Saturday, January 7, 2012

Important Institutions and its Headquarters

Education
● Commission of Scientific and Technical Words Terminology—New Delhi
● Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages—Hyderabad
● Institute of National Sanskrit—New Delhi
● National Sanskrit Vidyapeeth—Tirupati
● Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit Vidyapeeth—New Delhi
● Rashtriya Bal Bhavan—New Delhi
● Institute of Central Indian Language—Mysore
● Indian Council of Higher Research—Shimla
● Indian Institute of Social Sciences and Research—New Delhi
● Council of Indian Philosophy Research—New Delhi and Lucknow
● Indian Institute of Science—Bengaluru
● Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management—Gwalior
● Central Hindi Institute—Agra
Environmental Institutes
● Arid Zone Research Institute—Jodhpur
● Central Pollution Control Board—Delhi
● Central Museum Authority—New Delhi
● Rehabilitation Institute of Social Forestry and Ecology—Allahabad
● G. B. Pant Himdoya Environment and Development Institute—Almora
● Himalayan Forest Research Centre—Shimla
● Indian Forest Research and Education Council—Dehradun
● Institute of Indian Forest Management—Bhopal
● Institute of Indian Plywood Industry and Research—Bengaluru
● Institute of Forest Genetic Tree Breeding—Coimbatore
● Forest Productive Centre—Ranchi
● Institute of Forest Research and Human Resource Development—Chindwara
● Institute of Rainforest—Jorhat
● Institute of Lumbering Science and Technology—Bengaluru
● Institute of National Science & Technology—Faridabad
● Indian Botanical Survey—Kolkata
● Indian Anthropology Survey—Kolkata
● Indian Forest Survey—Jorhat
● Tropical Institute—Jabalpur
Defence Institutes
● Air Force Academy—Hyderabad
● Air Force Technical College—Bengaluru
● College of Military Engineering—Pune
● Defence Management Institute—Sikandrabad
● Defence Services Staff College—Wellington
● Directorate General N.C.C.—New Delhi
● Electrical and Mechanical Engineering School—Baroda
● Hindustan Aeronatic Limited—Bengaluru
● Indian Air Force Training Centre—Chennai
● Indian Military Academy—Dehradun
● Institute of Armament Technology—Pune
● Military College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering—Sikandrabad
● Directorate of National Cadet Core—New Delhi
● National Defence Academy—Kharagwasala
● Naval College of Engineering—Lonavala
● Officers Training Academy—Chennai
Art and Culture
● Institute of National Museum History for Art Conservation and Science Museum—New Delhi
● Allahabad Museum—Allahabad
● Asiatic Society—Kolkata
● Indian Anthropology Survey—Kolkata
● Indian National Archives—New Delhi
● Central Buddh Education Institute—Leh
● Central High Tibetean Educational Institute—Varanasi
● Central Secretariat Library (1981)—New Delhi
● Cultural Institute and Training Centre (1979)—New Delhi
● Delhi Public Library—New Delhi
● Gandhian Recollection and Philosophy Recollection—New Delhi
● Institute of Indian Diamond—Surat
● Indian Museum—Kolkata
● Indira Gandhi National Art Centre—New Delhi
● Indira Gandhi National Human Museum—Bhopal
● Jawahar Lal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy (1954)—Imphal
● Kala Chitra Foundation—Chennai
● Khudabaksh Oriental Public Library—Patna
● Lalit Kala Academy (1954)—New Delhi
● Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Asian Studies Institute—Kolkata
● National Drama Vidyalaya (1959)—New Delhi
● National Science Museum Parishad—Kolkata
● National Modern Art Technique (1954)—Kolkata
● National Library (1948)—Kolkata
● National Museum—New Delhi
● National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Heritage—Lucknow
● National School of Drama—New Delhi
● Nav-Nalanda Mahabihar—Bihar
● Nehru Memorial Museum and Library—New Delhi
● Raja Rammohan Rai Library Foundation—Kolkata
● Ram Krishan Mission Sanskrit Institute (1938)—Kolkata
● Rampur Raja Library—Rampur
● Sahitya Academy (1954)—New Delhi
● Salarjanj Museum—Hyderabad
● Sangeet Natak Academy—New Delhi
● Victoria Memorial Hall—Kolkata
Food and Civil Supply
● Indian Standard Bureau—Delhi
● Indian Examination House—Kolkata
Health and Family Welfare
● Central Health Education Bureau—New Delhi
● National Medical Science Academy—New Delhi
● National Ayurvedic Institute—Jaipur
● National Siddh Institute—Chennai
● National Yunani Institute—Bengaluru
● Morarji Desai National Yog Institute—New Delhi
● National Natural Medical Institute—Pune
● National Homeopathic Institute—Kolkata
● National Ayurvedic Vidyapeeth—New Delhi
● Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd.—Rasoyni (Maharashtra)
Industries
● South India Textile Research Association—Coimbatore
● North India Cloth Research Institute—Ghaziabad
● Silk and Art Silk Mills Research Association—Mumbai
● Indian Jute Industry Research Association—Kolkata
● Wool Research Institute—Thane
● National Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd.—Trombay
● Pesticide Technology Institute—Gurgaon
● Hindustan Antibiotic Ltd.—Pimpri, Pune
● Plastic Engineering and Technology Institute—(Sepate) Chennai
● Indian Bureau of Mines—Nagpur
● National Aluminium Co. Ltd.—Orissa
● Hindustan Zinc Ltd.—Udaipur
Law and Justice
● National Justice Academy—Bhopal
● Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel National Police Academy—Hyderabad
● Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narain National Crime and Justice Institute—New Delhi
Labour
● Labour Bureau Institute—Chandigarh and Shimla
● V. V. Giri National Labour Institute—Noida (U. P.)
● Central Labour Board—Nagpur
● Director General of Mines Security—Dhanbad
● Central Education Media Institute—Chennai
● Institute of Central government Training and Research—Kolkata
Mass Communication
● Publication Deptt.—New Delhi
● Film Department—Mumbai
● National Film Archieves—Pune
● Indian Committee of Children Film—Mumbai
● Directorate of Publications and Visual Publicity—Delhi
● Directorate of Regional Publicity—New Delhi
● Testimony Board of Central Movie—Mumbai
● Institute of Indian Film and Television—Pune
● Satyajeet Ray Film and Television Institute— Kolkata
Institute of Science and Technology
● Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science—Kolkata
● Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology—Pune
● Indian Astro-physics Institute—Bengaluru
● Jawahar Lal Nehru Developed Scientific Research Centre—Bengaluru
● Indian Institute of Geomagnetism—Mumbai
● Indian Science Academy—Bengaluru
● Indian National Science Academy—New Delhi
● Indian Science Congress Association—Kolkata
● Indian National Engineering Academy—New Delhi
● Indian National Oceanic Information Service Centre—Hyderabad
● Indian Oceanic Technical Institute—Chennai
● National Antarctic and Ocean Research Centre—Goa
● National Biological Science Centre—Bengaluru
● National Institute of Reservation—New Delhi
● Centre of National Cell Science—Pune
● Centre of National Mental Research—Manesar
● National Plant-Genome Research Centre—New Delhi
● National Earthquake Science Data Centre—New Delhi
● Indian Science Academy—Allahabad
● Survey Training Institute—Hyderabad (with the help of U.N.D.P.)
● Bose Institute—Kolkata
● Agarkar Research Institute—Pune
● Sri Chitra Triunal Medical Science and Technical Institute—Tiruvananthapuram
● Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology—Dehradun
● N. N. Bose National Fundamental Science Centre—Kolkata
● Birbal Sahani Institute of Paleo-botany—Lucknow
● Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council—New Delhi
● Science Expansion (Vigyan Prasar)—New Delhi
● Liquid Crystal Research Institute—Bengaluru
● Aryabhatta Research Observatory—Nainital
● Director of Atomic Mineral Investigation and Research—Hyderabad
● Indian Uranium Corporation Ltd.—Jaduguda
● Heavy Water Board—Mumbai
● Nuclear Fuel Campus—Hyderabad
● Bhabha Atomic Research Centre—Mumbai
● Shri Ram Institute of Chemical Research—New Delhi
● Institute for Plasma Research (I. P. R.)—Ahmedabad
● Harish Chand Research Institute—Chennai
● Physics Institute—Bhubaneshwar
● Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre—Kolkata
● Deptt. of Atomic Energy—Mumbai
● Project Directorate, Integrated Coastal and Sea Coast Management—Chennai
● Sea-biotic Resources and Ecology Centre—Cochin
● Hindustan Zinc Limited—Udaipur
● D. N. A. Finger Print and Centre—Hyderabad
● Biotic Resources and Continuous Development Centre—Imphal
● Life Science Institute—Bhubaneshwar
● Physical Research Laboratory—Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
● S. V. National Technical Institute—Surat
● Saha Nuclear Physics Institute—Kolkata (W. Bengal)
● Cosmic Rays Research Institute—Gauribidanow
● Shri Ram Chennai Research Institute—New Delhi
● Tata Institute of Fundamental Research—Mumbai
● Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology—Kocchi
● Institute of Mathematical Science—Chennai
● Institute of Physics—Bhubaneshwar
● National Biology Centre—Bengaluru
● Uranium Corporation of India Ltd.—Jaduguda (Jharkhand)
● Vishveshraiya National Technical Institute—Nagpur
Transport
● Diesel Locomotive Works—Varanasi
● Chitranjan Locomotive Works—Chitranjan
● Rail Coach Factory—Kapurthala
● Integral Coach Factory—Perambur, Kapurthala
● Rail Wheel Factory—Bengaluru
● Marine Engineering and Research Institute—Kolkata
● Marine Engineering and Research Institute—Mumbai
● Lal Bahadur Shastri Coastal Research and Higher Study Institute—Mumbai
● Indian Inland Waterways Authority—Noida
● Maritime Training Institute Powai—Mumbai
● Hindustan Shipyard Limited—Visakhapatnam
● Central Inland Water Transport Corporation—Kolkata
● Civil Aviation Security Bureau—Delhi
● National Aviation Management and Research Institute—Delhi
● Fire Training Centre—New Delhi
● Fire Service Training School—Narainpur (Kolkata)
● Indira Gandhi National Flying Academy—Furshatganj (U. P.)
● Indian Tourism and Travel Management Institute—Gwalior
● National Water Sporting Institute—Goa
Water Resources
● Central Soil and Material Research Centre—New Delhi
● Central Water and Electric Research Centre—Kharagwasala (Pune)
● National Project Construction Corporation Ltd.—New Delhi
● National Hydrology Institute—Roorkee (Uttarakhand)
Welfare
● National Blind Institute—Dehradun
● National Orthopedic Disabled Institute—Kolkata
● Aliyawarjung National Hard of Hearing Institute—Mumbai
● National Mental Disabled Institute—Sikandrabad
● National Rehabilitation Training and Research Institute—Cuttack
● Physically Disabled Institute—New Delhi
● Multi-disabled Strengthen Institute—Chennai
● National Public Cooperation and Child Development Institute—New Delhi
Youth Work and Play
● Rajeev Gandhi National Youth Development Institute—Perambur
● Laxmibai National Physical Education Institute (1957)—Gwalior
Energy
● National Thermal Power Corporation—New Delhi
● Electric Finance Corporation Ltd.—New Delhi
Communication
● Telecommunication Engineering Centre—New Delhi
● National Telecommunication Finance and Management Academy—Hyderabad
● High Level Telecommunication Training Centre—Ghaziabad
● Advance Level Telecommunication Training Centre—Ghaziabad
● Bharat Ratna Bhim Rao Ambedkar Telecommunication Training Institute—Jabalpur

Research Institutes of Forest in India


Forest Research Institute (FRI) Dehradun
Arid Forest Research Institute (AFRI) Jodhpur
Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI) Jabalpur
Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB)Coimbatore
Himalayan Forest Research Institute (HFRI) Shimla
Rain Forest Research Institute (RFRI) Jorhat
Institute of Forest Productivity (IFP) Ranchi
Institute of Woods Science and Technology (IWST)Bangalore
Forest Research Centre (FRC) Hyderabad
Centre for Forestry Research and Human Resource Development (CFRHRD) Chhindwara
Centre for Social Forestry and Eco-Rehabilitation (CSFER) Allahabad
Advanced Research Centre for Bamboo and Rattans (ARCBR), Aizawl

Monday, January 2, 2012

First In India

Male
The first President of Indian Republic Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The first Prime Minister of free India Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
The first Indian to win Nobel Prize Rabindranath Tagore
The first President of Indian National Congress W.C. Banerjee
The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress Badruddin Tayyabji
The first Muslim President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain
The first British Governor General of India Lord William Bentinck
The first British Viceroy of India Lord Canning
The first Governor General of free India Lord Mountbatten
The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India C. Rajgopalachari
The first man who introduced printing press in India James Hicky
The first Indian to join the I.C.S Satyendra Nath Tagore
India’s first man in Space Rakesh Sharma
The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term Morarji Desai
The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India General Cariappa
The first Chief of Army Staff Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji
The first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive council S.P.Sinha
The first President of India who died while in office Dr. Zakhir Hussain
The first Muslim President of Indian Republic Dr. Zakhir Hussain
The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament Charan Singh
The first Field Marshal of India S.H.F. Manekshaw
The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics C.V.Raman
The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Indian to cross English Channel Mihir Sen
The first Person to receive Jnanpith award Sri Shankar Kurup
The firs Speaker of the Lok Sabha Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
The first Vice-President of India Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Education Minister Abdul Kalam Azad
The first Home minister of India Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
The first Indian Air Chief Marshal S. Mukherjee
The first Indian Naval Chief Vice Admiral R.D. Katari
The first Judge of International Court of Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh
The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen Sherpa Anga Dorjee
The first person to get Param Vir Chakra Major Somnath Sharma
The first Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen
The first person to receive Magsaysay Award Acharya Vinoba Bhave
The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine Hargovind Khurana
The first Chinese traveller to visit India Fahein
The first person to receive Stalin Prize Saifuddin Kitchlu
The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics Amartya Sen
The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court Justice Hirala J. Kania
The first Indian Pilot J.R.D. Tata (1929)

First In India

Female

The first lady to become Miss World Rita Faria
The first woman judge in Supreme Court Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
The first woman Ambassador Miss C.B. Muthamma
The first woman Governor of a state in free India Mrs Sarojini Naidu
The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly Shanno Devi
The first woman Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi
The first woman Minister in a Government Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
The first woman to climb Mount Everest Bachhendri Pal
The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice Santosh Yadav
The first woman President of Indian National Congress Mrs Annie Besant
The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force Harita Kaur Dayal
The first woman Graduates Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
The first woman Airline Pilot Durga Banerjee
The first woman Honours Graduate Kamini Roy, 1886
The first woman Olympic medal Winner Karnam Malleswari, 2000
The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner Kamlijit Sandhu
The first woman Lawyer Cornelia Sorabjee
The first woman President of United Nations General Assembly Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State Mrs Sucheta Kripalani
The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission Roze Millian Bethew
The first woman Director General of Police Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
The first woman Judge Anna Chandy (She became judge in a district court in 1937)
The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court)
The first woman Judge in Supreme Court of India Kumari Justice M. Fathima Beevi
The first woman Lieutenant General Puneeta Arora
The first woman Air Vice Marshal P. Bandopadhyaya
The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines Sushma Chawla
The first woman IPS officer Mrs. Kiran Bedi
The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India Razia Sultan
The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra Nirja Bhanot
The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award Ashapurna Devi
The first woman to cross English Channel Aarti Saha
The first woman to receive Nobel Prize Mother Teresa
The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna Mrs Indira Gandhi
The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award Ashpurna Devi

Monday, December 12, 2011

GENERAL AWARENESS MCQs

1. When a body is taken from the earth to the moon :
(A) Its weight increases
(B) Its weight decreases
(C) Its weight remains unchanged
(D) It becomes completely weightless
 
2. Expansion during heating :
(A) Occurs only in solid
(B) Increases the weight of the material
(C) Decreases the density of the material
(D) Occurs at the same rate for all liquids and solids 3. ‘Threat of global warming’ is increasing due to increasing concentration of:
(A) Ozone
(B) Nitrous oxide
(C) Sulphur dioxide
(D) Carbon dioxide
 
4. The Finance Commission is primarily concerned with recommending to the President about :
(A) The principle governing grants-in-aid to be given to the States
(B) Distributing the net proceeds of the taxes between the Centre and the States
(C) Neither (A) nor (B)
(D) Both (A) and (B)
 
5. To be officially recognized by the Speaker of Lok Sabha as an Opposition Group, a party or Coalition
of Parties must have at least :
(A) 50 members
(B) 60 members
(C) 80 members
(D) 1/3 of total members of the Lok Sabha
 
6. Hindu Rate of growth refers to the rate of growth of :
(A) GDP
(B) Population
(C) Foodgrains
(D) Per capita income 
7. Which one of the following was favoured by Nehru but not favoured by Gandhiji?
(A) Truth
(B) Non-violence
(C) Untouchability
(D) Heavy industrialisation
 
8. Consider :
Assertion (A) : Nehru had no regard for the Upanishads.
Reason  (R) : His attitude was scientific.
Now select your answer from the following code :
Codes :
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.
 
9. Consider the following statements :
Assertion (A) : Muhammad Tughlaq’s scheme of token currency was a failure.
Reason  (R) : Muhammad Tughlaq had no proper control over the issuance of coins.
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
Codes :
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.
 
10. Rock cut architecture in Harapan culture context has been found at :
(A) Kalibangan
(B) Dhaulabira
(C) Kotdiji
(D) Amri
 
11. In India, national income is estimated by :
(A) Planning Commission
(B) Central Statistical Organization
(C) Indian Statistical Institute
(D) National Sample Survey Organization 12. Right to Education to all children between the age of 6 to 14 years is :
(A) Included in the Directive Principles of State Policy
(B) A Fundamental Right
(C) A Statutory Right
(D) None of the above
 
13. Who among the following designed the Indian National Flag :
(A) Pingali Venkayya
(B) Bahadur Yar Jung
(C) Alluri Sita Rama Raju
(D) Subhash Chandra Bose
 
14. “Subroto” cup is associated with which of the following games :
(A) Cricket
(B) Football
(C) Hockey
(D) Badminton
 
15.The poorest district in India – Malkangiri is in which state?
(A) Sikkim
(B) West Bengal
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Orissa

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE MCQs

1. This disease is caused by the deficiency of protein. Can you identify it from the given options?
a. Goitre 
b. Kwashiorkar 
c. Hypokalemia 
d. Dermatosis

2. We all know very well that the Pacific Ocean is the earth’s largest ocean. Which of the following represents the percentage area (approximately) of the earth covered by it?
         a. 25% 
         b. 35% 
          c. 40% 
         d. 45%

3. This place is the wettest place on earth. Can you identify it from the given options?
a. Mount Waialeale 
b. Cherapoonji 
c. Mawsynram 
d. None of these

4. The number of non-permanent members of the UN Security Council is
a. 5 
b. 10 
c. 15 
d. 20

5. According to the latest population Census, the state with the least population density is
a. Sikkim 
b. Mizoram
c. Andaman & Nicobar Islands 
d. Arunachal Pradesh

6. The number of Union Territories in India is
a. 5 
b. 6 
c. 7 
d. 8

7. The maximum duration for which the President’s office can remain vacant is
a. 1 month 
b. 2 months 
c. 3 months 
d. 6 months

8. Which of the following represents the minimum age required to become the member of the Rajya Sabha?
a. 25 years 
b. 30 years
c. 35 years 
d. There is no age limit as such

9. Which of the following represents the percentage contribution of the agriculture sector to the Growth Domestic Product of the Indian Economy (approximately)?
a 15% 
b. 17% 
c. 21% 
d. 30%

10. Sakyamuni is another name of
a. Mahavir 
b. Buddha 
c. Lord Shiva 
d. Lord Vishnu

11. The last amendment to the Preamble of the Constitution of India was carried out in the year …
a. 1958 
b. 1962 
c. 1976 
d. 1978

12. Which of the following is NOT a primary activity?
a. Fishing 
b. Mining 
c. Agriculture 
d. Banking

13. How many Bharat Ratna awardees have won the Nobel Prize till date?
a. 1 
b. 2 
c. 3 
d. 4

14. Who discovered Ultrasound ?
a. Ian Donald 
b. Roger Bacon 
c. JP Merril 
d. Joseph Lister

15. Maltimadhava is the famous creation of which of the following personalities?
a. Kalidas 
b. Bharat Muni 
c. Bhavabhuti 
d. Vishnu Sharma

16. The work for which French Nobleman Baron Pierre de Coubertin is known for, is
a. He was the founder of Scouts movement
b. He was the founder of Amnesty International
c. He was the founder of Red Cross Society
d. He was responsible for the revival of modern Olympic games.

17. Which of the following is NOT a recipient of Bharat Ratna?
a. Aruna Asaf Ali
b. PV Kane
c. DK Karve
d. MGK Menon

18. Which of the following is not matched properly?
a. Dibru Saikhowa Assam
b. Dehang Debang Mizoram
c. Norkek Meghalaya
d. Pachmarhi Madhya Pradesh

19. The first cotton mill of India was set up at…
a. Surat 
b. Mumbai 
c. Kanpur 
d. Ahmedabad

20. Which Indian city is also known as the ‘school capital of India’?
a. Lucknow 
b. New Delhi 
c. Dehradun 
d. Ajmer

21. Reserve Bank of India was nationalized in
a. 1949 
b. 1952 
c. 1955 
d. 1964

22. We all know very well that the largest planet of the solar system is Jupiter. Can you identify the
name of the second largest planet of the solar system?
a.  a. Earth 
b. b. Saturn 
c. c. Uranus 
d. d. Venus

23. You would find Andes mountain range in
a. North America 
b. South America 
c. Europe 
d. Australia

24. The world’s rarest element on earth is
a. Palladium 
b. Astatine 
c. Radium 
d. None of these

25. Which of the following is the densest planet of the solar system?
a. Earth 
b. Saturn 
c. Jupiter 
d. Mercury

26. Which of the following is NOT based on the banks of river Danube?
a. Vienna 
b. Belgrade 
c. Budapest 
d. Warsaw

27. Which of the following cases highlighted that ‘total reservation in the government jobs cannot exceed
50% of total?
a. T.A. Pai case 
b. Minerva Mills case
c. Keshvanand Bharti case 
d. Indira Sawhney case

28. Ngultrum is the name of the currency of
a. Chile 
b. Bhutan 
c. Botswana 
d. Bulgaria

29. International Committee of Red Cross has won the Nobel Peace Prize for record _____times.
a. Three 
b. Four 
c. Five 
d. Six

30. Poise is the unit of
a. pressure 
b. viscosity
c. luminous intensity 
d. inductance

31. This personality is credited with the invention of Electro cardiogram (ECG). Can you identify the
personality from the given options?
a. Ian Donald 
b. A. Laveran
c. Williem Einthoven 
d. C.Sholes
32. Time Machine is the name of a famous work of
a. Carl Segan 
b. H.G. Wells 
c. Alvin Tofler 
d. Arthur C. Clarke

33. Jakob Von Vexkull was the founder of
a. Booker Prize 
b. Pulitzer Prize
c. Right Livelihood Award 
d. Templeton Prize

34. Which of the following chemical elements is used for the bleaching process?
a. Fluorine 
b. Bromine 
c. Chlorine 
d. Xenon

35. Cirrhosis is the disease which affects the
a. brain 
b. liver 
c. kidney 
d. lungs

36. Which of the following is the capital of Ireland?
a. Dublin 
b. Istanbul 
c. Amsterdam 
d. Berne

37. Where would you find the Indian Textile Institute?
a. Surat 
b. Kanpur 
c. Pune 
d. Mysore

38. Which of the following is the least populous union territory of India?
a. Pondicherry 
b. Lakshadweep
c. Dadra and Nagar Haveli 
d. Andaman & Nicobar Islands

39. The first Indian state where the President’s rule was imposed in the year 1951 was ...
a. Uttar Pradesh 
b. Rajasthan
c. Punjab 
d. Orissa

40. Which of the following Indian states has the lowest sex ratio (number of females per thousand
males)?
a. West Bengal 
b. Haryana 
c. Punjab 
d. Uttar Pradesh

41. Which of the following is NOT a work of Salman Rushdie?
a. Moor’s Last Sigh  
b. Midnight’s Children
c. Shalimar The Clown  
d. The Piano Teacher

42. International Labor Day is celebrated on ___every year.
a. August 1 
b. March 1 
c. September 1 
d. May 1

43. Who wrote Ramayana?
a. Vishwamitra 
b. Maharishi Valmiki
c. Tulasidas 
d. None of these

44. Who is credited with the construction of the Grand Trunk road?
a. Tipu Sultan 
b. Mohammed –bin-Tughlaq
c. Shershah Suri 
d. Jehangir

45. Which of the following is also known as “ Silicon valley of India”?
a. Hyderabad 
b. Bangalore 
c. Chennai 
d. Noida

46. This personality is also considered as the Father of computers . Can you name him from the given
options?
a. Blaise Pascal 
b. Alan M. Turing
c. Charles Babbage 
d. None of these

47. Peace Palace is the official headquarters of
a. WHO 
b. FAO 
c. ICJ 
d. IBRD

48. Find the odd one out.
a. DOS 
b. WINDOWS 
c. LINUX 
d. LISP

49. Which of the following is the capital of ‘the land of midnight sun’?
a. Vienna 
b. Oslo 
c. Helsinki 
d. Prague

50. Christiana is the former name of which of the following cities?
a. Copenhagen 
b. Oslo 
c. Ottawa 
d. Berlin

Answers
1 b
2 b
3 c
4 b
5 d
6 c
7 d
8 b
 9 c
10 b
11 c
12 d
13 d
 14 a
15 c
16 d
17 d
18 b
19 b
20 c
21 a
22 b
23 b
24 b
25 a
26 d
27 d
28 b
29 a
30 b
31 c
32 b
33 c
34 c
35 b
36 a
37 b
38 b
39 c
40 b
41 d
42 d
43 b
44 c
45 b
46 c
47 c
48 d
49 b
50 b

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Anti Poverty Programmes

 S.No.Anti Poverty ProgrammesYear of Beginning Objective/Description
 1 Antodaya Yojana1977 To make the poorest families of the village economically independent (only in Rajasthan)
 2Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)1999Assistance is given to the poor families living below the poverty line in rural areas for taking up self employment.
 4 Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana (SGRY)2001Providing gainful employment for the rural poor.
 6 Employment Assurance Scheme1993To provide gainful employment during the lean agricultural season in manual work to all able bodied adults in rural areas who are in need and desirous of work, but can not find it..
 7 Pradhanmantri Gramodaya Yojana (PMGY)2000 Focus on village level development in 5 critical areas, i.e. primary health, primary education, housing, rural roads and drinking water and nutrition with the overall objective of improving the quality of life of people in rural areas. 
 8 National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS)2006To provide legal guarantee for 100 days of wage employment to every household in the rural areas of the country each year, To combine the twin goals of providing employment and
asset creation in rural areas
 9Swarnajayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJRY)1997It seeks to provide employment to the urban unemployed lying below poverty line and educate upto IX standard through encouraging the setting up of self employment ventures or provision of wage employment.
 10 Antidaya Anna Yojana2000It aims at providing food securities to poor families.
 11National Housing Bank Voluntary Deposit Scheme1991To utilize black money for constructing low cost housing for the poor.
 12Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP)1980All Round development of the rural poor through a program of asset endowment for self employment.
 13Development of Women and Chidren in Rural Areas (DWCRA)1982To provide suitable opportunities of self employment to the women belonging to the rural families who are living below the poverty line.
 14National Social Assistance Programme1995To assist people living below the poverty line.
 15Jan Shree Bima Yojana2000Providing insurance security to people below poverty line.
 16Jai Prakash Narayan Rojgar Guarantee YojanaProposed in 2002-03 budgetEmployment Guarantee in most poor districts.
 17Shiksha Sahyog Yojana2001Education of Children below poverty line.

Child Welfare Programmes

 S.No.Child Welfare ProgrammesYear of BeginningObjectives/Description
 1 Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) 1975It is aimed at enhancing the health, nutrition and learning opportunities of infants, young children (O-6 years) and their mothers.
 2Creche Scheme for the children of working mothers2006Overall development of children, childhood protection, complete immunisation, awareness generation among parents on malnutrition, health and education.
 3 Reproductive and Child Health Programme 1951To provide quality Integrated and sustainable Primary Health Care services to the women in the reproductive age group and young children and special focus on family planning and Immunisation.
 4 Pulse Polio Immunization Programme  1995To eradicate poliomyelitis (polio) in India by vaccinating all children under the age of five years against polio virus.
 5Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan 2001All children in school, Education Guarantee Centre, Alternate School, ' Back-to-School' camp by 2003; all children complete five years of primary schooling by 2007 ; all children complete eight years of elementary schooling by 2010 ; focus on elementary education of satisfactory quality with emphasis on education for life ; bridge all gender and social category gaps at primary stage by 2007 and at elementary education level by 2010 ; universal retention by 2010
 6 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya 2004To ensure access and quality education to the girls of disadvantaged groups of society by setting up residential schools with boarding facilities at elementary level.
 7 Mid-day meal Scheme 1995 Improving the nutritional status of children in classes I – VIII in Government, Local Body and Government aided schools, and EGS and AIE centres.Encouraging poor children, belonging to disadvantaged sections, to attend school more regularly and help them concentrate on classroom activities.
Providing nutritional support to children of primary stage in drought-affected areas during summer vacation.
 8 Integrated programme for Street Children 1993Provisions for shelter, nutrition, health care, sanitation and hygiene, safe drinking water, education and recreational facilities and protection against abuse and exploitation to destitute and neglected street children.

 9 The National Rural Health Mission2005Reduction in child and maternal mortality, universal access to public services for food and nutrition , sanitation and hygiene and universal access to public health care services with emphasis on services addressing women's and children's health universal immunization, etc.