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Aphelion – point on its orbit when the earth is farthest from the sun. perihelion – point on its orbit when the earth is closest to the sun. central potato research institute- shimla Frogs resort to cutaneous respiration while under water or when they undergo eitherhibernation (winter sleep) or aestivation (summer sleep). Fort William is a fort built in culcutta on the Eastern banks of the river Hooghly, the major distributary of the river ganges. Built 1781. Wildlife Protection Act 1972 . Project Tiger scheme was launched in 1973. Crocodile conservation project was launched in 1975 The first jan lokpal Bill was introduced by shanthi Bhushan in 1968. The word lokpal means an ombudsman (Legal Representative ) in India. The Election Commision of India launced the India International Institue of Democracy and Election Management (IIDEM) in New Delhi. Vir Bhumi-memorial of Rajiv Gandhi, located next to Rahghat. Shakti sthal –memorial of Indira Gandhi, located north of vir bhumi. The NeXT computer used by british scientist sir tim berners –lee at CERN became the world’s 1st web server CERN Headquaters –Geneva. Nirupama Rao named India’s next ambassador to US . The Nile is a major north – flowing river in north Africa, the longest river in the world. The Appalachian mountains are in eastern North America . The Andes is the world’s longest continental mountain range in south America . Govt accepts resignation of Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium. PSLV countdown progressing smoothly for GSAT 12 launch on july 15, 2011. Sarojini Naidu was elected as the 1st Indian women President of the Indian National congress in 1925 . Soft glass – soda Lime silicate Venus is the second planet from the sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. Pioneer Venus orbiter’s Launch date May 20 ,1978. The Indian national flag was hoisted on Mt.Everest on May 29 1953. In 1971, the Indian flag , went into space on board Apollo -15. Australia – capital – Canberra , Largest city – Sydney , Prime minister Julia Gillard. Jan 24 –National Girl Child Day. Indira Gandhi centre for atomic Research was established in 1971. Kamini Reactor – the only operating Reactor in the world using U233fuel. Antyodaya Anna yojana (AAY) was launched in Dec 2000. The first Indian developed rocket was Rohini – RH 75. South Sudan (East Africa) became an independent state on july 2011. its capital and largest city is juba ophthalmology is the branch of medicine which deals with the anatomy ,physiology and diseases of the eye. Mar 22 – world water day. Topography is the study of Earth’s surface shape and features or those of planets, moons and asteroids. Apr 22 – Earth day. jnanpith Award 2008 –Akhlaq mohammed khan ‘shahryar’. 2007 – o.n.v.kurup.2006-satya vrat shastri.2005-Ravindra kelekar Vaigai dam is built across the vaigai River near andipatti in the theni district of tamil nadu. cartography – study &practice of making maps Bharat Ratna – 2008 – bhimsen joshi ,2001- lata Mangeshkar.2001- Bismillah khan. 199- Amartya sen.1999- Gopinath bordoloi lord Cornwallis is known as the founder of Indian civil service plump putting model of atom was proposed by j.j.thomson Orissa was renamed as odisha and oriya language was renamed as odia on 9 nov 2010 by parliament of India. Capital –bhubaneswar. India Gate (new delhi) was designed by sir Edwin lutyens it is composed of red sand stone and granite coronation park – delhi India’s first carbon fibre factory – vadodra Cabinet mission was presided over by – Sir P.Lawrence Beta cells secrete insulin and amylin Manmohan singh to visit Afganasthan to offer more aid Supreme court rejects CBI’s plea to reopen Bhopal case. Bhopal tragedy 1984 Dolly( 5 july 1996-14 febraury 2003 domestic sheep and the first mamohal to be closed from an adult somatic cell. Jawaharlal Nehru award for International understanding is an international award presented by the Govt of India. It was founded in 1965. Angela Menkel choscn for Nehru award. Prime minister Manmohan Singh launced Jwaherlal Nehru National solar mission or Solar India on 11 Jan 2010. Asian Development Bank was established on 22 .08.1966. The biggest delta in the world is the gages delta. 1648.tajmahal completed by shajahan. 1884-karnataka high court established. 1903 India’s first 5 star hotel “taaj” in Mumbai. Lady of Snow – Canada. Study of earth in shape and size is called gaudery. Willy-willies is a tropical cyclone of the north west Austrailia. 1914- I world war declared. 1935 – RBI was established. 1939- II world war declared 1947 – India got freedom 1971 – mysore became –karnataka Surat(Gujarat) – Diamond city of India Dhanbad(Jharkand) – The block diamond city is better known as the ‘coal capital of India’ Mother’s Day – May 2nd Sunday. Father’s day – june 3rd Sunday. Rs.1 crore international Tagore award to be institued for contribution towards promotion of international brotherhood and fraternity Deepest point in Indian Ocean known as Ratnakara in the ancient Sanskrit literature is Diamantina Deep in Diamantina Trench (8,047m) Insurance regulatory and development Authority(IRDH) was established in 1999 on the recommendation of the malhotra committee, Eternal City – Rome. ISO 14000 family of standard Environmental management standards Punjab records all time high wheat procurement of 107.43 lakh metric tones. Debendranath saranji – New chief seceratry of Tamil nadu. State bank of sourastra merged with SBI in 2008 . State bank of Indre –merged with SBI in 2010. The emigration Act 1983 regulates the recruitment of Indian workers for Overseas employment Ludhiana(Punjab) – a major Bicycle production hub. GSAT -8 Carrying 24 km band tranponders & 1st Indian satellite Navigation Syatem ‘Gagan’ will be launced from French Guiana on may 20. Tendulkar to get polly umrigar trophy in BCCI awards. Titan or Saturn VI is the largest moon of Saturn Titan was discovered on march 25, 1655 by the dutch astrommer christiaan huggers. Indian parliament passed ‘Right for Education Act’RTE on 4 aug 2009. The lan came into effect from 1 arrival 2010 (except J&K) Rajiv Awas Yojana(RAY) announced in the year (2009) envisage “salam free India’ India is the 2 nd largest manufacture of cement in the world Internationa Nurses day – may 12 (Floeria Nightingale’s birth) ADSL – Asymmetric Digital subscriber line VPN – Virtual private Network. Philp roth (America) wins man Booker prize May 21 observed as Anti terrorism Day. The International Stanadard Book Numkber (ISBN) system was introduced in the world in 1972 & in India this system was introduced in 1985. Tine Mena (25) has become the 1st Arunachal women to scale Everest. S.Divyadharshini , Chennai – national topper in civil service exam 2010. Arunachala Pradesh CM dorjee Khandu’s body found in hobthang. India & malasya signed a comprehensive economic cooperation Agreement on 18/2/11 May -8 Red cross day 101. The purpose of choke in tube light is to increase the voltage momentarily. 102. Amplitude modulation was the first type to be used in radio. 103. Anthrax is an acute disease caused by bacillus anthracis. 104.Anthran spores can be produced in vitro and used as a biological weapon. 105. 4th G -15 summit (1993) –India , New Delhi. 106.14th G – 15 summit (2010 – Iran Tehran 107. 15th G -15 Summit (2012) – sri lanka . colombo 108. The group of (15) G was established at the 9th non – Aligned movement summit meeting in Belgrade, yugoslovia in September 1989. 109. The federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is an agency of the united states Department of Justice. 110. FBI was formed in the year 1908. 111. Epidemiology is the study of health event patterns in a society. 112. India’s 1st IIT was established in 1951 Kharagpur (west Bengal) 113. Down syndrome is a chromosomal condition characterized by the presence of an extra copy of genetic material on the 21st chromosome. 114. Defence Misister A.K.Antony Laid the foundation stone for the Indian coast Guard (ICG) Acadamy at Azhikkal, kannur, kerala. 115. Minimum wages Act 1948 116. Equal remuneration Act -1976 117.42nd consititutional Amendment Act 1976. 118. Consumer protection Act -1986. 119. United Republic of Tan Zania is a country in East Africa Capital – Dodoma. 120. President – Jakaya Kikwete - TanZania 121. Prime minister – Mizango Pinda.-Tan Zania 122. In 1916 mahatma gandi founded the sabarmathi Ashram at Ahmadabad. 123. Wilson Jones was the first India to win the world Amateur Billiards title. 124. India won it’s first Olympic hockey gold in 1928. 125. Farenhit(F) to Celsius) c = (f-32) x 5/9 Celsius) to Farenhit(F) f = (c *1.82) +32 The study of frog is called Batrecology Brain of frog is coverd by members called meniges Maltasa – converts maltose into glucose BCCI appoints Trevor penny as India’s Fielding coach. Since 2003 the non –resident India Day is being celebrated on January 9. Pollination is best defined as transfer of pollen from anther to stigma. Plants growing on sand are called as psammophytes. The cytokines are plant hormones which act primarily on cell division. It was first isolated by miller and his coworkers in USA. Barack Hussein Obama Born on (aug 4 1961) is the 44th president . Democratic party of the US. He assumed office on Jan 20 2009. Agmark Act came into force in India in 1937 The first woman film star nominated or elected to the Rajya sabha was Nagis Dutt. The fundamental Duties were added to the constitution by the 42nd Amendment in 1976. Upon the recommendations of the swaran singh committee. Iceland’s most active volcano named ‘Grimsvotn’ has started erupting.Grimsvotn last erupted in 2004. Central mining research Institute is situated at dhanbad. The Imaginary lines joining places of same height at equal intervals are contours. 15 countries including India, elected to UN Human Rights council Infosys to start new campus in shanghai HYD : 198/2 (20.0)v MOH India’s GSAT -8 was successfully launced from kourou in French Guiana. French Guiana – region of france on the north East cost of south America. The national Assoiciation of software and services companies (NASSCOM) was set up in 1988 Rajiv Gandhi 20 Aug 1944 – 21 May 1991. The foreign Exchange regulation Act (FERA) was legislation passed by the Indian parliament in 1973. Arjun Vajpayee is the youngest Indian to scale mt Everest. Mount Lhose – 4th highest peak in the world after Everest , K2 Kangahenjunga The ganges is a trans – boundary river of India and bangaladesh.The 2,525 km river rises in the western Himalayas Uttarakand . In nature uranium is found as uranium 238 (99.2742%), uranium -235 (0.7204%) and a very small amount of uranium -234(0.0054%). USA’s Independence declared on july 4, 1776, recognized sept 3 1783. current president Barak Obama, Vice President :joe Biden USA is a federal constitutional rebublic comprising 50 states & a federal district . Independence july 4 1776. The fastest train in India is the Bhopal Shatabdi, a Shatabadi Express train, with a max speed of 160 km/h Mumbai Rajdhani – 2nd fastest train . There New CM Assam – Tarun Gogoi. Keral – Ommen Chandy Pondicherry – Rangaswamy. Tamilnadu – Jayalalitha WB – Mamta banaerjee. Tata Nano 1 lakh car march 2009. Indian Christina Message Act 1872. Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act 1939. Hindu Marriage Act 1955. Foreign Marriage Act 1969. India successfully test fire surface to surface prahar missile from the integrated test Range in balasore district (chandipur) In Hinduism , prahar is a unit of time. A day is divided into 8 prahars. The 1st prahar starts at 3 am. One prahar = 3 hours Japan’s super computer – fujitsu K computer (8.16 PFLOPS) PFLOPS – peta floating point operations per second 1 nibble = 4 bits Tianhe – IA was ranked as the world’s second fastest supercomputer in the TOP500 list until july 2011 when the K computer over took it. banaras hindu university (Varanasi) was founded in 1916 by pandit madan mohan malviya. It is also the Asia’s largest residential university. National Instutite of unini – Bangalore. National Instutite of Homeopathy – Kolkatta. Father of homeopathy – Dr.samuel Hainnemann the surveyor general of India is the head of department of survey of India , a department under the ministry of Science & Technology of Govt . Mount everest is the world’s highest mountain at 8,848 metre(29,029)ft. In 1856 Andrew Waugh announced the Everest height . Ace Indian shooter gagan narang has been nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi khel ratna award Cabinet clears USD 7.2bn Reliance –BP deal 98th Indian Science congress held in Chennai Focal theme quality Education and excellence in science Research in Indian universities mistral commonly refers to the mistral (wind) in southern france & sardine Mistral (missle), a surface – to – air missle developed in france There are 192 united nations (UN0 member states and each of them is a member of the united nations general assembly UN day October 24 India – states & formation Chattisgarh -01 nov 2000(26th state) Uttarakhand – 9 nov 2000 (27th ) Jharkhand – 15 nov 2000(28th) New Zealand Capital - welington Largest city – Auckland Prime minister – john key Governer General – Anand satyanand Defending champion sania nehwal enters Indonesian open final Fuel price hike Govt rules out rollback. Michael Jackson Two years on P.V. narasimha rao elevated expressway (11.6km) connects the Hyderabad International Airport with the city at mehdipatnam. Diesel prices up by Rs.3 LPG costlier by Rs50 per cylinder & kerosene by Rs2. Joe Biden current vice president of the united states Rajkumar singh to be next home seceratary (he will Succeed G.K Pillai who retire on june 30) Hindu Temple and Trusts Act 1987. Central Institue for research on Buffalo-Hisar Haryana Central Research institute for jute & Allied fibres – barrackpore, west Bengal. Indian council of Agriculture research (ICAR) formerly known as Imperial council of Agricultural Research, was established on 16 july 1929. Velu thampi led a revolt against the british in state on travancore The trocesers were introduced in the Indian dress by the Kushans. India celebrates National Science day on 28 every year to commemorate the discovery of the Raman effect in 1928 DPT – combination vaccines against three infectious diseases in humans.1.deptheria2.pertussis3.tetanus. JCB formally JC Bamford excavators limited is a global construction demolition and agricultureal equipment company headquartered in UK. World No tobacco day is observed around the world every year on may 31. WHO created world No tobacco Day WNTD in 1987 . As per the division of powers of India , in the concurrent list there are 47 items India is a member of Asian Development Bank . The godrej logo is the signature of Ardeshir Godrej R.K.shanmukham chetty , independent India’s first finance minister. CBFC currently issues the following certifcates U – universal U/A – parental guidance A – adults only S – Restricted to special class . Gynaecology or gynecology is the medical practice dealing with the health of the female reproductive system (utres, vagina and ovaries) The Central Board of flim certification (popularly known as the censor board )was formed in 1952 . HQ – Mumbai Chairperson –leela Samson .