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India's Position in the World #######################

1. 1st to introduce government supported family planning in the world.

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2. Largest postal network in the world. 3. Largest livestock population. 4. Largest producer of milk. 5. Largest producer of millets in the world

6. Largest consumer of gold jewellery.

7. Largest producer of jute.

8. Largest producer of ginger.

9. Largest producer of bananas.

10. Largest producer of castor oil seeds.

11. Largest producer of mangoes.

12. Largest producer of safflower oil seeds.

13. Largest producer of papayas.

14. Second largest producer of tea, the first position being held by China.

15. Second largest producer of sugarcane, the first position being held by Brazil.

16. Second largest producer of wheat, the first position being held by China.

17. Second largest producer of onions, the first position being held by China.

18. Second largest producer of potatoes, the first position being held by China.

19. Second largest producer of garlic, the first position being held by China.

20. Second largest producer of rice, the first position being held by China.

21. Second largest producer of cotton seed, the first position being held by China.

22. Second largest producer of cement., next to China.

23. India has the second largest arable land in the world. The USA has the largest arable

land in the world.

24. India is the third largest producer and second largest consumer of fertiliser in the

world.

25. India has the largest deposits of Thorium in the world most of which is found in

Kerala.

NOTE: The agricultural information is as per latest data available on the website of Food

and Agricultural Organisation.

SSC SPECIAL SERIES -- PART 2 National Symbols ################## ●●●●National Emblem●●●● 1. The National Emblem is an adaptation from the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. 2. The four smaller animals at the bottom of national emblem are horse and bull (visible)

and lion and elephant (not visible). 3. The National Emblem was adopted by the Government of India on 26 January 1950.

4. 'Satyameva Jayate' inscribed below has been taken from the Mundaka Upanishad.

●●●●National Anthem●●●●

1. The national anthem 'Jana Gana Mana' was first sung at Calcutta session of Indian

National Congress in 1911, 27 Dec.

2. It was adopted by the Indian constitution on 24 Jan 1950.

3. Its English rendering has been given by Tagore himself.

4. The song was composed originally in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore, the National

Anthem is its Hindi version.

5. The complete song consists of five stanzas. The first stanza contains the full version of





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the National Anthem.

6. The playing time for full version of the song is 52 seconds.

●●●●National Song●●●●

1. The national song Vande Mataram has been taken from Bankim Chandra Chatterji’s

Anand Math.

2. It was first sung at 1896 session of INC.

3. Its English rendering has been given by Shri Aurobindo.

●●●●National Calendar●●●●

1. The national calendar based on the Saka Era was adopted on 22 Mar 1957.

2. Chaitra is the first month of the year whose 1st day falls on 22 March normally and on

21 March in a leap year.

3. The national calendar also has 365/366 days

4. Chaitra has 30 days normally and 31 days in a leap year.

●●●●National Flag●●●●

1. The design of the national flag was adopted on 22 July 1947.

2. The ratio of width of the flag to its length is two to three.

3. The design of the wheel at the centre is taken from the abacus of the Sarnath Lion

Capital of Ashoka.

4. The 'Dharmachakra' (wheel) at the centre has 24 spokes.

5. The display of the National Flag is governed by Flag Code of India, 2002, which took

effect on 26 Jan 2002.

6. As per the provisions of the Flag Code of India, 2002, there shall be no restriction on

the display of the National Flag by members of general public, private organisations,

educational institutions, etc.,except to the extent provided in the Emblems and Names

(Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950 and the Prevention of Insults to National Honour

Act, 1971 and any other law enacted on the subject.

●●●●Other National Symbols●●●●

1. The national bird is Peacock (Pavo cristatus)

2. The national fruit is Mango (Manigifera indica)

3. The national flower is Lotus (Nelumbo Nucipera Gaertn)

4. The national tree is Banyan (Ficus benghalensis)

5. The national animal is Tiger (Panthera tigris)

6. The national aquatic animal is River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica)

7. The national river is the Ganges

SSC SPECIAL SERIES -- PART 3 Facts to remember - Constituent Assembly ########################################

1. The constituent assembly was formed on the recommendation of the Cabinet Mission

which visited India in 1946. 2. The Constituent Assembly met for the first time in New Delhi on 9 December, 1946 in

the Constitution Hall which is now known as the Central Hall of Parliament House. 3. Mr. Sachchidanand Sinha was elected provisional chairman of the assembly.

4. Dr Rajendra Prasad later became the permanent chairman of the constituent

assembly.

5. On 13 December, 1946, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru moved the Objectives Resolution

which resolved to proclaim India as an Independent Sovereign Republic and to draw up





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for her future governance a Constitution.

6. The Constituent Assembly took almost three years (two years, eleven months and

seventeen days to be precise) to complete its historic task of drafting the Constitution

for Independent India.

7. The Constituent Assembly held eleven sessions covering a total of 165 days.

8. India is governed in terms of the Constitution, which was adopted on 26 November,

1949, which was the last day of the Eleventh session of the Constituent Assembly. #

This date finds mention in the Preamble to the Indian Constitution thus IN OUR

CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT,

ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.

9. The honourable members appended their signatures to the constitution on 24

January, 1950.

10. The Constitution of India came into force on 26 January, 1950. On that day, the

Constituent Assembly ceased to exist, transforming itself into the Provisional Parliament

of India until a new Parliament was constituted in 1952

●●●Chairmen of various committees in the Constituent Assembly

1. Committee on the Rules of Procedure--Rajendra Prasad

2. Steering Committee--Rajendra Prasad

3. Finance and Staff Committee--Rajendra Prasad

4. Credential Committee--Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar

5. House Committee--B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya

6. Order of Business Committee--K.M. Munsi

7. Ad hoc Committee on the National Flag--Rajendra Prasad

8. Committee on the Functions of the Constituent Assembly--G.V. Mavalankar

9. States Committee--Jawaharlal Nehru

10. Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities and Tribal and Excluded

Areas--Vallabhbhai Patel

11. Minorities Sub-Committee--H.C. Mookherjee

12. Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee--J.B. Kripalani

13. North-East Frontier Tribal Areas and Assam Exluded & Partially Excluded Areas Sub-

Committee--Gopinath Bardoloi

14. Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas (Other than those in Assam) Sub-Committee--

A.V. Thakkar

15. Union Powers Committee---Jawaharlal Nehru

16. Union Constitution Committee---Jawaharlal Nehru

17. Drafting Committee---B.R. Ambedkar

SSC SPECIAL SERIES -- PART 4 INDIAN CONSTITUTION ################ Indian constitution contains 395 articles in Parts I to XXII and 12 schedules. ●Parts of Indian Constitution Part ==Subject=== Articles

Part I The Union and its territory Art. 1 to 4





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Part II Citizenship Art. 5 to 11

Part III Fundamental Rights Art. 12 to 35

Part IV Directive Principles Art. 36 to 51

Part IVA Fundamental Duties Art. 51A

Part V The Union Art. 52 to 151

Part VI The States Art. 152 to 237

Part VII Repealed by Const. (7th Amendment) Act, 1956

Part VIII The Union Territories Art. 239 to 242

Part IX The Panchayats Art. 243 to 243O

Part IXA The Muncipalities Art. 243P to 243ZG

Part IXB The Co-operative Societies Art. 243ZH to 243ZT

Part X The Scheduled and Tribal Areas Art. 244 to 244A

Part XI Relations between the Union and the States Art. 245 to 263

Part XII Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits Art. 264 to 300A

Part XIII Trade, Commerce and Intercourse within the Territory of India Art. 301 to 307

Part XIV Services under the Union and the States Art. 308 to 323

Part XIVA Tribunals Art. 323A to 323B

Part XV Elections Art. 324 to 329A

Part XVI Special provisions relating to certain classes Art. 330 to 342

Part XVII Official Language Art. 343 to 351

Part XVIII Emergency Provisions Art. 352 to 360

Part XIX Miscellaneous Art. 361 to 367

Part XX Amendment of the Constitution Art. 368

Part XXI Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions Art. 369 to 392

Part XXII Short title, commencement, authoritative text in Hindi and repeals Art. 393 to

395

● Important Articles of Indian Constitution

Article 12 –35 Specify the Fundamental Rights available

Article 36-50 Specify the Directive Principles of state policy

Article 51A Specifies the Fundamental Duties of every citizen

Article 80 Specifies the number of seats for the Rajya Sabha

Article 81 Specifies the number of seats for the Lok Sabha

Article 343 Hindi as official language

Article 356 Imposition of President’s Rule in states

Article 370 Special status to Kashmir

Article 395 Repeals India Independence Act and Government of India Act, 1935

● Schedules to Indian Constitution

◇◇Schedules 1 to 12◇◇

》First schedule contains the list of states and union territories and their territories

》Second schedule contains provisions as to the President, Governors of States, Speaker

and the Deputy Speaker of the House of the People and the Chairman and the Deputy

Chairman of the Council of States and the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the

Legislative Assembly and the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Legislative

Council of a State, the Judges of the Supreme Court and of the High Courts and the

Comptroller and Auditor-General of Indiathe list of states and union territories and their

territories

》Third Schedule contains the Forms of Oaths or Affirmations.

》Fourth Schedule contains provisions as to the allocation of seats in the Council of

States.





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》Fifth Schedule contains provisions as to the Administration and Control of Scheduled

Areas and Scheduled Tribes.

》Sixth Schedule contains provisions as to the Administration of Tribal Areas in the

States of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.

》Seventh Schedule contains the Union list, State list and the concurrent list.

》Eighth Schedule contains the list of recognised languages.

》Ninth Schedule contains provisions as to validation of certain Acts and Regulations.

》Tenth Schedule contains provisions as to disqualification on ground of defection.

》Eleventh Schedule contains the powers, authority and responsibilities of Panchayats.

》Twelfth Schedule contains the powers, authority and responsibilities of Municipalities.


Important River Valley Projects In India ###########################

1. Bhakra Nangal Project —

On Sutlej in Punjab. Highest in India.Ht. 226m. Reservoir is called Gobind Sagar Lake.

2. Mandi Project—

On Beas in HP.

3. Chambal Valley Project—-

On Chambal in MP & Rajasthan, 3 damsare there:-

Gandhi Sagar Dam, Rana Pratap Sagar Dam and

Jawahar Sagar Dam.

4. Damodar Valley Project—

On Damodar in Bihar(Now Jharkhand) & West Bengal,

Based on Tennessee Valley Project USA.

5. Hirakud Project—

On Mahanadi in Orrisa, World’s Longest Dam: 4801m.

6. Rihand Project—

On Son in Mirzapur, Reservoir is called Gobind Vallabh Pant reservoir.

7. Kosi Project—

On Kosi in N.Bihar.





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8. Mayurkashi Project—

On Mayurkashi in West Bengal.

9. Kakrapara Project—

On Tapi in Gujrat.

10. Nizamsagar Project—

On Manjra in Andhra Pradesh.

11. Nagarjuna Sagar Project—

On Krishna in Andhra Pradesh.

12. Tugabhadra Project—

On Tugabhadra in Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka.

13. Shivasamudram Project—

On Cauvery in Karnataka. It is the older river valley project in India.

14. Tata Hydel Scheme—-

On Bhima in Maharashtra.

15. Sharavathi Hydel Project—

On Jog Falls in Karnataka.

16. Kundah & Periyar Project—-

In Tamil Nadu.

17. Farakka Project —

On Ganga in WB. Apart from power and irrigation it helps to remove silt for easy

navigation.

18. Ukai Project—-

On Tapti in Gujarat.

19. Mahi Project—-

mahi project is in mp 325km from bhopal.

20. Salal Project—–

On Chenab in J&K.


Indian Constitution - Age Limits, Durations ############################ ●●Important Age Limits in Indian Constitution●● 1. Minimum age for election to the post of President/Vice-President/Governor 35 years 2. Minimum age for election as MP (Lok Sabha)/MLA 25 years





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3. Minimum age for election as MP (Rajya Sabha)/MLC 30 years 4. Upper age limit for appointment as a judge of Supreme Court, Attorney General,

Comptroller General, member of Public Service Commission 65 years 5. Upper age limit for appointment as a judge of High court/ Advocate General/member

of State Commission 62 years 6. Minimum age limit for employment in a factory 14 years 7. Age between which education has been made a fundamental right 6 to 14 years 8. Minimum marriageable age for a male 21 years 9. Minimum marriageable age for a female 18 years. ●●Important Time Limits in Indian Constitution●● 1. Maximum interval between two sessions of Parliament/State Assembly Six months 2. Maximum life of Presidential Ordinance Six months + Six weeks* 3. Maximum period within which an election is to be held to fill a vacancy created by the

death, resignation or removal, or otherwise of a President Six months 4. Maximum duration for which President’s rule can be imposed in a state Six months

extendable upto a maximum of three years 5. Time after which money bill passed by Lok Sabha is deemed to have been passed by

Rajya Sabha when no action is taken by it 14 days 6. Maximum duration for which a President/Vice-President/Governor may hold his office

from the date on which he enters his office 5 years 7. Maximum duration for which a Lok Sabha/State Legislature may function from the

date appointed for its first meeting 5 years 8. Maximum period for which the term of a Lok Sabha/State Legislature may be

extended while a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation 1 year at a time 9. Where the term of a Lok Sabha/State Legislature has been extended while a

Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, the maximum period for which he Lok

Sabha/State Legislature may continue to function after the Proclamation of Emergency

has ceased to operate Six months 10. Maximum duration for which a Union Minister/State Minister may hold his office

without being a member of either of the houses of the Parliament/State Legislature Six

months 11. Maximum duration for which a member of either House of Parliament may be absent

without permission, before his seat is declared is vacant 60 days 12. Maximum period within which a person who is arrested and detained in custody shall

be produced before the nearest magistrate 24 hours 13. Maximum duration for which a Panchayat/Municipality shall function from the date

appointed for its first meeting 5 years 14. Maximum duration for which a member of a Public Service Commission may hold his

office subject to his not attaining the age of sixty-five years 6 years 15. Maximum duration for which a member of a State Commission may hold his office

subject to his not attaining the age of sixty-two years 6 years


Chemicals & Their Common Chemical Names ############################## Acid Of Sugar —Oxalic Acid Ackey —Nitric Acid Alum —Aluminum Potassium Sulfate





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Alumina —Aluminum Oxide Antichlor —Sodium Thiosulfate Antifreeze —Ethylene Glycol Aqua Fortis —Nitric Acid Aqua Regia —Nitrohydrochloric Acid

Arsenic Glass —Arsenic Trioxide

Azurite —Mineral Form Of Basic Copper Carbonate

Asbestos —Magnesium Silicate

Aspirin —Acetylsalicylic Acid

Baking Soda —Sodium Bicarbonate

Benzol —Benzene

Bitter Salt —Magnesium Sulfate

Black Ash —Crude Form Of Sodium Carbonate

Black Lead —Graphite (Carbon)

Bleaching Powder —Chlorinated Lime; Calcium Hypochlorite

Blue Vitriol —Copper Sulfate

Bone Ash —Crude Calcium Phosphate

Brine —Aqueous Sodium Chloride Solution

Calomel —Mercury Chloride; Mercurous Chloride

Caustic Lime —Calcium Hydroxide

Caustic Soda —Sodium Hydroxide

Chalk —Calcium Carbonate

Diamond —Carbon Crystal

Epsom Salt —Magnesium Sulfate

Ethanol —Ethyl Alcohol

Fluorspar —Natural Calcium Fluoride

Glauber's Salt —Sodium Sulfate

Green Vitriol —Ferrous Sulfate Crystals

Gypsum —Natural Calcium Sulfate

Heavy Spar —Barium Sulfate

Indian Red —Ferric Oxide

Laughing Gas —Nitrous Oxide

Lime —Calcium Oxide

Lime (Unslaked/Quick/Burnt) —Calcium Oxide

Lime (Slaked) —Calcium Hydroxide

Limewater —Aqueous Solution Of Calcium Hydroxide

Litharge —Lead Monoxide

Magnesia —Magnesium Oxide

Marble —Mainly Calcium Carbonate

Methanol —Methyl Alcohol

Oil Of Vitriol —Sulfuric Acid

Orthophosphoric Acid— Phosphoric Acid

Pearl Ash —Potassium Carbonate

Plaster Of Paris —Calcium Sulfate

Potash —Potassium Carbonate

Pyro —Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate

Quicksilver —Mercury

Red Liquor —Aluminum Acetate Solution

Rochelle Salt —Potassium Sodium Tartrate

Rock Salt —Sodium Chloride

Silica —Silicon Dioxide

Slaked Lime —Calcium Hydroxide

Soda Ash —Sodium Carbonate

Soluble Glass —Sodium Silicate

Sour Water —Dilute Sulfuric Acid

Spirit Of Salt —Hydrochloric Acid

Spirit Of Wine —Ethyl Alcohol





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Table Salt —Sodium Chloride

Table Sugar —Sucrose

Talc Or Talcum —Magnesium Silicate

Vinegar —Impure Dilute Acetic Acid

Vitriol —Sulfuric Acid

Washing Soda —Sodium Carbonate

Water Glass —Sodium Silicate

White Caustic —Sodium Hydroxide

White Vitriol —Zinc Sulfate Crystals

SSC SPECIAL SERIES -- PART 8 Oaths and Resignations ################# ●●Oath of Office ●●

1. President-- Chief Justice of India or in his absence the seniormost Judge of Supreme

Court.

2. Vice President-- President or some person appointed in that behalf by the President.

3. Judge of Supreme Court --President or some person appointed in that behalf by the

President.

4. Governor-- Chief Justice of High Court or in his absence senior most Judge of that

court.

5. Minister in Union Council of Ministers --President

6. Comptroller & Auditor General --President or some person appointed in that behalf by

the President.

7. Member of Parliament --President or some person appointed in that behalf by the

President.

8. Member of Legislature of State --Governor or some person appointed in that behalf by

the Governor.

9. Minister in State Council of Ministers --Governor

10. Judge of High Court-- Governor or some person appointed by in that behalf by him.

●●Submission of Resignations●●

1. President to Vice President

2. Vice President to President

3. Judge of Supreme Court to President

4. Governor to President

5. Judge of High Court to President

6. Speaker of Lok Sabha to Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha

7. Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha to Speaker of Lok Sabha

8. Deputy Chairman of Council of States to Chairman

9. Member of house of Parliament to Chairman of upper house or the Speaker of Lower

House.

10. Speaker of Assembly to Deputy Speaker of Assembly

11. Deputy Speaker of Assembly to Speaker of Assembly

10. Chairman of Legislative Council of States to Deputy Chairman





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11. Deputy Chairman of Legislative Council of States to Chairman

12. A member of Public Service Commission (Union Commission or Joint Commission) to

President

13. A member of Public Service Commission (State Commission) to Governor


Important Amendments to Indian Constitution ############################## ●●Amendment---Year---Importance●● • 7---1956 Reorganisation of states on linguistic basis and abolition of Class A, B, C and D states and introduction of Union Territories. • 9--1960 Adjustments to Indian territory as a result of agreement with Paksitan. • 10---1961 Dadra, Nagar and Haveli included in Indian Union as a Union Territory on acquisition from Portugal. • 12--1961 Goa, Daman and Diu included in Indian Union as a Union Territory on acquisition from Portugal. • 13---1963 The state of Nagaland formed with special protection under Article 371A. • 14---1962 Pondicherry incorporated into Indian Union after transfer by France. • 21---1967 Sindhi added as language in the 8th schedule. • 26---1971 Privy purse paid to former rulers of princely states abolished. • 36---1975 Sikim included as an Indian state. • 42---1976 Fundamental Duties prescribed, India became Socialist Secular Republic. • 44---1978 Right to Property deleted from the list of fundamental rights. • 52---1985 Defection to another party after election made illegal. • 61---1989 Voting age reduced from 21 to 18. • 71---1992 Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali added as languages in the Eighth Schedule. • 73---1993 Introduction of Panchayati Raj, addition of Part IX to the Constitution.





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• 74---1993 Introduction of Nagarpalikas and Municipalities. • 86---2002 Free and compulsory education to children between 6 and 14 years. • 92---2003 Bodo, Dogri, Santhali and Maithli added to the list of recognised languages. Service Tax introduced. • 8,23,45,62, 79 and 95 ---1960, 1970, 1980, 1989, 2000 and 2010 Extension of reservation of seats for SC/ST and nomination of Anglo-Indian members in Parliament and State Assemblies. • 96---2011 Substituted Odia for Oriya in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution ****The 42nd amendment was the most comprehensive amendment which had 59 clauses and carried out so many changes that it has been described as a “Mini Constitution”. ****The 52nd amendment was the only amendment to be unanimously adopted by the Parliament.

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Parliamentary Terms ############## ●●Basic Definitions●● I. The draft of a legislative proposal---Bill II. Bill passed by both the Houses of Parliament and assented to by the President----Act III. A member of the House of the People (Lok Sabha)----Member IV. A member other than a Minister---Private Member ●●Finance Related●● 1. Annual Financial statement of the estimated receipts and





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expenditure of the Government of India for a financial year----Budget 2. The estimate of expenditure in respect of a Ministry/Department not charged upon the Consolidated Fund of India, placed for approval before the House on the recommendations of the President ----Demand for Grant 3. A Bill ordinarily introduced each year to give effect to the financial proposals of the Government for the following financial year---- Finance Bill 4. A bill containing only provisions dealing with all or any of the matters specified in sub-clauses (a) to (g) of Clause (1) of Articel 110 of the Constitution. (Such a bill cannot be introduced without the recommendation of the President and it also cannot be introduced in the Rajya Sabha ----Money Bill 5. A Bill passed annually (or at various times of the year) providing for the withdrawal or appropriation from and out of the Consolidated Fund of India of moneys by Lok Sabha and moneys charged on the Consolidated Fund for the services of a financial year or a part thereof. ----Appropriation Bill 6. A motion for reduction of a demand for grant by or to a specified amount ----Cut motion (Cut motion can be of three types - Disapproval of policy cut, Economy cut and Token cut) 7. A grant made by Lok Sabha in advance in respect of the estimated expenditure of the Government of India for a part of a financial year pending the voting of Demands for Grants for the financial year. A Motion for Vote on Account is dealt with in the same way as if it were a demand for grant.----Vote on Account ●●Some more Definitions●● 1) Termination of a sitting of a House without any definite date being fixed for the next sitting----Adjournment sine die 2) The termination of a session of the House by an order made by the President under article 85(2) (a) of the Constitution. ---- Prorogation 3) The first hour of a sitting of the House normally allotted for asking and answering of questions---- Question Hour 4) The minimum number of members required to be present at a sitting of the House or the Committee for valid transaction of its





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business. The quorum to constitute a sitting of the House is one-tenth of the total number of members of the House and in respect of a Committee it is one-third of the total number of members of the Committee----Quorum 5) A self-contained independent proposal submitted for the approval of the House and drafted in such a way as to be capable of expressing a decision of the House. ----Resolution 6) The vote cast by the Speaker or the Chairman in the case of an equality of votes on a matter----Casting vote 7) Deletion of words, phrases of expression for the proceedings or records of the House (for being defamatory or indecent or unparliamentary or undignified) ----Expunction ●●Question Related Terms●● a) A question relating to a matter of public importance of an urgent character asked with notice shorter than ten clear days---Short Notice Question b) A question to which a member wishes to have an oral answer on the floor of the House and which is distinguished by an asterisk.---Starred Question c) A question placed on the List of Questions for written answer. The written answer to such a question is deemed to have been laid on the Table at the end of the Question Hour.---Unstarred Question ●●Motion Related Terms●● 1) A formal proposal by a member that the House do something, order something to be done or express an opinion with regard to some matter. When adopted it expresses the judgement or will of the House.----Motion (Motions are of three types - Substantive Motion, Substitutive Motion and Subsidiary Motion) 2) A self-contained independent proposal submitted for the approval of the House and drafted in such a way as to be capable of expressing a decision of the House, e.g., a Resolutions ----Substantive Motion





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3) Motions moved in substitution of the original motion for taking into consideration a policy or situation or statement or any other matter. ----Substitute Motion 4) A motion which depends upon or relates to another motion or follows upon some proceedings in the House. By itself it has no meaning and is not capable of stating the decision of the House without reference to the original motion or proceedings of the House. ----Subsidiary Motion (Subsidiary Motions are of three types - Ancillary Motion, Superseding Motion and Amendment) 5) Motion for the adjournment of the debate on Bills, motions or resolutions etc. or motion to retard or to delay the progress of a business under consideration of the House ----Dilatory Motion 6) A formal motion moved in the House expressing its gratitude for the Address delivered by the President under article 87(1) of the Constitution to both Houses of Parliament assembled together. ---- Motion of Thanks


Books and Authors for SSC ####################

Books and Authors is a standard GK Question that is asked very often in SSC Exams.

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





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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


Miscellaneous Information on States in India ############################# 1) Largest state (in terms of area)---Rajasthan 2) Smallest state---Goa 3) Most populous state ---Uttar Pradesh 4) Least populous state--- Sikkim 5) Most populous union territory (not incl Delhi) ---Puducherry 6) Least populous union territory---Lakshadweep 7) Most densely populated state---Bihar 8) Least densely populated state---Arunachal Pradesh 9) First state to be formed on linguistic basis ---Andhra Pradesh 10) Most literate state---Kerala according to 2011 census 11) Least literate state---Bihar 12) The state with the longest coastline--- Gujarat 13) The state having boundaries with seven states and two countries---Assam





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14) The state surrounded on three sides by Bangladesh---Tripura 15) The states which have neither an international boundary nor a coastline---M.P., Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Haryana 16) The state surrounded by three countries and one state---Sikkim


Courts in India ########### • High Courts with jurisdiction in more than 1 state/UT 1) Guwahati---Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram 2) Bombay---Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu 3) Calcutta---West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands 4) Kerala---Kerala, Lakshadweep 5) Madras---Tamil Nadu, Puducherry 6) Punjab and Haryana ---Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh • High Courts and Benches 1) Allahabad High Court---Lucknow 2) Bombay High Court---Nagpur, Panaji, Aurangabad 3) Calcutta High Court--- Port Blair 4) Gauhati High Court ---Kohima, Aizwal, Itanagar 5) Madhya Pradesh High Court---Gwalior, Indore 6) Madras High Court ---Madurai 7) Rajasthan High Court---Jaipur • High Courts not in State Capitals 1) Chattisgarh---Bilaspur 2) Gujarat---Ahmedabad 3) Kerala---Kochi 4) Madhya Pradesh---Jabalpur





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5) Odisha---Cuttack 6) Rajasthan---Jodhpur 7) Uttarakhand ---Nainital 8) Uttar Pradesh---Allahabad • Union Territories - High Courts 1) Andaman and Nicobar islands---Calcutta High Court 2) Lakshadweep---Kerala High Court 3) Puducherry---Madras High Court 4) Dadra and Nagar Haveli---Bombay High Court 5) Daman and Diu---Bombay High Court 6) Chandigarh---Punjab and Haryana High Court 7) Delhi---Delhi High Court • Points to remember 1) The Supreme Court of India came into existence on 28 Jan 1950 replacing Federal Court of India which had functioned from 1937 to 1950. 2) The number of Judges in the Supreme Court is Chief Justice and 30 other judges. 3) A judge of the Supreme Court of India can hold office upto the maximum age of sixty-five years. 4) The total number of High courts in India is 24*. 5) *Three High Courts were inaugurated in March 2013 - Meghalaya and Manipur High Courts (March 25) and Tripura High Court (March 26) in their respective state capitals. 6) The oldest High Court in India is the Calcutta High Court which was set up on 01 Jul 1862. It is one of the three Chartered High Courts to be set up in India, along with the High Courts of Bombay, Madras. 7) The upper age limit for appointment as a judge of High court is sixty-two years.


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●●Caves and Rocks and Location 1) Ajanta Caves (WHS)--Aurangabad, Maharashtra 2) Amarnath Cave---Anantnag, Kashmir 3) Elephanta Caves (WHS)---Mumbai, Maharashtra 4) Ellora Caves (WHS)---Aurangabad, Maharashtra 5) Bhimbhetka Rock Shelters (WHS) ---Raisen, M.P. 6) Borra Caves--- Visakhapatnam, A.P. ●●Tombs and Location 1) Taj Mahal (WHS) --- Agra 2) Akbar’s Tomb Sikandara, Agra 3) Itmaad-ud-Daulah’s Tomb--- Agra 4) Humayun's Tomb (WHS) ---New Delhi 5) Bibi ka Maqbara ---Aurangabad 6) Gol Gumbaz--- Bijapur 7) Tomb of Sher Shah Suri--- Sasaram ●●Temples and Location 1) Cheena Kesava Temple ---Belur, Karnataka 2) Black Pagoda or Sun Temple--- Konark (Orissa) 3) Brihadiswara Temple (WHS) ---Thanjuvur, Tamilnadu 4) Brihadiswara Temple (WHS) --- Gangaikondacholisvaram, TN 5) Airavatesvara Temple (WHS) --- Darasuram, Tamilnadu 6) Hazara Rama Temple (WHS) --- Hampi, Karnataka 7) Virupaksha Temple (WHS) --- Pattadakal, Karnataka 8) Golden Temple--- Amritsar, Punjab 9) Jagannath Temple--- Puri, Orissa 10) Kailasa Temple --- Ellora, Maharashtra 11) Mahabaleshwar Temple ---Ujjain (M.P.) 12) Minakshi Temple--- Madurai, Tamilnadu 13) Shore Temple ---Mahabalipuram, Tamilnadu 14) Somnath Temple ---Junagarh, Gujarat 15) Tirupati Temple--- Chittor, Andhra Pradesh 16) Sabarimala--- Pathanamthitta, Kerala 17) Dilwara Temple--- Mt.Abu 18) Kamakhya Temple--- Guwahati, Assam 19) Zeishta Devi Temple--- Srinagar, J & K





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●●Gate and Location 1) Gateway of India ---Mumbai 2) India Gate ---New Delhi 3) Buland Darwaza ---Fatehpur Sikri ●●Towers/Minars and Location 1) Charminar---Hyderabad 2) Kirti Stambha (Tower of Fame) --- Chittorgarh 3) Jai Stambha (Tower of Victory) --- Chittorgarh 4) Tower of Silence--- Mumbai 5) Qutab Minar Delhi 6) Shaking Minarets Sidi Bashir Mosque, Ahmedabad


Real Names of Important Personalities ######################### • Valmiki---Ratnakar • Chaitanya Mahaprabhu---Visvambhar • Guru Angad Dev---Bhai Lehna • Ramakrishna Paramhansa---Gadadhar Chattopadhyay • Swami Vivekananda---Narendra Nath Datta • Nana Phadanvis---Balaji Janardan Bhanu • Tatiya Tope---Ramachandra Pandurang Tope • Rani Lakshmibai---Manikarnika (Manu) • Tansen--- Ramtanu Pandey • Birbal--- Maheshdas • Mother Teresa--- Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu • Sister Nivedita ---Margaret Elizabeth Noble • Mirabehn---Madeleine Slade • Munshi Premchand---Dhanpat Rai • Swami Agnivesh---Shyam Vepa Rao • Satya Sai Baba---Satyanarayana Raju • Baba Amte--- Murlidhar Devidas Amte • Mirza Ghalib--- Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan • Vinoba Bhave ---Vinayak Narahari Bhave • Amir Khusro ---Ab'ul Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrow





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• Firaq Gorakhpuri--- Raghupati Sahay • Gulzar Sampooran--- Singh Kalra • Ravi Shankar--- Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury • Mauland Abul Kalam Azad ---Muhiyuddin Ahmed

SSC SPECIAL SERIES PART-16 First Recipients of Various Awards ######################## ●●BHARAT RATNA 1) 1st Indian to be awarded the Bharat Ratna----C Rajagopalachari 2) 1st Bharat Ratna Awardee to become the President of India----Dr. S. Radhakrishnan 3) 1st person to be awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously ----Lal Bahadur Shastri 4) 1st Scientist to be awarded the Bharat Ratna ----CV Raman 5) 1st and only Industrialist to be awarded the Bharat Ratna ----JRD Tata 6) 1st woman to be awarded the Bharat Ratna ----Mrs. Indira Gandhi ●●LITERARY AWARDS 1) 1st Indian to be awarded the Nobel prize in literature ---- Rabindranath Tagore 2) 1st recipient of Bhartiya Jnanpith award ----G Sankara Kurup 3) 1st recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award for English ----RK Narayan 4) 1st person to receive Nobel prize for English literature ---- Rudyard Kipling 5) 1st Indian to receive the Booker prize (British citizen) ---- Salman Rushdie





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6) 1st Indian woman (and also first Indian citizen) to receive the Booker prize ---- Arundhati Roy 7) 1st Indian to receive the Pulitzer prize (Reporting category) ---- Gobind Behari Lal ●●SPORTS AWARDS 1) 1st recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award---- Viswanathan Anand 2) 1st woman recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award ---- Karnam Malleshwari 3) 1st recipient of Dhyanchand Lifetime Achievement Award ----Aparna Ghosh 4) 1st cricket player to be awarded the Arjuna Award---- Salim Durrani ●●AWARDS IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE 1) 1st Indian scientist to be awarded the Nobel prize ---- CV Raman 2) 1st person to receive Nobel prize for Physics ---- William K Roentgen 3) 1st woman to receive the Nobel prize ---- Madame Curie (1903) ●●GALLANTRY AWARDS 1) 1st winner of Param Vir Chakra ---- Major Somnath Sharma 2) 1st and only Air Force person to receive the Param Vir Chakra----Flying Officer Nirmaljit Shekhon 3) 1st and only woman to receive the Ashoka Chakra ---- Neerja Bhanot (1987) ●●FOREIGN AWARDS 1) 1st Indian to be awarded the Nishan-e-Pakistan ---- Morarjee Desai 2) 1st Indian to be awarded Magsaysay Award ---- Vinoba Bhave





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●●FILM AWARDS 1) 1st winner of Dadasaheb Phalke Award ---- Devika Rani 2) 1st winner of Filmfare best actor award ---- Dilip Kumar 3) 1st winner of Filmfare best actress award ---- Meena Kumari 4) 1st Hindi film to win the National film Award ---- Mirza Ghalib (1954) 5) 1st film to win the Best Film Academy Award (Oscar) ---- Wings (1927-28) ●●OTHER AWARDS 1) 1st recipient of Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding ---- U Thant (1965) 2) 1st recipient of Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development ---- Parliamentarians for Global Action(1986) 3) 1st recipient of Outstanding Parliamentarian Award ---- Shri Chandrashekhar (1995) 4) 1st recipient of Gandhi Peace Prize (Govt of India Award)---- Julius Nyerere (1995) 5) 1st recipient of World Food Prize instituted By Norman Borlaug (Father of Green Revolution) ----MS Swaminathan (Father of Green Revolution in India ), 1987 6) 1st recipient of Communal Harmony Award (Individual) ---- Asghar Ali Engineer, 1997 7) 1st recipient of Communal Harmony Award (Organisation)---- Quami Ekta Trust, 1997 8) 1st recipient of Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony ---- Pt. Ravi Shankar, 2012 9) 1st Asian recipient of Hoover Medal (America's prestigious award for outstanding extra-career services by engineers to humanity) ---- APJ Abdul Kalam, 2008 10) 1st recipient of VK Krishna Menon Award (instituted by London based VK Krishna Menon Foundation) ---- Former CJI KG Balakrishnana






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Folk dances in India ############## • Bathukamma :A folk dance of Andhra Pradesh. • Bhangra: This is a folk dance from the Northwest Indian state of Punjab. It is a lively, powerful dance. • Bihu: Bihu is a folk dance from Assam. It is a very brisk and aggressive dance performed by both boys and girls. • Changu: The changu dance is a folk dance found in Odissa and Andhra Pradesh. It derives its name from the changu, which is a simple tambourine (daf) that is used to accompany this dance. • Dandaria: A folk dance of Andhra Pradesh. • Dhamal: 1) A folk dance of Punjab. 2) A folk dance of Andhra Pradesh • Gair: This is a dance of Rajasthan. It is performed by groups of dancers moving in and out with an almost military precision. • Garba: This is a folk dance from Gujarat. It is traditionally danced at marriages and during the time of Navaratri. Gatka: A folk dance utilising swords, daggers, or sticks performed in the Punjab • Ghoomar: This is a folk dance of Rajasthan. It derives its name from its characteristic pirouettes. • Gobbi: A folk dance of Andhra Pradesh. • Karagam: This is a folk dance of Tamil Nadu. It is played with a pot balanced on the head. • Raas: This is a folk dance from Gujarat. It is traditionally danced at marriages and during the time of Navaratri. • Yaksha Gana: This is a folk theatre from the south Indian state of Karnatika • Dumhal: A folk dance of Kashmir. • Padayani: Padayani is one of the most colorful and popular dances of Southern Kerala. Padayani is associated with the festival of certain temples, called Padayani or Paddeni. • Dollu Kunitha: Dollu Kunitha is a popular drum dance of Karnataka state. • Lavani: Lavani is a folk dance of Maharashtra. • Kathak: Kathak is a dance form basically from Uttar Pradesh. • Bharatnatyam: It is the purest form of dancing in india, originated in tamil nadu. These three concepts cpome into play in





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bharatnatyam dance; bhava, thala and raga. • Kuchipudi: It is a form of classical and folk dance that originated in Andhra Pradesh. • Kathakali: Classical dance of kerela. • Odissi: Folk dance performed in Orissa. • Chau: A popular dance performed in Orissa, bihar and west Bengal • Kalbelia, chari, fire, kacchi: Popular dance forms in Rajasthan. • Dindi dance: performed in Maharashtra.

SSC SPECIAL SERIES PART-18 Information on Cities and Towns of India ##########################

●●Nicknames of Indian Cities 1) Jaisalmer----Golden City 2) Jaipur----Pink City 3) Jodhpur----Sun City 4) Bengaluru----Garden City 5) Lucknow----City of Nawabs 6) Kutch----Flamingo City 7) Udaipur----Lake City 8) Kolkata----City of Palaces ●●Cities - Founders/Designers 1. Bhopal ----Raja Bhoj 2. Chandigarh----Le Corbusier - Designer 3. Hyderabad----Quli Qutub Shah 4. New Delhi----Edward Lutyens - Designer 5. Jaipur Sawai ----Jai Singh 6. Bhubhaneswar---- Dr. Otto Kolenigs Berger - Designer 7. Fatehpur Sikri---- Akbar 8. Agra----Badal Singh 9. Nagpur Bhakt ----Buland 10. Jaunpur----Feroz Shah Tughlaq (named after his father Mohd bin Tughlaq or Jauna Khan)





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●●New Name & Old Name 1. Chennai----Madras 2. Kolkata----Calcutta 3. Mumbai----Bombay 4. Vadodara----Baroda 5. Kozhikode----Calicut 6. Kochi----Cochin 7. Varanasi----Benares 8. Thoothukud----i Tuticorin # Modern Name & Ancient Name 9. Allahabad----Prayag 10. Peshawar----Purushapura 11. Patna----Patliputra 12. Hyderabad----Bhagyanagar ●● Important Industrial Towns of India - Small and Medium Scale Industries 1. Adoni---- Andhra Pradesh---- Cotton Textile 2. Aligarh----Uttar Pradesh----Locks 3. Anand ----Gujarat ----Dairy 4. Firozabad ----Uttar Pradesh----Glass 5. Kanpur ----Uttar Pradesh----Leather 6. Ludhiana----Punjab----Bicycle parts, sewing machines, hosiery. 7. Jalandhar----Punjab----Sports goods 8. Moradabad----Uttar Pradesh----Brass works 9. Mysore----Karnataka----Silk 10. Surat----Gujarat----Diamonds, textiles 11. Sivakasi----Tamilnadu----Fireworks, matches 12. Nepanagar----Madhya Pradesh----Newsprint 13. Gadwal----Andhra Pradesh----Sarees 14. Lucknow----Uttar Pradesh----Chikan embroidery






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Dams and Rivers and Cities and Rivers ########################### ●●Dams and Rivers and Location 1) Nagarjunasagar--- Krishna--- A.P 2) Pochampad---Godavari ---A.P. 3) Srisailam --- Krishna ---A.P. 4) Sardar Sarovar---Narmada --- Gujarat 5) Ukai---Tapti ---Gujarat 6) Hirakud---Mahanadi ---Orissa 7) Bhakra Nangal --- Sutlej---Punjab 8) Pong (Maharana Pratap Sagar)---Beas---Himachal Pradesh 9) Thein (Ranjit Sagar)--- Ravi--- Punjab 10) Baglihar---Chenab---Jammu & Kashmir 11) Chutak---Suru---Jammu & Kashmir 12) Panchet---Damodar ---Jharkhand 13) Maithon---Barakar--- Jharkhand 14) Tehri---Bhagirathi---Uttarakhand 15) Koyna---Koyna---Maharashtra 16) Mettur---Kaveri---Tamilnadu 17) Krishnaraja Sagar---Kaveri---Karnataka 18) Alamatti ---Krishna---Karnataka 19) Mullaperiyar---Periyar---Kerala 20) Gandhisagar---Chambal---Madhya Pradesh 21) Nimoo Bazgo---Indus---Jammu & Kashmir ●●Cities and Rivers 1) Delhi---Yamuna 2) Agra---Yamuna 3) Patna---Ganga 4) Haridwar ---Ganga 5) Allahabad ---confluence of Ganga and Yamuna 6) Varanasi --- Ganga 7) Guwahati ---Brahmaputra 8) Kanpur ---Ganga





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9) Jabalpur---Narmada 10) Bharuch --- Narmada 11) Lucknow --- Gomti 12) Hyderabad --- Musi 13) Nasik--- Godavari 14) Srinagar --- Jhelum 15) Vijayawada --- Krishna 16) Kolkata ---Hooghly 17) Ahmedabad ---Sabarmati 18) Surat --- Tapti 19) Thiruchirapalli---Cauveri 20) Cuttack --- Mahanadi 21) Ayodhya ---Saryu 22) Ludhiana---Sutlej ●●Facts to Remember on Rivers 1) The river system of India can be classified into four groups - 1. Himalayan rivers 2. Deccan (Peninsular) rivers 3. Coastal rivers and 4. Rivers of inland water drainage. 2) Most of the Indian rivers flow into the Bay of Bengal but some like Narmada, Tapti and Periyar flow into the Arabian Sea. 3) Luni, Machhu, Rupen, Saraswati, Banas and Ghagghar are examples of rivers with inland water drainage, i.e. they do not empty into the ocean but get lost into the sand. 4) Five rivers of erstwhile Punjab are Sutlej, Ravi, Beas, Jhelum and Chenab 5) The river also known as Dakshin Ganga is Godavari 6) The Brahmaputra is known as Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet and as Dihang in Arunachal Pradesh. The Brahmaputra river is known as Jomuna in Bangladesh. 7) The river known as Singi Khamban (Lion's mouth) in Tibet River Indus 8) The river known as Bengal’s sorrow is River Damodar 9) Prayag or Allahabad is believed to be the confluence (sangam) of these rivers Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati 10) The Ganges is also known as the Bhagirathi since King Bhagirath was responsible for bringing it from the heavens to the earth. The Bhagirathi and the Alaknanda join at Devprayag to





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form the Ganga. The part of the River Ganga which flows into Bangladesh is known as Padma. 11) The number of Indian rivers which have been classified as major rivers by the Government is Twelve. 12) There are three Trans-Himalayan rivers which originate in the high Tibetan Plateau and cut across the mighty Himalayan ranges. Indus, Brahmaputra, and Sutlej.


Indian Railway Zones and their Headquarters ######################################## 1. Northern Railway--Delhi 2. North Eastern Railway--Gorakhpur 3. Northeast Frontier Railway--Maligaon(Guwahati) 4. Eastern Railway--Kolkata 5. South Eastern Railway--Kolkata 6. South Central Railway--Secunderabad 7. Southern Railway--chennai 8. Central Railway--Mumbai November 9. Western Railway--Mumbai November 10. South Western Railway--Hubli 11. North Western Railway--jaipur 12. West Central Railway--jabalpur 13. North Central Railway--Allahabad 14. South East Central Railway--Bilaspur 15. East Coast Railway--Bhubaneswar 16. East Central Railway--Hajipur 17. Kolkata Metro--Kolkata

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########################## * HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. * HTTPS - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure. * IP - Internet Protocol. * URL - Uniform Resource Locator. * USB - Universal Serial Bus. * VIRUS - Vital Information Resource Under Seized. * 3G - 3rd Generation. * GSM - Global System for Mobile Communication. * CDMA - Code Divison Multiple Access. * UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunication System. * SIM - Subscriber Identity Module. * AVI = Audio Video Interleave * RTS = Real Time Streaming * SIS = Symbian OS Installer File * AMR = Adaptive Multi-Rate Codec * JAD = Java Application Descriptor * JAR = Java Archive * JAD = Java Application Descriptor * 3GPP = 3rd Generation Partnership Project * 3GP = 3rd Generation Project * MP3 = MPEG player lll * MP4 = MPEG-4 video file * AAC = Advanced Audio Coding * GIF = Graphic InterchangeableFormat * JPEG = Joint Photographic ExpertGroup * BMP = Bitmap * SWF = Shock Wave Flash * WMV = Windows Media Video * WMA = Windows Media Audio * WAV = Waveform Audio * PNG = Portable Network Graphics * DOC = Document (Microsoft Corporation) * PDF = Portable Document Format * M3G = Mobile 3D Graphics * M4A = MPEG-4 Audio File * NTH = Nokia Theme (series 40) * THM = Themes (Sony Ericsson) * MMF = Synthetic Music Mobile Application File * NRT = Nokia Ringtone * XMF = Extensible Music File * WBMP = Wireless Bitmap Image





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* DVX = DivX Video * HTML = Hyper Text Markup Language * WML = Wireless Markup Language * CD - Compact Disk. * DVD - Digital Versatile Disk. * CRT - Cathode Ray Tube. * DAT - Digital Audio Tape. * DOS - Disk Operating System. * GUI - Graphical User Interface. * HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. * IP - Internet Protocol. * ISP - Internet Service Provider. * TCP - Transmission Control Protocol. * UPS - UninterruptiblePower Supply. * HSDPA - High Speed Downlink Packet Access. * EDGE - Enhanced Data Rate for GSM [Global System for Mobile Communication] Evolution. * VHF - Very High Frequency. * UHF - Ultra High Frequency. * GPRS - General Packet Radio Service. * WAP - Wireless Application Protocol. * TCP - Transmission Control Protocol . * ARPANET - Advanced Research Project Agency Network. * IBM - International Business Machines. * HP - Hewlett Packard. * AM/FM - Amplitude/ Frequency Modulation. * WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network


Important International Lines ##################### 1. Radcliffe Line---- India and Pakistan 2. McMahon Line--- India and China 3. Durand Line ------Pakistan and Afghanistan 4. Maginot Line -----France and Germany 5. 38th Parallel -----North and South Korea 6. 17th Parallel----- North and South Vietnam 7. 49th Parallel -----USA and Canada





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Facts about World Rivers and more ####################### • Third world comprises of 70% of world population. • Hamun Mashkel Lake (Baluchistan) is salt water lake. • Most important crop of Nile delta is Cotton. • Pak: is 4th among world’s largest cotton producers. • A famous natural bridge is located in Virginia. • Eskimos live in North America. • Iberian Peninsula is a part of Europe. • The number of CARS is five. • Height of Islamabad is 2000 ft: above sea level. • The Devil Tower present in US is a volcano. • Hudson Bay is largest bay and is in Northern Canada. • Largest gulf is Gulf of Mexico. • Grand Canal is oldest man made canal for shipping purpose in China. • Shark bay is in Western Australia. • English Channel separates England from France. • Gulf of Sidra is in Libya. • Red river is in USA. • Gulf of lion is in France. • Churchill water fall is in Canada. • Danube River is in Romania (Europe). It pours into Black sea. • The Volga is Europe longest river what is the second longest Danube • Volga River is in Russia. • What is the only river that flows both north and south of equator – The Congo • New Zealand is situated in the region of Oceania. • Oxus River (also called Amu Darya) is flowing between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. It is the largest river of central Asia. • Bari Doab is the area lying between River Ravi and River Beas. • SURMA is the name of a river. • Windermere Lake is the largest lake of UK. • What is France’s longest river: Loire • Hundroo (Hundrubagh) Water Falls are in India. • An iceberg floating in sea will have one-tenth of its mass above the surface of water.





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• Jog Falls are the highest waterfalls in India. • Which river is in Lebanon? River Latani • Highest salinity is found in the Great Salt Lake in USA. • Niagara Falls was discovered by Louis Hennepin • Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of Cloves • Niagara Falls was discovered by Louis Hennepin • River Darling is in Australia. • Gateway of Pacific is Panama Canal. • Panama Canal links Pacific Ocean with Atlantic Ocean. • Panama Canal was opened in 1914. • Panama Canal links North America with South America. • Amazon River crosses Equator twice. • The Amazon river rises in which country-Peru • Amazon River is largest river in terms of volume. It is in Brazil. It pours into Atlantic Ocean. • The longest and largest river in Asia is Yangtze. • The largest river in China is The Yangtze River. • The Soan and the Haro are the two rivers of Potohar Plateau. • Aswan dam is constructed on river Nile. • World’s largest earth filled dam is Tarbela. • Voctoria falls are on the border b/w Zimbabwe & South Africa. • Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in world extending from Peru to Bolivia. • Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world. It is located in Siberia. • Indus River pours into Arabian Sea. • After Indus, the longest river is Sutlaj in Pakistan. • The longest river in South Asia is the Brahmputra. • Nile River pours its water into Mediterranean Sea. • Don River pours its water into Sea of Azov. • Tigris River pours its water into Caspian Sea. • Lake Mead is a man-made largest lake in the world. • The largest river in France is Lore • Most populated lake is Lake Eire. • Suez Canal is 170 Km long constructed in 1869. • The Suez Canal was constructed in 1869. • The Suez Canal link the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea. The Canal was constructed by a French Engineer, Ferdinand De Lesseps. • The Suez Canal was nationalized by Col. Nasser on 26th July, 1956. • Mariana trench is the deepest part in the ocean and it lies in Pacific Ocean. It is also called the deepest seafloor depression in the world. • River Zambezi flows in Southeast Africa. • Euphrates flows in Syria and Iraq. • Mesopotamia is the region b/w Tigris & Euphrates. • Mississippi river flows in USA. Mississippi is longest river of America. • Missouri river flows in USA • Hudson River flows in USA. • Lake Michigan flows in USA. • Golden River flows in Alaska, Canada. • In what country are the Painted Lakes- Indonesia • Name the river that flows through Baghdad- Tigris





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• What city has the most canals- Birmingham • Suez Canal was acquired by Britain in 1875 and nationalized by Egypt in 1956. It remains closed 1967-75 after Arab Israel War. • Thames River is in England. • Seine River is in France. • Hang He river is in China. • Victoria Lake forms boundary line b/w Tanzania and Uganda. • Victoria Lake is in Africa. • Source River Jehlum is Verinag. • Lake Superior is the largest fresh water lake in the world. It is located in North America (USA-Canada). • Lake Victoria is located in Kenya-Tanzania and Uganda. • Great Bear Lake is located in Canada. • Huron Lake is in USA-Canada. • In which country would you find Lake Disappointment Australia • The Amazon river dolphins are what colour- Pink • Which of the following rivers rises in lake Lan-Ka Tso in Tibet? Sutlej • Volga river pours its water into Caspian Sea it is longest river of Europe. • Don is a river of Russia. • Lake Erie (N.America) is most polluted lake in the world. • Lake Mead on the Arizona-Nevada is largest man-made lake in USA. • Baikal Lake is in Siberian desert. • Palk Bay lies b/w Gulf of Mannar and Bay of Bengal. • Panama Canal connects Atlantic Ocean with Pacific Ocean. • 3- Gorges Dam is in .. China • Indus originates from Tibet near Mansorowar Lake. • The Victoria Falls in Africa is located on river Zambezi. It is the highest fall of Africa. • Mt Merapi is located on Java. • What is the longest river in Australia- Murray-Darling • Gulf Stream is an ocean current named after the Gulf of Mexico. • The panch Pokhri Lake situated in the Himalaya Mountains is the highest lake in the world. • Aswan dam is in Egypt. • Word Tsunami is of Japanese language. • Largest coral reef is in Australia. • Colorado River forms Grand Canyon. • River Rhine is in Western Europe. • The Victoria Falls is located in Zimbabwe. • Highest fall of world Angel Falls is on river Carrao Venezuela. • Niagara fall is in North America b/w America & Canada. • Ribbon fall is in North America. • Silver Strand fall is in North America. • Grand Canal is located in People’s Republic of china. • After Australia, Europe is the smallest continent. • ‘Victoria falls’ is located in Rhodesia. • Deccan Plateau is in Asia. • Asia is the largest continent and covers about 1/3 of the world’s total land area. • Both the highest and lowest points on the earth are found in Asia. • The lowest point of Asia is Dead Sea which is about 397 meter below sea level. • Dead sea lying b/w Israel and Jordan. • Asia Minor is a geographical expression, a part to Turkey. • The world’s longest river, the Nile is located in Africa. • Africa is also known as Dark Continent. • Highest point of South America is Mount Aconcagua (Argentina) and lowest point is Valdes Peninsula (Argentina). • Highest Point of North America is Mount Mckinley and the lowest point is Death Valley





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(California, USA). • Highest point of Africa is Kibo, a peak of Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) and lowest point is Lake Assal (Djibouti). • Highest point of Europe is Mount El’brus and the lowest point is Caspian Sea. • Highest point in Antarctica is Vinson Massif. • Highest point in Australia is Mount Kosciusko (New South Wales) and the lowest point is Lake Eyre (South Australia). • The lowest point of the North America is the Death Valley located in California. • Danube River flows in Austria. • Victoria River is the chief source of River Nile. • Dardanelles connects black Sea and Mediterranean. • Black sea is so called because a dense fog prevails there in winter. • The river Jordan flows out into the Dead sea • River Mekong flows in Vietnam. • River Thames flows in Southern England. • River boat Gondola is used in Italy’s city Venice. • Hydespes River is now called the Jhelum River. • The length of Panama Canal is 50072 miles. • At the equator, the equation of the day is 12 hours. • Meridan means mid-day. • Shale is not a metamorphic rock.

SSC SPECIAL SERIES PART-24 Punchlines of Banks ############### • First India bank Got ISO : Canara Bank • First Governor of RBI : Mr. Osborne Smith • First Indian governor of RBI : Mr. C D Deshmukh • First Bank to Introduce ATM in India : HSBC • First Bank to introduce saving Bank in India : Presidency bank in 1830 • First Bank to Introduce Cheque system in India : Bengal Bank 1784 • First Bank to introduce Internet Banking : ICICI BANK • First Bank to introduce Mutual Fund : State Bank of India • First Bank to introduce Credit Card in India : Central Bank of India • First Foreign Bank in India : Comptoire d’Escompte de Paris of France in 1860 • First Bank Set Up in India : Bank of Hindustan in 1770 • First Joint Stock Bank of British India : State Bank of India • First Joint Stock Bank of India : Allahabad Bank • First Bank that is oldest Public Bank in India : Allahabad Bank • First national bank that is merged with Punjab National Bank : New Bank of India in 1993 • First Indian bank to open branch outside India in London in 1946 : Bank





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of India • First Indian Bank started with Indian capital /indigenous Bank of India : Punjab National Bank • First Regional Rural Bank name Prathama Grameen Bank Was started by : Syndicate Bank BANKS IN INDIA Central Bank: 1. Central Bank – Reserve Bank of India Commercial Bank 2. Public Sector Bank – (Nationalised Bank) Total 26 = 14 were nationalized in 1969 +6 were Nationalized in 1980 (out of these one bank new Bank of India was merged with PNB in 1983), +1 IDBI + SBI +5 Subsidiary/Associates banks of State Bank of India. 3. Private Banks = RBI in 1993 gave licences to 12 Private bank in 2 phases 10 private bank in 1993 and 2 private bank in 2003-2004 4. Foreign Banks = 34 Foreign Banks are there in India. Cooperative Bank: Cooperative Banks = Bank those are registered under Co-operative Societies Act 1965, Co-operative Banks are also works as Commercial Bank.

SSC SPECIAL SERIES PART-25 Important information on RBI ################### 1. Reserve Bank of India started its operations on-01 Apr 1935 2. Reserve was nationalised in ---1949 3. The maximum number of Deputy Governors RBI can have--4 4. Number of regional offices of RBI --28 5. RBI can issue notes upto the value of ---Rs. 10,000/- 6. As per Indian Coinage Act 1 Re coins can be used to pay/settle ------Any amount 7. As per Indian Coinage Act 0.50 ps coins can be used to pay/settle----- Amount not exceeding Rs. 10. 8. As per Indian Coinage Act coins worth less than 0.50 ps can be used to pay/settle----- Amount not exceeding Re. 1.(no longer applicable) 9. The logo of RBI has---A palm tree and a tiger





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10. The H.O. of the RBI is in---Mumbai 11. The maximum amount for which customer's deposit is insured in a bank----Rs. 1,00,000 Institutions established by RBI and Head Office 1. Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation--Mumbai 2. National Housing Bank --New Delhi 3. National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development--Mumbai 4. Securities Trading Corporation of India --Mumbai 5. Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited--Bangalore 5. Industrial and Development Bank of India - Mumbai

SSC SPECIAL SERIES PART-26 FIRST IN INDIA ############

● British Governor-General : Warren Hastings ● British Governor-General of Independent India : Lord Mountbatten ● Justice of India : Hiralal J. Kania ● Comander-in-Chief of Free India : General K. M. Cariappa ● Chief of Air Staff : Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst ● Indian Air Chief : Air Marshal S. Mukherjee ● Chief of Army Staff : General M. Rajendra Singh ● Chief of Naval Staff : Vice-Admiral R. D. Katari ● Consmonaut : Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma ● Emperor of Mughal Dynasty in India : Babar ● Field Marshal : SPFJ Manekshaw ● Governor-General of Indian Union : C. Rajgopalachari ● Indian to get an Oscar : Bhanu Athaiya ● Indian to Reach the South Pole : Col. I. K. Bajaj ● Indian ICS Officer : Satyendra Nath Tagore ● Indian Member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council : Sir S. P. Sinha ● Indian Man to Swim Across the English Channel : Mihir Sen ● Indian Woman to Swim Across the English Channel : Miss Aarti Saha ● Indian Woman to Swim Across the Strait of Gibraltar : Aarti Pradhan ● Man to Climb Mount Everest : Sherpa Tenzing ● Man to Climb Mount Everest without Oxygen : Phu Dorjee ● Man to Climb Mount Everest twice : Nawang Gombu ● Muslim Woman to sit on the throne of Delhi : Razia Sultana





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● Nobel Prize Winner : Rabindra Nath Tagore ● President of the Indian National Congress : W. C. Banerjee ● Woman President of the Indian National Congress : Annie Besant ● President to Die in Office : Dr. Zakir Hussain ● Prime Minister to Lose an Election : Indira Gandhi ● Prime Minister to Resign from Office : Morarji Desai ● Deputy Prime Minister : Vallabhbhai Patel ● Talkie Film : Alam Ara (1931) ● Test-tube Baby : Indira (Baby Harsha) ● Viceroy : Lord Canning ● Woman Central Minister : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur ● Woman Chief Minister of a State : Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani ● Woman Governor : Mrs. Sarojini Naidu ● Woman Minister : Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit ● Woman to Climb the Mt. Everest: Bachendri Pal ● Woman Prime Minister : Mrs. Indira Gandhi ● Woman Speaker of a State Assembly : Mrs. Shanno Devi ● Woman Airline Pilot : Durba Banerjee ● Woman to Win an Asiad Gold : Kamaljit Sandhu ● Woman Judge of the Supreme Court : Fathima Beevi ● Woman IPS Officer : Kiran Bedi ● Indian in the British Parliament: Dadabhai Naoroji ● Indian to win Miss Universe Title : Ms Sushmita Sen ● Indian Woman Congress President : Sarojini Naidu (1925) ● Woman President of UN General Assembly : Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1953) ● Woman to Win the Nobel Prize : Mother Teresa (1979) ● Woman to become ‘Miss World : Reeta Faria ● Speaker, Lok Sabha : G. V. Manavalankar (1952-57) ● Chairman Rajya Sabha : S. V. Krishnamoorthy (1952) ● Indian to Pass ICS : Surendra Nath Banerji (1869) ● Indian Pilot : JRD Tata (1929) ● To Reach Antarctica : Lt. Ram Charan (1960) ● Vernacular Daily : Kolkata (1727) ● Telegraph Line Installed : Calcutta to Diamond Harber (1853) ● Silent Movie : Raja Harish Chandra by Dada Saheb Phalke (1913) ● Coloured Cinemascope Film : Pyar ki Pyas (1961) ● Satellite launched : Aryabhatta (1975) ● Indigenously built satellite : Aryabhatta (1975) ● Atomic device exploded at : Pokharan in Rajasthan (1974) ● Large-scale Nuclear Reactor : Apsara (1956) ● Indigenously designed and built missile : Prithvi (1988) ● Member of the Dalit Community to become the President of India : K. R.





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Narayanan ● DNA typing forensic Laboratory set-up at : Kolkata ● Electric Train started between : Ludhiana and New Delhi ● Science City was inaugurated in : Kolkata ● Actress of Indian Cinema : Kamalabai Gokhale ● Woman Pilot of IAF : Harita Deol ● Solar Thermal Parabolic Trough Power Station was established at : Mathania (Rajasthan) ● Indian writer to win the Booker Prize : Arundhati Roy ● Musician to be awarded the Bharat Ratna : M. S. Subbulakshmi ● Indian Woman to go into Space : Kalpana Chawla ● Chairman of the Prasar Bharati Board : Nikhil Chakravarthy ● Indian Institution to be awarded Gandhi Peace Prize : Ramakrishna Mission ● Solar city is developed at : Anandpur Sahib ● Woman to win an Olympic medal : Karnam Malleswari ● Woman Foreign Secretary of India : Chokila Iyer ● Indian to win World Billiards Trophy : Wilson Jones ● Indian Grand Master (in Chess) : Vishwanathan Anand ● Chinese pilgrim to visit India : Fahien ● European invader on India soil : Alexender, the great ● Indian to win World Chess Championship : Vishwanathan Anand ● Women Air Vice Marshal : P. Bandopadhyaya ● Lady Cadet of Indian Army : Priya Jhingan ● First Indian to win a medal in the world Athletic Championship : Anju B. George (2003) ● Triple Century Maker in Test Cricket : Virendra Sahwag (2004) ● Hitter of 5 Double Centuries : Rahul Dravid (2004) ● Woman DGP : Kanchan Chaudhury ● Medal winner in Olympic Games : Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore (2004)(facebook/cnaonweb) ● Asian Tennis Champion, WTA champion, Third round winner in Grand Slam Tournament, Grand slam tournament winner Match winner in U.S. open, Youngest awardee of Padamshree : Sania Mirza ● Formula-1 Car Racer : Narayan Kartikeyan ● Indian to be awarded ‘Srilanka Ratn’ : N. Ram ● Woman Commanded the annual passing out parade : Wahida Prizm (2006)(facebook/cnaonweb) ● Five hundred wicket taker in Test cricket: Anil Kumble (2006) ● To the ski to the North Pole : Ajeet Bajaj (2006) ● First Air Chief to to Sky dive : Air Chief S. P. Tyagi (2006) ● First Indian Woman to win a Badminton Grand Prix : Saina Nehwal





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(2006) ● First President to make sortie in a combat aircraft : Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (2006)(facebook/cnaonweb) ● First Women President : Pratibha Patil (2007) ● First Indian to win Gold Medal in Olympics in individual Event : Abhinav Bindra (2008) ● First Woman Pilot of Fighter Plane : Suman Sharma ● World Cup (Jr.) Badminton, Indonesian Open Winner (Woman) : Saina Nehwal (2009)(facebook/cnaonweb) ● Woman Speaker Lok Sabha : Ms. Meira Kumar (2009) ● Two Oscar Award Winner : A. R. Rehman (2009) ● Khel Ratna, Arjun and Dronacharya Award : P. Gopi Chand (2009)(facebook/cnaonweb) ● Indian Woman to reach the South Pole : Reena Kaushal (2009)

SSC SPECIAL SERIES PART-27 Nick names of Place In India

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1. Which place is known as Hi-Tech City = Hyderabad 2. Which place is known as Manchester of South India = Coimbatore 3. Which place is known as Deccan Queen = Pune 4. Which place is known as City of weavers = Panipat 5. Which River is known as Old Ganga = Godavari 6. Which River is known as Dakshin Ganga = Kaveri 7. Which state is known as Milk Pail of India = Haryana 8. Which place is known as Gardan city of India = Bangalore 9. Which place is known as Sapce city of India = Bangalore 10. Which place is known as Electronic city of India = Bangalore 11. Which Indian place is known as Pensioners' Paradise =

Bangalore 12. Which state is known as Jewel of India = Manipur 13. Which Indian place is known as Scotland of the east = Shillong 14. Which place is known as Temple city of India =>>

Bhuvaneswar 15. Which place is known as Cathedral city of India =>>

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SSC SPECIAL SERIES PART-28 Company Name Origin/Meaning ####################

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)

SSC SPECIAL SERIES PART-29 Solar System Question and Answers

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1. Now that Pluto is no longer included, how many planets are there in the Solar System?--8 2. What is the smallest planet in the Solar System?--Mercury 3. What is the largest planet in the Solar System?--Jupiter 4. What is the hottest planet in the Solar System?--Venus 5. The sixth planet from the Sun features an extensive ring system, what is the name of this planet?--Saturn 6. The chemical element uranium was named after what planet?--Uranus





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7. What planet in the solar system is farthest from the Sun?--Neptune 8. What is the second smallest planet in the solar system?--Mars 9. What planet is closest in size to Earth?--Venus 10. The moon Titan orbits which planet?--Saturn 11. What planet is nicknamed the ‘Red Planet’?--Mars 12. True or false? Neptune is larger than Saturn.--False 13. The Galilean moons orbit which planet?--Jupiter 14. What planet is closest to the Sun?--Mercury 15. What is the seventh planet from the Sun?--Uranus 16. True or false? Venus has more atmospheric pressure than Earth?--True 17. Triton is the largest moon of what planet?--Neptune 18. What is the brightest planet in the night sky?--Venus 19. What is the third planet from the Sun?---Earth 20. Phobos and Deimos are moons of what planet? --Mars


REVOLUTION IN INDIA ################## * Black Revolution - Petroleum Production * Blue Revolution - Fish Production * Brown Revolution - Leather/non-conventional(India)/Cocoa production





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* Golden Fibre Revolution - Jute Production * Golden Revolution - Fruits/Overall Horticulture development/Honey Production * Green Revolution - Food grains * Grey Revolution - Fertilizer * Pink Revolution - Onion production/Pharmaceutical (India)/Prawn production * Red Revolution - Meat & Tomato Production * Round Revolution - Potato * Silver Fiber Revolution - Cotton * Silver Revolution - Egg/Poultry Production * White Revolution (In India: Operation Flood) - Milk/Dairy production * Yellow Revolution - Oil Seeds production * Evergreen Revolution - Overall development of Agriculture


IMPORTANT ACTS RELATED TO BANKING ########################### 1. Banking Regulation Act,1949 2. RBI Act,1934 & RBI Act, 1948 3. SBI Act,1955, General Regulations SBI Act,1956 4. Banker‘s Book Evidence Act,1891 5. Negotiable Instruments Act,1881 6. Indian Contract Act,1872 7. Surety‘s Liability 8. Partnership Act,1932





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9. Companies Act,1956 10. Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 11. Consumer Protection Act, 1986 12. SARFAESI Act, 2002


FIVE YEAR PLANS IN INDIA #################### • 1st Five Year Plan (1951-56) - Priority of Agriculture • 2nd Five Year Plan (1956-61) - Priority of Industries Sector • 3rd Five Year Plan (1961-66) - Self Reliance • 4th Five Year Plan (1969-74) - Removal of Poverty, Growth with Justice • 5th Five Year Plan (1974-79) - Removal of Poverty and Self reliance • 6th Five Year Plan (1980-85) - The emphasis same as 5th Plan • 7th Five Year Plan (1985-90) - Food Production, Employment, Productivity • 8th Five Year Plan (1992-97) - Employment Generation, Control of Population • 9th Five Year Plan (1997-02) - Growth Rate of 7 percent • 10th Five year Plan (2002-07) - Self employment and resources and development • 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12) - Comprehensive and faster growth • 12th Five Year plan (2012-17) - Improvement of Health, Education and Sanitation.






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Some Facts - Census 2011 #################### • State with Highest Female Sex Ratio---Kerala---1,058 • State with Lowest Female Sex Ratio--Haryana--861 • UT with Highest Female Sex Ratio---Pondicherry---1,001 • UT with Lowest Female Sex Ratio---Daman & Diu--710 • District with Highest Female Sex Ratio---Mahe (Pondicherry)--1,147 • District with Lowest Female Sex Ratio---Daman (Daman & Diu)--591 • State with Highest Literacy Rate -- Kerala (90.9) (Tripura tops literacy rate with with 94.65 per cent RECENTLY) • State with Lowest Literacy Rate-- Bihar (47.0) • UT with Highest Literacy Rate-- Lakshadweep (86.7) • UT with Lowest Literacy Rate--- Dadra & Nagar Haveli (57.6) • District with Highest Literacy Rate--- Aizwal, Mizoram (96.5) • District with Lowest Literacy Rate--- Dantewada Chhattisgarh (30.17) • State with Highest Population--Uttar Pradesh • State with Lowest Population---Sikkim • UT with Highest Population---Delhi • UT with Lowest Population---Lakshadweep • District with Highest Population ---Medinipur (West Bengal) • District with Lowest Population---Yanam (Pondicherry)

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