LIST OF IMPORTANT DAYS

January 9 NRI Day 
January 10 World Laughter Day 
January 12 National Youth Day 
January 15 Army Day 
January 26 India's Republic Day, International Customs Day 
January 30 Martyrs' Day; World Leprosy Eradication Day 
2nd Sunday of February World Marriage Day 
February 24 Central Excise Day 
February 28 National Science Day Second Monday March Commonwealth Day 
March 8 International Women's Day; Intl. literacy Day 
March 15 World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day 
March 18 Ordnance Factories Day (India) 
March 21 World Forestry Day; International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination March 22 World Day for Water 
March 23 World Meteorological Day 
March 24 World TB Day 
April 5 National Maritime Day
April 7 World Health Day 
April 17 World Haemophilia Day 
April 18 World Heritage Day 
April 21 Secretaries' Day 
April 22 Earth Day 
April 23 World Book and Copyright Day 
May 1 Workers' Day (International Labour Day) 
May 3 Press Freedom Day; World Asthma Day 
May 2nd Sunday Mother's Day 
May 4 Coal Miners' Day 
May 8 World Red Cross Day 
May 9 World Thalassaemia Day 
May 11 National Technology Day 
May 12 World Hypertension Day; International Nurses Day
May 15 International Day of the Family 
May 17 World Telecommunication Day 
May 24 Commonwealth Day 
May 31 Anti-tobacco Day 
June 4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression 
June 5 World Environment Day 
June 3rd Sunday Father's Day 
June 14 World Blood Donor Day 
June 26 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 
July 1 Doctor's Day 
July 6 World Zoo-noses Day 
July 11 World Population Day 
August 3 International Friendship Day 
August 6 Hiroshima Day 
August 8 World Senior Citizen's Day 
August 9 Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day 
August 15 Indian Independence Day 
August 18 International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 
August 19 Photography Day 
August 29 National Sports Day 
August 19 Photography Day 
August 29 National Sports Day 
September 2 Coconut Day 
September 5 Teachers' Day; Sanskrit Day 
September 8 World Literacy Day (UNESCO) 
September 15 Engineers' Day 
September 16 World Ozone Day 
September 21 Alzheimer's Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN) 
September 26 Day of the Deaf 
September 27 World Tourism Day 
October 1 International Day for the Elderly 
October 2 Gandhi Jayanthi 
October 3 World Habitat Day 
October 4 World Animal Welfare Day 
October 8 Indian Air Force Day 
October 9 World Post Office Day 
October 10 National Post Day 
October 2nd Thursday World Sight Day 
October 13 UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction 
October 14 World Standards Day 
October 15 World White Cane Day (guiding the blind) 
October 16 World Food Day 
October 24 UN Day; World Development Information Day 
October 30 World Thrift Day
November 9 Legal Services Day 
November 14 Children's Day; Diabetes Day 
November 17 National Epilepsy Day 
November 20 Africa Industrialization Day 
November 29 International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People 
December 1 World AIDS Day 
December 3 World Day of the Handicapped 
December 4 Indian Navy Day 
December 7 Indian Armed Forces Flag Day 
December 10 Human Rights Day 
December 18 Minorities Rights Day (India) 
December 23 Kisan Divas (Farmer's Day) (India)

Current Affairs Quiz 2014

Ques. : 1 Who among the following has been appointed the National Security Advisor (NSA) to the Prime Minister? 

1) RK Mathur 2) Ajit Doval 3) Anil Goswami 4) Arun Ramanathan 5) Nripendra Mishra

Ques. : 2 Judge MB Shah is the chairman of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to probe black money. Who among the following is its Vice Chairman? 

1) Arijit Pasayat 2) Maninder Singh 3) Mohan Parasaran 4) Ranjit Kumar 5) Mukul Rohatgi

Ques. : 3 World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is observed around the world every year on 

1) May 22 2) May 23 3) May 25 4) May 29 5) May 31

Ques. : 4 Pakistan has said to grant India the status of NDMA to facilitate enhanced bilateral trade. What does NDMA stands for? 

1) Non-Discursive Market Access 2) Non-Discriminatory Market Access 3) National Direct Market Access 4) Non-Divisive Market Access 5) None of these

Ques. : 5 The govt has proposed to raise Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in defence sector to 100 per cent. As of now what per cent FDI is permitted in the defence sector? 

1) 10 per cent 2) 15 per cent 3) 20 per cent 4) 26 per cent 5) 49 per cent

Ques. : 6 The first session of the newly constituted 16th Lok Sabha will be held from _________. 

1) 4th Jun to 11th Jun 2) 5th Jun to 13th Jun 3) 6th Jun to 14th Jun 4) 7th Jun to 15th Jun 5) None of these

Ques. : 7 Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won a landslide victory bagging over 96 per cent votes in the presidential polls in which of the following countries, recently? 

1) Thailand 2) Philippines 3) Egypt 4) Libya 5) None of these

Ques. : 8 Which of the following state govts is all set to appoint nearly 1.70 lakh Shiksha Mitras as regular primary teachers? 

1) Tripura 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Bihar 4) Rajasthan 5) West Bengal

Ques. : 9 The Indian economy expanded at what per cent during the period 2013-14 as per the official data released by the Central Statistical Office (CSO) 

1) 4.3 per cent 2) 4.5 per cent 3) 4.7 per cent 4) 4.9 per cent 5) None of these

Ques. : 10 The Union govt declared Polavaram project a national project paving the way for transfer of 136 villages from Telangana to 

1) Seemandhra (Successor of Andhra Pradesh) 2) Tamil Nadu 3) Karnataka 4) Odisha 5) None of these

****** ANSWER ****** 
1. 2) Ajit Doval 
2. 1) Arijit Pasayat
3. 5) May 31 
4. 2) Non-Discriminatory Market Access 
5. 4) 26 per cent 
6. 1) 4th Jun to 12th Jun 
7. 3) Egypt 
8. 2) Uttar Pradesh 
9. 3) 4.7 per cent 
10. 1) Seemandhra (Successor of Andhra Pradesh)

SOME IMPORTANT MOVEMENTS IN INDIA & THEIR FOUNDERS

1. ARYA SAMAJ - SWAMI DAYANAND SARASWATI 
2. BRAHMA SAMAJ - RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY 
3. SARVODAYA MOVEMENT - JAYAPRAKASH NARAYAN 
4. SREERAMA KRISHNA MISSION - SWAMI VIVEKANANDA 
5. BOODHANA MOVEMENT - ACHARYA VINOBHA BHAVE 
6. KHILAFAT MOVEMENT - ALI BROTHERS 
7. SERVANTS OF INDIA SOCIETY - GOPALA KRISHNA GOKHALE 
8. PRARTHANA SAMAJ - ATMARAM PANDURANG 
9. THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY - ANNIE BESANT 
10. ALIGARH MOVEMENT - SIR SYED AHMED KHAN 
11. SWATHANTRA PARTY - C. RAJAGOPALACHARI 
12. VANAMAHOTSAV - K. M. MUNSHI 
13. CHIPCO MOVEMENT - SUNDARLAL BAHUGUNA 
14. CHINMAYA MISSION - SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA 
15. ABHINAV BHARAT - V. D. SAVARKAR 
16. GADDAR PARTY - LALA HARDAYAL 
17. VISWABHARATI - RABINDRANATH TAGORE
18. RED SHIRT - KHAN ABDUL GAFFAR KHAN 
19. BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY - MADAN MOHAN MALAVYA 
20. SATYA SHODAK SAMAJ - JYOTHI RAO PULE 
21. ATMIYA SABHA - RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY 
22. PEOPLES EDUCATION SOCIETY - B. R. AMBEDKAR 
23. HOME RULE MOVEMENT -BALAGANGADHAR TILAK, ANNIE BESANT 
24. INDIAN BRAHMA SAMAJ - KESAVA CHANDRA SEN 
25. INDIAN ASSOCIATION - SURENDRANATH BANNERJEE

Current Affairs Questions

Ques. : 1 The leaders of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) group took part in the swearing in ceremony of the new PM Narendra Modi, recently. Which of the following countries is NOT a member of the group? 

1) Pakistan 
2) Afghanistan 
3) Bhutan 
4) Nepal 
5) Mauritius

 Ques. : 2 Who among the following has been sworn in as the Minister of Human Resource Development? He/She is the youngest minister of the new Union Cabinet as of now? 

1) Radha Mohan Singh 
2) Harsimrat Kaur Badal 
3) Ananth Kumar 
4) Smriti Zubin Irani 
5) Sushma Swaraj 

Ques. : 3 Who among the following has been appointed Chairman of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, recently? 

1) Justice NP Singh 
2) Justice P Sathasivam 
3) Justice MB Shah 
4) Justice BS Chauhan 
5) None of these

Ques. : 4 Who has authored the book ‘Redesigning the Aeroplane While Flying: Reforming Institutions’? 

1) Pallavi Aiyar 
2) Mihir Shah 
3) Arun Maira 
4) Sam Pitroda 
5) Montek Singh Ahluwalia 

Ques. : 5 As announced by the US President Barack Obama, the US military will be completely pulled out of Afghanistan by the end of 

1) 2015 
2) 2016 
3) 2017 
4) 2018 
5) 2020 

COMPUTER AWARENESS

1. If a word is typed that is not in Word’s dictionary, a ____________ wavy underline appears below the word.
(A) red (B) green (C) blue (D) black

2. The____________ button on the quick access Toolbar allows you to cancel your recent commands or actions.
(A) Search (B) Cut (C) Document (D) Undo

3. In Excel, any set of characters containing a letter , hyphen, or space is considered—
 (A) a formula (B) text (C) a name (D) a title

4. ____________Software allows users to perform calculations on rows and columns of data.
(A) Word processing (B) Presentation graphics (C) Database Management Systems (D) Electronic Spreadsheet

5. A ____________represent approximately one billion memory locations.
 (A) kilobyte (B) megabyte (C) gigabyte (D) terabyte

6. ____________cells involves creating a single cell by combining two or more selected cells.
 (A) Formatting (B) Merging (C) Embedding (D) Splitting

Current Affairs Questions With Answers

Current Affairs Questions With Answers

Question 1
When did India successfully test fired Akash missile from Chandipur?
a) 1 May 2014
b) 2 May 2014
c) 29 April 2014
d) 15 April 2014
Answer : b) 2 May 2014

Question 2
In India, Election Queue Management System was introduced during Lok Sabha election 2014 in ______
a) Puri, Odisha
b) Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
c) Bijapur, Karnataka
d) Budwan, West Bengal
Answer: d) Budwan, West Bengal

Question 3
Find the number of Indians who won Harvard Business School New Venture Competition awards.
a) Four
b) Five
c) Three
d) Six
Answer : a) Four

Question 4
World Press Freedom Day is celebrated on ______.
a) 1 May
b) 3 May
c) 7 May
d) 11 May
Answer : b) 3 May

Question 5
When did Royal Nay Submarine Service has appointed first female submariners?
a) 5 May 2014
b) 6 May 2014
c) 7 April 2014
d) 5 April 2014
Answer : a) 5 May 2014

Question 6
RBI sanctioned to open Savings bank accounts for the minors of age above ____ years.
a) 15
b) 12
c) 10
d) 13
Answer : c) 10

GA QUESTIONS FOR IBPS PO

[1] Name the Parliamentary constituency in Assam which registered the highest voter turnout in the General Election 2014? 
Ans - Dhubri

[2] Who sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of Bihar? 
Ans - Jitan Ram Manjhi

[3] Who won won the Men's Italian Tennis Open 2014 held in Rome, Italy on 18 May 2014? 
Ans - Ans - Novak Djokovic

[4] Who was named as Manchester United’s new manager? 
Ans- Dutchman Louis Van Gaal

[5] Who has received an honorary knighthood? 
Ans – Ratan Tata

[6] Who has been nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi Leadership Award 2014? 
Ans - Arati Devi

[7] Name the bank that has set Guinness record in blood collection? 
Ans – HDFC Bank

[8] Who will receive 45th Dada Saheb Phalke Award? 
Ans – Gulzar

[9] Who has won the 2014 Asian award for outstanding achievement in sports? 
Ans - Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni

[10] Who has received the "Most Efficient Navratna 2013" award? 
Ans - HAL

GK Tricks:29

General Knowledge- Largest Producers in India 

1.The largest producer of paddy in India- West Bengal
2.The largest producer of wheat in India- Uttar Pradesh
3.The largest producer of sugarcane in India- Uttar Pradesh
4.The largest producer of groundnut in India- Gujarat
5.The largest producer of tea in India- Assam wheatfood-grains
6.The largest producer of coffee in India- Karnataka
7.The largest producer of jute in India- West Bengal
8.The largest producer of tobacco in India- Andhra Pradesh
9.The largest producer of bananas in India- Tamilnadu
10.The largest producer of saffron in India- Jammu & Kashmir
11.The largest producer of onion in India- Maharashtra
12.The largest producer of black pepper in India- Kerala
13.The largest producer of cotton in India- Gujarat
14.The largest producer of bamboos in India- Assam

GK Tricks 28

[1] Who has sworn-in as the first woman Chief Minister of Gujarat on 22 May 2014?
Ans - Anandiben Patel
[2] When was International Day for Biological Diversity observed across the world?
Ans - 22 May 2014
[3] Who has been appointed as new Director General of Police of Jammu and Kashmir?
Ans - K Rajendra Kumar
[4] Name the Snooker champion who has been nominated for Arjuna awards announced by the Billiards and Snooker Association of India (BSFI)?
Ans - Chitra Magimairaj
[5] Who has been selected as Managing Director of ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) by Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB)?
Ans - Narendra Kumar Verma
[6] When is International Museum Day celebrated?
Ans – 18th May
[7] Who won the Cricket Club of India (CCI) Classic Billiards and Snooker tournament?
Ans - Pankaj Advani
[8] Who took over as the new Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission?
Ans - Former IB chief Rajiv Mathur
[9] Which economies of the world have been declared world’s most expensive economies in a ranking released by the World Bank recently?
Ans - Switzerland, Norway
[10] What is the name of the India’s own card payment system that has been dedicated to the nation recently by President Pranab Mukherjee?
Ans - RupayCard

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BANKING SPECIAL

Types of Cheque

1. Order Cheque: A cheque which is payable to a particular person or his order is called an order cheque.

2. Bearer Cheque: A cheque which is payable to a person whosoever bears, is called bearer cheque.

3. Blank Cheque: A cheque on which the drawer puts his signature and leaves all other columns blank is called a blank cheque.

4. Stale Cheque: The cheque which is more than six months old is a stale cheque.

5. Multilated Cheque: If a cheque is torn into two or more pieces, it is termed as mutilated cheque.

6. Post Dated Cheque: If a cheque bears a date later than the date of issue, it is termed as post dated cheque.

7. Open Cheque: A cheque which has not been crossed is called an open cheque. Even if a cheque is crossed and subsequently the drawer has cancelled the crossing at the request of the payee and affixes his full signature with the words “crossing cancelled pay cash”, it becomes an open cheque.

8. Crossed Cheque: A cheque which carries too parallel transverse lines across the face of the cheque with or without the words “I and co”, is said to be crossed.

9. Gift Cheques: Gift cheques are used for offering presentations on occasions like birthday, weddings and such other situations. It is available in various denominations.

10. Traveller’s Cheques: It is an instrument issued by a bank for remittance of money from one place to another.

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Locations of Headquarters

 Important International Organizations Name 
 Locations of Headquarters


1. United Nations Organization (UNO) - New York, USA
2. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - New York, USA
3. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - Paris, France
4. United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) - Vienna, Austria
5. World Health Organization (WHO) - Geneva, Switzerland
6. United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) - New York, USA
7. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) - Vienna, Austria
8. World Bank - Washington, D.C., United States
9. International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Geneva, Switzerland
10. International Maritime Organization (IMO) - London, United Kingdom
11. Universal Postal Union (UPU) - Bern, Switzerland
12. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Rome, Italy
13. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - Geneva, Switzerland
14. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) - Kathmandu, Nepal
15. International Labour Organization (ILO) - Geneva, Switzerland
16. International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Washington, D.C., United States
17. World Trade Organization (WTO) - Geneva, Switzerland
18. International Court of Justice (World Court or ICJ) - The Hague, Netherlands
19. Amnesty International - London, United Kingdom
20. Transparency International (TI) - Berlin, Germany
21. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) - Geneva,WIPO-HQ Switzerland
22. International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
23. Commonwealth of Nations - London, United Kingdom
24. International Organization for Standardization (ISO) - Geneva, Switzerland

Our Universe and Planet

 GK For Various Entrance Examination >>>  Our Universe and Planet 

1. In order of their distances from the Sun, which of the following planets lie between Mars and Uranus?
 (a) Earth and Jupiter (b) Jupiter and Saturn (c) Saturn and Earth (d) Saturn and Neptune

Answer. (b)

2. Comets revolve around:
(a) Sun (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) No single heavenly body

Answer. (a)

3. Which one of the following is correct? Great Bear is a
(a) Galaxy (b) Planet (c) Star (d) Constellation

Answer. (d)

4. The hottest planet is:
(a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn

Answer. (b)

5. Which of the planets is nearest to the earth?
(a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Mars

Answer. (b)

6. Which one of the following planets takes the same number of days for rotation And revolution?
(a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter

Answer. (b)

7. Which of the following planets of the solar system has the longest day?
(a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Earth

Answer. (c)

8. Which planet of the solar system spins on its axis at the fastest rate?
(a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Satum

Answer. (c)

QUESTIONS FOR IBPS PO

GA QUESTIONS FOR IBPS PO

 [1] Name the Czech priest won the Templeton Prize for 2014? Ans - Tomas Halik

[2] Who bagged the Gollapudi Srinivas National Award 2013? Ans - Gyan Cornea

[3] Who won the 2014 edition of the UN-Water ―Water for Life‖ Best Practices Award for their sustainable practices of water resources? Ans - India and Singapore

[4] Who was selected for the 23rd G D Birla Award for scientific research for the year 2013? Ans - Physicist Rajesh Gopakumar

[4] Name the renowned Hindi author will receive Sarawasti Samman for the year 2013 for his book ‗Dhool Paudho Par‘ published in 2008? Ans - Govind Mishra

[5] Who was conferred India's Global Icon of the Year award at the NRI of the Year awards in Mumbai? Ans - Amitabh Bachchan

[6] Who won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014? Ans - Japanese architect Shigeru Ban

[7] Which country lifted the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2014? Ans - : South Africa

[8] Who has been appointed coach of the National men‘s hockey team? Ans - Olympian and former India captain Jude Felix

[9] Name the company who has bagged a multi-year deal from Volvo Cars? Ans - : Infosys

[10] Which telecom service provider has launched its popular mobile money transfer and payment service M-Pesa partnering with private sector ICICI Bank? Ans - Vodafone

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GK Based on Highest Facts in the World

Highest mountain peak - Mt. Everest (Nepal)
Highest mountain - Himalaya
Highest lake - Titicaca (Bolivia)
Highest plateau - Tibet
Highest continent - Antartica
Highest waterfall - Angel Falls, (Venezuela)
Highest active volcano - Guayathiri (Chile)
Highest capital city - La Paz (Bolivia)
Highest town - Wenchuan (Tibet)
Highest volcano - Cotopaxy (Ecuador)
Highest airport - Lhasa Airport (Tibet)
Highest railway station - Condor Station (Bolivia)
Highest river bridge - Liuguanghe Bridge in China
Highest road bridge - Bailey bridge built by the Indian Army at Khardungla (Ladakh)
Highest railway - Qinghai - Tibet (5072m)
Highest Bridge - Milau (France) 2.46 km)

Monuments and Founders

Monuments in India General Knowledge Questions and Answers

1. Konark Temple was built by ..........
Answer: Narasimha I
2. Ibadatkhana or Hall of Prayers was constructed by:
Answer: Akbar
3. Kailashnath Temple at Kanchi was constructed by:
Answer: Narasimhavarman II
4. Kailashnath Temple at Ellora was built by:
Answer: Krishna I
5. Dasavatar cave at Ellora was built by:
Answer: Dantidurga
6. Agra Fort was built by:
Answer: Akbar
7. Moti Masjid at Lahore was built by:
Answer: Jehangir
8. Moti Masjid at Delhi was built by:
Answer: Aurangazeb
9. Juma Masjid at Delhi was built by:
Answer: Shah Jahan
10. Tanjavur Big Temple was built by:
Answer: Rajaraja Chola
11. Gangaikonda Cholapuram was built by:
Answer: Rajendra
12. Harmandir Sahib (Golden temple) was built by:
Answer: Guru Arjan Dev
13. Founder of Vikramsila University:
Answer: Dharmapala
14. Seven Rath Temple at Mahabalipuram was built by:
Answer: Narasimhavarman
15. The dancing Nataraja figure at Chidambaram was built by:
Answer: Chola dynasty
16. Palace of Thousand Pillars was built by:
Answer: Alauddin Khilji
17. Hazara temple was built by:
Answer: Krishnadeva Raya
18. Shalimar Bagh of Kashmir was built by:
Answer: Jahangir

Books and Authors

Books and Authors 

01. My experiments with Truth: Mahatma M.K.Gandhi 
02. Far from the Madding Crowd: Thomas Hardy 
03. Geetanjali: Rabindra Nath Tagore
 04. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch: Alexander Solzhenitsyn 
05. The Merchant of venice: William shakespeare 
06. The Moon and Six pense : Somerset Maughan 
07. Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come: John Bunyan 
08. A Tale of Two Cities: Charles Dickens
09. Utopia: Sir Thomas Moor 
10. Origin of species: Charles Darwin 
11. David Copperfield: Charles Dickens 
12. A passage to India: E.M.Forster 
13. Gulliver's Travels: Jonathan Swift 
14. Discovery of India: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru 
15. The Vicar of Wakefield: Oliver Goldsmith 
16. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Edward Gibbon 
17. The Lady of the Last Minstrel: Sir Walter Scott 
18. Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen 
19. Time Machine: H.G. Wells 
20. Arthashastra: Kautilya 
21. Le Contract Social: Jean Jacques Rousseau 
22. Avigyan Sakuntalam: Kalidas 
23. Anand Math: Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay 
24. Mein Kampf: Adolf Hitler 
25. Ain-i-Akbari: Abul Fazal 
26. Akbar-Nama: Abul Fazal 
27. Shakuntala: Kalidas 
28. War and peace: Leo Tolstoy 
29. A Dangerous place: D.P. Moynihan 
30. Raghuvamsa: Kalidas 
31. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Arthur Conan Doyle 
32. Adventures of Tom Saweyer: Mark Twain 
33. Agni Veena: Kazi Nasrul Islam 
34. Alice in Wonderland: Lewis Carrol 
35. Ancient Mariner: Coleridge 
36. Animal Farm: George Orwell 
37. Anna Karenina: Leo Tolstoy 
38. Antony and Cleopatra: Shakespeare 
39. Arms and the Man: G.B.Shaw 
40. Around the World in eighty days: Jules Verne 
41. Baburnama: Babur 
42. Ben Hur: Lewis Wallace 
43. Bhagwat Gita: Ved Vyas 
44. Bisarjan: R.N.Tagore 
45. Canterbury Tales: Chaucer 
46. Chitra: R.N.Tagore 
47. Count of Monte Cristo: Alexander Dumas 
48. Crime and Punishment: Dostoevsky 
49. Das Kapital : Karl Marx 
50. Divine Comedy: Dante

Important Sports Venue

~ ~ Important Sports Venue ~ ~
 1. 2012 Olympics is held at - London
 2. Venue of 2016 Olympics - Rio de Genero (Brazil)
 3. Venue of 2014 Winter Olympics - Sochi (Russia)
 4. 2012 Summer Paralympics is held at - London
 5. Venue of 2016 Summer Paralympics - Rio de Genero (Brazil)
 6. Venue of 2014 Winter Paralympics - Sochi (Russia)
 7. Venue of 2014 FIFA World Cup Football - Brazil
 8. Brand ambassador of the 2014 FIFA World Cup - Pele
 9. Venue of 2018 FIFA World Cup - Russia
 10. Venue of 2022 World Cup Football - Qatar
 11. 2010 Commonwealth Games was held at - Delhi
 12. 2014 Commonwealth Games will be at - Glasgow (Scotland)
13. Venue of 2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast (Australia)
 14. 2012 Euro Cup Football was held at - Poland and Ukraine
 15. Venue of 2016 Euro Cup Football - France
 16. Venue of 2015 World Cup Cricket - Australia and New Zealand
 17. Host of the 2019 World Cup Cricket - England
 18. Host of the 2014 T-20 World Cup Cricket - Bangladesh
 19. Host of the 2016 T-20 World Cup Cricket - India
 20. Venue of 2014 Asian Games - Incheon (South Korea)
 21. Host of the 2023 World Cup Cricket - India
22. Venue of 2019 Asian Games - Hanoi (Vietnam)
 23. Venue of 2020 Summer Olympics - Tokyo (Japan)
 24. Venue of 2018 Winter Olympics - Pyeongchang (South Korea)
 25. Host of Cricket world Test Champions 2017 - England 
26. Host of Cricket world Test Champions 2021 - India
 27. Official Mascot of 2014 FIFA World Cup - Smiling Armadillo
 28. 35th National Games to be hosted by - Kerala in 2014.
 29. Official mascot of the 35th National Games - Great Hornbill
30. 4th Kabaddi World Cup - In Punjab, November 2013

GK Tricks 27

1. Which is the latest theory of evolution of the Universe: "Pulsating Universe Theory"
2.The total number of planets in our solar system is: "8"
3. Which is the nearest planet to the Sun: "Mercury"
4. Which is the farthest planet from the Sun: "Neptune"
5. Which of the planets has rings round it: "Saturn"
6. Which of the 8 planets is the largest: "Jupiter"
7.The outermost halo of the Sun is called: "Corona"
8. How many minutes the Sunlight takes to reach to Earth: "8.3 minutes"
9. Lunar Eclipse occurs when : "The Earth is between the Sun and the Moon"
10. Solar eclipse is caused when:"The Moon is between the sun and the Earth."
11. 70 degree of the Sun's mass consists of: "Hydrogen"
12. Qantas Airlines belongs to : "Australia"
13.The first country to launch any vehicle in space

was: "USSR (in 1957)"

Nicknames of Famous People

Nicknames of Famous People

1. Bapu...................Mahatma Gandhi 
2. Man of Peace...........Lal Bahadur Shastri 
3. Punjab Kesari..........Lala Lajpat Rai 
4. Iron Man of India......Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 
5. Gurudev................Rabindranath Tagore 
6. Chacha.................Jawaharlal Nehru 
7. Magician of Hockey.....Dhyanchand 
8. Quaid-i-Azam...........Md. Ali Jinnah 
9. Sher-e-Kashmir.........Sheikh Abdullah
10. Lokmanya..............Bal Gangadhar Tilak 
11. Desh Ratna............Dr. Rajendra Prasad 
12. Netaji................Subhash Chandra Bose 
13. Sparrow...............Major General Rajinder Singh 
14. Sahid-e-Azam..........Bhagat Singh 
15. Nightingale of India..Sarojini Naidu 
16. Udanpari..............P.T. Usha 
17. Tota-e-Hind...........Amir Khushro 
18. Napoleon of India.....Samudra Gupta 
19. Bangabandhu...........Sheikh Mujibut Rahman 
20. Deshbandhu............Chitta Ranjan Das 
21. Deenbandhu............C.F. Andrews 
22. Shakespeare of India..Mahakavi Kalidas 
23. Machiavelli of India..Chanakya 
24. Loknayak..............Jayaprakash Narayan 
25. Jana Nayak............Karpuri Thakur 
26. Akbar of Kashmir......Jainul Abdin 
27. Father of Gujarat.....Ravi Shankar Maharaj 

Current Affairs March 2014

Current Affairs March 2014 in Pdf version....

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Some Important question for competitive exam

1. The red blood cells originate in the: 
(a) Bone marrow (b) Brain (c) Ligaments (d) Muscles 

Answer: (a) Bone marrow

2. Who, amongst the following, is credited with the discovery of penicillin?
(a) Edward Jenner (b) Louis Pasteur (c) Alexander Flemings (d) William Harvey 

Answer: (c) Alexander Flemings

3. Which of the following is essential for the plants to help them in the formation of chlorophyll? 
(a) Calcium V (b) Magnesium (c) Potassium (d) Phosphorus 

Answer: (b) Magnesium

4. The other name of Vitamin C is?
(a) Formic acid (b) Acetic acid (c) Ascorbic acid (d) Riboflavin 

Answer: (c) Ascorbic acid

5. Who is credited with the discovery of neutron? 
(a) Chadwick (b) Bohr (c) Newton (d) Rutherford 

Answer: (a) Chadwick

6. The average life of a red blood cell in the body is about: 
(a) 95 days (b) 105 days (c) 115 days (d) 130 days 

Answer: (c) 115 days

7. Which of the following is used as a preservative of food articles? 
(a) Sodium benzoate (b) Sodium bicarbonate (c) Sodium carbonate (d) Sodium chloride

 Answer: (a) Sodium benzoate

8. DNA is?
(a) Acetic acid (b) Citric acid (c) A class of nucleic acids (d) An enzyme 

Answer: (c) A class of nucleic acids

9. The lustre of diamond is due to? 
(a) Reflection (b) Total internal reflection (c) Refraction (d) It is being the purest form of carbon 

Answer: (b) Total internal reflection

10. Milk in natural form has a certain amount of sugar. This sugar is called? 
(a) Glucose (b) Fructose (c) Lactose (d) Sucrose 

Answer: (c) Lactose

List of ministers

List of ministers in Narendra Modi's government

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Budget 2014

Rail Budget Pdf :

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CURRENT AFFAIRS

CURRENT AFFAIRS


1)Who is chosen for "Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013" ?
 ➖ Gulzar
2)Who was crowned as the new Miss India in the 51st Femina Miss India contest ?
 ➖ Koyal Rana
3)Union Minister K. Sambasiva Rao was holding which portfolio? 
➖ Union Textiles Minister
4)Indian woman who won the "International Women of Courage Award 2014"? 
➖ Ms. Laxmi
5)Till now (2014) how many Bharat Ratna\'s have been awarded? 
➖ 43
6)Who was appointed as new Commerce Secretary on 15 Jan 2014? 
➖ Rajeev Kher
7)Rashtriya Kishore Swasthya Karyakaram program of Indian Govt targets which age group?
 ➖ 10-19 years
8)Football player-Eusebio known as "Black Panther" belonged to which country? 
➖ Portugal
9)New Fossil National Park is proposed in which state?
 ➖ Uttrakhand
10)Which state in India has proposed new Time Zone ? 
➖ Assam

Important GK Questions and Answers

Competitive Exams - Important GK Questions and Answers

 1. What is the Full form of PIN? 
Answer. Postal Index Number 

2. When did the Pin system Started in India? 
Answer. 1972

3. Which is the first Indian post office outside Indian Territory?
 Answer. Post office at Dakshin Gangotri in Antarctica (1983) 

4. When did the speed post service started in India? 
Answer. 1986 

5. Which Governor General found Telegraph and Postal systems? 
Answer. Lord Dalhousie 

6. When did the first General Post Office opened in India? 
Answer. 1774 (Kolkata) 

7. Which is the first postage stamp of India? 
Answer. Sinde Dawk (1852) 

ECONOMY QUIZ

**ECONOMY QUIZ***


1) Who is the World’s top richest Billionaire with worth of 76 billion dollars according to Forbes magazine’s 28th Annual World billionaires list released on 3 March 2014?
Ans:- Bill Gates

2) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 13 March 2014 hiked the trade related remittance limit from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs. 5 lakh per transaction.What was the reason for this increase?
Ans:- Increase in the number of transactions handled by exchange houses

3) Bharti Airtel and which international telecom giant signed a pact on 4 March 2014 to set up a multi-service regional network infrastructure node in India?
Ans:- Etisalat

4) Government of India on 4 March 2014 hiked the interest rates on fixed deposit scheme that is offered by post offices by up to —- percent?
Ans:- 0.2 %

5) Which state scored the highest in monthly per capita consumer expenditure (MPCE) for urban areas in the recently released ranking by the by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO)?
Ans:- Haryana

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Most CONFUSING GK QUESTIONS FROM DAYS 

1. National Youth Day - January 12 
2. International Youth Day - August 12 
3. National Teachers' Day - September 5 
4. International Teachers' Day - October 5 
5. National Tourism Day - January 25 
6. International Tourism Day - September 27 
7. National Children's Day - November 14 
8. International Children's Day - June 1 
9. National Consumer Day - December 24 
10. International Consumer Day - March 15 
11. National Postal Day - October 10 
12. International Postal Day - October 9 
13. National Blood Donation Day - October 1 
14. World Blood Donors Day - JUNE 14

GK Tricks 24: First In India

First In India Important Question & Answers 


1. Where was the first Post Office opened in India ? 
Answer: Kolkata in 1727
2. Name of the first deputy Prime Minister of India ? 
Answer: Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
3. Name of first Space Tourist of India ? 
Answer: Santosh George
4. Name of the first Aircraft Carrier Indian Ship ? 
Answer: I.N.S. Vikrant
5. Name of First Indian who reached south pole ? 
Answer: Col. I K Bajaj
6. Name of first Indian who won Billiards Trophy ? 
Answer: Wilson Jones
7. Name of the First Indian Prime Minister who resigned from Office ? 
Answer: Moraji Desai
8. First Indian recipient of Oscar Award ? 
Answer: Bhanu Athaiya
1. Name of the first Atomic Submarine of India ?
 Answer: I.N.S Chakra
2. What is the name of first British to visit India ? 
Answer: Hawkins
3. Name of the first election commissioner of India ? 
Answer: Sukumar Sen.
4. Name of the first university of India ? 
Answer: Nalanda University.
5. Where is India's First nuclear centre ? 
Answer: Tarapur
6. Name of the first Chinese pilgrim to visit India ? 
Answer: Fa-hien
7. Name of first foreign recipient of Bharat Ratna ? 
Answer: Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan