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

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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