General Knowledge for Competitive Exam : General Awareness

Every student will have their own and different pattern to prepare for competitive exams. Most common method is byheart the subject. But it’s not so useful method for further use. So first we have to understand the subject what we are going to prepare. For example when we are preparing for groups at first we should have to know the syllabus. And then get the examination pattern and view the previous exam papers. And then we will get a basic idea about what we have to prepare.

Now in this article you’ll get some basic and most useful tips for preparing competitive exams and how to get success in an easy way. So follow our ultimate tips about competitive exams and get success at first attempt.

Follow Schedule Timings:

Most successful people say’s that they prepared for competitive exams for minimum 12 to 14 hours per a day. But every one doesn’t need that much of time. Because when we do this type of study we can’t understand the content perfectly and there are chances to loss our memory permanently. So we have to give a gap between preparations. For example we have to do study 2 hours and then give half an hour gap and then prepare another 2 hours. This type of study gives you mind relaxation and it gives most strength to prepare for exams.

Important Content Preparing:

Another common mistake every one do’s that they read every lesson page to page, each and every word of the lesson. In this method they will forget the important content of the lesson and they remember only the simple and straight forward method in the lesson. To escape from this type of problem at first once we have to read the lesson and underline the important matter in the lesson. And we have to note down the important content in a separate book. Because, writing is a one of the great methods to remember the important matters in the subject and it is also a helpful technique to improve our writing skills for obtaining good marks in exams.

Reading Books Regularly:

For some examinations we have to do too hard work. Hard work means not to expose physical stamina. That means we have to read number of books and need to gather useful content. For example if we want to know about the topic ‘geography’ we read only one book about the subject. But only one book does not give complete information about the geography. So we should need to read number of alternative books about geography. Like this, when we start reading any particular subject we need to read number of alternative books. So it gives much information about the subject. For useful books we should need to go to library every day.

Conduct Self Examinations:

We have to examine by ourselves it will gives good hand writing, memory and time saving in competitive exam. At first collect previous year examination papers and then conduct exam by yourself. Prepare new question papers by yourself or by your lecturers or experts. It will help to increase student’s mental stamina. Like this we have to self-examine number of times. In many top and successful coaching centers this is a most common method they use to prepare their students properly. For good own preparation there are number of question banks, study materials are published by experts and available in market.

What We Have To Prepare?

Prepare toughest problems at first and apply easy methods to solve the problems. And then go for the easy one. Thus, you can save the time for exam. Read important paragraphs and questions then go for other questions. When you know perfectly about the subject then teach that subject to your friends. That increases your memory power.

Competitive Spirit:

In competitive exams we can’t get success at once. We can able to receive failure and success equally once we failure in the exam it’s not means that we cannot get the success forever. Failure is the first step for success. So that’s why we have to prepare mentally strong to receive the result. We need to know about those people who got success already in previous competitive exams. It is not important to obtain their methods but it gives an inspiration for our career. This is called competitive spirit it’s very important for those who trying for success very hardly.

Coaching:

To prepare competitive exams coaching is a very important thing because we can read number of books for preparation but we cannot understand everything so easily. That’s why we have to approach our lecturers or advisers that who can explain it easily to you. For this, there are so many coaching centers are available. In coaching institutes the faculty is more experienced and they will give correct advice to solve the problems and how to prepare for exams in a simple way.

Discuss The Subject With Friends:

When we know a little about the subject we should need to express the doubts with your friends and core students. And it boost up our eagerness to know more about the subject and you can request your friends to know more about the subject and make a discussion about it at weekly once. And it gives fresh thoughts how to prepare for competitive exams.

Before The Examination:

Before examination we don’t have to read because it makes stress in our mind. Just we have to rewind the whole syllabus what we prepared previously. Some people take books in examination center and then read them so eagerly before the exam. In that time only some answers of questions will keep in our mind that what we read at last. So it’s becomes a big problem in an exam because we can’t get back answers of other questions quickly. So only we can write one question answer perfectly what we read before the exam eagerly. So we have to avoid reading before the examination time.

In Examination Time:

Few minutes before the examination we should have to relax ourselves and then read the question paper first to last and mark the questions what you can answer perfectly. Maintain good hand writing give a space between Para to Para and word to word. Write answers in an order. When you are writing objective type test first mark the answers that you know perfectly. Leave what you don’t know because in competitive exam you can gain negative marks for wrong answers. That’s why carefully answer the question. After marking the well-known answers you go for the next what you don’t know the question answers. But don’t waste the time because time is very important while competitive exams. Five minutes before the exam time coming to over you have to recheck the answer sheet that you can sure you didn’t make any mistake.

So friends follow our tips if useful and get success in competitive exams. God bless you and best of luck.

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

General Awarness : NEW APPOINTMENTS

Dinesh Sarraf - ONGC chief

Arseny Yatseniuk - Ukraine’s new prime minister

Rashid Latif - Pakistan cricket chief selector

Bappi Lahiri - goodwil ambassador in Nepal

Metro Man E Sreedharan - Uttar Pradesh government’s chief adviser for Lucknow metro rail project.

Cheteshwar Pujara - ‘brand ambassador’ of the Gujarat state Election Commission.

Salil Nair - Shoppers Stop CEO

Ashok Varadhan - co-head of Goldman Sachs’ securities

Justice Mukul Mudgal - appointed as Chief of BCCC

Siddharth Das - Flipkart Chief Operating Officer of its online payment solution PayZippy

Rakesh Maria - Mumbai’s new police commissioner

Vallabhaneni Venkateshwara Rao - the member of Censor Board.

Kalyan Singh -BJP vice-president

Sheila Dikshit – Governor of Kerala Published

Ibrahim Mahlab – Prime Minister of Egypt

Matteo Renzi - PM of Italy

Edward Snowden - Rector of University of Glasgow

Abdul Basit - high commissioner of Pakistan

Vinod Sawhny - CEO of Reliance Communications

Jatinder Bir Singh - CMD of Punjab and Sind Bank

R.K.Tiwari – new Chairman of CBDT

N Ramachandran- President of IOA

Marco Lambertini - Director-General of WWF International

Sanjeev Kulkarni - dean of Princeton University Graduate School (DGH)

Satya Nadella – CEO of Microsoft

M Teresa Kho – Country Director of ADB

Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur – head 7th Central Pay Commission

Poonam Khetrapal Singh – Regional Director of SEARO

Vivek Lall -Special Advisor Published

Manoj Vaish – MD & CEO of MCX

Harish Rawat -8th Chief Minister of Uttrakhand

Michel Rogers – Director of NSA

Arun Gupta – CMD of Shipping Corporation of India

Ajoy Misra – the CEO and MD of Tata Global Beverages Limited

Manoj Kohli – MD&CEO of non telecom businesses of Bharti Enterprises

Gopal vittal – MD&CEO of Bharti Airtel

Egypt’s Army Chief Fattah al-Sisi -Field Marshal

Professor Rakesh Khurana – Dean of Harvard College

Kailash Meghwal – Speaker of Rajasthan Assembly

Aruna Bahuguna -first woman to be appointed chief of National Police Academy

Catherline Samba-Panza- CAR’s Interim President (first woman to be elected as the interim president)

Jamila Bayaz -first women to be appointed police chief of Kabul province

Sirajuddin Qureshi – President of IICC Published

Morten Sorby – new Uninor CEO

Munish Sharda – MD and CEO of Future Generali Life

Janet Yellen – Chairperson of Federal Reserve

Chandrashekhar – President of NASSCOM

Srinivas and Pravin Rao – Infosys Presidents

Raj Jain – CEO of Bharti Retail

Pradhyuman Singh – pro-tem speaker of 14th Rajasthan Assembly

S.K.Sharma – Chairman and Managing Director of BEL

Ashraf Jehan-first female judge in Pak’s National Sharia Court

Devendra Kumar Pathak – DG, BSF

Pradeep Kumar – MD Corporate Banking of State Bank of India

J.N.Chaudhary – Head of NSG

CISF – chief Arvind Ranjan

Ashok Lavasa, – the New Civil Aviation Secretary

Siddarth Birla – President of FICCI

Vinod Kumar Duggal – the Governor of Manipur

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar – ambassador of US

Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed – Prime Minister by Somalian Parliament

Usha Sangwan – first woman Managing Director of Life Insurance Corporation.

P.H. Parekh – President of Supreme Court Bar Association

S B Nayar -Chairman and Managing Director of India Infrastructure Finance Corp Limited

Puneet Kumar – secretary general of AEPC

Harsh Kumar Bhanwala -Chairman of NABARD

CVR Rajendran – CMD of Andhra Bank

Krishna Iyer – CEO of Wal-Mart India

Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag – new Army chief

Branches of Biology: General Awarness

1.Biology: study of living organisms.

2.Botany: study of plants.

3.Zoology: study of animals.

4.Morphology: study of internal and external structures of organisms (plants and animals) organs.

5.Histology: study of tissues.

6.Cytology: study of cells and cell organelles.

7.Anatomy: study of internal organs of plants and animals.

8.Embryology: study about male and female gametes, fertilization and development of embryo.

9.Microbiology: study of micro-organisms.

10.Physiology: study of various body functions and processes (e.g. respiration, photosynthesis, growth etc.).

11.Ecology: study of relationship of living beings (plants and animals) with environment. Also called Environmental biology.

12.Palynology: study of microspores or pollen grains.

13.Palaeontology: study of fossils.

14.Molecular Biology: Study of nature of biomolecules and their interactions in an organism

15.Astrobiology: study of extra-terrestrial life.

16.Biochemistry: study of bio-chemical process (e.g. diffusion, osmosis etc.)

17.Biophysics: study of application of physics principles in life processes.

18.Taxonomy: study of identification, nomenclature and classification of animals and plants.

19.Genetics: study of genes and inheritance

20.Bacteriology: study about bacteria.

21.Virology: study about viruses.

22.Eugenics: study of application of knowledge of genetics to the human welfare.

23.Bioinformatics: information processing of data in molecular biology by using computers.

24.Phytogeography: study about distribution of plants in different parts of the globe.

25.Mycology: study about fungi.

26.Phycology: study about algae.

27.Bryology: study of bryophyte plants.

28.Pteridology: study of Pteridophytes plants.

29.Entomology: study of insects

30.Neurology: branch of medicine that deals with the anatomy, functions, and organic disorders of nerves and the nervous system

31:Neuroradiology: Branch of radiology focuses on the diagnosis and abnormalities of nervous system.

32.Biotechnology: use of organisms or their parts to produce useful products like medicines.

33.Ethology: study of how animals behave, particularly in their natural environments.

34.Paleoanthropology:study of human origins and evolution.

35.Sociobiology: study of social behavior based on evolutionary theory.

36.Osteology: study of bones.

37.Ichthyology: study of fishes.

38.Toxicology: study about poisons.

39.Mammology:study of mammals

TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH SPORTS

1. Badminton - Drop, Smash, Ione, deuce, Clash Service

2. Baseball - Bunting, home, pitcher , strike, put out

3. Basketball - Block, dribble , pivot , held ball, basket

4. Billiards - Cue, Cannon, frame, spider, baulk

5. Boxing - Rounds, knock-out , jab, punch, uppercut

6. Chess - Gambit, resign, checkmate, rook, knight, pawn

7. Cricket - Maiden, caught, slips, gully, point, cover, yorker

8. Football - Penalty , foul, dribble, half, pass, goal

9. Golf - Course, links, tee, hole, nibble, club, putt, iron, eagle

10. Hockey - Centre, defender, push-in, free-hit, stick, carry, bully

11. Horse- racing - Bets, bookies, jockey, punter, steeplechase

12. Polo - Mallet, bunker, chucker, handicap, goal

13. Shooting - Bag, Bulls eye, plug, skeet, marksmanship

14. Tennis - Smash , slice, lob, set, ace, volley

15. Volleyball - Blocking, heave, point, serve, doubling, smash

FIRST IN INDIA- Must Know GK

● British Governor-General : Warren Hastings
● British Governor-General of Independent India : Lord Mountbatten
● Justice of India : Hiralal J. Kania

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

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

● Member of the Dalit Community to become the President of India : K. R. Narayanan
● DNA typing forensic Laboratory set-up at : Kolkata
● Electric Train started between : Ludhiana and New Delhi
● Science City was inaugurated in : Kolkata
● Actress of Indian Cinema : Kamalabai Gokhale
● Woman Pilot of IAF : Harita Deol
● Solar Thermal Parabolic Trough Power Station was established at : Mathania (Rajasthan)
● Indian writer to win the Booker Prize : Arundhati Roy
● Musician to be awarded the Bharat Ratna : M. S. Subbulakshmi
● Indian Woman to go into Space : Kalpana Chawla
● Chairman of the Prasar Bharati Board : Nikhil Chakravarthy
● Indian Institution to be awarded Gandhi Peace Prize : Ramakrishna Mission
● Solar city is developed at : Anandpur Sahib
● Woman to win an Olympic medal : Karnam Malleswari
● Woman Foreign Secretary of India : Chokila Iyer
● Indian to win World Billiards Trophy : Wilson Jones
● Indian Grand Master (in Chess) : Vishwanathan Anand
● Chinese pilgrim to visit India : Fahien
● European invader on India soil : Alexender, the great
● Indian to win World Chess Championship : Vishwanathan Anand
● Women Air Vice Marshal : P. Bandopadhyaya
● Lady Cadet of Indian Army : Priya Jhingan
● First Indian to win a medal in the world Athletic Championship : Anju B. George (2003)
● Triple Century Maker in Test Cricket : Virendra Sahwag (2004)
● Hitter of 5 Double Centuries : Rahul Dravid (2004)
● Woman DGP : Kanchan Chaudhury
● Medal winner in Olympic Games : Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore (2004)(facebook/cnaonweb)
● Asian Tennis Champion, WTA champion, Third round winner in Grand Slam Tournament, Grand slam tournament winner Match winner in U.S. open, Youngest awardee of Padamshree : Sania Mirza
● Formula-1 Car Racer : Narayan Kartikeyan
● Indian to be awarded ‘Srilanka Ratn’ : N. Ram
● Woman Commanded the annual passing out parade : Wahida Prizm (2006)(facebook/cnaonweb)
● Five hundred wicket taker in Test cricket: Anil Kumble (2006)
● To the ski to the North Pole : Ajeet Bajaj (2006)
● First Air Chief to to Sky dive : Air Chief S. P. Tyagi (2006)
● First Indian Woman to win a Badminton Grand Prix : Saina Nehwal (2006)
● First President to make sortie in a combat aircraft : Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (2006)(facebook/cnaonweb)
● First Women President : Pratibha Patil (2007)
● First Indian to win Gold Medal in Olympics in individual Event : Abhinav Bindra (2008)
● First Woman Pilot of Fighter Plane : Suman Sharma
● World Cup (Jr.) Badminton, Indonesian Open Winner (Woman) : Saina Nehwal (2009)(facebook/cnaonweb)
● Woman Speaker Lok Sabha : Ms. Meira Kumar (2009)
● Two Oscar Award Winner : A. R. Rehman (2009)
● Khel Ratna, Arjun and Dronacharya Award : P. Gopi Chand (2009)(facebook/cnaonweb)
● Indian Woman to reach the South Pole : Reena Kaushal (2009)

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Universe and planet General Knowledge Question

1. In order of their distances from the Sun, which of the following planets lie between
Mars and Uranus?
(a) Earth and Jupiter
(b) Jupiter and Saturn
(c) Saturn and Earth
(d) Saturn and Neptune
Answer. (b)

2. Comets revolve around:
(a) Sun
(b) Earth
(c) Venus
(d) No single heavenly body
Answer. (a)

3. Which one of the following is correct? Great Bear is a
(a) Galaxy
(b) Planet
(c) Star
(d) Constellation
Answer. (d)

4. The hottest planet is:
(a) Mercury
(b) Venus
(c) Jupiter
(d) Saturn
Answer. (b)

5. Which of the planets is nearest to the earth?
(a) Jupiter
(b) Venus
(c) Mercury
(d) Mars
Answer. (b)

6. Which one of the following planets takes the same number of days
for rotation And revolution?
(a) Mars
(b) Venus
(c) Mercury
(d) Jupiter
Answer. (b)

7. Which of the following planets of the solar system has the longest day?
(a) Mercury
(b) Jupiter
(c) Venus
(d) Earth
Answer. (c)

8. Which planet of the solar system spins on its axis at the fastest rate?
(a) Mercury
(b) Earth
(c) Jupiter
(d) Satum
Answer. (c)

7. Which planet looks reddish in the night sky?
(a) Mercury
(b) Mars
(c) Jupiter
(d) Saturn
Answer. (b)

8. Which of the following is the largest of the inner planets?
(a) Venus
(b) Mercury
(c) Mars
(d) Earth
Answer. (d)

9. Match the following:
A. Largest Planet 1. Mercury
B. Brightest Planet 2. Jupiter
C. Densest Planet 3. Earth
D. Smallest Planet 4. Venus
A B C D
(a) 2 3 4 1
(b) 2 4 3 1
(c) 3 4 1 2
(d) 3 4 2 1
Answer. (b)

10. Match the following:
Planet Gases in atmosphere
A. Venus 1. Hydrogen and helium
B. Mars 2. Hydrogen, helium, ammonia, methane
C. Saturn 3. Carbon dioxide, ammonia and methane
D. Jupiter 4. Carbon dioxide and nitrogen

A B C D
(a) 4 3 1 2
(b) 2 3 4 1
(c) 4 2 3 1
(d) 2 1 4 3
Answer. (a)

11. A black hole is a:
(a) Contracted star with intense gravitational pull
(b) Star with very low surface temperature
(c) Star with no atmosphere
(d) Pulsating star
Answer. (a)

12. Asteroids have their orbits between the planets:
(a) Mercury and Venus
(b) Earth and Mars
(c) Mars and Jupiter
(d) Jupiter and Saturn
Answer. (c)

13. The orbits of planets around the Sun, or of satellites around the Earth, can be:
(a) Circular and elliptic
(b) Circular and hyperbolic
(c) Elliptic and parabolic
(d) Parabolic and hyperbolic
Answer. (a)

14. NASA’s Deep Impact space mission was employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus?
(a) Halley’s Comet
(b) Hale-Bopp
(c) Hyakutake
(d) Temple
Answer. (d)

15. Foucault experiment is proof of which one of the following?
(a) Revolution of Earth
(b) Rotation of Earth
(c) Rotation of Moon
(d) Revolution of Moon
Answer. (b)

16. The earth rotates around its axis from:
(a) North to south
(b) East to west
(c) South to north
(d) West to east
Answer. (d)

17. Days and nights are caused by:
1. Rotation of the earth on its axis
2. Revolution of the earth around the sun
3. Inclination ofthe earth’s axis
(a) Only 1 is correct
(b) 1 and 2 are correct
(c) 2 and 3 are correct
(d) All are correct
Answer. (a)

18. “Mohs' Scale” is used to indicate the:
(a) Degree of brittleness of a substance
(b) Degree of hardness of minerals.
(c) Degree of viscosity of a liquid
(d) Degree of elasticity of a material
Answer. (b)

19. The mean radius of the earth is approximately:
(a) 3200 km
(b) 6400 km
(c) 9600 km
(d) 12800 km
Answer. (b)

20. Summer Solstice in the' Southern Hemisphere occurs on:
(a) December 22
(b) September 23
(c) June 21
(d) March 21
Answer. (a)

21. Spring tides occur when:
(a) The moon is nearest to the earth
(b) The moon is farthest from the earth
(c) The moon, the sun and the earth are at right angles with the earth at the apex
(d) The moon, the sun and the earth are in the same line
Answer. (d)

22. At neap tide:
1. The sun and moon exert their force at right angles
2. The tidal amplitude is high
3. The low tides are very low
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 2
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer. (c)
23. Match the following:
A. Lithosphere 1. The relatively light rocks that form the continental crust
B. Asthenosphere 2. The relatively dense rocks that form the oceanic crust
C. Sima 3. Part of earth’s upper mantle
D. Sial 4. The outer portion of the earth including the crust

A B C D
(a) 2 3 4 1
(b) 3 4 1 2
(c) 4 3 2 1
(d) 3 2 1 4
Answer. (c)

24. lf a solar 'eclipse occurs when the moon is quite far from the earth,
the eclipse would be likely to be:
(a) Total
(b) Partial
(c) Annular
(d) None of these
Answer. (a)

25. What can be the maximum duration of totality for a solar eclipse?
(a) 12.5 minutes
(b) 7 minutes 40 seconds
(c) 1 hour 40 seconds
(d) There is no maximum duration
Answer. (b)

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Important Tourist Trains Info General Knowledge

IMPORTANT TRAINS INFORMATION

1. The Palace on Wheels:

To promote tourism in Rajasthan - Rajputana, Gujarat, the Nizam of Hyderabad and the Viceroy of British India.- Launched August 2009

2. The Maharaja Express

Venture between Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporationbut after the verdict of the High Court and Supreme Court of India - Begin or end in Delhi and include a visit to the Taj Mahal in Agra

3.The Royal Rajasthan on Wheels

a luxury tourist train run by Indian Railways -several important tourist, wildlife and heritage sites across Rajasthan - Places are Hawa Mahal (Palace of Winds), Moti Mahal, Sheesh Mahal, Ranthambhor National Park, Chittaurgarh Fort, Jag Niwas (Lake Palace), Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Agra Fort and finally the Taj Mahal

4. The Golden Chariot

Connects the important tourist spots in the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

List of Dadasaheb Phalke Award Winners

1969- Devika Rani, actress
1970- B. N. Sircar, producer
1971- Prithviraj Kapoor, actor (posthumous)
1972- Pankaj Mullick, composer (music director)
1973- Ruby Myers (Sulochana), actress
1974- Bomireddi Narasimha, Reddy director
1975- Dhirendranath Ganguly, actor, director
1976- Kanan Devi, actress
1977- Nitin Bose, cinematographer, director, writer
1978- Rai Chand Boral, composer, director
1979- Sohrab Modi, actor, director, producer
1980- Paidi Jairaj, actor, director
1981- Naushad Ali, composer (music director)
1982- L. V. Prasad, actor, director, producer
1983- Durga Khote, actress
1984- Satyajit Ray, director
1985- V. Shantaram, actor, director, producer
1986- B. Nagi Reddy, producer
1987- Raj Kapoor, actor, director
1988- Ashok Kumar, actor
1989- Lata Mangeshkar, singer
1990- A. Nageswara Rao, actor
1991- Bhalji Pendharkar, director, producer, writer
1992- Bhupen Hazarika, composer (music director)
1993- Majrooh Sultanpuri, lyricist
1994- Dilip Kumar, actor
1995- Dr. Rajkumar, actor
1996- Sivaji Ganesan, actor
1997- Pradeep,lyricist
1998- B.R. Chopra, director, producer
1999- Hrishikesh Mukherjee, director
2000- Asha Bhosle, singer
2001- Yash Chopra,director, producer
2002- Dev Anand, actor, director, producer
2003- Mrinal Sen, director
2004- Adoor Gopalakrishnan, director
2005- Shyam Benegal, director
2006- Tapan Sinha, director
2007- Manna Dey, singer
2008- V.K. Murthy, cinematographer
2009- D.Ramanaidu, producer, director
2010- K. Balchander, director
2011- Soumitra Chatterjee, actor
2012 - Pran, Actor
2013 -Gulzar, Poet, Lyricist and Film director

Monday, May 12, 2014

Motto of Olympic Games - General Knowledge

The official Olympic motto is taken from the Latin "Citius, altius, fortius" - which means "Faster, higher, stronger", and was proposed by the man considered the founder of the modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin, on the creation of the International Olympic Committee in 1894.

2020 : Tokyo, Japan

"Discover Tomorrow"

2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

"Live your passion"

2012: London

"Inspire a generation"

2008: Beijing, China

"One world, one dream"

2004: Athens, Greece

"Welcome home"

2000: Sydney, Australia

"Share the spirit"

1996: Atlanta, USA

"The celebration of the century"

1992: Barcelona, Spain

"Friends Forever"

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Materials about Act - Indian Marriage - General Knowledge

It is in this background that, under the leadership of enlightened Indians, the Widow Re-marriage Act was passed in 1856. In 1929 came the Child Marriage Restraint Act (Sharda Act), which fixed the minimum age of marriage for girls and boys at 14 and 18 respectively. The post-independence Hindu Marriage Act of 1955 went further and raised the marriage bar for girls to 15 (boys remained 18), made it mandatory that neither party had a living spouse at the time of marriage (thus making monogamy the law), and permitted divorce under certain conditions. (The minimum age of marriage is now 18 years for girls, and a debate is current on whether the legal age of 21 years for boys should be brought down to 18 years).

The Special Marriage Act of 1954 legalized unions between spouses of different religions, provided that the girl was 18 years of age and the boy 21.