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Miscellaneous General Knowledge
1. Firsts in India (Male)

 First Governor of Bengal Lord Clive (1757 - 60)

 Last Governor of Bengal Waren Hastings (1772 - 74 )

 First Governor General of Bengal Waren Hastings (1774 - 85)

 First Governor General of India Lord William Bentinck (1833 - 35)

 Last Governor General and First Viceroy of India Lord Canning (1856 -

62)

 First President of Indian National Congress WC Banerjee

 First Indian Governor General of Independent India C. Rajgopalachari(21.

06. 1948 - 25. 01.1950)

 First Indian to pass ICS SurendraNath Banerjee

 First Indian I.C.S Officer SatyendraNath Tagore

 First Governor General of India (after independence) Lord Louis

Mountbatten (15Aug,1947 - 20 June,1948)

 First Indian Cosmonaut (to go into space) Rakesh Sharma

 First temporary President of the Constitutent Assembly Dr.

SachchidaNand Sinha

 First Commander in chief of Free India General K M Cariappa

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 First Indian Nobel Laureate RabindraNath Tagore

 First Indian Judge of the International Court of Justice Dr. Nagendra

Singh

 First Indian to get Bharat Ratna Award Dr S. Radha Krishnan

 First Field Marshal General S.F.J Manekshaw

 First President of Constituent Assembly Dr. Rajendra Prasad

 First Indian to swim across the English Channel MihirSen

 First Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award G. Shankar Karup

 First Muslim President of Indian Republic Dr. ZakirHussain

 First Indian to win PaIk-Strait Ocean Swimming Contest BaidyanathNath

 First Speaker of LokSabha G. V. Mavlankar (1952-57)

 First person to make Printing Press popular in India JemesHicky

 First Education Minister of Independent India MaulanaAbulKalam Azad

 First President of Indian Republic Dr.Rajendra Prasad

 First Prime Minister of Independent India PanditJawharLal Nehru

 First Home Minister of Independent India SardarVallabh Bhai Patel

 First Vice President of Independent India Dr S. Radhakrishnan

 First Chief of Air Staff Thomas Elmhirst

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 First Indian Air Chief of India Subrata Mukherjee

 First Chief of Army Staff Rajendra Singh

 First Chief of Naval Staff of India RD Katari

 First largescale Atomic Reactor of India Apsara (1955)

 First Person to get Paramvir Chakra Major Somnath Sharma

 First Nuclear Submarine of India I.N.S Chakra

 First Indian Scientist to get Nobel Prize C V Raman (Physics)

 First Indian Submarine INS Kalvari

 First Scientist of Indian origin, to get Nobel Prize in the field of Medical

Science Dr. Hargobind Khorana

 First Aircraft Carrier Indian Ship INS Vikrant

 First Chinese pilgrim to visit India Fa-hian

 First Medium Range Missile Agni

 First e-business News Paper of India Financial express

 First Scientist of Indian origin to win Nobel Prize in Physics

Subramanyam Chandrasekhar

 First lndian Missile Prithvi

 First Indian to win Stalin Award SaifuddinKitchlew

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 India’s first Nuclear Centre Tarapur

 First Indian to win Magsaysay Award Acharya VinabaBhave (1958)

 India’s first Open University Dr. B.R Ambedkar ( Telengana ) Open

University

 India’s first minister to resign from Union Cabinet Shyama Prasad

Mukherjee (1950)

 First British to visit Mughal Court (Court of Jahangir) William Hawkins

(1609)

 First Asian Games organised New Delhi (1951)

 India’s first Election Commissioner SukumarSen

 First Muslim President of Indian National Congress BadruddinTayabJi

 First Chief Justice of India Hiralal J. Kania

 First Person to submit the proposal of Indian Independence in a Congress

Session MaulanaHasratMohani

 India’s first organised University Nalanda University

 First Indian to climb Mt Everest without Oxygen cylinder PhuDorji

 First foreign recipient of Bharat Ratna Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

 First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics Dr. AmartyaSen

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 First Army Institute of Information Technology founded at

Hyderabad

 First Test Tube Baby of India HarshaChawda

 First Indian Pilot J.R.D Tata(1929)

 First Indian to reach Antarctica Ram Charan(1960)

 First Post-Office opened in India Kolkata (1727)

 First Deputy Prime Minister of India SardarVallabh Bhai Patel

 First Indian Prime Minister to resign from office Morarji Desai

 First Indian Prime Minister to loose an Election Indira Gandhi

 First President of India to die in office Dr. ZakirHussain

 First Man to climb Mt Everest twice NawangGombu

 First Indian to reach the South Pole I.K Bajaj

 First Indian recipient of 'Oscar Award’ BhanuAthaiya

 First American President to visit India D.D Eisenhower

 First British Prime Minister to visit India Harold Mc Millan

 First Indian author to get Anderson Award Ruskin Bond

 First Indian to Win World Billiards Trophy Wilson Jones

 First Indian Space Tourist Santosh George

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o 2. Firsts in India (Female)

 India’s first Woman President Smt. PratibhaPatil

 India’s first Woman Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

 India’s first Woman Governor Sorojini Naidu

 First Indian Woman President of I N. Congress Sarojini Naidu (1925)

 India’s first Woman ruler (on Delhi’s throne) Razia Sultan

 India’s first Woman IPS officer KiranBedi

 First Woman Chief Minister of a state SuchetaKriplani (UP)

 First Woman Union Minister / First Union Health Minister Amrita Kaur

 First Woman President of INC Annie Besant

 First Woman Judge of the Suprime Court Fatima Bibi

 First Woman to get Ashok Chakra NirjaBhanot

 First Indian Woman Ambassador at United Nations VijayalakshmiPandit

 First Indian Woman to swim across English Channel

AratiSaha(Gupta)

 First Indian Woman to get the Noble Prize Mother Teresa (1979)

 First Indian Woman to climb the Mt Everest Bachendri Pal

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 First Indian Woman to become ’Miss World’ ReitaFaria

 First Indian Woman to climb the ’Mt Everest’ twice Santosh Yadav

 First Indian Woman to become ’Miss Universe’ SusmitaSen

 First Indian Woman to get Bharat RatnaSmt. Indira Gandhi

 First Woman to get Jnanpith Award Ashapurna Devi

 First Indian Woman to win WTA Title SaniaMirza

 First Indian Woman Pilot of Indian Airlines Durba Banerjee

 First Indian Woman to fly an aircraft SarlaThakral

 First Indian Woman Pilot in Indian Navy Shivangi

 First Indian Woman to win a Gold in Asian Games Kamaljeet Sandhu

 First Indian Woman to Win the Booker Prize Arundhati Roy

 First Woman Musician to get ’Bharat Ratna' M.S Subbulakshmi

 First Indian Woman to go into space Kalpana Chawla

o 3. Firsts in the World (Male & Female)

 First men to Climb Mt. Everest Tenzing Norgay&Edmund Hillary

(29th May, 1953)

 First man to reach North Pole Robert Edwin Peary

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 First religion of the world Sanatan Dharma

 First country to Print books China

 First country to issuepaper currency China

 First Country to start Civil Services China

 First President of United States of America George Washington

 First Prime Minister of Great Britain Robert Walpole

 First Secretary General of United Nations Trygve Lie

 First country to win the World Cup Football Uruguay (1930)

 First country to make a constitution USA

 Pakistan's first Governor General Md. Ali Jinnah

 First European to visit China Maffeo Polo (1266)

 First man to fly an Aeroplane Wright Brothers (Wilbur & Orville)

 First person to Sail around the world Ferdinand Magellan

 First Country to send human to Moon USA

 First country to launch satellite into space USSR

 First country to host the modern Olympic games Greece

 First President of the Republic of China Sun Yet-sen

 First city to be attacked with Atom bomb Heroshima(Japan)

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 First Radio Telescope Satellite was launched into space Japan

 First Russian (Soviet) Prime Minister to visit India VI Bulganin

 First University of the world Takshashila/Taxila university

 First man to set foot on the Moon Neil Armstrong

 First man to go into space Yuri Gagarin (USSR)

 Space Shuttle launched Columbia(12 April, 1981)

 First Space Ship landed on Mars Viking -I (20 July, 1976)

 First Woman Prime Minister of England Margaret Thacher

 First Woman Prime Minister of any muslim country Benazir Bhutto

(Pakistan)

 First Woman Prime Minister of a country S. Bhandarnaike (Srilanka)

 First Woman cosmonaut in space Valentina Tereshkova

 First Woman to climb Mt. Everest Junko Tabei(Japan)

 First deaf and dumb to cross the Strait of Gibralter TaranathShenoy

 First Woman President of UN General Assembly Smt.

VijayalakshmiPandit (1953)

 First European Invader of Indian soil Alexander,the great

 First Woman to reach the North Pole Ann Bancroft

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 First Woman to reach Antarctica Carolina Mikkelsen's

 First man to draw the map of earth Anaximander (610-542 BC)

 First man to compile Encyclopaedia Aspheosis (Athens)

 The Oldest man to climb Mt Everest Yuichiro Miura

 First Asian to win Wimbledon Trophy Arthur Ashe (USA)

 First man to win Nobel Prize for Literature Sully Prudhomme (France)

 First man to win Nobel Prize for Peace H. Dunant & FredericPassy

 First man to Win Nobel Prize for Physics W.C Rontgen

 First man to win Nobel Prize for Chemistry Van'tHolf

 First man to win Nobel Prize for Medicine Von Behrig

 First man to win Nobel Prize for Economics Ragnar Frisch & Jan Tinbergen

 First Woman President of a country Marma Estela Cortas

(Argentina)

 First Space Tourist (Male) Dennis Tito(USA)

 First Space Tourist (Female) Mrs. Anousheh Ansari (Irani American)

o 4.Important Superlatives of India

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 Longest river bridge - BhupenHazarika (DholaSadiya) bridge (9150 mt)

 Largest Museum – Indian Museum at Kolkata

 Longest Dam – Hirakud Dam (Orrisa)

 Highest Dam – Tehri Dam ( 260 meters )

 Highest Tower – KutabMinar-Delhi (88.4m)

 Largest Desert – Thar (Rajasthan)

 Largest District – Kutch district

 State with longest coastline – Gujarat

 State with longest coastline of South India – Andhra Pradesh

 Longest Electric Railway Line – From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna

 Longest Railway Route – From Assam to Kanyakumari

 Longest Railway Platform – Gorokhpur(U.P)

 Highest Railway Station – Ghum(W.B)

 Longest Tunnel – Chenani-Nashri (Panipot) tunnel, NH-44(Jammu & Kashmir)

 Longest Highway – NH-44 (NH-7) which turns from Varanasi to Kanyakumari

 Smallest State (Population) – Sikkim

 Smallest State (Area) – Goa

 Largest State (Area) – Rajasthan

 Largest State (Population) – Uttar Pradesh

 Densest Populated State – Bihar

 Largest Cave – Amarnath (J&K)

 Largest Cave Temple – Kailash Temple, Ellora (Maharastra)

 Largest Animal Fair – Sonepur (Bihar)

 Largest Auditorium – Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)

 Biggest Hotel – Oberai-Sheraton (Mumbai)

 Largest Port – Mumbai

 Largest Gurudwara – Golden Temple, Amritsar

 Deepest River Valley – Bhagirathi &Alaknanda

 Largest Church – Saint Cathedral (Goa)

 Oldest Church – St. Thomas Church at Palayar, Trichur(Kerala)

 Longest River – Ganga (2640 km long)

 Longest Beach – Marina Beach, Chennai

 Highest Battle Field – Siachin Glacier

 Highest Airport – Leh (Laddakh)

 Biggest Stadium – Yuva Bharti (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata

 Largest River Island – Majuli (Brahmaputra River, Asam)

 Largest Planetarium – Birla Planetarium (Kolkata)

 Largest inland salt lake -- Sambhar lake

 Highest Award in India – Bharat Ratna

 Highest Gallantry Award – ParamVir Chakra

 Longest Tributary river of India – Yamuna

 Largest Lake – Wular Lake, Kashmir

 Longest Lake –Vembanad Lake (Kerela)

 Largest Lake (Saline Water) – Chilka Lake, Orrisa

 Largest Man-Made Lake – ShivajiSagarLake (Maharashtra)

 Largest Fresh Water Lake –WularLake(J&K)

 Highest Lake – Devtal Lake (Gadhwal , Uttarakhand)

 Highest Peak – K2 / Godwin Austin (8,611 meters)

 Highest Peak in the world – Mount Everest in Nepal

 Largest Populated City – Mumbai

 Largest State(Area) – Rajasthan

 Largest State(Population) – Uttar Pradesh

 Highest Rainfall – Cherrapunji

 Highest Waterfall – Kunchikal Falls (455 meters / 1493 ft high) in Karnataka

 State wise largest area under forest – Madhya Pradesh

 Largest Delta – Sunderbans Delta

 Largest River without Delta – Narmada and Tapti

 Longest Cantilever Span bridge – Howrah Bridge / RabindraSetu

 Biggest Cave temple – Ellora

 Longest Road – Grand Trunk Road

 Highest Road – Road at Khardungla(in Leh-Manali Sector)

 Biggest Mosque – Jama Masjid at Delhi

 Highest Gateway – BulandDarwaza at FatehpurSikri (53.6 meters high)

 Tallest Statue – Statue of Unity (182 mt)

 Largest Public Sector Bank – State Bank of India

 Longest Canal – Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal (Rajasthan)

 Largest Dome – GolGombuz at Bijapur

 Largest Zoo Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata)

o 5. Important Superlatives of World

 Tallest animal on Land Giraffe

 Biggest bell in the world Great Bell at Moscow.

 Fastest bird among the family of bird Peregrine Falcon

 Largest bird Ostrich.

 Smallest bird Humming bird.

 Longest railway bridge in the world Danyang-kunshan grand bridge in China

 Tallest building in the world BurjKhalifa, in Dubai (U.A.E)

 Tallest office building in the world Petronas Twin Towers at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.

 Longest big-ship canal Suez canal ( links between Red Sea and Mediterranean)

 Busiest canal for ship Kiel Canal

 Biggest Cinema House in the world Roxy located at New York.

 Highest City in the world La Paz in Bolivia

 Largest city by population Tokyo

 Biggest city by area in the world New York Metro with 8,683 sq km.

 Largest continent Asia.

 Smallest continent Australia.

 Largest country by population China.

 Largest country by area Russia.

 Largest Coral Formation The Great Barrier Reef in Australia.

 Largest hydraulic dam Three Gorges Dam of China.

 Longest day in Northern hemisphere 21 June.

 Shortest day in Northern hemisphere is 22 December.

 Largest Delta in the world Sundarban in India covering 8000 square miles.

 Largest Desert in the world Sahara in Africa which cover an area about 84,00,000sq km.

 Largest Diamond in the world The Cullinan (over 1.5 lb)

 Biggest Dome in the world GolGumbaz at BijapurIt's diameter is about 144 ft.

 Longest epic Mahabharata.

 Largest island Greenland

 Largest artificial lake is Lake Kariba

 Deepest lake Baikal at Siberia. It’s average depth is 2300 ft.

 Highest lake Titicaca in Bolivia. It is situated 12,645 ft above the sea level.
 Largest lake (Fresh Water) is Lake Superior in USA.

 Largest lake (Salt Water) is Caspian Sea.

 Largest Mosque around the world Jama Masjid in Delhi. Its area is around 10,000 sq ft.

 Biggest library in the world National Kiev Library, Moscow and Library of Congress,

Washington.

 Highest mountain peak in the world Mt. Everest situated in Nepal. It’s height is 8848 meter.

 Highest mountain range Himalayas.

 Longest mountain range Andes in South America. It is 5,500 miles in length.

 Biggest museum British Museum in London.

 Tallest Minaret (free-standing) in the world It is QutubMinar, in Delhi. It is 239 ft high.

 Deepest and Biggest Ocean is The Pacific Ocean

 Tallest Minaret Great Hassan Mosque, Casablanca, Morocco.

 Largest Palace Imperial Palace at Beijing in China.

 Largest Peninsula Arabia with about 32,50,000sq km.

 Coldest place Verkoyansk in Siberia. It’s temperature can fall below -85° C.

 Driest place in the world (Non-Polar) Atacama desart, Chili

 Driest place in the world (Polar) McMurdo Dry valley, Antarctica

 Hottest place in the world Al-Aziziyah in Libya. Temperature is 58° C

 Largest planet in the solar system Jupiter

 Nearest planet to the earth Venus

 Brightest and Hottest Planet in the solar system Venus

 Farthest planet to the sun Neptune

 Smallest planet in solar system Mercury

 Highest plateau Pamir in Tibet.

 Longest railway platform Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh [ India:1,366.33 m (4,483 ft) ]

 Largest railway station by platform in the world is Grand Central Terminal, New York USA.

 Largest Port Port of New York and New Jersey in USA.

 Busiest port in the world Rotterdam in Netherlands.

 Longest railway in the world Trans Siberian Railway(Moscow-Vladivostok ),9289 km long.

 Longest river Neil in Africa. It is 6690 km long.

 Longest River Dam in the world Hirakud Dam in Orissa, India. 15.8 miles long.

 Largest Sea-bird Albatross

 Largest inland Sea Mediterranean sea

 Brightest star Sirius also known as Dog Star

 Tallest statue Statue of Unity, India, 182 ft.

 Tallest statue (Bronze) in the world Statue of Lord Buddha, Tokyo in Japan.

 Longest Swimming course English Channel Cross.

 Longest & deepest Railway tunnel Gotthard Base Tunnel, 57 km long

 Highest Volcano Ojos del Salado in Andes.

 Largest volcano Mauna Lao in Hawaii.

 Longest wall in the world Great Wall of China. It is 1500 miles long.

 Highest waterfall Salto Angel Falls situated in Venezuela.

 Largest Bay Hudson Bay in Canada. shore line 7623 miles.

 World’s largest river basin Amazon Basin. It is 27,20,000 sq miles

 Rainiest spot Cherrapunji- Mawsynram in India. 11,871mm rainfall.

 Largest Gorge Grand Canyon on the Colorado river, in USA.

 Lightest Metal among all metals Lithium

 Hardest substance available in earth Diamond[ Researchers now found an another material

called Boron-Carbide (B4C) which considered as the hardest substance. ]

 Longest life-span on an animal in the world Giant tortoise.

 Largest Land Animal in the world African Bush Elephant.

 Fastest Animal in the world Cheetah or Leopard. It’s speed is upto 70 mile per hour.

 Longest jumping animal in the world Kangaroo

 Longest wing spread bird Albatross

 Slowest animal in the world Snail

 Biggest Flower in the Earth Rafflesiain Java.

 Largest Stadium in the world by capacity is Rungrado 1st of May Stadium (114,000).

 Largest Church in the world St. Peters Basilica (Vatican City) 15,160 m sq.

 Largest Temple in the world Angkor Vat in Cambodia.

 Largest Diamond Mine in the world Kembarley in South Africa.

  Largest River in Volume in the world Amazon in Brazil.

 Longest corridor Rameshwaram Temple’s Corridor.

 Largest Desert in Asia Gobi in Mongolia.

 Largest Democracy in the world India

 Most intelligent animal Chimpanzee.

 Largest Mammal BlueWhale

Longest animal Blue Whal

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Miscellaneous General Knowledge [ 2nd SM ]
6. List of Famous Monuments of World Chiang Kai-shek Memorial China
Name of the Monument Country Hall
Statue of Liberty New York, USA The Sultan Ahmed Mosque Turkey
The Eiffel Tower Paris, France Imperial Palace Tokyo, Japan
St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow, Russia Opera House Sydney, Australia
Blue Domed Church Santorini, Greece Kremlin Moscow, Russia
The Great Sphinx Giza, Egypt Pyramid Giza
Big Ben London Taj Mahal Agra, India
Leaning Tower of Pisa Italy
Christ the Redeemer Rio de Janeiro, 7. National Emblems of Some Countries
Brazil Name of Country Emblem
Mount Fuji Japan Australia Kangaroo
Mount Eden Crater New Zealand Bangladesh Water Lily
Al Aqsa Mosque Jerusalem Canada Maple Leaf
France Lily
Angkor Wat Cambodia
Germany Corn Flower
St Peter’s Cathedral Vatican City
India Lioned Capital
Victoria Falls Between Zambia
Iran Rose
and Zimbabwe
Ireland Shamrock
The Great Canyon Arizona
Israel Menorah (Candelabrum)
Petra Rock-cut Jordan
Italy White Lily
Architecture
Japan Chrysanthemum
Cape of Good Hope South Africa
Norway Lion
Chichen Itza Mexico New Zealand Kiwi
Table Mountain Cape Town, South Pakistan Crescent
Africa Spain Eagle
Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco, Sri Lanka Sword & Lion
California Russia Sickle & Hammer
Kilimanjaro Tanzania Turkey Crescent & Star
Forbidden City Beijing United Kingdom Rose
The Wailing Wall Jerusalem USA Golden Rod
Angel Falls Venezuela
8. National animal of some countries Netherlands Lion
Afghanistan Snow Leopard New Zealand Kiwi
Australia Kangaroo Norway Lion
Bangladesh Royal Bengal Tiger Pakistan Markhor
Bhutan Takin Russia Bear
Brazil Jaguar Scotland Unicorn and Lion
China Chinese Dragon South Korea Korean Tiger
Canada Beaver Spain Bull
England Lion, Bulldog Sri Lanka Lion
France Gallic Rooster Thailand Thai Elephant
India Royal Bengal Tiger United Kingdom Lion
Japan Recon dog United States of America American Bison
Myanmar Tiger *National aquatic animal of India - Gangatic Dolphin
9. News Agencies of Different Countries
COUNTRY AGENCY
USA Associated Press(AP), United Press International (UP)
UK Reuters
Russia Telegraph Agency of the Sovereign States (TASS), Novosti
Malaysia Malaysian National News Agency (MNNA)
Italy Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associate (ANSA)
Israel Associated Israel Press (AIP)
France Agence France Presse (AFP)
India Press Trust of India (PTI), United News of India (UNI), Samachar Bharti
China Xin-Hua
Japan Kyodo, Jiji press
Indonesia Antara
Iran Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA)
Germany Deutsche Presse Agentur (DPA)
Australia Australian Associated Press
Pakistan Pakistan Press International (PPI), Associated Press of Pakistan(APP)
Egypt Middle East News Agency (MENA)

10. Ports In India

PORT STATE Port Blair Andaman
Kandla Port Gujarat Tuticorin Port Tamil Nadu
Nhava Sheva Maharashtra Vizag Port Andhra Pradesh
Marmagao Port Goa Paradip Port Orissa
Panambur Port Karnataka Haldia port West Bengal
Cochin Port Kerala Ennore port Tamil Nadu

11. Dams In India & River

West Bengal
1) Farraka Barrage – Ganges River Odisha
2) Durgapur Barrage – Damodar River 1) Hirakund Dam – Mahanadi
3) Maithon Dam –Barakar River 2) Rengali Dam – Brahmani River
4) Panchet Dam – Damodar River 3) Upper Kolab Dam – Kolab River
5) Kangsabati Dam – Kangsabati River 4) Indravati Dam – Indravati River
Uttar Pradesh 5) Podagada Dam – Podagada River
1) Rihand Dam – Rihand River 6) Muran Dam – Muran River
2) Matatila Dam – Betwa River 7) Kapur Dam – Kapur River
3) Rajghat Dam – Betwa River Jharkhand
1) Maithon Dam- Barakar River 5) Idamalyar Dam – Periyar River
2) Panchet Dam- Damodar River Telangana
3) Tenughat Dam – Damodar River 1) Nagarjun Sagar Dam – Krishna River
4) Getalsud Dam – Swarnarekha River 2) Nizam Sagar Dam- Manjira River
3) Manair Dam – Manair River
Madhya Pradesh 4) Koilsagar Dam – Krishna River
1) Gandhisagar Dam – Chambal River 5) Sripada Dam – Godavari River
2) Tawa Dam – Tawa River Gujarat
3) Indira Sagar Dam – Narmada River 1) Urai Dam – Tapti River
4) Omkareshwar Dam – Narmada River 2) Dantiwada Dam – Banas River
5) Bargi Dam – Narmada River 3) Sukhi Dam – Sukhi River
6) Barna Dam – Barna River 4) Sardar Sarovar Dam – Narmada River
7) Bansagar Dam – Son River 5) Dharoi Dam – Sabarmati River
Chhattisgarh 6) Mitti Dam – Mitti River
1) Minimata Bango Dam – Hasdeo River Karnataka
2) Dudhwa Dam – Mahanadi 1) Krishanarajasagar Dam – Kaveri River
3) Gangrel Dam – Mahanadi 2) Tungabhadra Dam – Tungabhadra River
4) Sondur Dam – Sondur 3) Bhadra Dam – Bhadra River
5) Tandula Dam – Tandula River 4) Supa Dam – Kalinadi Dam
6) Mongra Barrage – Shivnath 5) Lakhya Dam – Lakhya River
Maharashtra 6) Almatti Dam – Krishna River
1) Koyna Dam – Koyna River Tamilnaadu
2) Jayakwadi Dam – Godavari River 1) Mettur Dam – Kaveri River
3) Isapur Dam – Pengana River 2) Sholaiyar Dam – Sholaiyar Dam
4) Warna Dam – Varna River 3) Bhavanisagar Dam – Bhavani River
5) Totladoh Dam – Pench River 4) Aliyar Reservoir – Aliyar River
6) Sukhana Dam – Sukhana River 5) Amaravathi Dam – Amaravathi River
7) Ujjani Dam – Bhima River 6) Sathnapur Dam – Pennaiyar River
Jammu And Kashmir 7) Vaigai Dam – Vagai River
1) Salal Dam – Chenab River Himachal Pradesh
2) Baglihar Dam – Chanab River 1) Bhakra Dam – Sutlej River
3) Pakul Dul Dam – Chenab River 2) Pong Dam – Beas River
4) Uri Dam – Jhelum River 3) Pandoh Dam – Beas River
5) Nimboo Bazgo Hydroelectric Plant – Indus River 4) Nathpa Dam – Sutlej River
6) Ratle Hydroelectric – Chenab River Uttarakhand
Kerala 1) Lakhwa Dam– Yamuna River
1) Idduki Dam – Periyar River 2) Tehri Dam – Bhagirathi River
2) Kakki Dam – Kakki River 3) Jamrani Dam – Gola River
3) Cheruthoni Dam – Periyar River 4) Ramganga Dam – Ramganda River
4) Kulamavu Dam – Kaliyar River 5) Koteshwar Dam – Bhagirathi River
6) Tapovan Vishnugad Dam – Dhauliganga 1) Ranganandi Dam – Ranganandi River
Punjab 2) Dibang Dam – Dibang River
1) Ranjit Sagar Dam – Ravi River 3) Subansiri Dam – Subansiri River
2) Jainti Dam – Shoonk River Bihar
3) Siswan Dam – Siswan River 1) Nagi Dam - Nagi River
Rajasthan Goa
1) Rana Pratap Sagar Dam – Chammbal River 1) Salaulim Dam - Salaulim River
2) Mahai Bajaj Sagar Dam – Mahi River 2) Panchwai Dam – Zuari River
3) Bisalpur Dam - Banas River Andhra Pradesh
4) Jawahar Sagar Dam - Chambal River 1) Srisailam Dam – Krishna River
5) Jakham Dam - Jakham River 2) Rampad Sagar – Godavari
Arunachal Pradesh 3) Prakasham Barrage – Krishna River

12. List of Important Country, Capital and their Currency

Country Capital Currency Jordan Amman Dinar
Australia Canberra Dollar Kenya Nairobi Shilling
Afghanistan Kabul Afghani Kuwait Kuwait City Dinar
Algeria Algiers Dinar North Korea Seoul Won
Argentina Buenos Aires Peso Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit
Austria Vienna Euro Mexico Mexico City Peso
Bangladesh Dhaka Taka Netherlands Amsterdam Euro
Belgium Brussels Euro Norway Oslo Krone
Brazil Brasilia Rial New Zealand Wellington Dollar
Canada Ottawa Dollar Nepal Kathmandu Rupee
China Beijing Yuan/Renminbi Pakistan Islamabad Rupee
Cuba Havana Peso Peru Lima Nuevo Sol
Denmark Copenhagen Krone Portugal Lisbon Euro
Egypt Cairo Pound Russia Moscow Ruble
France Paris Euro Sweden Stockholm Krona
Germany Berlin Euro Switzerland Bern Franc
Greece Athens Euro Sri Lanka Sri J.Pura Kotte Rupee
Ireland Dublin Euro Spain Madrid Euro
Italy Rome Euro Thailand Bangkok Thai baht
India New Delhi Rupee Taiwan Taipei Dollar
Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah Turkey Ankara Lira
Iran Tehran Rial U.K (Britain) London Pound
Iraq Baghdad Diner U.S.A Washington,D.C. Dollar
Israel Jerusalem Shekel Uruguay Montevideo Peso
Japan Tokyo Yen Zimbabwe Harare Dollar
Jamaica Kingston Dollar

13. International Organisations and Their Headquarters

 Asian Organisations
 Asian Development Bank - Manila, Philippines
 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - Jakarta, Indonesia
 South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) - Kathmandu, Nepal
 BRICS ( Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa ) – Shanghai, China
 Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank - Beijing, China
 New Development Bank (NDB) - Shanghai, China
 Vienna, Austria
 Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
 International Atomic Energy Agency
 Copenhagen, Denmark
 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
 Brussels, Belgium
 World Customs Organization
 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
 Paris, France
 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
 European Space Agency
 Lyon, France
 International Criminal Police Organization, or INTERPOL
 Sevres, France
 International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BlPM)
 Bonn, Germany  Federation Internationale de Football
Association (FlFA)
 Food and Agriculture Organization
 Geneva, Switzerland
 International Fund for Agricultural Development
 General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade
 World Food Programme
(GATT)
 The Hague, The Netherlands
 International Organization for
 International Court of Justice Standardization (ISO)
 International Criminal Court  International Labour Organization (ILO)
 Madrid, Spain  International Telecommunication Union
 World Tourism Organization Berne,  World Health Organization (WHO)
Switzerland
 World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
 Universal Postal Union
 World Trade Organization (WTO)
 Lausanne, Switzerland  London, UK
 International Olympic Committee (IOC)
 International Maritime Organization
 International Boxing Association (AIBA)
 Commonwealth of Nations
 International Hockey Federation
 Montreal, Canada
 Gland, Switzerland
 International Civil Aviation Organization
 World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF)
 New York City, USA
 Basel, Switzerland
 International Rescue Committee
 Bank for International Settlements
 United Nations Entity for Gender Equality
 Zurich, Switzerland and the Empowerment of Women
 United Nations Security Council
  United Nations Children‘s Fund (UNICEF)  International Development Association
 United Nations Development Programme  International Finance Corporation
 United Nations International School  Nairobi, Kenya
 Washington DC, USA  United Nations Environment Programme
 International Monetary Fund  United Nations Human Settlements
Programme
 Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
 United Nations Atlas of the Oceans  Tokyo, Japan

 International Bank for Reconstruction and  United Nations University

Development (IBRD)
 International Centre for Settlement of
Investment Disputes

14. National Parks in India

GUJARAT UTTAR PRADESH 1) Mollem National Park
1) Blackbuck National Park 1) Dudhwa National Park NAGALAND
2) Gir Forest National Park KERALA 1) Ntangki National Park
3) Marine Gulf of Kutch park 1) Eravikulam National Park TELANGANA
4) Vansda National Park 2) Mathikettan National Park 1) Mrugavani National Park
JHARKHAND 3) Periyar National Park 2) Kawal tiger reserve
1) Betla National Park 4) Silent Valley National Park ANDHRA PRADESH
2) Hazaribagh National Park TAMILNADU 1) Papikonda National Park
BIHAR 1) Guindy National Park 2) Sri Venkateswara Park
1) Valmiki National Park 2) Gulf of Mannar National Park ARUNACHAL PRADESH
ODISHA 3) Indira Sanctuary 1) Mouling National Park
1) Nandankanan Zoological 4) Mudumalai National Park 2) Namdapha National Park
Park 5) Mukurthi National Park UTTARAKHAND
2) Simlipal National Park 6) Palani Hills National Park 1) Jim Corbett National Park
WEST BENGAL HIMACHAL PRADESH 2) Nanda Devi National Park
1) Sundarbans National Park 1) Great Himalayan National 3) Rajaji National Park
2) Buxa Tiger Reserve Park
4) Valley of Flowers National
3) Gorumara National Park 2) Pin Valley National Park Park
4) Jaldapara National Park MANIPUR 5) Gangotri National Park
5) Neora Valley National ParK 1) Keibul Lamjao National Park 6) Govind Wildlife Sanctuary
6) Singalila National Park 2) Sirohi National Park CHHATTISGARH
RAJASTHAN SIKKIM 1) Indravati National Park
1) Darrah National Park 1) Khangchendzonga Park 2) Kanger Ghati National Park
2) Desert National Park MIZORAM ASSAM
3) Keoladeo National Park 1) Murlen National Park 1) Dibru-Saikhowa National
4) Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary Park
2) Blue Mountain National
5) Ranthambore National Park Park 2) Kaziranga National Park

6) Sariska Tiger Reserve GOA 3) Manas National Park

4) Orang National Park 1) Balphakram National Park MADHYA PRADESH
5) Nameri National Park PUNJAB 1) Bandhavgarh National Park
JAMMU & KASHMIR 1) Harike Wetland 2) Kanha National Park
1) Dachigam National Park 3) Madhav National Park
2) Hemis National Park ANDAMAN & NICOBAR 4) Mandla Fossils National Park
3) Kishtwar National Park 1) Campbell Bay National Park 5) Van Vihar National Park
4) Salim Ali National Park 2) Galathea National Park 6) Panna National Park
MAHARASHTRA 3) Mahatma National Park 7) Pench National Park
1) Chandoli National Park 4) Middle Button National Park 8) Sanjay National Park
2) Negaon National Park 5) Mount Harriet National Park 9) Satpura National Park
3) Sanjay Gandhi National Park 6) North Button National Park KARNATAKA
4) Tadoba National Park 7) South Button National Park 1) Bandipur National Park
5) Gugamal National Park 8) Rani Jhansi National Park 2) Nagarhole National Park

MEGHALAYA 9) Saddle Peak National Park

Miscellaneous General Knowledge [ 3rd SM ]

15. Important Discoveries (World)
1. Roald Amundsen : First person to reach South Pole (December 14, 1911).

2. Robert Peary : First person to reach Geographical North Pole (April 6, 1909).
3. Christopher Columbus : Found Western Islands (in 1492), South America (1498), a western
route to Indies (Asia).
4. Captain James Cook : Discovered Hawaii Islands (January 18, 1778).
5. Nicolaus Copernicus : Established that the planets orbited the sun rather than the Earth.
6. Ferdinand de Lesseps : Developer of Suez Canal.
7. Johannes Kepler : Discovered the major three laws of Planetary motion
8. Vasco da Gama : First European to reach India by sea (Via Cape of Good Hope). He arrived at
Calicut (now Kozhikode) in May 1498.
9. Ferdinand Magellan : First person to travel around the world through sea.

16. Country with Longest Coast Lines in the World is Canada (202080 km)
17. Country with Largest Aquatic Area in the World is Canada (891163 square km)

18. Important International Airlines

Country Airlines Also known as
Afghanistan Ariana Afghan Airlines AAA
Australia Queensland and northern territory Aerial service QANTAS
Greece Olympic Airlines OA
Hongkong Cathay Pacific Airways CPA
India Air India AI
Indonesia Garuda GIA
Netherlands KLM Royal Dutch Airlines KLM
Russia PISC Aeroflot-Russian Airlines AEROFLOT
 UK British Airways BA
USA Pan American World Airways Pan Am
Panama Compania Panamena de aviacion Copa Airlines
Germany Deutsche Lufthansa Lufthansa

19. Some Important Political Parties of different Countries (World)

Country Political Party
India National Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, CPI, CPM, BSP, AAP,JDU,DMK, AIADMK
Pakistan Muslim League, Pakistan People’s Party ,Tehreek-e-lnsaf Party
UK Conservative Party, Labour Party, Liberal Democratic Party,
U.S.A Republican Party, Democratic Party
Iraq Ba’ath Party, National Alliance
Israel Labour Party, Likud, Hadash Party, Shas/ Beitenu, Kadima
France Socialist Party, National Front, Union for French
Australia Liberal Party , Labor Party
Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Awami League, Jatiya Party .
China Zhi Gong Dang , Communist Party of China, CAPD, CPWDP
Sri Lanka United National Party
South Africa African National Congress, Inkatha Freedom Party , Agang SA
Russia Communist Party, Liberal Democratic Party, United Russia.

20. Intelligence Agencies (World)

Country Intelligence Agencies
China Central External Liaison Department
Australia Australian Security & Intelligence Organisation
Russia G R U, FSB, SVR
South Africa Bureau of State Security (BOSS), National Intelligence Agency
India Research & Analysis Wing (RAW), Intelligence Bureau (IB)
Pakistan Inter Services Intelligence (I.S.I.)
UK Ml. (Millitary Intelligence)-5 & 6, Special Branch, Joint Intelligence Organisation
USA Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Egypt Mukhabarat
Japan Naicho
Iran SAVAK
France DGSE (Direction Generale de Ia Seauzite Exterieute)
Israel MOSSAD

21. Parliaments of Some Countries

Country Parliament
India Sansad (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha)
Pakistan National Assembly
Britain Parliament (House of Commons and House of Lords)
Germany Bundstag (Lower House) and Bundesrat (Upper House)
Switzerland The Federal Assembly
U.S.A Congress (House of Representatives and Senate)
 Bhutan Gyelyong Tshokhomg (Earlier, it was Tshogdu)
Bangladesh Jatiyo Sangsad
Norway Stortinget
Spain Cortes Generales
Australia Federal ParIiament
Myanmar Pyithu Hluttaw (People's Assembly)
Nepal Federal Parliament of Nepal (Earlier it was Rashtriya Panchayat)
Denmark Folketing
Russia Federal Assembly (Duma and Federation Council)
China National People's Congress
France National Assembly
Turkey Grand National Assembly
Iran Majlis
Afghanistan National Assembly (Shara)
Israel Knesset
Maldives People's Majlish
Japan Diet
Canada Parliament

22. Some Important Signs or Symbols & Meaning

Sign & Symbol Meaning
Pen Culture & Civilization
Lotus Culture & Civilization
Red Cross Medical Aid & Hospital
Red Flag Revolution; also sign of danger
Black Flag Symbol of Protest .
Yellow Flag Infectious diseases
Flag flown upside down Symbol of Distress Flag flown at half mast Symbol of National mourning
White Flag Symbol of Truce
Red Tringle Sign of Family Planning
Pegion or Dove Symbol of Peace
Red Light Traffic sign of ‘Stop’, also sign of Danger or ’Emergency’
Green Light Line clear signal or traffic sign of ’Go’
A blindfolded woman holding a Symbol of Justice
balanced scale
One skull on two bones crossing Sign of ’Danger’
each other diagonally
Black strip on fore arm Sign of mourning or protest
Wheel (Chakra) Symbol of progress
Olive Branch Symbol of peace
 Tricolour National Flag of India
Union Jack National Flag of the U.K
Stars and stripes National Flag of the U.S.A

23. Newspapers & place of publication (World)

Newspapers Place Mardeka Jakarta
The Times London Newspapers Place
Daily Mirror London New York Times New York
The Guardian London Daily News New York
Daily Mail London Star Johannesburg
Financial Times London The Times of India India (New Delhi)
Independent London The Hindu India (Chennai)
Daily Telegraph London Observer Bangladesh (Dhaka)
The Island Colombo The Sun UK
New Statesman UK
Khaleej Times Dubai
Red Flag China
Dawn Karachi People's Daily China (Beijing)
Eastern Sun Singapore La Republica Rome
Toronto Star Canada

24. United Nations

 The name ’United Nations’ was adopted on the suggestion of the then US President FD Rooswelt.
 To prepare the format of the UN, a meeting of representatives of prominent countries held from 21 st August to
7th October, 1944 at Dumbarton Ox building in Washington.
 The UNO was formed on the 24th October 1945.
 The Charter of the UN was signed on the 26 th June, 1945 by representatives of 50 nations, though the
number of founder member countries was 51 who attended the San Fransisco Conference. Later on Poland
signed the Charter and become the 51st founder member.
 At present 193 countries are members of the United Nation . South Sudan is the latest (193rd) member.
 The UN Charter came into force on October 24, 1945, when the Governments of China, France, the UK, the
Soviet Union and the USA and a majority of other counties had ratified it.
 The Preamble to the Charter was the work of Field Marshal Smuts.
 The Head Quarter of the UN is situated in New York (USA).
 John D Rockfeller had donated 17 acres of land in Manhutton island, on which a 39 storeyed secretariate
building of the UN has been constructed.
 The main office of the UN was built in 1952,where the 1st meeting of the General Assembly was held in 1952.
 The UN Charter is the Constitution of the UN. It contains the aim and objectives of the UN and the rules and
regulations for achieving these aims and purposes.
 Flag of the UN : White UN emblem (two bent olive branches open at the top, and in between them is world
map) on a light blue background.
 Languages of the UN : The official languages of the UN are : (a) English (b) French (c) Chinese (d)
Russian (e) Arabic and (f) Spanish. But the working Languages are English and French only.
 Major Organs of the UN : (1) General Assembly (GA) (2) Security Council (SC) (3) Economic and Social
Council (ECOSOC) (4) Trusteeship Council (TC) (5) International Court of Justice (6) The Secretariat.
 International Court of Justice sits at The Hague (Netherlands), while all other organs of the UN are
situated in New York (USA).

 The Security Council consists of 15 members, each of which has one representative and one vote.
 There are 5 permanent and 10 non-permanent members of the SC. The non-permanent members are
elected for a 2 year term by two-thirds majority of the GA.
 The five permanent members are-USA, Russia, UK, France and China.
 The proverb ’Policeman of the world’ is used for the “Security Council”.
 Only the permanent members have the right to ’Veto’.

25. Secretary general of UNO and their tenure

Sl. No. Name Country Tenure
1st Trygve Lie Norway 1946 - 1952
8th Ban Ki Moon South Korea 2007 - 2016
9th Antonio Guterres Portugal 2017 - ____

26. Important Days of the Year (India and World)

Date Remarks 14 April Ambedkar's Birth Anniversary
4 January World Braille Day 18 April World Heritage Day.
10 January World Hindi Day. 22 April Earth Day.
12 January National Youth Day (birthday of 1 May International Labour Day.
Swami Vivekananda). 3 May International Press Freedom Day.
15 January Indian Army Day. 8 May World Red Cross Day.
23 January Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's 17 May World Telecommunication Day.
birthday.
21 May Anti-Terrorism Day (Death
26 January Republic Day. anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi).
30 January Martyrs' Day (Also death 24 May Commonwealth Day.
anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi).
29 May Mount Everest Day (First conquest
21 February International Mother Language Day of World's highest peak in 1953).
28 February National Science Day. 31 May World No Tobacco Day.
8 March International Women's Day. 5 June World Environment Day.
15 March World Consumer Right's Day. 21 June International day of yoga, World
22 March World Water Day Music Day, World Hydrography Day
23 March World Meteorological Day. 1 July Doctor’s Day ( Birthday of Dr.
Bidhan Chandra Roy )
24 March World Tuberculosis Day.
11 July World Population Day.
5 April National Maritime Day.
26 July Kargil Victory Day (India)
7 April World Health Day (anniversary of
the founding of WHO in 1948). 6 August Hiroshima Day.
10 April World Homeopathy Day ( Birthday 9 August Quit India Day .
of Dr. Samuel Hanimen)
15 August Independence Day of India. 14 November Children's Day (Birth anniversary of
Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru).
29 August National Sports Day (Birth
14 November World Diabetes Day
anniversary of Dhyanchand).
24 November NCC (National Cadet Corps) Day.
5 September Teacher's Day (Birth anniversary of
Dr S. Radhakrishnan). 1 December World AIDS Day.
8 September International Literacy Day. 4 December Indian Navy Day.
14 September National Hindi Diwas. 7 December Armed Forces Flag Day.
27 September World Tourism Day. 8 December SAARC Day.
2 October Non-violence Day (Birth anniversary 10 December Human Rights Day.
of Mahatma Gandhi).
16 December Vijay Divas.
5 October World Teacher's Day
23 December Kisan Divas ( Birthday of Chaudhary
8 October Indian Air Force Day. Charan Singh )
24 October United Nations Day. 24 December National Consumers Day.
11 October International Day of Girl Child

27. UNESCO's World Heritage Sites (India)

Site & Place Year of Inclusion
Ajanta Caves [Maharashtra] 1983
Ellora Caves [Maharashtra] 1983
Agra Fort [UP] 1983
Taj Mahal [UP] 1983
Sun Temple, [Konark (Odisha)] 1984
Mahabalipuram Temples [Tamil Nadu] 1984
Kaziranga National Park [Assam] 1985
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary [Assam] 1985
Keoladeo National Park [Rajasthan] 1985
Churches and Convents [Goa] 1986
Khajuraho Temples [MP] 1986
Monuments at Hampi [Karnataka] 1986
Fatehpur Sikri [UP] 1986
Pattadakal Temples [Karnataka] 1987
Elephanta Caves [Maharastra] 1987
Sundarbans National Park [WB] 1987
Chola Temples, Brihadishwara Temple, Thanjavur (1987), Gangaikonda , Cholapuram, 1987 - 2004
Airavateshwara Temple (2004)
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks (Uttarakhand) 1988 - 2005
Sanchi Stupa [MP] 1989
Humayun’s Tomb [Delhi] 1993
Qutub Minar and its Monuments [Delhi] 1993
Mountain Railways [Darjeeling Himalayan Railway- 1999, Nilgiri Mountain Railway-2005, 1999 - 2008
Kalka-Shimla Railway – 2008]
Mahabodhi Temple [Bodh Gaya, Bihar] 2002
Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka [MP] 2003
Champaner Pavagadh Park [Gujarat] 2004
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) [Mumbai] 2004
Red Fort (LaI QuiIa) Complex [Delhi] 2007
Jantar Mantar of Jaipur [Rajasthan] 2010
Western Ghats 2012
Hill Forts of Rajasthan (6 majestic forts) (Chittorgarh, Kumbhalgarh, Sawai Madhopur, 2013
Jhalawar, Jaipur and Jaisalmer Fort)
Rani ki Vav (the Queen’s StepweII) [Patan, Gujarat] 2014
Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area 2014
Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara (NaIanda University) [Bihar] 2016
Architectural Work of Le Corbusier (Chandigarh) 2016
Khanchanzonga National Park [Sikkim] 2016
Historic City of Ahmedabad 2017
Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles (Mumbai, Maharashtra) 2018
The Pink City (Jaipur, Rajasthan) 2019
28. Famous Tourist Spots of India

Site Location Founder daulah’s Tomb

Kanheri Caves Mumbai Buddhists Taj Mahal Agra (UP) Shahjehan
Elephanta Mumbai Rashtrakutas Sheesh Mahal Agra (UP) Shahjehan
Caves Khas Mahal Agra (UP) Shahjehan
Ajanta Caves Aurangabad Gupta Rulers Dewan-e-Khas Agra Fort (UP) Shahjehan
Ellora Caves Aurangabad Buddhists Bada Lucknow (UP) Nawab Asaf-
Kandaria Khajuraho (MP) Chandela Imambada Ud-daulah
Mahadev Kings Chhota Lucknow (UP) Mohammad Ali
Dhar Fort Dhar (MP) Md Bin Tughlaq Imambada Shah
Golconda Fort Hyderabad Qutubshahi Gol Ghar Patna (Bihar) British
Cochin Fort Kerala Portuguese Government
Vijay Stambh Chittorgarh (Raj) Rana Kumbha Padari Ki Patna (Bihar) Father
Qutub Minar Delhi Qutub-ud-din Haveli Capuchin
Aibak Fort William Kolkata (WB) Lord CIive
Adhai Din Ka Ajmer (Raj.) Qutub-ud-din Bibi Ka Aurangabad Aurangzeb
Jhopda Aibak Maqbara Maharashtra
Hauz Khas Delhi Alauddin Khilji Belur Math Kolkata (W.B.) Swami
Tughlakabad Delhi Ghiyasuddin Vivekanand
Tughlaq Anand Allahabad (UP) Moti Lal Nehru
Firozshah Delhi Firoz Shah Bhawan
Kotla Tughlaq Laxman Jhula Rishikesh, -
Bundi Fort Bundi (Raj) Raja Nagar Uttarakhand
Singh Shanti Niketan W. Bengal Rabindranath
Rani Ki Badi Bundi (Raj) Rani Nathvati Tagore
Chhatra Mahal Bundi Fort Rani Sabarmati Ahmedabad Mahatma
Chhatrasal Ashram Gandhi
Junagarh Bikaner (Raj) Raja Jay Singh Prince of Wales Mumbai King George V
Museum
Jantar-Mantar Delhi and Jaipur Sawai Jay
Gateway of Mumbai British
Singh
India Government
Nahargarh Jaipur (Raj) Sawai Jay
President Delhi British
Fort Singh
House Government
Moti Masjid Delhi Fort Aurangzeb
Victoria Kolkata (W.B) British
Aram Bagh Agra (UP) Babur
Memorial Government
Red Fort Delhi Shahjehan
Botanical Shivpur (W.B) -
Humayun’s Delhi Hameeda Bano
Garden
Tomb Beghum
Sunset Point Mount Abu -
Shalimar Bagh Srinagar (J & K) Jahangir
(Rajasthan)
St. George Chennei (TN) East India
Char Minar Hyderabad KuIi Qutub
Fort Company
(Telangana) Shah
Sher Shah’s Sasaram (Bihar) Son of Sher
Sun Temple Konark (Odisha) Narasingh Dev
Tomb Shah
I
Fatehpur Sikri Agra (U.P) Akbar
Jagannath Puri (Odisha) Chola Gang
Old Fort Delhi Sher Shah Suri Temple Dev
Akbar’s Tomb Sikandera (UP) Jahangir Harmandir Patna (Bihar) Maharaja Ranjit
Chashma- Srinagar (J & K) Ali Mardan Sahib Singh
Shahi Khan Kali Temple Kolkata (W.B.) Rani Ras Moni
Etamad-ud- Agra (U.P) Noorjahan Mecca Masjid Hyderabad Kuli Kutub
 Shah Moti Masjid Agra Fort (UP) Shahjehan
Jama Masjid Agra (UP) Shahjehan Charar-e-Sarif Srinagar (J&K) Jainul Abedin
Jama Masjid Delhi Shahjehan
 List of Tribes in India
There are around 645 distinct tribes in our country. The major tribes in India and their location are listed below.
 Andhra Pradesh: Andh, Sadhuandh, Bhagata, Bhil, Chenchus, Gadabas, Gond, Goundu, Jatapus,
Kammara, Kolawar, Kolam, Konda, Mannadhora, Pardhan, Rona, Savaras, Nakkala, Dhulia, Thoti,
Sugalis.
 Arunachal Pradesh: Apatanis, Abor, Dafla, Galong, Momba, Sherdukpen, Singpho.
 Assam: Chakma, Chutiya, Dimasa, Hajong, Garos, Khasis, Gangte.
 Bihar: Asur, Baiga, Birhor, Birjia, Chero, Gond, Parhaiya, Santhals, Savar.
 Chattisgarh: Agariya, Bhaina, Bhattra, Biar, Khond, Mawasi, Nagasia
 Goa: Dhodia, Dubia, Naikda, Siddi, Varli
 Gujarat: Barda, Bamcha, Bhil, Charan, Dhodia, Gamta, Paradhi, Patelia
 Himachal Pradesh: Gaddis, Gujjars, Khas, Lamba, Lahaulas, Pangwala, Swangla
 Jammu and Kashmir: Bakarwal, Balti, Beda, Gaddi, Garra, Mon, Purigpa, Sippi
 Jharkhand: Birhors, Bhumij, Gonds, Kharia, Mundas, Santhals, Savar
 Karnataka: Adiyan, Barda, Gond, Bhil, Iruliga, Koraga, Patelia, Yerava
 Kerala: Adiyan ,Arandan, Eravallan, Kurumbas, Malai arayan, Moplahs, Uralis
 Madhya Pradesh: Baigas, Bhils, Bharia, Birhors, Gonds, Katkari, Kharia, Khond, Kol, Murias
 Maharashtra: Bhaina, Bhunjia, Dhodia, Katkari, Khond, Rathawa, Warlis
 Manipur: Aimol, Angami, Chiru, Kuki, Maram, Monsang, Paite, Purum, Thadou
 Meghalaya: Chakma, Garos, Hajong, Jaintias khasis, Lakher, Pawai, Raba
 Mizoram: Chakma, Dimasa, Khasi, Kuki, Lakher, Pawai, Raba, Synteng
 Nagaland: Angami, Garo, Kachari, Kuki, Mikir, Nagas, Sema.
 Odisha: Gadaba, Ghara, Kharia, Khond, Matya, Oraons, Rajuar, Santhals
 Rajasthan: Bhils, Damaria, Dhanka, Meenas, Patelia, Sahariya
 Sikkim: Bhutia, Khas, Lepchas
 Tamil Nadu: Adiyan, Aranadan, Eravallan, Irular, Kadar, Kanikar, Kotas, Todas
 Telangana: Chenchus
 Tripura: Bhil, Bhutia, Chaimal, Chakma, Halam, Khasia, Lushai, Mizel, Namte
 Uttarakhand: Bhotias, Buksa, Jannsari, Khas, Raji, Tharu
 Uttar Pradesh: Bhotia, Buksa, Jaunsari, Kol, Raji, Tharu
 West Bengal: Asur, Khond, Hajong, Ho,Parhaiya, Rabha, Santhals, Savar
 Andaman and Nicobar: Oraons, Onges, Sentinelese, Shompens.
 Little Andaman: Jarawa
 North East: Abhors, Chang, Galaong, Mishimi, Singpho, Wancho

BENGALI GK COMPETITIVE
Miscellaneous General Knowledge [ 4th SM ]

29. Important Lakes In India

 Kolleru Lake- Andhra Pradesh  Largest lake in India.
 Located between Krishna and Godavari  Asia's largest Tulip garden is on the banks of
delta. Dal Lake.
 Sambhar Lake- Rajasthan  Mughal gardens, Shalimar Bagh and the
 India's largest inland salt lake. NishatBagh are on the banks of Dal Lake.
 Mahabharata mentions the Sambharlake as  Nalsarover Lake - Gujarat
part of the kingdom of the demon king  The lake - Nalsarovar - and the wetlands
Brishparva. around it were declared a bird sanctuary in
 Pushkar Lake- Rajasthan 1969.
 Located in the town of Pushkar in Ajmer  Tsomgo Lake- Sikkim
district of the Rajasthan.  Tsongmo Lake or Changu Lake, is a glacial
 Pushkar Lake is a sacred lake of the Hindus. lake in the East Sikkim.
 Wular Lake- Jammu &Kashmir  The lake is the venue for the Guru Purnima
 Largest Freshwater lake in India. festival in which Jhakris of Sikkim assemble
 Lake basin was formed as a result of tectonic at the lake area to derive benefits from the
activity and is fed by the Jhelum River. healing qualities of the lake waters.
 Pulicat Lake- Andhra Pradesh  Bhimtal Lake- Uttarakhand
 Second largest brackish – water lake or  It is the largest lake in Kumaon region,
lagoon in India. known as the "lake district of India".
 The large spindle-shaped barrier island  "C" shaped lake.
named Sriharikota separates the lake from  Barapani Lake- Meghalaya
the Bay of Bengal.  Barapani or Umiam Lake is in Shillong .
 The island is home to the SatishDhawan  The origin of Lake in 1965 is due to the
Space Centre,the launch site of India's UmiamUmtru Hydro Electric Power Project
successful first lunar space mission, the ,the first Hydel power project in the North-
Chandrayaan-1. east region of India.
 Loktak Lake-Manipur  Nainital Lake- Uttarakhand
 Largest freshwater lake in North -East India  Kidney shaped or crescent shaped.
 KeibulLamjao the only floating national park  Situated in the Nainital district called the
in the world floats over it,which is the last Lake District of India.
natural refuge of the endangered sangai or  Periyar Lake-Kerala
Manipur brow-antlered deer.  Periyar Lake is formed by the construction of
 Sasthamcotta Lake- Kerala the dam across the Mullaperiyar River in
 Largest fresh water lake in kerala. 1895.
 The purity of the lake water for drinking use  The notable elephant reserve and a tiger
is attributed to the presence of large reserve, Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary is located
population of larva called cavaborus that on the banks of Periyarlake.
consumes bacteria in the lake water.  HussainSagar Lake- Telengana
 Vembanad Lake-Kerala  The lake is in Hyderabad, built by
 Longest lake in India, and the largest lake in HazratHussain Shah Wali in 1562, during the
the state of Kerala. rule of Ibrahim QuliQutub Shah.
 The Nehru Trophy Boat Race is conducted in  Connects the twin cities of Hyderabad and
a portion of the lake. Secunderabad.
 A major attraction at the HussainSagar is the
 Chilka Lake- Odisha 16 meter high, 350 tonne monolithic Buddha
 It is the largest coastal lagoon in India and statue on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' installed at
the second largest lagoon in the world. the center of the lake.
 Chilika Lake is the largest wintering ground  Salim Ali Lake- Maharashtra
for migratory birds, on the Indian sub-  It has been renamed after the great
continent. o ornithologist, naturalist Salim Ali and
 Dal Lake- Jammu &Kashmir also known as birdman of India.
 Dal Lake is a lake in Srinagar and is integral  Salim Ali Sarovar (lake) popularly known as
to tourism known as the "Jewel in the crown Salim Ali Talab is located near Delhi Gate,
of Kashmir" or "Srinagar's Jewel". opposite HimayatBagh, Aurangabad.
 Kanwar Lake- Bihar
  The KanwarTaal or KabarTaal Lake is Asia's  'Nakki Lake is situated in the Indian hill
largest freshwater oxbow lake. station of Mount Abu in Aravalli range.
 Nakki Lake- Rajasthan

30. Important Fairs of India

Fair Periodicity Place Time of the year
AmbubachiMela Annual Kamakhya Temple, Assam Assamese month 'Ahaar'
Baneshwar Fair Annual DungarpurMahadev Temple, February
Rajasthan
Chandrabahaga Fair Annual Jhalarapatan, Jhalawar, Rajasthan Kartik month (October-
November)
Gangasagar Fair Annual Gangasagar Island, West Bengal January - February
KumbhMela Twelve years Nasik, Ujjain, Allahabad, Haridwar Varies according to star
position
Pushkar Fair Annual Pushkar, Rajasthan Kartik (Oct - Nov)
Sonepur Cattle Fair Annual Sonepur at the confluence of Ganga Kartik month (Oct - Nov)
and Gandak, Bihar
Nauchandi Fair Annual Meerut, U.P. For 1 month, starting
second day after Holi
Surajkund Handicrafts Mela Annual Surajkund in Faridabad, Haryana 1 to 15 February
ThrissurPooram Annual Vadakkunnathan Temple in Thrissur, Malayalam month
Kerala 'Medam'
MedaramJatara or Annual Medaram in Warangal, Telangana January - February
SammakkaSaralammaJatara
MadhavpurMela Annual MadhavpurGhed in Porbander (Guj) March-April (for 5 days
from Ramnavami

31.Defence of India
 According to ’INDIA 2017’ India’s landmass covers an area of 3.3 million sq. kms and is strategically located
vis-a-vis both continental Asia and the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). Land borders extending more than
15,500 kms and a coastline totaling over 7,500 kilometers make India a continental or maritime neighbour of
11 countries in Asia.
 The defence policy of India aims at promoting and sustaining durable peace in the subcontinent and
equipping the defence forces adequately.
 The supreme commander of the Indian Armed Forces is the President of India. The responsibility for
national defence, however, rests with the union cabinet. The Defence Minister is responsible to the
Parliament for all matters concerning the defence of the country. Administrative and operational control of the
armed force is exercised by the Ministry of Defence and the three Service Headquarters.
 The Defence Ministry consists of 4 departments : (i) Department of Defence (ii) Department of Defence
Production (iii) Department of Defence Research and Development (iv) Department of Ex-Serviceman Welfare.
 In 2002, the Defence Ministry given a new name ’Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence’. Indian
Armed Forces are divided into three Services Army, Navy and Air Force. The three services function under
their respective Chiefs of Staff. These three chiefs of staff constitute the Chief of staff Committee, the
chairmanship of which rotates among the service chiefs according to seniority.
 In the contemporary world India has the fourth largest army in the world, the fifth largest air force and
the seventh largest navy.
 Indian Armed Forces are divided into three services :
1. Army : The Chief is ’Chief of the Army Staff ’. Its headquarters is in New Delhi. The army is organised into
the following seven commands :
Command Headquarters
Western Command Chandigarh
Northern Command Udhampur
Army Training Command Shimla
South Western Command Jaipur
 Eastern Command Kolkata
Southern Command Pune
Central Command Lucknow
Note : Each Command of Indian Army is commanded by a General Officer Commanding in Chief of the
rank of Lieutenant General.
2. Navy : The Chief is an Admiral ranked ”Chief of the Naval Staff”. The headquarters is in New Delhi. The Navy
has three Naval Commands, commanded by Flag Officers Commanding-in-Chief of the rank of Vice-Admiral.
They are :
Command Headquarters
Eastern Command Visakhapatnam
Western Command Mumbai
Southern Command Kochi
3. Air Force :The Chief is an Air Chief Marshal ranked 'Chief of the Air Staff'. Its headquarters is in New Delhi.
The Air force is organized into seven commands (five Operational and two functional commands )
Command Headquarters
Operational Commands
Eastern Air Command Shillong
South-Western Air Command Gandhinagar
Southern Air Command Tiruvananthpuram
Western Air Command New Delhi
Central Air Command Allahabad
Functional Commands
Maintenance Command Nagpur
Training Command Bangalore

32.Commissioned Ranks in Indian Armed Force

Army Air Force Navy
*Field Marshal *Marshal of the Air Force *Admiral of the Fleet
General Air Chief Marshal Admiral
Lieutenant General Air Marshal Vice Admiral
Major General Air Vice Marshal Rear Admiral
Brigadier Air Commodore Commodore
Colonel Group Captain Captain
Lieutenant Colonel Wing Commander Commander
Major Squadron Leader Lieutenant Commander
Captain Flight Lieutenant Lieutenant
Lieutenant Flying Officer Sub-Lieutenant

33.Internal Security of India

Organisation Established Headquarter
Assam Rifles (AR) (former Catchar Levy) 1835 Shillong
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) 1939 New Delhi
National Cadet Corps (NCC) 1948 New Delhi
Territorial Army (TA) 1949 In different states
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) 1962 New Delhi
Home Guards (HG) 1962 In different states
Border Security Force (BSF) 1965 New Delhi
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) 1969 New Delhi
Coast Guards (CG) 1977 New Delhi
National Security Guards (NSG) 1984 New Delhi

34.Main Defence Training Institutions InIndia

Institution Established Location
Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) 1922 Dehradun
Army Cadet College (ACC) 1929 Dehradun
 Indian Military Academy (IMA) 1932 Dehradun
National Defence Academy (NDA) 1941 Khadakwasla, Pune
High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) 1948 Gulmarg, J & K
National Defence College (NDC) 1960 New Delhi
College of Combat/Army War College 1971 Mhow, Madhya Pradesh
Officers Training Academy (OTA) 1963 Chennai
Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare 1970 Vairengte, Mizoram
School
College of Defence Management 1970 Secunderabad
Army School of Physical Training (ASPT) 1978 Pune
Army Air Defence College (AADC) 1989 Gopalpur, Odisha
Officers Training Academy 2011 Gaya
Indian National Defence University (INDU) 2013 Gurgaon, Haryana

35.Training Establishments of Indian Army

Training Establishment Location
Indian Military Academy Dehra Dun
Officers' Training Academy Chennai
Officers' Training Academy Gaya
Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering Secunderabad
Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School Vairengte
College of Combat Mhow
Infantry Schools Mhow and Belgavi
School of Artillery Deolali
College of Military Engineering Pune
Military College of Telecommunication Engineering Mhow
EME School Vadodara

36. Training Establishments of Indian Navy

Training Establishment Location INS Agrani Coimbatore
Indian Naval Academy Ezhimala (Kerala) INS Garuda Kochi (Kerala)
INS Chilka Khurda (Odisha) Naval War Collge Goa
INS Shivaji Lonavala (Mandovi)
(Maharashtra) Navy Shipwright School Vishakhapatnam
INS Valsura Jamnagar (Gujarat) INS Dronacharya Kochi (Kerala)
INS Hamla Mumbai Institute of Naval Medicine Colaba, Mumbai
INS Kunjali Mumbai

37.Training Establishments of Air Force

Training Establishment Location
Air Force Administrative College Coimbatore
Air Force Academy Hyderabad
Air Force Technical College Bengaluru
Flying Instructors’ School Tambaram
Elementary Flying School Bidar
Transport Training Wing Yelahanka
Institute of Aviation Medicine Bengaluru
Paratroopers Training School Agra
Navigation Training School Hyderabad
College of Air Warfare Secunderabad
 38.Research Centres in India
Name of Research Centres Location/HQ
Indian Agriculture Research Institute New delhi
Central Potato Research Institute Shimla
Indian Lac Research Institute Ranchi
Central Mining Research Institute Dhanbad
Central Rice Research Institute Cuttack
Central Tobacco Research Institute Rajamundry
National Dairy Research Institute Karnal (Haryana)
Central Sugarcane Research Institute Coimbatore
Central Road Research Institute New delhi
Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research Dhanbad
National sugar Research Institute Kanpur
Central Leather Research Institute Chennai
Central Drug Research Institute Lucknow
Central Salt and Marine Chemical Research Institute Bhavnagar
Textile Research Institute Ahmadabad
National Geophysical Research Institute Hyderabad
Indian Meteorological Observatory Pune & Delhi
Archaeological Survey of India Kolkata
All Indian Institute of Medical Science New Delhi
Indian Institute of Petroleum Dehradun
Raman Research Institute Bangalore
Central Jute Technological Research Institute Kolkata
National Aeronautical Laboratory Bangalore
Central Building Research Institute Roorkee
Central Scientific Industrial Organisation Chandigarh
Central Coconut Research Institute Kasergod, Kerala
National Institute of Oceanography Panaji
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai
High Altitude Research Laboratory Gulmarg
Central Electro–Chemical Research Institute Karaikudi (Tamil Nadu)
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad
National Botanical Research Institute Lucknow
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology Kolkata
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre Thiruvananthapuram
Central Food Technological Research Institute Mysore
Industrial Toxicology Research Centre Lucknow
Uranium Corporation of India Jadugoda
Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute Kolkata
National environmental engineering research institute Nagpur
Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute Durgapur
National Institute of Communicable Diseases Delhi
National Institute of Virology Pune

39.Space and Nuclear Research Institute

Space and Nuclear Research Institute Place
Uranium Corporation Of India Jadugoda
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics Kolkata
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) Thiruvananthapuram
Centre of Earth Science Studies Trivandrum
NMRF-National Atmospheric Research Laboratory Tirupati
Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Science Nainital
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research Kalpakkam
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Bengaluru
 Indian Scientific Satellite Project Bengaluru
Electronics Corporation of India Hyderabad
Nuclear Fuel Complex Hyderabad
Atomic Energy Commission Mumbai
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Trombay, Mumbai
SatishDhawan Space Centre Sriharikota
India Rare Earths Limited Alwaye (Kerala)
Space Commission Bangalore
ANTRIX corporation Bangalore
College of Satellite Communication Technology Ahmedabad
Solar Observatory Udaipur
Remote Sensing Centre Balasore
National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) Pune, Maharashtra
Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute Durgapur
Central Mining Research Institute Dhanbad
Radio Astronomy Center Tamil Nadu

40.Health and Medicinal Research Center

Health and Medicinal Research Center Location
All India Maleria Research Institute New Delhi
National Tuberclosis Institute Bangalore
Indian Cancer Research Center Mumbai
Indian veterinary Research Institute Mukteshwar (H.P.), Izzatnagar (U.P.)
Institute of Ayurvedic Studies and Research Jamnagar (Gujarat)
Vallabh Bhai Patel Chest Institute Delhi
Haffkine Institute Mumbai
National Institute of Communicable Diseases Delhi
School of Tropical Medicine Kolkata
Central Leprosy Training and Research Institute Tamilnadu
P.G.I. Medical Education and Research Chandigarh
National Institute of Nutrition Hyderabad
National Institute of Occupational Health Ahmedabad
King Institute of Preventive Medicine Guindy (Chennai)
All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health Kolkata
Indian institute of health management research Jaipur
Indian Council of Medical Research New Delhi
 BENGALI GK COMPETITIVE
Miscellaneous General Knowledge [ 5th SM ]

41. Name of Famous Indian Musicians

 Sitar:Pt. Ravi Shankar, Nikhil Banerjee, Ustad Vilayat Khan, Shujaat Khan,Jaya Biswas, Debu Chaudhary,
Nishaat Khan, Bande Hasan, Shahid Parvez, Uma Shankar Mishra, Buddhaditya Mukherjee, Anushka
Shanker etc.
 Tabla: Ustad Shafat Ahmed Khan, Sapan Choudhary, Zakir Hussain, Latif Khan, Allah Rakha Khan, Gudai
Maharaj, Kishan Maharaj, Fayaz Khan, Sukhbinder Singh etc.
 Flute:Pannalal Ghosh, Hari Pasad Chauraisa, Raghunath Seth, B. Kunjamani, N. Neela, Rajendra
Prasanna, Rajendra Kulkarni, Prakash Saxena etc.
 Sarod:Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Ustad ali Akbar Khan, Ustad Alauddin Khan, Hafiz Khan, Zarin Daruwala,
Mukesh Sharma, Chandan Rai, Biswajit Roy, Chaudhury, Sharan Rani etc.
 Shehnai:Ustad Bishmillah Khan, Daya Shanker, Jagannath, Hari Singh, Shailesh Bhagwat, Ali Ahmad
Hussain Khan etc.
 Violin:Dr. Smt. N. Rajan, Vishnu Gobind jog, L. Subramaniam, Sangitha Rajan, Kunakkadi, Baidyanathan,
Shishir Choudhary, Lalgudi Jayaraman, R.P. Shastri, Suryadev Pawar, Govind Swami Pillai, T.N. Krishnan,
 Veena:S. Balachandran, Badruddin Dagar, Kalyan Krishna Bhagavatar, B.Doraiswami Iyengar Gopal
Krishna, Asad Ali etc.
 Santoor: Pt. Shiva Kumar Sharma, Tarun Bhattacharya, Bhajan Sopori, etc.
 Pakhawaj:Ustad Rehman Khan, Gopal Das, Chhatrapati Singh, Ramakant Pathak, Arun Saiwal etc.
 Rudra Veena:Ustad Sadiq Ali Khan, Zia Moinuddin Dagar Asad Ali Khan etc.
 Mridang:Thakur Bhikam Singh, Palghat Raju, Dr.Jagdish Singh, T.K. Moorthy, U.K. Sivaram. K.R.Mani etc.
 Sarangi: Ustad Bendu Khan, Pt. Ramnarayanji, Aruna Kale, Santosh Mishra, Indralal, Ashiq Ali Khan etc.
 Nadaswaram: Seikh Chinna Maulana, Rajaratna Pillai, Niru Swami Pillai, N Krishna etc.
 Simphoni: Zubin Mehta
 Guitar: Vishwa Mohan Bhatt,Jatin Mazumdar, Briji Bhushan Kabra, Sri Krishna Nalin, Keshav Jalegaonkar,
 Mandolin:U. Srinivas, Khagen Dey, Nagen Dey,etc.
 Vichitra Veena:Ahmed Raza Khan, Abdul Aziz khan etc. Pinao: V. Balsara.
 Mohan Veena:Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.
 Ghatam:T.H. Vinayakaram
 Harmonium:Jnan Prakash Ghosh, Shri Purushottam Walawalkar, Appa Jalgaonkar etc.
 Jal Tarang:Himanshu Biswas,Jagadish Mohan, Ghasiram Nirmal, Ram Swaroop Prabhakar etc.

42.Performing Art/Dance Form and Persons Associated

 Kathak: Birju Maharaj, Gopi Krishan, Shambu Maharaj, Sitara Devi, Prerna Shrimali, Ms. Sunayana
Hazarilal, Kumudini Lakhia
 Bharat Natyam T. Balasaraswati, Rukmini Devi Arundale, Yamini Krishnamurti, Vaijayantimala, Ananda
Shankar Jayant, C.V. Chandrasekhar, Guru (Ms.) M.K. Saroja, Shanta and VP Dhananjayan
 Manipuri Amubi Singh, Bino Devi, Rajkumar Singhajit Singh
 Mohini Attam Smt. Kalamandalam Kshemavathy Pavithran, Dr. (Smt) Kanak Rele
 Chhau Makar Dhwaja Darogha, Pt Gopal Prasad Dubey
 Odissi Kelucharan Mahapatra, Sonal Mansingh, Geeta Mahalik, Dr. Minati Mishra
 Kathakali PK Kunju Kurup, Kalamandalam Rajan, Madavur Vasudevan Nair, Kalamandalam Gopi,
Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair
 Kuchipudi Raja Reddy, Radha Reddy, Vyjayanti Kashi, Vempati Chinna Satyam
43.Classical Dance & State [Most important]
Classical Dance State Kathakali Kerala
Bharat Natyam Tamilnadu Mohini Attam Kerala
 Odissi Orissa Manipuri Manipur
Classical Dance State Kathak North India mainly U.P.
Kuchipudi Andhra Pradesh Sattriya Assam
44.Indian States and Folk Dances
State Folk Dances
Andhra Pradesh Kuchipudi, Vilasini Natyam, Andhra Natyam, Bhamakalpam, Veeranatyam, Dappu,
Assam Bihu, Bichhua, Natpuja, Maharas, Kaligopal, Naga dance, Khel Gopal, Tabal Chongli,
Bihar Jata-Jatin, Bakho-Bakhain, Panwariya, Sama Chakwa, Bidesia.
Gujarat Garba, Dandiya Ras, Tippani Juriun, Bhavai.
Haryana Jhumar, Phag, Daph, Dhamal, Loor, Gugga, Khor, Gagor.
Himachal Pradesh Jhora, Jhali, Chharhi, Dhaman, Chhapeli, Mahasu, Nati, Dangi.
Jammu & Kashmir Rauf, Hikat, Mandjas, Kud Dandi Nach, Damali.
Karnataka Yakshagan, Huttari, Suggi, Kunitha, Karga, Lambi.
Kerala Kathakali (Classical), Ottam Thulal, Mohiniattam, Kaikottikali.
Maharashtra Lavani, Nakata, Koli, Lezim, Gafa, Dahikala Dasavtar or Bohada.
Odisha Odissi (Classical), Savari, Ghumara, Painka, Munari, Chhau.
West Bengal Kathi, Gambhira, Dhali, Jatra, Baul, Marasia, Mahal, Keertan.
Punjab Bhangra, Giddha, Daff, Dhaman, Bhand, Naqual.
Rajasthan Ghumar, Chakri, Ganagor, Jhulan Leela, Jhuma, Suisini, Ghapal, Kalbeliya.
Tamil Nadu Bharatanatyam, Kumi, Kolattam, Kavadi.
Uttar Pradesh Nautanki, Raslila, Kajri, Jhora, Chappeli, Jaita.
Uttarakhand Garhwali, Kumayuni, Kajari, Jhora, Raslila, Chappeli.
Goa Tarangamel, Koli, Dekhni, Fugdi, Shigmo, Ghode, Modni, Samayi nritya, Jagar,Ranmale
Madhya Pradesh Jawara, Matki, Aada, Khada Nach, Phulpati, Grida Dance, Selalarki, Selabhadoni
Chhattisgarh Gaur Maria, Panthi, Raut Nacha, Pandwani, Vedamati, Kapalik, Bharthari Charit,
Jharkhand Alkap, Karma Munda, Agni, Jhumar, Janani Jhumar, Mardana Jhumar, Paika, Phagua,
Hunta Dance, Mundari Dance, Sarhul, Barao, Jhitka, Danga, Domkach, Ghora Naach.
Arunachal Pradesh Buiya, Chalo, Wancho, Pasi Kongki, Ponung, Popir, Bardo Chham.
Manipur Dol Cholam, Thang Ta, Lai Haraoba, Pung Cholom, Khamba Thaibi, Nupa, Raslila,
Meghalaya Ka Shad Suk Mynsiem, Nongkrem, Laho.
Mizoram Cheraw Dance, Khuallam, Chailam, Sawlakin, Chawnglaizawn, Zangtalam, Par Lam,
Nagaland Rangma, Bamboo Dance, Zeliang, Nsuirolians, Gethinglim, Temangnetin, Hetaleulee.
Tripura Hojagiri.
Sikkim Chu Faat Dance, Sikmari, Singhi Chaam or the Snow Lion Dance, Yak Chaam,
Denzong Gnenha, Tashi Yangku Dance, Khukuri Naach, Chutkey Naach, Maruni Dance
Lakshadweep Lava, Kolkali, Parichakali.

45. Indian States and Folk Dances [Most important]

Folk Dances State Lavani Maharashtra
Jhumar Rajasthan Kalbelia Rajasthan
Garba Gujarat Bihu Assam
Giddha Punjab Kachhi Ghodhi Rajasthan
Bhangra Punjab Rouff Jammu and Kashmir
Yakshagana Karnataka Raut Nach Chhattisgarh
Mayurbhanj Chau Orissa Karakattam Tamil Nadu
Purulia Chau West Bengal Hojagiri Tripura
Tamasha Maharashtra

46.Artists of the World and their famous paintings

Name Nationality Popular Works
Leornado da Vinci Italy The Last Supper, Mona Lisa, The Vitruvian Man, Adoration of the
Magi, The Baptism of Christ
Michel Angelo Italy The Last Judgement, Pieta, David, Sistine Chapel ceiling
Raphael Sanzio Italy Transfiguration, The Marriage of the Virgin, Resurrection of Christ,
La belle jardinière, The Sistine Madonna, Madonna and Child
 Rembrandt The The Night Watch, The Return of the Prodigal Son, The Storm on
Harmenszoon van Rijn Netherlands the Sea of Galilee, The Blinding of Samson, The Three Trees
Claude Oscar Monet France Impression, Sunrise, Woman with a Parasol, Bridge over a Pond
of Water Lilies, Garden at Sainte-Adresse
Vincent van Gogh The Starry Nights, Sunflowers, Bedroom in Aires, Potrait of Dr.
Netherlands Gachet, The Potato Eaters
Pablo Picasso Spain Guernica, The Old Blind Guitarist, The Weeping Woman

47.Artists of India and their paintings

Painter/Artist Famous Work
Raja Ravi Varma Hamsa Damyanti, Shakuntala, Arjuna and Subhadra
Nihal Chand Bani Thani, Dipavalika
Syed Hyder Raja Saurashtra
Amrita Shergil Young Girls, Bride's Toilet, Village Scene
Tyeb Mehta Mahishasura
Raqib Shaw The Garden of Earthly Delights
Francis Newton Souza Birth, Balzac Etcetera
Binod Behari Mukherjee Villagers
Subodh Gupta Saat Samundar Paar
Arpita Singh Wish Dream
Jamini Roy Mother and Child, Krishna and Balarama, Warrior King

48.Famous Personalities of India and their Profession

Name Profession Chintamoni Kar Sculptor
Raja Ravi Varma Painter Dhanraj Bhagat Sculptor
Amrita Sher-gil Painter Raghunath Mohapatra Architect and Sculptor
Nandlal Bose Painter V. Ganapati Sthapati Sculptor and Temple
Binod Behari Mukherjee Painter Architect
M.F. Hussain Painter Anish Kapoor Sculptor
Satish Gujral Painter, Sculptor, K. Shankar Pillai Cartoonist
Architect R.K. Laxman Cartoonist
K. G. Subramanyan Painter and Sculptor Mario Miranda Cartoonist
Syed Hyder Raza Painter Homi Vyarawalla Photojournalist
Jamini Roy Painter Raghu Rai Photographer
Tyeb Mehta Painter Sudarshan Pattnaik Sand Artist
Anjali Ela Menon Painter Baua Devi Madhubani Artist
Ramkinkar Baiz Sculptor
49.Art & Cultural Institutions in India
Institutions Headquarters
Anthropological Survey of India, 1945 Kolkata
Archaeological Survey of India, 1861 New Delhi
Asiatic Society, 1784 (Sir William Jones) Kolkata
Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, 1985 New Delhi
Lalit Kala Akademi (National Academy of fine Arts), 1954 New Delhi
National Archives of India, 1891 New Delhi
National School of Drama, 1959 New Delhi
Sahitya Academy, 1954 New Delhi
Sangeet Natak Academy, 1953 New Delhi
Library of Tibetan Works and Archives Dharmashala
Science city Kolkata
Victorial Memorial Hall Kolkata
Birla Industrial and Tech Museum Kolkata
Central Institute of Buddhist Studies Leh
Nava Nalanda Mahavihara Nalanda (Birla)
National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi
India International Centre New Delhi
 Centre for Cultural Resources and Training New Delhi
Soorya Thiruvananthapuram
Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), 1984 New Delhi
Kalakshetra Foundation, 1936 Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai
South Central Zone Cultural Centre Nagpur, Maharashtra
Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre Kolkata
National Museum New Delhi
Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library Patna
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies Kolkata
North Central Zone Cultural Centre Allahabad
The Government Museum Chennai
The Government Museum and Art Gallery Chandigarh
The Mehrangarh Museum Trust Jodhpur

50.Famous Places associated with eminent Persons

Person Place
Nepoleon Bonaparte Corsica
Gautam Buddha Kapilvastu
Alexander, the Great Macedonia
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Jeeradei
General Dyer Jalianwala Bagh
Jawaharlal Nehru Anand Bhawan
Maharana Pratap Chittore
Mahatma Gandhi Sabarmati
Jai Prakash Narayan Sitab Diyara
Kabindra Nath Tagom Shantiniketan
Rama Kris. Paramhans Belur Math
Mahatma Gandhi Sevagram
Subhash Chandra Bose Cuttack
Gautam Buddha Kushi Nagar
Person Place
Jawaharlal Nehru Trimurti Bhawan
Mahavir Pawapuri
Nelson Iratalgar
Mahavir Kundgram
Tipu Sultan Seringapatnam
Vinoba Bhave Pawanar
Guru Nanak Talwaudi
Aunobindo Ghosh Puducherry
Akbar, the Great Fatvhpur Sikri
Sarvlar Patel Bardoli
Mahatma Gandhi Porbundar
Nepoleon Bona part Waterloo
Prophet Mohammad (s.a.a.w.) Mecca
Jesus Christ Jerusalom
 51.Crematoriums and Samadhi sthals of famous people in India
Name Samadhi sthals Place
Mahatma Gandhi Raj Ghat (Royal Steps) Delhi
Lal Bahadur Shastri Vijay Ghat (Victory Platform) Delhi
Chaudhary Charan Singh (PM) Kisan Ghat (Farmer’s Platform) Delhi
Rajiv Gandhi Veer Bhumi (Land of Brave) Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru Shanti Van (Garden of Peace) Delhi
Sanjay Gandhi Shanti Van (Garden of Peace) Delhi
Indira Gandhi Shakti Sthal (Place of Power) Delhi
Morarji Desai Abhay Ghat Ahmedabad
Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma Karma Bhumi (Land of Duty) Delhi
Dr Rajendra Prasad Mahaprayan Ghat Patna
Gulzarilal Nanda Narayan Ghat Ahmedabad
K R Narayanan Uday Bhoomi Delhi
PV Narasimha Rao PV Ghat (Buddha Poornima Park) Hyderabad
BR Ambedkar Chaitya Bhoomi Dadar
Krishna Kant (Vice-President) Nigambhoot Ghat Delhi
Giani Zail Singh (President) Ekta Sthal (Place of Unity) Delhi
Jagjivan Ram (Deputy PM) Samta Stal (Place of Equality) Delhi
Devi Lal (Deputy PM) Sangharsh Stal (Place of Struggle) Delhi
Chandra Shekhar (PM) Jannayak Stal (Place of People’s Leader) Delhi
IK Gujral (PM) Smriti Sthal (Place of Remembrance) Delhi

53.Some Great Works associated with Famous Persons

Foundation of Red Cross Henery Dunant
Foundation of Scout Baden Powell
Foundation of Red Gaurds Garrywaldy
Foundation of Socialism Acharya Narendra Dev
Father of Sanskrit Grammar Panini
Founder of Anand Van Baba Amte
Founder of 'Auroville Ashram' (Puducherry) Aurobindo Ghosh
Founder of Shantiniketan Rabindra Nath Tagore
Founder of Vishwabharati Rabindra Nath Tagore
Founder of Pawnar Ashram Vinoba Bhave
Founder of Bhudan Movement Vinoba Bhave
Founder of League of Nations Woodrow Willson
Founder of Golden Temple Guru Arjun Dev
Founder of Khalsa Panth Guru Gobind Singh

52.Famous Nicknames of Eminent Persons

Nicknames Name of Personality Kesari
Adi Kavi Valmeeki Bihar Kesari Dr. Srikrishna Singh
Ajatshatru Bindusar Bihar Vibhuti Dr. Anugrah Narayan
Akbar of Kashmir Jainul Abdin Singh
Amma Mata Amritanandmai Bird man of India Salim Ali
Andhra Kesari T. Prakasam C. R./ Rajaji Chakravarti
Anna C.N. Annadurai Rajagopalachari
Babuji Jagjeevan Ram Chacha,Pandit ji Jawaharlal Nehru
Banga bandhu Sheikh Mujibut Rahman Deen bandhu C.F. Andrews
Bard of Avon William Shakespeare Desert Fox Gen Ervin Rommel
Behen Ji Mayawati Desh bandhu Chitta Ranjan Das
Bengal Kesari Ashutosh Mukherji Desh Ratna, Ajatshatru Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Bengali Tiger,Punjab Lala Lajpat Rai Deshpriya Yatindra Mohan
 Sengupta Man of Destiny Napolean Bonaparte
Didi Mamta Banerjee Man of Iron Vallabhai Patel
Enlightened One Lord Buddha Man of Peace Lal Bahadur Shastri
Father of English Poetry Geoffery Chaucer Morning Star of India Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Father of Gujarat Ravi Shankar Maharaj Renaissance
Father of Medicine Hippocrates Mother Mother Teresa
Father of the Local Self- Lord Rippon Mysore Tiger Tippu Sultan
Government Napoleon of India Samudra Gupta
Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi Neta Ji, Patriot of Subhash Chandra Bose
Bapu, Mahatma Patriots
Frontier Gandhi, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Nightingale of India Sarojini Naidu
Badshah Khan Khan Parrot of India, Tota-e- Amir Khushro
Fuehrer Adolf Hitler hind
Flying Sikh Milkha Singh Poet’s Poet Edmund Spencer
G.B.S George Bernard Shaw Prince of Autobiography Babur
Grand Old man of Britain Willium E. Gladstone Prince of Builders Shahjahan
Grand Old man of India Dadabhai Naoroji Prince of Martyrs, Sahid- Bhagat Singh
Grand old man of Indian Tushar Kanti Ghosh e-Azam
Journalism Prince of Money Makers Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Grandfather of Indian Dhundiraj Govind Phalke Prince of Pilgrims Hiuen Tsang
Films Payyoli Express P.T.Usha
Guruji M.S. Golvalkar Prince of Kolkata Saurav Ganguly
Gurudev,Viswa Kavi, Rabindranath Tagore Punjab Kesari Lala Lajpat Rai
Kaviguru, Quaid-i-Azam Md. Ali Jinnah
Haryana Hurricane Kapil Dev Rajashree Purushottam Das
Hockey Wizard Dhyan Chand Tandon
II Duce(The Leader) Benito Mussolini Sage of Kanchi Sankaracharya
Indian Machiavelli Chanakya Scourage of God Chengiz khan
Iron Lady of India Indira Gandhi Saint of Sabarmati Mohandas Karamchand
Indian Einstein Nagarjuna Gandhi
Jana Nayak Karpuri Thakur Saint of the Gutters Mother Teresa
Jimmy Mohinder Amarnath Shakespeare of India Mahakavi Kalidas
Jumbo Anil Kumble Sher-e-Kashmir,Lion of Sheikh Mohammed
King Maker Earl of Warwick Kashmir Abdullah
King Maker of Indian Sayyed Bandhu Sparrow Major General Rajinder
History Singh
Kuvempu K.V. Puttappa Strong (Iron) Man of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Lady with the Lamp Florence Nightinga India
Light of Asia Sreebuddha Swar Kokila Lata Mangeshkar
Lion of Kashmir Sheikh Mohammad Tau Chaudhury Devi Lal
Abdullah The Little Master Sachin Tendulkar
Lion of Maratha Bal Gangadhar Tilak Tiger of Mysore Tipu Sultan
Li-Kwan Pearl Buck Tota-e-Hind Amir Khushro
Little Corporal, Man of Napoleon Bonaparte Udanpari P.T. Usha
Destiny Uncle Ho Ho Chi Minh
Little Master Sunil Gavaskar Young Turk Chandra Shekhar
Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak Zulu Lance Klusener
Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan
Machiavelli of India Chanakya
Magician of Hockey Dhyanchand
Mahamana, Prince of Pt. Madan Mohan
Beggars Malaviya
Maid of Orleans Joan of Arc
Maiden Queen Queen Elizabeth I
Man of Blood and Iron Otto Van Bismark
Man of Peace Lal Bahadur Shastri
Martin Luther of India Dayanand Saraswati
 53.Some Great Works associated with Famous Persons
Foundation of Red Cross Henery Dunant
Foundation of Scout Baden Powell
Foundation of Red Gaurds Garrywaldy
Foundation of Socialism Acharya Narendra Dev
Father of Sanskrit Grammar Panini
Founder of Anand Van Baba Amte
Founder of 'Auroville Ashram' (Puducherry) Aurobindo Ghosh
Founder of Shantiniketan Rabindra Nath Tagore
Founder of Vishwabharati Rabindra Nath Tagore
Founder of Pawnar Ashram Vinoba Bhave
Founder of Bhudan Movement Vinoba Bhave
Founder of League of Nations Woodrow Willson
Founder of Golden Temple Guru Arjun Dev
Founder of Khalsa Panth Guru Gobind Singh

BENGALI GK COMPETITIVE
Miscellaneous General Knowledge [ 6th SM ]

54. Most Prestigious Awards And Their Related Fields

1. Nobel Prize
 Most coveted international award of the world.
 Instituted by Alfred Bernard Nobel (inventor of dynamite).
 The award is given on December 10 (death anniversary of Alfred Bernard Nobel).
 Nobel Prize is given every year to those eminent persons who have made pioneering achievements in
the following fields: Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Peace, Literature, Economics
 Apart from Economics, all other categories have been given since 1901.
 Economics Nobel Prize was instituted in 1967 and was first given in 1969.
Nobel Laureates of India Field Year
Rabindranath Tagore Literature 1913
C.V. Raman Physics 1930
Mother Teresa Peace 1979
AmartyaSen Economic Studies 1998
KailashSatyarthi Peace 2014
2. Magsaysay Awards
 Instituted in 1957 and named after Ramon Magsaysay, the former President of Philippines.
 This award is given annually on August 31
 Award is given for outstanding contributions to public service, community leadership, journalism, literature
and creative arts and international understanding.
 Regarded as the Nobel Prize of Asia.
3. Oscar Awards
 Instituted in 1929
 Conferred annually by the Academy of Motion Pictures in USA.
 The first Indian to get an Oscar was BhanuAthaiya for the movie 'Gandhi'.
 Satyajit Ray was the first Indian awarded Oscar for lifetime achievements in cinema in 1992.
4. DadasahebPhalke Award
 The DadasahebPhalke Award is India’s highest award in cinema.
 It is presented annually at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an
organisation set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
5. Grammy Award
 A Grammy Award, or Grammy, is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry.
6. UNESCO Peace Prize
  Presented by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
 For extraordinary contributions for international peace.
7. Pulitzer Prize
 Instituted in 1917 and named after the US Publisher Joseph Pulitzer.
 Conferred annually in the USA
 For accomplishments in journalism, literature and music.
 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2019)
Richard Powers – The Overstory
 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2019)
Eliza Griswold – Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America
8. International Booker Prize(formerly Man Booker International Prize)
 Highest literary award to authors of British, Irish and Commonwealth countries
 Established in 1969.
Booker Prize for Fiction
Year Writer Book/Novel Country
2018 Anna Burns Milkman Northern Ireland
2017 George Saunders Lincoln in the Bardo US
2008 AravindAdiga The White Tiger India
2006 Kiran Desai The Inheritance of Loss India
1997 Arundhati Roy The God of Small Things India
1981 Salman Rushdie Midnight’s Children India then UK
1969 P. H. Newby Something to Answer For UK
 In 1993, to celebrate the 25th anniversary, Booker of Bookers Prize was given to Salman Rushdie’s
Midnight’s Children
 In 2008, to celebrate the 40th anniversary, Best of the Booker was awarded to Midnight’s Children
 In 2018, to celebrate the 50th anniversary, the Golden Man Booker was awarded to Michael Ondaatje’s
The English Patient.
 In 2019 – JokhaAlharthi (Oman) – Celestial Bodies novel in Arabic
9. Bharat Ratna
 Highest civilian award of India
 Presented by the Government of India.
 Presented for exceptional public service and rarest achievements in the field of art, literature and science.
 Instituted in 1954
 First recipient was C. Rajagopalchari
10. Gallantry Awards
 ParamVir Chakra: It is India's highest award for bravery.
 Mahavir Chakra: It is the second highest gallantry award.
 Vir Chakra: It is the third highest gallantry award.
 Ashok Chakra: It is the highest peace-time gallantry award
11. Padma Vibhushan
 Padma Vibhushan is the second highest civilian award
 For distinguished services in any field including Government service.
 Padma Bhushan and Padma Shree are the other important civilian awards.
12. BhartiyaJnanpith Awards
 Instituted in 1965
 Highest literary award in India, which is conferred every year by BhartiyaJnanpith to any one author (who
writes in Indian Languages or in English) for their outstanding contribution towards literature.
 Amitav Ghosh is the first writer in English to win a Jnanpith Award.
 At present, the award is only conferred for the works published in the last twenty years.
 In 2018 : Winner: Amitav Ghosh (English)
 In 2017 : Winner: Krishna Sobti (Hindi)
 In 1965 : Winner: G. SankaraKurup (Malayalam)
13. SahityaAkademy Awards
 The second-highest literary honor in India.
 Aim: “promoting Indian literature throughout the world”
 The Akademi annually confers on writers of “The Most Outstanding Books Of Literary Merit”. The awards
are given for works published in any of the 24 languages recognised by the Akademi. Instituted in 1954,
the award recognizes and promotes excellence in writing and acknowledge new trends.
 In 2018 : Winner: AneesSalim (English) for The Blind Lady’s Descendants
 In 2017 : Winner: Mamang Dai (English) for The Black Hill
 In 1960 : Winner: R K Narayan (English) for The Guide
 In 2018 : Winner: ChitraMudgal (Hindi) for Post Box No. 203 – NalaSopara
 In 2017 : Winner: Ramesh KuntalMegh (Hindi) for VishwMithakSaritSagar
 In 1955 : Winner: MakhanlalChaturvedi (Hindi) for Him Tarangini
14. SaraswatiSamman
 Instituted in 1991 by the K.K. Birla Foundation
 Given for any distinguished literary work made during last 10 years in any of the Indian language.
15. Vyas Samman
 Instituted in 1992 by the K.K. Birla Foundation
 It is awarded annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation in recognition of the Hindi literary work published in
past 10 years.
16. Shanti SwarupBhatnagar Prize
 The Shanti SwarupBhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given
annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding
research, applied or fundamental in biology, chemistry, environmental science, engineering,
mathematics, medicine and Physics.
17. Kalinga Prize
 The Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is an award given by UNESCO for exceptional skill in
presenting scientific ideas to lay people.
18. R.D. Birla Award
 Given in the field of medical sciences.
19. Dhanvantri Award
 These awards are given for the extraordinary performance in medical sciences.
20. Abel Prize
 The Abel Prize is an international prize awarded annually by the Government of Norway to one or more
outstanding mathematicians.
21. Arjuna Awards
 Instituted in 1961
 Given by Sports Ministry, Government of India.
 These are given for the special achievements in different types of sports.
22. Dronacharya Awards
 Instituted in 1985
 Given by Sports Ministry, Government of India.
 These are given to sports coaches.
23. Dhyan Chand Award
 The award that is given to the veteran sports persons of India for their lifetime achievement in their
respective field of sport is named as the Dhyan Chand Award for Life Time Achievement in Sports and
Games
24. Rajiv Gandhi KhelRatna
 It was instituted in 1992
 It is the highest honour bestowed to a sports person for his/her achievements in India.
 Presented for commendable display by the players.
25. Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
 Instituted in 1965 by the Government of India.
 Given annually to persons for outstanding contributions to international understanding and goodwill
among the people of the world.
26. Right Livelihood Award
 Instituted in 1980 by the Right Livelihood Society, London.
 Known as alternate Nobel Award
 To promote and contribute in the fields of environment and social justice.
27. Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize
 Instituted in 1995 by Government of India.
 It is presented for international peace on the lines of Nobel Prize.
28. UNESCO Human Rights Award
 Presented by UNESCO
 For contributions in the field of Human Rights Awareness.
 Given every alternate year.
29. UN Human Rights Award
  Presented by UN for personal contribution for the cause of human rights.
 It is presented every sixth year.
30. World Food Prize
 Presented by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
 For the cause of agriculture and food development.

55.Most Important & Famous Books

Books Name Writer / Author
Healed ManishaKoirala
Game Changer ShahidAfridi
Celestial Bodies JokhaAlharthi
India Positive ChetanBhagat
My Seditious Heart Arundhati Roy
My Life, My Mission Swami Ramdev
Gun Island Amitav Ghosh
Lessons Life Taught Me, Unknowingly AnupamKher
Rafale:fighter aircraft scam S Vijayan
The Third Pillar RaghuramRajan
Those Magnificent Women and Their Flying Machines Minnie Vaid
Bihar Diaries Amit Lodha
Sansad Se SarakTak Dhoomil
The Blind Lady’s Descendants AneesSalim
Post Box No. 203 Nala
Sopara ChitraMudgal
We Are Displaced MalalaYousafzai
India Unmade Yashwant Sinha
Feisty at Fifty SudhaMenon
The Rule Breakers PreetiShenoy
BebakBaat Vijay Goel
A Rural Manifesto Varun Gandhi
Changing India Manmohan Singh
Of Counsel: The Challenges of the Modi-Jaitley Economy Arvind Subramanian
Blue Waters Ahoy! Anup Singh
Less Andrew Sean Greer
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder Caroline Fraser
Milkman Anna Burns
The English Patient Michael Ondaatje
The Girl in Room 105 ChetanBhagat
The Power of your Subconscious Mind Joseph Murphy
Think and Grow Rich Napoleon Hill
A Suitable Girl Vikram Seth
Life’s Amazing Secrets: How to Find Balance and Purpose in Your Life Gaur Gopal Das
Becoming Michelle Obama
The Alchemist Paulo Coelho
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari Robin Sharma
Pyjamas are Forgiving Twinkle Khanna
Who Will Cry When You Die? Robin Sharma
Brief Answers to the Big Questions Stephen Hawking
The Theory of Everything Stephen Hawking
Straight Talk Abhishek Manu Singhvi
Why I Am a Hindu ShashiTharoor
The Diary of a Domestic Diva Shilpa Shetty
Triple Talaq: Examining Faith Salman Khurshid
Why I am Hindu ShashiTharoor
The Paradoxical Prime Minister ShashiTharoor
Yoga and Mindfulness Mansi Gulati
 56.Biographies / Autobiographies / Memoir
Lessons Life Taught Me, Unknowingly AnupamKher
My Life, My Mission Swami Ramdev
Game Changer ShahidAfridi
A Century Is Not Enough SouravGanguly
Imperfect Sanjay Manjrekar
Straight from the Heart KapilDev
No Spin Shane Warne
281 and Beyond VVS Laxman
Unbreakable Mary Kom
Becoming Michelle Obama
Citizen Delhi: My Times, My Life Sheila Dikshit
Wings of Fire Dr. Kalam
Story Of my Experiments with truth Mahatma Gandhi
An Autobiography Jawaharlal Nehru
Playing It My Way Sachin Tendulkar
The Bandit Queen Of India Phoolan Devi
The Red Sari Sonia Gandhi
I Am Malala, We Are Displaced MalalaYousafzai
The Audacity of Hope Barack Obama
Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela
The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank
The Test Of My Life Yuvrajsingh
Sunny Days Sunil Gavaskar
The Race of My Life Milkha Singh

57.Most Important Books of All Time for Various Government Exams

Exam Warriors NarendraModi
The Coalition Years Pranab Mukherjee
I Do What I Do RaghuramRajan
Hit Refresh SatyaNadella
Unstoppable: My Life So Far Maria Sharapova
The Shershah of Kargil Deepak Surana
Indira Gandhi: A Life in Nature Jairam Ramesh
Matoshree Sumitra Mahajan
What Happened Hillary Clinton
An Unsuitable Boy Karan Johar
The Perils of Being Moderately Famous Soha Ali Khan
On the Origin of Species Charles Darwin
The Discovery Of India Jawaharlal Nehru
Two Lives Vikram Seth
Geetanjali Rabindranath Tagore
The Diary of a young girl Anne Frank
A brief history of time Stephen Hawking
Train to Pakistan Khushwant Singh
The Audacity Of hope Barack Obama
Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders
The Inheritance of Loss, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard Kiran Desai
Nehru: The Invention of India ShashiTharoor
Five Point Someone, One Night @ the Call Center, The 3 Mistakes of My Life, 2 ChetanBhagat
States, Revolution 2020, Half Girlfriend, One Indian Girl, The Girl in Room 105
The God of Small Things, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Arundhati Roy
Midnight’s Children Salman Rushdie
First Trilogy on Malgudi (Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts, The English RK Narayan
Teacher), Mr. Sampath, The Financial Expert, The Guide
 The Namesake, The Lowland JhumpaLahiri
The Circle of Reason, The Shadow Lines, The Calcutta Chromosome, The Glass Amitav Ghosh
Palace, Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke
Shiva Trilogy (The Immortals of Meluha, The Secret of the Nagas, The Oath of Amish Tripathi
the Vayuputras), Ram Chandra Series (Scion of Ikshvaku, Sita: Warrior of Mithila,
Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta), Immortal India
Anandamath Bankim Chandra
Chattopadhyay

58.Important Books and Authors of Ancient India

Indica Megasthenes
Natyashastra (Sage) Bharata
Rajatarangini (River of Kings) Kalhana
Panchatantra Vishnu Sharma
Astadhyayi Panini
Arthashastra Chanakya (aka Kautilya or Vishnugupta)
CharakaSamhita Charaka
Kama Sutra Vatsyayana
Panchasiddhantika, Brihat-Samhita Varahamihira
Arya-siddhanta Aryabhatya
Malavikagnimitram (Pertaining to Malavika and Agnimitra), Kalidasa
Abhijnanasakuntalam (Of the recollection of Shakuntala),
Vikramorvasiyam (Pertaining to Vikrama and Urvashi)
Mahabhasya Patanjali
NaishadhaCharita Sriharsha
Ratnavali, Nagananda and Priyadarsika Harshavardhana
SushrutaSamhita Susruta
SiddhantaShiromani (Crown of Treatises) [Divided into four parts Bhaskara II (Bhaskaracharya)
called Lilāvatī, Bijaganita, Grahaganita and Goladhyaya]
Mudraraksasa (The Signet of the Minister) Vishakhadatta
Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories) Somadeva
PrashnottaraRatnamalika Amoghavarsha I
Svapnavasavadattam (The dream of Vasavadatta) Bhasa
Buddhacharita (Acts of the Buddha) Asvaghoṣa
Amarakosa Amarasimha
GathaSaptasati (GahaKosha) Hala
Nitisara Kamandaka
Mrcchakatika (The Little Clay Cart) Sudraka
Gita Govinda (Song of Govinda) Jayadeva

59.Know about some Important Indian Authors

APJ Abdul Kalam
 India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium
 Wings of Fire: An Autobiography
 Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India
 Target 3 Billion
 Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with PramukhSwamiji

ShashiTharoor
Fiction Non-Fiction
The Great Indian Novel (1989) India: From Midnight to the Millennium (1997)
The Five Dollar Smile and Other Stories (1990) Bookless in Baghdad (2005)
Show Business (1992) PaxIndica: India and the World of the 21st Century (2012)
Riot (2001) An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India (2016)
Why I Am A Hindu (2018)
The Paradoxical Prime Minister (2018)
 Nehru: The Invention of India (2018)

ChetanBhagat
 The biggest selling English language novelist in India’s history
 Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay for Kai Po Che ! at the 59th Filmfare Awards on January 2014
Fiction Non-Fiction
Five Point Someone (2004) What Young India Wants (2012)
One Night @ the Call Center (2005) Making India Awesome (2015)
The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008)
2 States (2009)
Revolution 2020 (2011)
Half Girlfriend (2014)
One Indian Girl (2016)
The Girl in Room 105 (2018)

Arundhati Roy
 She was awarded the 1997 Booker Prize for her novel The God of Small Things
Fiction Non-Fiction
The God of Small Things (1997) The Algebra of Infinite Justice (2002)
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (2017) Public Power in the Age of Empire (2004)
The Shape of the Beast: Conversations with Arundhati Roy
(2008)
Listening to Grasshoppers: Field Notes on Democracy (2010)
Kashmir: The Case for Freedom (2011)

Salman Rushdie
 Midnight’s Children (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be “the best novel of all
winners” on two separate occasions, marking the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize.

R. K. Narayan
 An Indian writer known for his works set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi.
 Swami and Friends (1935), The Bachelor of Arts (1937), The English Teacher (1945), The Dark Room
(1938), Mr. Sampath (1948), The Financial Expert (1952), Waiting for the Mahatma (1955), The Guide
(1958), The Vendor of Sweets (1967), The Painter of Signs (1977), Talkative Man (1986), The World of
Nagaraj (1990), Grandmother’s Tale (1992)

JhumpaLahiri
 Her debut collection of short stories Interpreter of Maladies (1999) won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and
the PEN/Hemingway Award, and her first novel, The Namesake (2003), was adapted into the popular film
of the same name.
 Her second story collection Unaccustomed Earth (2008) won the Frank O’Connor International Short
Story Award, while her second novel, The Lowland (2013), was a finalist for both the Man Booker Prize
and the National Book Award for Fiction.
Novels Short Stories Collection
The Namesake (2003) Interpreter of Maladies (1999)
The Lowland (2013) Unaccustomed Earth (2008)
Amitav Ghosh
 The Circle of Reason won the Prix Médicisétranger, one of France’s top literary awards. The Shadow
Lines won the SahityaAkademi Award and the AnandaPuraskar.
 “The Calcutta Chromosome” won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for 1997.
 The government of India awarded him the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 2007.
 Famous Novels:
The Circle of Reason (1986), The Shadow Lines (1988), The Calcutta Chromosome (1995), The Glass
Palace (2000), The Hungry Tide (2004), Sea of Poppies (2008), River of Smoke (2011), Flood of Fire (2015)
Amish Tripathi
 The Shiva Trilogy was the fastest selling book series in Indian publishing history.
 Ram Chandra Series was the second fastest selling book series in Indian publishing history.
 Sita: Warrior of Mithila was the highest selling Novel of 2017
Shiva Trilogy Ram Chandra Series
The Immortals of Meluha (2010) Scion of Ikshvaku (2015)
 The Secret of the Nagas (2011) Sita: Warrior of Mithila (2017)
The Oath of the Vayuputras (2013) Raavan: Orphan of Aryavarta (2018)
 He has also written Immortal India (2017), a non-fiction book.

60.Firsts in Indian Films

Point to remember Name of the Film
First Indian indigenous film Raja Harishchandra (1913)
First Indian talkie (film with sound) AlamAra (1931)
First Indian colour film KisanKanya (1937)
First Indian Sanskrit film AdiShankarcharya (1983)
First Indian 3D film KuttiChetan (1984)

61.Directors of Famous Indian Films

Name of the Film Director
Raja Harishchandra Dada SahebPhalke
AlamAra ArdesharIrani
Mughal-e-azam K Asif
Mother India Mehboob Khan
PatherPanchali Satyajit Ray
ShatranjkeKhiladi Satyajit Ray
Do beeghazameen Bimal Roy
 62. First Recipients of Film Awards
Award Recipient
1st winner of DadasahebPhalke Award Devika Rani (1969)
1st winner of Filmfare best actor award Dilip Kumar
1st winner of Filmfare best actress award MeenaKumari
1st Hindi film to win the National film Award MirzaGhalib (1954)
1st film to win the Best Film Academy Award (Oscar) Wings (1927-28)

63. Academy Awards — Indian Winners

Points to remember
 First Indian film to be nominated for Academy Award (Oscar) in Best Foreign Language Film category
Mother India
 First Indian to win an Academy Award (Oscar) in the Competitive category BhanuAthaiya in 1982
for Custume Design in Gandhi
 Indian director who won the Lifetime Achievement Academy Award Satyajit Ray in 1992
 Indian music director to win the Academy Award for best original score AR Rahman in 2009 for
Slumdog Millionaire
 Indian music director and lyricist to win the Academy Award for best original song AR Rahman
and Gulzar in 2009 for Slumdog Millionaire
 First Indian to win the Academy Award for best sound mixing ResulPookutty in 2009 for Slumdog
Millionaire
 Three Indian films have been nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category so far 1. Mother
India, 2. Salaam Bombay and 3.Lagaan
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64. List of Stadiums and their location (India)
Stadiums Name Sports Name Location
Indraprastha Stadium Indoor Games Delhi
JawaharLal Nehru Stadium Athletics Delhi
DilipTirkey Stadium Hockey Ranchi, Jharkhand
BirsaMunda Stadium Hockey Ranchi, Jharkhand
Dhyan Chand Astroturf Hockey Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Shivaji Stadium Hockey Delhi
Kalinga Stadium Hockey Bhuvaneshwar, Odisha
National Stadium Hockey Delhi
Guru Nanak Stadium Football Ludhiana, Punjab
Ambedkar Stadium Football Delhi
FerozeshahKotla Ground Cricket Delhi
Wankhede Stadium Cricket Mumbai, Maharashtra
Brabourne Stadium Cricket Mumbai , Maharashtra
LalBahadurShastri Stadium Cricket Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh
Green Park Stadium Cricket Kanpur , Uttar Pradesh
Eden Gardens Cricket Kolkata , West Bengal
Guru Gobind Singh Stadium Cricket Nanded, Maharashtra
Varabati Stadium Cricket Cuttack, Orissa
Gandhi Sports Complex Ground Cricket Amritsar , Punjab
Sardar Patel Stadium Cricket Ahmedabad , Gujarat
MotiBagh Stadium Cricket Vadodara , Gujarat
Sawai Man Singh Stadium Cricket Jaipur , Rajasthan
Nehru Stadium Cricket Pune, Maharashtra
Nahar Singh Stadium Cricket Faridabad, Haryana
M.A. Chidambaram Stadium Cricket Chennai , Tamil Nadu
JSCA Stadium Cricket Ranchi, Jharkhand
Khanderi Cricket Stadium Cricket Rajkot , Gujarat
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium Cricket Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh
Indira Gandhi Stadium Cricket Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
Barkatullah Khan Stadium Cricket Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Maulana Azad Stadium Cricket Jammu , Jammu & Kashmir
Sher-I-Kashmir Stadium Cricket Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
M. Chinnasawami Stadium Cricket Bangalore , Karnataka
Keenan Stadium Cricket & Football Jamshedpur , Jharkhand
Fatorda Stadium Cricket & Football Margao, Goa
Dr. D.Y. Patil Stadium Cricket & Football Navi Mumbai , Maharashtra
JawaharLal Nehru Stadium Multipurpose Kochi, Kerala

65. List of Stadiums and their location (International)

Stadiums Name Sports Name Location
Aintree , Doncaster , Epsom Horse racing England( United Kingdom)
Flemington Horse racing Melbourn (Australia)
Lords, Oval, Leeds Cricket England (UK)
Headingley Manchester Cricket England (UK)
Brisbane, Melbourne Cricket Australia
Perth, Sydney Cricket Australia
Trent Bridge Cricket England (UK)
Brookland Football England (UK)
Wembley Stadium Football London (UK)
 Twickenham Rugby Football England (UK)
Black Heath Rugby Football London (UK)
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis London (UK)
Putney Mart Lake Boat Race England (UK)
White City Dog race England (UK)
Hurlington Polo England (UK)
Forest Hill Tennis USA
Brooklyn Baseball New York (USA)
Yankee Stadium Boxing New York (USA)
Sendy Lodge Golf Scotland

66. Number of Players in Sports and Games

Sports Player Sports Player
Cricket team 11 Table Tennis team 1 or 2
Hockey team 11 Tennis team 1 or 2
Badminton team 1 or 2 Volleyball team 6
Football team 11 Water Polo team 7
Baseball team 9 American Football team 11
Basketball team 5 Curling team 4
Billiards 1 Hockey (Indoor) team 6
Boxing 1 Ice Hockey team 6
Bridge team 2 Net Ball team 7
Chess 1 Korfball team 8
Polo team 4 Tug-of-War team 8
Rugby Football team 15 Kho Kho team 9
Snooker 1 Kabaddi team 7
67.National Games of Various Countries
USA – Baseball China – Table Tennis Scotland – Rugby Football
Spain – Bull Fighting Brazil – Football Indonesia – Badminton
Canada – Ice Hockey France – Football Bhutan – Archery
New Zealand – Rugby Union England – Cricket Switzerland – Shooting and
India* – Hockey/ Kabbadi Japan – Judo Gymnastics
Bangladesh – Kabbadi Australia – Cricket Turkey – Wrestling and Jereed
Srilanka – Volley ball Pakistan – Hockey
Russia – Football and Chess Malaysia – Badminton

68.Court / Campus / Field Associated with Sports

Court: Tennis, Badminton, Net Ball, Handball, Volleyall, Squash, Kho-Kho, Kabaddi
Diamond: Baseball Mat : Judo, Karate, Taikwondo Pitch: Cricket
Ring:Sketing, Boxing Arena : Horse Riding Greens: Bowls
Course: Golf Vellodrome : Cycling Rink: Curling, Ice Hockey
Pool: Swimming Field : Polo, Football, Hockey Range: Shooting, Archery
Board: Table Tennis Track: Athletics

69.Important Trophies And Cups Related To Sports

Cricket ICC World Cup, Sharjah Cup,
Ashes Cup, Irani Trophy, Singer Cup,
Asia Cup, Jawharlal Nehru Cup, Titan Cup,
C.K. Naidu Trophy, Rani Jhansi Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy,
Deodhar Trophy, Ranji Trophy, Vijay Merchant Trophy,
Duleep Trophy, Rohinton, Wisden Trophy,
Gavaskar Border Trophy, Barcia Trophy, Wills Trophy.
G.D. Birla Trophy, Rothmans Cup, Hockey
Gillette Cup, Sahara Cup, Sultan Azlan Shah Cup,
 Aga khan Cup, Santosh Trophy, Uber Cup (women).
Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold IFA Shield, Table Tennis
Cup, Scissor Cup, Travancore Cup (women),
Dhyanchand Trophy, Subroto Cup, Swathling Cup (men),
Nehru Trophy, Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee BamaBelleck Cup.
Sindhia Gold cup, Trophy,
Murugappa Gold Cup, Todd Memorial Trophy,
Lawn Tennis
Davis Cup,
Wellington Cup, Vittal Trophy,
Australian Open,
Stanley Cup. UEFA Champions League.
French Open,
Football Badminton Wimbledon,
Rovers Cup, AmritDiwan Cup, US Open,
Bandodkar Trophy, Asia Cup, Heineken Cup.
Merdeka Cup, Chaddha Cup,
European Cup,
Golf
Confederation cup,
Augusta Masters,
DCM Trophy, Harilela Cup,
British Open,
Durand Cup, Ibrahim Rahimatillah
US Maters.
Rovers Cup, Challenger Cup,
B.C. Raj Trophy (National Konica Cup, Horse Racing
Championship), Sophia Cup, Derby.
FIFA world Cup, Kitiakara Cup, Rowing
Jules Rimet Trophy, Malaysian Open, Wellington trophy.
Kalinga Cup, Thomas Cup (men),

70. Terms Associated with Sports

Sports/Games Terms associated with Sports
Archery Target, Bull’s Eye.
Badminton Angled Drive Serve, Danishwipe,Double Drop, Backhand Low Serve, Bird, Deuce,
Fault,Flick Serve, Forehand Smash, Let, Lob, Net Shots, Rush, Let, Smash,Love All, Net
Fault, Side Out, Drop Shot.
Baseball Diamond, Hitter, Home, Pinch, Pitcher Plate, Pullout, Short Stop, Hitter, Batter, Infield,
Outfield, Base, Battery, Bunting, Catcher.
Basketball Blocking,Basket, Dribbling, Free Throw, Lay-up Shot, Hook Pass,Fast Break, Held Ball,
Holding, Jump Ball, Pivot.
Billiards Baulk Line, Break, Bolting, Cannon, Cue, Hazard, In-off, Jigger, Long, Jenny,Pot, Scratch,
Screw Back, Spot Stroke.
Boxing Auxiliary Point System, Babit Punch, Break, Cut, Defence, Down, Hook, Jab, Lying
On,Seconds Out, Welter Weight, Knock-out, Upper Cut, Weight In.
Bridge Auction, Bid, Chicane, Cut, Declarer, Doubleton, Dummy, Finesse, Grand Slam, Little Slam,
No-trumps, Over-trick, Revoke, Rubber, Ruff, Shuffle, Suit, Vulnerable.
Chess Bishop, Capture, Castling, Checkmate, En Passant, Gambit, Grand Master, King,
Knight, Pawn, Queen, Rook, Stalemate, Sicilian Defence.
Cricket Boundary, Bowling, Caught, Chinaman, Cover Drive, Crease, Doosra, Duck, Duckworth-
Lewis, Fine Leg, Follow On, Full Toss, Googly, Gully, Hat-trick, Hit-Wicket, In-swinger,
L.B.W., Leg-break, Leg-bye, Leg Glance, late Cut, maiden over, No Ball, Run Out, Short
Pitch, Silly Point, Slip, Square Leg, Straight Drive, Stumped, Short leg,Spin, Swing,
Third-man, Yorker
Croquet Hoops, Mallet, Peg Out
Football Blind Side, Centre Forward, Corner Kick, Dead Ball, Free Kick, Goal kick, Golden Goal,
Hat-trick, Marking, Off-Side, Penalty Kick, Penalty Shootout, Red Card, Striker, Throw
In, Tie-Breaker, Tripping.
Golf Tee, Bogey, Bunker, Caddie, Fairway, Fourball, Greed Holes, Links, Par, Put, Stymied.
Gymnastics A-bars, Ariel, Blocks, Cone of Swing, Dish, Flairs, Giants, Kip, Tumble, Wrap.
Hockey Advantage, Back-stick, Bully, Cary, Centre Forward, Centre, Corner, Dribble, Flick, Free-
hit, Goal Line, Blue line, Green Card, Halfway Line, Hat-trick, Off-side, Red Car, Roll -in,
Scoop, Short Corner, Sixteen-yard hit, Square Pass, Drop pass, Stick, Striking Circle,
Tackle, Tie-breaker, Penalty Corner, Long Corner, Zonal Marking.
Horse Racing Jockey, Punter, Steeplechase, Bookies, Thorough Bred.
 Judo Ashi-waza, Chui, Dan, Dojo, Gyaku, Hajime, Ippon, Jigotai, Kaeshiwaza, Koka,Makikomi,
Nage-waza, O-goshi, Randori, Scarf, Tani-Otoshi, Uchi-komvi, Waki-gatame, Yoshi, Yuko.
Karate Age Zuki, Ai-uchi, Aka,Chakugan, Dachi, EnchoSen, Fudotachi, Gedan, Geri, Hajime, Ibuki,
Jion, Kakato, Koka,Makiwara, Nidan, Obi, Rei, Sanbon, Shiro, Tobigeri, Ude, Waza-ari,
Yoko-geri, Zanshin, Zen-no.
Lawn Tennis Ace, Advantage, A let, Back hand drive, Deuce, Chip Shot, Volley, Half Volley, Let fault,
Foot fault, Double Fault, Smash, Service, Grand Slam, Singles sticks, Love, Slice.
Polo Bunker, Chukker, Mallet.
Rowing Bow, Bucket, Cow, Ergometer, Feather, Paddle, Drop, Regatta.
Rugby Football Tackle, Lines, Scrum, Touch, Try.
Shooting Bag, Bull’s Eye, Marksmanship, Muzzle, Plug.
Skiing Tobogganing.
Swimming Breast Stroke, Crawl, Butterfly, Freestyle, Back Stroke.
Table Tennis Foil, End line, Late control, Flat hit, Block stroke, Service, Penholder grip, Back spin,
Centre line, Half Court, Side spin, Swing stroke, Push Stroke, Rally, Let, Reverse, Top
Spin, Drop shot, Lob, Chopped return.
Volleyball Antennae, Attack hit, Ace, Base-line, Blocking, Doubling, Foot Fault, Heave, Holding, Jump
Set, Lob Pass, Love-All, Point, Quick Smash, Scouting, Service, Spike, Tactical Ball, Volley,
Windmill Service.
Weight Lifting Clean and Jerk,Bench Press.
Water Polo 2 metre line, 4 metre line, Goal line, Caps, Personal, Fault, Ball under.
Wrestling Half-Nelson, Head Lock, Heave, Freestyle, Hold, Rebouts, Scissor.
Yachting Soling Tempest, Flying Dutchman, Tornado.

71. Measurements Of Sports Fields & Instruments

CRICKET
 Length of the Pitch - 22 yards (20.11 metres )
 Length of the Crease - 1.22 - 1.83 metres (4 ft.)
 Weight of the Ball - 155 to 163 gram Circumference of the Ball - 22.4 -22.9 cm (9 Inch)
 Length of the Bat - 96.5 cm (38 inch)
 Width of the Bat - 10.8 cm (4.25 inch)
 Length of the Stumps - 71.1 cm (28 inch) Length of Bells 11.1cm (each bell)

FOOTBALL
 Length of the ground (Field) 91 to 120 metres
 Width of the ground (Field) 45 to 91 metres
 Weight of the ball 396 to 453 grams
 Circumference of the ball 68 to 71 cm
HOCKEY
 Length of the Playing field -91.44 metres
 Width of the Playing field -50 to 55 metres Weight of the Ball 155 to 163 grams
 Circumference of the Ball 223 224 cm
 Colour of the Ball White
 Weight of the Hockey (Stick) 280 grams (max)
VOLLEYBALL
 Length of the court 18 metre,
 Width of the court 9 metre,
 Weight of the ball 250 to 260 grams Circumference of the ball 65-67 cm,
 Net 1m (+3 or -3 cm) wide and 9.5 m long, Net’s height 2.43m (for men) and 2.24 m (for women)
 Ball’s internal pressure -0.40 - 0.45 Kg/cm.
TABLE TENNIS
 Length of the table 2.74 metre (9 feet),
 Width of the table 1.52 metre (5 feet),
 Height of the table 76 cm,
 Weight of the ball 2.4 to 2.53 gram,
 Diametre of the ball 37.2 -38.2 mm,
 Colour of the ball white or yellow.
BASKETBALL
 Length of the court 28 metre,
 Width of the court 15 metre,
 Height of the basket from ground 3.05 metre,
 Weight of the ball 600 to 650 grams.
BADMINTON
 Length of the court-44 feet,
 Width-20 feet (for Doubles) and 17 feet (for Singles),
 Height of the net-5 feet,
 Weight of the Shuttle Cock-4.74 to 5.50 gram,
 Overall length of the Racket 680 mm (2.5 ft.) maximum,
 Overall width of the Racket-230 mm (9 inches) maximum,
 Overall length of the racket head-290 mm (11.5 inches) maximum,
 Weight of the racket-between 85 to 140 grams.
TENNIS
 Length of the court 78 feet or 23.77 m (singles),
 Width of the court 27 feet or 8.23 m (singles), 36 feet or 10.97 m (doubles),
 Height of the net 3 feet (0.914 m),
 Weight of the ball 56.0 to 59.4 gram,
 Maximum length of the frame of the racket 32 inches (81.28 cm),
 Colour of the ball White or yellow
POLO
 Length of the field -300 yards,
 Width of the field --150 yards,
 Distance between the goals -250 yards, Distance between the goal posts - 8 yards.
CHESS
 The number of squares on a chessboard: 64
 Colour of the squares : White and black,
 Number of same colour chess : 16
Golf
 Diameter of the hole : 4 inches
WATER POLO
 Length of ground 30 yards
 Breadth of ground 20 yards
BOXING
 Length and Width of the ring : [Square in shape] Minimum 4.9 X 4.9 m 2 and maximum 6.10 X 6.10 m2
MARATHON
 The distance of the marathon run : 26 mile 385 yards or 42.195 km.
 72.Famous Athletics Player of India
Name Sport Name Inderjeet Singh Shot Put
P.T. Usha Sprint Ankit Sharma Long Jump
DeepikaKumari Archery MuhammedAnas Yahiya Running
Milkha Singh Sprint Name Sport Name
Anju Bobby George Long Jump ArokiaRaji Track and Field Athletics
Tintu Luka Sports of Athletics Dharambir Singh Sprint
Dutee Chand Sprint Manish Singh Racewalker
Lalita Babar Track & Field Athletics M.D. Valsamma Sprint
O.P. Jaisha Track & Field Athletics AshwiniNachappa Sprint
K.M. Beenamol Hurdles AyyasamyDharun Hurdles
Khushbir Kaur Racewalker Manjeet Kaur Sprint
Sudha Singh Steeplechase Norman Pritchard Sprint
Shiny Abraham Sprint Jinson Johnson Sprint
 M.R. Poovamma Sprint PinkiPramanik Sprint
SapanaSapana Track and Field Athletics Ajmer Singh Sprint
Kamaljeet Sandhu Sprint
Wrestling
Sushil Kumar, YogeshwarDutt, Maruti Mane,Sakshi Malik, GeetaPhogat,VineshPhogat,The Great Khali,
Rajiv Tomer, KhashabaDadasahebJadhav, Udey Chand, HarishchandBirajdar, Narsingh, PanchamYadav,
Satpal Singh, Sandeep Tomar, BabitaKumari, Lila Ram, Chandgi Ram, SubhashVerma, Satya Wart Kadian,
RajkumarBaisla, Palwinder Singh Cheema, Hardeep Singh, AnujKuamr, BajrangPunia
 Kabbadi
Anup Kumar,Rakesh Kumar,ManjeetChillar, Ajay Thakur, Rahul Chaudhari, Pradeep Narwal, , Surender
Nada, Dharamraj Charlatan, Deepak NivasHudda, ShabeerBapuSharfudheen, Balwinder Singh, NitinGhule
 Gymnastics
DipaKarmakar, Aruna Reddy, Ashish Kumar
 Weight Lifting
MirabaiChanu, SathishSivalingam, AchintaSheuli, M. Raja, RakhiHalder
 Shooting
AbhinavBindra, GaganNarang, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, JituRai,Vijay Kumar, Anjali Bhagwat,
HeenaSindhu,Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Sanjeev Rajput,Samaresh Jung, ApurviChandela, Ayonika Paul,
JaspalRana, Prakash Nanjappa, Randhir Singh, Chain Singh, RonjanSodhi, JoydeepKarmakar, RahiSarnobat,
AvneetSindhu, Omkar Singh, TejaswiniSawant
 Golf
JeevMilkha Singh, Shubhankar Sharma, Jyothi Randhawa, AnirbanLahiri, Arjun Atwal,Sharmila Nicollet,
Shiv Kapur, Gaurav Ghei, Shiv Chawrasia, GaganjeetBhullar, Rashid Khan, HimmatRai, , Sujjan Singh
 Chess
ViswanathanAnand, Humpy Koneru, PentalaHarikrishna,BaskaranAdhiban,DibyenduBarua,
RohiniKhadilkar, ParimarjanNegi,Krishnan Sasikiran, Surya ShekhGanguly, Abhijeet Gupta, HarikaDronavalli,
Tania Sachdev, Geetha Narayan Gopal, MageshChandranPanchanathan, Manuel Aaron, Praveen Thipsay,
AbhijitKunte, SubbaramanVijayalakshmi, Ramachandra Ramesh, DarpanInani, Hetul Shah, RuchaPujari,
PrathameshMokal,
 Car Racing
NarainKarthikeyan, ArmaanEbrahim, Karun Chandhok
 Archery
DeepikaKumari, JayantaTalukdar, TarundeepRai, Bombayla Devi Laishram, Dola Banerjee, Atanu Das,
Limba Ram,LaxmiraniMajhi, ChekrovoluSwuro, Mangal Singh Champia, JyothiSurekhaVennam,
PurnimaMahato, ShyamLalMeena, PranithaVardhineni, AbhishekVerma, Rajat Chauhan, Rahul Banerjee,
 Squash
Cyrus Poncha, Ritwik Bhattacharya, SauravGhosal, JoshnaChinappa, Janet Vidhi, SiddharthSuchde,
DipikaPallikalKarthik
 Table Tennis
Sharath Kamal, Soumyajit Ghosh, ManikaBatra, Anthony Amalraj, Kamlesh Mehta, Mouma Das,
ChetanBaboor, SubhajitSaha, PoulomiGhatak, InduPuri, MamtaPrabhu, Ankita Das, Venugopal Chandrasekhar,
MonalisaBaruah Mehta.
 Swimming
VirdhawalKhade, Sajan Prakash, Sandeep Sejwal, ShikhaTandon, RehanPoncha, Bhakti Sharma, Sachin
Nag, Bula Choudhury, MihirSen, Khajan Singh, Deepa Malik, Dolly Nazir.
 Billiards and Snooker
PankajAdvani, GeetSethi, Ashok Sandilya, Michael Ferreira, Wilson Jones
 Mountaineers
Premlatha Agarwal, Kalpana Dash, ChhandaGayen, Ganesh Jena, Harish Kapadia, Colonel Narendra
Kumar,Tashi and Nungshi Malik, MalliMastanBabu, Ratnesh Pandey, Bachendri Pal,TsewangPaljor,
KrushnaaPatil, JaahnaviSriperambuduru, SatyarupSiddhanta, Arjun Vajpai, Santosh Yadav
 Judo
GarimaChaudhary, KhumujamTombi, Devi Navjot Chana, Avtar Singh, Akram Shah, ShushilaLikmabam
 Rowing
DattuBabanBhokanal, BajrangLalTakhar, Dushyant Chauhan,Sawarn Singh, Manjeet Singh,
PaulosePandariKunnel

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73. Nicknames of Famous Sports Personalities

Player Nicknames Player Nicknames
Major Dhyanchand The Wizard of Hockey Paes and Bhupati Indian Express
P.T. Usha Payyoli Express, Golden Pele Black Pearl
Girl, Udanpari, Asia’s Sprint Andre Agassi The Punisher, Las Vegas
Queen Kid
Mary Kom Magnificent Mary, Super Sachin Tendulkar God of Cricket, Master
Mom Blaster
Milkha Singh The Flying Sikh Sunil Gavaskar Little Master, Sunny
Saurav Ganguly Prince of Calcutta, Bengal Don Bradman The Don
Tiger Kapil Dev Haryana Hurricane
Leander Paes Pocket Dynamo M. S. Dhoni Mahi, MS
Rahul Dravid The Wall, Jammy Virat Kohli Chiku
Viswanathan Anand Lightening Kid, Vishy Virender Sehwag Viru, Nawab of Nazafgarh,
Harbhajan Singh The Turbanator Sultan of Multan
Shoaib Akhtar Rawalpindi Express Anil Kumble Jumbo
Michael Phelps Flying Fish Shane Warne Spin King, Warnie
Ian Thorpe Thorpedo, Thorpie, Muttiah Muralitharan Murali
Thorpeiy Ricky Ponting Punter

74. Famous Cricket Personalities in India

Name of the Famous For / Known Kapil Dev India’s best all-rounder
Crickter as Javagal Srinath India’s leading pacer for a
Sachin Tendulkar God of Cricket, Holds long time
most of the batting records Harbhajan Singh Best Indian off-spinner
Sunil Gavaskar The little master Zaheer Khan India’s best left-handed
Rahul Dravid The Wall fast bowler
Sourav Ganguly The best Indian captain MS Dhoni The best finisher
Virender Sehwag India’s finest opener Mohinder Amarnath Scored first test century
Anil Kumble India’s highest wicket for India
taker Virat Kohli Next legend in making
Yuvraj Singh
 First player to take a 5-wicket haul and score a 50 in the World Cup matches.
 First player to hit 6 sixes in a T20 World Cup
R.C Ashwin
 The fastest Indian bowler to the milestone of 100 wickets in 18 test match and the fastest in the world in
over 80 years
Gambhir
 Only Indian batsman to have scored more than 300 runs in four consecutive Test series
Famous Badminton Players of India
P. V. Sindhu, Prakash Padukone, Dipankar Bhattacharya, Pullela Gopichand, Parupalli Kashyap, Saina Nehwal,
Chetan Anand , Anup Sridhar, Aparna Popat, Jwala Gutta, Nandu M. Natekar, Ashwini Ponnappa, Syed Modi
Famous Tennis Players
Sania Mirza, Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Vijay Amritraj, Somdev Devvarman, Ramanathan Krishnan, Yuki
Bhambri, Rohan Bopanna, Ramesh Krishnan, Anand Amritraj, Akhtar Ali, Cotah Ramaswami, Zeeshan Ali
Famous Hockey Players of India
Dhyan Chand, Dhanraj Pillay, Yuraj Walmiki, Sardara Singh , Ajit Pal Singh , Viren Rasquinha, Mohammed
Shahid, Gagan Ajit Singh, Dilip Tirkey, Akashdeep Singh, Deepika Thakur, Rani Rampal, Gurmail Singh, Deepak
Thakur
Famous Football Players in India
Sunil Cheetri, Bhaichung Bhutia, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, I.M. Vijayan, Sailen Manna, Romeo Fernandes
Pradip Kumar Banerjee, Chuni Goswami, Carlton Chapman, Subrata Pal, Costha Pal, Neville D’Souza
Famous Boxing Players in India
Vijendra Singh, Mary Kom, Vikas Krishan Yadav, Mohammed Ali Qamar, Akhil Kumar, Hawa Singh, Jitender
Kumar, Pinki Rani, Zoramthanga

75. CRICKET - ICC World Cup 2019

VANUE- England and Wales Man of the Match- Ben Stokes
WINNER TEAM- England RUNNER TEAM- New Zealand
[Objective Questions on World Cup Cricket History frequently asked in SSC, CDS, NDA, PSC,
Railways and other competitive examinations]
1. Who won the Cricket World Cup in 1979 by defeating England in the final?
(a) Australia (b) India (c) West Indies (d) Pakistan
2. In the World Cup History which country has won Cricket World Cup maximum number of times?
(a) West Indies (b) Australia (c) India (d) Pakistan
3. Whom did India defeated in the final to win the Cricket World Cup in 1983?
(a) Australia (b) England (c) West Indies (d) Pakistan
4. Who won Man of the Match award in the final of the Cricket World Cup in 1983?
(a) Mohinder Amarnath (b) Kapil Dev (c) Sunil Gavaskar (d) K. Srikanth
5. Which country host the Cricket World Cup in the year 1999?
(a) India, Pakistan & Sri Lanka (b) Australia & New Zealand
(c) West Indies (d) England
6. Who is the highest run scorer in a single Cricket World Cup?
(a) Ricky Ponting (b) Adam Gilchrist (c) Sachin Tendulkar (d) M. S. Dhoni
7. In which year, overs in Cricket World Cup reduced to 50 from 60?
(a) 1986 (b) 1987 (c) 1988 (d) 1989
8. Which one of the following cricketers has represented 2 different countries in ICC Cricket World Cup?
(a) Kepler Wessels (b) Gary Sobers (c) Kevin Peterson (d) Ian Botham
9. Who hold the record of taking 4 wickets in 4 consecutive balls in Cricket World Cup?
(a) Shane Warne (b) Wasim Akram (c) Chetan Sharma (d) Lasith Malinga
10. Who set a world record in Cricket World Cup of hitting 6 sixes in an over against Netherlands spinner
Dan Van Bunge?
(a) Jacques Kallis (b) Herschelle Gibbs (c) Yuvraj Singh (d) Virender Sehwag

[Answers - 1(c), 2(b), 3(c), 4(a), 5(d), 6(c), 7(b), 8(a), 9(d) and 10(b).]

76. FOOTBALL
Highlights of FIFA Football World Cup 2018
1. FIFA Golden Boot award: Harry Kane, England. (He scored six goals in the tournament.)
2. FIFA Golden Ball award: Luka Modric, Croatia.
3. FIFA Golden Glove award: Thibaut Courtois, Belgium.
4. FIFA Fair Play Award: Spain
5. FIFA Young Player Award: Kylian Mbappe, France.
Year Winners Runners-up Venue Location
2018 France Croatia Luzhniki Stadium Moscow, Russia

[Objective Questions on World Cup Football frequently asked in SSC, CDS, NDA, PSC, Railways
and other competitive examinations]
1. Which of the following country won the FIFA Football World Cup 2018?
(a) Croatia (b) Argentina (c) Brazil (d) France
2. Which of the following country host the first Football World Cup?
(a) Uruguay (b) England (c) Brazil (d) France
3. Who was the first team to qualify for the 2014 World Cup (excluding Brazil)?
(a) Australia (b) Japan (c) Netherlands (d) Germany
4. What was the name of the first World Cup trophy?
(a) Jules Rimet trophy (b) Rodolphe Seeldrayers trophy
(c) Daniel Burley Woolfall trophy (d) Arthur Drewry trophy
5. Which country won the Football World Cup maximum number of times?
(a) Argentina (b) Germany (c) Brazil (d) Italy
6. Which of the following country reached Football World Cup final thrice but could never won the cup?
(a) Netherlands (b) Czechoslovakia (c) Hungary (d) Sweden
7. Which of the following country won the Football World Cup in 2014?
 (a) Brazil (b) Argentina (c) Spain (d) Germany
8. Which is the only nation to have participated in every Football World Cup finals tournament?
(a) France (b) Uruguay (c) Germany (d) Brazil
9. Who hold the record of scoring maximum number of goals in Football World Cup?
(a) Ronaldo (b) Miroslav Klose (c) Gerd Müller (d) Just Fontaine
10. Who won the Golden Ball award for best player in 2014 FIFA Football World Cup?
(a) Thomas Müller (b) Miroslav Klose (c) James Rodriguez (d) Lionel Messi
11. Who won the Golden Boot award for best player in 2014 FIFA Football World Cup?
(a) Thomas Müller (b) Miroslav Klose (c) James Rodriguez (d) Lionel Messi

[Answers - 1(d), 2(a), 3(b), 4(a), 5(c), 6(a), 7(d), 8(d), 9(b), 10(d) and 11(c).]

77. HOCKEY
Year Winners Runners-up Venue
2018 Belgium Netherlands Odisha, India

[Objective Questions on Hockey frequently asked in SSC, CDS, NDA, PSC, Railways and other
competitive examinations]
1. First Hockey World Cup was held in the year?
(a) 1970 (b) 1971 (c) 1972 (d) 1973
2. Who has won Hockey World Cup maximum number of times?
(a) India (b) Australia (c) Pakistan (d) Germany
3. 2014 Hockey World Cup was held at?
(a) New Delhi (b) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (c) Buenos Aires, Argentina (d) The Hague, Netherlands
4. In which year India won the Hockey World Cup?
(a) 1974 (b) 1975 (c) 1976 (d) 1977
5. India won its first Olympic Gold in Hockey in the year?
(a) 1928 (b) 1932 (c) 1936 (d) 1948
6. Till date how many Olympic Gold India has won?
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9
7. Where was Hockey World Cup 2010 held?
(a) Chennai (b) Chandigarh (c) Mumbai (d) New Delhi
8. Which of the following country won the Hockey World Cup 2010?
(a) Australia (b) Pakistan (c) Germany (d) Netherlands
9. At which place India finish in the Hockey World Cup 2010?
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
10. Which of the following term is associated with Hockey?
(a) Tee (b) Corner (c) Deuce (d) Upper Cut

[Answers - 1(b), 2(c), 3(d), 4(b), 5(a), 6(c), 7(d), 8(a), 9(d) and 10(b).]
 78. Important Question & Answer : Related To Sports
Question Answer
Who became India's second Grand Master in Chess after Vishwanathan Dibyendu Barua.
Anand?
What is the beginning level in Karate? White Belt.
What is the national sport of India? Hockey.
What is the national game of China? Table Tennis.
The term Grand Slam is associated with? Lawn Tennis.
Who was the first Test centurion in Indian Cricket? Lala Amarnath.
Who broke Pete Sampras's record of maximum Grand Slams in tennis? Roger Federer.
In Volley ball, the number of players on each side is? 6.
Saina Nehwal is associated with which sport? Badminton.
The first man to swim across the Palk straits is? Mihir Sen.
The game of Cricket originated in which country? Britain.
The term Googly is associated with which sports? Cricket.
First ever Commonwealth Games were held in 1930 in? Hamilton Ontario,
Canada
India first took part in the olympic games in the year? 1920.
Who was adjudicated as the man of the series in the tournament of ICC Yuvraj Singh
World Cup 2011?
The head quarters of International Olympic Committee is at? Lausanne in
Switzerland.
The 2014 football world cup is scheduled to be held in? Brazil.
Who was the first Indian to win the World Amateur Billiards title? Wilson Jones.
In which year did Milkha Singh win the first National title in the 400 m race? 1957.
Who was the 1st ODI captain for India? Ajit Wadekar.
The 'Dronacharya Award' is given to? Coaches.
In which Indian state did the game of Polo originate? Manipur.
Which cricketer died on the field in Bangladesh while playing for Abahani Raman Lamba.
Club?
The Indian football team made its first appearance at Olympics in the year? 1948.
Who was the first captain of Indian Test team? C K Nayudu.
Who has scored most number of Test hundreds? Sachin Tendulkar.
Who is the highest wicket taker in Test cricket? Muttiah Muralitharan.
Who was the first Indian to win an individual medal in Olympics? K.D.Jadhav.
What is the national game of USA? Baseball.
The term 'Back-Stroke', 'Breast-Stroke' and 'Butterfly Stroke' are associated Swimming.
with which sports?
The inaugural World Test Cricket Championship will take place in 2017 in England.
which country?
Name the cricketer who became the youngest Batsman to score 7000 Alastair Cook.
Runs?
'Dhanraj Pillay' was associated with which sports? Hockey.
A Pugilist is a? Boxer.
Michael Phelps, who won the highest number of gold medals in Olympic Mark Spitz.
Games in 2008 and 2012, broke the record of?
'Green Park', where test cricket is played, is located in which state? Kanpur.
Davis Cup is related to which sports? Lawn Tennis.
Number of players in a team of Water Polo is? 7
'Prince of Wales Cup' is associated with the game of? Golf.
The first Indian to win PGA title of golf is? Arjun Atwal.
The First Asian Games was held in which country? India.
How many players play in a Kabaddi team? 7
Vijender Singh is associated with which sports? Boxing.
Gagan Narang is associated with which sports? Shooting.
Sushil Kumar is associated with which sports? Wrestling.
2018 FIFA World Cup would be held in? Russia.
Whom did India beat in the final to clinch the 1983 cricket world cup? West Indies.
The highest paid footballer of the world is? Lionel Messi.
Bull Fighting is the national game of which country? Spain.
The top sports award of India is? Rajiv Gandhi Khel
Ratna award.
B. C. Gupta Trophy is associated with? Basketball
The Olympic flag was solemnly inaugurated in? Paris in June 1914
How much time are professional Golf Tour players allotted per shot? 45 seconds
India won its first Olympic Gold in Hockey in the year? 1928
The terms Bolting, Cannon, Cue are used in? Billiards

79. First in Sport & Details

The first Indian to win an individual medal at the Olympic K D Jadhav in wrestling in 1952
Olympics at Helsinki
The first Indian to win a gold medal at the Olympic Abhinav Bindra
The first Indian Cricketer to score a triple century Virendra Sehwag
The first Indian Cricketer to take hat trick in Test Cricket Harbhajan Singh
The first Indian to win the Wimbledon junior singles title Ramanathan Krishnan in 1954
The first Indian to achieve a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles Mahesh Bhupathi
The first Indian Cricket Test match at Lord's India vs England in 1932
The first Indian Cricket Captain in Test C K Naidu in 1932
The first Indian Cricketer to score a century Lala Amarnath in 1933
The first Indian Cricketer to take hat trick in One Day Cricket Chetan Sharma
The first Indian Formula 1 race driver Narain Karthikeyan
The first Indian Formula 1 team Force India
The first Indian Batsman to complete 10000 runs in Test Cricket Sunil Gavaskar
The first Indian Batsman to complete 10000 runs in One Day Cricket Sachin Tendulkar
The first Indian world champion in Billiards Wilson Jones
The first Indian Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand
The first Indian to win the FIDE World Chess Championship Vishwanathan Anand
The first Indian to win the All England Badminton Championship Prakash Padukone
The first Indian gymnast to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games Ashish Kumar
The first Indian woman Chess Grandmaster S Vijaylakshmi
First Olympic team medal of India Gold in Hockey at 1928 Olympics
at Amsterdam beating Netherlands
The first Indian to win an individual medal at the Olympic in British Norman Pritchard in 1900
India
Youngest Indian to win the Grandmaster title Parimarjan Negi (13 years 3
months and 22 days)
Youngest Captain of Indian Test Cricket team Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
The first Indian to swim across the English Channel Mihir Sen
The first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel Arti Saha
The first woman in the world to swim across the seven seas Bula Chaudhary
The first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games Kamaljit Sandhu
The first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam title Sania Mirza
The first Indian woman to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Karnam Malleswari
The first cricketer to be awarded the Arjuna Award Salim Durrani
The first Indian woman to win the World Junior Badminton Saina Nehwal
Championships
The first Indian to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Vishwanathan Anand
The first Indian woman to win an individual medal at the Olympic Karnam Malleswari
The first Indian to win a Grand Slam title Mahesh Bhupathi (French Open
mixed doubles in 1997)
The first Indian to win medals at two consecutive Olympic Games Sushil Kumar
The first Indian woman to win a medal in Boxing at Olympic Games Mary Kom
The first Indian woman to win a medal in Badminton at Olympic Saina Nehwal
Games
The first Indian to be a five time world boxing champion Mary Kom
The first Indian woman shooter to win gold medal in World Shooting Tejaswani Sawant
Championship
The first Indian man to win medal in Boxing at Olympic Games Vijender Singh
The first Indian Cricket Captain in ODI Ajit Wadekar

80. Miscellaneous
 Squash, Lawn Tennis, Badminton and Table Tennis are the sports which involve use of Rackets.
 The famous Golden Ball Award is presented in Football.
 The Lords cricket ground in London (UK) is known as the ’Mecca of Cricket’.
 ’Chinlone’ is considered as national sports of Myanmar.
 The first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics is Dipa Karmakar.
 Kolkata is known by the name ’Mecca of Indian football’. ’Ring’ is the place Where Boxing is played.
 ’Brazil’ has won the most number of FIFA World Cup. Boat race is a special feature of ’Onam’ festival.
 ’Anil Kumble’ is the only Indian bowler to take more than 500 Test Wickets.
 The paintings done on walls and rock surfaces like roofs and sides are called ’Mural’.
 Ganga Devi, Baua Devi and Bharti Dayal belong to Madhubani Painting.
 Thaipusam festival is celebrated by Tamil community.
 Awadhi language was used by Tulsidas for Ramcharitmanas.
 Bhimbetka is famous for ’cave rock paintings.
 Rabindranath Tagore is the first Asian to receive the prestigious Nobel Prize.
 Rajasthan is the state famous for its tie and dye fabrics called Bandhni.
 ’Gair’ folk-dance form relates to Rajasthan. Pulitzer Prize is given in the field of Journalism.
 One caste, One Religion, One God for Man is the teaching of-Shree Narayan Guru.
 Grammy Award is given in the field of Music
 Arundhati Roy had received the Booker Prize for the book ’The God of Small Things’.
 The Kangra school of painting is related to the state of Himachal Pradesh.
 The most ancient language of our country is Sanskrit. ’Raag Bhairavi’ is an evening Raag.
 The Amaravati School of art developed under the patronage of the Satvahanas of Andhra.
 Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, who has been conferred With first ’World Sanskrit Award’ belongs to
’Thailand’.
 Mahabaleshwar Sail won Saraswati Samman for work in ’Konkani’ language. Among Nanded,
Keshgarh Sahib, Patna Sahib and
 Nankana Sahib, the places of Sikh religion heritage, Nankana Sahib is not in India. It is in Pakistan.
 The Cannes Award is given for excellence in the field of Films.
 Sundarji Doctrine was made up of seven defensive ’holding corps’ of Indian Army deployed near
’Pakistan’.
 The largest city of Pakistan is Karachi.
 Began city, the worlds largest and densest concentration of Buddhist temples, pagodas, stupas and
ruins is situated in Myanmar.
 The first Prime Minister of Pakistan was-Liaquat Ali Khan.
 Karachi is said to be the economic capital of Pakistan. Khanjar is joint military exercise between India
and Kyrgyzstan.
 Ravi is not among the 3 rivers of Indus water system over Which Pakistan got control under Indus
Water Treaty with India. The other two rivers are Chenab and Jhelum.
 The number of permanent members in the UN Security Council is five (5).
 The United Nations officially came into existance in the year-‘1945’.
 India signed an agreement with Germany to improve grid integration of renewable energy.
 India agrees to boost joint infra projects with Nepal. "
 Gwadar is the deep water port being constructed in Pakistan (on south western coast of Bolochistan),
by the China.
 Cobra Gold is the largest Asia-Pacific military exercise held each year.
 Al-Nagah is the bilateral exercise of army of India and Oman.