Monday, 30 June 2014

TOWN SQUARE'S

TOWN SQUARE , CITY SQUARE, CIVIC CENTER, URBAN SQUARES



  • THE CITY  IN WHICH SQUARE KNOWN AS  'BENOY-BADAL-DINESH(B.B.D)  BAGH ' IS SITUATED 
KOLKATA
  • B.B.D BAGH SQUARE IS FORMERLY CALLED AS
DALHOUSIE SQUARE
  • THE CITY IN WHICH THERE IS A SQURE CALLED CONNAUGHT PLACE OTHER THAN NEW DELHI
HONG KONG
  • IN WHICH CITY TIANANMEN SQUARE IS SITUATED
BEIJING
  • THE YEAR IN WHICH STUDENTS  GATHERED IN TIANANMEN SQUARE WERE SHOT TO DEAD BY ARMY
1989 JUNE 4
  • LARGEST CITY SQUARE IN THE WORLD
XINGHAI SQUARE
  • THE CITY IN WHICH XINGHAI SQURE IS SITUATED
DALIAN (CHINA)
  • SECOND LARGEST CITY SQUARE IN THE WORLD
MERDEKA SQUARE (JAKARTA)
  • IN WHICH CITY PEOPLE'S SQUARE IS SITUATED
SHANGHAI
  • FAMOUS  AZADI SQUARE IS SITUATED AT
TEHRAN(IRAN)
  • IN WHICH CAPITAL CITY ZION SQUARE IS
JERUSALEM
  • RABIN SQUARE IS SITUATED AT
TEL AVIV (ISRAEL)
  • THE CAPITAL CITY IN WHICH MARTYR'S SQUARE IS SITUATED
BEIRUT (LEBANON)
  • SKANDERBERG SQUARE IS SITUATED AT
TIRANA (ALBANIA)
  • BASTILLE SQUARE IS IN
PARIS
  • ARISTOTELOUS SQUARE IS SITUATED IN
THESSALONIKI (GREECE)
  • THE CITY IN WHICH RED SQUARE IS SITUATED 
MOSCOW
  • TRAFALGAR SQUARE IS SITUATED IN
LONDON
  • FAMOUS SQUARE IN THE VATICAN CITY
ST. PETER'S SQUARE
  • THE CITY IN UNITED STATES IN WHICH  LINCOLN SQUARE,MADISON SQUARE AND TIMES SQUARE IS SITUATED
NEW YORK




ISLANDS

FACTS ABOUT ISLANDS


  • LARGEST ISLAND IN THE WORLD

GREENLAND

  • THE ISLAND WHICH IS LOCALLY KNOWN AS 'KALAALLIT NUNAAT

GREENLAND

  • MOST POPULATED ISLAND IN THE WORLD

JAVA OF INDONESIA

  • SECOND LARGEST ISLAND IN THE WORLD BY SURFACE AREA

NEW GUINEA

  • SECOND MOST POPULOUS ISLAND

HONSHU OF JAPAN

  • LARGEST VOLCANIC ISLAND IN THE WORLD

ICELAND

  • ISLAND KNOWN AS 'ISLANDS OF TORTOISES'

GALAPAGOS ISLAND

  • ISLAND CALLED AS 'THE PEARL OF ANTILLES'

CUBA

  • ISLAND CALLED AS 'EMERALD ISLAND'
IRELAND

  • LARGEST ARCHIPELAGO IN THE WORLD

INDONESIA

  • LARGEST ISLAND IN JAPAN

HONSHU

  • LARGEST ISLAND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

SICILY (PART OF ITALY)

  • THE RIVER IN WHICH THE THOUSAND ISLANDS IS SITUATED

SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER

  • ISLAND SITUATED  IN US-CANADA BORDER

THOUSAND ISLANDS

  • THE EASTER ISLAND WHICH IS FAMOUS FOR MONUMENTAL STATUES IS SITUATED IN

PACIFIC OCEAN

  • THE ISLAND IN THE INDIAN OCEAN WHICH IS A MILITARY BASE OF UNITED STATES

DIEGO GARCIA

  • LARGEST RIVER ISLAND IN THE WORLD

MAJULI

  • THE RIVER IN WHICH MAJULI ISLAND IS SITUATED

BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER

  • INDIAN CITY WHICH IS KNOWN AS 'CITY OF SEVEN ISLAND ' IS

MUMBAI

  • THE ISLAND WHICH IS CALLED AS 'NAKKAVARAM' IN ANCIENT TIMES

NICOBAR ISLANDS

  • THE ISLANDS WERE ALLEGEDLY LEASED TO THE  CHINA BY MYANMAR GOVERNMENT

COCO ISLAND

  • INDIA'S ONLY ACTIVE VOLCANO BARREN ISLAND IS SITUATED AT

NORTHERN ANDAMAN

  • LARGEST ISLAND IN THE ANDAMAN -NICOBAR ISLANDS

MIDDLE ANDAMAN

  • NUMBER OF ISLANDS IN LAKSHADWEEP

36

  • LARGEST ISLAND IN LAKSHADWEEP

ANDROTH








Sunday, 29 June 2014

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

HEADQUARTERS OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS


  • UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION

NEW YORK

  • UNICEF(UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND)

NEW YORK

  • UNFPA (UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND

NEW YORK

  • WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION

GENEVA

  • INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANISATION

GENEVA

  • INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS

GENEVA

  • WTO(WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION)

GENEVA

  • UNESCO(UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION)
PARIS

  • INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

VIENNA

  • OPEC(ORGANISATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES)

VIENNA

  • IMF(INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND)

WASHINGTON DC

  • WORLD BANK

WASHINGTON DC

  • AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

LONDON

  • INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

THE HAGUE

  • SAARC(SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION

KATHMANDU

  • UN UNIVERSITY

TOKYO

  • UN LIBRARY
NEW YORK


CENTRAL FINANCE COMMISSIONS

FINANCE COMMISSIONS IN INDIA  


THIS IS A LIST OF FINANCE COMMISSIONS IN INDIA



FINANCE COMMISSION
YEAR OF         ESTABLISHMENT
        CHAIRMAN
      OPERATIONAL
             PERIOD
FIRST FINANCE COMMISSION
1951
K.C. NEOGY
1952-57
SECOND FINANCE COMMISSION
1956
K. SANTHANAM
1957-62
THIRD FINANCE COMMISSION
1960
A.K.CHANDA
1962-66
FOURTH FINANCE COMMISSION
1964
P.V.RAJAMANNAR
1966-69
FIFTH FINANCE COMMISSION
1968
MAHAVEER TYAGI
1969-74
SIXTH FINANCE COMMISSION
1972
K.BRAHMANANDA REDDY
1974-79
SEVENTH FINANCE COMMISSION
1977
J.M.SHELAT
1979-84
EIGHTH FINANCE COMMISSION
1983
Y.B.CHAVAN
1984-89
NINTH FINANCE COMMISSION
1987
N.K.P.SALVE
1989-95
TENTH FINANCE COMMISSION
1992
K.C.PANT
1995-2000
ELEVENTH FINANCE COMMISSION
1998
A.M.KHUSRO
2000-2005
TWELTH FINANCE COMMISSION
2003
C.RANGARAJAN
2005-2010
THIRTEENTH FINANCE COMMISSION
2007
Dr.VIJAY L.KELKAR
2010-2015
FOURTEENTH FINANCE COMMISSION
2012
Dr.Y.V REDDY
2015-2020
                                                                                     

TOURISM





  • THE COUNTRY RECEIVING MAXIMUM FOREIGN TOURIST ARRIVALS CURRENTLY
FRANCE
  • MONUMENT MOST VISITED BY TOURISTS IN THE WORLD
EIFFEL TOWER
  • THE COUNTRY WHICH IS KNOWN AS 'EEWONDER OF ASIA' IN TOURISM
SRI LANKA
  • NAME THE ISLAND KNOWN AS THE BIRTH PLACE OF ECO TOURISM
GALAPAGOS
  • TOURISM GOT INDUSTRY STATUS IN KERALA DURING THE YEAR
1986
  • FIRST PLANNED ECO-TOURISM PROJECT IN INDIA
THENMALA
  • FIRST STATE FROM INDIA TO DECLARE TOURISM AS AN INDUSTRY IS
KERALA
  • FIRST BIOSPHERE RESERVE IN INDIA
NILGIRI BIO-SPHERE RESERVE
  • WHERE IS GREAT BARRIER REEF
QUEENSLAND IN AUSTRALIA
  • NAME THE STATE IN INDIA HAVING MAXIMUM NUMBER OF WORLD HERITAGE SITES?
UTTAR PRADESH
  • WESTERN GHATS IS STRETCHED OVER HOW MANY STATES
6 STATES
  • THE STATE WHERE THE NATURAL HERITAGE SITE BHARATHPUR BIRD SANCTUARY IS
RAJASTHAN
  • HOW MANY NATURAL UNESCO HERITAGE SITES ARE THERE IN INDIA
6 NATURAL SITES
  • WHERE IS HUMAYUNS TOMB
DELHI
  • TOUR DE FRANCE IS RELATED WITH WHICH SPORTING EVENT
CYCLING
  • WHERE IS TABLE MOUNTAINS
CAPE TOWN
  • WHERE IS NAGARJUNA SAGAR DAM
NALGONDA
  • WORLD TOURISM DAY IS ON
SEPTEMBER 27 TH
  • WHERE IS SANCHI STUPA
NEAR BHOPAL IN MADHYA PRADESH
  • FIRST GREEN RAILWAY STATION IN INDIA
MANWAL STATION ON JAMM-UDHAMPUR ROUTE
  • BIRDING TOURISM DESTINATION CHILKA IS IN
ODISHA
  • WHERE IS GUINDY NATIONAL PARK
CHENNAI
  • NAME THE COMMUNITY RESERVE IN KERALA PROMOTING ECO-TOURISM
KADALUNDI-VALLIKKUNNU RESERVE
  • WHICH MONUMENT IS KNOWN AS THE TAJ OF DECCAN
BIBI KA MAQBARA BUILT BY AZAM SHAH
  • NAME THE CITY IN INDIA WHICH FIRST INTRODUCED METRO RAIL
KOLKATTA
  • VIVEK EXPRESS RUNS FROM KANYAKUMARI TO
DIBRUGARH IN ASSAM
  • MONUMENT MOST VISITED BY TOURIST IN INDIA
TAJ MAHAL
  • TOURIST CAPITAL OF INDIA
JAIPUR
  • GOLDEN TRIANGLE TOURISM CIRCUIT INCLUDES..
DELHI,JAIPUR,AGRA
  • NAME THE MONUMENT KNOWN AS THE TAJMAHAL OF THE POOR
BIBI KA MAQBARA



Saturday, 28 June 2014

EAST INDIA COMPANIES


ENGLISH , FRENCH,PORTUGUESE,DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANIES


  • GROUP OF MERCHANTS FORMED IN EUROPE FORMED FOR THE EXPLOITATION OF TRADE WITH EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA IS GENERALLY CALLED AS

EAST INDIA COMPANY

  • FIRST ESTABLISHED EAST INDIA COMPANY

ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY

  • THE YEAR IN WHICH EAST INDIA COMPANY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED

1600

  • THE EAST INDIA COMPANY WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1602

DUTCH EAST COMPANY

  •  DANISH EAST INDIA COMPANY ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR

1616

  • THE YEAR IN WHICH PORTUGUESE  EAST INDIA COMPANY STARTED

1628

  • EAST INDIA COMPANY WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1664

FRENCH EAST INDIA COMPANY

  • THE YEAR IN WHICH SWEDISH  EAST INDIA COMPANY STARTED

1731

  • LASTLY ESTABLISHED EAST INDIA COMPANY

AUSTRIAN EAST INDIA COMPANY  IN THE YEAR 1776

  • FIRST MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION IN THE WORLD

DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY

  • FIRST COMPANY TO ISSUE STOCKS

DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY

  • THE COMPANY WHICH  WAS FORMALLY DISSOLVED IN 1799 BECAUSE OF BANKRUPT
DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY

  • KING OF THE IBERIAN UNION WHO FORMED THE PORTUGUESE EAST INDIA COMPANY

PHILIP II

  • THE EAST INDIA COMPANY WHICH  IS OFTEN CALLED AS 'JOHN COMPANY'

ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY

  • THE EAST INDIA COMPANY WHICH WAS DISSOLVED IN 1874

ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY

  • THE RULER OF INDIA WHEN THE FORMATION OF ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY TOOK PLACE

AKBAR

  • WHO ESTABLISHED FRENCH EAST INDIA COMPANY

JEAN-BAPTISTE COLBERT



NOBEL LAUREATES OF INDIA

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS OF  INDIA





  • RABINDRANATH TAGORE                            LITERATURE                     1913



  • C V RAMAN                                                         PHYSICS                      1930



  • HAR GOVIND KHORANA                            MEDICAL SCIENCE              1968



  • MOTHER TERESA                                                PEACE                       1979



  • AMARTYA SEN                                        ECONOMIC SCIENCES               1998



  • VENKATRAMAN RAMAKRISHNAN                     CHEMISTRY                       2009


RAREST OF THE RARE



  • THE ONLY PERSON TO HAVE BEEN AWARDED BOTH A NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE AND OSCAR

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW


  • THE RAREST NATURALLY OCCURRING ELEMENT THAT IS NOT A TRANSURANIC ELEMENT

ASTATINE


  • THE SINGLE CELL GREEN ALGAE WHICH IS USED FOR PRODUCING OXYGEN IN SPACECRAFTS

CHLORELLA


  • THE MALAYALAM FILM WHICH WON THE PRESTIGIOUS BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE AWARD IN 1981

ELIPPATHAYAM


  • FIRST INTERNATIONAL DAY OBSERVED BY UNO

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY (DECEMBER 10)


  • FIRST COUNTRY TO BE GRANTED A LOAN BY WORLD BANK

FRANCE


  • MOST PRODUCED CEREAL IN THE WORLD

MAIZE


  • NAME OF THE MOST REMOTE INHABITED ARCHIPELAGO WHICH IS SITUATED AT SOUTHERN ATLANTIC OCEAN


TRISTAN DA CUNHA

  • ONE OF THE CRATERS IN A CELESTIAL BODY IS GIVEN THE NAME OF INDIA'S CLASSICAL POET KALIDASA. IN WHICH PLANET YOU CAN FIND THE KALIDASA CRATER
MERCURY


  • WORLD'S FIRST SPACE LAWYER

MICHAEL DODGE


  • THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT WHICH IS USED BOTH IN KARNATIC AND HINDUSTANI MUSIC

THAMBURU


  • WHO SANG VANDE MATARAM ON 15 TH AUGUST 1947, IN THE INDEPENDENT SESSION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY

SUCHETA KRIPALANI


  • WHAT IS OFTEN CALLED AS 'THE BERLIN WALL OF ASIA'

THE WAGHA CHECKPOST


  • THE STUDY SUBJECT OF CALIOLOGY

BIRD NEST


  • IN WHICH METROPOLITAN CITY IS THE MALABAR HILLS SITUATED

MUMBAI


  • THE ONLY COMPANY IN INDIA AUTHORISED TO PRODUCE THE INEDIBLE INK, WHICH IS USED IN THE ELECTIONS TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM VOTING MORE THAN ONCE

MYSORE PAINTS AND VARNISH LIMITED



NATIONAL HIGHWAYS-KERALA

LIST OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS PASSING THROUGH KERALA



  • N H 66(PANVEL - KANYAKUMARI)
JOINT OF NH 17(THALAPADY TO IDAPALLY) &NH 47(IDAPPALY TO KALIYIKKAVILA)

  • N H 85(KOCHI -THONDI POINT)
NH 49(BODIMETTU TOKUNDANNOOR)

  • N H 544(SELAM-ERNAKULAM)
PART OF NH 47(VALAYAR TO IDAPALLY)

  • N H 966 A(KALAMASSERY-VALLARPADAM)
NH 47 C(VALLARPADAM TO KALAMASSERY)

  • N H 744(TIRUMANGALAM-KOLLAM)
NH 208(KOLLAM TO KAZHUTHURUTTI)

  • N H 766 (KOZHIKKODE-MYSORE)
NH 212(CALICUT TO KERALA-KARNATAKA BORDER)

  • N H 966  (FEROKE-PALAKKAD)
NH 213 (CALICUT TO PALAKKAD)

  • N H 183   (DINDIGUL-KOTTARAKKARA)
NH 220 (KOTTARAKKARA TO THENI)

  • N H 966 B (KUNDANNOOR-WILLINGTON ISLAND)
SMALLEST NATIONAL HIGHWAY FROM KUNDANNOOR TO WILLINGTON ISLAND





Note : this data is according to the order by government if india on 5 th march 2010

EUROPE

FACTS  ABOUT THE CONTINENT EUROPE,EUROPEAN UNION


QUESTIONS THAT CAN BE ASKED ABOUT THE CONTINENT EUROPE..




  • SECOND SMALLEST CONTINENT OF THE WORLD BY SURFACE AREA

EUROPE

  • THE MOUNTAIN RANGE WHICH DIVIDES ASIA AND EUROPE

URAL MOUNTAINS

  • LARGEST COUNTRY IN EUROPE

RUSSIA

  • SMALLEST COUNTRY IN EUROPE

VATICAN CITY

  • SURFACE AREA OF VATICAN CITY

0.44 Kilometer Square

  • MOST POPULATED EUROPEAN COUNTRY

RUSSIA

  • LONGEST RIVER IN EUROPE

VOLGA RIVER

  • THE RIVER TOUCHES MORE COUNTRIES THAN ANY OTHER

DANUBE

  • THE TREATY WHICH ESTABLISHED THE EUROPEAN UNION

MAASTRICHT TREATY

  • MAASTRICHT TREATY WAS SIGNED ON

7 TH FEBRUARY 1992

  • NUMBER OF MEMBERS IN EUROPEAN UNION

28

  • NEWEST MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
CROATIA

  • THE OFFICIAL CURRENCY OF EURO ZONE  'EURO'  WAS INTRODUCED INTO MARKETS ON

JANUARY 1,1999

  • HEAD QUARTERS OF EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

FRANKFURT

  • HEAD QUARTERS OF EUROPEAN COMMISSION

BRUSSELS

  • MEETING OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT  TAKES PLACE IN

STRASBOURG AND BRUSSELS

  • COURT OF THE JUSTICE OF EUROPEAN UNION IS SITUATED AT

LUXEMBOURG

  • NUMBER OF STARS IN THE FLAG OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

12

  • OFFICIAL SONG  OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

ODE TO JOY-BEETHOVEN

  • EUROPE DAY

MAY 9

  • LARGEST ISLAND IN EUROPE

GREAT BRITAIN

  • HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN EUROPE

ELBRUS

  • THE COUNTRY WHICH IS KNOWN AS 'SAWMILL OF EUROPE'

SWEDEN

  • COUNTRY CALLED AS 'MOTHER -IN-LAW OF EUROPE'

DENMARK

  • SICK MAN OF EUROPE

TURKEY



CHEMICALS

COMMON NAMES (POPULAR NAMES ) OF CHEMICALS



  • WHITE CAUSTIC                                               -SODIUM HYDROXIDE
  • CHINESE SALT(CHINESE SNOW)                  -POTASSIUM NITRATE
  • PEARL ASH                                                         -POTASSIUM CARBONATE
  • ALUMINIUM SALT                                            -ALUMINIUM SULFATE
  • CHINESE WHITE                                                -ZINC OXIDE
  • PERMANENT WHITE                                        -BARIUM SULFATE
  • ZINC BLEND                                                       -CALCIUM SULFATE
  • PERU SALTPETER (CHILI SALTPETER)        -SODIUM NITRATE
  • PLASTER OF PARIS                                           -CALCIUM SULFATE
  • YELLOW CAKE                                                   -URANIUM DIOXIDE
  • MILK OF MAGNESIA                                          -MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE
  • CAUSTIC POTASH                                               -POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE
  • CARBORUNDUM                                                 -SILICON CARBIDE
  • CORUNDUM                                                          -ALUMINIUM  OXIDE
  • QUARTZ                                                                 -SILICON DIOXIDE
  • LUNAR CAUSTIC                                                 -SILVER NITRATE
  • NORWEGIAN SALTPETER                                 -CALCIUM NITRATE
 

Friday, 27 June 2014

NATIONAL PARKS

NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE SANTUARIES IN INDIA






  • BANDIPUR NATIONAL PARK                                      -KARNATAKA
  • BANNAERGHATTA NATIONAL PARK                      -KARNATAKA
  • JIM CORBETT NATIONAL PARK                                -UTTARAKHAND
  • ERAVIKULAM NATIONAL PARK                               -KERALA
  • HAZARIBAGH NATIONAL PARK                               -JHARKHAND
  • GIR FOREST NATIONAL PARK                                   -GUJARAT
  • KANHA NATIONAL PARH                                           -MADHYA PRADESH
  • KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK                                  -ASSAM
  • KHANGCHENDZONGA NATIONAL PARK                -SIKKIM
  • MANAS NATIONAL PARK                                            -ASSAM
  • MUDUMALAI NATIONAL PARK                                 -TAMIL NADU
  • NAVEGAON NATIONAL PARK                                    -MAHARASHTRA
  • ORANG NATIONAL PARK                                            -ASSAM
  • PANNA NATIONAL PARK                                            -MADHYA PRADESH
  • PERIYAR NATIONAL PARK                                         -KERALA
  • NAGARHOLE NATIONAL PARK                                 -KARNATAKA
  • RANTHAMBORE NATIONAL PARK                           -RAJASTHAN
  • SALIM ALI NATIONAL PARK                                     - JAMMU AND KASHMIR
  • SANJAY GANDHI NATIONAL PARK                         -MAHARASHTRA
  • SILENT VALLEY NATIONAL PARK                           -KERALA
  • SIROHI NATIONAL PARK                                            -MANIPUR
  • SINGALILA NATIONAL PARK                                    -WEST BENGAL
  • SUNDARBANS NATIONAL PARK                              -WEST BENGAL
  • NELAPATTU BIRD SANCTUARY                               -ANDHRA PRADESH
  • BHIMBANDH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY                     -BIHAR
  • SALIM ALI BIRD SANCTUARY                                   -GOA
  • INDIAN WILD AS SANCTUARY                                  -GUJARAT
  • NARGU WILDLIFE SANCTUARY                               -HIMACHAL PRADESH
  • DANDELI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY                            -KARNATAKA
  • WAYANAD WILDLIFE SANCTUARY                        -KERALA
  • PARAMBIKULAM WILD LIFE SANCTUARY           -KERALA
  • RATAPANI TIGER RESERVE                                       -MADHYA PRADESH
  • SATHYAMANGALAM WILDLIFE SANCTUARY     -TAMIL NADU


FOOTBALL WORLDCUP

FOOTBALL WORLD CUP WINNERS, VENUES, RUNNERS UP'S






YEAR                 VENUE                             WINNER                             RUNNER UP

1930                   URUGUAY                       URUGUAY                           ARGENTINA
1934                      ITALY                                ITALY                         CZECHOSLOVAKIA
1938                   FRANCE                               ITALY                                HUNGARY
1950                    BRAZIL                            URUGUAY                               BRAZIL
1954               SWITZERLAND              WEST GERMANY                     HUNGARY
1958                   SWEDEN                            BRAZIL                                  SWEDEN
1962                     CHILE                               BRAZIL                           CZECHOSLOVAKIA
1966                   ENGLAND                       ENGLAND                            WEST GERMANY
1970                    MEXICO                            BRAZIL                                       ITALY
1974               WEST GERMANY          WEST GERMANY                     NETHERLANDS
1978                 ARGENTINA                    ARGENTINA                           NETHERLANDS
1982                    SPAIN                                  ITALY                                WEST GERMANY
1986                  MEXICO                           ARGENTINA                           WEST GERMANY
1990                    ITALY                           WEST GERMANY                        ARGENTINA
1994                UNITED STATES                    BRAZIL                                       ITALY
1998                  FRANCE                                FRANCE                                      BRAZIL
2002         SOUTH KOREA&JAPAN            BRAZIL                                       GERMANY
2006                   GERMANY                           ITALY                                          FRANCE
2010               SOUTH AFRICA                      SPAIN                                    NETHERLANDS
2014                    BRAZIL                            GERMANY                                 ARGENTINA
2018                    RUSSIA
2022                  QATAR 



INDIA IN OLYMPICS

ACHIEVEMENTS OF INDIA IN OLYMPICS



1928-AMSTERDAM
                                 GOLD MEDAL IN HOCKEY

1932-LOS ANGELES
                                   GOLD MEDAL IN HOCKEY

1936-BERLIN
                      GOLD MEDAL IN HOCKEY

1948-LONDON
                         GOLD MEDAL IN HOCKEY

1952-HELSINKI
                           GOLD MEDAL IN HOCKEY
                           BRONZE MEDAL IN WRESTLING (K.D.YADAV) 

1956-MELBOURNE
                                 GOLD MEDAL IN HOCKEY
                                 SEMI FINALIST IN FOOTBALL

1960-ROME
                      SILVER  MEDAL IN HOCKEY
                      4TH PLACE IN 400 METERS (MILKHA SINGH)
                      8 TH PLACE IN 50 Km WALKING (SORA SINGH)

1964-TOKYO
                       GOLD MEDAL IN HOCKEY
                       5 TH PLACE IN 100 m HURDLES (GURBACHAN SINGH RANDHAWA)

1968-MEXICO CITY
                                   BRONZE MEDAL IN HOCKEY


1972-MUNICH
                          BRONZE MEDAL IN HOCKEY

1976-MONTREAL
                                 7TH PLACE IN 800 m (SRI RAMSINGH)
                                11 TH PLACE IN 800m (SHIVNADH SINGH)

1980-MOSCOW
                           GOLD MEDAL IN HOCKEY
                           FINALIST IN 800 M(SRI RAMSINGH)

1984-LOS ANGELS
                                 4 TH PLACE IN HURDLES(P.T.USHA)

1996-ATLANTA
                           BRONZE MEDAL IN TENNIS SINGLES(LIANDER PAES)

2000-SYDNEY
                          BRONZE MEDAL IN WEIGHTLIFTING(KARNAM MALLESHWARI)

2004-ATHENS
                         BRONZE MEDAL IN SHOOTING(RATHODE0

2008-BEIJING
                         GOLD MEDAL IN SHOOTING(ABHINAV BINDHRA)
                         BRONZE MEDAL IN BOXING(VIJENDHAR KUMAR)
                         BRONZE MEDAL IN WRESTLING(SUSHIL KUMAR)

2012-LONDON
                           SILVER MEDAL IN WRESTLING(SUSHIL KUMAR)
                           SILVER MEDAL IN SHOOTING(VIJAY KUMAR)
                           BRONZE MEDAL IN WRESTLING(YOGESHWAR DUTT)
                           BRONZE MEDAL IN BOXING(M.C.MARY COM)
                           BRONZE MEDAL IN BADMINTON(SAINA NEHWAL)
                           BRONZE MEDAL IN SHOOTING(GAGAN NARANG)

FACTS ABOUT MOUNT EVEREST


12 INTERESTING  (EXTREME) FACTS ABOUT MOUNT EVEREST







  1. DUE TO GEOLOGIC UPLIFT MOUNT EVEREST GROWS 4 mm HIGHER EVERY YEAR
  2. ONE OF THE 10 SUCCESSFUL SUMMITS WHICH ENDS IN DEATH
  3. EVEREST WAS DISCOVERED BY GEORGE EVEREST IN 1841
  4. OVER 235 PEOPLE HAVE DIED ON EVEREST
  5. THE EVEREST SUMMIT IS JUST BELOW THE CRUISING HEIGHT OF A JET
  6. THE OLDEST PERSON TO REACH THE SUMMIT WAS 76 AND THE YOUNGEST PERSON 13
  7. IN NEPAL EVEREST MOUNTAIN IS KNOWN AS SAGARMATHA, IN TIBET IT IS CALLED AS CHOMOLANGMA'
  8. FIRST TO CONQUER MOUNT EVEREST ARE EDMUND HILARY AND TENZING NORGAY IN 1953
  9. THE TEMPERATURE ON THE MOUNT EVEREST NEVER GOES ABOVE FREEZING POINT
  10. GREEN BOOTS(DEAD BODY)  INDICATES THE CLOSENESS TO THE SUMMIT
  11. FIRST TWEET FROM THE TOP OF THE SUMMIT WAS SENT BY KENTON COOL IN 2011
  12.  COST TO CLIMB MOUND EVEREST IS OVER $30,000

TREATIES

LIST OF TOP TREATIES,AGREEMENTS ,PROTOCOLS




  • LANSING-ISHII AGREEMENT- TRADE BETWEEN US AND JAPAN-1917
  • TREATY OF VERSAILLES-FORMALLY ENDS FIRST WORLD WAR-1919
  • TREATY OF WESTMINSTER-FORMATION OF BRITISH COMMONWEALTH-1931
  • MAASTRICHT TREATY-FORMATION OF EUROPIAN UNION-1992
  • KYOTO PROTOCOL-INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT BY UN ON CLIMATE CHANGE-2005
  • MONTREAL PROTOCOL-PROTECTION OF OZONE LAYER-1989
  • LATERAN TREATY-FORMATION OF VATICAN-1929
  • BRETTON WOODS AGREEMENT-FORMATION OF IMF AND WORLD BANK-1944
  • NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY-ESTABLISHMENT OF NATO-1949
  • WARSAW PACT-ALLIANCE OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN COMMUNIST STATES-1955
  • TREATY OF ROME-ESTABLISHMENT OF EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY-1957
  • OUTER SPACE TREATY-FORBIDS THE PLACING OF ANY TYPE OF WEAPONS ON CELESTIAL BODIES AND INTO OUTER SPACE IN GENERAL-1967
  • MOON TREATY-GOVERNING THE ACTIVITIES ON THE MOON-1979
  • NUCLEAR NON PROLIFERATION TREATY-LIMITS THE SPREAD OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS-1970
  • ANTARCTIC TREATY-PROTECTION FOR ANTARCTIC SEALS-1978
  • TASHKENT DECLARATION-ENDS INDO-PAK WAR OF -1966
  • SIMLA AGREEMENT-NORMALISED RELATION BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN,FORMATION OF BANGLADESH -1972
  • DAYTON AGREEMENT-FORMATION OF BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA-1995
  • GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT-PEACE MOVEMENT IN THE NORTHERN IRELAND-1998
  • TREATY OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE-ENDS FIRST KARNATIC WAR-1748
  • TREATY OF PURANDAR-BETWEEN RAJPUT JAI SINGH AND SHIVAJI MAHARAJ-1665
  • TREATY OF SALBAI-ENDS FIRST ANGLO-MARATI WAR-1782
  • TREATY OF SERINGAPATAM-ENDS THIRD ANGLO-MYSORE WAR-1792
  • TREATY OF LAHORE-ENDS FIRST SIKH WAR-1846










INDIAN INDUSTRIES

INDIAN INDUSTRIES -FACTS




  • TATA IRON AND STEEL COMPANY IS LOCATED IN THE STATE OF ?

JHARKHAND

  • IRON AND STEEL COMPANY LOCATED  AT BHADRAVATHI IN KARNATAKA

VISWESARAIYA IRON AND STEEL COMPANY

  • LOCATION OF DURGAPUR STEEL PLANT

WEST BENGAL

  • FOREIGN COLLABORATOR OF THE ROURKELA STEEL PLANT

GERMANY

  • EXPANSION OF SAIL

STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED

  • THE NATIONALIZATION OF INDIAN IRON AND STEEL COMPANY WAS IN THE YEAR

1978

  • NEIGHBORHOOD PORT OF THE INDIAN IRON AND STEEL COMPANY

KOLKATA

  • THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY IN INDIA LOCATED AT HAZARIBAGH DISTRICT OF JHARKHAND

THE BOKARO STEEL PLANT

  • ACC Ltd IS LOCATED AT

MADUKKARAI OF TAMILNADU

  • THE CEMENT INDUSTRY LOCATED AT SANKAR NAGAR IN TAMIL NADU

INDIAN CEMENTS LIMITED

  • TRADITIONAL FORMS OF SUGAR PRODUCED BY SUGAR INDUSTRIES IN INDIA

GUR AND KHANDSARI

  • MAJOR SUGAR PRODUCING STATE IN INDIA

UTTAR PRADESH

  • SECOND LARGEST PRODUCER OF SUGAR IN INDIA

TAMILNADU

  • LARGEST PRODUCER OF PEPPER IN INDIA

WEST BENGAL

  • HINDUSTAN NEWSPRINT LIMITED IS LOCATED AT

KOTTAYAM DISTRICT OF KERALA

  • COTTON TEXTILE INDUSTRY IS MAINLY CONCENTRATED IN 

MUMBAI AND AHAMADABAD

  • BIGGEST NEWSPAPER MILL OF INDIA IS AT

NEPANAGAR

  • WHICH STATE HAS THE HIGHEST PRODUCTION OF MILK IN INDIA

UTTAR PRADESH

  • WHERE IN INDIA WAS THE FIRST PAPER MILL STARTED

SERAMPUR

  • THE JUTE MILLS ARE CONCENTRATED IN THE STATE OF

WEST BENGAL

  • SINDRI IS FAMOUS FOR

FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS

  • LUDHIYANA IS KNOWN FOR

HOSIERY AND CYCLE

  • HINDUSTAN PHOTO FILMS FACTORY IS SITUATED AS

CHENNAI OF TAMIL NADU



NATIONAL ANTHEMS

NATIONAL ANTHEMS OF COUNTRIES


  • INDIA-JANA GANA MANA
  • AFGHANISTAN-MILLI SURUD
  • PAKISTAN-QUAMI THARANA
  • BANGLADESH-AMAR SHONAR BANGLA
  • BELGIUM-BRABENCONNE
  • BHUTAN-DRUK TSENDHEN
  • CHINA-MARCH OF THE VOLUNTEERS
  • CANADA-O CANADA OUR HOME
  • CUBA-EL HIMNO DE BAYAMO
  • EGYPT-BILADY BILADY
  • FRANCE-LA MARSEILLAISE
  • IRAN-SOROUD -E-MELLI-E JOMHOURI
  • IRAQ-MAWTINI
  • JAPAN-KIMIGAYO
  • KUWAIT-AL-NASHEED AL-WATANI
  • MALAYSIA-NEGARAKU
  • GREECE-HYMN TO FREEDOM
  • NEPAL-SAYAUN THUNGA PHOOL KA
  • ISRAEL-HATIKVAH
  • NETHERLANDS-WILHELMUS
  • SAUDI ARABIA-AS-SALAM AL MALKI
  • SRI LANKA-SRI LANKA MATHA
  • UAE-ISHY BILADI
  • UK-GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
  • USA-THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER

Thursday, 26 June 2014

CLASSIC BOOKS -INDIA

INDIAN CLASSIC BOOKS AND THEIR WRITERS




  • GEETAGOVINDAM-JAYADEVAN
  • KADAMBARI-BHANABHATTAN
  • MANIMEKHALA-SATANAR
  • MEGHASANDESHAM-KALIDASAN
  • CHILAPPATHIKARAM-ILANKO ADIKAL
  • HITHOOPADESHAM-NARAYANAN
  • VIVEKA CHOODAMANI-SREE SANKARACHARYAR
  • AYIN-E-AKBARI-ABDUL FASAL
  • SHANAMA-FIRDOUSI
  • THIRUKKURAL-THIRUVALLUR
  • NATYASHASTRA-BHARATAMUNI
  • THOLKAPPIYAM-THOLKAPPIYAR
  • RAJATHARANGINI-KALHANAN
  • ARDHASHASTRAM-KOUDILIAN
  • AMARAKOSHAM-AMARASIMHAN
  • INDICA-MEGASTHANEESE
  • KAMASUTRA-VATSYAYANAN
  • MALAVIKAAGNIMITHRAM-KALIDASAN

MEASURING INSTRUMENTS

VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS USED FOR MEASURING


  • BAROMETER-TO MEASURE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
  • CARDIOGRAPH-TO MEASURE HEART RATE
  • CRESCOGRAPH-FOR MEASURING GROWTH IN PLANTS
  • FATHOMETER-TO DETERMINE THE DEPTH OF WATER
  • HYDROPHONE-TO RECORD SOUNDS IN WATER
  • LACTOMETER- TO MEASURE PURITY OF MILK
  • PYROMETER-TO MEASURE HIGH TEMPERATURE
  • SEISMOMETER-MEASURES MOTION OF THE GROUND
  • THERMOMETER-TO MEASURE BODY TEMPERATURE
  • MICROSCOPE-TO SEE OBJECTS THAT ARE TOO SMALL FOR THE NAKED EYE
  • GRAVIMETER-MEASURING THE  LOCAL GRAVITATIONAL FIELD OF EARTH
  • SPIROMETER-TO MEASURE THE VOLUME OF AIR INSPIRED AND EXPIRED BY LUNGS
  • MANOMETER-TO MEASURE PRESSURE 
  • SPECTROGRAPH-MEASURES THE WAVELENGTHS PRESENT IN ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION

MILITARY OPERATIONS

MILITARY OPERATIONS DONE BY VARIOUS MILITARY FORCES IN THE WORLD





  • OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM-OFFICIAL NAME FOR THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN USED BY UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
  • OPERATION ANACONDA-UNITED STATES MILITARY AND NATO FORCES ATTEMPTED TO DESTROY TALIBAN AND AL-QAEDA FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN
  • OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM-MOVEMENT OF UNITED STATES MILITARY FORCES IN IRAQ ON 2003
  • OPERATION TELIC-MOVEMENT OF UNITED KINGDOM'S ARMY IN IRAQ ON 2003
  • OPERATION MOUNTAIN STORM-MOVEMENT US AND NATO FORCES WITH THE AIM OF CORNERING TALIBAN AND AL-QAEDA REMNANTS
  • OPERATION GAMBHIR- RESCUE OPERATION'S IN INDONESIA AT THE TIME OF TSUNAMI
  • OPERATION VIJAY-OPERATION BY INDIAN MILITARY THAT LED TO THE CAPTURE OF GOA FROM PORTUGUESE COLONIAL HOLDING IN 1961
  • OPERATION BLUE STAR-OPERATION BY MILITARY OF INDIA IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH CONTROL OVER THE HARMANDIR SAHIB COMPLEX IN AMRITSAR
  • OPERATION VIJAY-INDIAN OPERATION TO PUSH BACK THE INFILTRATES FROM KARGIL
  • OPERATION BLACK TORNADO-OPERATION BY NSG'S TO FLUSH OUT THE  ATTAKKERS IN THE TAJ HOTEL
  • OPERATION MEGHDOOT-CAPTURE OF SIACHIN GLACIER BY INDIAN MILITARY
  • OPERATION ESSENTIAL HARVEST-DEPLOYMENT MISSION BY NATO FORCES IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
  • OPERATION SUMMER RAIN-OPERATION BY ISRAEL MILITARY FORCES TO RESCUE MILITANTS FROM  PALESTINE TERRORISTS

STOCK EXCHANGES

MAJOR STOCK EXCHANGES IN THE WORLD




  • BOMBAY STOCK EXCHANGE-INDIA
  • NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE OF INDIA-INDIA
  • NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE-UNITED STATES 
  • NASDAQ-UNITED STATES
  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE-JAPAN
  • LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE-UNITED KINGDOM ,ITALY
  • EURONEXT-FRANCE,NETHERLANDS,BELGIUM,PORTUGAL
  • HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE-HONG KONG
  • SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE-CHINA
  • SHENZHEN STOCK EXCHANGE-CHINA
  • TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE-CANADA
  • FRANKFURT STOCK EXCHANGE-GERMANY
  • AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE-AUSTRALIA
  • SIX SWISS EXCHANGE-SWITZERLAND
  • BM%F BOVESPA-BRAZIL
  • KOREA EXCHANGE-SOUTH KOREA
  • JSE LIMITED-SOUTH AFRICA
  • MOSCOW EXCHANGE-RUSSIA
  • TAIWAN STOCK EXCHANGE-TAIPEI
  • BME SPANISH EXCHANGES-SPAIN
  • TEHRAN STOCK EXCHANGE-IRAN
  • TADAWUL-SAUDI ARABIA

VITAMINS

VITAMINS AND THEIR CHEMICAL NAMES




  • VITAMIN A1-RETINOL
  • VITAMIN A2-DE HYDRO RETINOL
  • VITAMIN B1-THIAMINE
  • VITAMIN B2-RIBOFLAVIN
  • VITAMIN B3-NIACIN
  • VITAMIN B5-PANTOTHENIC ACID
  • VITAMIN B6-PYRIDOXINE
  • VITAMIN B7-BIOTIN
  • VITAMIN B9-FOLIC ACID
  • VITAMIN B12-CYANOCOBALAMIN
  • VITAMIN C-ASCORBIC ACID
  • VITAMIN D-ERGOCALCIFEROL
  • VITAMIN E-TOCOPHEROLS
  • VITAMIN K-PHYLLOQUINONE

SCIENTIFIC NAMES


SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF PLANTS,ANIMALS AND BIRDS

THIS IS A LIST OF FEW  OF THEM FREQUENTLY ASKED IN KERALA PSC

  • MANGO TREE-MANGIFERA INDICA
  • JACK FRUIT-ARTOCARPUS INTEGRA
  • TEAK-TECTONA GRANDIS LINN
  • BANYAN-FICUS BENGHALENSIS
  • TAMARIND TREE-TAMARINDUS INDICA
  • PINEAPPLE-ANANAS COMOSUS
  • PAPAYA-CARICA PAPAYA
  • BAMBOO-BAMBUSA DENDROCALMUS
  • GUAVA-PSIDIUM GUAJAVA
  • BASIL(TULSI)-OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM
  • DOG-CANNIS FAMILIARIS
  • CAT-FELIS CATUS
  • TIGER-PANTHERA TIGRIS
  • LION-PANTHERA LEO
  • GOAT-CAPRA HIRCUS
  • COBRA-ELAPIDAE NAJA
  • CROW-CORVOUS CORONE
  • EAGLE-AQUILA ACCIPITRIDAE
  • PARROT-PHAETHONTIDAE PSITTACIFORMES
  • SPARROW-PLOCEIDAE PASSER


RENAISSANCE IN KERALA

RENAISSANCE IN KERALA- EXPECTED QUESTIONS KERALA PSC EXAMS






  • BIRTH PLACE OF CHATTAMPI SWAMIKAL

KOLLUR

  • THE FIRST VISIT OF SRI LANKA BY SREE NARAYANA GURU WAS IN THE YEAR

1918

  • FIRST SCHOOL FOR THE DEPRESSED CLASSES

AT VENGANUR  STARTED BY AYYANKALI IN 1904

  • THE BOAT THAT CAUSED THE DEATH OF KUMARANASAN

REDEEMER

  • FIRST MEMBER OF DEPRESSED CLASS TO BE NOMINATED TO TRAVANCORE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

AYYANKALI

  • WHO CALLED AS 'VIPLAVATHINTE SHUKRANAKSHATHRAM'

KUMARANASAN CALLED BY JOSEPH MUNDASSERY

  • PUBLICATION NAMED 'THE MUSLIM' WAS PUBLISHED  BY

VAKKOM MOULAVI IN 1906

  • THE ONLY PERSON WHO WAS EXEMPTED FROM COURT APPEARANCES IN CIVIL CASES BY TRAVANCORE GOVERNMENT

SREE NARAYANA GURU

  • THE AUTHOR OF ATMOPADESHASATAKAM

SREE NARAYAN GURU

  • THE BIRTH OF Dr.PALPU WAS IN THE YEAR

1863

  • WHO CALLED AS 'KERALA SIMHAM'

KERALA VARMA PAZHASSI RAJA

  • REAL NAME OF AYYA VAIKUNDA SWAMIKAL

MUDICHUDUM PERUMAL

  • THE FOUNDER OF 'SAMATHUA SAMAJAM'

AYYA VAIKUNDA SWAMIKAL

  • WHO CALLED AYYANKALI AS 'PULAYA RAJA'

MAHATMA GANDHI

  • FOUNDER OF SADHU JANA PARIPALANA SANGHAM

AYYANKALI IN 1907

  • FIRST WOMAN MEMBER OF TRAVANCORE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
MARY PUNNAN LUKKOSE

  • THE SCULPTURE OF AYYANKALI IN TRIVANDRUM WAS UNVIELED BY

INDIRA GANDHI


  • THE FIRST RESERVE FOREST IN TRAVANCORE

KONNI


  • TEMPLE ENTRY  PROCLAMATION IN TRAVANCORE WAS IN

12TH NOVEMBER 1936


  • FOUNDER OF ATMA VIDHYA SANGAM

VAGHBATANANDA


  • THE PUBLISHER OF THE MAGAZINE 'VIVEKODAYAM'

KUMARANASAN



Wednesday, 25 June 2014

INDIA FACTS

LARGEST ,HIGHEST,BIGGEST AND LONGEST IN INDIA



  • LARGEST LAKE-WOOLAR (KASHMIR)

  • LARGEST CAVE TEMPLE-ELLORA (MAHARASHTRA

  • LARGEST MOSQUE-JUMA MASJID (DELHI)

  • BIGGEST LIBRARY-NATIONAL LIBRARY (CALCUTTA)

  • LARGEST MUSEUM -INDIAN MUSEUM (CALCUTTA)

  • LARGEST PLATFORM-GORAKHPUR(UTTAR PRADESH)

  • LARGEST HATCHWAY-HATCHWAY OF RAMESHWARAM TEMPLE

  • BIGGEST CANTILEVER SPAN  BRIDGE-HOWRAH BRIDGE

  • BIGGEST ZOO-ALIPPUR ZOO (CALCUTTA)

  • LARGEST BIRD SANCTUARY -BHARATPUR BIRD SANCTUARY(RAJASTAN)

  • HIGHEST AWARD-BHARAT RATNA

  • LARGEST FRESH WATER LAKE-KOLLERU LAKE (ANDHRA PRADESH)

  • HIGHEST PEAK-KARKORAM-2

  • LARGEST RIVER WITHOUT DELTA-NARMADA AND TAPTI

  • LONGEST ROAD-GRAND TRUNK ROAD

  • LONGEST DAM-HIRAKUD DAM( ORDISHA)

  • HIGHEST DAM-TEHRI DAM

  • HIGHEST TOWER-KUTAB MINAR

  • LONGEST TUNNEL-JAWAHAR TUNNEL

  • LARGEST CAVE-AMARNATH

  • LARGEST PORT-MUMBAI

  • HIGHEST AIRPORT-LEH(LADDAKH)

  • HIGHEST BATTLEFIELD-SIACHIN GLACIER

  • BIGGEST STADIUM-SALT LAKE STADIUM(KOLKATA)

ENQUIRY COMMITTEES

FAMOUS  ENQUIRY COMMITTEES 




  • KOTHARI COMMISSION           -EDUCATION REFORMS

  • THAKKER COMMITTEE             -ASSASSINATION OF INDIRA GANDHI

  • JUSTICE VARMA COMMISSION    -ASSASSINATION OF RAJIV GANDHI

  • DINESH GOSWAMI COMMISSION  -ELECTORAL REFORMS

  • RAJA CHELLAYYA COMMITTEE       -TAX REFORMS

  • YASHPAL COMMITTEE                    -PRIMARY EDUCATION

  • SREEKRISHNA COMMISSION    -BOMBAY RIOTS

  • JUSTICE VENKITTASWAMY COMMISSION    -THEHALKA TAPES

  • SUBHRAMANYAM COMMISSION   -PAKISTANI AGGRESSION AT KARGIL

  • NANAVATHY COMMISSION    -GODHRA TRAIN BURNING

  • MADHAV GADGIL COMMISSION  -WESTERN GHATS ECOLOGY EXPERT 

  • K G SHAW COMMISSION   -GUJARAT RIOTS

  • SHIVARAJ PATIL COMMISSION -2 G SPAM

  • LIBERHAN COMMISSION  -DESTRUCTION OF BABRI MASJID

  • JUSTICE K T THOMAS COMMISSION   -KERALA POLICE REFORMS

  • KASTURIRANGAN COMMITTEE   -WHESTERN GHATS

  • MUKHARJEE COMMISION  -DISSAPPEARANCE OF SUBHASH CHANDRA                                                                    BOSE





CREMATION SPOTS


CREMATION SPOTS OF FAMOUS PEOPLES IN INDIA





  • MAHATHMA GANDHI                                   -RAJGHAT

  • JAWAHARLAL NEHRU                                  -SHANTIVAN

  • LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI                               -VIJAY GHAT

  • INDIRA GANDHI                                           - SHAKTHISTHAL

  • CHARAN SINGH                                            - KISANGHAT

  • MOARARJI DESAI                                         -ABHAYGHAT

  • GULSARILAL NANDA                                    -NARAYANGHAT

  • RAJIV GANDHI                                              -VEERBHUMI

  • Dr.AMBEDKAR                                              -CHAITHANYABHUMI

  • SAILSINGH                                                    -EKATHASTHAL

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