GENERAL KNOWLEDGE PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. Which of the following is not a part of India's Money Market ? 

(A) Bill Markets (B) Call Money Market (C) Banks (D) Indian Gold Council (Ans : D)

2. Which of the following States introduced a high-tech foodgrain rationing system to ensure timely supply of the foodgrains to people living below poverty line ? 
(A) Maharashtra (B) Tamil Nadu (C) Delhi (D) Karnataka (Ans : D)

3. Barack Hussain Obama belongs to which of the following political parties ? 
(A) Republican (B) Democratic (C) Labour 
(D) American National Congress (Ans : B)

4. Which of the following State Governments had announced that it would provide a special package of incentives to Employment Intensive Industries? 
(A) Punjab (B) Karna taka (C) Bihar
(D) Uttar Pradesh (Ans : C)

5. Who amongst the following is the author of the book “The Exile” ? 
(A) B. G. Verghese (B) Philip Roth (C) Aravind Adiga 
(D) Navtej Saran (Ans : D)

6. Which of the following is not a fertilizer product ? 
(A) Urea (B) Murate of Potash (C) Di Ammonium Phosphate 
(D) Calcium Carbonate (Ans : D)

7. Which of the following programmes is being implemented in all the districts of the country ? 
(A) Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (B) Navodaya Vidyalay (C) Ultra Mega Power Project 
(D) None of 'these (Ans : D)

8. The Government of India decided to provide a bonus price of Rs. 50 per quintal on which of the following products over and above its minimum support price of Rs. 850 per quintal? 
(A) Wheat (B) Paddy (C) Sugarcane 
(D) Cotton (Ans : B)

9. Which of the following services is not provided by the post offices in India? 
(A) Savings Bank Scheme (B) Retailing of Mutual Funds (C) Sale of Stamp Papers (Judicial) 
(D) Issuance of Demand Drafts (Ans : B)

10. Which of the following diseases is not covered under Integrated Disease Surveillance project ? 
(A) Cholera (B) Tuberculosis (C) AIDS 
(D) Polio (Ans : A)

11. Who amongst the following is the author of the book “The Namesake” ? 
(A) Vikram Seth (B) V. S. Naipaul (C) Arun Bhagat 
(D) Jhumpa Lahiri (Ans : D)

12. Dronacharya Award is given for excellence in– 
(A) Literary work (B) Social service (C) Coaching in sports 
(D) Journalism (Ans : C)

13. India's Space Rocket Launching Centre is in– 
(A) Port Blair (B) Hassan (C) Tirupati 
(D) Sriharikota (Ans : D)

14. Besides USA, India has signed Nuclear Agreement with which of the following countries and is named as “Cooperation Agreement for Peaceful Uses, of Nuclear Energy” ? 
(A) Italy (B) Germany (C) France 
(D) Canada (Ans : C)

15. 'Merdeka Cup' is associated with the game of– 
(A) Badminton (B) Football (C) Hockey 
(D) Golf (Ans : B)

16. World Ozone Day is observed on– 
(A) 16th September (B) 16th October (C) 16th November 
(D) 26th September (Ans : A)

17. Which of the following is not a Government-sponsored organisation? 
(A) Small Industries Development Bank of India (B) NABARD 
(C) National Housing Bank (D) ICICI Bank 
(Ans : D)

18. Who amongst the following is the author of the novel “The White Tiger” ? 
(A) Jhumpa Lahiri (B) Steve Waugh (C) Aravind Adiga 
(D) Paul Krugman (Ans : C)

19. Which of the following is the correct description of the Capital Market? Capital Market comprises 
(A) Stock Markets and Bond Markets (B) Banks and Insurance Companies 
(C) RBI and Nationalised Banks (D) Stock Markets and Banks 
(Ans : A)

20. Which of the following organisations has provided a USS 150 million loan to overhaul the Khadi and Village Industry in India? 
(A) World Bank (B) International Monetary Fund (C) Asian Development Bank 
(D) European Union (Ans : C)

21. Which of the following countries is not the member of IBSA ? 
(A) India (B) Bangladesh (C) South Africa 
(D) Brazil (Ans : B)

22. Which of the followings countries is not the member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) ? 
(A) Russia (B) USA (C) France 
(D) Iran (Ans : D)

23. Which of the following terms is used in the game of Lawn Tennis? 
(A) Double Fault (B) Half Nelson (C) Cox 
(D) Crease (Ans : A)

24. Who amongst the following was the first Prime Minister of Nepal after it had got the status of the democratic republic nation? 
(A) Ram Baran Yadav (B) Subhash Nembang 
(C) G. P. Koirala (D) Pushpa Kamal Dahal (prachanda) 
(Ans : D)

25. 'Agha Khan Cup' is associated with the game of– 
(A) Cricket (B) Football (C) Lawn Tennis 
(D) Hockey (Ans : D)

26. Which of the following organisations was specially established to operate in Gramin areas by design itself? 
(A) Commercial Banks (B) Central Financial Institutes (C) Private Banks 
(D) Regional Rural Banks (Ans : D)

27. Who amongst the following is the author of the book (novel) “Infinite Jest? 
(A) Quentin Bryce (B) Aravind Adiga (C) Paul Newman 
(D) David Foster Wallace (Ans : D)

28. India has purchased Harpoon II Missiles from which of the following countries? 
(A) Italy (B) China (C) France 
(D) USA (Ans : D)

29. Which of the following is not one of the Millennium Goals set by U.N.O. ? 
(A) Achieve Universal Primary Education (B) Improve Computer Literacy 
(C) Combat HIV / AIDS (D) Environmental sustainability (Ans : B)

30. Which of the following States introduced “One Kg. Rice for Rupee One” scheme, the first of its kind in the country? 
(A) West Bengal (B) Odisha (C) Bihar 
(D) Tamil Nadu (Ans : D)

Famous Books and Authors

Books — Authors
• Accident — Daniel Steel
• Ain-e-Akbari — Abul Fazal
• A Simple Path — Lucinda Ward
• A Mountain of Happiness — D. K. Khullar
• A Moment in Time — Alka Raghuvanshi
• Abhijnan Shakuntalam — Kalidas
• Azhar (Life) — Harsha Bhogle
• Agni Veena — Kazi Nazurul Islam
• Anna Karennina — Tolstoy
• August Coup, The —Mikhail S. Gorbachov
• Anand Math, Kapal Kundla, Durgesh Nandini— Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
• A Pair of Blue Eyes — Thomas Hardy
• Bhagwad Gita, Mahabhrat —Veda Vyas
• Bliss was it in that Dawn — Minoo Masani
• Blood Bath in Bangladesh — Prabodh Chandra
• Blood Brothers —M. J. Akbar
• Bihari Satsai — Bihari
• Bharat Bharati — Maithili Saran Gupta
• Charitraheen — Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
• Chittirappavai — P. V. Akaliandan
• Conservationist, The — Nadine Gordimer
• Cosmic Reality — Lajja Ram
• Divine Comedy — Dante
• Discovery of India, Glimpses of World History — Jawahar Lal Nehru
• Death of a city — Amrita Pritam
• Decline and Fall of Roman Empire — Gibbon
• Das Capital — Karl Marx
• Descendant of Man — Charles Darwin
• Desparate Major — David Sorel
• Death, The Supreme Friend — Kaka Saheb Kalelkar
• Experiments with Untruth — Michael Aenderson
• Economic Planning of India — Ashoka Mehta
• Eternal India — Mrs. Indira Gandhi
• End of an Era, The — C. S. Pandit
• Famished Road — Ben Okri
• Final Exit — Derek Humphry
• From the Himalayas — Ruskin Bond
• Forty years after Forgive me Amma —Sundeep Mishra
• Independence — S. K. Banerjee
• Freedom from Fear — Aung San Suu Kyi
• Glimpses of World History — Jawahar Lal Nehru
• Gandhi to Gandhi : Private Faces of Public Figures — Ansar Harvana
• Gitanjali —Rabindra Nath Tagore Good Earth, House Divided — Pearl Buck
• Golden Threshold, Broken wing — Sarojini Naidu
• Goddan, Rang Bhumi, Kaya Kalp — Prem Chand
• Gulag Archipelago — Alexander Solzhenitsyn
• Gurusangaran — O. P. Vijayan
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix — J. K. Rowling
• Harsha Charit — Bana Bhatta
• Hindu view of Life —Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
• Higher than Hope — Fatima Meer
• Hitlist in Hindi —Ravindra Rajhans
• History of Western Philosophy —B. Russel
• Human Knowledge —B. Russel
• Identity and Violence : The Illusion of Destiny —Prof. Amartya Sen
• Impossible Allies —C. Raja Mohan
• India Wins Freedom —Abul Kalam Azad
• Indian Philosophy —Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
• Indian War of Independence —V. D. Savarkar
• Kamayani, Prem Pathic, Ajatshatru —Jai Shanker Prasad
• Life Divine —Sri Aurobindo
• Lenin in Zurich —Alexander Solzhenitsyn
• Last Days of Netaji —G. D. Khosla
• Les Miserables —Victor Hugo
• Literary Theory and Criticism in Theory and Practice in English —Ravindra Rajhans
• Living History — Hillary Clinton
• Mahabharat —Veda Vyas
• Maximum City —Suketu Mehta
• Meghdoot, Shakuntla, Kumarshambhava, Reghuvansha —Kalidas
• Mein Kempf —Hitler
• My Childhood Day —Tasleema Nasreen
• My Experiments With Truth —Mahatma Gandhi
• My Own Boswell —M. Hidayatullah
• Murder in the Cathedral Waste Land —Eliot, T. S.
• Mrityunjaya —Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
• Naganand —King Shri Harsha
• Neeti Shatak —Bharthari
• Odyssey, Illiad —Homer
• Origin of Species —Charles Darwin
• Oil —Jack Anderson
• Panchtantra —Vishnu Sharma
• Political Economy of India —Chandra Shekhar
• Rajtarangini —Kalhana
• Ramayana —Valmiki (in Sanskrit)
• Ram Charit Manas, Vinay Patrika —Tulsi Das
• Red —Irvin Allan Sealy
• Satanic Verses —Salman Rushdie
• Shah Nama —Firdausi
• Social Contract —Rousseau
• Speaker’s Diary — Manohar Joshi
• The Coolie, The Golden Breath —Mulkraj Anand
• Tale of Two Cities —Charles Dickens
• The Light that Failed —Rudyard Kipling
• The God of Small Things —Arundhati Roy
• The Greater Common Good —Arundhati Roy
• The Tin Drum —Guenter Grass
• The Kite Runner A Thousand Splendid Suns —Khaled Hosseini
• Utopia —Sir Thomas More
• War and Peace —Tolstoy
• Wake up India —Annie Besant
• Yayati —V. S. Khandekar
• A New World —Amit Chaudhari
• Interpreter of Maladies —Jhumpa Lahiri
• Satwan Lok —P. L. Gautam
• District Diary —Jaswant Singh
• Bradman’s Best —Rolland Perry
• How I Play Golf —Tiger Woods
• Ignited Minds — Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
• Life of Pi — Yann Martel
• Two Lives —Vikram Seth
• The Namesake —Jhumpa Lahiri
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix —J. K. Rowling
• India First — K. R. Malkani
• My Life — Bill Clinton
• Straight From Heart — Kapil Deo
• The Hungary Tide — Amitav Ghosh
• The Piano Teacher — Elfriede Jelinek
• Magic Seeds — V.S. Naipaul
• Harry Potter and the Half–Blood Prince — J. K. Rowling
• Guiding Souls : Dialogues on The Purpose of Life — Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
• Spouse : The Truth About Marriage — Shobha De
• Small Island — Andrea Levy
• The Future of India — Dr. Bimal Jalan
• The Argumentative Indian —Dr. Amartya Sen
• Mao, the Unknown Story —Jung Chang & Jon Holliday
• Shalimar, the Clown — Salman Rushdie
• The Sea — John Banville Out of My Comfort Zone : The Autobiography —Steve Waugh
• Touch Play —Dev Sukumar
• A Call To Honour : In Service of Emergent India — Jaswant Singh
• Falling Over Backward — Arun Shourie
• The Inheritance of Loss — Kiran Desai
• Sacred Games — Vikram Chandra
• One Day Cricket, The Indian Challenge —Ashish Rai
• The Exile Navtej Sarna I Witness : Partial Observations —Kapil Sibal
• The White Tiger —Aravind Adiga
• Wolf Hall —Hilary Mantel
• Dreams from my father —Barack Obama
• The Humbling —Philip Roth
• The Museum of Innocence —Orphan Pamuk
• Songs of Blood and Sword —Fatima Bhutto
• Keeping the Faith : Memoirs of a Parliamentarian —Somnath Chatterjee
• Vikas Ki Udan Abhi Baki Hai —Bhupinder Singh Hooda
• India-Pakistan–“Coming to Terms” —Ashutosh Mishra 

Chhattisgarh Objective General Knowledge Questions

1. Who of the following was the first elected member of Chhattisgarh elected from the constituency of municipal councils of Nagpur and Chhattisgarh in the Legislative Assembly of the Central Provinces in 1913 ? 
(A) Shivdas Daga (B) Mahant Laxminarayandas (C) NathmalMunim (D) Shivprasad (Ans : C)

2. What is Kusiyaar in Chhattisgarhi ? 
(A) Paddy (B) Banana (C) Coconut (D) Sugarcane (Ans : D)

3. What is the percentage of irrigated area in Chhattisgarh State from all sources of irrigation ? 
(A) 12 per cent (B) 16 per cent (C) 15 per cent (D) 13 per cent (Ans : A)

4. Which of the following is known as the energy capital of Chhattisgarh State? 
(A) Bhilai (B) Sarguja (C) Raipur (D) Korba (Ans : D)

5. For whom the Chhattisgarh Soochana Shakit Yojana is running by the Chhattisgarh Govt. ? 
(A) This scheme is for S. T. Girls (B) This scheme is for the BPL family girls 
(C) This scheme is for all girls (D) This scheme is for S.C. girls (Ans : C)

6. How many districts border are there in Raipur district? 
(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 7 (Ans : C)

7. The right order of pats from East to West in Chhatisgarh is– 
(A) Jamira pat, Jarang pat, Jashpur pat, Main pat (B) Jarang pat, Jashpur pat, Jamira pat, Main pat 
(C) Jashpur pat, Jarang pat, Main pat, Jarnira pat (D) Jashpur pat, Jarang pat, Jamira pat, Main pat (Ans : E)

8. What is the female literacy rate in Chhattisgarh according to Census of 2011 ? 
(A) 56.32% (B) 59.58% (C) 62.27% (D) 64.73% (Ans : B)

9. Which district of Chhattisgarh ranks first in the literacy according to Census of 2011 ? 
(A) Raipur (B) Bilaspur (C) Durg (D) Korba (Ans : C)

10. Which district is having highest Human Development Index (HDI) value in Chhattisgarh ? 
(A) Raipur (B) Korba (C) Durg (D) Bilaspur (Ans : B)

11. What was the education dimension sub-index of Chhattisgarh as per UNDP Inequality Adjusted Human Development Index 2011 ? 
(A) 0.192 (B) 0.258 (C) 0.187 (D) 0.202 (Ans : D)

12. What is the area under Bamboo forest in Chhattisgarh ? 
(A) 5553 sq. kilometer (B) 6556 sq. kilometer (C) 2500 sq. kilometer (D) 6914 sq. kilometer (Ans : B)

13. What is the number of land holdings in Chhattisgarh ? 
(A) 34.61 lakh (B) 52.10 lakh (C) 41.51 lakh (D) 29.87 lakh (Ans : A)

14. The Chief Administrative Officer of Chhattisgarh State administrative services is– 
(A) Principal Secretary (B) Chief Secretary (C) Home Secretary (D) Vidhan Sabha Secretary (Ans : B)

15. Under whom the Director General of Police of Chhattisgarh works ? 
(A) Home Secretary (B) Under Secretary (C) Inspector General of Police (D) Joint Secretary (Ans : A)

16. At which of the following place in Chhattisgarh there is a mechanized underground coal mine? 
(A) Sohagpur (B) Manikpur (C) Chirimiri (D) Korba (Ans : A)

17. Which one of the following is the first established cement factory in Chhattisgarh ? 
(A) Jamul Cement Factory (B) Century Cement Factory 
(C) Modi Cement Factory (D) Raymond Cement Factory (Ans : A)

18. Who of the Maratha ruler of Chhattisgarh, introduced the ‘Suba’ system? 
(A) Birnbaji (B) Chirnnaji (C) Vyankoji (D) Parsoji (Ans : C)

19. Who was not appointed as Superintendent of Chhattisgarh during the period of British Protectorate on Bhosla Kingdom? 
(A) Captain Edmund (B) Major P. Vans Agnew (C) Captain Hunter (D) Captain Elliot (Ans : D)

20. Where is the main seat of followers of Kabirpanth situated in Chhattisgarh ? 
(A) Rajim (B) Kudurmal (C) Kawardha (D) Damakheda (Ans : D)

21. To which the traditional Chhattisgarhi song’ Aa ho debi ganga’ is related? 
(A) Bhojali (B) Marriage (C) Jasgeet (D) Baansgeet (Ans : A)

22. Who is the writer and director of Chhattisgarhi ,play ‘Raja Foklawa’ ? 
(A) Habib Tanveer (B) Rakesh Tiwari (C) Mirza Masood (D) Subhash Mishra (Ans : B)

23. Who is the first Grammar writer of Chhattisgarhi ? 
(A) Dr. Baldev Prasad Mishra (B) Padumlal Punnalal Bakshi 
(C) Hiralal Kavyopadhyay (D) Dr. Hiralal Shukla (Ans : C)

24. Which Chhattisgarhi writer is related to Chhayavad of Hindi Literature? 
(A) Makhanlal Chaturvedi (B) Dr. Paleshwar Sharma 
(C) Mukutdhar Pandey (D) Jagannath Prasad Bhanu  (Ans : C)

25. What is the number of State Universities in Chhattisgarh ? 
(A) 7 (B) 6 (C) 14 (D) None of the above (Ans : D)

26. What was the sanctioned admission capacity of Engineering-colleges in the year 2012-13 in Chhattisgarh ? 
(A) 27680 (B) 22770 (C) 16860 (D) 19590 (Ans : D)

27. Which of the following players from Chhattisgarh has performed captaincy of Indian Hockey team ? 
(A) Neha Bajaj (B) Tandra Roy Choudhary (C) Saba Anjum (D) Anjani Patel (Ans : C)

28. What is the percentage of Forest Area to total geographical area of Chhattisgarh ? 
(A) 43.85 per cent (B) 48.12 per cent (C) 49.67 per cent (D) 40.21 per cent (Ans : A)

29. Which of the following criteria is not compulsory for Chhattisgarh Chief Minister’s Children Heart Welfare Scheme? 
(A) Native of Chhattisgarh (B) Financial incompetence 
(C) Name in below poverty line (BPL) list (D) Institutions contractualised with Government (Ans : C)

30. In which year Rajkumar College was established in Chhattisgarh? 
(A) 1882 (B) 1894 (C) 1911 (D) 2000 (Ans : B)

31. What is the tollfree number for Sanjeevani facility in Chhattisgarh? 
(A) 100 (B) 108 (C) 1008 (D) 151 (Ans : B)

32. How many administrative divisions are there in Chhattisgarh ? 
(A) Three (B) Four (C) Five (D) Six (Ans : C)

33. During the Revolt of 1857 in Chhattisgarh, who defeated the Zamindar of Sonakhan, Narayan Singh? 
(A) Lieutenant Smith (B) Lieutenant Sanders (C) Captain Blunt (D) Captain Crawfurd (Ans : A)

34. Who of the following leader of Chhattisgarh was elected ‘dictator’ on 14 January, 1932 for the entire central provinces during the Civil Disobedience Movement? 
(A) Thakur Chhedilal (B) Ghanshyam Singh Gupta (C) Thakur Pyarelal Singh (D) Ravishankar Shukla (Ans : D)

35. Who of the following was / were the elected members of Swaraj Party from Chhattisgarh from 1924 to 1926 in the Legislattive Council of the Central Provinces? 
(A) E. Raghavendra Rao (B) Ravishankar Shukla (C) Ghanshyamsingh Gupta (D) All the above (Ans : D) 

Headquarters of Nationalised & Public Sectors Bank in India

1. SBI ----Mumbai
2. State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur -- Jaipur
3. State Bank of Travancore -- Thiruvananthapuram
4. State Bank of Mysore ---- Bangalore
5. State Bank of Patiala ---- Patiala
6. State Bank of Hyderabad --- Hyderabad
7. Union Bank of India ----- Mumbai
8. Bank of India ----- Mumbai
9. Central Bank of India ----- Mumbai
10. Dena Bank ------ Mumbai
11. IDBI Bank ----- Mumbai
12. Allahabad Bank ----- Kolkata
13. UCO Bank ----- Kolkata
14. United Bank of India ----- Kolkata
15. Punjab National Bank ----- New Delhi
16. Oriental Bank of Commerce ---- New Delhi
17. Punjab and Sind Bank --- New Delhi
18. Bhartiya Mahila Bank --- New Delhi
19. Canara Bank --- Bangalore
20. Vijaya Bank --- Bangalore
21. Indian Bank --- Chennai
22. Indian Overseas Bank--- Chennai
23. Bank of Baroda --- Vadodara
24. Syndicate Bank ---- Manipal(Karnataka)
25. Corporation Bank --- Mangalore
26. Andhra Bank --- Hyderabad
27. Bank of Maharashtra --- Pune

Note: 
i.There are a total of 27 PSBs in India [21 Nationalised banks + 6 State bank group (SBI + 5 associates) ]
ii. At present there are 23 Private Banks functioning in India
iii. At present there are 56 RRBs (Regional Rural Banks ) functioning in India.
iv. At present there are 41 Foreign Banks functioning in India

Man Booker Prize Winners Complete List (1969-2014)

2014 : Richard Flanagan, Australia (The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Historical Novel)
2013 : Eleanor Catton (Born-New Zealand), Canada (The Luminaries - Historical novel) 
2012 : Hilary Mantel, United Kingdom (Bring Up the Bodies - Historical novel) 
2011 : Julian Barnes, United Kingdom (The Sense of an Ending - Novel) 
2010 : Howard Jacobson, United Kingdom (The Finkler Question - Comic novel) 
2009 : Hilary Mantel, United Kingdom (Wolf Hall - Historical novel)
2008 : Aravind Adiga, India (The White Tiger - Novel)
2007 : Anne Enright, Ireland (The Gathering - Novel) 
2006 : Kiran Desai, India (The Inheritance of Loss - Novel)
2005 : John Banville, Ireland (The Sea - Novel) 
2004 : Alan Hollinghurst, United Kingdom (The Line of Beauty - Historical novel) 
2003 : DBC Pierre, Australia (Vernon God Little - Black comedy) 
2002 : Yann Martel, Canada (Life of Pi - Fantasy and adventure novel) 
2001 : Peter Carey, Australia (True History of the Kelly Gang - Historical novel) 
2000 : Margaret Atwood, Canada (The Blind Assassin - Historical novel) 
1999 : J. M. Coetzee, South Africa (Disgrace - Novel) 
1998 : Ian McEwan, United Kingdom (Amsterdam - Novel)
1997 : Arundhati Roy, India (The God of Small Things - Novel)
1996 : Graham Swift, United Kingdom (Last Orders - Novel)
1995 : Pat Barker, United Kingdom (The Ghost Road - War novel)
1994 : James Kelman, United Kingdom (How Late It Was, How Late - Stream of consciousness)
1993 : Roddy Doyle, Ireland (Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha - Novel)
1992 : Michael Ondaatje, Canada (The English Patient - Historiographic metafiction)
1992 : Barry Unsworth, United Kingdom (Sacred Hunger - Historical novel)
1991 : Ben Okri, Nigeria (The Famished Road - Magic realism)
1990 : A. S. Byatt, United Kingdom (Possession - Historical novel) 
1989 : Kazuo Ishiguro, United Kingdom (The Remains of the Day - Historical novel) 
1988 : Peter Carey, Australia (Oscar and Lucinda - Historical Novel)
1987 : Penelope Lively, United Kingdom (Moon Tiger - Novel) 
1986 : Kingsley Amis, United Kingdom (The Old Devils - Comic novel)
1985 : Keri Hulme, New Zealand (The Bone People - Mystery novel) 
1984 : Anita Brookner, United Kingdom (Hotel du Lac - Novel)
1983 : J. M. Coetzee, South Africa (Life and Times of Michael K- Novel) South Africa
1982 : Thomas Keneally, Australia (Schindler's Ark - Biographical novel) 
1981 : Salman Rushdie, United Kingdom (Midnight's Children - Magic realism)
1980 : William Golding, United Kingdom Rites of Passage - Novel)
1979 : Penelope Fitzgerald, United Kingdom (Offshore - Novel) 
1978 : Iris Murdoch (Born-United Kingdom), Ireland (The Sea, the Sea - Philosophical novel)
1977 : Paul Scott, United Kingdom (Staying On - Novel) 
1976 : David Storey, United Kingdom (Saville - Novel) 
1975 : Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Born-Germany), United Kingdom (Heat and Dust - Historical novel)
1974 : Nadine Gordimer, South Africa (The Conservationist - Novel)
1974 : Stanley Middleton, United Kingdom (Holiday - Novel)
1973 : J. G. Farrell (Born-Ireland), United Kingdom (The Siege of Krishnapur - Novel)
1972 : John Berger, United Kingdom (G. - Experimental novel) 
1971 : V. S. Naipaul (Born- Trinidad and Tobago), United Kingdom (In a Free State - Short story)
1970 : J. G. Farrell(Born- Ireland), United Kingdom (Troubles - Novel) 
1970 : Bernice Rubens, United Kingdom (The Elected Member - Novel)
1969 : P. H. Newby, United Kingdom (Something to Answer For - Novel)

National Highways in India

The complete list of  National Highways in India

NH 1 (km. 456) – Delhi to Amritsar and Indo-Pak Border 
NH 1A (km. 663) – Jalandhar to Uri 
NH 1B (km. 274) – Batote to Khanbal 
NH 1C (km. 8) – Domel to Katra 
NH 1D (km. 422) – Srinagar to Kargil to Leh 
NH 2 (km. 1,465) – Delhi to Dankuni 
NH 2A (km. 25) – Sikandra to Bhognipur 
NH 2B (km. 52) – Bardhaman to Bolpur 
NH 3 (km. 1,161) – Agra to Mumbai 
NH 4 (km. 1,235) – Junction With NH3 near Thane to Chennai 
NH 4A (km. 153) – Belgaum to Panaji 
NH 4B (km. 27) – Nhava Sheva to Palaspe 
NH 5 (km. 1,533) – Junction with NH 6 near Baharagora to Chennai 
NH 5A (km. 77) – Junction with NH5 near Haridaspur to Paradip Port 
NH 6 (km. 1,949) – Hazira to Kolkata 
NH 7 (km. 2,369) – Varanasi to Kanyakumari 
NH 7A (km. 51) – Palayamkottai to Tuticorin Port 
NH 8 (km. 1,428) – Delhi to Mumbai 
NH 8A (km. 473) – Ahmedabad to Mandvi 
NH 8B (km. 206) – Bamanbore to porbunder 
NH 8C (km. 46) – Childo to Sarkhej 
NH 8D (km. 127) – Jetpur to Somnath 
NH 8E (km. 220) – Somnath to Bhavnagar 
NH NE 1 (km. 93) – Ahmedabad to Vadodara Expressway 
NH 9 (km. 841) – Pune to Machillipatnam 
NH 10 (km. 403) – Delhi to Fazilka and Indo-Pak Border 
NH 11 (km. 582) – Agra to Bikaner 
NH 11A (km. 145) – Manoharpur to Kothum 
NH 11B (km. 180) – Lalsot to Dholpur 
NH 12 (km. 890) – Jabalpur to Jaipur 
NH 12A (km. 333) – Jabalpur to Jhansi 
NH 13 (km. 691) – Solapur to Mangalore 
NH 14 (km. 450) – Beawar to Radhanpur 
NH 15 (km. 1,526) – Pathankot to Samakhiali 
NH 16 (km. 460) – Nizamabad to Jagdalpur 
NH 17 (km. 1,269) – Panvel to Chavakkad and North Paravur Junction with NH 47 near Edapally at Kochi 
NH 17A (km. 19) – Junction with NH 17 near Cortalim to Murmugao 
NH 17B (km. 40) – Ponda Verna to Vasco 
NH 18 (km. 369) – Junction with NH 7 near Kurnool and Nandyal to Cuddapah and Junction with NH 4 near Chittoor 
NH 18A (km. 50) – Puthalapattu to Tirupati 
NH 19 (km. 240) – Ghazipur to Patna 
NH 20 (km. 220) – Pathankot to Mandi 
NH 21 (km. 323) – Junction with NH 22 near Chandigarh to Manali 
NH 21A (km. 65) – Pinjore to Swarghat 
NH 22 (km. 459) – Ambala to Indo China Border near Shipkila 
NH 23 (km. 459) – Chas to Talcher and Junction with NH 42 
NH 24 (km. 438) – Delhi to Lucknow 
NH 24A (km. 17) – Bakshi Ka Talab to Chenhat (NH 28) 
NH 25 (km. 352) – Lucknow to Shivpuri 
NH 25A (km. 31) – 19 (NH 25) to Bakshi Ka Talab 
NH 26 (km. 396) – Jhansi to Lakhnadon 
NH 27 (km. 93) – Allahabad to Mangawan 
NH 28 (km. 570) – Junction with NH 31 Near Barauni and Muzaffarpur to Lucknow 
NH 28A (km. 68) – Junction With NH 28 near Pipra to Indo and Nepal Border 
NH 28B (km. 121) – Chhapra to Bagaha and Junction with 28A at Chapwa 
NH 28C (km. 184) – Barabanki to Indo and Nepal Border 
NH 29 (km. 196) – Gorakhpur to Varanasi 
NH 30 (km. 230) – Junction with NH 2 near Mohania and Patna to Bakhtiarpur 
NH 30A (km. 65) – Fatuha to Barh 
NH 31 (km. 1,125) – Junction with NH 2 near Barhi & Bakhtiarpur to Charali & Amingaon Junction with NH 37 
NH 31A (km. 92) – Sevok to Gangtok 
NH 31B (km. 19) – North Salmara to Junction with NH 37 near Jogighopa 
NH 31C (km. 235) – Near Galgalia to Sidili and Junction with NH 31 near Bijni 
NH 32 (km. 179) – Junction with NH 2 near Gobindpur and Dhanbad to Jamshedpur 
NH 33 (km. 352) – Junction with NH 2 near Barhi to Jamshedpur Junction with NH 6 near Baharagora 
NH 34 (km. 443) – Junction with NH 31 near Dalkhola and Baharampur to Dum Dum 
NH 35 (km. 61) – Barasat to Petrapole on India and Bangladesh border 
NH 36 (km. 170) – Nowgong to Dimapur (Manipur Road) 
NH 37 (km. 680) – Junction with NH 1B near Goalpara and Guwahati to Saikhoaghat 
NH 37A (km. 23) – Kuarital to Junction with NH 52 near Tezpur 
NH 38 (km. 54) – Makum to Lekhapani 
NH 39 (km. 436) – Numaligarh to Palel and Indo Burma Border 
NH 40 (km. 216) – Jorabat to Indo-Bangladesh Border near Dawki and Jowai 
NH 41 (km. 51) – Junction with NH 6 near Kolaghat to Haldia Port 
NH 42 (km. 261) – Junction with NH 6 Sambalpur Angual Junction with NH5 near Cuttack 
NH 43 (km. 551) – Raipur to Jagdalpur and Vizianagaram Junction with NH 5 near Natavalasa 
NH 44 (km. 630) – Shillong to Sabroom 
NH 44A (km. 230) – Aizawl to Manu 
NH 45 (km. 387) – Chennai to Theni 
NH 45A (km. 190) – Villupuram to Nagapattinam 
NH 45B (km. 257) – Trichy to Tuticorin 
NH 45C (km. 159) – The highway starting from its junction with NH 67 near Thanjavur and connecting Kumbakonam to Panruti and terminates near Vikravandi on NH to 45 
NH 46 (km. 132) – Krishnagiri to Ranipet 
NH 47 (km. 640) – Salem to Kanyakumari 
NH 47A (km. 6) – Junction with NH 47 at Kundanoor to Willington Island in Kochi 
NH 47C (km. 17) – Junction with NH 47 at Kalamassery to Vallarpadom ICTT in Kochi 
NH 48 (km. 328) – Bangalore to Magalore 
NH 49 (km. 440) – Kochi to Dhanushkodi 
NH 50 (km. 192) – Nasik to Junction with NH 4 near Pune 
NH 51 (km. 149) – Paikan to Dalu 
NH 52 (km. 850) – Baihata to Tezu and Sitapani Junction with NH 37 near Saikhoaghat 
NH 52A (km. 57) – Banderdewa to Gohpur 
NH 52B (km. 31) – Kulajan to Dibrugarh 
NH 53 (km. 320) – Junction with NH 44 near Badarpur and Jirighat to Imphal 
NH 54 (km. 850) – Dabaka to Tuipang 
NH 54A (km. 9) – Theriat to Lunglei 
NH 54B (km. 27) – Venus Saddle to Saiha 
NH 55 (km. 77) – Siliguri to Darjeeling 
NH 56 (km. 285) – Lucknow to Varanasi 
NH 56A (km. 13) – Chenhat (NH 28) to 16 (NH 56) 
NH 56B (km. 19) – 15 (NH 56) to 6 (NH 25) 
NH 57 (km. 310) – Muzaffarpur to Purnea 
NH 57A (km. 15) – Junction of NH 57 near Forbesganj to Jogbani 
NH 58 (km. 538) – Delhi to Mana Pass 
NH 59 (km. 350) – Ahmedabad to Indore 
NH 59A (km. 264) – Indore to Betul 
NH 60 (km. 446) – Balasore to Moregram (Junction at NH 34) 
NH 61 (km. 240) – Kohima to Jhanji 
NH 62 (km. 195) – Damra to Dalu 
NH 63 (km. 432) – Ankola to Gooty 
NH 64 (km. 256) – Chandigarh to Dabwali 
NH 65 (km. 690) – Ambala to Pali 
NH 66 (km. 214) – Pondy to Krishnagiri 
NH 67 (km. 555) – Nagapattinam to Gundlupet 
NH 68 (km. 134) – Ulundrupet to Salem 
NH 69 (km. 350) – Nagpur to Obedullaganj 
NH 70 (km. 170) – Jalandhar to Mandi 
NH 71 (km. 307) – Jalandhar to Bawal 
NH 71A (km. 72) – Rohtak to Panipat 
NH 71B (km. 74) – Rewari to Palwal 
NH 72 (km. 200) – Ambala to Haridwar 
NH 72A (km. 45) – Chhutmalpur to 
NH 73 (km. 188) – Roorkee to Panchkula 
NH 74 (km. 300) – Haridwar to Bareilly 
NH 75 (km. 955) – Gwalior to Ranchi 
NH 76 (km. 1,007) – Pindwara to Allahabad 
NH 77 (km. 142) – Hajipur Sonbarsa 
NH 78 (km. 559) – Katni to Gumla 
NH 79 (km. 500) – Ajmer to Indore 
NH 79A (km. 35) – Kishangarh (NH 8) to Nasirbad (NH 79) 
NH 80 (km. 310) – Mokameh to Farrakka 
NH 81 (km. 100) – Kora to Malda 
NH 82 (km. 130) – Gaya to Mokameh 
NH 83 (km. 130) – Patna to Dhobi 
NH 84 (km. 60) – Arrah to Buxar 
NH 85 (km. 95) – Chhapra to Gopalganj 
NH 86 (km. 674) – Kanpur to Dewas 
NH 87 (km. 83) – Rampur to Nainital 
NH 88 (km. 115) – Shimla to Bhawan and NH 20 
NH 90 (km. 100) – Baran to Aklera 
NH 91 (km. 405) – Ghaziabad to Kanpur 
NH 92 (km. 171) – Bhongaon to Gwalior 
NH 93 (km. 220) – Agra to Moradabad 
NH 94 (km. 160) – Hrishikesh to Yamunotri 
NH 95 (km. 225) – Kharar (Chandigarh) to Ferozepur 
NH 96 (km. 160) – Faizabad to Allahabad 
NH 97 (km. 45) – Ghazipur to Saiyedraja
NH 98 (km. 207) – Patna to Rajhara
NH 99 (km. 110) – Dobhi to Chandwa
NH 100 (km. 118) – Chatra to Bagodar
NH 101 (km. 60) – Chhapra to Mohammadpur 
NH 102 (km. 80) – Chhapra to Muzaffarpur
NH 103 (km. 55) – Hajipur to Mushrigharari
NH 104 (km. 160) – Chakia to Narahai
NH 105 (km. 66) – Darbhanga to Jaynagar
NH 106 (km. 130) – Birpur to Bihpur
NH 107 (km. 145) – Maheshkhunt to Purnea
NH 108 (km. 127) – Dharasu to Gangotri Dham
NH 109 (km. 76) – Rudraprayag to kedarnath Dham
NH 110 (km. 89) – Junction with NH 98 and Arwal to Ekangarsarai Bihar Sharif and Junction with NH 31
NH 111 (km. 200) – Bilaspur to Katghora and Ambikapur on NH 78
NH 112 (km. 343) – Bar Jaitaran to Barmer
NH 113 (km. 240) – Nimbahera to Dahod
NH 114 (km. 180) – Jodhpur to Pokaran
NH 116 (km. 80) – Tonk to Sawai Madhopur
NH 117 (km. 119) – Haora to Bakkhali
NH 119 (km. 260) – Pauri to Meerut
NH 121 (km. 252) – Kashipur to Bubakhal
NH 123 (km. 95) – Barkot to Vikasnagar
NH 125 (km. 201) – Sitarganj to Pithorgarh
NH 150 (km. 700) – Aizwal to Kohima
NH 151 (km. 14) – Karimganj to Indo and Bangladesh border 
NH 152 (km. 40) – Patacharkuchi to Indo and Bhutan Border 
NH 153 (km. 60) – Ldo to Indo and Myanmar Border 
NH 154 (km. 180) – Dhaleswar to Kanpui 
NH 155 (km. 342) – Tuensang to Pfutsero 
NH 200 (km. 740) – Raipur to Chandikhole 
NH 201 (km. 310) – Borigumma to Bargarh 
NH 202 (km. 280) – Hyderabad to Bhopalpatnam 
NH 203 (km. 59) – Bhubaneswar to Puri 
NH 204 (km. 974) – Ratnigiri to Nagpur 
NH 205 (km. 442) – Anantpur to Chennai 
NH 206 (km. 363) – Tumkur to Honnavar 
NH 207 (km. 155) – Hosur to Nelamangala 
NH 208 (km. 206) – Kollam to Thirumangalam (Madurai) 
NH 209 (km. 456) – Dindigul to Bangalore 
NH 210 (km. 160) – Trichy to Ramanathapuram 
NH 211 (km. 400) – Solapur to Dhule 
NH 212 (km. 250) – Kozhikode to Kollegal 
NH 213 (km. 130) – Palghat to Kozhikode 
NH 214 (km. 270) – Kathipudi to Pamarru 
NH 214A (km. 255) – Digamarru to Ongole 
NH 215 (km. 348) – Panikoili to Rajamunda 
NH 216 (km. 80) – Raigarh to Saraipali 
NH 217 (km. 508) – Raipur to Gopalpur 
NH 218 (km. 176) – Bijapur to Hubli 
NH 219 (km. 150) – Madanapalle to Krishnagiri 
NH 220 (km. 265) – Kollam to Theni 
NH 221 (km. 329) – Vijaywada to Jagdalpur 
NH 222 (km. 610) – Kalyan to Nirmal 
NH 223 (km. 300) – Port Blair to Mayabunder 
NH 224 (km. 298) – Khordha to Balangir 
NH 226 (km. 204) – Perambalur to Manamadurai 
NH 227 (km. 136) – Trichy to Chidambaram 
NH 228 (km. 374) – Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi 
NH 229 (km. 1,090) – Tawang to Pasighat 
NH 230 (km. 82) – Madurai to Thondi 
NH 231 (km. 169) – Raibareli to Jaunpur 
NH 232 (km. 305) – Ambedkarnagar (Tanda) to Banda 
NH 232A (km. 68) – Unnao to Lalganj (Junction of NH to 32) 
NH 233 (km. 292) – India to Nepal border and Varanasi 
NH 234 (km. 780) – Mangalore to Villuppuram 
NH 235 (km. 66) – Merrut to Bulandshahr 

62nd National Film Awards Winners 2015

The 62nd National Film Awards were announced in a press conference in New Delhi on 24 March, 2015 . The conference was addressed by Jury Chairpersons Shri Bharathiraja and Shri Kamal Swaroop.

 List of winners:

• Best Feature Film: Court (Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati and English)
• Best Popular Film for Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Mary Kom
• Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director: Asha for Jaoar Majhe
• Special Jury Award: Khwada (Marathi)
• Best Direction: Srijit Mukherji for Chotushkone (Bengali)
• Best Actress: Kangana Ranaut for Queen
• Best Actor: Vijay for Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada)
• Best Supporting Actor: Bobby Simhaa for Jigarthanda (Tamil)
• Best Supporting Actress: Baljinder Kaur for Pagdi The Honour (Haryanavi)
• Best Child Actor: Kaakkaa Muttai(Tamil)
• Best Female Playback Singer: Uttara Unnikrishanan for Azhagu, Saivam (Tamil)
• Best Costume Designer: Haider (Hindi) Dolly Ahluwalia
• Best Make-up Artist: Nangaraju and Raju for Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada)
• Best Cinematography: Chotushkone (Bengali)
• Best Editing: Vivek Harshan for Jigarthanda (Tamil)
• Best Production Design: Aparna Raina for Nachom - IA Kumpasar (Konkani)
• Best Screenplay Writer (Original): Srijit Mukherji for Chotushkone (Bengali)
• Best Screenplay Writer (Adapted): Joshy Mangalath for Ottal (Malayalam)
• Best Dialogues: Vishal Bhardwaj for Haider
• Best Lyrics: NA. Muthukumar for Azhagu, Saivam (Tamil)
• Best Music Direction Songs: Haider
• Best Music Direction Background Score: Nineteen Eighty Three (Malayalam)
• Best Audiography - Location Sound Recordist: Mahaveer Sabbanwal for Khwada (Marathi)
• Best Audiography - Sound Designer: Anish John for Asha Jaoar Majhe (Bengali)
• Best Audiography - Re-recordist of the final mixed track: Anirban Sengupta and Dipankar Chaki for Nirbashito (Bengali)
• Best Choreography: Sudesh Bismil, Haider
• Best Assamese Film: Othello
• Best Bengali Film: Nirbashito
• Best Hindi Film: Queen
• Best Rabha Film: Orong
• Best Haryanvi Film: Pagdi The Honour
• Best Punjabi Film: Punjab 1984
• Best Tamil Film: Kuttram Kadithal
• Best Telugu Film: Chandamama Kathalu
• Best Malayalam Film: Ain
• Best Marathi Film: Killa
• Best Odiya Film: Aadim Vichar
• Best Kannada Film: Harivu
• Best Konkani Film: Nachom - IA Kumpasar
• Special Mention: Killa (Marathi), Bhootnath Returns (Hindi), Ain (Malayalam), Nachom - IA Kumpasar (Konkani)
• Best Film on Environment Consevation/Preservation: Ottaal (Malayalam)
• Best Educational Film: Komal and Behind the Glass Wall
• Best Exploration/ Adventure Film: Life Force - India's Western Ghats
• Best Investigative Film: Phum Shang 
• Best Animation Film: Sound of Joy
• Best Short Fiction Film: Mitraa
• Best Film on Social Issues: Chotoder Chobi
• Best Children's Film: Kaakkaa Muttai (Tamil) and Elizabeth Ekadashi (Marathi)
• Best Film Critic: Tanul Thakur
• Best Book on Cinema: Silent Cinema: (1895-1930) 

Highest run scorers in ODI Cricket

Player	Runs	Balls
R G Sharma MJ Guptil (New Zealand) V Sehwag	264 237* 219	173 163 149
Chris Gale R G Sharma	215 209	147 158
SR Tendulkar	200*	147
CK Coventry	194	156
Saeed Anwar	194	146
IVA Richards	189	170
MJ Guptill	189	155
ST Jayasuriya	189	161
G Kirsten	188	159
SR Tendulkar	186	150

50 Largest Islands of The World

1. Greenland – 2,130,800 sq miles (822,706 sq km)
2. New Guinea – 785,753 sq miles (303,381 sq km)
3. Borneo – 748,168 sq miles (288,869 sq km)
4. Madagascar – 587,713 sq miles (226,917 sq km)
5. Baffin Island – 507,451 sq miles (195,928 sq km)
6. Sumatra – 473,481 sq miles (184,954 sq km)
7. Honshu – 225,800 sq miles (87,182 sq km)
8. Victoria Island – 217,291 sq miles (83,897 sq km)
9. Great Britain – 209,331 sq miles (80,823 sq km)
10. Ellesmere Island – 196,236 sq miles (75,767 sq km)
11. Sulawesi – 180,681 sq miles (69,761 sq km)
12. South Island – 145,836 sq miles (56,308 sq km)
13. Java – 138,794 sq miles (53,589 sq km)
14. North Island – 111,583 sq miles (43,082 sq km)
15. Luzon – 109,965 sq miles (42,458 sq km)
16. Newfoundland – 108,860 sq miles (42,031 sq km)
17. Cuba (main island) – 104,556 sq miles (40,369 sq km)
18. Iceland (main island) – 101,826 sq miles (39,315 sq km)
19. Mindanao – 97,530 sq miles (36,657 sq km)
20. Ireland – 84,421 sq miles (32,595 sq km)
21. Hokkaido – 78,719 sq miles (30,394 sq km)
22. Hispaniola – 76,480 sq miles (29,530 sq km)
23. Sakhalin – 72,493 sq miles (27,989 sq km)
24. Banks Island – 70,028 sq miles (27,038 sq km)
25. Sri Lanka (main island) – 65,268 sq miles (25,200 sq km)
26. Tasmania – 64,519 sq miles (24,911 sq km)
27. Devon Island – 55,247 sq miles (21,331 sq km)
28. Alexander Island – 49,070 sq miles (18,946 sq km)
29. Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego – 47,401 sq miles (18,302 sq km)
30. Severny Island (Novaya Zemlya, North) – 47,079 sq miles (18,177 sq km)
31. Berkner Island – 43,873 sq miles (16,939 sq km)
32. Axel Heiberg Island – 43,178 sq miles (16,671 sq km)
33. Melville Island – 42,149 sq miles (16,274 sq km)
34. Southampton Island – 41,214 sq miles (15,913 sq km)
35. Marajó – 40,100 sq miles (15,483 sq km)
36. Spitsbergen – 37,814 sq miles (14,600 sq km)
37. Kyūshū – 37,437 sq miles (14,455 sq km)
38. Taiwan (Formosa) – 35,883 sq miles (13,855 sq km)
39. New Britain – 35,145 sq miles (13,570 sq km)
40. Prince of Wales Island – 33,339 sq miles (12,872 sq km)
41. Yuzhny Island (Novaya Zemlya, South) – 33,246 sq miles (12,836 sq km)
42. Hainan – 33,210 sq miles (12,822 sq km)
43. Vancouver Island – 31,285 sq miles (12,079 sq km)
44. Timor – 28,418 sq miles (10,972 sq km)
45. Sicily – 25,662 sq miles (9,908 sq km)
46. Somerset Island – 24,786 sq miles (9,570 sq km)
47. Kotelny/Faddeyevsky Island – 24,000 sq miles (9,266 sq km)
48. Sardinia – 23,949 sq miles (9,247 sq km)
49. Bananal – 19,162 sq miles (7,400 sq km)
50. Shikoku – 18,545 sq miles (7,160 sq km)