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#AGRICULTURE
1. There are 3 crop seasons in India 1. Kharif,
2. Rabi, 3. Zayad.
2. West Bengal State is famous for Jute.
3. Karif crop season is June to October.
4. Rabi crop season is November to March.
5. Zayad crop season is April to June.
6. The major Kharif crop is Rice.
7. The major Rabi crop is Wheat.
8. The winter crop season is known as Rabi.
9. During south-west monsoon the crop
season is known as Kharif season.
10. The largest cultivated area found in Paddy
cultivation.
11. The major Zayad crop is Sunflower.
12. Examples for Cereals are Paddy, Wheat,
Barley, Oats.
13. Examples for millets are Jowar, Ragi,
Bajraand Maize.
14. Examples for pulses and grams are
redgram, blackgram, greengram, horse gram,
bengal gram.
15. Fibre crops are Cotton, Jute.
16. Plantation crops are Tea, coffee, sugar
cane, and rubber.
17. Narcotics crop is Tobacco.
18. Paddy is predominently grown in deltas
and rivers valleys.
19. Green revolution refers to increase of food
grains.
20. Growing of prawns and fishes in Andhra
Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal is called Shrimp
culture.
21. Increasing of agricultural production and
producing high yielding varities is called Green
revolution.
22. Utilisation of New fertilisers, pesticides
HYV seeds and proper water resource
management is called Green revolution.
23. The yield per acre of Cotton has not
increased considerably because of the Green
Revolution.
24. The modernisation of agriculture refers to
Hybrid.
25. The new agricultural strategy for the
increase of food grain production is called to
Green Revolution.
26. The crops which are used for inter-culture
is pulses.
27.Black soils are favourable for the
cultivation of cotton
28. West Bengal state is leading in cultivation
of paddy.
29. Uttar Pradeshstate is leading in cultivation
of Wheat and Sugar cane.
30. Gujarat state is leading in cultivation of
cotton.
31. Assam state is leading in cultivation of
Tea.
32. Karnataka state is leading in cultivation of
Coffee.
33. Kerala state is leading in cultivation of
Rubber.
34. Andhra Pradesh state stands first in the
production of tobacco.
35. The largest rice growing state other than
Andhra Pradesh is West Bengal.
36. Operation flood project refers to increase
of milk production.
37. White revolution refers to increase of milk
production.
38. Blue revolutionrefers to increase of fish
production.
39. Asom (Assam) has the largest number of
tea plantations.
40. Agricultureis the main stay of economy in
India.
41. The backbone of India’s economy is
agriculture.
42. Agriculture is 3 types. They are Intensive,
Extensive and Shifting
43. The tribal agriculture is called as
Jhumming or shifting of cultivation.
44. Tea cultivation requires warm and moist
tropical climate.
45. Coffee cultivation requires hot and humid
tropical climate.
46. Agriculture share in Gross National
Product is 30%.
47. The average land holding in India is 1.7
hectares.
48. The development of both crop farming and
live stock on equal planes is called Mixed
farming.
49. The Green revolution in Cereals –1960.
50. The Green revolution in Wheat –1963-64.
51. The Green revolution in Rice –1965.
52. The hybrid farming –1965-66.
53. Operation flood project -1970
54. NDDB means National Dairy Development
Board.
55. SFDA means Small Farmers and
Agricultural Labourers Scheme.
56. MFALS means Marginal Farmers and
Agricultural Labourers Scheme.
57. The nature of cropping in India is pre-
dominently food grainoriented one.
58. Estuarine fisheries are a part of Inland
fisheries.
#BOOKS #AND #THEIR #AUTHOR
1)Two Year Eight Months and Twenty –Eight Night –Salman Rushdi
2) The Red Sari –Javier Moro
3)Neither a Hawk nor a dove –Khurshid M Kasuari
4)Faces and Places Professor –Deepak Nayyar
5) Indian Parliamentary Diplomacy- Meira Kumar
6)Farishta –Kapil Isapuari
7)Super Economies –Raghav Bahal
8)China :Confucius in the Shadow –Poonam Surie
9) My country My Life ‐ L.K.Advani
10)Joseph Anton ‐ Sulman Rushdie (Autobiography)
11)The Sahara Testaments ‐ Tade Ipadeola
12)Narendra Modi: A Political Biography ‐ Andy Marino
13)My Unforgettable Memories ‐ Mamata Banerjee
14)Rationalised Roman for Kashmiri ‐ Dr R L Bhat
15)Strictly Personal, Manmohan and Gursharan ‐ Daman Singh
16)The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001‐ 2014 ‐ Carlotta Gall
17)Lal Bahadur Shastri: Lessons in Leadership ‐ Pavan Choudary
18)Walking With Giants ‐ G. Ramachandran(former Finance Secretary )
19)Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and other Truths ‐ PC Parakh
20)The Accidental Prime Minister: the making and unmaking of Manmohan Singh ‐ Sanjaya Baru
21)God of Antarctica ‐ 13 year old Yashwardhan Shukla
22)My Years with Rajiv and Sonia ‐ R.D.Pradhan
23)Khushwantnama‐The Lessons of My Life ‐ Khushwant singh
24)Syntheism – Creating God in The Internet Age ‐ Alexander Bard
25)One Life is Not Enough ‐ Natwar Singh
26)The Lives of Others ‐ Neel Mukherjee
27)My Music My Life ‐ Pt Ravi Shankar
28)I am Malala ‐ Malala Yousufzai and Christina LambA
29)Man and A Motorcycle, How Hamid Karzai Came to Power ‐ Bette Dam
30)True Colours — Adam Gilchrist
31)Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi: An Inside Job? ‐ Faraz Ahmad
32)The God of Small Things ‐ Arundhati Roy
33)Interpreter of Maladies ‐ Jhumpa Lahiri
34)And then One Day: A Memoir ‐ Nasiruddin Shah (Autobiography)
35)Unaccustomed Earth ‐ Jhumpa Lahiri
36)Lowland ‐ Jhumpa LahiriTruth
37)Always Prevails ‐ Sadruddin Hashwani
38)Playing It My Way – Sachin Tendulkar and Boria Mazumder
39)Unbreakable (Autobiography of Mary Kom) ‐ Mary Kom
40)Enoch, I am a British Indian ‐ Sarinder Joshua
41)Duroch ModiNomics ‐ Sameer Kochar
42)Public Issues Before Parliament ‐ Vijay Darda
43)Water, Peace and War – Confronting the Global Water Crisis ‐ Brahma Chellaney
44)Ambedkar Awakening India’s Social Conscience ‐ Dr. Narendra Jadhav
45)Munger through the Ages ‐ Late DP Yadav
46)Akbar – The Aesthete ‐ Dr. Indu Anand
47)Runs in Ruins — Sunil Gavaskar
48)India at Risk ‐ Jaswant Singh
49)The Narrow Road to the Deep North ‐ Richard Flanagan (Australian)(Man Booker)
50)Untold Story of the Indian Public Sector ‐ Dr UD Choubey
51)Final Test: Exit Sachin Tendulkar ‐ Dilip D’Souza
52)Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace ‐ Leon Panetta and Jim Newton
53)Not Just an Accountant ‐ former CAG Vinod Rai
54)Grandmaster Repertoire ‐ 1.e4 vs The French, Caro‐Kann and Philidor ‐ Parimarjan Negi
55)A Bend in the river ‐ V.S. Naipaul
56)Dark Star: The Loneliness of Being Rajesh Khanna ‐ Gautam Chintamani
57)Half Girlfriend ‐ Chetan Bhagat
58)Iqbal: The Life of a Poet, Philosopher and Politician ‐ Biography of Allama Muhammad Iqbal
(Spiritual Father of Pakistan)50 years of man in space ‐ Garik Israelien, Brian May and David J
Eicher
59)Black Tornado: The Three Sieges of Mumbai 26/11 ‐ Sandeep Unnithan
60)Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years ‐ Pranab Mukherjee
61)2014: The Election That Changed India ‐Rajdeep Sardesai
62)Your Dreams Are Mine Now: She Showed him What Love ‐ Ravinder Singh
63)Born Again on the Mountain- Arunima Sinha
64)Flood of Fire –Amitav Ghosh
65)30 Women in Power: Their Voices, Their Stories- Naina Lal Kidwai
66)The Courage to Act – A Memoir of a Crisis and Its Aftermath : Ben S. Bernanke
67)To the Brink and Back: India’s 1991 Story :Jairam Ramesh
68)Globalisation, Democratization and Distributive Justice : Dr. Mool Chand Sharma
69)Ramcharitmanas (105-year-old Urdu copy ): Shiv Brat Lal
70)Mrs Funny bones :Twinkle Khanna
71)Making India Awesome : Chetan Bhagat
72)The Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity :Tarun Khanna
73)R.D. Burman: The Prince of Music :Khagesh Dev Burman
74)Ghosts of Calcutta :Sebastian Ortiz
75)Green Signals: Ecology, Growth, and Democracy in India :Jairam Ramesh
76) Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji : Abdul Kalam
77)Beyond Doubt: A Dossier on Gandhi’s Assassination : Teesta Setalvad
78)Modi – Incredible emergence of a star (in Chinese language): Tarun Vijay
79)Education of Muslims : Professor JS Rajput
80)Sourav Ganguly: Cricket, Captaincy and Controversy:Saptarshi Sarkar
81)Flood of fire : Amitav Ghosh
82)Super Economies :Raghav Bahl
83)Complete Story of Indian Reforms: 2G, Power & Private Enterprise : Pradeep Baijal
84)Unbelievable – Delhi to Islamabad : Prof Bhim Singh
85)Food for All:Uma LeleFamily Life :Akhil Sharma( winner of the Folio Prize 2015)
86)Faces and Places :Prof. Deepak Nayyar
87)Indian Parliamentary Diplomacy- Speaker’s Perspective :Meira Kumar
88)Editor Unplugged: Media, Magnates, Netas and Me : Vinod Mehta
89)Fragile Frontiers: The Secret History of Mumbai Terror Attacks : SK Rath
90)Why I Assassinated Gandhi : Nathuram Godse and Gopal Godse
এনশ ো িহোয়েশ
প্রশ্ন: এনশ ো িহোয়েয়শর অিস্থোি নকরূপ ?
১০ নিগ্রী েনক্ষণ হয়ি ৭৮ নিগ্রী উত্তর অাংশ এিাং ২৫নিগ্রী পূিি হয়ি পূিি নেয়ক ১৭০ নিগ্রী েোনিিো পযিন্ত ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ ো িহোয়েয়শর প্রো িধয নেয় অনিেি কয়রয়ি ক্রকোি ক্ররখো ?
৯০ নিগ্রী পূিি েোনিিো ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ ো িহোয়েশ ক্রকোর্ো অিনস্থি ?
উত্তর ক্রগোলোয়ধি ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ োর আ িি কি ?
৩,১০,২৭,২৩০ িগি নক.নি.।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ ো পৃনর্িীর ক্রিোট আ িয়ির কি অাংশ ?
২১.৪ % ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ ো পৃনর্িীর ক্রিোট আ িয়ির কি ?
প্রো এক িৃ িী োাংশ ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ োর িৃহত্তি েীপ ক্রকোিটি ?
ক্রিোনিিও (৭,৪৬,৫৪৬ িগি নক.নি.) ।
প্রশ্ন: আ িয়ির নেক নেয় এনশ োর িৃহত্তি ক্রেশ ক্রকোিটি ?
গণ চীি (৯৩,২৬,৪১০ িগি নক.নি.) ।
প্রশ্ন: আ িয়ির নেক নেয় এনশ োর সিয়চয় ক্রিোট ক্রেশ ক্রকোিটি ?
িোলদ্বীপ (৩০০ িগি নক.নি.) ।
প্রশ্ন: ক্রলোক সাংখযোর নেক নেয় এনশ োর িৃহত্তি ক্রেশ ক্রকোিটি ?
গণচীি ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ োর ক্রিোট উপকূল ক্ররখোর বেিিয কি ?
৫৭,৯৫০ নক.নি. ।
প্রশ্ন: জোপোি সোগর ও পীি সোয়গর িয়ধয ক্রকোি েীয়পর অিস্থোি ?
ক্রকোনর ো উপদ্বীপ ।
প্রশ্ন: পোরসয উপসোগয়র ক্রকোি দ্বীপ অিনস্থি ?
িোহরোইি দ্বীপ ।
প্রশ্ন: পৃনর্িীর কি ভোগ িোিুে এনশ ো িোস কয়র ?
৬০.৬ ভোগ ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ োর িৃহত্তি িেী ক্রকোিটি ?
ই োাংনসনক োাং (৫৪৯৪ নক.নি.) ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ োর সিয়চয় খরয়রোিো িেী ক্রকোিটি ?
সোলউইি ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ োর েীিিিি িেী গুয়লোর িোি নক ?
ই োাংনসনক োাং (৫৪৯৪ নক.নি.), ওি (৫৪১০ ), ইনিনস (৫৪০৬ নক.নি.), ক্রহো োাংয়হো (৪৩৪৪ নক.নি.), ক্রলিো (৪৪০০ নক.নি.),
ব্রম্মপুত্র (২৭০০ নক.নি.)।
প্রশ্ন: ব্রম্মপুত্র িেী নিব্বয়ি নক িোয়ি পনরনচি ?
সোিয়পো ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ ো ির্ো পৃনর্িীর িৃহত্তি হ্রে ক্রকোিটি ?
কোনি োি সোগর, (১,৪৩,২৪৪ িগি নক.নি.) ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ ো ির্ো পৃনর্িীর গভীরিি হ্রে ক্রকোিটি ?
বিকোল হ্রে (গভীরিো ৫,৩১৫ ফু ট িো ১৬২০ নিটোর ) ।
প্রশ্ন: েনক্ষণ এনশ োর আ িি কি ?
৪৩,৮৬,৫৪০ িগি নক.নি. ।
প্রশ্ন: েনক্ষণ এনশ োর িৃহত্তি ক্রেশ ক্রকোিটি ?
ভোরি ।
প্রশ্ন: েনক্ষণ এনশ োর িি িসনিপূণি ক্রশে ক্রকোিটি ?
িোাংলোয়েশ ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ োর সয়িিোচ্চ নিন্দু ক্রকোিটি ?
এভোয়রি ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ োর সিিনিম্ন নিন্দু ক্রকোিটি ?
ক্রলোনহি সোগর ।
প্রশ্ন: এভোয়রয়ির উচ্চিো কি ?
২৯,০২৮ ফু ট িো ৮.৮৪৮ নিটোর প্রো ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ োর নদ্বিী উচ্চিি পিিি শৃয়ের িোি নক ?
গিউইি অনিি ।
প্রশ্ন: গিউইি অনিি পিিি শৃয়ের অিস্থোি ক্রকোি পিিি ক্রেণীয়ি ?
কোরোয়কোরোি ।
প্রশ্ন: ক্রকোি ক্রকোি ক্রেয়শর িধয নেয় নসন্ধু িে প্রিোনহি হয় য়ি ?
ভোরি ও পোনকস্তোি ।
প্রশ্ন: নসন্ধু িে ক্রকোর্ো পনিি হয় য়ি ?
আরি সোগয়র ।
প্রশ্ন: গেো িেী ক্রকোর্ো পনিি হয় য়ি ?
িেপসোগয়র ।
প্রশ্ন: ব্রম্মপুত্র িে কর্ো ক্রর্য়ক উৎপন্ন হয় য়ি ?
নিব্বয়ি ।
প্রশ্ন: ব্রম্মপুত্র িে ক্রকোি ক্রেয়শর িধয নেয় প্রিোনহি হয় য়ি ?
চীয়ির নিব্বি, ভোরি ও িোাংলোয়েশ ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ োর িৃহত্তি অরণয ক্রকোিটি ?
বিগো ।
প্রশ্ন: ক্রলোনহি সোগর ও সুয় জ খোল এনশ োয়ক পৃর্ক কয়রয়ি ক্রকোি িহোয়েশ ক্রর্য়ক ?
আনেকো ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ ো িোইির কোয়ক িয়ল ?
ভূ িধযসোগয়রর পূিি উপকূলয়ক ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ ো িোইির ও ক্ষু ে নসিোই দ্বীয়পর িধযিিী অঞ্চলয়ক নক িয়ল ?
ক্রলভোন্ট ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ োর সিিিহৃ ৎ সনে আয়ে নগনর ক্রকোিটি ?
ক্লুয়কভকোজো ক্রসোপক ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ োর িোনেিক গ িৃনিপোি কি ?
২৫০ ক্রসনন্টনিটোর ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ োর িৃহত্তি িরুভূ নি ক্রকোিটি ?
ক্রগোনি িরুভূ নি, িেনল ো ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ োর িৃহত্তি সিভূ নি ক্রকোিটি ?
পনিি সোইয়িনর ো ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ ো ও ইউয়রোপয়ক একয়ত্র নক িয়ল ?
ইউয়রনশ ো ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ োর সিি উত্তর নিন্দু ক্রকোিটি ?
ক্রচলুসনকয়ির অগ্রভোগ ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ োর সিি পনিি নিন্দু ক্রকোিটি ?
ক্রিিো অন্তরীপ ।
প্রশ্ন: পৃনর্িীর িৃহত্তি লিি হ্রে ক্রকোিটি ?
কোনি োি সোগর ।
প্রশ্ন: পৃনর্িীর শীিলিি স্থোি ক্রকোিটি ?
খোরখ োিস্ক ।
প্রশ্ন: এনশ োর শীিল অরণয অঞ্চয়লর িোি নক ?
বিগো ।
প্রশ্ন: পৃনর্িীর উষ্ণিি স্থোি ক্রকোিটি ?
আনজনজ ো, নলনি ো ।
প্রশ্ন: হরিুজ প্রিোলী ক্রকোর্ো অিনস্থি ?
ওিোি উপসোগর ও ক্রলোনহি সোগয়রর িয়ধয ।
প্রশ্ন: পূিি চীি সোগরয়ক েনক্ষণ চীি সোগয়রর সোয়র্ সাংযুক্ত কয়রয়ি ?
ফরয়িোজো প্রণোলী ।
প্রশ্ন: িোহরোইি ক্রকোর্ো অিনস্থি ?
পোরসয উপসোগয়র ।
প্রশ্ন: ক্রকোি িেীয়ক চীয়ির েুুঃখ িলো হ ?
ক্রহো োাং ক্রহো িেীয়ক ।
ইনিহোস
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1. প্রশ্ন:- এলোহোিোে প্রশনস্ত কোর রচিো ?
উত্তর:- এলোহোিোে প্রশনস্ত সিুে গুয়ের সভোকনি হনরয়েয়ণর রচিো ।
2. প্রশ্ন:- িোনসক প্রশনস্তয়ি ক্রকোি সোিিোহি রোজোর কীনিি িনণিি আয়ি ?
উত্তর:- িোনসক প্রশনস্তয়ি সোিিোহি িাংয়শর ক্রেষ্ঠ রোজো ক্রগৌিিীপুত্র সোিকণীর কীনিি িনণিি আয়ি ।
3. প্রশ্ন:- িোিোিোট নশলোনলনপ ক্রর্য়ক ক্রকোি রোজোর সম্বয়ন্ধ জোিো যো ?
উত্তর:- িোিোিোট নশলোনলনপ ক্রর্য়ক সোিিোহি রোজো প্রর্ি সোিকণীর সম্বয়ন্ধ জোিো যো ।
4. প্রশ্ন:- িোিোিোট নশলোনলনপ কোর সিয় ক্রখোনেি হ ?
উত্তর:- সোিিোহি রোজো প্রর্ি সোিকণীর সিয় িোিোিোট নশলোনলনপ ক্রখোনেি হ ।
5. প্রশ্ন:- িোণভট্ট কোর সভোকনি নিয়লি ?
উত্তর:- িোণভট্ট হেিিধিয়ির সভোকনি নিয়লি ।
6. প্রশ্ন:- হেিচনরি কোর রচিো ?
উত্তর:- হেিচনরি হেিিধিয়ির সভোকনি িোণভয়ট্টর রচিো ।
7. প্রশ্ন:- িোণভয়ট্টর ক্রলখো একটি জীিি চনরয়ির িোি ক্রলয়খো ?
উত্তর:- িোণভয়ট্টর ক্রলখো একটি জীিি চনরয়ির িোি হেিচনরি ।
8. প্রশ্ন:- রোজিরনেিী গ্রন্থটি ক্রক রচিো কয়রি ?
উত্তর:- রোজিরনেিী গ্রন্থটি কলহি রচিো কয়রি ।
9. প্রশ্ন:- কলহয়ির রোজিরনেিী গ্রন্থটি ক্রর্য়ক ক্রকোি অঞ্চয়লর ইনিহোস জোিো যো ?
উত্তর:- কলহয়ির রোজিরনেিী গ্রন্থটি ক্রর্য়ক কোশ্মীয়রর ইনিহোস জোিো যো ।
10. প্রশ্ন:- অর্িশোস্ত্র গ্রন্থটি ক্রক রচিো কয়রি ?
উত্তর:- অর্িশোস্ত্র গ্রন্থটি চন্দ্রগুে ক্রিৌয়যির িন্ত্রী ক্রকৌটিলয িো চোণকয রচিো কয়রি ।
07 January 2017
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Daily GK Update : 07th January, 2017 For All The Upcoming Exams
1. 14th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas convention begins in Bengaluru
i. The 14th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) convention has begins in Bengaluru. The three-day event
will kick start with the Youth PBD, the theme of which is 'Role of Diaspora Youth in the
Transformation of India'. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas has been held traditionally on 9th January every
year to commemorate the return of Mahatma Gandhi as a Pravasi from South Africa to India.Three
plenary sessions are scheduled to be held in Youth PBD. First will be on reaching out to Indian
Students abroad, NRIs and overseas Indian Community Students in India. Second will be on Start-
ups and Innovations and 3rd on Start-up ecosystem in Karnataka.
2. Tata Motors, Castrol announce global strategic partnership
i. Tata Motors and Castrol have signed a 3-year strategic partnership agreement. As part of the
agreement, Castrol will supply Commercial Vehicle Oils to Tata Motors globally. The agreement will
cover over 50 markets including SAARC and ASEAN region, Middle East, Africa, Russia and Latin
America.
3. China launches longest high-speed train service
i. China has launched its longest high-speed train service from Kunming capital of south-west
China's Yunnan Province to Beijing. The train named 'Shangri-la of the World' left Kunming at 11:05
am on a 2,760-km trip to Beijing. The mileage will increase to 45,000 km by 2030.
4. Foreign exchange reserves rose by $625.5 million to $360.296 billion:RBI
i. The RBI stated that foreign exchange reserves rose by $625.5 million to $360.296 billion in the
week to December 30, 2016. In the previous week, the reserves had declined by $935.2 million to
$359.671 billion. The reserves had touched $371.99 billion in the week to September 30, 2016.
5. All India Conference of Waqf Boards begins
i. The All India Conference of Chairpersons and Chief Executive Officers of States and Union
Territories' Waqf Boards begins in New Delhi.The conference will be inaugurated by Minister of State
for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.Various issues, including review of progress under the
schemes relating to grant of financial assistance for computerization of waqf properties,
strengthening of waqf boards and development of waqf properties by National Waqf Development
Corporation Ltd. will be discussed during the conference.
6. Droom, Axis bank tie-up to provide quick loans on new and used cars
i. India’s pioneering online automobile transactional marketplace Droom has firmly entrenched its
foothold as a complete eco-system for buyers to have an impeccable automobile owning experience.
In its latest effort to sustain such a status, Droom has tied up with Axis Bank, India’s third largest
private sector bank, to provide quick sanction of loans on both new as well as used cars.
ii. Loans are an integral element in almost all new and used car purchases and Droom’s recent
collaboration with Axis bank is evidence of its continued efforts to cover the 360 degree eco-system
of online automobile transactions. Loans will be provided for up to 85 percent of the value of the car
with tenure of one to five years. Furthermore, loans on Used Cars can be availed on vehicles up to
the age of 10 years at the end of the loan tenure.
7. Japan to Help in Developing Chennai, Ahmedabad and Varanasi Smart Cities
i. Japan has decided to be associated with the development of Chennai, Ahmedabad and Varanasi
as smart cities. This was conveyed by Japan’s Ambassador to India Mr.Kenji Hiramatsu during his
meeting with Minister of Urban Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu.
8. Per capita income of Indians to cross Rs 1 lakh in FY17
i. India’s per capita income, a gauge for measuring living standard, is estimated to cross Rs 1 lakh in
2016-17, up from Rs 93,293 in the previous fiscal. As per the ‘First Advance Estimates of National
Income, 2016-17’ released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the per capita net national income
during 2016-17 is “estimated to be Rs 103,007” at current prices. This is higher by 10.4 per cent
compared to Rs 93,293 during 2015-16.
ii. The Central Statistics Office said India’s GDP is expected to slowdown to 7.1 per cent during
2016-17 from 7.6 per cent in the previous fiscal mainly due to slump in manufacturing, mining and
construction activities.
9. 30 Indian-Origin Men & Women Inducted into 2017 Forbes’ Super Achievers List
i. Over 30 Indian-origin innovators, entrepreneurs and leaders have been featured in the 2017
edition of Forbes' list of super achievers under the age of 30 who seek to break the status quo and
transform the world.The Forbes list has 30 game changers in 20 industries including healthcare,
manufacturing, sports and finance.
#International #Years
#These #are #the #international #years #currently #observed #by #the #United #Nations
2017 � �
International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition
International Year of Rice
2003 � �
#RECENT #APPOINTMENT
1) Next Chief Justice of India== Justice J. S. Khehar
2) Army chief== General Bipin Rawat
3) Air Force chief== Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa
4) Secretary-General of UNO== António Guterres
5) IB chief== Rajiv Jain
6) RAW chief== Anil Dhasmana
7) Director of CBI== Rakesh Asthana
8) Deputy Governor of RBI== Viral Acharya
9) Chairman of UPSC== David Reid Syiemlieh
10) Lieutenant Governor of Delhi== Anil Baijal) Next Chief Justice of India== Justice J. S. Khehar
2) Army chief== General Bipin Rawat
3) Air Force chief== Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa
4) Secretary-General of UNO== António Guterres
5) IB chief== Rajiv Jain
6) RAW chief== Anil Dhasmana
7) Director of CBI== Rakesh Asthana
8) Deputy Governor of RBI== Viral Acharya
9) Chairman of UPSC== David Reid Syiemlieh
10) Lieutenant Governor of Delhi== Anil Baijal) Next Chief Justice of India== Justice J. S. Khehar
2) Army chief== General Bipin Rawat
3) Air Force chief== Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa
4) Secretary-General of UNO== António Guterres
5) IB chief== Rajiv Jain
6) RAW chief== Anil Dhasmana
7) Director of CBI== Rakesh Asthana
8) Deputy Governor of RBI== Viral Acharya
9) Chairman of UPSC== David Reid Syiemlieh
10) Lieutenant Governor of Delhi== Anil Baijal
Environment updates 2016
� *First state to adopt fly ash utilisation policy* - _Maharashtra_
� *First state Ban smokeless tobacco* - _Assam_
� *First 100℅ bio diesel passenger buses* - _Karnataka (25)_
� *First bio CNG plant* - _Pune_
� *First electric bus in India* - _Bangalore ( 150 electric buses)_
� *First electric bus manufacturer* - _Ashoka laeyland_
� *First CNG bus* - _Pune_
� *First CNG- Electric bus* -- _Tata motors( New Delhi )_
� *First LNG Bus* - _Kerala_
� *First ethonal refinery* - _Punjab ( bathinda)_
� *75℅ concession for public transport* - _Delhi_
� *First green train corridor - Rameswaram*-- _manmadhurai ( chennai)_
� *First solared powered boats* - _Kochi_
� *World first Hospital train* - _Lifeline express_
� *First CCTV train* - _sher-e-punjab_
� *Haritha Haram* - _Telangana_
� *Mission Haritha - Priya* - _Andhra Pradesh_
� *Haritha Keralam* - _Kerala_
� *First driverless Bus* - _France_
� *First driverless Taxi- Singapore
� *First driverless boats ( Roboats)* - Amsterdam
� *First solar Flight* - _Solar impulse -2
#HISTORY #NOTES: #Important #Socio-#Religious #Reform #Movements for RRB NTPC and SSC
CHSL EXAM
Prarthana samaj:- 1867 (Bombay)
1. Founder – Atmaram Pandurang
2. Member – M. G. Ranade, R. G. Bhandarkar
3. It was influenced by Brahma samaj in the west.
4. The aim of Prarthana samaj was reforming Hindu religious thought & practice in the light of
modern knowledge.
5. It preached the worship of one god & tried to free religion of caste orthodoxy & Priestly
domination.
6. Its activities also spread to south India as a result of the Telugu reformed, Veeresalingam
Panthulu who also formed Rajmundhry social Reform Association & worked for the upliftment of
women & widow remarriage in Andhra.
7. Ranade established “Deccan educational society” in Pune in 1884.
8. Ranade established “Widow remarriage association in Maharashtra in 1891.
9. D. K. Karve established a widow home in Poona in 1899 & established Indian women university in
1906 in Bombay.
Jyotiba Phule
1. Phule Satya Sodhak samaj movement can be called as the first lower caste movement
2. But Phule’s work in the field of women education is equally great.
3. He considered education as the most important weapon for the liberation of lower caste.
4. He was the first person in India to start school for lower caste girls in 1851 in Poona.
5. He started school for untouchables for which he had to face many hardships.
6. He was also the pioneer of widow remarriage in Maharashtra.
7. He founded Satya Sodhak samaj in 1873.
8. He criticised Brahmanical ideology through his books like Ghulamgiri.
9. He was given the title of ‘Mahatma’ by people of Pune.
Ramkrishna & Vivekananda
1. Ramkrishna Paramhans (Gadadhar Chattopadhyay) was the priest of Dakshineswar temple of
Calcutta.
2. His great disciple ‘Narendra Dutta’ better known as ‘swami Vivekanand’ popularised his religious
message.
3. He too, like his guru “proclaimed the essential oneness of all religion.”
4. He himself subscribed to Vedanta which he declared to be a fully rational system.
5. Vivekanand condemned the caste system & rituals & superstitions.
6. In 1893, He won over the audience at world parliament of religious at Chicago by addressing them
as “Brother & Sisters”. He was the first Indian to proclaim the greatness of Hinduism to the west.
7. In 1896, Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna mission to carry on humanitarian relief & social
work. It laid emphasis not on Personel salvation but on social good or social service especially the
poor.
8. He established two centres at Vellur & Mayawati (Almora).
9. His philosophy of action & national regeneration had great influence on the Indian nationalism,
particularly on extremist.
His Irish disciple sister Nivedita (Margaret noble) actively helped the revolutionaries against British.
Subhash Chandra Bose called him “The spiritual father of modern national moment”.
Swami Dayanand Saraswati
1. Birth – Dist – Mauravi, GJ, 1824
2. Childhood name – Moolshankar
3. Swami Poornanand gave him name “Dayanand Saraswati” in 1848.
4. In 1861 – He met blind saint Birjanand (Spiritual teacher of him)
5. Arya Samaj founded in 1875 – (Later head quarter shifted to Lahore)
6. Swami Dayanand gave the mantra “go back to Vedas”
7. He wrote a book “Satyarth Prakash (1874)” which contains his philosophical & religious Ideas.
8. He regarded Vedas as infallible & as the fountain of all knowledge.
9. He was opposed to idolatry, rituals & priesthood, and particularly to the prevalent caste system
preached by Brahmins.
10. He also favoured the study of western science & laid great emphasis on education.
11. He was the first person used word “swaraj”.
12. Accept Hindi as the national language.
13. He promoted “Suddhi Andolan”.
14. He died in 1883 in Ajmer.
15. After his death, Arya samaj split on the issue of type of education to be popularised whether
western or Sanskrit based.
16. Lala Hansraj supporter of English education established “Dayanand Anglo-Vedic college” at
Lahore. (1886)
17. Swami Shradhanand (Sanskrit Supporter) established “Gurukul Kangri” near Haridwar. (1902)
18. The Arya Samajist were vigorous advocates of social reform & worked actively to improve the
condition of women & to spread education among them.
Theosophical society.
1. 1875, New York
2. Founder – Madam Blavatsky & Colonel Olcott
3. They came to India in 1879 & founded headquarter ‘Adyar’ (Near madras) in 1886.
4. The theosophist movement soon grew in India, As a result of the leadership given to it by Mrs
Annie Besant who had come to India in 1893.
5. She was Irish & was a member of Fabian socialist club in England.
6. The theosophist advocated the revival & strengthening of the ancient, religions of Hinduism,
Zoroastrianism & Buddhism.
7. They recognise the doctrine of transmigration of the soul & also emphasized on mysticism & even
occultism.
8. Mrs Besant established the central Hindu school at Banaras Later developed by Madan Mohan
Malviya into the Banaras Hindu university.
9. Also, work for “youth education”.
●By which name 1890 railway law was known- Railway act
●When did the the Kalka -Shimla rout open- 1903
●Who inaugurated the first electric railway line-Lecile Wilson
●Who was the founder of East India Railway company-RM.Stephenson
●What is the length of broad gauge railway line-5.5feet
●What is the length of narrow gauge railway line- 2.5feet and 2 feet
●Railway route of Howarh to Delhi was open in -1866
●State with highest rail density-West Bengal
●State with lowest rail density-Chattisgarh
●Train started by Indian railway for the awareness of AIDS on world aids day- Red Ribbon Express
(1Dec 2007)
●Train with maximum stoppage-Howarh-Amritsar Express (115 Stoppage)
●World largest railway station-Grand Central Terminal in New York(44 plateform)
●Longest rail bridge is -Vembanad Rail bridge
●On which river world highest railway bridge constructed-Chenab
●Which station is formerly known as Victoria Terminus-Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
●Kalka-Shimla railway line inaugurated by-Lord Curzon
●Diesel locomotive works production unit at- Varanasi (Manufacture Diesel and Electric locomotive)
●Diesel loco modernisation works at-Patiala (Component are manufactured here)
●A platform surrounded by rail lines from all four sides is called- Island platform
●Railway staff college is situated at -Vadodara
●North Eastern frontier railway established in- 15 Jan 1958
●Manufacturing of steam engine at Chittranjan Locomotive Works was stopped in- 1971
●Rail coach factory is located at- Kapurthala
●Palace on Wheel train is inaugurated in which year-1982
●Wheel and axel plant of Indian Railway is situated at- Bangalore
●Which is the largest Zone of Indian Railway- Northern zone
●Present railway minister- Suresh Prabhu
●Northernmost railway station in India-Baramulla
●Westernmost railway station in India- Naliya near Bhuj
●First metro train of world-London
●World fastest bullet train- Maglev bullet train of Japan
●Konkan railway passes from-Maharashtra, Kerla,Goa
●Rack section of line is present at-Nilgiri Mountain railway(From kallar to Coonor)
●First electric train in India started in – 1925(Great Peninsular Railway at Bombay)
●First Rajdhani train started in- 1 march 1969
●First Duronto Express train started in- 2009(Sealdah to New Delhi)
●Longest railway tunnel in India-Pir Panjal railway tunnel
●Worlds first railway timetables were designed by-George Bradshaw
●Which train between India and Pakistan- Samjhauta Express
●Longest train route in world- Moscow(Russia) to Vladivostok(Russia)
●Who presented the railway budget maximum time- Babu Jagjivan Ram
●Slowest train in India- Nilgiri Express
●Indian train got toilets in-1891
●Shortest distance between two successive station-3km(Nagpur and Ajni station)
●Indian railway mascot-Bholu(The guard Elephant)
●Shortest station name-IB(Odisha)
●Longest railway station name in India-Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta(Tamil nadu)
●Least punctual train-Guwahati-Trivandrum Express
●Most powerful locomotive-Electric locomotive WAG-9
●Computerized reservation is started in India-New Delhi in the year 1986.
●Total number of train which runs in India on an average day-12617
●What is the outlay of Rail Budget 2016-17?
- 1.21 lakh crore rupees.
●What is the Traffic revenue target in Rail Budget 2016-17?
- 1.85 lakh crore rupees.
●How many new trains were introduced in the Railway Budget 2016-17? - 4
●How many pillars of strategy were mentioned in the Railway Budget 2016-17?
- 3 i.e Nav Arjan, Nav Manak and Nav Sanrachna
●What was the theme of Railway Budget 2016-17?
- Overcoming challenges – Reorganize, Restructure Rejuvenate Indian Railways - Chalo, Milkar
Kuch Naya Karen’
●Name the superfast train which was introduced in Railway Budget 2016-17 for unreserved
passengers.
- Antyodaya Express
●Name the AC train which was introduced in Railway Budget 2016-17 for reserved passengers.-
Humsafar
●According to Railway Budget 2016-17, which of the following train will showcase the future of train
travel in India with onboard Wi-Fi, local cuisine? - Tejas
●Name the double-decker train which was introduced in Railway Budget 2016-17 to increase the
passenger capacity. - UDAY or Utkrisht Double-Decker Air-conditioned Yatri Express
●Introduced in Rail Budget 16-17, Utkrisht Double-Decker Air-conditioned Yatri Express or UDAY
has the potential to increase passenger carrying capacity by ___________? 40%
●In Rail Budget 2016-17, Coolies have been renamed and will be called as ____________?
Sahayaks
●How much km of new tracks to be commissioned in 2016-17? - 2800 KM
●According to Rail Budget 2016-17, which of the following Indian city will have India's first rail auto
hub? - Chennai
●How many stations were provided with Wi-Fi in the FY 2015-16? - 100.
●How many stations are aimed to be provided with Wi-Fi in 2016-17? - 400
●Name the cleanliness services which is aimed to clean the passenger coach through request by
SMS.
- ‘Clean my Coach’
●SMART Coaches were introduced in Rail Budget 2016-17. What does SMART stands for?
- Specially Modified Aesthetic Refreshing Travel
●Janani Sewa was introduced in Rail Budget 16-17 for which of the following purposes?
- Children’s menu items on trains, baby foods, hot milk and hot water would be made available.
●Complete package of Rail Journey was announced in Rail Budget to raise awareness about which
of the following animals? - Tiger
●Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu in his budget, announced to provide gang men with devices called
___________.
- Rakshak
●C T Venugopal chair will be set up for which purpose?
- Strategic Finance
●Kalpana Chawla chair will be set up for which purpose?
- Geo-spatial technology
●How many missions were introduced for the transformation of Indian Railways in the Rail Budget
2016-17? 7
#What #is #unique #about #BHIM?
BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) is a digital payments solution app based on Unified Payments
Interface (UPI) from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). BHIM is just like a cover
what is inside is the UPI’s fabulous payment mechanism.
What makes BHIM important?
There are different digital wallets like Paytm, which are basically prepaid wallets that require to
transfer money from your bank account to the prepaid wallet. But in the case of BHIM (UPI), there is
no such money transfer, no recharge as the money is stored with the bank. This type of arrangement
became possible as both UPI and BHIM are sponsored by NPCI which is an offspring of RBI. The
trust factor is big and the banks are ready to join UPI because of the ‘government factor’. The
authorization of the transaction under BHIM will be done by the banks themselves (mechanically) as
money used under BHIM are with the bank accounts. The authentication (executing the payment)
should be done by the customer through his mobile phone.
In this context, BHIM can disrupt the existing private sector mobile/digital wallets. Future of BHIM is
to be seen curiously because though small, there are several minuscule transaction costs related
with digital payments. For example, if BHIM is to be used for buying goods, merchants should make
arrangements with their banks. Banks here will charge the merchants and the latter may put it on
customers. Hence some sort of a fees will be charged on BHIM transactions as well. Such issues
will come only after the ‘promotional period’ of BHIM is over.
Background
The NPCI is rocking with digital payment innovations. Its UPI is a payment interface that allows
payments digitally by using virtual addresses. The real id and bank account number are not exposed
under UPI and that makes it superior to the swiping based PoS.
Under UPI, banks have their own UPIs and individuals should use separate virtual ids with respect to
each account.
Now the government has launched an app called BHIM to enable the user to use only one UPI app
in the form of BHIM - a prototype of a payment wallet app for making all UPI based payment
functions.
BHIM is unified UPI app based on a single UPI enabled bank. In the case of UPI, app of each bank
was necessary to execute the transaction. But in the case of BHIM, only one bank account is to be
attached to facilitate transaction to any bank.
What is the difference between prepaid wallet like Paytm and BHIM?
In the case of a prepaid digital wallet like paytm, the money should be transferred to the paytm
wallet. The main feature of BHIM is that as a digital wallet, it is based on the bank account. It is not a
prepaid wallet like paytm where money is stored. Rather, the money here is stored with the bank.
What is the main peculiarity of BHIM? How it differs from Digital wallets?
BHIM is an app connecting the user to the UPI’s payment platform. It is not a digital wallet like the
Paytm. Here, BHIM will use the bank account of the user which is attached with the UPI.
BHIM is based upon the UPI platform developed by NPCI and it is designed as a supportive app for
UPI.BHIM app can be used to send and receive money to other non-UPI accounts or
addresses.Money can be send via IFSC and MMID code to people who don’t have a UPI-based
bank account.QR based digital payments can be made through BHIM: Here, the user should create
his own QR code for a fixed amount of money, and then the merchant can scan it for deduction.
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