History

Ch-1 The French Revolution:-

1. 14th July 1789 - Crowd Stormed And Destroyed Bastille

2. 1774 - Louis XVI Became The King Of France
3. 90% - Population Of Peasants
4. 60% - Land Owned By Clergy, Nobles, Richer Members Of 3rd Estate
5. 5th May 1789 - Convocation Of Estates General
6. 20th June 1789 - Declared Themselves As National Assembly
7. Night Of 4th August 1789 - Assembly Passed A Decree
8. 1791 - Draft Of Constitution Completed
9. April 1792 - Assembly Voted For War Against Prussia And Austria
10. Summer Of 1792 - Jacobins Planned An Insurrection
11. Morning Of 10th August - Stormed Into Place Of Tuileries And Held The Royal Family As Hostage
12. 21st September 1792 - Abolition Of Monarchy & France Became A Republic
13. 21st January 1793 - Louis XVI Executed At Place De La Concorde
14. 1793 To 1794 - Reign Of Terror
15. July 1794 - Robespierre Convicted
16. 1946 - Women In France Got The Right To Vote
17. 17th Century - Slave Trade Began
18. 1794 - Convention Abolished Slavery
19. 1848 - Slavery Abolished Completely
20. 1804 - Napolean Crowned As Emperor
21. 1815 - He Got Defeated At Waterloo

Ch-2 The Russian Revolution:-

1. 1815 - Giuseppe Mazzini, An Italian Nationalist Achieved Nationalism In Italy

2. 1771-1858 - Robert Owen
3. 1813-1882 - Louis Blanc
4. 1818-1883 - Karl Marx
5. 1820-1895 - Friedrich Engels
6. 1870 - Formation Of International Socialist Body - The Second International
7. 1905 - Socialists And Trade Unionists Formed Labour Party In Britain And Socialist Party In France
8. Till 1914 - Socialists Did Not Form A Government In Europe
9. 1914 - Tsar Nicolas II Ruled Russia
10. 1896-1897 - Strikes In Textile Industry
11. 1902 - Strikes In Metal Industry
12. Before 1914 - Political Parties Were Illegal
13. 1898 - Social Democratic Worker’s Party Founded By Socialists
14. 1917 - 7 Million Casualties
 15. 22nd February 1917 - Lockout Took Place
16. 25th February 1917 - Suspension Of Duma
17. 2nd March 1917 - Tsar Abdicated
18. April 1917 - Lenin Returned From His Exile
19. June 1917 - 500 Soviets Sent Representatives To An All Russian Congress Of Soviets
20. July-September 1917 - Peasants Seized Lands
21. 16th October 1917 - Lenin Persuaded Petrograd Soviet & Bolshevik Party To Agree To A Socialist
Seizure Of Power
22. 24th October 1917 - Uprising Of Bolsheviks
23. December 1917 - Moscow-Petrograd Area Controlled By Bolsheviks
24. November 1917 - Industry And Banks Nationalised
25. 1918 - Clothing Competition When Soviet Hat ‘Budeonovka’ Was Chosen
26. November 1917 - Elections For Constituent Assembly
27. January 1918 - Lenin Dismissed Assembly Since They Rejected Bolshevik Measures
28. March 1918 - Made Peace With Germany At Brest Litovsk
29. 1918-1919 - Civil War Between Bolsheviks And The Socialist Revolutionaries And The Pro-Tsarists
30. January 1920 - Bolsheviks Controlled Most Of The Russian Empire
31. December 1922 - Russian Empire Turned Into Soviet Union (USSR)
32. 1927-1932 - First 5-Year Plan
33. 1933 - 1938 - Second 5-Year Plan
34. 1929 - 1933 - 100% Increase In Production Of Oil, Coal And Steel
35. 1929 - Peasants Were Forced To Cultivate In Collective Farms
36. 1929-1931 - Cattle Population Fell By One-Third
37. 1930-1933 - Devastating Famine Due To Which 4 Million Died
38. 1939 - 2 Million In Prison Or Labour Camps
39. 1920 - Non-Russians Participated In The Conference Of The Peoples Of The East
Ch-3 Nazism And Rise Of Hitler:-
1. First World War - July 1914-November 1918
2. Political Radicalisation Due To Economic Crisis - 1923
3. US Dollar Equal To 24000 Marks - April 1923
4. US Dollar Equal To 353000 Marks - July 1923
5. US Dollar Equal To 4621000 Marks - August 1923
6. US Dollar Equal To 98860000 Marks - December 1923
7. Stability In Germany - 1924-1928
8. Wall Street Exchange Crashed In - 1929
9. 13 Million Shares Were Sold - 24th October 1929
10. Hitler’s Birth - 1889
11. Hitler Joined German Workers’ Party - 1919
12. Hitler Planned To Seize Control Of Bavaria - 1923
13. Nazi Party Became Large - 1932
 14. Hitler Was Offerred The Chancellorship - 30th January 1933
15. Mysterious Fire In Parliament Building - February 1933
16. The Fire Decree - 28th February 1933
17. Enabling Act Passed - 3rd March 1933
18. Germany Pulled Out Of The League Of Nations - 1933
19. Reoccupied The Rhineland - 1936
20. Integrated Austria And Germany - 1938
21. Germany Invaded Poland - September 1939
22. Tripartite Pact Was Signed In - September 1940
23. Germany Attacked Soviet Union - June 1941
24. End Of II World War - May 1945
25. Exclusion - 1933-1939
26. Ghettoization - 1940-1944
27. Annihilation - 1941-1945
28. Youth League Of The Nazis - 1922

Civics

Ch-1 What Is Democracy? Why Democracy?

1. October 1999 - Pervez Musharraf Led A Military Coup

2. 2002 - He Held A Referendum That Granted Him A 5 Year Extension
3. August 2002 - He Issued The “Legal Framework Order”
4. 2015 - Saudi Arabian Women Got Right To Vote
5. 1980 - Zimbabwe Attained Independence From White Minority
6. 2017 - Robert Mugabe Forced Out Of Office

Ch-2 Constitutional Design

1. 1964 - Nelson Mandela & 7 Other Leaders Were Sentenced To Life Imprisonment
2. 26th April 1994 - Freedom Day Of South Africa
3. 1928 - Motilal Nehru & 8 Other Congress Leader Drafted A Constitution
4. 1931 - Resolution In Karachi Session On How The Indian Constitution Should Look Like
5. July 1946 - Elections For The Constituent Assembly
6. December 1946 - First Meeting Of Constituent Assembly
7. 26th November 1949 - Adoption Of Constitution
8. 26th January 1950 - Came Into Effect & Republic Day
9. 1931 - Mahatma Gandhi’s Young India Magazine
10. 1976 - Socialist & Secular Were Added To The Preamble In 42 nd Constitutional Amendment
 Geography

Ch-1 India Size & Location

1. Latitudes - 8°4’N & 36°7’N

2. Longitudes - 68°7’E & 97°25’E
3. Tropic Of Cancer - 23°30’N
4. Total Land Boundary - 15,200 Km
5. Total Coastline Boundary - 7,516.6 Km
6. Standard Meridian - 82°30’E
7. North-South Extent - 3214 Km
8. East-West Extent - 2933 Km

Ch-2 Physical Features Of India

1. 2400 Km - Himalayan Arc

2. 400-150 Km - Kashmir-Arunachal Pradesh
3. 6000 M - Avg. Height Of Himadri
4. 3700-4500m = Avg. Height Of Himachal
5. 50 Km - Avg. Width Of Himachal
6. 900-1100m - Avg. Height Of Shiwaliks
7. 10-50 Km - Avg. Width Of Shiwaliks
8. 7 Lakh Sq.Km - Area Of Northern Plains
9. 2400 Km - Length Of Northern Plains
10. 240-320 Km - Breadth Of Northern Plains
11. Jhelum, Beas, Satluj, Ravi , Chenab - Tributaries Of Indus
12. Chambal, Betwa, Sind, Ken - Rivers Draining The Central Highlands
13. Mahadev, Kaimur Hills, Maikal Range - Eastern Extension Of Deccan Plateau
14. Maghalaya, Karbi-Anglong Plateau, North Cachar Hills - North-Eastern Extension Of Deccan Plateau
15. Garo, Khasi, Jaintia - Hills From West-East In Deccan Plateau
16. 900-1600m - Height Of Western Ghats
17. 600m - Height Of Eastern Ghats
18. Shevroy & Javadi Hills - South-Eastern Eastern Ghats
19. 2695m - Anai Mudi (Western Ghats)
20. 2637m - Doda Betta (Western Ghats)
21. 1501m - Mahendragiri (Eastern Ghats)
22. Minicoy, Amindive, Laccadive - Named As Lakshadweep In 1973
23. 32 Sq.Km - Area Of Lakshadweep

Ch-3 Drainage

1. Tributaries Of Indus Which Join In Kashmir Region - Zaskar, Nubra, Shyok, Hunza
2. Length Of Indus - 2900 Km
3. Indus Water Treaty - 1960
4. Tributaries Of Ganga - Yamuna, Ghaghara, Gandak, Kosi
5. Tributaries Of Ganga Which Come From Peninsular Uplands - Chambal, Betwa, Son
6. Length Of Ganga - 2500 Km
7. Ambala To Sunderban - 1800 Km
8. Namcha Barwa - 7757m
9. Tributaries of Brahmaputra - Dihang, Dibang, Lohit
10. Namami Gange Programme - June 2014
11. Main West Flowing Rivers - Sabarmati, Mahi, Periyar, Bharathpuzha
12. Length Of Godavari - 1500 Km
13. Tributaries of Godavari - Purna, Wardha, Pranhita, Manjra, Wainganga, Penganga
14. Length of Mahanadi - 860 Km
15. Length of Krishna - 1400 Km
16. Tributaries of Krishna - Tungabhadra, Koyana, Ghatprabha, Musi, Bhima
17. Length of Kaveri - 760 Km
18. Tributaries of Kaveri - Amaravati, Bhavani, Hemavati, Kabini
19. Notable Rivers Flowing Towards The East - Damodar, Brahmani, Baitarni, Subarnrekha
20. Important Freshwater Lakes - Dal Lake, Bhimtal, Nainital, Loktak, Barapani