New Zones that were created on 10th October, 2002

North Western Railway	Jaipur
East Central Railway	Hajipur

Old Zones as they are after April, 2003

Western Railway	Mumbai
Central Railway	Mumbai
Easter Railway	Kolkata
Southern Railway	Chennai
Northern Railway	New Delhi
North Eastern Railway	Gorakhpur
South Central Railway	Secumderabad
South Eastern Railway	Kolkata
North-East	Guwahati

New Zones that was created on 2010

Kolkata-Metro

Kolkata

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Durand Line is the line demarcating the boundaries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. It was drawn up in 1896 by Sir Mortimer Durand.
Hindenburg Line is the boundary dividing Germany and Poland. The Germans retreated to this line in 1917 during World War I.
Mason-dixon Line is a line of demarcation between four states in the United States.
Marginal Line was the 320 km line of fortification built by France along its border with Germany before World War II, to protect its boundary from German attack.
Mannerheim Line is the line of fortification on the Russia-Finland border. Drawn up by General Mannerheim.
Macmahon Line was drawn up by Sir. Henry MacMahon, demarcating the frontier of India and China. China did not recognize the MacMahon line and crossed it in 1962.
Medicine Line is the border between Canada and the United States.
Order-neisse Line is the border between Poland and Germany, running along the Order and Beisse rivers, adopted at the poland Conference (August 1945) after

World War II.

Radcliffe Line was drawn up by Sir Cyril Radcliffe, demarcating the boundary between India and Pakistan.
Siegfried Line is the line of fortification drawn up by Germany on its border with France.
17th Parallel defined the boundary between North Vietnam and South Vietnam before the two were united.
24th Parallel is the line which Pakistan claims for demarcation between India and Pakistan. This, however, is not recognized by India.
26th Parallel south is a circle of latitude which croses through Africa, Australia and South America.
30TH PARALLEL north is a line of latitude that stands one-third of the way between the equator and the North Pole.
33rd Parallel north is a circle of latitude which cuts through the southeren United States, parts of North Africa, parts of the Middle East, and China.
35th Parallel north forms the boundary between the State of North Carolina and the State of Georgia and the boundary between the State of Tennessee arid the State of Georgia the State of Alabama, and the State of Mississippi.
36030’ Parallel north forms the boundary between the Tennessee and Commonwealth of Kentucky between the Tennessee River and the Mississippi River, the boundary between Missiouri and Arkansas west of the White River, and the northernmost boundary between the Texas and the Oklahoma.
37th Parallel north formed the southern boundary of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson.
38th Parallel is the parallel of latitude which separates North Korea and South Korea.
39th Parallel north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 39 degrees north of the Earth’s equatorial plane.
40th Parallel north formed the original northern boundary of the British Colony of Maryland.
41th Parallel north forms the northern boundary of the State of Colorado with Nebraska and Wyoming and the southern boundary of the State of Wyoming with Colorado and Utah.
42nd Parallel north forms most of the New York - Pennsylania Border.
43rd Parallel north forms most of the boundary between the State of Nebraska and the State of South Dakota and also formed the northern border of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson.
The Parallel 440 north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 44 degrees north of the Earth’s equatorial plane.
45th Parallel north is often called the halfway point between the Equator and the North Pole. The 45th parallel makes up most of the boundary between Montana and Wyoming. 45th parallel of south latitude is the east-west line that marks the theoretical halfway point between the equator and the South Pole.
49th Parallel is the boundary between USA and Canada.

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No. 1	Delhi and Amritsar (via Ambala and Jaulandhar)
No. 1A	Julandhar and Uri (via Madhavpur, Jammu, Srinagar and Baramula)
No.1B	Batot and Kishtwar (via Doda)
No.2	Delhi and Kalkata(via Mathura and Varanasi)
No. 3	Agra and Mumbai (via Gwalior and Nasik)
No.4	Thane and Chennai (via Pune, Belgaum, Hubli, Bangaluru and Ranipet)
No.4A	Belgaum to Panji
No.5	Behragoda and Chennai (via Cuttack, Vishakhapatnam and Vijaywada)
No.6	Dhuria and Kolkata (via Nagpur, Raipur and Sambalpu)
No.7	Varanasi and Kanyakumari (via Nagpur, Bangaluru and Maduria)
No.8	Delhi and Mumbai (via jaipur, Ahmedabad and Vadodara)
No. 8A	Ahmedabad and Kandia (via Morbi)
No.9	Pune and vijayawada (via Sholapur and Hyderabad)
No.10	Delhi and Farika proceeding to Indo-Pak border
No.11	Agra and Bikaner (via Jaipur)
No.12	Jabalpur and Jaipur (via Bhopal and Kota)
No.13	Sholapur and Chitradurg
No.15	Pathankot and Kandla (via Amritsar, Ganganagar and Jaisalmer)
No.17	Punvel and Karngaur (via Karwar and Calicut)
No.21	Chandigarh and Manali (via Bilaspur, Mandi and Kulu)
No. 22	Ambala and Shonia La on Indo-China border (via Shimla and Narkanda)
No.23	Chaus and Teacher (via Ranchi and Rourkela)
No.24	Delhi and Lunknow (via Bareilly)
No.25	Lucknow and Shivpuri (via kanpur and Jhansi)
No.26	Jhansi and Launaceen
No.27	Allahabad and Varanasi
No.28	Barauni and Lucknow (via Gorakhpur)
No.29	Gorakhpur to Varanasi (via Gazipur)
No.30	Mohanis and Bactnarpur (via Patna
No.31	Barhi and Pandunda Purnea and Siligudi
No.31 A	Sivok and Gangtok
No.31B	North Salmara and Golpara
No.32	Gobindpur and Jamshedpur (via Dhanbad)
No.33	Barhi and Bargoda (via Ranchi and Jamshedpur)
No.34	Daikola and Kolkata (via Behrampur)
No.36	Naogaon and Dimapur
No.37	Golpada and Saikhowa Ghat (via Guwahati and Jorhat)
No. 38	Makum and Lechapani (via Ledo)
No. 39	Numaligam and indo-Myanmar border (via lmphal)
No.40	Jorhat and Indo-Bangladesh border (via Shillong)
No.41	Golaghat and Haldia port
No.42	Sambalpur and Cuttack (via Ongul)
No.43	Raipur and Vijaynagar
No.44	Shillong and Agartala (via Badarpur)
No.45	Chennai and Dindigul (via Tiruchirapalli)
No.46	Krishnagar and Ranipet
No.47	Salem and Kanyakumari (via Coimbatore and Thiruvananthapuram)
No.48	Bangaluru and Mangalore (via Hassan)
No.49	Madurai and Dhanushkodi
No.50	Nasik and Pune
No.52	Behra and Sitamani (via Tejpur, Passighat and Teju)
No.52A	Bander and Itanagar (via Deva)
No.53	Badarpur and Silchar (via Jirighat and Imphal)
No.54	Silchar and Lundel (via Aizwal)

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SSC CGL TIER-1 Result 2017

Combined Graduate Level Examination, 2016 - Declaration of Final Result

Combined Graduate Level Exam., 2016 (Final Result) List Of The Candidates In Roll no.

The result of Tier-II of Combined Graduate Level Examination, 2016 was declared on 28.02.2016. Based on the result of CGL(Tier-II) Exam, 2016, the numbers of candidates provisionally qualified for appearing in the Tier-III/Tier-IV/Skill Test (i.e. CPT/DEST) /

Document Verification were as follows:-

List-I: Assistant Audit Officer: 4,796
List-II: Assistant Section Officer in CSS and MEA: 15,030
List-III: Junior Statistical Officer: 1,254
List-IV: All posts (except AAO, ASO/Assistant (in MEA and CSS) and Junior Statistical Officer : 35,089

2. In all, 35,906 candidates were qualified in Tier-II including those candidates who qualified in more than one List.

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LIST OF THE CANDIDATES IN ROLLNO. ORDER RECOMMENDED FOR APPOINTMENT FOR THE POST OF ASSISTANT AUDIT OFFICER (AAO) (LIST-1)

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SSC CPO Exam Paper - 2017 "held on 01 July 2017" Shift-1

(Quantitative Aptitude)

QID : 101 - If N = (√7 - √3)/(√7 + √3), then what is the value of N + (1/N)?

Options:

1) 2√2
2) 5
3) 10
4) 13

Correct Answer: 5

QID : 102 - What is the simplified value of (2 + 1)(2² + 1)(2⁴ + 1)(2⁸ + 1)?

Options:

1) 28 - 1
2) 216 - 1
3) 232 - 1
4) 264 - 1

Correct Answer: 216 - 1

QID : 103 - Which one among √10 + √4, √11 + √3, √7 + √7 is the smallest number?

Options:

1) √10 + √4
2) √11 + √3
3) √7 + √7
4) All are equal

Correct Answer: √11 + √3

QID : 104 - What is the smallest value that must be added to 709, so that the resultant is a perfect square?

Options:

1) 8
2) 12
3) 20
4) 32

Correct Answer: 20

QID : 105 - If 34N is divisible by 11, then what is the value of N?

Options:

1) 1
2) 3
3) 4
4) 9

Correct Answer: 1

QID : 106 - P is four times as efficient as Q. P can complete a work in 45 days less than Q. If both of them work together, then in how many days the work will be completed?

Options:

1) 10
2) 12
3) 15
4) 30

Correct Answer: 12

QID : 107 - Two inlet pipes can fill a cistern in 10 and 12 hours respectively and an outlet pipe can empty 80 gallons of water per hour. All the three pipes working together can fill the empty cistern in 20 hours. What is the capacity (in gallons) of the tank?

Options:

1) 360
2) 300
3) 600
4) 900

Correct Answer: 600

QID : 108 - What will be the net discount (in percentage) after two successive discounts of 40% and 20%?

Options:

1) 60
2) 68
3) 52
4) 42

Correct Answer: 52

QID : 109 - An article is sold for Rs 6552 after a discount of 22%. What is the marked price (in Rs) of the article?

Options:

1) 8450
2) 8425
3) 8400
4) 8750

Correct Answer: 8400

QID : 110 - If 2A = 3B and 3B = 2C, then what is A : B : C?

Options:

1) 3 : 2 : 3
2) 2 : 3 : 2
3) 1 : 3 : 1
4) 2 : 3 : 2

Correct Answer: 3 : 2 : 3

QID : 111 - Raman, Manan and Kamal are partners and invest in a business such that Raman invests 2/5th of total and Manan invest 3/8th of the total. What is the ratio of profit of Raman, Manan and Kamal respectively

Options:

1) 16 : 15 : 9
2) 16 : 15 : 31
3) 2 : 3 : 5
4) 15 : 16 : 9

Correct Answer: 16 : 15 : 9

QID : 112 - What is the average of the squares of the first 19 natural numbers?

Options:

1) 124
2) 127.5
3) 130
4) 133.5

Correct Answer: 130

QID : 113 - In a match, average of runs scored by 5 players is 49. If the runs scored by four players are 75, 30, 62 and 21 respectively, then how many runs did the 5th player had scored?

Options:

1) 43
2) 49
3) 57
4) 89

Correct Answer: 57

QID : 114 - A man bought 15 mangoes for a rupee. How many mangoes were sold for a rupee so that there is a loss of 25%?

Options:

1) 10
2) 12
3) 18
4) 20

Correct Answer: 20

QID : 115 - By selling a fan for Rs 1900 a man has a loss of 5%, then at what price (in Rs) should he sell the fan to gain 20%?

Options:

1) 2000
2) 2400
3) 2600
4) 2800

Correct Answer: 2400

QID : 116 - If 40% of a number is 290, then what is the number which is 20% more than the initial number?

Options:

1) 870
2) 725
3) 825
4) 680

Correct Answer: 870

QID : 117 - The price of table depreciates every year by 20%. If the value of the table after 2 years will be Rs 32000, then what is the present price (in Rs) of the table?

Options:

1) 48000
2) 44000
3) 50000
4) 51000

Correct Answer: 50000

QID : 118 -

Options:

1) 28
2) 35
3) 42
4) 64

Correct Answer: 42

QID : 119 - A bus starts running with the initial speed of 33 km/hr and its speed increases every hour by certain amount. If it takes 7 hours to cover a distance of 315 km, then what will be hourly increment (in km/hr) in the speed of the bus?

Options:

1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4

Correct Answer: 4

QID : 120 - What is the compound interest (in Rs) on Rs 12500 at the rate of 12% per annum compounded yearly for 2 years?

Options:

1) 3000
2) 2980
3) 3050
4) 3180

Correct Answer: 3180

QID : 121 - An amount was lent for two years at the rate of 20% per annum compounding annually. Had the compounding been done half yearly, the interest would have increased by 241. What was the amount (in Rs) lent?

Options:

1) 10000
2) 12000
3) 20000
4) 24000

Correct Answer: 10000

QID : 122 -

What is the ratio of male and female population respectively in 2015?

Options:

1) 12 : 7
2) 5 : 7
3) 7 : 5
4) 5 : 3

Correct Answer: 7 : 5

QID : 123 -

In 2016 male population is how much percent more than the female population?

Options:

1) 25
2) 20
3) 23
4) 28

Correct Answer: 25

QID : 124 -

In 2014 female population is what percent of total population?

Options:

1) 62.96
2) 37.03
3) 20
4) 31.13

Correct Answer: 37.03

QID : 125 -

Female population in 2015 is what percent of female population in 2014?

Options:

1) 25
2) 80
3) 150
4) 125

Correct Answer: 125

QID : 126 - If diagonals of a rhombus are 16 cm and 30 cm. then what is the perimeter (in cm) of the rhombus?

Options:

1) 32
2) 64
3) 34
4) 68

Correct Answer: 68

QID : 127 - The ratio of curved surface area of two cones is 1 : 4 and the ratio of slant height of the two cones is 2 : 1. What is the ratio of the radius of the two cones?

Options:

1) 1 : 2
2) 1 : 4
3) 1 : 8
4) 1 : 1

Correct Answer: 1 : 8

QID : 128 - Radius of hemisphere is twice that of a sphere. What is the ratio of total surface area of hemisphere and sphere?

Options:

1) 3 : 1
2) 12 : 1
3) 4 : 1
4) 6 : 1

Correct Answer: 3 : 1

QID : 129 - A solid cylinder having radius of base as 7 cm and length as 20 cm is bisected from its height to get two identical cylinders. What will be the percentage increase in the total surface area?

Options:

1) 29.78
2) 25.93
3) 27.62
4) 32.83

Correct Answer: 25.93

QID : 130 - If the perimeter of a rhombus is 80 cm and one of its diagonal is 24 cm, then what is the area (in cm2) of the rhombus?

Options:

1) 218
2) 192
3) 384
4) 768

Correct Answer: 384

QID : 131 - If (p² + q²)/(r² + s²) = (pq)/(rs), then what is the value of (p - q)/(p + q) in terms of r and s?

Options:

1) (r + s) /(r - s)
2) (r - s) /(r + s)
3) (r + s) /(rs)
4) (rs) /(r - s)

Correct Answer: (r - s) /(r + s)

QID : 132 - If the expression (px³ - 8x² - qx + 1) is completely divisible by the expression (3x² - 4x + 1), then what will be the value of p and q respectively?

Options:

1) (21/4, 15/8)
2) (6, 1)
3) (33/4, 5/4)
4) (1, 6)

Correct Answer: (33/4, 5/4)

QID : 133 - If a = 2017, b = 2016 and c = 2015, then what is the value of a² + b² + c² - ab - bc - ca?

Options:

1) -2
2) 0
3) 3
4) 4

Correct Answer: 3

QID : 134 -

Options:

1) 3
2) 7
3) 11
4) 18

Correct Answer: 18

Options:

1) 1
2) 3
3) 0
4) 21

Correct Answer: 21

QID : 136 - In ΔPQR, ∠P : ∠Q : ∠R = 2 : 2 : 5. A line parallel to QR is drawn which touches PQ and PR at A and B respectively. What is the value of ∠PBA - ∠PAB?

Options:

1) 60
2) 30
3) 24
4) 36

Correct Answer: 60

Options:

1) 5
2) 10
3) 15
4) 20

Correct Answer: 10

QID : 138 - If ΔDEF is right angled at E, DE = 15 and ∠DFE = 60°, then what is the value of EF?

Options:

1) 5√3
2) 5
3) 15
4) 30

Correct Answer: 5√3

QID : 139 -

Options:

1) 80
2) 64
3) 124
4) 72

Correct Answer: 64

Options:

1) 3√2
2) 4√3
3) 3√5
4) 3√3

Correct Answer: 3√5

QID : 141 - If sec θ + cosec θ = √2 sec(90 - θ) then what is the value of cot θ?

Options:

1) √2
2) 2
3) √2 - 1
4) √2 + 1

Correct Answer: √2 + 1

Options:

1) cosec θ + tan θ
2) sin θ + cos θ
3) (1 - cos θ) / (1 + cos θ)
4) (1 - sin θ) / (1 + sin θ)

Correct Answer: (1 - cos θ) / (1 + cos θ)

QID : 143 - If sin (θ + 23°) = cos 58°, then what is the value of cos 5θ?

Options:

1) 1/2
2) 1/√2
3) √3/2
4) 0

Correct Answer: 1/√2

QID : 144 -

Options:

1) √3
2) 1/2
3) √3/2
4) 5

Correct Answer: 5

Options:

1) 0
2) 1/2
3) 1/√2
4) 1

Correct Answer: 1

QID : 146 -

How much does he spend (in Rs) on Rent?

Options:

1) 2080
2) 2275
3) 2470
4) 2840

Correct Answer: 2080

QID : 147 -

How much more does he spend (in Rs) on the Saving and Fuel taken together than Transport?

Options:

1) 5850
2) 6060
3) 7020
4) 8420

Correct Answer: 7020

QID : 148 -

Had his income been Rs 22,000, how much less he would have spent on Miscellaneous (in Rs)?

Options:

1) 510
2) 680
3) 765
4) 935

Correct Answer: 680

QID : 149 -

If he invests 65% of his savings on purchasing gold, then how much amount (in Rs) does he spend on gold?

Options:

1) 3312
2) 4124
3) 3522
4) 3718

Correct Answer: 3718

QID : 150 -

What will be the approximate difference (in Rs) between the average expenditure on Saving, Rent and Fuel and average expenditure on Food, Transport and Savings?

Options:

1) 433
2) 444
3) 417
4) 467

Correct Answer: 433

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Daily GK Questions for SSC CGL, CHSL Exams - Set 28

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Q- 1. Which of the following is used as anaesthetics?

(A) N2
(B) N2O
(C) CH4
(D) CO2

Q- 2. Clove is obtained from

(A) Root
(B) Stem
(C) Leaves
(D) Flower buds

Q- 3. What is Dakshin Gangotri?

(A) River valley in Andhra Pradesh
(B) Unmanned station located in Antarctica
(C) Second source of River Ganga
(D) Island in the Indian Ocean  

Q-4. Japan is called the 'Land of the Rising Sun' because

(A) Sun rises there as soon as it sets
(B) Sun always remains in the eastern part of the sky throughout the day in Japan
(C) Japan being the Eastern most country in the world, it has the earliest sunrise
(D) The rays of the sun get reflected from the waters of the sea and make the sunrise beautiful in Japan

Q- 5.  Who was the first Englishman to appear in the Mughal Court during Jahangir's reign?

(A) Paul Canning
(B) Captain William Hawkins
(C) William Edward
(D) Ralph Fitch

Q- 6. The 'Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal' was constituted to resolve the water sharing between

(A) Gujarat and Rajasthan
(B) Gujarat and Maharashtra
(C) Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh
(D) Gujarat and Daman and Diu

Q- 7. In which way the President can assign of the functions of the Union Government to the State Government?

(A) In his discretion
(B) In consultation with the Chief Justice of India
(C) In consultation with the Government of the State
(D) In consultation with the State Governor

Q-8.  Where is the Indian National Rail Museum situated?

(A) Delhi
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Punjab
(D) Himachal Pradesh

Q- 9. Which of the following is not true about Ajanta Caves?

(A) They are in Maharashtra
(B) They are decorated with Buddhist Art
(C) They depict the techniques used in Ancient India
(D) They do not contain paintings of flora and fauna

Q-10. Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?

(A) Acharya Narendra Dev
(B) Dayanand Saraswati
(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(D) Acharya Vinoba Bhave

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Q- 1. At hill stations, the boiling point of water will be

(A) same as at sea level
(B) less than that at sea level
(C) more than that at sea level
(D) equal to the melting point of ice

Q- 2. Gandhiji's Satyagraha meant an attachment to the following two elements

(A) Knowledge and religion
(B) Truth and non-violence
(C) Truth and chastity
(D) Love of motherland and hate for colonial masters

Q- 3. What do you mean by Density of Population?

(A) Ratio of people living below poverty line to total population
(B) Number of persons live per square kilometre
(C) Number of persons in a city
(D) Number of persons living per kilometre  

Q-4. Which of the following is not a feature of a capitalist economy?

(A) Right to private property
(B) Existence of competition
(C) Service motive
(D) Freedom of choice to consumers

Q- 5.  Sunita Williams is a/an

(A) Astronaut
(B) Missile scientist
(C) Nuclear scientist
(D) Astro physicist

Q- 6. Who is the writer of the famous book 'Kabuliwala'?

(A) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(B) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(C) Munshi Prem Chand
(D) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

Q- 7. The term 'bully' is connected with which sport?

(A) Cricket
(B) Hockey
(C) Badminton
(D) Tennis

Q-8.  Who amongst the following wrestlers has been the recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?

(A) Vijender Singh
(B) Sushil Kumar
(C) Anand Kumar Singh
(D) Zoravar Singh Faujdar

Q- 9. Siderosis is a disease caused by the inhalation of

(A) silica dust
(B) iron dust
(C) zinc dust
(D) coal dust

Q-10. The term 'Doab' means

(A) a land between two mountains
(B) a land between two lakes
(C) a land between two rivers
(D) a land between two seas

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SSC CPO Exam Paper - 2017 "held on 01 July 2017" Shift-1

(General Knowledge and General Awareness)

QID : 51 - What is the full form of FDI?

Options:

1) Foreign Direct Input
2) Foreign Direct Investment
3) Fiscal Direct Investment
4) Fiscal Direct Input

Correct Answer: Foreign Direct Investment

QID : 52 - In which situation, wages and prices chase each other at a very quick speed?

Options:

1) Disinflation
2) Reflation
3) Stagflation
4) Hyper-inflation

Correct Answer: Hyper-inflation

QID : 53 - Banking comes under which of the following sector?

Options:

1) Primary sector
2) Secondary sector
3) Tertiary sector
4) Both Secondary and Tertiary sectors

Correct Answer: Tertiary sector

QID : 54 - Which of the following is a basic characteristic of 'Oligopoly'?

Options:

1) Many sellers, many buyers
2) Few sellers, few buyers
3) Few sellers, many buyers
4) Many sellers, few buyers

Correct Answer: Few sellers, many buyers

QID : 55 - What was the main objective of the 5th Five Year Plan?

Options:

1) Removal of poverty and achievement of self-reliance
2) Faster, more inclusive and sustainable growth
3) Inclusive growth
4) None of these

Correct Answer: Removal of poverty and achievement of self-reliance

QID : 56 - _____ is a form of government in which the rulers are elected by the people.

Options:

1) Autocratic
2) Monarchic
3) Democratic
4) Authoritarian

Correct Answer: Democratic

QID : 57 - Who said 'The God, who gave us life, gave us the liberty at the same time'?

Options:

1) Marx
2) Plato
3) Jefferson
4) Locke

Correct Answer: Jefferson

QID : 58 - What is 'Patriarchic Society'?

Options:

1) System that values women more than men
2) System that values men more than women
3) System that values both men and women equally
4) System that values elders

Correct Answer: System that values men more than women

QID : 59 - Members of Rajya Sabha are elected for how many years?

Options:

1) Two years
2) Three years
3) Five years
4) Six years

Correct Answer: Six years

QID : 60 - Under which pardoning power of the President, duration of sentence is reduced without changing its character?

Options:

1) Commutation
2) Remission
3) Respite
4) Reprieve

Correct Answer: Remission

QID : 61 - In Pocket Veto, the President of India can keep a bill for how much duration?

Options:

1) 1 month
2) 6 months
3) 12 months
4) Indefinite period

Correct Answer: Indefinite period

QID : 62 - The President's seat can be left vacant for how much duration?

Options:

1) 6 Months
2) 3 Months
3) 9 Months
4) 12 Months

Correct Answer: 6 Months

QID : 63 - Which constitutional Amendment Act of India reduced voting age from 21 years to 18 years?

Options:

1) 42nd Amendment Act
2) 61st Amendment Act
3) 74th Amendment Act
4) 83rd Amendment Act

Correct Answer: 61st Amendment Act

QID : 64 - In which year East India Company was ceased to work and India was completely undertaken by British Govt.?

Options:

1) 1838
2) 1919
3) 1858
4) 1898

Correct Answer: 1858

QID : 65 - At which location, a sculptor of chariot of Harappan time was found?

Options:

1) Lothal
2) Banawali
3) Daimabad
4) Kalibangan

Correct Answer: Daimabad

QID : 66 - First Satyagrah started from Champaran for opposing the cultivation of ________.

Options:

1) Cotton
2) Indigo
3) Silk
4) Kesar

Correct Answer: Indigo

QID : 67 - Who was the founder of 'Vikramshila University'?

Options:

1) Vijay Sen
2) Atisa
3) Dharampal
4) Ballal Sen

Correct Answer: Dharampal

QID : 68 - When India got Independence, who was the Prime Minister of England?

Options:

1) William Bentick
2) Warren Hasting
3) Margaret Thatcher
4) Climent Atlee

Correct Answer: Climent Atlee

QID : 69 -

Options:

1) 1 – a, 2 – b, 3 – c
2) 1 – b, 2 – a, 3 – c
3) 1 – c, 2 – a, 3 – b
4) 1 – a, 2 – c, 3 – b

Correct Answer: 1 – c, 2 – a, 3 – b

QID : 70 - Which of the following mountain range separates Europe and Asia?

Options:

1) Rocky Mountain Range
2) Himalayan Mountain Range
3) Ural Mountain Range
4) Appalachian Mountain Range

Correct Answer: Ural Mountain Range

QID : 71 - Suez Canel connects which of the following water bodies?

Options:

1) Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea
2) Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
3) Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean
4) Mediterranean Sea and Arctic Ocean

Correct Answer: Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea

QID : 72 - Which of the following Indian state does not share International land border?

Options:

1) Jammu and Kashmir
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Bihar
4) Madhya Pradesh

Correct Answer: Madhya Pradesh

QID : 73 - In which of the following city, world's second longest beach is located?

Options:

1) Mumbai
2) Kolkata
3) Puducherry
4) Chennai

Correct Answer: Chennai

QID : 74 - Which of the following brings back deoxygenated blood from different parts of human body to heart?

Options:

1) Veins
2) Arteries
3) Nerves
4) Lungs

Correct Answer: Veins

QID : 75 - Which of the following is a warm blooded animal?

Options:

1) Turtle
2) Snake
3) Ape
4) Lizard

Correct Answer: Ape

QID : 76 - Where is bile stored?

Options:

1) Liver
2) Kidney
3) Gall bladder
4) Spleen

Correct Answer: Gall bladder

QID : 77 - Which of the following is not a connective tissue?

Options:

1) Adipose Tissue
2) Compact Bone
3) Cardiac Muscle
4) Areolar Tissue

Correct Answer: Cardiac Muscle

QID : 78 - Normally how many times the human heart beats in a minute?

Options:

1) 82
2) 75
3) 72
4) 85

Correct Answer: 72

QID : 79 - Muscle fatigue occurs due to accumulation of ______.

Options:

1) ATP
2) ADP
3) Lactic Acid
4) Carbonic Acid

Correct Answer: Lactic Acid

QID : 80 - The inexhaustible source of energy of stars is due to _____.

Options:

1) Conversion of hydrogen to helium
2) Conversion of helium to hydrogen
3) Decay of radioactive elements
4) Excess of oxygen

Correct Answer: Conversion of hydrogen to helium

QID : 81 - Which of the following waves has the highest frequency?

Options:

1) Radio
2) Infrared
3) Microwaves
4) Gamma-rays

Correct Answer: Gamma-rays

QID : 82 - Why the clear nights are cooler than the cloudy nights?

Options:

1) Conductance
2) Condensation
3) Radiation
4) Insulation

Correct Answer: Radiation

QID : 83 - The subatomic particle that does not have any electric charge is a/an _____.

Options:

1) Electron
2) Proton
3) Neutron
4) All options are correct.

Correct Answer: Neutron

QID : 84 - Dot-Matrix is an example of which of the following?

Options:

1) A software
2) Scanner
3) Printer
4) Keyboard

Correct Answer: Printer

QID : 85 - Which of the following pair is INCORRECT?

Options:

1) 10 MB – 10240 KB
2) 1 GB – 10240 MB
3) 1 TB – 1024 GB
4) 1 KB – 1024 Bytes

Correct Answer: 1 GB – 10240 MB

QID : 86 - Which of the following gas is used in bulb?

Options:

1) Hydrogen
2) Carbon-dioxide
3) Carbon-mono-oxide
4) Argon

Correct Answer: Argon

QID : 87 - Chlorine gas is a major component of which of the following?

Options:

1) Water
2) Tear gas
3) Liquefied Petroleum Gas
4) Gobar gas

Correct Answer: Tear gas

QID : 88 - What is Brine solution?

Options:

1) Excess salt + water
2) Silver
3) Excess Ethanol + water
4) Excess starch + water

Correct Answer: Excess salt + water

QID : 89 - pH scale ranges from _____ .

Options:

1) 1 to 14
2) 1 to 7
3) 0 to 14
4) 0 to 7

Correct Answer: 0 to 14

QID : 90 - Which of the following primarily causes lead pollution?

Options:

1) CFL Lamp
2) Automobile Battery
3) Polymer
4) Diesel Engine

Correct Answer: Automobile Battery

QID : 91 - What was the main aim of Montreal Protocol?

Options:

1) Protection of Ozone layer
2) Bio-diversity Conservation
3) Global Warming
4) Climate Change

Correct Answer: Protection of Ozone layer

QID : 92 - Supersonic jets cause thinning of which layer?

Options:

1) O₂ layer
2) O₃ layer
3) CO₂ layer
4) SO₂ layer

Correct Answer: O3 layer

QID : 93 - What is the name of the app launched by the Union Ministry of Power to provide real time information sharing on power supply?

Options:

1) URJAMITRA
2) BHIM
3) URJA
4) UMANG

Correct Answer: URJAMITRA

QID : 94 - Who discovered 'Portland cement'?

Options:

1) Michael Faraday
2) Guglielmo Marconi
3) Joseph Aspdin
4) Isaac Newton

Correct Answer: Joseph Aspdin

QID : 95 - Nitin Thimmaiah is related to which sport?

Options:

1) Table Tennis
2) Boxing
3) Cricket
4) Hockey

Correct Answer: Hockey

QID : 96 -

Options:

1) 1-d, 2-c, 3-a, 4-b
2) 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b
3) 1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-c
4) 1-d, 2-a, 3-b, 4-c

Correct Answer: 1-d, 2-c, 3-a, 4-b

QID : 97 - Which Chief Minister has been awarded with the 'Transformative Chief Minister Award' on May 8, 2017?

Options:

1) Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh
2) Chandrababu Naidu, Andhra Pradesh
3) Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi
4) Vasundhara Raje Scindia, Rajasthan

Correct Answer: Chandrababu Naidu, Andhra Pradesh

QID : 98 - Who wrote the book named 'Exile'?

Options:

1) Barkha Dutt
2) Valmik Thapar
3) Tasleema Nasreen
4) Ranbir Singh Sindhu

Correct Answer: Tasleema Nasreen

QID : 99 - Pakistan has leased Gwadar port to state-run firm of which country for 40 years?

Options:

1) Iran
2) China
3) Afghanistan
4) India

Correct Answer: China

QID : 100 - Which neighbouring country of India is not among the founding members of SAARC?

Options:

1) Nepal
2) Bangladesh
3) Afghanistan
4) Bhutan

Correct Answer: Afghanistan

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Name	Location	Important Species
Bandipur National Park	Mysore, Karnataka	Elephant, Tiger, Bear, Sambhar, Panther
Balpakram Sanctuary	Garo Hills, Meghalya	Tiger, Elephant, Bison
Chandraprabha  Sanctuary	Varanasi, UP	Asiatic Lion, Tiger, Panther, Indian Gazelle, Sloth bear
Corbett National Park	Nainital, Uttarakhand	Elephant, Tiger, Sloth bear, Nilgai, Panther, Sambhar
Dachigam Sanctuary	Jammu & Kashmir	Kashmir stag (Hangul)
Dudhwa National Park	Lakhimpur Kheri, UP	Tiger, Panther, Sambhar, Nilgai
Ghana Bird Sanctuary	Bharatpur, Rajasthan	Siberian Crane, Spoonbill, Heron teal, Stork
Gir National Park	Junagarh, Gujarat	Asiatic Lion, Panther,Sambhar, Nilgai, Crocodile, Rhinoceros
Hazaribagh National Park	Hazaribagh, Jharkhand	Tiger, Leopard, Sambher, Chital
Jaldapara Sanctuary	West Bengal	Tiger, Leopard, Sambher, Chital
Kanha National Park	Mandla and Balaghat, MP	Tiger, Panther, Antelope, Barking Deer, Nilgai
Kaziranga National Park	Jorhat, Assam	Great Indian one horned Rhinoceros, Wild Buffalo, Sambhar, Tiger
Manas	Barpeta, Assam	Tiger, Elephant, Panther, Wild Buffalo, One horned Rhinoceros
Mudumalai Sanctuary	Nilgiri Hills, TN	Elephant, Dear, Pigs
Namdapha National Park	Tirap Distt., AP	Tiger and Elephant
Palamau	Daltonganj, Jharkhand	Tiger, Elephant, Panther, Leopard
Parkal	Warangal, AP	Tiger, Panther, Chital, Nilgai
Periyar	Idukki, Kerala	Elephant, Tiger, Panther, Wild board, Gaur, Sambhar
Ranganthitoo Bird  Sanctuary	Karnataka	Birds
Shivpuri National Park	Shivpuri, MP	Tiger, Birds
Sunderbans	West Bengal	Tiger, Wild board, Crocodile, Deer Birds
Vedanathangal Bird Sanctury	Tamil Nadu	Birds
Wild Ass Sanctuary	Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat	Wild Ass, Wolf, Nilgai, Chinkara

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Q- 1. In IT, the method for updating the main memory as soon as a word is removed from the cache is called ?

(A) Write-through
(B) Write-back
(C) Protected-write
(D) Cache-write

Q- 2. Which one of the following is not a non-conventional source of energy?

(A) Solar Energy
(B) Natural Gas
(C) Wind Energy
(D) Tidal Power

Q- 3. The space shuttle which took Sunita Williams beyond earth was

(A) Challenger
(B) Galileo
(C) Discovery
(D) Voyager-2  

Q-4. Selling cost have to be incurred in case of

(A) Perfect competition
(B) Monopoly
(C) Monopolistic Competition
(D) None of the given options

Q- 5.  The earliest reference to sati custom is made in which of the following inscriptions?

(A) Allahabad Pillar inscription
(B) Eran inscription of Bhanugupta
(C) Aihole inscription of Pulkesin II
(D) Bhitan inscription of Skandgupta

Q- 6. Which is the heaviest metal among the following?

(A) Gold
(B) Silver
(C) Iron
(D) Copper

Q- 7. Which of the following uses the spawn mechanism to duplicate itself?

(A) Trojan horse
(B) Worm
(C) Keystroke logger
(D) Logic bomb

Q-8.  Sun appears red in colour at sunrise and sunset due to

(A) the tact that sun emits only red colour at that time
(B) red light having longer wave length scatters away
(C) that sun comes out of the mountains
(D) that all other colours scatter away except red

Q- 9. What is the main purpose of white blood corpuscles?

(A) to carry nutrients
(B) to combat infection
(C) to carry oxygen
(D) to give strength

Q-10. The layer where the decrease in temperature with increasing altitude is totally absent is

(A) Troposphere
(B) Ionosphere
(C) Stratosphere
(D) Mesosphere

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Jharkhand	Chhau, Sarahul, Jat-Jatin, Karma, Danga, Bidesia, Sohrai.
Uttarakhand	Gadhwali, Kumayuni, Kajari, Jhora, Raslila, Chappeli
Andhra Pradesh	Kuchipudi (Classical), Ghantamardala, Ottam Thedal, Mohiniattam, Kummi, Siddhi Madhuri, Chhadi.
Chhattisgarh	Goudi, Karma, Jhumar, Dagla, Pali, Tapali, Navrani, Diwari, Mundari.
Arunachal Pradesh	Mask dance, War dance etc.
Himachal Pradesh	Jhora, Jhali, Chharhi, Dhaman, Chhapeli, Mahasu, Nati, Dangi, Chamba, Thali, Jhainta, Daf, Stick dance etc.
Goa	Mandi, Jhagor, Khol, Dakni, etc.
Assam	Bihu, Bichhua, Natpuja, Maharas, Kaligopal, Bagurumba, Naga dance, Khel Gopal Tabal Chongli, Canoe, Jhumura Hobjanai etc.
West Bengal	Kathi, Gambhira, Dhali, Jatra, Baul, Marasia, Mahal, Keertan, etc.
Kerala	Kathakali (Classical), Rakhal, Nat Rash, Maha Rash, Raukhat etc.
Meghalaya	Laho, Baagla, etc.
Manipur	Manipuri (Classical), Rakhal, Nat Rash, Maha Rash, Raukhat, etc.
Nagaland	Chong, Khaiva, Lim, Nuralim, etc.
Orissa	Odissi (Classical), Rakhal, Nat Rash, Maha Rash, Raukhat etc.
Maharashtra	Lavani, Nakata, Koli, Lezim, Gafa, Dahikala Dasavtar or Bohada, Tamasha, Mauni, Powara, Gouricha etc.
Karnataka	Yakshagan, Huttari, Suggi, Kunitha, Karga, Lambi etc.
Gujarat	Garba, Dandiya Ras, Tippani Juriun, Bhavai, etc.
Punjab	Bhangra, Giddha, Daff, Dhaman etc.
Rajasthan	Ghumar, Chakri, Ganagor, Jhulan Leela, Jhuma, Suisini, Ghapal, Panihari, Ginad etc.
Mizoram	Khanatm, Pakhupila, Cherokan etc.
Jammu & Kashmir	Rauf, Hikat, Mandjas, Kud Dandi Nach, Damali.
Tamil Nadu	Bharatnatyam, Kumi, Kolattam, Kavadi
Uttar Pradesh	Nautanki, Raslila, Kajri, Jhora, Chappeli, Jaita.
Bihar	Jata-Jatin, Bakho-Bakhain, Panwariya, Sama-Chakwa, Bidesia, Jatra, etc.
Haryana	Jhumar, Phag Dance, Daph, Dhamal, Loor, Gugga, Khor, Gagor etc.

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10000-4000	Development of settlement into cities and development of skills, such as wheel and pottery making and improved methods of cultivation.
5500-3000	Earliest recorded date of Egyptian calender; first phonetic writing appears; Sumerians develop a city-state civilization.
3000-2000	Pharaonic rule begins in Egypt; completion of the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza.
3000-1500	The most ancient civilization on the Indian subcontinent, the sophisticated and extensive Indus Valley Civilization, flourishes in what is today Pakistan.
900-800	Phoenicians establish Carthage : The I liad and Odyssey was composed by the Greek poet Homer.
400-300	Pentateuch-first five Books of the Old Testament evolve in final form.
300-251	Invention of Mayan calendar in Yucatan-more exact than older calenders.
101-51	Juleus Caesar (100-44 BC) invades Britain (55 BC) and conquers Gaul, France.
776	First Olympiad in Greece.
753	Rome founded.
490	Battle of Marathon, the Greeks defeated the Iranians/Persians.
327-26	Invasion of India by Alexander, Battle of Hydaspes.
221	Chin-Hung Ti ‘Universal Emperor’ in China, Great Wall of China completed.
55	Invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar, the Great Roman General.
44	Assassination of Julius Caesar by Brutus.
4	Birth of Jesus Christ.
AD
29	Crucifixation of Jesus Christ.
43	Roman conquest of Britain.
570	Birth of Prophet Muhammad at Mecca.
622	Migration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina (“hijira”), Beginning of Hijira Era (Muhammadan calender) on July 15.
800	Charlemagne crowned Roman Emperor at St. Peter’s.
871	Accession of Alfred the Great to the throne of Britain.
901	Death of King Alfred the Great.
1066	Battle of Hastings; Norman invasion of England. William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandly, defeated the English king Harold II at Hastings.
1215	Magna Carta or the Great Charter signed by King John II at Runnymede in England on June 15.
1280	Gunpowder invented by Roger Bacon.
1338	The Hundred Years War broke out; it lasted upto 1453.
1431	Joan of Arc, a brave French peasant girl, obtained victory over the English at Orleans. She was burnt alive at the stakes.
1443	The Black death i.e., plague broke out in England.
1453	The capture of Constantinople (the home of classical learning) by the Ottoman Turks compelled the Greek scholars to flee to Italy and other West European countries, where they spread the knowledge of Greek philosophy and literature. This was the beginning of Renaissance in Europe.
1486	Bartholomew Diaz rounded the cope of Good Hope.
1492	Columbus sailed on his first expedition to the West Indies which later led to the discovery of America (the New World).
1498	Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese, discovered the seat route to India via the Cape of Good Hope.
1517	Beginning of reformation.
1529-36	Reformation in England under Henry VIII.
1564	Birth of Shakespeare.
1571	Battle of Lapanto; Turks defeated by the Christian League.
1577	Drake, the famous English Admiral; started his voyage round the world for the first time and phindered Spanish ships and ports in South America.
1588	Admiral Drake defeated the Spanish ‘Armada’; England became the ‘Mistress of the Seas’.
1600	Establishment of the British East India Company in India (31st December).
1605	Gunpowder plot in England to blow up the English parliament.
1616	Shakespeare passes away.
1649	Trial and execution of Charles I, beginning of Commonwealth.
1649-60	The Commonwealth and the Protectorate in England.
1660	Restoration of monarchy in England.
1665	The great plague in London.
1679	Habeas Corpus Act.
1688	The Glorious or Bloodless Revolution in England. Despotic rule of the Stuarts ended, and the Parliamentary rule began. Establishment of parliamentary supremacy and abolition of the Divine Rights of Kings.
1704	Battle of Blenheim; Marlborough and Eugene inflicted a crushing defeat on the French army
1707	Union of England and Scotland.
1763	Treaty of Paris; It ended the Seven Years War (1756–63); weakened France, made England a great colonial power.
1776	Declaration of American Independence and formation of a Federal Republic of 13 states called the Union States of America (July 4).
1783	Treaty of Versailles; England recognised the independence of the United States of America.
1789	George Washington elected First President of USA. Beginning of French Revolution; Fall of the Bastille Fort (July 14).
1798	Battle of the Nile. The English under Nelson gained victory over the French.
1805	Battle of Trafalgar; Death of Nelson. Battle of Austerliz – Napolean Bonaparte rounted a combined army of the ussians and the Austrians
1821	Death of Napolean at St. Helena (May 5).
1827	Battle of Navatino; the allied fleets of England, Russia and France destroyed the Turkish fleet; This victory practically secured the independence of Greece.
1833	Emancipation Act of 1833; It abolished slavery in the British dominions.
1837	Accession of Queen Victoria to the throne of England.
1839	Introduction of Penny Postage system in England by Sir Rowland Hill: Aden annexed by England.
1854	The Crimean War began, Russia attacked Turkey; England and France came to the rescue of Turkey.
1861	American Civil War started, Abraham Lincon elected 16th President of USA.
1863	Slavery abolished in America.
1869	Suez Canal opened for traffic.
1885	General Gordon captured and slain at Khartoum.
1899	Outbreak of the Russo-Japanese war.
1905	Battle of the sea of Japan; Japan inflicted a crushing naval defeat on Russia; a wave of nationalism spread in Asia.
1911	Chinese Republican Revolution; Amundsen reached South Pole (December 14)
1914	Outbreak of World War-I (August 4)
1916	Battle of Jutland (Naval Battle). The British Grand Fleet under Admiral Jellico defeated the German Fleet under Admiral Scheer.
1917	(March/Febuary) Revolution in Russia; the Czar abdicated and later assassinated; reformist Mensheviks came into power (Prince Lvov, Kerensky). (November/October) Revolution in Russia: Revolutionary Bolsheviks came into power (Lenin).
1918	End of World War-I (November. 11)
1919	The Paris Conference; the Treaty of Versailles.
1920	Foundation of the League of Nations (January. 10)
1921	The Irish Free State established with the status of a Dominion like Canada
1923	Turkish Republic proclaimed with Kemal Ataturk as its First President.
1924	Lenin died, and power passed into the hands of Stalin in Russia.
1925	Treaty of Locarno (between Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Belgium).
1928	Kellogg Pact (signed in Paris by the principal powers of the world for the prevention of war; it had no effect).
1933	Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany.
1935	War between Italy and Abyssinia (Ethiopia); Italy annexed Abyssinia (Ethiopia); Plebiscite in Saar.
1939	Germany invaded Poland: Outbreak of World War II (September. 1).
1940	Fall of France after German invasion (June 5); Italy entered World War II (June 11).
1941	Hitler invades Russia (June 22): Framing of the Atlantic Charter (August 14); Japan attacked Pearl Harbour (Hawaii Islands) (December. 7); USA entered World War II (December. 8); China entered World War II (December. 10) Air raids by Japan on Rangoon (December. 22).
1942	Capture of Singapore by Japanese forces (Febuary. 15); Battle of Coral Sea, Japanese fleet suffered heavy losses at the hands of the American fleet (May 3); Battle of Stalingrad (September. 19).
1943	Defeat of Germany at Stalingrad (Febuary. 8); Battle of the Bismarck Sea, America defeated Japan in a naval battle (March 4); Invasion of Italy by the Allies, Armistice between Italy and the Allies (September 3).
1944	Allied forces landed in Normandy under the supreme command of General Ike (Eisenhower); (D-Day) (June 6); Liberation of Paris (August. 25).
1945	Execution of Mussolini (Apr. 22); Unconditional surrender of Germany to the Allies (May 7); USA dropped atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki of Japan (August 6 and August 9); Unconditional surrender of Japan (August 14); World War II ended (Aug. 14); Foundation of UNO (October. 24

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Governors of Bengal (1757–74)

Robert Clive : Governor of Bengal during 1757-60 and again during 1765-67 and established Dual Government in Bengal from 1765-72. (True founder of British Political dominion in India).
Vanisttart (1760–65) : The Battle of Buxar (1764).
Cartier (1769–72) : Bengal Famine (1770).

Governor-Generals of Bengal (1774–1833)

Warren Hastings (1772–1785) : Brought the Dual Governmnet of Bengal to an end by the Regulating Act, 1773. Became Governor-General in 1774 through the Regulating Act, 1773; Wrote introduction to the first English translation of the ‘Gita’ by Charles Wilkins; Founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal with William Jones in 1784.

• Revenue Reforms : Auctioned the right to collect land revenue to the highest bidder; Divided Bengal into districts and appointed collectors and other revenue officials.

• Judicial Reforms : Started Diwani and Faujdari adalats at the district level and Sadar diwani and Nizamat adalats (appellate courts) at Calcutta; Redefined Hindu and Muslim laws. Wars : Rohilla War (1774); 1st Anglo-Maratha War (1776-82): 2nd Anglo-Mysore War (1780-84). Note: Sir John Macpherson was made the acting Governor General from 1785 to 1786. Lord Cornwallis (1786–93) : First person to codify laws in 1793. The code separated the revenue administration from the administration of justice; Created post of district judge; Introduced permanent Settlement in Bengal (1793); Cornwallis is  called ‘the father of civil service in India’.

• Police Reforms: Each district was divided into 400 sq. miles and placed under a police superintendent assisted by constables.

• Wars : 3rd Anglo-Mysore War (defeat of Tipu and the Treaty of Serinagpatanam, 1792). Sir John Shore (1793–98) : Introduced the 1st Charter Act (1793)

• Wars : Battle of Kharda between Nizam and the Marathas (1795). Lord Wellesley (1798–1805) : Started Subsidiary Alliance system to achieve British paramountcy in India. Madras Presidency was formed during his tenure.

• Wars : 4th Anglo-Mysore War (1799)-defeat and the death of Tipu Sultan; 2nd Anglo-Maratha War (1803-05)-defeat of the Scindia, the Bhonsle and the Holkar; Treaty of Bassein (1802). George Barlow (1805–1807) : Vellore Mutiny (1806). Lord Minto I (1807-1813) : Concluded Treaty of Amritsar with  Ranjit Singh (1809); Charter Act of 1813 was passed.Lord Hastings (1813–1823) : Adopted the policy of intervention and war.

• Wars : Anglo-Nepalese War (1813-23); 3rd Anglo-Maratha War (1817-18). Hastings forced humiliating treaties on Peshwa and the Scindia; Introduced the Ryotwari settlement in Madras by Thomas Munro, the Governor. Lord Amherst (1823–28) : Wars: Ist Burmese War (1824-26). Acquisition of territories in Malay Penisula; Capture of Bharatpur (1826).

• Lord W. Bentick (1828–33) : Most liberal and enlightened Governor-General of India; Regarded as’ the Father of Modern Western Education in India’; Abolished Sati and other cruel rites (1829); Annexation of Mysore (1831). Concluded a treaty of perpetual friendship with Ranjit Singh (1831); Passed the Charter Act of 1833, which provided that no Indian subject of Company was to be debarred from holding an  office on account of his religion, place of birth, descent and colour. On recommendation of Macaulay Committee made English the medium of higher education in India.

Governor-Generals of India (1833-58)

• Lord W. Bentick (1833–35) : First Governor-General of India. Macaulay’s minutes on education were accepted declaring that English should be the official language of India; Abolished provincial courts of appeal and circuit set up by Cornwallis, appointment of Commissioners of revenue and circuit.

• Wars : Annexed Coorg (1834), Central Cachar (1834) on the plea of misgovernment.

• Sir Charles Metcalfe (1835–1836) : Passed the famous Press Law, which liberated the press in India (Called Liberator the the Press).

• Lord Auckland (1836–42) : 1st Anglo-Afghan War (1836-42)-great blow to the prestige of the British in India.

• Lord Ellenborough (1842–44) : Brought an end to the Afghan War. Annexation of Sindh (1843); War with Gwalior (1843).

• Lord Hardings I (1844–48) : 1st Anglo-Sikh war (1845-46) and the Treaty of Lahore 1846 (marked the end of Sikh sovereighty in India); Gave preference to English education in employment.

• Lord Dalhousie (1848–56) : Abolished Titles and Pensions, Widow Remarriage Act (1856). Made Shimla the summer capital.

• Administrative Reforms : Introduced the system of Centralized control in the newly acquired territories known as Bon-Regulation system; Raised Gurkha regiments.

• Education Reforms : Recommended the Thomsonian system of Vernacular education for whole of the North western Provinces (1853); Wood’s Educational Despatch of 1854 and opening of Anglo-Vernacular Schools and Government Colleges; An Engineering College was established at Roorkee.

• Public Works : Started the first railway line in 1853 (connecting Bombay with Thana); Started electric telegraph service. Laid the basis of the modern postal system (1854); A separate public works department was set up for the first time; Started work on the Grand Trunk Road and developed the harbours of  Karachi, Bombay and Calcutta.

•  Wars : Introduced Doctrine of Lapse (Captured Satara (1848), Jaitpur and Sambhalpur (1849), Baghat (1850), Udaipur (1852), Jhansi (1853) and Nagpur(1854); Fought 2nd Anglo-Sikh War (1848–49) and annexed the whole of the Punjab; 2nd Anglo-Burmese War (1852) and annexation of Lower Burma orPegu; Annexation of Berar in 1853; Annexation of Avadh in 1856 on charges of maladministration.

• Lord Canning (1856–58) : The last Governor General and first Viceroy of India; Revolt of 1857; Passed the Act of 1858, which ended the rule of the East India Company. Withdrew Doctrine of Lapse. Mutiny took place in his time.

Governer Generals and Viceroys (1858–1947)

Lord Canning (1858–62) : The Indian Councils Act of 1862 was passed, which proved to be a landmark in the constitutional history of India; The Indian Penal Code of Criminal Procedure (1859) was passed; The Indian High Court Act (1861) was enacted; Income Tax was introduced for the first time in 1858; The Universities of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras founded in 1857.

Lord Elgin I (1862–63) : Wahabi Movement (Pan-Islamic Movement).
Sir John Lawrence (1864–69) : Telegraphic communication was opened with Europe; High Courts were established at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in 1865; Expanded canal works and railways; Bhutan War (1865); Advocated State-managed railways; Created the Indian Forest Department and recognised the native Judicial service.

Lord Mayo (1869–72) : Introduced financial decentralization in India, Established Rajkot College at Kathiarwar and Mayo College at Ajmer for the princes; Organised the Statistical Survey of India, Established the Department of Agriculture & Commerce, He was the only Viceroy to be murdered in office by a Pathan convict in Andamans in 1872, Introduction of State Railways. For the first time in Indian history, a census was held in 1871.

Lord Northbrook (1872-76) : Kuka Movement of Punjab took rebellious turn during his period

Lord Lytton (1876-80) : Most infamous Governor-General, pursued free trade and abolished duties on 29 British manufactured goods which accelerated drain of wealth of India; Arranged the Grand Darbar in Delhi (in 1877) when the country was suffering from a servere famine; Passed the Royal Title Act (1876) and Queen Victoriya was declared as the Kaisar-i-Hind; Arms Act (1878) made mandatory for Indians to acquire license for arms; Passed the infamous Vernacular Press Act (1878); Proposed the plan of Statutory Civil Service in 1878-79 and lowered the maximum age limit from 21 to 19 years, the 2nd Afghan war proved a failure (Viceroy of reverse characters).

Lord Ripon (1880-84) : Repeal of the Vernacular Press Act, 1882; The First Factory Act, 1881 to improve labour condition, Resolution of Local Self Government in 1882, Resolution on Land Revenue Policy; Appointed Hunter Commission (for education reforms) in 1882; The Ilbert Bill controversy erupted during his time (1883) enabled Indian district magistrates to try European criminals. But this was withdrawn later.

Lord Dufferin (1884-88) : 3rd Burmese War (Annexation of Upper and Lower Burma) in 1885, Establishment of Indian National Congress in 1885.

Lord Lansdowne (1888-94) : The second Factory Act of 1891; Categorization of Civil Services into imperial, provincial and subordinate; Indian Council Act of 1892 (introduced elections which was indirect); Appointment of the Durand Commission to define the line between British India and Afghanistan (1893).
Lord Elgin II (1894-99) : The Munda uprising (Birsa Munda) of 1899, Convention delimiting the frontier between China and India was ratified, Great famine of 1896-97, Lyall Commission appointed after famine (1897), Assassination of two British officials-Rand & Amherst-by Chapekar Brothers in 1897.
Lord Curzon (1899-1905) : Appointed a Police Commission in 1902 under Andrew Frazer; Set up the Universities Commission and accordingly the Indian Universities Act of 1904 was passed; Set up the Department of Commerce and Industry; Calcutta Corporation Act (1899); Passed the Indian Coinage and Paper Currency Act (in 1899) and put India on a gold standard; Partition of Bengal took place in 1905. Created NWFP and Archaeological Survey of India. Extended railways to a great extent.

Lord Minto II (1905–10) : Swadeshi Movement (1905-08); Foundation of the Muslim League, 1906; Surat session and split in the Congress (1907), Newspapers Act, 1908; Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909.

Lord Hardinge (1910–16) : Annulment of the partition of Bengal (1911), Transfer of Capital from Calcutta to Delhi (1911); Delhi Darbar and Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary (1911); Establishment of Hindu Mahasabha by Madan Mohan Malviya (1915); Annie Besant announced Home Rule Movement and a bomb was thrown at him, but he escaped unhurt.

Lord Chelmsford (1916–21) : Home Rule Movement launched by Tilak and Annie Besant (1916); Lucknow Pact between Congress and Muslim League (1916); Arrival of Gandhi in India (1915); Champaran Satyagraha (1917); Montague’s August Declaration (1917); Kheda Satyagraha and Satyagraha at Ahmedabad (1918); Government of India Act (1919), Repressive Rowlatt Act (1919); Jalianwala Bagh Massacre (1919); Khilafat Movement (1920-22); Non-cooperation Movement (1920-22), Saddler Commission (1917) and an Indian sir S. P. Sinha was appointed Governor of Bengal.

Lord Reading (1921-26) : Criminal Law Amendment Act and abolition of cotton excise; Repeal of Press Act of 1910 & Rowlatt Act of 1919; Violent Moplah rebellion in Kerala (1921); Foundation of CPI (1921); Chauri Chaura Incident (1922); Foundation of Swaraj Party (1923); Kakori Train Dacoity (1925); Foundation of RSS (1925); Murder of Swami Shardhanand (1926). Suppressed non-co-operation movement.

Lord Irwin (1926-31) : Simon Commission announced in 1927; Butler Commission (1927); Nehru Report (1928); 14 points of Jinnah (1929); Lahore session of Congress and ‘Poorna Swaraj’ declaration (1929); Civil Disobedience Movement (1930); Dandhi march (1930); Ist Round Table Conference (1930); Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931); Martyrdom of Jatin Das (hunger strike)

Lord Willingdon (1931-36) : IInd Round Table Conference (1931); Civil Disobedience Movement (1932); Announcement of MacDonald’s Communal Award (1932); IIIrd Round Table Conference Foundation of Congress Socialist Party-CSP (1934); Government of India Act (1935); Burma separated from India (1935); All India Kisan Sabha (1936); Poona Pact was signed.

Lord Linlithgow (1936-43) : General Election (1936-37); Congress ministries in 1937 and Resignation of Congress ministries in 1939; ‘Deliverance Day’ by Muslim League in 1939; Foundation of Forward Block by S.C. Bose (1939); Lahore Resolution (1940); August Offer (1940); Cripps Mission (1942); Quit India Movement (1942) and outbreak of second world war in 1939.

Lord Wavell (1943-1947) : C.R. Formula 1944; Wavell Plan and Shimla Conference in 1945; End of IInd World War in 1945; INA Trials in 1945; Naval mutiny in 1946; Cabinet Mission, 1946 and acceptance of its proposals by Congress; Direct Action Day by the Muslim League on 16th August, 1946 and first meating of the constituent assembly was held on Dec. 9, 1946.

Lord Mountbatten (Mar-Aug 1947) : Announced the 3 June, 1947 Plan; Introduction of Indian Independence Bill in the house of Commons and passed by the Brithish Parliament on July 4, 1947.; Appointment of 2 boundary commissions under Sir Cryil Radicliffe.

Governor Generals of Independent India (1947-50)

Lord Mountbatten (1947-48) : The first Governor General of free India; Kashmir acceded to India (Oct. 1947); Murder of Gandhi (Jan 30, 1948). C. Rajagopalachari (June 1948-January 25, 1950) : The last Governor General of free India; The only Indian Governor-General.

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• Megasthenes (302-298 BC) : An ambassador of Selecus Nikator, who visited the court of Chandragupta Maurya and wrote an interesting book ‘Indica’ in which he gave a vivid account of Chandragupta Maurya’s reign.

• Fa-Hien (405-411 AD) : He came to India during the reign of Chandragupta II Vikramaditya. He was the first Chinese pilgrim to visit India to collect Buddhist texts and relics

• Hiuen-Tsang (630-645 AD) : He visited India during the reign of Harshavardhana.

• I-tsing (671-695 AD) : A Chinese traveller, he visited India in connection with Buddhism.

• Al-Masudi (957 AD) : An Arab traveller, he has given an extensive account of India in his work ‘Muruj-ul-Zehab’.

• Al-beruni (1024-1030 AD) : He came to India along with Mahmud of Ghazni during one of his Indian raids. He travelled all over India and wrote a book ‘Tahqiq-i-Hind’.

• Macro Polo (1292-1294 AD) : A Venetian traveller, visited South India in 1294 A.D. His work ‘The Book of Sir Marco Polo’ gives an account of the economic history of India.

• Ibn Batuta (1333-1347 AD) : A Morrish traveller, his book ‘Rehla’ (the Travelogue) throws a lot of light on the reign of Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq and the geographical, economic and social conditions of that time.

• Shihabuddin al-Umari (1348 AD) : He came from Damascus and he gives a vivid account of India in his book, ‘Masalik albsar fi-mamalik al-amsar’.

• Nicolo Conti (1420-1421 AD) : A Venetian traveller, gives a comprehensive account of the Hindu kingdom of Vijaynagar.

• Abdur Razzaq (1443-1444 AD) : He was a Persian traveller, came to India and stayed at the court of the Zamorin at Calicut. He has given a vivid account of the Vijaynagar empire.

• Athanasius Nikitin (1470-1474 AD) : He was a Russian merchant, describes the condition of the Bahmani kingdom under Muhammad III (1463-82).

• Durate Barbosa (1500-1516 AD) : He was a Portuguese traveller, has given a valuable narrative of the government and the people of the Vijaynagar empire.

• Dominigo Paes (1520-1522 AD) : He was Portuguese traveller, visited the court of Krishnadeva Raya of the Vijaynagar Empire.

• Fernao Nuniz (1535-1537 AD) : A Portuguese merchant, He wrote the history of the empire from its earliest times of the closing years of Achyutdeva Raya’s reign.

• John Hughen Von Linschotten (1583 AD) : He was a Dutch traveller, has given a valuable account of the social and economic life of South India.

• William Hawkins (1608-1611 AD) : He was an English ambassador of British King James I to the court of Jahangir (1609).
• Sir Thomas Roe (1615-1619 AD) : He was an ambassador of James I, King of England, at the court of Jahangir, (the Mughal Emperor).

• Fransciso Palsaert (1620-1627 AD) : He was a Dutch traveller, stayed at Agra and gave a vivid account of flourishing trade at Surat, Ahmedabad, Broach Cambay, Lahore, Multan, etc.

• Peter Mundy (1630-34 AD) : He was an Italian traveller to the Mughal empire in the reign of Shahjahan, he gives valuable information about the living standard of the common people in the Mughal Empire.

• John Albert de Mandesto (1638 AD) : He was German traveller, who reached Surat in 1638.

• Jeen Baptiste Travernier (1638-1663 AD) : He was a French traveller, his account covers the reign of Shahjahan and Aurangzeb.
• Nicolao Manucci (1653-1708 AD) : He was an Italian traveller, got service at the court of Dara Shikoh.
• Francois Bernier (1656-1717 AD) : He was French physician and philosopher. Danishamand Khan, a noble of Aurangzeb, was his patron.
• Jean de Thevenot (1666 AD) : He was French traveller, has given a good account of cities like Ahmedabad, Cambay, Aurangabad and Goloconda.
• John Fryer (1672-1681 AD) : He was an English traveller, has given a vivid account of Surat and Bombay.
• Gemelli Careri (1693 AD) : He was an Italian traveller, his remarks on the Mughal emperor’s military organisation and administration are important.

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Q- 1. The amount of insurance cover provided by Indian Railways for passengers at a premium of Re. 1 is

(A) Rs. One lakh
(B) Rs. Fifty thousands
(C) Rs. Ten lakhs
(D) Rs. Five lakhs

Q- 2. The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by

(A) Elected members of the Legislative Assembly
(B) Elected members of legislative Council
(C) The people
(D) Lok Sabha

Q- 3. Which of these is a dwarf planet?

(A) Neptune
(B) Titan
(C) Eris
(D) Hydra  

Q-4. The concept of joint sector implies cooperation between

(A) Public sector and private sector industries
(B) State Government and central Government
(C) Domestic and Foreign Companies
(D) None of these

Q- 5.  What was the chief objective of the ‘Wahabi movement’?

(A) Forge cordial relations with the British
(B) Purify Islam
(C) Improve the condition of women
(D) Adopt rational education

Q- 6. The Ghatampur thermal power plant recently approved by cabinet is to be setup in

(A) Rajasthan
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Karnataka
(D) Madhya Pradesh

Q- 7. Who among the following is credited with starting the work on plant tissue culture?

(A) F.C Steward
(B) P. Maheshwari
(C) P.R. White
(D) Haberlandt

Q-8.  What causes the mottling of the dental enamel?

(A) High levels of chlorine in water
(B) High levels of nitrate in the water
(C) High levels of fluorides in the water
(D) High levels of calcium in the water

Q- 9. Which one of the following processes is responsible for the glittering of air bubble rising through water?

(A) Reflection of light
(B) Refraction of light
(C) Total internal reflection of light
(D) Scattering of light

Q-10. In an optical fibre the signal is transmitted

(A) in a straight line path
(B) In a curved path
(C) due to total internal reflection
(D) Due to refraction

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Daily GK Questions for SSC CGL, CHSL Exams - Set 24

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Q- 1. Special Drawing Rights were created by

(A) IBRD
(B) ADB
(C) IMF
(D) WTO

Q- 2. In which of the following States India’s first Green Rail Corridor was recently launched

(A) Karnataka
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Tamil Nadu

Q- 3. The Andaman is separated from Nicobar by which water body?

(A) 11° channel
(B) 10° channel
(C) Palk Strait
(D) Gulf of Mannar  

Q-4. The suicidal bags of the cell are

(A) Lysosomes
(B) Ribosomes
(C) Dictyosomes
(D) Phagosomes

Q- 5.  In arc welding, Argon is used because of its

(A) Low reactivity with metal
(B) Ability to lower the melting point of the metal
(C) High flammability
(D) High calorific value

Q- 6.  In India, which city is also known as ‘City of Palaces’?

(A) Jaipur
(B) Kolkata
(C) Gwalior
(D) Udaipur

Q- 7. Inert gases are

(A) Miscible with water
(B) Not stable
(C) Chemically unreactive
(D) Chemically very active

Q-8.  Chemical name of vinegar is

(A) Acetone
(B) Acetic acid
(C) Formaldehyde
(D) Ethanol

Q- 9. Jalikattu is associated with which Indian festival?

(A) Onam
(B) Pongal
(C) Bihu
(D) Hornbill

Q-10. Aung San Suu Kyi is the

(A) Prime minister of Myanmar
(B) President of Myanmar
(C) Foreign Minister of Myanmar
(D) Home Minister of Myanmar

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Facts about Gandhi

• Birth : October 2, 1869 at Porbandar, Gujarat. [Note: UNO declared October. 2 as ‘International Non-violence Day’ (Antarrashtriy Ahimsa Diswas)]
• Father : Karamchand Gandhi,
• Mother: Putali Bai,
• Political Guru: Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Private Secretary: Mahadev Desai.
• Literary Influence on Gandhi: John Ruskin’s Unto the Last, Emerson, Thoreau, Leo Tolstoy, the Bible and the Gita.
• Literary Works : Hind Swaraj (1909), My Experiments with Truth (Autobiography, 1927)-reveals events of Gandhi’s life upto 1922.
• As an Editor : Indian Opinion: 1903–15 (in English & Gujarati, for a short period in Hindi & Tamil), Harijan: 1919-31 (in English, Gujarati and Hindi),
• Young India: 1933–42 (in English gujarati-named Navjeevan).
• Other Names : Mahatma (Saint) - by Rabindranath Tagore, 1917; Malang Baba/Nanga Faqir (Naked Saint) - by Kabailis of Noth-West Frontier, 1930; Indian Faqir/Traitor Faqir-by Winston Churchill, 1931; Half-naked Saint by- Franq Mores, 1931; Rashtrapita (the Father of the Nation)- by Subhash Chandra Bose, 1944.

1893	Departure of Gandhi to South Africa.
1894	Foundation of Natal Indian Congress.
1899	Foundation of Indian Ambulance Core during Boer Wars.
1904	Foundation of Indian Opinion (magazine) and Phoenix Farm, at Phoenix, near Durban.
1906	First Civil Disobedience Movement (Satyagaraha) against Asiatic Ordiannce in Transvaal.
1907	Satyagraha against Compulsory Registration and Passes for Asians (The Black Act) in Transvaal.
1908	Trial and imprisonment-Johanesburg Jail (First Jail Term).
1910	Foundation of Tolstoy Farm (Later-Gandhi Ashrama), near Johannesburg.
1913	Satyagraha against derecognition of non-Christian marraiges in Cape Town.
1914	Awarded Kaisar-i-Hind for raising an Indian Ambulance Core during Boer wars
1915	Arrived in Bombay (India) on 9 January 1915; Foundation of Satyagraha Ashrama at Kocharab near Ahmedabad (20 May). In 1917, Ashrama shifted at the banks of Sabarmati;
1916	Abstain from active politics (though he attended Lucknow session of INC held in 26–30 December, 1916, where Raj Kumar Shukla, a cultivator from Bihar, requested him to come to Champaran.)
1917	Gandhi entered active politics with Champaran campaign to redress grievances of the cultivators oppressed by Indigo planter of Bihar (April 1917). Champaran Satyagraha was his first Civil Disobedience Movement in India.
1918	cooperation Movement. In Febuary 1918, Gandhi launched the struggle in Ahmedabad which involved industrial workers. Hunger strike as a weapon was used for the first time by Gandhi during Ahmedabad struggle. In March 1918, Gandhi worked for peasants of Kheda in Gujarat who were facing difficulties in paying the rent owing to failure of crops. Kheda Satyagraha was his first Non
1919	Gandhi gave a call for Satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act on April 6, 1919 and took the command of the nationalist movement for the first time (First all-India Political Movement), Gandhi returns Kaisar-i-Hind gold medal as a protest against Jallianwala Bagh massacre-April 13, 1919; The All India Khilafat Conference elected Gandhi as its president (November 1919, Delhi).
1920-22	Gandhi leads the Non-Cooperation and Khilafat Movement (August 1, 1920–Febuary 1922), Gandhi calls off Movement (Feb. 12, 1922), after the violent incident at Chauri-Chaura on Febuary 5, 1922. Non-Co-operation Movement was the First mass based politics under Gandhi.
1924	Belgaum (Karnataka) session of INC–for the first and the last time Gandhi was elected the president of the Congress.
1925–27	Gandhi retires from active politics for the first time and devotes himself to ‘constructive programme’ of the Congress; Gandhi resumes active politics in 1927.
1930–34	Gandhi launches the Civil Disobedience Movement with his Dandhi march/Salt Satyagraha (First Phase: March 12, 1930–March 5, 1931; Gandhi-Irwin Pact: March 5, 1931; Gandhi attends the Second Round Table Conference in London as sole representative of the Congress: September 7-December. 1, 1931; Second Phase: January 3, 1932-April 17, 1934).
1934–39	Sets up Sevagram (Vardha Ashram).
1940–41	Gandhi launches Individual Satyagraha Movement.
1942	Call to Quit India Movement for which Gandhi raised the slogan, ‘Do or Die’ (Either free India or die in the attempt), Gandhi and all Congress leaders arrested (August 9, 1942).
1942–44	Gandhi kept in detention at the Aga Khan Palace, near Pune (August 9, 1942-May, 1944). Gandhi lost his wife Kasturba (Febuary 22, 1944) and private secretary Mahadev Desai; this was Gandhi’s last prison term.
1946	Deeply distressed by theory of communal violence, as a result Muslim League’s Direct Action call, Gandhi travelled to Noakhali (East Bengal-now Bangladesh) and later on to Calcutta to restore communal peace.
1947	Gandhi, deeply distressed by the Mountbatten Plan/Partition Plan (June 3, 1947), while staying in Calcutta to restore communal violence, observes complete silence on the dawn of India’s Independence (August, 15, 1947). Gandhi returns to Delhi (September 1947).
1948	Gandhi was shot dead by Nathu Ram Godse, a member of RSS, while on his way to the evening prayer meeting at Birla House, New Delhi (January 30, 1948).

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Q- 1. The commonly used coolant in refrigerators is

(A) Ammonia
(B) Nitrogen
(C) Freon
(D) Oxygen

Q- 2. The complete form of ‘IC’ in electronics is

(A) Internal circuit
(B) Independent circuit
(C) Integrated circuit
(D) Inbuilt circuit

Q- 3. Who among the following did Gandhiji regard as his political Guru?

(A) Mahadev Desai
(B) Dayanand Saraswati
(C) Acharya Narendra Dev
(D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale  

Q-4. Which of the following Constitutional Amendment Act, deals with the Elementary Education as a Fundamental right?

(A) 84th Amendment Act
(B) 85th Amendment Act
(C) 86th Amendment Act
(D) 87th Amendment Act

Q- 5.  The world’s largest island is

(A) Greenland
(B) Iceland
(C) New Guinea
(D) Madagascar

Q- 6.  Sea water is saltier than rain water because

(A) Sea animals are salt producing
(B) The air around the sea is saltish
(C) Rivers wash away salts from earth and pour them into the sea
(D) Sea beds have salt producing mines

Q- 7. Pannalal Ghosh played which of the following musical instrument:

(A) Flute
(B) Sitar
(C) Violin
(D) Santoor

Q-8.  Rio Summit is associated with

(A) Convention on Biological Diversity
(B) Green house gases
(C) Ozone depletion
(D) Wet lands

Q- 9. Polyploidy arises due to change in the

(A) number of chromatids
(B) structure of genes
(C) number of chromosomes
(D) structure of chromosomes

Q-10. Which South Korean author in May 2016 won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for her novel ‘The Vegetarian’?

(A) Han Kang
(B) Yiyun Li
(C) Tami Hoag
(D) Taya Zinkin

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BC
2300–1750	Indus Valley Civilization.
From 1500	Coming of the Aryans.
1200–800	Expansion of the Aryans in the Ganga Valley.
600	Age of the 16 Mahajanapadas of northern India.
563–483	Buddha’s Life-span.
540–468	Mahavir’s Life-span.
362–321	Nanda dynasty.
327–326	Alexander’s invasion of India. It opened a land route between India and Europe.
322	Accession of Chandragupta Maurya.
305	Defeat of Seleucus at the hands of Chandragupta Maurya.
273–232	Ashoka’s reign.
261	Conquest of Kalinga.
145–101	Regin of Elara, the Chola king of Sri Lanka.
58	Beginning of Vikram era.
AD
78	Beginning of Saka era.
78-101	Kanishka’s reign.
319–320	Commencement of Gupta era.
380	Accession of Chandragupta II ‘Vikramaditya’
405–411	Visit of Chinese traveller Fahien.
415	Accession of Kumargupta I.
455	Accession of Skandagupta.
606–647	Harshavardhan’s reign.
II. Medieval
712	First invasion in Sindh by Arabs (Mohd. Bin Qasim).
836	Accession of King Bhoja of Kannauj.
985	Accession of Rajaraja, the Chola ruler.
998	Accession of Sultan Mahmud Ghazni.
1001	First invasion of India by Mahmud Ghazni who defeated Jaipal, ruler of Punjab.
1025	Destruction of Somnath Temple by Mahmud Ghazni.
1191	First battle of Tarain.
1192	Second battle of Tarain.
1206	Accession of Qutubuddin Aibak to the throne of Delhi.
1210	Death of Qutubuddin Aibak.
1221	Chengiz Khan invaded India (Mongol invasion).
1236	Accession of Razia Sultana to the throne of Delhi.
1240	Death of Razia Sultana.
1296	Accession of Alauddin Khilji.
1316	Death of Alauddin Khilji.
1325	Accession of Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq.
1327	Transfer of capital from Delhi to Devagiri (Daulatabad) in Deccan by the Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq.
1336	Foundation of Vijaynagar empire in the South.
1351	Accession of Firoz Shah Tughlaq.
1398	Timur’s invasion of India.
1469	Birth of Guru Nanak.
1494	Accession of Babur in Farghana.
1497–98	First voyage of Vasco da Gama to India (discovery of sea route to India via the Cape of Good Hope)
1526	First Battle of Panipat; Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodhi; foundation of Mughal dynasty by Babur.
1527	Battle of Khanwa-Babur defeated Rana Sanga.
1530	Death of Babur and accession of Humayun.
1539	Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun in the battle of Chausa and became India’s emperor.
1555	Humayun recaptured the throne of Delhi.
1556	Second Battle of Panipat (Bairam Khan defeated Hemu).
1565	Battle of Talikota (Rakshasa-Tangadi).
1576	Battle of Haldighati-Rana Pratap was defeated by Akbar.
1582	Din-i-Ilahi founded by Akbar.
1600	English East India Company established.
1605	Death of Akbar and accession of Jahangir.
1606	Execution of Guru Arjun Dev, the 5th Guru of Sikhs.
1611	Jahangir marries Nurjahan.
1615	Sir Thomas Roe visits Jahangir.
1627	Birth of Shivaji and death of Jahangir.
1628	Shahjahan becomes emperor of India.
1631	Death of Mumtazmahal.
1634	The English permitted to trade in India (in Bengal).
1659	Accession of Aurangzeb, Shahjahan imprisoned.
1665	Shivaji imprisoned by Aurangzeb.
1666	Death of Shahjahan.
1675	Execution of Guru Teg Bahadur, the 9th Guru of Sikhs.
1680	Death of Shivaji.
1707	Death of Aurangzeb.
1708	Death of Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Guru of Sikhs.
1739	Nadir Shah invades India.
1757	Battle of Plassey, establishment of British political rule in India at the hands of Lord Clive.
1761	Third battle of Panipat.
III. Modern
1764	Battle of Buxar.
1765	Clive appointed Company’s Governor in India.
1767–69	First Angle-Mysore War.
1780	Birth of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
1780-84	Second Anglo-Mysore War.
1784	Pitt’s India Act.
1790-92	Third Anglo-Mysore War.
1793	The Permanent Settlement of Bengal.
1799	Fourth Anglo-Mysore War;Death of Tipu Sultan.
1802	Treaty of Bassein.
1809	Treaty of Amritsar.
1829	Practice of Sati prohibited.
1830	Raja Rammohan Roy visits England.
1833	Death of Raja Rammohan Roy at Bristol, England.
1839	Death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
1839–42	First Anglo-Afghan War.
1845–46	First Anglo-Sikh War.
1852	Second Anglo-Burmese War.
1853	First Railway line opened between Bombay and Thane and a Telegraph line in Calcutta.
1857	The Sepoy Mutiny or First War of Independence.
1861	Birth of Rabindranath Tagore.
1869	Birth of Mahatma Gandhi.
1885	Foundation of Indian National Congress.
1889	Birth of Jawaharlal Nehru.
1897	Birth of Subhash Chandra Bose.
1903	Tibet Expedition.
1905	Partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon.
1906	Foundation of Muslim League.
1911	Delhi Darbar, King George V and Queen visit India; Delhi becomes the capital of India.
1914	World War I begins.
1916	Lucknow Pact signed by Muslim League and Congress, Foundation of BHU, Home Rule League founded.
1918	World War I ends.
1919	Montague-Chelmsford Reforms introduced, Jallianwala Bagh massacre at Amritsar.
1920	Khilafat Movement launched, first meeting of All-India Trade Union Congress, Hunter Commission Report on Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Published First Non-cooperation movement launched by Gandhi.
1922	Violent incidents at Chaura Chauri Gandhi calls of Non-cooperation movement.
1925	Communist Party of India organised at Kanpur.
1927	Boycott of Simon Commission, Broadcasting started in India.
1928	Death of Lala Lajpat Rai, Nehru Report.
1929	Resolution of ‘Poorna Swaraj’ (complete independence) passed at Lahore Session of INC.
1930	Civil disobedience movement launched, Dandhi March by Mahatma Gandhi (April 6, 1930) First round table conference held in London.
1931	Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Civil Disobedience movement suspended Second round table conference held.
1932	MacDonald announces communal award (modified by Poona Pact, September 24).
1935	Government of India Act.
1937	Provincial Autonomy, Congress forms ministries.
1938	All India Kishan Sabha formed.
1939	World War II begins (September 3), Resignation of Congress Ministries in Provinces.
1941	Escape of Subhash Chandra Bose from India and death of Rabindranath Tagore.
1942	Arrival of Cripps Mission in India, Quit India movement launched (August 8).
1943–44	SC Bose forms Provisional Government of Free India and Indian National Army in Singapore; Bengal famine.
1945	Trial of Indian National Army at Red Fort, Shimla Conference; World War II ends.
1946	British Cabinet Mission visits India; Interim government formed at the Centre. The Muslim league decides on “Direct Action” for winning Pakistan.
1947	Division of India; India and Pakistan form separate independent dominions.

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Q- 1. Magnesium is a constituent metal of _________ .

(A) Chlorophyll molecule
(B) DNA
(C) Mitochondria
(D) Ribosomes

Q- 2. Which one among the following components is used as an amplifying device?

(A) Transformer
(B) Diode
(C) Capacitor
(D) Transistor

Q- 3. A _________ is an agreement between the communicating parties on how communication is to procee(D)

(A) Path
(B) SLA
(C) Bond
(D) Protocol  

Q-4. Name the gas used in preparation of bleaching powder

(A) Oxygen
(B) Hydrogen
(C) Nitrogen
(D) Chlorine

Q- 5.  The depletion in Ozone layer is caused by ___________ .

(A) Nitrous oxide
(B) Carbon dioxide
(C) Chlorofluorocarbons
(D) Methane

Q- 6.  Sariska and Ranthambore are the reserves for which of the following

(A) Lion
(B) Deer
(C) Tiger
(D) Bear

Q- 7. The prestigious ‘Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding’ is instituted by

(A) National centre for Art and Culture
(B) Department of Youth and Sports
(C) Nehru memorial Museum
(D) Indian Council for Cultural Relations

Q-8.  Phosphorus is kept in water because

(A) its ignition temperature is very high
(B) its ignition temperature is very low
(C) its critical temperature is high
(D) its critical temperature is low

Q- 9. The famous Dilwara temples of Mount Abu are a sacred pilgrimage place for the

(A) Buddhists
(B) Jains
(C) Sikhs
(D) Parsis

Q-10. The unit of measurement of noise is

(A) Decibel
(B) Hertz
(C) Amplifier
(D) Acoustics

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Language Scholars (Principal Works)

English A.K. Ramanujan (The Striders, Relations, Second Sight); Amitabh Ghosh (The Circle of Reason, The Shadow Lines, In an Antique Land); Anita Desai (Clear Light of Day, The Accompaniest, Fire on the Mountain); Arundhati Roy (The God of Small Things, Electric Moon, Massey Sahib); Jhumpa Lahiri (Interpreter of Maladies); Kamala Das (Summer in Calcutta, The Old Playhouse and Other Poems, Alphabet of Lust); Kamala Markandaya (Nectar in a Sieve, Some Inner Fury, A Silence of Desire); Khushwant Singh (Train to Pakistan, Delhi, History of the Sikhs); Manohar Malgaonkar (Distant Drum, Combat of Shadows, The Devil’s Wind); Mulk Raj Anand (Untouchable, Coolie, Two Leaves and a Village, Privcate Life of an Indian Prince); Nirad C. Chaudhari (The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian, A passage to England); R.K. Narayan (Swami, The Guide, Waiting for the Mahatama, Malgudi Days, The Grandmother’s Tale); Salman Rushdie (Midnight’s Children, Satanic Verses, Moor’s Last Sigh, Shame); Sarojini Naidu (Golden Threshold, The Broken Wing, The Bird of Time, The Magic Lute); Shashi Tharoor (The Great India Novel; Indian From Midnight to Millennium); Vikram Seth (The Golden Gate, A Suitable Boy).

Assamese Ajit-Barua (Padya Aru Gan, Brahmaputra Isyadi Padya); Bhabendranath Sakia (Antareep, Ramyabhumi); Bhattedeva (Katha-Gita); Bina Barua (Jivinar Batat); Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya (Iyaruinagm); Jogesh Das (Dawar Aru Nai, Prithivir Asukh) Mamani Raisom Goswami, popularly known as Indira Goswami (Nilkanthi Broja, Ahiron, Mamore Dhara Tarowal); Sankaradevas (Rukmini-Harana, Bhakti Ratnakar); Saurabh Kumar Chaliha (Golam, Ashanta Electron).

Bengali Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (Durgeshnandini, Kapalakundla, Anandamath, Devi Chaudhurani); Bibhutibhushan Banerjee (Pather Panchali, Aparajita, Bipiner Sansar); Ishwar Chandra Gupta (Prabodha Prabhakar, Bodhendu Bikas); Jevananda Das (Jhara Palak); (Banalata Sen); (Mahaprithibi); Kazi Nazrul Islam (Agnivina, Dolonchampa, Bulbul); Madhusudan Dutta (The Captive Ladies, Visions of the Past, Padmavati, Meghonad Badh); Manik Banerjee (Janani, Atasi Mami, Padmanadir Majhi); Rabindranath Tagore (Gitanjali); Sarat Chandra Chatterjee (Devdas, Parinita, Biraj Bau, Palli Samaj).

Gujarati Akho (Panchikiran, Akhegita); Govardhanam Madhavaram Tripathi (Saraswati Chandra); Kakasaheb Kalekar (Himalayano Pravas, Brahmdeshno Pravas, Purva Africaman); K.M. Munshi (Patanni Prabhuta, Gujaratno Nath and Rajadhiraj); Narsinh Mehta (Harsamenang Pado, Prabhatiyang); Narmada Shankar (Mari Hakikat, Rukmini harana); Pannachai Patel (Manavini Bhavai, Valamanan); Rasiklal Parikh (Shivalkk, Mena Gurjari); Umashankar Joshi (Gangotri, Vishwashanti, Nishith).

Hindi Jaishankar Prasad (Chhaya, Akash Deep, Kamayani, Ansu, Kamana); Mahadevi Verma (Rashmi, Niraja, Sandhyagita, Yama and Dipasikha); Maithili Sharan Gupt (Jayadrath Vadh, Panchavati, Saket, Yashodhara); Mohan Rakesh (Ashadha Ka Ek Din, Adhe Adhure); Nirmal Verma (Kavve Aur Kala Panni); Phaniswar Nath “Renu” (Maila Anchal); Prem Chand (Seva Sadan, Nirmala, Rang Bhumi, Karamabhumi, Ghaban, Godan); Raghuvir Sahay (Log Bhool Gaye Hain, Atmahatya Ke Viruddha); Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’ (Urvashi); Sumitra Nandan Pant (Pallav, Gunjan, Yugavani); Suryakant Tripathi ‘Nirala’ (Juhi Ki Kali, Parimala, Anamika); Tulsidas (Ramacharitamanasa, Gitavali, Vinay Patrika); S.H. Vatsyayan (Angan Ke Par Dvara, Chakranta Shila); Vishnu Prabhakar (Ardhanarishwara, Awara Masiha); Yashpal (Jhutha Sach, Dada Comrade, Desh Drohi).

Kannada D.R. Bendre (Nada Lila); Gopalakrishna Adiga (Bhoomigeetha, Bhavataranga, Nadedu Bhanda Duri); Harihara (Madara Channaiahna Ragale); K. Shivarama Karantha (Marali Mannige, Gargha Gudi); Kuvempu (Kanooru Heggadithi, Malegalalli Madulagalu); Masti Venkatesha Iyengar ‘Srinivasa’ (Channabasava Nayaka, Chikaveera Rajendra); Pampa (Pampa Bharata; Adi Purana); P.T. Narasimhachar (Gokula Nirgamana); U.R. Anathamurthy (Samskara, Bharatiputra Samkara); Woman Bindre (Modalu Todalu, Spandana).

Kashmiri Dina Nath Nadim (Shihily Kul); Ghulam Ahmed Mahjoor (Poshe-mati-Janano, Kulyat-I-Mahjoor, Gristy Kur); Mahmud Gami (Yusuf Zulaikha); Maqbool Shah Kralawrai (Malanam, Grisynama); Rasool Mir (Zeha-Nigar); Samad Mir (Akamandum); Paramananda (Radha Swamwara, Sudama-Charit).

Malayalam C. Krishan Pillai (Kalittoli, Sahitya Chinthakal); Kumaran Asan (Chinthavishtayaya Sita, Vini Purvu, Lila, Karuna, Nalini); Madhavikutty (Naricheerukal Parakkumbol, Thanuppu, Nepayasam, Ente Katha); M.T. Vasudevan Nair (Nalukettu, Asuravithu, Ramdamuzham); O. Chandu Menon (Indulekha, Sarada), O.V. Vijayan (Khasakinte Itihasam, Dharamapuranam, Pravachakante Vazhi); T. Srivisankara Pillai (Chemmeen); T. Ramanuja Ehuttachchan (Kilippattu, Adhyatma Ramayanam, Uttara Ramayanam); T. Padmanabhan (Prakasam, Our Kathakrittu Kurishil, Gouri); Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (Balyakalasakhi, Mathilukal); Vallathol Narayana Menon (Magdalana Mariam).

Marathi Bhal Chandra Nemade (Kosala, Bidhar, Jareela); B.s. Mardhekar (Shishiragam, Kanhi Kavita); C. Vinayak Joshi (Chimanravache Charhat); Eknath (Eknathi Bhagavata or Bhavartha Ramayana); Hari Narayan Apte (Madhali Sthiti, Ushankala, Me); Jnaneshwar (Bhawarthadipika, Anubhavamrita); Namdeve Dhasal (Golpitha, Murkh Mhataryane Donger Balwale, Priyadarshini); Ramadasa (Dasabodha); Sane Guruji (Shyamchi Aai, God Shevat); S.N. Pendse (Haddapar, Grambacha Bapu); T. Bapuji Thomre (Samagra Batakavi, Anandi-Anand); Vijay Tendulkar (Srimant, Gidhade, Ghasiram Kotwal); V.s. Khandekar (Yayati, Don Dhruv, Ulka).

Oriya Baldev Ratha (Campu); Fakir Mohan Senapati (Chaman Atha Gunta); Kalicharan Patnaik (Bhata); Monoranjan Das (Janmamati, Nandika Kesari, August Na); Mayadhar Manasingha (Dhupa); Santanu Kumar Acharya (Nara Kinnar Satabdira Nachiketa); Satchidananda Rautray (Palli-Shree, Pandulipi, Kavita); Sitakant Mahapatra (Dipti O’Dyuti, Sabdara Akash, Chitranadi); Surendra Mohanty (Managarira Ratri, Malarara Mrutyu, Andha Diganta); Upendra Banja (Lavanyavati, Kotibrahmanda).

Punjabi Amrita Pritam (Doctor Dev, Pinjar, Ali Akhan Waris Shah Noo); Bhai Vir Singh (Rana Surat Singh); Dalip Kaur Tiwana (Lang Gaye Darya); Gurdial Singh (Murhi Das Diva); Kartar Singh Duggal (Haal Murreedan Da, Ab Na Bason Eh Gaon); Mohan Singh ‘Mahir’ (Sawe Patar, Kasumbra, Nan-Kayan); Nanak Singh (Ik Mian Da Talwaran); Shiv Kumar Batalvi (Luna); Waris Shah (Heer Ranjah).

Tamil C.S. Chellappan (Vadivasul); Durai Manickam (Aiyai, Nurasiriyam, Koyyakani); Illanko Adigal (Chilappatikaram, Manimekalai, Chivalaka Chintamani); Indira Parthasarathy (Kuruthi Punal); Jayamohan (Vishnupuranam, Rubber); Kamban (Ramakatai or Kamba Ramayanam); M. Vednayakam Pillai Pratapa Mudaliar Charittiram); M. Varadrajan (Peer Manam, Karittundu); Rajam Krishnan (Venukku Nir); R. Krishnamurthi ‘Kalki’ (Thyage Bhoomi, Alai Osai);
R. Shanmugasundaram (Nagammal); Sa Kandasamy (Sayavanam); Subramania Bharati (Panchali Sabadam, Kalippattu, Kannanpattu, Kuyiulpattu).

Telugu Bammera Potana (Narayana Satakamu, Veerabhadra Vijayamu, Bhojini Dandakamu); Gonabudda Reddy (Ranganatha Ramayanam); Gurjada Venkata Appa Rao (Kanyasulkam); Kandukuri Viresalingam Pantulu (Rajashekhara Charitumu, Abhijanana Shakuntalam); Kodavatiganti Kutumba Rao (Chaduvyu, Braduku, Bhayam, Karunyam); Nannaya, Tikkana And Errana or Trinity of Telugu Literature (Andhra Mahabharata); N. narasimha Sastry (Narayanbattu, Rudramadeve); Palakuriki Somanatha (Basava Puranamu, Ponditaradhyacharita); Pingali Surana (Raghavapandaviyam, Kalapurnodayam); Pattaparthi Narayanacharya (Shivathandavam); Rayaprolu Subha Rao (Lalitha, Andhravali, Kashta Kamala); Srirangam Srinivasarao (Mahaprasthanam, Desa Charitralu); Tripuranemi Gopichand (Asamardhuni Javayatra); U. Lakshminarayana (Mala Palli); Vasireddy Seetha Devi (Mattimanishi); Vishwanatha Satya-Narayana (Madhyakkaras, Ramayana Kalpa Vriksham).

Urdu Abul Kalam Azad (Tarjuman-ul-Quran, Tazkirah, Ghubar-e-Khatir); Ali Sardar Jafri (Parwaz, Nai Duniya Ko Salaam, Khoon Ki Lakeer, Patthar Ki Deewar); Faiz Ahmed “Faiz” (Naqsh-e-Faryadi, Sure Sukhan Hamare); Firaq Gorakhpuri (Gul-e-Nagma); Ismat Chugtai (Kaliyan, Choten, Chooi Mooi, Ek Baat, Do Haath); Mir Taqi Mir (Kulliyat-e-Mir, Zikr-e-Mir); Mirza Ghalib (Diwan-e-Ghalib, Gul-e-Rana); Mohammed Iqbal (Bang-e-Dara, Asra-I-Khudi, Rumuz-e-Bekhudi, Zarh-e-Kalim, Masjid-e-Qartaha); Premchand (Bazare-e-Hush, Gosh-e-Afiat, Chaugan-e-hasti, Godan); Qurratulain Hyder (Aag Ka Darya, Akhir-e-Shah Ke Hamsafar); Rajinder Singh Bedi (Dana-o-Daam, Grehan, Ek Chander Maili Si), Saadat Hasan Manto (Thanda Ghost, Khol Do, Toha Tek Singh).

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