List of Heads and Head Quarters of International

Organizations
S.No. International Organization Head Head Quarters
1 International Civil Aviation Robert Kobeh Gonzalez Montreal, Quebec,
Organization Canada
2 Food and Agriculture Jose Graziano da Silva Quebec City, Canada
Organization
3 International Atomic Energy Yukiya Amano Vienna, Austria
Agency
4 United Nations Children’s Fund Anthony Lake New York City
5 United Nations Educational, Irina Bokova De Fontenoy, Paris
Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO)
6 United Nations High Navanenthem Pillay Geneva, Switzerland
Commissioner for Human Rights
7 United Nations High Antonio Guterres Geneva, Switzerland
Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR)
8 United Nations Industrial Li Yong Vienna, Austria
Development Organization
(UNIDO)
9 World Food Programme (WFP) Ertharin Cousin Rome, Italy
10 World Health Organization Margaret Chan Geneva, Switzerland
(WHO)
11 World Tourism Organization Taled Rifai Madrid, Spain
(UNWTO)
Political and Economic Organizations
12 Asia Pacific Economic Muhamad Noor Yacob Singapore
Cooperation (APEC)
13 Association of Southeast Asian H.E. Le Loung Jakarta, Indonesia
Nations (ASEAN)
14 Caribbean Community Irwin LaRocque George Town,
Guyana
15 Central American Parliament Dorindo Cortez Gutamela
16 Common Market of East and Sindiso Ngwenya Lusaka, Zambia
 Southern Africa (COMESA)
17 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Jakarta, Indonesia
18 Shanghai Cooperation Bolat Nurgaliyev Kazakhstan
Organization
19 World Trade Organization Roberto Azevedo Geneva, Switzerland
Financial Organizations
20 Asian Development Bank Haruhiko Kuroda Mandaluyong City,
Metro Manila,
Philippines.
21 African Development Bank Donald Kaberuka Abidjan, near Ivory
coast
22 European Bank for Suma Chakrabarti London
Reconstruction and Development
23 Inter-American Development Luis Alberto Moreno Washington DC
Bank (IADB)
24 International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde Washington D.C.
25 Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Ahmad Mohamad Ali Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
26 World Bank Jim Yong Kim Washington DC
Sports Organizations
27 Confederation of North, Central Jeffrey Webb Miami, Florida US
America and Caribbean
Association Football
(CONCACAF)
28 Federation International Des Kirsan IIyumzhinov Athens, Greece
Eches (FIDE)
29 Federation Internationale de Sepp Blatter Zurich, Switzerland
Football Association (FIFA)
30 International Cricket Council N. Srinivasan Dubai, UAE
(ICC)
31 International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach Lausanne,
(IOC) Switzerland
LIST OF CURRENT GOVERNORS OF INDIAN
STATES 2014
State Name Took Office
Andhra Pradesh E.S.L Narasimhan 28th December, 2009
Arunachal Pradesh Nirbhay Sharma 29th May, 2013
Assam Janaki Ballabh Patnaik 11th December, 2009
Bihar D.Y. Patil 22nd March, 2013
Chhattisgarh Balramji Das Tandon 14th July, 2014
Goa Mridula Sinha 26th August, 2014
Gujarat Om Prakash Kohli 7th July, 2014
Haryana Kaptan Singh Solanki 25th July, 2014
Himachal Pradesh Urmila Singh 25th January, 2010
Jammu and Kashmir Narinder Nath Vohra 25th June, 2008
Jharkhand Syed Ahmed 4th September, 2011
Karnataka Vajubhai Vala 26th August, 2014
Kerala P Sathasivam 30th August, 2014
Madhya Pradesh Ram Narendra Yadav 8th September, 2011
Maharashtra C. Vidyasagar Rao 30th August, 2014
Manipur Vinod Kumar Duggal 31st December, 2013
Meghalaya Krishan Kant Paul 8th July, 2013
Mizoram K. Sankaranarayanan 24th August, 2014
Nagaland Padmanabhan Acharya 14th July, 2014
Odisha S.C. Jamir 21st March, 2013
Punjab Shivraj Patil 22nd January, 2010
Rajasthan Kalyan Singh 26th August, 2014
Sikkim Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil 20th July, 2013
Tamil Nadu K. Rosaiah 31st August, 2011
Telangana E.S.L. Narasimhan 2nd June, 2014
Tripura Padmanabhan Acharya 30th June, 2014
Uttar Pradesh Ram Naik 22nd July, 2014
 Uttarakhand Aziz Qureshi 15th May, 2012
West Bengal Keshari Nath Tripathi 14th July, 2014
Lieutenant Governors and Administrators of Union Territories
Andaman and A.K. Singh 8th July, 2013
Nicobar Islands
(Governor)
Chandigarh Shivraj Patil 22nd January, 2010
(Administrator)
Dadra and Nagar B.S. Bhalla 28th August, 2012
Haveli
(Administrator)
Daman and Diu B.S. Bhalla 28th August, 2012
(Administrator)
Delhi (Governor) Najeeb Jung 9th July, 2013
Lakshadweep H. Rajesh Prasad 7th November, 2012
(Administratot)
Puducherry A. K. Singh 10th July, 2014
(Governor)

Important Persons in News 2014 India

Richard Miller Flanagan, an Australian novelist from Tasmania, won Man Booker Prize for
his wartime novel “The Narrow Road to the Deep North”.
Edward Joseph is a former system administrator for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and
a counterintelligence trainer at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).
Marin Cilic, a Croatian professional tennis player, won the Men’s Singles title of the US Open
of Tennis.
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan conferred honorary degree of doctor of Science
upon Professor M S Swaminathan.
Lt. General Dalbir Singh Suhag took over as Chief of Army Staff on 31 July 2014.
The United Nations General Assembly elected by acclamation Sam Kahamba Kutesa, a
Ugandan lawyer and politician, as President of its upcoming 69th session.
Narendra Modi, a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was Chief Minister of Gujarat
from 2001 to 2014.
Ronnie O’Sullivan, an English professional snooker player from Chigwell, Essex, known for his
rapid playing style, was crowned World Snooker’s Player of the Year 2013-14 at the sport’s
annual awards ceremony in London.
George Clooney, a 52-year-old actor, who recently got engaged to British human rights lawyer
Amal Alamuddin, has stepped down as “messenger of the peace”.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Colombian Nobel laureate and author of the bestselling novel
One Hundred Years of Solitude, died at home in Mexico City on 17 March 2014, age 87.
India-born poet, Vijay Seshadri has won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry
category for his collection of poems “3 Sections”.
Supreme Court of India, has appointed Sunil Gavaskar, a former cricketer who played during
the 1970s and 1980s for Bombay and India, as ‘interim working President’ of BCCI primarily to
oversee IPL version 7.
Noted author and journalist Khushwant Singh, an Indo-Anglian novelist, died in New Delhi on
20 March 2014 at the age of 99.
Tomas Halik, a Roman Catholic priest won the 2014 Templeton Prize.
Veronica Michelle Bachelet Jeria, a Chilean politician, was sworn in as President of the
Republic of Chile for the second time at the National Congress in Valparaíso.
Sheila Dikshit, was appointed as the 22nd Governor of Kerala on 04 March 2014.
Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron won the Oscar for best director for the space thriller,
“Gravity”.
Chandi Prasad Bhatt, an Indian Gandhian environmentalist and social activist, who founded
Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh (DGSS) in Gopeshwar in 1964, which later became a mother-
organization to the Chipko Movement, has been selected for the 2013 Gandhi Peace Prize.
Arseny Petrovych Yatseniuk was installed as Ukraine’s new prime minister on 27 February
2014 lunchtime amid a crisis over 27 billion euros of missing credit.
Matteo Renzi is an Italian politician who has been the Prime Minister of Italy since 22 February
2014.
Virat Kohli, a middle-order batsman, who can also bowl right arm medium pace will lead India
in the Asia cup.
New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum became the first Kiwi batsman to hit a Test triple-
hundred.
The Union Budget of India for 2013–2014 was presented by the Finance Minister P.
Chidambaram Palaniappan on 17 February 2013.
Arvind Kejriwal, the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi, resigned on 14 February 2014 after suffering
a defeat in the assembly on the Jan Lokpal Bill and in a political gamble he recommended
dissolution of the assembly and holding of fresh polls.
All-rounder Yuvraj Singh, an Indian international cricketer, drew the biggest bid after the first
four rounds of the Indian Premier League players’ auction with Royal Challengers Bangalore
clinching his services for a whopping Rs. 14 crore in Bangalore.
Stuart Hall, the pioneering cultural theorist, described as the “godfather of multiculturalism”,
has died on 10 February 2014, aged 82.
Shimon Peres served twice as the Prime Minister of Israel and twice as Interim Prime Minister,
is the ninth and current President of the State of Israel.
Satya Nadella, the Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, was appointed as CEO on February 4,
2014, succeeding Steve Ballmer.
CENSUS 2011 INDIA HIGHLIGHTS
according to the Census 2011, the rural population of India is 68.84% of the total population; main
words: rural population – 68.84%.

“There are no short and easy paths to a long and lasting

happiness”
2011 Census Motto- OUR CENSUS OUR FUTURE
Present Register General and Census Commissioner- C. Chandra Mouli
Union Home Secretary- Shri G.K. Pillai
First Census started in India- 1872
Present Census in India- 15th
Total Population of India- 1210.19 Million 623.7 million (51.54%) Males and 584.46 million
(48.46%) Females
World Population- 7 Billions
Population of India increased by more than 181 million during 2001-2011
Percentage of population growth in 2001-2011- 17.64; 17.19 (Male) and 18.12 (Female)
Top Populous States of the Country
Uttar Pradesh 19,95,81,477
Maharashtra 11,23,72,972
Bihar 10,38,04,637
West Bengal 9,13,47,736
Andhra Pradesh 8,46,65,533
Least Populous States of the Country
Lakshadweep 64,429
Daman & Diu 2,42,911
D & N Haveli 3,42,853
A & N islands 3,79,944
Sikkim 6,07,688

Highest Populous District- Thane (Mumbai)

Least Populous District- Dibang (Arunachal Pradesh)
Rural Population in India- 68.84% of the total population
Highest Urban Population- Maharashtra
India population is equal to the combined population of US, Brazil, Indonesia, Pakistan,
Bangladesh and Japan
Total Number of children in the age group 0-6 – 158.8 million
Total Sex Ration- 940:1000 (Female: Male)
Highest Sex Ratio- Kerala (1084: 1000)
Second Highest Sex Ratio- Puducherry (1038: 1000)
Least Sex Ratio- Daman & Diu (618: 1000)
Child Sex Ratio (0-6 years): 914: 1000
Highest Child Sex Ratio- Mizoram (971:1000)
Least Child Sex Ratio- Haryana (830:1000)
Three Major states ( J&K, Bihar & Gujarat) have shown decline in sex ration as compared to
census 2001
Literacy Rate in 2001- 64.83
Literacy Rate in 2011- 74.04
Highest Literacy State- Kerala (93.91%)
Lowest Literacy State- Bihar (63.82%)
100% Literacy District in India- Palakkad (kerala)
Raise in Literacy rate from 2001 to 2011- 9.21 %
Density of India- 382 per Sq KM
Highest Density State- Bihar (1102 per Sq KM)
Lowest Density State- Arunachal Pradesh (17 per Sq KM)
No of Villages covered in 2011 census- 6, 40, 867
100% Banking District in India- Palakkad (Kerala)
100% Banking State in India- Kerala

Countries, Capitals and Their Currencies

Countries Capitals Currencies

Australia Canberra Australian Dollar

Afghanistan Kabul Afghani

Algeria Algiers Dinar

Argentina Buenos Aires Peso

Austria Vienna Euro

Bangladesh Dhaka Taka

Belgium City of Brussels Euro

Brazil Brasilia Real

Canada Ottawa Canadian Dollar

China Beijing Yuan

Cuba Havana Cuban Peso

Cambodia Phnom Penh Cambodian Riel

Cyprus Nicosia Euro

Denmark Copenhagen Krone

Egypt Cairo Egyptian Pound

Ethiopia Addis Ababa Ethiopian Birr

Estonia Tallinn Kroon

Ecuador Quito United States Dollar

France, Finland Paris, Helsinki Euro

Fiji Suva Fijian Dollar

Germany, Greece Berlin, Athens Euro

Ghana Accra Ghana Cedi

Guernsey Saint Peter Port Guernsey Pound

Gambia Banjul Gambian dalasi

India New Delhi Indian Rupee

Indonesia Jakarta Indonesian Rupiah

Iran Tehran Rial

Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Diner

Ireland, Italy Dublin, Rome Euro

Israel Jerusalem Israeli new shekel

Iceland Reykjavik Icelandic Krona

Japan Tokyo Japanese Yen

Jamaica Kingston Jamaican Dollar

Jordan Amman Jordanian dinar

Kenya Nairobi Kenyan Shilling

Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti Dinar

Korea Seoul South Korean Won

Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Ringgit

Mexico Mexico City Mexican Peso

Malta Valletta Maltese lira

Nigeria Abuja Nigerian Naira

Netherlands Amsterdam Euro

Norway Oslo Norwegian Krone

New Zealand Wellington New Zealand Dollar

Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese Rupee

Namibia Windhoek Namibian Dollar

Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani Rupee

Peru Lima Peruvian Nuevo Sol

Portugal Lisbon Euro

Russia Moscow Russian Ruble

Romania Bucharest Romanian Leu

Sweden Stockholm Swedish Krona

Switzerland Bern Swiss Franc

Sri Lanka Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte Sri Lankan Rupee

Spain Madrid Euro

Thailand Bangkok Thai baht

Taiwan Taipei New Taiwan Dollar

Turkey Ankara Turkish Lira

United Kingdom London Pound

United States Washington, D.C. United States Dollar

Uruguay Montevideo Uruguayan Dollar

Venezuela Caracas Venezuelan Bolivar

Yugoslavia Belgrade Yugoslav Dinar

Zimbabwe Harare Zimbabwean dollar

Zambia Lusaka Zambian Kwacha

List of Jnanpith Awards Winners

 In this article we are providing some information about JNANPITH AWARD. This is one of the
prestigious awards that come under the category of “LITERATURE”. This award was
constituted in the year 1961 and this carries a cheque of Rs. 11Lakh, a citation plaque and a
bronze idol of Goddess Saraswati. Writer, who writes in any of the official language of India,
will be eligible for the honour.
NAME LANGUAGE YEAR
G. SankaraKurup Malayalam 1965
T.S. Bandyopadhyaya Bangla 1966
Uma Shankar Joshi Gujarati 1967
K.V.Puttappa Kannada 1967
Sumitranandan Pant Hindi 1968
FiraqGorakhpuri Urdu 1969
V.Satyanarayana Telugu 1970
BishnuDey Bangla 1971
Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’ Hindi 1972
D.R.Bendre Kannada 1973
GopinathMohanthy Oriya 1973
V.S.Khandekar Marathi 1974
P.V.Akilandam Tamil 1975
Ashapurna Devi Bangla 1976
K.S.Karanth Kannada 1977
S.H.V.Ajneya Hindi 1978
B.K.Bhattacharya Assamese 1979
S.K.Pottekkatt Malayalam 1980
Amrita Pritam Punjabi 1981
MahadeviVarma Hindi 1982
MastiV.Iyengar Kannada 1983
ThakazhiS.Pillai Malayalam 1984
Pannalal Patel Gujarati 1985
SatchindanandRautroy Oriya 1986
V.V.S.’Kusumagraj’ Marathi 1987
C.Narayana Reddy Telugu 1988
QurratulainHyder Urdu 1989
V.K.Gokak Kannada 1990
SubhashMukhopadhyaya Bangla 1991
Naresh Mehta Hindi 1992
SitakantMahapatra Oriya 1993
U.R.Anantha Murthy Kannada 1994
M.T.Vasudevan Nair Malayalam 1995
Mahasveta Devi Bangla 1996
Ali SardarJafri Urdu 1997
GirishKarnad Kannada 1998
NirmalVerma Hindi 1999
Gurdial Singh Punjabi 1999
Indira Goswami Assamese 2000
Rajendra Shah Gujarati 2001
D.Jayakanthan Tamil 2002
VindaKarandikar Marathi 2003
RahmanRahi Kashmiri 2004
KunwarNarain Hindi 2005
SatyavratShastri Sanskrit 2006
RavindraKelekar Konkani 2006
O.N.V.Kurup Malayalam 2007
Akhlaq Khan Shahryar Urdu 2008
ShrilalShukla Hindi 2009
Amarkant Hindi 2009
Chandrasekhar Kambar Kannada 2010
Pratibha Ray Oriya 2011
Ravuri Bharadwaja Telugu 2012
Kedarnath Singh Hindi 2013
List of awards and their fields in India
1. Grammy – Music
2. Tansen Award- Music
3. Magsaysay Award- Public Service, Leadership, Journalism, Literature and creative arts and
international understanding
4. Man Booker prize: Authors of Novels
5. Pulitzer – Journalism and Literature
6. Bowelay – Agriculture
7. Right Livelihood Award: Field of environment and social justics
8. Kalinga – Science
9. Dhanwantri – Medical science
10. Bhatnagar – Science
11. Nobel prize – Peace, Literature, Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Medical science
12. Shaurya Chakra- Civilian or Military Personnel
13. Ashok Chakra: Civilians
14. Param Vir Chakra- Military
15. Abel-Maths
16. Kalidas Samman- Classical Music, Classical Dance and Arts
17. Vyas Samman- Literature
18. Merlin-Magic
19. Bharat ratna-Art, Science, Public services, Sports
20. Bhartiya Jnanpeeth Award: Literary
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21. Sahitya Akademi Award: Literary
22. Dhanvantri Award: Medical Sciences
23. R.D. Birla Award: Medical sciences
24. Lenin Peace Prize: Peace and Friendship
25. Juliet Curie Award: Peace
26. Sahitya Akademi Award- Books in Indian Languages and Ebnglish
27. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award- Science and Technology
28. Sangeet-Natak Akademi Award- Music, dance and Drama
29. Lalit Kala Akademi Award- Arts

Sports Awards
30. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: Players
31. Dronacharya Award: Sports coaches
32. Dhyan Chand- Sports
33. Ekalavya Award- Sports
34. Kolanka Cup- Ekalavya Award- Sports
35. Arjuna Award: Sport
36. Maharaja Ranjit Singh- Ekalavya Award- Sports
Film Awards
37. Oscar – Film
38. Dada sahib phalke – Film
39. BAFTA Awards- Television, Films, Video Games and Animation
40. Asianet Film Awards
41. Nandi Awards
42. cinema Awards
43. Vijay Awards
44. SIIMA Awards
45. Sun Kudumbam Awards
46. Santhosham Awards
47. Screen Awards

Important Books And Authors List

BOOKS AUTHOR

Wings of Fire, Ignited Minds, Target 3 Million, The A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
luminous Spark, India 2020, Mission India,
Indomitable Spirit, The Life Tree, India My
Dream, Inspiring Thoughts, Thoughts for Change,
Spirit of India, Evolution of Enlightened Societies,
India Wins Freedom, You are Born to Blossom,
Turning Point
The 3 Mistakes of My Life, Five Point Someone, Two Chetan Bhagat
States, Revolution 2020, One Night at the Call Center

Inspired Talks, The Sleeping Giant, Living at the Swami Vivekananda

State, Way of the Saint, Jnana Yoga, Raja Yoga,
My Master, Women of India, Vedanta Philosophy
Lipika, Chandralika, Chitra, Geethanjali, Gora, Rabindranath Tagore
Ghare, Broken Ties, Malini, Sacrifice, Two Sisters ,
Bhaire, Chaturanga
Arthashastra Koutilya

My Days, The Guide, Malgudi days, Waiting for R.K. Narayanan

the Mahatma, The Dark Room, The Bachelors of
Art, The English Teacher, The Financial Expert
My Truth Indira Gandhi

My Life in Action Jackie Chan

Glimpses of World History Jawaharlal Nehru

My Struggle E K Nayanar

Arthashastra Kautilya

Ashtadhyayi Panini

Ayodhya P. V. Narasimha Rao

Bhagwad Gita, Mahabharata Veda Vyas

Ramayana Valmiki

Panchatantra Vishnu Sharma

Megdoot, kumarasambhava, Swapnavasavadatta, Kalidasa

Malavikagnimitra

Broken Wing Sarojini Naidu

End of the Era C.S. Pandit

Eternal India Mrs. Indira Gandhi

Imagining India Nandan Nilekani

A Better India A Better World N.R. Narayan Murthy

Fasting, Feasting Anita Desai

Forty Nine Days Amrita Pritam

Golden Threshold Sarojini Naidu

Indian Philosophy Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

Life of Pi Yann Martel

When Loss is Gain Diplomat Pavan K.Varma

One Day Wonders Sunil Gavaskar

My life and Times V.V. Giri

Kalpana Chawla – A Life Anil Padmanaban

Kamasutra Vatsayana

War and Piece Leo Tolstoy

Devdas Sharat Chandra Chatterjee

Half a Life V.S Naipoul

Unhappy India Lala Lajpat Rai

Jyoti punj Narendra Modi

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Economic History of India R. C. Dutt

The book of Indian Birds Dr. Salim Ali

Living with Honour Shiv Khera

We Indians, Train To Pakistan, Women and Men in My Khuswant Singh

Life

The Discovery of India Jawaharlal Nehru

Indian Philosophy Dr. S. RadhaKrishnan

Gulliver Travels Jonathan Swift

 My Nation My Life L.K. Advani

Independence S.K. Banerjee

Last Days of Nethaji G.D. Khosla

My Experiments with Truth Mahatma Gandhi

The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy

War and Piece Tolstoy

Wakeup India Annie Besant

Two Lives, The Golden Gate, A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth

Arion and The Dolphin, An Equal Music, From
Heaven Lake:Travels
India First K. R. Malkani

My Life Bill Clinton

Dreams From My Father Barack Obama

The Future of India Dr. Bimal Jalan

Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear Shakespeare

Recent List of Books and Authors

BOOKS
AUTHORS
Final Test: Exit Sachin Tendulkar – Dilip D’Souza
Untold Story of the Indian Public Sector- Dr UD Choubey, the Director General of SCOPE
A Man and A Motorcycle- Bette Dam on Hamid Karzai
Worthy Fights- Panetta and Newton
Syntheism – Creating God in The Internet Age- Alexander Bard
50 years of man in space- Garik Israelien, Brian May and David J Eicher
Gods of Antarctica- 13 year old school boy Yashwardhan Shukla
Not Just an Accountant- Former CAG Vinod Rai
One Life is Not Enough- Natwar Singh
The Vijay Mallya Story- K Giriprakash
The Accidental Prime Minister: the making and unmaking of Manmohan Singh- Sanjaya Baru
“Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi: An Inside Job?” – Faraz Ahmad
A Bad Character – Deepti Kapoor
Hard Choices – Hillary Rodham Clinton
A Stamp is Born – C. R. Pakrashi
Getting India Back on track-an action agenda for reform- edited by Bibek Debroy, Ashley Tellis
& Reece Trevor
A Bad Character – Deepti Kapoor
Quintessential India – B.G. Verghese
‘India Junction – A Window to the Nation’- Arunendra Kumar, the Chairman of Railway Board

IMPORTANT DATES
Dates Importance of Day

JANUARY

January,5th Louis Braille Day

January,10th World Laughers Day

January,12th National Youth Day

January,15th Army Day

January,24th National Girl Child Day (Indira Gandhi Birthday)

January,25th National Voters Day

January,26th Republic Day

January,30th Martyr’s Day

FEBRUARY

February,4th World Cancer Day

February,21st World Mother Tongue Day

February,28th National Science Day

MARCH

March,4th National Security day

March,8th International Women’s Day

March,15th World Consumers Right Day

March,21st World Forestry Day

March,22nd World Water Day

March,24th World TB Day

APRIL

April, 5th National Maritime Day

April, 7th World Health Day

April, 18th World Heritage Day

April, 21st Civil Service Day

April, 22nd World Earth Day

April, 25th World Malaria Day

MAY

May,1st May Day (Workers Day)

May,3rd World Press Freedom Day

May,7th World Asthma Day

May,8th World Red Cross Day

May,11th National Technology Day

May Second Sunday World Mother’s Day

May,15th World Family Day

May,17th World Telecommunication Day

May,21st Anti-Terrorism Day

May,24th Common Wealth Day

May,31st No Tobacco Day

JUNE

June,5th World Pollution Day

June,12th World Day Against Child Labour

June,14th World Blood Donation Day

June,20th World Refugee Day

June,21st World Music Day

June,27th World Diabetes Day

June,29th National Statistics Day

JULY

July,1st World Doctors Day

July,11th World Population Day

July,18th Nelson Mandela Day

July,28th World Nature Conservation Day

AUGUST

August,6th Hiroshima Day

August,9th Nagasaki Day & Quit India Day

August,12th International Youth Day

August,19th World Photography Day

August,29th National Sports Day

SEPTEMBER

September,5th National Teachers Day

September,8th International Literacy Day

September,15th National Engineers Day

September,21st World Peace Day

September,26th World Heart Day

September,28th World Rabies Day

OCTOBER

October,1st International Day of Elderly

October,8th Indian Air Force Day

October,9th World Postal Day

October,16th World Food Day

NOVEMBER
November,9th World Freedom day

November,11th National Educational Day

November,14th Children’s Day

November,19th International Men’s Day

November,20th Universal Children’s Day

November,21st World TV Day

November,29th National Law Day

DECEMBER

December,1st AIDS Day

December,3rd World Disable Day, World Conservation Day

December,4th Navy Day

December,10th Human Rights Day

December,14th National Energy Conservation day

December,23rd Farmers Day

Indian States and its Dances

STATE NAME OF THE DANCE
Andhra Pradesh Kuchipudi, Kolattam, Dhimsa,
Veeranatyam
Arunachal Pradesh Bardo Chham
Assam Bihu, Jumar, Bagurumba, Ali Ai Ligang
 Bihar Paika, Kajari, Bidesia, Jhijhian
Chhattisgarh Panthi, Raut Nacha
Gujarat Raas, tippani, Padhar, Garba
Haryana Dhamal, Daph, Phag, Ghoomar, Jhumar,
Loor
Himachal Pradesh Kinnauri Nati, Namgen
Jharkhand Karma
Jammu & Kashmir Kud, Dumhal, Rouf, Bhand Pather,
Bachha Nagma, Hafiza Dance, Bhand
Jashan, Wuegi-Nachun
Karnataka Yakshagna, Bayalata, Dollu Kunitha,
Veeragaase dance
Kerala Mohiniattam, Kathakali, Padayani
Madhya Pradesh Tertali, Charkula, Jawara, Matki dance,
Phulpati dance, Maanch, Gaur Maria,
Grida
Maharashtra Pavri Nach, Lavani, Dangi, Koli
Manipur Thang Ta, Dhol Cholom
Mizoram Cheraw Dance
Nagaland Chang Lo or Sua Lua
Odisha Ghumura, Chau, Goti Pua, Nacni, Odissi,
Dhap, Dalkhai, Baag Naach
Punjab Bhangra, Jhumar, Karthi, Kikkli, Malwai
Giddha, Sammi, Jindua
Rajasthan Ghoomar, Kalbelia, Bhavai, Chirami,
Gair, Tera Tali
Sikkim Singh Chaam
Tamil Nadu Bharata Natyam, Devarattam, Kamandi,
Kummi, Karagattam, Mayil Attam,
Paampu attam, Oyilattam
Telangana Perini Thandavam, Lambadi, Dappu,
Tappeta Gullu, Burra Katha, Pagati
Vesham
Tripura Hojagiri
Uttar Pradesh Charkula, Kathak, Karma, Dadra
 Uttarakhand Barada Nati, Botiya, Cancheri, Chhapelia,
Choliya, Jagars, Jhora, Romala
Goa Dekhnni, Fugdi, Corridinho, Dashavatara
Meghalaya Nongkrem, Shad Suk mynsiem,
Behdienkhalm, Lahoo
West Bengal Gambhira, Kalikapatadi, Nanci, Alkap,
Domni

Council of Union Ministers

Cabinet Ministers
S.no Name Portfolio

1 Dr. Manmohan Singh Prime Minister and also in-charge of the

ministries/departments not specifically
allocated to the charge of any minister viz.:
1.Ministry of Personal, Public Grievances and
Pensions;
2.Ministry of Planning;
3.Department of Atomic Energy and
4.Department of Space

2 Shri A.K. Antony Minister of Defence

3 Shri Sharad Pawar Minister of Agriculture, and Minister of Food

Processing Industries

4 Shri P. Chidambaram Minister of Finance

5 Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad Minister of Health and Family Welfare

6 Shri SushilKumar Shinde Minister of Home Affairs

7 Shri M. Veerappa Moily Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas

8 Dr. Farooq Abdullah Minister of New and Renewable Energy

9 Shri S. Jaipal Reddy Minister of Science and Technology and

Minister of Earth Sciences

10 Shri Sis Ram Ola Minister of Labour and Employment

11 Shri Kamal Nath Minister of Urban Development, and Minister

of Parliamentary Affairs

12 Shri Ajit Singh Minister of Civil Aviation

13 Shri Vayalar Ravi Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs

14 Shri Mallikarjun Kharge Minister of Railways

15 Shri Oscar Fernandes Minister of Road Transport and Highways

16 Shri Kapil Sibal Minister of Communications and Information

Technology, and Minister of Law and Justice

17 Shri Anand Sharma Minister of Commerce and Industry

18 Kumari Selja Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

19 Dr. Girija Vyas Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty

Alleviation

20 Shri G.K. Vasan Minister of Shipping

21 Shri Praful Patel Minister of Heavy Industries and Public

Enterprises
22 Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal Minister of Coal

23 Shri Salman Khurshid Minister of External Affairs

24 Shri V. Kishore Chandra Deo Minister of Tribal Affairs,and Minister of

Panchayati Raj

25 Shri Beni Prasad Verma Minister of Steel

26 Shri Jairam Ramesh Minister of Rural Development

27 Shri K. Rahman Khan Minister of Minority Affairs

28 Shri Dinsha J. Patel Minister of Mines

29 Shri M.M. Pallam Raju Minister of Human Resource Development

30 Shri Harish Rawat Minister of Water Resources

31 Smt. Chandresh Kumari Katoch Minister of Culture

32 Dr. Kavuri Samba Siva Rao Minister of Textiles

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
SL. No. Name Portfolio Lok Sabha/ Rajya
Sabha

1. Shri Paban Singh Ghatowar Ministry of Development of North Lok Sabha

Eastern Region and Ministry of Dibrugarh, Assam
Parliament Affairs

2. Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan Ministry of Environment and Forests Rajya Sabha Tamil
Nadu

3. Shri Srikanth Kumar Jena Ministry of Statistics and Programme Lok Sabha
 Implementation, and Ministry of Balasore, Odisha
Chemicals and Fertilizers

4. Prof. K.V. Thomas Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Lok Sabha
Public Distribution Ernakulam, Tamil
Nadu

5. Smt. Krishna Tirath Ministry of Women and Child Lok Sabha North
Development West Delhi, Delhi

6. Shri Jitendra Singh Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Lok Sabha Alwar,
Ministry of Defence Rajasthan

7. Shri Sachin Pilot Ministry of Corporate Affairs Lok Sabha Ajmer,

Rajasthan

8. Shri Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Ministry of Drinking Water and Lok Sabha Anand,
Solanki Sanitation Gujarath

9. Shri K.H. Muniyappa Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Lok Sabha Kolar,
Enterprises Karnataka

10. Shri Jyotiraditya Mahavrao Ministry of Power Lok Sabha Guna,

Scindia Madya Pradesh

11. Dr. K. Chiranjeevi (Konidala Ministry of Tourism Rajya Sabha,

Siva Sankara Vara Prasad) Andhra Pradesh

12. Shri Manish Tewari Ministry of Information and Lok Sabha

Broadcasting Ludiana, Punjab

Ministers of State
S. Name Portfolio Lok Sabha / Rajya Sabha
No.

1. Smt. Panabaka Ministry of Petroleum and Lok Sabha Bapatla,

Lakshmi Natural Gas, Ministry of Prakasam Dist., Andhra
Textiles. Pradesh

2. Smt. D. Ministry of Commerce and Lok Sabha Vishakapatnam,

Purandareswari Industry Andhra Pradesh
3. Shri V. Ministry of Personnel, Public Lok Sabha Puducherry
Narayanasamy Grievences and Pensions,
Prime Minister’s Office

4. Shri Mullappally Ministry of Home Affairs Lok Sabha Vadakara, Kerala

Ramachandran

5. Shri E. Ahamad Ministry of External Affairs Lok Sabha Malappuram,

Kerala

6. Smt. Preneet Kaur Ministry of External Affairs Lok Sabha Patiala, Punjab

7. Shri Jitin Prasada Ministry of Human Resource Lok Sabha Dhaurahra, Uttar
Development Pradesh

8. Smt. Santhosh Ministry of Health and Family Lok Sabha Hoshiarpur,

Chowdhary Welfare Punjab

9. Shri Namo Narain Ministry of Finance Lok Sabha Tonk-Sawai

Meena Madhopur, Rajasthan

10. Shri Manikrao Ministry of Social Justice and Lok Sabha Nandurbar,
Hodlya Gavit Empowerment Maharashtra

11. Shri Pradeep Jain Ministry of Rural Development Lok Sabha Jansi, Uttar
Aditya Pradesh

12. Dr. Sashi Tharoor Ministry of Human Resource Lok Sabha

Development Thiruvananthapuram,
Kereala

13. Shri. R. P. N. Singh Ministry of Home Affairs Lok Sabha Kushi Nagar,
Uttar Pradesh

14. Shri Pratik Ministry of Coal Lok Sabha Sangli,

Prakashbapu Patil Maharashtra

15. Shri Tushar Ministry of Road Transport Lok Sabha Bardoli, Gujarath
Amarsinh and Highways
Chowdhary

16. Shri Kodikunnil Ministry of Labor and Lok Sabha Mavelikara,

 Suresh Employment Kerala

17. Shri Rajeev Shukla Minstry of Parliamentry Affairs Rajya Sabha, Maharashtra
and Ministry in Planning

18. Shri Milind Murli Ministry of Communications Lok Sabha Mumbai-South

Deora and Information Technology,
Ministry of Shipping

19. Shri Charan Das Ministry of Agriculture, Lok Sabha Korba,

Mahant Ministry of Food Processing Chattisgarh
Industries

20. Shri K.C. Venugopal Ministry of Civil Aviation Lok Sabha Alappuzha,
Kerala

21. Shri A.H. Khan Ministry of Health and Family Lok Sabha Malda, West
Chowdhary Welfare Bengal

22. Shri Adhir Ranjan Ministry of Railways Lok Sabha Berhampore,

Chowdhary West Bengal

23. Smt. Rani Narah Ministry of Tribal Affairs Lok Sabha Lakshimpur,
Assam

24. Shri K.J. Surya Ministry of Railways Lok Sabha Kurnool, Andhra
Prakash Reddy Pradesh

25. Shri Tariq Anwar Ministry of Agriculture Rajya Sabha, Maharashtra

26. Dr. (Smt.) Krupa Ministry of Communications Lok Sabha Srikakulam,

Rani Killi and Information Technology Andhra Pradesh

27. Shri Porika Balram Ministry of Social Justice and Lok Sabha Mahabubabad,
Naik Empowerment Andhra Pradesh

28. Smt. Deepa Ministry of Urban Lok Sabha Raiganj, West

Dasmunsi Development Bengal

29. Shri Ninong Ering Ministry of Minority Affairs Lok Sabha Arunachal-East

30. Shri Sarvey Ministry of Road Transport Lok Sabha Malkajgiri,

 Sathyanarayana and Highways Andhra Pradesh

31. Shri Jesudasu Ministry of Finance Rajya Sabha, Andhra

Seelam Pradaesh

32. Dr. E.M. Sudarsana Ministry of Commerce and Rajya Sabha, Tamil Nadu
Natiappan Industry

33. Shri Lalchand Minstry of Rural Development Lok Sabha Jaipur Rural,
Kataria Rajasthan

Current Affairs for all Competitive exams

Temple Name Location
Rameshwaram Temple Ramanathapuram
Sun Temple Konark
Lotus Temple New Delhi
Akshardam Temple New Delhi
Jagannath Temple Puri
Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple Thiruvananthapuram
Meenakshi Amman Temple Madhurai
Golden Temple Amritsar
Sai Baba Temple Shirdi
Vaishno Devi Mandir Katra
Shravana Belgola Hassan
Chennakesava Temple Belur
Hoysaleswara Temple Halebidu
Sabarimala Kottayam
Murugan Temple Palani
Badrinarayan Temple Badrinath
Dwarakadish Temple Dwarka
Siddhivinayak Temple Mumbai
Tirumala Venkateswara Temple Tirupathi
Brihadeeswarar Temple Thanjavur
Guravayur Temple Kerala
Lakshminarayan Temple Delhi
Ekambareswarar Temple Kanchipuram
Lingaraja Temple Bhubaneswar
Kamakya Temple Guwahati
Ghana Saraswati Temple Basar
Vadakkunnathan Temple Thrissur
Bhadrachalam Temple Bhadrachalam
Thyagaraja Temple Tiruvottiyur
Yogmaya Temple Kerala
Somnath Temple Gujarath
Kashi Vishwanath Temple Varanasi
Mansa Devi Temple Haridwar
Mahabaleshwar Temple Gokarna
Trimbakeshwar Temple Nashik
Brahma Temple Pushkar
Mahabodhi Temple Bodh Gaya
Ram Janmbhoomi Temple Ayodhya

DAM & RIVER NAME

Dam Name State Name River Name

Nizam Sagar Dam Andhra Pradesh Manjira River
Somasila Dam Andhra Pradesh Pennar River
Prakasam Barrage Andhra Pradesh Krishna River
Dindi Reservoir Andhra Pradesh Krishna River
Tatipudi Reservoir Project Andhra Pradesh Gosthani River
Srisailam Dam Andhra Pradesh Krishna River
Singur Dam Andhra Pradesh
Gandipalem Reservoir Andhra Pradesh Gandipalem, Manneru River
Ramagundam Dam Andhra Pradesh Godavari River
Dummaguden Dam Andhra Pradesh Godavari River
Himayat Sagar Reservoir Andhra Pradesh River Musi
Shriram Sagar Reservoir Andhra Pradesh Godavari River
Banasura Sagar Dam Kerala Chalakudy River
Malampuzha Dam Kerala Malampuzha River
Idukki Dam Kerala Periyar river
Kundala Dam Kerala Parambikulam River
Parambikulam Dam Kerala Parambikulam River
Walayar Dam Kerala Walayar River
Mullaperiyar Dam Kerala Pennar River
Neyyar Dam Kerala Pennar River
Yeldari Dam Maharashtra Purna River
Ujani Dam Maharashtra Bhima River
Pawna Dam Maharashtra Pawna River
Mulshi Dam Maharashtra Mula River
Koyna Dam Maharashtra Koyna River
Jaikwadi Dam Maharashtra Godavari River
Bhatsa Dam Maharashtra Bhatsa and Chorna rivers
Wilson Dam Maharashtra Pravara River
Panshet Dam Maharashtra Mutha River
Kolkewadi Dam Maharashtra Koyna River
Girna Dam Maharashtra Girna and Godavari river
Bhandardara Dam Maharashtra Arthur Lake
Vaitarna Dam Maharashtra Vaitarna River
Radhanagari Dam Maharashtra Bhogawati River
Manair Dam Maharashtra Manair River
Khadakwasla Dam Maharashtra Mutha River
Balimela Reservoir Orissa Sileru River
Indravati Dam Orissa Indravati River
Hirakud Dam Orissa Mahanandi River
Vaigai Dam Tamil Nadu Vaigai River
Aliyar Reservoir Tamil Nadu Aliyar River
Chittar Reservoir Tamil Nadu Chittar River
Pechiparai Reservoir Tamil Nadu Kodayar River
Thunakadavu Reservoir Tamil Nadu Chalakudy River
Perunchani dam Tamil Nadu Paralayar River
Gundar Reservoir Tamil Nadu Berijam Lake
Kullursandai Reservoir Tamil Nadu Arjuna Nadi
Pambar Reservoir Tamil Nadu Pambar River
Periyar Reservoir Tamil Nadu Periyar River
Stanley Reservoir Tamil Nadu Kaveri River
Wellingdon Reservoir Tamil Nadu Periya Odai River
Mettur Dam Tamil Nadu Kaveri River
Bhavanisagar Reservoir Tamil Nadu Bhavani River
Kodaganar Reservoir Tamil Nadu Kodagananar River
Parambikulam Reservoir Tamil Nadu Parambikulam River
Thirumurthi Reservoir Tamil Nadu Parambikulam Aliyar River
Vembakottai Reservoir Tamil Nadu Vaippar River
Pariccha Dam Uttar Pradesh Betwa River
Rihand Project Uttar Pradesh Rihand River and Son River
Tehri Dam Uttarakhand Bhagirathi River
Dharoi Dam Gujarat Banas River
Kadana Dam Gujarat Mahi River
Dantiwada Dam Gujarat Sabarmati River
Pandoh Dam Himachal Pradesh Beas River
Bhakra Nangal Dam Himachal Pradesh Sutlej River
Nathpa Dam Himachal Pradesh Sutlej River
Chamera Dam Himachal Pradesh Ravi River
Gobind Sagar Reservoir Himachal Pradesh Sutlej River
Salal Project Jammu & Kashmir Chenab River
Baglihar Dam Jammu & Kashmir Chenab River
Dumakhar Hydroelectric Jammu & Kashmir Indus River
Dam
Uri Hydroelectric Dam Jammu & Kashmir Jhelum River
Maithon Dam Jharkhand Barakar River
Chandil Dam Jharkhand Subarnarekha River
Panchet Dam Jharkhand Damodar river
Tunga Bhadra Dam Karnataka Tungabhadra and Krishna
Rivers
Linganamakki Dam Karnataka Sharavathi River
Kadra Dam Karnataka Kalinadi River
Alamatti Dam Karnataka Krishna River
Supa Dam Karnataka Kali River
Krishna Raja Sagara Dam Karnataka Cauvery River
Harangi Dam Karnataka Cauvery River
Ghataprabha Reservoir Karnataka Ghataprabha River
Narayanpur Dam Karnataka Krishna River
Kodasalli Dam Karnataka Kali River
Rajghat Dam Madhya Pradesh Betwa River
Barna Dam Madhya Pradesh Barna River
Indirasagar Project Madhya Pradesh Narmada River
Narmada Dam Project Madhya Pradesh Narmada River
Bargi Dam Madhya Pradesh Narmada river
Bansagar Project Madhya Pradesh Son River
Gandhi Sagar Dam Madhya Pradesh Chambal River
Tawa Reservoir Madhya Pradesh Tawa River
Names of the Famous Airports in India
SL.NO Name of the Airport Location Category

1 Veer Savarkar International Airport Port Blair International

2 Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Hyderabad International

3 Visakhapatnam Airport Visakhapatnam International

4 Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Guwahati, Assam International

Airport

5 Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport Patna, Bihar International

6 Swami Vivekananda Airport Raipur, Chhattisgarh Domestic

7 Indira Gandhi International Airport New Delhi International

8 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Ahmedabad, Gujarat International

Airport

9 Cochin International Airport Kochi, Kerala International

10 Calicut International Airport Kozhikode, Kerala International

11 Trivandrum International Airport Thiruvananthapuram, International

Kerala

12 Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport Indore, MP Domestic

13 Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai, Maharashtra International

14 Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Nagpur, Maharashtra International

Airport

15 Gandhinagar Airport Nashik, Maharashtra Domestic

16 Tulihal Airport Imphal, Manipur International

17 Biju Patnaik International Airport Bhubaneswar, Odisha International

18 Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Amritsar, Punjab International
Airport

19 Jaipur International Airport Jaipur, Rajasthan International

20 Chennai International Airport Chennai, Tamil Nadu International

21 Coimbatore International Airport Coimbatore, Tamil International

Nadu

22 Tiruchirapalli International Airport Tiruchirapalli, Tamil International

Nadu

23 Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport Lucknow, uttar Pradesh International

24 Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport Varanasi, uttar Pradesh International

25 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Kolkata, West Bengal International

International Airport

26 Bagdogra Airport Siliguri, West Bengal International

27 Goa International Airport Goa International

28 Bengaluru International Airport Bengaluru, Karnataka International

29 Mangalore International Airport Mangalore, Karnataka International

IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR HEAD QUARTERS

SL NO ORGANISATION HEAD QUARTERS

1 United Nations Organizations (UNO) New york

2 United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) New york

3 United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) New york

4 United Nations Educational, Scientific and cultural Paris

 organizations (UNESCO)

5 World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva

6 World Trade Organization (WTO) Geneva

7 International Labour Organization (ILO) Geneva

8 International Telecommunication Union Geneva

9 World Meteorological Organization Geneva

10 International committee of the red cross Geneva

11 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Geneva

12 World bank Washington, D.C.

13 International Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington, D.C.

14 International court of justice The hague

15 International Criminal Police Organization Lyon

(Interpol)

16 International atomic energy agency Vienna

17 International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Montral

18 Amnesty international London

19 International maritime organization London

20 Common wealth of nations London

21 World Tourism Organization London

22 Universal postal union Berne

23 Food and agriculture organization Rome

 24 SAARC Kathmandu

25 World Tourism Organization Spain

26 Transparency international Berlin

27 International renewable energy agency Abu Dhabi (UAE)

28 International standard organization Geneva

29 United Nations Industrial Development Vienna

Organization (UNIDO)

List of Nobel Prize Winners in Physics – Current

Affairs

Welcome to edugeeks.in Nobel Prize is the most

honoured award in the world that is being given to the person(s) who have conferred the greatest benefit to the
mankind. Alfred Bernhard Nobel, a Swedish Chemist, innovator, engineer, armament manufacturer and an
inventor of Dynamite constituted a fund for this purpose and directed to award five prizes in equal parts with
the interest accrued on the fund. Every Prize shall be given to the person who made important
discovery/invention/improvement in the field of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine and who
produced outstanding work in the field of literature and for promotion of peace/fraternity between the nations.
The royal Swedish Academy of Science awards the Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry whereas the Nobel
Assembly of Karolinska Chirurgical Institute, Sweden awards the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology. The
Swedish Academy awards the Prize in Literature and the Committee of the Norwegian Parliament awards
Prize for Peace. The Bank of Sweden started awarding Nobel Prize in Economics from 1969 onwards whereas
all the above 5 awards are being presented from the year 1901. All the Nobel Prizes are being presented
annually on 10th December, on the day of death anniversary of the founder. The first Physics Nobel Prize was
presented to Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen in the year 1901. The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to 196
Nobel Laureates in Physics between 1901 and 2013 in 107 times. The Nobel Laureate, John Bardeen is the
only person who has been awarded the Nobel Prize twice in Physics in the year 1956 and 1972. A total of 195
individuals have received the Nobel Prize in Physics from 1901 to 2013. Dr.Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
was the first Indian Physicist who received Nobel Prize in Physics during the year 1930 whereas
Dr.Subramanyan Chandrasekhar was another Indo-American who received Nobel Prize in Physics in the year
1983. Francois Englert and Peter W. Higgs are the latest Nobel Laureates in Physics for the year 2013. The
details of the Nobel Laureates in Physics from 1901 to 2013 are furnished hereunder for ready reference. Keep
visiting our website regularly to get the details of Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, Medicine/Physiology,
Literature, Peace and Economics.
Year Name of the Noble Laureate Year Name of the Noble Laureate
1901 Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen 1958 Pavel Alekseyevich Cheren-Kov, Ilja
Mikhailovich Franck and Igor
Yevgenyevich Tamm
1902 Hendrik Antoon Lorentz and 1959 Emilio Gino Segre and Owen
Pieter Zeeman Chamberlain
1903 Pierre Curie and Marie Curie, nee 1960 Donald Arthur Glaser
Sklodowska
1904 Lord Rayleigh (John William 1961 Robert Hofstadter & Rudolf Ludwig
Strutt) Mossbauer
1905 Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard 1962 Lev Davidovich Landau
1906 Joseph John Thomson 1963 Eugene Paul Wigner & Maria
Goeppert Mayer and J. Hans D. Jensen
1907 Albert Abraham Michelson 1964 Charles Hard Townes, Nicolay
Gennediyevich Basov and Aleksandr
Mikhailovich Prokhorov
1908 Gabriel Lippmann 1965 Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Julian Schwinger
and Richard P. Feynman
1909 Guglielmo Marconi and Karl 1966 Alfred Kastler
Ferdinand Braun
1910 Johannes Diderik van der Waals 1967 Hans Albrecht Bethe
1911 Wilhelm Wien 1968 Luis Walter Alvarez
1912 Nils Gustaf Dalen 1969 Murray Gell-Mann
1913 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes 1970 Hanees Olof Gosto Alfven & Louis
Eugene Felix Neel
1914 Max von Laue 1971 Dennis Gabor
1915 Sir William Henry Bragg & 1972 John Bardeen, Leon Neil Cooper and
William Lawrence Bragg John Robert Schrieffer
1916 No prize was awarded this year 1973 Leo Esaki and Ivar Giaever & Brian
David Josephson
1917 Charles Glover Barkla 1974 Sir Martin Ryle and Antony Hewish

1918 Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck 1975 Aage Niels Bohr, Ben Roy Mottelson
& Leo James Rainwater
1919 Johannes Stark 1976 Burton Richter and Samuel Chao
 Chung Ting
1920 Charles Edouard Guillaume 1977 Philip Warren Anderson, Sir Nevill
Francis Mott and John Hasbrouck van
Vleck
1921 Albert Einstein 1978 Pyotr Leonidovich Kapista
1922 Niels Henrik David Bohr 1979 Sheldon Lee Glashow, Abdus Salam
and Steven Weinberg
1923 Robert Andrews Millikan 1980 James Watson Cronin and Val
Logsdon Fitch
1924 Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn 1981 Nicolaas Bloembergen and Arthur
Leonard Schawlow & Kai M.
Siegbahn
1925 James Franck and Gustav Ludwig 1982 Kenneth G. Wilson
Hertz
1926 Jean Baptiste Perrin 1983 Subramanyan Chandrasekhar &
William Alfred Fowler
1927 Arthur Holly Compton & Charles 1984 Carlo Rubbia and Simon van der Meer
Thomson Rees Wilson
1928 Owen Willans Richardson 1985 Klaus von Klitzing
1929 Prince Louis-Victor 1986 Ernst Ruska & Gerd Binning and
PierreRaymond de Broglie Heinrich Rohrer
1930 Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata 1987 J. Georg Bednorz and K. Alexander
Raman Muller
1931 No prize was awarded this year. 1988 Leon M. Lederman, Melvin Schwartz
and Jack Steinberger
1932 Werner Karl Heisenberg 1989 Norway F. Ramsey & Hans G.
Dehmelt and Wolfgang Paul
1933 Erwin Schrodinger and Paul 1990 Jerome I. Friedman, Henry W. Kendall
Adrien Maurice Dirac and Richard E. Taylor
1934 No prize was awarded this year. 1991 Pierre-Gilles de Gannes
1935 James Chadwick 1992 Georges Charpak
1936 Victor Franz Hess & Carl David 1993 Russell A.Hulse and Joseph H. Taylor
Anderson Jr.
1937 Clinton Joseph Davission and 1994 Bertram N. Brockhouse & Clifford G.
George Paget Thomson Shull
1938 Enrico Fermi 1995 Martin L.Perl & Frederick Reines
1939 Ernest Orlando Lawrence 1996 David M. Lee, Doughlas D. Osheroff
and Robert C. Richardson
1940 No prize was awarded 1997 Steven Chu, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
and William D. Phillips
1941 No prize was awarded 1998 Robert B. Laughlin, Horst L. Stormer
and Daniel C. Tsui

1942 No prize was awarded 1999 Gerardus ‘t Hooft and Martinus J.G.
Veltman
1943 Otto Stern 2000 Zhores I. Alferov and Herbert
Kroemer & Jack S. Kilby

1944 Isidor Issac Rabi 2001 Eric A. Cornell, Wolfganf Ketterle and
Carl E. Wieman
1945 Wolfgang Pauli 2002 Raymond Davis Jr. and Masatoshi
Koshiba & Riccardo Giacconi
1946 Percy Williams Bridgman 2003 Alexi A. Abrikosov, Vitaly L.
GInzburg & Anthony J. Leggett
1947 Sir Edward Victor Appleton 2004 David J. Gross, H. David Politzer and
Frank Wilczek
1948 Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett 2005 Roy J. Glauber & John L. Hall and
Theodor W. Hansch
1949 Hideki Yukawa 2006 John C. Mather and George F. Smoot
1950 Cecil Frank Powell 2007 Albert Fert and Peter Grunberg
1951 Sir John Douglas Cockcroft and 2008 Yoichiro Nambu & Makoto Kobayashi
Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton and Toshihide Maskawa
1952 Felix Bloch and Edward Mills 2009 Charles Kuen Kao & Willard S. Boyle
Purcell and George E. Smith

1953 Frits (Frederik) Zernike 2010 Andre Geim and Konstantin

Novoselov
1954 Max Born & Walther Bothe 2011 Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and
Adam G. Riess
1955 Willis Eugene Lamb & Polykarp 2012 Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland
Kusch
1956 William Bradford Shockley, John 2013 Francois Englert and Peter W. Higgs
Bardeen and Walter Houser
Brattain
 1957 Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao
(T.D.) Lee

Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry – Current

Affairs For Bank Exams

Welcome to edugeeks.in. Nobel Prize is the most

honoured award in the world that is being given to the person(s) who have conferred the greatest benefit to the
mankind. Alfred Bernhard Nobel, a Swedish Chemist, innovator, engineer, armament manufacturer and an
inventor of Dynamite constituted a fund for this purpose and directed to award five prizes in equal parts with
the interest accrued on the fund. Every Prize shall be given to the person who made important
discovery/invention/improvement in the field of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine and who
produced outstanding work in the field of literature and for promotion of peace/fraternity between the nations.
The royal Swedish Academy of Science awards the Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry whereas the Nobel
Assembly of Karolinska Chirurgical Institute, Sweden awards the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology. The
Swedish Academy awards the Prize in Literature and the Committee of the Norwegian Parliament awards
Prize for Peace. The Bank of Sweden started awarding Nobel Prize in Economics from 1969 onwards whereas
all the above 5 awards are being presented from the year 1901. All the Nobel Prizes are being presented
annually on 10th December, on the day of death anniversary of the founder.
The first Chemistry Nobel Prize was presented to Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff in the year 1901.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to 166 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry between 1901 and 2013
in 105 times. The Nobel Laureate, Frederick Sanger is the only person who has been awarded the Nobel Prize
twice in Chemistry in the year 1958 and 1980. A total of 165 individuals have received the Nobel Prize in
Chemistry from 1901 to 2013. Dr.Venkatraman Ramakrishnan is the only Indian born American who received
Nobel Prize in Chemistry during the year 2009 for his studies of the structure and function of the ribosome.
The Government of India was also honoured Dr.Ramakrishnan with Padma Vibhushan, Indian Gallantry
Award in the year 2010. Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel are the latest Nobel Laureates in
Chemistry for the year 2013. The details of the Nobel Laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to 2013 are furnished
hereunder for ready reference. Keep visiting our website regularly to get the details of Nobel Laureates in
Physics, Medicine/Physiology, Literature, Peace and Economics.
Year Name of the Noble Laureate Year Name of the Noble Laureate
1901 Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff 1958 Frederick Sanger
1902 Hermann Emil Fischer 1959 Jaroslav Heyrovsky
1903 Svante August Arrhenius 1960 Willard Frank Libby
1904 Sir William Ramsay 1961 Melvin Calvin
1905 Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf Von 1962 Max Ferdinand Perutz and John Cowdery
Baeyer Kendrew
1906 Henri Moissan 1963 Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta
1907 Eduard Buchner 1964 Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
1908 Ernest Rutherford 1965 Robert Burns Woodward
1909 Wilhelm Ostwald 1966 Robert S. Mulliken
1910 Otto Wallach 1967 Manfred Eigen, Ronald George Wreyford
Norrish and George Porter
1911 Marie Curie, nee Sklodowska 1968 Lars Onsager
1912 Victor Grignard & paul Sabatier 1969 Derek H. R. Barton and Odd Hassel
1913 Alfred Werner 1970 Luis F. Leloir
1914 Theodore William Richards 1971 Gerhard Herzberg
1915 Richard Martin Willstatter 1972 ChristianB. Anfinsen & Stanford Moore
and William H. Stein
1916 No prize was awarded this year 1973 Ernst Otto Fischer and Geoffrey Wilkinson
1917 No prize was awarded this year 1974 Paul J. Flory
1918 Fritz Haber 1975 John Warcup Cornforth & Vladimir Prelog
1919 No prize was awarded this year 1976 William N. Lipscomb
1920 Walther Hermann Nernst 1977 Ilya Prigogine
1921 Frederick Soddy 1978 Peter D. Mitchell
1922 Francis William Aston 1979 Herbert C. Brown and Georg Wittig
1923 Fritz Pregl 1980 Paul Berg & Walter Gilbert and Frederick
Sanger
1924 No prize was awarded this year 1981 Kenichi Fukui and Roald Hoffman
1925 Richard Adolf Zsigmondy 1982 Aaron Klug
1926 The (Theodor) Svedberg 1983 Henry Taube
1927 Heinrich Otto Wieland 1984 Robert Bruce Merrifield
1928 Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus 1985 Herbert A. Hauptman and Jerome Karle
1929 Arthur Harden and Hans Karl August 1986 Dudley R. Herschbach, Yuan T. Lee and
Simon von Euler Chelpin John C. Polanyi
1930 Hans Fischer 1987 Donald J. Cram, Jean-Marie Lehn and
Charles J. Pedersen
1931 Carl Bosch and Friedrich Bergius 1988 Johann Deisenhofer, Robert Huber and
Hartmut Michel
1932 Irving Langmui 1989 Sidney Altman and Thomas R. Cech
1933 No prize was awarded this year 1990 Elias James Corey
1934 Harold Clayton Urey 1991 Richard R. Ernst
1935 Frederic Joliot and Irene Joliot-Curie 1992 Rudolph A. Marcus
1936 Petrus(Peter) Josephus Wilhemus Debye 1993 Kary B. Mullis & Michael Smith
1937 Walter Norman Haworth & Paul Karrer 1994 George A.Olah
1938 Richard Kuhn 1995 Paul J. Crutzen, Mario J.Molina and F.
Sherwood Rowland
1939 Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt & 1996 Robert F. Curl Jr., Sir Harold W. Kroto and
Leopold Ruzicka Richard E. Smalley
1940 No prize was awarded this year 1997 Paul D. Boyer and John E. Walker & Jens
C. Skou
1941 No prize was awarded this year 1998 Walter Kohn & John A. Pople
1942 No prize was awarded this year 1999 Ahmed H.Zewail
1943 George de Hevesy 2000 Alan J.heeger, Alan G. MacDiarmard and
Hideki Shirakawa
1944 Otto Hahn 2001 William S.Knowless and Ryoji Noyori &
K. Barry Sharpless
1945 Artturi Ilmari Virtanen 2002 John B. Fenn and Koichi Tanaka & Kurt
Wuthrich
1946 James Batcheller Summer & John 2003 Peter Agre & Roderick MacKinnon
Howard Northrop and Wendell Meredith
Stanley
1947 Sir Robert Robinson 2004 Aaron Ciechanover, Avram Hershko and
Irwin Rose
1948 Arne Wilhelm Kaurin Tiselius 2005 Yves Chauvin, Robert H. Grubbs and
Richard R. Schrock
1949 William Francis Giauque 2006 Roger D. Kornberg
1950 Otto Paul Hermann Diels and Kurt Alder 2007 Gerhard Ertl
1951 Edwin Mattison McMillan and Glenn 2008 Oamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and
Theodore Seaborg Roger Y. Tsien
1952 Archer John Porter Martin and Richard 2009 Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A.
Laurence Millington Synge Steitz and Ada E.Yonath
1953 Hermann Staudinger 2010 Richard F. Heck , Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira
Suzuki
1954 Linus Carl Pauling 2011 Dan Shechtman
1955 Vincent du Vigneaud 2012 Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brain K. Kobilka
1956 Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood and 2013 Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh
Nikolay Nikolaevich Semenov Warshel
1957 Lord (Alexander R.) Todd
Nobel Prize Winners in Medicine/Physiology –
Current Affairs

Welcome to edugeeks.in Nobel Prize is the most

honoured award in the world that is being given to the person(s) who have conferred the greatest benefit to the
mankind. Alfred Bernhard Nobel, a Swedish Chemist, innovator, engineer, armament manufacturer and
an inventor of Dynamite constituted a fund for this purpose and directed to award five prizes in equal parts
with the interest accrued on the fund. Every Prize shall be given to the person who made important
discovery/invention/improvement in the field of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine and who
produced outstanding work in the field of literature and for promotion of peace/fraternity between the nations.
The royal Swedish Academy of Science awards the Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry whereas the Nobel
Assembly of Karolinska Chirurgical Institute, Sweden awards the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology. The
Swedish Academy awards the Prize in Literature and the Committee of the Norwegian Parliament awards
Prize for Peace. The Bank of Sweden started awarding Nobel Prize in Economics from 1969 onwards whereas
all the above 5 awards are being presented from the year 1901. All the Nobel Prizes are being presented
annually on 10th December, on the day of death anniversary of the founder.
The first Medicine Nobel Prize was presented to Emil Adolf von Behring in the year 1901.
The Nobel Prize in Medicine/Physiology has been awarded to 204 Nobel Laureates in Medicine/Physiology
between 1901 and 2013 in 104 times. Dr.Ronald Ross, a foreign citizen born in India, was the first person who
received Nobel Prize in Medicine/Physiology during the year 1902 for his work on malaria. Dr. Har Gobind
Khorana, an Indian-born-American, was the second person who shared Nobel Prize in Medicine/Physiology in
the year 1968 with Robert W. Holley and Marshall W. Nirenberg for their work on interpretation of genetic
code and its function in protein synthesis. James E.Rothman, Randy W.Schekman and Thomas C.Siidhoff are
the latest Nobel Prize in Medicine/Physiology for the year 2013 for their discoveries of machinery regulating
vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells. The details of the Nobel Laureates in
Medicine/Physiology from 1901 to 2013 are furnished hereunder for ready reference. Keep visiting our
website regularly to get the details of Nobel Laureates in Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace and Economics.
Year Name of the Noble Laureate Year Name of the Noble Laureate
1901 Emil Adolf von Behring 1958 George Wells Beadle and Edward Lawrie
Tatum & Joshua Lederberg
1902 Ronald Ross 1959 Severo Ochoa and Arthur
1903 Niels Ryberg Finsen 1960 Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet and Peter
Brian Medawar
1904 Ivan Petrovich Pavlov 1961 Georg von Bekesy
1905 Robert Koch 1962 Francis Harry Compton Crick, James
Dewey Watson and Maurice Hugh
Frederick Wilkils
1906 Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramony 1963 Sir John Carew Eccles, Alan Lloyd
Cajal Hodgkin and Andrew Fielding Huxley
1907 Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran 1964 Konrad Bloch and Feodor Lynen
1908 Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov and Paul Ehrlich 1965 Francois Jacob, Andre Lwoff and Jacques
Monod
1909 Emil Theodor Kocher 1966 Peyton Rous & Charles Brenton Huggins
1910 Albrecht Kossel 1967 Ragnar Granit, Halden keffer Hartline and
George Wald
1911 Allvar Gullstrand 1968 Robert W. Holley, Har Gobind Khorana
and Marshall W. Nirenberg
1912 Alexis Carrel 1969 Max Delbruck, Alfred D. Hershey and
Salvador E. Luria
1913 Charles Robert Richet 1970 Sir Bernard Katz, Ulf von Euler and Julius
Axelrod
1914 Robert Barany 1971 Earl W. Sutherland, Jr.
1915 No prize was awarded this year 1972 Gerald M. Edelman and Rodney R. Porter
1916 No prize was awarded this year 1973 Karl von Frisch, Konrad Lorenz and
Nikolaas Tinbergen
1917 No prize was awarded this year 1974 Albert Claude, Christian de Duve and
George E. Palade
1918 No prize was awarded this year 1975 David Baltimore, Renato Dulbecco and
Howard Martin Temin
1919 Jules Bordet 1976 Baruch S. Blumberg and D. Carleton
Gajdusek
1920 Schack August Steenberg Krogh 1977 Roger Guillemin and Andrew V. Schally &
Rosalyn Yalow
1921 No prize was awarded this year 1978 Werner Arber, Daniel Nathans and
Hamilton O. Smith
1922 Archibald Vivian Hill & Otto Fritz 1979 Allan M. Cormack and Godfrey N.
Meyerhof Hounsfield
1923 Frederick Grant Banting and John James 1980 Baruj Benacerraf, Jean Dausset and George
Rickard Macleod D. Snell
1924 Willem Einthoven 1981 Roger W. Sperry & David H. Hubel and
Torsten N. Wiesel
1925 No prize was awarded this year 1982 Sune K. Bergstrom, Bengt I. Samuelsson
and John R. Vane
1926 Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger 1983 Barbara McClintock
1927 Julius Wagner-Jauregg 1984 Niels K. Jerne, Georges J.F. Kohler and
Cesar Milstein
1928 Charles Jules Henri Nicolle 1985 Michael S. Brown and Joseph L. Goldstein
1929 Christian Eijkman & Sir Frederick 1986 Stanley Cohen and Rita Levi-Montalcini
Gowland Hopkins
1930 Karl Landsteiner 1987 Susumu Tonegawa
1931 Otto Heinrich Warburg 1988 Sir James W. Black, Gertrude B. Elion and
George H. Hitchings
1932 Sir Charles Scott Sherrington and Edgar 1989 J. Michael Bishop and Harold E. Varmus
Douglas Adrian
1933 Thomas Hunt Morgan 1990 Joseph E. Murray and E. Donnall Thomas
1934 George Hoyt Whipple, George Richards 1991 Erwin Neher and Bert Sakmann
Minot and William Parry Murphy
1935 Hans Spermann 1992 Edmond H. Fischer and Edwin G. Krebs
1936 Sir Henry Hallett Dale and Otto Loewi 1993 Richard J. Roberts and Phillip A. Sharp
1937 Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi Nagyrapolt 1994 Alfred G. Gilman and Martin Rodbell
1938 Corneille Jean Francois Heymans 1995 Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nusslein-
Volhard and Eric F. Wieschaus
1939 Gerhard Domagk 1996 Peter C. Doherty and Rolf M. Zinkernagel
1940 No prize was awarded this year 1997 Stanley B. Prusiner
1941 No prize was awarded this year 1998 Robert F. Furchgott , Louis J. Ignarro and
Ferid Murad
1942 No prize was awarded this year 1999 Gunter Blobel
1943 Henrik Carl Peter Dam & Edward 2000 Arvid Carlsson, Paul Grrengard and Eric R.
Adelbert Doisy Kandel
1944 Joseph Erlanger and Herbert Spencer 2001 Leland H. Hartwell, Tim Hunt and Sir Paul
Gasser M. Nurse
1945 Sir Alexander Fleming, Ernst Boris Chain 2002 Sydney Brenner, H. Robert Horvitz and
and Sir Howard Walter Florey John E. Sulston
1946 Hermann Joseph Muller 2003 Paul C. Lauterbur and Sir Peter Mansfield
1947 Carl Ferdinand Cori and Gerty Theresa 2004 Richard Axel and Linda B.Buck
Cori, nee Radnitz & Bernard Alberto
Houssay
1948 Paul Hermann Muller 2005 Barry J. Marshall and J. Robin Warren
1949 Walter Rudolf Hess & Antonia Caetano 2006 Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello
de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz
1950 Edward Calvin Kendall, Tadeus 2007 Merio R. Capecchi Sir Martin J. Evans and
Reichstein and Philip Showalter Hench Oliver Smithies
1951 Max Thelier 2008 Harald zur Hausen & Francoise Barre-
Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier
1952 Selman Abraham Waksman 2009 Elizabeth H. Blackbum, Carol W. Greider
and Jack W. Szostak
1953 Hans Adolf Krebs & Fritz Albert 2010 Robert G. Edwards
Lipmann
1954 John Franklin Enders, Thomas Huckle 2011 Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffman &
Weller and Fredrick Chapman Robbins Ralph M. Steinman
 1955 Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell 2012 Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka
1956 Andre Frederic Cournand, Werner 2013 James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekmann
Forssmann and Dickinson W. Richards and Thomas C. Sudhof
1957 Daniel Bovet

List of Nobel Prize Winners in India 2014

We know that Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards given in categories of physics,
chemistry, literature, peace, physiology or medicine and Nobel memorial prize in economic
sciences. This award is given by Swedish and Norwegian committees in the recognition of
cultural and or scientific advances. Swedish Inventor Alfred Nobel formed the prized in 1895. In
1901 prizes were awarded first time in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine,
Literature and Peace. Later Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was created in the year
1968.
Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway where the prizes in other department are awarded
in Stockholm, Sweden. Nobel Prize is considered as the most prestigious award in the fields of
literature, medicine, physics, chemistry, peace and economics.
These awards are awarded yearly and the laureate given Nobel Prize will be awarded with gold
medal, diploma and a sum of money decided by the Nobel Foundation. Each Prize can be share
between 3 people at the same time as per the rules prescribed by Nobel Foundation.
Alfred Nobel who was chemist, engineer and inventor by profession was born on 21 st October
1833. He made almost 355 inventions in life where dynamite is the most famous invention
among his inventions. He shocked to read his own obituary titled the merchant of death is dead
in a French news paper. This is the mistake done by news paper they printed his obituary instead
of his brothers Ludvig obituary. He inspired from this incident and put great efforts to present
Nobel Prize Peace Prize. Later on 10 th December 1896 Alfred Nobel died in his villa in Italy.
Later after his death Nowegian Nobel Committee appointed a Nobel Peace Prize Committed and
slowly this committee awarded prizes in different fields.
Later Nobel Foundation was established as a private organization in the year 29 th June 1990 with
the function of financing and organizing administrations of Nobel Prizes. Chairman of the board
is appointed by Swedish King in Council.
Just like other year Nobel Prizes were awarded to the candidates who excelled in their area.
Check out the pdf link provided below for complete details.

Nobel Prize in Physics 2014:

Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura: “for the invention of efficient blue light-
emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014:
Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner: “for the development of super-resolved
fluorescence microscopy”
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014:
John O’Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser: “for their discoveries of cells that
constitute a positioning system in the brain”
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2014:
Patrick Modiano: “for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human
destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation”
The Nobel Peace Prize 2014:
Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay: “for their struggle against the suppression of children
and young people and for the right of all children to education”
The Nobel Prize in Economics 2014:
Jean Tirole: “for his analysis of market power and regulation”

List of Magsaysay Award Winners from India –

Current Affairs

Raman Magsaysay Award is established to honour the memory of late

Philippines President and it is being given to outstanding individuals/organizations – regardless of race, creed,
nationality and gender – who manifests greatness of spirit in service to the Asian people since 1958. The
Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) selects the Asian people/organizations who made rich
contributions in Government service (GS); Public Service (PS); Community Leadership (CL); Journalism,
Literature and Creative Communication Arts ( JLCCA); Peace and International Understanding (PIU) and
Emergent Leadership (EL) for this prestegious award. On August 31, 1956 the first Raman Magsaysay Awards
were presented to five outstanding individuals working in India, Indonesia, Philippines, China and Sri Lanka
and Philippine based Organization. The Awards are generally presented to the winnersannually on 31st
August, the birth anniversary of the late President in Manila. The RMAF continues to honour the persons and
organizations who are exemplars of selfless service/leadership and who lives and work to make Aia truly a
better place. Three Individuals (Ernesto Domingo-Philippines; Habiba Sarabi-Afghanisstan and Lahpai Seng
Raw-Myanmar) and Two Organizations (Corruption Eradication Commission-Indonesia and Shakti Samuha-
Nepal) were receive the 2013 Ramon Magsaysay Awards for their selfless service for the welfare of the
people. The details of Indians who won the above awards are detailed here for information and general
knowledge purpose. Keep visiting our website regularly for updated information on various topies relating to
general awareness, while you are preparing/appearing for different competitive examinations.
Name Year Awarded Category
Vinobha Bhave 1958 Community Leadership
Chintaman Deshmukh 1959 Government Services
Amitabha Chowdhury 1961 Journalism, Literature and Creative
Communication Arts
Mother Teresa 1962 Peace and International Understanding
Dara Khurody 1963 Community Leadership
Verghese Kurien 1963 Community Leadership
Tribhuvandas Patel 1963 Community Leadership
Welthy Fisher 1964 Peace and International Understanding
Jayaprakash Narayan 1965 Public Service
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay 1966 Community Leadership
Satyajit Ray 1967 Journalism, Literature and Creative
Communication Arts
Moncompu Sambasivan 1971 Community Leadership
Swaminathan
M.S. Subbalakshmi 1974 Public Service
Boobli George Verghese 1975 Journalism, Literature and Creative
Communication Arts
Henning Holck-Larsen 1976 Peace and International Understanding
Ela Ramesh Bhatt 1977 Community Leadership
Mabelle Arole 1979 Community Leadership
Rajanikant Arole 1979 Community Leadership
Gour Kishore Gosh 1981 Journalism, Literature and Creative
Communication Arts
Pramod Karan Sethi 1981 Community Leadership
Chandi Prasad Bhatt 1982 Community Leadership
Manibhai Desai 1982 Public Service
Arun Shourie 1982 Journalism, Literature and Creative
Communication Arts
Rasipuram Lakshman 1984 Journalism, Literature and Creative
Communication Arts
Muralidhar Amte 1985 Public Service
Lakshmi Chand Jain 1989 Public Service
K.V. Subbanna 1991 Journalism, Literature and Creative
Communication Arts
Ravi Shankar 1992 Journalism, Literature and Creative
Communication Arts
Banoo Jehangir Coyaji 1993 Public Service
Kiran Bedi 1994 Government Services
Pandurang Athavale 1996 Community leadership
Tirunellai Seshan 1996 Government Services
Maheshweta Devi 1997 Journalism, Literature and Creative
Communication Arts
Jockin Arputham 2000 Peace and International Understanding
Aruna Roy 2000 Community Leadership
Rajendra Singh 2001 Community Leadership
Sandeep Pandey 2002 Emergent Leadership
James Michael Lyngdoh 2003 Government Services
Shantha Sinha 2003 Government Services
Lakshminarayan Ramdas 2004 Peace and International Understanding
V. Shantha 2005 Public Service
Arvind Kejriwal 2006 Emergent Leadership
Palagummi Sainath 2007 Journalism, Literature and Creative
Communication Arts
Mandakini Amte 2008 Community Leadership
Deep Joshi 2009 Community Leadership
Neelima Mishra 2011 Emergent Leadership
Harish Hande 2011 Community Leadership
Kulandei Francis 2012 Emergent Leadership

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Winners List

 The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (RGKR) is the India’s highest award given for best
sportsman in every year. This award is named after the demise of former Prime Minister of India late Rajiv
Gandhi and it was established in the year 1991-92. This award carries a medal, a scroll of honour and a cash
worth Rs.7,50,000/- Beofre the institution of RGKR, Arjun Awards have been given every year to outstanding
sportspeople in each of many disciplines. The RGKR was treated to be an extra-ordinary honour in India
conferred for outstanding performance in sports in a particular year,by as an individual/by a team across all
sporting disciplines. The very first RGKR award was presented to Viswanathan Anand for his exemplary
performance in Chess during the year 1991-92.This award was not conferred upon any sportsman or team
during the year 1993-94. It is surprise to note that this RGKR Award presented 7 times only for Shooting
discipline, out of 21 announcements made sofar. Abhinav Bindra is the first receipient of RGKR Award for
Shooting in the year 2001-02 whereas Ronjan Sodhi is the RGKR awardee in Shooting for this year, 2012-13.
Keep visiting our website regularly for updated information on Sports Awards and other topics which will be
very useful to answer questions in General knowledge section while preparing/attending competitive
examinations .
SL.NO Name Year Category
1 Viswanathan Anand 1991-92 Chess
2 Geet Sethi 1992-93 Billiards
3 Cdr. Homi D. Motivala 1994-95 Yachting
4 Lt. Cdr. P. K. Garg
5 Karnam Malleswari 1995-96 Weightlifting
6 Nameirakpam Kunjarani 1996-97 Weightlifting
7 Leander Paes Tennis
8 Sachin Tendulkar 1997-98 Cricket
9 Jyotirmoyee Sikdar 1998-99 Athletics
10 Dhanraj Pillay 1999-2000 Hockey
11 Pullela Gopichand 2000-01 Badminton
12 Abhinav Bindra 2001-02 Shooting
13 Anjali Ved Pathak Bhagwat 2002-03 Shooting
14 K. M. Beenamo Athletics
15 Anju Bobby George 2003-04 Atheletics
16 Lt. co. Rajyavardhan Singh 2004-05 Shooting
Rathore
17 Pankaj Advani 2005-06 Billiards and Snooker
18 Manavjit Singh Sandhu 2006-07 Shooting
19 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2007-08 Cricket
20 Mary Kom 2008-09 Boxing
21 Vijender Singh Boxing
22 Sushel Kumar Wrestling
23 Saina Nehwal 2009-10 Badminton
24 Gagan Narang 2010-11 Shooting
25 Vijay Kumar 2011-12 Shooting
26 Yogeshwar Dutt Wrestling
27 Ronjan Sodhi 2012-13 Shooting

SEA PORTS IN INDIA

SL.NO Name of the Port & Location Sl. No Name of the Port & Location
MAJOR PORTS 25 Ratnagiri (Maharashtra)
1 CALCUTTA (West Bengal) 26 Redi (Maharashtra)
2 CHENNAI (Tamil Nadu) 27 Salaya (Gujarat)
3 COCHIN (Kerala) 28 Sikka (Gujarat)
4 JAWAHARLAL NEHRU PORT 29 Trivandrum (Kerala)
(Mumbai, Maharashtra)
5 KANDLA (Gujarat) 30 Veraval (Gujarat)
6 MARMUGAO (Goa) MINOR PORTS
7 MUMBAI (Maharashtra) 31 Azhikkal (Kerala)
8 NEW MANGALORE (Karnataka) 32 Belikeri (Karnataka)
9 PARADEEP (Orissa) 33 Beypore (Kerala)
10 TUTICORIN (Tamil Nadu) 34 Cannanore (Kerala)
11 VISAKHAPATNAM (Andhra 35 Coondapur (Karnataka)
Pradesh)
MEDIUM PORTS 36 Dahej (Gujarat)
12 Bedi Bunder (Gujarat) 37 Jafrabad (Gujarat)
13 Calicut (Kerala) 38 Jarkhau (Gujarat)
14 Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu) 39 Kasergode (Kerala)
15 Gopalpur (Orissa) 40 Mundra (Gujarat)
16 Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh) 41 Neendakara (Kerala)
17 Karwar (Karnataka) 42 Pindhara (Gujarat)
18 Bedi Bunder (Gujarat) 43 Pipavav (Gujarat)
19 Magdalla (Gujarat) 44 Ponnani (kerala)
20 Mandavi (Gujarat) 45 Tellicherry (Kerala)
21 Navlakhi (Gujarat) PRIVATE PORTS
22 Nagpatnam (Tamil Nadu) 46 Coconada (Andhra Pradesh)
23 Okha (Gujarat) 47 Tuticorin Container Terminal
(Tamil Nadu)
24 Porbandar (Gujarat) 48 Pipavav (Gujarat)

List of Firsts in India

First President Rajendra Prasad

First Women President Pratibha Patil

First Vice- President Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

First Home Minister of India Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

First Women Chief Minister Sucheta Kriplani

First Women Cabinet Minister Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

First Women Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee

First Female Home Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy

First Women Governor Sarojini Naidu

Women Speaker of Lok Sabha Meira Kumar

Speaker of Lok Sabha G.V. Mavlankar

Finance Minister of Independent India R.K. Shanmukhan Chetty

Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru

First Women Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

Miss World Reita Faria

Miss Universe Sushmita Sen

Man Booker Prize Arundhati Roy for “ The God of Small Things”

Bharat Ratna Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, C.

Rajagopalachari and C. V. Raman

Dadasaheb Phalke Award Devika Rani

Stalin Peace Prize Saifuddin Kitchlew

Magsaysay Award Vinoba Bhave

Oscar for Life Time Achievement Satyajit Roy

First Nobel Prize for Women Mother Teresa

First Man in Space Rakesh Sharma

First Women in Space Kalpana Chawla

First Satellite Aryabhatta

First Satellite for education EDUSAT

Metro Railway System Calcutta

First Technology park (Techno Park) Trivandrum

First Women IPS Officer Kiran Bedi

Nobel Prize in Literature Rabindranath Tagore

Nobel Prize in Physics C. V. Raman

Nobel Prize in Medicine Har Gobind Khorana

Nobel Peace Prize Mother Teresa

Nobel Prize in Economics Amartya Sen

Nobel Prize in Literature V. S. Naipaul

Nobel Prize in Chemistry Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

NICK NAMES OF INDIAN CITIES

NICK NAME CITY STATE
Golden City Amritsar Punjab

Pink City Jaipur Rajasthan

Orange City Nagpur Maharashtra

Golden City of India, Sun City Jaisalmer Rajasthan

City of Nawabs Luck now Uttar Pradesh

City of Seven Islands and City of Mumbai Maharashtra

Dreams

City of Festivals, City of four Junctions Madurai Tamil Nadu

Twin Cities Hyderabad, Secunderabad Andhra Pradesh

City of Weavers Panipat Haryana

The Lake City Sri Nagar Jammu and Kashmir

Space City Benguluru Karnataka

City of Lakes Udaipur Rajasthan

City of Temples Varanasi Uttar Pradesh

City of Sages Rishikesh Uttarakhand

City of Rallies New Delhi New Delhi

Garden City, Silicon Valley of India Bengaluru Karnataka

Temple City of India Bhubaneswar Orissa

Heaven of India Jammu & Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir

Switzerland of India Kashmir Kashmir

Scotland of India Coorg Karnataka

Manchester of India Ahmedabad Gujarat

Manchester of South India Coimbatore Tamil Nadu

Pitsburg of India Jamshedpur Jharkhand

Hollywood of India Mumbai Maharashtra

Queen of the Hills Darjeeling West Bengal

Queen of the Arabian Sea Kochi Kerala

Queen of Deccan Pune Maharashtra

Gateway to the Duars Siliguri West Bengal

Taj Nagri Agra Uttar Pradesh

Blue Mountains Nilgiri Tamil Nadu

Detroit of Asia, Electronic Chennai Tamil Nadu

Manufacturing Hub in India

AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTIONS IN INDIA

Revolution Name Product

Blue Revolution Fisheries

Brown Revolution Leather

Gray Revolution Housing Development

Green Revolution Agriculture

Pink Revolution Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

Silver Revolution Egg Production

White Revolution Dairy Development

Yellow Revolution Oil Seed

Black Revolution Petroleum

Golden Fiber Revolution Jute

Golden Revolution Horticulture

Grey Revolution Fertilizer

Red Revolution Meat & Tomato Production

Round Revolution Potato

Silver Fiber Revolution Cotton

Silver Revolution Egg/Poultry

Evergreen Revolution Over all Agriculture Development

List of Famous Inventions, Discoveries and Their Inventors

Invention Inventor

Television J.L. Baird

Radio Marconi

Telephone Alexander Graham Bell

Electricity Benjamin Franklin

Electric Light Bulb Thomas Edison

Thermometer Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

Radium Marie Curie

Telescope Galileo

Telegraph Pavel Schilling

Electromagnetic Theory Heinrich Hertz

Theory of Relativity Albert Einstein

X-rays Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen

Cosmic Rays R.A. Millikan

Automobile Ferdinand Verbiest

Penicillin Sir Alexander Fleming

Insulin Frederick Banting

Magnetic Tape Fritz Pfluemer

Raman Effect Sir C.V. Raman

Bohr Electron Theory

Boyle Boyle’s Law

Dalton Atomic Theory

Periodic Table Dmitri Mendeleev

Transformer and Electric Motor Michael Faraday

Geometry Euclid

Structure of Atom Ernest Rutherford

Law of Gases Gay Lussac

Electromagnetic Field James Clerk Maxwell

Motion of Planets Johannes Kepler

Principle of relativity Galileo Galilei

Newtons Law of Motion Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton

Electron J.J. Thomson

Photon Albert Einstein

Theory of Atom John Dalton

Blood Groups Karl Landsteiner

Quantum Mechanics Max Born

Quantum Theory Max Plank, Niels Bohr, Albert Einstein

Law of Conservation of Mass Antoine Lavoisier

Age of the Earth C.C. Patterson

Heliocentrism Aristarchus of Samos

Heliocentric Model Nicolaus Copernicus

Periodic law Mendeleef

Venn Diagram John Venn

Vierner Scale Pierre Vernier

Atomic Number Mosley

Law of Motion & Gravitation Newton

Laws of Electrical Resistance Ohm

Nuclear Reactor Enrico Fermi

Fuel Cell William Robert Glove

Celluloid Alexander Parkes

Hydrogen Bomb Edward Teller

Computer Architecture John Von Neumann

Airplane Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur)

Steam Engine James Watt

Logarithms John Napier

Theory of Evolution Charles Darwin

Transformer Otto Blathy

Cinematography Edison

Stethoscope Rane Laennec

Thermo Flask Dewar

Battery Alessandro Volta

Barometer Evangelista Torricelli

Camera Steven Sasson

Analytical Engine Thomas Edison

Diesel Engine Rudolf Diesel

Helicopter Broquet

Dynamite Alfred Nobel

First Computer John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert

Lift Otis

Guitar Adolph Rickenbacker

Light Emission Diode Nick Holonyak and Oleg Losev

Laser Printer Gary Starkweather

Mobile Phone Martin Cooper

Micro Scope Zacharias Janssen

Microwave Oven Percy Spencer

Printing Press Johannes Gutenberg

Video Games Ralph H. Baer

Google Larry Page

Mozilla Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross

Facebook Mark Zuckerberg

Twitter Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, and Biz Stone

Microsoft Bill Gates and Paul Allen

Internet Vint Cerf

Email Shiva Ayyadurai

Apple Computers Steve Jobs

World Wide Web (WWW) Sir Tim Berners- Lee

IP Address Robert E. Kahn

 Micro Processor Federico Faggin

Persons With Popular Names In The World

Light of the world :: Jesus
Poet’s Poet :: Edmund Spenser
Desert Fox :: Erwin Rommel
Prince of Pilgrimage :: Huien Tsang
The Wizard of Menlopark :: Edison
Maid of Orleans :: Joan of Arc
Fuhrer (also Fuehrer) :: Adolf Hitler
Apostle of Free Trade :: Richard Cobden
Master of Suspense :: Alfred Hitchcock
Rascal monk :: Rasputin
Good Shepherd :: Jesus Christ
Second Duke :: Benitto Mussolini
Iron Duke :: Duke of Wellington
Lady with the Lamp :: Florence Nightingale
Man of Blood and Iron :: Otto von Bismarck
Maiden Queen :: Queen Elizabeth I
King of Rock & Roll :: Elvis Presley
Columbus of Space :: Neil Armstrong
Bard of Avon :: William Shakespeare
Grand Old Man of Britain :: Gladstone
G.B.S :: George Bernard Shaw
Little Corporal :: Napoleon Bonaparte
American Gandhi :: Martin Luther King
Iron Lady :: Margaret Thatcher
African Gandhi :: Dr. Kenneth Kaunda
The Daughter of East :: Benazir Bhutto
Iron Butterfly :: Margaret Thatcher
Persons With Popular Names In India
Prince of Beggars :: Madan Mohan Malaviya
Sage of Sabarmati :: Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Machiavelli :: Chanakya
Indian napoleon :: Samudragupta
Leopard of the Snow :: Ang Rita
Loknayak :: Jayaprakash Narayan
J.P :: Jayaprakash narayan
Indian Bismarck :: Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Light of Asia :: Buddha
Bengali Tiger :: Bipin Chandra Pal
Maratha Kesari :: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Punjab Lion :: Lala Lajpat Rai
Lokmanya :: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Deshabandhu :: C.R. Das
Grand Old Man of India :: Dadabhai Naoroji
Mahamana :: Madan Mohan Malaviya
Mahatma :: Gandhiji
C.R. :: C. Rajagopalachari
Rajaji :: C. Rajagopalachari
Deenabandhu :: C.F. Andrews
Bapu :: Gandhiji
Iron Lady of India :: Indira Gandhi
Priyadarshini :: Indira Gandhi
Barefooted painter :: M.F. Hussain
Badshah Khan :: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Frontier Gandhi :: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Kipper :: K.M. Cariappa
Indian Shakespeare :: Kalidasa
Gurudev :: Rabindranath Tagore
Guruji :: Golwalkar
Faker-e-Afghan :: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Netaji :: Subash Chandra Bose
Birdman of India :: Salim Ali
Nightingale of India :: Sarojini Naidu
Prince of Patriots :: Subash Chandra Bose
Lion of Kashmir :: Sheikh Mohammed
Acharya :: Vinobha Bhave
Sage of Paunar :: Vinobha Bhave
Man of Peace :: Lal Bahadur Shastri
Babuji :: Jagjeevan Ram
Little Master :: Sunil Gavaskar
T.T.K. :: T.T. Krishnamachari
Mysore Tiger :: Tippu Sultan
Sage of Kanchi :: Sankaracharya
Saint of Gutters :: Mother Theresa
Andhra Kesari :: Tangutri Prakasam
Journalism :: Tushar Kanti Ghosh
Flying Sikh :: Milkha Singh
Man of the Masses :: K. Kamaraj
Golden Girl of Indian Athletics :: P.T. Usha
Rani of Jhansi :: Lakshmibai
Natikar Tilakam :: Sivaji Ganesan
Chachaji :: Jawaharlal Nehru
Akbar of Kashmir :: Zian-ul-Abideen
Kuvembu :: K.V. Puttappa
Milkman of India :: Varghese Kurian
Sher-e-Punjab :: Ranjit Singh
Shahid :: Bhagat Singh
Kathal Mannan :: Gemini Ganesan
Punjab Kesari :: Lala Lajpat Rai
Anna :: C.N. Annadurai
Persons With Popular Names In Kerala
Mayyazhi Gandhi :: K.P. Kumaran Master
Kerala Valmiki :: Vallathol Narayana Menon
Kerala Scott :: C.V. Raman Pillai
Kerala Ibsen :: N. Krishna Pillai
Kerala Simham :: Pazhassi Raja
Swadeshabhimani :: Ramakrishna Pillai
Pulayaraja :: Ayyankali
Sahitya Panchanan :: P.K. Narayana Pillai
Kerala Panini :: A.R. Rajaraja Varma
Kerala Vyasa :: Kodungalloor Kunhikuttan Thampuran
Valiya Diwanji :: Raja Keshavadas
Kerala Gandhi :: K. Kelappan
Bharat Kesari :: Mannathu Padmanabhan
Beypore Sultan :: Vaikam Mohammed Bashir
Kerala Mauppasant :: Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
Kerala Thulasidas :: Vennikulam Gopala Kurup
Kerala Hemmingway :: M.T. Vasudevan Nair
Kesari :: A. Balakrishna Pillai
Deshabhimani :: Ramakrishna Pillai
Kerala Chaucer :: Chiramakavi
Kerala Kalidasa :: Kerala Varma Valiya Koyithampuran
Kerala Orphuse :: Changampuzha Krishna Pillai

World Institutions And Their Founders

United Nations :: Joseph Stalin(USSR),Winston Churchill (UK) and
USA
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Boy Scouts :: Baden Powell
Montessori System :: Maria Montessori
Amnesty International :: Peter Berenson
Y.M.C.A. :: Sir George Williams
Lion’s Club :: Melvin John
Red Cross :: Jean-Henri Dunant
Nursing System :: Florence Nightingale
Protestant Religion :: Martin Luther
Kindergarten :: Froebel
Nazism :: Adolf Hitler
Fascism :: Benito Mussolini
Cubism :: Pablo Picasso
Salvation Army :: William Booth
Indian Institutions And Their Founders
Jainism :: Vardhamana Mahavira
Zorastrianism (Parsis) :: Zoraster
Brahma Samaj :: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Suddhi Movement :: Swami Shradhanand
Bhoodan Movement :: Vinoba Bhave
Sarvodaya Movement :: Jaya Prakash Narayan
Ramakrishna Mission :: Swami Vivekananda
Bahaism :: Mirza Hussain Ali
Confucianism :: Confucius
Arya Samaj :: Dayananda Saraswathi
Taoism :: Lao tse
Peoples Education Society :: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Vana Mahothsav :: K.M. Munshi
Sikhism :: Guru Nanak
Servants of India Society :: Gopalakrishna Gokhale
Indian Association :: Surendranath Banerji
Chinmaya Mission :: Swami Chinmayananda
Theosophical Society of India :: Annie Besant
Dev Samaj :: Siva Narayan Agnihothri
Prarthana Samaj :: Kesab Chandra Sen

Museums in India
National Childrens Museum :: New Delhi
National Museum :: Kolkata
Tippu Sulthan Museum :: Sreerangapatnam
Prince of Wales Museum :: Mumbai
National Gandhi Museum :: New Delhi
Birla Industrial & Technological Museum :: Kolkata
Calico Textile Museum :: Ahmedabad
Archeological Museum :: New Delhi
Victoria Jubilee Museum :: Vijayawada, AP
Visakha Museum :: Visakhapatnam, AP
Government Museum and Art Gallery :: Chandigarh
Visvesarayya Industrial And Technological Museum :: Bangalore
Indian Air Force Museum :: New Delhi
Birla Planetorium :: Kolkata
Nethaji Museum :: Kolkata
National Gallery of Modern Art :: New Delhi
Salarjung Museum :: Hyderabad
Nehru Museum :: New Delhi
Victoria Memorial Hall :: Kolkata
Rail Transport Museum :: New Delhi
Sree Chithra Art Gallery :: Thiruvananthapuram
National Museum of Natural History :: New Delhi
Indian Museum :: Kolkata
Indian War Memorial Museum :: New Delhi
Dogra Art Museum :: Jammu
Wayanad Heritage Museum :: Ambalavayal, Kerala
Kerala Soil Museum :: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Archaeological Museum :: Kerala
Sardar Vallabhai Patel Police Museum :: Kollam, Kerala
Tripura State Museum :: Agartala, Tripura
Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal and Green Garden :: Noida
Sarnath Museum :: Uttar Pradesh
Forest Research Institute :: Dehradun
Darshan Museum :: Pune, Maharashtra
Indian Institute for Research in Numismatic Studies :: Nashik, Maharashtra
Shree Chhatrapati Shahu Museum :: Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Regional Museum of Natural History :: Bhubaneswar, Odisha
National Institute of Sports :: Patiala, Punjab
Central Sikh Museum :: Amritsar
Gandhi Memorial Museum :: Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Gass Forest Museum :: Coimbatore
Government Museum :: Tamil Nadu
Shankar’s International Dolls Museum :: New Delhi
Goa State Museum :: Panaji
Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya :: Ahmedabad
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial :: Ahmedabad
Swaminarayan Museum :: Ahmedabad
AP State Archaeology Museum :: Hyderabad
Nizam Museum :: Hyderabad

National Emblems
Kangaroo :: Australia
Water Lilly :: Bangladesh
White Lilly :: Canada, Italy
Beach :: Denmark
Lily :: France
Corn Flower :: Germany
Lioned Capital :: India
Lion :: Sri lanka, Sierra Leone
Rose :: UK, Iran
Shamrock :: Ireland
White Lilly :: Italy
Chrysanthemum :: Japan
Kiwi :: New Zealand
Crescent :: Pakistan
Eagle :: Spain
Elephant :: Ivory Coast
Lion with Crown :: Luxembourg
Golden Rod :: U.S.A
Secretary Bird :: Sudan
Bauhinia (orchid tree) :: Hong Kong
Baobab tree :: Senegal
Lion :: Netherland,Norway, Belgium
Crescent and Star :: Turkey
Cedar tree :: Lebanon
The Soyombo :: Mongolia

IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS

Dinesh Sarraf -ONGC chief

Arseny Yatseniuk -Ukraine’s new prime minister
Rashid Latif - Pakistan cricket chief selector
Bappi Lahiri - goodwil ambassador in Nepal
Metro Man E Sreedharan -Uttar Pradesh government’s chief adviser for Lucknow metro rail project.
Cheteshwar Pujara -‘brand ambassador’ of the Gujarat state Election Commission.
Salil Nair – Shoppers Stop CEO
Ashok Varadhan -co-head of Goldman Sachs’ securities
Justice Mukul Mudgal appointed as Chief of BCCC
Siddharth Das – Flipkart Chief Operating Officer of its online payment solution PayZippy
Rakesh Maria -Mumbai’s new police commissioner
Vallabhaneni Venkateshwara Rao – the member of Censor Board.
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Kalyan Singh -BJP vice-president
Sheila Dikshit – Governor of Kerala Published
Ibrahim Mahlab – Prime Minister of Egypt
Matteo Renzi - PM of Italy
Edward Snowden- Rector of University of Glasgow
Abdul Basit -high commissioner of Pakistan
Vinod Sawhny -CEO of Reliance Communications
Jatinder Bir Singh -CMD of Punjab and Sind Bank
R.K.Tiwari – new Chairman of CBDT
N Ramachandran- President of IOA
Marco Lambertini -Director-General of WWF International
Sanjeev Kulkarni -dean of Princeton University Graduate School (DGH)
Satya Nadella – CEO of Microsoft
M Teresa Kho – Country Director of ADB
Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur – head 7th Central Pay Commission
Poonam Khetrapal Singh – Regional Director of SEARO
Vivek Lall -Special Advisor Published
Manoj Vaish – MD & CEO of MCX
Harish Rawat -8th Chief Minister of Uttrakhand
Michel Rogers – Director of NSA
Arun Gupta – CMD of Shipping Corporation of India
Ajoy Misra – the CEO and MD of Tata Global Beverages Limited
Manoj Kohli – MD&CEO of non telecom businesses of Bharti Enterprises
Gopal vittal – MD&CEO of Bharti Airtel
Egypt’s Army Chief Fattah al-Sisi -Field Marshal
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Professor Rakesh Khurana – Dean of Harvard College
Kailash Meghwal – Speaker of Rajasthan Assembly
Aruna Bahuguna -first woman to be appointed chief of National Police Academy
Catherline Samba-Panza- CAR’s Interim President (first woman to be elected as the interim president)
Jamila Bayaz -first women to be appointed police chief of Kabul province
Sirajuddin Qureshi – President of IICC Published
Morten Sorby – new Uninor CEO
Munish Sharda – MD and CEO of Future Generali Life
Janet Yellen – Chairperson of Federal Reserve
Chandrashekhar – President of NASSCOM
Srinivas and Pravin Rao – Infosys Presidents
Raj Jain – CEO of Bharti Retail
Pradhyuman Singh – pro-tem speaker of 14th Rajasthan Assembly
S.K.Sharma – Chairman and Managing Director of BEL
Ashraf Jehan-first female judge in Pak’s National Sharia Court
Devendra Kumar Pathak – Special DG, BSF
Pradeep Kumar – MD Corporate Banking of State Bank of India
J.N.Chaudhary – Head of NSG
CISF – chief Arvind Ranjan
Ashok Lavasa, – the New Civil Aviation Secretary
M. Veerappa Moily – new Environment and Forests Minister
Siddarth Birla – President of FICCI
Vinod Kumar Duggal – the Governor of Manipur
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar – ambassador of US
Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed – Prime Minister by Somalian Parliament
Usha Sangwan – first woman Managing Director of Life Insurance Corporation.
P.H. Parekh – President of Supreme Court Bar Association
S B Nayar -Chairman and Managing Director of India Infrastructure Finance Corp Limited
Puneet Kumar – secretary general of AEPC
Harsh Kumar Bhanwala -Chairman of NABARD
CVR Rajendran – CMD of Andhra Bank
Krishna Iyer – CEO of Wal-Mart India
Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag – Vice Chief of Army Staff

Last 6 Months SPORTS Current Affairs 2014

Pankaj Advani won World Billiards Point Format Championship
Terry Walsh resigned as Chief Coach of Indian Hockey Team
Cricketer Suresh Raina become co-owner of HIL franchis team Uttar Pradesh Wizards
Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth won China open singles title of Badminton
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic won ATP World Tour Finals
ICC announced Ambassadors for ICC Cricketer World Cup 2015, India’s Kohli is among 5
cricketers
Salgaocar FC won Durand Cup 2014
Virat Kohli became fastest cricketer to reach 6000 ODI runs
Cristiano Ronaldo received 2013-14 European Golden Boot award
Angelo Mathews named as captain of the ICC Test Team of the year
Mahendra Singh Dhoni named as captain of ICC ODI Team of the year 2014
Bhuvaneshwar Kumar won LG people’s Choice Awards
Narinder Batra became a member of FIH Executive Board
Pankaj Advani won IBSF World Billiards Championship in Bangalore
Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh inducted into Don Bradman Hall of Fame
Serena Williams won the singles title of BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore 2014
Indian Golfer Anirban Lahiri won Venetian Macau Golf Open
Sania Mirza and Cara Black won doubles title of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore
Luis Suarez received European Golden Boot Award 2014
India won Sultan of Johor Cup Under-21 Hockey title
Paralympic Games to be held in India in February 2015
Mary Kom voted as India’s Most Valuable Player in Asian Games 2014
Ajay Jayaram won Dutch Open Grand Prix badminton tournament
RCA removed former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi as its President
Roger Federer won Shanghai Masters trophy of Tennis
ICC banned Zimbabwe bowler Prosper Utseya and Bangladeshi bowler Sohag Gazi for illegal
action
17th Asian Games Incheon 2014 held in South Korea
MS Dhoni became ISL team CHennaiyin co-owner
Chitresh Tatha is the Youngest Sailor at the Asian games 2014
Abishek Bachchan’s Jaipur Pink Panthers won Pro Kabaddi title
MC Mary Kom bagged her first Asian Games Gold Medal
Leander Paes and Marcin Matkowski won Malaysian Open doubles title of tennis
Kuala Lumpur to host ICC World Cricket Division 3
BCCI extended tenure of Ravi Shastri as team India Director till 2015 World Cup
Marvan Atapattu appointed as head coach of Sri Lankan cricket team
Sardar Singh became India’s flag bearer at 17th Asian Games Opening
USA won FIBA Basketball World Cup 2014 by defeating Serbia
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HS Prannoy won Indonesian masters title
Chitresh Tatha is the youngest Sailor at the Asian Games 2014
Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal has been suspended by ICC for illegal bowling action
Mike and Bob Bryan won 5th U.S> Tennis Open Men’s double title
Marin Cilic won Men’s Singles title of US open
Harika Dronavalli won bronze in women grand prix chess
Serena Williams won 3rd consecutive US Open
Sania Mirza & Brazillian teammate Bruno Soares won Mixed Doubles trophy of US Open
Sudhakar Jayant won gold medal at IWF World Masters Weightlifting Championships
Ritu Rani to lead Indian Women’s Hockey team in Asian Games 2014
Carolina Marin became the first Spaniard to win World Badminton Championship
Jaipur Pink Panthers won the inaugural title of Pro Kabaddi League
Weightlifter Ragala Venkat Rahul won first medal for India at 2nd Youth Olympics
Hockey Madhya Pradesh became 23rd Associate Member of Hockey India
Dutch Teenager Max Verstappen to become youngest Formula One driver
Adille Sumariwala appointed as the Chef-de-Mission for 2014 Asian Games
Ravi Shastri appointed as the Director of Indian Cricket Team
Roger Federer won Cincinnati Tennis Open
Kush Kumar became first Indian player to reach semi final of World Junior Squash
Championship
Jo Pavey of Great Britain became oldest-ever woman to win Goldin European Championships
Real Madrid won UEFA Super Cup in Cardiff
Miroslav Klose of Germany announced retirement from International Football
R Ashwin ranked no.1 Test all-rounder in ICC test team rankings
Former Hockey Captain Ajitpal Singh to head Dronacharya Award Selection Committe
Kapil Dev to head Arjuna Awards Selection Committee
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Xavi, the Spanish midfielder retired from International football
P Kashyap became third Indian to win Gold medal in Badminton at Commonwealth Games
India won 64 Medals in Glasgow Commonwealth Games
Vikas Gowda of Karnataka won gold medal in men’s athletics
Dipa Karmakar became first Indian Woman gymnast to win medal on Commonwealth Games
Abhinav Bindra won Gold medal in Men’s 10m Air Rifle at the 2014 Common wealth games
Weightlifters Sukhen Dey & K Sanjith Chanu won Gold Medal on day 1 of Commonwealth
Games 2014
India tennis star Sania Mirza appointed as Brand Ambassador of Telangana
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg won 2014 German Grand Prix
Irishman Rory Mcllroy won British Golf open 2014
Rahul Dravid elected as member of Laureus World Sports Academy
127th edition of Durand Cup football tournament to be held in Goa in October 2014
Sim Bhullar became first Indian-origin basketball player to join NBA
Germany won the 2014 FIFA Football World Cup beating Argentina 1-0
Sania Mirza ranked career-best fifth in WTA doubles rankings
Knitova won the Women’s Wimbledon Tennis Open
Novak Djokovic won the Men’s Wimbledon Tennis Open defeating Roger Federer
Indian pistol shooter Jitu Rai ranked No. 1 in the world
Saina Nehwal won Australian Open Super Series title

Persons Appointed in 2014

Aruna Bahugana – First Women to be appointed as Chief of National Police Academy
Ajoy Misra – CEO & MD of Tata Global beverages Limited
Arun Gupta – CMD of Shipping Corporation of India
Aditi Khanna – First women president of Indian Journalist’s Association
A.B.Pandya – Chairman of Central Water Commission
A.K. Dubey – Chairman of Coal India limited (CIL)
Amitabh Bachchan – Maharashtra’s horticulture ambassador
B Ashok – Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)
Chandrasekhar – NASSCOM Presidents
Chandrashekhar Rao – First CM of Telangana
Dinesh Sarraf – ONGC Chief
D K Pathak – Director General of BSF
Emma Watson – UN Goodwill Ambassador
Gopal Vittal – MD & CEO of Bharti Airtel
G. Rohini – First women Chief Justice of Delhi High Court
Harish rawat – 8th Chief Minister Uttarakhand
Hiroshi Naka – Vice President and Auditor General of World Bank
Ibrahim Mahlab – Egypt Prime Minister
Janet Yellen – Chairperson of Federal Reserve
Jamila Bayaz – First women to be appointed as police chief of kabul
Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur – Chaiman of 7th Central pay Commission
Jatinder Bir Singh – CMD of Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB)
Justice Mukul Mudgal – Chief of BCCC
Jens Stoltenberg – Secretary General of North Atlantic Traty Organisation (NATO)
Justice Arun Mishra, Justice Adarsh Kumar and Justice Rohington F nairman – Supreme Court
Judges
Kailash Meghwal – Rajasthan Assembly Speaker
Kavery Benerjee – Secretary, Department of Posts
KN Tripathi – 22nd Governor of West Bengal
Kaptan Singh Solanki – Governor of Haryana
Morten Sorby – Uninor CEO
Manoj Kohli – MD & CEO of non telecom business of Bharti Enterprises
Michel Rogers – Director of NSA
Manoj Vaish – MD & CEO of MCX
M Teresa – Country Director of Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Matteo Renzi – Italy PM
M S Mehta – CEO of Reliance Infrastruture
Merie-Lousie Coleiro Preca – President of Malta
Mukul Rohatgi – 14th Attorny – General of India
N Ramachandran – President of Indian Olympic Association (IOA)
Narendra Kumar – MD of ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL)
Nripendra Misra- Principal Secretary of OPM, Narendra Modi
Pradhyuman Singh – 14th Pro-tem speaker of Rajasthan Assembly
Professor Rakesh Kurana – Dean of Harvard College
Priyadharshi Mohapatra – Managing Director of SAARC Operations
PK Mishra – Additional Principal Secretary for Prime Minister
Prayuth Chan-ocha – PM of Thailand
Raj Jain – CEO of Bharti Retail
R.K. Tiwari – Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
Rakesh Sethi – CMD of Allahabad bank
Rajiv Takru – New revenue Secretary
R Gandhi – Deputy Governor of RBI
Ravi Chauhan – Managing Director SAP
R.M.Lodha – Chief Justice of India
Rajeev Suri – President and CEO of Nokia Corporation
Rajeev Topno – Private Principal Secretary for Prime Minister
Ram Naik – 27th Governor of UP
Rajni Razdan – UPSC Chairperson
S.K. Sharma – Chairman and Managing Director of BEL
Srinivas and Pravin Rao – Infosys Presidents
Sirajuddin Querishi – IICC Presidents
Satya Nadella – Microsoft CEO
Sanjeev Kulkarni – Dean of Princeton University
Sheila Dixit – New Governor of Kerala
Soma Mondal – First Women Director of NALCO
Sunil Gavaskar – Interim President of BCCI
Sanjay Kapoor – Micromax Chairman
S S Mundra – Fourth RBI deputy Governor
Varun Berry – Managing Director of Britannia Industries
Vinod Sawhny – CEO of Reliance Communications
Vishal Sikka – CEO Infosys
Y Sudarshan rao – Chairman of Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR)

Important Details about India’s Mars Orbiter Mission /

Mangalyaan
1.The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called as Mangalyaan (Mangalyaan is an unofficial
name)
2.This program is run by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization)
3.Manufactured by Indian Space Research Organisation Satellite Centre (ISAC)
4.Launched into Earth orbit on 5th November 2013
5.It was launched from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
6. This project is aimed as a “technology demonstrator”. It will showcase and prove the
capability for interplanetary missions
7.The launch was made using PSLV-XL C25 rocket
8.The orbiter will have a life of 6 to 10 months in the orbit
9.While orbiting Mars the orbiter will study surface features, minerals and atmosphere on Mars
10.There are 5 main instruments on the orbiter:
A. Lyman-Alpha Photometer (LAP)
B. Methane Sensor For Mars (MSM)
C. Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser (MENCA)
D. Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (TIS)
E. Mars Colour Camera (MCC)
11.It was successfully inserted into orbit of Mars on 24 September 2014
12.India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit.
13. The Mars Orbiter Mission was achieved on a budget of $73 million, nearly a tenth of the
amount the US space agency NASA spent on sending the “Maven” spacecraft to Mars.
Questions that can be expected from MOM in the exams:
 When is D-Day celebrated? – On 24th September, 2014 (On the event of MOM
 reaching the Mar’s Orbit!)
 What is the expected life of the Orbiter? – 6 to 10 months
 Besides ISRO, which space agencies had succeeded in making successful missions to
Mars? –NASA, Soviet Space Program and European Space Agency
 Which space centre currently monitoring the Mangalyaan? – ISTRAC, Bangalore
 In his speech of appraisal, Mr. Modi had mentioned about one Hollywood movie, which
costs more than the movie. What is the name of the movie? – Gravity
  What is the total lift off weight of the PSLV C25? – 1350 Kg
 What is weight of the orbiter? – 15 Kg

MOU’s signed in 2014

India and Maldives signed three memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of
Health on 2nd January, 2014 in New Delhi
India & UK signed MOU to enhance the collaboration within the framework of UK India
Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) on 16th January, 2014 in New Delhi
The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) signed MoUs with FCCI to collaborate in the
areas ofcorporate social responsibility competition law, corporate laws, corporate governance,
Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development of the Industry and the economy on 17 th January,
2014
India and Japan signed the Memorandum in tourism on 22nd January, 2014 in New Delhi
India and UAE signed an MOU to promote cooperation in renewable energy, especially in areas
of solar energy and wind power on 18th January in Abu Dhabi.
Six public sector units (PSUs) signed MOU to set up world’s largest 4000 MW ultra solar
power project on 29th January, 2014 in Rajasthan
India and Netherlands signed an MOU in the field of sports on 30 th January, 2014 in New
Delhi
India and Netherlands signed an MOU on renewable energy on 11th February, 2014 in New
Delhi
India and Saudi Arabia signed an MOU on defence cooperation pact for partnership in further
areas of security on 26th February, 2014 in New Delhi
NTPC Signed an MOU with Bihar State Power Generation Company Limited (BSPGCL)
and Lakhisarai Bijlee Company Private Limited (LBCPL) to develop a 1320 MW thermal power
project at Kajra on 22nd February, 2014
Gail and Chubu Electric Power Company signed an MOU on 24th March, 2014 in Gastech
conference in South Korea to enhance the LNG volumes
India and Jamaica signed a MoU on April 02, 2014 to have floodlights installed at Sabina Park
Airports Authority of India signs MoU with Ministry of Civil Aviation that targets to improve
the key performance of AAI in some areas
India and Myanmar have signed a MOU for border cooperation on May 10 th, 2014 in New
Dlehi
Rosneft and ONGC videsh limited signed an MOU on May, 24 2014 for cooperation in
exploration, appraisal and hydrocarbon production on the continental shelf of the Russian
Federation.
West Bengal and Maharashtra governments signed a MOU on victim of trafficking which will
identify and repatriate women and children who are victims of trafficking
Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE), Mumbai and Central Agricultural
University (CAU), Imphal signed a MoU on 14th June, 2014 to facilitate collaboration in
academic, research and training programmes.
MECL has signed MoU with Geological Survey of India (GSI) on 14th June, 2014 to enhance
synergy in the field of Earth Sciences between two organizations
India and China signed an MOU on 30th June, 2014 for setting up Chinese Industrial park in
different states in India.
NABARD and SFAC signed a MOU for development of small farm producers on 4th July, 2014
India – Czech Republic sign MOU on technical co-operation in Railways at Rail Bhawan, New
Delhi on 19th August, 2014 and the MOU was signed by Arunendra Kumar, Chairaman/Railway
Board and Miloslav Stasek, Ambassador of Czech Republic
India-Brazil signed an MoU between the Ministry of External Relations of Federative Republic
of Brazil and the Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of India onth
India & Srilanka signed MOU signed MOU to set up Engineering & Agricultural faculty for
University of Jaffna
India & Japan signed MOU to develop Varanasi into Smart City using the experience of Kyoto
the ‘smart city’ of Japan and it is was signed by Indian Ambassador Deepa Wadhwa and Kyoto
Mayor Daisaka kadokawa
India & Bahrain signed six MoUs which are given as follows:
Between Bahrain Development Bank (BDB) and SIDBI, this is for Partnering
enhancement of financial and non-financial services for SMEs in Bahrain.
Between Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) and NASSCOM, this
promotes cooperation in ICT and exchange of IT missions.
Between EDB & CII, this will allow for reaching out to the companies in each
other country for newer business opportunities.
Between Tamkeen and National Skill Development Corporation: This will
promote sharing of equity and experience in technical of vocational training.
Between Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and University of Bahrain: it
will promote better understanding and cooperation among students and facult. This is the first
MoU between the two universities.
Between National Authority for Qualifications & Quality Assurance of Education
& Training (QQA), Bahrain & National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), which
allows for partnership to enhance external quality assurance in both legal and jurisdictions and to
develop higher education institutions.

IMPORTANT FACTS about Google

Started in: January, 1996 as a research project at Stanford University, by Larry Page and Sergey
Brin
Google.com domain went online in 1997
First funding: $100,000 for google was provided by Andy Bechtolsheim the co founder of Sun
Micro systems
Name: Googol but accidentally it is named as Google by original founders
Servers: 450,000 servers, racked up in clusters
Head Quarters is called as “Googleplex”
57% of American kids say ‘Google’ as their first word.
620 Million visitors visit Google.com daily.
A Google employee is named a “Googler” while a new team member is called a “Noogler”
Google makes 99% of its profit from its advertising.
50% of the traffic to Wikipedia is generated from Google searches.
Google owns YouTube, DoubleClick, On2 Technologies, Picnik, Aardvark, AdMob, Zagat, and
Motorola Mobility
Google is the Internet’s most visited website globally according to Alexa (Web information
Company)
In June 2000, Google became the world’s largest search engine.b
In June 2006, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) added “Google” as a verb.c
In Feb 2002, Klingon became one of Google’s 72 language interfaces.t
In 2010, Google’s total assets were $57.851 billion dollars

When Google introduced its “Did you mean . . .?” feature, site traffic doubled.c
 Important Points about Google

 Google incorporated in 1998

 30 million pages indexed in 1998
 1 billion pages indexed in 2000
 Eric Schmidt named CEO in in 2001
 Acquired Blogger in 2003
 Adsense launched in 2003
 Gmail launched in 2004
 Google IPO in 2004
 8 billion pages indexed in in 2004
 Acquired YouTube in 2006 for $1.65 billion
 1 Trillion pages indexed in in 2008
 Android announced in 2007
 Chrome launched in 2008
 1.8 million shares given to Stanford University for its PageRank Patent sold by Stanford in 2005 for
$336 million
 It currently runs over 1 million computer servers in data centers around the world
 Google search handles over 1 billion searches per day
 7.2 billion daily page views
 87.8 billion monthly worldwide searches conducted on Google sites
 Google’s global search market share is 85%
 Daily visitors to Google is 620 million
 Google.com’s worldwide ranking is number 1
 Revenue in 2000 was $19 million
 Profit in 2000 was a loss of $14 million
 In 2009 Google’s revenue was nearly $23 billion
 In 2009 Google’s profit was $6.5 billion
 97% is the percentage of revenue from advertising
 Stock price at its IPO in 2004 was $85
 Stock price in 2010 was $535
 Over 19,000 employees
 37% are research staff
 37% are sales staff
 A ‘Noogler’ is a new person at Google
 45% of Google’s products are currently in Beta
 YouTube market share is 39.4%
 270,000 words a minute are written on Blogger
 146 million Gmail users
 Google analytics is used on 57% of the top 10,000 websites
 400,000 new Android devices are activated every day
 100 million activated Android devices
 200,000 Apps available for the Android
 4.5 billion Apps have been installed from the Android Market
 Google’s Android mobile operating system is the world’s leading smart phone platform surpassing
Nokia and Apple with a 33% share
 33 million Android operating systems were shipped in the the fourth quarter of 2010
 The Google Driverless car named the ‘Stanley’ won the DARPA Grand challenge and the $2 million in
prize money from the US Department of Defense in 2005
Googles First Tweet
“I’m feeling lucky”

G
oogle’s first-ever Twitter post was in February 2004. It was binary (“I’m 01100110
01100101 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101100 01110101
01100011 01101011 01111001 00001010.”) means “I’m feeling lucky” which can be seen in
the front page of google.
Googles First Doodle

Awards and Honours 2014

Narindra Batra won FIH Presidents Award
Royal Society honoured the geneticist Sit Alec Jeffreys with Copley Medal 2014
Malala won 2014 World’s Children prize
Manmohan Singh won top national award of Japan
Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege won Sakharov human rights prize
UK announced first ever Dadabhai Naroji Awards
Malala Yousafzai got US Liberty Medal
Indian bon scientist Sanjaya Rajaram received World Food Pize 2014
Lyricist Sameer honoured with Kishore Kumar Award for 2012-13
Richard Flanagan won Man Booker Prize
Kailash Satyarthi of india and Malaa Yousafzau won 2014 Nobel Peace Prize
French Writer Patrick Madiano won the 2014 Nobel Prize in literature
Eric Betzig, Stefan W.Hell and William E. Moerner Won Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014
Indian origin Sashil Doshi won 2014 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge
Enis Mukwege won prestigious restigeous Sakharov human rights prize
Anoop Jain won Waislits Globen Citizen Award
Ashwika Kapur won Green Oscar Award
Sir Schindler Nicholas Winton awarded Order of the White Lion of Czech Republic
French economist Jean Tirole won the 014 Nobel Prize for Economics
Raghuram Rajan received Euromoney Award 2014
Cricketers Sachin Tendulkar & Steve Waugh slected as 2014 Bradman Honouree
Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura Won Nobel Prize 2014 for physics
The president of Taiwan presented the first Tang Prizes in Taipei
Shah Rukh Khan presented with Britain’s Global Diversity Award
Edward Snowden and Alan Rusbridger won Right Livelihood award
East Timor and Bangladesh Honured with South east Asia Regional Award
President of India presented Indira Gandhi Rajbhasa Awards
French Economist Jean Tirole Won Nobel Prize for Economics
Salman Rushdie Won PEN Pinter Prize 2014
WHO honoured Bangladesh an Timor-Leste for Excellence in Public Health
China awarded China Book Award to JNU professor Priyadarsi Mukherji
Indian scientist Kamal Bawa won Midori Prize in Biodiversity 2014
Harry Belafonte to receive honorary humanitarian Oscar
Indian activist Ramesh Agarwal honoured with Goldman Environmental Prize
Shubhranshu choudary won 2014 Google Digital Activist Award
Saiyid Hamid conferred with Sir Ross Masood Lifetime Achivement Award 2014
John O’Keefe, May Britt Moser and Edvard Moser won Nobel Prize 2014 in Medicine
Govinda Mishra received Saraswati Samman 2013 fo novel Dhool Paudhon Par
Indian origin Manjul Bhargava academic won ‘Nobel Prize’ of Maths
Malala Yousafzai won Liberty Medal 2014
Oxford Summit of Leaders conferred Mrunalinidevi Puar with Best Manager Award
Tejinder Virdee honoured knighthood by Queen Elizabet
Eimear McBridewon Baileys Women’s Prixe for Fiction
Anand Mahindra became first Indian to receive Harvard Medal
Winter Sleep won palme d’Or at 2014 Cannis Fil Festival
Indian artist Sudarsan won award at Sand Sculpting World Cup
Salman Rushdie won Pen Pinter Writing Prize
India-born Sanjay Rajaram won World Food Prize 2014
Edinburgh University awarded honorary degree to APJ Abdul Kalam
John Travolta honoured the Most Popular All Time International Star in India at IIFA awards
UK physicist Stuart Parkin won Millennium technology prize
Queen Elizabeth II conferred Knight Commander rank on Ratan Tata
Indian American cardiologist Dr. Sumit Chugh won prestigious Simon Dack Award
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban won Pritzker prize 2014
Malala Yousafzai, Misbah-ul-Haq received Pakistan civil awards
Ahmet Sik won UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press freedom Prize 2014
‘Black Coal, Thin Ice’ won golen Bear at Berlin Film Festival
Czech priest Tomas Halik won 2014 Templeton Prize
Kerala became the first Indian state to win top UN Award in Tourism
Richard Quest won UNWTO Lifetime Achievement Award
Indian writer Pankaj Mishra on $150,000 Yale Literary prize
Malala, John Wood and Indira Ranamagar were nominated for World children’s Prize in
Swedom
NR Narayana Murthy honoured with ‘Global Indian Award’ in Canada
India, Singapore won 2014 UN Water for Life award
150 Interesting Facts about India for Bank Exams

1. India is the seventh largest country in the world in terms

of area.
2. Indian mainland extends between latitudes 8 degree 4′ and 37 degree 6′ north, longitudes 68 degree 7′
and 97 degree 25′ east and measures about 3,214 km from north to south between the extreme latitudes
and about 2,933 km from east to west between the extreme longitudes.
3. India has land frontier of about 15,200 km. The total length of the coastline of the mainland,
Lakshadweep Islands and Andaman and Nicobar Islands is 7,516.6 km.
4. Countries having common border with India are: Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Bhutan, Nepal,
Myanmar and Bangladesh. Sri Lanka is separated from India by a narrow channel of sea formed by the
Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar.
5. Aravalli, Vindhya, Satpura, Maikala and Ajanta are prominent hill ranges that lie between the
Peninsular India and the plains of Ganga.
6. The Eastern and Western Ghats meet at the southern part of the Indian Peninsula which is formed by
the Nilgiri Hills. .
7. Ghagra, Gomti, Gandak, Kosi and Yamuna are the major Himalayan rivers that join the Ganga.
Chambal, Betwa and Sone are major rivers flowing north from central India that join Yamuna/Ganga.
8. After Ganga, Godavari has the second largest basin covering 10 per cent of the area of India. Next to it
is Krishna, followed by the Mahanadi basin.
9. The climate of India can be described as Tropical monsoon type.
10. India is in tenth position in the world and fourth in Asia in plant diversity.
11. Botanical Survey of India, (BSI), Kolkata is the nodal agency that is studying the flora of the country.
BSI brings out an inventory of the endangered plants in the form of a publication titled “Red Data Book”.
12. The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kolkata and its 16 regional stations are responsible for
surveying the faunal resources of India.
13. India has a great variety of fauna, numbering 89,451 species.
14. The design of the National Flag was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India on July 22,1947.
 15. The State emblem of India is an adaptation from the Sarnath Lion Capitol of
Ashoka. Carved out of a single block of polished sandstone, the Capitol is crowned by the Wheel of the
Law (Dizaram Chakra). There are four lions, standing back to back, mounted on an abacus with a frieze
carrying sculptures in high relief of an elephant, a galloping horse, a bull and a lion, separated by
intervening wheels over a bell-shaped lotus.
16. In the State emblem, adopted on January 26,1950, only three lions are visible. The bell-shaped lotus
has been omitted. The words, SatyamevaJayate, from Mundaka Upanishad, meaning ‘truth alone
triumphs’, are inscribed below the abacus in Devanagiri script.
17. The song Jana-gana-mana, composed by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted in its Hindi version by
the Constituent Assembly, as the National Anthem of India, on January 24, 1950. It was first sung on
December 27, 1911, at the Calcutta session of Indian National Congress. The complete song consists of
five stanzas. The first stanza contains the full version of the National Anthem.
18. The national calendar of India is based on the Saka Era, with Chaitra as its first month. A normal year
of 365 days was adopted from March 22, 1957, along with the Gregorian Calendar for the following
purposes: (1) Gazette of India; (2) news broadcast by All India Radio; (3) calendars issued by
Government of India; and (4) Government communications addressed to the members of the public.
19. Agriculture sector of India contributes 25 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and about 70 per
cent of the population is dependent on it.
20. There are three main crop seasons in India, namely, kharif, rabi and summer.’
21. Major kharif crops are: rice, jowar, bajra, maize, cotton, sugarcane, soyabean, and groundnut.
22. Major rabi crops are: wheat, barley, gram, linseed, rapeseed, and mustard. Rice, maize and
groundnut are grown in summer season also.
23. In Indian agriculture, oilseeds are next to food grains in area coverage, production and value. India
is,one of the largest oilseeds growing countries, contributing about 15 per cent to the acreage under
oilseeds in the world.
24. The Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, set up a Technology Mission on Oilseeds in May
1986 with the objective to increase the production of oilseeds, reduce the import of edible oils and to
achieve self-sufficiency in edible oils.
25. India is the third largest producer and consumer of fertilizers in the world, after China and USA. It
contributes to 9.5 per cent of world production and 10.6 per cent of world consumption of NPK nutrients,
but sustains one-sixth of the world population.
26. The National Biofertiliser Development Centre is located at Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Its six regional
centres are located at .labalpur, Nagpur, Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, Hissar and Imphal.
27. The Central Fertiliser Quality Control and Training Institute is located in Faridabad, Haryana. Its three
regional centres are located at Mumbai, Chennai and Kalyani.
28. India accounts for about 10 per cent of the production of fruits in the world.
29. Mango is the most important fruit produced in India, covering about 39 per cent of the total area used
for fruit production and accounting for 23 per cent of total fruit production of India.
30. India occupies first position in the total production of banana in the world.
31. India is next only to China in the area and production of vegetables. India contributes about 13 per
cent of the world vegetable production and occupies first position in production of cauliflowers, second in
onion and third in cabbage in the world.
32. India is the largest producer, processor, consumer and exporter of cashew nut in the world. India
produces 45 per cent of the global production of cashew.
33. The Centrally-sponsored scheme of soil conservation in the catchments of River Valley Project (RVP)
was started in the third Five-year Plan. Another scheme of FloodProne Rivers (FPR) was started in the
sixth Plan. Both the schemes were clubbed during the ninth Plan and further subsumed under Macro
Management Mode in November 2000.
34. The Locust Warning Organisation (LWO) is located in Jodhpur.
35. Seed sector in India consists of two national level corporations: National Seed Corporation (NSC) and
State Farm Corporation of India (SFCI). The Seeds Act, 1966 provides for the legislative framework for
regulation of quality of seeds sold in India.
36. The Department of Agriculture and Cooperation (DAC) launched a Central Sector Scheme during the
ninth Plan to make available seeds for any contingent situation arising out of natural calamity.
37. Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI) advises the Central and State governments on
agricultural marketing policies and programmes. It is located in Faridabad, Haryana.
38. The National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (NIAM) is located in Jaipur.
39. Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institutes are located at Budni (Madhya Pradesh), Hissar
(Haryana), Garladinne (Andhra Pradesh) and BiswanathChariali (Assam).
40. India accounts for 57 per cent of the world’s buffalo population and 15 per cent of the cattle
population. India possesses 27 acknowledged indigenous breeds of cattle and 7 breeds of buffaloes.
41. The present availability of animal protein in an Indian diet is 10 gm per person per day, as against a
world average of 25 gm.
42. India is the largest producer of milk in the world and ranks fifth in egg production.
43. Central Sheep Breeding Farm is located in Hissar.
44. Reishi or Ling Zhi is a medicinal mushroom which has been successfully grown in India.
45. For rehabilitation of calcareous soils Tamarix articulate, Acadia nilotica, ProsopisJuliflora, Eucalyptus
tereticornis, Acacia tortills, Cassia siamea and Feronialimonia have been found promising for plantation
with furrow planting methods in arid and semi-arid regions. Salvadorapersica proved the ideal species for
soil and water management in saline black soils.
46. Karzat 4, Indryani, Panvel 2, Palgarh 1 and 2 are names of various rice varieties sown in India.
47. Kankrej, Ponwar, Gangatiri and Kherigah are names of various cattle breeds in India.
48. Jalauni, Kheri, Mandya, Hassan and Mecheri are names of various sheep breeds of India.
49. C-ELISA is an indigenously developed kit for rinderpest which has been validated by the International
Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna.
50. Feedbase-2001 is a data base that provides information on feed resources and feed balance sheet.
51. Okara is a by-product of soymilk.
52. Vivekananda ParvatiyaKrishiAnusandhanSansthan is located in Almora, Uttaranchal.
53. The Lalit Kala Academy (National Academy of Fine Arts) is located in New Delhi. It has regional
centres, called RashtriyaLalit Kala Kendras, located at Lucknow, Kolkata, Chennai, Garhi(New Delhi) and
Bhubaneswar.
54. BharataNatyam is a dance form of Tamil Nadu. Kathakali is a dance form of Kerala. Kathak is a
classical dance form revitalised as a result of Mughal influence on Indian culture. Manipuri is a dance
form of Manipur, while Kuchipudi owes its origin to Andhra Pradesh. Odissi, once practised as temple
dance, has its origins in Odisha.
55. Kathak Kendra, Delhi, and Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy, Imphal, are training institutes
run by SangeetNatak Academy, the National Academy of. Music, Dance and Drama. The Academy also
supports training programmes in Chhau dance of Mayurbhanj and Seraikella, as also Koodiyattam of
Kerala.
56. The National School of Drama (NSD) is one of the foremost theatre institutions in the world and the
only one of its kind in India. It was set up by SangeetNatak Academy in 1959 and in 1975 it became an
autonomous organization.
57. The Theatre-in education Company (renamed as Sanskar Rang Toli was founded by NSD in 1989.
Since 1998, NSD has organized National Theatre Festival for Children, christened JashneBachpan, every
year.
58. The first-ever National Theatre Festival, christened Bharat Rang Mahotsav, was held in March-April,
1999 to commemorate the 50th year of India’s Independence.
59. Sahitya Academy has its Head Office in New Delhi. Besides, it has four offices in Kolkata, Mumbai,
Bangalore and Chennai. It also has four translation centres at Bangalore, Delhi, Ahmedabad and Kolkata,
besides a project office at Vadodra for promotion of oral and tribal literature and an Archives of Indian
literature. It also maintains a multilingual library at New Delhi, Bangalore and Kolkata, stocking books in
over 25 languages.
60. The highest honour conferred by Sahitya Academy on a writer is by electing him/her its Fellow. The
honour is limited to 21 at any given moment.
61. The Sahitya Academy holds a ‘Festival of Letters’ every year, usually in February.
62. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) functions as an attached office of the Department of Culture,
Ministry of Tourism and Culture.
63. The National Museum was established on August 15, 1949 in the Durbar Hall of the
RashtrapatiBhawan.It was formally inaugurated on December 18, 1960 on its present premises.
64. The National Council of Science Museums is located in Kolkata.
65. The Allahabad Museum is famous for its collection of Bharhut, Bhumara and Jamsot sculptors and for
the terracotta from Kausumbi, Bhita, Jhusi, Patliputra, Sarnath, Rajghat and Ahichhatra. The Museum
also has paraphernalia and family heirlooms of Nehrus, including manuscripts of’ An Autobiography’ by
J.L. Nehru.
66. The National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property (NRLC) is located in
Lucknow.
67. The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) was founded in 1954 to promote and develop
contemporary Indian Art.
68. The National Archives of India (NAI), New Delhi, known until independence as Imperial Record
Department, was originally established in Kolkata in March 1891. It is the official custodian of all non-
current records of permanent / value to the government of India and its predecessor bodies. It has a
regional office at Bhopal and three record centres at Bhubaneswar, ]aipur and Pondicherry.
69. Marine Archeology Centre has been established in the National Institute of Oceanography, Goa.
Major exploration are being undertaken in the waters of ancient Dwarka, Poompuhar waters (Tamil Nadu)
and around Lakshadweep.
70. National Library, Kolkata serves as a permanent repository of all reading and information material
produced in India, as well.as printed material written by Indians and concerning India written by
foreigners, wherever published and in whatever language.
71. Under the Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act, 1954, four libraries-National
Library, Kolkata, Central Library, Mumbai, Connemara Public Library, Chennai, and Delhi Public Library,
Delhi-are entitled to receive a copy of new books and magazines published in the counuy.
72. KhudaBakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna has a rich collection of over 20,000 ‘Arabic, Persian,
Urdu, Turkish, Pali and Sanskrit manuscripts.
73. The Thanjavur Maharaja Serfoji’sSaraswatiMahal (TMSSM) Library, Thanjavur is one of the few
medieval libraries that exist in the world.
74. The Rampur Raza Library, housed in Hamid Manzil in the fort of Rampur, is a treasure house of Indo
Islamic learning and art.
75. Asiatic Society in Kolkata was founded by Sir William Jones in 1784, with the objective of inquiring
into the history, science, arts and literature of Asia.
76. The Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies is located in Varanasi. It was established with the
objective of preservation of Tibetan culture and tradition, restoration of ancient Indian literature preserved
in Tibetan language and to provide higher education in Buddhist studies.
77. The Central Institute of Buddhist Studies is located, in Leh.
78. The Sikkim Research Institute of Tibetology is located in Sikkim. It has done significant work in
promoting research in CHHO (Tibetan for Dharma).
79. Anthropological Survey of India is located in Kolkata.
80. Indira Gandhi RashtriyaManavSanghrahalaya (National Museum of Mankind) is located in Bhopal. It
is dedicated to the depiction of an integrated story of humankind in global perspective, with special focus
on India.
81. The Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) has its headquarters in New Delhi and two
regional Centres at Udaipur and Hyderabad.
82. With the aim of projecting in India cultural kinships transcending territorial boundaries, seven zonal
cultural centres have been established at Patiala, Kolkata, Thanjavur, Udaipur, Allahabad, Dimapur and
Nagpur.
83. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) is a premier national institute engaged in the
pursuit of knowledge on arts and culture. It is also the nodal agency for the setting up of a national data
bank on arts, humanities and cultural heritage.
84. Gandhi Smriti and DarshanSamiti has been set up primarily to maintain and look after the national
memorial where Gandhiji was assassinated, now called Gandhi Smriti, and a permanent photo exhibition
at Rajghat, called Gandhi Darshan.
85. The Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) is responsible for formulation and maintenance of
statistical standards, work pertaining to national accounts, industrial statistics, consumer price indices,
conduct of economic census and surveys and liaising with international agencies in statistical matters. It is
located in New Delhi.
86. National income is defined as the sum of incomes accruing to factors of production, supplied by
normal residents of the country before deduction of direct taxes. It is equal to net national product at
factor-cost.
87. The National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) has been set up to conduct large scale surveys to
meet the data needs of India as also for the estimation of national income and other aggregates. It has
four divisions: (i) Survey Design and Research Division (SDRD), with headquarters in Kolkata; (ii) Field
Operations Division (FOD) having its headquarters in Delhi; (iii) Data Processing Division (DPD) with
headquarters in Kolkata; and (iv) Coordination and Publication Division (CPD), located in Delhi.
88. Summary results of NSSO surveys are published in the biannual technical journal Sarvekshana.
89. India has an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of 2.02 million sq km. The EEZ provides India with more
than 60 per cent of its oil and gas production and fishing valued at $ 1.15 billion.
90. The Army War College, earlier known as College of Combat, is located in Mhow.
91. The Infantry School, Mhow is the largest and oldest military training centre of Indian Army. This
institute also trains the National Shooting team, under the aegis of Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU).
92. The Institute of Defence Management is located in Secunderabad.
93. The Defence Services Staff College is located in Wellington. It imparts training to middle level officers
(Major and equivalent) of Army, Air Force and Navy.
94. The High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) is located in Gulmarg.
95. The National Defence College is located in Delhi. It is the only institute of India that imparts
knowledge on all aspects of national security and strategy.
96. Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited, located in Hyderabad, was incorporated with the primary objective of
ushering in self-reliance in special metals and alloys for strategic sectors like Defence, Space and Atomic
energy.
97. The 86th Constitution Amendment Act, 2002, makes elementary education a Fundamental Right for
children in the age-group of 6-14 years.
98. The SarvaShikshaAbhiyan (SSA) scheme evolved I from the recommendations of the State Education
Ministers’ Conference held in October 1998. The main goals of SSA are: (a) All 6-14 age children
complete five-year primary education by 2007; (b) Bridge all gender and social category gaps at primary
stage by 2007 and at elementary education level by 2010; (c) Focus on elementary education of
satisfactory quality with emphasis on education for life; and (d) Universal retention by 2010.
99. The National programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education is commonly known as Mid Day
Meal Scheme. It was launched in August 1995.
100. Operation Blackboard was launched in 1987 with the aim of improving human and physical
resources available in primary schools of India.
101. Janshala Programme is a collaborative effort of the government of India, and five UN agencies-
UNDP, UNESCO, ILO, UNICEF and UNFPA-to provide programme support to the ongoing efforts
towards achieving Universal Elementary Education (UEE).
102. The National Council for Teacher Education was established by an Act of the Parliament in August
1995.
103. The University Grants Commission (UGC) serves as a coordinating body between the Union and
State governments and the institutions of higher learning.
104. The National Literacy Mission (NLM) aims to attain a sustainable threshold level of 75 per cent
literacy by 2007, by imparting functional literacy to non-literates in the age-group of 15-35 years.
105. The Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages is located in Hyderabad.
106. The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) system was introduced in India in 1985 by the Raja
Ram Mohan Roy National Agency for ISBN. ISBN is a unique international publisher’s identifier number.
107. Administering the Copyright Act, 1957 is the responsibility of the Union Ministry of Human Resource
Development, Department of Secondary and Higher Education.
108. The Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) was the first multipurpose river valley project to be
undertaken after Independence. It was set up in July 1948.
109. The National Power Training Institute (NPTI) is located at Faridabad.
110. The Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) has its headquarters located at Bangalore. Other units
are located at Bhopal, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Ghaziabad, Thiruvanthapuram and Raichur.
111. The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) is the nodal agency to promote efficient use of energy and its
conservation in all sectors of economy of India.
112. Coal is the main source of energy in India and account for about 67 per cent of India’s commercial
requirement.
113. The coal reserves of India, as on January 1, 2003 were 2,40,748 million tonnes.
114. The Botanical Survey of India and the Zoological Survey of India both have their headquarters in
Kolkata.
115. The Forest Survey of India has its headquarters in Dehradun and has four regional offices at
Bangalore, Kolkata, Nagpur and Shimla.
116. Biosphere reserves are multi-purpose protected areas to preserve the genetic diversity in
representative ecosystem. 13 Biosphere reserves have been set up in India. These are: Nilgiri, Nanda
Devi, Nokrek, Great Nicobar, Gulf of Mannar, Manas, Sundebans, Similipal, Dibru, Daikhowa,
DehongDeband, Pachmarhi, Kanchunjunga and Agasthyamalai. Out of these, Nilgiri, Sunderbans and
Gulf of Mannar have been recognized on World Network of Biosphere Reserves by UNESCO.
117. India is one of the 12 mega-biodiversity countries of the world.
118. The forest cover of India constitutes 20.55 per cent of its geographical area. Of this, dense forest
constitutes 12.68 per cent and open forest 7.87 per cent. The mangrove cover occupies 0.14 per cent of
geographical area. The total tree/forest cover is estimated as 81,472 sq km or about 2.48 per cent of the
country.
119. G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development is located at Kosi-Katarmal, Almora,
Uttaranchal.
120. The Environmental Information System (ENVIS) network brings out a quarterly journal, Paryavaran
Abstracts, which contains information about environmental research in the Indian context.
121. The ENVIS has been designated as National Focal Point (NFP) and Regional Service Centre (RSC)
for South Asia sub-regional countries by INFOTERRA (a global information system on environment) of
UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
122. The Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) consists of nine main divisions, namely, (i) Economic; (ii)
Banking; (iii) Insurance; (iv) Budget; (v) Foreign Trade and Investment; (vi) External Finance; (vii) Capital
market; (viii) Fund Bank; and (ix) Currency and Coinage.
123. All revenues received, loans raised and money received in repayment of loans by the Union
government form the Consolidated Fund of India. No money can be withdrawn from this Fund except
under the authority of an Act of Parliament.
124. The Indian Constitution provides for the establishment of a Consolidated Fund, a Public Account and
a Contingency Fund for each State.
125. The first bank of limited liability, managed by Indians, was Oudh Commercial Bank. It was founded in
1881. Punjab National Bank was established in 1894.
126. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was established under the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 on
April 1, 1935 and nationalized on January 1,1949.
127. RBI is the sole authority for issue of currency notes in India, other than one-rupee coins and
subsidiary coins and notes.
128. India ranks third in the world, after China and USA, in terms of production of coal.
129. The three important gold fields of India are: Kolar (Karnataka), Hutti in Raichur district (Karnataka)
and Ramgiri in Anantapur district (Andhra Pradesh).
130. Mains reserves of Tungsten are located at Degana, Rajasthan.
131. The Mangampet deposits, occurring in Cuddapah district of Andhra Pradesh is the single largest
deposit of Barytes in the world.
132. The main diamond-bearing areas in India are Panna belt in Madhya Pradesh, Munimadugu-
Banganapalle conglomerate in Kurnool district, WajrakarurKimberlite pipe in Anantapur district and
Krishna river basin in Andhra Pradesh.
133. Odisha is a major producer of Graphite in India.
134. Judges of the Supreme Court of India hold office until they attain the age of 65 years. Judges of the
High Court hold office until they attain the age of 62 years.
135. The National Judicial Academy is located in Bhopal with its registered office in New Delhi.
136. V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, Noida, is an autonomous body under the Union Ministry of
Labour. It is engaged in research pertaining to labour and training of labour administrators, trade unions,
public sector managers and other government functionaries concerned with labour.
137. The first radio programme was broadcast in India in 1923 by the Radio Club of Bombay.
138. All India Radio (AIR) operates on motto BahujanaHitaya; BahujanaSukhya (to promote the
happiness and welfare of the masses through information, education and entertainment.
139. Cyan Darshan is the educational channel run by Doordarshan.
140. Press Trust of India (PTI) is India’s largest news agency.
141. United News of India (UNI) became the first agency in India to launch a full-fledged Hindi wire
service Univarta in 1982. In early 1990s, it launched the first-ever wire service in Urdu.
142. The Press Council of India has been established under the Act of Parliament for the purpose of
preserving the freedom of the press, and of maintaining and improving the standards of newspapers and
news agencies in India.
143. India has one of the largest road networks in the world, aggregating to about 3.3 million kilometres.
144. Golden Quadrilateral comprises of National Highways connecting the four metro cities.
145. Shipping Corporation of India Limited (SCI) is the biggest shipping line of India.
146. Indian Institute of Maritime Studies (IIMS) is located in Mumbai.
147. India has 12 major ports and about 184 other ports.
148. Mumbai, NhavaSheva, Kandla, Mormugao, New Mangalore and Cochin are the major ports on west
coast.
149. Kolkata/Haldia, Para dip, Visakhapatnam, Chennai, Ennore and Tuticorin are major ports on the east
coast.
150. Command Area Development (CAD) Programme was launched in 1974-75 with main objective of
improving the utilization of created irrigation potential and optimizing agriculture production and
productivity from irrigated lands on sustainable bases.

OSCAR AWARDS 2014

Note: In the list, Winners are marked in red.]

BEST PICTURE
“12 Years a Slave” Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and
Anthony Katagas, Producers
“American Hustle” Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison and Jonathan Gordon,
Producers
“Captain Phillips” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, Producers
“Dallas Buyers Club” Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, Producers
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, Producers
“Her” Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, Producers
“Nebraska” Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, Producers
“Philomena” Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward, Producers

BEST DIRECTOR
“American Hustle” David O. Russell
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón
“Nebraska” Alexander Payne
“12 Years a Slave” Steve McQueen
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Martin Scorsese

BEST ACTOR
Christian Bale in “American Hustle”
Bruce Dern in “Nebraska”
Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Chiwetel Ejiofor in “12 Years a Slave”
Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club”
 BEST ACTRESS
Amy Adams in “American Hustle”
Cate Blanchett in “Blue Jasmine”
Sandra Bullock in “Gravity”
Judi Dench in “Philomena”
Meryl Streep in “August: Osage County”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“American Hustle” – Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
“Blue Jasmine” – Written by Woody Allen
“Her” – Written by Spike Jonze
“Nebraska” – Written by Bob Nelson
“Dallas Buyers Club” – Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“Before Midnight” – Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
“Captain Phillips” – Screenplay by Billy Ray
“Philomena” – Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
“12 Years a Slave” – Screenplay by John Ridley
“The Wolf of Wall Street” – Screenplay by Terence Winter
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins in “Blue Jasmine”
Jennifer Lawrence in “American Hustle”
Lupita Nyong’o in “12 Years a Slave”
Julia Roberts in “August: Osage County”
June Squibb in “Nebraska”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Barkhad Abdi in “Captain Phillips”
Bradley Cooper in “American Hustle”
Michael Fassbender in “12 Years a Slave”
Jonah Hill in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Jared Leto in “Dallas Buyers Club”
BEST ANIMATED FILM
“The Croods” Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson
“Despicable Me 2” Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri
“Ernest & Celestine” Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner
“Frozen” Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho
“The Wind Rises” Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“The Grandmaster” Philippe Le Sourd
“Gravity” Emmanuel Lubezki
“Inside Llewyn Davis” Bruno Delbonnel
“Nebraska” Phedon Papamichael
“Prisoners” Roger A. Deakins
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“American Hustle” Michael Wilkinson
“The Grandmaster” William Chang Suk Ping
“The Great Gatsby” Catherine Martin
“The Invisible Woman” Michael O’Connor
“12 Years a Slave” Patricia Norris
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“The Act of Killing”Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
“Cutie and the Boxer” Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
“Dirty Wars” Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
“The Square” Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer
“20 Feet from Stardom” Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
“CaveDigger” Jeffrey Karoff
“Facing Fear” Jason Cohen
“Karama Has No Walls” Sara Ishaq
“The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life” Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed
“Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall” Edgar Barens
BEST FILM EDITING
“American Hustle” Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
“Captain Phillips” Christopher Rouse
“Dallas Buyers Club” John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
“12 Years a Slave” Joe Walker

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

“The Broken Circle Breakdown” Belgium
“The Great Beauty” Italy
“The Hunt” Denmark
“The Missing Picture” Cambodia
“Omar” Palestine
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
“Dallas Buyers Club” Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
“Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa” Stephen Prouty
“The Lone Ranger” Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
“The Book Thief” John Williams
“Gravity” Steven Price
“Her” William Butler and Owen Pallett
“Philomena” Alexandre Desplat
“Saving Mr. Banks” Thomas Newman
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Alone Yet Not Alone” from “Alone Yet Not Alone” Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyric by
Dennis Spiegel
“Happy” from “Despicable Me 2” Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams
“Let It Go” from “Frozen” Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
“The Moon Song” from “Her” Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze
“Ordinary Love” from “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans,
Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric by Paul Hewson
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
“American Hustle” Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler
“Gravity” Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne
Woollard
“The Great Gatsby” Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn
“Her” Production Design: K.K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
“12 Years a Slave” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

“Feral” Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden “Get a Horse!” Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
“Mr. Hublot” Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares
“Possessions” Shuhei Morita “Room on the Broom” Max Lang and Jan Lachauer

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

“Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)” Esteban Crespo
“Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything)” Xavier Legrand and Alexandre
Gavras
“Helium” Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson
“Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)” Selma Vilhunen and
Kirsikka Saari
“The Voorman Problem” Mark Gill and Baldwin Li
BEST SOUND EDITING
“All Is Lost” Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
“Captain Phillips” Oliver Tarney
“Gravity” Glenn Freemantle
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Brent Burge
“Lone Survivor” Wylie Stateman
BEST SOUND MIXING
“Captain Phillips” Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
“Gravity” Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick
and Tony Johnson
“Inside Llewyn Davis” Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
“Lone Survivor” Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
“Gravity” Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric
Reynolds
“Iron Man 3” Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick
“The Lone Ranger” Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier
“Star Trek Into Darkness” Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton

Recent List of Most Important Organizations and

their Heads in India and World Pdf
List of Important UN organizations with Heads for all Competitive Exams
Food and Agriculture Director-General – José Graziano da Silva,
Organization Brazil (2012–present)

International Atomic Energy Director-General – Yukiya Amano, Japan

Agency (2009–present)

International Civil Aviation President of the Council – Roberto Kobeh

Organization Gonzalez, Mexico (2006–present)Secretary-
General – Raymond Benjamin, France (2009–
present)

International Labour Director-General – Guy Ryder, UK (2012–

Organization present)

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, South Korea

(2007–present)

United Nations President of the General AssemblyVukJeremic,

Serbia (2012–2013) John William Ashe, Antigua
and Barbuda (2013-2014)

United Nations Security Council members – China, France,

Russia,Security Council members – China,
France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States
(permanent members) Azerbaijan, Guatemala,
Morocco, Pakistan, Togo (elected for 2012–
 2013)

Argentina, Australia, Republic of Korea,

Luxembourg, Rwanda (elected for 2013–
2014) United Kingdom, United States
(permanent members)
United Nations Children’s Fund Executive Director – Anthony Lake, United
(UNICEF) States (2010–present)

United Nations Educational, Director-General – Irina Bokova, Bulgaria

Scientific and Cultural (2009–present)
Organization (UNESCO)

United Nations High High Commissioner – NavanethemPillay, South

Commissioner for Human Africa (2008–present)
Rights

United Nations High High Commissioner – AntónioGuterres,

Commissioner for Refugees Portugal (2005–present)
(UNHCR)

United Nations Industrial Director-general – KandehYumkella, Sierra

Development Organization Leone (2005–present)
(UNIDO)

World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director – JosetteSheeran, United

States (2007–present)

World Health Organization Director-General – Margaret Chan, China

(WHO) (acting) (2007–present)

World Meteorological President – Alexander Bedritsky, Russia (2003–

Organization (WMO) present)

World Meteorological Secretary-General – Michel Jarraud, France

Organization (WMO) (2004–present)

World Tourism Organization Secretary-General – TalebRifai, Jordan (2010–

(UNWTO) present)
International Political and Economic Organizations Heads for Bank
Exams
Arab League Secretary-General – Nabil Elaraby,
Egypt (2011–present)

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Executive Director – Muhamad Noor,

(APEC) Malaysia (2010–present)

Association of Southeast Asian Secretary-General – Le Luong Minh,

Nations (ASEAN) Vietnam (2013–present)

Central American Parliament President – DorindoCortéz, Panama

(2010–present)

Common Market of East and Secretary-General – SindisoNgwenya,

Southern Africa (COMESA) Zimbabwe (2008–present)

Commonwealth of Nations Head – Queen Elizabeth II (1952–

present), Secretary-General – Kamalesh
Sharma, India (2008–present)

Commonwealth of Independent Executive Secretary – Sergei Lebedev,

States Russia (2007–present)

Council of Europe Secretary General – ThorbjørnJagland,

Norway (2009–present)

President of the Parliamentary MevlütÇavuşoğlu, Turkey (2010–

Assembly of the Council of Europe present)
(PACE)

President of the European Court of Jean-Paul Costa, France (2007–present)

Human Rights

East African Community Secretary-General – Richard Sezibera,

Rwanda (2011–present)

European Union (EU) Presidency of the European Council –

Herman Van Rompuy (2009–present)
European Ombudsman NikiforosDiamandouros, Greece (2003–
present)

President of the Committee of the Peter Straub, Germany (2004–present)

Regions (CoR)

President of the European Werner Hoyer, Germany (2012–

Investment Bank (EIB) present)

President of the European Court of VassiliosSkouris, Greece (2003–present)

Justice (ECJ)

President of the European Court of Hubert Weber, Austria (2005–present)

Auditors

President of the Economic and Social Anne-Marie Sigmund, Austria (2004–

Committee (ESC) – present)

Group of Eight (G8) President (informal) – David Cameron,

United Kingdom (2013)

Indian Ocean Commission Secretary-General – Monique Andreas

Esoavekomandroso, Madagascar
(2004–present)

Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Chairman – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,

Iran (2012–present)

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Secretary-General – Anders Fogh

Rasmussen, Denmark (2009–present)

Organisation for Economic Co- Secretary-General – José ÁngelGurría,

operation and Development (OECD) Mexico (2006–present)

Organization for Security and Co- Secretary-General – LambertoZannier,

operation in Europe (OSCE) Italy (2011–present)

South Asian Association for Regional Secretary-General – Ahmed Saleem,

Cooperation Maldives (2012–present)
Southern African Development TomazSalomão, Mozambique (2005–
Community-Executive Secretary present)

Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Secretary-General – Roberto Azevêdo,

Organization (UNPO) Brazil (2013–present)

World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General – Roberto Azevêdo,

Brazil (2013–present)

Recent List of Important Financial organizations and Heads for IBPS

Examinations

African Development Bank President – Donald Kaberuka, Rwanda

(2005–present)

Asian Development Bank President – Takehikonakao, Japan

(2013–present)

European Bank for Reconstruction and President – Suma Chakrabarti, India

Development (2012–present)

Inter-American Development Bank President – Luis Alberto Moreno,

(IADB) Colombia (2005–present)

International Monetary Fund Managing Director – Christine

Lagarde, France (2011–present)

Islamic Development Bank (IDB) President – Ahmad Mohamed Ali,

Saudi Arabia (1975–present)

World Bank President – Jim Yong Kim, Korea

(2012–present)

Current Important Sports organizations for IBPS PO AND CLERK exams:

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President – Zhang Jilong, China
(2011–present)

ConfédérationAfricaine de Football President – IssaHayatou, Cameroon

(CAF) (1988–present)
Confederation of North, Central President – Alfredo Hawit, Honduras
American and Caribbean Association (2011–present)
Football (CONCACAF)

ConfederaciónSudamericana de Fútbol President – Eugenio Figueredo,

(CONMEBOL) Uruguay (2013–present)

FédérationInternationale des Échecs President – KirsanIlyumzhinov,

(FIDE) Russian Federation (1995–present)

FédérationInternationale de Football President – SeppBlatter, Switzerland

Association (FIFA) (1998–present)

International Cricket Council (ICC) President – Alan Isaac, New Zealand

(2012–present)

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President – Thomas Bach, Germany

(2013–present)

International Paralympic Committee President – Philip Craven, United

(IPC) Kingdom (2001–present)

International Rugby Board (IRB) President – Syd Millar, Ireland

(2003–present)

Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) President – ReynaldTemarii, Tahiti

(2004–present)

Union of European Football Associations President – Michel Platini, France

(UEFA) (2007–present)

Other Important organizations for Government Job Examinations

Antarctic Treaty Executive Secretary – Jan Huber,
Netherlands (2004–present)

Colombo Plan : Acting Secretary-General – Mr Tay

Bian How, Malaysia (December 2013 –
present)

Community of Portuguese Language Executive Secretary – Murade Isaac

Countries (CPLP) MiguigyMurargy, Mozambique (2012–
present)

EDU – Intergovernmental Secretary-General – G.IrvingLevance,

Organization (EDU) (2011–present)

La Francophonie Secretary-General – AbdouDiouf,

Senegal (2003–present)

Intergovernmental Authority on Executive Secretary –

Development (IGAD) MahboubMaalim, Kenya (2008–
present)

International Committee of the Red President – JakobKellenberger,

Cross Switzerland (2000–present)

International Court of Justice President – HisashiOwada, Japan

(2009–present)

International Criminal Court President – Song Sang-Hyun, South

Korea (2009–present)

International Criminal Police Secretary-General – Ronald Noble,

Organization (Interpol) United States (2000–present)President
– MireilleBallestrazzi, France (2012–
present)

International Federation of Red Cross President – TadateruKonoé, Japan

and Red Crescent Societies (2009–present)

International Maritime Organization Secretary-General – Efthimios E.

Mitropoulos, Greece (2004–present)

International Organization for Director-general – William Lacy Swing,

Migration (IOM) United States (2008–present)

International Telecommunication Secretary-General – HamadounTouré,

Union Mali (2007–present)

Organisation for the Prohibition of Director-General – AhmetÜzümcü,

Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Turkey (2010–present)

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Secretary-General -Edmund Daukoru,

Countries (OPEC) Nigeria, acting (2006–
present)Mohammed S. Barkindo,
Nigeria, acting for Daukoru (2006–
present)

Universal Postal Union Director-General – Édouard Dayan,

France (2005–present)

World Intellectual Property Director-General – Francis Gurry

Organization (WIPO) (2008–present)

List of Heads of Important Indian Organizations for SSC Exams:

Chief Economic Advisor RaghuramRajan

Chief Election V.S.Sampath

Commissionor

RBI Raghu Ram Rajan

RAW Alok Joshi

SBI PratipChaudhary

SEBI U.K. Sinha

IB SaiyadAshif Ibrahim

IBPS K.R. Kamath

IRDA T.S.Vijayan

ISRO Dr. K. Radhakrishnan

NABARD PrakashBakshi

NASSCOM Krishna kumarNatrajan

SSC Amitava Bhattacharyya

TRAI Rahul Khullar

UGC VedPrakash

UPSC D.P. Agarwal

DRDO AvinashChander

FICCI NainaLalKidwai

ASSOCHAM RanaKapoor

CAG Shashi Kant Sharma

CBDT Sudha Sharma

CBI RanjeetSinha

CCI Ashok Chawla

National Commission Mamta Sharma

for women

National Innovation Sam Pitroda

Commission

National Security ShivashankarMenon

Advisor

National Security YakovAmridor

Council

Attorney General of G.E. Vahanvati

India

Bombay Stock AshishChauhan

Exchange

National Stock ChitraRamkrishna

Exchange

PM Economic Advisor C.Rangrajan

Press Council of India MarandeyKatju

Press Trust of India K N Shanth Kumar

Important Persons in News 2014

 Lt Gen PR Kumar is appointed as Director General Military Operations (DGMO).

 “Raunaq”- music album written by Mr.Kapil Sibal launched
 Turkish president Abdullah Gul approved the bill on restricting the judicial powers
 The Vice President of India Mr. M. Hamid Ansari released a book “Ambedkar:
Awakening India’s Social Conscience” authored by Dr.NarendraJadhav.
 Sourav Kothari won the National Billiard Championship title
 Indian Navy Chief Mr. DK Joshi resigned after accident on Indian sub Sindhuratna
 Mr. Dinesh Sarraf appointed next ONGC chief
 Mr. Ibrahim Mahlab: New Prime Minister of Egypt
 Eminent painter Mr.Prokash Karmakar passed away
 “Braigo”- a low-cost Braille printer invented by Indian-origin boy Shubham Banerjee
 Freedom fighter “MaulanaHasratMohani’s postage stamp released by Vice President of
India
 Indian-origin men win Heinz Awards in US
 Indian-origin men, Professor Abraham Verghese and Mr.SanjeevArora are among the
five recipients who won the 19th Heinz awards 2013 and will be honoured in Pittsburgh on
April 3, 2014. Each winner will receive a cash award of $250,000 each as well as a
medallion inscribed with an image of late US senator John Heinz.
 Dr.MadanBabu won the Protein Science Young Investigator Award for 2014
 “Water, Peace and War – Confronting the Global Water Crisis” Mr. Brahma
Chellaney’sbook launched
 Indian- American Scientist Sangeeta Bhatia developed cheap paper diagnostic for cancer
 Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission - Motek Singh Ahluwalia
 Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council of Prime Minister – C.Rangarajan
 Japanese Prime Minister – Shingo Abe.
 Ethiopian Prime Minister - Hailemariam Desalagn.
 South Sudanese President - SalvaKiir.
 Keniyan President - Uhuru Kenyatta.
 Union ministerfor Road Transport and Highways – Oscar Fernandez.
 Union Minister of state for Home – Mullappally Ramachandran.
 Air Chief Marshal of India – Arup Raha
 Union Minister of state for Communication, Information & Technology and Shipping
–Milind Deora.
 Italian President - Giogio Napolitano.
 Egypt’s Foreign Minister – Nabil Fahmy.
 Cuba’s President – Raul Castro.
 Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) – UK Sinha
 Finance Minister of India -P.Chidambaram.
 Petrolium Minister of India - M.Veerappa Moily.
 Civil Aviation Minister of India – Ajith Singh.
 Food Minister of India – K.V.Thomas.
 Union Minister of State for Finance – Namo Narain Meena
 UnionRural Development Minister-Jairam Remesh.
 Chief Minister of Mizoram- Lal Thanhawla.
 Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh- Raman Singh.
 Lieutenant Governor of Delhi- Najeeb Jung.
 AfghanistanPresident -hamidkarzai
 United Nations Secretary General-Ban Ki-moon
 BiharChief Minister -Nitish kumar
 Chief MInister ofMadya Pradesh-Shivaraj Singh Chouhan
 ThripuraChief Minister -Manik Sarkar.
 Head of Financial Sector Legilative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) -Justice
B.N.Srikrishna.
 External Affairs Minister of India -Salman Khurshid.
 Dy.Chairman ofRajyaSabha-P.J.Kurien.
 Commerce and IndustryMinister of india -Anand Sharma.
 Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy -Farooq Abdulla
  Union Labour Minister -Sis Ram Ola
 Chief Justice of India -P.Sathasivam

Important Persons in News 2014 India

Important Persons in News 2014 India :To all the banking aspirants who are waiting for their
turn to get into the banks, you all have got a golden opportunity to make your wishes come true.
For now, we think that these are you final opportunities you will get this year and the exams
in the next year may be in the second half of the year. Hence, this is the sole opportunity for you
to make things get better in your life and make you free from half of the tensions. The next step
can be taken care of later; the first and primary goal must be clearing the written section. The
upcoming exams are SBI Associates PO and IBPS Clerks; both of which have a very huge
competition and may be a lesser number of vacancies (we hope so). This means that, you have to
give the best out of your best and stand one among thousands of students at the top and we wish
that these words come true to every of our readers.
To make you achieve this, we will be with you in every right step guiding you and
helping you in your preparation. We try to cover each and every important topic which we think
from exam point of view. Along with these we too provide you with minute information which is
being asked in the recent exams; hence we need your feedback regarding these and help us in
knowing about any topics we had left to cover.
In this article we are covering the topics regarding the “Persons in News”. This article
gives you an insight about all the people who were in limelight in the last six months. That is a
popular person who has achieved something or was held for something becomes news and
indeed becomes a question in our exam paper. We need to concentrate on the topics which are
being repeated over the last week papers. And scrambling over the past few week papers, they
are constantly asking minimum of one question over this topic. Hence, we thought you might
brush them up once in brief. It includes the list of people who have been appointed in different
organizations as the head and also people who were in news. Hope, this helps you to gain at least
a extra mark in your final score.
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Richard Miller Flanagan, an Australian novelist from Tasmania, won Man Booker Prize for
his wartime novel “The Narrow Road to the Deep North”.
Edward Joseph is a former system administrator for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and
a counterintelligence trainer at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).
Marin Cilic, a Croatian professional tennis player, won the Men’s Singles title of the US Open
of Tennis.
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan conferred honorary degree of doctor of Science
upon Professor M S Swaminathan.
Lt. General Dalbir Singh Suhag took over as Chief of Army Staff on 31 July 2014.
The United Nations General Assembly elected by acclamation Sam Kahamba Kutesa, a
Ugandan lawyer and politician, as President of its upcoming 69th session.
Narendra Modi, a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was Chief Minister of Gujarat
from 2001 to 2014.
Ronnie O’Sullivan, an English professional snooker player from Chigwell, Essex, known for his
rapid playing style, was crowned World Snooker’s Player of the Year 2013-14 at the sport’s
annual awards ceremony in London.
George Clooney, a 52-year-old actor, who recently got engaged to British human rights lawyer
Amal Alamuddin, has stepped down as “messenger of the peace”.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Colombian Nobel laureate and author of the bestselling novel
One Hundred Years of Solitude, died at home in Mexico City on 17 March 2014, age 87.
India-born poet, Vijay Seshadri has won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry
category for his collection of poems “3 Sections”.
Supreme Court of India, has appointed Sunil Gavaskar, a former cricketer who played during
the 1970s and 1980s for Bombay and India, as ‘interim working President’ of BCCI primarily to
oversee IPL version 7.
Noted author and journalist Khushwant Singh, an Indo-Anglian novelist, died in New Delhi on
20 March 2014 at the age of 99.
Tomas Halik, a Roman Catholic priest won the 2014 Templeton Prize.
Veronica Michelle Bachelet Jeria, a Chilean politician, was sworn in as President of the
Republic of Chile for the second time at the National Congress in Valparaíso.
Sheila Dikshit, was appointed as the 22nd Governor of Kerala on 04 March 2014.
Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron won the Oscar for best director for the space thriller,
“Gravity”.
Chandi Prasad Bhatt, an Indian Gandhian environmentalist and social activist, who founded
Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh (DGSS) in Gopeshwar in 1964, which later became a mother-
organization to the Chipko Movement, has been selected for the 2013 Gandhi Peace Prize.
Arseny Petrovych Yatseniuk was installed as Ukraine’s new prime minister on 27 February
2014 lunchtime amid a crisis over 27 billion euros of missing credit.
Matteo Renzi is an Italian politician who has been the Prime Minister of Italy since 22 February
2014.
Virat Kohli, a middle-order batsman, who can also bowl right arm medium pace will lead India
in the Asia cup.
New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum became the first Kiwi batsman to hit a Test triple-
hundred.
The Union Budget of India for 2013–2014 was presented by the Finance Minister P.
Chidambaram Palaniappan on 17 February 2013.
Arvind Kejriwal, the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi, resigned on 14 February 2014 after suffering
a defeat in the assembly on the Jan Lokpal Bill and in a political gamble he recommended
dissolution of the assembly and holding of fresh polls.
All-rounder Yuvraj Singh, an Indian international cricketer, drew the biggest bid after the first
four rounds of the Indian Premier League players’ auction with Royal Challengers Bangalore
clinching his services for a whopping Rs. 14 crore in Bangalore.
Stuart Hall, the pioneering cultural theorist, described as the “godfather of multiculturalism”,
has died on 10 February 2014, aged 82.
Shimon Peres served twice as the Prime Minister of Israel and twice as Interim Prime Minister,
is the ninth and current President of the State of Israel.
Satya Nadella, the Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, was appointed as CEO on February 4,
2014, succeeding Steve Ballmer.

Sachin Tendulkar Awards and Records

Sachin Tendulkar considered as the best batsman in the world was

born April 24, 1973 in Bombay, India has made many records, accomplished many achievements
and received many awards in his cricket career. Sachin has proved as best with his style along
with the unique way of presenting on and also off the field. Tendulkar Is the third-youngest
debutant (16 years 205 days) in test cricket with a international Cricket match against Pakistan in
Karachi.

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar belongs to a middle-class family. His father was a

professor and his mother is an employee life insurance company and he is the youngest of all the
four children. He is named after his family’s favourite music director, Sachin Dev Burman. He is
standout athlete at his schooling. He was only 11 years old when his talent in Cricketwas
apparent and that is his first experience with cricket bat. At the very early age of 14 he has scored
329 out of a world record stand of 664 in a school match. JJAt the age of 18 he scored a pair of
centuries in Australia
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 He is the highest run-scorer in the history of Test cricket,
with 15,837 Test runs, his career average from 1989 to 2013 in 198 Tests is 53.86. He became
the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and if you know Sachin and Brian Lara are
the fastest to score 10,000 runs in 195 innings. To his credit he has World record of 8,705 runs in
Tests away from home and World record of 29 centuries in Tests away from home. He is the first
player to reach 12,000, 13,000, 14,000, 15,000 Test runs and has a record for scoring most 1,000
Test runs in a calendar year (six times). He gained fourth-highest run-getter in a single calendar
year in Test history and a world record for aggregating most runs in the fourth innings. He is the
only cricketer to score 100 centuries in international cricket (test and ODI) and has highest
number (51) of Test centuries and highest number (20) of 150+ score in Test Cricket. When
Sachin scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century.It is
amazing to know that his record of 5 centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record. He
has scored centuries against all Test playing nations.

If we see Sachin Tendulkar ODI Records, he has played 463

matches and made 185 consecutive ODI appearances and he is the second-youngest debutant in
ODI cricket. He grabbed the record for being the first batsman to score the most runs (200) in an
ODI Innings and scored the most runs in ODI cricket (18426 runs in 463 innings). He is the only
player ever to cross the 14,000, 15,000, 16,000, 17,000 and 18,000 run marks and first player to
reach 10,000, 11,000, 12,000, 13,000, 14,000, 15,000, 16,000, 17,000 and 18,000 ODI run marks
and scored the most centuries (49). Sachin, Virender Sehwag and Shikhar Dhawan are the only
cricketers ever to score a double hundred in ODI. He has a credit of Most ODI runs in a calendar
year (1,894 runs in 1998)and has most centuries in a calendar year (9 in 1998). Sachin, along
with Sourav Ganguly, holds the world record for the maximum number of runs scored for an
opening partnership. Sachin, along with Rahul Dravid, holds the world record for the highest
partnership in ODI matches. Has been involved in six 200-run partnerships in ODI matches and
had most runs (2,278) in World Cup Cricket.Opened the innings 340 times in ODI cricket and he
has most overall runs in international cricket (ODIs + Tests + Twenty20). He has the record of
getting out the maximum number of times in the 90s in international matches.
Sachin Tendulkar Awards and Honours List
1994: Arjuna Award Recipient for achievements in cricket
1997: One of the five cricketers selected as Wisden Cricketer of the Year
1997/98: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna – India’s highest sporting honour
1999: Padma Shri – India’s fourth-highest civilian award
2003: The “Greatest Sportsman” of the country in the Best of India poll by Zee News
2003: Player Of The Cricket World Cup Tournament 2003
2006: One of the Asian Heroes by Time magazine
2006: Sportsperson of the Year
2008: Padma Vibhushan – India’s second-highest civilian award
2009: Time magazine included Sachin’s Test Debut in “Top 10 Sporting Moments”
2010: LG People’s Choice Award
2010: ICC Cricketer of the Year – Highest award in the ICC listings
2010: Sports Icon of the Year for 21 years at the NDTV Indian of the Year Awards
2010: One of the world’s 100 most influential people in “The 2010 TIME 100″ poll by Time
magazine
1997, 2010 and 2012: Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World
2012: Wisden India Outstanding Achievement award
2012: Honorary Member of the Order of Australia, given by the Australian government
ICC World Test XI: 2009, 2010, 2011
ICC World ODI XI: 2004, 2007, 2010
Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World 1997, 2010, 2012
2013: Bharat Ratna – India’s highest civilian honour
The third-youngest debutant (16 years 205 days) in test cricket

ModiNama: 100 Days of Glory Hits and Misses of

Modi Government
Hello friends! It has been a great year for the Indians and we had gone through many ups and
downs in this year so far. Politically, the same had occurred. One of the world’s largest
democratic nations went through the polls and had chosen NDA (BJP + alliances) to start their
service towards the country. And, this is the rarest case that a party without its alliances wins
more than the required. BJP had shown this to the world. Narendra Modi became the Prime
Minister of India and have a brought of lot of change in the nation.
On September 2nd the Modi government completed 100days. Modi and the council of ministers
took oath on 26th May 2014; 10 days after the verdict of elections 2014 were announced.
This period can be termed as a mix of both good and bad. The news hunger media ,along with
the oppositions wait for every moment for the ” Modi report card” , but the NDA with much
courage took all their bullies in a very positive note.
To give a brief start, it can be said that changes have taken place definitely, but in a lighter
note. This delay is because as of now the prime focus of the Modi government is to patch up the
damage the previous UPA government has done in its 10 years of rule. Even though the
developments are slow paced, they are worth to be stated.
This in fact is a very high responsibility on the shoulders of the government, especially Modi
ji, because after the debacle of the UPA government, people consider NDA , in particular
Mr.Modi as their ray of hope. When there is hope, definitely expectations do arise. Reaching
such high expectations is indeed a very difficult task ahead. Reviewing these 100 days we can
state that the Modi government is on a right track, it is trying to give a route map for India’s
development.
Some of his principles like ‘Minimum government, maximum governance’ has gone well
with the citizens. A major drift in work culture of the ministries can be noted. He has build up a
sense of pressure on the ministers to fulfill the expectations of the people.

SOME ACCLODABLE FEATURES:

1. BATTLE AGAINST BLACK MONEY:
The first thing he acted upon after taking over the prime ministership, was battle against black
money .He took this stint action with the help of SPECIAL INVESTIGATION TEAM (SIT).
2. JAN DHAN YOJANA:
He put in to light the need of bank account for every individual, with the help of pradhan manthri
jan dhan yojana. This mainly was emphasized on the rural areas of the country.
3. INFLATION:
By delisting fruits and vegetables from agriculture process marketing committee (APMC Act),
there by protecting the farmers and preventing hoarding. This measure brought the inflation
under control. Due to this the economic development also became considerable . In fact the GDP
rate from April to June was the highest in comparison to the last 9 quarters.
4. INFRASTRUCTURE:
Major chunk of large scale investments were made after proper review of SEZ( special economic
zones), stream like Deen Dayal Upadhyaya gram yojana were aimed at improving the rural
infrastructure.
5. ABOLISHMENT OF GOM AND EGOM’S:
The abolishment of gom( group of ministers ) and egom’s (empowered group of ministers)
helped in fast decision making without prolonged discussions within the cabinet.
6. CHANGES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION:
The Modi government is planning to disband the existing planning commission and replace it
with an improved one, which will keep India’s needs in view and the global scenario as well.
7. REMOVAL OF DYSFUNCTIONING LAWS:
To every one’s astonishment our country still has laws which were established during the
colonial rule. The Modi government is trying to weed out such dysfunctional laws.
These are some major points to be reviewed. Apart from that his government came forward in
issues like recasting judicial appointment, developing international relations, dealing with
sensitive issues of Kashmir, common agenda of growth for all parts of nation e.t.c.,
In a concluding note, we can say that 100 days are too short to judge a government. But as they
say “where there is a will, there is a way” , let’s hope the NDA would work with same zeal and
enthusiasm for the betterment of the country.

Third Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy 2014-15

Highlights
Hello my dear future bankers! We know that SBI clerical cadre exam hasn’t been scheduled
from the last and this week. The next phase of exam will start from 16th of august and will end on
31st. People who have exam on 16th must be revising at full force. The level of the exam is
increasing day by day and you have to put some more extra efforts so that you can write your
exam without any hiccups and settle in a job you are fond of. The Reserve Bank of India, apex
court of the country, has released its third Bi-monthly monetary policy review on 5 th August,
2014. The second bi-monthly policy was released on 3 rd June, 2014. Here are the highlights of
the 3rd bi-monthly review:
The RBI has kept the policy repo rate unchanged and steady for the third time in a row. Instead,
there will be cut in the portion of deposits that bank must hold in government securities by 50
basis points to increase the money in the banking system. The governor of RBI, Raghuram G
Rajan, had released the policy review statement at the RBI on Tuesday. The Guv also hinted that
for now there will be no decrease in the loan rates and it can be expected next year only.
Raghuram Rajan, after taking oath as the governor of RBI in September, 2013, have decreased
the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) for the second time to 22%, which will be effective from the
begin of the next fortnight i.e., from 9th August, 2014. The SLR to be (22%) is the lowest SLR
our country has seen since Independence.

Let us have a look at what the Governor of the RBI had to say on different issues which are hot
cakes now:
On inflation: The RBI Guv is keen at decreasing the inflation rates. They have estimated
the inflation to be at or below 8% by January 2015 and are keen to bring it down further to 6%
by January 2016. Though RBI hasn’t altered the rates, Rajan has pointed that if there will be a
situation to cut them, will definitely proceed to alter them.
On improving fundamentals: The RBI has pegged the GDP growth rate for the
current fiscal at 5.5%, which is in the range of the projected rate 5-6% in April. The governor has
also pointed that, there is a significant decrease in the Current Account Deficit (CAD), which
was 4.5% of GDP in May, last year to 1.5-2% of GDP today. And have also stated that, they will
be revising at the gold imports and exports once to still reduce the CAD. Rajan had also said that
the reserves have increased substantially than before and will increase further in the coming
future.
 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONETARY & LIQUIDITY
MEASURES:
 The policy repo rate under the Liquid Adjustment facility (LAF) is kept unchanged at 8%
 Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) of the scheduled banks is kept unchanged at 4% of the net demands
and time liabilities
 No change to provide liquidity under overnight repos at 0.25% of bank-wise NDTL and
liquidity under 7-day and 14-day of up to 0.75% of NDTL of the banking system
 Reduce the statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) of scheduled commercial banks by 50 basis points
from 22.5% to 22% of their NDTL with effect from the fortnight beginning August 9, 2014
BANK RATE 9%
Repo Rate 8%
Reverse Repo Rate 7%
Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) 4%
Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) 22% (from August 9th)
Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) 9%
Note:
The next bi-monthly monetary policy statement is scheduled on 30th of
September, 2014.