హరిహర: 2013

Thursday, 21 November 2013

International Days in September by United Nations

5 September—International Day of Charity
8 September— International Literacy Day [UNESCO]
10 September— World Suicide
Prevention Day [WHO]
12 September— United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
15 September—International Day of Democracy
16 September— International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
21 September— International Day of Peace
26 September(Last week of
September) — World Maritime Day [IMO]
27 September— World Tourism Day UNWTO
28 September— World Rabies Day
[WHO]
28 September(Last Saturday in
September) —World Heart Day [WHO]

Punch line of Banks

*Punjab National Bank->The name
you can Bank upon
*Corporation Bank->A premier
Public Sector Bank
*United Bank of India->The Bank
that begins with you
*Bank of India->Relationship
Beyond Banking
*Vijaya Bank->A
friend you can bank upon
*Bank of Maharashtra->One
Family oneBank
*Allahabad Bank->A
tradition of trust
*Bank of Baroda->India’s
International Bank
*Indian Overseas Bank->Touching Hearts, Spreading Smiles
*Union Bank of India->Good
People to Bank with
*Dena Bank->Trusted
Family Bank
*Syndicate Bank->Faithful
Friendly

GK For UPSC&SSC

1. Who wrote the song "Sare jahan se
acha" ?
Answer: Muhammad Iqbal
2. Who give music to the song "Sare
jahan se acha" ?
Answer: Pandit Ravi Shankar
3. Which is the worlds oldest news
agency ?
Answer: AFP (Agence France Presse)
4. What is the chemical name of Tear
Gas ?
Answer: Chloroacetophenone
5. Which is the only hobby
recognized by the United Nations ?
Answer: Ham Radio
6. What is the national flower of
Pakistan ?
Answer: Jasmine
7. What is the scientific name of
Cockroach ?
Answer: Periplaneta americana
8. What is the unit of luminous
intensity ?
Answer: Candela
9. Who is the winner of 2012 Us open
men's title ?
Answer: Andy Murray
10. Who is the winner of 2012 Us
open women's title ?
Answer: Serena Williams
11. Which famous writer is known as
Father of Snow Golf ?
Answer: Rudyard Kipling
12. How many Schedules are there in
the Indian Constitution ?
Answer: 12
13. Which planet is known as Red
planet ?
Answer: Mars
14. Which European countries are
separated by Market Reef ?
Answer: Finland and Sweden
15. Who is the author of
Panchtantra ?
Answer: Vishnu Sharma
16. Which is the coldest planet in
solar system ?
Answer: Neptune
17. The Rourkela Steel Plant in
Odisha was built with the
collaboration of _____ ?
Answer: Germany
18. The Durgapur Steel Plant in West
Bengal was built with the
collaboration of _____ ?
Answer: Britain
19. The Bhilai Steel Plant in
Chattisgarh was built with the
collaboration of _____ ?
Answer: Russia
20. Who is the first and only Muslim
lady ever to rule the throne of Delhi ?
Answer: Razia Sultana
21. Who composed the national
anthem of Bangladesh (Amar sona
bangla) ?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
22. Who wrote the book Planned
economy for India ?
Answer: M. Visvesvaraya (He is known
as father of Indian planning, his
birthday September 15 is observed as
Engineer's Day in India )
23. Which is the oldest sports in the
world ?
Answer: Archery ( It is the national
sports of Bhutan)
24. What is the normal duration of
Hockey game ?
Answer: 70 Minuets
25. Which Minor Rock Edict of Asoka
describes the conquest of Kalinga by
Asoka ?
Answer: No. XIII (13)
* 26. Who is the author of Joy of
Numbers ?
Answer: Shakuntala Devi
* 27. Who is the creator of the
painting The Potato Eaters ?
Answer: Vincent van Gogh
*28. Folketing is the parliament of
which country ?
answer: Denmark
* 29. What s the chemical name of
Lime stone ?
Answer: Calcium Carbonate
* 30. Zero degree centigrade equal to
_________ degree Fahrenheit ?
Answer: 32

National Anthems of Some Countries

Jana Gana Mana => India
The Star-Spangled Banner => America
God Save the Queen => Britain
Qaumi Taranah => Pakistan
March of the Volunteers => China
Indonesia Raya => Indonesia
Amar Sonar Bangla => Bangladesh
Kimigayo => Japan
Kassaman => Algeria
Druk tsendhen => Bhutan
Kaba Ma Kyei => Myanmar
Mawtini => Iraq
Al-Nasheed Al-Watani => Kuwait

LATEST APPOINTMENTS IN THE WORLD

1. Abdulla Yameen appointed as the
new President of Maldives.
2. Bill de Blasio - New York City's first
Democratic mayor in two decades.
3. Imomali Rakhmon Reelected as the
President of Tajikistan
4. Syed Jalil Abbas Jilani appointed
New Pakistan's envoy to USA.
5. Syed Ibne Abbas: New Pakistani
envoy to India.
6. Ms Tehmina Janjua: Pakistan's
permanent representative (PR) for the
United Nations in New York.
7. Nawaz Sharif: New Pm of Pakistan
8. Mamnoon Hussain - 12th President
of Pakistan
9. Miss World 2013: Megan Young
from Philippines
10. Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola of Nigeria
- New World Muslimah 2013
11. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita: New Mali
President
12. Mulatu Teshome: New president
of Ethiopia
13. Hun Sen: New Cambodian Prime
Minister
14. Tony Abbott :New PM of Australia.
He succeeded Kevin Rudd
15. Nouri Abusahmain: Preseident of
Libya
16. Ali Zeidan: Libya PM (Prime
Minister)
17. Wael Nader Al-Halqi: Prime
Minister of Syria.
18. C.V. Wigneswaran - Northern
Province CM of Sri Lanka.
19. Satya Nadella (India-born) – New
Microsoft CEO
20. Roberto Azevedo - Head of W.T.O.
21. New King of Belgium: Prince
Philippe
22. Samantha Power - US ambassador
to United Nations.
23. Susan Elizabeth Rice - National
Security Adviser to Obama
24. James Comey - next FBI Director
of US.
25. Staffan de Mistura - Italian
Special Envoy to India.
26. Dr. Christopher Briggs - Secretary
General of the Ramsar Convention .
27. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, first
woman regional director of WHO
28. Takehiko Nakao – new President of
ADB
29. Ashok Vemuri - the President and
CEO of iGate Corporation.
30. Puneet Talwar - the Assistant
Secretary of State for Political Military
Affairs by the US President Barack
Obama.
31. The new Argentine pope Jorge
Mario Bergoglio (76) - new Pope
becomes the 266th pontiff.
32. Thomas Batch (Germany) - 9th
President of IOC ( succeeded Jacques
Rogge of Belgium.)
33. Rangaswamy Srinivasan is the
only Indian American re-nominated
by Obama for the District of Columbia
Circuit.
34. Elbegdorj Tsakhia – New Mongolia
president.
35. Abdoulaye Bathily of Senegal -
New Deputy Special Representative
for the United Nations
Multidimensional Integrated
Stabilization Mission in Mali
(MINUSMA).
36. Satish Babu(Director,
International Centre for Free and
Open Source Software (ICFOSS)) –
elected to 2014 Nominating
Committee of the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Numbers
and Names (ICANN). .
37. Hassan Rouhani – New Iran's
seventh President
38. Robert Mugabe – President of
Zimbabwe
39. Pak Lt Gen Maqsood Ahmed - UN
military advisor
40. Shinzo Abe - New PM of Japan.
41. John Kerry- The secretary of state
(US).
42. Nicos Anastasiades - President of
Cyprus .
43. Hazem El-Beblawi - new Prime
Minister of Egypt
44. Khil Raj Regmi – New Prime
Minister of Nepal
45. Park Geun-hye - President of S.
Korea (1st women president).
46. Raul Castro - President in Cuba.
47. New King of Netherlands: Willem-
Alexander
48. Enrico Letta – New PM of Italy
49. Srikanth Srinivasan - first Indian-
American judge in the U.S. Supreme
Court
50. Abdul Hamid- New Bangladesh
President
51. Elbegdorj Tsakhia new Mongolia
President

30 GK Questions

Sunday, 27 October 2013

DadaSaheb Phalke Award Winners

1969- Devika Rani, actress
1970- B. N. Sircar, producer
1971- Prithviraj Kapoor, actor
(posthumous)
1972- Pankaj Mullick, composer (music director)
1973- Ruby Myers (Sulochana), actress
1974- Bomireddi Narasimha, Reddy director
1975- Dhirendranath Ganguly, actor, director
1976- Kanan Devi, actress
1977- Nitin Bose, cinematographer, director, writer
1978- Rai Chand Boral, composer,
director
1979- Sohrab Modi, actor, director, producer
1980- Paidi Jairaj, actor, director
1981- Naushad Ali, composer (music director)
1982- L. V. Prasad, actor, director,
producer
1983- Durga Khote, actress
1984- Satyajit Ray, director
1985- V. Shantaram, actor, director, producer
1986- B. Nagi Reddy, producer
1987- Raj Kapoor, actor, director
1988- Ashok Kumar, actor
1989- Lata Mangeshkar, singer
1990- A. Nageswara Rao, actor
1991- Bhalji Pendharkar, director,
producer, writer
1992- Bhupen Hazarika, composer
(music director)
1993- Majrooh Sultanpuri, lyricist
1994- Dilip Kumar, actor
1995- Dr. Rajkumar, actor
1996- Sivaji Ganesan, actor
1997- Pradeep,lyricist
1998- B.R. Chopra, director ,producer
1999- Hrishikesh Mukherjee, director
2000- Asha Bhosle, singer
2001- Yash Chopra,director, producer
2002- Dev Anand, actor, director,
producer
2003- Mrinal Sen, director
2004- Adoor Gopalakrishnan, director
2005- Shyam Benegal, director
2006- Tapan Sinha, director
2007- Manna Dey, singer
2008- V.K. Murthy, cinematographer
2009- D.Ramanaidu, producer,
director
2010- K. Balchander, director
2011- Soumitra Chatterjee, actor
2012- Pran, Popular villain

Saturday, 26 October 2013

Aabdika Vidhi (ఆబ్దిక విధి)

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Sri Venkateswara Satakam(శ్రీ వేంకటేశ్వర శతకం)

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Friday, 25 October 2013

Important information on Banks

1.The oldest Joint Stock Bank of India ->Allahabad Bank
2. The bank founded by Freedom
Fighter Dr. Bhogaraju Pattabhi
Sitaramayya ->Andhra Bank
3. First bank to open a branch
outside India -> Bank of India,
London, 1946
4. The first bank to be given an ISO 9002 certificate for one of its
branches ->Canara Bank
5. The Postal Dept has issued a
commemorative stamp in the name of this bank celebrating 100 years in 2011 ->Central Bank of India
6. First Indian Bank to be wholly
owned by Indians->Central Bank of
India
7. The bank formed on the efforts of Lala Lajpat Rai ->Punjab National Bank
8. The only merger of nationalised
banks took place between
->Punjab National Bank and New Bank of India in 1993
9. The bank whose brand equity is
"Pygmy Deposit Scheme"
->Syndicate Bank
10. The bank which was conceived by Shri GD Birla ->UCO Bank

Wednesday, 23 October 2013

R.S.Agarwal Verbal Reasoning book

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Friday, 18 October 2013

Samsung Mobile codes

* Software version: *#9999#
* IMEI number: *#06#
* Serial number: *#0001#
* Battery status- Memory capacity :
*#9998*246#
* Debug screen: *#9998*324# –
*#8999*324#
* LCD kontrast: *#9998*523#
* Vibration test: *#9998*842# –
*#8999*842#
* Alarm beeper – Ringtone test :
*#9998*289# – *#8999*289#
* Smiley: *#9125#
* Software version: *#0837#
* Display contrast: *#0523# –
*#8999*523#
* Battery info: *#0228# or
*#8999*228#
* Display storage capacity:
*#8999*636#
* Display SIM card information:
*#8999*778#
* Show date and alarm clock:
*#8999*782#
* The display during warning:
*#8999*786#
* Samsung hardware version:
*#8999*837#
* Show network information:
*#8999*638#
* Display received channel number
and received intensity:
*#8999*9266#
* *#1111# S/W Version
* *#1234# Firmware Version
* *#2222# H/W Version
* *#8999*8376263# All Versions
Together
* *#8999*8378# Test Menu
* *#4777*8665# GPSR Tool
* *#8999*523# LCD Brightness
* *#8999*377# Error LOG Menu
* *#8999*327# EEP Menu
* *#8999*667# Debug Mode
* *#92782# PhoneModel (Wap)
* #*5737425# JAVA Mode
* *#2255# Call List
* *#232337# Bluetooth MAC Adress
* *#5282837# Java Version
* Type in *#0000# on a Samsung
A300 to reset the language
* Master reset(unlock) #*7337# (for
the new samsungs E700 x600 but not
E710)
* Samsung E700 type *#2255# to
show secret call log (not tested)
* Samsung A300, A800 phone unlock
enter this *2767*637#
* Samsung V200, S100, S300 phone
unlock : *2767*782257378#
* #*4773# Incremental Redundancy
* #*7785# Reset wakeup & RTK timer
cariables/variables
* #*7200# Tone Generator Mute
* #*3888# BLUETOOTH Test mode
* #*7828# Task screen
* #*#8377466# S/W Version & H/W
Version
* #*2562# Restarts Phone
* #*2565# No Blocking? General
Defense.
* #*3353# General Defense, Code
Erased.
* #*3837# Phone Hangs on White
screen.
* #*3849# Restarts Phone
* #*7337# Restarts Phone (Resets
Wap Settings)
* #*2886# AutoAnswer ON/OFF
* #*7288# GPRS Detached/Attached
* #*7287# GPRS Attached
* #*7666# White Screen
* #*7693# Sleep Deactivate/Activate
* #*2286# Databattery
* #*2527# GPRS switching set to
(Class 4, 8, 9, 10)
* #*2679# Copycat feature Activa/
Deactivate
* #*3940# External looptest 9600 bps
* #*4263# Handsfree mode Activate/
Deactivate
* #*2558# Time ON
* #*3941# External looptest 115200
bps
* #*5176# L1 Sleep
* #*7462# SIM Phase
* #*7983# Voltage/Freq
* #*7986# Voltage
* #*8466# Old Time
* #*2255# Call Failed
* #*5376# DELETE ALL SMS!!!!
* #*6837# Official Software Version:
(0003000016000702)
* #*2337# Permanent Registration
Beep
* #*2474# Charging Duration
* #*2834# Audio Path (Handsfree)
* #*3270# DCS Support Activate/
Deactivate
* #*3282# Data Activate/Deactivate
* #*3476# EGSM Activate/Deactivate
* #*3676# FORMAT FLASH VOLUME!!!
* #*4760# GSM Activate/Deactivate
* #*4864# White Screen
* #*7326# Accessory
* #*7683# Sleep variable
* #*3797# Blinks 3D030300 in RED
* #*7372# Resetting the time to DPB
variables
* #*3273# EGPRS multislot (Class 4,
8, 9, 10)
* #*7722# RLC bitmap compression
Activate/Deactivate
* #*2351# Blinks 1347E201 in RED
* #*2775# Switch to 2 inner speaker
* #*7878# FirstStartup (0=NO, 1=YES)
* #*3838# Blinks 3D030300 in RED
* #*2077# GPRS Switch
* #*2027# GPRS Switch
* #*0227# GPRS Switch
* #*0277# GPRS Switch
* #*22671# AMR REC START
* #*22672# Stop AMR REC (File
name: /a/multimedia/sounds/voice
list/ENGMODE.amr)
* #*22673# Pause REC
* #*22674# Resume REC
* #*22675# AMR Playback
* #*22676# AMR Stop Play
* #*22677# Pause Play
* #*22678# Resume Play
* #*77261# PCM Rec Req
* #*77262# Stop PCM Rec
* #*77263# PCM Playback
* #*77264# PCM Stop Play
* #*22679# AMR Get Time
* *#8999*364# Watchdog ON/OFF
* *#8999*427# WATCHDOG signal
route setup
* *2767*3855# = Full Reset (Caution
every stored data will be deleted.)
* *2767*2878# = Custom Reset
* *2767*927# = Wap Reset
* *2767*226372# = Camera Reset
(deletes photos)
* *2767*688# Reset Mobile TV
* #7263867# = RAM Dump (On or Off)
* *2767*49927# = Germany WAP
Settings
* *2767*44927# = UK WAP Settings
* *2767*31927# = Netherlands WAP
Settings
* *2767*420927# = Czech WAP
Settings
* *2767*43927# = Austria WAP
Settings
* *2767*39927# = Italy WAP Settings
* *2767*33927# = France WAP
Settings
* *2767*351927# = Portugal WAP
Settings
* *2767*34927# = Spain WAP
Settings
* *2767*46927# = Sweden WAP
Settings
* *2767*380927# = Ukraine WAP
Settings
* *2767*7927# = Russia WAP Settings
* *2767*30927# = GREECE WAP
Settings
* *2767*73738927# = WAP Settings
Reset
* *2767*49667# = Germany MMS
Settings
* *2767*44667# = UK MMS Settings
* *2767*31667# = Netherlands MMS
Settings
* *2767*420667# = Czech MMS
Settings
* *2767*43667# = Austria MMS
Settings
* *2767*39667# = Italy MMS Settings
* *2767*33667# = France MMS
Settings
* *2767*351667# = Portugal MMS
Settings
* *2767*34667# = Spain MMS
Settings
* *2767*46667# = Sweden MMS
Settings
* *2767*380667# = Ukraine MMS
Settings
* *2767*7667#. = Russia MMS
Settings
* *2767*30667# = GREECE MMS
Settings
* *#7465625# = Check the phone lock
status
* *7465625*638*Code# = Enables
Network lock
* #7465625*638*Code# = Disables
Network lock
* *7465625*782*Code# = Enables
Subset lock
* #7465625*782*Code# = Disables
Subset lock
* *7465625*77*Code# = Enables SP
lock
* #7465625*77*Code# = Disables SP
lock
* *7465625*27*Code# = Enables CP
lock
* #7465625*27*Code# = Disables CP
lock
* *7465625*746*Code# = Enables
SIM lock
* #7465625*746*Code# = Disables
SIM lock
* *7465625*228# = Activa lock ON
* #7465625*228# = Activa lock OFF
* *7465625*28638# = Auto Network
lock ON
* #7465625*28638# = Auto Network
lock OFF
* *7465625*28782# = Auto subset
lock ON
* #7465625*28782# = Auto subset
lock OFF
* *7465625*2877# = Auto SP lock ON
* #7465625*2877# = Auto SP lock OFF
* *7465625*2827# = Auto CP lock ON
* #7465625*2827# = Auto CP lock OFF
* *7465625*28746# = Auto SIM lock
ON
* #7465625*28746# = Auto SIM lock
OFF

ORGANISATION AND THERE HQ’s

1. UNO – New York
2. UNICEF – New York
3. UNESCO – Paris
4. UNIDO – Vienna
5. WHO – Geneva
6. UNFPA – New York
7. ILO – Geneva
8. IMF – Washington DC
9. WTO – Geneva
10. International Court Of Justice –
The Hague
11. International Atomic Energy
Agency – Vienna
12. World Bank – Washington D.C.
13. International Committee of
theRed Cross -Geneva
14. International Maritime
Organisation – London
15. Universal Postal Union – Berne
16. Food and Agricultural
Organisation – Rome
17. World Meteorological Organisation
– Geneva
18. SAARC – Kathmandu
19. Amnesty International – London
20. Transparency International –
Berlin
21. World Intellectual Property
Organization – Geneva
22. International Renewable Energy
Agency – Abu Dhabi (UAE) (Interim
Hqs)
23. Commonwealth of Nations –
London
24. International Standards
Organisation – Geneva

Thursday, 17 October 2013

Forbes Top 10 Indian Billionaires

1 Mukesh Ambani— $21 billion
(Reliance Industries)
2 Lakshmi Mittal — $16 billion
(ArcelorMittal)
3 Azim Premji— $12.2 billion (Wipro)
4 Pallonji Mistry— $9.8 billion
(Shapoorji Pallonji Group)
5 Dilip Shanghvi — $9.2 billion (Sun
Pharmaceuticals)
6 Adi Godrej— $9 billion (Godrej
Group)
7 Savitri Jindal and family — $8.2
billion (Jindal Group)
8 Shahi & Ravi Ruia— $8.1 billion
(Essar Group)
9 Hinduja brothers— $8 billion
(Hinduja Group)
10 Kumar Mangalam Birla— $7.8
billion (Aditya Birla Group)

GK- latest appointments from march2013

1. Amol Rajan appointed as
Independent editor.
2. Bobby Ghosh is Time International
editor.
3. Kamala Devi Harris is an American
attorney.
4. Senate approves James Comey as
new FBI director.
5. Susan Rice named as Obama's new
National Security Advisor.
6. Haryana cadre IPS Sharad Kumar to
be new NIA chief.
7. Shashi Kant Sharma, an IAS officer
of the 1976 batch from Bihar
cadre----------- CAG of India .
8. P. Sathasivam takes oath as new
Chief Justice of India
9. World Trade Organization names
Brazilian as new chief---------Roberto
Carvalho de Azevedo.
10. Antigua's Ambassador to the
United Nations, John Ashe, has been
elected President of the United
Nations General Assembly.
11. Obama Names Veteran
Troubleshooter to Afghanistan-Pak
istan Post-----------James F. Dobbins.
12. Siddha Ramaiah sworn in as new
Karnataka chief minister ------- 22nd .
13. Indian High Commissioner to
Maldives Rajeev Shahare.
14. Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-
General for Economic and Social
Affairs.
15. Priyadarshini Govind appointed
director of Kalakshetra.
16. Sunil Soni appointed Director
General of Bureau of Indian
Standards.
17. Hemant Soren becomes Jharkhand
CM, heads 9th government in 13
years.
18. Jiji Thomson. Director General,
SAI.
19. NRI Sunil Chopra elected as the
Deputy Mayor of a London Borough.
20. Kushal Singh appointed as NCPCR
chairperson---National Commission
for Protection of Child Rights
(NCPCR).
21. Laxman Singh Rathore, the
Director General of Meteorology &
Permanent Representative of India
with World Meteorological
Organization.
22. Subhash Kumar appointed as the
New Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand.
23. Krishnakumar Natarajan------
------------ NASSCOM Chairman
24.Som Mittal--------------------------
NASSCOM President
25. Dr Manmohan Singh appoints
Rentala Chandrasekhar as NTRO
chief---National Technical Research
Organisation.
26. Senior IPS officer Krishna
Chaudhary --------- Director General,
National Disaster Response Force and
Civil Defence.
27. New chief of Direct Benefits
Transfer Scheme--------- S
Sundareshan.
28. Qatar's new young emir Sheikh
Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani.
29. N. R. Narayana Murthy---------
-------------(Executive Chairman) Infosys
30. S. D. Shibulal----------------------
----------(CEO & MD) Infosys
31. S. Gopalakrishnan-(Executive Vice
Chairman, former Co-Chairman)
Infosys
32. K. Vaman Kamath is the Lead
Independent Director of Infosys
Limited , Infosys
33. E.K. Bharat Bhushan has been
appointed as the Chief Secretary of
Kerala.
34. Hindustan Times has appointed
Nicholas Dawes, editor-in-chief of
Mail and Guardian (M&G), a leading
South African paper.
35. Tomas Brunegård, chairman of
Sweden’s Stampen Media Group, is
the new president of the World
Association of Newspapers and News
Publishers.
36. Foreign Minister of Argentina Mr.
Hector Marcos.
37. Pak Pong-ju served as the Premier
of North Korea since elected by the
DPRK's Supreme People's Assembly.
38. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the 25th
and current Prime Minister of Turkey.
39. Hassan Rohani is Iran's
president.
40. Foreign Minister of Cuba Bruno
Rodriguez Parrilla..
41. Gold miner AngloGold Ashanti
has appointed Srinivasan
Venkatakrishnan as chief executive
officer.
42. Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib
bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak is a
Malaysian politician who has been
the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia.
43. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj is the 4th
and current President of Mongolia.
44. Amisha Sethi appointed chief
commercial officer at AirAsia India .
45. AirAsia's chief executive officer
Tony Fernandes .
46. AirAsia India CEO Mittu
Chandilya.
47. AirAsia India appoints TCS' S
Ramadorai as Chairman.
48. Tata Group chairman emeritus
Ratan Tata will be the chief advisor
to the board of AirAsia India.
49. AirAsia has been named the
World's Best and Asia's Best Low Cost
Airline .
50. Tony Fernandes announced as
new owner of Queens Park Rangers.
51. Cabinet Secretary---------------------
Shri Ajit Kumar Seth .
52. Union home secretary----------------
Anil Goswami .
53. Secretary of Defense---------------- R
K Mathur .
54. Foreign Secretary-------------------
Sujatha Singh.
55. Union finance secretary -------------
Rajiv Takru .
56. Economic Affairs Secretary----------
Arvind Mayaram .
57. Information and broadcasting
(I&B) secretary--------Bimal Julka
58. Secretary of the Department of
Telecommunications (DoT)------M F
Farooqui
59. PML-N leader Ayaz Sadiq elected
Speaker of Pak Parliament.
60. Moin Khan, the former Pakistan
captain and wicketkeeper, has been
appointed the chief selector of the
Pakistan national cricket team.
61. Najam Sethi named PCB's interim
chairman.
62. Kanji Ram became only the
second Hindu to be part of the
Pakistan's Punjab assembly after Seth
Bharta Ram.
63. Pakistan High Commissioner in
India---------Salman Bashir .
64. Raja Zafrul Haq---------chairman of
PML-N.
65. TCA Raghavan is India's new
envoy to Pakistan.
66. Arunachal Pradesh--- Nirbhay
Sharma – 29 May 2013
67. Bihar-------------------------- D. Y.
Patil – 9 March 2013
68. Kerala-----------------------Nikhil
Kumar 9 March 2013
69. Meghalaya---------------------------K.
K. Paul – 1 July 2013
70. Nagaland--------------- Ashwani
Kumar – 9 March 2013
71. Odisha----------------- S. C. Jamir 9
March 2013
72. Sikkim------- Shriniwas Dadasaheb
Patil – 1 July 2013
73. Tripura----------- Devanand Konwar
– 9 March 2013
74. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Lieutenant-Governor A. K. Singh – 1
July 2013
75. Delhi---- Lieutenant-Governor
Najeeb Jung – 1 July 2013
76. Puducherry------ Lieutenant-Gove
rnor Virendra Kataria – 1 July 2013
77. Malaysian prime minister Najib
Razak.
78. Paraguayan president Federico
Franco (Colorado Party ).
79. Venezuela's President Nicolas
Maduro offered asylum to former U.S.
intelligence contractor Edward
Snowden.
80. Parliamentary Speaker Abdul
Hamid sworn in as Bangladesh
President to replace Zillur Rahman,
who died.
81. .Infosys' S Gopalakrishnan is the
new CII President.
82. Secretary in Union Public Service
Commission (UPSC) ---------- Amarjit
Singh .
83. Axis new President – Retail
Banking ----------------- Rajiv Anand
84. Shri Sunil Kumar has taken over
as Managing Director, Centre for
Railway Information Systems (CRIS).
85. Senior IAS officer Sudhir Bhargava
was Tuesday appointed as Secretary
in Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment.
86. Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ
Kurien unanimously elected the
Chairman of the prestigious Asian
Forum of Parliamentarians on
Population and Development (AFPPD)
in Bangkok.
87. N. N. Vohra His Excellency
Governor of Jammu & Kashmir &
Chancellor, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi
University.
88. New head of the US Securities
and Exchange Commission ------- Mary
Jo White
89. N Ravi, Director of Kasturi and
Sons Limited, publisher of "The
Hindu" newspaper, has been
unanimously elected President of the
Editors Guild of India.
90. Chief Justice of Punjab and
Haryana High Court Arjan Kumar Sikri
and Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh
High Court Sharad Arvind Bobde as
new judges of Supreme Court.
91. Ajay S Shriram, chairman and
senior managing director of DCM
Shriram Consolidated Ltd (DSCL) is
president designate of CII for the
year 2013-2014.
92. Ms. Rashida Manjoo (South Africa)
was appointed as UN Special
Rapporteur on violence against
women.
93. Narendra Kumar has taken over as
Managing Director of Indraprastha
Gas Ltd (IGL).
94. Raninder Singh re-elected
president of National Rifle Association
of India.
95. Jeev Milkha Singh becomes Volvo
India brand ambassador.
96. Indian Direct Selling Association
(IDSA new chairman --------------
Amarnath Sengupta .
97. The Indian Direct Selling
Association (IDSA) Vice Chairman
------------- P. Devadas
98. Hockey India set to appoint
foreign goalkeeping coach------------
Greg Clarke (junior men's team
coach).
99. Sania Mirza joins Indian Tennis
Players Association as Vice President.
100. Chairman of Staff Selection
Commission (SSC) ----- Amitava
Bhattacharyya .
101. Computer Society of India
elected H.R. Mohan as its Vice-
President-Cum-President.
102. Sikkimese woman who captained
the U.S. Army------------Former
Sikkimese Chief Minister Narbahadur
Bhandari’s daughter Perilla Bhandari
Swartz .
103. Delhi-born Sunil Chopra elected
as the Deputy Mayor of London
Borough.
104. Ajay Devgn, Bangladeshi singer
Runa Laila and Oscar-winning
Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-
Chinoy have been named as SAARC
Goodwill Ambassadors for HIV/AIDS.
105. Cognizant CEO Francisco D'Souza
gets over $10-mn pay package.
106. Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al
Khalifa will run Asian football for the
next two years after the Bahraini won
a three-way election for the
presidency of the Asian Football
Confederation (AFC).
107. P Sathasivam to be new Chief
Justice of India.
108. National President of the
Confederation of Real Estate
Developers’ Association of India
(CREDAI) --------------------------------- C.
Shekhar Reddy .
109. Chief Justice for High Court of
Himachal Pradesh -------- Ajay
Manikrao Khanwilkar .
110. Who was named ‘Philanthropist
of the Year’ at the third edition of
the annual Asian Awards-----
Narayana Murthy .
111. Professor M Aslam has been
appointed as the vice-chancellor of
the Indira Gandhi National Open
University (IGNOU) .
112. Sundar Pichai, Google senior VP
of Chrome and Android.
113. Harmanpreet Kaur Named
Captain of the Indian Women's
Cricket team .
114. Tushar Arothe is coach of Indian
women's cricket team.
115. Harvard professor Ashish Nanda
is set to take over as director of IIM
Ahmedabad.
116. Italian ambassador Daniele
Mancini .
117. SAI (Sports Authority of India )
Director General Jiji Thomson .
118. Prahlad Joshi appointed
Karnataka BJP president
119. Bhaichung Bhutia Appointed as
the Chairman of the AIFF’s Technical
Committee
120. Aniruddha Bahal, Editor,
CobraPost
121. India’s new High Commissioner
to Maldives – Rajeev Shahare
122. Justice Mukul Mudgal, former
Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana
High Court
123. Julia Pearson New CIA Director
124. Indian ambassador to Egypt
Navdeep Suri
125. Chairman of CII Karnataka
------------------ Soumitra Bhattacharya .
126. Dinesh K Sarraf will be the new
Chairman and Managing Director of
Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC)
127. Deepak Sandhu will be
appointed as next Chief Information
Officer.
128. Indian Weightlifting Federation
president Birendra Prasad Baishya
has been appointed as the chairman
of the Ethics Commission of the
International Weightlifting Federation
in the executive board meeting of the
world body in Beijing.
129. Malala Yousafzai won 2013
International Children's Peace Prize
130. Navi Pillay, UN high
commissioner for human rights
131. Vice President of Afghanistan
Mohammed Karim Khalili
132. Rajeev Rishi took over as the
CMD of Central Bank of India
133. ZANU-PF party of President
Robert Mugabe,Zimbawe
134. Rakesh Sethi took charge as
Executive Director at the Union Bank
of India.
135. Special Envoy of India for Sudan
and South Sudan,PS Raghavan
136. Ms Runa Laila, SAARC Goodwill
Ambassador for HIV/AIDS made
Maiden Visit to India
137. Ali Asghar Soltanieh is Iran's
ambassador to the International
Atomic Energy Agency in Geneva.
138. Nishi Vasudeva was today
selected to head Hindustan
Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL), the first
woman ever to head a Navranta PSU.
139. Bhartiya Mahila Bank Ltd CEO
--------- Usha Anatha Subramanyam.
140. Executive Director of the Union
Bank of India-------- Rakesh Sethi.
141. US ambassador to United
Nations---------- Samantha Power.
142. PM’s Special Envoy to visit Japan
---------------------- Ashwani Kumar.
143. My Journey: Transforming
Dreams into Actions------------ APJ
Abdul Kalam.
144. Director General of CRPF (Central
Reserve Police Force) -------------- Dilip
Trivedi.
145. Retirement announced Microsoft
CEO----------- Steve Ballmer.
146. UNICEF (United Nations
International Children's Emergency
Fund) Goodwill Ambassador Amitabh
Bachchan.
147. Chairperson of the National
School of Drama Society -------- Ratan
Thiyam.
148. Nepal’s new Indian
ambassador----------------- Ranjit Rae.
149. Youngest member of the present
Parliament ------------------ Ramya
150. Foreign Minister of Tuvalu---------
-------- Taukelina Finikaso.
151. Prime Minister of Bhutan---------
----------- Tshering Tobgay
152. New Chief Justice of the Delhi
High Court ------------------ Justice
Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana.
153. Foreign Minister of
Nicaragua------------------- Samuel
Santos Lopez.
154. Amitabh Bachchan joined UN
Campaign The World Needs More.
155. D.Bala Venkatesh Varma
appointed Ambassador to UN
Conference on Disarmament.
156. First case of human to human
Transmission of H7N9 Bird Flu Virus
reported in China.
157. Raghuram Govind Rajan
Appointed as the 23rd Governor of
RBI.
158. Bhim Sain Bassi Took Charge as
the 20th Delhi Police Commissioner .
159. United Bank of India: Ms.
Archana Bhargav (Chairman & MD)
160. Allahabad Bank: Ms
Shubhalakshmi Panse (Chairman &
MD)
161. ICICI Bank: Ms.Chanda Kochhar
(MD & CEO)
162. Axis Bank: Ms Shikha Sharma
(MD & CEO)
163. UN secretary general Ban Ki-
moon has appointed a Pakistani army
general, Lt Gen Maqsood Ahmed, as
the Military Adviser for United
Nations Peacekeeping Operations.
164. L C Goyal has been appointed as
the new Secretary in the ministry of
Rural Development.
165. India’s IT major Wipro will enter
the National Stock Exchange’s 50-
share Nifty index.
166. Chief Executive Officer of
Microsoft Corp, Steve Ballmer,
announced his retirement as chief
executive. Microsoft may consider
Satya Nadella, India-born executive,
as next Microsoft CEO.
167. V Kannan Chairman & Managing
Director of Vijaya Bank.
168. Suresh N Patel as Executive
Director of Oriental Bank of Commerce
169. Pumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, of
South Africa, took over as the new
head of the the UN Entity for Gender
Equality and Empowerment of Women
(UN Women).
170. Yahoo Inc has appointed veteran
technology executive and Silicon
Valley investor Maynard Webb as its
new chairman.
171. Syndicate Bank has appointed
"Sankaran Bhaskar Iyer" as workmen
employee director on the board of
directors.
172. Brand ambassadors of the
Indian Badminton League (IBL)
------------ Deepika Padukone and
Aamir Khan.
173. Chairman of selection committee
for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and
Arjuna award--- Billiards legend
Michael Ferreira.
174. RBI Governor-------------
Raghuram Govinda Rajan.
175. SEBI-------------------------U.K. Sinha
176. NABARD--------------------Prakash
Bakshi
177. FICCI----------------------Naina Lal
Kidwai
178. NASSCOM----------------Krishna
kumar Natrajan
179. ASSOCHAM---------------Rana
Kapoor
180. SBI-----------------------Arundhiti
Bhattacharya
181. IRDA----------------------T.S.Vijayan
182. World Bank----------------Jim Yong
Kim
183. National Stock Exchange-------
----------Chitra Ramkrishna
184. Bombay Stock Exchange-------
----------- Ashish Chauhan
185. CAG-------------------------------Shashi
Kant Sharma
186. Chief Economic advisor and Vice
President of IMF------Kaushik Bas
187. Union Finance secretary-------------
Rajiv Takru
188. Union Economic secretary----------
Aravind Mayaram
189. First women MD in SBI
-------------- Arundhathi Bhattacharya.
190. First women Bank CEO----------
Usha Anathasubramanian
191. Standard Chartered-------------
Sandeep Das
192. National Spot Exchange Limited
(NSEL)---------Saji Cherian
193. Rakesh Sethi ------- Executive
Director of Union Bank of India .
194. Rajeev Rishi-----------------------
CMD of Central Bank of India.
195. Institute of Cost Accountants of
India new president------- Suresh
Chandra Mohanty.
196. New Chairman of GST
Panel--------------Abdul Rahim Rather.
197. Indian Banks' Association (IBA)
President-------- K R Kamath.
198. President of Asian Development
Bank Board ----- Takehiko Nakao
199. S Gopalakrishnan-----------
President of the industry body (CII)
200. Rajan Bharti Mittal ------------
President of International Chamber of
Commerce (ICC) India.
201. MRP Rao------------------- Chief
Vigilance Officer (CVO) in NTPC
202. CBDT chief---------------- Sudha
Sharma
203. Lic Chairman ------------ S K Roy.
204. LIC MD------------- S.B. Mainak .
205. A.K. Roy -----------Chairman cum
Managing Director, GIC.
206. M.V. Tanksale---------Chairman &
Managing Director, Central Bank of
India .
207. Sh. Sharad Kumar, IPS has
joined NIA as the Director.
208. Dilip Trivedi appointed Director
General of the CRPF.
209. Justice Nuthalapati Venkata
Ramana Appointed New Chief Justice
of the Delhi High Court
210. Vinay Mittal appointed as Union
Public Service Commission (UPSC)
member
211. Suresh Chandra Mohanty Elected
as the New President of ICAI
212. Arvind Sharma Re-Elected as the
President of Advertising Agencies
Association of India
213. Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil
appointed new Governor of Sikkim
214. Sunil Soni appointed Director
General of Bureau of Indian
Standards
215. Anil Chait, took over as Chief of
Integrated Defence Staff to the
Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee
(CISC)
216. Darren Lehmann appointed
Coach of Australian Cricket Team
217. Susan Elizabeth Rice Appointed
as the National Security Adviser to
Obama
218. Avinash Chander appointed as
the New chief of Defence Research
Development Organiastion(DRDO)
219. Kushal Singh Appointed as the
Chairperson of NCPCR
220. Laxman Singh Rathore Elected as
the Member of Executive Council of
WMO
221. Brazil's Roberto Azevedo
appointed Head of World Trade
Organization
222. Staffan de Mistura appointed as
Italian Special Envoy to India in
Marines Case
223. Subhash Kumar appointed as
the New Chief Secretary of
Uttarakhand.
224. Ramsar Convention appointed
Dr. Christopher Briggs as its new
Secretary General.
225. Subhash Kumar appointed as
the New Chief Secretary of
Uttarakhand
226. Giorgio Napolitano Re-elected as
the President of Italy to serve a
Second Term
227. Aruna Bahuguna became First
Women Special DG of CRPF
228. H.R. Mohan elected as the New
Vice President of Computer Society
229. Sunil Kumar Took Over as the
Managing Director of CRIS
230. Uhuru Kenyatta Sworn-In as the
President of Kenya.
231. Narendra Kumar Verma
appointed Director for Exploration of
ONGC
232. United Nation (UN) Women chief
---------------- Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka
233. New High Commissioner of
Singapore to India------------- Lim
Thuan Kuan.
234. Depty Head of UN Mission in
Mali ----------------- Abdoulaye Bathily.
235. President of Mali -----------------
Ibrahim Boubacar Keits
236. National Spot Exchange Limited
(NSEL) appointed Saji Cherian.
237. Prime Minister of Italy----------
-----------------Enrico Letta.
238. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
for the second term-------------N N
Vohra.
239. Coach of the Junior Hockey
Men’s National Team------------------
Gregg Clark.
240. Vice Chairman of Indian Direct
Selling Association (IDSA) for fiscal
2013-14----------P. Devadas
241. President of the National Rifle
Association of India (NRAI)--------------
Raninder Singh.
242. Chairman Indian Direct Selling
Association (IDSA)-----------Amarnath
Sengupta
243. Secretary in Union Public Service
Commission (UPSC)------------------
Amarjit Singh
244. Director (Personnel) of
Electronics Corporation of India
Ltd-------------V.S.B. Babu
245. Next Ambassador/Permanent
Representative of India to the United
Nations in New York--------------Asoke
Kumar Mukerji
246. Head of the Securities and
Exchange Commission---------------------
Mary Jo White.
247. Managing Director of
Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL)----------
-----------Narendra Kumar
248. Chairman of Dr Reddy’s
Laboratories Ltd---------------------------
--------G V Prasad
249. Governor of the Bank of
Japan------------------------------------------
Haruhiko Kuroda
250. John Ashe elected as the
President of UN General Assembly:
251. Elbegdorj Tsakhia new Mongolia
President
252. New Bangladesh President:
Abdul Hamid
253. New King of Netherlands:
Willem-Alexander
254. Nicolas Maduro – New President
of Venezuela
255. Horacio Cartes – New President
of Paraguay’s
256. XI Jinping – New President of
China (succeeded Hu Jintao).
257. Rafael Correa – Ecuador’s
President
258. Indian-American Nisha Biswal to
be US assistant secretary of state for
South Asia
259. "Regional Director" for WHO
South-East Asia Region---------------------
Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh
260. Hun Sen is the Prime Minister of
Cambodia and leader of the
Cambodian People's Party
261. Syria's Opposition National
Council elected Ahmad Toameh as its
Interim Prime Minister
262. President of Mali ---------------
------------ Ibrahim Boubacar Keits
263. New United states ambassador
to the united nations --------------
Samantha Power
264. Head of Atomic Energy
organisation in Iran----------------Ali
Akbar Salehi
265. Commissioner-General of the
United Nations Relief and Works
Agency (UNRWA), Mr. Filippo Grandi
266. iGate names former Infosys
board member Ashok Vemuri as CEO
267. Cabinet Secretary---------------------
Shri Ajit Kumar Seth .
268. Union home secretary----------------
Anil Goswami .
269. Secretary of Defense----------------
R K Mathur .
270. Foreign Secretary-------------------
Sujatha Singh.
271. Union finance secretary
------------- Rajiv Takru .
272. Economic Affairs Secretary----------
Arvind Mayaram .
273. Information and broadcasting
(I&B) secretary--------Bimal Julka .
274. Former Railway Board Chairman
Vinay Mittal has been appointed as
member of Union Public Service
Commission (UPSC).
275. Germany's Thomas Bach
-------------- IOC president
276. Bal Sekhar, the new secretary
general of Lok Sabha
277. Cabinet ministers:
• Oscar Fernandes gets roads and
highways ministry
• Girija Vyas becomes housing and
urban development and poverty
alleviation minister
• Sis Ram Ola becomes labour and
employment minister
• K S Rao gets textiles ministry
278. Ministers of state:
• EMS Natchiyappan takes oath as
MoS commerce and industry
• J D Seelam becomes MoS finance
• Manikrao Gavit gets social justice
and empowerment
• Santosh Chowdhury gets health &
family welfare

Wednesday, 25 September 2013

Cabinet Ministers (as on 17.06.2013)

1 Dr. Manmohan Singh— Prime
Minister and also in-charge of the
Ministries/Departments not
specifically allocated to the charge of
any Minister viz.:
(i) Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances & Pensions;
(ii) Ministry of Planning;
(ii) Department of Atomic Energy; and
(iv) Department of Space.
2 Shri A.K. Antony — Minister of
Defence.
3 Shri Sharad Pawar— Minister of
Agriculture, and Minister of Food
Processing Industries.
4 Shri P. Chidambaram— Minister of
Finance.
5 Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad — Minister
of Health and Family Welfare.
6 Shri Sushilkumar Shinde — Minister
of Home Affairs.
7 Shri M. Veerappa Moily— Minister
of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
8 Dr. Farooq Abdullah— Minister of
New and Renewable Energy.
9 Shri S. Jaipal Reddy — Minister of
Science and Technology, and
Minister of Earth Sciences.
10 Shri Sis Ram Ola — Minister of
Labour and Employment.
11 Shri Kamal Nath — Minister of
Urban Development, and
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.
12 Shri Ajit Singh— Minister of Civil
Aviation.
13 Shri Vayalar Rav—i Minister of
Overseas Indian Affairs.
14 Shri Mallikarjun Kharge— Minister
of Railways.
15 Shri Oscar Fernandes— Minister of
Road Transport and Highways.
16 Shri Kapil Sibal — Minister of
Communications and Information
Technology, and Minister of Law and
Justice.
17 Shri Anand Sharma— Minister of
Commerce and Industry.
18 Kumari Selja— Minister of Social
Justice and Empowerment.
19 Dr. Girija Vyas — Minister of
Housing and Urban Poverty
Alleviation.
20 Shri G.K. Vasan— Minister of
Shipping.
21 Shri Praful Patel — Minister of
Heavy Industries and Public
Enterprises.
22 Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal— Minister
of Coal.
23 Shri Salman Khurshid— Minister of
External Affairs.
24 Shri V. Kishore Chandra Deo—
Minister of Tribal Affairs, and
Minister of Panchayati Raj.
25 Shri Beni Prasad Verma— Minister
of Steel.
26 Shri Jairam Ramesh — Minister of
Rural Development.
27 Shri K. Rahman Khan— Minister of
Minority Affairs.
28 Shri Dinsha J. Patel— Minister of
Mines.
29 Shri M.M. Pallam Raju— Minister
of Human Resource Development.
30 Shri Harish Rawat— Minister of
Water Resources.
31 Smt. Chandresh Kumari Katoch—
Minister of Culture.
32 Dr. Kavuru Samba Siva Rao—
Minister of Textiles.

Monday, 23 September 2013

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING JOB INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

1.)Why condenser is needed in steam
power plant?
Ans.-The function of the condenser is
to condense exhaust steam from the
steam turbine by rejecting the heat
of vaporization to the cooling water
passing through the condenser.
2.)What is absolute humidity and
relative humidity?
Ans.-Absolute humidity is the mass
of water vapor divided by the mass of
dry air in a volume of air at a given
temperature. The hotter the air is,
the more water it can contain.Relativ
e humidity is the ratio of the current
absolute humidity to the highest
possible absolute humidity.
3.)What is viscosity?
Ans.-The viscosity of a fluid is a
measure of its resistance to gradual
deformation by shear stress or tensile
stress. For liquids, it corresponds to
the informal notion of "thickness". For
example, honey has a higher viscosity
than water.
4.)What is difference between power
cycles and heat pump cycles?
Ans.-Any thermodynamic cycle
functions in a similar way. There are
basically 3 interlinked energy sources
at play:
1. A reservoir of heat energy at high
temperature Eh
2. A reservoir of heat energy at low
temperature Ec
3. Mechanical (driving) energy P.
The power cycle provides high
temperature heat energy Eh, harvests
mechanical P and throws away low
temperature energy into Ec.
Whereas,
The heat pump provides P, harvests
Eh and throws away into Ec.

Sunday, 22 September 2013

Top 10 Tech companies based on their revenue/anum

10. Dell – United States – $62.07
Billion
9. Sony – Japan – $67.4 Billion
8. Microsoft – United States – $73.72
Billion
7. Toshiba – Japan – $74.39 Billion
6. Panasonic – Japan – $99.65 Billion
5. IBM – United States – $106.91
Billion
4. Foxconn – Taiwan – $117.51 Billion
3. Hewlett Packard – United States –
$
120.35
Billion
2. Samsung Electronics – South Korea
– $149
Billion
1. Apple, Inc. – United States –
$156.5
Billion

New Seven Wonders of World

1. Taj Mahal — Agra, Uttar Pradesh,
India (AD 1632)
2. Chichen Itza — Yucatán Mexico
( AD 800)
3. Christ the Redeemer — Rio de
Janeiro Brazil (AD 1926)
4. Colosseum — Rome, Italy (AD 70)
5. Great Wall of China — China (BC
700)
6. Machu Picchu — Cuzco Region,
Peru (AD 1438)
7. Petra —Ma'an Governorate, Jordan
(BC 312)

Rajiv Gandhi KhelRatna Awards

1991–92 —Viswanathan Anand
(Chess)
1992–93— Geet Sethi (Billiards)
1993–94 —Not Conferred
1994–95— Cdr. Homi D. Motivala &
Lt. Cdr. P. K. Garg (Yachting)
1995–96— Karnam Malleswari(Weig
htlifting)
1996–97— Nameirakpam Kunjarani
(Weightlifting),Leander Paes(Tennis)
1997–98— Sachin Tendulkar(Cricket)
1998–99— Jyotirmoyee Sikdar(Athletics)
1999–2000— Dhanraj Pillay (Hockey)
2000–01— Pullela Gopichand(Badmi
nton)
2001–02— Abhinav Bindra(Shooting)
2002–03— Anjali Ved Pathak Bhagwat
(Shooting), K. M. Beenamol(Athletics)
2003–04— Anju Bobby George
(Athletics)
2004–05— Lt. Col Rajyavardhan Singh
Rathore(Shooting)
2005–06— Pankaj Advani (Billiards
and Snooker)
2006–07— Manavjit Singh Sandhu
(Shooting)
2007–08— Mahendra Singh Dhoni
(Cricket)
2008–09— Mary Kom (Boxing),Vijender
Singh (Boxing),Sushil Kumar
(Wrestling)
2009–10— Saina Nehwal (Badminton)
2010–11— Gagan Narang (Shooting)
2011–12— Vijay Kumar (Shooting),
Yogeshwar Dutt (Wrestling) 2012–13
Ronjan Sodhi (Shooting)

Internet technologies and their founders

1. Google: Larry Page & Sergey Brin
2. Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg
3. Yahoo: David Filo & Jerry Yang
4. Twitter: Jack Dorsey & Dick Costolo
5. Internet: Tim Berners Lee
6. Linkdin: Reid Hoffman, Allen Blue
&
Koonstantin Guericke
7. Email: Shiva Ayyadurai
8. Gtalk: Richard Wah kan
9. Whats up: Laurel Kirtz
10. Hotmail: Sabeer Bhatia
11. Orkut: Buyukkokten
12. Wikipedia: Jimmy Wales
13. You tube: Steve Chen, Chad
Hurley
& JawedKarim
14. Rediffmail: Ajit Balakrishnan
15. Nimbuzz: Martin Smink & Evert
Jaap Lugt
16. Myspace: Chris Dewolfe & Tom
Anderson
17. Ibibo: Ashish Kashyap
18. OLX: Alec Oxenford & Fabrice
Grinda
19. Skype: Niklas Zennstrom,JanusFriis
& Reid Hoffman
20. Opera: Jon Stephenson von
Tetzchner & Geir lvarsoy
21. Mozilla Firefox: Dave Hyatt &
Blake
Ross
22. Blogger: Evan Willams

Organizations and their Headquarters

1. UNO - New York
2. UNICEF - New York
3. UNESCO - Paris
4. UNIDO – Vienna
5. WHO - Geneva
6. UNFPA - New York
7. ILO - Geneva
8. IMF - Washington DC
9. WTO – Geneva
Keep Yourself Updated
10. International Court Of Justice –
The
Hague
11. International Atomic
EnergyAgency
- Vienna
12. World Bank - Washington D.C.
13. International Committee of
theRed
Cross - Geneva
14. International MaritimeOrganis
ation
- London
15. Universal Postal Union - Berne
16. Food and Agricultural
Organisation-
Rome
17. World Meteorological
Organisation-
Geneva
18. SAARC - Kathmandu
19. Amnesty International - London
20. Transparency International -
Berlin
21. World Intellectual Property
Organization - Geneva
22. International Renewable Energy
Agency - Abu Dhabi (UAE)
23. Commonwealth of Nations –
London

Saturday, 21 September 2013

Famous Persons and Their Nicknames

1. Bengali Tiger =>> Bipin Chandra
Pal
2. Punjab Lion, Punjab Kesari =>>
Lala Lajpat Rai
3. Sher- e -Punjab =>> Ranjit Singh
4. Lion of Kashmir =>> Sheikh
Mohammed Abdullah
5. Mysore Tiger =>> Tippu Sultan
6. Bard of Avon =>> William
Shakespeare
7. Sage of Kanchi =>> Sankaracharya
8. Bird man of India =>> Salim Ali
9. Maratha Kesari =>> Bal Gangadhar Tilak
10. Bapu =>> Gandhiji
11. Babuji =>> Jagjeevan Ram
12. Indian Machiavelli =>> Chanakya
13. Indian Napoleon =>>
Samudragupta
14. Indian Bismarck =>> Sardar
Vallabhai Patel
15. Indian Shakespeare =>> Kalidasa
16. Deenabandhu =>> C.F Andrews
17. Deshabandhu =>> C.R Das
18. Who is known as Prince of Beggars =>> Madan Mohan Malaviya
19. Who is known as Prince of Patriots=>> Subash Chandra Bose
20. Who is known as prince of Martyrs=>> Bhagat Singh
21. Who is known as prince of
Builders =>> Shahjahan
22. Who is known as prince of
Pilgrims =>> Hiuen Tsang
23. Who is known as prince of
Autobiography =>> Babur
24. Who is known as prince of Money Makers=>> Muhammad bin Tughlaq
25. Who is known as prince of
Pilgrims =>> Hiuen Tsang
26. Who is known as Grand old man of Indian Journalism =>> Tushar Kanti Ghosh
27. Man of Destiny =>> Napoleon Bonaparte
28. Andhara Kesari =>> Tangutoori Prakasam
29. Lok Nayak =>> Jayaprkash Narayan
30. Father of Medicine =>> Hippocrates
31. Lady with the lamp =>> Florence Nightingale
32. Poet's Poet =>> Edmund

Friday, 20 September 2013

Some company names and their origin

1.Mercedes - Name of the daughter of
the
founder
2.Nokia - Name of city in Finland
3.Pepsi - Named from the digestive
enzyme
pepsi
4.Honda - From the name of its
founder
Soichiro Honda
5.Sony - from the Latin word 'sonus'
meaning sound
6.Maggi - Food company named after
its
founder,Julius Maggi
7.Suzuki - From the name of its
founder,
Michio Suzuki
8.Samsung - Meaning 'three stars' in
Korea
9. Toyota - From the name of founder,
Sakichi Toyoda
10.Yamaha - After Torakusu Yamaha,
who
founded the company
11.Adidas - From the name of the
founder
Adolf (Adi) Dassler. (das)

Sugar Production

The process adopted in the
manufacture of sugar is Double
Sulphitation Process.
Sugar Factory consists of the
following five main stations:
1. Mill House
2. Boiler House
3. Power House
4. Clarification and Evaporation
House
5. Boiling and Curing House
MILL HOUSE:
Mill house is the cane crushing unit
which consists of cane carrier, cane
cutter having cutting knives, milling
tandem, bagasse carrier and
conveyor. Cane feeding to the cane
carrier is done by unloaders and
feeder table. As the cane carrier
moves, the cane kicker evens out
cane load in the cane carrier and
then two sets of cane knives cut the
cane into small pieces. This process
of cane cutting is called 'cane
preparation. These cane pieces then,
pass through different mills and the
juice is extracted. The mills are
driven by D.C.motors. The residue
which comes out of the mill after
extraction of juice is called bagasse.
BOILER HOUSE:
Boiler generates steam by burning
the bagasse. The steam is used in
powerhouse, boiling house, curing
house. The steam required by the
Sulphitation process varies from 42 -
45 % on cane crushed per hour.
POWER HOUSE:
The high pressure steam generated
by the boiler is utilized for
production of power by the turbo-
alternators. The power produced is
used for captive needs and the
surplus power is exported to the
government grid. The low pressure
steam that comes out from the turbo
alternator is utilized for boiling the
extracted juice.
CLARIFICATION AND BOILING
HOUSE:
The juice extracted by the mills is
measured by juice flow system. The
measured juice is heated in juice
heater in two stages. First the juice
is heated by the vapours from fourth
and third bodies of evaporator in
different heaters. This heating is
called primary heating. The heated
juice is treated with milk of lime and
sulphur-di-oxide to coagulate
maximum impurities and sent for
secondary heating. The secondary
heating is done with vapours from
second body of evaporator and
vapours from the first body or
exhaust steam. The treated juice is
passed to clarifier, where in clear
juice is removed from the top and
settled mud at the bottom is
separated. To extract sugar from the
mud, it is taken to vacuum filter in
which juice and filter cake are
separated. Juice is taken back to
process and the mud is disposed as
solid waste. Clear juice from clarifier
is taken to evaporator for
evaporating its water content. First
body is heated by exhaust steam,
and other bodies by the vapours of
the previous body. The total water
evaporated in the evaporator is
75-80 % percent. The juice after
evaporation is called as syrup. This
syrup is normally of 60 % solids of
its total weight. The syrup is then
sulphited in syrup Sulphitation
tower.
BOILING AND CURING HOUSE:
Sulphited syrup is taken to pan floor
for making sugar crystal. Three
massecuites boiling systems is
normally adopted, in which, A, B and
C Massecuites are boiled. A-
massecuites is formed by boiling
syrup, sugar melt ,‘A’ light molasses
and on ‘B’-single cured sugar as
seed. This A-Massecuite is boiled
till it attains the required size of
sugar crystal and it is dropped into
crystallizers and cooled. After
exhaustion of sugar in solution, the
‘A’ massecuite is passed on to the
centrifugals for separating sugar
crystals from the massecuite. The
separated 'A' sugar is bagged after
drying. ‘A’-Light and ‘A’-Heavy
molasses are pumped to pan floor
and are used for making ‘A’- and ‘B’-
Massecuite respectively.
‘B’-Massecuite boiled in ‘B’ pans is
dropped into B- Crystallizers and
then it is cured in ‘B’-Centrifugal
machines. ‘B’-heavy molasses and
‘B’-single cured sugar are obtained
separately. ‘B’-single cured sugar is
used as seed for A massecuite. ‘B’-
heavy molasses is used for making
‘C’-Massecuite in C-pans. ‘C’-
Massecuite is dropped into ‘C’-
Crystallizers where it is cooled. ‘C’-
Massecuite is then taken to ‘C’-fore
worker centrifugal machines for
curing. Final molasses and ‘C’-single
cured sugar are obtained. 'C' Single
cured sugar is again cured in
another centrifugal machine in
which ‘C’-double cured sugar and
‘C’-light molasses are obtained. ‘C’-
light molasses are taken to pan floor
and is used in making ‘C’-
Massecuite. ‘C’-double cured sugar
is melted and is used in making 'A'
Massecuite.
Sugar discharged from 'A' Machine is
dropped on to grass hopper
conveyors. By passing hot air in
hoppers the sugar is dried and
taken to grader in which powder and
rori’s are separated. The required
grade sugar is bagged

Friday, 13 September 2013

Books By Indian Authors

Following are some of the books by Indian Authors
Book Name Author
A bend in the river V.S. Naipal
A brush with life Satish Gujral
A House of Mr. Biswar V.S. Naipal
A Million Mutinies Now V.S. Naipal
A Passage to England Nirad C.Chodhury
A Prisoner's Scrapbook L.K. Advani
A River Sutra Gita Mehra
A sense of time H.S.Vatsyayan
A strange and subline address Amit Chaudhary
A suitable boy Vikram Seth
A village by the sea Anita Desai
A voice for freedom Nayantara Sehgal
Aansoo Suryakant Tripathi Nirala
Afternoon Raag Amit Chaudhari
Ageless Body, Timeless Mind Deepak Chopra
Agni Veena Kazi Nazrul Islam
Ain-i-Akbari Abul Fazal
Amar Kosh Amar Singh
An autobiography Jawaharlal Nehru
An Equal Music Vikram Seth
An Idealist View of life Dr. S. Radhakrishan
Amrit Aur Vish Amrit Lal Nagar
Anamika Suryakant Tripathi Nirala
Anandmath Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Areas of Darkness V.S. Naipal
Arthashastra Kautilya
Ashtadhyayi Panini
Autobiography of an Unknown India Nirad C. Choudhury
Bandicoot Run Manohar Malgonkar
Beginning of the Beginning Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh
Between the Lines Kuldip Nayyar
Beyond Modernisation, Beyond Self Sisirkumar Ghose
Bhagvad Gita Ved Vyas
Bharat Bharati Maithilisharan Gupt
Bharat Durdasha Bhartendu Harischandra
Border and Boundaries: women in India's Partition Ritu Menon & Kamla Bhasin
Bharat Bharati Maithili Saran Gupt
Breaking the Silence Anees Jung
Bride and the Sahib and the other stories Khushwant Singh
Broken Wings Sarojini Naidu
Bubble, The Mulk Raj Anand
Buddha Charitam Ashwaghosh
By God's Decree Kapil Dev
Chandalika Rabindra Nath Tagore
Chandrakanta Santati Devkinandan Khatri
Chemmen: Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
Chitra Rabindranath Tagore
Chitralekha Bhagwati Charan Verma
Chitrangada Rabindra Nath Tagore
Circle of Reason Amitav Ghosh
Clear Light of Day Anita Desai
Confessions of a Lower Mulk Raj Anand
Confrontation with Pakistan B. M. Kaul
Conquest of Self Mahatma Ghandhi
Continent of Crime Nirad C Chaudhary
Coolie Mulk Raj Anand
Court Dancer Rabindranath Tagore
Culture in the Vanity Bag Nirad C Chaudhury
Days of My Years H.P. Nanda
Daybhag Jeemootwahan
Death of a City Amrita Pritam
Devdas Sharat Chandra Chatterjee
Discovery of India Jawaharlal Nehru
Distant Drums Manohar Malgonkar
Distint Neighbours: India Kuldip Nayar
Divine Life Swami Shivananda
Durgesh Nandini Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Dynamics of Social Change Chandra Shekhar
Eight Lives Rajmohan Gandhi
English August Upamanyu Chatterjee
Essays on Gita Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
Eternal Himalayas Major H.P.S. Ahluwalia
Eternal India Mrs Indira Gandhi
Faces of Everest Major H.P.S. Ahluwalia
Foreign Policy of India I.K. Gujral
Forty Nine Days Amrita Pritam
From Rajpath to Lokpath Vijaya Raje Scindia
Gaban Munsi Premchand
Ganadevata Tara Shankar Bandopadhyaya
Gardener Rabindra Nath Tagore
Geet Govind Jayadev
Ghasiram Kotwal Vijay Tendulkar
Gitanjali Rabindranath Tagore
Gita Rahasya Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Glimpses of World History Jawaharlal Nehru
Godan Prem Chand
Golden Threshold Sarojini Naidu
Gora Rabindra Nath Tagore
Guide R.K. Narayanan
Harsha Charita Bana Bhatta
Harvest Manjula Padmanabhan
Heir Apparent Dr. Karan Singh
Himalayan Blunder Brigadier J.P. Dalvi
Hind Swaraj M.K. Gandhi
Hindu View of Life Dr. S. Radhakrishan
Hinduism Nirad C. Choudhury
History of India Romila Thapar
Hullabaloo in a Guava Orchard Kiran Desai
Humanyunama Gulbadan Beghum
Hungary Stones Rabindranath Tagore
I follow the Mahatma K.M. Munshi
Idols Sunil Gavaskar
India After Nehru Kuldip Nayyar
India Divided Rajendra Prasad
India Unbound Gurcharan Das
India of Our Dreams M.V. Kamath
India Wins Freedom Abdul Kalam Azad
India's Priceless Heritage N.A. Palkhivala
Indian Philosophy Dr. S. Radhakrishan
Indira Ghandi Returns Khushwant Singh
Indira Gandhi: Badhate Kadam Khushwant Singh
Inscrutable Americans Anurag Mathur
Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri
It's Always Possible Kiran Bedi
Jai Somnath K.M. Munshi
Jayadev Geet Govind
Jhansi Ki Rani Vrindavanlal Verma
Kadambari Ba

Wednesday, 11 September 2013

15 Amazing Facts

1. China has more English speakers
than the United States.
2. Guinness Book of Records holds
the record for being the book most
stolen from Public Libraries
3. In Missouri, a man must have a
permit to shave.
4. The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows; it
was the fashion in Renaissance
Florence to shave them off!
5. The Nobel Peace Prize medal
depicts three naked men with their
hands on each other's shoulders!
6. It is estimated that millions of
trees in the world are accidentally
planted by squirrels that bury nuts
and then forget where they hid them!
7. Recycling one glass jar, saves
enough energy to watch T.V for 3
hours!
8. There are more plastic flamingos in
the U.S, than real ones!
9. A company in Taiwan makes
dinnerware out of wheat, so you can
eat your plate!
10. Thomas Edison, light bulb
inventor, was afraid of the dark!
11. President George W Bush was
once a cheerleader!
12. More Monopoly money is printed
in a year, than real money printed
throughout the world!
13. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the
flag flying over the Parliament
building is an American flag.
14. Canada is an Indian word
meaning 'Big Village'.
15. French was the official language
of England for over 600 years..

Friday, 23 August 2013

100 Amazing Facts

# Our eyes remain the same size
from birth onward, but our nose and
ears never stop growing.
# The Barbie doll’s full name is
Barbara Millicent Roberts.
# The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.
# Ants never sleep!
# When the moon is directly
overhead, you will weigh slightly
less.
# Alexander Graham Bell, the
inventor of the telephone, never
called his wife or mother because
they were both deaf.
# An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its
brain.
# “I Am” is the shortest complete
sentence in the English language.
# Babies are born without knee caps
– actually, they’re made of cartilage
and the bone hardens between the
ages of 2 and 6 years.
# Happy Birthday (the song) is
copyrighted.
# Butterflies taste with their feet.
# A “jiffy” is an actual unit of time
for 1/100th of a second.
# It is impossible to sneeze with
your eyes open.
# Leonardo Da Vinci invented the
scissors.
# Minus 40 degrees Celsius is
exactly the same as minus 40
degrees Fahrenheit.
# No word in the English language
rhymes with month, orange, silver or
purple.
# Shakespeare invented the words
“assassination” and “bump.”
# Stewardesses is the longest word
typed with only the left hand.
# Elephants are the only animals
that cannot jump.
# The names of all the continents
end with the same letter that they
start with.
# The sentence, “The quick brown
fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses
every letter in the English language.
# The shortest war in history was
between Zanzibar and England in
1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38
minutes.
# The strongest muscle in the body
is the tongue.
# The word “lethologica” describes
the state of not being able to
remember the word you want.
# Camels have three eyelids to
protect themselves from the blowing
desert sand.
# TYPEWRITER is the longest word
that can be made using the letters
on only one row of the keyboard.
# You can’t kill yourself by holding
your breath.
# Money isn’t made out of paper.
It’s made out of cotton.
# Your stomach has to produce a
new layer of mucus every two weeks
or it will digest itself.
# The dot over the letter “i” is called
a tittle.
# A duck’s quack doesn’t echo. No
one knows why!
# The “spot” on the 7-Up comes
from its inventor who had red eyes –
he was an albino. ’7′ was because
the original containers were 7
ounces and ‘UP’ indicated the
direction of the bubbles.
# Chocolate can kill dogs, as it
contains theobromine, which affects
their heart and nervous system.
# Because metal was scarce, the
Oscars given out during World War
II were made of plaster.
# There are only two words in the
English language that have all five
vowels in order: “abstemious” and
“facetious.”
# If one places a tiny amount of
liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly
go mad and sting itself to death.
# Bruce Lee was so fast that they
actually had to slow film down so
you could see his moves.
# The original name for butterfly was
flutterby.
# By raising your legs slowly and
laying on your back, you cannot sink
into quicksand.
# Dogs and cats, like humans, are
either right or left handed.
# Charlie Chaplin once won the
third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-
alike contest.
# Sherlock Holmes NEVER said
“Elementary, my dear Watson”.
# The Guinness Book of Records
holds the record for being the book
most often stolen from Public
Libraries.
# Bats always turn left when exiting
a cave.
# The shortest English word that
contains the letters A, B, C, D, E,
and F is “feedback.”
# All Polar bears are left-handed.
# In England, the Speaker of the
House is not allowed to speak.
# “Dreamt” is the only English word
that ends in the letters “mt.”
# Almonds are a member of the
peach family, and apples belong to
the rose family.
# Peanuts are one of the ingredients
of dynamite.
# The only 15 letter word that can
be spelled without repeating a letter
is “uncopyrightable”.
# In most advertisements, the time
displayed on a watch is 10:10
# Tigers have striped skin, not just
striped fur.
# Alfred Nobel, in whose name the
Nobel prizes are instituted, was the
inventor of dynamite.
# The planet Venus does not tilt, so
consequently, it has no seasons. It
is the only planet that rotates clock-
wise.
# Honey is the only food that
doesn’t spoil.
# The word “set” has more
definitions than any other word in
the English language.
# Molecularly speaking, water is
actually much drier than sand.
# Human tonsils can bounce higher
than a rubber ball of similar weight
and size, but only for the first 30
minutes after they’ve been removed.
# US President John F. Kennedy was
an accomplished ventriloquist.
# Coca-Cola was originally green.
# Moths are unable to fly during an
earthquake.
# Contrary to popular belief, the
white is not the healthiest part of
an egg. It’s actually the shell.
# Nearly three percent of the ice in
Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.
# Hot water will turn into ice faster
then cold water.
# “Rhythm” is the longest English
word without a vowel.
# Like fingerprints, every person’s
tongue print is different.
# No piece of normal-size paper can
be folded in half more than 7 times.
# The tongue is the only muscle
that is attached from one end only.
# Pumice is the only rock that floats
in water.
# Camel’s milk does not curdle.
# Your foot is the same length as
your forearm, and your thumb is the
same length as your nose. Also, the
length of your lips is the same as
the index finger.
# Natural pearls melt in vinegar.
# Buttermilk does not contain any
butter.
# The human brain is 80% water.
# Men’s shirts have the buttons on
the right while women’s shirts have
the buttons on the left.
# Human fingernails grow nearly 4
times faster than toenails.
# The Great Pyramid at Giza in Egypt
holds a constant temperature of 68
degrees Fahrenheit.
# The liquid inside young coconuts
can be used as a substitute for
blood plasma.
# Oak trees do not produce acorns
until they are fifty years of age.
# It takes approximately 2 million
flowers for a bee to make 1 pound of
honey.
# Human saliva has a boiling point
three times that of regular water.
# It is physically impossible to
urinate and give blood at the same
time.
# The letter J does not appear
anywhere in the periodic table of
the elements.
# The right lung of a human is
larger than the left one. This is
because of the space and placement
of the heart.
# Watermelons, which are 92% water,
originated from the Kalahari Desert
in Africa.
# The hair of some cancer patients
treated with chemotherapy can grow
back in a different colour, and
sometimes even be curly or straight.
# The markings that are found on
dice are called “pips.”
# 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 =
12,345,678,987,654,321
# The cigarette lighter was invented
before the match.
# Leonardo Da Vinci never signed or
dated his most famous painting, the
Mona Lisa.
# The ampersand (&) was the last
letter of the Latin alphabet.
# The palms of your hands and the
soles of your feet cannot tan, or grow
hair.
# Dolphins can swim and sleep at
the same time, as they sleep with
one eye open.
# Each nostril of a human being
registers smell in a different way.
Those by the right nostril are more
pleasant than the left.
# The longest single-syllable word in
the English language is “screeched.”
# The word “Checkmate” in chess
comes from the Persian phrase
“Shah-Mat,” which means “the king
is dead”.
# Each king in a deck of playing
cards represents a great king from
history: Spades – King David, Clubs
– Alexander the Great, Hearts –
Charlemagne, and Diamonds – Julius
Caesar.
# In Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan
Swift described the two moons of
Mars, Phobos and Deimos, giving
their exact size and speeds of
rotation. He did this more than 100
years before either moon was
discovered!
# If a statue in the park of a person
on a horse has both front legs in the
air, the person died in battle; if the
horse has one front leg in the air,
the person died as a result of
wounds received in battle; if the
horse has all four legs on the
ground, the person died of natural
causes.

India's Only

• India’s Only coal museum-------
Margherita, Assam
• India’s Only glass mosque-------
Shillong, Meghalaya
• India’s Only active volcano-------
Barren Island, Andaman and Nicobar
Island
• India’s Only Floating National
Park------- Keibul Lamjao National
Park, Manipur
• India’s Only Floating Lake-------
Loktak Lake, Manipur
• India’s Only Symphony
Orchestra------- Symphony Orchestra of
India, Mumbai
• India’s Only Female Wildlife
Photographer------- Vasudha
Chakravathi
• India’s Only two F1 Driver-------
Narain Karthikeyan and Karun
Chandhok
• India’s Only Aircraft carries-------
INS Viraat
• India’s Only overseas Military
Base------- Farkhor Air Base, Tajikistan
• India’s Only licenced production
and supply Unit for National
Flag------- Karnataka Khadi
Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha
• India's Only Satellite Launch
Center------- Sriharikota, Andhra
Pradesh
• India’s Only River Island-------
Majuli, Assam
• India’s Only Stadium with Student
Gallery------- Green Park Stadium,
Kanpur, UP
• India’s Only Handwritten
Newspaper------- The Musalman
• India’s Only district borders with
four States------- Sonbhadra District,
UP
• India’s only tobacco free
village------- Shankarpura, Haryana
• India’s Only Cattle Fair-------
Sonepur Mela, Bihar

Thursday, 22 August 2013

The Universe

Copernicus in 1543 A.D. proposed
the heliocentric view, which states
that the Sun is the centre of the
Universe instead of the Earth.

The Origin of the Universe
Big-Bang Theoery: By E. George
lamantor . According to him, 15
billion years ago there was a big
heavenly body, made up of heavy
matters. Due to sudden explosion
(Big Bang) of this heavenly body,
normal matters came out of it. And
many celestial bodies were created
as a result of aggregation of these
normal matters. Gradually their size
increased due to continuous
accumulation of normal matter
around them. In this way, galaxies
were created. Stars were formed due
to re-explosion of these galaxies. In
course of time, the planets were also
formed in the same process.
Galaxy
A Galaxy is a large constellation of
stars in which there is a central
bulge and three rotating arms. Every
galaxy is composed of about 100
billion stars. Our own galaxy is
known as 'Mandakini ' which has
spiral shape. A group of stars known
as ' Milky Way ' seen in the night, is
a part of our galaxy. Orian Nebula is
the brightest and the coldest group
ofstars of our galaxy.
Life Cycle of a Star
Rotation of the galaxy causes the
gaseous clouds present in the
universe to become compact and due
to the gravitation the process of
nuclear fusion starts at the centre of
this gaseous mass, converting
hydrogen into helium. This process
liberates an enormous amount of
energy in the form of heat and light.
At this stage the gaseous mass
becomes a star. When star expands
to a large size the temperature of
the star at this stage also falls down,
so it appears red. This is the Red
Giant Star.
Supernova :
The helium starts
converting into carbon and carbon
into heavy metal like iron in the
core. This results in a massive
explosion in the which is known as
supernova .
Chandrasekhar Limit : If the initial
mass of the star is less than 1.4
times the mass of the sun, then it
ends its life as a white dwarf star,
which is also known as a Fossil star. White dwarf ultimately turns into a Black dwarf . The limit 1.4 of solar mass has come to be known a
Chandrasekhar Limit .
Neutron Star:
Unlike above, if the
mass of the star is much more than
the mass of the sun then it became
Neutron Star.
Black Hole:
A Neutron Star remains
contracting and, thus, mass in a
large quantity, concentrates on one
point. Such body with high density
is called Black Hole. It does not
allow anything to escape, including
the light due to which it can be
seen. It is John Wheeler who
propounded the concept of Black
Hole

Wednesday, 21 August 2013

India's first

•Governor-General of Independent
India—Lord Lewis Mountbatten
• Indian Governor-General of
Independent India—Chakravarti
Rajgopalachari
• Indian Commander-in-Chief of
Free India —General Kodandera
Madappa Cariappa, 1949
• Field Marshall—General S. H. F.
J. Manekshaw
• Speaker of loksabha—Shri G.V.
Mavalankar (15 May 1952- 27
February 1956).
• President—Dr. Rajendra Prasad
• Vice-President—Dr. Sarvapalli
Radhakrishnan
• Prime-Minister—Pt. Jawahar Lal
Nehru
• Home Minister—Sardar Vallabh
Bhai Patel
• Finance Minister of India—R. K.
Shanmukham Chetty
• Auditor General of India—V.
Narahari Rao
• Director of CBI— DP Kohli
• National Security Adviser—
Brijesh Mishra
• Governor of RBI— Sir Osborne
Smith
• Non-Congress Prime-Minister—
Morarji Desai from Janata Party in
1977-79.
• British Governor-General of Bengal
—Warren-Hastings
• Space traveller—S. Leader-Rakesh
Sharma
• C. S.—Satendra Nath Tagore
• Woman IAS—Anna Ranjan George,
1950
• Swimmer who crossed over the
English channel by swimming—
Mihir Sen
• Woman to swim across the English
Channel—Arati Saha, 1959
• Raman-Magsaysay awardee—
Acharya Vinoba Bhave
• Novel prize winner—Rabindra
Nath Tagore
• Nobel Prize in Physics—C. V.
Raman in 1930
• President of National Congress—
Vyomesh Chand Banerjee
• Chairman of Lok Sabha—G. B.
Mavlankar
• First Woman Chief Minister—
Sucheta Kriplani
• Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha—
Smt. Meira Kumar, 2009
• Chief Election Commissioner—
Sukumar Sen
• Indian Chairman in International
Court—Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh
• Foreigner awardee of Bharat
Ratna—Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
• Leader of the Indian Antarctica
Mission—Dr. Syed Zahuv Quasim
• Chief Justice of Supreme Court—
Justice Hiralal J. Kaniya
• Awarded with ‘Bharat Ratnas’—
Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan,
Chakravarti Rajgopalachari, Sir C. B.
Raman
• Woman Awarded with ‘Bharat
Ratnas’— Indira Gandhi
• Commandeur of the Order of Arts
and Letters— Mrinal Sen
• Chevalier of the Order of Arts and
Letter—Sivaji Ganeshan
• Posthumally Bharat Ratna
Awardee—Lal Bahadur Shastri
• Person awarded Bhartiya-Gyan-
Peeth Purskar—G. Shankar Kurup
(Malayalam–1965)
• Woman awarded with Bhartiya-
Gyan-Peeth Purskar—Ashapurna
Devi, 1976
• Woman Sahitya Akademi Award
Winner—Amrita Pritam, 1956
• Woman Honours Graduate—
Kamini Roy
• Woman Director General of Police
—Kanchan C Bhattacharya
• Successful Surgeon who
transplanted heart—Dr. P.
Venugopal
• Woman to received Nobal Prize—
Mother Teresa
• Woman Governor—Sarojini Naidu
• Licensed Pilot— J R D Tata
• Woman Air Pilot—Durba Banerjee
• Woman Teacher—Savitribai Phule
• Successful heart transplanted
person—Devi Ram (1994)
• President of National Human
Rights Commission—Justice
Rangnath Mishra
• Hindi Literature person-awarded
Bhartiya Gyan Peeth Purskar—
Sumitra Nandan Pant (1968)
• Indian who won the World
Billiard award—Wilson Jans
• Indian who won the Grammy
award—Pt. Ravi Shankar
• Person delivered the Lecture in
Hindi in U.N.O.— Atal Bihari Bajpai
(1977)
• Indian member in British House
of Commons— Dada Bhai Naoroji
(1892)
• First President of Indian Science
Congress—Sir Asutosh Mukherjee
• Mountaineer who scaled Mount
Everest 8 times—Sherpa-Augarita
• Writer who was awarded ‘Vyas
Samman’—Ramvilas Sharma
• Indian Managing Director of
World Bank—Gautam Kazi
• Player awarded ‘Padam Bhusan’—
C. K. Naidu
• Actress to win Padma Shri Award
—Nargis Dutt, 1958
• Indian players played Davis Cup—
M. Salim and S. M. Jacob (Singles),
A. A. Faiyaz and L. S. Dare
(Doubles) (1921)
• Tennis Grandslam title winner—
Mahesh Bhupati
• Indian player who played the test
cricket—K. S. Ranjeet Singh (from
England)
• Scientist elected for Lok Sabha—
Dr. Meghnad Saha
• Scientist awarded Ghanshyam Das
Birla award—Prof. Ashish Datta
(1991)
• Literature who was awarded
Murti Devi Purskar—C. K. Nagraj
Rao (1993)
• Person, who became High
Commission in Great Britain—V. K.
Krishna-Menon
• Indian who was awarded the
Lenin Peace Prize—Dr. Safuddin
Kichlu (1952)
• First Indian who contested the
election for British Parliament—Lal
Mohan Ghose
• Woman Graduates—Kadambini
Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu,
1883
• Woman Chief Justice of High
Court—Leila Seth, Himachal
Pradesh, 1991
• An Indian, appointed the judge of
High Court, during the British
period—Ram Prasad Ram
• Indian member of Viceroy
Executive Council—Sir. S. P. Sinha
• Leanin Peace Prize— Saifuddin
Kitchlew
• Chairman of Finance Commission
—K. C. Niogi
• Woman Doctorate of Science—
Asima Chatterjee (1944)
• Woman IPS—Kiran Bedi
• Woman Supreme Court judge—
Kumari Fathima Beevi
• Indian member of American
Congress—Deleep Singh
• Editor of Time Magazine—Bobby
Ghosh
• Director of CBI becoming Governor
—Ashwani Kumar
• Person to reach the North Pole—
Squadron Leader Sanjay Thapar
• Person to reach the South Pole—
Col Jatinder Kumar Bajaj
• Nishan-e-Pakistan—Morarji Desai,
1990
• Magsaysay Award—Vinoba Bhave,
1958
• Miss World—Reita Faria in 1966
• Miss Asia Pacific—Zeenat Aman in
1970
• Miss Universe—Sushmita Sen in
1994
• Miss Earth—Nicole Faria in 2010
• Place to get electricity—Darjeeling
in 1897
• Sound film—Alam Ara (1931)
directed by Ardeshir Irani
• Colour film—Kisan Kanya (1937),
directed by Moti B. Gidvani
• Oscar winner—Bhanu Athaiya for
Best Costume Design for Gandhi
(film) in 1982.
• Dadasaheb Phalke Award—Devika
Rani in 1969
• Chevalier of the Order of Arts and
Letters—Sivaji Ganesan
• Test-tube baby—Durga Agarwal,
born 1978
• Newspaper—Hickey's Bengal
Gazette started in 1760
• First Lady Doctor—Anandibai
Joshi
• Satellite—Aryabhata, launched on
19 April 1975
• Man to climb Mt Everest—Tenzing
Norgay
• Man to climb Mt Everest without
oxygen—Phu Dorjee, 1984
• Woman to climb Mt everest—
Bachendri Pal
• District to achieve 100% literacy
rate—Ernakulam district, Kerala,
1990
• Captain in Tests—C. K. Nayudu
for the 1932 tour of England
• ODI captain—Ajit Wadekar
• Bowler who made hat-trick in
Test Cricket—Harbhajan Singh
• Batsman who made 300 runs in
test Cricket—Virendra Sehwag
• First Marshal of Indian Air Force
—Arjan Singh
• Individual Medal in Olympic
games—KD Jadhav
• Grandmaster— Viswanathan Anad
• Woman Grandmaster—Koneru
Humpy
• First Indian who individually won
the Gold medal in Olympic games—
Abhinav Bindra
• First Indian who won the Bronze
medal in Boxing in Olympic games—
Vijendra Kumar
• Fellow of Trinity College,
Cambridge—Srinivasa Ramanujan
• Fellow of the Royal Society—
Ardaseer Cursetjee

India at a glance

Capital:
New Delhi
Area:
3.3 Million sq. km
Latitude:
6° 44' and 35° 30' north latitude
Longitude:
68° 7' and 97° 25' east longitude
Official Language:
Hindi
Total Recognized Languages: 22
Total Coast Line:
7,516.6 km
Area covered by Forest: 68
million hectares
Population:
1,210,193,422 Billion
Male:
623.7 million
Female:
586.4 million
Population Growth Rate: 1.64
per cent during 2001-2011
Density of Population:
370.8/km2
Sex Ratio:
940
Literacy Rate:
74.04%
Male:
82.14%
Female:
65.46%
State:
28
Union Territories: 7
Largest State:
Rajasthan
Smallest State:
Goa
National Park:
102
Wildlife Sanctuaries: 441
Largest City:
Mumbai
Calling Code:
+91
National Motto:
Satyameva Jayate
National Song:
Vande Mataram
National Anthem:
Jana Gana Mana
Highest Point:
Mount Godwin-Austen, 28,251 ft
Currency:
Indian Rupee
Time Zone:
GMT + 05:30
Life Expectancy Rate
Male:
65.8 years
Female:
68.1 years
Ethnic Groups:
Australoid, Mongoloid, Europoid,
Caucasian, and Negroid
National Days:
26th January (Republic Day)
15th August (Independence Day)
2nd October (Gandhi Jayanti;
Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday )
National Bird:
Indian peacock
National Flower :
Lotus
National Tree:
Banyan Tree
National River:
The Ganga
National Aquatic Animal:
River Dolphin
National Animal:
Tiger
National Fruit:
Mango

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