FIRST 20 SMART CITIES IN INDIA

Union Government has declared the names of latest 98 cities for its ambitious Smart Cities Project.

Ranks	Smart Cities	State
1	Bhubaneswar	Odisha
2	Pune	Maharashtra
3	Jaipur	Rajasthan
4	Surat	Gujarat
5	Kochi	Kerala
6	Ahmedabad	Gujarat
7	Jabalpur	Madhya Pradesh
8	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh
9	Solapur	Maharashtra
10	Davangere	Karnataka
11	Indore	Madhya Pradesh
12	New Delhi Municipal Corporation	New Delhi
13	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
14	Kakinada	Andhra Pradesh
15	Belagavi	Karnataka
16	Udaipur	Rajasthan
17	Guwahati	Assam
18	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
19	Ludhiana	Punjab
20	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh

Facts on Smart Cities:

• Thirteen of them are in the WHO list of the 20 most polluted cities in the world.
• None of the cities are from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal. On the other hand, some states have two or more nominees – Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.
• The cities not named today will be asked to get their act together, focus on deficiencies and prepare for Round 2 of announcements in April.
• The prime minister had described Smart Cities as those with “very high quality of life comparable with any developed European city”.

Dadasaheb Phalke Award Winners list till 2015

	Year	Winner	Occupation
	2015	Manoj Kumar	Actor and Director
	2014	Shashi Kapoor	Actor, Director and Producer
	2013	Gulzar	Poet, Lyricist and Director
	2012	Pran	Actor
	2011	Soumitra Chatterjee	Actor
	2010	K. Balachander	Director
	2009	D. Ramanaidu	Producer
	2008	VK Murthy	Cinematographer
	2007	Manna Dey	Singer
	2006	Tapan Sinha	Director
	2005	Shyam Benegal	Director
	2004	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Director
	2003	Mrinal Sen	Director
	2002	Dev Anand	Actor, Director and Producer
	2001	Yash Chopra	Director and Producer
	2000	Asha Bhosle	Singer
	1999	Hrishikesh Mukherjee	Director
	1998	B.R. Chopra	Director and Producer
	1997	Pradeep	Lyricist
	1996	Sivaji Ganesan	Actor
	1995	Rajkumar	Actor
	1994	Dilip Kumar	Actor
	1993	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Lyricist
	1992	Bhupen Hazarika	Composer (Music Director)
	1991	Bhalji Pendharkar	Director, Producer and Writer
	1990	Akkineni Nageswara Rao	Actor
	1989	Lata Mangeshkar	Singer
	1988	Ashok Kumar	Actor
	1987	Raj Kapoor	Actor and Director
	1986	B. Nagi Reddy	Producer
	1985	V. Shantaram	Actor, Director and Producer
	1984	Satyajit Ray	Director
	1983	Durga Khote	Actress
	1982	L. V. Prasad	Actor, Director and Producer
	1981	Naushad Ali	Composer (Music Director)
	1980	Paidi Jairaj	Actor and Director
	1979	Sohrab Modi	Actor, Director and Producer
	1978	Rai Chand Boral	Composer and Director
	1977	Nitin Bose	Cinematographer, Director and Writer,
	1976	Kanan Devi	Actress
	1975	Dhirendranath Ganguly	Actor and Director
	1974	Bomireddi Narasimha Reddy	Director
	1973	Ruby Myers (Sulochana)	Actress
	1972	Pankaj Mullick	Composer (Music Director)
	1971	Prithviraj Kapoor	Actor (Posthumous)
	1970	B. N. Sircar	Producer
	1969	Devika Rani	Actress

COMMITTEES OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY

The Constituent Assembly appointed a number of committees to deal with different tasks of constitution-making. Out of these, eight were major committees and the others were minor committees. 
The names of these committees and their chairmen are given below : 

Major Committees 
1. Union Powers Committee - Jawaharlal Nehru 
2. Union Constitution Committee - Jawaharlal Nehru 
3. Provincial Constitution Committee - Sardar Patel 
4. Drafting Committee - Dr. B.R. Ambedkar 
5. Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights and Minorities - Sardar Patel. This committee had two sub-committes: 
(a) Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee - J.B. Kripalani 
(b) Minorities Sub-Committee - H.C. Mukherjee 
6. Rules of Procedure Committee - Dr. Rajendra Prasad 
7. States Committee (Committee for Negotiating with States) - Jawaharlal Nehru 
8. Steering Committee - Dr. Rajendra Prasad 

Minor Committees 
1. Committee on the Functions of the Constituent Assembly - G.V. Mavalankar 
2. Order of Business Committee - Dr. K.M. Munshi 
3. House Committee - B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya 
4. Ad-hoc Committee on the National Flag - Dr. Rajendra Prasad 
5. Special Committee to Examine the Draft Constitution - Alladi Krishnaswamy Ayyar 
6. Credentials Committee - Alladi Krishnaswamy Ayyar 
7. Finance and Staff Committee Sinha 
8. Hindi Translation Committee 
9. Urdu Translation Committee 
10. Press Gallery Committee 
11. Committee to Examine the Effect of Indian Independence Act of 1947 
12. Committee on Chief Commissioners' Provinces 
13. Commission on Linguistic Provinces 
14. Expert Committee on Financial Provisions 
15. Ad-hoc Committee on the Supreme Court 

Drafting Committee 
Among all the committees of the Constituent Assembly, the most important committee was the Drafting Committee set up on August 29, 1947. It was this committee that was entrusted with the task of preparing a draft of the new Constitution. It consisted of seven members. 

They were: 
1. Dr B R Ambedkar (Chairman) 
2. N Gopalaswamy Ayyangar 
3. Alladi Krishnaswamy Ayyar 
4. Dr K M Munshi 
5. Syed Mohammad Saadullah 
6. N Madhava Rau (He replaced B L Miner who resigned due to ill-health) 
7. T T Krishnamachari (He replaced D P Khaitan who died in 1948) 
The Drafting Committee, after taking into consideration the proposals of the various committees, prepared the first draft of the Constitution of India, which was published in February 1948. The people of India were given eight months to discuss the draft and propose amendments. In the light of the public comments, criticisms and suggestions, the Drafting Committee prepared a second draft, which was published in October 1948.

IMPORTANT COMMITTEES OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY AND THEIR CHAIRMEN

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Name of the Committee                   Chairman

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Committee on the Rules of               Rajendra Prasad
Procedure

Steering Committee                      Rajendra Prasad

Finance and Staff Committee             Rajendra Prasad

Credential Committee                    Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar

House Committee                         B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya

Order of Business Committee             K.M. Munsi

Ad hoc Committee on the                 Rajendra Prasad
National Flag

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

States Committee                        Jawaharlal Nehru

Advisory Committee on                   Vallabhbhai Patel
Fundamental Rights, Minorities
and Tribal and Excluded Areas

Minorities Sub-Committee                H.C. Mookherjee

Fundamental Rights                      J.B. Kripalani
Sub-Committee

North-East Frontier Tribal Areas        Gopinath Bardoloi
and Assam Exluded & Partially
Excluded Areas Sub-Committee

Excluded and Partially Excluded         A.V. Thakkar
Areas (Other than those in Assam)
Sub-Committee

Union Powers Committee                  Jawaharlal Nehru

Union Constitution Committee            Jawaharlal Nehru

Drafting Committee                      B.R. Ambedkar

History of Indian Postal System

Year — Work

1766 — Establishment of first Indian Postal system by Lord Clive in India.
1774 — Establishment of first G.P.O. in Kolkata by Warren Hastings.
1786 — Establishment of Madras G.P.O.
1793 — Establishment of G.P.O. at Mumbai
1854 — On October 1, 1854, Indian Post Office was recognised as of national importance and was brought under the authority of Director-General. Year 2004 was celebrated as a 150th year of the Indian Post Office. The establishment of the deptt. of Post Office is to be considered from this very year.
1863 — Railway Mail Service (R.M.S.) was started.
1873 — Sale of engraving envelopes was started
1876 — India started Parcel Postal Unit.
1877 — Started of V.P.P.
1879 — Post Card was started.
1880 — Money-order Service was started.
1911 — First airmail was sent from Allahabad to Naini.
1935 — Indian Postal Order was started.
1972 — Pincode was started.
1984 — Postal life insurance was started.
1985 — Post and telephone departments were separated.
1986 — Speed Post Service was started.
1990 — At Mumbai and Chennai, two automatic postal edition Centres were started.
1995 — Rural Postal Insurance was started.
1996 — Media Postal Service was started.
1997 — Business Postal Service was started.
1998 — Satellite Postal Service was started.
1999 — Data Dak and Express Dak Services were started.
2000 — Greeting Post Service was started.
2001 — Electronic fund transfer service was started.
3rd Jan. 2002 — Track and Tax Service based on internet was started.
5th Sep. 2003 — Bill mail Service was started.
30th Jan. 2004 — Beginning of E Postal Service.
10th Aug. 2004 — Logestice Post Service was started.

List of Central Universities in India

Andhra Pradesh
● English & Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad 
www.efluniversity.ac.in
● Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad
www.manuu.ac.in
● University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
www.uohyd.ac.in

Arunachal Pradesh
● Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar
www.rgu.ac.in

Assam
● Assam University, Silchar
www.aus.ac.in

● Tezpur University, Tezpur
www.tezu.ernet.in

Bihar
● Central University of Bihar, Patna
www.cub.ac.in

Gujarat
● Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar
www.cug.ac.in

Haryana
● Central University of Haryana, Gurgaon
www.cuharyana.org

Himachal Pradesh
● Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamashala
www.cuhimachal.ac.in

Jammu and Kashmir
● Central University of Jammu, Jammu
www.jammuuniversity.in
● Central University of Kashmir, Srinagar
www.cukashmir.ac.in

Jharkhand
● Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi
www.cuj.ac.in

Karnataka
● Central University of Karnataka, Gulbarga
www.cuk.ac.in

Kerala
● Central University of Kerala, Vidyanagar
www.cukerala.ac.in

Chhattisgarh
● Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur
www.ggu.ac.in

Madhya Pradesh
● Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar
www.dhsgsu.ac.in
● The Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak
http://igntu.nic.in

Maharashtra
● Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha
www.hindivishwa.org

Manipur
● Central Agricultural University, Imphal
www.cau.org.in

● Manipur University, Imphal
www.manipuruniv.ac.in

Meghalaya
● North Eastern Hill University, Shillong
www.nehu.ac.in

Mizoram
● Mizoram University, Aizwal
www.mzu.edu.in

Nagaland
● Nagaland University, Lumami
www.nagauniv.org.in

Odisha
● Central University of Orissa, Koraput
http://cuo.ac.in 

Punjab
● Central University of Punjab, Bathinda
www.centralunipunjab.com

Rajasthan
● Central University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
www.curaj.ac.in

Sikkim
● Sikkim University, Gangtok
www.sikkimuniversity.in

Tamil Nadu
● Central university of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur
www.cutn.ac.in
● Indian Maritime University, Chennai
www.imu.tn.nic.in/

Tripura
● Tripura University, Agartala
www.tripurauniv.in

Uttar Pradesh
● Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
www.amu.ac.in
● Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow
www.bbau.ac.in
● Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
www.bhu.ac.in
● University of Allahabad, Allahabad
www.allduniv.ac.in

Uttarakhand
● Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Garhwal
http://hnbgu.ac.in 

West Bengal
● Visva Bharati, Shantiniketan
www.visva-bharati.ac.in

Union Territories
Delhi
● Indira Gandhi National Open University
www.ignou.ac.in
● Jamia Millia Islamia
http://jmi.ac.in
● Jawaharlal Nehru University
www.jnu.ac.in
● University of Delhi
www.du.ac.in

Puducherry
● Pondicherry University
www.pondiuni.edu.in 

General Awareness Practice Study Material

Indian history and culture
1. What medieval building double dome (Double Dome) whose tomb was built in the first place? - Sikander Lodi's Tomb
2. Where is the pillar on which the peace message of Ashoka and Samudragupta's military victories are engraved details of both? - Prayag
3. AD 1960 by Aurangzeb. In order to suppress the growing power of Shivaji who gets new was expressed? - To Shaista Khan
4. What was the Mughal emperor's coronation twice? - Aurangzeb
5. What dynasty Currencies Shiva is depicted in human form? - Kushan dynasty
6. Supporting treaty Indian ruler who was the first to admit? - Nizam of Hyderabad
7. noted in Kanchi 'Kailash temple' Who built? - Narasimha Varman II
8. What was the Mughal emperors adopted the title King of the South? - Aurangzeb
9. Gandhi-Irwin pact signed Kinhonne instrumental in? - Tej Bahadur Sapru, M. R. Jayakar and b. M. The scribes and liberal leaders
10. What ruler to measure land use Jrib started? - Sher Shah Suri

Indian economy
11. What is the motto of the international forum "The second world is possible '(Another World is possible)? - The World Social Forum (World Social Forum) in
12. (Central Rice Research Institute) is the location of the Central Rice Research Institute? - Cuttack (Orissa)
13. Based on the recommendations of the Committee of National Agricultural Bank was set up? - Shivaraman Committee
14. 'CAPART' (CAPART) What is the full form? - Men's Action and Rural Technology Council for Advanced Negative People
15. Department of the Reserve Bank note issuance gold fund, is required at all times of what value? - 115 cr. 
16. In India, inflation is measured by the index 16. How? - WPI
17 European countries have adopted the name of the unified currency? - Euro
18. Pulses (pulses) which pulses (dal), the MSP for the crop year 2010-11 has been fixed? - Moong dal Rs 3170. Per quintal
19. 'renewable stream scheme which state is concerned? - Rajasthan
20. 'Mr.' (SRI-System of Rice Intensification) technology is used in which areas? - Grain
21. Which elements of the tomato red color is caused by the presence? - Lycopene
22. 'Kanya Vidya Dhan' scheme has been launched in which state? - Uttar Pradesh
23. "In India, special export processing zone '(Special Export Processing Zone) where first established? - In Kandla
24. RBI reduced cash reserve ratio by 24. If the credit, but will affect? - Credit will be less
25. Tax Reform Committee '(Tax Reforms Committee) was appointed the Chairman of? - The king Chelliah

Indian polity and constitution
26. President's national crisis (National Emergency) in what circumstances may announce? - In situations of external aggression and armed rebellion
27. Who was elected unopposed as president of the country? - Neelam Sanjiv Reddy
28. Article 28 of the Constitution under which the impeachment against the President (Impeachment) - Under Article 61
29. What is the underlying purpose behind the policy director of the elements? - Welfare state building

31. The basic rights to which organization has the right to ban necessary? - Parliament
32. The Constitution provides the total schedules? - XII
33. Quo-Warranto Writ literally means what? - "What is your authority?"
34. Who was the first president of the Lok Sabha? - Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
35. The Constitution provides for the concurrent list of the constitution which has been? - Australia
36. The Constitution of India, which was founded by a constituent assembly Gi- -kabinet mission under the 1946 plan
37. Article 34 imposes restrictions on how fundamental rights? - When martial law be applied anywhere in India
38.Article 38 of the Constitution which has been discussed in the fundamental duties? - Article 51 (A) in
39. The right to personal freedom which officer to be civil? - Top high court and the Supreme Court
40. Who was the first Chairman of the Council of Independent India? - Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

National Freedom Movement
41. Where and when was the establishment of the All India Kisan Sabha? - Lucknow, 1936
42. The establishment of the Muslim League, who was Viceroy of India? - Lord Minto II
43. India, not two nations, this statement is what? - Mohammad Ali Jinnah
44. Bal Gangadhar Tilak 'Father of Indian Anarest' (Father of Indian Unrest) Who said that? - The Belentain Cirol
45. The session of the Muslim League which was attended by Congress? - Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya
46. ​​'passive resistance' (Passive Resistance) was the father of the theory? - Aribind Ghosh
47. "The Indian press Messiah is called Who? - Sir Charles Metcalfe and the Lord Macaulay
48. Hindustan Socialist Republican Army, who did formed? - Chandra Shekhar Azad
49. Lord Lytton which year was held in Delhi Darbar? - Year 1877
50. The crime of nationalism when declared by the British education? - In 1898

Geography of India and abroad
51. Eco-Saunding technique which is used for the task? - To measure the depth of the sea
52. Which country's southernmost point, Cape Farewell? - New Zealand's
53. On which river is the famous Kariba Dam? - Zambezi river
54. The closest stars to Earth (Proxima Santori) How long does the light to reach the earth? - 4.3 years
55. 1 ° latitude are Pradrrshit about how many kilometers? - 111 km
56. "Sandwich Islands" whose old name? - Hawaii Island
57. What are the two countries leading producer of asbestos? - India and USA
58. "Eco-Saunding 'for your use of the work is done? - To measure the depth of the sea
59. Indian territorial waters extend to how far from the coast? - 12 nautical miles
60. Farl is associated with the rule? - From the direction of winds

General Science & Technology
61. Industrial production of polythene is multiplication whom? - Of ethylene
62. "Newton-Seconds' is counter to what amount? - Momentum (Momentum) of
63. The percentage of U-235 in natural uranium is about? - 0.72%
64. Tracking and Renjing -satelait station in India '(Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station-STARS) is located where? - Kawalur (TN)
65. Lighting power, how changes in the cell's energy? - Transformation of light energy into electrical energy
66. Guru water (Heavy Water) molecular weight of the (Molecular Weight) is? - Automatic License assignment
67. internal energy of the ideal gas depends only on the heating to-
68. Which bomb only affects living things, not buildings? - Neutron
69. AB blood group of the person receiving it, sometimes universal (Universal Recipient) also says, because Unmen- antibody (Antibody) are not
70. E.E.G. Whose activity is to enter? - Brain

Law and Justice
71. untouchability (crime) Act was passed in which year? - 1955
72. Who have said to the federal law that the federal Ha'- It Aplembi Paul
73. Which institution for providing legal aid to the poor, free and fair was founded in 1987? - Legal Services Authorities Act
74. What part of the Constitution of India, the card is called the Constitution? - Preamble to the Constitution
75. "Who in the Constitution citizens' basic rights defenders and the guarantor has been established? - The Supreme Court of India

Agriculture
76. Good Harvest Gram element fertilizer (NPK) may be given in the amount of? - 20 kg N + 40 kg P2O5 + 20 kg K2O and 20 kg sulfur / ha
77. A small rash gram (Gram / Chickpea) species of seed per hectare is kept? - 60-65 kg / ha
78. If land zinc (Zn) deficiency, the gram crop fertilizer to be what? - 20 kg zinc sulphate (21% Zn) per hectare
79. Gram (Gram / Chickpea) of Ukta resistant (Wilt Resistant) are species? - Dkp-92-3; KWR-108, JG-315, JG-16, JG-74 and resistant
80. What is the average yields of chickpea? - Some 18-20. / Ha

Sports
81. Which of the International Tennis Federation ITF 2015, best female player of the year is awarded to the woman? - American Serena Williams
82. 'Derby' (Derby) which sport is concerned? - Horse racing (Horse Racing) by
83. How long interval since the Asian Games are held? - 4 year time period covered by the
84. In 2015, the American who was honored with the award for best male football player is? - Michael Bradley
85. The first Indian to win a gold medal in the Olympic Games it? - Abhinav Bindra
86. Guru Gobind Singh Sports College has been established in which city? - Lucknow
87. For excellence in game What is the greatest reward? - Arjuna
88. Somdev Verman related to which game players? - Lawn tennis
89. How many players play the game of volleyball? - 6 Players
90. The theme of the Olympic torch-the Journey of Harmony (Journey of Harmony)

Miscellaneous
91. United Nations Day (UN Day) is celebrated? - October 24
92. Human Resources Development Ministry was established when? - September 26, 1985 
93. "Wadia Institute in Dehradun is related to the subject? - Earth Science (Geology) 
94. Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T) Kanpur which has Mirnan nano satellites on the occasion of the golden jubilee celebrations of the Institute been assigned to the President? - Firefly
95. US President Barack Hussein Obama was the candidate of which political party? - Democratic Party
96. India's first successful nuclear tests at Pokhran what the code was called? - Smiling Buddha
97. The United States 'appeal of the Kansians Foundation' (The Appeal of Conscience Foundation) by the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, which was selected for the award? - World Statesman Award
98. Myanmar's opposition leader and former general secretary of the National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi won the Nobel Peace Prize when? - In 1991
99. The name of the German Parliament? - Bundsteg (Bundestag)
100. Brazil's first female president, who have been selected? - Dilma Rofes