide
are applicable only to - Indian citizens humanism, and the spirit of inquiry and by the Constitution and respect its
⬥ During the inclusion of Fundamental reform - According to Article 51A (h) ideals and institutions, mentioned in
duties, the prime minister of India was ⬥ Part III of the Indian Constitution is - Article 51A (a)
- Indira Gandhi known as - ‘Magna Carta of India’ ⬥ Fundamental right Article 21A provisions
⬥ “To safeguard public property and to ⬥ The provision of the Right to Education is similar to - Article51A (k)
abjure violence” is a - Fundamental duty mentioned under - Article21A ⬥ Fundamental rights which are not
⬥ It is duty of every citizen to cherish and ⬥ Compulsory acquisition of property suspended during emergency
follow the noble ideals which inspired (Omitted) related to -Article31 - Articles20 and 21
our national struggle for freedom, ⬥ Indian Constitution provides freedom ⬥ Right to Freedom of Religion is
mentioned in - Article 51A (b) to manage its own affairs in matters of mentioned in - Article 25to 28
⬥ It is duty of every citizen to develop religion under -Article 26 ⬥ Article 29(1) of the Universal Declaration
scientific temper, humanism and the ⬥ Right against Exploitation is a of Human Rights is similar to
spirit of Inquiry and reform, mentioned in fundamental right under - Article 23 - FundamentalDuties
- Article 51A (h) ⬥ All citizens have the right to access ⬥ Directive principles are addressed to the
⬥ A Writ that direct the release of a person Places of public entertainment without state whereas Fundamental Duties are
detained unlawfully - Habeas Corpus any discrimination Under - Article 15 addressed to the -Citizen
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national flag is a fundamental duty, in constitution of India is provided Under economic significance is a characteristic
mentioned in - Article 51A (a) - Article 22 of - Fundamentalduties
⬥ "To defend the country and render ⬥ Part of the Indian Constitution that deals ⬥ Fundamental Rights are protected and
national service when called upon to with fundamental rights - PartIII guaranteed by - Constitution
do so" is a fundamental duty stated ⬥ Article 18 of the Indian Constitution ⬥ The right to a candidate, belonging to
under - Article 51A (d) deals with - Abolitionof title any caste, to apply for any of the public
⬥ It is a fundamental duty to renounce ⬥ KA Najeeb Vs Union of India case employment opportunities mention in
practices which are derogatory to the deals with violation of fundamental - Article 16(2)
dignity of women under rights under -Article 21 ⬥ Special order of the courts that means"
- Article 51A (e) ⬥ Right to property scrapped as a an arrested person should be presented
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mentioned in the Indian Constitution ministership of - MorarjiDesai -Habeas Corpus
(Article 51A) - Eleven(11) ⬥ Part 3 of the Indian Constitution enlists
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Article 51A(k) was added in the year ⬥The Fundamental Duties in the Indian
- 2002 Constitution consist of - 11 Duties ⬥ Freedom of conscience and free
⬥ Provisions related to Right to Equality is ⬥ The Fundamental Duties are only meant profession, practice and propagation of
mentioned under - Article 14 to 18 for the Indian Citizens and not for religion is covered under
⬥Right to freedom of Religion is considered foreigners defined in - Article51A - Article 25
as the - Hallmark of Democracy ⬥ The duty to "value and preserve the rich ⬥ Protection of life and personal liberty is
⬥The compulsion of judicial review for heritage of our composite culture" related to - Article 21
Fundamental Rights in Part III is included in - Article 51A Clausef ⬥ Article 14 to18 of the Indian Constitution
articulated under - Article13 ⬥ "Culture and Educational Rights" are deals with - Right toEquality
⬥ Supreme court in landmark case of included under - Article 29- 30 ⬥ Article 19 to 22 is related to
Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) ⬥ "Laws inconsistent with or in derogation - Rightto Freedom
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to privacy as fundamental right under - Article 13 Association, Movement, Residence,
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against himself” under - Article20 - Article 51A (c) - First FundamentalDuty
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country and to render national service abjure violence" is mentioned in court in case of violation of their
when called upon to do so is mentioned - Article 51A (i) Fundamental Rights comes under
in -Article 51A (d) ⬥Respect for the National Flag and - Right to Constitutional Remedies
⬥ Right of citizens, to an adequate means National Anthem is a- Fundamental Duty ⬥ Right to Constitutional Remedies are
of livelihood is mentioned under ⬥ The foremost right among rights to mentioned in - Part III (Article32)
-Article 39 freedom is ⬥ Parliament is empowered to restrict or
⬥ Article 32 termed as the ‘heart and soul - Right to life and personal liberty abrogate the fundamental rights of
of the Constitution of India by ⬥ Fundamental Duties are included in Members of the Armed Forces under
-B.R. Ambedkar - Part IV A - Article 33
⬥ Right of minorities to establish and ⬥ The Constitution forbids employment of ⬥ The Protection of interests of minorities
administer educational institutions children below the age of - 14 years is related to - Article 29
mention in -Article 30 ⬥ “Right to Equality” encompasses ⬥ Every religious denomination or any
⬥ It shall be the duty of every citizen of - 5 Rights (Article14-18) section of society has freedom to
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manage their religious affairs under ⬥ Prohibition of employment of children ⬥ To protect and improve the natural
- Article 26 below 14 years of age in factories etc. environment and to have compassion for
⬥ Freedom as to attendance at religious mentioned in - Article24 living creatures, mentioned in
instruction or religious worship in certain ⬥ ’Abolition of Untouchability and its - Article 51A (g)
educational institutions - Article28 practice in any form is forbidden’ is ⬥ The right to reside and settle in any part
⬥ Freedom to pay taxes for promotion of mentioned in - Article17 of the territory of India is mentioned in
any particular religion is mentioned in ⬥ Equality before law or equal protection - Article 19 (e)
- Article 27 of the laws is mentioned in the ⬥ To preserve and value the rich
⬥ It is the fundamental duty of every - Article 14 heritage of our composite culture’ is
citizen to protect the natural ⬥ There shall be equality of opportunity for mentioned in - Article 51A(f)
environment under - Article 51A (g) all citizens in matters relating to public ⬥ The Commonwealth of India Bill, 1925,
⬥ The number of fundamental rights employment, mentioned in - Article 16 Demanded for Indians
enshrined in the Constitution of India of ⬥ Prohibition of discrimination on - 7 FundamentalRights
1950 is - Seven grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or ⬥ Swaran Singh Committee initially
⬥ The Constitution of India provides free place of birth is mentioned in - Article 15 recommended - 8 Fundamental Duties
legal aid and equal justice under ⬥ The right of a candidate, belonging to ⬥ Originally the fundamental rights
- Article 39A any caste, to apply for any public provided in the Constitution were
⬥ A writ issued by a court asking a public employment opportunities is enshrined - Seven
officer or any authority to perform a legal in - Article 16(2) ⬥ In India, Right to Information is a
duty is called - Mandamus ⬥ Laws inconsistent with or in derogation - Fundamentalright
⬥ A Writ direct a person to vacate an office of the fundamental rights shall be ⬥ Right against Exploitation is mentioned
assumed wrongfully - Quo Warranto declared void by courts mentioned in in the - Article23 - 24
⬥ A Writ prohibit a lower court from - Article 13 ⬥ The State shall not make any law which
proceeding on a case - Prohibition ⬥ Protection of life and personal liberty is takes away or abridges the fundamental
⬥ A Writ under which a higher court mentioned in - Article21 rights, mentioned in - Article 13(2)
removes a proceedings from lower court ⬥ Part III (Article 12 to 35) is described ⬥ A system of rules that takes effect when
and bring it before itself - Certiorari as the - Magna Carta ofIndia a military authority takes control of the
⬥ ”Nobody holds any patent rights in the ⬥ Right to Education is mentioned in the normal administration of Justice is
fundamental ideas of a constitution" said - Article 21A called - Martial Law
by - Dr. BRAmbedkar ⬥ Protection against arrest and detention in ⬥ Right to Equality is mentioned in
certain cases is mentioned in - Article 22 -Article 14 to 18
Police Exams ⬥ Article 51A(k) and Article 21A are related ⬥ According to the Constitution of India
to the education of children aged Right to property is a - Legalright
⬥ Right to Constitutional Remedies is between - 6 to14 years ⬥ ’To cherish and follow the ideals that
mentioned in - Article32 ⬥ The Fundamental Rights that cannot inspired the national freedom struggle’
⬥ Article 32 was described as ‘Heart and be suspended even during an ‘Emergency’ is a fundamental duty enshrined in -
Soul of the Constitution’ by are - Article 20 & 21 Article 51A (b)
- Dr. B.R.Ambedkar ⬥ The State shall not confer any title other ⬥ ‘To defend the country and render
⬥ Fundamental Rights can be amended by than a military or academic honour, national service whenever called upon to
Parliament by - Special Majority mentioned in - Article18 (1) do so’ is a fundamental duty enshrined in
⬥ No citizen of India shall accept any title - Article 51A (d)
Note:- Special Majority refers to the from any foreign State, as per ⬥ ’To safeguard public property and
ajority of 2/3rd members present
m - Article 18 (2) abjure violence’ is a fundamental duty
and voting supported by more than ⬥ All Indians shall respect to National enshrined in - Article51A (i)
50% of the total strength of the house. Flag and National Anthem, mentioned
in - Article51A (a) Defence Exams
⬥ Remedies for enforcement of rights ⬥ The Right to property was originally a
conferred by Part III is mentioned in fundamental right but transitioned into a ⬥ The exceptions to the Fundamental
- Article 3 legal right in 1978 under - Article 300A Rights enumerated in Article 14 and
⬥ The definition of 'State' related to ⬥ Right to Freedom of Religion is Article 19 are-Article 31A and Article 31C
fundamental rights has been given in mentioned in - Articles 25- 28 ⬥ Saving of Laws providing for the
- Article 12 ⬥ Article 29(1) of the Universal Declaration acquisition of estates, etc is mentioned
⬥ Prohibition of trafficking in human of Human Rights has similarity to in - Article 31A
beings and forced labour is mentioned - Fundamental Duties ⬥ Saving of laws giving effect to certain
in - Article 23 ⬥ Fundamental Duties are addressed to directive principles, mentioned in
⬥ Right to move freely throughout the the - Citizens -Article 31C
territory of India is mentioned in ⬥ Fundamental Duties have ethical,
- Article 19(d)
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social and - Economic significance
⬥ The right of minorities to establish and ⬥ Fundamental Rights are protected and
⬥
A duty of citizens to renounce practices
administer educational institutions is guaranteed by the - Constitution
derogatory to the dignity of women, is
mentioned in - Article30 ⬥ 'To uphold and protect the Sovereignty,
mentioned in - Article 51A(e)
⬥ Fundamental duties are mentioned in Unity and Integrity of India' is
⬥ The Parliament is empowered to restrict
- Article 51A enshrined in - Article51A(c)
or abrogate the fundamental rights of
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t he members of armed forces, ⬥ Narsimham committee set up in the year - Vallabhbhai Patel
paramilitary forces, police forces, etc 1991 related to ⬥ Indrajit Gupta Committee is related to
under - Article 33 - Banking structure reforms - electoral reforms
⬥ The Article of the Constitution of India ⬥ Members of State Reorganisation ⬥ Punchhi Commission was appointed in
which lays down that access to public Commission, 1953 were 2007 to make recommendations on
places cannot be denied - Article 15 - Fazal Ali, K.M. Panikkar and H.N. Kunzru Centre State relations was chaired by
⬥
The provisions regardingequality of ⬥ The first state created on linguistic basis - Madan Mohan Punchhi
opportunity in matters of public was - AndhraPradesh ⬥ Punchhi Commission submitted its
employment is mentioned in - Article 16 ⬥ Second Backward class Commission, report in - 2010
⬥ The provisions of the Right to Freedom 1979 was chaired by ⬥ The Chairman of the Committee on
is described under - Article 19-22 - Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal Rules of Procedure and the Ad-hoc
(7th Chief Ministerof Bihar) Committee on the National Flag was
⬥ First Backward class Commission , 1953 - RajendraPrasad
Committee Reports
was headed by - Kaka Kalelkar ⬥ Union Powers Committee was headed
⬥ Established in April 2007, M.M. Punchhi by - JawaharlalNehru
SSC Exams Commission was related to ⬥ The number of committees set up by
- Centre - Staterelations the Constituent Assembly for framing
⬥ Punishment for the non-performance ⬥ Bhanu Pratap Singh committee the Constitution was - 13
of Fundamental Duties was constituted in 1990 was related to
recommended by - Agriculturesector
- Swaran Singh Committee ⬥ The Sarkaria Commission on Centre -
Defence Exams
⬥Tej Bahadur Sapru Report, Motilal Nehru State relations was established in - 1983 ⬥ The Inter - State Council was set up in
Report and JB Kripalani Report are ⬥ Rajmannar committee on centre state 1990 on the recommendation of
related to - Fundamental Rights relations was set up by DMK govt. in - Sarkaria Commission
⬥ In 1999, the J.S. Verma Committee - 1969 ⬥ The Rajamannar Committee was
appointed by the Government of India
appointed by government of Tamil Nadu
was related to - Fundamental Duties
Police Exams to study Centre-State relations, in - 1969
⬥ The Drafting committee of the
⬥ The Drafting Committee was set up by
constituent assembly was consisted of
⬥ Suresh Tendulkar committee the Constituent assembly on
- 7 members
established in 2005 was related to - 29th August, 1947
⬥ Rangarajan Committee is associated
- Estimationof Poverty ⬥ The chairman of the drafting
with - Estimation ofpoverty
⬥ To revise the Public - Private committee of the Indian Constitution
⬥
“The appointment of Governor should be
Partnership (PPP) mode of infrastructure - Dr.BR Ambedkar
non-partisan”, it is recommended by
development, committee formed was ⬥ The chairman of the Union Constitution
- Sarkaria commission
- Kelkar Committee (2015) Committee of the constituent assembly
⬥TheConstitution Review Commission
⬥ Swaran Singh Committee is related to was - JawaharlalNehru
chaired by - MN Venkatachaliah
- FundamentalDuties ⬥ Panchayati Raj system was
⬥
The Committee on Public Undertakings
⬥ The Chairman of the Drafting recommended by
in India consists of - 22 Members
Committee of the Constitution was - Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
⬥Members of Public Account Committee
-B.R. Ambedkar
are elected for a period of - One year
⬥ The 'Fundamental Rights State PCS Exams
⬥Lodha reforms is associated with
Sub-Committee' in the Constituent
- Cricket (BCCI)
Assembly (1946) was headed by the ⬥ The audit report of the Comptroller and
⬥ 27% reservation recommended for OBC
- JB Kripalani Auditor General of India is examined by
candidates in all levels of government
⬥ The duty to pay taxes should be a - Public Accounts Committee
services by - Mandal Commission
fundamental duty of the Citizen was ⬥ The P.C. Hota Committee on Civil
⬥ The Dinesh Goswami Committee (1990)
recommended by Services Reforms was constituted in
was formed to make recommendations
- Swaran Singh Committee - 2004
on - Electoralreforms
⬥ The Constitution Review Commission ⬥ The Union Public Service Commission
⬥Sarkaria Commission submitted its
was chaired by - MN Venkatachaliah constituted a committee in July 2000 to
report in - 1988
⬥ The Bankruptcy Legislative Reforms review the civil services examination
Committee was set up in - 2014 under the chairmanship of
Railway Exams ⬥ The Sapru Committee, that distinguishes - Professor Yoginder Kumar Alagh
lines between justiciable and non -
⬥ The three-tier system of Panchayati Raj justiciable rights, published its report in
was first recommended by - 1945
Parliament
- Balwant Rai Mehta Committee (1957) ⬥ The National Commission for Backward
⬥ In 1989, constitutional recognition to Classes (NCRB) Act, 1993, was repealed SSC Exams
local government bodies was by - NCRB (Repeal) Act 2018
recommended by ⬥ Motilal Nehru chaired the committee to ⬥ The Constitution of Parliament for the
- PK Thungon committee draft the Constitution of India in - 1928 union is mentioned in - Article79
⬥ Karve committee constituted in the year ⬥ The Chairman of the Advisory ⬥ The quorum to constitute a meeting of
1955 deals with - Small scale industries Committee on Fundamental Rights was either House of Parliament shall be 1/10
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f the total number of members of the
o resident and the Vice President are
P ⬥ The Business Advisory Committee of the
House, mentioned in - Article 100 (3) administered by -Election Commission Rajya Sabha was constituted for the first
⬥ The First hour of a sitting of the House ⬥ After Independence, the Indian time in - 1952
allotted for - Questionhour Parliament in its policy objectives ⬥ One third of the members of Rajya sabha
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money bill presented to the President ⬥ The minimum age required to become ⬥ The provisions regarding the sessions of
must be certified by a member of the Lok Sabha is - 25 years Parliament, prorogation and dissolution
- Speaker of the LokSabha ⬥ The members of a Vidhan Parishad are mentioned in - Article85
⬥ The Constitution provides for are elected for a term of - 6 years ⬥ President decides on the question as to
disqualification of a Member of ⬥ The Constitution of India permits a the disqualification of Members of
Parliament if he/she is absent maximum of 550 members in the Lok Parliament in consultation with the
continuously for - 60 days sabha, comprising 530 representatives - Election Commission
⬥ The bicameral legislature of the Indian from the States and 20 from ⬥ Number of times generally a Bill is read
Constitution is the - Unionterritories in Parliament - Thrice
- Legislative body with two houses ⬥ The Council of Ministers is collectively ⬥ The ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya
⬥ To initiate a no-confidence motion in the responsible to - LokSabha Sabha is - VicePresident
Lok Sabha, a minimum support of how ⬥ The joint sitting of the Parliament is ⬥The first elected Lok Sabha came into
many members is required -50 called by the President of India, existence in - April,1952
⬥Motion that is moved for ascertaining mentioned in - Article108 ⬥ The joint session of Lok Sabha and
the confidence of Lok sabha in the ⬥The Parliamentary form of government Rajya Sabha ispresided by
Council of ministers is is also referred to as - Speaker ofLok Sabha
- No confidence motion - Westminstermodel ⬥ The panel of chairpersons in the Lok
⬥ Committee of Appointments, Committee ⬥ After Independence, the first elected Sabha consists of - 10 members
on Political Affairs, Committee on Parliament came into existence in ⬥ The Indian Parliamentary Group was
Investment and Growth are - 1952 established in - 1949
-cabinetcommittee ⬥ Dissolution of the lower house, ⬥ Provisions related to the annual
⬥ The maximum time gap between two Majority party rule and Collective financial statement (Budget) is
sessions of the State Legislature is responsibility are the principles of mentioned Under - Article112
- Six months - Parliamentary government ⬥ Qualification to become a member of
⬥ The legislative organ of the Union ⬥ According to Article 79, the Parliament the Parliament mentioned in
Government is called - Parliament of India comprises of - Article 84
⬥The first speaker of the Lok Sabha was - President, Lok Sabha, and Rajya Sabha ⬥ According to Article 75(3) of the Indian
-GV Mavalankar ⬥ The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is elected Constitution, the Council of Ministers is
⬥The first general election for Lok Sabha by - Members of Lok sabha collectively responsible to
held in - 1951-52 ⬥ Total number of members in a legislative - Lok Sabha
⬥A person can remain a minister without council should not exceed that of ⬥ Money Bill cannot be introduced in the
being a member of either House of the legislative assembly by -1/3 Council of States (Rajya Sabha) is
State Legislature for - 6 months ⬥ According to Article 169, the minimum mentioned in - Article109(1)
⬥ The salary and allowance of the Prime number of members in Legislative ⬥ The provision for separate secretarial
Minister of India is determined by Council should be - 40 staff for each House of Parliament is
- Parliament of India ⬥ The minimum number of members defined under - Article98(1)
⬥ While a proclamation of emergency is in required to smoothly run the ⬥ The composition of the House of the
operation the duration of the Lok Sabha functioning of the House is known as People or Lok Sabha - Article81
can be extended for a period of - Quorum ⬥ The definition and provisions regarding
- One year at a time ⬥ The lower house of the state legislature Money Bills are Covered in - Article 110
⬥ The parliamentary elections, Presidential is called - Legislative Assembly ⬥ The Articles of Parliament in the
and Vice Presidential elections and the ⬥ The first sitting of Rajya Sabha was held Constitution of India are discussed in
office of the Election Commission come on -13 May, 1952 - Chapter II
under - Union list ⬥ The total number of members ⬥ Sessions of Parliament, prorogation, and
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- Rajya Sabha Members of the Rajya Sabha - 12 ⬥ Business in Indian Parliament shall be
⬥ The normal term of Lok Sabha is ⬥ The state having second highest number transacted in Hindi or English mention in
- 5 Years of seats in Rajya Sabha - Maharashtra - Article 120(1)
⬥ A Money bill shall not be introduced in ⬥ The total number of Ministers, including ⬥ Power of Parliament to impose
the Council of states, mentioned in the Chief Minister, in the Council of restrictions on trade, commerce and
- Article 109 Ministers shall not exceed 15% of the intercourse given in - Article302
⬥ Provisions for Abolition or creation of total number of members of the ⬥ composition of the Council of State
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in - Article 169 ⬥ The council of ministers of a state are ⬥ Parliament is empowered to establish
⬥ The upper house of a state legislature collectively responsible to the additional courts for better
is known as - Vidhan Parishad - LegislativeAssembly administration of laws under
⬥ The election of Parliament, State ⬥ The Business advisory committee of the - Article 247
Legislature and the posts of the lok Sabha is chaired by -Speaker ⬥ Article of the Indian Constitution that
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provides for a bicameral Parliament ⬥A motion moved by a member to cut Railway Exams
- Article 79 short the debate on a matter before the
⬥
A Money Bill that allows for the House - ClosureMotion ⬥ According to Article 249, Parliament can
withdrawal or appropriation of funds ⬥ The power to abolish or create a make law on any subject in the State List
from the Consolidated Fund of India is legislative council in a state is vested in if such resolution is passed by
- AppropriationBill - Parliament - Rajya sabha
⬥
The first session of the Lok Sabha of ⬥ The Parliament of India is divided into ⬥ Parliament has the power to include or
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⬥
Regarding Parliamentary Committees a ⬥Membership of ministers in the the list of Scheduled Castes under
minister cannot be a member of legislature, presence of nominal and real - Article 341 (2)
- Public Accounts Committee executives are features of ⬥ Provisions regarding Parliament
⬥
Ancillary powers of the Supreme Court is - Parliamentary Government mentioned under
determined by - Parliament of India ⬥The draft of a legislative proposal that - Part V (chapter II, Article 79 to 122)
⬥
The annual budget is presented before needs to be passed in both houses of ⬥ The Secretary General of Rajya Sabha is
the Lok Sabha by - Finance Minister Parliament of India to become an Act appointed by - Chairman of Rajya Sabha
⬥
In India, the duty to adjourn the called - Bill ⬥ The secretary general of Lok Sabha is
Legislative Assembly or Council in the ⬥When no party get clear majority, then appointed by - Speaker of the Lok Sabha
absence of quorum falls on the Alliance formed by party is - Coalition ⬥ Bicameral legislatures involve two
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⬥According to Article 80 the maximum Parliament and re-assembly in a new legislatures have only
strength of the Rajya Sabha is - 250 session is termed as - Recess - one Legislative house
⬥
The minimum age for member of the ⬥ In the absence of the Speaker and ⬥ India, Canada, Japan, and the United
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⬥
Lok Sabha has a fixed term of five years sitting of Parliament is presided by ⬥ The old parliament architecture,
and can be dissolved at any time - Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha constructed in 1927, was designed by
- by president ⬥Prime Minister, President of India and - Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker
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called -The Speaker - UnionExecutive - Rajya Sabha
⬥
The Parliament of India is also known as ⬥ The total number of Rajya Sabha seats ⬥ The lower house of the parliament is
- Sansad in Maharashtra is - 19 called - Lok Sabha
⬥
In the Rajya Sabha, the President of India ⬥ A Minister will lose office if not a ⬥ According to article 100 (3), The quorum
can nominate a maximum of member of either House of Parliament to constitute a meeting of the either
- 12 members for - six consecutive months. House shall be - One-tenth of the total
⬥
The Rajya Sabha must return a Money ⬥ The Speaker of Lok Sabha submit Members of the House
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⬥
The maximum limit of constituencies - Deputy Speaker of Lok sabha India, Budget session, Monsoon session
that a candidate can contest - Two ⬥ Constitution of India allows discussion and - Wintersession
⬥
The Lok Sabha was duly constituted for in lok sabha without a formal motion ⬥ Minimum age to become a member of
the first time on - 17 April1952 under - Rule 193 lok sabha is - 25 years
⬥
The tenure of a Rajya Sabha member is ⬥Pro tem speaker of Lok Sabha is ⬥ State that has the maximum Lok Sabha
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⬥
In India, The Estimates Committee ⬥ The process of impeachment of the ⬥ Rajya sabha is a permanent house
constituted for the first time in - 1950 President can be initiated in because it is not subjected to
⬥
The term 'Parliament' refers to - Either house of the parliament - Dissolution
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⬥Persons related to Literature, science, art against - Council of ministers and elections are held for one-third of
and social service can be nominated by ⬥Powers to protect the rights of states seats in every -two years
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⬥The power to alter the boundary or ⬥ Solicitor General of India is appointed by - Dr S. Radhakrishnan
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In Parliamentary system Government at Conservation and Management was ⬥ The Parliament of India comprises of
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⬥
Starred Question, Unstarred Question, ⬥ Parliamentary Forum on Disaster with - Parliament
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- Parliamentary Proceedings - 8 December2011 states in the Union under - Article2
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also known as the temple of the Crafts-people was formed on decision on the question of
country's democracy is - Parliament - 26 April 2013 disqualification of members will be
⬥
The number of members to represent ⬥ Parliamentary Forum on Millenium taken By - ThePresident
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- Speaker of the Lok Sabha - Protem Speaker called by the President under
⬥ Rajya sabha was first constituted on 3rd ⬥ The Speaker of the Second Lok Sabha - Article 108
April 1952 and met for the first time on was - M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar ⬥ The Head of the Secretariat of both
- 13 may 1952 ⬥ Power to make any provision with house of the Parliament is
⬥ Rajya Sabha members are elected by the respect to the acquisition and - Secretary General
electoral college consists of termination of citizenship rests with ⬥ The number of seats reserved for
- Elected members of Legislative -Parliament Scheduled Castes in the Lok Sabha is
Assembly and Union territories ⬥ Elected to both Houses of Parliament, an - 84
⬥ The Prime Minister and other Ministers individual must specify their preference ⬥ The number of seats reserved for
are appointed by the President under of house he wishes to serve within Scheduled Tribes in the Lok Sabha is
- Article 75 -10 days - 47
⬥ Provisions as to introduction and ⬥ The first hour of every parliamentary ⬥ The number of electoral rolls are
passing of Bills mentioned under sitting is reserved for - Question Hour present for every territorial constituency
- Article 107 ⬥ Zero hour in the Indian Parliament starts for election of the Parliament is - 1
⬥ Article 117 is related to - Financial bill at - 12:00 noon ⬥ The Constitution provides for
⬥ Article 368 is related to ⬥ In politics, the Whip office is mentioned reservation of seats in the Lok Sabha
- Constitutional Amendment Bill in - Parliamentary Tradition and State Legislative Assemblies for
⬥ Power of President to promulgate ⬥ Attorney general of India have right to - Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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Parliament mentioned in - Article 123 the house under - Article88 Short Notice Question are kind of
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independent India came into existence in paid such salaries as are determined by - Indian Parliamentary Proceedings
- 1952 -The Parliament ⬥ The Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the
⬥ The First Speaker of the lok Sabha was Legislative Assembly are elected from
- Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar Police Exams the members of the assembly itself,
⬥ First female Speaker of the Lok Sabha mentioned in - Article178
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⬥ No. of Lok Sabha seats in Meghalaya - 2 total members present and voting in the consisting of the President, Lok Sabha
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⬥ Total strength of elected members in the Parliament, it has to be passed within ⬥ The Council of Ministers is collectively
Lok Sabha is - 543 - 75 days responsible to - LokSabha
⬥ The Constitution of India permits a ⬥ The finance bill can only be introduced ⬥ The Vice-president of India is ex-officio
maximum of 550 members in the Lok in - Lok Sabha Chairman of - RajyaSabha
sabha, comprising 530 representatives ⬥ A particular bill is a Money Bill or not is ⬥ The final authority of making laws in
from the States and 20 from decided by - Speaker of the Lok Sabha any democratic country is - Parliament
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represented by the - Speaker Quorum -Article 100 subjected to - Dissolution
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sabha is elected by members of lok Constitution and its procedure is Sabha retires every - Second year
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was held in - 1951- 1952 the creation of All India Services is of house he wishes to serve within
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- GovernmentBill Parliament and of its members and new Lok Sabha is elected is known as
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support of the majority in the parliament ⬥ Article 112 of the Constitution of India is ⬥ A joint sitting of two Houses of the
is called - parliamentary executive related to - Annual Financial Statement Parliament is presided by the
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two sessions of parliament is- 6 months defined in -Article 110 ⬥ Central Minister ceases to be a
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authority to certify a bill as a money bill members of either House of Parliament Parliament for a period of
rests with the - Speaker of Lok sabha are determined by - Parliament - 6 Consecutivemonths
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has to be passed by the Rajya Sabha Seats is in - Uttar Pradesh(31) appointed by -President
with in - 14 days ⬥ Parliament may, in the national interest, ⬥ As per Lok Sabha rules, the title 'Leader
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⬥ Law declared by the Supreme Court mentioned in - Article127
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should serve as an Advocate in High - 100 members
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courts for at least -10 years ⬥ A removal motion of a judge initiated in
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- Chief Justiceof India
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consulting - Chief Justice of India deal with - The Panchayats
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The organisation of village panchayats is
disputes regarding election of President
⬥ The Constitution of India established a mentioned in - Article40
and Vice president shall be decided by
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- Supreme Courtof India
- Integral and Independent election to constitute a new panchayat
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⬥ A Judge of the Supreme Court
status under ⬥
A meeting of all the eligible voters of the
submits his/ her resignation to the
- Legal Services AuthorityAct Panchayat area is called - Gram Sabha
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- State election commission ⬥ The Panchayati Raj system exists in all ⬥ The chairperson of Panchayat Samiti is
⬥Superintendence, control and conduct of states except - Chairman (Pramukh)
election to municipalities is responsibility - Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Mizoram ⬥ The chairperson of Zila Parishad is
of - State Election Commission ⬥ PART IX, Articles 243 to 243O and the - President (Adhyaksha)
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- 5 years ⬥ Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti and - 3lakhs or above
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⬥
If the Panchayati Raj Institutions in Calcutta by a royal charter in - 1726 - Urban local administration
dissolves before the end of their five ⬥ The head of the Municipal Corporation is ⬥ The minimum age requirement for being
-year term, fresh elections should - Mayor a member of panchayat is - 21 years
ordinarily be held within - 6 Months ⬥ The elected head of a Village Panchayat ⬥ 12 schedule of the constitution relating
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⬥ Twelfth Schedule of the Indian is Called - Sarpanch to municipalities contains - 18 subjects
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be formed in a state with a population of - City Council ⬥ Three-tier structure of Panchayati Raj
less than twenty lakhs at ⬥ The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act was suggested by the
- Intermediatelevel (1992)is related to - Municipalities - Balwant Rai Mehta Committee (1957)
⬥ Two-tier Panchayat Raj system was ⬥ The role of intermediary between the ⬥ In Panchayati Raj election seats reserved
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- Ashok Mehta Committee corporation is played by
- Municipal Commissioner Police Exams
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System is - ZillaParishad ⬥ Panchayats and Municipalities
⬥Chairman of Municipal Corporation, ⬥ First State to offer a 50% reservation for election are conducted by
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⬥ The headquarters of the Ministry of than 10 lakhs is called candidates in rural and urban local
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⬥ Ministry of Panchayati Raj was created ⬥ 73rd and 74th Constitutional ⬥ Part IX A of the constitution deals with
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⬥ Provisions regarding Constitution of - 1993 ⬥ The meetings of a municipal corporation
Panchayats are mentioned under ⬥ The Panchayati Raj system was is presided by - Mayor
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⬥ The lowest level of the three-tier - Nagaur(Rajasthan) become a member of a Panchayat is
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are held - After every fiveyears - StateGovernment be filled by direct election in every
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territories of India except -Delhi - Sarpanch(Mkuhiya) mentioned in - Article 243D(3)
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⬥The National Commission for Backward ⬥ Election Commissionwasestablished
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established on - 25 January 1950
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The tenure of the Election Commissioner ⬥ Central Bureau of Investigation derive
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⬥ A compilation of guidelines to be make laws on the subjects of ⬥ The first Commerce and Industry
followed by contesting candidates at -Concurrent List Minister of independent India was
the time of elections is called ⬥ The 7th Schedule of the Indian - Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
- Model code of conduct Constitution categorizes Police, Public ⬥ The first health minister of independent
⬥ The guardian of the public purse in order, Fisheries under - StateList India was - Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
India is- Comptroller and Auditor General ⬥ As per the Constitution of India , the ⬥ The first Food and Agriculture Minister
⬥ None Of The Above (NOTA) option was subject of ‘Livestock and animal of independent India was
first used in the assembly elections in husbandry’ is included in - State list - RajendraPrasad
- November 2013 ⬥ The name of the laccadive, Minicoy and ⬥ The first education minister of
⬥ Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Amindivi Islands was changed to independent India was
Indian Forest Service (IFS) and Lakshadweep by an Act of Parliament in - Maulana Abul KalamAzad
Indian Police Service (IPS) are - 1973 ⬥ The state having highest members in
- All India Services ⬥ The first Chief Minister of the National the Constituent Assembly as on 31
⬥ Permanent executives are also known Capital Territory of Delhi in 1993 was December 1947 - United Provinces
as -Civil Servants - Madan LalKhurana ⬥ The Defense Minister in the Interim
⬥ The 13th President of India was ⬥ The use of English language for official Government of 1946 was - Baldev Singh
- PranabMukherjee purposes was stopped in - 1965 ⬥ Simon commission came to india in
⬥ The first president of the All-India Trade ⬥ The Chairman of the GST (Goods and - 1928
Union Congress - Lala Lajpat Rai Services Tax) Council is ⬥ The Constituent Assembly was
⬥ The national flag at the Red Fort on - Union FinanceMinister converted into a Provisional Parliament
Independence Day is hosted by ⬥ The word 'except the State of Jammu in - 1950
- Prime Minister and Kashmir' was dropped from the ⬥ The constituent assembly was
⬥ The second Vice-president of India was Regulations Act, 1949 in - 1956 established under the provisions of
- Zakir Hussain ⬥ The doctrine of severability is also - Cabinet Mission Plan (1946)
⬥ The Prime Minister at the time of known as - Doctrine of separability ⬥ The Constituent Assembly of India
abolition of right to property as a ⬥ The National Emergency was declared adopted the National Anthem on
fundamental right was - Morarji Desai for the first time under Article 352 from - 24 january 1950
⬥ The essential feature of democracy is - 1962 to 1968 ⬥ The elections to the Constituent
giving prominence to the - Citizen ⬥ Maximum time for which a person can Assembly in India were held in
⬥ Right to Education Act came into force be held in detention without any - July 1946
on - 1 April 2010 advisory of High court - three months ⬥ The communist journal 'Vanguard’ was
⬥ Every citizen above 18 years of ⬥ The first foreign minister of mouthpiece of - M.N.Roy
age has the right to vote, ensured by independent India was-Jawaharlal Nehru ⬥ The salary, allowances, and pension of
- Universal Adult Franchise ⬥ Tamil, Sanskrit, Kannada,Telugu, Odia, the Comptroller and Auditor General of
⬥ NRC stand for and Malayalam are 6 Classical India are charged upon the
- National Register of Citizens Languages of India recognised by - Consolidated Fund ofIndia
⬥ The provisions related to Official - Ministry of Culture ⬥ Number of states in India having
language of India can be amended by ⬥ 6 Classical Languages are part of the Bicameral legislature - Six
-Simple Majority official Language of India mentioned in ⬥ The first state to be created on
⬥ CADC under 6th schedule stands for - 8th Schedule Linguistic basis in 1953 was
- Chakma Autonomous District Council ⬥ The first Indian member of British - AndhraPradesh
Parliament was - Dadabhai Naoroji ⬥ The institutional mechanism of
⬥ The 8th President of India, between 1987 ⬥ The first General Elections were held in federalism accommodates
and 1992 was - R Venkataraman - 1951-52 - Two polities
⬥ The full form of IAAD ⬥ The first Deputy Prime Minister of India ⬥ An Administrator of a Union Territory is
- Indian Audit and Account Department was - Sardar Patel called - Lieutenant Governor
⬥ The legal provisions for the levy and ⬥ In India, Uniform treatment of all ⬥ A political association occupying a
collection of service tax were introduced religions by the state is a quality of definite territory and has an organized
through the Finance Bill in - 1994 - Secularism government and power to make
⬥ The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative ⬥ The Minister of Home, Information and domestic and foreign policies is called
Council was abolished in - 2019 Broadcasting in the Interim Government - State
⬥ A change in constitution made by the formed in 1946 was ⬥ A malpractice by which a political party
supreme legislative body in a country is - Sardar VallabhbhaiPatel or a candidate gets indulged to increase
known as - Constitutional Amendment ⬥ The portfolio of Finance in the Interim its votes is - Rigging
⬥ The first Chief Justice of India from Government of 1946 was held by ⬥ The territory under the direct political
1950 to 1951 was - Liaquat Ali Khan control of another state is called- Colony
- Harilal JekisundasKania ⬥ The first Law Minister of Independent ⬥ Each adult citizen must have one vote
⬥ The number of emergencies envisaged India was - Dr. BR Ambedkar and each vote must have one value in a
by the constitution are -Three ⬥ The founding chairman of the Central - Democracy
⬥ The authority responsible for the Social Welfare Board was
administration of the Government of - DurgabaiDeshmukh
India is - Cabinet Secretariat ⬥ The 13th Prime Minister (2004 - 2014)
⬥ Both the Central and State govt. can of India was - Manmohan Singh
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the case of - Kesavananda Bharti Vs
⬥Subhash Sharma v. Union of India (1991) State of Kerala
judgment relates to the - Judicial Review ⬥
Sikkim became a full-fledged State of
⬥ The Citizenship Act, 1955 deals with the the Union of India in - 1975
determination of citizenship after ⬥ The Sarkaria Commission was set-up for
- 26 January 1950 the review of relation between
⬥ The use of 'Electors Photo Identity Cards - Centreand States
(EPIC)' by the Election Commission of ⬥ The parliamentary committee related to
India was started in - 1993 the delegation of power to make rules
⬥ The right to adequate livelihood comes and regulations to the Executive is
under article 39 (a) of DPSP is a - Committee on Subordinate Legislation
- Non Justiciable right ⬥ The ‘split system’ in the Indian
⬥ In India, the President, Vice President, administration relates to
Members of Rajya Sabha, and Members - Policy/Implementation
of the state legislative council are ⬥ The first Law Commission of
elected in accordance with the system of independent India was established in
- Proportional Representation 1955 and chaired by - Mr. M.C. Setalvad
⬥ The Plurality System, declares the ⬥ The total number of banks that were
candidate with the most votes as the nationalized in 1980 were -Six
winner is also known as ⬥ The elections of the Central Legislative
- First Past the Post System Assembly were held under the
⬥ Right to vote and to be elected in India is Government of India Act, 1919 in the
a - Constitutionalright years - 1926and 1945
⬥ The number of Zonal councils ⬥ The special rights and privy purse
established under Part-III of the States enjoyed by the Indian Princely States
Reorganization Act, 1956 were - Five was abolished in - 1971
⬥ The ’Beijing Declaration’ is related with ⬥ The Person who spoke of India‘s self-
- Rights of women reliant social system ‘The rural system in
⬥ The responsibility for formulating policy India is a tiny Republic’ was
on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) lies - CharlesMetcalfe
with - The Department for Promotion of ⬥ Every offenses punishable under the
Industry and Internal Trade “Protection of Civil Rights Acts, 1955” is
⬥ On 26 January 1950, India was going to - Cognizable and Triable Summarily
enter a life of contradictions, quoted by ⬥ The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
⬥ "In politics, we will have equality, and in 1989 came into force on
social and economic life, we will have - 30January, 1990
inequality" said by - Dr. B. R. Ambedkar ⬥ The first woman Chief Election
⬥ The First Delimitation Commission in Commissioner of India was
India was constituted in -1952 - V.S. Ramadevi
⬥ The Directive Principles of State Policy is ⬥ In Rajasthan, Tehsildar is appointed by
considered as the objective of 'furthering - The Board ofRevenue
the goals of social exclusion' by
- Granville Austin
⬥ The federation of which State has been
described as “an indestructible union of
indestructible states” -U.S.A.
⬥ Democracy means a system of
‘Government by Consent’ said by
- John Locke
⬥Disaster management Act was enacted
in - 2005
⬥ National Disaster Management Authority
is headed by the - Prime Minister
⬥ The National Disaster Management
Authority functions under
- Ministry of Home Affairs
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⬥ In 1973, for the first time the doctrine of
“Basic structure” of the constitution was
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Uranus have - 27 - 90-93 minutes
Geography ⬥ The second largest planet in the solar ⬥ Mars complete one spin on its axis in
system is - Saturn - 24.6 hours
⬥ The plate tectonics theory states that the ⬥ Satellite circles Earth directly above the
Solar system and its planets Earth's lithosphere is divided into equator in - Geostationary orbit
- 7 major and 8 minorplates ⬥ The distance of the Sun from the
⬥ The point of the Earth’s orbit that is Earth is about - 8 light minutes
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nearest to the Sun - Perihelion ⬥ He discovered in 1610 that Jupiter
⬥ The point of the Earth’s orbit that is has four moons - Galileo Galilei
⬥ Edmund Halley published "A Synopsis of
farthest away from the Sun, is called ⬥ The first to accurately describe the rings
the Astronomy of Comets" in - 1705
- Aphelion of Saturn as a disc around the planet in
⬥ The most widely accepted model to
⬥ The scientists who thought of the 1655 was - Christiaan Huygen
explain the formation and evolution of
concept of the steady state of the ⬥ He won the Nobel Prize in 1949 “for his
the solar system is - Nebular hypothesis
universe - Fred Hoyle,Hermann Bondi prediction of the existence of mesons on
⬥ Terrestrial planets are made up of
and Thomas Gold the basis of theoretical work on nuclear
- Rocksand metals
⬥Harold Jeffrey has made innumerable forces” - HidekiYukawa
⬥ Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are
theoretical contributions to - Seismology ⬥ All changes in the weather of the earth
- Terrestrialplanets
⬥ He is renowned for determining that are caused by - Sun
⬥ Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
there are other galaxies in the Universe ⬥ Stars, Planets, and Moons are
are - Jovianplanets
beyond theMilky Way - Edwin Hubble - Celestial bodies
⬥ The Universe is expanding, with galaxies
⬥ Scientist who revised the nebular ⬥ The concept of expanding universe
moving away from each other is
hypothesis in 1796 - Pierre Laplace was given by - Edwin Hubble
discovered by - Edwin Hubble
⬥ A celestial body that orbits the Sun, has ⬥ He was well known as a pioneer in the
⬥ 'Great Red Spot' is found on - Jupiter
roundish shape, has not cleared their field of exobiology (the study of the
⬥ Largest planet in our solar system
Orbit of other debris, and is not a moon, possibility of extraterrestrial life)
- Jupiter
called - DwarfPlanets - Carl EdwardSagan
⬥Hottest planet in our solar system
⬥ Planets that do not have a natural ⬥ The size of the illuminated part of the
- Venus
satellite - Mercury andVenus moon visible from the Earth increases
⬥Earth's perihelion occurs in - January
⬥ Phobos and Deimos are the satellites of each day after - New moon day
⬥Smallest planet in our solar system
- Mars ⬥ The sunlit part of the moon visible
- Mercury
⬥ Venus (Earth’s Twin) is also known as from the Earth decreases in size every
⬥Total known moons of Neptune - 14
- Morning Star day - After Full moonday
⬥ Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are
⬥ Venus and Uranus rotates in ⬥ A dwarf planet which lies in the main
known as- Outer planets ( jovian planets)
- clockwisedirection asteroid belt - Ceres
⬥ The constellation 'Ursa Major' is
⬥ Planets that rotate in opposite direction ⬥ The radiation belts that are giant swaths
also known as - GreatBear
(east to west) to that of other planets of magnetically trapped highly energetic
⬥ Ursa Major, is the largest constellation
- Venus and Uranus charged particles that surround Earth are
in the - Northern Hemisphere
⬥ Cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock known as - Van Allen radiation belts
⬥ Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are
anddustthatorbittheSunareknownas ⬥ Charon is the natural satellite of - Pluto
- Inner planets
- Comets ⬥ The famous constellations that can be
⬥ Inner planets are also called
⬥ Meteorites usually originate from the seen during summertime in the early
- "Terrestrialplanets"
asteroid belt between - Mars and Jupiter part of the night - UrsaMajor
⬥ The smallest outer planet is - Uranus
⬥ The coldest planet in our solar system ⬥ Ceres, Pluto, Makemake, Haumea, and
⬥ Pluto is a - Dwarfplanet
- Uranus Eris are - dwarfplanets
⬥ Moon is only natural satellite of - Earth
⬥ The Kuiper Belt is a ring of icy rocks & ⬥Thewindiestplanetinthesolarsystemis
⬥ The radius of the earth increases from
dust bodies just outside the orbit of - Neptune
the poles to - Equator
- Neptune ⬥ The fifteenth day from the full moon
⬥ The light of the sun to reach the earth
⬥ Largest planet of our solar system is day is known as the - New moon day
takes about -8 minutes
- Jupiter ⬥ The meteor shower named Quadrantids
⬥ The distance between the earth and the
⬥ Time taken by moon to revolve around generally visible from Earth in
sun is - 150million km
earth - 27.3 days - December/January
⬥ Mars has two moons
⬥ The planet having shortest rotation ⬥ Lyrids (meteor shower) can be seen
- Phobos andDeimos
period - Jupiter from the earth in - April
⬥
Phobos and Deimos were discovered in
⬥ The Largest moon of Saturn is - Titan ⬥ The constellation called the ‘Great Bear’
1877 by -Asaph Hall
⬥ Europa is the moon of - Jupiter made up of - 7 Bright Stars
⬥ Haumea, Makemake, Ceres are
⬥ Smallest planet of our solar system ⬥ The origin of the universe is explained
- Dwarf planet
- Mercury by - Big Bang Theory
⬥ The earth is closest (Perihelion) to the
⬥ Radius of Earth is - 6371km ⬥ The point in the orbit of the moon or a
sun every year around - 3rd January
⬥ Orion constellation is also known as satellite at which it is nearest to Earth
⬥ The approximate speed of the earth in its
- Hunter - Perigee
orbit around the Sun is - 30 km/s
⬥ The universe is also known as - Cosmos ⬥ IC 1101 is a - Galaxy
⬥ The age of the earth is currently thought
⬥The International Space Station (ISS) ⬥ The approximate period between two
to be - 4.5billion years
completes an orbit around Earth in consecutive new moons is - 29.5 days
⬥ Number of satellites or moon does
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The radius of the Moon is - 1.74 × 10 m 6
- Cosmology ⬥Colour of a planet is determined by its
⬥ During the aphelion, distance between ⬥The small pieces of rocks which move - Surface temperature
the earth and the sun is around the sun are called - Meteoroids ⬥‘The Great Bear’ is also known as
- About 152million km ⬥ An equinox occurs when the position of - Saptarishi constellation
⬥ A planet which is made up of thick white the Sun is exactly over the - Equator ⬥Approximate Period between two
and yellowish clouds of sulfuric acid ⬥ Equinox falls on consecutive new moons - 29.5 days
- Venus - 21 March and 23 September ⬥ Natural satellites of Mercury and Venus
⬥ The outer core of earth is responsible for ⬥ A pretty close cousin of Earth, - Zero
- Earth's magneticfield also known as ‘Earth 2.0’ is- Kepler 452b ⬥ Solar eclipse occurs when the moon
⬥ The process that moves, elevates or ⬥The speed at which the Earth revolves comes between - Earth and Sun
builds up portions of the earth’s crust is around the Sun - 67000 miles per hour ⬥ Lo, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto are
called - Diastrophism ⬥The Solar System is nearly some satellites of - Jupiter
⬥ The process of wearing away the Earth's - 5 billionyears old ⬥ A cloud of dust and hydrogen is known
surface by weathering and erosion is ⬥ Planet closest to Sun - Mercury as - Nebula
called - Denudation ⬥ The smallest dwarf planet in terms of ⬥Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn and Neptune
⬥ The bodies glowing in the night sky are radius is - Ceres are - Jovianplanets
known as - Celestialbodies ⬥Time taken by sunlight to reach Earth is ⬥ Baily's beads can be observed during a
⬥ Another name for Venus is - Lucifer - 8 min 20 sec - Total Solareclipse
⬥ Planetary scientists called the thin ⬥Nearest star to the Earth - Sun ⬥Weight of an object on the moon is
gaseous envelope around the Moon as ⬥ After a full moon, the next 14 days mark equal to 1/6th of its weight on - Earth
- Lunarexosphere the waning phase as the moon becomes ⬥Only moon known to have its own
⬥ The Earth rotate about its own axis in -Thinnerand fades internally generated magnetic field
one hour - 15 degree ⬥ Pole star indicates the direction to - Ganymede
- North ⬥ Largest natural satellite in our solar
Railway Exams ⬥ The illuminated side of the Moon facing system - Ganymede
the Sun and the night side facing Earth is ⬥Periodicity of Halley’s comet
⬥Saturn has two ocean moons named - New moon - 75-76 years
- Enceladusand Titan ⬥ Ursa Major appears in the early summer ⬥
Blood Moon is associated with
nights, which has a - bear shape - Lunar eclipse
⬥Glowing surface of the sun is known as
⬥ The moon becomes invisible on the ⬥Smallest planet in our solar system
- Photosphere
fifteenth day, counting from - Full Moon - Mercury
⬥The nearest Spiral galaxy to Milky way is
⬥ The reason for the formation of plasma ⬥Largest planet in our solar system
- Andromedagalaxy
in stars is - very high temperature - Jupiter
⬥ The region where all of the light from ⬥ Mars is called the - Roman god of war ⬥ Orion, Saptarshi and Taurus are types of
the source is blocked is called - Umbra ⬥ The mass of the Earth is - 5.97 ×1024 Kg - Constellation
⬥ Sun and moon's gravitational synergy ⬥ India experience the shortest day of ⬥Asteroid belt lies between
induces Spring Tides on - Earth year on - 22December - Marsand Jupiter
⬥ The balance of incoming and outgoing ⬥ Big Bang theory was propounded by ⬥Number of planets in our solar system
heat on Earth is - Heat Budget - GeorgesLemaître - 8
⬥Mercury, Mars, Venus and Earth are ⬥ 12 zodiac signs are mentioned in
- Terrestrialplanets - Solar Calendar Defence Exams
⬥ The word ‘comet’ comes from the
ancient Greek word which means Police Exams ⬥ The planet in solar system whose
-long haired star atmosphere is made up of thick white
⬥Our solar system is a part of ⬥ The range of temperature on the surface and yellowish clouds of sulfuric acid
- MilkyWay galaxy of the Moon with no atmosphere is from - Venus
⬥ The lunar eclipse occurs on - Full moon - (-190°Cto 110°C) ⬥ Earth > Mercury > Venus > Mars >
⬥ The moon takes to complete a single ⬥ The darkest, or least reflective object in Neptune > Jupiter > Uranus > Saturn, is
rotation on its axis in - 27.3 earth days the Solar System (with an albedo of 0.03) the decreasing order of
⬥The ratio of the diameters of the moon is - 1P/Halley(Comet) - Densityof planets
and the earth is - 1 : 4 ⬥The moon completes one rotation on
⬥Point of the Earth's orbit that is farthest its axis as it completes one revolution State PCS Exams
away from the Sun - Aphelion around the - Earth
⬥ Point of the Earth's orbit that is nearest ⬥Stars, Planets and Moon are ⬥
In the universe, pulsars are
to the Sun -Perihelion - CelestialObjects - Rotating neutronstars
⬥Aphelion occurs in early - July ⬥Concept of expanding universe was ⬥ The science of precisely measuring and
⬥ Perihelion Falls on - Early January discovered by - Edwin Hubble understanding the Earth's geometric
⬥The polar fleeing force is related to ⬥After new moon, size of the shape, orientation in space, and gravity
- Rotationof the earth illuminated part of the Moon visible field is called - Geodesy
⬥The movement responsible for drifting of from Earth -Increases
the continents was caused by the ⬥After a full moon, Size of the sunlight
- Polar fleeing force and tidal force side of Moon as seen from Earth
⬥The study of the universe is known as - Decreases
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ocean are called - Isohalines summer solstice occurs in the month of
⬥ Lines drawn through geographical points - June
Longitudes and latitudes at which a given phase of thunderstorm ⬥ Standard meridian of India is situated
activity occurred simultaneously is called t
a - 82 degree 30’ E longitude
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Note :- The standard meridian of India
⬥ All parallel circles from the Equator to the
passes through Orissa, Chattisgarh,
⬥InterTropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) poles are known as- Parallels of Latitude
Uttar P radesh, Andhra Pradesh, and
is a broad trough of low pressure, found ⬥ Little Andaman is separated from the
Madhya Pradesh
in - Equatoriallatitudes Nicobar Islands by - 10° Channel
⬥ Place where Northeast and Southeast ⬥ The state capital located 530 meters ⬥ 90 degree East Meridian passes through
trade winds converge is called as above the sea level between 93 East - Meghalaya, Bhutan, and Bangladesh
- InterTropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) longitude and 27 North latitude ⬥ Indian Standard Time Line passes
⬥ The ITCZ moves over to the plane of - Itanagar through - Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh
Ganga in - Summer ⬥ Indian Standard Time is ahead of
⬥The latitude line which passes through Railway Exams Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) by
the middle of India and influencing the - 5:30 hours
climate - Tropic ofCancer ⬥ The approximate time lag from Gujarat to
⬥ Equatorial plane and Orbital plane are
⬥ The pressure and wind system of any Arunachal Pradesh is - About 2 hours
inclined to each other at -23.5°
area depend on - Latitude and altitude ⬥ Main land of India extends between
⬥ The International Date Line roughly ⬥The latitude lines are
longitudes - 68°7’E and 97°25’E
- parallel toeach other
follows 180° longitude in ⬥ An imaginary line almost divides India
- Mid-PacificOcean ⬥Longitude intersect each other at the into equal parts - Tropic of Cancer
⬥ The distance of 1° longitude on equator - North and Southpoles
of Earth is almost equal to - 111 km ⬥ The Standard Meridian of India passes Defence Exams
⬥ 82.5° East Longitude in India determines through which city of UP - Mirzapur
- Indian standard time(IST) ⬥ 8° 4' and 37° 6' north latitude, 68° 7' and ⬥A line on a climate map linking places
⬥ As one moves from the poles to the 97° 25' east longitude are geographical
equator, biodiversity - Increases coordinates of which country - India with equal snowfall is -Isonif
⬥ Indian Standard Time is ahead of ⬥A line on a map connecting points having
⬥ An imaginary line that connects places the same duration of Sunshine - Isohel
Greenwich Mean Time by- 5 hours 30 min
of equal barometric pressure - Isobar ⬥ A line representing points of equal
⬥ Sunrise in Arunachal Pradesh precedes
⬥ The days and nights are almost equal in s
alinity in the ocean - Isohaline
Gujarat by -Two hours
length throughout the year in ⬥ A line representing points of equal
⬥
USA has six - Time zones
- Equatorial region humidity - Isohume
⬥ The axis of the earth is inclined to
⬥ The force responsible for deflecting ⬥ A line representing points of equal
the plane of ecliptic at an angle of
winds towards the right in the northern precipitation is - Isohyet
1
and left in the southern hemisphere is 66 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑠 ⬥A line representing points of equal
2
- Coriolis force amounts of cloud cover - Isoneph
⬥ Military Demarcation Line (38th parallel)
⬥ During October-November, the apparent
separates - North Korea and South Korea ⬥ A line of equal geopotential height is
movement of the sun is towards - South - Isohypse
⬥ 38th parallel was established by the
⬥ The southern part of India lies in the
Korean Armistice Agreement in - 1953 ⬥A line representing points of equal
- Tropical Belt (Warm) temperature -Isotherm
⬥ The 49th parallel is the border between
⬥ Tropic of Cancer (23°30′ N) passes ⬥
The Isotherm Line, which divides India
the United States and - Canada
through - Eight IndianStates N
orth-South in almost two equal parts in
⬥ The Standard Meridian of India (82°30’E)
⬥ The zone between the arctic circle and t
he month of January, is -
20
°C
passes through - Uttar Pradesh, Madhya
north pole -Frigid zone ⬥
The latitude that separates the Andaman
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and
⬥ The area of the earth between the Tropic and Nicobar Islands is -10° N
Andhra Pradesh
of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn is ⬥ Indian Standard Time is ahead of
- Torrid zone Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) by
⬥ The Tropic of Capricorn lies at
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- 5 hours30 minutes
- 23½° Southern Hemisphere ⬥ The longest parallel of latitude is
⬥ The Ganga-Brahmaputra basin lies ⬥ InterTropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), a
- Equator (at 0°)
between - 10°N and 30°N latitudes low pressure zone, is located
⬥ Meghalaya, Bhutan, and Bangladesh - Nearthe equator
⬥ A n equatorial belt of low atmospheric State PCS Exams
passes through- 90 degree East Meridian
⬥ India is located to the North of the pressure where the trade winds
- Equator c
onverge is -Doldrums ⬥ The number of latitudes on the globe
⬥ In India, Tropic of Cancer passes through drawn at 1 degree interval including the
⬥ 1° latitude is equal to approximately
- 8 states e
quator - 179
- 111 km
⬥ Tropic of Cancer and the Indian Standard
⬥ Lines connecting points having equal Note :-In India, Tropic of Cancer passes Time Line intersect each other on
travel time from a common center are through Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya - Baghelkhand
called - Isochrones Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West
⬥ The Arctic region and Antarctica are
⬥ Lines drawn on a map to indicate Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram located near
connecting points of equal salinity in the
⬥ In the Northern Hemisphere, the - The North and South Poles respectively
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⬥
India covers an area of- 32,87,263 sq.km tropical oceans is referred as - Atoll crust is around - 47%
⬥ India's Latitudinal extent is from ⬥
The average depth of the continental ⬥ The content of Silicon in the earth's
-8°4'N - 37°6'N lope ranges between
s - 200 - 3000 m crust is around - 28%
⬥ India’s longitudinal extent is from ⬥ The ocean floor can be divided into ⬥The content of Aluminium in the earth's
- 68°7′E - 97°25′ E - Four majordivisions crust is - Around 8%
⬥ ‘Greenwich of India’ - Ujjain ⬥ Tauktae was a potent and devastating ⬥ The content of Iron in the earth's crust is
tropical cyclone in - ArabianSea - Around 5%
Continents and Oceans ⬥
The Cyclone Yaas originated from ⬥ Due to the attraction of the sun and the
- Bay of Bengal moon, the frequency of rise and falls of
⬥ The rate of the heating and cooling of the ocean water in a day is -Two
SSCExams oceanic water compared to land is ⬥When the Earth, Sun, and Moon line up, it
- Slower makes high tide which is - Spring tide
⬥Continental Shelf which is the shallowest ⬥ Panama Canal connects the Atlantic ⬥ When the Sun is at a right angle to the
part of the ocean has an average Ocean with - The Pacific Ocean Moon, It make moderate tides, called
gradient of - 1° or evenless ⬥Arabian Sea surrounds India in - West - Neap Tide
⬥ Large supercontinent that existed 200 ⬥India lies in which part of Asia ⬥ An imaginary line connecting points of
million years ago when all continents - South Asia equal depth below a water surface is
were together, is known as - Pangea ⬥ The shape of the Atlantic Ocean is called - Isobath
⬥ Continental Drift Theory (1912) was - “S” shaped ⬥ The correct sequence of layers of Earth
proposed by - Alfred Wegener ⬥Arabian Sea is the extension of the from the outside of the planet to the
⬥ The experience of extreme weather - Indian Ocean inside is - Crust-mantle- outer core - inner
conditions due to distance from the sea ⬥The originated of a tropical cyclone in core
- Continentality india is - Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea ⬥ In relation to higher salinity dense water,
⬥ The percentage of Oxygen on Earth Crust ⬥ Plate Boundaries formed when the the lower salinity water lies - Above
is - 46.6% tectonic plates pull apart from each other ⬥ The climatic condition of a place which
⬥ Before the tectonic shift, the region where - DivergentBoundaries is very hot during summer and very cold
the Himalayas now stand was occupied ⬥ New seafloor is created at in winter refers to - Continentality
by the - Tethys Sea - Mid-oceanridge ⬥ The largest and the deepest ocean is
⬥The Arabian Sea is an extension of the ⬥ The low islands found in the tropical - Pacific
- Indian ocean oceans consisting of coral reefs - Atolls ⬥ The smallest ocean is - Arctic
⬥Convectional Current Theorywas ⬥ Union territory Lakshadweep is ⬥ The edge of a continent that lies under
propounded in 1930s, by composed entirely of - Islands the ocean - continental shelf
- Arthur Holmes ⬥ The percentage of expansion (coverage) ⬥ The slope between the outer edge of the
⬥ Largest and deepest ocean in the world of continents on the Earth's surface is continental shelf and the deep ocean
is the - PacificOcean - 29-30% floor - continentalslope
⬥The only ocean named after a country is ⬥ The theory of continental drift was ⬥ The Largest continent in the world is
the - Indian ocean developed by - Alfred Wegener - Asia
⬥ The South China Sea is a part of the ⬥ The circular basin covering 5.427 million ⬥ Mariana Trench, deepest point on the
- Western PacificOcean square miles which is surrounded by Earth, is located in - Pacific Ocean
⬥ El Nino means ‘the Christ child’ refers to North America and Eurasia- Arctic Ocean ⬥ The streams of water flowing constantly
- Hotwater current ⬥ The marine ecological zone that on the ocean surface in definite
⬥Ocean, surrounded by continent of North experiences tidal effects, longshore directions are called - Ocean currents
America and South America to the east currents, and breaking wave- Littoral zone ⬥ The phenomenon that leads to
is - Pacific Ocean ⬥ A trans-oceanic seafloor high that weakening of trade winds in a region
⬥ Mariana Trench (World's deepest trench) separates the Eurasia Basin from the - El Niño
is located in - PacificOcean America Basin is - Lomonosov Ridge ⬥ The ocean that separates North America
⬥The shape ofAtlantic Ocean is ⬥ Oceanic landform which is formed by from Europe - Atlantic Ocean
- 'S' shaped subduction between the Oceanic crust ⬥ The strong gravitational pull exerted by
⬥
The ocean that extend into and the Continental crust - Ocean Trench the moon on the earth's surface causes
Mediterranean Sea is - Atlantic Ocean ⬥ Madagascar is an island country in - tides
⬥ Barren island is situated in - Indian Ocean ⬥ The narrow stretch of water connecting
- Andaman Sea ⬥The boundary between the Earth’s crust the Arctic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean is
⬥ Java Trench (Sunda Trench) is located in and the mantle is - Moho Discontinuity called - Bering Strait
- Indian Ocean ⬥ The outermost layer of the Earth is ⬥ Narrow body of water that connects two
⬥Tonga Trench is second deepest trench - Lithosphere larger bodies of water - strait
on Earth is located in - Pacific Ocean ⬥ In the tectonic plate movements, when ⬥ More than half of the world’s tin is
⬥ The periodic growth and drop of sea one plate plunges beneath another, it is provided by - Asian Continent
water level is known as -Tide called - Subduction ⬥ The Labrador Ocean current is a
⬥Sea floor spreading hypothesis was ⬥ The three layers of Earth are - Cold current
propounded in 1962 by - Crust,Mantle, Core ⬥ The cold ocean currents move from
- Harry HammondHess ⬥ The Gutenberg Discontinuity lies between poles towards - equator
⬥ The continental shelf andocean basins - The mantle and thecore ⬥ The warm ocean currents move from
connected by - Continental slope ⬥The content of Oxygen in the earth's equator to - poles
⬥ A ring-shaped coral reef island found in
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⬥ A strait located between the Java ⬥ The rate of evaporation and precipitation, published by - Harry Hammond Hess
Sea and the Indian Ocean - Sunda strait wind, and the amount of freshwater
⬥ The percentage of earth's water found in flowing into the ocean affects the Railway Exams
the oceans - 97.2% - salinityof the ocean
⬥ The average thickness of the continental ⬥The shallowest part of the ocean is ⬥The water currents flowing from tropical
crust of earth is - 30 km - Continentalshelf zones of lower latitudes to higher
⬥ The thickness of lithosphere is ⬥Indian Ocean spread over 70,560,000 temperate and sub-polar zones are
- 10 to 200 km km2 on the earth's surface is the world's known as - Warm currents
⬥Earth’s core is mainly made up of - third largestocean ⬥The giant single landmass that split to
- Nickel (Ni) andiron (Fe) ⬥A group of islands in the tropical oceans form the present continents is known as
⬥ The theory of plate tectonics was consisting of coral reefs and a central - Pangaea
proposedby - AlfredWegener Depression is - Atoll ⬥ Borneo, Java and Sumatra are islands of
⬥ The earth’s lithosphere is divided into 7 ⬥The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts - Indonesia
major and some minor plates proposed Marine National Monument is located in ⬥Iberian Peninsula is situated in
in - The theory of plate tectonics -Atlantic Ocean - Europe
⬥ Crust is less than 1 percent of Earth by ⬥ The Black Sea is in - Atlantic Ocean ⬥ The Bering Strait connects the
- Mass ⬥Low tides are also called - Neap tides - Arctic ocean and Pacific Ocean
⬥ Oceanic crust and continental crust often ⬥ Tides are caused by gravitational pull ⬥ The deepest point known on
consisting of - More felsic rocks of - Sun and Moon onEarth Earth in the Mariana Trench is
⬥ The upper portion of the mantle is called ⬥ Spring tides occur on full moon and - The ChallengerDeep
-asthenosphere - Newmoon days ⬥The 6 most populated countries are
⬥ 2.7 percent of earth’s water is - fresh ⬥The only sea in the world that does not located in - Asian continent
⬥Movement of fault lines can caused by have a land boundary - Sargasso Sea ⬥ The average temperature of the surface
- Earthquake ⬥ 98% of Earth's crust is made up of water of the oceans is- 17 degrees Celsius
⬥ Nazca plate is located between South - 8 elements ⬥The Strait of Magellan connects the
America and the - Pacific plate Atlantic Ocean with - Pacific Ocean
Note :- Almost 98% of Earth's crust is
⬥ African, Antarctic, Eurasian, ⬥Sicily (Italy) is the largest island in the
ade up of eight elements - oxygen,
m
Indo-Australian, North American, Pacific - MediterraneanSea
silicon,aluminum,iron,calcium,sodium,
and South American are ⬥Strait lies between Russia and the USA
potassium, and magnesium
- Seven major tectonic plates - Bering Strait
⬥ The average salinity of the Indian ocean ⬥When plates collide and one plate is ⬥ 75% of Earth’s volcanoes are located
is - 35 o/oo (35 parts per thousand) pushed under the other plate is known along the - Ringof Fire
⬥ Earthquakes, undersea landslides and as - Convergent boundary ⬥ The world’s largest reef system, the
volcanic eruptions under the sea are the ⬥South America, Arabia, Madagascar, ‘Great Barrier Reef’, is situated in
causes of - Tsunami India, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica -Coral Sea(Australia)
⬥ South Andaman and Little Andaman are were the parts of - Gondwanaland ⬥Soft, semi-fluid layer in Earth's upper
separated by - Duncan Passage ⬥ The lithosphere moves over the mantle, capable of slow rock deformation
⬥Convergent, Divergent, and Transform asthenosphere through - Plate tectonics is -Asthenosphere
are three types of - Plate Boundaries ⬥The normal air pressure at sea level ⬥ The region of India associated with
⬥ The ongoing decrease in the pH of the - 1013.25millibars ancient Gondwana landmass is
Earth’s oceans caused by uptake of CO2 ⬥ India is divided into four -Deccan Plateau
from the atmosphere - Earthquakezones ⬥ The major strait that joins the English
- Ocean acidification Channel and North Sea is - Dover Strait
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⬥In coastal areas, during the night, wind ⬥The approximate contribution of mica in
has classified regions in India into 4
blows from land to sea because the formation of the earth’s crust is - 4%
seismiczones.ThesearezonesII,III,IV
- Water cools slower thanland ⬥Lakshadweep consists of - 12 atolls
and V. Zone V is the most seismically
⬥The rhythmic rise and fall of ocean water ⬥ World's largest continental landmass is
active region and Zone II is the least
twice in a day is called a - Tide - Asia
active. The magnitude scale used to
⬥ The process of seepage of water into the ⬥ Bafin Island is situated in- North America
measure earthquakes ranges from 1 to
ground is called - Infiltration ⬥Largest Island in the worldis - Greenland
12.
⬥ Arctic Ocean covers 1,55,58,000 km2 ⬥Madagascar is located in - Indian Ocean
area and makes up only ⬥ The discontinuity between Crust and ⬥Largest island of Japan is
- 4.3% of globalocean Mantle - Moho - Honshu Island
⬥ The largest continental shelf in the world ⬥ Indian subcontinent was separated from ⬥
The Sonoran Desert is situated in
is the Siberian shelf in - Arctic Ocean the mainland by a large sea - Tethys -North America
⬥ The outside layer of the Earth that is less ⬥ A plate which has the slowest rate of ⬥
The Great Victoria Desert is the largest
dense, thick and andesitic to Granite in movement at less than 2.5 cm/year desert of - Australia
composition - Continental crust - Arctic Ridge ⬥Sahara desert is present in
⬥
Arabian Sea is the north-western part of ⬥The mega-ocean that surrounded the - Africancontinent
the Indian Ocean that covers a total area single continental mass - Panthalassa ⬥The Columbia Plateau is situated in
- Approximately 14,91,000 Km2 ⬥The continental drift theory was -North America
⬥ Arabian Sea is a part of the major sea described by - Alfred Wegener ⬥
Kimberley Plateau is located in
route between - Europe and India ⬥ 'The History of Ocean Basins’ theory was - WesternAustralia
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⬥Ethiopian Plateau is located in - Africa ⬥ Labrador Sea and Mediterranean the Earth’s crust is - 0.025%
⬥Cape Horn (Spanish: Cabo de Hornos) is Sea are parts of - Atlantic Ocean ⬥The discontinuity between the outer core
part of - Tierra del Fuego archipelago ⬥ Oceans and seas contain - Salty water and the inner core is called
⬥ Father of plate Tectonics ⬥ Average slope of the continental shelf - Lehmann discontinuity
-Alfred Wegener -(1°or even less) ⬥ The discontinuity which separate Earth's
⬥ Andaman and Nicobar Islands fall under ⬥ Arabian Sea is located in crust from the mantle is
which seismic zone - ZoneV - Southwestof India - Mohorovicic discontinuity
⬥
Cape of Good Hope is located at the ⬥ Indian Ocean is located in ⬥ The maximum depth of Lithosphere is
southern tip of the Cape Peninsula in -South of India found in the - PacificOcean
- South Africa ⬥ The Deepest point in the Pacific Ocean ⬥ A large body of magmatic material that
-Mariana Trench cools in the deeper depth of the Earth's
Police Exams ⬥ A narrow piece of land connecting two crust and develops in the form of large
larger areas - Isthmus domes is known as - Batholiths
⬥
Theory of plate tectonics proposes that ⬥ A large inlet from the ocean into the ⬥ The crust and uppermost part of Mantle
the earth’s lithosphere is divided into landmass - Gulf is called the - Lithosphere
- Sevenmajor plates ⬥ A chain of islands - Archipelago ⬥ The periodic rise and fall of ocean water
⬥ Nazca plate lies Between ⬥ A channel that separates the islands of in response to gravitational forces is
- South America and the Pacific plate Minicoy and Maldives - 8o Channel called - Tides
⬥ The number of temperature layers in the ⬥ A channel that separates the island of ⬥ The time gap in occurrence of two
ocean is - Three Minicoy from the main Lakshadweep successive tides at a given place on the
archipelago - 9o Channel ocean surface is - 12 hours 26 minutes
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Thermocline, 3rd - Cold deep ocean layer Islands and the Nicobar Islands State PCS Exams
⬥ The number of Zones in the Ocean is - 10o Channel
- Five ⬥ Gulf of Mexico and Labrador Sea are ⬥ The Telegraph Plateau is a part of
parts of - AtlanticOcean - North AtlanticOcean
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N ⬥Second largest ocean in the world ⬥The Cocoa Ridge is located in the
Mesopelagic, 3rd - Bathypelagic, 4th - - Atlantic Ocean - Pacific Ocean
Abyssopelagic, 5th - Hadalpelagic ⬥ Source of freshwater ⬥ The Walvis Ridge is located in the
⬥ The deepest, vegetation-less, and - Rivers, lakes andPonds Atlantic Ocean
marshy area of the pond ecosystem is ⬥ An Artificial canal connects the Atlantic ⬥ The Agulhas Basin is located in the
called the - Profundalzone Ocean with the Pacific Ocean - Panama - Indian Ocean
⬥ When the sun, moon and earth are in a ⬥ In the context of ocean energy ⬥ In ancient Indian historical geography,
straight line, the height of tide will be conversion, OTEC stands for the name 'Ratnakara' is used to denote
higher, are called as - Spring tides - Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion - TheIndian Ocean
⬥ According to meteorologists, the average ⬥ The Strait connecting India and Sri Lanka ⬥Duncan Passage is located between
sea level pressure is - 1013mb - Palk Strait - South Andaman and Little Andaman
⬥The percentage of freshwater on Earth ⬥ Indian Ocean tsunami struck in - 2004 ⬥ The place in India where Bay of Bengal,
of total water resources is ⬥ Rhythmic rise and fall of ocean water
-2.7% Arabian sea and Indian Ocean meet
⬥ Highest tides, occurring during the twice a day is called - Tides - Kanyakumari
new moon and full moon phases is ⬥ Water suitable for drinking is called ⬥ The atmospheric pressure at sea level is
- Spring tides - Potable water - 1 atm
⬥ Third largest ocean in the world ⬥ World’s surface covered with water
- Indian Ocean - 71 %
⬥ The Deepest point on the Earth
Neighboring Countries of
⬥Deepest point of the Indian Ocean
- Java Trench (Indonesia) - Challenger Deep (Mariana Trench) India
⬥ Ocean currents, Waves, Tides refer to ⬥ The coromandel Coast borders
movements in -Oceans - Bay of Bengal SSCExams
⬥Continuous, predictable, directional ⬥ The water found below the water table is
movement of seawater are the features called - Groundwater ⬥ The 24th Parallel line (Sir Creek) divides
of - Oceancurrents ⬥The condition in which extreme weather - Indiaand Pakistan
⬥ A second oceanic water layer in which conditions occur at places away from the ⬥ "Durand Line" is between
water temperature decreases rapidly sea is - Continentality - Pakistan and Afghanistan
with increasing depth - Thermocline ⬥ Mandvi Sea beach is in - Gujarat ⬥ India has Kalapani and Susta territorial
⬥ Benthic zone is found in dispute with - Nepal
- Waterecosystem Defence Exams ⬥Nepal is located to - North of India
⬥Warm ocean currents generally originate ⬥ Uttrakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West
near the Equator and move towards ⬥
Bermuda Islands are located in Bengal and Sikkim share boundary with
- Poles - North AtlanticOcean - Nepal
⬥ Territorial waters of India extend up to ⬥India’s territorial limit extends towards ⬥ Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand,
- 12nautical miles the sea up to Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh share
⬥Puerto Rico Trench is located in - 12 nautical miles from the coast boundary with - China
- Atlantic Ocean ⬥ The approximate percentage of carbon in ⬥ Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal
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Pradesh share boundary with - Bhutan and the east with - Assam ⬥ The longest natural beach in the world,
⬥ Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, ⬥
Meghalaya shares its border on the ox’s Bazar, is in
C - Bangladesh
Mizoram share boundary with - Myanmar south and the west with - Bangladesh ⬥ The Mac Mohan Line is between
⬥ West Bengal, Meghalaya, Assam, Tripura, ⬥
Indian state which shares its borders - India-China
Mizoram share boundary with with China, Nepal and Bhutan is - Sikkim ⬥ Ganga water-sharing treaty (1996) at
- Bangladesh ⬥West Bengal is the only Indian state to Farakka was signed between
⬥ The capital of Maldives - Male share its boundary with - Sikkim - India and Bangladesh
⬥ India share the Sundarbans forest with
- Bangladesh Police Exams Indian Drainage System
⬥ Eight degree channel separates Minicoy
Island (India) from - Maldives
⬥ The Jaffna Peninsula, known for its
⬥ India shares most of the western border
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cultural heritage and Tamil population, is
with - Pakistan located in-Northernmost part of Sri Lanka
⬥ Total countries in Indian subcontinent ⬥ The longest and biggest river in Nagaland
⬥ Myanmar changed its capital from
- seven is - Doyang
Yangon (Rangoon) to Naypyidaw in
⬥ Capital of Afghanistan - Kabul ⬥ The river often referred to as Vridha
- 2005
⬥ Currency of Bangladesh - Taka Ganga or Dakshin ganga - Godavari
⬥ The 1.8 km long Feni bridge connecting
⬥ The Sino - Indian border is divided into India with - Bangladesh Note - The Godavaribasinextendsover
- 3 sectors ⬥ Chittagong is a seaport of - Bangladesh aharashtra,
M Telangana, Andhra
⬥The line separates Pakistan and ⬥ Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya
Afghanistan - DurandLine Sikkim and Bihar have a border with Pradesh, Karnataka and Union territory
⬥ The line separates Arunachal Pradesh - Nepal of Puducherry
and Tibet (China) - McMahon
⬥ India shares its land borders with China,
⬥The Indus water treaty was signed ⬥ The river which is known as the ‘Sorrow
Nepal, and Bhutan - In the North
between India and Pakistan in - 1960 of Bihar’ is - Kosi
⬥ Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim, and
⬥ Karakoram Pass is located between ⬥ In Tibet, Brahmaputra river is known as
Assam share its border with
-India and China - Tsangpo river
- West Bengal
⬥ In 1505, Sri Lanka was discovered by ⬥ Trishul Ganga is a stream of the river
⬥ Indian state, surrounded by Bangladesh
- Portuguese - Gandak
on three sides - Tripura
⬥ The main religion of Myanmar is ⬥ Rivers Bhagirathi and Alaknanda meet to
⬥ India share its largest international
- Buddhism form river - Ganga
border (4096 km) with - Bangladesh
⬥ The highest mountain in Bhutan is ⬥ Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum are tributaries
⬥Length of the Indian border with
- GangkharPuensum of - Indus river
Afghanistan - 106km
⬥ The Panjnad (Satluj, Beas, Ravi, Chenab
⬥ Border Security Force guards the border
and Jhelum) discharges into
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- Arabian Sea
⬥ Line divides India and Pakistan
⬥ Largest river of peninsular India
⬥
India shares the longest boundary with - Radcliffe Line
- Godavari river
- Bangladesh (4,096.70km) ⬥ The name of the borderline between
⬥ India signed an agreement, to share
⬥India shares its land borders with India and Bangladesh - Radcliffe Line
Ganga water with Bangladesh, is known
- Sevencountries ⬥ The Capital of Maldives is - Male
as - Farakka Treaty(1996)
⬥
Length of the land border shared ⬥ The Capital of Cambodia is- Phnom Penh
⬥ Tons, Chambal, Hindon, Betwa and Ken
between India and Pakistan is - 3323 km ⬥ The Capital of Bhutan is - Thimphu
rivers are tributaries of - Yamuna river
⬥India shares the shortest boundary with
⬥ Gandhi Sagar Dam is built on Chambal
- Afghanistan(106 km) Defence Exams river which is located in- Madhya Pradesh
⬥Thimphu is the capital city of - Bhutan
⬥ Tilaiya dam, built on Barakar river, is
⬥Nepal is located in the Himalayan
⬥ Indian state that shares the maximum located in -Jharkhand
Mountain range in - Central Asia
border with Myanmar ⬥ Rihand dam, built on Rihand river, is
⬥India has a land border of about
- ArunachalPradesh located in - UttarPradesh
- 15106 km
⬥ The Gwadar Port is situated along the ⬥ Mettur dam, built on Kaveri river, is
⬥India has a coastline (including island
coast of the Arabian Sea in - Pakistan located in -Tamil Nadu
territories) of - 7,516.6Km
⬥ The concept of 'Gross National ⬥ An East-flowing river basin covering
⬥
Rajasthan, Punjab, Gujarat, Jammu and
Happiness' was originated in - Bhutan Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha with
Kashmir and Ladakh share borders with
⬥The smallest neighboring country of drainage area of 39,033 sq km is
- Pakistan
India area wise is - Bhutan - Brahmaniriver basin
⬥The Radcliffe line is the boundary
⬥The Phulbari is a coal deposit basin in ⬥ Lakes, Rivers and Oceans are considered
between - India and Pakistan
- Bangladesh as -Surface water
⬥ Durand Line is the boundary between
⬥ The name of Brahmaputra river in
- India and Afghanistan
⬥Line of Control (LOC) is a border between
State PCS Exams Arunachal Pradesh is - Dihang
⬥ Lohit river is a tributary of
- Indiaand Pakistan
⬥ Gangkhar Puensum, the highest - BrahmaputraRiver
⬥Line of actual control (LAC) is a border
unclimbed mountain in the world, is ⬥Brahmaputra river is also known as the
between - India andChina
located in - Bhutan - Tsangpo(In tibet)
⬥
Meghalaya shares its border on the north
⬥In Bangladesh, Brahmaputra river is
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called - Jamuna Indiais - Chilika Lake - Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar
⬥In 1988, the Sadiya-Dhubri stretch of the ⬥ The largest lake in Kerala is Pradesh
Brahmaputra river was declared as - VembanadLake ⬥ The largest tributary of the Indus River is
- National Waterways-2 ⬥The largest river in the state of Goa is - Chenab river
⬥The Chilika lake is asaltwater lake - Zuari river ⬥ Gandak River joins the Ganga at Sonpur
located in - Odisha ⬥Sankhya Sagar, a Ramsar site, is near - Patna
⬥Gobind Sagar dam (Bhakra Nangal located in - Madhya Pradesh ⬥ The Hogenakkal Waterfall situated on
Project) is located in ⬥The total length of Indus river in India is - Kaveri river
- HimachalPradesh - 1114kilometers ⬥ Pambar, Bhavani, Kabini are east flowing
⬥ The river which originates from the ⬥ The sequence of the eastward flowing river of - Kerala
Amarkantak plateau and the largest rivers of peninsular India (from north to ⬥ The Chalakudi Lake (ox-bow) is located in
west-flowing river is - Narmada south) - Kerala
⬥ Bharathapuzha river (Ponnani) is the 2nd - Mahanadi-Godavari-Krishna-Kaveri ⬥ Mithi river pass through - Mumbai city
longest west flowing river inKerala falls ⬥ The Indian drainage system is majorly ⬥ Vembanad lake is located in - Kerala
into - Arabian Sea divided into 3 categories ⬥ Sarayu rivers originates from Milam
⬥ Noyyal, Kabini, Arkavathi, Shimsha and - Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra river glacier of Nepal Himalayas where it is
Amaravati are the tributaries of - Kaveri system known - Goriganga
⬥ A river originates at Talakaveri in Coorg ⬥ The boundary line separating one ⬥ The world's largest riverine island, Majuli,
district of Karnataka in Brahmagiri Range drainage basin from another is called is located in - Brahmaputra river
of hills in the Western ghats - Kaveri - Watershed ⬥ The Chamera Dam is built on - Ravi river
⬥The longest river in Kerala ⬥ The Ganga River originates from ⬥ Maner, Pravara, Indravati are the
- Periyar(244 km) - Gangotriglacier tributaries of the - Godavaririver
⬥Sabarmati river originates from ⬥ The Narmada river originates from ⬥ Hemavati river is a tributary of
- Aravalli Range (Rajasthan) - Amarkantak - Kaveri river
⬥ The Jog Falls is the cataract of river ⬥ The Krishna river originates from ⬥ Ashtamudi Lake is located in - Kerala
- Sharavati - Western Ghats near Mahabaleshwar ⬥ A salt-water lake separated from the sea
⬥The river that originates from Multai in ⬥ The river which formed by the confluence by sandbars and spits is called - Lagoon
the Betul district of Madhya Pradesh is of two rivers Chandra and Bhaga is ⬥ Krishna, Cauvery, Godavari rivers
- Tapi river - Chenab River originate from - WesternGhat
⬥ Shimsha river originates from the ⬥ The name of Brahmaputra river when it ⬥ The Koyna, Tungabhadra and Bhima
southern part of enter in Arunachal Pradesh- Dihang river rivers are the major tributaries of
- Devarayanadurga hills (Karnataka) ⬥ Tapti and Narmada rivers fall into - Krishna river
⬥Ghataprabha, Bhima, Koyna, Musi, -TheArabian sea ⬥ Brahmani and Subarnarekha are
Tungabhadra are tributaries of ⬥ Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, and Kaveri - Eastflowing river
- Krishna River are all - Peninsularrivers ⬥ Fort William is situated on the banks of
⬥ Indus river originates from ⬥ A structure built across a river or stream - Hooghly river
- BokharChu Glacier to hold back water is called - Dam ⬥ Tapi river originates from Multai in the
⬥
In Tibet, Indus river is known as ⬥ The Bhopal lake was built in Betul district of - Madhya Pradesh
-Singi Khamban - 11th century ⬥ The Hirakud Dam is located in - Odisha
⬥ Gori Ganga is an important tributary of ⬥ The share of India in the world's water ⬥ Shyok, Gilgit and Zanskar rivers are
- Kali river resources is - 4% m ajor tributaries of - IndusRiver
⬥ Vembanad Lake (83.72km length), the ⬥ Gangotri Glacier is in the state of ⬥ The Dhuandhar Falls is located in
longest lake in India, is located in- Kerala - Uttarakhand Madhya Pradesh on - Narmada river
⬥ Ansupa lake is situated in ⬥ The Chenab is the largest tributary of the ⬥ The Mettur Dam (on Kaveri river) is
- Cuttack(Odisha) - Indus located in -Tamil Nadu
⬥Narmada and Tapi rivers flows through a ⬥ The town is situated at the confluence of ⬥ The Yamuna river flows parallel to
- Rift valley the Alaknanda and the Bhagirathi river is - Ganga river
⬥Beas river originates from the Beas - Devprayag ⬥ Taj Mahal situated in Agra on the banks
Kund near - RohtangPass ⬥ The river Ganga flows into the of - Yamuna river
⬥ The largest tributary of Indus river is - Bay of Bengal ⬥ Wular lake (India’s largest freshwater
- Chenab ⬥ Bhimtal, Loktak and Barapali are lake) is located in - Jammu and Kashmir
⬥Gori Ganga originates from Milam - Freshwaterlake ⬥ Jhelum river originate from Verinag
Glacier in - Uttarakhand ⬥ India’s largest inland salt lake Spring and flow - Kashmir
⬥ Subansiri is the biggest tributary of - Sambhar lake ⬥ Jhelum, Chenab, and Ravi rivers are
- Brahmaputra ⬥Bhakra dam is constructed on tributaries of - Indusriver
⬥ Mahanadi originates near Sihawa in - Satluj river ⬥ Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri,
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and discharge into ⬥ The origin of Narmada river is Ganga and Brahmaputra rivers fall into
- Bay of Bengal - Amarkantak hill - Bay of Bengal
⬥ The Teesta river originates from ⬥ The Brahmaputra river is known as ⬥ Tapi, Narmada, and Indus rivers drain into
- TsoLhamo lake Jamuna in - Bangladesh -the Arabian Sea
⬥ The Lonar Lake (Maharashtra) is a type ⬥ The Chambal river is a tributary of ⬥ River which is a reason of dispute
of - Crater lake - Yamuna river between India and Bangladesh - Teesta
⬥ The largest brackishwater lagoon in ⬥ The Chambal river flows through ⬥ The Salal Dam in Jammu and Kashmir, is
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built on - Chenab river located in Odisha, spanning the districts located in - China
⬥ The largest freshwater lake in India of - Puri, Khurda and Ganjam ⬥ A lake located to the west of Mansarovar
- Wular Lake (Jammu and Kashmir) ⬥ The Ansupa Lake is situated in Lake and south of Mount Kailash
⬥ The Indus Water Treaty was signed - Cuttack (Odisha) -LakeRakshastal
(1960) between - India and Pakistan ⬥ The species of dolphins found in the ⬥ The Jhelum River rises from
⬥ The tallest dam of India is located in fresh waters of rivers Ganga and the - Springat Verinag
Uttarakhand - Tehridam Brahmaputra are known as - Susu ⬥ As the river enters the plain it gets twists
⬥ Indravati, Pranhita and Sabari are ⬥ Dhandhar, Sabarmati, Kalinadi are and turns forming large bends known as
tributaries of - Godavaririver - West-flowingrivers - Meanders
⬥ The name of Bharathappuzha river in ⬥
States involved in the joint venture of the ⬥ River Sutlej enters India through
Kerala is - Ponnani Chambal Project - Shipki La Pass
⬥ Satopanth Glacier, the source of the river - Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh ⬥ A wide meander of a river is cut off and
Alaknanda, situated in ⬥ Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Madhya create a free-standing body of water is
- Chamoli district (Uttarakhand) Pradesh are parts of - Tapi river Basin - Ox-Bow
⬥ The upper basin of the Mahanadi river in ⬥ The river Luni originates from ⬥ Mahanadi is the largest river of
Chhattisgarh is in - Saucer shape - Aravali Mountainrange - Odisha
⬥ The Pranahita river forms boundary ⬥ Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat ⬥ Mahanadi flows through Odisha and
between - Telangana and Maharashtra and Rajasthan are covered in - Chhattisgarh
⬥ The river known as the 'Sorrow of Bengal' - Sardar SarovarProject ⬥ Himalayan rivers are the example of
is - Damodar ⬥ Sardar Sarovar Project (Gujarat) is - Perennial river
⬥ Tapi river discharges its water into the situated on - Narmadariver ⬥ The Brahmaputra, Ganges, Indus are the
- Arabian Sea ⬥ Narmada, Tapi, Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri, - Perennial river
⬥ The river Alaknanda meets Bhagirathi Mahanadi are parts of ⬥ The Bhagirathi river originates from
river at Devprayag to form - Ganga river - Peninsular drainage system - GaumukhGlacier
⬥ The Gurudongmar lake is located in ⬥ Largest brackish water lagoon in india ⬥ Bhagirathi meets the Alaknanda at
- Sikkim - Chilika Lake(Odisha) Devprayag to form the river - Ganga
⬥ The Mandakini River originates from the ⬥ Second largest brackish water ⬥ Bhilangna is a major tributary of
Sumeru glacier above the lagoon in india - PulicatLake -Bhagirathi river
- KedarnathTemple ⬥ Largest freshwater lake in India ⬥ Dhauliganga originates from
⬥ The Palar River Basin is one of the major - Wular lake (Jammu & Kashmir) - Vasudhara Tal
river basins in - TamilNadu ⬥ The water harvesting system in Western ⬥ The Gandhi Sagar Dam of Madhya
⬥ The Galwan River is located near the Himalayas is known as - Guls Pradesh is built over - Chambal River
border of - India andChina ⬥ The state ranks first with 17% of the total ⬥ The Almatti Dam of Karnataka is built
⬥ The river which is known as length of rivers and canals in the country over - KrishnaRiver
Chandrabhaga in Himachal Pradesh is - Uttar Pradesh ⬥ Krishna River originates in Maharashtra
- Chenab ⬥ Tila, Seti and Beri are tributaries of and passes throughKarnataka
⬥ The Telaiya dam on the Barakar river is - Ghaghara river Telangana, and - Andhra Pradesh
located in -Jharkhand ⬥ The branch of river Godavari flows ⬥Amarkantak hills situated in
⬥ The Mahanadi river originates from through the Yanam (Puducherry) - MadhyaPradesh
- Sihawa Mountain (Chhattisgarh) - Gautami ⬥ Longest west flowing river in India
⬥ The Chenab river originates from the ⬥ Pranhita, Manjra and Purna are - Narmada
Lahaul Valley of - Himachal Pradesh tributaries of - Godavaririver ⬥ The river flows between the Vindhya and
⬥ The river that originates from Naag ⬥ The highest gravity dam in India Satpura ranges is - Narmada
Pahadi in the Ajmer district of Rajasthan - Bhakra Dam ⬥Heran, Banjar, Dudhi, Shakkar, Tawa are
is - Luni River ⬥ The Narmada river rises from Tributaries of river - Narmada
⬥ Deepor Beel is a freshwater lake situated - AmarkantakRanges ⬥Banas river originates from the Khamnor
in - Assam ⬥ Narmada River falls into- Gulf of Cambay hills located in - Aravalirange
⬥ The Tungabhadra Dam, also known as ⬥ Sutlej River originates near Lake ⬥ Jabalpur is located on the banks of
Pampa Sagar, is located in - Karnataka Rakshastal in Tibet which is near to - NarmadaRiver
⬥ The state of Malwa was situated on the - Kailash MountainRange ⬥ Dal lake is also known as the
high plateau between the rivers ⬥ Mahanadi originates from - "Srinagar'sJewel"
- Narmadaand Tapti - Sihawa Mountain (Chhattisgarh) ⬥Mahi, Ken, Shipra, Chambal, Betwa are
⬥ The Massanjore Hydroelectric Project lies ⬥ Ganga originates from - Gangotri glacier important rivers of - Malwa plateau
on - Mayurakshi River (Jharkhand) ⬥ Godavari originates from ⬥ India's only “Floating islands Lake” is
⬥ The Lucknow is situated on the bank of - Trimbakeshwar (Nasik) - Loktak(Manipur)
the river - Gomti ⬥
Penner river rises in Nandi Hills of ⬥ Zaskar is the right bank tributary of
⬥ Bogibeel bridge is situated on the river Karnataka and falls into - Bay of Bengal - River Indus
- Brahamputra ⬥A long, winding ridge of stratified sand ⬥ Musi is a tributary of river - Krishna
⬥ Krishna river meets the sea in Bay of and gravel - Esker ⬥ Majuli, Largest river island in the world,
Bengal in the state of - Andhra Pradesh ⬥
The Rind river is a tributary of - Yamuna on the Brahmaputra river is located in
⬥ The Dantiwada Dam (Gujarat) is built on ⬥ The Zaskar, Hunza and the Gilgit are - Assam
- Banas River tributaries of -Indus river ⬥A body of rock sediment that holds
⬥ Chilika Lake is a brackish water lagoon ⬥ Lake Rakshastal is a saltwater lake groundwater is known as - An aquifer
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⬥ Indravati is a tributary of river - Godavari ⬥When currents flow in different directions in - Maharashtra
⬥
Kadana Dam of Gujarat is built over from a central spire or dome-like ⬥ The largest catchment area of Godavari
- Mahi River structure, a drainage pattern is formed Basin is in - Maharashtra
⬥ Ghatprabha is a tributary of river - Radial drainagepattern ⬥ Wardha is the tributary of - Godavari
- krishna ⬥Tsomgo Lake is a glacial lake located in ⬥ The Kishanganga river is a major
⬥ Manjra is a tributary of river - Godavari - Sikkim tributary of - Jhelum
⬥Dhuandhar waterfall in Jabalpur forms ⬥ The Ganga plain extends between two ⬥ The Muhuri river is located in - Tripura
on river - Narmada rivers - Ghaggar and Teesta ⬥The 'Bhushi Lake' is located in
⬥ Mandovi river originates from ⬥ Tapi Basin is situated in the northern part - Maharashtra
-Western Ghats of the - DeccanPlateau ⬥The source of the rivers Brahmani,
⬥The second largest west flowing river is ⬥Tapi Basin covers an area of 65,145 km2, Kharkai and Subarnarekha is- Jharkhand
- Tapti river of which about 80% lies in - Maharashtra ⬥ Bhojtal, situated in Madhya Pradesh, is
⬥ Rapti is the left bank tributary of the ⬥The Brahmaputra river enters Arunachal formerly known as - Upper Lake
- Ghagra Pradesh and takes a U turn at ⬥ The easternmost river boundary of the
⬥ Lake connects the twin cities of -Namcha Barwa Himalayas is - Brahmaputra
Hyderabad and Secunderabad is ⬥Ganga Basin covers an area of 8,60,000 ⬥ In Tibet, Brahmaputra is also known as
- Hussain Sagar km2 and is spread across the - YarlungTsangpo
⬥ Yamuna, a right bank tributary, - 11Indian states ⬥ The Sunderban Delta is created by the
meets the Ganga at - Prayagraj ⬥Chambal rises near Mhow in the Malwa - Ganga-Brahmaputra rivers
⬥The length of the Ganga River is plateau which is situated at ⬥ Gurdwara Patalpuri Sahib is located on
- 2525 km - MadhyaPradesh the banks of - SutlejRiver
⬥ The Betwa, a tributary of the Yamuna ⬥ Barakar is a tributary of - Damodar river ⬥ A tributary of the river Brahmaputra that
River, originates in the - Vindhya Range ⬥Kaveri river was alsoknown as 'Pooni' in flows through Bhutan- Wang Chhu River
⬥ Asia's largest freshwater oxbow lake is - Tamil ⬥ Brahmani river formed by the confluence
-Kanwar (Bihar) ⬥Largest river flowing through Tamil Nadu of Sankh River and South Koel River at
⬥ The Sunderban delta is the home of is - Kaveri - Vedvyas
- RoyalBengal Tiger ⬥ Gandak River is a north bank tributary of ⬥ Anchar Lake is located in
⬥ The Panjnad is the name given to the five - Ganga - Jammu andKashmir
rivers of - Punjab ⬥ The Gandak comprises two streams, ⬥ The river Brahmaputra originate from
⬥ Tapi river flows through a - rift valley namely Kaligandak and -Trishulganga - Chemayungdung glacier
⬥ The Mettur Dam is on the river - Cauvery ⬥ The Gandak river rises from the ⬥ Yerla, Warna and Dindi are tributaries of
⬥ The decommissioned havelock bridge - NepalHimalayas the - Krishna river
has been built over - Godavari River ⬥ Jhelum River is also called - Vyeth ⬥ The river Ganga divides the state of Bihar
⬥Tawa dam is located in- Madhya Pradesh ⬥ The Hundru Fall lies along the course of into - 2 parts
⬥ Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, Satluj, - SubarnarekhaRiver ⬥ Tapti rivers empties into the Gulf of
rivers are tributaries of - Indus River ⬥ The Hirakud Dam is built near the city of Cambay of the - ArabianSea
⬥Bandarpunch glacier is a major Sambalpur in - Odisha ⬥ The Jai Hind bridge is located in-Kolkata
headwaters of - Yamuna River ⬥ Hirakud Dam is built on the river ⬥Hazaribagh is located on the banks of
⬥
Tehri Dam is the multi-purpose rock and - Mahanadi - Konar river
earth-fill embankment dam on ⬥The major rivers of the Bundelkhand ⬥ Varanasi , Kanpur and Phaphamauis
- Bhagirathi and Bhilangana river Region - Ken located on the banks of - Ganga river
⬥ The Kangra and Kullu valley is located in ⬥ River Ken flows through two states, ⬥ A channel of a canal where water flows
- HimachalPradesh Madhya Pradesh and - Uttar Pradesh under the influence of gravity is called
⬥Ghaggar river originates in the ⬥Yamuna is a snow-fed, braided river that - Flow channel
- HimachalPradesh rises from - Yamunotri glacier ⬥ Peacock Island is located on
⬥An artificial lake named Gobind Sagar ⬥ Kunchikal waterfall of Karnataka is - Brahmaputrariver
was created in -1976 located on the - Varahiriver ⬥ Peacock Island, the smallest inhabited
⬥ Hydroelectric dam at Bhakra on the ⬥The river Indus was called Hindos by the river island, is also known as
Satluj river is - GobindSagar Iranians and the Greeks about - UmanandaIsland
⬥ Luni is the only major river in -2500 years ago ⬥ Uttarakhand’s first gravity dam is
- Indian desert ⬥ Mahanadi river drains into the - Song dam
⬥Adam's Bridge (Rama Setu) connects the - Bay of Bengal ⬥River Karnali, longest river of Nepal, is
- Indiaand Sri lanka ⬥Godavari Basin lies about 50% in the also called - Ghaghara
⬥
The largest peninsular rivers drainage - Maharashtra ⬥ ‘Ong’ and ‘Tel’ are tributaries of the river
basin is - Godavari ⬥Chambal River is a tributary of - Mahanadi
⬥ Ghaghara originates from - Yamuna river ⬥ A temporary dam constructed to exclude
-MapchachungoGlacier ⬥ Pakistan is constructing a dam named water from the specific area is - Coffer
⬥ Pushkar lake is situated in Ajmer district 'Diamer Basha' on the river - Indus ⬥ Ravi river originates from
of - Rajasthan ⬥ Dudhsagar waterfall is present in Goa on -HimachalPradesh
⬥ Material transported and deposited the -Mandovi River ⬥Suryadhar lake is located in
by glacier is - Moraine ⬥ Luni is the largest west flowing river in - Uttarakhand
⬥ The largest amount of freshwater on - Rajasthan ⬥ Pangong Tso is a salt-water lake located
Earth - Ice caps ⬥The Bhambavli Vajrai Waterfall is located in - Leh, Ladakh
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⬥ The Sirki Waterfall is located in are tributaries of - Indus - Itarsi, Madhya Pradesh
- ArunachalPradesh ⬥Betwa, Hindon, Ken, Tons and Chambal ⬥Chenab river originates from the
⬥ Ujjain is on the banks of - Kshipra river re tributaries of the
a - Yamuna River confluence oftwo rivers
⬥Himadri, the Himachal and the Shiwalik ⬥
Ganga originates from the Gangotri - Chandraand Bhaga
arethe parallel ranges of the Himalayas Glacier in - Uttarakhand ⬥Regulating the natural flow of a river by
in its - longitudinalextent ⬥
G andak is a left bank tributary of the building large dams affects
⬥ Mayurakshi, Damodar, Kangsabati, and - Ganges - Agriculture in downstream regions
Rupnarayan are tributaries of ⬥India can use only 20% of the total water ⬥Lokapavani and Bhavani are tributaries
- Hooghly River carried by the - Indus River system of the River - Cauvery
⬥ Chulia waterfall is situated on Chambal ⬥
India's smallest river island Umananda is ⬥ Ashtamudi Lake, Vembanad Lake and
River in - Rajasthan situated on - Brahmaputra River Sasthamcotta Lake is located in
⬥Rain is - liquid Precipitation ⬥
T api River has a total length of about - Kerala
⬥ Sur Sarovar (Keetham Lake) was added - 724 km ⬥ Renuka lake is in the Sirmaur district of
to the list of Ramsar Sites in the year ⬥ T api River originates from Betul, Madhya - HimachalPradesh
- 2020 P
radesh, and falls into the - Arabian Sea ⬥
Renuka lake was designated as Ramsar
⬥ Maithon dam is located in - Jharkhand ⬥ Krishna river originates at site in - 2005
⬥Lucknow is situated on the banks of Mahabaleshwar in - Maharashtra ⬥ Depositional landforms of river are called
- Gomti river ⬥Second longest river in India is -Natural Levees
⬥ Farakka Barrage, built on the Ganga - Godavari river ⬥The world’s highest railway-arch bridge
river, is located in ⬥The river Damodar flows through the (1315m) built in Jammu and Kashmir over
- Murshidabad, West Bengal - ChotanagpurPlateau - Chenab river
⬥Nagarjuna Sagar dam is constructed on ⬥
B etwa river flows through the ⬥ Gaurikund lake is a famous Hindu
- Krishna river -
Malwa Plateau pilgrimage site located in Rudraprayag
⬥The mouth of the Indus river lies to the ⬥
A smaller river or stream that flows into district of - Uttarakhand
north of - Tropic ofCancer a
larger river or body of water is -Tributary ⬥Pennar, Mahanadi, Krishna, Narmada
⬥The Nizam Sagar Dam is situated in ⬥
A deep valley with steep slopes to the rivers are - non-perennialriver
- Telangana sides and almost wide at the top and ⬥ Rivers that originates in Sikkim, flows
⬥ The fifth largest river and the largest west bottom is - Gorge through West Bengal and then enters
- flowing river in India is - Narmada river ⬥ A narrow ridge of rock which separates Bangladeshis - Teestariver
⬥The site Rani-ki-Vav (Queen's Stepwell) is two valleys is - Arete ⬥Lake pangong Tso is the water body
situated on the banks of- Saraswati river ⬥
W orld's largest basaltic meteor impact shared by India and - China
⬥The Baglihar Dam is located in crater lake found in India is - Lonar Lake ⬥ World's highest (height 4350 meter)
- Jammu andKashmir ⬥ Loktak Lake is a freshwater lake in saltwater lake is - PangongTso
⬥The Brahmani river is an - Manipur ⬥Largest inland saltwater lake in India is
- eastflowing river ⬥ The 2nd largest fresh-water lake of Asia - Sambhar Lake
⬥ Duduma waterfall is situated in is - Wular Lake ⬥ Sambhar Lake was designated as a
- Odisha ⬥ Purna and Girna Rivers are the tributaries Ramsar site in March -1990
of - Tapti river ⬥Lonar Lake is located in the Buldhana
⬥Bhima River is a major tributary of the district of - Maharashtra
Railway Exams
- Krishna River ⬥Devtal Lakeis located in the Garhwal
⬥Bhima River flows through district of - Uttarakhand
⬥Sardar Sarovar Project (gravity dam) was
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh ⬥The Cauvery water dispute is between
inaugurated on - 17 September 2017
⬥
About 79% area of Ganga basin is in - Karnataka and TamilNadu
⬥
The highest Dam in India is
- India ⬥In India, Dolphins are mainly found in
- Tehri Dam (Uttarakhand)
⬥
The river of Rajasthan that had dried up - Ganges and its tributaries
⬥The largest Dam in India is
but revived with efforts of the villagers ⬥ Damanganga flows through the Union
- Bhakra NangalDam
assisted by Tarun Bharat Sangh (an NGO) Territory of - Dadra and Nagar Haveli
⬥
Bhakra Nangal Dam is located in
is - Arvari River ⬥ Pinjal river is a tributary of Vaitrana river
- Himachal Pradesh
⬥
Rajasthan regained its lost greenery due which flows entirely in - Maharashtra
⬥
The oldest Dam in India is-Kallanai Dam
to - Indira GandhiCanal ⬥The Krishna Raja Sagar Dam was built
⬥
Kallanai Dam is located in
⬥
Indira Gandhi Canal construction started across river Kaveri in - 1932
- Grand Anicut, TamilNadu,
on 31 March, 1958 and finished in - 2010 ⬥The largest Earthen dam in India is
⬥
Gosikhurd National Irrigation Project is
⬥Penna river of South India originates - Banasura Sagar Dam (Kerala)
related to - Maharashtra
from - Nandi Hills ⬥ Idukki dam is built on the river - Periyar
⬥Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement
⬥
The Ganges is a transboundary river of ⬥ The drainage pattern where the river
Project was started in - 2012
Asia which flows through originates from a hill and flows in all
⬥Bundhis is a type of water collection
- India and Bangladesh directions is - Radial
system found in
⬥
Budhabalanga and Vaitarani rivers have ⬥ Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Project is a
- Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh
their source at - Odisha river interlinking project which connects
Note:-Kuhls(HimachalPradesh),Kuhals ⬥ The State is known as ‘Molasses Basin’ - Godavari and Krishnarivers
(Jammu & Kashmir), Eris (Tamil Nadu), - Mizoram ⬥ Bari Doab is the area between
Surangams (Kerala), Kattas (Karnataka) ⬥Tawa dam was built in - 1970s - Beas and Ravi
⬥
Tawa dam is a reservoir located in ⬥Paithan Hydroelectric Project is located in
⬥Chenab, Sutlej, Jhelum, Beas and Ravi
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- Maharashtra ⬥ River which flows in the Andaman and - 5,179 km2
⬥ Nathpa Jhakri is the largest hydropower Nicobar Islands is - Kalpong river ⬥ The Indira Sagar Multipurpose Project is
project on the - SutlejRiver ⬥ Juhu Beach in Mumbai is a part of the located in - Madhya Pradesh
⬥ Indira Sagar Dam is built on - Arabian Sea ⬥ Terekhol, Chapora, Mapusa, Sal, Zuari
- Narmada river ⬥ The wide part (mouth) of a river where it and Mandovi are the major rivers of- Goa
⬥ India’s largest salt water lake is situated joins the sea is called - Estuary ⬥ The archaeological site Inamgaon
in - MahanadiDelta ⬥ Raja, Rani, Rocket and Roarer are the (Maharashtra) is situated at the bank of
⬥ Indian River systems are classified into falls of - Jogwaterfall river Ghod, which is a tributary of
- Himalayan and Peninsular Rivers ⬥ Vijayawada is located on the banks of - Bhima river
⬥ The longest tributary of Indus river is the river - Krishna ⬥ As per the Indus water treaty 1960, the
- Chenab river ⬥ Rajghat dam is situated on the river percentage of water India can use from
⬥ Shiv Sagar artificial freshwater lake is - Betwa the rivers is - 20%
located in - Maharashtra ⬥ Malampuzha dam is located in ⬥ The Chitrakote Waterfalls (Niagara Falls
⬥ Kodai Lake is a manmade lake located in - Palakkad of india) of Chhattisgarh is located on
- Tamil Nadu ⬥ The Sone River originate from - Indravati River
⬥ Nainital lake is a natural freshwater lake - AmarkantakHill ⬥ The river bounded by the Tungabhadra
located in - Uttarakhand ⬥ The little Rangeet river flows through sub-basin in northern side and Palar
⬥ Kolleru Lake is a freshwater lake located - Darjeelinghill station sub-basin in southern side is
in - AndhraPradesh ⬥ Tipaimukh Dam is located in - Manipur - Cauvery Basin
⬥ The largest man-made lake in India is ⬥ Idukki Dam in India is an example of ⬥ The largest river basin of India
- Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar Lake - Arch dams - Ganga basin
⬥ The confluence of the Indus River and ⬥ Idukki Dam (kerala) stands between two ⬥ The decommissioned Havelock Bridge
the Zanskar River occurs in - Ladakh mountains Kuravanmala and was constructed over - Godavari River
⬥ Akhnoor fort is located on the bank of - Kurathimala ⬥Gandak River originates from
- Chenab river ⬥ Gravity dam built on Yamuna river is -Nepal Himalaya
⬥Akhnoor fort was constructed by Raja - Lakhwar Dam (Uttrakhand) ⬥ Hirakud dam is situated in
Tegh Singh in -1762 CE ⬥ The river formed by the confluence of - Sambalpur, Odisha
⬥ Bahu Fort was located on the banks Shankha river and Dakshin Koel river is ⬥ Tawa Dam is located in
of the - Tawi River -Brahmani River - MadhyaPradesh
⬥ Hari Parbat is also known as Kooh-e- ⬥ Metal which is found in Subarnarekha ⬥Koyna, Panchganga, and Ghataprabha
Maran lies on the west of Dal Lake in river of Jharkhand - Alluvialgold are tributaries of - Krishnariver
- Srinagar ⬥ Indus river is also called the ⬥ The percent of geographical area drained
⬥ Chiktan fort is situated on the right bank -Singi khamban by Godavari River in India
of the Sangeluma river, a tributary of the ⬥ Taj Lake Palace Hotel is situated in the - Approximate10%
- Indus River middle of Lake Pichola in - Udaipur ⬥ The Bhimtal lake is situated in
⬥ Cholamu Lake is located in - Sikkim ⬥ Kolleru Lake is located in - Uttarakhand
⬥ The rivers Arun, Barun and Tamur are - AndhraPradesh ⬥ Ghagra, Ramaganga and Yamuna are
parts of the - Kosi river system ⬥ Panaji is located on the banks of tributary of - Ganga
⬥ Kosi is known as - Sorrow of Bihar - Mandovi ⬥ Harike Barrage, point of origin for the
⬥ Hemavati is the tributary of - Kaveri river ⬥ Rapti river is the left bank tributary of the Indira Gandhi Canal (Rajasthan canal),
⬥ Kaveri rises at Talakaveri on the - Ghaghra is located in - Punjab
Brahmagiri range in the Western Ghats in ⬥ The Dhola-Sadiya Bridge (India’s longest ⬥ The Delta that is formed by the great
- Karnataka bridge) is built across -Lohit River confluence of Ganga, Brahmaputra and
⬥ Ghataprabha, Malaprabha, Bhima, ⬥ Kaveri Delta is known as the food grain Meghna rivers - Sundarban Delta
Tungabhadra and Musi are the tributaries of - South India ⬥ The State irrigated by the Triveni canal is
of - Krishna ⬥ A lake made up of sand and groundwater - Bihar
⬥ Seonath, Jonk, Hasdeo, and Mand are separated by sandbars and spits from the ⬥ Narmada River and Son River originate
the tributaries of - Mahanadi sea is called - Lagoon from -Amarkantak
⬥ Manjira river passes through the states ⬥ Loktak Hydro Electric Power plant is
of Maharashtra,Karnataka, and- Telangana Police Exams located in - Manipur
⬥Triveni Sangam (Prayag) of Uttar Pradesh ⬥ Pulicat lake, Vembanad lake, Chilika
is the place of confluence of ⬥ Barak river, also known as Surma river, is lake in India are - Lagoonlakes
-Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati originated from - Manipur Hills ⬥ ‘Aman Setu’ is located between
⬥ Hussain Sagar Lake is located in ⬥ The Katakhal, Jiri, Chiri, Modhura, Longai, - Srinagar and Muzaffarabad
-Telangana Sonai, Rukni and Singla are the main ⬥ River Mandakini joins the river
⬥ The river Pindar joins Alaknanda river in tributaries of -Barak river Alaknanda at - Rudraprayag
- Karnaprayag ⬥ The Tungabhadra, the Koyana, and the ⬥ Sarayu river is a tributary of- Sharda river
⬥ Mechi is a trans-boundary river flowing Bhima rivers are the major tributaries of ⬥ Five rivers from Punjab (India)
through India and - Nepal - Krishna river enter the Indus river at
⬥ Mechi is a tributary of - Mahananda river ⬥ Kalinadi river originates from Belgaum - Mithankot, Pakistan
⬥ According to Jawaharlal Nehru, Dams district of Karnataka and falls into ⬥ Mahanadi River system rises from
are known as the-Temples of modern India - Karwar Bay -Chhattisgarh
⬥ Chilika Lake is famous for - Flamingo ⬥ Kalinadi river having a catchment area of ⬥ Hogenakkal Falls is located in
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- Tamil Nadu ⬥A channel of the canal where water is river - Brahmaputra
⬥ Kadam dam is situated at forced to flow against the slope of ⬥ Feni river originates from
- Godavari River land - Lift channel - South Tripuradistrict
⬥ The longest river in the Thar Desert- Luni ⬥ India’s largest inland saline wetland, the ⬥ Srisailam Dam is built on
⬥ The confluence of Alaknanda and Sambhar Lake, located in - Rajasthan - Krishna River
Bhagirathi is - Devprayag ⬥ Dendritic drainage pattern is formed ⬥Jog Falls is located in - Karnataka
⬥ The spring at Verinag is the source of when streams flow in different ⬥ Buckingham canal is spread across
- Jhelum River directions from Tamil Nadu and - Andhra Pradesh
⬥ Hundru Falls is formed by the river - Central peak or dome like structure ⬥Pachpadra lake is located in
- Subarnarekha ⬥ Pravara, Purna, Manjra, Penganga, Maner, - Rajasthan
⬥ 'Rani ki Vav' or 'Queen's Stepwell' is Mula, Peddavagu, Pranhita and Wardha ⬥ Pous Sankranti Mela in Tripura is
located on the banks of are tributaries of - Godavaririver associated with - Gomatiriver
-Saraswati River ⬥ The system of equitable distribution of ⬥ Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project is
⬥ India's first river interlinking project water in the command area of the located on - Godavaririver
- Ken - Betwa canal outlet is called - Warabandi ⬥Majuli Island, the world's largest river
⬥ Jawai Bandh is a reservoir built across ⬥ Mettur, Kallanai, and Krishna Raja Sagara island, located in - Brahmaputra River
the Jawai River, which is a tributary of dam is built on - Kaveri (Cauvery) river ⬥ Koteshwar hydro-electric power
- The Luni River ⬥ Sarayu River is tributary of project is located in - Uttarakhand
⬥ 'Lendiya Talab' is located in -Ghaghara River ⬥ Tapi river originates from
- MadhyaPradesh ⬥Salal Hydroelectric Power Station - MadhyaPradesh
⬥ Rechna Doab is located between is built on - Chenabrivers ⬥ Betwa river originates from
- Ravi and Chenabrivers ⬥India's highest (tallest) dam -Vindhya Range
⬥ Chandil Dam is built across the - Tehri Dam, Uttarakhand ⬥ Water divide between the Indus and
Subarnarekha River in - Jharkhand ⬥Sringaverapura near Allahabad had a the Ganga river systems is located in
⬥ Chilika Lake, the largest saltwater lake water harvesting system that - Ambala(Haryana)
in India, is located in - Odisha channeled the flood water of ⬥ Anas River is tributary of - Mahi River
⬥ Hasdeo river is found in - Ganga river ⬥Hathni Kund Dam is built on
- Chhattisgarh ⬥ Chitrakoot waterfalls on Indravati river - Yamuna river
⬥ The river flows in north-west direction located in - Chhattisgarh ⬥ Son river is a tributary of - Ganga river
parallel to Pir Panjal ranges and cuts the ⬥A branch of a river that flows away from ⬥ Sina River is a large tributary of
ranges near Kishtwar - Chenab river the main stream - Distributary - Bhima river
⬥ The largest west-flowing river in ⬥ Cauvery basin includes Tamil Nadu, ⬥ Dibang Hydro Project is located in
Peninsular India - Narmada Karnataka, Kerala and - Puducherry - ArunachalPradesh
⬥ Chilika Lake, Keetham Lake, Loktak ⬥ Irrigation and power generation ⬥ Ken-Betwa ILR project started in
Lake are listed as - Ramsar Sites Sharda canal is located in - MadhyaPradesh
⬥ Lonar Lake was formed by a meteorite - Uttar Pradesh ⬥ The Manas River does indeed originate in
impact during the Pleistocene epoch in ⬥ Near India-Bangladesh border the Barak Bhutan and flows into -India
- Maharashtra river bifurcates into Kushiyara and ⬥Neyyar Dam is a gravity dam on the
⬥ River that flows through Tibet, India, - Surma Neyyar River in - Kerala
and Bangladesh is - Brahmaputra ⬥ The largest river of Odisha - Mahanadi ⬥Siang River Festival celebrated in
⬥Ghataprabha, Malaprabha, Yerla, Warna, ⬥ Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery, Mahanadi, - ArunachalPradesh
Dindi, Musi are tributaries of-Krishna river Subarnrekha are - East-flowing rivers ⬥The confluence of the Alaknanda and
⬥ A partially confined coastal water body ⬥The three rivers (Brahmaputra, Indus, Pindar rivers is known as - Karnprayag
where salt water from oceans mix with Ganga) are responsible for the formation ⬥ Silchar city is situated on the banks
fresh water from rivers and streams of - NorthernPlains of - Barak River
- Estuary ⬥Doodhganga river is a tributary of ⬥ The length of Godavari river is - 1465 km
⬥ Ukai dam is located on - Tapi river - Krishna River ⬥ Banas, Parbati and Kali Sindh are
⬥ The river that flows between the Zaskar ⬥ The Periyar River is a - Rainfed river tributaries of - Chambalriver
(Zanskar) and Ladakh ranges ⬥ 'Ghaggar and Banas'' are rivers that ⬥ The river between Yamuna and Satluj
- Indus river feed the state of - Rajasthan that is considered as present day
⬥ Tapi, Narmada, Sindhu, Purna, and ⬥Ujjain is located on the Malwa Plateau successor of Saraswati River - Ghaggar
Sabarmati are flow into - Arabian Sea on the east side of - Shipra River ⬥Myntdu River flows in - Meghalaya
⬥ Rivers Tirap and Noa are located in ⬥ Punjab Himalayas lie between Indus ⬥ Maithon dam is on the river Barakar in
- ArunachalPradesh and - Satluj - Jharkhand
⬥Burhi Dihing is a tributary of ⬥ Kakrapar irrigation project is on ⬥ Haridwar, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi,
- Brahmaputra - Tapi river Patna are the major cities on the banks
⬥ Umananda island is located in - Assam ⬥ The Kolleru Lake is located in of - Ganga River
⬥
Thoseghar waterfall is located in - AndhraPradesh ⬥ The closest barrage/dam to
- Maharashtra ⬥ Singur dam has been built on India-Bangladesh border
⬥ The Chandra and Bhaga rivers merge to - Manjira river - FarakkaBarrage
form the - ChenabRiver ⬥Pulicat Lake is separated from the ⬥Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is constructed
⬥India's longest river bridge, Dhola Bay of Bengal by - Sriharikota Island on - Krishna river
-Sadiya is built on - Brahmaputra ⬥ Guwahati is situated on the banks of ⬥ The river that crosses the tropic of
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cancer twice - Mahi - Teesta ⬥ River Beas, flowing from Himachal and
⬥ Dri, Mathun, Talon, Eme, Ahi, Emra and ⬥ The Physical feature acts as water divide Punjab, joins the river - Satluj
Awa are tributaries of - Dibang River between the Indus and Ganga river ⬥ The Lonar Lake is a crater lake in
⬥ River Kabini is tributary of - Cauvery river basins - AravaliRidge - Buldhana district (Maharashtra)
⬥ Hirakud dam is built across ⬥ Brahmaputra originates from the ⬥ Fine-grained bed of ephemeral lake in a
-Mahanadi river Chemayungdung glacier near desert is also known as - Playa
⬥Brahmaputra river turns southward Mansarovar lake in - Tibet ⬥ The Krishna Raja Sagara Dam is situated
and enters Bangladesh near Goalpara on the - River Kaveri
after flowing through Dhubri in - Assam Defence Exams ⬥ Bagalihar, Dulhasti and Salal hydro power
⬥ Krishna river has its origin in projects have been developed on
- Mahabaleshwar ⬥ Streams and rivers coming from the - Chenab River
⬥ The main source of water to Bantwal and mountains, deposit heavy materials of ⬥ A river drains the water collected from a
Mangalore is - Netravatiriver rocks and boulders in - Bhabar Zone specific area, is known as
⬥ The term Peninsula means a piece of ⬥The two rivers that flow in the region - Catchmentarea
land surrounded by water on between Gulbarga and Vijayanagara ⬥ The Nallamala Hills is bordered by two
- Three sides Hampi - Krishna and Tungabhadra major rivers - Krishna and Pennar
⬥ A deep valley with steep to straight sides, ⬥ India’s first underwater metro rail tunnel ⬥ The Bist Doab is located between the
almost equal in width at its to and has been constructed on - Hooghly river rivers - Beasand Satluj
bottom is called - Gorge ⬥ Dudhsagar waterfall, formed by Mandovi ⬥ The Bari Doab is lies between the rivers
⬥ The longest river of peninsular India is river, is located in - Goa - Ravi and Beas
- Godavari river ⬥ The Barkana waterfall, formed by Seetha ⬥ The Rachna Doab located between the
⬥Kaveri river rises in - Brahmagiri Hills River is located in - Karnataka rivers - Chenaband Ravi
⬥The critically endangered Gharial is ⬥ Duduma waterfall, formed by the ⬥ The Chaj Doab located between the
found in - Chambal and Girwa river Machkund river is located in - Odisha rivers - Chenab andjhelum
⬥Theland between rivers is known as ⬥ Kiliyur waterfall, formed by Periyaaru ⬥ The Punjab Himalaya lies between the
- Doab river, is located in rivers - Indusand Sutlej
⬥Lohit, Dibang, Teesta and Subansiri are - Shervaroyan hill range (Tamil Nadu) ⬥ The Kumaun Himalaya lies between the
tributaries of - Brahmaputra river ⬥ Kaliveli Lake is situated in - Tamil Nadu rivers - Sutlejand Kali
⬥ Brahmaputra river makes a U-turn in ⬥ Khajjiar lake is located in ⬥ The Nepal Himalaya lies between the
- ArunachalPradesh - Chamba (Himachal Pradesh) rivers -Kali and Tista
⬥ Sardar Sarovar Dam is located in ⬥ Khecheopalri lake is located in - Sikkim ⬥ The Assam Himalaya lies between the
- Gujarat ⬥ Vembanad lake is located in - Kerala rivers - Tistaand Dihang
⬥ Narmada river flows through a rift valley ⬥ Jiri, Singla, Longai, Sonai and Katakhal ⬥ ‘Doodh Ganga’ river is located in
between rivers are tributaries of - Barak river - Jammu andKashmir
- The Vindhya and the Satpura Range ⬥ The Luhri Hydro-Electric Power Project is ⬥ Kishanganga is a tributary of - Jhelum
⬥ Nubra, Shyok, Zaskar and Beas are being constructed in Himachal Pradesh ⬥ After joining the Tista River, the
tributaries of - Indus on the river - Satluj Brahmaputra is known as - Jamuna
⬥ The largest freshwater lake in the North ⬥ World’s Largest ‘Kaleshwaram Lift ⬥ Kopili is a tributary of - Brahmaputra
East is -Loktak Lake Irrigation System’ is constructed in ⬥ Brahmaputra river in Himalaya is
⬥ Wular Lake is located in Telangana on - Godavaririver example of - Antecedent drainage
- Jammu andKashmir ⬥The Panchmuli Lake is situated near ⬥ The river with highest tidal bore in India
⬥ Bhakra-Nangal Dam situated on - Sutlej - Statue of Unity(Gujarat) is - Hooghly
⬥The river also known as Dakshin Ganga is ⬥ Gomti, Ghaghara, Gandak and Kosi are ⬥ The Damodar river originates from
- Godavari the major left bank tributaries of - Plateau of Chotanagpur
⬥The river known as TsangPo in Tibet and - River Ganga ⬥ The confluence of Alaknanda and Pindar
Jamuna in Bangladesh - Brahmaputra ⬥ Yamuna and Son are the major right bank river is at -Karanprayag
⬥ World’s largest and fastest growing tributaries of - RiverGanga ⬥ The Badrinath temple is situated on the
delta - Sunderbandelta ⬥ The Lonar Lake located inMaharashtra is banks of the river - Alaknanda
⬥ Indus Water Treaty (1960) is agreement a type of - Volcanic Craterlake ⬥ The Khatling glacier is the origin place of
between - India and Pakistan ⬥ The Gangabal Lake located in Jammu - Bhilanganariver
⬥ Chambal, Ken, Betwa, and Narmada and Kashmir is a type of - Glacial lake ⬥ The Betwa river originates from
rivers are located in which region of India ⬥ The Purbasthali Lake located in West - Vindhya Hills
- PeninsularPlateau Bengal is a type of - Fluviallake ⬥ The Yamuna river originates from
⬥The contentious issue of water sharing ⬥ The Bhimtal Lake located in Uttrakhand - Yamunotriglacier
between India and Bangladesh is a type of - Tectoniclake ⬥ Chambal river originates from
involves - TeestaRiver ⬥ The Damanganga Reservoir Project with - Janapav Hills
⬥Yamuna, Ramganga, Saryu, Gandak, about 115 km of minor canals and ⬥ The valley of the Chambal River is known
Kosi, Mahanadi, Son are Tributaries of distributaries is located in for its -Deep ravines
- Ganga river - Dadra and Nagar Haveli ⬥ “Aliabet Island’ is situated on the estuary
⬥Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej ⬥ The river which takes a ‘U’ turn on of -Narmada river
are tributaries of - Indusriver reaching at Namcha Barwa mountain and ⬥ Tava is the tributary of - Narmada
⬥ The longest river in India - Ganga entersArunachal Pradesh is ⬥ Amarkantak plateau in the Maikal hills
⬥ Jalpaiguri lies on the bank of the river - Brahmaputra (Tsangpo) marks the origin of - Narmada river
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⬥ The river that originates from the sacred situated on - Subarnarekha river - Arunachal Pradesh
tank of Multai - Tapti ⬥ In Madhya Pradesh, Chachai waterfall is ⬥
The Badkhal lake is located in - Haryana
⬥ The second largest river basin of India is situated on -Bihad river ⬥ Loktak lake is located in - Manipur
- Godavari ⬥ In Madhya Pradesh, Dhaundhar waterfall
⬥ Tungabhadra and Bhima are the is situated on - Narmadariver ⬥ The Kali veli lake is located in
tributaries of - Krishnariver ⬥ In Jharkhand, Budha Ghagh waterfall is - Tamil Nadu
⬥ The source of Kaveri River lies in situated on - Burhariver ⬥ Roopkund lake is also known as
- BrahmagiriHills ⬥ Sala, Sangestar Tso, Geker Sinying are - Mystery lake
⬥ Hagari is a tributary of - Tungabhadra famous lakes of - Arunachal Pradesh ⬥ Sattal lake is located in
⬥ Sankosh river forms boundary between ⬥ Badkhal, Damdama, Surajkund are - Nainital (Uttrakhand)
- Assam and West Bengal famous lakes of - Haryana ⬥ Drona Sagar Tal lake is located in
⬥ Kaimur range acts as a water divide ⬥ Loktak Lake is situated in - Manipur - Kashipur (Uttrakhand)
between - Yamuna andson ⬥ Kaliveli, Ooty, and Chembarambakkam ⬥ Dodital is a freshwater lake located in
⬥ Kharkhara, Kharun, and Jamuniya are are famous lakes of - Tamil Nadu - Uttarkashi (Uttrakhand)
tributaries of - Shivnathriver ⬥ The Vaitarna river rises from the Trimbak ⬥ Birahi tal lake is located in
⬥ The flow of rivers in Deccan plateau is Hills in - NashikDistrict - Chamoli (Uttrakhand)
- West to East ⬥ The Mahi basin extends over ⬥ Lonar Lake is a saline lake, located in
⬥ A wide stream where river and sea water - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat - (Buldhana) Maharashtra
merge with each other is known as ⬥ Purna river is a tributary of - Tapti river ⬥ Gangabal lake is located in
- Estuary ⬥ Halali, Bina, Dhasan, and Jamini rivers - Jammu andKashmir
⬥ River Khari is part of the drainage system are the main tributaries of - Betwa ⬥ Bhimtal lake is located in
of -Bay of Bengal ⬥ The river which has made a deep gorge - Uttrakhand
⬥ Pahalgam in Kashmir is located on the between the Akhrani and Mathwar hills in ⬥ Ashtamudi Lake is located in
banks of river - Lidder Madhya Pradesh is - (Kollam) Kerala
⬥ Gorakhpur is situated on the bank of river -Narmada River ⬥ Himayat Sagar is an artificial lake
- Rapti ⬥ The Bargi irrigation Project is situated on located in - Telangana
⬥ The sea coast of Tamil Nadu is Known Narmada river, located in ⬥ Dal lake is located in
as - Coromandelcoast - Jabalpurdistrict - Jammu and Kashmir
⬥ The Western Ghats in Maharashtra is ⬥ The Tawa irrigation Project is situated on ⬥ Tsomgo Lake is a glacial lake, located in
known as - SahyadriHills Tawa river, located in - Sikkim
- Hoshangabad (Narmadapuram) ⬥ Pochampad project located on
State PCS Exams ⬥ The Matiyari irrigation Dam Project - Godavari river
situated on Matiyari river, located in ⬥ The Canal Irrigation is significant in the
⬥ The Triveni Canal has been constructed -Mandla district northern plains of India because the
on - Gandak river ⬥ The Barna Ghati irrigation Project is sources of canals are - Perennial rivers
⬥ The other name of river Gandak is situated on Barna river, located in ⬥ Chambal Canal Irrigation Project is
- Narayani - Raisen district related with - The Yamuna basin
⬥ The river Subarnarekha originates near ⬥ Betwa river originates from ⬥ The state with highest irrigation extent
the village - Nagri (Jharkhand) -Vindhyan Hills (percentage) in India is - Punjab
⬥ Phalgu (sacred river of Bihar), forms at ⬥ The Chambal Canal Irrigation project is ⬥ Mangalam irrigation project is in - Kerala
the confluence of related to the - Yamuna Basin ⬥ The Saran irrigation canal originates
- Mohana and Lilajanrivers ⬥ Jawahar Sagar Hydroelectricity Project is from -Gandak river
⬥ Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Project is a situated on the river - Chambal ⬥ Bargi Dam is situated on - Narmada river
river interlinking project which connects ⬥ The river which is known for deep ravines ⬥ Kadana Dam is an earthen and masonry
rivers - Godavari toKrishna is - Chambal dam on the Mahi River in
⬥ The Asia’s largest and freshwater oxbow ⬥ The confluence of three rivers the Ganga, - (Mahisagar)Gujarat
lake in Bihar is - Kanwarlake the Yamuna, and the Saraswati is ⬥ Ranjit Sagar Project is located on
⬥ A geographical unit that collects, stores - Triveni Sangam (Prayagraj) - Ravi river
and release water is called ⬥ The Mahi Bajaj Sagar Project is a joint ⬥ “Tulbul” project is located on
- Watershed venture of - Gujarat and Rajasthan - Jhelum river
⬥ The place located at the confluence of ⬥ Kunchikal falls is the highest waterfalls ⬥ Cheruthoni dam is a part of Idukki Hydro
Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers is in India located in - Karnataka Electric Project and is located in - Kerala
- Devprayag ⬥ Barehipani Falls is located in - Odisha ⬥ The Damodar Valley Corporation was
⬥ The place located at the confluence of ⬥ Nohkalikai Falls is located in-Meghalaya established in - 1948
Alaknanda and Pindar rivers is ⬥ The Keoti Falls is located in ⬥ Tapovan Vishnugad Hydroelectric Project
- Karnaprayag - Madhya Pradesh is located in - Uttrakhand
⬥ The place located at the confluence of ⬥ The ‘Chitrakot’ waterfall is located in ⬥ Rongtong hydro electric project is
Alaknanda and Dhauliganga rivers is - Chhattisgarh located in - Himachal Pradesh
- Vishnu Prayag ⬥ The Fulhar lake is situated in ⬥ Rani Laxmi Bai Dam is located on
⬥ The place located at the confluence of - Uttar Pradesh - Betwa river
Alaknanda and Mandakini rivers is ⬥ The Menal waterfall is located in ⬥ The Kalagarh dam is built on
- RudraPrayag - Chittorgarh (Rajasthan) - Ramganga River
⬥ In Jharkhand, Hundru waterfall is ⬥ The Sala lake is located in ⬥ Bagalihar project is built on
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- Chenab river ⬥ The longest river of Myanmar is - Danube
⬥ Kalpong hydroelectric project is located - Irrawaddy ⬥ Paris is a city on the banks of
in - Andaman and Nicobar island ⬥ Lake Baikal, the deepest lake in the - Seine River
⬥ The Sethusamudram Project connects world is located in - Russia ⬥ Dead Sea is situated between Israel and
- Gulf of Mannar and Palk Strait ⬥The total number of rivers including - Jordan
⬥ Meja dam is located on - Kothari river tributaries in Bangladesh is - About 700 ⬥ Magdalena river is one of the largest
⬥ Bansagar project is located on- Son river ⬥ Arabian sea covers a total area of river basins of - South America
⬥ Sabarigiri project is located in - Kerala - 1,491,000sq miles ⬥ Magdalena river flows through
⬥ Vaitarna Project is located in ⬥ The sea that joins the Gulf of Oman in - Columbia
- Maharashtra the northwest and the Gulf of Aden in
⬥ Ranganadi Project is located in the southwest is - Arabian Sea Police Exams
- Arunachal Pradesh ⬥ Lake superior is located in
⬥ Papanasam Project is located in - Canada andAmerica ⬥ The longest river of Sri Lanka is
- Tamil Nadu ⬥Lake victoria is located in - MahaweliGanga
⬥ Rana Pratap Sagar Hydro-electrical - Uganda and Tanzania, and Kenya ⬥ Lake Superior, largest freshwater lake (by
Project on Chambal river is located in the ⬥Largest drainage system in the world is surface area) in the World is located in
state of - Rajasthan - TheAmazon river - Canadaand USA
⬥ Triveni Canal has been constructed on ⬥The Amazon River, considered the ⬥ Lake Baikal, deepest and largest
- Gandak river largest river in the world, located in freshwater lake (by volume) in the world
⬥ Dulhasti Power Station is built on -South America is located in - Russia
- Chenab river ⬥The channel or strait located between ⬥ Lake Victoria, world's largest tropical
⬥ The Indira Gandhi Canal originates from the Great Nicobar Island and Indonesia's lake, is located in
- Harike Barrage Sumatra Island is known as - Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania
-Grand Channel ⬥ Lake Loch Lomond is located in
World Drainage System ⬥The city of Shanghaiis located at the - Scotland
mouth of the - YangtzeRiver ⬥ World’s largest ice rink called 'Rideau
SSCExams Canal' is located in -Canada
Railway Exams ⬥ The longest river in Nepal is - Karnali
⬥ The largest glacier of India is - Siachen
⬥ The Huka Falls are located in
⬥ The Nile River was known as the
- New Zealand
⬥ The Red Lake is situated in - USA
backbone of - Egypt Defence Exams
⬥ The Panama Canal is located in
⬥
The Nile river discharges its water into
- CentralAmerica ⬥ Drainage pattern of river whose direction
- MediterraneanSea
⬥ Panama Canal was opened in - 1914 of flow is controlled by the rock structure
⬥The highest navigable lake in the world
⬥ The most populated river basins in the - Subsequent drainage pattern
is - Lake Titicaca (South America)
world is - Ganga ⬥ Drainage pattern of river which has no
⬥A type of waterfall with an enormous
⬥ World’s largest freshwater lake in terms apparent reason why it follows the path it
volume of water is known as - Cataract
of volume is - Lake Baikal takes - Insequent drainage pattern
⬥
Longest river in the world
⬥ The largest river by discharge volume of ⬥ Drainage pattern of river that flow in the
-Nile (6,650 km)
water in the world is - Amazon same direction as the consequent stream
⬥The Second longest river in the world and
⬥ The longest river in South Africa is but at a lower level
the largest by water flow - Amazon
- Orange River - Resequent drainage pattern
⬥ The Lake Victoria is the world's
⬥ Victoria Falls is located on Zambezi river ⬥ Drainage pattern of river whose course is
second-largest freshwater lake, located
in - Africa determined by the original slope of the
in - Africa
⬥Gulf streams emanate from the land - Consequent drainage pattern
⬥ Lake Superior is the largest freshwater
- Gulf of Mexico ⬥ When the rivers discharge their waters
lake, located in - North America
⬥ The world’s largest coral reef found in from all directions into a lake or
⬥ The world's largest inland water body
- Australia depression, the pattern is known as
- TheCaspian Sea
⬥ Niagara falls is situated on the border of - Centripetal
⬥ Lake Eyre (Kati Thanda) is one of the
- Canadaand USA ⬥ Buenos Aires and Montevideo are
world's largest salt lakes, located in
⬥ The longest canal in the world is situated across the bank of - River Plate
- Australia
- Beijing -Hangzhou Grand Canal ⬥ Small lake located in an abandoned
⬥ The percentage of freshwater is in polar
⬥ The Suez Canal was constructed in meander loop of a river channel
ice sheets, glaciers, and mountainous
- Egypt - Oxbow lake
regions worldwide - 70 %
⬥ The largest natural hot spring, “Frying ⬥ The Panama Canal was opened in 1914,
⬥ The specific water body that separates
Pan Lake” is located in - New Zealand links - Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean
India from Sri Lanka is called the
⬥ Third-longest river in the world is
- Palk strait
- Yangtze(China)
⬥ The Gandak river also known as Narayani State PCS Exams
⬥ The deepest lake of the world is
river in - Nepal
- Baikal lake
⬥ The Budapest (Hungary) is located on ⬥ The Indus River joins a river from
⬥ Khartoum city is located on the banks of
the bank of - Danuberiver Afghanistan at Attock (Pakistan) is
- Nile river
⬥ The largest river basin in Sri Lanka is -The Kabul River
⬥ Budapest city is situated on the banks of
- Mahaweli ganga ⬥ The Rio Grande river is situated along the
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border between - USA and Mexico ⬥High-grade iron ore deposits are found in ⬥ Highest reserves of haematite ore in
⬥ The Lake Maracaibo is located in - NorthernOdisha India is - Odisha
- Venezuela ⬥The Kolar region of Karnataka is famous ⬥ The HVJ gas pipeline from Hazira in
⬥ The Lakes Michigan, Erie, Ontario, Huron for - Gold mining Gujarat to Jagdishpur in Uttar Pradesh
and Superior are located in ⬥ Kudremukh Mines (iron ore mine) are passes through - Madhya Pradesh
-North America located in - Karnataka ⬥ Feldspars are a large group of rock-
⬥ The Lakes Onega and Baikal are located ⬥ Coal mining region 'Korba' is located in forming silicate minerals that constitute
in - Russia - Chhattisgarh more than 50% of the - Earth's crust
⬥ The River Elbe and River Rhine drain their ⬥ Radiogenic heat and primordial heat are ⬥ The state has the highest coal reserve
water into - North sea main energy sources of in India - Jharkhand
- Earth's internal heatengine ⬥ Falta is an Export Processing Zone (EPZ)
⬥The Bailadila range of Chhattisgarh is was set up in - West Bengal
Minerals and Energy
famous for - Iron ore ⬥ Naharkatiya oil field is located in- Assam
Resources in India ⬥ The approximate amount of silica ⬥ The Tilaiya Ultra Mega Power Project is
present in cement is located in - Jharkhand
SSCExams - Between 17%to 25% ⬥ The only state in India that produces
⬥ Neyveli lignite coal mine is located in the diamonds is - Madhya Pradesh
⬥ The Mumbai High region is in the Arabian state of -Tamil Nadu ⬥ The Sundargarh deposits of Manganese
Sea known for - Mineraloil ⬥The Gulf of Khambhat, Gulf of Kutch, and is located in - Odisha
⬥ Gua and Noamundi mines are located in Sundarbans region provide ideal ⬥ The richest monazite deposits state in
the state of -Jharkhand conditions for utilizing - tidal energy India is - Kerala
⬥ Panchpatmali Hills are famous for ⬥The stone that is traditionally believed to
- Bauxitedeposits have the power to convert all baser Railway Exams
⬥Panchpatmali deposits are located in metals like iron into gold is
Koraput district of - Odisha - Philosopher'sstone ⬥ Monazite ore is found in the sands of
⬥As per Indian Minerals Yearbook 2020 ⬥ The oldest oil field of India is Digboi - Kerala
Madhya Pradesh has the highest which located in - Assam ⬥ The Gua mines of Jharkhand are
production of - Manganese ⬥ Kawas Thermal Power Station is associated with - Iron-ore
⬥Largest producer of lignite coal in India located in - Gujarat ⬥ Koraput, Rayagada, Kalahandi, Balangir
- Tamil Nadu ⬥ The famous Hirakud Captive Thermal districts of Odisha are famous for the
⬥ Balaghat is the leading copper producer Power plant is located in - Odisha mining of - Bauxite
district of - Madhya Pradesh ⬥ The state has the largest reserves of ⬥ Petrol and diesel are obtained from a
⬥Malanjkhand is an open pit copper mine gold ore in India is - Bihar natural resource called - Petroleum
in - MadhyaPradesh ⬥ Highest Manganese producing state with ⬥ The most popular coal for commercial
⬥Bailadila (Chhattisgarh) hills range are 33% of total production in India during use is - Bituminouscoal
famous for - Iron ore 2019-20 was - Madhya Pradesh ⬥ Which coal is used for smelting iron in
⬥ Chota Nagpur regions in India is ⬥Highest quality hard coal is - Anthracite blast furnaces - Metallurgical coal
nicknamed as - Storehouse of minerals ⬥ Lignite is low quality coal which is also ⬥ The Bellary - Chitradurga - Chikmagalur
⬥ The energy resource which is also known as - Browncoal -Tumkur belt in Karnataka is a rich source
known as Liquid Gold - Petroleum ⬥ Coal that is buried deep and is subjected of - Iron Ore
⬥ The resources divided on the basis of the to high temperatures is called ⬥ Manikaran Geothermal Energy Plant is
status of developmentare - Potential, - Bituminouscoal located in - Himachal Pradesh
Developed, stock, and Reserves ⬥ The largest bauxite producing country in ⬥ The largest coal field in India is
⬥ Tide, wind and solar energy are the the world is - Australia - JhariaCoal Fields
source of - Non-conventional energy ⬥ The Kolar Gold Fields is located in ⬥ In India, the 'Malanjkhand' is a famous
⬥ To generate hydel power, large dams can - Karnataka mines of - Copper
build on - Hillyterrains ⬥ Jharia Coal mine is located in ⬥ Karnataka has the largest deposits of
⬥ Mayurbhanj Iron-ore region is located in - Jharkhand - Jetblack granite
- Odisha ⬥ Khetri copper complex, Jhunjhunu, is ⬥ The only thing that we do not get from
⬥The "Digboi Oil fields" are located in situated at - Rajasthan natural resources but directly from
- Assam ⬥ Lohardaga Bauxite mine is located in outside the earth is -Energy
⬥ The Silicon percentage in Earth's Crust is - Jharkhand ⬥ The metallic minerals that occur as
- 27.7% ⬥ The largest wind farm cluster of India is alluvial deposits in flood plains or valleys
⬥ Aluminum percentage in Earth's Crust is located in -Tamil Nadu are known as - Placer deposit
approximately - 8.1% ⬥ The major resources of Gondwana coal, ⬥ The highest deposits of Hematite is
⬥ Iron percentage in Earth's Crust is - 5.0% particularly metallurgical coal, is found in - Odisha
⬥ The fuel that is the largest contributor to located in - DamodarValley ⬥ The largest producer of Bauxite in 2018
electricity generation in India is - Coal ⬥ Kakrapar Atomic Power station is -19 as per the Indian Minerals Yearbook
⬥ The largest concentration of monazite located in - Gujarat 2019 is - Odisha
deposits is on - Keralacoast ⬥ Coal with low carbon and high moisture ⬥ The most abundant metal in the
⬥ India built the Kudankulam Civilian content is also known as - Peat coal earth’s crust is - Aluminium
Nuclear Power Plant in collaboration with ⬥ Largest producer of Silver in the country ⬥ Madhya Pradesh is the only mine in the
- Russia - Rajasthan country involved in industrial-scale
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mining of - Diamond - Mineralogy ⬥ The mineral resource that is connected
⬥ Jaduguda (Jharkhand) is famous for ⬥ The process of removing silica from the with ‘Kodurite’ intrusive rock is
mining - Uranium soil is known as - Desilication - Manganese
⬥ The largest Uranium reserves in India is ⬥ The Tumakuru mining belt is located in ⬥ Bailadila iron ore mine is located in
in - AndhraPradesh - Karnataka - Chhattisgarh
⬥ The largest producer of gold in India is ⬥ The Kolar city in Karnataka is renowned ⬥ Mayurbhanj Iron Ore mines located in
- Karnataka for its - Gold mines - Odisha
⬥ State which leads India in thermal power ⬥ The ‘Kalol’, ‘Mehsana’ and ‘Nawagam’ in ⬥ Malanjkhand in Madhya Pradesh is
generation capacity is - Maharashtra Gujarat are - Oil fields famous for - Copper
⬥ Nacre, the technical term for an extract ⬥ The study of Earth's structure, evolution, ⬥ Khohdariba region is associated with
from the inside of a shell is better known and natural resources is called - Geology mining of - Copper
as - Mother-of-pearl ⬥ The largest silver producing mine in India ⬥ Koraput has rich deposits of - Bauxite
⬥ In India, the ‘rat hole mining’ is practised is - Zawar mines (Udaipur, Rajasthan) ⬥ Tamil Nadu has the largest reserves of
in - Meghalaya ⬥ The process of extracting minerals - Lignite Coal
⬥ The Big Inch pipeline transports closest to surface of earth is - Quarrying ⬥ Kaimur Plateau is famous for
- Petroleum ⬥ Largest resources in terms of gold ore - Limestone
⬥ Muscovite, pegmatite and biotite are are located in - Bihar ⬥ Karnataka is known as - Silicon state
ores of - Mica ⬥ Firewood, coal, fossil fuels, petroleum
⬥ Most of the chromite deposits in India are conventional source of - Energy State PCS Exams
are found in - Odisha ⬥ Charles Weld and Dorabji Tata found
⬥ India has the largest deposit of - Mica iron ores - RajharaHills ⬥ Ilmenite and rutile are the two chief
⬥ Mica is composed of iron, silica and ⬥ Energy sources Fossil Fuel, minerals of - Titanium
- Magnesium Petroleum/crude oil, Natural Gas, Earth ⬥ Shivanasamudra Hydro Power Project is
⬥ The Thal Heavy Water Plant was Minerals, Coal are situated in -Karnataka
commissioned in - 1987 - Non-Renewable Sources ⬥ Kalpakkam nuclear power plant is
⬥ Contribution of nuclear power in India to ⬥ Morphine can be extracted from - Opium situated in - TamilNadu
the country’s overall electricity generation ⬥ Jadugoda Uranium Mine is located in ⬥ Bailadila, a place in Chhattisgarh, is
supply is - lessthan 5% - Jharkhand known for its rich reserves of - Hematite
⬥ The oldest oil field Digboi (Assam) was ⬥ The largest bauxite producing state in ⬥ Keonjhar Manganese mines are located
commissioned on - 1901 India is - Odisha in - Odisha
⬥ The highest quality of coal, depending on ⬥ Two main minerals that make water ⬥ Balaghat Mines in Madhya Pradesh are
carbon and moisture content is hard are - Calcium and Magnesium known for the production of - Copper
- Anthracite ⬥ The Sundargarh deposits of Manganese ⬥ Kudremukh iron ore mine is located at
⬥ Jharkhand has the largest reserves of are located in - Odisha - Karnataka
- Coal ⬥ The type of coal reserve found in Assam, ⬥ The first successful attempt to tap
⬥ Copper comes under the jurisdiction of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and underground heat was made in
the ministry of - Mines Meghalaya is - Tertiarycoals - Boise,Idaho (USA)
⬥ ONGC is the largest producer of ⬥ The ‘Buried Sunshine’ is known as ⬥ Satpura Thermal Power Plant is located
- Crude oil and naturalgas mineral of - Coal at Sarni town in Betul district of
⬥ The headquarters of Nuclear Power ⬥ The largest producer of mica in India - MadhyaPradesh
Corporation of India Limited is - Mumbai - AndhraPradesh ⬥ Amarkantak power station is located at
⬥ Which fuel is used in nuclear reactors ⬥ Most abundant mineral in the Earth’s Chachai of Anuppur district of
- Uranium continental crust is - Feldspar - MadhyaPradesh
⬥ The Hasdeo Valley in Chhattisgarh is ⬥ The largest producer of silk in world ⬥ Bansagar power station is located at
famous for - Coalmines - China - Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh
⬥ The Tuticorin Thermal Power Station is ⬥ The largest cotton producing state in ⬥ ‘Marquette range’ of United States of
situated in - TamilNadu India is - Gujarat America is famous for the deposit of
⬥ The ‘Badampahar’ iron - ore mine is ⬥ Solar energy, Wind energy, Hydro - Iron ore
located in the state of - Odisha energy, Tidal energy, Geothermal ⬥ The storehouse of Indian minerals, refers
⬥ In India, the prime producer of Vanadium Energy are - Renewable energy to - Chotanagpurplateau
is -Arunachal Pradesh ⬥ The largest coal reserves of India ⬥ In Rajasthan, the mineral producing
⬥ DulHasti Power Station is situated in - Jharkhand region Kalakhuta, Leelwani, Nardiya,
- Kishtwar (Jammu and Kashmir) Timmamori are famous for - Manganese
⬥ India’s first hydroelectric plan Defence Exams
- Sidrapong Hydroelectric Power Station
⬥ Western Ghats has the highest potential
Agriculture
⬥ Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh is known
for - Wind energy for - GeothermalEnergy
⬥ The largest producer of molybdenum is
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⬥ The largest state to produce Manganese ⬥ In July 1968, Indira Gandhi officially
⬥ The study of the chemistry, crystal in India - MadhyaPradesh r ecorded impressive strides of the Green
structure and physical properties of the ⬥ Mica is mainly used in R
evolution in agriculture by releasing a
mineral constituents of rocks - Electrical and Electronic industries s
pecial stamp entitled - Wheat Revolution
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⬥ The High yielding variety seeds that are ⬥ The production of Rubber, tea, sugar, India existed from
used as part of Green Revolution policies coffee, edible oil comes under - Mid1970s -mid1980s
in India, is related to which country? - Agro basedindustries ⬥ The main reasons for the 'slash and burn'
- Mexico ⬥As per census 2011, Percentage of total method of farming is to replenish the
⬥ ’Father of the Green Revolution’ in India workforce engaged in Agriculture and fertility of the - Soil
- M.S Swaminathan allied sector activities is -54.6% ⬥The practice of growing two or more
⬥ A variety of rice known as the miracle rice ⬥TheLargest producer of tea in the world crops in one year is called
for India, which was first harvested in - China - Multi cropping
1967 with exceptional yield is - IR8 ⬥The Largest producer of tea in India ⬥Ragi, Jowar and Bajra are the
⬥ ’Father of Green Revolution’ in the world - Assam - Millets crop
- Norman Borlaug ⬥ Use of more labour and capital inputs on ⬥ The father of Green Revolution in India
⬥ Temperatures required above 25°C, with the given land under cultivation is - M.S.Swaminathan
high humidity and rainfall above 100 cm, referred as - Intensive cultivation ⬥ ‘Mahawat’ helps in the cultivation of
for - Kharif crops ⬥ The fibre crops, produced in India on a - Rabi crops
⬥ Agricultural land below the main canal large scale - Jute andcotton ⬥ The small amount of winter rainfall due
water level forms the - Command area ⬥ Wheat, Mustard, Peas, and Potato are the to western disturbances, is called
⬥ West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Odisha are examples of - Rabicrops - Mahawat
major producer of - Jute ⬥ The period that best defines the first ⬥ The Zaid season, also known as the
⬥The Green Revolution in India was Green Revolution of India - Summer cropseason
initiated by using high-yielding varieties - Mid 1960s to early1980s ⬥The Green Revolution in India led by
seeds in - 1960s ⬥Arabica coffee grown in - Karnataka - MS Swaminathan
⬥ In Western Ghats, shifting agriculture is ⬥ Rubber, Tea and Coffee are ⬥ The Green Revolution increased the
known as - Kumari -Plantation crop production of - Wheat and Rice
⬥ Jute (Golden fiber) and hemp crops are ⬥Jute, cotton, hemp and natural silk are ⬥ The availability of precipitation during
- Fiber crops the major -Fiber crops winter months helps in the success of
⬥ The 'Aus', 'Aman' and 'Boro' are a variety ⬥ “National Beekeeping & Honey Mission - Rabi crops
of - Paddy crops (NBHM)” is associated with ⬥ Maize crop is used both as
⬥ Shifting cultivation is known as ‘Kuruwa’ - SweetRevolution - Foodand fodder
in - Jharkhand ⬥ Cow Dung is used in agriculture as a ⬥ Maize requires temperature between
⬥Pre-monsoon showers in Kerala and - Organicfertilizer 21°C to 27°C
Karnataka are known as ⬥Time period considered as the first ⬥ Multiple cropping pattern is a component
- Mangoshowers phase of Green Revolution in India was of the - Green Revolution
⬥ Bt Cotton crop is mid 1960s - mid1970s ⬥ In green revolution in India,the chief
- Genetically modified(GM) ⬥Gunny bags, ropes, yarn, carpets, and requirement in the use of high
⬥
Second phase of green revolution other artifacts are often made from yielding variety Seeds was
covered the period of - 1980s - Natural fibers - Fertiliser andpesticides
⬥In India, Cotton crop is grown during ⬥ The oilseeds which are grown both as a ⬥ C. Subramaniam brought the new
- Kharif season rabi crop and a kharif crop - Castor seed agricultural technology in India under
⬥ Cultivating large farms with moderately ⬥The Green Revolution originated in - GreenRevolution
low inputs of labor and capital is referred - Mexico ⬥ The Canal is the method of -Irrigation
as - Extensive cultivation ⬥ In agriculture the use of conventional ⬥In India, white revolution is also known
⬥ Wheat and rice crop is classified as inputs and the absence of modern as - Operationflood
- Fine grain techniques leads to ⬥A risk with regard to the Green Revolution
⬥Jowar, bajra, maize, ragi are classified as - Lower level of productivity an Increase disparities between
- Coarse grains ⬥ Bamboo drip irrigation system is widely - Small and Bigfarmers
⬥Shifting Agriculture is known as used in - Meghalaya ⬥Intensive subsistence farming
Jhuming in - North eastern region ⬥ Green Revolution in India started in the is practiced in
⬥The cropping season between Rabi and late 1960s in - Punjab - Densely populated regions
Kharif is called - Zaid ⬥ The Green Revolution, introduced high- ⬥ Jute is known as - Golden Fiber
⬥ Zaid season in Indian agriculture follows yielding varieties of - Rice and wheat ⬥The father of the Green Revolution in the
- Rabi season ⬥In India, the stagnation in agriculture World - NormanBorlaug
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The most suitable application of during the colonial rule was permanently ⬥ Green Revolution’ started in India in
rainwater harvesting is - Irrigation broken by - Green revolution - 1960's
⬥ Agriculturists produce primarily for ⬥ As a result of Green Revolution, import of ⬥ Single crop is grown in
themselves is referred as food crops was - Reduced - Plantationfarming
- Subsistence agriculture ⬥The crop that is a kharif crop in North ⬥ In India, Green Revolution aimed at
⬥Rabi crop is sown in - October-December India and a rabi crop in South India - National foodsecurity
⬥The method of ancient bamboo drip - Sesamum ⬥ Food crops benefited more by the
irrigation is still used in - Meghalaya ⬥ High Yielding Variety seeds used by the - Greenrevolution
⬥ Cotton and paddy are - Kharif crops farmers during - Green Revolution ⬥ The Green Revolutioncontributed
⬥The production of Cotton, jute, wool, silk ⬥The benefit of the Green Revolution is Positive role to the - Indian Economy
textile comes under the Self-sufficiency in - Food grains ⬥ HYV stands for - High Yielding Varieties
- Agro basedindustries ⬥ The second phase of green revolution in ⬥ Rubber, Tea, and Coffee are
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- Plantation crop ⬥A kharif crop which requires high t omato, bitter gourd, Cucumber are a type
⬥Chikmagalur in Karnataka is famous for temperature, (above 25°C) and high of - ZaidSeason crop
the cultivation of - Coffee humidity with annual rainfall above 100 ⬥ Use of chemical fertilisers, hybrid seeds
⬥ In the context of agricultural production, cm is - Rice and Extensive irrigation are
MSP refers to - Minimum Support Price ⬥In the initial phase of the Green characteristics of the
⬥ Wheat is an example of - Rabi crop Revolution, hybrid seeds were used for - New agriculturalstrategy
⬥ Crops most benefited during the Green - Wheat ⬥ The New Agricultural Strategy was
Revolution are - Rice and Wheat ⬥Wheat, Gram, Peas, Mustard, Linseed are introduced in India in -1960s
⬥The 'first phase' of the Green Revolution - Rabi crops ⬥ The first phase of the Green Revolution
- Mid 1960s - Mid1970s ⬥ Paddy, soyabean, pigeon pea, maize, was primarily focused on two crops
⬥ The Grafting and Budding techniques cotton, green gram and black gram are -wheat and rice
are used for plant propagation and - Kharif crops ⬥ The land is used for growing food and
creating new varieties ⬥Watermelon, Muskmelon, Cucumber, fodder crops and rearing livestock in
-Horticulture techniques Vegetables and Fodder are - Zaid crops - Mixed farming
⬥ Irrigation method that delivers water ⬥National Seeds Corporation was set up ⬥ Jowar, Ragi, kodo and Bajra are example
directly to plants through narrow tubes to promote the growth and distribution of of - Millets or coarsegrains
at their base is - Drip irrigation high-yielding variety seeds in - 1963 ⬥ ‘Agricultural Census’ is conducted in
⬥ Silkworm rearing is called - Sericulture ⬥ In agriculture, subsidy refers to farmers India at an interval of -5 years
⬥ The architect of Operation Flood (White acquiring inputs at prices ⬥ The commercial rearing of silk worms is
Revolution) is - Verghese Kurien - below marketrates known as - Sericulture
⬥ “Aman” is a variety of rice/paddy grown ⬥The father of Green Revolution in the ⬥ Cultivation of cotton requires around
in - West Bengal world (Norman Borlaug) belongs to - 210 frost-free days
⬥ The concept of Minimum Support Price - US ⬥ The technique of providing water directly
(MSP) for crops was introduced in India ⬥ In Odisha, rice is considered as to the base of plants through narrow
after the - Green Revolution - Subsistencecrop tubes or pipes is called - Drip irrigation
⬥ The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project ⬥ Nomadic herding involves herdsmen ⬥ A type of farming practiced to meet the
(KLIP) is a multi-purpose irrigation moving from place to place with their needs of farmer's family
project on the Godavari River in animals for - Fodder and water -Subsistencefarming
- Kaleshwaram, Telangana ⬥ Any land which is left fallow ⬥ Water falls drop by drop directly near the
⬥ Blast is a disease commonly affecting (uncultivated) for more than five years is roots of the plants in type of method of
- Rice plants categorized as - Culturable Wasteland - Lateral moveirrigation
⬥ Mustard, Sesame, and Olive are source ⬥ Jowar, Bajra and Ragi are coarse grains ⬥ Farming where farmers specialize in
of - Vegetable oil which is commonly known as - Millets growing vegetables is known as
⬥ The National Commission on Farmers ⬥ Green Revolution in India was initiated - Truck farming
was chaired by- Prof. M. S. Swaminathan by MS Swaminathan in - 1960’s ⬥ Cultivation of fruits is called
⬥ MSP is fixed on the recommendations of ⬥ 11th National Seed Congress was held in - Pomiculture
- Commission for Agricultural Costs and - Gwalior ⬥ Jhum cultivation or shifting cultivation is
Prices ⬥ Purple Revolution, launched in Jammu also known as
⬥ "Blue Revolution" is related to - Fishing and Kashmir, is also known as - Slash and burn farming
⬥ Rabi crops are grown during - Winter - Lavender Revolution ⬥ The slash and burn agriculture is called
⬥ Johads and Khadins are traditional water ⬥ Golden Revolution is related to 'Bewar' or 'Dahiya' in - Madhya Pradesh
harvesting method used in - Rajasthan - Horticulture andHoney ⬥ India is the largest producer and the
⬥ Tanka, a traditional water harvesting ⬥ Father of the Golden Revolution in India largest consumer of - Pulses
method, is used in - Rajasthan - Nirpakh Tutej ⬥ Sugarcane grows well in hot and humid
⬥ The main source of irrigation in ⬥ Father of white revolution in India climate with a temperature of
Punjab and Haryana is - Canal - Dr. Verghese Kurien - 21°C to 27°C
⬥ Wheat, Mustard, and Gram are grown ⬥ Operation Flood, with the aim to create a ⬥ Sugarcane requires an annual rainfall
during - Rabiseason nationwide milk grid, was started in between - 75 to100 cm
⬥ For the production of silk, the silkworms - 1970 ⬥ Rabi crops are sown from October to
are usually nurtured on - Mulberry trees ⬥ Cultivation on land by use of more labour December and harvested from
⬥ Seeds can best be preserved in and capital inputs is implies as - April to June
- Cool and dry conditions - Intensiveagriculture ⬥ The 'slash and burn' agriculture is known
⬥The term ‘green revolution’ was coined by ⬥ Coffee cultivation in India began on the as ‘Podu’ or ‘Penda’ in - Andhra Pradesh
- Dr.William Gaud Baba Budan Hills in - Karnataka ⬥ The 'slash and burn' agriculture is known
⬥ In Madhya Pradesh, Slash and burn ⬥ A spurt in crop productivity and a as ‘Pama Dabi’ or ‘Koman’ or Bringa’ in
agriculture is known as -Bewar or Dahiya significant increase in agricultural - Odisha
⬥ In Andhra Pradesh, Slash and burn acreage were key characteristics of ⬥ Highest rice producing country in world
agriculture is known as - Podu or Penda - the GreenRevolution - China
⬥ In South eastern Rajasthan, Slash and ⬥ The father of the green revolution in the ⬥ The High Yielding Varieties Program was
burn agriculture is known as world - Norman Borlaug initially implemented in about
-Valtre or Waltre ⬥ Father of wheat Revolution in India - 2 million hectares of land in India
⬥In Odisha, Slash and burn agriculture is - Dr D.S. Athwal ⬥ High Yielding Variety (HYV) seeds used
known as - Koman or Bringa ⬥ Watermelon, muskmelon, pumpkin, first in Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra
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Pradesh during the - M.S. Swaminathan production of - Oil seeds
- First phase of the green revolution ⬥ Wheat Producing States in decreasing ⬥ Placing a layer of material on the soil
⬥ The high temperatures (above 25°C) and order - Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana surface around plants or over the entire
high humidity requires for growth of ⬥ The Green Revolution within India led to planting area is termed as - Mulching
- Rice an increase in agricultural production, ⬥ Central Arid Zone Research Institute is
⬥ Slash and burn cultivation is practiced in especially in located in - Jodhpur
- Rainforestsareas - Haryana, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh ⬥ Largest producer of sugarcane in India is
⬥ The Planning commission of India has ⬥ Intensive Agriculture District Programme - Uttar Pradesh
divided India into (IADP) was launched in the year - 1960 ⬥ Largest producer of Tea in India is
- 15 Agro-climaticZones ⬥ At the time of independence, Indian - Assam
⬥ The most suitable cash crop for black farmers were encouraged to produce ⬥ Largest producer of rubber in the India is
soil is - Cotton - Cash crops - Kerala
⬥ The crop that does not require high ⬥ In 1940, Krishnamachari Report was ⬥ ‘Viticulture’ or grape cultivation is a
rainfall and high temperature is - Maize prepared on the - Agricultural prices speciality of - Mediterranean region
⬥ Maize requires a temperature between ⬥ Grey colour is associated with the ⬥ The ‘Sweet Revolution’ is related to
21°C to 27°C and grows well in revolution in -Fertilizers production of - Honey
-Old alluvial soil ⬥ The region where farmers specialise in ⬥ The period of the ‘Golden Revolution’ in
⬥ Soil less agriculture is called vegetable only is known as India is known as - 1991-2003
- Hydroponics - Truck farming ⬥ The “slash and burn” agriculture in
⬥ The word agriculture is derived from the ⬥ Indian state that has the biggest Andaman And Nicobar islands is known
Latin words ager and culture in which consumption of fertilizer (in Kg per as - Dipa
‘ager’ means - Soil hectare) - Punjab ⬥ Brown Colour revolution was related to
⬥ The main food crop in northern and ⬥ The crops that increase the natural - Leather/ cocoa
north-western India is - Wheat fertility of soils through nitrogen fixation ⬥ Echinochloa crusgalli (barnyard grass) is
⬥ Mahogany trees are found in are known as - Legume crops the major weed of - Ricecrop
- tropical evergreenforests ⬥ The food crop grown under semi-arid ⬥ Shahtoosh wool, the lightest wool in the
⬥ Hemp is an example of - A fiber crop climatic conditions and over inferior soils world, is obtained from
⬥ The percentage of land used for is - Maize - TibetanAntelope
agriculture in India as per the 2009 data ⬥ Excessive rainfall during the monsoon ⬥ Jowar, Bajra, and Paddy are - Kharif crop
by the National Institute of Hydrology is surpasses the needed soil moisture for ⬥ The Plant is known as ‘Green Gold’
- 51.09% plants is referred as - Wetland farming - Bamboo plant
⬥ Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) ⬥ The physical extent of land on which ⬥ The Helmand province of Afghanistan is
adversely affects our environment crops are sown and harvested is known famous for cultivation of - Opium
because it can kill - beneficial insects as -Net sown area ⬥ Silver revolution is concerned with
⬥ During partition, India lost a large ⬥ The process under which farmers grow - Eggproduction
proportion of cultivated area of - Cotton trees for commercial and non-commercial ⬥ In between the Rabi and Kharif seasons,
⬥ The main food crop of the semi-arid purposes on their lands is - Farm forestry there is a short season known as - Zaid
areas of central and southern India is ⬥ Tea and coffee are fall under category of ⬥ National Initiative related to agriculture
- Jowar - Plantationcrops based on climate change (NICRA) was
⬥ Arabica is a variety of coffee which was ⬥ Material that used for making coarse started by - ICAR
brought in India from - Yemen cloth, bags, sacks and decorative items is ⬥The fiber left after extracting sweet juice
⬥ The most suitable soil for growing - Jute from sugarcane is called - Bagasse
cashew nuts is - Red laterite soils ⬥ Indian state that has the highest ⬥ India's "Spice Garden" is often referred to
⬥ Taramira is a variety of - oilseed crop production from Viticulture is as - Kerala
⬥ The groundwater utilization is very high - Maharashtra ⬥ One of the major factors responsible for
in the states of Punjab, Haryana, ⬥ Ploughing on sloping land along the deforestation is - Agriculture
Rajasthan, and - TamilNadu contour lines is called- Contour ploughing ⬥ Largest producer of Soyabean in Indiais
⬥ A policy which involves fixing the ⬥ India's White Revolution has its origin in - MadhyaPradesh
maximum size of land that could be - Gujarat
owned by an individual is called ⬥ Rearing of animals and cultivation of Police Exams
- Land Ceiling crops together is the main feature of
- Mixedcultivation ⬥
Bt-Cotton is - Genetically Modified crop
Railway Exams ⬥ Growing two or more crops in proximity ⬥ The highest wool production in India
is the practice of - Intercropping - Rajasthan
⬥ Khadin (Dhora) water harvesting system ⬥ Gas which is emitted from swamps ⬥ The leading producer of natural rubber
is practiced in -Rajasthan and paddy fields - Methane state in India is - Kerala
⬥ A traditional way of collecting water is ⬥ Growing agricultural crops between rows ⬥ The old bamboo drip irrigation
- Bawri (stepwells orbaoris) of planted trees is known as technology is used in - Meghalaya
⬥ The term ‘Evergreen Revolution’ was - Taungyasystem ⬥ The ‘slash and burn’ agriculture in
coined by - M S Swaminathan ⬥ Millet, Ragi, Jowar, Sama, Bajra, Variga Rajasthan is known as - Waltre
⬥ Father of Green Revolution in the world are - Drought-tolerantcrops ⬥ Shifting or Jhum cultivation in Manipur is
- NormanBorlaug ⬥ Silk is obtained from - Bombyx mori known as - "Pam-Lou"
⬥ Father of Green Revolution in India ⬥ Yellow revolution refers to increasing the ⬥ IR - 8 is a dwarf variety of -Rice
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⬥ In West Bengal, the terms ‘Aus’, ‘Aman’ ⬥ Zabo system of rice cultivation is an ⬥Practice ofShifting cultivation in Mexico
and ‘Boro’ are associated with indigenous method of water harvesting and Central America is called - Milpa
- Varietyof Rice crop practiced in - Nagaland ⬥
‘Roca’ is the name of shifting cultivation
⬥ Leading producers of jute in the world ⬥ Rice, Cotton, and Sugarcane are in - Brazil
- India and Bangladesh - Water intensive crops ⬥‘Chena’ is the name of shifting cultivation
⬥ The first phase of the Green Revolution in ⬥ National Jute Policy was formulated in - Sri Lanka
India was - Mid-1960s to Mid-1970s in - 2005 ⬥
‘Masole’ is the name of shifting
⬥ Suitable temperature for maize crop ⬥ Shifting cultivation is also known as cultivation in - Zaire rivervalley
21oC
to 27o C -Slash and burn ⬥‘Tamarai’ is the name of shifting
⬥The physical extent of land on which ⬥ Indira Gandhi released a special stamp cultivation in - Thailand
crops are sown and harvested is called in July 1968 for - Wheat Revolution ⬥Arabica, Robusta and Liberica are
- Netsown area ⬥ In Indian agriculture 'Bever', 'Dahiya', varieties of - Coffee
⬥Eri, Tussar, Mulberry and Muga are types and 'Podu' are local names of ⬥
Growing two or more crops
of - Silk - Primitive form offarming simultaneously on the same field in a
⬥ Yellow Revolution is related to ⬥ The largest coffee-producing state in definite pattern is known as
- OilseedProduction India - Karnataka - Inter cropping
⬥ The program aimed at enhancing food ⬥ Genetically Modified variety allowed to ⬥ The practice of growing two or more
grain production in India is known as be grown in India - Cotton crops together in distinct row
- Green Revolution ⬥ Wheat, Barley, Oats, Pulses, Mustard, arrangement is known as - Intercropping
⬥ American cotton variety known in the Linseed are - Rabicrops ⬥ A cultivable land which is left
north-western part of India is referred ⬥ National Research Centre of Agroforestry uncultivated for more than one year but
to - Narma (NRCAF) is located in - Jhansi less than five years is labeled as
⬥ In agriculture, HYV stands for ⬥ Rabi crops are generally harvested in - Fallow other than current fallow
- High YieldingVariety - March-June
⬥ The programme launched in 1960 for ⬥ The form of shifting agriculture practiced State PCS Exams
intensive agricultural development in in northeastern India is - Jhooming
India was- Intensive Agriculture District ⬥The largest jute producing state in India ⬥ Mahi Kanchan is hybrid variety of- Maize
Programme is - West Bengal ⬥
The RCB 911 is hybrid variety of - Bajra
⬥ MS Swaminathan, William Gaud, ⬥ ‘Yellow Revolution’ is related to ⬥ The Kadaknath is a breed of
Norman Borlaug are associated with - Oil seedproduction -Chicken (Fowl)
- Green revolution ⬥ Most essential or staple crop of Kerala ⬥ The Linen cloth is obtained from
⬥ Sonalika is a High Yielding Variety (HYV) is - Rice - Fibers of theflax plant
of - Wheat ⬥ Type of agriculture dependent on ⬥ The Coir cloth is obtained from
⬥ The Pesticides, HYV seeds, Irrigation monsoon and the natural fertility of - Fibrous husk of Coconut plant
facilities in india are major the soil is ⬥ The Mohair cloth is obtained from
components of - Green Revolution - Ancient subsistence agriculture - Hair of the angoragoat
⬥ Development in irrigation technology ⬥The Crop that survives for 210 days free ⬥ Down cloth is obtained from
in India resulted in an increase in from cold and in bright sunlight for - Feathers of duck and geese
- Netirrigated area growth - Cotton ⬥ Karewa (kashmir) is well known for the
⬥ The condition of land productivity for ⬥ The ground water utilisation is very high cultivation of - Saffron
primitive subsistence agriculture in India in the states of - Punjab, Haryana, ⬥ The ‘Truck farming’ is associated with
- Low Rajasthan, and Tamil Nadu -Vegetables
⬥ The cropping seasons in India in ⬥ Cotton, flax, jute, wool, and silk are ⬥ The investigator of Natural Farming was
sequence starting from the onset of - Natural fiber - MasanobuFukuoka
monsoon are - Kharif, Rabi and Zaid ⬥ Kharif season in India largely coincides
⬥ Different crops grown in alternate rows with the - Southwest monsoon
is an example of - Intercropping ⬥ The world’s largest producer of jute is
Soil
⬥ Coffee plantations could be harmed by - India
- Rains at the time of ripening of the berries ⬥ The largest tea producing state in India SSCExams
⬥ Watermelon and muskmelon are - Assam
produced in India during - Zaid season ⬥Pampore in Jammu and Kashmir is ⬥ The process in which nutrients or
⬥ High temperature, high humidity and known for contaminants are carried away by water
- Saffron cultivation
rainfall is suitable condition to grow- Rice ⬥ The practice of growing more than one or moved into the lower layer of soil
⬥ Minimum rainfall needed for groundnut crop on a piece of land during a year is - Leaching
cultivation during its growing season is known ⬥ New alluvium deposited by floods in
- Multiple cropping
- 50 - 125 cm ⬥ Jute, coffee, tea, cocoa, cotton, and Ganga Plain is - Khadar
⬥ Rice, Maize, Sorghum, Bajra, Soybean, ⬥ Iron, Lime, Calcium, Potassium,
sugarcane are - Cashcrop
Cotton are - Kharifcrop Aluminium and Magnesium minerals are
⬥ National Mustard Research Center is Defence Exams present in - Black soil
located in - Rajasthan ⬥ The soil found in Mid Plains of Punjab (a
⬥ The festival traditionally associated with ⬥
Practice ofShifting cultivation in rich state in fertile soil) is - Alluvialsoil
the harvest of rabi crops in Punjab is Indonesia and Malaysia is called ⬥
L aterite soil develops as a result of
- Baisakhi - Ladang - Leaching process
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⬥Decaying organic matter in soil is ⬥ Minimum tillage soil because of its - Gram
considered as - Humus
self-cultivating feature is - Black Soil
⬥The black soil (Regur soil) area of ⬥ The colour of the alluvial soils varies Railway Exams
Peninsular Plateau is known as from - light gray toash gray
⬥ An example of a micronutrient supplied by ⬥ Pedology is an another term for
- Deccan Trap
⬥Black soil is also known as black Cotton soil is - Iron -Soil Geography
Soil, because it is suitable for ⬥ Water-soluble inorganic nutrients go ⬥ Scientific study of the oceans is
down into soil horizon, gets precipitated
- Cotton cultivation - Oceanography
⬥In India, the maximum area is covered by as salts through - leaching process ⬥ Older alluvium is known as - Bhangar
⬥ Fertilizer does not provide humus
- Alluvial soil ⬥The newer, younger deposits of the flood
⬥Black cotton soil found in Maharashtra - to the soil plains is called - Khadar
⬥ Top layer of soil has maximum
is also known as - Regursoil ⬥ Using trees or large shrubs as fences
⬥Loess is a type of soil composed of concentration of -Humus for a garden is a method to prevent
⬥ Arid soils are characteristically
- Silt and dust - Wind erosion of soil
⬥If the proportion of fine particles is developed in - Western Rajasthan ⬥ Alluvial soil covers percentage the total
⬥ The accumulation of soil is determined
relatively higher in soil, then it is called area of country about - 40 percent
- Clayey soil
by the relief, one of the factors of ⬥ The evolution of soils and their
⬥ The man-made combinations of - soil formation properties is called - Soils Formation
⬥ Black soil, also known as Regur soil or
chemicals and inorganic substances is ⬥ The Deccan Trap region in India is
- Syntheticfertilizers Cotton soil, is generally poor in characterised by the dominance of
⬥Excessive use of synthetic fertilizers - Nitrogen and Phosphoric content - Black soil
leads to ⬥ Practice of growing two or more crops in ⬥ The soil particles which are finest in their
- Soil degradation
⬥ Inceptisols are considered as the most close proximity - Intercropping size is - Clay
⬥ A barrier of trees and shrubs that
widely distributed soil order in India by ⬥ Laterite soil in South India's hilly areas
the - US Department of Agriculture
provides protection from wind and storm supports - Tea and coffee cultivation
⬥ Soil that is suitable for growing and lessens soil erosion - Shelter belts ⬥ In desert, Shelterbelts (plantation) helps
cashew nut trees is ⬥ The northern plains of India have intense
- Sandy loam soil in the prevention of - Soil erosion
⬥ The word laterite as used in the ‘laterite deposits of - Alluvialsoils ⬥ Land use system that integrates trees or
⬥ The bare ground between plants is
soil’ has been derived from the Latin shrubs with agriculture - Agro forest
word that means - Brick
covered with a layer of organic matter in ⬥ Black soil is well known for its capacity
⬥'Khadar' alluvial soil is deposited by order to retain soil moisture - Mulching to hold - Moisture
⬥ Fragmentation, leaching, catabolism,
- Foods ⬥ Usar soil is also known as - Saline soil
⬥ Black Soil is also known as - Regur Soil humification, and mineralization are five ⬥ The soil that has highest water holding
⬥ Black soil ideal for the steps of - Decomposition capacity is -Clayey soil
cultivation of ⬥ The lava plateaus are rich in - Black soil
- Cotton
⬥ Weathering on rocks leads to the ⬥ The method that use for the
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formation of - Soil
conservation of land resources is
⬥ The third layer of soil from the top is - Landreclamation
⬥ A type of soil found in Bihar, coastal
⬥ The most suitable soil for growing coffee
-Substratum (C)
areas of Odisha and Tamil Nadu is
⬥ The laterite soil is rich in Iron oxide and - Laterite soil
- Peaty soils
⬥ Landslides do not affect the
- Aluminium
⬥The fertility of soil is determined by right
⬥ The accumulation of water-soluble salts - formation of soil
mix of - Minerals and organic matter
⬥ The weight a soil can withstand before
in the soil is known as - Salinization
⬥ The soil has high oxides of aluminium,
⬥ The practice of growing different crops severe damage occurs to its structure is
iron, titanium, and manganese
sequentially on the same land plot to called - Bearingcapacity
- Laterite soil
enhance soil health is known as ⬥ The part of soil that contains humus is
⬥The Terrace farming, Buffer strip, Crop
- Crop rotation - A-horizon
Rotation, Forest protection, and
⬥ The soils which is rich in lime, iron, ⬥ Thick deposits of glacial clay and other
Afforestation are method of
alumina and magnesia - Black Soil
materials embedded with moraines are
- Soilconservation
⬥ The most suitable soil for the cultivation known as - Karewas
⬥ The lowermost layer of soil is - Bedrock
of Cashew-nut is⬥ Deep red soil found in tropical regions
- Lateritesoil
⬥ The soil that retains maximum amount
⬥ Saline and alkaline soils are locally and often developed on mafic igneous
of water - Clay soil
known as Thur, Reh, Kallar and- Usar soils bedrock is known as - Laterite
⬥ Mineral particles, organic matter, water,
⬥ The layer of soil that contains humus ⬥ Highest Sunflower producing state in
and air are fundamental components of
which makes the soil fertile - Topsoil
India is - Karnataka
- Soils
⬥ The thick deposits of glacial clay and ⬥ Peaty soil is found in areas of
⬥ Tea and Coffee are grown in
other materials embedded with - Heavy rainfall and high humidity
- Laterite soil
⬥ Old alluvial and new alluvial soil are
moraines in the Kashmir Valley are
⬥The process of covering bare ground
known as - Karewa called respectively - Bangar and khadar
between plants with organic matter to
⬥ The black soil is mostly found in India in ⬥ The Soil Survey of India established in retain soil moisture - Mulching
- Deccan trapregion - 1956
⬥The soils are suitable for growing wheat,
⬥ Cultivation of wheat thrives best in ⬥ Pedology is a branch of - Soil science
gram and paddy- Clay soil and loamy soil
- Well drained loamysoil ⬥
The ideal crop for fields with sandy soil is
⬥ Percolation rate of water is highest in
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- Sandy soil - Entisols ⬥ Pine trees, redwoods, and ginkgo trees
⬥ Percolation rate of water is least in ⬥ The calcification in soil, occurs in a re examples of
a - Coniferous trees
- Clayey soil region where evapotranspiration exceeds ⬥ Tropical Deciduous Forests are also
⬥ Khadar' and 'bhangar' are associated - Precipitation known as - Monsoon forests
with - Alluvial soils ⬥ Tropical deciduous forest are suitable for
⬥ The Proportion of fine particles is State PCS Exams growing - Sandalwood trees
relatively higher than that of larger ⬥According to the State of Forest Report
particles in -Clayey soil ⬥ Old alluvial soil is known as - Bhangar 2019, state with highest increase in the
⬥The rainfall is in excess of the soil ⬥ Topography which is found along the f
orest cover in India was - Karnataka
moisture requirement of plants during foothills of the Shiwaliks - Bhabar ⬥
Biome that is usually located at altitudes
the rainy season in - Wetland farming ⬥ The soil which is widespread in Northern a
bove 3000m and extends to the area
⬥ The type of soil that becomes less fertile plains and river valleys - Alluvialsoil j
ust below the snowline -
Alpine Biome
due to the intense leaching caused by ⬥ The laterite soil develops in areas with ⬥
The Amazon Rainforest, which is well
tropical rains - Lateritesoils - High temperature and heavy rainfall known as the lungs of the earth is
⬥ The ideal soil for growing cotton is ⬥ Red soil colour is caused by l
ocated in - SouthAmerica
- Black soil - Iron compounds ote :-TheAmazonrainforestisspread
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⬥ Fuller's earth is also called - Clay soil
across nine countries - Brazil, Bolivia,
⬥ The soil formed by the deposition of the
Indus, the Brahmaputra, and the Ganga is
Vegetation Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela,
Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana,
- Alluvial soil
an overseas territory of France.
⬥ Regur soil in India known as SSCExams
- Blackcotton soil ⬥ Arabari forest is located in West Bengal
⬥ The integrated approach to study soil as ⬥ Mangrove forests of West Bengal are and majorly consists of - Sal trees
a collection of natural bodies is referred also called as - Sunderbans ⬥ Forests found in the higher latitudes of
to - Pedology ⬥ Forests that grow between 100 and 200 the Northern Hemisphere and are also
⬥Overgrazing is one of the cause for cm in annual rainfalls are known as called Taiga (Boreal forests)
- Soil erosion - Moist deciduousforests - Coniferousforests
⬥ Bhangar soil is - Older alluvial soil ⬥ Sal, amla, shisham and mahua are some ⬥ The tropical rainforests are structured
⬥Slash and burn agriculture method of of the main species of into - Four layers
Madhya Pradesh is - Bewar or Dahiya - Moist deciduousforests
Note :- Four layers - Emergent, Canopy,
⬥Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Calcium, Sulfur, ⬥ In Himalayas, the decreasing
nderstory and Forest floor.
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Potassium, and Magnesium are Soil’s temperature with increasing altitude
- Macronutrients causes - Change in vegetation ⬥ The layers of tropical rainforest that
⬥ The type of soil formed in areas with high ⬥ Natural vegetation of India is mainly forms roof over two layers (Understory
temperature and heavy rainfall is divided into - 5 groups and Forest floor) is - Canopy layers
- Laterite soil ⬥The world's largest delta Sundarbans ⬥ Camel is found in
⬥Reh, Rakar, Kallar are - Saline soil located in the Bay of Bengal, is rich with - Thorn forest and scrubs
⬥ Northern Plains are formed of - MangroveForests ⬥ Yak , snow leopard, and spotted deer are
- Alluvial soil ⬥Mahogany, Rosewood and Cinchona found in - Montaneforests
trees are found in the ⬥ Crocodile is found in - Mangrove Forests
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Sundari trees that provide durable and
⬥Indian camels are found in the hard timber found in - Mangrove Forest
⬥ Inceptisols, Entisols, Vertisols, Gelisols, - Thorn forest andscrubs ⬥ Plant varieties like bamboo, epiphytes,
Histosols, Ultisols and Mollisols are ⬥
Indian Wild donkeys are found in the aini, semul, gutel and mundane are found
orders of - Soil - Thorn forest andscrubs in - Moist tropicalforests
⬥ Weakly developed soils with no horizons ⬥The Annual rainfall in Dry tropical ⬥ The state which is associated with
is called -Entisols Soil forest ranges from - 51 cm to 151 tropical thorn forests is
⬥ Soils having weakly or quickly developed ⬥
Sal, acacia and bamboo are types of - MadhyaPradesh
horizons is called - Inceptisols - Dry TropicalForest ⬥ The tropical evergreen forests are found
⬥ Soils which are very old and highly ⬥
Ebony, mahogany, and rosewood trees in - warm and humidareas
weathered is called - Oxisols are part of - Tropical evergreen forest ⬥ Mosses and lichens forests are found in
⬥ The Soil which is characterised by very ⬥The type of forest found on the foothills - Tundra Forest
high content of organic matter - Histosol of Himalayas -Deciduous forest ⬥ The majority of the world's plantations
⬥ The clayey soils that have deep, wide ⬥In India, Alpine vegetation found in and vegetation are found in
cracks for some time during the year - Himalayanregion - tropicalregions
- Vertisols ⬥
The most widespread types of forests in ⬥ An example of a terrestrial ecosystem is
⬥ The largest geographical area of India is India are - Tropical deciduous forests - Grasslands
covered by - Alluvialsoil ⬥The second largest Mangrove ⬥ The spectacular coniferous forests found
⬥ The removal of nutrients from the soil Ecosystem in India is in the higher latitudes of the Northern
that are important for plants is called - Bhitarkanika Nationalpark Hemisphere are - taiga forests
- Soil impoverishment ⬥ Primary producers like Plants,Grass, ⬥ In India, Palm, coconut, keora, agar are
⬥ The soil that shows little or no evidence Phytoplankton, Trees belong to the common trees of -Mangrove Forests
of pedogenic horizon development is - Firsttrophic level ⬥ In India, trees in the Tropical Deciduous
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orests shed their leaves for about six to
F ⬥ Sheet erosion is the Least visible form of ⬥ Palm is a - Desert tree
eight weeks in - dry summer season - land erosion ⬥
Mahogany is used for its - timber
⬥ In the subtropical vegetation zone of ⬥ The Ramsar Wetland Site named Renuka ⬥ Sal and teak are the most important
India, the mean annual average wetland is located in trees of - Tropical Deciduous Forests
temperature is between - 17°C to 24°C - HimachalPradesh
⬥ Pampas grassland is found in ⬥ The oldest living tree species on Earth Police Exams
- Argentina are - Bristleconepines
⬥ In India, silver fir, junipers, pines, and ⬥Sundari mangrove tree species ⬥ Ebony, mahogany, rosewood, rubber and
birches are common trees found in predominate. -S underbans delta(W B) cinchona trees are found in
- MontaneForests - Tropical Evergreenforests
⬥ The wet temperate forests are ⬥ Teak, Bamboos, sal, shisham,
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found between a height of sandalwood, khair, kusum, arjun and
- 1000to 2000 m mulberry trees are found in
⬥ The vegetation found in Western ghat,
⬥ Tropical grasslands of Brazil are known - Tropical deciduous forests
Andaman and Nicobar, North East area
as - Campos ⬥ Hurra, Mahua, Amla, Semul, are main
are - Tropical Evergreen Forests
⬥ Thorny bushes are found in species of - Moist deciduous forest
⬥ Safflower, shisham, khair, arjun and
- dry desert region ⬥ Tropical Evergreen Forests has annual
mulberry are the main trees of
⬥ The type of forests located in mid rainfall above - 200 cm
- Tropical Deciduous Forests
latitudinal coastal region is ⬥ Rainfall received by the dry deciduous
⬥ Red Sanders mostly found in
- Temperate evergreen forests forest cover of the country ranges
- Andhra Pradesh
⬥ The birds like pheasant and monals are between - 70- 100 cm
⬥ Royal Bengal tiger is most commonly live
found in type of ⬥ Rural forestry, Urban forestry, Farm
in - MangroveForests
- Temperate deciduous forest Forestry are category of - Social forestry
⬥ Mangrove forests can thrive in
⬥ Chir is a tree found in ⬥ Union Territory that has zero
- Saline water
- Mountain vegetation percentage forest area is- Lakshadweep
⬥ A forest area that belongs to private
⬥ A grass is due to its insensitivity towards ⬥ The percentage of the world’s mangrove
individuals and communities is classified
the environment on the verge of forests in South Asia - About7 %
as - Unclassedforests
extinction - Hubbardia heptaneuron ⬥Northernmost forest zone, spanning
⬥ In India, the shaggy horn wild ibex is
⬥ The National Commission on Agriculture between latitudes 50°N to 70°N, is
found in - Montaneforests
of India has classified social forestry into referred to as - Boreal (Taiga) forest
⬥ Virgin vegetation is termed as
- 3 categories ⬥ Forest (Conservation) Act in India was
- Naturalvegetation
⬥ The biome found in the northern parts of passed in the year - 1980
⬥ Arabari forest is located in
Asia, Europe, and North America is ⬥ The trees that grow needles instead of
- Midnapore (In West Bengal)
- Coniferousforest leaves and cones instead of flowers are
⬥ Forests provide vital resources for
⬥ The climatic conditions of thorn forests found in - Coniferous evergreen forest
nomadic tribes like Gujjars and
and scrubs are the most ideal for ⬥
The place famous for phumdis (floating
Bakarwals - Mountain forests
- Euphorbia plantspecies vegetation masses) is - Loktak Lake
⬥ The biome is known for its coniferous
⬥ Cedar trees are found in ⬥Snake, Monkey and Frog are commonly
(cone-bearing evergreen) forest
- Mountainforests found in - Tropical rainforests
- Boreal Forest
⬥ Temperate grasslands are ideal for ⬥West Bengal, Odisha, Andaman and
⬥ Planting new trees in the destroyed
- wheatcultivation Nicobar Islands have
forests is termed as -Reforestation
⬥ Westerly Wind are also known by the - Mangroveforests
⬥ Tendu, Amaltas, Bel are common trees
name of - RoaringForties ⬥
The largest mangrove forest in world is
found in - Dry deciduous forests
⬥Steppes grassland is found in- - Sunderbans
⬥ Travelling from the Arctic Circle to the
- Central Asia ⬥Destruction of forests is known as
Equator the sequence of biomes would
⬥ Grasslands that are found in the central - Deforestation
be- Tundra, Taiga, Temperate Forests,
regions of the United States and Canada ⬥The Lungs of the earth is
Tropical Rain Forests
are - Prairie - AmazonRainforest
⬥Nilgiri Langur, Brown Palm Civet and
⬥ Dry deciduous forests are found ⬥
The state has largest forest area in india
Nilgiri Tahr animals are found in
in areas having rainfall between - MadhyaPradesh
-Western Ghats
- 100 cmand 70 cm ⬥The highest biodiversity consists in
⬥ In India,Tundra vegetation is found in
⬥ Temperate deciduous forests are found - Tropicalrainforest
- Himalayanregion
where there is high rainfall between ⬥
Term used to describe branches of tall
⬥ Plants/trees of Mangrove forests have
- 500-1500 mm ina year trees forming a roof over other plants in
their roots - Submerged underwater
⬥ Trees found in Northern central forest is - Canopy
⬥ Chir (pine) is found in
Himalayan range (1801- 3001m)and ⬥ Vegetation covering deltas of Ganga,
- Mountainforests
southern Nilgiri are Mahanadi, Krishna, Godavari, and
⬥ The animal life of a given area is called
- Oak, Junipers,Maple Kaveri rivers - Mangrove Forests
- Fauna
⬥ Sandalwood is found in ⬥ The tallest tree species in the world is
- Tropical deciduous forests - Redwood
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⬥ Wind, Rain, Humidity, Temperature, Soil ⬥ Himalayan Yew (Medicinal plant) is
⬥Oak, Maple, Rhododendrons, Birch and
composition, Salinity, Radiation, Pollution found in
aurel trees belong to Temperate Floral
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are included under - Abiotic Factors - Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh
zone of - Himalaya
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⬥ In the Nilgiris, Anaimalai and Palani hills snow cover oving out from high-pressure areas is
m
the temperate forests are called - Sholas due to -Anticyclones
⬥ The region which is an important ⬥ The wind direction is anticlockwise in
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supplier of citrus fruits the northern hemisphere and clockwise
- Mediterranean region in the southern hemisphere in
⬥
Mid-latitude deserts (BWK) are found
⬥ The natural vegetation which covers the - The cyclones
etween
b - 35° and 60° N andS
maximum geographical areas of India is ⬥ According to the Koppen classification,
⬥ A low-pressure zone located at the
- Tropical deciduous forests the region experiences cold humid winter
equator is defined as
⬥ ‘Campos’ and ‘Llanos’, tropical with short summers is-Arunachal Pradesh
- InterTropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)
grasslands are generally found in ⬥In India Monsoon/Rainy season prevails
⬥ September 1 marks the beginning of
-South America From - June to September
meteorological spring in the
⬥ 'Loo' wind blow during the summer
- Southern Hemisphere
State PCS Exams season in the - NorthIndia
⬥ The climate of the Indian subcontinent is
⬥The climate of India is described as
protected from extremely cold winds
⬥ The Indian state having largest area - Tropicalmonsoon
from Central Asia by - The Himalayas
covered by the dense deciduous forest ⬥ In India cyclonic rainfall during the winter
⬥ The Pre monsoon showers and
- MadhyaPradesh season is known as - 'Mahawat'
thunderstorms in Bengal and Bihar is
⬥ Banni grassland is located in ⬥ In India, retreating monsoons occur
also known as - Kalbaisakhi
- Kutch (Gujarat) ⬥ Number of controls that influence the during the month of
⬥ Bugyal grassland is located in - October and November
climate of a particular zone - 6
- Uttarakhand ⬥Kaal Baisakhi thunderstorms is
⬥The Shola forest found in- Western Ghats Note :- Major controlsoftheclimateof associated with - West Bengal
anyplaceare:latitude,altitude,pressure ⬥
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⬥ In comparison to the eastern Himalayas, andwindsystem,distancefromthesea the factors which affect the climate of
the height of the tree line in the western (
continentality),oceancurrentsandrelief - India
Himalayas is - Less f
eatures ⬥First state in India to receive rainfall from
⬥ The largest mangrove forest in the world ⬥ the South West Monsoon - Kerala
Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)
is - Sundarbans Reserve Forest ⬥Jet streams are a particular form of
as established in
w - 15 january 1875
- Geostrophicwinds
⬥ Kerala is the first state in India to receive
⬥ Tamil Nadu receives rainfall during
Climate rainfall from - Southwest monsoon
- Winter season
⬥ The state in India with the smallest
⬥ In India, maximum amount of rainfall is
Climatic types According to Koeppen difference between day and night
received from the - South-West Monsoon
temperature is - Kerala
Group Letter Characteristics ⬥Tamil Nadu receives rainfall during
Code ⬥ El Nino is a Spanish word meaning
- retreatingmonsoon
A-Tropical Af No dry season - Baby Christ
⬥According to the Koppen classification,
Humid ⬥ The difference in pressure over Tahiti
Climate code fortropical climate with a dry winter
Monsoonal, short (Pacific Ocean), and Darwin in northern
season is - Aw code
Am dry season Australia (Indian Ocean) is computed to
⬥ Himalayan Mountains, Indian Ocean and
Winter dry season Predict - intensity of the monsoons
Western Ghats are factors that impacts
Aw ⬥ The intensity and position of the
- India's climate
B-Dry Climate BSh Low-latitude semi high-pressure area, east of Madagascar,
⬥
Direction ofSoutheast trade winds in
arid or dry affects - IndianMonsoon
India during the southwest monsoon
BWh Low-latitude arid or ⬥ The word ‘monsoon’ is derived from the
dry season is - South-westerly
Arabic word ‘mausim’, means
BSk Mid-latitude semi ⬥
The shift in the position of the ITCZ can
- ‘Seasonsof winds’
arid or dry influence in India
⬥Thewinds blow across the Asian
BWk Mid-latitude arid or - Monsoon patterns
continent at latitudes north of Himalayas,
dry ⬥ Full form of ITCZ is
C-Warm Cfa No dry season, parallel to Tibetan highlands, are called
- InterTropical Convergence Zone
temperate warm summer - Jet streams
⬥ A line representing points of equal
(Midlatitude) Cs Dry hot summer ⬥
The Climate Found in northwestern
amounts of cloud cover is called
Climates Europe, west coast of North America,
Cfb No dry season, - Isonephs
southern Chile, south-eastern Australia,
warm and cool ⬥ India experiences the lowest temperature
and New Zealand is
summer In -Dras
- Marine west coast climate
D-Cold Snow Df No dry season, ⬥The Himalayan Mountains act as an
⬥ Mango showers are
Forest severe winter effective climatic divide by protecting the
Climates - Pre-monsoon showers
subcontinent from
Dw Winter dry and very ⬥ W ater solidifies into ice at extremely low
- Cold northernwinds
severe t
emperatures in - Polar region
⬥Mediterranean Climate zone is located
E-Cold ET No true summer ⬥Annual precipitation in Meghalaya is
Climates on the western coasts of continents,
- Over 400 cm
EF Perennial ice receives rainfall between - 35-90 cm
⬥ The amount of rainfall decreases from
⬥ If rain fails to occur for one or more
the east to west in - Northern plains
H-Highland H Highland with weeks during the south-west monsoon
⬥Rainfall associated with winds
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Period, it is called - Monsoon type ⬥The Climate found in north east India
- Break in themonsoon ⬥ As the distance from the sea increases, and Higher hills of Tamil Nadu
⬥The thunderstorms in Assam during the people experience the - The MontaneClimate
month of ‘Baisakhi’ are called - Extreme weather conditions ⬥ The Climate found in Western Ghats,
- Bordoisila ⬥ In winter, the weather conditions of India Malabar Coast and Southern Assam
⬥A (tropical), B (dry), C (temperate), D are influenced by the distribution of - Tropical monsoon climate
(continental), and E (polar) are the five pressure in - Central and Western Asia ⬥ The Climate found in Karnataka, Central
main groups in the ⬥The north-west part of India receives Maharashtra, some parts of Tamil Nadu
- Koppen Climate scheme rainfall in winter due to and Andhra Pradesh
⬥The factor which brings winter rain to - Western disturbances - Tropical semi-arid (Steppe)
lowlands and snow to mountains in ⬥ North-east Monsoon is responsible for ⬥ The Climate found in Rajasthan and
the Indian Subcontinent rainfall over majorly - South India some parts of Gujarat
- Western disturbances ⬥ Precipitation that occurs when moist air - Hot desert, aridclimate
⬥ A steppe biome is a dry, grassland is lifted as it moves over a range of ⬥The Bay of Bengal Monsoon Branch
habitat that occurs in temperate mountains is called and Arabian Sea Branch merge at
climates, lying between the - Orographic Precipitation - North Western Part of Ganga plains
- Tropics and polar regions. ⬥ The unusual warming of surface waters ⬥Blossom shower helps coffee flower
⬥ The climate classification, first published in the eastern Pacific Ocean is called to blossom in - Karnataka
in Russian as ‘thermal zones of the - El Nino ⬥ The calm area at the center of a cyclone
earth’in -1884 ⬥ A type of rainfall that involves the is called -Eye of storm
⬥ According to Koppen's climatic formation of convection currents ⬥Number ofAgro-climatic zones, Tamil
classifications in India, Semi arid steppe - Convectionalrainfall Nadu has been classified into -7
climate is represented by - BShw ⬥ Cumulonimbus (Thunderheads) is a type ⬥Pre-winter season falls in
⬥ The main geographical factor that of - Cloud - November - December
affects the distribution of the population ⬥ The coast that extends between Pulicat ⬥ A negative pressure difference in Tahiti
in India is Lake and Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu is Indicates
- Topography, water and climate - Coromandel - A below average and late monsoon
⬥ The weather in India, during winter ⬥ Cyclones are caused by high-speed ⬥Another name for Bardoli Chheerha
months, is impacted by the distribution of winds and difference in - Air pressure - Nor Westers
surface pressure from ⬥ Warm days and cold nights are ⬥Hot, dry oppressing winds that blow in
- Central and westernAsia characteristic of the winters in between Delhi and Patna
⬥Tamil Nadu receive a large part of the - Northern India - Loo
rainfall during - October and November ⬥ The Tamil Nadu coast receives the ⬥Mediterranean climate occurs along the
⬥
Heavy showers with thunder occurring in maximum rainfall during west coast of continents in subtropical
the West Bengal region during the hot - October-November - 30°-40° latitudes
weather season is called - Kaal Baisakhi ⬥ Responsible for winter rainfall in the ⬥The average temperature in the hills of
⬥ Loo is a characteristic feature of North-western region of India the western ghats - Below 25°C
- Summerseason - Western cyclonic disturbances ⬥ Cities along the shoreline of sea
⬥The Loo is a dry summer wind blows in ⬥ According to the Koppen type of climate, experiences - moderate climate
the northern parts of the india in the the code Af represents ⬥ In india, weather prevails from June
months of - May andJune - Tropicalwet climate to september is
⬥ The season of autumn comes in the ⬥ The Climate Classification System was - Rainy/Monsoon season
months of - October to November published in 1884 by - Wladimir Koppen ⬥ The climate of Assam can be described
⬥
A sudden and constant rainfall, along ⬥The Koppen climate classification as-Tropical Monsoon Rainforest Climate
with violent thunder and lightning is system categorises climate zones ⬥ Wind associated with extreme cold and
called the - Burst of the monsoon throughout the world based on dryness - Polar Easterlies
⬥ North-east trade winds is the main - Localvegetation ⬥ The region which has more seasonal
reason behind winter rainfall in ⬥The main reason behind the substantial contrast than other regions of India
- Tamil Nadu rainfall during summer on the western -Interiorsof India
⬥The North-East Trade Winds dominate in coasts of India is - Western Ghats ⬥ As we moves away from coastal areas to
india during the - Winter season ⬥ Body form is linear in warm climates interior parts of the country, the range of
⬥The north easterly winds originate from and more rounded and compact in cold temperature - increases
Subtropical high-pressure belt of the climates, this law is given by- Allen's rule
-Northern hemisphere ⬥Heat Stroke (Sunstroke) is caused by ⬥ ENSO stands for
⬥Blossom showers are common in - Loo - El Nino southern Oscillation
- Kerala ⬥ The term ‘monsoon’ is derived from ⬥ Seasonal reversal in the wind direction
⬥From early June to mid - September - Arabic word ( Mausim) during a year refers to - Monsoon
in India, the duration of the monsoon is ⬥ Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh ⬥ The long-term weather conditions,
between - 100 - 120days receive rainfall in October to December typically gathered over a period of about
⬥ A equatorial crop that can be produced in due to - Northeast monsoon 25 years is called - climate
both tropical and subtropical climates ⬥According to Koeppen’s Scheme, ⬥ The summer months experience falling
- Rubber Monsoon with dry winter denoted in air pressure in the-Northern part of India
⬥The climate of India is described as India by - ‘Cwg’ ⬥ The day to day atmospheric conditions,
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including temperature, humidity, rainfall ⬥ Science that uses tree rings to study ⬥
A violent hot sand-laden wind on the
and wind speed is called - Weather present climate and reconstruct past eserts of Arabia and North Africa is
d
⬥SubTropical High Pressure belt is known climate - Dendroclimatology called - Samoonwinds
as - The horselatitude ⬥ Trade Winds, Westerlies and Polar
⬥ Periodic occurrence of a warm ocean Easterlies are types of - Planetary winds
Railway Exams
current along the coast of Peru is called ⬥ Tropical cyclones originating near the
- El Niño northwest coast of Australia are called
⬥ The direction of the Inter Tropical
⬥Retreating Monsoon season in India is - Willy-Willie
Convergence Zone in winter is-Southward
known as - The transition season ⬥ Western cyclones originate in
⬥ The region which receives maximum
⬥ Trade winds, Polar Easterlies, Westerlies - MediterraneanArea
rainfall from South-West monsoon winds
are types of - Permanent winds
in India - WesternGhats
⬥According to Indian Calendar, Vasanta Police Exams
⬥ Bordoisila storm originates in Indian
Season comes in month of
state of - Assam
- Chaitra- Vaisakha ⬥ According to the Koppen classification,
⬥ A belt of calms and light baffling winds
⬥Low annual range of temperature and the group of climate generally found at
north of the equator in the Atlantic and
high annual rainfall are characteristics of t
he higher latitudes or higher altitudes
Pacific Oceans - Doldrums
- Tropical humidclimate - E group
⬥In a normal monsoon year, the monsoon
⬥ A sudden change in weather condition ⬥
As per Koppen climate classification, the
winds reach Punjab, Western Uttar
from hot and dry weather to wet and Gangetic plain climate is classified as the
Pradesh, and Haryana by
humid along with rainfall is - Cwg (meso thermal with dry winter)
- Firstweek of July
- Monsoon Burst ⬥ The climatologist who make some
⬥ Tamil Nadu experiences winter rainfall
⬥ The Dw codes signify the Cold Climate change in Koppen system in 1961 to
due to - Retreating monsoon
with Dry Winters according to - Koeppen m
odify the scheme of climate
⬥ Range of the annual average temperature
⬥ A temperature marine climate with c
lassification - RudolfGeiger
in sub-tropical vegetation zones in India
substantial rainfall in all seasons is - Cfb ⬥
The letter code of Koppen climate that
is - 17°C to 24°C
⬥ The cold snow forest climate occurs in c
haracterizes a ‘hot-summer humid
⬥ Loo winds are usually associated with
the continental regions of Europe, Asia, continental climate’ is - Dfa
- Summerseasons
and North America between ⬥ T he word monsoon is derived from the
⬥ Indian sub-continent is known to have
- 40°- 70° Northernlatitude Arabic word - Mausim
- Tropical Monsoon Climate
⬥ The Region which has long, cold winters ⬥ All changes in the weather of the Earth
⬥ Air masses are divided in two parts
with high winds and average are primarily caused by
- Continental and Maritime
temperatures below freezing point - Position of the Sun
⬥ Continental Tropical (cT) air mass is
- Tundra region ⬥
The rapid onset of heavy rainfall and
- Warm
⬥ World’s largest inland sea s
trong winds marking the beginning of
⬥ Continental polar (cP) air mass is - Cold
- Caspian Sea t
he monsoon -
Burst of the monsoon
⬥ Maritime Tropical (mT) air mass is
⬥ Alaskan, El-Nino Current, Tsushima ⬥
According to Koppen Code that signifies
- Warm
Current, Brazilian, Gulf Stream are t
he Cold Climate with Dry Winters
⬥ Maritime Polar (mP) air mass is - Cold
-Warm currents - Dw
⬥ Continental Arctic (cA) air mass is
⬥ Labrador, Canary, Benguela, Falkland,
- Cold ⬥ A seasonal shift in wind direction, that
South Indian Ocean Current, Okhotsk can cause heavy rainfall during the
⬥ India's coldest inhabited place is
Current, Humboldt are - Cold currents s
ummer and dry spells in the winter
- Drass (Ladakh)
⬥ The sea, known for its high salinity - Indian Monsoon
⬥ Pre-Monsoon shower 'Nor westers' is
that makes floating easy and drowning ⬥
Jet streams, El-Nino phenomenon, and
related to - West Bengal and Assam
difficult is - Dead Sea s
hifting in position of ITCZ significantly
⬥ Pre-monsoon showers (Mango showers)
⬥ The zone characterized by moderate influence the mechanism of
which are common in the states of
rainfall, occasional dry spells, mild to hot -Indian weather
- Karnataka andKerala
summers, and cool to cold winters is ⬥ The Maximum rainfall in the world
⬥ Delhi generally receives the monsoon
- Temperatezone - Mawsynram (Meghalaya)
showers from the- Bay of Bengal branch
⬥ The zone which maintains an average ⬥ The region in India that experiences
⬥ The wettest place in India is
temperature above 64°F (18°C) annually more seasonal contrast compared to
- Mawsynram (Meghalaya)
with over 59 inches of yearly rainfall is o
thers is - Interiorspart
⬥ Jet stream is a geostrophic wind blowing
- Tropical Zone ⬥
During the winter season, rainfall in
horizontally through the upper layers of
⬥ Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar c
ertain regions of India is caused by
- TheTroposphere
Islands experience the -
Northeast trade winds
⬥ The westerly disturbances causing
- Tropical warmclimates ⬥
The Koppen climate classification
winter rains in northern India originate in
⬥ Equatorial regions like Congo Basin, system represented by letter code Aw
- The Mediterranean Region
Amazon Basin, and Southeast Asia - Tropical wet and dry climate
⬥Chinook wind also known as ‘snow eater’
experience - Conventional Precipitation
flows in - NorthAmerica ⬥ The average temperature of Chennai in
⬥ The zone where trade winds converge cold season is - 24° to 25° Celsius
⬥ EI Nino is a climate pattern that
- Intertropical convergence zone ⬥
El Nino is a complex weather system that
describes the unusual warming of
⬥ Dry climates are classified by Koppen's a
ppears once in every
surface waters in - Pacific Ocean
scheme using 'S' for semi-arid (steppe) - Three to seven years
⬥ Coriolis Force is directly proportional to
and 'W' for - Desert ⬥
A temperate marine climate with
- The angleof latitude
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substantial rainfall in all seasons is - Cfb ⬥ According to (Koppen’s scheme), climate
⬥ Semi-Arid Steppe of type of climate of the western fringe of rajasthan is
found in - Maharashtra to Tamil Nadu - Bwhw (Hot deserttype) Industries
⬥ Location of cold snowy forest climate ⬥ The amount of solar energy reflected by
region in Europe, Asia and North America a surface is called - Albedo SSCExams
- 40°-70° northern latitudes ⬥ Highest albedo occurs in which type of
⬥ In India, from June to September, the land surfaces - Snow covered mountain ⬥ Hazira-Vijaipur- Jagdishpur (HVJ)
prevailing weather is ⬥ Dark, grey storm clouds are the pipeline project is constructed by the
- Monsoon / Rainy season characteristics of- Nimbostratus clouds - GAIL (Gas Authority of India Limited)
⬥ Type of climate in Mumbai ⬥ High - fog “Low Ceiling” is the ⬥ Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited
- Tropical,wet, and dry characteristics of - Stratus clouds (TISCO, 1907) is located in
⬥ The region with long, cold winters, high ⬥ Detached, individual, cauliflower-shaped, - Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)
winds, and average temperatures below fair weather clouds are the ⬥Highest number of aluminium smelting
freezing for six to ten months of the year characteristics of - Cumulus clouds Plants are in - Odisha
is - Tundra region ⬥ Clouds that are entirely made up of ice ⬥Maximum concentration of iron and steel
⬥ Jet Streams blow in India during winter particles are called - Cirrus clouds industries is in
months at a height of 9-13 km ⬥An avalanche is a type of - Chhota Nagpurplateau
⬥ The place in India with the lowest - Terrestrialdisaster ⬥Industry that is its own major consumer
temperature is - Dras ⬥ In the region of eastern shore of Adriatic in India - Chemical Industry
⬥ The transition season from hot rainy Sea, a cold and dry wind blowing down ⬥ Chennai is known as - Detroit of India
season to dry winter conditions in India from the mountain is known as ⬥Chennai is famous for
takes place in - October-November - Bora winds - Automobileindustry
⬥ The place have the highest diurnal range ⬥ In the Hadley cell thermal circulation, air ⬥Bokajan is a cement plant located in
of temperatures - Hot Desert rises up and finally descends at - Assam
⬥ Type of climate denoted by the letter - Subtropical high-pressure cells ⬥Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited is
code 'As' according to Köppen's Scheme ⬥ The climate type found in Central Spain located near the confluence of the rivers
is - Monsoon with dry summer - Mediterranean dry hot summer - Subarnarekha and Kharkai river
⬥ A region of India that does not have a ⬥ The Tropical Savannah climate is ⬥ The headquarters of National Aluminium
clearly-defined winter season indicated by - AW Company Limited (NALCO) is Located at
- Peninsular India ⬥ According to Koppen’s climatic - Bhubaneshwar (Odisha)
⬥ Advancing monsoon is known as the classifications, the Northern Plains of ⬥ Burnpur in West Bengal is famous for
- Rainy season india have - Cwgclimate - Iron and steelIndustry
⬥ The center of the cyclone is known as ⬥ Snow, Sleet and Hail are the forms of ⬥The raw material of Cement Industry is
- eye - Precipitation - Limestone
⬥ The temperature that could harm tea ⬥ ‘Shamal’ warm and dry wind is a ‘Local’ ⬥ Raw material for sugar industry is
plantations - above 35°C wind found in - Mesopotamia - Sugar cane
⬥ A collection of different ecosystems that ⬥ ‘Inversion of Rainfall’ is associated with ⬥The major hub of Information
share similar climatic conditions is known - Orographic Rainfall Technology industry in India is
-Biome ⬥ The ‘Polar Front Theory’ is related to - Bengaluru
⬥ Water cycle is also called as - TemperateCyclone ⬥ Aluminum smelting belongs to
- Hydrologiccycle - Metallurgicalindustry
⬥ Seasonal reversal in wind direction State PCS Exams ⬥ Bauxite as a raw material is mainly used
during a year is called - Monsoon for - Aluminumindustry
⬥ Hot winds blowing in the northern ⬥ The temperature which is considered as ⬥ The first cement plant was setup in India
plains in summers are called - Loo Heat wave in Plains and Hilly areas in - 1904
⬥ The source location of an earthquake is respectively are -40°C and 30°C ⬥ The first jute mill of India was set up in
called - Focus ⬥ As per Koppen's classification scheme, the state of - WestBengal
⬥ Hudhud, Phailin, and Ockhi are The climate of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar ⬥ Silk textile is based on - Agro industry
-Cyclones falls under - Cwg ⬥ Cotton, jute, silk, woollen textiles,
⬥ The area of India that receives the ⬥ The roaring forties, furious fifties, and sugar and edible oil are based on
majority of its rainfall from the Northeast shrieking sixties are winds blowing in the - Agro industry
Monsoon - Southern Hemisphere ⬥ Iron and steel belongs to
- Coromandel and Rayalaseema ⬥ In India Monsoon originates by - Mineral-basedindustry
⬥ Wind, Temperature, Humidity are the -South-westwinds ⬥The second important metallurgical
elements of - Weather ⬥ In India, maximum amount of rainfall is industry in India is - Aluminiumsmelting
⬥ The region that receives rainfall by received from - South-West Monsoon ⬥ Telephones, Pager, telephone exchange
Western disturbances in Indian ⬥ The western coasts of India received and radars are examples of- Information
subcontinent is - Northwestern parts very high rainfall in summer mainly due Technology and Electronics Industry
⬥ A part that receives the first monsoon in to -Western Ghats ⬥ Cotton, Coffee, and Jute are examples of
summer is - Western Ghats (Kerala) ⬥ Western disturbances that enter India - Agro-basedindustries
arise in - MediterraneanSea ⬥ Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is
Defence Exams located in an industrial region of
- Bangalore-Chennairegion
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⬥ “Detroit” is famous for banks of Hugli river - Jute Industry are the examples of - Industrial regions
- Automobile industries ⬥ Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO) ⬥ Warangal, Secunderabad, and Hyderabad
⬥ Sugar Industry, Cotton Industry, was incorporated in - 1907 are centers of the cotton textile industry
and Handloom Industry are ⬥Oldest production unit of Indian Railway in - Telangana
- Small-Scaleindustry - Chittaranjan Locomotive Works ⬥ The section of Indian Factories Act that
⬥ Sugar industry is an example of (West Bengal) mandates creches if more than 30
- Cooperative sector industry ⬥ Tata Airlines was originally launched in women are employed in an industry or
⬥ Based on ownership, industries can be - 1932 factory - Section 48
classified as Public sector, Private sector ⬥ Atlas Cycles, first indigenous bicycle ⬥Petroleum product used for the
and - Joint sector manufacturing unit of India, was construction of paved roads is - Asphalt
⬥
Before the modern industrial system, established in 1950s ⬥ Bhadravati situated in Karnataka is
Indian exports focused mainly on - In Sonipat(Haryana) primarily famous for its
- Cotton and silkfabrics ⬥ Atlas Cycles was founded by - Iron andsteel plant
⬥ Indian Iron and Steel Company, - Shri Janki Das Kapur ⬥Electricity, Steel, Refinery products, Crude
Subsidiary of SAIL is located along ⬥ An industry that can easily movable and oil, Coal, Cement, Natural gas and
- Kolkata-Asansol railwayline not dependent on specific locations or Fertilisers are - Core Industries of India
⬥ India’s first integrated steel plant in resources - Footloose industry ⬥ The first indigenously built atomic power
public sector plant in India is located in - Kalpakkam
Note:-ExamplesofFootlooseindustry-
- Rourkela Steel Plant (Odisha) ⬥ Steel plants of Rourkela, Bhilai, and
The diamond processing industry,
⬥ Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) was Durgapur were established under the
pharmaceutical industry, IT industry,
incorporated in - 1967 - Second FiveYear Plan
handset assembly industry etc.
⬥ IISCO (Indian Iron and Steel Company) ⬥ Wood is main raw material for
set up first factory in - Hirapur ⬥ Rourkela Steel Plant started in manufacture of -Paper
⬥ India’s oldest aluminium refinery plant - 1959(in Odisha) ⬥ Kaiga is a nuclear power plant located in
- The Muri AluminaPlant ⬥ Largest number of cotton mills in Tamil - Karnataka
⬥ Tata Iron and steel company (TISCO) Nadu are found in - Coimbatore ⬥ First nuclear power plant in India is
began producing steel in - 1912 ⬥ The region responsible for 80% of - Tarapur (Maharashtra)
⬥ Leather, vegetable oil , Sugar, cotton Germany’s total steel production - Ruhr ⬥ Kakrapar is a nuclear power plant
textile industries are examples of ⬥ Hindustan Steel Limited (HSL) was located in - Gujarat
- Agro basedindustries initially designed to manage ⬥ Kalpakkam is associated with
⬥ First cotton textile mill of Ahmedabad - Rourkela SteelPlant - Nuclearpower plant
was started in - 1861 ⬥ Bhilai Steel Plant (Chhattisgarh) was ⬥ Bombay High is known for its
⬥ India’s first Jute factory established in started with the help of the - Petroleumdeposits
- Rishra (WestBengal) - USSR (Russia)
⬥ In Early 19th century, most cotton mills ⬥ Bokaro Steel Plants (Jharkhand) were Defence Exams
in India were situated in - Maharashtra set up in collaboration with
⬥The dark reddish coloured stone used as - (USSR)Russia ⬥ First and the oldest government-owned
raw material in aluminum smelting ⬥ Durgapur Steel Plant (West Bengal) coal mining company in India
- Bauxite started with the collaboration of the - Singareni Collieries Company Limited
⬥ The Paithani saree weaving industry is in -UnitedKingdom ⬥ The only vertically-integrated, primary
-Maharashtra ⬥ Largest Oil Field of Gujarat is in copper producer in India
⬥ Imphal valley of Manipur is an important - Ankleshwar - Hindustan Copper Limited
center of - KaunaCraft ⬥ The headquarters of Bharat Electronics ⬥ Shipbuilding industry started in
⬥ India’s Second most metallurgical Limited is located at - Bengaluru Visakhapatnam in - 1941
Industry - Aluminium ⬥ Engineers India Limited comes under the ⬥ In India, Cement industry was completely
- Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas decontrolled in - 1989
Railway Exams ⬥ The most jute factories are situatedin ⬥ Indian Iron and Steel Company set up its
- West Bengal first factory at - Hirapur
⬥ Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) ⬥ Surat, Gujarat is famous for its
was registered as Heavy Electricals - Diamondindustry State PCS Exams
(India) Limited (HE(I)L) in
- 29th August, 1956 Police Exams
⬥ The full form of HAL is
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Note :- BHEL wasformallyincorporated
⬥The Rourkela Steel Plant was developed ⬥ GRSE (Garden Reach Shipbuilders and
on 13th November, 1964 and HE(I)L &
with the collaboration of - Germany Engineers Ltd.), BDL (Bharat Dynamics
BHEL formally merged in January 1974.
⬥IISCO and TISCO Industrial plants are Ltd) and MIDHANI (Mishra Dhatu Nigam
⬥ Steel Authority of India (SAIL) was related to the - Iron and Steel industry Ltd.) are acronyms of
incorporated in - 1973 ⬥ The Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant - Defense Public Sector Undertakings
receives water supply from the
Note :- SAIL was setupon19January,
1954 and restructured as an operating
- Bhadravati River Biosphere Reserves
⬥ The City that are famous for Diamond
company in 1978.
industry - Surat SSCExams
⬥ Industry has developed the most on ⬥ Gujarat, Hugli, and Chota Nagpur regions
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⬥ Keibul Lamjao National Park (only located in - Andhra Pradesh ⬥ The Kameng-Sonitpur Elephant Reserve
floating National park in the world) is ⬥ The only country in the world to have (KSER) is located in - Arunachal Pradesh
located in - Loktak Lake (Manipur) both tigers and lions - India
⬥ Gir National Park (Gujarat), is famous for ⬥ Dachigam National Park is located in Railway Exams
- Asiatic Lion - Jammu andKashmir
⬥ Rajaji National Park (Uttarakhand), is ⬥ "MANAS" biosphere Reserve is located in ⬥ Region of planet Earth, where life
famousforthehabitatof -Elephants - Assam exists is known as - Biosphere
⬥ Keoladeo National Park (Rajasthan), is ⬥ Seshachalam biosphere reserve is ⬥ Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve is located
famous for habitat of - Siberian cranes located in - Andhra Pradesh in Satpura Range of
⬥ Kaziranga National Park (Assam), is ⬥ The endangered Eld's deer subspecies is - MadhyaPradesh
famous for - One-horned Rhinoceros found solely in Keibul Lamjao National ⬥ The Place where wild animals are
⬥ Manas, Ranthambore, Kanha and Park in - Manipur protected in their Natural habitat is
Sunderbans are - National parks ⬥ The Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal is called - Wildlifesanctuary
⬥ Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary is located in threatened by - Dolomite mining ⬥ An area designated for wildlife, granting
- Maharashtra ⬥ Nokrek Biosphere Reserve is located in them unrestricted access to ecosystems
⬥ Guindy National Park is located in - Meghalaya and natural resources is called
- Tamil Nadu ⬥ Srivilliputhur Elephant Reserve is located - National park
⬥ Orchha Wildlife Sanctuary is located in in - Tamil Nadu ⬥ The first Indian Reserve Forest is
- MadhyaPradesh ⬥ Baghmara Pitcher Plant Sanctuary is - Satpura NationalPark
⬥Rann of Kachchh is declared as a located in - Meghalaya ⬥ Satpura National Park is located in the
- Wild AssSanctuary ⬥The Rowa Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Hoshangabad District (newly named
⬥Namdapha tiger reserves is located in - Tripura Narmadapuram) of - Madhya Pradesh
- ArunachalPradesh ⬥ The Nallamala range of forests is ⬥ Jim Corbett National Park (Hailey
⬥Valmiki tiger reserves is located in- Bihar Situated in - Andhra Pradesh-Telangana National Park) is located in the
⬥ The Borail Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Nainital district of - Uttarakhand
⬥ Jim Corbett tiger reserves is located in - Assam ⬥ The Bandipur National Park is located in
- Uttarakhand ⬥ Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary is located - Karnataka
⬥ Dudhwa tiger reserves is located in on the bank of Brahmaputra river in ⬥ Hemis National Park was established in
- Uttar Pradesh - Assam 1981 in - Ladakh
⬥ Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary (1941) in ⬥ The Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary ⬥ Biggest Biosphere Reserve of India
west Bengal is famous for is located in - Chhattisgarh in terms of geological area is
- Rhinocerosunicornis ⬥ Kali Tiger Reserve is located in - Kachchh
⬥ Manas National Park (Assam) is a - Karnataka ⬥ Smallest Biosphere Reserve of India in
habitat of - Pygmyhogs ⬥ Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in terms of geographical area is
⬥ Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary is - Kerala - Dibru-Saikhowa (Assam)
located in - Goa ⬥ Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary is located in ⬥ The Sunderbans Biosphere Reserve is
⬥ First marine biosphere reserve in South - Karnataka located in - WestBengal
Asia is - Gulfof Mannar ⬥ The Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary is located ⬥ Gir forest, famous for the Asiatic
⬥Manas National Park is located in in -Karnataka lion, is located in - Gujarat
- Assam ⬥ Neora Valley National Park is situated in ⬥ Pakhal Wildlife Sanctuary is located in
⬥ Shirui National Park is located in - West Bengal - Warangal (Telangana)
- Manipur ⬥ The Sariska Tiger Reserve is located in ⬥ Largest National Park in India
⬥ Blackbuck National Park (Velavadar -Rajasthan - Hemis National Park (Ladakh)
National Park) was established in - 1976 ⬥ The wetland of Ashtamudi is located in ⬥ Pakhal Lake (man-made lake) is located
⬥ Closest wild relative of domestic cattle - Kerala in - Pakhal Wildlife Sanctuary
- Gaur ⬥ The Bankapura Peacock Sanctuary ⬥ Shandur National Park is located in
⬥ The largest endangered marine mammal is situated in -Karnataka - Pakistan
Dugong and Sea turtles Biosphere ⬥ Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary is ⬥ Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve
Reserve found in - Gulf of Mannar an endangered Crocodiles conservation included in UNESCO World Heritage in
⬥ Gorumara National Park is located in site located in - Odisha - 2018
- West Bengal ⬥ Peninsular Gneiss, National Geo-Heritage ⬥ Valmiki National Park is located in- Bihar
⬥ The only mangrove habitat in the world Monument site, is located in - Karnataka ⬥ Dachigam Sanctuary is popular as the
for the species Panthera Tigris ⬥ Nagahill Ophiolite site is located in home of the rare and critically
- Sundarbans - Nagaland endangered - Hangul or Kashmir stag
⬥ Total number of Biosphere reserves in ⬥ The Sanctuary in India that protects ⬥ Dachigam Sanctuary is located in
India - 18 endangered gharials, red-crowned roofed - Jammu andKashmir
⬥ Gir forest is the last remaining habitat of turtles, and Ganges river dolphins ⬥ Bhagwan Mahavir WIldlife Sanctuary is
- Asiatic Lion - National Chambal Sanctuary located in - Goa
⬥ Jim corbett National Park is in ⬥ The Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary ⬥ Orang Tiger reserve is located in- Assam
- Uttarakhand is located in - Kodagu (Karnataka) ⬥ Kanha national park was declared a tiger
⬥ Bandhavgarh National Park is located in ⬥ The largest protected area in the Eastern reserve in the year - 1973
- MadhyaPradesh Himalayan sub-region ⬥ Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary is
⬥ The famous Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary is - Namdapha NationalPark located in - Assam
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⬥ The number of Biodiversity hotspot ⬥The largest protected wetland in India is in - Maharashtra
locations in India - 4 - Sundarbans ⬥
Project Elephant was launched in - 1992
⬥ Kaziranga National Park, Nameri ⬥ Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Wildlife ⬥ Namdapha Tiger Reserve is located in
National park, and Manas National park Sanctuary is located in -Bihar - ArunachalPradesh
are located in - Assam ⬥ Vulture Conservation and Breeding ⬥ The most number of wildlife sanctuaries
⬥ India’s First Marine park is situated in Centre located in - Pinjore (Haryana) in India - Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Gulf of Kutch ⬥ Gangetic dolphins are protected under ⬥ Snow leopard is found in
⬥ The Yellowstone National Park is located First Schedule of Indian Wildlife - Western Himalayas
in - USA (Protection) Act - In 1972 ⬥ The Famous novel "Jungle Book" is
⬥ Himalayas, Sundaland, Western Ghats ⬥ An uninhabited island in India that has a based on
and Indo-Burma in india are bird sanctuary is - PittiIsland - Pench NationalPark
- BiodiversityHotspots ⬥ The natural habitat of the Indian wild ass ⬥Project Tiger was launched in - 1973
⬥ The Jim Corbett National Park was is - Little Rannof Kutch ⬥ Panna Tiger Reserve is in
established in 1936 to save the ⬥ Kulik Bird Sanctuary is located in - MadhyaPradesh
endangered species of - Bengal tigers - West Bengal ⬥ Nagarhole Tiger reserve is located in
⬥ Murlen National Park is located in ⬥ Murlen National Park is located in - Karnataka
- Mizoram - Mizoram ⬥ Kaziranga National Park is located in
⬥ Ramsar Convention is for the ⬥ Sirohi /Shirui National Park is located in - Assam
- conservation of wetlands - Manipur ⬥ Valley of Flowers is located in
⬥ The Indian wild ass is found in ⬥ India's only floating national park - Uttarakhand
- Rann of Kutch(Gujarat) - Keibul Lamjao NationalPark
⬥ The Sundarbans National Park in India is ⬥ Simlipal National Park is located in Defence Exams
adjacent to the Sundarbans Reserve - Odisha
Forest in -Bangladesh ⬥ Jim Corbett National Park is located in ⬥ Coringa Mangroves are located in
⬥ The Silent Valley National Park is located - Uttarakhand - Andhra Pradesh
in - Kerala ⬥Nagzira Tiger Reserve is located in ⬥ Vembanad Kol wetland is located in
⬥ Lakh Bahosi Sanctuary is located in - Maharashtra - Kerala
- Uttar Pradesh ⬥ Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary is located ⬥ The “Cloud Goats” of the Nilgiri are found
⬥ Mudumalai is known for - Tiger reserve in - Karnataka in - Eravikulam NationalPark
⬥ The river that flows through Jim Corbett ⬥Pakke Tiger Reserve located in ⬥ In India, Himalayas, Western Ghats,
National Park is - Ramganga River - ArunachalPradesh Indo-Burma region, and Sundaland are
⬥ Nilgiri tahr is a special animal of ⬥ Oussudu Lake Bird Sanctuary is located known for - Biodiversity Hotspots
-Western Ghats in -Tamil Nadu ⬥ In India, the maximum biodiversity is
⬥ Pongal Bird Count is an initiative of ⬥ Kanha National Park is situated in found in - SilentValley
- Tamil Nadu - MadhyaPradesh ⬥ Rani Jhansi Marine National Park was
⬥ Sangai deer is an endemic species ⬥ Nagarhole National Park is located in founded in - 1996
found in - Manipur - Karnataka ⬥ Valley of flowers National Park lies
⬥ Polar Bear is generally found in ⬥ Lothian Island Wildlife Sanctuary is completely in the- Temperate alpine zone
- Cold regions Located in - WestBengal ⬥ Phawngpui National Park also known as
⬥ Ken River flows through Blue Mountain Park is located in
Police Exams - Panna TigerReserve - Mizoram
⬥ The wetland of Ashtamudi is located in ⬥ Dhoopgarh Peak is situated in - Satpura
⬥ A zone of contact between the - Kerala National Park (Madhya Pradesh)
lithosphere, hydrosphere, and ⬥ Hemis National Park, the habitat of snow ⬥ Kanha Kisli is famous for- National Park
atmosphere where natural vegetation and leopards, is located in - Ladakh ⬥ The "Oceanic National Park" of India is
wildlife exist is called - Biosphere ⬥ Achanakmar, Agasthyamalai, Nokrek are located in - Kutch
⬥ Chandertal, Renuka Lake, and Pong Dam - Biosphere protected area ⬥ The world's only floating national park,
Lake are three Ramsar wetland sites in ⬥The language of geology used to study Keibul Lamjao National Park, is located in
- HimachalPradesh dinosaurs is an example of a branch of - Manipur
⬥ The Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve is - Paleontology ⬥ The Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarhole) National
located in - Kerala and Tamil Nadu ⬥ Guruvayur temple has its own elephant park is located in - Karnataka
⬥The Wildlife Protection Act Sanctuary located in - Kerala ⬥ Salim Ali National Park is located in
was enacted in India in -1972 ⬥Gir National Park is known for - Jammu and Kashmir
⬥ Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve is - Asiatic Lions ⬥ The Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary is
situated in - Uttarakhand ⬥ Sundarbans is located in situated in the Chandauli district of
⬥ Singalila National Park is located in - West Bengal - Uttar Pradesh
- West Bengal ⬥ Cheetah, Pink-headed Duck, Indian ⬥ The Wakhan National Park is located in
⬥ Under the project Elephant, Construction Aurochs are regionally extinct in - India - Afghanistan
of resorts and hotels are banned near ⬥ Dudhwa Tiger Reserve is in ⬥ The Shey Phoksundo National Park is
- Corbett TigerReserve - Uttar Pradesh situated in - Nepal
⬥ Van Vihar National Park is located in ⬥ Valmiki Tiger Reserve is in - Bihar ⬥ The Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary is
- Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) ⬥ Periyar Tiger Reserve is in - Kerala situated in - Bhutan
⬥Yumthang Valley is located in - Sikkim ⬥ Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve is located ⬥ The Desert National Park is situated in
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- Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) is located in - Goa ⬥ Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary is
⬥ Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary is ⬥ The Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary is located situated in
situated in - Churu district (Rajasthan) in - ArunachalPradesh - Chandauli district (Uttar Pradesh)
⬥ The Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary is ⬥ The Kanger Ghati National Park is ⬥ The Wildlife Sanctuary of Uttar Pradesh
located in - Udaipur District (Rajasthan) located in - Chhattisgarh established in 1975 was
⬥ The Band Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary is ⬥ The Nagarhole National Park is located - Katarniaghat (Bahraich district)
situated in - Bharatpur (Rajasthan) in - Karnataka ⬥ Dudhwa National Park is situated in
⬥ The Asan Conservation Reserve is ⬥ The Kugti Wildlife Sanctuary is located in - Lakhimpur Kheri district (Uttar Pradesh)
located in - Uttarakhand - Himachal Pradesh ⬥ Valmiki National Park is located in
⬥ The Bhitarkanika national park of Odisha, ⬥ The Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary is located - Bihar
is famous for - Salt Water Crocodile in - Haryana ⬥ Gajner Wildlife Sanctuary is located in
⬥ The Desert national park of Rajasthan, is ⬥ The Mahuadanr sanctuary is located in - Rajasthan
famous for - Great Indian Bustard the - Latehar district (Jharkhand) ⬥ Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary is located
⬥ The Mahatma Gandhi National Marine ⬥ The Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary is located in - Bihar
Park is located in in - Kerala ⬥ Nokrek Biosphere Reserve is locatedat
- Port Blair (Andaman islands) ⬥ The Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary is located - Meghalaya
⬥ The ‘Brahma Kamal’ (Saussurea in - Goa ⬥ Manas Biosphere Reserve is located at
obvallata) is naturally found in ⬥ The Orang National Park is located in - Assam
- Valley of flowers (Uttarakhand) - Assam ⬥SimilipalBiosphereReserveislocatedat
⬥ The Nokrek Biosphere Reserve is located ⬥ The Ushakothi Wildlife Sanctuary is - Odisha
in the Garo Hills district of - Meghalaya located in - Odisha ⬥ Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve is
⬥ The Loktak Lake is a freshwater lake ⬥ The Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and located in - Andhra Pradesh
located in - Manipur National Park (Tamil Nadu) is also ⬥ The first National Park in India to
⬥ The Namdapha National Park is located known as - Top Slip officially introduce a mascot named
in the - ArunachalPradesh ⬥ The Mookambika wildlife sanctuary is "Bhoorsingh the Barasingha" is
⬥ The Queen Elizabeth national Park, along located in - Karnataka - Kanha NationalPark
the shore of Lake Edward, is situated in ⬥ The Dalma wildlife sanctuary is located ⬥ Phawngpui National Park in Mizoram is
- Uganda in - Jharkhand also known as - Blue Mountain Park
⬥ The State of India with maximum ⬥ The Cotigao wildlife sanctuary is located ⬥ The Gogelav Conservation Reserve is
number of wildlife sanctuaries in - Goa situated in the district
- Maharashtra ⬥ The Neyyar wildlife sanctuary is located - Nagaur(Rajasthan)
⬥ The Union Territory with maximum in - Kerala
number of wildlife sanctuaries ⬥ The Bakhira Bird Sanctuary is situated in
- Andaman and Nicobar islands - Basti (Uttar Pradesh)
Physiographic Division of
⬥ The Karera Wildlife Sanctuary is situated ⬥ The highest altitude zoo in the world is India
in the Shivpuri district of - Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological
- Madhya Pradesh Park SSCExams
⬥ The Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary is ⬥ The Pench Tiger Reserve is located in
located in - West Bengal - Madhya Pradesh
⬥The stretch between Mumbai to Goa on
⬥ The Lakhari Valley Wildlife Sanctuary is ⬥ The Kameng Elephant Reserve is located
the western coast of India is also known
located in - Ganjam District (Odisha) in - Arunachal Pradesh
as the - Konkancoast
⬥ The Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve is ⬥ The Ramsar Convention is related to
⬥ Eastern Ghats stretch from
located in - Madhya Pradesh - Wetlands Conservation
- Mahanadi valley toNilgiris
⬥ The Mahavir Swami Sanctuary is located ⬥ The first Ramsar Site in Bihar is
⬥ In India ‘Kayal’ is a distinguished feature
in the district of - Lalitpur (Uttar Pradesh) - Kanwar or Kabartal Lake
of Malabar Coast, it refers to
⬥ The Lakh Bahosi Sanctuary is located in ⬥ The Yaralpat Wetland is located in
- Backwaters
the district of - Kannauj (Uttar Pradesh) - Manipur
⬥Alluvial soils are widespread in
⬥ The Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary is ⬥ The Ansupa Wetland is located in
-Northern plains
located in the district of - Odisha
⬥
Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and
- Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh) ⬥ The First Union Territory of India to run
Telangana are covered by
⬥ The Kaimoor WildLife Sanctuary is 100 percent on solar energy is - Diu
-Deccan Plateau
located in the district of - Mirzapur and ⬥ The Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh is
⬥Vindhya and Satpura ranges are located
Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh) known for - Geothermal energy
to the north of - Deccan Plateau
⬥ The Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary is situated ⬥ The part of land surfaces which has the
⬥Densely populated division in Physical
in the district of highest albedo is
division of India - North Indian Plains
- Kaimur and Rohtas (Bihar) - Snow-covered mountain
⬥Madhya Pradesh,Maharashtra and Tamil
⬥ The Sharavathi Valley Wildlife Sanctuary ⬥ The Marine Gondwana Fossil Park is
Nadu are part of - Peninsular Plateau
is located in -Karnataka located in - Chattisgarh
⬥
Indian desert lies to the northwest of
⬥ The Satkosia Gorge Wildlife Sanctuary is ⬥ The first Biosphere reserve in India is
- Aravali
located in - Odisha - Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve ⬥ India's share of total land area in the
⬥ The Marine National Park and Pirotan
world is about - 2.4%
island is located in - Gujarat tate PCS Exams
S ⬥Tripura is surrounded by Bangladesh
⬥ The Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary
from - Three sides
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⬥Uttar Pradesh shares its international ⬥ Devka Beach, a beautiful expanse of ⬥ Indus valley desert is located in
boundary with - Nepal black sand is located in - Daman - Pakistan
⬥West Bengal shares its longest border ⬥ The Indian desert also known as ⬥ Kathiawar Peninsula is a geographical
with - Bangladesh Marusthali is believed to be under the sea and cultural extension of - Gujarat
⬥ India's smallest Union Territory is during - Mesozoicera ⬥ India's largest physiographic division is
- Lakshadweep ⬥ The Peninsular Plateau is part of - Peninsularplateau
⬥The southernmost tip of the India is - The GondwanaLand ⬥ Malabar Region is located in
- Indira Point ⬥ The percentage of geographical area of - Western coast
⬥ The wetlands of India divided into India drained by river Godavari is - 10% ⬥ East coast of India is a
- Eightcategories ⬥ An 8 to 16 km narrow strip that runs East - Low sedimentarycoast
⬥ Sadhu Bet island is a part of - west at the base of the Himalayas from ⬥ Cape Comorin, the southernmost tip of
- Gujarat Indus to the Teesta River is called mainland India is located in- Tamil Nadu
⬥ The peninsular plateau of India is divided - Bhabar ⬥ India’s longest beach
into - Two groups ⬥ The highest and largest plateau in the - Marina beach (in Chennai)
⬥ Kathiawar Peninsula is located in world - The Qinghai-Tibetan plateau
- Saurashtra(Gujarat) ⬥ Havelock Island is located in Police Exams
⬥ Thar desert is also known as - Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- The Great Indiandesert ⬥ The largest union territory in India in ⬥ Indian Desert lies in which part of India
⬥ Moraine, U-shaped Valley, and Fjord are terms of area - Ladakh - North-West
formed by - Glacier ⬥ The district-cum-tourism hotspot of ⬥ Most recent landforms in India are
⬥ The most stable land block in India is Arunachal Pradesh - Tawang - Himalayas and Northern Plains
- PeninsularPlateau ⬥ Nathu La Pass connects ⬥ Crescent shaped sand dune which is
⬥ The boundary line of Sundarban was - Indiawith China formed mainly by the action of wind
demarcated by - Dampier and Hodges ⬥ The National Capital Territory of Delhi from one direction - Barchan
⬥ A triangular shaped region in India that (NCT) covers an area of - 1483 sq km ⬥ States having borders with only one
lies south of the river Narmada is ⬥ The general direction of the Himalayas Indian state - Sikkim and Meghalaya
-Deccan Plateau is from southwest to northeast in ⬥ Thar Desert, also known as Great Indian
⬥ India experiences the widest difference - ArunachalPradesh Desert is located in - India
between day and night temperatures in ⬥ The total area of Goa - 3702 km2 ⬥ Indian state called the 'land of red river
- Thar desert and blue hills' is - Assam
⬥ Kathiawar coast is located in - Gujarat ⬥ The Nepal-India border was established
⬥ The range is known as the 'backbone of
⬥ The coastal region of Maharashtra state by the Sugauli Treaty in -1816
high Asia' - Karakoram Range
is popularly known as - Konkan coast ⬥ Elephanta island is located in
⬥ India’s position in terms of area in the
⬥Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi are the - Mumbai Harbour of Arabian sea
World is - Seventh
former names of - Lakshadweep ⬥ Madhya Pradesh shares its border with
⬥ Smallest Union Territory of India in terms
⬥ The Great Indian Desert (Thar Desert) Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat
of total area - Lakshadweep
lies northwest of - Aravallihills Maharashtra, and - Rajasthan
⬥ The Coromandel Plain of India is located
⬥ Of the total geographical area of the in - Easterndirection
world, India covers - 2.4% Railway Exams ⬥ Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Andhra
⬥ India's place in the world in terms of area Pradesh, and Karnataka share its border
is - 7th ⬥ Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar with - Telangana
⬥ The Great Rann of Kutch falls in the and Chhattisgarh are situated at ⬥ In India, there are 26 sedimentary basins
region of -Thar Desert - Chhota NagpurPlateau covering an area of - 3.4 million km²
⬥ India’s biggest state in terms of area ⬥ Himalayan mountain covers a distance ⬥ The largest state in India in terms of
- Rajasthan of 2500 km from Indus to Brahamputra in a rea - Rajasthan
⬥ India's total length of coastline of the - west-eastdirection ⬥ Andaman and Nicobar Islands lie to
mainland including Andaman and ⬥ The number of Physical regions in India Southeast of Indian mainland in
Nicobar and Lakshadweep - 7516.6 km are - Six - Bay of Bengal
⬥ City located on the water divide between ⬥ Malwa plateau is spread across ⬥ Pindari glacier is located in
the Indus and the Ganga river systems Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat - Uttarakhand
- Ambala with an altitude of - 500 m ⬥ Kanyakumari is also known
⬥ The union Territory of India which lies in ⬥ The western coastal plains are an - Cape Comorin
the Bay of Bengal example of - Submerged coastal plains ⬥ The Barind plains are in - West Bengal
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⬥ Bundellkhand and Baghelkhand are part ⬥ Tuticorin is situated along-
⬥ The East Coast of India lie between of - Peninsularplateau CoromandelCoast
Eastern Ghats and the - Bay of Bengal ⬥ Rann of Kutch is a salt marsh in the Thar ⬥ Total area of the state of Goa - 3702 km2
⬥ Coromandel Coast is located in the Desert in the Kutch District of - Gujarat ⬥ Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh,
- Eastern Ghats ⬥ The 'Northern Circars' refers to and Andhra Pradesh share its border with
⬥ The Peninsular Plateau of India is - Coastal plain - Odisha
composed of ⬥ Indian’s longest mainland coastline is in ⬥ The capital of Madhya Pradesh is
- Igneous and metamorphic rocks - Gujarat - Bhopal
⬥ The shape of the peninsular plateau in ⬥ Coromandel Coast is located ⬥ The capital of Meghalaya is - Shillong
India is - Triangular - In Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh ⬥ Southernmost point of the Indian Union
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that got submerged during the Tsunami - Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Pithoragarh ⬥ Atal Tunnel (Himachal Pradesh), built
- Indira Point ⬥ India's territorial limit from the coast under the Rohtang Pass in the eastern
⬥
The capital of Chhattisgarh is - Raipur extends upto - 12 nautical miles Pir Panjal range, connects
⬥ The part of the Western coastal plains ⬥ Indo Gangetic Plain is located between - Manali and Lahaul-Spiti valley
that lies south of Karnataka is known - Peninsular plateau and the Himalayas ⬥
East-West corridor of the Golden
- Malabar ⬥ The Deccan Trap plateau was formed in Quadrilateral, connects
⬥ The capital of Lakshadweep Islands is - Cretaceous Period - Silchar andPorbandar
- Kavaratti ⬥The Valley of Kashmir is situated between ⬥ North-South Corridor, connects
⬥ The capital of Sikkim is - Gangtok - Pir Panjal and Himadri Ranges - Srinagar and Kanyakumari
⬥ Gateway of North-East India and home ⬥ The Indian state which is also known as ⬥ The length of golden quadrilateral is
to the Kamakhya Temple - Guwahati Molassis Basin - Mizoram - 5,846 km
⬥ India’s cold desert is - Ladakh ⬥ In 1948, the state came into existence ⬥ As of march 2020 total route length of
⬥ The Tiger capital of India - Nagpur after the merger of Bundelkhand and the Indian Railways is - 67,956 km
⬥Khapa-chan (snow land) is another name Baghelkhand, was - Vindhya Pradesh ⬥National Highways Authority of India
for - Ladakh ⬥ The Ninety East Ridge (90° East Ridge) is (NHAI) was constituted in - 1988
⬥ The desert situated in Rajasthan is located in the - IndianOcean ⬥Border Roads Organization was
- Thar ⬥ The ‘Karewa’ Landform are found in formed on - 7 May1960
⬥ The capital of Andaman and Nicobar - KashmirHimalaya ⬥Atal Road Tunnel Connects manali to
Islands is - Port Blair Keylong in Lahaul-Spiti built under the
⬥ Terai is the marshy land that forms a part - Rohtang pass (Himachal Pradesh)
Transportation
of - NorthernPlains ⬥The Golden Quadrilateral project is
⬥ The capital of Nagaland is - Kohima managed by the
⬥Mussoorie, Nainital and Almora are SSCExams - National Highways Authority of India
located in - Uttarakhand ⬥
India's 4 big metro city delhi - Mumbai -
⬥ Eastern boundary of Kashmir touches ⬥
Kolkata Port is an - Inland riverine port Chennai - Kolkata are connected with
- Ladakh ⬥ Kandla port is located in - Gujarat - Golden Quadrilateral
⬥ The Punjab Plains of the northern India is ⬥ Mormugao Port is located in - Goa ⬥
Headquarters of Northern railway
dominated by - Doabs ⬥ The Udyogamandal Canal is a part of zone is located in - NewDelhi
⬥ Total approximate length of the coastline - National Waterways3 ⬥
Headquarters of Central railway zone
of India, including Andaman & Nicobar ⬥ New Mangalore port is located in is located in - Mumbai
and Lakshadweep is - About 7,516 Km - Karnataka ⬥Headquarters of Southern railway zone
⬥ Total land area of the world covered by ⬥The Deepest landlocked and well- is located in - Chennai
India - 2.4% protected port in India is ⬥
Headquarters of Eastern railway zone
-Visakhapatnam is located in - Kolkata
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⬥The port, developed post - independence ⬥Headquarters of North Eastern Railway
to ease the trade volume pressure on zone is located in - Gorakhpur
⬥ The Indian desert also known as
Mumbai port is - Kandlaport ⬥
Headquarters of North Western Railway
Marusthali is believed to be under the sea
⬥ Visakhapatnam Port is located in zone is located in - Jaipur
during - MesozoicEra
- AndhraPradesh ⬥
Headquarters of South Central Railway
⬥ The Deccan Plateau extends to
⬥Paradip Port (Odisha) is located on the zone is located in - Secunderabad
- EightIndian states
delta of - Mahanadiriver ⬥
Headquarters of East Central Railway
⬥ The height of elevation of the Peninsular
⬥Mumbai Port is an example of the zone is located in - Hajipur
plateau is - 600-900 m
- WesternCoast Port ⬥State roads along coastal border areas,
⬥ The Capital of Andhra state when it was
⬥ Kandla port (Gujarat), Mormugao port including connectivity of non-major ports
made a separate State in the year 1953
(Goa) and Kochi port (Kerala) are are developed under- Bharatmala Project
was - Kurnool
located on - Western coast of India ⬥Cities of India, connected by the Grand
⬥ Sir creek, kori creek and Godai creek is
⬥ Chennai port, Kolkata port, Haldia port Trunk Road - Amritsar-Kolkata
associated with - Gujarat
(West Bengal) are located on ⬥
National Waterway that runs from Haldia
⬥ ’Vidarbha’ is a territorial name in India
- Eastern coastof India to Prayagraj - National Waterway 1
and it is the part of - Maharashtra
⬥ Port situated at the entrance of the ⬥Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited
⬥ Rajasthan desert (Thar desert) is the
Zuari estuary is - Mormugao (Goa) provides helicopter services to
expansion of
⬥ Visakhapatnam Port is the deepest - Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
- Pleistocene and recent deposits
land-locked and protected port located in ⬥
India has inland navigation waterways of
⬥ Physiographic region of India covering
- AndhraPradesh - 14,500 km
the maximum area is - Deccan Plateau
⬥ Mormugao port is located in - Goa ⬥Broad gauge, Metre gauge, Narrow
⬥ Latur is located in - Maharashtra
⬥ The Chabahar Port is developed by India gauge and Standard gauge are category
in - Iran of the - Indian Railwaystracks
State PCS Exams ⬥ Bharatmala project is associated with ⬥India's longest highway project, connects
- Highways construction New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai
⬥ The average height of the Kosi plain from ⬥ Air transport in India was launched in - The Golden Quadrilateral
mean sea level is - 30 meters - 1911 ⬥Roads linking a state capital with
⬥ The Kosi plain is in -Bihar ⬥ On which river is National Waterway-2 different district headquarters are known
⬥ The district of Uttarakhand which are connecting the Sadiya-Dhubri section as - StateHighways
linked with the border of Tibet located? - Brahmaputra River
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⬥National Highways are constructed by protected port - Visakhapatnam Airport is located in - Amritsar (Punjab)
the - Central Public Works Department ⬥ The Vadhavan Port is located in ⬥ North - South and East -West corridors
⬥ The State Highways are constructed and - Maharashtra of the Indian Highway network intersect
maintained by ⬥ Mormugao Port is situated in - Goa at - Jhansi
- State Public Works Department ⬥ The Jawahar Lal Nehru Port is located in ⬥ East-west corridor of Indian Highway
⬥
Border Roads are constructed and - Navi Mumbai network connects
maintained by- Border Road Organisation ⬥ India's first corporatised port - Ennore - Porbandar and Silchar
⬥District Roads are constructed and ⬥ In Trans-Siberian railway system, ⬥ National Highway, NH-44 connects
maintained by - Zila Parishad Vladivostok lies on - Pacific coast - Srinagar to Kanyakumari
⬥ India's longest tunnel and it is also Asia's ⬥ The mode used to reach the most ⬥ India's highest length of railway lines (in
longest bi-directional highway tunnel remote and inaccessible areas - Airways Kilometers) is in the state of
- Chenani-NashriTunnel ⬥ The highest gravity dam in India -Uttar Pradesh
⬥ The port known as ‘Gateway of Eastern - Bhakra Dam ⬥ The Konkan Railways lines runs parallel
India’ is -Kolkata Port ⬥ National Waterway - 96 passes through to - Arabian Sea
Jharkhand, Orissa, and - West Bengal ⬥ Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
Note :- Kolkata Port has been renamed
⬥ The type of gauge used by Matheran Hill International Airport is situated in
s Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Port.
a
Railways is - Narrowgauge - Kolkata
⬥ The Konkan Railway passes through the ⬥ The largest length (in km) of national ⬥ Tuticorin port lies on
-Western Ghats Highways is in the state of- Maharashtra - East coast of India
⬥ India's longest rail-cum-road bridge, ⬥ The ancient port, Sopara is located in ⬥ The highways that covers most of
connecting Assam and Arunachal - Maharashtra Rajasthan - NH 15
pradesh is - Bogibeelbridge ⬥ Yamuna Expressway connects ⬥ National Waterway-3 of India exists in
⬥ The National Waterway Number 2 - Greater Noidato Agra the state of - Kerala
connects - Dhubri-Sadiya (in Assam) ⬥ NH 7 connects - Fazilka to Mana ⬥ National Highway passing through the
⬥ Tuticorin port is located in - Tamil Nadu ⬥ Muziris, an ancient ports was situated on Kaziranga National Park imposing a
⬥ Haldia Port is located in - West Bengal - Malabar Coast key threat for wildlife is -NH-37
⬥ Mangalore Port is located in - Karnataka ⬥ The length of the navigable inland ⬥ Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport is situated
⬥Deendayal Port is a tidal port located in waterways of India - 14500km in - Indore
-Kandla, Gujarat ⬥ The previous name of NH 66 that runs ⬥ The longest national highway of India
⬥India's only major riverine port is north–south along the western coast of - NH-44
- Kolkata Port India - NH 17 ⬥ The authority for development,
⬥ The Kandla Port is a tidal port located ⬥ Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port is new maintenance and management of
at the head of the - Gulf of Kutch name of - KolkataPort National Highways is
⬥ The waterway which offers connectivity ⬥ The Longest highway single-tube tunnel - National Highways Authority of India
to mainland India via the between Manali and Keylong ⬥ India’s longest six laned controlled
India-Bangladesh Protocol route - NW -2 - Atal tunnel access expressway
⬥ Asansol, Howrah, Malda and Sealdah - Agra-Lucknow expressway
division come under Railway Exams ⬥ The Deccan Odyssey is a - luxury train
- Eastern Railwayzone ⬥ National Highway 48 (NH 48) extends
⬥ National Highways Authority of India ⬥ India's largest Municipal Transport from - Delhito Chennai
(NHAI) was operationalised in - 1995 Service for local conveyance is ⬥ According to Ministry of Road Transport
⬥ The number of inland National - Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service and Highways, National Highways carry
Waterways in India - 111 ⬥ Road transport authority issued the how much percentage of total road traffic
⬥ The North-South corridor links permit to manage 29 routes for the of India - 40%
- Srinagar and Kanyakumari bus-service to Municipality of ⬥ Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport
⬥ The East-West corridor connects Ahmedabad in - January 1947 is situated in - Varanasi
- Silchar andPorbandar ⬥ Atal Tunnel, the world’s longest highway ⬥ Delhi- Atari is linked by
⬥ Nilgiri Mountain Railway was declared a tunnel connects Manali with- Lahaul-Spiti - NationalHighway 1
UNESCO World Heritage Site in - 2005 ⬥ Golden Quadrilateral is a highway ⬥ State having the highest road density is
⬥ The NHAI headquarters is located in network links with - Kerala
- New Delhi - Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai ⬥ Chhartrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus
⬥ India’s largest natural port ⬥ India’s longest road-cum-rail bridge, was inscribed as a UNESCO World
- Mumbai Port connecting Assam and Arunachal Heritage Site in - 2004
⬥ National Waterway (NW) - 99 is located Pradesh, is called - Bogibeel Bridge ⬥ The Leh- Manali Highway is maintained
in - Tamil Nadu ⬥ The ‘Zojila Tunnel Project’ is located in By - Border Road Organisation
⬥ The headquarter of North-Eastern - Jammu andKashmir ⬥ National Highways Authority of India
Railway - Gorakhpur ⬥ The longest running train in the Indian (NHAI) was set up in - 1988
⬥ National Waterway 2 (NW 2) is the railway network in terms of distance and ⬥ Kolkata Metro Rail was opened for
Sadiya-Dhubri stretch of the time is - VivekExpress commercial services in - 1984
- Brahmaputra ⬥ Vivek Express from Dibrugarh in Assam ⬥ Indian railway station having the highest
⬥ In India according to capacity, the roads to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu covers a number of platforms - Howrah Junction
are classified in - sixclasses distance -4218.6 km ⬥ Sinhgad Express plies between
⬥ The deepest landlocked and well ⬥ Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International - Mumbaiand Pune
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⬥Responsible for the construction and highway passes through largest spoken language in India- Marathi
maintenance of national highways in - Pir Panjal range ⬥ According to the 2011 Census, any
India - Central government person aged 7 and above and has the
⬥ Airports Authority of India (AAI) was State PCS Exams ability to read and write is considered
constituted in - 1 April 1995 -Literate person
⬥ The headquarters of West Central railway ⬥ The length of the Atal Tunnel, Rohtang ⬥ The number of live births occurring
is - Jabalpur (Himachal Pradesh) is - 9.02 Km during the year per 1000 population
⬥ Tuticorin Sea Port is located in ⬥ Montevideo, Nueva Palmira and estimated at midyear, indicates
- Tamil Nadu Paysandu ports are situated in - Uruguay -Crude birth rate
⬥ Paradip ports is located along ⬥ Rotterdam, Den Helder and Moerdijk ⬥ According to census 2011, the State with
- East coastof India ports are situated in - Netherlands lowest literacy rate is - Bihar
⬥ Haldia port is situated on the- East coast ⬥ Dalian, Yingkou, Jinzhou and ⬥ According to census 2011, State has
Qinhuangdao ports are situated in highest Hindu population percentage
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⬥ Jakarta port is located in - Indonesia ⬥ Highest literate state, as per census
⬥ The national waterway, associated with ⬥ The Chambal Expressway (Atal Pragati 2011 is - Kerala
the Brahmaputra River is Path) connects - Rajasthan, Uttar ⬥ Union territory which has Highest literacy
- NW- 2 (Dhubri to Sadiya) Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh rate, as per census 2011 is
⬥The longest National Waterway (1620 - Lakshadweep
km) in India is ⬥The lowest sex ratio (877), in Indian
Population state, as per census 2011 is - Haryana
- NW-1 (Prayagraj to Haldia)
⬥ The Rail line that passes through the ⬥As per census 2011, sex ratio of India is
coastal area of Maharashtra, Goa and SSCExams - 943 females per 1000 males
Karnataka is - Konkan Railway ⬥As per 2011 census, the Indian state
⬥ The National Waterways - 4 (NW - 4) is ⬥ As per Census 2011, The State with the recording negative population growth
associated with largest gap in male and female literacy is rate is - Nagaland
- Godavari and Krishnariver - Rajasthan ⬥ Union Territory which recorded lowest
⬥ National Waterway 1 connects ⬥ As per Census 2011,State with Lowest population growth rate as per census
Allahabad to Haldia, including three population density is- Arunachal Pradesh 2011 is - Lakshadweep
rivers - Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly ⬥
As per Census 2011, National female ⬥ As per census 2011, Female literacy rate
⬥ National Waterway-96 passes from w
orkforce participation rate was - 25.51% of india is - 65.46%
- Jharkhand, West Bengal & Odisha ⬥
As per Census 2011, Union Territories ⬥ The least populated state in the country,
⬥ Air transport was launched in India in the w
ith the highest literacy rate as per census 2011 is - Sikkim
year 1911 between - Allahabad and Naini - Lakshadweep ⬥ State which has second highest sex ratio
⬥ Veer Savarkar International Airport is ⬥
A ccording to the census 2011, India as per census 2011 is - Tamil Nadu
located in a
ccounts for the world population - 17.5% ⬥ As per census 2011, total population of
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⬥ As per Census 2011, literacy rate in India India (approx) is - 121Crore
⬥ Distance between the rail tracks in a was - 74.04% ⬥As per census 2011, Kerala’s literacy rate
broad gauge is - 1.67 m ⬥
As per Census 2011, the sex ratio of is - 94.0%
⬥ The headquarters of the North Eastern T
amil Nadu is - 996 ⬥As per census 2011, population density
Railways of India - Gorakhpur ⬥
According to Census 2011, which state of bihar is - 1106 persons/km²
⬥ Golden Quadrilateral that connects Delhi, has the highest share of rural population ⬥The crude birth rate of India as per
Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata is part of - Himachal Pradesh Census 2011 is - 21.8%
- Bharatmalaproject ⬥
As per Sectoral Composition of ⬥ As per census 2011, highest female
⬥ In the west coast the Kandla Port has w
orkforce in India (2011), total workers literacy rate state is - Kerala
been renamed as - Deen Dayal port are engaged in primary sector are- 58.4% ⬥Decadal population growth rateas per
⬥ Hazira port is situated in - Gujarat ⬥ A s per Census 2011, Average annual census 2011 - 17.7%
⬥ Jawaharlal Nehru Port located in g
rowth rate of India was - 1.64% ⬥ literacy rate of India as per the Census of
- Maharashtra ⬥
Highest male literacy rate, among the 2011 - 74.04%
⬥ Muziris was an ancient port situated on U
nion Territories, as per Census 2011 in ⬥District that has lowest literacy rate as
- Malabar Coast -
Lakshadweep per census 2011 is - Alirajpur
⬥ Sikka, Mundra and Okha ports are ⬥ According to the Census of India 2011, ⬥ The population density of India as per
located in - Gujarat highest populated metropolitan city is the Census of 1951 was - 117 per sq km
⬥Famous Toy Train starts from Darjeeling - Mumbai ⬥Highest sex ratioofstate as per census
and ends at - New Jalpaiguri ⬥
L owest literacy rate among Union 2011 - Kerala
⬥ The length of Agra-Lucknow Expressway Territories , according to the 2011 Census ⬥The Crude Death Rate of India as per
- 302 Km - Dadra and NagarHaveli Census 2011 is - 7.1%
⬥ According to 2011 census, Sikh ⬥ According to Census of India 2011, the
communities in the total population of top three most populated states are
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India are - 1.7% - Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Bihar
⬥ According to 2011 Census, Rural literacy ⬥ As per 2011 census, the percentage of
⬥ Atal Tunnel, the world’s longest highway
rate of India is - 66.77% Muslim population in India is - 14.2%
tunnel connect Manali with- Lahaul-Spiti
⬥ According to Census of India 2011, third ⬥ India's population living in rural areas As
⬥ Jawahar tunnel on Jammu-Srinagar
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per census 2011 - 68.8% per 2011 census - Arunachal Pradesh workers in India as per Census 2011
⬥The percentage of persons below the ⬥ The 'period of stationary phase' of - 54.6%
Poverty Line in 2011-12 was estimated growth of India's population is ⬥ The density of the population of India in
to - 21.9% - 1901-1921 2011 census - 382 person per km2
⬥ As per census 2011, the male literacy ⬥ The highest growth in literacy rate during ⬥ The period of population explosion in
rate in india - 82.14% 2001-2011 is registered in - Bihar India - 1951 - 1981
⬥As per census 2011, the state with the ⬥ The least population density among the ⬥ The 15th National census survey
highest urban population is- Goa (62.2%) Union Territories as per 2011 census is conducted by the Census Organization
⬥ The literacy rate of Andhra Pradesh as - Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India in - 2011
per the Census of 2011 - 67.02% ⬥ The second most populous state in India ⬥ The state having the highest Hindu
⬥ The percentage of urban population in as per Census 2011 is - Maharashtra population percentage of the total
India (Based on 2011 census) is ⬥ The approximate population of Sikkim as population in 2011 - Himachal Pradesh
- 31.16% per 2011 census is - 6.11lakh ⬥ The average male literacy rate in India as
⬥ As per census 2011, the State with the ⬥ The state that has the highest life per the 2011 census - 82.14%
highest number of rural population is expectancy at birth is -Kerala ⬥ The union territory having the highest sex
- Uttar Pradesh ⬥ The first step of "Theory of Demographic ratio value according to the 2011 census
⬥ As per census 2011, the State with the Transition" indicate -Puducherry
lowest male literacy rate is - High Birth-Rate and High Death-Rate ⬥ The percentage of the total population in
- Bihar (71.20%) ⬥ As per census 2011, “a person aged India lives in rural areas as per census
⬥According to Census of 2011, the seven and above, who can both read and 2011 - 68.8%
percentage of total Sikh population in write” is definition of - Literate person ⬥ As per the 2011 census, the sex ratio of
India is - (1.7%) ⬥
The male-female gap in the literacy rate Daman and Diu - 618
⬥ India's population continued to be in the 2011 Census of India data was ⬥ The Lincoln index measure
employed in agriculture until 1990, - 16.68% -Population size
approximately - 65% ⬥ The population of India recorded a ⬥ As per the Census-2011, the state which
⬥ The First Official Census in India was negative growth rate in - 1911-1921 recorded the lowest population - Sikkim
done in - 1881 ⬥According the Census of 2011, the most ⬥ The population of a nation in the working
⬥In India, the population census is held densely populated state in India is - Bihar age group is generally grouped between
once every - 10 years ⬥ According to the Census of India 2011, -15 - 59 years
⬥ The union territory has the highest sex the literacy rate of Bihar is - 61.8% ⬥ The Union territory which had the highest
ratio as per the 2011 Census is ⬥ The Registrar General of India provided decadal population growth rate between
-Puducherry for the first time three codes for 2001 - 11 - Dadra & Nagar Haveli
⬥ The decennial census is conducted by enumeration, Male-1, Female-2, and ⬥ As per census 2011, the percentage of
- Ministry of HomeAffairs Others-3, during - 2011 census urban population in India - 31.16 %
⬥ The first complete census of an Indian ⬥ The percentage increase in the total ⬥ Sex ratio in India is defined as the
city was conducted in 1830 by Henry literacy rate in 2011 over 2001 is - 9.21% number of females per - 1000 males
Walter in - Dacca ⬥ As per Census 2011, the sex ratio of ⬥ There was a negative growth rate in the
⬥ The second lowest literacy rate as per Daman and Diu is - 618 Indian population in decades-1911-1921
the Census report 2011 ⬥
Death rate in India in 2011 - 7.2 per 1000 ⬥ According to census 2011, the second
- ArunachalPradesh ⬥ Life expectancy at birth in India in 2012 largest religious minority of India
⬥The number of deaths per 1,000 live is - 67.89 years - Christians
births within the first 28 days of life is ⬥ As per 2011 census, the states having ⬥ Highest decadal population growth rate
- Neonatal mortalityrate highest and the lowest tribal population state between 2001-11 - Meghalaya
⬥As per the Census 2011, the second in India respectively are ⬥ According to standard census definition,
least populous state is - Mizoram - Madhya Pradesh and Punjab a main worker is a person who works for
⬥ The lowest population density as per the ⬥ Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and at least - 183 days
Census 2011 - Arunachal Pradesh Bihar recorded a very high population ⬥ As per census 2011, the approximate
⬥People of 15 years age and above are growth rate during - 2001-2011 range of Total Fertility Rate in India
included while calculating ⬥ The child sex ratio in India as per 2011 - 2.1 - 2.9
- Adultliteracy rate Census - 914 females per 1000 males ⬥ According to Census 2011, the total
⬥The population density (2011 census) of ⬥ The period of stagnant or stationary literacy rate in India - 74 %
India - 382 per squarekm phase of growth of India's population ⬥ Climate, Soil, Topography, Water etc are
⬥ The last Census of 2011 was conducted - 1901- 1921 the factors that affect
in - 2 phases ⬥ The State has highest population of - distribution of population
⬥The state with the lowest female literacy India in 2011 - Uttar Pradesh ⬥ The only Indian state having a negative
rate (Census 2011) is -Bihar ⬥ India can be considered to be a country decadal population growth rate between
⬥The second most populated state with Demographic Dividend due to high 2001-11 is -Nagaland
(by Census 2011) is - Maharashtra population between - 15-64 years ⬥ If Birth rate of a country is more than the
⬥The slogan of the 2011 Census of India ⬥ The slogan of census of India 2011 death rate then the population will
Our Census - OurFuture - ‘Our Census, OurFuture’ - Increase
⬥ As per the census of 2011, the most ⬥ The state having the highest sex ratio as ⬥ The first urban settlement to reach a
populous state is - Uttar Pradesh per census 2011 is -Kerala population of one million was - London
⬥ State has lowest population density as ⬥ The percentage share of agricultural ⬥ The Geographical, social, cultural,
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economic factors can affect population - 74.05 % ⬥ As per census 2001, India received the
- distribution of population ⬥ The number of deaths during the first 28 most number of migrants from
⬥
The first recorded data on transgenders completed days of life per 1000 live births - Bangladesh
in India was collected in -2011 in a given year - neonatal mortality rate ⬥ As per Census of India, 2011, Urban
⬥ According to census 2011, the ⬥ As per Census 2011, the estimated Agglomerations having more than 10
population of tribals in India- 10.42 Crore national mortality rate of children under million population are known as
⬥ As per census 2011, Meghalaya’s sex the age of five - 55 - Mega Cities
ratio is - 989 ⬥ The number of stages of the ⬥ The first livestock census in India was
⬥ The annual growth rate in the population demographic transition model are - Four conducted during - 1919-1920
of India from 2001 to 2011 - 1.64 % ⬥ The total population per net cultivated ⬥ As per census 2011, the percentage of
⬥ As per census 2011, A person aged 7 area of a country refers to Indian population live in urban areas
years or older who can read and write in - Physiologicaldensity - 31.15%
any language is considered - literate ⬥ Largest tribal population as per Census
⬥ As per census 2011, the state having the Railway Exams 2011 is found in - Madhya Pradesh
highest fertility rate in India -Bihar ⬥ As per census 2011, the urban-rural
⬥ Decadal growth rate of population ⬥ As per 2011 census, Bengali is spoken by population ratio in India was about
between 2001 - 2011 is - 17.70% - 8.03% population - 31 : 69
⬥ In India census is held - every 10 year ⬥ As per Census 2011, Most spoken ⬥ As per census 2011, city of India having
⬥ The annual population growth rate in language is - Hindi ( 43.63%) 2n d largest population - Delhi
India began gradually declining in - 1981 ⬥ During the British rule in India, about 85% ⬥ India’s population growth recorded as a
⬥ The Smallest state in India in terms of of the country's population lived mostly in negative growth rate in - 1911-1921
Area - Goa - Villages ⬥ India's largest state in terms of area
⬥ As per census 2011, Mizoram literacy ⬥ As per 2011 Census , the largest - Rajasthan
rate - 91.33 % concentration of Buddhism is in ⬥ As per census 2011, the third most
⬥ The state in India which received the - Maharashtra populous state of India - Bihar
largest number of immigrants as per the ⬥ In India, Largest Christian population is ⬥ As census 2011, Least populous state in
2001 Census - Maharashtra in the state of - Kerala India - Sikkim
⬥ The state having the lowest female ⬥As per census 2011, number of
literacy rate at 57.6% as per the 75th “million-plus cities'' in India were - 53 Police Exams
NSS report -Rajasthan ⬥ As per census 2011, the largest
⬥ As per census 2011, Odisha's sex ratio is Scheduled Caste population State ⬥ The number of questions canvassed
- 979 - Punjab during the population enumeration in the
⬥ As per census 2011, the percentage of ⬥ The diagram representing the breakdown 2011 Census of India is - 29
males and females in total population of population by gender and age at a ⬥ Geographical Factors, Social Factors,
- 51.54 % (males), 48.46% (females) given point of time - Population pyramid Cultural Factors, Economic Factors are
⬥ As per the 2011 census, lowest ⬥ Factors which affect the population Factors affecting
population density (per square kilometer) change are - Population Distribution
- Arunachal Pradesh(17) - Death rate, Birth rate and Migration ⬥ As per the 2001 Census, the state
⬥ As per census 2011, state with second ⬥ As per census 2011, the decadal received the largest number of
highest sex ratio in India population growth rate of India is immigrants - Maharashtra
- Puducherry (1037) approximately - 17.64% ⬥ As per the 75th NSS report, the state with
⬥ As per Socio-Economic Census 2015, the ⬥ As per census 2011, Highest number of lowest number of literate females is
state having largest population of people living in rural areas - Rajasthan
households with ‘destitute/living on alms’ - Uttar Pradesh ⬥ According to the 2011 census, the
- Odisha ⬥ As per census 2011, the sex ratio of difference in the male and female
⬥ The first census of Independent India Daman and Diu was literacy rates in India - 16.68%
was conducted in - 1951 - 618 females per 1000 males ⬥ The percentage of persons below the
⬥ As per census 2011, the third-lowest ⬥ As per census 2011, highest sex ratio in poverty line estimated in rural areas of
state in literacy rate - Rajasthan rural areas - Kerala India, in 2011-12 - 25.7%
⬥ The number of deaths per thousand ⬥ The highest literate state of India as per ⬥ As per 2011 Census, Percentage
persons in a year - Deathrate Census 2011 - Kerala of the households having source of
⬥ As per the 2011 Census, languages in ⬥ A process of change in a society’s light through electricity -67.2%
descending order of Speakers strength is population over time is called ⬥ In 2001 and 2011 Census, Himachal
- Hindi, Marathi,Maithili - Demographic Transition Pradesh in literacy rate was ranked at
⬥ The difference between birth rate and ⬥ Theory of ‘Population growth' developed - 11th
death rate is called by - Malthus ⬥ Percentage of population below poverty
- Growth rate of population ⬥ As per census 2011, the most thickly line, according to poverty in India data
⬥ The distribution of the population Populated state in India - Bihar (2011-12) in bihar is - 33.74%
according to different types of ⬥ Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs, ⬥ According to poverty in India data
occupation is known Parsis and Jains are (2011-12), Percentage of population
- Occupationalstructure - Minority communities in India below poverty line in Assam is - 31.98%,
⬥ As per census 2011, the percentage of ⬥ As per census 2011, the least urbanized ⬥ Percentage of population below
rural child population to the total child state of India is - Himachal Pradesh poverty line, according to poverty in
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India data (2011-12) in Gujrat is -16.63% - Andman and Nicobar Islands ⬥ A layer which is known as home to
⬥ The period is referred to 'steady ⬥ As per 2011 census, Puducherry sex Earth’s ozone layer - Stratosphere
population growth' - 1921-1951 ratio is - 1038 ⬥
All changes in climate and weather
⬥ As per the 2011 census, lowest female ⬥ According to Census of India, sex ratio takes place in - Troposphere
literacy rate is in - Bihar is defined as the number of females per ⬥ Stratosphere extend above the
⬥ Only state with negative population - 1000 male tropopause up to - 50 km
growth (2001-2011) - Nagaland ⬥ According to Census 2011, the most ⬥ Height of the troposphere near the poles
⬥ State/UT having highest population prevalent drinking water source in more and the equator, respectively are
growth (2001-2011) than 41% of the households -8 km and18 km
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli - Hand Pump / TubeWell ⬥All the weather phenomena like rainfall,
⬥ The highest poverty ratio Percentage ⬥ The 2011 census of India was the fog and hailstorm occur in
of 64.75% in Bihar is in national census after independence - Troposphere
- KishanganjDistrict - Seventh ⬥The upper most layer of the atmosphere
⬥ As Per the census 2001 and 2011, ⬥ The first Census of Independent India is - Exosphere
lowest density population is in began on - 1951 ⬥Earth's magnetic shield protects our
- ArunachalPradesh ⬥ As per 2011 census, Sex ratio of Uttar planet from - Cosmic radiation
⬥ Total population / Net cultivated area Pradesh is - 912 ⬥ Earth's magnetic shield protects us from
is called -Physiological density ⬥ As per 2011 census, Sex ratio of charged particles emitted by - Sun
⬥ The total increase in population density Maharashtra is - 929 ⬥ The most abundant naturally occurring
from the census years 1951 to 2011 is ⬥ As per 2011 census, Sex ratio of gas in atmosphere is-Nitrogen (78.08%)
- More than3 times Gujarat is - 919
ote :- Other gases present in the
N
⬥ As per the 2011 census, The share of ⬥ As per 2011 census, Sex ratio of
atmosphere are O2 (20.95%), CO2
adolescents (aged 10-19 years) is Rajasthan is - 928
(0.036%), argon (0.93%) and traces of
found to be about - 20.9% ⬥ An official enumeration of population
hydrogen, helium, and other "noble"
⬥ The formula for calculating crude done periodically is known as - census
gases.
literacy rate by the census of India ⬥ The state that has the highest population
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⬥ The first population census in India ⬥ The first economic census in India was atmospheric pressure changes) is
was conducted in the year - 1872 conducted in - 1977 referred to as - Surges
⬥ The first census commissioner of India ⬥ The first census conducted in India ⬥ The first layer of earth’s atmosphere is
- W.C Plowden non- synchronously in different parts - Troposphere
⬥ The First Official Census in India was during - 1865-1872 ⬥ The greenhouse effect happens almost
done in - 1881 ⬥ The National Population Commission entirely in - Troposphere
⬥ As per Census 2011, the diffrence established in India - 11 May 2000 ⬥ The ozone layer over the earth’s surface
between total literacy and female ⬥ The life expectancy at birth 2011-15 for is approximately - 3 mm thick
literacy rates in india - 8.5% women in India - 70years ⬥ The lowest layer of earth's atmosphere is
⬥ Motto of 2011 census is ⬥ According to the National Population - Troposphere
- Our Census, OurFuture Policy (2000), the target year for reaching ⬥ The thickness of the ozone in the
⬥ As per census 2011, the number of stability in population is - 2045 atmosphere is measured in terms of
Empowered Action Group (EAG) states - Dobson Units
in India are 8 Defence Exams ⬥ The natural earthquakes mostly take
⬥ As per census 2011, the population place in the - Lithosphere
density in Arunachal Pradesh is ⬥ In India, the period of steady population ⬥ The layer of the atmosphere that means
- 17persons/km2 growth referred to decades of- 1921-1951 " region of mixing" - Troposphere
⬥ As per census 2011, the least ⬥ The number of people per unit area of ⬥ The average height of the troposphere
populous state in India is - Sikkim arable land is termed as - 13 km
⬥ As per census 2011, the most - Physiologicaldensity ⬥ The Stratosphere extends up to a height
populated state in India is of - 50 km
- Uttar Pradesh State PCS Exams ⬥ The layer of atmosphere in which
⬥ As per census 2011, the state that has meteorites burn up on entering from
more than 1000 sex ratio (females per ⬥ In the year 2019, the infant mortality rate space - Mesosphere
1000 males) is - Kerala (1084) was - 28.3 deaths per 1000 live births ⬥ The percentage of oxygen present in
⬥ The ‘Year of the Great Divide’ in the ⬥ The Optimum Population Theory was the atmosphere - 21 %
demographic history of India is - 1921 propounded by - Edwin Kennan ⬥ The layer of atmosphere that helps in
⬥ As per census 2011, the least populated ⬥ The Social Mal-adjustment Theory was radio transmission - Thermosphere
Union Territory is - Lakshadweep propounded by - Henry George ⬥ The average temperature of Chennai in
⬥ As per census 2011, the second least ⬥ The Population Food Supply Relationship the cold season - 24° - 25° Celsius
populated state is - Mizoram theory was propounded by - Malthus ⬥ The Jet Streams blow in India during the
⬥ As per 2011 census, population winter months at height of 9 - 13 km
density of Delhi is - 11320 persons/ km2 Atmosphere ⬥ The cycle which shows the movement of
⬥ As per census 2011, the lowest density water - Hydrologicalcycle
of population among Union Territories is SSCExams ⬥ The gases which have the highest
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percentage of the earth’s atmosphere and hail is called - Precipitation ⬥ World longest sandstone cave
- Nitrogen andOxygen found in Meghalaya named - Krem Puri
⬥ A natural process which heats the Earth's Defence Exams ⬥ Uranium Lead dating, Radiocarbon
surface and atmosphere dating, Potassium Argon Dating
- Greenhouseeffect ⬥ The percentage of carbon dioxide techniques are used to determine the
⬥ The upper limit of atmosphere is resent in the atmosphere of Venus and
p - Age of earth, minerals and rocks
- Exosphere Mars is - 95 to 97 % ⬥ The Deccan Trap in Western India mainly
⬥ The Exosphere extends from the top of ⬥
The maximum concentration of ozone is formed from volcanic rocks such as
thermosphere up to - 10000 km f
ound in -
Stratosphere - Basalt andLava flow
⬥ Cirrus and cumulus are types of - Clouds ⬥ The gases mainly found in the exosphere ⬥ A coarse-grained, dark-colored intrusive
layer are - Hydrogen and Helium igneous rock that finds extensive use as
⬥ The Earth’s atmosphere is mainly heated road base material is - Gabbro
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by - Long wave terrestrial radiation ⬥ Kola Superdeep Borehole is the deepest
⬥ Ozone depletion in the stratosphere man made hole on Earth, reaching a
State PCS Exams depth of - 12.2 km
leads to an increase in UV radiation
reaching - Earth'ssurface ⬥ The rock formed through the cooling
⬥ Leveche is a warm wind that blows in
⬥ Zone that separates troposphere from and solidification of magma or lava is
- Spain
stratosphere in Earth's atmosphere is - Igneous rock
⬥ Brickfielder is a hot and dry wind that
called - Tropopause ⬥ Metamorphic, Sedimentary, Igneous are
blows in - Australia
⬥ Thickness of the troposphere is greatest major types of - rocks
⬥ Black roller, a local wind, that blow in
on the - Equator ⬥ Batholith is a type of - Igneous rock
-North America
⬥ A region of Earth's stratosphere that ⬥ Sandstone is an example of
⬥ “Shamal”, a warm and dry wind, that
absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet - Sedimentaryrock
blows in - Arabian Peninsula
Radiation - Ozonelayer ⬥ The breaking up of the rocks on the
⬥ Breathing is harder at high altitudes earth's surface is called - Weathering
compared to sea level because
Rocks ⬥ Granite is an example of
- Atmosphere is less dense at high altitudes - Intrusive IgneousRocks
⬥ Barometer is used to measure
SSCExams ⬥ Any natural mass of mineral matter that
- Atmosphericpressure makes up the earth's crust is - Rock
⬥ Study of form, classification, mechanism, ⬥ The rock which is considered as a
⬥ The layer of atmosphere which has the
and causes of rock structures' evolution biological sedimentary rock is
lowest density - Exosphere
is - Structuralgeology - Limestone
⬥ The concentration of carbon dioxide in
⬥Slate rocks formed during ⬥ The processes which convert
the atmosphere is approximately - 0.03%
- Rock metamorphism unconsolidated sediments into
⬥ Atmospheric nitrogen is converted to
⬥ Phyllite, schist, gneiss, quartzite sedimentary rocks - Lithification
usable forms like nitrites and nitrates by
and marble are the examples of ⬥ The steep rocky coast rising almost
the process of - Nitrogen fixation
- Metamorphicrocks vertically above sea water is called
⬥ An olivine is a group of rock-forming - Sea cliff
Police Exams minerals usually found in ⬥ The core of the Great Himalaya is
- Ultramafic and Mafic igneous rocks composed of - Graniterock
⬥ Nitrogen gas constitutes approximately
⬥ The two most common minerals found in ⬥ Lesser Himalaya consists of
- 78% of the Earth's atmosphere
Rocks are - Feldspar and quartz - Metamorphosed sedimentary rock
⬥Ozone layers of Earth’s atmosphere can
⬥ The study of Rocks is called - Petrology ⬥ The rock determines the colour, texture,
be depleted by use of
⬥ Stratification and lamination are the chemical properties, mineral, content and
- Chlorofluorocarbons
structure of - Sedimentary rocks permeability of the soil - Parent rock
⬥Ozone layer protects from this harmful
⬥ Crystalline or glassy rock structure that ⬥ Mushroom rocks are formed due to
radiations coming from the sun
forms from cooling of a magma is - Wind erosion
-Ultraviolet (UV)
- Igneous rocks structure ⬥ The rock that floats in water
⬥ A layer of gas around the earth
⬥ The terms “foliation and lineation” are - Pumice
- Atmosphere
related to - Metamorphic rocks ⬥ The plains form through the weathering
⬥Earth's atmosphere is mainly composed
⬥ Granite, Gabbro, Pegmatite, and Basalt of soluble rocks like limestone and
of - Nitrogen andoxygen
are the examples of - Igneous rocks dolomite - Karstplains
⬥ Increase of carbon dioxide in
⬥ The place where groundwater is stored
atmosphere leads to - Global warming
between layers of hard rock below the
⬥ Luminous phenomena that occur near Railway Exams
water table called -Aquifer
the North (Aurora Borealis) and South
⬥ Sand stone, Shale and Loess are
Poles (Aurora Australis) is called- Auroras ⬥
Branch of science concerned with
- Sedimentaryrock
⬥ Ozone layer is a part of - Stratosphere t he origin, structure and composition of
⬥ Granite is an - IgneousRock
⬥ When humid air encounters a cold rocks - Petrology
⬥Rocks are formed from solidification
surface, it leads to the formation of ⬥ A body of rock and/or sediment that
and cooling of magma - Igneous rocks
- Dew holds groundwater is called an - Aquifer
⬥ The breaking down or dissolving of rocks
⬥Any form of water, liquid or solid, that ⬥ Granite, Schist and Basalt are
and minerals on Earth's surface is
falls from the atmosphere and reaches example of - Rocks
- Weathering
the ground, including rain, snow, sleet, ⬥ The Downhill movement of rock and soil
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nder the direct influence of gravity is
u - Khasi Hills (Meghalaya) - Aravalli
called - Masswasting ⬥ Karewa formations useful for the ⬥ Almora hill station is located in
⬥ The down fold in a rock is known as ultivation of Zafran (Saffron), found in
c - Uttarakhand
- Syncline the - Kashmir Himalayas ⬥ The highest mountain peak in Myanmar is
⬥ The underground water due to the hot ⬥ The Siachen Glacier is located in the - Hkakabo Razi
rocks present inside the Earth turns to - Eastern Karakoramrange ⬥ Himalayan Peak Kanchenjunga lies
steam at - High pressure ⬥ World's highest battlefield between - India andNepal
-Siachen Glacier ⬥ Dalhousie hill stations is located in
Police Exams ⬥ Popular name of the world's highest peak - HimachalPradesh
"Mt. Everest" in Nepal is - Sagarmatha ⬥ Mount Diavolo peak is located in
⬥ Rock formed by the solidification of ⬥
The Himalayas lying between Indus and - Andaman and Nicobar islands
magma and lava is known as the S
atluj rivers are called- Punjab Himalayas ⬥ The highest peak in the Andaman and
- Igneous rock ⬥
The Himalayas lying between the rivers Nicobar Islands is - Saddle peak
⬥ Granite and Basalt are the examples of S
atluj and Kali is known as the ⬥ Himalaya, Rocky and Andes are
the - Igneous rock - KumaonHimalayas examples of - Fold mountain
⬥ The plutonic rock typically black or dark ⬥ The Nepal Himalayas are demarcated by ⬥ Aravalli range is an example of
green in color and composed of the - Kali and Teestarivers - Residualmountains
plagioclase and augite minerals is known ⬥
The region between the Tista and Dihang ⬥ Mahendragiri Hills are located in
as - Gabbro r
ivers is known as - Assam Himalayas - Odisha
⬥ Groundwater is stored between the ⬥ The highest mountain in Myanmar is
Note :-The Himalayas have been divided
layers of hard rock below the water table - Hkakabo Razi
onthebasisofregionsfromwesttoeast
is known as - Aquifer in the correct order are Punjab ⬥ The highest mountain of Bhutan is
⬥ The study of rocks is called - Petrology - GangkharPuensum
Himalayas, Kumaon Himalayas, Nepal
⬥ Marble rocks are created near Jabalpur Himalayas and Assam Himalayas ⬥The Lushai hills are part of the Patkai
by - Narmada river mountain range in - Mizoram
⬥ Sang-e-Marmar is another name for ⬥
The holy mountain 'Kailash' is located in ⬥Western Ghat is known as Sahyadri
- MakranaMarble - China Mountain in - Maharashtra
⬥ Breccia, Tillite, Borax are types of ⬥
T he highest mountain peak of the world ⬥ Shevaroy Hills are located in
- Sedimentaryrock i
s -
Mt. Everest ( 8,848 m) - Eastern Ghats
⬥ Mount Everest is located in - Nepal ⬥ Doddabetta Hills are located in
⬥
Second highest mountain of the world is -Western Ghats
Defence Exams - K2 (Mount Godwin-Austen) ⬥ Khasi Hills are located in
⬥The highest mountain peak in India is - MeghalayaPlateau
⬥ A process that leads to expansion of
- Kanchenjunga ⬥ An extension of the Eastern Ghats
certain minerals as they take up water,
⬥Mizo and Naga hills are located in spreads across parts of Vellore and
causing additional stress in the rock, is
- Purvanchal Tiruvannamalai districts of Tamil Nadu,
called - Hydration
⬥Aravalli Range (Rajasthan) is a type of known as - JavadiHills
⬥ Rocks that are formed from fragments of
- Residual Foldmountain ⬥ The highest Peak in the Tamil Nadu is
other rocks or the remains of plants or
⬥The highest peak of Eastern Ghats is - Doddabetta hills
animals - SedimentaryRock
- Mahendragiri(Odisha) ⬥ Glaciers are found in the - Mountains
⬥ Rocks which transformed its chemical
⬥ The southernmost range of the ⬥ Bhor Ghat pass is located in
qualities from other type of rocks
Himalayas is - Siwaliks Range -Western Ghats
- Metamorphicrock
⬥The western Ghats and the Eastern ⬥ The Bamuni hills are located in - Assam
Ghats meet at - NilgiriHills ⬥ Kumaon Himalaya lies between
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Drumlins is an oval-shaped range of hills - Satluj andKali rivers
sculpted by - Glacialflow ⬥ Nepal Himalaya lies between
⬥ The breaking down or dissolving of rocks ⬥ The highest peak of South India is
- Kali andTista rivers
and minerals on Earth's surface is - Anamudi(Kerala) ⬥ Famous hill station Udhagamandalam is
- Weathering ⬥Shevaroy and Javadi Hills are located to
also known as - Ooty
⬥ Rocks derived from magma that was the - Southeast of the Eastern Ghats ⬥ The pass connects the Kullu Valley with
poured out or ejected at the Earth ⬥
An area of dry land that lies on the the Lahaul and Spiti Valleys of Himachal
- Igneous rock leeward side of a mountain is called Pradesh - RohtangPass
⬥ Sandstone, limestone, and shale are type - Rainshadowarea ⬥ A mountain pass across the Pir Panjal
of - Sedimentaryrocks ⬥ The Mountain range prevents the cold Range that connects the Kashmir Valley
Siberian winds from entering India is with plains in the south - Banihal Pass
Mountain - Himalayas ⬥ Mahadeo Hills are located in the northern
⬥ Saddle Peak, Mount Diavolo, Mount part of the Satpura Range in
Koyob, Mount Thuillier are located in - MadhyaPradesh
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- Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⬥ Anaimalai, Nilgiri, Cardamom hills are
⬥ The highest peak of the Aravalli part of - WesternGhats
⬥ Garo, Khasi and Jaintia hills are a
Mountain Range is ⬥ The Japfu range (3014 m) is located in
subdivision of - Meghalaya plateau
- Guru Shikhar (1,722 meters) - Nagaland
⬥Mawsynram, the place that receives the
⬥The oldest mountain range of India is ⬥ Garo, Khasi and Jaintia hills are located
highest rainfall in the world, is situated in
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in - Meghalaya - Arunachal Pradesh - Inner Himalayas or Himadri
⬥
Cherrapunji is situated in - Khasi Hills ⬥ The altitude is known as the ‘death zone’ ⬥ The outermost range of the Himalayas
⬥ Kanchenjunga, the highest peak of for mountaineers - Above 8000 meter lies in width between - 10 and 50 km
Himalaya lie in the Darjeeling and ⬥ The highest peak of Vindhya Range is ⬥ Taramati peak is located in-Maharashtra
- SikkimHimalayas - Goodwill peak ⬥ The world's second highest mountain
⬥ The Altitude of Ranikhet hill station ⬥ The highest peak on the border of India's peak is - K2 (Mount Godwin Austen)
(Uttarakhand) is - 1869 meter Nagaland and Myanmar's Sagaing region ⬥ Kaimur Hills are located in
⬥ Maikal hill is located in -MountSaramati - Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
- MadhyaPradesh ⬥ Nilachal Hills are located in - Guwahati ⬥ Mizoram, Uttarakhand and Sikkim are
⬥ Mangsha Dhura Pass is situated in ⬥ A hill with an elevation surpassing 600 located in the Indian - Himalayan range
- Uttarakhand meters is classified as - A Mountain ⬥ India is bounded by the Hindu Kush
⬥ Doda Betta is the highest peak of ⬥ The result of colliding convergent plate mountain range in the - North west
- Nilgiri Hills boundaries - Mountain building ⬥ The Andaman and Nicobar Island group
⬥ The Shevaroy Hills are located in ⬥ Kamet mountain is located in the of India is an emergent part of
- Tamil Nadu Garhwal region of - Uttarakhand - Arakan Yoma
⬥ The Northernmost range of Himalayas is ⬥ The highest hill station in India - Leh ⬥ Baltoro Glacier is located in
Known as - The Inner Himalayas ⬥ Karbi Anglong Hills is situated in- Assam - Karakoram mountain range
⬥ The highest peak of West Bengal is ⬥ Mount Diavolo is situated in ⬥ Nilgiri hills in India are known as
- Sandakphu(3636 m) - SouthAndaman -Blue Mountains
⬥ The Himalayan Mountain range formed ⬥ Mount Jopuno is situated in - Sikkim ⬥ Girnar Hills of Junagadh, Gujarat is
by the collision of ⬥ Nagari hills is situated in famous for - KesarMangoes
- Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate - AndhraPradesh ⬥ Kamet, Namcha Barwa, Gurla Mandhata
⬥ The rock shelters of Bhimbetka are in ⬥ The Shatrunjaya Hills are located in are the names of
the foothills of - Vindhya mountain - Gujarat - Mountain peaks in Himalayas
⬥ Dhinodhar Hills is located in - Gujarat ⬥ The range extends from Leh to the ⬥ Diphu pass is situated in
Tibetan border, including Digar La Pass - ArunachalHimalayas
⬥ The highest peak of Jharkhand is and Khardung La Pass - Ladakh Range ⬥ The Karakoram pass, the mountain pass
- Parasnath ⬥ K12 Mountain is situated near the which lies between India and China, is in
⬥ The highest peak in the eastern ghats - Siachen region ofLadakh close proximity to - Kargil
- Mahendragiri ⬥ The height of Mt. Godwin Austen (K2) ⬥ Mana Pass, Niti Pass and Mangsha
⬥ Milam glacier is located in - Uttarakhand - 8611 meters Dhura are Himalayan Mountain Pass
⬥ Manipur hills, Naga hills, and Mizo hills ⬥ Bora Caves are situated in connecting Uttarakhand with - Tibet
are part of - PurvanchalHills - Ananthagirihills ⬥ Mount Kailash is situated in-Tibet region
⬥ The largest of all the duns of the ⬥ Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats meet
Shiwaliks mountain range in India is at - Nilgiri hills
- DehraDun
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⬥ The Type of mountains that are created
⬥ Kalsubai peak is located in- Maharashtra when large areas are broken and
⬥ The ‘Kangra’ and ‘Kullu’ valley is situated
⬥ The approximate length of Great displaced vertically - Block mountains
in - Himachalpradesh
Himalayan range - 2500km ⬥ The state is known as ‘ Land of Rolling
⬥ The ‘Garo’, ‘Khasi’ and ‘Jaintia’ hills are
⬥ The average height of inner Himalayas Hills’ - Mizoram
part of - The Peninsular Plateau
- 6000 meters ⬥ Tirich Mir is the highest peak of the
⬥ Siachen the world's second longest
⬥ The Himalaya, Alps, Ural mountain - Hindu Kush
glacier located outside the polar region in
ranges are - Fold mountains ⬥ The part of the Himalayan mountains
- Nubra Valley
⬥ The uplifted blocks of block mountains that is lying between Tista and Dihang
⬥ Pir Panjal Range, Zanskar Range and
are called - Horsts river is known as - Assam Himalayas
Karakoram Range are part of the
⬥ Mountains created when two or more of ⬥ Saltoro Kangri Peak is located on
-Himalayanmountain
Earth's tectonic plates are pushed - Indo-Pakborder
⬥ The altitude of the outermost range of
together - Fold mountains ⬥ Diphu mountain passes forms the
Himalayas, the Shiwaliks- 900 to 1100 m
⬥ The place in the southern Khasi Hills, ‘tri-junction’ of India, China and- Myanmar
⬥ The longitudinal valley lying between the
gets 12,000 mm annual rainfall ⬥ The Jelep La pass passes through the
lesser Himalayas and the Shivalik known
- Mawsynram - Chumbi Valley
as - Duns
⬥ The height of Kamet peak (highest point ⬥ Sahyadri hills in Maharashtra, Anaimalai
⬥ The Brahmaputra marks the easternmost
in Zanskar range) is - 7756m hills in Kerala, Nilgiri hills in Karnataka
boundary of the - Himalayas
⬥ Fotu La Pass is situated in - Ladakh are a local name for the - Western Ghats
⬥ Vindhya range is bounded by the Satpura
⬥ The mountain is known as ‘White ⬥ The famous hill station Kodaikanal is
range on the south and the Aravallis on
Mountain’ -Dhaulagiri situated in the - Palanihills
- the northwest
⬥ Mountains arranged in a line known as ⬥ The Vindhya range practically forms the
⬥ A mountain pass that conjoins Sikkim
- Range boundary between- North and South India
and China's Tibet - NathuLa
⬥ The Deomali is the highest mountain ⬥ Himalayas are divided into
⬥ The world's highest motorable road at
peak of - Odisha Himachal, Himadri and Shivalik
Umling La Pass in Ladakh is at an
⬥ Mount Tiyi is situated in - Nagaland ⬥ Khyber Pass (Hindu Kush range) is
altitude of -19,024 feet
⬥ Netarhat Mountains (Queen of located between
⬥ The Northernmost range of the
Chotanagpur) situated in - Jharkhand - Pakistan and Afghanistan
Himalayas is known as
⬥ The Gorichen peak is located in
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⬥ The city of Hyderabad is located in ⬥ Chin Hills adjoin the Mizo Hills and as - Sahyadri
-Deccan Plateau Manipur Hills at - Indo-Myanmar border ⬥ The youngest mountain range in India is
⬥ The river Luni originates from ⬥ Mount Adi Kailash is located in - Himalayanrange
- Aravali Mountainrange - Uttarakhand ⬥ Patkai-Bum Hill is a part of
⬥ Palakkad Gap connects the Nilgiri Hills to ⬥ Dhaulagiri is a peak in - Nepal Himalaya - HimalayanRanges
the north and Anaimalai Hills to the ⬥ Region with a large number of deep ⬥Himadri is another name for
- South gullies or ravines is called - Greater or Inner Himalayas
⬥ Tagore Hill is located in the Ranchi - Badlandtopography ⬥ Himachal is another name for
district of - Jharkhand ⬥ Mountain peaks Delwara and Jarga are - LesserHimalayas
⬥ The Javanese and Servarayan hills are located in - Rajasthan ⬥ Maikal Range is situated in
situated in -Tamilnadu ⬥ The northernmost range of the - Chhattisgarh
⬥ Palghat Pass of Kerala connects Himalayan mountain is known as ⬥ Nubra Valley is in - Ladakh
- Palghat to Coimbatore -Great Himalaya ⬥ Ooty and Kodaikanal are located in
⬥ Sankotta Pass connects Madurai with ⬥ Palkonda Hills are located in - Tamil Nadu
- Kottayam - Andhra Pradesh ⬥ Mountain ranges in Eastern India forming
⬥ Zoji La Pass is in the Zaskar range of ⬥ Darjeeling is located in its boundary with Myanmar are called
- Jammu& Kashmir - EasternHimalayas - Purvanchal
⬥ The tallest peak of Aravalli Range is a ⬥Mount Siniolchu is located in - Sikkim ⬥Kullu, Manali, Dalhousie and Dharamshala
mountain called - Guru Shikhar ⬥ Dhaulagiri, Makalu, Kanchenjunga, Mount are located in - Himachal Pradesh
⬥The Andes mountain range is located Everest, K2 is Examples of ⬥ The highest peak in Eastern Ghats is
- inSouth America - Himalayan Mountains known as- Jindhagada peak (1690 metre)
⬥Mishmi and Dafla Hills are situated in ⬥ Spiti Valley is called "The Middle land" as
Police Exams - Arunachal Pradesh it lies between - Tibet and India
⬥ McLeod Ganj hill station is located in ⬥ Spiti valley in India is located in
⬥ Spiti Valley (Cold Desert Mountains) is - Himachal Pradesh - Himachal Pradesh
located in - Himachal Pradesh ⬥ The highest peak in south India is ⬥Thal Ghat, Bhor Ghat and Pal Ghat is
⬥ Terraces that are at the same level on - Anamudi associated with - Western Ghats
opposite sides of the valley are referred ⬥ Nallamala Hills are located in ⬥ Shivalik is another name for
to as - Pairedterraces - Andhra Pradesh and Telangana - OuterHimalayas
⬥ The part of Peninsular Plateau lying ⬥ Jamrai Tlang mountains are located in ⬥ The Himalayan mountain range is an
north of the Narmada river is known as - Tripura example of - Fold mountain
- CentralHighlands ⬥ Ananthagiri Hills are located in ⬥ The part of the Himalayas lying between
⬥ The Deccan plateau is located between - Telangana Tista and Dihang rivers is known as
- Western and Eastern Ghats ⬥ Madikeri hill station is located in - AssamHimalayas
⬥ Garo Hills, Khasi Hills, Jaintia Hills are - Karnataka ⬥ India experiences comparatively milder
part of - Meghalaya Plateau ⬥ Hills of Dhoopgarh are located in winters as compared to Central Asia due
⬥ Valleys situated between the lesser - MadhyaPradesh to the presence of
Himalaya and Shiwaliks are known as ⬥Banihal Pass joins - Himalayan Mountains
- Dunes - Jammu Division with Kashmir Valley ⬥ Meghalaya plateau, Karbi-Anglong
⬥ Central Highlands, Deccan Plateau, ⬥ Hill stations of Dalhousie is located in plateau, North Cachar Hills in Northeast
Northeastern Plateau are parts of - DhauladharRange India are a part of - Deccan Plateau
- PeninsularPlateau ⬥ The hills are situated to the south-east ⬥ Vindhyas mountain range separates
⬥ The plateau in the eastern part of of the eastern ghats - Shevaroy HIlls - Indo-Gangetic plain from Deccan Plateau
Madhya Pradesh lies in the south of the ⬥ Diphu Pass is located in ⬥ National Mission for Sustaining
Son river valley - Baghelkhand - ArunachalPradesh Himalayan Ecosystem was launched in
⬥ Barabar Hills (Lomas Rishi Cave) is ⬥The famous hill station 'Pachmarhi' in - 2010
located in - Bihar Madhya Pradesh is situated in ⬥ Beyond the Dihang gorge, Himalayas
⬥The Shiwaliks, The Himachal, The Greater - Satpura mountainrange bend towards the South and make eastern
Himalayas are - Ranges of Himalayan ⬥
Malayagiri peak is one of the highest boundary of India known as - Purvanchal
⬥ Kumaon Himalaya is located between peaks in - Garhjat hillsrange ⬥ Lipulekh Pass is located in - Uttarakhand
- Satluj andKali rivers ⬥ An area with a wide elevation of relatively
⬥ Vindhyan mountain range is bounded by flat land is called - Plateau Defence Exams
- Satpura range and Aravalli ⬥ Araku Valley is a hill station and valley
⬥ Abor hills are located in region in - AndhraPradesh ⬥ The highest Mountain in Africa is
- ArunachalPradesh ⬥ Kangchenjunga, located in the eastern - MountKilimanjaro
⬥ The hilly parts of the Karnataka plateau Himalayas, forms the border between ⬥ Mount Thuillier (642 m) is an important
is also known as - Malnad - Sikkimand Nepal mountain peak of Andaman and Nicobar
⬥ The highest peak of Arunachal Pradesh ⬥ The highest peak of the Himalayas in Islands, located in - Great Nicobar
state is - Kangto India is - Kanchenjunga ⬥ Jhumri Telaiya and Mandar Hills are
⬥ The highest peak of Odisha is ⬥ Shevaroy Hills located in - Tamil Nadu situated in -Jharkhand
- Deomali (1672metre) ⬥ Yong Yap Pass connects ⬥ The mountain which separates the Black
⬥ The highest peak of the Aravalli range is - Arunachal Pradesh with Tibet Sea and Caspian Sea is - Caucasus
- Guru Shikhar (Rajasthan) ⬥ Western Ghats in Maharashtra is known ⬥ The mountain which lies in between
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Caspian Sea and Black Sea - Caucasus - Satpura and Vindhyachal
⬥ Phawngpui (Blue Mountain) is the ⬥
Mahadeo mountains are part of ⬥'Pacific ring of fire' is known for
highest peak in -Mizoram - Satpura range - Volcano and earthquakes
⬥ Gipmochi mountain lies between China, ⬥ Garo-Khasi range is located in ⬥ ‘Mount Rainier’ is an active volcano of
Bhutan and the Indian state of - Sikkim - Meghalaya the Cascade Range, located in
⬥ Kolli Malai mountain range is located in -Washington(U.S.)
- Tamil Nadu ⬥ Kilauea is an active shield volcano,
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⬥Nilgiri hills are known as- Blue mountains located in - Hawaiian Islands (U. S.)
⬥ Nilgiri mountain range lies in ⬥Magma that flows out onto Earth's
⬥ Brahmayoni Hill is situated in
- Tamilnadu, Karnataka and Kerala surface is called - Lava
- Gaya (Bihar)
⬥
Cardamom hills located at the boundary ⬥ The volcanoes which have not erupted
⬥The highest peak of Africa, Mount
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f - Kerala and Tamil Nadu for a very long time but might erupt in
Kilimanjaro is situated in - Tanzania
⬥
Garhjat Mountains are mainly spread in future called - Dormant volcanoes
⬥Toubkal mountain peak is situated in
- Orissa ⬥ The only confirmed active volcano in the
- Morocco
⬥
Mahadeo Hills are mainly spread in India, is - Barren Island Volcano
⬥ Stanley Mountain is situated in
- Madhya Pradesh ⬥ Barren Island Volcano is located 138 km
- Uganda
⬥ Shevroy Hills and the Javadi Hills are northeast of Port Blair in the
⬥ Hoggar Mountain is situated in
located to the southeast of - Andaman Sea
- Algeria
- Eastern Ghats ⬥ A large cauldron-like hollow created
⬥ Bijagarh hill is situated in
⬥
The Plateau which lies between the when a volcano erupts and collapses is
- Satpura mountainrange
A
ravali and Vindhya ranges termed as a -Caldera
⬥ The Aconcagua mountain is located in
- Malwa Plateau ⬥ P-waves or Primary waves is a type of
-South America
⬥
Kodaikanal range is located in - Earthquakewave
⬥ The Himalayan Frontier Thrust (HFT)
- Palani Hills ⬥ The epicenter of the 2004 Tsunami
lies in between
⬥
In India, Cardamom Hills are regarded as earthquake was - Indian Ocean
- Gangetic Plain and Shivaliks
a continuation of - Western Ghats ⬥ The earthquake waves are recorded by
⬥ The “Main Central Thrust” (MCT)
⬥
Mount Thuillier (642 metres) is an an instrument called - Seismograph
separates
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mportant mountain peak of Andman and ⬥ The waves which can travel through
- Greater Himalaya and Lesser Himalaya
N
icobar Islands, located in - Great Nicobar liquid, solids and gas - P waves
⬥ The foothills region of Himalayas is
⬥Earthquake and building mountains are
- Shiwalik ⬥ Veliconda group of low hills is a
structural part of - Eastern Ghats example of - Endogenic forces
⬥ The Lesser Himalaya is located in
⬥
Meghalaya plateau is the part of ⬥All natural earthquakes take place in
between - Shiwalik and Great Himalaya
-
Peninsular Range - Lithosphere
⬥ The part of the Himalayas lying between
⬥
’Saddle Peak’ the highest peak of ⬥ The forces which act in the interior of the
Satluj and Kali rivers is known as
Andaman and Nicobar islands, is located earth are called - Endogenic forces
- Kumaon Himalayas
in - North Andaman ⬥ The P waves of earthquake are
⬥ The Valley of Kashmir is situated
⬥
The famous Nubra valley lies between - Longitudinalwaves
between
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he two mountain ranges of ⬥ When a volcano erupts, the molten rock
- Great Himalayas and Pir Panjal ranges
- Karakoram and Ladakh that comes out of the Earth is called
⬥ Himalayan peak Kanchenjunga is
⬥
Dzukou Valley is located at the border of - Lava
situated in - Sikkim
- Nagaland and Manipur ⬥ An elastic wave caused by events like
⬥ The valley situated between the
⬥
Sangla Valley is located in earthquakes or explosions is called
mountain ranges of Pir Panjal, Lower
-
Himachal Pradesh - Seismic wave
Himalayan, and Great Himalayan Ranges
⬥
Yumthang Valley is located in - Sikkim ⬥ Seismic sea waves are usually caused
is - Kullu Valley
⬥ The Zojila pass is located in - Ladakh by the earthquake having
⬥ Nanda Devi peak forms a part of
⬥
Shipki La Pass is the famous mountain - Magnitude >7.5
- Kumaon Himalayas
pass of - Himachal pradesh ⬥ Devastating sea waves caused by an
⬥ The Important ranges of Dhauladhar
⬥
Muling La Pass connects earthquake are called - Tsunami
and Pir Panjal are located in
- Uttarakhand and Tibet ⬥ The most explosive type of volcano
- Lesser Himalayas
⬥
The BomdiLa pass is located in - Calderasvolcanoes
⬥ The major portion of the Chhuri hills is
distributed in - Korba (Chhattisgarh) -Arunachal Pradesh
⬥ DodaBetta Peak is situated in ⬥
Nathu la pass is located in - Sikkim Railway Exams
- The Nilgiri Hills ⬥
Kingri - Bingri and Neeti - Mana are
⬥ The Dhupgarh Peak is situated in - Passes ⬥ India's only confirmed active volcano is
- Satpura range ⬥ The pass that connecting Darma and located in -BarrenIsland
⬥ Guru Shikhar (1722 meters) is the Byans Valley is - Sinla ⬥ Stromboli is known as the LightHouse of
highest peak of - Aravalli Range ⬥
Palghat Pass provides internal the - MediterraneanSea
⬥ Mount Saramati is the highest peak of information Transmission ⬥ Mauna Kea in Hawaii is a
- Nagaland -Kochi to Chennai - Inactive volcano
⬥ The highest mountain peak of Indian ⬥ Primary (P) waves are the fastest
Peninsula is - Anaimudi (2695 meters) Volcano - Seismic waves
⬥ The Narmada Valley lies between the ⬥ Small seismic events in underground
mountain ranges of SSCExams mines or caverns caused by surface rock
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explosions - Collapse earthquakes ⬥ The highest mountain peak in Sri Lanka
⬥ When two tectonic plates are moving ⬥ Mount Rainier, is located in -Pidurutalagala
past each other with different speeds, - United states ofAmerica ⬥ The Tibetan Plateau is the best example
then - Earthquakeoccurs ⬥ Mount Etna, an active volcano is located of - IntermontanePlateau
⬥ The point on the surface, nearest to the on the east coast of - Sicily (Italy) ⬥ The Sahara Desert is located in
focus of the earthquake is called ⬥ Mount Pericutine volcano is located in - AfricaContinent
- Epicenter - Mexico ⬥ In Andes Mountain of South America,
⬥ Hurricane is used for the tropical cyclone ⬥ Mount Apo is an active volcano, located animal which is used for transportation is
that originates in the north eastern in - Philippines - Llamas
Pacific and - NorthAtlantic ⬥ The Deccan Trap Formation was caused ⬥ The world's longest river the Nile flows
⬥ Transverse displacement is involved by - Flood basalteruption through - 11 countries
during an earthquake in ⬥ India has been divided into how many ⬥ The largest lake of Africa by area is
- S- Waves (shearwave) Seismic Risk Zones - Four - Lake Victoria
⬥ Kilauea volcano is located in - Hawaii ⬥ The black cotton soil of India has been ⬥ The only continent through which the
formed due to the weathering of tropic of cancer, the equator and the
Police Exams - Fissure volcanicrock tropic of capricorn passes - Africa
⬥ The sea which is situated southeast of
⬥Thestudy of earthquakes is known as World geography and Map the Gulf of Mexico, adjacent to the
- Seismology Atlantic Ocean is - Caribbean Sea
⬥ Movement of fault lines can cause ⬥ Death Valley is a desert valley in
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- An earthquake - Mojave Desert of California
⬥Earthquakes are measured by ⬥ The country which has the most time
⬥ The regions known for their
- Richter Scale zones in the world - France(12)
thriving citrus fruit production, is
⬥ The seismographs located beyond 145° ⬥ The place of iron in terms of abundance
- Mediterraneanregions
from the epicenter record the arrival of of metal in Earth’s solid crust - Second
⬥ Copacabana beach is situated in - Brazil
P-waves, but not that of - S-waves ⬥ Major portion of Sufed Koh mountain
⬥ World's largest coral reef is the
⬥The Outer layer of the Earth made of range lies in - Pakistan
- Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
plates which fit together like a jigsaw ⬥ Massive bodies of slowly moving ice is
⬥ Strait of Gibraltar serves as a boundary
puzzle - Lithosphere called - Glacier
between - Europe and Africa
⬥ Innermost layer of the earth is called
⬥ Strait of Gibraltar separates
- Core Railway Exams
- Moroccoand Spain
⬥ The uplift or warping of large parts of
⬥ Largest natural gas reserves in the world
the earth's crust is happened due to the
are present in - Russia ⬥ The busiest sea route in the world is
processes of - Epeirogenic - North atlanticsea route
⬥ Port Said is located at the northern
⬥ The zone between 105° and 145° from ⬥
World's longest railway line
entrance to - The SuezCanal
the epicentre of the earthquake is called -
Trans - Siberianrailway
⬥ The land area extent of Sri Lanka is
- Shadow zone
- 65610 km² ⬥ India is the third largest country in Asia,
⬥ The most destructive earthquake wave is with - 2.3% Earth's landarea
⬥ The world's first carbon-negative country
- Surface waves
is - Bhutan ⬥ Scandinavia is a cultural region found in
⬥ S waves can only travel through - Solids - Europe
⬥ The Sri Pada mountain is located in
⬥ Body wave that can travel through ⬥
Valley of the kings (one of the most
- Sri Lanka
gaseous, liquid and solid materials is important archaeological sites in the
⬥ According to the World Bank, the density
- P-waves w
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of the population of Sri Lanka in 2020
⬥ The Barren Island volcano, India's only ⬥
Santos port also known as ‘coffee port’
was -354 person/km²
active volcano is present in o
f the world is located in -
Brazil
⬥ Lemurs (Scientific name - Lemuroidea) is
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
found in - Madagascar ⬥ The Amazon Rainforest which is well
⬥ "Eskimos" are associated with which known as the lungs of the earth is
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geographical region - Polar region
⬥ A cyclone is known as "Typhoon" in ⬥
Maldive Islands is an independent island
⬥ A volcano, mostly made up of basalt (a c
ountry -
In north-central Indian Ocean
- Japan
type of lava that is very fluid when ⬥ The world’s highest waterfall, the ‘Angel
⬥ The sea separates Africa from the
erupted) is called - Shield Volcano falls’ is located in - Venezuela
Arabian peninsula - RedSea
⬥ The Active Volcano ‘Mount Merapi’ is ⬥
Rotterdam is the largest seaport in
⬥ Asia is separated from Europe by
located at - Central Java, Indonesia -
Europe
-Ural mountains
⬥ The Active Volcano ‘Sakurajima’ is ⬥
Mediterranean Sea is connected
⬥ The highest plateau in the world
located at with the Red sea through - Suez Canal
- Tibet plateau (Roof of the world)
- Kagoshima Prefecture of Kyushu, Japan
⬥ The Appalachian mountain are located in ⬥ Trans-Siberian Railway is a project of
⬥ The Active Volcano ‘Mount Vesuvius’ is - Russia
the eastern side of - North America
located at - Naples,Italy ⬥
Famous Bermuda Triangle is located in
⬥ 'Chandranath Hill' is located in
⬥ The Active Volcano ‘Mauna Loa’ is -
A tlantic Ocean
- Bangladesh
located at - HawaiiIsland ⬥ Fishing ground located at confluence of
⬥ The Ural mountains are located in
- Russia Labrador Current and Gulf Stream is
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⬥ Mount Kilimanjaro is located in -Africa
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⬥ According to World Bank in year 2020, ⬥ Hawaii Islands is an island state of ⬥ The major portion of the Great Artesian
the country which had the highest - USA Basin in Australia is located in
population density - Monaco -Queensland
⬥ Niagara Falls drains the water from Lake Police Exams ⬥
Keppel Island is completely bleached
Erie into -Lake Ontario mainly due to the expansion of - Starfish
⬥ The Union Pacific Railroad operate from ⬥ Prairies grasslands are present in ⬥
New Zealand is considered a part of
- North America -North America - Polynesia islandgroup
⬥ Kuroshio current flows in - Pacific ocean ⬥ Andes mountain range is located in ⬥
The country which is known as ‘country
⬥ Gobi desert is located in- Asia (Mongolia) -South America o
f winds’ - Denmark
⬥ An independent sovereign state that ⬥ Keokradong is a peak located in
does not have direct access to an ocean - Bangladesh State PCS Exams
is - LandlockedCountry ⬥ Chittagong Hill Tracts are found in
ote :- Largest Landlocked country
N - Bangladesh ⬥ Sunda Trench lies parallel to the island of
(Area) - Kazakhastan (Asia), Smallest ⬥ The terms Veld, Downs, Pampas are - Sumatra
Landlockedcountry(Area)-VaticanCity related with - Grasslands ⬥ The only sea without a land boundary is
(Europe), Most Populous Landlocked ⬥ Sahara is a type of - Hot desert - Sargasso Sea (North Atlantic Ocean)
country - Ethiopia. ⬥ The capital of Jordan is - Amman ⬥ “Kraal” is a type of Built structure from
⬥ Chabahar Port project is located in - Iran - South Africa
⬥ Most successful co-operative ⬥ Hambantota Port is located in ⬥ The largest coal-producing center of
farming is in - Denmark - Sri Lanka Ukraine is - Donetsk Coal Basin
⬥ Largest country of South America is ⬥ Sahara, Gobi, Thar are example of ⬥ ’Mount Newman’ is a famous iron ore
- Brazil - Desert mine located in - Australia
⬥ Pretoria is the administrative capital of ⬥ Steppes (grasslands) are found in ⬥ Kara Kum desert is situated in
- South Africa - Central Asia - Turkmenistan(Asia)
⬥ Patagonian is a - Cold winter desert ⬥Sri Lanka and Maldives are the island ⬥ The Nobi and Kanto plain are located in
⬥ Alaska in the United States of America countries situated in - Indian Ocean the - Japan
was once the part of - Russian land ⬥ Great Barrier Reef is located on the north ⬥
In Malaysia, the "Kinta Valley" is famous
⬥ Tallest tree in the world - Redwood east coast of -Australia for - Tinproduction
⬥ Huang Ho is known as - Yellow River ⬥ World’s largest coral reef ⬥ The ‘Gaza Strip’ is located on the eastern
⬥ Archipelago, Tierra del Fuego is located - GreatBarrier Reef coast of - MediterraneanSea
in - South America ⬥ Sydney (Australia), Yokohama (Japan), ⬥ The Serengeti Plains is located in
⬥ In Africa, Kilimanjaro is a Shanghai (China) ports of - Africa
- volcanicmountain - Pacific Ocean ⬥ The Gibson desert is located in
⬥ Niagara Falls is located in ⬥ Island country Fiji is situated in - Australia
- In USAand Canada - Pacific ocean ⬥ Mount Kailash is situated in - Tibet
⬥ Largest land area countries ⬥Gulf of Oman and Red Sea are parts of ⬥ Arakan yoma is the extension of the
- Russia > Canada> China - Indian Ocean himalayas, located in - Myanmar
⬥ Kalahari desert lies in - Southern Africa ⬥ Chennai (India), Melbourne (Australia), ⬥ The North Eastern extremity of
⬥ Diego Garcia island belongs to Jakarta (Indonesia) are the seaports Afghanistan, which connect China and
- The United Kingdom located in - IndianOcean POK is - Wakhan Corridor
⬥ 17th parallel separates ⬥Torres Strait located in - Pacific Ocean
- North and South Vietnam ⬥ Varkala beach, Kovalam Beach,
⬥ Chiapas plateau is located in - Mexico
Miscellaneous
Palolem beach are located in
⬥ Alps mountain ranges situated in - Arabian sea
- Europe SSCExams
⬥ Fourth largest rail network in the
Defence Exams ⬥ Asia’s first cross-country pipeline has
world - India
⬥ Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and constructed by - Oil India Limited
⬥ Stewart Island, Hawke Bay, and Bay of
India are part of the proposed ⬥ Term physical geology was coined by
Plenty are located in - New Zealand
- TAPIgas pipeline - WilliamHopkins
⬥TheAbyssinian plateau is located in
⬥ Telegraph plateau is a part of ⬥ The near shore area where sunlight
- AfricaContinent
- North AtlanticRidge penetrates all the way to the sediment
⬥TheAnatolian plateau is located in
⬥ World's largest salt desert and allows aquatic plants (macrophytes)
- Asia Continent
- Salar de Uyuni to grow is known as - Littoral zone
⬥ Donetsk and Luhansk are the separatist
⬥ Savanna (East Africa), Campos (Brazil), ⬥ The deep-sea hydrothermal ecosystem is
regions of - Ukraine
Llanos (Venezuela) are the only ecosystem that doesn't rely on
⬥ The Sea of Azov is connected to Black
-Tropical grasslands - Solar energy
Sea by -Kerch Strait
⬥ World’s largest glacier ⬥Rivet popper hypothesis was proposed
⬥ The largest barrier reef system in the
- Lambert-Fisherglacier by - Paul Ehrlich
world is found at
⬥ World's iron and steel capital is ⬥Primary factor contributing to the
- North East AustralianCoast
- Pittsburgh dryness of old wells - Boring pumps
⬥ The city of Cartagena, which is famous
⬥ Lake Titicaca is located on the border of ⬥ Top fertilizer producer state in India
for Protocol on Biosafety, is located in
- Boliviaand Peru - Gujarat
- Colombia (South America)
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⬥An instrument, designed for wet and dry ⬥ Narrow strip of land that connects two opportunities is called - Pull factors
bulb thermometers to protect thermo larger landmasses and separates two ⬥
Wagah Border is located in - Amritsar
sensors from direct/reflected sunlight bodies of water -Isthmus ⬥ Process of seeping water into the
- Stevensonscreen ⬥ Anaconda snakes are found in ground is known as - Infiltration
⬥ Evaporation, Condensation and - Tropical evergreenforest ⬥ A gift of nature that is useful for mankind
Precipitation are processes of ⬥ Wearing away of landscape by different is called - A natural resource
- Water Cycle agents like water, wind and ice is called ⬥ Raisina Hill is situated in the same
⬥ Infant mortality, Literacy and Life - Erosion location as - Rashtrapati Bhavan
expectancy are indicators of ⬥ The studies of Earth's structure, evolution ⬥ Forest Research Institute of India is
- Physical Quality of LifeIndex and natural resources like minerals and located at - Dehradun
⬥ A flat-topped seamount is known as energy is called - Geology ⬥ Main source of power generation in
- Guyots ⬥ The floating fern which disrupts India - ThermalPower
⬥ Hydrarch succession occurs in ecosystems by replacing vital native ⬥ INS Sardar Patel Naval Base is located in
- Wet areas plants for animals and water flow - Porbandar (Gujarat)
⬥ On the basis of the status of - Giant salvinia ⬥ Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya,
development, resources are classified into ⬥ Kachari Ruins (Mushroom Domed Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura and Mizoram
- Potential, Developed, Stock and Reserve Pillars) is located in - Dimapur are called the - Seven Sisters of India
⬥ Bird that lays the largest egg - Ostrich ⬥ Watershed development project (haryali) ⬥ Botanical Survey of India is located
⬥ An offspring of a female tiger and a male aim to empower rural communities for in - Kolkata
lion is called - Liger water conservation is started by ⬥ In Brazil, coffee plantations are known as
⬥ Name or sign used on certain products - CentralGovernment - Fazenda
that correspond to a specific ⬥Rivers, wind glaciers, erosion, the moon's ⬥ Headquarters of the Geological
geographical location or origin is known tidal force are examples of Survey of India is located in - Kolkata
as - Geographical Indication -Exogenic force ⬥ Earliest members of the human
⬥ Indira Point was formerly known as ⬥ Fine, light grains of sand carried by wind species, homo sapiens, can be traced
- PygmalionPoint over long distances and deposited in back to - Africa
⬥ The Kanheri Caves are located in vast areas is known as - Loess ⬥ Ocean thermal energy, Wave energy and
- Mumbai (Maharashtra) Tidal energy is a source of - Sea energy
⬥ The study of the history of life on Earth Railway Exams ⬥ First Topographical Survey in India
s based on fossils
a - Paleontology was started by - Major James Rennel
⬥ Odisha often faces natural disasters due ⬥ Major worldwide centre for Ship
⬥ Odisha share its border with Andhra
to - Cyclones breaking in India - Alang (Gujarat)
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and
⬥ ‘Barchan’ landforms is associated with ⬥ Island where Nelson Mandela was
- West Bengal
- Deserts imprisoned for 18 years - Robben Island
⬥ The Category under slow mass
⬥ Bishnoi community of Rajasthan is ⬥ Diffo Bridge is located in
movement in geomorphic process is
known for its significant contribution to - ArunachalPradesh
- Creep
- Forest and animal protection ⬥ Prolonged period of Inadequate rainfall
⬥ Famines triggered by rat infestation
⬥ Study of landforms and landform marked with mal-distribution of the same
during Melocanna baccifera bamboo
evolution - Geomorphology over time and space is called
flowering in parts of North-East India are
⬥ Term geography is coined by - MeteorologicalDrought
called - Mautam Famine
- Eratosthenes ⬥ One of largest salt deserts in
⬥ Settlements in which houses are built
⬥ Smallest district in Tamil Nadu in world, 'Rann of Kutch' is primarily
close to each other are called
terms of area - Kanyakumari located in - Gujarat
- Compact Settlement
⬥Malmal is the finest variety of -Muslin ⬥ Headquarters of the Coir Board is
⬥ Famous hill station Udhagamandalam is
⬥ Headquarters of Zoological Survey of located in - Cochin
also known as - Ooty
India is located in - Kolkata ⬥ Areas of Konkan, Marathwada and
⬥ Mizoram is also known as
⬥ Uttarakhand had received an unusual Vidarbha are located in the modern
-Molasses basin
amount of rainfall in - 2013 Indian state - Maharashtra
⬥ Narali Poornima marks the end of
⬥ Series of coalescing alluvial fans ⬥ Damodar Valley Corporation operates
monsoon season in - Maharashtra
along a mountain front is called a - Thermal power stations
⬥ Joint Forest Management (JFM)
- Bajada⬥ Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power
program launched in -1988
⬥ Separating cotton from the seeds by Station is located in - Madhya Pradesh
⬥ The study and categorization of Earth's
combing is called -Ginning
⬥ Mundra Thermal Power Station is
surface features and landscapes
⬥ As per the India State of Forest Report situated in - Gujarat
- Geomorphology
2021, Union Territory of India which has ⬥ Talcher Super Thermal Power Station is
⬥ A person moves to a new country, it is
the highest forest cover - Lakshadweep located in - Odisha
called -Immigration
⬥ Megalopolis, a Greek word meaning
⬥ The second largest family in modern
“great city”, was popularised by
Indian languages - Dravidian (Dravida) Police Exams
- Jean Gottman(1957)
⬥ Ministry related to "Deep Ocean Mission”
⬥ A negative aspect when people move
- Ministry of Earth Sciences
away from their home to a new area is ⬥
The branch of geology exploring how
⬥ The union territory of India which has a
called -Push factors r ocks bend in reaction to forces within
sea named after it
⬥ A positive aspects that attract people to t
he Earth's interior is called
- Andaman and Nicobar Island
move to a place with good employment - Structuralgeology
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⬥ A communication mail channel to angle, slope aspect and relative relief
facilitate quick delivery of mails in large ⬥ Weathering, mass wasting, erosion and
towns and cities in India is transportation are indicators of
- Bulk mail channel - Denudationprocess
⬥ The Majuli festival of North - East india is ⬥ The formation of ‘tors’ on small rocky
celebrated on the banks of - Luit river hills is associated with - Granite
⬥ The rate of gradual increase in ⬥ Basket-of-eggs topography is related to
temperature with depth in the upper crust - Drumlins
of the Earth is - About 25°C per Km
⬥ National Commission on Agriculture State PCS Exams
(1976) of India classified social forestry
into - 3 categories ⬥ The concept of Normal Cycle of Erosion
⬥The Buddhist Chanting of Ladakh was was given by - W.M.Davis
included in UNESCO's list of intangible ⬥ India’s National Aquatic Animal
cultural heritage in the year - 2012 - Ganges RiverDolphin
⬥ Elephanta Caves have been declared a ⬥ According to IUCN’s Red List, the
UNESCO World Heritage Sites - In 1987 Gangetic River Dolphin has been
⬥ Movement of people from one place to categorized as - Endangered
another in the country or to a foreign ⬥ The Theory which states ”Pieces of the
country is called - Migration Earth’s crust are in constant, slow motion
⬥ To protect the Taj Mahal from pollution, a driven by movement in the mantle” is
10,400 sq km area around it is called called - Theory of plate tectonics
- Taj TrapeziumZone ⬥ The process that continually adds new
⬥ Bellandur lake is located in - Bengaluru crust is - Seafloor spreading
⬥ Karla caves are located in - Maharashtra ⬥ The theory of continental drift was
⬥ Talaja Caves are located in - Gujarat developed by - Alfred Wegener
⬥ The cities of Quepem and Curchorem ⬥Green Muffler is related to
lare located in - Goa - Noise pollution
⬥ The Disaster Management Act was
Defence Exams enacted in - 2005
⬥ Pulicat Lake is a brackish water lake, lies
⬥ In terms of geological time scale, the at the border of
quaternary period consist of two epochs, - Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
namely - Holocene and Pleistocene ⬥ National Disaster Management Authority
⬥The form of settlement develops around was formed in - 2005
the lake is - Circular ⬥ The National Flood Control Programme
⬥ The major part of Central Asia is (NFCP) for flood control in India was
dominated by launched in - 1954
- Indo-European language families ⬥ The narrow zone of contact between the
⬥ The site that gives valuable information lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere
about India’s maritime links on the where natural vegetation and wildlife
Coromandel coast is - Arikamedu exist is called -Biosphere
⬥ The greek philosopher who coined the ⬥ The first Indian underwater observatory
term ‘Geography’ in the 3rd century B.C.E. to scientifically study the arctic region is
was - Eratosthenese - IndARC
⬥ Piecing together the puzzle of geologic
time to create and analyze historical
maps of the Earth is known as
- Paleogeography
⬥ Point of Origin of Earthquake Wave is
known as - Focus
⬥ The Land Revenue Records maintained
in India have categorized land-use into
- Nine categories
⬥TheZeugen (landform) is formed by
- Wind Erosion
⬥ A Peripediment in a desert or
semi-desert region is also known as
-Bajada
⬥ ‘Pingos’ are associated with the process
of - Peri-glaciallandform
⬥ Geomorphic factors influencing plant
and animal distributions are- Slope
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categorized Under - Public goods change in capital are examples of
Economics ⬥ SAIL, ONGC and BHEL are the - Flow Variable
- Public sectorcompany ⬥ Policy increased the investment
⬥Export of manufactured goods limit for a tiny industry up to ₹2 lakh
Basics of Economy expands the - Trade and commerce - IndustrialPolicy 1980
⬥ Import substitution strategy is ⬥ Hindustan Aeronautics Limited comes
commonly called under - PublicSector
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- Inward looking trade strategy ⬥ Migration factors that cause people to
⬥ The sector which contributes the leave their place of residence or origin
⬥
The percentage of women working in the
highest to the national income of India - Push Factors
primary sector of India as of 2011 - 2012
- Service sector ⬥ Durable Goods used in the production
was -62.8%
⬥ Wholesaler keep stock in warehouses process are called - Capital goods
⬥Banking and insurance, Hotels and
for - Retailers ⬥ Change in the inventory of a firm is
restaurants and Transport and
⬥ At independence, about 75 percent of treated as -Investment
communication comes under
India's population was dependent on ⬥ The number of live births per thousand
- Tertiary sector
- Agriculture persons in a year is called - Birth rate
⬥ Final goods are divided into
⬥The process of converting raw ⬥ In an Economy where the government
consumption goods and -Capital goods
materials into finished goods is related decides what goods are to be
⬥ Consumption, Production and
to - Secondary sector produced? - Socialist Economy
Distribution are considered under
⬥Assets - Liabilities - Net Worth ⬥ Distribution of goods according to the
- Economicactivities
⬥
The economic strength of a country is need of the people is a Feature of
⬥ Durable goods are not extinguished
measured by the development of - SocialistEconomy
by - Immediate consumption
- Manufacturing Industries ⬥ Part of economics deals with the
⬥ Undeclared income is considered as a
⬥A poor nation can only progress only if reasons behind unemployment
part of - Paralleleconomy
they have good - Industrial Sector - Macroeconomics
⬥ Manufacturing of tools is an example
⬥
Agriculture and fishing activities belong ⬥ Study of Determination of total output
of - Intermediate goods industry
to -Primary sector is dealt in - Macroeconomics
⬥ Manufacturing of plants and
⬥ Silk textile is based on - Agro industry ⬥ A record of assets and liabilities of any
machineries is example of
⬥ An economy in which both the private firm - Balancesheet
- Capital goods industry
sector and the public sector are ⬥ Public sector is largely driven by
⬥ Forestry, Fishing and Dairy are related
involved, is known as - Mixed economy considerations of - Social welfare
to - Primary sector
⬥Nature of the Indian economy ⬥ Purchasing and storing a large amount
⬥ Automotive, construction, food
- Mixedeconomy of product to create scarcity of that
processing and manufacturing are
⬥ ‘Equilibrium price’ is known as product in market is called
included in - Secondary sector
- Market clearingprice - Hoarding
⬥ Banking, tourism and education are
⬥ A system where goods are exchanged ⬥ Goods that are provided by the
related to - TertiarySector
with other goods without the use of government to the all people are
⬥ Tariffs makes imported goods more
money - Bartersystem - Public goods
- Expensive
⬥ Lack of double coincidence of wants ⬥ Two states in which land reform was
⬥ The Industry which is considered as
and the difficulty in carrying forward successful - West Bengal and Kerala
the backbone of development in
one's wealth are drawbacks of ⬥ The terminology 'Hindu Rate of
general - Manufacturing Industry
-Barter Systems Growth’ was coined by - Raj Krishna
⬥Production of Atomic energy is
⬥ The full form of IIP is ⬥ Insurance, warehousing, and
exclusively reserved for - Public sector
- Index of Industrial Production transportation are an example of
⬥Multiple industries come together to
⬥ L - Liberalization, P - Privatization, G - - Aid or auxiliaryto trade
make use of the advantages offered by
Globalisation were main goals of ⬥ B2C (Business-to-Consumer), C2C
urban centers in
- New Industrial Policy (1991) (Consumer-to-Consumer), B2B
- Agglomeration economies
⬥ Machines, tools and implements, and (Business-to-Business) are types of
⬥ Items such as cars, clothes,
buildings are examples of- Capital goods - E-Commerce
chocolates, which are directly sold to
⬥ Number of Industries listed in Schedule ⬥ Industrial Policy Resolution, 1948
the consumers are - Private goods
A of Industrial Policy, 1956 - 17 declared the Indian economy as a
⬥ Roads are an example of
- Mixedeconomy
- Public goods and services
⬥
Number of Industries listed in Schedule
⬥ The primary motive of a private sector Note : Mixed Economy - A system that
of Industrial Policy, 1956
B - 12
entity is - Profit combines elements of both capitalism
⬥ Nearly 60 percent of dispensaries in and socialism, allowing for private
⬥ Industrial Policy Resolution of 1956
India are run by - Private Sector ownershipwhilealsohavinggovernment
classified Industries into - 3 categories
⬥ Maximum investment allowed on the intervention and regulation.
assets of a unit’ is used to define Note : 3 categoriesare:i)ScheduleA-
⬥
Manufacturing,Processing, and
- Small-scaleindustry GovernmentEnterprises;ii)ScheduleB-
onstruction are example of
C
⬥Government goods and services that Mixed Enterprises; iii) Schedule C -
- Secondaryactivities
are not sold directly to the consumers Private Enterprises.
⬥ Agriculture, forestry, fishing, poultry
are - Public goods
⬥ Production of rice, Import of cloth, and farming, and mining are examples of
⬥ Defense goods and roads are
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- Primary sector ⬥ A firm earns normal profits in the long
⬥ Full form of SEZ is
⬥ The theory ‘In the face of high deficits, run under - perfect competition
- Special Economic Zone
people save More’ was given by ⬥ The principle of maximum social
⬥ The action of an organization or
- David Ricardo advantage was stated by
Government selling or liquidating an
⬥ Emigration of highly skilled people to asset or subsidiary is called - Hugh Dalton
another country for better economic ⬥ In the circular flow of income in a - Disinvestment
and social Opportunities is called ⬥ Avoiding imports of the goods which
simple economy, only 2 sectors exist
- Brain Drain which are
could be produced in the country is an - Households and firms
⬥ Full Form Of EPF ⬥ The inputs used in the production of
indicator of - Self reliance economy
- Employees ProvidentFund ⬥ Outsourcing is one of the important goods or services to make an economic
⬥ Social equality, Public cleanliness and outcomes of profit are known as
- Globalization process
Harmony is important for ⬥'Father of Microeconomics' is - Factors ofproduction
- IndividualHealth ⬥ Under the Weaker Section category, - AlfredMarshall
⬥ An increase in money supply implies ⬥ Founding father of Macroeconomics
Self Help Groups (SHGs) are eligible to
a price rise in an economy is related to is avail loans under - Priority sector loans
- John Maynard Keynes
- Positiveeconomics ⬥ Duopoly is a form of ⬥ The Headcount ratio (HCR) is the - Oligopoly
⬥ Branch of economics deals with the ⬥ A market dominated by a few large proportion of a population that exists,
depletion of natural resources due to and interdependent firms - Oligopoly
or lives, below the - PovertyLine
economic development ⬥ The receipts of the government which
⬥ Forestry is an example of
- Environmental Economics create liability or reduce financial - Primaryactivity
⬥ Monetary transfersmigrants send to ⬥ Goods produced by exploiting naturalassets are - Capital Receipts
their relatives in their home country ⬥ Delicensing of industries, Freedom to
resources comes under
while working and living abroad foreign investment and import - Primary sector
- Remittances ⬥ The first Economic Survey of India
technology, are features of
⬥ People like small farmers and was presented in 1950-1951
-Open Economy
seasonal workers who regularly move ⬥ Buying or selling goods electronically
⬥ Price lower than the market price is
in and out of poverty are called known as is known as - E-commerce
- ‘IssuePrice’
- Churning poor ⬥ The government-imposed upper limit
⬥ Sugar factory falls under
⬥ An unexpected rise in sales of a - Secondarysector
on the price of goods or services is
product leads to ⬥ Farm equipment manufacturing called -Price ceiling
- unplanned decumulation of inventory ⬥ Those goods that are most suited for
activities belongs to - Secondary sector
⬥ Farm equipment manufacturing is an ⬥ The inputs that a firm uses in the
final consumption - Consumption goods
example of - Secondary sector ⬥ The father of modern economics
production process are called
⬥ Economic system in which capital - Factors ofproduction - Adam Smith
goods are owned by private individuals ⬥ The sale or liquidation of assets of
⬥ In terms of Human resources,If people
or Businesses - Capitalistic Economy cannot be used as a resource they
public sector enterprises by the
⬥ Trade, Transport, business services, government is called - Disinvestment
naturally appear as a - liability
communication, Banking, food service, ⬥ The industry in which goods are
⬥ Dairy, Forestry and Mining are the
real estate are example of part of - Primarysector
produced in the home of the producer
- Tertiary economic activity ⬥ People who regularly move in and out - Cottageindustry
⬥ Industrial economy is the economy ⬥ The symbol of Indian Rupee(₹)was
of poverty are categorized as
where 50% or more produce value designed in 2010 by - D Udaya Kumar - Churning poor
comes from the - Secondary sector ⬥ The Indian economy is a
⬥ An unexpected rise in sales of a product
⬥ The branch of economics "Income and leads to unplanned decumulation of - Mixed economy
employment theory" is often referred ⬥ Sewage system, Transportation and - Inventory
as - Macroeconomics ⬥ International trade theory in 1817 Electricity comes under - Infrastructure
⬥ Study of behaviour of individual decision ⬥ Raw material and money in hand for
based on comparative advantage and
- making units, such as consumers, production are classified under
specialization was developed by
resource owners and firms isknownas -Working capital
- David Ricardo
- Microeconomics ⬥Quinary Activities also known as
⬥ “No society can surely be flourishing
⬥ John Maynard Keynes, known for - 'Gold Collar'profession
and happy, of which the far greater
Keynesian theories, hailed from - England ⬥ Base year for the calculation ofpart of the members are poor and
⬥ An annual allowance for the wear and miserable" said by
‘Wholesale Price Index’ - Adam Smith
- 2011-2012
tear of capital goods is called ⬥ Farming is an example of
⬥ The first Industrial Policy was
- Depreciation announced in - Unorganizedsector - 1948
⬥ The term "alternate program" in
⬥ The nature of the Indian economy is
Railway Exams - MixedEconomy
economics typically refers to
⬥ Blue Revolution deals with - Fisheries - Long-Term Plan
⬥ Workers who own and operate an ⬥ The cigarette industry is an example of
enterprise to earn their livelihood are Police Exams - Oligopoly Markets
- Self-employedworkers ⬥
Economic planning is an essential
⬥ Public goodsare those that are both ⬥
In context of Economics, PPP stands f
eature of -
Socialist Economy
- non-excludable and non-rivalrous for - Purchasing Power Parity ⬥
Fixed overhead costs are costs which
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do not vary with - Output ⬥ If the interest rate goes up, the ⬥ A situation marked by rising prices and
⬥ Health care, Education and Training demand for money will - Fall stagnation in demand is known as
are example of - Human capital ⬥ The intervention of the government to - Stagflation
⬥ There are no exports and no imports in expand or reduce the demand is called ⬥ When prices rise between 20% to
- Closed economy - Stabilizationfunction 100% per annum or even more, it is
⬥ Employment insecurity is a feature of ⬥ Law of demand, says consumer's termed as - Hyperinflation
- Unorganisedsector demand for a good must be inversely
⬥ The measure related to the sale of related to the - price of thegood Police Exams
assets for the achievement of some ⬥The point where ex-ante aggregate
purpose is referred to as - Liquidation demand is equal to ex ante aggregate ⬥ The phenomenon of liquidity trap is
⬥ Exchanging goods without using supply is -equilibrium based on the aspect of
Money is called - Barter system ⬥If the price elasticity of demand is less - Speculative demand for money
than one, then the demand for the ⬥ Speculative demand for money and
Defence Exams goods is said to be - Inelastic interest rate have - Inverse relation
⬥ Demand curve is a graphical ⬥ In the situation of a liquidity trap, the
⬥ A rise in the rate of economic growth representation of the - Demand function value of elasticity for speculative
due to a higher share of working-age ⬥ Curve that shows the relationship demand for money is - Perfectly elastic
people in a population between product demand and price ⬥ The dealing done through money is
- Demographic Dividend - Demand curve called - Buy-sell
⬥ Indexation is a method that can be used ⬥ When Demand curve and Supply curve ⬥ Amount of food grains available in all
in - Fixing of wage compensation shift rightward, the equilibrium quantity warehouses of the country on the first
⬥ ’Sub-prime crisis’ term is associated - Increases day of its financial year - Stock variable
with the event of - Economic recession ⬥ Equilibrium quantity decreases when
⬥The asset or assets that a borrower Demand curve and Supply curve shift
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pledges in order to guarantee - leftward
repayment of a loan is called - Collateral ⬥ Precautionary demand for money
⬥ The value of the slope of a normal
⬥ In the 1950s, the Idea of the ‘Social arises mainly due to the uncertainty of
demand curve is - Negative
Market Economy’ emerged in future receipts and - expenses
⬥ According to John Maynard Keynes,
- Germany ⬥ Speculative demand arises from the
employment depends upon
⬥ As per the use-based classification of perception that money is optimally part
- Effectivedemand
the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), of a portfolio of assets being held as
⬥ When some goods or productive
the maximum weight has been - investments
factors are completely fixed in
assigned to - Primary goods ⬥ A good which is consumed by a single
amount, regardless of price, the supply
person or household is - Private good
curve is - Vertical
State PCS Exams ⬥ Normally, there will not be a shift in the
Railway Exams demand curve when
⬥ The growth in per capita real income - The price of a commodity falls
from year to year serves as a key ⬥ In economics, the slope of the ⬥ When the price of a commodity falls,
indicator for assessing demand curve is typically downward there will not be a shift in the
- Economic development from - left to right -demand curve
⬥ The shares of the public sector and
⬥ The goods whose demand falls due to
the private sector in the production of State PCS Exams
the fall in their price are - Giffen goods
steel during 1990-91 were
⬥ The formula used for the calculation
46% and 54%, respectively ⬥Under competitive asset market
o f Ex Ante Aggregate Demand (AD) is
⬥During the year 1991-92, the industrial conditions, the price of a bond must
- 𝐶+𝐼 + cY
production recorded a growth of 0.6 % always be equal to its present value in
⬥ The production of paper, sugar, yarn, Note : 𝐶= e x ante consumption - equilibrium
etc comes under expenditure,𝐼 = ex ante investment ⬥The total value of goods and services
- Manufacturing activity expenditure, cY = induced consumption traded is considered to be the
⬥ Goods that are not processed further - Volumeof trade
by the producer - Finalgoods ⬥ The measure of responsiveness of the ⬥ Total exports - Total imports
⬥ A type of goods which is non-rival, demand for Tea towards change in
= Net exports
non-excludable and its consumer is p
rice of Coffee in the market is an
⬥ The intervention of the government
known as free riders - Public goods example of - Cross Elasticity of Demand
whether to expand demand or reduce
⬥ Excess demand leads to
it, is a - Stabilizationfunction
Concepts of Demand and ⬥ The percentage change in-inflationary demand for
gap
Supply a good, divided by the percentage Cost, Production,
change in its price is known as Consumption, and Market
SSC Exams - Price elasticity of demand
⬥ The point on the supply curve at which
a firm earns only normal profit is
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⬥Credit control is used to control the
called the - Break-evenpoint
- demand and supply of money
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⬥The purchase and sale of goods using ⬥ Government Department of India that are the sources of - factor income
the Internet and fax is called declares the minimum support prices ⬥ The concept of indifference curve is
- E-Commerce - Department of Agriculture and based on the law of
⬥ To start and run Super markets, it Cooperation - diminishing marginal rate of substitution
requires large amount of - Capital ⬥ Full Form of WPI- Wholesale Price Index ⬥ Commissions,Packing, Labour are
⬥ The amount of other goods and ⬥ Soap, Software, Stylus have an included in - variablecost
services that must be sacrificed to - Opportunity Cost ⬥ Consumers lose satisfaction in a
obtain more of any one good is called ⬥ The 'transformation curve' is also product the more they consume it, this
- Opportunity cost of thegood known as - Production possibility curve is known as - decreasing marginal utility
⬥ The curve that illustrates the ⬥ Money that has already been spent and ⬥ Businesses set prices based on their
maximum possible output of two which cannot be recovered - Sunk Cost competitors' prices is called
products when there are limited ⬥ The Central economic problem of full - Competitivepricing
resources - Production Possibility Curve utilisation of resources, Economic ⬥ A firm charges the highest initial price
⬥ When there is a growth of resources, a efficiency, Economic growth can be For good and service from customers
concave 'production possibility curve' solved by - Production Possibility Curve and then lowers it over time is called
will - Shift rightward -Skimming pricing
⬥ Market goods generally become Railway Exams ⬥ A pricing method in which companies
expensive due to - Currency inflation group several products together and
⬥ Commercialisation of Agriculture is an ⬥ A cost incurred in the past and that sell them at a single price
indication of - Marketable surplus cannot be recovered in the future is - Bundle pricing
⬥ The product method used to calculate - sunk cost ⬥ The amount of money received in the
the annual value of goods and ⬥ The rate of increase in ex-ante exchange of services and goods is
services produced is consumption due to a unit increment in - Product price
- Value added method income is called ⬥ The price where the quantity the
⬥ Indicates the correct limit of marginal - Marginal propensity to consume consumer purchases is equal to the
propensity to consume 0 < MPC < 1 ⬥ The sum of the total variable cost and quantity the producers supply is
⬥ The aggregate demand function is the total fixed cost is - Totalcost - Equilibriumprice
parallel to the - Consumption function ⬥ Short run marginal cost, average ⬥ Change in savings are divided by
⬥ The production function can be variable cost and short run average Change in Income is equal to
expressed as Q= f(L,C) cost curves are - 'U'-shaped - Marginal propensity tosave
⬥ Average fixed cost curve is ⬥ A pricing strategy where a firm
ote : L is labour, Ciscapital,andQis
N
- downward sloping charges different prices to different
the maximum output that can be
⬥ The portion of agricultural product that customers for the same product or
produced.
is sold by farmers in the market is service - Price discrimination
⬥ The market consists of a large number - marketedsurplus ⬥ An indifference map is a collection of
of buyers and sellers, and perfect ⬥ The ratio of total increment in indifference curves that represent
Information is the feature of equilibrium value of final goods output - different levels of Satisfaction
- Perfectly Competitive Market to the initial increment in autonomous ⬥ The profits earned by a business firm
⬥ A measure that defines the additional expenditure is - investment multiplier over and above the opportunity cost of
satisfaction a customer receives from ⬥ When marginal propensity to save the factor inputs - Abnormal profit
one more unit of a product or service (MPS) is equal to the marginal ⬥ The sudden and immediate purchase
- Marginal Utility propensity to consume (MPC), the of a product without any pre-shopping
⬥ The change in inventories taking place value of investment multiplier is - 2 intention is - Impulse buying
over a period of time is - Flow variables ⬥ Investment multiplier is inversely ⬥ With reference to cost, the full form of
⬥ Government securities market is also proportional to SMC is - Short run marginal cost
known as - Gilt edged market - Marginal propensity to save ⬥ The change in total cost per unit of
⬥ The primary market is also known as ⬥ If the average production is falling, change in output is
- New issuemarket marginal production will be - Long Run Marginal Cost (LRMC)
⬥ Market for the sale and purchase of - less than average production ⬥ The sum of average variable cost and
previously issued securities ⬥ Insurance is an overhead expense in a average fixed cost is known as
- SecondaryMarket - Productioncost - Average cost
⬥ Curve that illustrates the production ⬥ The usual shape for an average fixed ⬥ A production cycle in which at least
possibilities of the economy cost curve is a - rectangular hyperbola one production factor is fixed is
- Production Possibility Frontier ⬥ Rent and lease costs, salaries, utility - Short runproduction
⬥ National Manufacturing Policy notified bills, insurance, and loan repayments ⬥ The cost that a firm incurs to employ
by - Department of Industrial Policy are examples of - fixedcost fixed inputs is called - Total fixed cost
and Promotion (DIPP) ⬥ Total variable cost÷ Units of output ⬥ The cost of self - owned inputs used in
⬥ Avoiding imports of the goods is an Produced - Average variable cost the production process refers to
indicator of - Self-reliance ⬥ In the long run production, all the - Implicit Cost
⬥ Hard drive, Steel, Paint are examples factors of production are - variable ⬥ A retail establishment that combines a
of - Intermediate Goods ⬥ In Stage 3 of production, the marginal department store and a grocery
⬥ Government administration, National product curve becomes - negative supermarket is known as - Hypermarket
defence, and Roads are - Public Goods ⬥ Rent, labour, interest, wages and profit ⬥ A consumer’s optimal bundle is
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located at the point of tangency time are essential conditions of ⬥ The excess of government’s revenue
between the budget line and - Perfect competition expenditure over revenue receipts is
- Indifference curve ⬥ Types of markets in which buyers and referred to as - Revenue deficit
⬥ The output per unit of variable input is sellers, engage in trade of financial ⬥ The government’s expenditure on
- Averageproduct securities such as bonds and stocks health facilities, education and
⬥ ‘Adding an additional factor of -Capital market fixed-asset acquisition is termed as
production results in smaller increases ⬥ There is a direct relationship exists - CapitalExpenditure
in output’, As per between income and demand in case ⬥ The marginal tax rate is higher than
- Law of diminishing marginal returns of - Normalgoods the average tax rate in - Progressive tax
⬥ A curve that, when plotted on a graph, ⬥ All those receipts of the government
shows all the combinations of two Defence Exams which create liability or reduce
factors that produce a given output financial assets are termed as
- Isoquant ⬥ Land, labour, capital, and - Capital receipts
⬥ Technological relation between entrepreneurship are four factors of ⬥ Recoveries of loans and advances,
quantities of physical inputs and - Production borrowing, are an example of
quantities of output of goods is given ⬥ Only one producer selling one - Capitalreceipts
by - Productionfunction commodity is a characteristic of ⬥ The Goods and Service Tax is
⬥ The short-run marginal cost curve is - A monopolistic market - Proportionalin nature
‘U’- shaped due to ⬥ Few producers selling similar or ⬥ A direct tax placed on a company's net
- Law of variable proportions almost similar products is a feature of income or profit from its operations is
⬥ The total value of essential commodities - Oligopolymarket - CorporationTax
in the economy is always equal to the ⬥ Many producers selling differentiated ⬥ The liability to pay the tax and the
total value of supply - Law of Walrus products is a characteristic of actual burden of Goods and Services
- A monopolistic competition structure Tax (GST) lie on - Two different persons
Police Exams ⬥ Many producers selling similar ⬥ The funds collected from taxes on
products is a feature of Income, Excise and Customs are
- Perfect competition market sources of - Taxrevenue
⬥ The point where supply equals
demand for a product with equilibrium ⬥ Assessment ofthe GDP growth rate,
price - Market Equilibrium State PCS Exams fiscal balance and external balance are
⬥ The difference between farmer’s presented in
output over and above his on-farm ⬥
Factor cost is also known as - Macroeconomic Framework Statement
consumption is - Marketable Surplus - Input cost ⬥ The Goods and services tax is a
⬥ Steel, Paint and hard drive are the ⬥ The market, where the number of firms - Indirect tax
example of - Intermediate goods is large, there is free entry and exit of ⬥ The Sales tax, VAT, and excise tax are
⬥ Expenditure on military infrastructure firms, but the goods produced by examples of - Indirecttax
and government institutions are them are not homogeneous, called ⬥ The term used in Economics to denote
examples of - Monopolistic competition the net contribution made by a firm is
- Final Consumption Expenditure ⬥ A market structure characterized by a called -Value added
⬥ Toothbrush, cycle, bread are single seller, selling a unique product in ⬥Full form of GDP is
examples of - Consumer goods the market -Monopoly - Gross Domestic Product
⬥ A business enterprise that makes ⬥ The portion of agricultural produce, ⬥ Full form ofNNPis
profit primarily through trade buying sold in the market by the farmers is - Net National Product
cheap goods and selling them at called - Marketsurplus ⬥ Full form ofGNPis
higher prices is known as - Mercantile - Gross National Product
⬥Full form ofNDPis
⬥ Goods that are similar to another ational Income, Inflation,
N
product, and that can fully or partly - Net Domestic Product
satisfy the same needs of the Budget, Taxation and GDP ⬥ The measure of total output of goods
Consumer - Substitute goods and services in an economy including
⬥ Depreciation is an annual allowance SSC Exams depreciation during a specific period
for wear and tear of - Capital good within country is known as - GDP
⬥ Increase in MSP has forced farmers ⬥ The Steady increase in the GDP is ⬥Sale of government bonds is an
to divert land from production of considered as a good indicator of example of - Capital receipt
coarse grains to production of - Economicgrowth ⬥ Receipts of the government which
- Wheatand rice ⬥ The Priorities of government in the create liability or reduce financial
⬥ Full form of G.V.A is fiscal area and its related policies and assets are called as - Capital receipts
- Gross ValueAdded deviations are mentioned in ⬥The excess of government expenditure
⬥ Essential Commodities Act was - Fiscal Policy Strategy Statement over revenue is called - Budget deficit
enacted in the year - 1955 ⬥ Fiscal Policy Strategy Statement is a ⬥ The excess of revenue expenditure
⬥ The abbreviation ‘FPO’ stands for part of - budget document over revenue receipts is called
- Follow- on PublicOffer ⬥ The difference between the - Revenuedeficit
⬥ Land, Labour, Entrepreneurship and government's total expenditure and its ⬥The actual or realised value of a
capital are 4 factors of - Production total receipts (excluding borrowings) is variable as opposed to its planned
⬥ Same price for same things at one referred to as - Fiscaldeficit value is called -Ex post
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⬥The planned value of a variable as ⬥Budget in which revenue is equal to rises out of the property left by the
a
opposed to its actual value is called expenditure is known as people without a legal heir is - Escheat
- Ex ante - Balanced budget ⬥ The intervention of the government to
⬥ The value of planned investment is ⬥First union budget of independent India either expand or reduce demand is a key
called - Ex ante investment was represented by aspect of - The stabilisation function
⬥The value of planned consumption is - RK Shanmukham Chetty ⬥
The Fiscal policy achieves the
called - Ex ante consumption ⬥Purchase of military equipment is an macroeconomic goals by using - Taxes
⬥Money spent on day - to- day example of - Capital expenditure ⬥
The economic wealth of a country
government operations is an example ⬥Disposable income is always less than does not necessarily depend on
of - Revenue expenditure - Personalincome - Possession of resources
⬥The sale of government-owned land is ⬥GDP evaluated at a set of constant ⬥Salaries and pensions, Subsidies
an example of a prices is called - RealGDP and Defence services are covered
- Non-debt capital receipt ⬥ A statement of estimates of the under - Non-plan Expenditure
⬥ The amount spent on the development government receipts and government ⬥
Proportional taxes reduce the
of infrastructure is an example of expenditure for the coming financial autonomous expenditure multiplier
- Capital Expenditure year is called - Budget because theses taxes reduce
⬥Transfer payments are included in ⬥The financial year for India is the - Marginal propensity to consume(MPC)
- Personal income period from - April 1 to March31 ⬥The dividends received by the
⬥Payment of salaries of government ⬥Fees and Fines collected is a Government from Public Sector
employees is an example of -Non-tax receipt Undertakings (PSUs) are
- Revenue Expenditure ⬥Full form of NNP - Net National Product - Non-tax revenue receipts
⬥Expenditure incurred for the purposes ⬥ Gross investment minus Depreciation is ⬥ CBIC stands for
other than the creation of physical or equal to - Net investment - Central Board of Indirect Taxes and
financial assets of the central ⬥ In the measurement of national Customs
government is - Revenue Expenditure income, the Value of wheat flour is a ⬥Redistribution of income and wealth
⬥ National Income by summing up the part of - Value added method is a function of - Government budget
total incomes earned by individuals and ⬥NDP at Factor Cost (FC) plus net ⬥
Zero-based budgeting was first
businesses in an economy calculated by factor income from abroad is equal to introduced in - United States America
- Income method - NNP at FC ⬥If the factor income from abroad is
⬥The total income earned by individuals ⬥During a high deficit situation taxation greater than the factor income paid
and households before taxes and other and borrowings are equivalent means of abroad, then GNP would be
deductions are called - Personal income spending as per - David Ricardo - Greater than GDP
⬥National income by summing up total ⬥Balanced Regional Growth, GDP ⬥Service tax comes under - Tax revenue
spending on final goods and services in Growth and Reallocation of ⬥Interest receipts comes under
an economy is calculated by Resources are the objective of - Non-tax revenue
- Expenditure method - GovernmentBudget ⬥ Salaries and pension come under
⬥ The financial statement of a ⬥ Full form of GNP is - Revenue expenditure
government's expected revenue and - Gross NationalProduct ⬥
Total Expenditure - (Revenue Receipts +
expenditure for a specific period is a ⬥ Full form of NDP is Non-Debt creating capital receipts) is
- Government budget - Net DomesticProduct equal to - Gross fiscal deficit
⬥ The year whose prices are used to ⬥ Consumption (C) + Investment (I) + ⬥Gross fiscal deficit - Net interest
calculate the real GDP - Base year Government Spending (G) + Net exports liabilities is equal to
⬥Thewear and tear or depletion which is equal to GDP - Gross primary deficit
capital stock undergoes over a period of ⬥ GDP minus Depreciation is equal to NDP ⬥Revenue expenditure - Revenue
time is known as - Depreciation ⬥GDP + Net factor income from receipts is equal to - Revenue deficit
⬥ Ratio of nominal to real GDP represent abroad is equal to GNPMP ⬥
Interest, Profit and Rent are included in
- GDP Deflator - OperatingSurplus
Note :MP = Market Price
⬥ GDP evaluated at current market prices ⬥
During a boom, the deficit of the
is called - NominalGDP ⬥GNP - Depreciation is equal to NNP government will reduce automatically
⬥ GDP evaluated at a set of constant ⬥Borrowings from World Bank to fund due to - Increase in tax revenue
prices is called -Real GDP Project to Save Tigers is an example ⬥
The basic difference in the
⬥Dividends received from a state-owned of -Capital receipt aggregates at market price and factor
enterprise is an example of ⬥ Sale of a stake in a PSU to private cost is - Net indirecttaxes
- Revenuereceipt companies is an example of ⬥Purchase of Machinery in Railways is an
⬥The‘trans-boundary economic activities' - Capital receipt example of - Capital Expenditure
of an economy and depreciation are ⬥ All those receipts of the government ⬥Structural composition of the economy
included into account, the aggregate which create liability or reduce refers to contribution of various sectors
measure is financial assets are termed as to - GDP
- GNP (Gross National product) -Capital receipts ⬥
The Government of India incorporated
⬥The income earned by individuals and ⬥Disinvestment of Public Sector gender sensitivities in budgetary
households after taxes and other Banks by the Government is an allocations for the first time in
deductions represents example of - Capitalreceipt - 2005-06
- Disposable income ⬥Income of the Government which ⬥
In India, Both GST and central excise
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duty are applicable on termed as - Capital receipts rowth, high unemployment, and a high
g
- Tobacco and tobacco products ⬥ Aggregate annual value of goods and rate of inflation is referred to as
⬥Net National Product at Factor Cost is services produced is calculated in which - Stagflation
called - NationalIncome method of national income calculation ⬥
A significant, widespread, and prolonged
⬥ National income at constant prices is - Product method downturn in economic activities is known
called - Real national income ⬥ A statement of estimated receipts and as - Recession
⬥ In India, the Central Statistical Office expenditures of the government of every ⬥ The base year for the calculation of
adopted the GVA concept in - 2015 financial year is called - Budget Wholesale Price Index (WPI) by Indian
⬥Income Tax is an example of ⬥The maximum inflation in India was Government is -2011-12
- Direct tax recorded 25.2% in the year - 1974-75 ⬥ The Index of ‘Eight Core Indian
⬥ Net National Product (NNP) at factor ⬥ The share of industrial sector in India's Industries’ is a production index
cost is equal to - National Income GDP, increased from 11.8% in 1950-51 to prepared by - Central Statistical Office
⬥The total value of the Net National 24.6 % in - 1990-91 ⬥ Cement, Coal, Crude Oil, Electricity,
Product at the Consumer pointis ⬥ The excess of government’s revenue Fertilizers, Natural Gas, Refinery Products
- Net National Product at market price expenditure over revenue receipts is and Steel belong to
⬥ To claim income accumulation, trusts or -Revenue deficit - Eight Core Indian Industries
charitable institutions must file Form 9A ⬥A situation in whichthe government may ⬥ The total current expenses are more
and Form 10 at least 2 months before spend an amount equal to the revenue it than the amount of income generated by
the income return deadline, as per the collects is - Balancedbudget the country is referred as- Budget deficit
- Finance Bill 2023 ⬥ Money that is available for household ⬥ The money spent on acquiring or
⬥ The full form is TDS consumption, Savings and spending after upgrading fixed and intangible assets,
- Tax Deducted at Source accounting for income tax is and repayment of loans, is known as
⬥ Revenue receipts do not lead to a claim - Personal Disposable income - Capital expenditure
on the government, because it is ⬥Goods and Service Tax (GST) is an ⬥ The best indicator of economic
-Non-redeemable example of - Indirecttax development of any country is its
⬥ The contribution made by each sector of ⬥The calculation of National Income takes - Per capita income
the economy into GDP is called into account the time period of- One year ⬥ A payment that a government makes to
- Structural composition ⬥Total value of final goods and services a producer to supplement the market
⬥ As per RBI, in India, the services sector produced Within domestic territory during price of a commodity is known as
accounted for 38.6% of the GDP in the an accounting year is - Domestic income - Subsidy
- 1980s ⬥The total value of all the goods and ⬥ The ‘Chelaiya Samiti’ was associated
⬥Budget documents classify total services produced by the residents is with investigation of - Taxes
expenditure into - Gross National Product (GNP) ⬥ The Government of India earns the most
- Plan and non-plan expenditure ⬥ GDP + Net factor Income from abroad from - CorporateTax
⬥A budget document that relates to the = GNP (at Market Price) ⬥ ‘Goods and Services Tax’ (GST) is an
revenue receipts and revenue ⬥ Public debt is burdensome if it reduces - Indirect tax
expenditures of the government for a future growth in - Output ⬥ An indirect tax imposed on the
particular financial year is ⬥ The practice of showing budget deficit manufacture, sale, and consumption of
- Revenue Budget has been discontinued in India from goods and services in India is
⬥ Sum total of gross value added of all the -1997-98 - Goods and services tax
firms in the economy is -GDP ⬥A budget document that relates to the ⬥ Tax revenue and Non-tax revenue are
⬥ Tax on intra-State supply of goods or assets and liabilities in the capital included in the - Revenue receipts
services are provided under account is referred as - Capital budget ⬥The ITNS (Income Tax New Series)
- Central Goods and Services Tax Act ⬥ Number of Petroleum goods temporarily challan used by Indian taxpayers to
⬥ Personal Income – (Personal tax excluded from the purview of the deposit the tax collected at source is
payments + Non-tax payments) national GST in 2017 - Five - ITNS 281
= Personal Disposable Income ⬥Interest payments, defence services ⬥ The ITNS Challan Number used for the
⬥Per capita income is calculated by and Subsidies are main components of payment of Fringe Benefit Tax is - 283
dividing the country's national income by - Non-plan expenditure ⬥ An annual statement of the estimated
its - Population ⬥ Personal income tax is anexample of receipts and expenditure of the
⬥ The Goods and Services Tax Act - Direct tax government over the fiscal year is
commenced from - 1 July 2017 ⬥The total income of a country divided by - Budget
⬥GNP - Depreciation = NNP its total population is equal to the ⬥ When revenue expenditure exceeds
⬥ A government bookkeeping system that - Per capitaincome revenue receipt, is called
measures a country's economic activity ⬥ ‘Per capita income’ is another term for - Revenue deficit
in a given time period the - ‘Average income’ of a country ⬥ The ratio between the nominal GDP
- National income accounting ⬥Accounting of National Income at and real GDP, multiplied by 100 is
⬥ Average Income earned by an individual constant prices is known as - GDP deflator
of a country denotes- Per capita income - Real income ⬥ The total income earned by residents of
⬥ National Income is defined as ⬥Income Tax, Corporate Tax,Gift Tax, a country within the country’s borders
- NNP at factor cost Capital Gains Tax,Wealth tax are some over a specific period- Domestic Income
⬥Receipts of the government which create examples of -Direct tax ⬥ Net Investment plus Depreciation
liability or reduce financial assets are ⬥ The combination of slow economic gives an estimate of - Gross Investment
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⬥ Goods and Service Tax is an example - Undistributed profits ayments – Non-tax payments is equal
p
of - Indirect tax ⬥ Taxes levied on taxable income earned to - Personal disposable income
⬥ 'National Investment and Infrastructure by individuals and corporate entities ⬥ Gross Domestic product plus the net
Fund', India’s first Sovereign wealth fund, - Direct Tax income from foreign investments is
was announced in ⬥ Gift tax is a type of - DirectTax - Gross National product
- Union Budget (2015-16) ⬥ GDP + Foreign Production by National ⬥ Difference between a farmer's output
⬥ Gross National Product minus Residents – Domestic Production by over and above his on-farm consumption
depreciation is - Net National Product Non-National Residents is equal to - Marketable Surplus
⬥ Net borrowing at home + Borrowing from - National Income ⬥ In 1950-51, contribution of industrial
RBI + Borrowing from abroad is ⬥ Construction of School buildings is sector in GDP of India was 13%
- Grossfiscal deficit considered as - Capital expenditure ⬥ Petrol, diesel, aviation turbine fuel,
⬥ GST collected by the government is an ⬥ Receipts whichneither create any crude oil, Electricity, and Alcohol for
example of - Revenue Receipts liability nor cause any reduction in the human consumption are exempted from
⬥ Interest, Wages, Rent, and Profit are assets of the government - GST
examples of - Factor payment - Revenuereceipts ⬥ Non-plan capital expenditure is a
⬥ Foreign aid, Recovery of loans and ⬥ Receipts that create liabilities or reduce component of - Capital Budget
Borrowings are included in financial assets of the Government ⬥In a situation where expenditure and
- Capital Receipts -Capital receipts receipts for a fiscal year is equal
⬥ In the product method for measurement ⬥ Service tax, Central Excise and Customs - Balanced Budget
of national income, we need to deduct duty, and Value Added Tax are example ⬥When tax collection exceeds the
the value of intermediate goods to of - Indirect Tax required expenditure, the budget is
- Avoid double counting ⬥ The loss of value of a country's currency - Surplus Budget
⬥ In national income accounting, GVA with respect to one or more foreign ⬥ Tax imposed on goods imported into
stands for - Gross value added reference currencies and exported out of India is called
⬥ Total tax Slabs in Goods and services - Currency Depreciation - Customs duty
Tax - four (5%, 12%, 18%,28%) ⬥ Union Budget that highlighted the ⬥ Gross Domestic Product + Subsidies
⬥ GDP calculated at some constant set of gender sensitivities of the budgetary - Taxes is equal to - Gross Value Added
prices is - Real GDP allocations in -2005 - 06 ⬥ Lack of financial discipline by the
⬥ (C) Consumption + (I) Investment + (G) ⬥ The value of GDP at the current government can lead to
Government expenditure + (X - M) Net prevailing prices is called- Nominal GDP - Excess expenditure and inflation
export are - GDP ⬥ The subject of the Study of ⬥ An indicator of economic growth with
⬥ Duties levied on goods produced within Macroeconomics is based on the environmental factors along with the
the country are - Excisetaxes principle of - National Income standard GDP of a country is- Green GDP
⬥ Full Form of GDP ⬥ Goods and services tax (GST) became ⬥ GDP at Factor Cost (FC) minus
- Gross Domestic Product operational from - 1 July,2017 Depreciation is
⬥ GDP estimation method measuring the ⬥ When expenditure exceeds revenue, the - Net Domestic Product atFC
aggregate value of factor payments is budget is said to be in -Deficit ⬥ Income distribution angle forms the
- Income method ⬥ Function of the government budget that basis to estimate the - National income
⬥ Wealth tax and Gift tax are referred as is associated with distribution of income ⬥ Payment of loan by the government is
- Paper tax - Redistribution function an example of - Capital expenditure
⬥ Tax Revenue Receipt and Non Tax ⬥ Between 1950 and 1990, the proportion ⬥ Tax whose impact lies on the person for
Revenue Receipt are 2 types of of GDP contributed by agriculture whom it is legally imposed - Direct tax
- Revenue receipts - Declined ⬥ National Income - Net factor income
⬥ Product Method, Income Method and ⬥ GDP at factor cost and at market prices from abroad is - Domestic income
Expenditure Method are 3 methods for is reported by ⬥ To combat inflation, the usual monetary
measure of - National Income - National Statistics Office (NSO) policy stance adopted is
⬥ Gross fiscal Deficit minus Net interest ⬥ Loans and advances, acquisition of Land - Hawkish stance
liabilities is equal to and Investment in shares are examples ⬥ Gross Domestic Product minus
- Gross primary Deficit of - Capital expenditure Depreciation is - Net Domestic Product
⬥ Direct Tax Code Bill was introduced in ⬥ Type of tax that acts as an automatic ⬥ The value of the Gross Domestic
the Parliament of India -2010 stabilizer in the economy Product (GDP) of India is published by
⬥ Collection of all bundles that the - Proportional income tax PIB in -Indian Rupee
consumer can buy with her income at the ⬥ National Income Committee (1949) ⬥ India's ratio of public debt to GDP gone
prevailing market prices - Budget Set was headed by - PC Mahalanobis up to a record 84.2% in year - 2003
⬥ The total amount of items, one can ⬥ GDP estimation method measuring the ⬥ A tax system that taxes higher incomes
afford within a current budget aggregate value of goods and services more than lower incomes
- Budget constraint produced by the firms- Product method - Progressive tax
⬥ Difference between the budgeted or ⬥ Payments that assign a monetary value ⬥ A tax system that taxes lower incomes
baseline amount of expense or revenue, to labour services are - Wages more than higher incomes
and the actual amount- Budget variance ⬥ The action of an organization (or - Regressive tax
⬥ Profit earned by an organization but not government) selling or liquidating an ⬥ An income tax system that levies the
distributed to its shareholders by way of asset or subsidiary - Disinvestment same percentage tax to everyone
dividends is called as ⬥ Personal Income – Personal tax regardless of income - Proportional tax
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⬥ A tax that is withheld, charged, or levied - NK Singh dditional custom duty, value added tax,
a
on the payroll of the employer ⬥Full form of FRBM Act, 2003 Entertainment tax in India are subsumed
- Payroll tax - Fiscal Responsibility and Budget under - GST
⬥ India’s first Paperless Budget Management Act, 2003 ⬥ Equilibrium national income occurs
- Union Budget 2021-22 ⬥ An economic contraction (recession) where aggregate supply
⬥ It deals only with the expenditure side of followed by an expansion is called a - Equals aggregate demands
the government budget - Business Cycle ⬥ The Total Revenue Curve of a firm shows
- Vote on Account ⬥ Cash Grant in Aid from foreign countries the relationship between the total
⬥ The interim permission of the Parliament and international organizations are a part revenue made by the firm and
to meet the short-term expenditure of - Revenuereceipt - Output level of the firm
requirement of the government is ⬥ The agency that collect and compile the ⬥ Gross investment minus depreciation is
- Vote on Account data required to calculate the GDP in - Net investment
⬥ GDP deflator is also called India is - National Statistical Office ⬥ Raja Chelliah Committee (1991)is
- Implicit price deflator ⬥ The Railway budget was merged with the related to -tax reforms
⬥ The Base Year of the GDP Series in India Union budget from fiscal year ⬥ The Arvind Subramanian Committee is
was revised from 2004-05 to - 2011 - 12 - 2017 - 18 related to - GST
⬥ Curve displays that cutting tax rates can ⬥ In macroeconomic analysis, a ⬥ In India, National Income is computed by
result in increased total tax revenue consumption function describes the - Central Statistical Organisation (CSO)
- Laffer Curve relation between total consumption and ⬥ Stamp duty is NOT covered under- GST
⬥ A graphical representation of the - Gross NationalIncome ⬥ Profession tax and stamp duty are
distribution of income or wealth in a ⬥ The bill that provides for imposition, collected by - State government
Society - LorenzCurve abolition, remission and alteration of ⬥ The Economic Survey in India has been
⬥ Value Added Tax introduced in India in taxes proposed in the Budget is delinked from the Union Budget from
the Year - 2005 - Finance Bill - 1964
⬥ Net income abroad, Foreign aid, Trade ⬥ Expected GDP growth rate, fiscal ⬥ In the context of inflation, CPI means
gap directly affect the balance of the central government and - Consumer Price Index
- Current Account Balance external balance is assessed by ⬥ The Black Budget in India was
⬥ The Union Budget, 2020-21, increased - Macroeconomic Framework Statement - 1973 - 74 budget
deposit insurance coverage for bank ⬥ Under budgetary classification of Central ⬥ Memorandum expelling grants is not a
deposits to - 5 Lakhs per depositor or State governments, tax receipts would component of - finance budget
⬥ Sector of the economy that has the be classified as - Revenue receipts ⬥ The Consolidated Fund, Public Account,
highest share in India's GDP ⬥ The collection of all bundles that the and Contingency Fund are three separate
- Services sector consumer can buy with his/her income funds maintained
⬥ GNP minus Depreciation is at prevailing market prices is- Budget Set - by the Government ofIndia
- Net National Income ⬥ Total expenditure minus total receipt ⬥ Service Tax first imposed in India in
⬥ Economic Survey of India is published by other than borrowing is - Fiscal Deficit - 1994
- Ministry of Finance ⬥ Fiscal deficit indicates the ⬥ Consumer Price Index Number for
- borrowing needs of Government industrial Workers (CPI-IW) is used for
Railway Exams ⬥ The system of ad hoc treasury bills to calculating - Dearness Allowance
finance the budget deficit was ⬥ All final goods and services produced
⬥ Revenue deficit, fiscal deficit, and discontinued in India with effect from during a particular year is equal to - GDP
primary deficit are important - April 1, 1997 ⬥ The 'ability to pay' principle of taxation is
components of - financial budget ⬥ Gross National Product minus also known as - Canon of equity
⬥ The money that is available from salary D epreciation is - Net National Product ⬥ Corporate tax was levied, collected, and
after paying taxes and other necessary ⬥ Net national product (NNP) divide by the retained by - Central Government
expensesis -DisposableIncome total population of a nation is ⬥ Increase in petroleum products prices
⬥ The Union Budget of India is 'presented' - Per capitaincome can have cascading effects on economy
on 1st February instead of the last ⬥ Assets minus liabilities is equal to resulting in - inflation
working day of February started from - Net Worth ⬥ Full form of GST is
- 2017 ⬥ The situation in an economy when - Good and ServicesTax
⬥ GDP at constant price defines inflation and unemployment both are at ⬥ The highest percentage slab for GST in
- the real national income higher levels is known as - Stagflation India - 28%
⬥ For measuring the size of the economy, ⬥ When the revenue collected exceeds the
the most commonly used term is required expenditure - Budget Surplus Police Exams
- Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ⬥ A tax that the government imposes
⬥ The difference between total expenditure per unit sale of output ⬥ National income at current prices is
and total receipts excluding - A Per unit Tax (or UnitTax) calculated based on - Prevailing prices
borrowing is called - Gross Fiscal Deficit ⬥ When a government taxing, spending, or ⬥ Gross capital Investment - Depreciation
⬥ When a government's total expenditures borrowing decision has no net effect on expenses - Net investment
exceed its total revenues during a fiscal the economy - Fiscal neutrality ⬥ When the total expenditure is less than
year - BudgetDeficit ⬥ Income tax is not a tax subsumed under total receipts, it is called- Surplus budget
⬥ A committee to review the FRBM Act - GST in India ⬥ Interest received from Capital is a
2003, was set up in 2016 chaired by ⬥ Service tax, central excise duty, - Factor income
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⬥ The Railway budget was merged with the ⬥ Fees, Fines and Income from PSUs are Series was announced on
Union budget in - 2017 considered as - Revenue receipt - 8th November2016
⬥ Contingency Fund of India is operated by ⬥ The Railway Budget merged with Union ⬥ A budget in which revenues are equal
the - Executiveaction Budget in - 2017 to expenditures - Balanced budget
⬥ The secretariat of the Goods and ⬥ To achieve the goal of 'One Nation, One ⬥ Permanent Account Number (PAN) is a
Services Tax Council is located in Tax, One Market’ government introduced 10 digit unique alphanumeric number
- New Delhi - Goods and Services Tax issued by - Income Tax Department
⬥ Goods and Services Tax (GST) is an - ⬥ Pigovian tax is imposed on transactions ⬥ The highest rate of Goods and Services
Indirect tax that have a - Negative externality Tax (GST) in India is 28%
⬥ Custom duty, Excise duty, Sales tax, and ⬥ An asset that the borrower owns and ⬥ Consumer Price Index is released by
Service tax are examples of - Indirect tax uses as a guarantee to a lender, until - National StatisticalOffice
⬥ The method also known as the 'Income the loan is repaid - Collateral ⬥ In India, angel tax is related to
Disposable Method' is ⬥ Under the Ministry of Finance, Union - Start-ups
- Expenditure method Budget is prepared by ⬥ The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget
⬥ Full form of GNP is - Department of Economic Affairs Management Act (FRBM Act) was
- Gross National Product ⬥ Fiscal Responsibility and Budget approved by parliament in - 2003
⬥ The ratio between the nominal and real Management Act allows the government ⬥ Full form of NEFT is
GDP is called - GDP deflator to breach its fiscal deficit target by0.5% - National Electronic Funds Transfer
⬥ In 1950-51, the contribution of industrial under - Escapeclause ⬥ In 2020, DICGC has been permitted to
sector to GDP was 13% ⬥ Total income of the country divided by increase deposit insurance coverage of
⬥ Cash grants-in-aid, profits on investment its total population is called per depositor from ₹1 Lakh to - ₹5 lakh
by the Government are types of - Average income or Per Capita Income ⬥ Full form of DICGC
- Revenue receipt ⬥ The difference between the total revenue - Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee
⬥ Full form of GST is and total expenditure of the government Corporation
- Goods and ServicesTax is called - Fiscaldeficit ⬥ The ratio of the weighted average of
⬥ The first budget of independent India ⬥ A specialized segment of banking outputs and inputs
was presented in - 1947 operations that helps to raise capital - Total factor productivity
⬥ The difference between Gross fiscal and provide financial advisory Services ⬥ Gross Domestic Product is used to
deficit and Net interest liabilities is - Investmentbanking estimate the size of - Economy
- Gross primarydeficit ⬥ GDP can be expressed in two different ⬥ The Finance Minister presents the
⬥ Personal Income minus Personal tax ways, nominal GDP and - Real GDP annual budget of India before
payments minus Non-tax payments is ⬥ Factor cost method of calculating GDP - Parliament
equal to - Personal Disposable Income assesses the performance of ⬥ The Budget System first introduced in
⬥ Profits and dividends accrued from -Eight industries India in - 1860
public sector enterprises are a part of ⬥ A measure of a country's totaleconomic ⬥ A slowdown or a massive contraction
- Non-taxrevenue outputis - Real GDP in economic activities is known as
⬥ Personal income which is available for ⬥ The value of GDP at the current - Recession
consumption and saving prevailing prices is called- Nominal GDP ⬥ The sum of production in Primary,
- Personal disposable income ⬥ Fiscal deficit, Primary deficit and secondary and tertiary sectors of the
⬥ In India, The Annual Financial Revenue deficit are the measure of country is - GDP
Statement is implemented from - Governmentdeficit ⬥ Taxation and Public expenditure
- 1st April to 31st March ⬥ The main criterion used by the World Policies of government are collectively
⬥ Custom duty, Excise duty and Income Bank in classifying different countries is known as its - Fiscalpolicy
tax are the source of revenue for - Per CapitaIncome ⬥ A decrease in the rate of inflation in a
- Central Government ⬥ GDP deflator is also called specific period is known as- Disinflation
⬥ Suresh Tendulkar Committee submitted - Implicit pricedeflator ⬥ GST network was formed under
its report in - 2009 ⬥ A statistical tool used to assess the - CompaniesAct
⬥ Interest, Rent and Wages are the health of Country's economy is - GDP ⬥ CIBIL is associated with
example of - Factor payment ⬥ Housewife's work is not recognised in - Bankingsector
⬥ Tax receipts, Interest receipts on loans Calculation of - National Income ⬥ Carbon tax is classified as a
are classified as - Revenue receipt ⬥ The total value of goods and services -'Pigouvian tax'
⬥ Receipts from sale of shares in Public produced by a country during a financial ⬥ Income tax is a type of - Direct tax
Sector Undertakings are example of year is called - National Income ⬥ Customs duty, GST and VAT are types
- Capital receipt ⬥ To arrive at Real GDP, nominal GDP is of - Indirect tax
⬥ Number of quarter in one fiscal year adjusted to - Inflation ⬥ The budget is known as
are - Four ⬥ Goods and Services Tax (GST) was - Annual Financial Statement
⬥ The annual budget of the central implemented in India on - 1 July 2017 ⬥ Rise in prices of goods and services is
government is presented on ⬥ The certain percentage of deposits that called - Inflation
- 1st february banks have to maintain with the central ⬥ The difference between total receipts
⬥ As per economic theory,decline in share bank is called and total expenditure is - Budget Deficit
of agricultural sector and working - Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) ⬥ In India, Consumer Price Index (CPI) is
population in GDP reflect ⬥ Demonetisation of all ₹500 and ₹1,000 used to measure - Inflation
- Nation becomes more prosperous banknotes of the Mahatma Gandhi ⬥ An association of workers to maintain
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or improve the conditions of their ⬥
Kisan Vikas Patras, National Savings - Reserve Bank of India
mployment is called
e - Trade Union ertificates and Post Office Deposits are
C ⬥First micro-finance company in India to
⬥ The value that is obtained by examples of - Small savings start operation as a full-fledged
subtracting depreciation from the gross ⬥Gresham's law in economics relates to scheduled commercial bank is
national product (GNP) - Circulation of currency - Bandhan Bank
- Net National Product (NNP) ⬥Debit cards withdraw money directly ⬥ First Indian commercial bank which was
from - Bankaccount wholly owned by Indians was established
Defence Exams ⬥ Credit cards allow borrowing money up in - 1911
to - Certain limit ⬥ The main source of income for
⬥ Laffer curve indicates ⬥ T he Currency notes and coins are commercial Banks is
- Tax rates and Tax revenue c
alled -
Fiat money - Interest earned on loans and advances
⬥Phillips curve indicates ⬥
The currency notes and coins that ⬥ The Small Industries Development Bank
- Relation between Inflationand are in circulation in the economy are of India (SIDBI) was established on
employment - Legal tender - April 2, 1990
⬥The situation where the equilibrium level ⬥
Micro Finance Institutions (MFI) ⬥ The Small Industries Development Bank
of real GDP falls short of potential GDP is primarily target Small businesses and of India is regulated by - RBI
known as - Recessionarygap - Low-income individuals ⬥ SIDBI provides financial assistance and
⬥The sustained decrease in the general ⬥ Divisibility, Durability, and Portability are support to - MFI
price level is called as - Deflation the characteristics of -Money ⬥Integration of mobile banking services is
⬥ Full form of SHG is - Self Help Group a prominent trend in - MFI
⬥ National Bank for Agriculture and Rural ⬥In banking, Short-term financing facility
State PCS Exams
Development (NABARD) was established is termed as - 'Overdraft'
in - 1982 ⬥ "Money is what money does" said by
⬥ The total earnings of an individual from
⬥ Securities and Exchange Board of India - Prof. Walker
various sources, refers to the
established as a non statutory body in ⬥“Economics is the science of wealth” is
- Personalincome
- 1988 said by -Adam Smith
⬥ Total income earned by an individual on
⬥ Securities and Exchange Board of India ⬥Exchange of commodities without the
a paycheck before taxes, refers to the
established as a statutory body in - 1992 mediation of money is known as
- Gross income
⬥ RBI (Reserve Bank of India) was - Barterexchange
⬥ Formula for calculating Net Indirect
nationalized on - 1st January, 1949 ⬥
The main purpose of a bank statement
Taxes is Indirect Taxes− Subsidies
⬥ The Self-Help Group (SHG) Bank linkage is - to track income and expenses
⬥ Profit earned through Indian Railways is
movement was spearheaded by ⬥
Women SHG member appointed as a
a part of - Non-taxrevenue
- NABARD banking agent is called - Bank Sakhi
⬥ Recovery of a loan is a - Capital receipt
⬥Bank of Hindustan was established in ⬥
The headquarters of Bandhan
- 1770 Financial Services is located in - Kolkata
Money Banking and ⬥Indian Bank was established in - 1907 ⬥National Bank for Agriculture and
⬥
Headquarter of Indian Bank is located in Rural Development was established in
Financial Institutions
- Chennai - 1982
⬥The additional amount earned on a loan ⬥To fulfil the credit needs of the small
SSC Exams or deposit is termed as - 'interest' and marginal and tenant farmers,
⬥To promote economic growth and NABARD launched
⬥ When RBI decides to decrease the repo development is the main function of - Joint Liability Groups (2004-05)
rate, money supply will - Increase - Commercialbanks ⬥
The speculative demand for money is
⬥ The maximum limit on microfinance ⬥ Currency notes, coins and demand inversely related to the - Rate of interest
loans for NBFCs other than NBFC-MFIs deposits held by the public in commercial ⬥
Currency issued by the Government that
is 25% of the totalassets banks is called - Narrow money is not backed by a commodity such as
⬥ In the concept of money supply, M4 ⬥ Promoting financial inclusion and Gold is called - Fiatmoney
refers to M3 + total post office deposits poverty alleviation is a key objective of ⬥
In India,Microfinance institutions are
⬥ The flow of money among the different - MFI (Micro Finance Institutions) regulated by - Reserve Bank of India
sectors of an economy is referred to as ⬥ The main function of money is to ⬥
The Reserve Bank of India was
- Circular flowof income - Facilitate exchange established on - April 1,1935
⬥ The total volume of money held by public ⬥ The commonly accepted medium of ⬥
The Reserve Bank of India was
at a particular point of time is called exchange is - Money nationalised in - 1949
- Money supply ⬥ In Banking, an asset pledged as security ⬥
Securities and Exchange Board of India
⬥ The most liquid measure of money for a loan is termed as - 'Collateral' (SEBI) established as a non-statutory
supply is - M1 ⬥The fraction of their total deposits which body in - 1988
⬥ The process by which commercial banks commercial banks keep as reserves is ⬥ Securities and Exchange Board of
are able to create loans in the form of - Reserve deposit ratio India was established as a statutory
new deposits - Credit creation ⬥Earning interest on deposits is the body in - 1992
⬥ In India, all loans that are below one lakh purpose of - Savings account ⬥ The headquarters of RBI is located in
rupees are considered as - Micro loans ⬥The regulatory body responsible for - Mumbai
⬥ Rural Cooperatives were established in supervising and regulating microfinance ⬥
The headquarters of SEBI is located In
India at the time of independence as institutions in India is - Mumbai
- Microfinance institution
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⬥One rupee coin is issued by demand for money will be - Higher the use of money in - Barter system
- Ministryof finance ⬥To combat inflation in the economy, ⬥ Double coincidence of wants is an
⬥ In India, Bank Rate is decided by the Reserve Bank is most likely to essential feature of - Barter system
- Reserve Bankof India increase the -Repo rate ⬥ Retirement pension, Scholarships
⬥The concept of 'money illusion' was ⬥RBI accorded approval to Equitas and Unemployment allowances are
first introduced by - Irving Fisher Holdings to launch a small finance - Transfer payment
⬥NABARD initiated the digitization of bank in - 2016 ⬥ The Narasimham committee is related
all members of self-help groups in ⬥The headquarters ofEquitas small to - Banking structure reforms
India through its project - E-Shakti finance bank is located in - Chennai ⬥ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was
⬥Industrial Finance Corporation of ⬥
The first Governor of the Reserve established in - 1935
India was established in -1948 Bank was - Sir Osborne Smith ⬥ NABARD (1982) was set up with an
⬥ RBI introduced the regulatory ⬥ The first Indian governor of the RBI initial capital of - ₹100crores
framework for microfinance loans in was - C DDeshmukh ⬥ A payment of money for which there are
- 2022 ⬥If the rate of interest is at its no goods or services exchanged is called
⬥In any economy, the income velocity maximum speculative demand for - Transferpayment
of the hoarded money (idle) by the money will be - Zero ⬥ Payments made to housewives, pocket
public is equal to - Zero ⬥
The rate at which the RBI lends to money to children, and maintenance
⬥ M1, M2, M3 and M4, in this order, other commercial banks for short allowance to old parents are examples of
indicate decreasing order of - Liquidity term is called - RepoRate - TransferPayments
⬥ In 1968, Mysore Resettlement and ⬥ Sum of Currency with the Public, ⬥ The most liquid measure of money
Development Agency was founded in Demand Deposits with the Banking supply is - M1
-Bangalore System, ‘Other’ Deposits with RBI, is ⬥ The RBI implemented a comprehensive
⬥ In 1972,Self-Employed Women's included in - M1 (Narrow money) regulatory framework for NBFC-MFIs on
Association (SEWA) was established ⬥
Quantity of money during any specified - December 2, 2011
in - Ahmedabad period of time is - Supply of Money ⬥ A financial institution becomes a banking
⬥ In 1988,ADITHINGO was established in ⬥
When the interest rate is high, the institution when it performs both the
- Patna demand for money is -Low functions of
⬥The head Office of Prathama Bank is ⬥ When the interest rate is low, - Accepting deposits and Advancing loans
located in - Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh demand for money is -High ⬥ The commodity value of money is less
⬥
TheFirst Regional Rural Bank of ⬥ The Self-Help Group Bank Linkage than the monetary value of money, it is
India - Prathama Bank (1975) Program was launched by - NABARD called - Creditmoney
⬥ An Action Research Programme was ⬥ Under the current regulatory ⬥
In India, the money supply is regulated
launched by NABARD and MYRADA in framework, the maximum tenure of a by the - Reserve Bank ofIndia
- 1987 microfinance loan in India is - 36 Months ⬥ As per RBI's direction, loan given to a
⬥The Pension Fund Regulatory and ⬥ The Creation of credit, Lending loans households having annual income up to
Development Authority (PFRDA) was to the public, and Receiving deposits ₹3,00,000 is considered as
established in - 2003 from the public are the function of - Microfinanceloan
⬥ The Money Supply is a - Stock concept - Commercial banks ⬥ Standard of deferred payments, Transfer
⬥
National Agricultural Cooperative ⬥The Mobile Money Identifier(MMID) of value, and Store of value are the
Marketing Federation of India Ltd. code of any commercial banks secondary functions of - Money
(NAFED) was established on consists of - 7 Digits ⬥ The least liquid measure of money
- 2nd October 1958 ⬥ The Grameen bank of Bangladesh supply is - M4
⬥ National Agricultural Cooperative was founded by - Muhammad Yunus ⬥Basis of credit and liquidity is a dynamic
Marketing Federation of India Ltd. ⬥Muhammad Yunus was awarded the function of - Money
(NAFED) is registered under Nobel Peace Prize in - 2006 ⬥Rs.2000 banknote of Mahatma Gandhi
- Multi State Co-operative Societies Act ⬥ The Aggregate monetary resources (New) Series has the motif on its back is
2002 are also known as - M3 (Broad Money) - Mangalyaan
⬥ The headquarter ofNAFED is located in ⬥NABARD launched the E-Shakti ⬥ The Rs.50 banknote of Mahatma Gandhi
- New Delhi project for the first time in (New) series has the base colour of
⬥ In 1974, SEWA Cooperative Bank - Jharkhand and Maharashtra - Fluorescent blue
was first initiated in - Ahmedabad ⬥
The number of times a unit of money ⬥The sole authority to issue bank notes in
⬥ During the festive season, the Currency changes hands during the unit India has - Reserve Bank of India
Deposit Ratio (CDR) - Increases period is called ⬥ In India, Microfinance is regulated by
⬥ The Currency Deposit Ratio is a - Velocity of circulation of money - Reserve Bank of India
purely behavioural parameter which ⬥
The net worth of any bank is equal to ⬥A co-operative bank in India, is registered
depends on seasonal pattern of - (Reserves + Loans) - Liabilities under the
- Expenditure ⬥In India, Cash Reserve Ratio fixed by - States Cooperative Societies Act
⬥ The Currency Deposit Ratio reflects - RBI ⬥In India, Microfinance activities gained
people's preference for - Liquidity ⬥
State Bank of India was established in prominence in the early - 1990s
⬥In 2015, Livelihood and Enterprise - 1955 ⬥ The rate at which RBI borrows funds
Development Programmes was ⬥ The headquarters of SBI is located in from the commercial banks is
launched by -NABARD - Mumbai - Reverserepo rate
⬥At lower rates of interest, speculative ⬥Goods are directly exchanged without ⬥ The interest rate at which the RBI
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lends money to commercial banks is of a - Central bank - 1955
- Repo rate ⬥ Accepting deposits, agency function, ⬥ Industrial Development Bank of India
⬥ The person or entity writing the cheque credit creation are the functions of a (IDBI) was established on - 1 July 1964
is known as the payer or - Drawer - Commercial bank ⬥ Industrial Finance Corporation of India
⬥ Foreign exchange Reserves of India are ⬥ Economic exchanges without the (IFCI) was started in - July1948
maintained by - RBI mediation of money are referred to as ⬥ Micro Units Development & Refinance
⬥ The rate at which the Reserve Bank is - Barter exchanges Agency (MUDRA) is a
ready to buy or rediscount bills of ⬥ "Medium of exchange," "store of value," - Financial institution
exchange is called the - Bank Rate and "unit of account" are the main ⬥ Regulator of Micro Finance Institutions
⬥ National Bank for Agriculture and Rural functions of - Money in India - RBI
Development (NABARD) is wholly owned ⬥ State Bank of India was established as ⬥ Medium of exchange, Measure of value,
by - Governmentof India the ‘Bank of Calcutta’ in - 1806 Standard of deferred payments are
⬥ The Reserve Bank of India was ⬥The rate of interest paid on the bonds Functions of - money
established on - April 1,1935 issued under the Sovereign Gold ⬥ 'BFSI' stands for Banking, Financial
⬥ Those banks that are listed under Bond Scheme of RBI is Services and - Insurance
Schedule II of the RBI Act, 1934 are 2.50% per annum ⬥ Most liquid measure of money supply
- Scheduled Banks ⬥ The interest rate at which a nation's - M1
⬥ A deposit account held at a bank, central bank lends money to domestic ⬥ Least liquid measure of money supply
allowing customers to save money while banks for a short term is called - M4
earning interest - Savings account - Repo rate ⬥ M1, M2 are called as - Narrow Money
⬥ An asset pledged by a borrower, to a ⬥ Dena Bank merged with the Bank of ⬥ M3, M4 are called as - Broad Money
lender as security for a loan is- Collateral Baroda, and the merger became effective ⬥ Institutional source of credit in India
⬥ The central bank of India is from -1 April 2019 - Commercial banks
- Reserve Bank of India ⬥ The Reserve Bank of India was ⬥ Minimum requirement of microfinance
⬥ A collateral-free loan given to a established on 1st April, 1935 under loans for NBFC - MFIs is
household having annual income up to - The Reserve Bank Act, 1934 - 75% of the total assets
₹3,00,000 is - Microfinance loan ⬥ Money is considered as- Working capital
ote :NBFC-MFIs - Non-Banking
N
⬥ Microfinance institution provides ⬥ A currency that is widely accepted and
Financial Company - Micro Finance
financial services to has a relatively stable value
Institution
- low-income individuals - Hard currency
⬥ The rate at which Central bank lends ⬥ The number of times a unit of money ⬥ RBIwas established on the
loan to commercial banks is- Bank rate changes hands during the unit period is recommendation of
⬥ Loans have to be returned to the lender known as - Hilton Young Commission
in a certain period of Time, because It - Velocity of circulation of money ⬥ An approach to extend bank credit to the
create - liability ⬥ The Four-tier of hierarchy for the Indian poor through self-help groups is
⬥ ₹500 and ₹1,000 currency notes were banking system was recommended by - Micro credit or micro finance
demonetised by the government of India - Narasimham Committee I ⬥ Informal associations of people who
in - 2016 ⬥ The Equitas Small Finance Bank was come together to find ways to improve
⬥ NABARD aims at Providing credit and founded in - 2016 their living conditions - Self-help groups
other facilities for the promotion and ⬥ The Equitas Small Finance Bank is ⬥ M1 + Net time deposits of commercial
development of - Rural industries headquartered in - Chennai Banks is known as
⬥ Credit card is an example of ⬥ A small loan provided to low-income - Aggregate monetary resources
- Plastic money individuals/groups or those who lack a ⬥ The money held by the government is
⬥ If loan exposure is supported by steady source of income is - Microcredit not included in the measure of
collateral, it’s said to be - Secured credit ⬥ Bandhan Financial Services was granted - Money Supply
⬥ Reserves and Loans are an asset of a in-principle approval by RBI to start a ⬥ The rate at which the Reserve Bank of
- Bank universal bank in - 2014 India (RBI) lends money to commercial
⬥ Banks that are owned by their customers ⬥ The headquarters of Bandhan Bank is banks for short-term is called- Repo rate
and follow the cooperative principle of located in - Kolkata ⬥ In the situation of liquidity trap, the
one person, one vote - Cooperative bank ⬥ The committee constituted to suggest speculative money demand function
⬥ As a Banker to Banks, the RBI also acts reforms in the microfinance sector was becomes - Infinitelyelastic
as the - 'lender of the last resort’ - Malegam Committee ⬥ Small, unsecured loans given to
⬥ An electronic payment system used by ⬥An Indian Financial System Code (IFSC) low-income borrowers are
customers of a bank or any other financial contains - 11 alpha-numeric characters - Microfinance loans
institutionis -InternetBanking ⬥ The headquarters of NSDL Payments ⬥Committee constituted to study the
⬥ Self-Employed Women's Association Bank is situated in - Maharashtra issues and concerns in the Micro Finance
(SEWA) a cooperative bank in Gujarat, ⬥ MV = PT explain -Fisher quantity theory Institution in 2010 - Malegam Committee
was launched in - 1974 ⬥ Bandhan Bank is a - Private sector bank
Note : M is money supply,Visvelocity
⬥ The proportion of the Central ⬥ Self-Help Group - Bank Linkage
f circulation, P is Price level, and T is
o
government's ownership of capital in Programme in 1992-93 was launched by
Transactions
Regional Rural Banks 50% - NABARD
⬥ The issuance of currency and the control ⬥ Industrial Credit and Investment ⬥ Formation of a new category of NBFC -
of the money supply are main functions Corporation of India (ICICI) was set up in Micro Finance Institution was
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recommended by- Malegam Committee - NOSTRO ⬥ One rupee currency notes and coins in
⬥ First microfinance institution in India, ⬥
First bank to get Reserve Bank of India's India are issued by - Ministry of Finance
established in 1974 was - SEWA Bank pproval for rupee trade
a - UCO Bank ⬥ An asset that a lender accepts as
⬥ The National Payments Corporation of security for a loan - Collateral
Note : SEWA - Self Employed Women's
India was set up under the provisions of ⬥ A contract that conveys the right to use
Association
Payment and Settlement Systems Act, an asset for a period of time in exchange
⬥ Highest-denomination currency note - 2007 for consideration - Lease
printed by the Reserve Bank of India is ⬥ In the XXI phase of sale of electoral ⬥ Total stock of money in circulation
- ₹10,000 bonds can be only purchase from among the public at a particular point of
⬥ For a bank, the main liability is- Deposits - State Bank of India time - Moneysupply
⬥ To control money supply, Cash reserve ⬥ The bank established on 12 July 1982 on ⬥ Cash kept on hand in a depository
ratio is a - QuantitativeTool the recommendations of B. Sivaraman institution's vault to meet day-to-day
⬥ "Bad money drives out good money" was Committee - NABARD business needs is called - Vault cash
stated by - Gresham'sLaw ⬥ A legal declaration of a person when ⬥ Commercial banks keep their deposits
⬥ The number of times a unit of money he/she is unable to pay off debts is with RBI. These deposits are called
changes hands during the unit period is called - Bankruptcy - Reserves
called - Velocity of circulation of money ⬥ An agreement between a bank and an ⬥ A financial term describing the assets
⬥ Oldest joint stock bank in India insurance company to sell insurance to passed down to individuals after
- Allahabad Bank bank customers - Bancassurance someone dies - Inheritance
⬥ Bank rate in the Indian economy is ⬥ A reduction in the availability of credit ⬥ For a NBFC- MFI, the maximum variance
determined by - RBI independent of a rise in official interest permitted for individual loans between
⬥ Note issuing authority in India - RBI rates - CreditCrunch the minimum and maximum interest rate
⬥ Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, Yes Bank are ⬥ The process of reducing or paying off a - cannot exceed 4 per cent
- Private sector bank debt with regular payments through ⬥ Money which is accepted as a medium
⬥National Bank for Agriculture and Rural regular payments - Amortization of exchange due to trust between the
Development (NABARD) was set up in ⬥ Insurance Regulatory and Development payer and the payee - Fiduciary money
- 1982 Authority of India (IRDAI) was set up in ⬥ Any unit of money, whose intrinsic value
⬥ Monetary instrument used for Money - 1999 and face value are equal
multiplier calculation is ⬥ A bank that has a paid-up capital of - Full bodied money
- Cash reserve ratio and above qualifies for the schedule bank ⬥ KCC stands for - Kisan Credit Card
⬥ The minimum rate below which banks category as listed in the RBI Act 1934 ⬥ Self-regulatory organization for Micro
are not allowed to lend money expect in - Rs 5 lakhs finance institutions in India is - Sa-Dhan
cases specified by the Reserve bank of ⬥ A loan with low initial payments but ⬥ Money whose intrinsic value is much
India - Base rate requires the borrower to repay the lower than its face value is- Credit money
⬥ Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) balance in lump sum at maturity ⬥ Regional Rural Banks Act was passed in
was set up in - 1956 - Balloon mortgage - 1976
⬥ Interest rate at which the Reserve Bank ⬥ Exim Bank, NABARD, SIDBI, NHB, NaBFID ⬥ SBI was founded on - 1st July 1955
of India (RBI) lends money to commercial are - All India Financial Institution ⬥ Share of Government of India in a
banks of the country for long-term is ⬥ RBI introduced a comprehensive Regional Rural bank is - 50%
called - Bank Rate regulatory framework for NBFC-MFI on ⬥ Regional Rural Bank was founded on
⬥ Small Industries Development Bank of - 2 December 2011 - 2nd October 1975
India (SIDBI) is regulated by -RBI ⬥ Regional rural banks, Commercial banks, ⬥ Industrial Finance Corporation was
⬥ Sale and purchase of government Cooperative and land development banks India’s First - Development bank
securities by RBI in the open market to are institutional structure of ⬥ Regional Rural Banks were established
influence liquidity in medium term - Rural banking on the recommendations of
- Open Market Operations ⬥ Total deposits with Post Office savings - Narasimham Committee
⬥ Open Market Operations conducted by organisations are included in - M4 ⬥ Basel III norms are related to
the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are of ⬥ A monthly installment is deposited in the - Banking sector
- 2 types accounts every month is called ⬥ SBI Life Insurance is a joint venture
- Recurring deposits between state bank of India and
Note : 2 Types of open market
⬥ Rate of interest at which the central bank - BNP Paribas Cardif
operations - Permanent and Temporary
borrows money from the commercial ⬥ SBI Life Insurance Company Limited (SBI
⬥ A tool used by RBI to control short-term banks for a short term- Reverse repo rate Life), established in - 2001
liquidity / money supply in the market ⬥ Currency in the hands of the public plus ⬥ 'Clean Note Policy' announced by the RBI
- Liquid Adjustment Facility commercial bank reservesis in the year - 1999
⬥ Currency notes and coins are called - Monetary base ⬥ Minimum amount that can be remitted
- Fiat money ⬥ Project for purveying microcredit by through Real Time Gross Settlement
⬥ An account maintained by an Indian linking Self-Help Groups (SHGs) with (RTGS) - ₹2,00,000
Bank in foreign countries in foreign banks was launched in 1992 by ⬥ A paper instructing the bank to pay a
currency - VOSTRO - NABARD specific amount from a person's account
⬥ A bank account held in another country ⬥ Capital adequacy ratio for a NBFC - MFI to another person - Cheque
by a domestic bank, denominated in the of the aggregate risk weighted assets is ⬥ Financial Sector Assessment Program is
currency of the overseas country 15% done jointly by - World Bank and IMF
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⬥ Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) India (SIDBI), established in - 1990 Finance Institutions in - 2011
⬥ Primary financial institution for
established in India in the year - 1992 ⬥ The Reserve Bank of India was
⬥ Central Board of Directors of the RBI is promotion, financing, and developing of nationalised with effect from
appointed/nominated for a period of MSME sector is - SIDBI - 1st January 1949
⬥ Microfinance is a form of financial
- Four years ⬥ The term used for an assessment
⬥ The term 'collateral' is associated with service that provides small loans to poor of an individual's past credit history is
- Granting loans and advances
and low-income households for - Credit Rating
⬥ Helps borrowers to overcome the - Short period ⬥The Credit Information Bureau India
⬥ In January 2022, the Punjab and
problem of lack of Collateral Limited (CIBIL) credit score is a three-digit
- Self Help Groups
Maharashtra Co-operative Bank merged number, which ranges from - 300 and 900
⬥ RBI also acted as the central bank till with - Unity Small Finance Bank ⬥ In Economics, the ratio of increase in
April 1947 for ⬥Muthoot Finance Limited, a - Burma income to increase in investment is
⬥ Corporate office of RBL Bank is located non-banking financial company (NBFC) - multiplier
at - Mumbai
engaged in providing loan against ⬥ The term used for interest rates that
⬥ Three 'Domestic Systemically Important - gold jewellery changes during the term of the loan is
Banks' in India ⬥ Indian Rupee was devalued for the first - Floating rate
- SBI, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank time in - 1949 ⬥ AU Small Finance Bank was founded in
⬥ Systemically important banks are ⬥ Indira Gandhi government devalued the - 1996
considered as - Too big tofail
Indian rupee in - 1966 ⬥ Federal Bank, Axis bank, ICICI bank,
⬥ Full form of IFSC ⬥ PV Narsimha Rao government devalued Indusind Bank are - Private sector banks
- Indian Financial System Code
the Indian rupee for the third time in ⬥ Arohan Financial Services is a
⬥ An alphanumeric code that uniquely - 1991 - microfinance institution in India
⬥ The fourteen major Indian scheduled
identifies a bank-branch participating in ⬥ Microfinance Institutions Network was
the NEFT system - IFSC code
commercial banks nationalized in- 1969 recognized by RBI as India's first
⬥ Devaluation of Indian rupee makes ⬥ Bandhan Financial Services received Self-Regulatory Organization for
imports expensive and exports - Cheap approval from the RBI to establish a NBFC-MFIs in - 2014
⬥ Ministry of Finance introduced a new universal bank in - 2014 ⬥ The Development Fund for MFIs is
⬥ The founder of the Grameen Bank of
form called Form 26AS for - Taxpayers managed by - RBI
⬥ The legal provisions governing the Bangladesh - Muhammad Yunus ⬥ NABARD was set up by Government to
management of foreign exchange⬥ The total liability of the monetary promote
reserves are laid down in authority of the country (Reserve Bank - Agriculture and rural development
- Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 of India) is called - Base Money ⬥ The headquarter of National Bank For
⬥ RBI liberalized the licensing policy for ⬥ To provide funds for providing Agriculture & Rural Development
Urban Co-operative Banks in - 1993
sustainable irrigation practices for (NABARD) is in -Mumbai
⬥ The mutual funds industry in India is India's rural infrastructure is the main ⬥ Euro is the common currency of
regulated by - SEBIand RBI
objective of - NABARD - European Union
⬥ Empowers the Central Government to ⬥ The first microfinance initiative in India is ⬥ The intervention by the monetary
supersede the RBI Board - SEWA Bank authority in money market to maintain
⬥ The bank notes of ₹2000 (magenta
- Section 7 of the RBI Act stable money supply against external
⬥ The Coinage Act, 2011, allows issue of colour) introduced after demonetisation shocks is known as - Sterilization
coins up to the denomination of - ₹1,000 (2016) have an image of - Mangalyaan ⬥ The currency issued by the Central
⬥ Currency notes in India are printed by ⬥The challenge faced during barter Bank that can be held by the public or
- RBI
exchange in large economies was the by the commercial banks
⬥ Repo rate and Reverse repo rate in India lack of - Common measure of value - High powered money
are fixed by ⬥ - RBI
As of November 2023, the largest private ⬥ The role of RBI is to be ready to lend to
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⬥ The Banking Regulation Act, 1949 was
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card transactions ⬥Animal present on the insignia of the ⬥ The largest Indian public sector bank is
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India, established in - 1770 ⬥ An officer appointed by RBI to redress was established by the Self- employed
⬥ The first bank which was fully managed customer complaints against deficiency Women’s Association in 1974 in- Gujarat
by Indians - Punjab National Bank in banking services is known as ⬥ ‘High-powered money’ also known as
⬥ The first Governor of the Reserve Bank - Banking Ombudsman - Monetary base
of India was - Sir Osborne Smith ⬥ In economics terminology, NSDL stands ⬥ The currency in the hands of the public
⬥ The first Indian RBI Governor was for plus commercial bank reserves is called
- C.D. Deshmukh - National Securities Depository Limited - ‘High-powered money’
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basic functions of - RBI formed in - 1927 ⬥ The maximum limit of Statutory
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bank account in India is decided by sets low interest rates so that credit is the Narasimham Committee - 25%
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was established in - 1982 ⬥ The organization that takes care of sick women empowerment in - 2001
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the Minimum Reserve System for - The Board of Industrial and Linkage Project was launched by
- Issuance of currencies Financial Reconstruction - NABARD
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Banks (Repeal and Amendment) Bill, public and net demand deposits held -15% of the aggregate risk weighted assets
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- State Bank of India ⬥ M1 + Savings deposits with Post Office Organization recognised by the Reserve
⬥ IDBI (Industrial Development Bank of savings banks - M2 Bank of India was
India) was established in - 1964 ⬥ M1 + Net time deposits of commercial - Microfinance Institutions Network
⬥ The full form of EDD in the banking field banks - M3 ⬥ Andhra Pradesh (AP) microfinance
is - Enhanced Due Diligence ⬥ M3 + Total deposits with Post Office crisis occurred in - 2010
⬥ The work of linking all the ATMs in India savings organizations (excluding ⬥ National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
is handled by National Savings Certificates) - M4 Development (NABARD) was
- National Payment Corporation of India ⬥ The Tarapore committee was setup by established in - 1982
(NPCI) the Reserve Bank of India in - 1997 ⬥ Before 1955, State Bank of India was
⬥ The origin of the State Bank of India ⬥ S.S. Tarapore committee is associated known as the - Imperial Bank of India
(SBI) traces back to the year - 1806 with - capital account convertibility ⬥ In money supply, ‘aggregate monetary
⬥ Bengal tiger in front of a palm tree is the resources’ is also known as - M3
emblem of - RBI Police Exams ⬥ In the situation of a liquidity trap, the
⬥ The Narasimham Committee was value of elasticity for speculative
constituted for - Banking sector reforms ⬥ NABARD (1982) was established on the demand for money is - Perfectly Elastic
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recapitalisation of - public sector banks - Sivaraman Committee - 1976
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to recommendations on of - 100crore rupees Regulatory framework for- Microfinance
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⬥ The payment bank can not issue created in 1970s by Nobel Prize Winner - Collateral free
- credit cards economist - Muhummad Yunus ⬥ The rate at which commercial banks
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loan is repaid is called - Collateral concerns of the Microfinance Sector in ⬥ Banks are required to keep some
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private sector bank headquartered at ⬥ The revenue raised by the central bank short term which is called
- Thrissur, Kerala through the printing of currency is called - Statutory Liquidity Ratio(SLR)
⬥ ATMs set up, owned, and operated by - Seigniorage ⬥ Money that has no intrinsic value is
non-banks are called - White label ATMs ⬥ExcessiveSeigniorage could lead to called - Fiat money
⬥ The RBI's vision document titled - Hyperinflation ⬥ Reserve Bank of India introduced a new
‘Payment and Settlement System in ⬥ Universal acceptability in the discharge category of Nonbank Financial
India’ is - Vision 2019- 2021 of debt and payment obligations are Company – Microfinance Institutions
⬥ The firstnationalization of 14 features of - Legal tender money (NBFC-MFIs) in - December 2011
commercial Indian bankstook place ⬥ Muhammad Yunus, one of the pioneers ⬥ RBI rediscount bills of exchange at
on -19 July, 1969 in microfinance, founded Grameen Bank - Bank rate
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⬥ BuyUcoin has introduced the first Indian Finance in India in 1999 was setup by currency to that they hold in bank
platform regarding wholesale trading for - NABARD deposits called - Currency Deposit Ratio
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of 1947 provided the statutory power for except in some cases allowed by - April to March
exchange control to the - RBI - Reserve Bank of India ⬥ UTR stands for
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⬥ ECS, NEFT and RTGS are types of (UPI) has been launched by - RTGS system
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⬥ National Housing Bank (NHB) was set more than - Four coins up to the denomination of
up as the apex level institution for ⬥ Scheduled commercial banks are - ₹1,000
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⬥ The RBI has full authority to issue - RBI Act 1934 International financial system is prime
banknotes of all denominations under ⬥ Co-operative Bank in India can be responsibility of
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⬥ A legal proceeding for people or ⬥ ‘AIIB’ is a multilateral development ⬥ Minimum amount which can be
businesses that are unable to repay bank, which stands for remitted through RTGS is - Rs 2 Lakh
their outstanding debts is called - Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ⬥ Full form of EXIM BANK is
- Bankruptcy ⬥ In 1969, Lead Bank Scheme was - Export-Import Bank
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- Allahabad Bank (Indian Bank) ⬥ In Banking sector, Livestock can be of India - Export-Import (EXIM) Bank
⬥ Allahabad Bank was established in used in the form of - Collateral ⬥ State Bank of India and Canara Bank
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Licensing of - Commercial bank Indian banknotes is - I promise to pay - Security Printing and Minting
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classified by the World Bank, India fall in permanently shifted to Mumbai in which stands for
income group of - Low-middle-income - 1937 - Bharat Interface for Money
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rupee symbol (₹) in year -2010 - Public Provident Fund Funds is - Securities and Exchange
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first bank wholly owned and managed set up on the recommendation of ⬥ International Bank for Reconstruction
by Indians, established in - 1911 - Shere Committee and Development (IBRD) is known as
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⬥ The corporate office of North East Small other loans available in the market provides long term loans at zero interest
Finance Bank is located in - Guwahati - Soft loan rates to the poorest countries
⬥ The official symbol of Reserve Bank of ⬥ 11-digit alpha-numeric code that - International Development Association
India consists of - Tiger and Palm tree uniquely identifies a bank branch is ⬥ Government debt management and
⬥ The Rate at which the central bank - Indian Financial System Code(IFSC) Monetary management is a function of
borrows money from the commercial ⬥ Headquarters of HDFC Bank is located - Reserve Bank of India
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managed by - Reserve Bank of India Agriculture and Rural Development is India (SIDBI) was established in - 1990
⬥ Reserve Bank of India was nationalised situated at - Mumbai
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the basis of the recommendations of of - RBI ⬥Currency with the public (CU) + Demand
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⬥ Rural Employment Generation affordable cost to the poor is called was fixed to establish tiny sectors was
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- 2016 ⬥Digital India programme was launched ₹10 lakh was started in - 2015
⬥ Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana on -1st July, 2015 ⬥ The maximum amount of loan
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globe and strengthen India’s wild animal attacks
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manufacturing sector is the main - PM Fasal Bima Yojana
⬥India's first fisheries business incubator
objective of - Makein India ⬥ The Swasth Bharat Yatra campaign was
was inaugurated in - Gurugram
⬥
The Micro Finance Scheme for women launched for - Foodsafety
⬥
Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan is
with a rebate in interest is ⬥ Make in India programme focused on
a voluntary and contributory Pension
- Mahila Samridhi Yojna the - Manufacturing sector
Scheme for
⬥The Udyam Abhilasha Program was ⬥ PM-AASHA is a government scheme
- Unorganized Workers (18 to 40 age)
introduced by - SIDBI launched for -Farmers
⬥The Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen
⬥Full form of SIDBI is ⬥ Jal Marg Vikas initiative deals with
Kaushalya Yojana was announced by the
- Small Industries Development Bank of - Inland waterways
Ministry of Rural Development in - 2014
India
⬥The “Indradhanush” framework, an Indian
⬥The Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima
government initiative, is for revamping of Defence Exams
Yojana was launched in - 2015
- Private Sector Banks
⬥The Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima
⬥Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana was ⬥ The Atma Nirbhar Skilled Employee
Yojana is available to people in the age
launched in - 2014 Employer Mapping (ASEEM) portal was
group of - 18 to70 years
⬥Pension provided to all people aged 60 launched by the
⬥The Pension Fund Regulatory &
years or above and belonging to below - Ministry of Skill Development and
Development Authority Act) PFRDA
the poverty line is under the scheme Entrepreneurship (MSDE)
regulates
- Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension ⬥ The Uttar Pradesh government launched
- National Pension Scheme (NPS)
Scheme One District-One Product scheme in
⬥Opportunities for rural employment and
⬥The financial inclusion scheme to prompt - January 2018
credit facilities at a concessional rate of
the unorganized workforce to join the ⬥ Under Pradhan Mantri Formalisation
interest are provided by
National Pension Scheme is of Micro Food Processing Enterprises
- Integrated Rural Development
- Atal Pension Yojana (2015) (PMFME Scheme), a Self-Help Group is
Programme (IRDP)
⬥F2S (Farm to Shop) trading platform provided with seed capital of - ₹40,000
⬥The 'Akshaya' project is related to the
where farmers sell their produce directly ⬥ The act referred to as the 'Right to Work'
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s it guarantees 100 days of employment
a from 1990 to 1992 After the ⬥’Towards Faster and More Inclusive
in a year - MGNREGA Act 2005 - Seventh five-year plan Growth’ was the theme of
⬥ Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, ⬥India began its industrialization journey - Eleventh five year plan
launched the Weekly Iron and Folic Acid uring the
d - 2nd Five-YearPlan ⬥ Objective of the first five year plan was
Supplementation (WIFS) program in ⬥The Five Year plan which was known - Agriculture development
- 2012 for introducing fiscal and economic ⬥ Fourth Five year Plan was launched with
reforms including liberalization specific objective of
State PCS Exams - Eighth (1992 to 1997) - Growth with Stability
⬥India launched its First Five Year ⬥ The timeframe of the second five year
⬥ The main objective of WIFS ( Weekly Iron plan in - 1951 plan of India was - 1956- 61
Folic acid Supplementation) program is ⬥
T he targeted growth rate of Eighth ⬥ The actual growth rate of the seventh
to reduce the prevalence and severity of Five Year plan was -5.6 % five year plan of India was - 6 %
anemia in - Adolescent (10-19 years) ⬥ T he targeted growth rate of Ninth ⬥ The Prime Minister during the eighth Five
⬥ The AMRUT scheme, which cover 500 Five Year plan (1997 to 2002) was 6.5% year Plan was - P. V. Narsimha Rao
cities was launched on - 25th June 2015 ⬥ The targeted growth rate of Seventh ⬥ First Five-year Plan focused on
⬥ The Prime Minister’s Employment Five Year plan (1985 to 1990) was 5.0% infrastructure development of
Generation Programme (PMEGP) was ⬥ The First five year plan was based - Power and transport sector
launched in - 2008 on - Harrod-DomarModel ⬥ Five year Plan which focused on rapid
⬥ The number of cities covered under ⬥The Second five year (1956 to 1961) industrialization of heavy and Basic
Smart Cities Mission at the time of its plan was also known as Industries - Secondplan
launch was -100 cities - MahalanobisPlan ⬥ Third Five Year plans were aimed at
⬥ In 2015, Union government ⬥ A fter which five year plan there was making India - Selfreliant
launched Pradhan Mantri Kaushal n
ot much emphasis on the public ⬥ The final approval authority for the five
Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) to provide s
ector - Ninth plan year plans in india was
- Skill development training ⬥
The category of industry that was - National Development Council
not classified under the Industrial ⬥ The Eighth Five Year Plan of India got
Policy Resolution 1956 delayed due to
Five-Year Plans - Cooperative sector - Political uncertainty at the Centre
⬥ In India, the Period of Plan Holiday was ⬥ Minimum Needs Programme was
SSC Exams - 1966 to 1969 introduced during the- Fifth five year plan
⬥ The plan that aims to coordinate ⬥ Actual growth rate during the tenth five
⬥ During the which Five Year Plan , three both private and public investment year plan of India was 7.6 percent
new integrated steel plants were set up through output targets is called ⬥The first seven Five Years Plans gave
with foreign collaboration - Indicative planning importance to - Self-Reliance
- Second five year plan (1956-61) ⬥ In India, the global financial crises ⬥ The Family Planning Programme was the
⬥ India introduced structural adjustment overlapped with the - Eleventh Plan major targets of the
policies during - 8th Five Year Plan ⬥ The target growth rate of Eleventh - Fourth Five year Plan
⬥ India-China war, Indo-Pak war and five year plan was 9% ⬥ The last five year plan of India was
Severe Drought are the reason of failure ⬥ Indicative planning was adopted in - 12th Plan (2012-17)
of which Five year plan? -Third India during - EighthPlan ⬥ ‘Poverty alleviation’ and ‘Attainment of
⬥ The duration of the 12th five year plan ⬥India adopted the concept of Five Year self-reliance’ were the two main
was -2012 to 2017 Plans from - USSR objectives Of - Fifth Five Year Plan
⬥ The duration of the 11th five year plan ⬥ The Planning Commission was ⬥ The 12th Five-Year Plan aims to achieve
was -2007 to 2012 replaced by NITI Aayog on Real GDP Growth Rate of 8 percent
⬥ India's first five year plan mainly focused - 1st January 2015 ⬥ The first Five-Year Plan (1928–32), of
on the development of - Primary sector ⬥ The Primary goals of Five year plans are world was implemented in Soviet Union
⬥ The third five year plan is also known as - Growth, Modernisation, equity and by -Joseph Stalin
- Gadgil Yojna Self-reliance ⬥The main focus of the First Five Year
⬥ The 'Removal of poverty' and 'attainment ⬥The second five-year plan introduced the Plan was to develop the - Primary sector
of self reliance' were main objectives of concept of state-run enterprises, inspired ⬥ The term of 10th Five Year Plan was
- 5thFive-Year Plan by - Russian model of industrialization - 2002-2007
⬥The long-term plan in India outlining ⬥ The Rourkela Steel plant was set up in ⬥ The Planning Commission was
objectives for over 20 years is referred to 1959 in collaboration with - Germany established by Jawahar Lal Nehru on
as - PerspectivePlan ⬥ Increase in Food production, economic - March 15, 1950
⬥The target growth rate of the Indian productivity, employment generation are ⬥ The targeted economic growth rate as
economy in 2nd five-year plan was 4.5% main objective of - 7th Five Year Plan per the Sixth Five year plan was 5.2%
⬥ In 1971, the slogan 'Garibi Hatao' was ⬥ The plan between the fifth five year plan ⬥ Faster, Sustainable, and More Inclusive
given by - IndiraGandhi and sixth five year plan is known as Growth was the aim of
⬥The duration of the first Five Year Plan - Rolling plan - Twelfth five year plan
was from - April 1951 to March 1956 ⬥ After independence, India launched its ⬥ The two Annual Programs during
⬥The duration of the Eighth Five Year Plan First fiver year plan in - 1951 1990-92 were implemented in India
was from - 1992to 1997 ⬥ The Five-year plan, which was running between - Seventh and eighth plan
⬥ The government opted for a plan holiday during 1971 Indo-Pak war was - Fourth ⬥ University Grants Commission (UGC), a
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tatutory body of higher education, was
S ⬥ Seventh Five Year Plan aimed to increase ⬥India's First Five Year Plan covered the
set up during - First five yearplan the rapid growth in production of period from - 1951 to1956
⬥ Industrial Policy Resolution-1956 laid the - Food grains ⬥
India's First Five Year Plan mainly
foundation of ⬥ Jawahar Rozgar Yojana started in focused in the development of
- Second Five-Year Plan (1956 -1961) - Seventh Five-Year Plan - primary sector
⬥ Third Five-Year Plan (1961-1966) was ⬥ Chairman of the planning commission ⬥
The Minimum Needs Programme was
designed by -DR Gadgil during the first five year plan introduced in - 1974
⬥ The targeted growth rate for the First - Jawaharlal Nehru ⬥The Planning Commission was set up on
Five-Year Plan (1951-1956) was 2.1%, but ⬥ Prime target of the first five - year plan - 15 March 1950
the achieved growth rate was 3.6% was - Development of agriculture ⬥
The Third Five -Year plan of India was
⬥ Pandit Nehru said "Planning is a ⬥ First Five-year Plan was based on launched under the leadership of
continuous movement towards desired - Harrod Domar growth model - Jawaharlal Nehru
goals" in the introduction of ⬥ Industrial Policy Resolution 1956 formed ⬥
The First Five-Year Plan in India achieved
- Third Five-Year Plan the basis of - Second Five Year Plan a growth rate of 3.6% against a target of
⬥ The New Economic Policy (NEP) of India ⬥ Industrial Policy Resolution 1956 was 2.1%
was implemented during the period of used for promoting industry in ⬥The Second five-year plan was based on
- Annual Plans (1991 - 92) - Backward regions - Mahalanobis model
⬥ The poverty eradication ('Garibi Hatao') ⬥ Growth, modernisation, self-reliance and ⬥
The Third Five-Year Plan is also called
was mentioned in equity were the primary goals of - Gadgil Yojna
- Fifth Five Year Plan (1974-79) - Five Year Plans ⬥
Green revolution was introduced during
⬥ The Fifth Five Year Plan was prepared ⬥ Objective of self-reliance was first - Third five year plan
and launched by - D.P.Dhar incorporated in - Third Five Year Plan ⬥The Nehru Rozgar Yojana (NRY) was
⬥ The main aim of the First Five Year Plan ⬥ In 2015, the Planning Commission was launched in - 7th Five-Year Plan
was - Agriculturalgrowth replaced with the - NITI Aayog ⬥Fifth five-Year Plan (1974-78) was
⬥ The Planning Commission is replaced by ⬥ Garibi Hatao slogan was given under suspended one year before the time
NITI (National Institution for - Fifth Five year Plan schedule by - JanataParty
Transforming India) Aayog on ⬥ Rural Landless Labour Employment ⬥
The principal task of the 2nd Five-Year
- 1st January 2015 Guarantee Programme (RLEGP) was Plan was to increase national income by
⬥ The Planning Commission was started in - Sixth Five YearPlan about -25% over the five years
established in - 1950 ⬥ Rolling Plan launched by the Janta ⬥The slogan ‘toward Faster and
⬥ Planning Commission was replaced by government during - 1978 to 1980 more inclusive growth’ was used in
NITI Aayog on - January 1, 2015 ⬥ Growth with stability and progressive - 11thFive Year Plan (2007-2012)
⬥ The target growth rate of the 10th achievement of self-reliance was the ⬥
'The benefits of economic development
Five-Year Plan was 8%, while the actual objective of - Fourth Five-Year Plan must accrue more and more to the
growth rate achieved was 7.6% ⬥ The actual growth rate of the ninth and relatively less privileged classes of
⬥ The Rolling Plan (1978-80) was tenth five years plans was society' was emphasized in
implemented between two five-year 5.4 percent, 7.6 percent respectively - 2nd Five-Year Plan
plans - the Fifth and theSixth ⬥ Organization responsible for collecting ⬥The Gadgil Formula for determining the
⬥ Indicative Planning in India was first data about unemployment using allocation of central assistance for state
introduced in Lakdawala Formula is plans in India was approved in - 1969
- 8th Five Year Plan (1992-1997) - Planning commision ⬥
The Second Five-Year Plan was aimed at
⬥ The vision of ‘Faster, Sustainable, and laying emphasis on
More Inclusive Growth’ was emphasized Railway Exams - Industrial sector
in - 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) ⬥
'Removal of poverty' (Garibi Hatao) and
⬥
How many Indian scheduled commercial ⬥The first Five-year Plan was launched in 'attainment of self reliance' were main
banks were nationalized in the Fourth - 1951 objectives of - Fifth Five-Year Plan
Five Year Plan (1969 -1974) ? -14 ⬥ Bharat Nirman, a program to upgrade ⬥
The slogan "Garibi Hatao" was
⬥ Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Yojana was rural infrastructure, was initiated by the given by - Indira Gandhi
started during - Eighth Five Year Plan Government of India under ⬥The young economist involved in drafting
⬥ Process of economic reforms introduced - Tenth Five Year Plan the First Five-Year Plan (1951-1956) was
in India in - Eighth Five-YearPlan ⬥Economic reforms were initiated by the - KN Raj
⬥ Development of industries and industrial Narasimha Rao government in ⬥Artisans related to handicrafts were
base in India was emphasized by - 8th five year plan supported by the 'Marketing Support and
- Second five-year plan ⬥License Raj was introduced during the Services Scheme’ during
⬥ Framework for the Second Five-Year Plan - 2nd Five Year Plan - 11th five-year plan
was conceptualized by ⬥The first Deputy Chairman of the ⬥
The private sector was given priority over
- P.C. Mahalanobis Planning Commission of India the public sector for the first time under
⬥ In Five year plans, Plan Holiday is from - Gulzarilal Nanda the - 7th Five-YearPlan
- 1966-1969 ⬥The second five -year plan gave high ⬥
Integrated Tribal Development Project
⬥ First 5 year plan started from priority to - Industrial development (ITDP) came into existence as a part of
- 1 April 1951 ⬥India adopted the policy of import - 5thfive year plan
⬥ Fifth Five-Year Plans was prepared and substitution during ⬥
Drought Prone area Programme was
launched by - DP Dhar - first seven (five-year) plans initiated in India during
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- 4th five-year plan (1969-1974) ⬥ The 11th Five-Year Plan ended in the ⬥As per Planning Commission
⬥ Targeted annual average growth rate in Year - 2012 (2011-2012) , the States have highest
GDP as per the Eleventh Five-Year Plan ⬥ Eight five-year plan was launched in percentage of population below the
-9% -1992 poverty line - Chhattisgarh
⬥The ‘architect of Indian Planning’ ⬥ Planned economic development began ⬥ As per Planning Commission (2011 -
- PC Mahalanobis in India with inception of the First Five 2012), the percentage of population
⬥ 60 cities and towns were proposed to be Year Plan in -1951 below the poverty line in Chandigarh was
supported for development as 'solar ⬥ The institution is at the forefront of 21.81%
cities’, during - 11th Five-YearPlan promoting cooperative federalism ⬥ As per Planning Commission (2011-12),
⬥‘Rolling plans’ were introduced in India - NITI Aayog the state has the least percentage of
During - Morarji Desai Government ⬥ Fiscal Policy in India is formulated by people living below poverty line
⬥
The Rourkela Steel Plant in Odisha was - Ministry of Finance - Goa (5.09%)
set up with the collaboration of ⬥ The first chairman of Planning ⬥ The policy of liberalization, privatization
Germany during the Commission was - Jawaharlal Nehru and globalization was announced as
- 2nd Five-Year Plan (1956-61) New Economic Policy by -
⬥
The final approval of Five year plans in Defence Exams - Prime Minister Narsimha Rao
India is done by ⬥ The New Economic Policy was
- National Development Council (NDC) ⬥ The Five Year Plan was first launched in introduced by ex-Finance Minister Dr
⬥
Hill area development programs were - USSR Manmohan Singh in - 1991
started during - 5th Five-Year Plan ⬥ Plan allocation in agriculture and ⬥ The policy of eliminating licenses for
irrigation as percentage of total plan importing a majority of goods is a form
Police Exams outlay was highest in- First Five year plan of - Liberalization
⬥ The First five-year plan was launched in ⬥TheIron and steel, Air transport, and
⬥ The objective of self-reliance was 1951, under the leadership of Mineral oils were listed in Industrial
incorporated in the - Third Five Year Plan - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Policy 1956 under - Schedule A
⬥The Five year plan whose objective was ⬥ The First Five Year Plan (1951–56) was ⬥ India improved its comparative
"Development with stability and based on ‘Harrod - Domer model’ and advantage in industries with
self-reliance" - Fourth Five Year Plan focused on - Primarysector medium-to-high technology content,
⬥ 'Below the Poverty Line' Census for the ⬥ The First Five Year Plan was drafted by through - Trade liberalization
8th Five year plan was conducted in - K N Raj ⬥The father of Green Revolution in the
- 1992 ⬥ During the first five-year Plan the national world - NormanBorlaug
⬥ India was the first country in the world to income was increased by 18.4% ⬥ The father of Green Revolution in India
have launched a National Programme for - M.S. Swaminathan
Family Planning in - First five year plan ⬥ The term 'green revolution' was
State PCS Exams
⬥ Growth with stability and Self Reliance coined by - Sir WilliamGaud
was the objective of ⬥The estimation of poverty line in India is
⬥ Five-Year Plan that emphasized on
- Fourth Five Year Plan based on the survey conducted by
“Holistic Human Development” is
⬥ The Rolling plan was implemented - National Statistical Office (NSO)
- 8th Five Year Plan
between which two five-year plans ⬥ The unemployment rate in urban areas,
⬥ The second five year plan (1956-61) was
- Fifth and Sixth as per the report of Periodic Labor Force
based on - Mahalanobis model
⬥ Objective of Removal of poverty and Survey (PLFS) 2020-21, is 6.7%
⬥The Five Year Plans were formulated,
Attainment of self-reliance was ⬥ Disinvestment in Public Sector Units
implemented and regulated by
associated with - Fifth Five-Year Plan (PSUs) is a process of - Privatization
- Planning Commission
⬥ The actual growth rate of the ninth and ⬥ The reasons of Migration is broadly
⬥ The Planning Commission was replaced
tenth five year plan was classified into 2 categories
in 2015 by a think tank called
5.4% and 7.6% respectively - Pull factor and Push factor
- NITI AAYOG
⬥ Three annual plans called Plan ⬥ The factors that force people to migrate
⬥ "Removal of Poverty (Garibi Hatao)" and
Holidays were announced during to another place are called- Push factors
"Self-Reliance" were declared as major
- 1966 to 1969 ⬥ Lack of jobs or opportunities, Poor
plan objectives in
⬥ Fifth Five year Plan was terminated by medical care, Poverty, and War and
- 5th Five-Year Plan (1974-78)
- Janata Party political conflicts are examples of
⬥ The last Deputy Chairman of the - Push Factor
Planning Commission of India was
Indian Economy: Central ⬥ The factors that attract people to settle
- Montek Singh Ahluwalia Problems and Planning in a new place are called - Pull factors
⬥ The approximate total budget outlay of ⬥ Better employment opportunities, Better
the First Five-Year Plan was educational opportunities, and Higher
SSC Exams living standards are examples of
₹2,069 crore
⬥ In 2015, the Union Government set up a - Pull factor
⬥ Transfer of government service or assets ⬥ Publicizes the data on poverty collected
committee related to the PPP model of
to the private sector, is called by NSO -NITI Aayog
infrastructure development, known as
- Privatization ⬥
The extent of poverty line suggested by
- Kelkar Committee
⬥ Undermined access to vital services for ‘the National Planning Committee (1938)’
⬥ National Commission for Farmers was
marginalized communities is a potential on the basis of minimum standard of
headed by - M. S. Swaminathan
outcome linked to - Privatization
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living ₹15-20 per capita per month called - Seasonal Unemployment conomy can sustain without causing
e
⬥ The Industrial Policy Resolution,1956 ⬥ The poverty line in India is calculated on Inflation is - Natural unemployment
classified the industries into the basis of - Calorie consumption ⬥ (Unemployed workers/Total labour
- Three categories ⬥ After the introduction of economic force) × 100 is formula to find
⬥ Workers who own and operate an reform policies in 1991, industrial - Unemployment rate
enterprise to earn their livelihood are licensing was not abolished in ⬥ Farmer’s professions is a type of
known as - Self-employed - Cigarettessector - Seasonal unemployment
⬥ People who regularly move in and out of ⬥ In 2011-2012, the percentage of the ⬥ Real wage unemployment is also known
the Poverty line, termed as population in India below the national as - Classical unemployment
- Churning poor poverty line was 21.9% ⬥ In pre-independent India, the first person
⬥ The concept of poverty line in ⬥ As per Industrial Policy Resolution 1956, to discuss the concept of the poverty line
pre-independent India was introduced by industries were classified on the basis was - DadabhaiNaoroji
- Dadabhai Naoroji of ownership into - 3 categories ⬥ A higher Gini index reflects
⬥ Unemployment in India is measured ⬥ As per Industrial Policy Resolution 1956, - Inequality in income distribution
using the methods prescribed by the first category industries will be owned ⬥ BPL is an economic benchmark related
- National Sample Survey Organisation controlled and developed by - State Only to threshold income. "BPL" stand for
(NSSO) ⬥ A three-year Disinvestment Commission - Below Poverty Line
⬥ Disguised unemployment and Seasonal was set up by the Union Budget of ⬥ When workers lose their current job and
unemployment are prevalent in - 1996-97 are in the process of finding another one
- Rural areas ⬥ The National Multidimensional Poverty - Frictional unemployment
⬥ People are unable to find a job during Index is released by the - NITI Aayog ⬥ Frictional unemployment is also known
some months of the year when the ⬥ Seasonal unemployment is mainly found as - Search Unemployment
demand for labour is lower than usual in - Rural areas ⬥ Long term unemployment is called
- Seasonal unemployment ⬥ Educated unemployed people are mainly - Chronic unemployment
⬥ The first Industrial Policy Resolution was found in -Urban areas ⬥ Type of seeds that played an important
passed in the year - 1948 ⬥ Higher cropping intensity is desirable for role in the Green Revolution in India
⬥ Unemployment can be eradicated by reducing unemployment in - High Yielding Variety (HYV)
- Industrial development -Rural economy ⬥ A business model that lets firms and
⬥ When more people are employed than ⬥ Monthly Per Capita Expenditure can be individuals buy and sell things over the
actually needed referred to in - Estimation of poverty Internet - E-Commerce
- Disguised unemployment ⬥ National poverty line for 2011-12 for ⬥ National Sample Survey organization
⬥ In 1991, balance of payment crisis in urban areas of India was estimated per (NSSO) conducts the Survey on
India led to the introduction of capita per month of - ₹1,000 employment and - Unemployment
- Economic reforms ⬥ National poverty line for 2011-12 was ⬥ To provide free and compulsory
⬥ Scheduled tribes and Scheduled castes estimated at per ₹ 816 capita per month education up to the age of 14 years, a
are most vulnerable to - Poverty for - rural areasof India policy framework was provided by
⬥ A household’s income falls below the ⬥ Unemployment created due to lack of - National Population Policy, 2000
amount required to sustain basic living employable skills among the educated ⬥ With respect to India’s foreign trade,
standards, it is called - Absolute Poverty youths - Educated unemployment 1991 is referred to as - year of division
⬥ The Food Corporation of India procures ⬥ Unemployment arising from the ⬥ Government of India initiated the
foodgrains from the farmers at mismatch between the jobs available comprehensive family planning
- Minimum Support Price (MSP) and the skills of the available workers in programme in the year - 1952
⬥ Licensing policy of the government was the market - Structural unemployment ⬥ Self Help Group takes care of
primarily aimed to promote ⬥ The number of people who are either - Debt Recovery
- Regional equality employed or unemployed but are actively ⬥ Purpose of the Licensing Policy in India
⬥The Industrial Policy of 1991 was looking for work is called - Labour force - To promote regional equality
introduced by Manmohan Singh on 24th ⬥ Unemployment rate in India is calculated ⬥ The poverty ratio in 2011-12 in rural India
July, 1991 during by - National StatisticalOffice has declined to 30.9 percent
- P. V. Narasimha Rao’s Government ⬥ Occupational structure and ⬥ The proportion of the population below
⬥The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade unemployment in India is indicated by the poverty line is
Practice (MRTP) Act was enacted in - Work participation rate - Poverty ratio or Headcount ratio
- 1969 ⬥ The minimum consumption expenditure ⬥ The poverty ratio in 2011-12 in Urban
⬥The state which has the least poverty (₹ per capita per month) set as a India has declined to 26.4 percent
according to the Multidimensional benchmark of the poverty line for rural ⬥ National Investment Fund to channelise
Poverty Index (MPI) 2021 - Kerala India in 1979 is 49.09 ₹ funds received from disinvestment
⬥The rise in unemployment in India due to ⬥ Organization associated with the proceeds of PSUs was created in - 2005
the 2008 financial crisis was an example estimation of the poverty line in India ⬥ The percentage of persons below the
of - Structural unemployment - NITI Aayog poverty line estimated in rural areas of
⬥ India's major businessmen - JRD Tata ⬥ Depression in an economy leads to India, in 2011-12 is 25.7%
and GD Birla devised the ‘Bombay Plan’ in - Cyclical unemployment ⬥ According to poverty statistics in India
- 1944 ⬥ A person contributes less than their (2011-12), percentage of population in
⬥ When people are unable to find jobs capability in - Disguised unemployment Chandigarh, below the poverty line is
during certain months of the year, it is ⬥ Lowest unemployment level a healthy 21.81%
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⬥ According to Poverty statistics in India from three to - Seven years ⬥ Industrial Policy Resolution of 1948
(2011-12), the lowest percentage of ⬥ The first ever Industrial Policy Resolution was first officially documented on
population below the poverty line is in of India was announced in - 1948 - 6th April
- Goa ⬥
Fiscal Responsibility and Budget ⬥ Notes demonetised in the year 2016
⬥ Antyodaya Anna Yozana (AAY) was Management (FRBM) Act was enacted in were - ₹500 and₹1,000
launched by the government to fight - 2003 ⬥The committee constituted in 2012 to
- Poverty ⬥The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade review the Poverty Measurement
⬥ Type of unemployment mostly found in Practices Act (MRTP) became effective Methodology - Rangarajan Committee
urban areas - Educated unemployment in - 1970 ⬥ Rupee devalued for the first time by
⬥ Poverty line measures poverty on the ⬥According to the Industrial Policy 1973, nearly37%intheyear - 1966
basis of Income level or private sector was allowed to apply for ⬥ A risk management strategy employed
- consumption expenditure the license only after having a total asset to offset losses in investments by
⬥ Lack of alternate employment of - Rs 20 croreor more taking an opposite position is - Hedging
opportunities other than agriculture, ⬥ The Commercial Paper (CP) used by ⬥ National Institution for Transforming
Illiteracy, Lack of capital is a cause of corporate houses in India was introduced India (NITI Aayog) was formed on
- Rural poverty in - 1990 - 1 January 2015
⬥ Committee formed to estimate poverty in ⬥The disinvestment process in Public ⬥ The Planning Commission was set up
2009 - Tendulkar committee Sector Enterprises in India started in on - 15March 1950
⬥ Percentage of people living below the - 1991 ⬥ In India, Minimum Support Price(MSP)
poverty line in Urban areas (2011-12) ⬥ The economic plan for India proposed by is recommended by
13.7% a group of industrialists and technocrats - Commission for Agricultural Costs
⬥ Employment for fewer than 6 months in in January 1944 - The Bombay Plan and Prices
the year preceding the Census is ⬥The ‘Peoples Plan’ (1945), an economic ⬥ State with highest proportion of people
- Marginal employment plan in India was formulated by - MN Roy who are multidimensionally poor - Bihar
⬥ Slow economic growth, increase in labor ⬥
Coal, Crude oil, Natural gas, Refinery ⬥ In India, Minimum Support Price(MSP)is
force, Lack of infrastructure development Products, Fertilizers, Steel, Cement, and declared by
are cause of - Unemployment Electricity are India’s - Department of Agriculture Cooperation
⬥ Increase in MSP for all mandated Rabi - Eight core industries and Farmers Welfare
crops for the marketing season 2021–22 ⬥Government essentially announces ⬥ Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is
was recommended by Minimum Support Price (MSP) for computed and published by
- Swaminathan Commission - 22 crops - Central Statistical Organization
⬥ The system of MSP was first introduced ⬥
The issue price in the Public Distribution ⬥ For the calculation of index of Industrial
for wheat in - 1966 - 67 System (PDS) indicates a price lower than Production, base year is - 2011-12
⬥ 10 % reservation in central government - market price ⬥ The minimum wages act was enacted
jobs under EWS category is available to ⬥ Poverty was identified on the basis of in -1948
persons with family income below cost of living by - Tendulkar committee ⬥ In 2011-2012, the poverty line for a
- ₹8 lakh ⬥Rangarajan Committee (2014) defines an person of rural India was
⬥ Chairman of NITI Aayog - Prime minister urban poor who has monthly per capita - Rs 816 per month
⬥ Chairperson of the Disinvestment consumption expenditure below ⬥ Real Estate Regulatory Authority was
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- Food security ⬥ The national poverty line for 2011-12 indicates - Food insecurity
⬥ PDS became TPDS for Targeted was estimated at Rs. 816 per capita per ⬥ Fair Price Shops are related to
consumers in - 1997 month for - Ruralareas - Public Distribution System
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price support program to help consumers was estimated at Rs. 1,000 per capita ⬥ The workforce population includes
in - 1967 per month for - Urbanareas people aged from -15 years to 59 years
⬥ In 2009-10, the Poverty line was
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In India, Petrol price were liberalized and ⬥
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- Karve Committee (1955) country's social and economic t
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⬥The Government of India extended the development - Technological Unemployment
validity of industrial licenses in 2014 - Human Development Index ⬥
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associated with - Income inequality - Trade deficit r elative to another at current exchange
⬥The Lorenz curve indicates ⬥
The statistical statement that rates and prices is - Real exchange rate
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s ⬥ The headquarter of the National Stock
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occupational pattern of job vacancies given period is known as - Mumbai
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imports, the country is said to have a ⬥ Most of India's foreign trade takes place
State PCS Exams - Favourable balance of trade through - Sea and airroutes
⬥When exports are higher than imports, it ⬥ The downward adjustment to a country's
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⬥ Oldest stock exchange in India - Foreign direct investment (FDI)
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⬥ NIFTY of NSE (National Stock Exchange) ⬥ The Liberalized Exchange Rate
is an index of trading of top Management System (LERMS) was
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in terms of domestic currency is called
⬥ Foreign Exchange Management Act ⬥ The process of reducing barriers to trade
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of parties are - Two or more countries
exchange of - Asia - Trade integration
⬥ Trade agreement between two parties is
⬥ Securities and Exchange Board of India
called - Bilateral Trade agreement
(SEBI) protects investors in a Police Exams
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- stock market
imports or exports is a - Free trade
⬥ First stock exchange in India to launch ⬥ Tariffs and quotas in the trade issue are
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⬥ The Foreign Exchange Regulation Act
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(FEMA) ⬥ In the context of external debt, the ECBs
⬥ The payments made by the government ⬥Establishing SEZs, flexible labor laws, stands for
to individuals without any corresponding Curbing trade barriers etc steps have - External Commercial Borrowings
production of goods or services defined b
een taken by the government to attract ⬥ An account which helps investors hold
as - Transferpayments - Foreign Investment shares and securities in an electronic
⬥A set of accounts that summarise a ⬥Type of goods and services a country format - Demat account
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India was established as a statutory C
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body in - 1992 b
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⬥ BSE secured a trademark for its iconic - Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 launched under the leadership of
building Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers at ⬥ PM Gati Shakti, single window clearance, - PV NarasimhaRao
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market capitalization of 8 trillion INR in - Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) ⬥ The process of removing
Indian stock markets ⬥ A set of accounts that summarizes a government-imposed limits or
- Reliance Industries country’s transactions with the rest of the impediments is known as- Liberalisation
⬥ When the value of imports exceeds the w
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value of exports, it is known as a ⬥
T he purchasing power of a currency were formally introduced in - 1991
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⬥ The free movement of ideas, capital, nation to achieve - Self-reliance authorities to control - Inflation
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countries during a specific period is - Fiscal deficit
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he form of cash, gold or other securities
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- Foreign Portfolio Investment required to keep in the form of liquid
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⬥ Bonds that are issued outside India by assets, a fraction of
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and time liabilities is known as chaired by
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- Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) - Governor, Reserve Bank of India
⬥ The general target of the monetary
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policy is to ensure - Price stability
earned higher returns than its - Government of India
⬥The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget
benchmark index, the difference ⬥ Cash Reserves Ratio are deposits which
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effect in - 2004
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they can trade in stocks is called banks - Reverse Repo Rate
monetary policy Instruments of - RBI
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⬥ The ratio of liquid assets to net demand
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⬥ Security and Exchange Board of India ⬥ Tenors of Treasury bills issued by the
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was given Statutory Powers through Government of India
reserves with itself in liquid form in the
SEBI Act in - 1992 - 91 days, 182 days, and 364 days
short term, referred as
⬥ The India-Sri Lanka Commercial Free ⬥ Bank rate is aligned to
- Statutory liquidity ratio (SLR)
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⬥ A certain percentage of cash that all
⬥ The SENSEX, cross the 5000 point mark ⬥ A tradable instrument issued by the
banks have to keep with the RBI as a
for the first time in - 1999 Central Government or the State
deposit is - Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
⬥ Integration between countries through Governments - Government securities
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foreign trade and foreign investment by ⬥ Risk-free gilt-edged instruments
borrow money from the Reserve Bank of
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⬥ Act East is a - Foreign policy Development Council (FSDC) of India is
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needed by the government
place in - New Delhi the year - 2003
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the year - 2003
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work for 1 hour on any day during the
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information during an authorized banking ⬥ A joint partnership arrangement in - May 2016
transaction -Skimming Islamic finance in which profits and ⬥ Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
⬥ An asset that has remained in the losses are shared - Musharakah (TIFR), a public research institution is
substandard category for a period of 12 ⬥ A leasing arrangement where an asset or located in - Mumbai
months is classified as - Doubtful asset service is leased for a set duration in ⬥ Out of the 10 digits in the UPC barcode
⬥ Consumer Protection Act was enacted in exchange for regular payments - Ijarah pattern, the first 5 digits identify the
- 1986 ⬥ The consumer complaint body of the - Manufacturer or supplier
⬥ Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Advertising Standards Council of India ⬥ In the context of provident fund, UAN
Prize in economics in -1998 (ASCI) is stands for - Universal Account Number
⬥ ‘A world in which people and the planet - Consumer Complaints Council (CCC) ⬥ A growth process that yields
can thrive in balance’ was the objective of ⬥ An economic situation in which broad-based benefits and ensures
- 'Doughnut Model' of development all-available labour resources are being equality of opportunity for all
⬥ The ‘Doughnut model’ of economics was used in the most efficient way possible - Inclusivegrowth
proposed by - Kate Raworth - Full employment ⬥ The Handbook of Statistics on the Indian
⬥ According to Malthusian theory, ⬥ Real wage rate is equal to the Economy is published by -RBI
Populationgrows in - Marginal Productivity of Labour
- Geometric progression ⬥ The actual or realized value of a variable Police Exams
⬥ A characteristic of human wants in terms as opposed to its planned value is called
of economics is - Wants are satiable - Ex post ⬥ The Green Revolution was commenced
⬥ Curve thatdepicts the relationship ⬥ Life expectancy, Expected years of nder the leadership of
u
between environmental degradation and schooling, Gross National income per - Lal Bahadur Shastri
per capita income capita are the parameters used to ⬥ The SARFAESI Act was enacted in the
- Environmental Kuznets curve calculate - HDI year - 2002
⬥ Methodological individualism or the
⬥ The full form of GDFCF is ote : SARFAESI A
N ct stands for -
idea that people will act in meaningful
- Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation Securitisation and Reconstruction of
ways - Austrian economic thought
⬥ Maximum number of full time Deputy
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note of India is - Fluorescent Blue
inancial Assets and Enforcement of
F
⬥ In 2005, National Statistical
Security Interest
Commission was set up on the
⬥ The first Industrial Policy Resolution was recommendations of
passed in - 1948 - Rangarajan Commission
⬥ The committee constituted in 1955 for ⬥ Prevention of Money Laundering Act
village and small-scale industries was (PMLA) deals with - Economic offences
- Karve Committee ⬥ Human Development Report is
⬥ The General agreement on Tariffs and published by - UNDP
Trade (GATT) was formalised in - 1947 ⬥ Tribal Cooperative Marketing
⬥ The Central Vigilance Commission was Development Federation was formed in
set up in - 1964 - 1987
⬥ The period between 1901-1921, India's ⬥ Special Drawing Right (SDR) value is
population growth was stagnant due to based on a basket of -Five currencies
- Birth rate and death rate were high
⬥ The act that legally entitles 75% of rural
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Population to receive subsidised food
grains under
⬥
Equity, Productivity, empowerment, and
- National Food Security Act, 2013
sustainability are considered to be the
⬥ Z-score is an insolvency prediction
four pillars of - Human Development
formula, developed by
⬥
The only country in the world that
- Dr. Robert Altman
officially measures its progress by Gross
⬥ The Indian Rupee was de-linked from
National Happiness is - Bhutan
the Pound Sterling in -1975
⬥ Idea of deficit financing was first mooted
⬥ The decennial census of India is
by - John Maynard Keynes
conducted under - Census Act, 1948
⬥ The Human Development concept was
⬥ India launched a national program for
developed by economist- Mahbub ul Haq
family planning in the year - 1952
⬥
Engel curve indicates
⬥ Agricultural and Processed Food
- Income and proportion of expenditure
Products Export Development Authority
of food
(APEDA) Act was passed in - 1985
⬥ The SWIFT (The Society for Worldwide
⬥ Index of Industrial Production is
Interbank Financial Telecommunication)
computed and published on
is a - Global Money Transfer System
- Monthly basis
⬥ First Republic India banknotes were
issued in the denominations of ₹2, ₹5,
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₹10 and ₹100 in - 1950
⬥ The National Education Policy, 2020
⬥ Commission for Agriculture Cost and
emphasizes the integration of vocational
Prices (CACP) was established in
education into mainstream education
- January 1965
from - Grade 6 onwards
⬥ CACP was earlier named as
⬥ The Global Gender Gap Report is
- Agriculture Prices Commission
released by - World Economic Forum
⬥ Full form of NSSO is
⬥ The book ‘From Dependence to Self
- National Sample Survey Office
Reliance’ was written by - Bimal Jalan
⬥ The Chairman of 15th Finance
⬥ The scholar who conducted the research
Commission of India - NK Singh
whose outcome was ’Poverty is regarded
⬥ Death of a child under the age of one
as a social problem’ is - Charles Booth
year per 1000 live births can be
⬥ The idea of ‘Rurbanization’ was
described as - Infant mortality rate
elaborated by - G.SGhurye
⬥ ‘A Plan of Economic Development for
⬥ ’Theory of three stages of social
India’ also known as Bombay plan was
development’ was originally propounded
prepared in - 1944
by - AugusteComte
⬥ The phrase ‘Gross National Happiness’
⬥ The concept of "Marginal Man" was
was first coined in - Bhutan
propounded by - Robert E. Park
⬥ Index of Economic Freedom is released
⬥ The State Food Commission was
by - Heritage Foundation
established under the
⬥ ‘An Enquiry into the Nature and Cause
- National Food Security Act, 2013
of the Wealth of Nations’ was written by
⬥ It is a method of making automatic
- Adam Smith
predictions about the interest of a user
⬥ Head office of Insurance Regulatory
by collecting preferences
and Development Authority of India is
- Collaborative Filtering
located in - Hyderabad
⬥ The colour of the new ₹50 currency
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- Fresnel's Equations ⬥ Gold and copper absorb Blue and violet
Physics ⬥ The type of shadow formed when a light and reflect - Yellowlight
small source of light is casted on an ⬥ The absolute refractive index of
opaque object - Sharp shadow Diamond is - 2.42
Light and Optics ⬥ A spherical mirror whose reflecting ⬥ Wavelengths of sunlight absorbed by
surface is curved outwards - Convex water molecules in the ocean are
⬥ The size of the image formed by a - Red, Green,and yellow
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convex mirror when the object is placed ⬥ Lateral inversion of light is shown by
at infinity is - Point size - Plane mirror
⬥In a concave mirror, when an object is
⬥ The nature of the image formed by a ⬥ The Blue color of sky is due to
placed at focus (F) then the position and
convex mirror when the object is - Scatteringof light
nature of the formed image, respectively,
placed at infinity is ⬥ Full form of LED is - Light Emitting Diode
will be - At infinity, highly enlarged, real
- Virtual erect and diminished ⬥ ‘Myopia’ is also known as
and inverted
⬥ The absolute refractive index of air is - Near-sightedness
⬥ The opening of the diaphragm of a lens
- 1.0003 ⬥ Scattering of light by molecules of a
that spatially limits the propagation of
⬥ The part of the eye that regulates light medium when they are excited to
light is termed as - Aperture
entering the eye by adjusting the pupil vibrational energy levels is termed as
⬥ A device which narrows a beam of
size is - Iris - Raman Effect
particles or waves is called - Collimator
⬥ An image which can be obtained on a ⬥ Deviation of light rays from their original
⬥ White light is an example of
screen is called a - Real image path when they pass from one medium to
- Polychromatic light
⬥ When an opaque object comes in the another is - Refraction
⬥ The mirror used in solar cookers is
path of light, it forms - Shadow ⬥ Mountain tops acquire a rosy or orange
- Concave mirror
⬥ White light is a mixture of - 7 colors hue around sunrise and sunset due to
⬥The reflecting telescope was invented
⬥ Materials, through which things can be - Alpenglow
by -Isaac Newton
seen are called - Transparent materials ⬥ The total number of images formed by
⬥ The mirror used in telescope is
⬥ Mirrors used as a rear view mirror in two mirrors inclined at 120° to each
-Concave mirror
Vehicles are - Convex mirror other is - 2
⬥The minimum distance of distinct
⬥ The angle between a reflected ray and ⬥ The number of images formed when two
vision is - 25 cm
the normal drawn at the point of mirrors are placed at an angle theta(θ ) to
⬥The colour of light from VIBGYOR having
incidence to a reflecting surface is each other is given by - (360°/θ ) - 1
minimum energy, lowest frequency and
called - Angle of Reflection ⬥ Refractive index of Crown Glass and
the longest wavelength is -Red
⬥ An image formed by the convex mirror Canada Balsam is - 1.55
⬥ The colour of light from VIBGYOR
is always - Virtual anderect
having maximum energy, highest
⬥ Behind the cornea, there is a dark Railway Exams
frequency and the shortest wavelength
muscular structure called -Iris
is - Violet
⬥ Power of a convex lens is represented ⬥If a ray of light is incident passing
⬥ In diffraction of white light by a prism,
as a - Positivenumber through the centre of curvature of a
the colour of light from VIBGYOR which
⬥ Power of a concave lens is represented concave mirror, then the angle between
will be bent the most and the least,
as a - Negativenumber the incident ray and the reflected ray will
respectively, are - Violet andRed
⬥In concave mirror if position of object is be equal to - 0°
⬥ Type of lens used in the upper part of
at F, and position of image is at infinity, ⬥ For a lens the second principal focus is
the bi-focal lens - Concave
then size of image is - highly enlarged the position of the real image whose
⬥ The diameter of largest lens objective
⬥In concave mirror if position of object is object is at - Infinity
used at Yerkes Observatory in
between C and F, and position of image ⬥ For a lens the first principal focus is the
Wisconsin, USA is - 40 inches
is beyond C, then size of image is position of the object whose image is at
⬥ The horizontal field view of one eye in
- Enlarged - Infinity
human being is - 150°
⬥In concave mirror if position of object is ⬥ A boy focusses a sharp image of a
⬥Speed of light in Vacuum - 3 × 108 km/s
beyond C, and position of image is distant object on a screen using a lens,
⬥ The type of object which is responsible
between F and C, then size of image is then distance between the lens and
for formation of shadow is - Opaque
- diminished screen is equal to - focal length
⬥ Butter Paper is an example of
⬥ The mirror formula for spherical mirror ⬥ The focal length of a convex mirror or a
- Translucentobject
is - 1/v + 1/u = 1/f convex lens is always - Positive
⬥ The reason due to which soap bubbles
⬥ The splitting of white light into its ⬥
The apparent position of a star keeps on
look colourful in white light
component colors is called changing slightly due to
- Interference of light
- Dispersion - atmospheric refraction of starlight
⬥ Lightning is seen before sound of
⬥ The reflection on a bathroom mirror, and ⬥The twinkling of a star is due to
thunder due to - Faster speed of light
glare on a pair of glasses are caused by - atmospheric refraction of starlight
compared to sound
- specularreflection ⬥ Line joining the pole and the center of
⬥Lens that converges the rays is called
⬥ Germanium and Silicon are some types curvature of a spherical mirror is known
- Converging lens
of - Semiconductors as - Principalaxis
⬥
Convex lens is a - Converging lens
⬥ Gallium phosphide, Indium gallium ⬥ Planets do not twinkle because they act
⬥ The equations that describe reflection
nitride and Gallium arsenide are used in as - extended source oflight
and transmission of electromagnetic
- light emittingdiode ⬥ The power of the lens is inversely
waves at an interface
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proportional to - focal length ⬥ The stars are visible above their actual used to make - spherical lens
⬥
SI unit of Power of lens is - Diopter osition at night due to
p ⬥ Most ordinary gasses do not show
⬥ Lens formula is given by - - Atmospheric refraction dispersion with - Visiblelight
1 1
(𝐼𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 - 𝑂𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑑 𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 = 𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ )
1 ⬥ T he focal length of a spherical mirror is ⬥ A reflected ray will follow the same path
equal to half of its but in reverse direction when it passes
⬥ Formula of Refractive Index of medium A
-Radius of curvature through the pole and is perpendicular to
with respect to medium B is given by
𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑜 𝑓𝑙 𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑖 𝑛𝑚
𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑚𝐵 ⬥ Red color is scattered least by - Focal plane
- ( 𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑜 𝑓𝑙 𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑖 𝑛𝑚 )
𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑚𝐴 - Fog or smoke ⬥ The colour that is scattered the most by
⬥ Magnification formula for a lens is given ⬥ Red color has the - Shortest frequency the larger particles in VIBGYOR is - Red
-( 𝑂𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝐷 𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 ) ⬥ Red color has the - Highest wavelength ⬥ When light is passed through a prism,
𝐼𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒𝐷 𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
by
⬥ The angle between the incident ray and ⬥ The focal length of a concave lens as refraction of light occurs - two times
the emergent ray is called well as of a concave mirror is always ⬥ When we observe the floor of a
- Angleof deviation - Negative swimming pool filled with water it looks
⬥ The component of white light which ⬥
With no atmosphere, the colour of the - less deep than it actuallyis
deviates most on passing through a s
ky would be - Black ⬥If the value of the refractive index
prism is - Violet ⬥ When an object is placed at infinity and increases then deviation in direction of
⬥ Mirror formula is given by- at focus in concave mirror, it produces light - increases
1 1 1 - Real image ⬥ The distance between Centre of
(𝐼𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 + 𝑂𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑑 𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 = 𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ )
⬥The time difference between actual curvature and pole is known as
⬥A lemon kept in water in a glass tumbler sunset and apparent sunset is about - Radiusof curvature
appears to be bigger due to - 2 minutes ⬥When light is incident along the normal
- Refractionof Light ⬥ Optical Centre always lies on the and passes from air to water then the
⬥Violet color has the highest principal axis of - Lens direction of light - doesn’t change
- Refractiveindex ⬥ The angle of incidence for a ray of light ⬥ The principle of refraction is used in
⬥The angle of incidence for a ray of light incident on a glass slab along its normal - Spectacles
incident along the principal axis of a is - 0° ⬥ The point on the principal axis which is
convex mirror is - 0° ⬥ The angle between the incident ray and equidistant from the curved surface of a
⬥If a ray of light travelling in air enters a normal is called - Angle of incidence spherical mirror is called
glass slab then angle of incidence is ⬥ Milk appears white because it reflects all - Radiusof curvature
greater than - Angle of refraction wavelengths of - Visiblelight ⬥A rainbow is formed due to all
⬥If a ray of light travelling in air enters a ⬥ Random wavering of objects seen combination of
glass slab then angle of incidence is through a turbulent stream of hot air - refraction, scattering and dispersion
equal to - Angle of emergence rising above a fire is due to ⬥ The phenomenon that makes the path of
⬥ If a ray of light travelling in air enters a - Atmospheric refraction light visible is called - scattering of light
glass slab then the emergent ray is ⬥ When light travels from one medium to ⬥ Plane and curved surfaces both follow
parallel to -Incident ray another medium then the incident ray, - Lawsof reflection
⬥The value of absolute refractive index of reflected ray and normal all lie on ⬥ Stick immersed in water appears bent
a medium is always - more than 1 - same plane due to the phenomenon of
⬥ Virtual and erect images are always ⬥ No scattering of light takes place in - Refractionof light
formed by - convex and plane mirrors outer space, due to which it looks - black ⬥ For reflection of light by a spherical
⬥Red color has the minimum ⬥ Concave mirror has a depression mirror, a concave mirror converges the
- Refractiveindex towards the center of sphere with polish light rays incident parallel to its
⬥A beam of white light falling on a glass opposite to - center of curvature - Principal axis
prism gets split up into - 7 colors ⬥ The reddish appearance of the sun at the ⬥ For reflection of light by a spherical
⬥ When Light travels from rarer medium to time of sunrise is due to mirror, concave mirrors can form both
denser medium, it bends - Scatteringof light - Real and virtualimages
- towardsthe normal ⬥At focus,light from a point source is ⬥ When light passes from water to air its
⬥ From a point source of light, optical rendered parallel by - concave mirror speed - increases
devices that can produce a parallel beam ⬥ To obtain sharp signals from a dish ⬥ When a thin beam of white light is
of rays antenna, the receiver of the dish antenna passed through a prism the light gets
- Convex lens and Concave mirror should be placed - dispersed
⬥ When an object is placed in front of a - in front of thedish at F ⬥ Mirror used by dentist is - Concave
convex mirror at a point between infinity ⬥ If the sign of magnification is negative ⬥ Mirror used in Street Lights is - Convex
and the pole of the mirror then image then nature of image is ⬥ Mirror used in Solar Furnace is
formed is - virtual anderect - Real, inverted andsmaller - Concave
⬥ The flattening of the disk of the Sun at ⬥ When a pencil is immersed in water it ⬥ The emergent ray from the optical
sunrise and sunset is due to appears bent due to - refraction center of the lens remains - Un-deviated
- Atmospheric refraction ⬥ The height of the image of an object ⬥ The relation between refractive index(μ),
⬥ White colour in clouds is due to below the principal axis of a spherical speed of light in air (c) and speed of light
- Scatteringof Light mirror is - Negative 𝑐
⬥ The color of scattered light depends on in the medium (v) is - (μ = )
⬥The angle of deviation is inversely
𝑣
the size of - Scattering particles proportional to - Wavelength ⬥A marble kept in water appears to be
⬥ Very fine particles scatter mainly ⬥Water, cellophane, and clear glass can be bigger because water acts as a
- Blue light
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- convex lens convex lens, the object should be placed ⬥ Photolysis is a decomposition reaction
⬥The line joining the two foci of a lens is - betweenF1 and 2F1 caused by - Light
called - Principalaxis ⬥ Light rays passing from air into a glass ⬥ If you look into a mirror and find that the
⬥ Ratio of Sin i and Sin r is known as prism bend towards - normal image (your reflexion) is smaller than you
- Refractiveindex ⬥ Red color is used for - Danger signal then the type of mirror is - Convex
⬥For inverted and enlarged image, object ⬥ The color of scattered light depends on ⬥
The phenomenon when your left
should be placed between C and F of - Size of scattering particles appears as the right and vice versa in a
- Concavemirror ⬥ The distance of the principal focus F mirror is called - Lateral inversion
⬥ Excessive curvature of eye lens leads to from the pole P of the spherical mirror is ⬥ The velocity of light in vacuum is
- Myopia called - Focal length(f) - 3 × 108ms-1
⬥ The two colors of spectrum that forms ⬥ New Cartesian sign convention is ⬥ The centre of the reflecting surface of a
the extremes are - Violet and Red followed while dealing with reflection spherical mirror is called - Pole
⬥ The ability of the eyes to focus on both, of light by - Spherical mirrors and lenses ⬥Objects that do not produce light
near and distant objects, by adjusting its ⬥ A set of sign conventions followed while themselves are called
focal length, is called dealing with reflection of light by - Non-LuminousObjects
- Accommodation of the eyes spherical mirrors is called ⬥
Moon is a - Non-Luminous Object
⬥ An optical phenomenon in which a - New Cartesian sign convention ⬥A curved mirror where the reflecting
distant object appears to be present, ⬥Ascending order of Refractive indices of surface is curved inwards is called
even though it is not actually there is materials is - Air, Water,Glass -concave mirror
called - Mirage ⬥The structure of the eye which serves to ⬥The diameter of the reflecting surface of
⬥ The ability of a medium to refract light is refract and focus light rays upon retina is a spherical mirror is called - Aperture
also expressed in terms of its called - Lens
-Optical density ⬥ A ray of light passing through the optical Police Exams
⬥The center of the reflecting surface of a center of a concave lens emerges after
spherical mirror is a point called - Pole refraction - without any deviation ⬥In concave mirror, if position of object is
⬥The Photovoltaic effect principle is ⬥ To obtain the same size image at 2𝐹2 at F, and position of image is at infinity,
related to - Solar powersystems fter refraction by a convex lens the
a then size of image is - Highly enlarged
⬥Formation of rainbow is the example of object should be placed at -2𝐹
1 ⬥ In concave mirror, if position of object is
- Refractionof light between C and F, and position of image
⬥To get a virtual, erect and enlarged image
⬥ Image formation by human eye is an is beyond C, then size of image is
behind a concave mirror the object
example of - Refraction oflight - Enlarged
should be placed between
⬥ The lens which is thin in the middle and ⬥In concave mirror if position of object
- poleP and focus F
thick at its periphery is called is beyond C, and position of image is
⬥ The object is always placed to the left of
- Concave lens between F and C, then size of image is
the - sphericalmirror
⬥ The phenomenon of ‘dispersion of light’ - Diminished
⬥
All distances parallel to principal axis are
into its seven constituent colors was ⬥ The incident ray, the ray perpendicular to
measured from - Pole of the mirror
discovered by - Isaac Newton the point of incidence and the reflected
⬥All the distances measured to the right
⬥ When an opaque object comes in the ray all lie - in the sameplane
of the origin are taken as - Positive
path of light - shadow is formed ⬥ A frying pan is an example of an
⬥ For the distances perpendicular to the
⬥ Light Amplification by Stimulated -Opaque object
principal axis, the distance above and
Emission of Radiation is the full form of ⬥The lens system of human eye forms an
below the principal axis are taken as
- LASER image on a light sensitive screen called
- positive and negative respectively
⬥ Mirror used in torches, searchlights and the - Retina
⬥ To obtain a virtual, enlarged and erect
vehicle headlights is ⬥ The number of images formed if the light
image on the same side of a convex lens
-Concave mirror is reflected from two mirrors facing each
after refraction the object should be
⬥ Mirror used as rear view mirror in vehicle other - Infinit
placed between
is -Convex mirror ⬥Mirrors that is used as reflectors in
- focus F1and optic centerO
⬥ A virtual image larger than the object can search lights - Concave
⬥For concave lens, virtual and erect image
be produced by
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