GK Notes

Some important W.O. and Their HQs

1. World Bank: Washington DC, USA

2. International Monetary Fund [IMF]: Washington DC, USA

3. World Health Organization [WHO]: Geneva, Switzerland

4. World Trade Organization [WTO]: Geneva, Switzerland

5. International Labour Organization [ILO]: Geneva, Switzerland

6. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD): Geneva, Switzerland

7. New Development Bank (BRICS Development Bank): Shanghai, China

8. Asian Development Bank: Manila, Philippines

9. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF): New York, USA

10. United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA): New York, USA

11. United Nations Education Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO): Paris, France

12. International Atomic Agency: Vienna, Austria

13. Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC): Vienna, Austria

14. Amnesty International: London, UK

15. International Maritime Organisation: London. UK

16. Commonwealth of Nations: London, UK

17. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC): Kathmandu, Nepal

18. Association of South East Nations (ASEAN): Jakarta, Indonesia

19. Food & Agricultural Organization (FAO): Rome, Italy

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20. International Court of Justice: The Hague, the Netherland

21. International Solar alliance: Gurugram, India

India’s rank in Different Indices

Human development Index 2018

India’s rank: 130th
Norway tops

Environmental Performance Index 2018

Released by World Economic Forum
India’s rank: 177th (Switzerland topped)

Global manufacturing Index 2018

Released by World Economic Forum
India’s rank: 30th (Japan topped)

FDI Confidence Index 2018

India’s rank: 11th (USA topped)

Global Innovation Index 2018

Released by World Intellectual Property Organisation
India’s rank: 57th (Switzerland tops)

Ease of Doing Business 2019

Released by World Bank
India’s rank: 77th (New Zealand tops)

World Happiness report 2018

India’s rank: 133th (Finland tops)

Awards & Honours

World Food Prize: Lawrence Haddad and David Nabarro.

They worked to provide availability of nutritious food for pregnant women and children to r
malnutrition in developing countries.

Pritzker Architecture Prize (Nobel equivalent for the field): Balkrishna Doshi. He becom
laureate from India.

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Abel Prize: Robert Langlands
Developed a programme connecting representation theory to number theory.

Linnean Medal in Botany from Linnean Society of London: Kamaljit Bawa

pioneering research on evolution of tropical plants, tropical deforestation & non-timber fore
Indian to win the award ever since it was constituted in 1888.

OSCARS/90th Academy Awards

Best picture: The Shape of Water
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Gary Oldman for Darkest Hour
Best Actress: Frances McDormand for ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’
Best Director: ‘Guillermo Del Toro for ‘The Shape of Water’.
Best Foreign Language Film: ‘A Fantastic Woman

Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2017: Vinod Khanna

Saraswati Samman 2017: Sitanshu Yashaschandra’s poetry collection “Vakhar”. Saraswa

awarded annually by the K K Birla Foundation.

The Swedish Academy has postponed the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature following sex-a
and other issues within its ranks that have tarnished the body’s reputation. The 2018 winn
presented alongside the 2019 winner next year. It is the first time since wartime 1943 that
award will not be given.

Pulitzer Prize for Public Service: The New York Times and The New Yorker

Man Booker International Prize: Flights, A philosophical rumination on modern-day trave

author Olga Tokarczuk

KISS Humanitarian Award 2018: Muhammad Yunus- Nobel Peace award winner & the fo
Grameen Bank

Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize UNESCO: Mahmoud Abu Zeid- Egyptian photo jo

‘Palme d’Or- 2018 (highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival): Shoplifters- Ja
drama

Mumbai-based eminent neurosurgeon Dr B.K. Misra was named for prestigious Dr B.C. R
Award for year 2018 as Eminent Medical Person of the Year

Gopal krishna Gandhi was conferred with 2018 Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Awa

Two Indians Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk are among six who have been decla
2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award, often referred to as Asian version of the Nobel Prize.

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 Virat Kohli and S Mirabai Chanu got Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards 2018.

Anushka Sharma receives Smita Patil Award

PM Modi got UN’s Highest Environment Honour

Economy of India

1) The country is classified as a newly industrialized country, and one of the G-20 major eco
average growth rate of approximately 7% over the last two decades.

2) Maharashtra is the wealthiest Indian state with an annual nominal GDP of US $ 380 billion fol
Tamilnadu.

3) India ranks 139th in per capita GDP (Nominal) with 2134 dollars as of 2018.

4) GDP: Gross Domestic Product

GDP is the monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country’s bor
time period.

India’s Nominal GDP ~2.848 trillion dollars. (2018)

India’s rank in world economies by size of GDP (nominal): 6th

India’s rank in world economies by size of GDP (PPP): 3rd

5) GDP Growth forecast for 2018-19: 7.3% by IMF, ADB and World Bank

6) There are 3 sectors in Indian Economy.

Contribution of different sectors in Indian GDP:

Primary sector (Agriculture): around 17%

Secondary sector (Industry): around 29 %
Tertiary sector (Service): around 54%

7) Ease of doing business rank of India 2019: 77th

8) Trade partners in decreasing order:

India’s main export partners:- European Union, USA, UAE, Hong Kong and China.
India’s main import partners: – China, European Union, USA, UAE and Saudi Arabia.

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9) Inflation in India is measured by consumer price index.

10) There are 8 core industries in India.

Electricity, steel, refinery products, crude oil, coal, cement, natural gas and fertilizers.

Some International Organizations

1. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC):

It is the organization of South Asian countries. The South Asian Association for Regional C
(SAARC) is the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union of nations i
Its member states include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, the Maldives, P
Lanka.
SAARC HQ: Kathmandu, Total member states: 8.

2. BRICS: Organisation of large economies of NICs (Newly industrialized country) namely

China, India, South Africa.
2018 BRICS Summit: South Africa

3. G4 nations: Informal group of countries which support each other’s bids for permanent se
United Nations Security Council. It consists of India, Germany, Japan and Brazil.

4. Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation(BIM

international organization involving a group of countries in South Asia and South East Asia
These are: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal.
2018 BIMSTEC Summit: Nepal

5. G7 Countries: The group of seven consists of Canada, France, UK, US, Germany and Ita
2018 G7 Summit: Canada

6. ASEAN: Group for 10 countries. ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nation
Headquartered at Jakarta, Indonesia.
33rd ASEAN Summit 2018: Singapore

Venues of Some Important sports events

1) Summer Olympics
2016: Rio, Brazil
2020: Tokyo, Japan
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2024: Paris, France
2028: Los Angeles, USA

2) Cricket World Cup

Men’s
2015: Australia and New Zealand
2019: England and Wales
2023: India

Women’s
2013: India
2017: England
2021: New Zealand

3) FIFA Football World Cup

2014: Brazil
2018: Russia
2022: Qatar

FIFA U-17 Football world cup 2017: India

4) Commonwealth games
2018: Gold Coast, Australia
2022: Birmingham, England

5) Hockey World Cup

2018 Men’s Hockey World Cup: Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India
2018 Women’s Hockey World Cup: London, England

Important Geographical facts about India

1. India covers 2.4% of the Earth’s surface. Total land area of India is 32,87,263 sq.km.
2. Kanchenjunga is the highest mountain peak of India.
3. Deccan Plateau is the largest plateau of India and the Ladakh plateau is the highest plat
4. Andaman is the largest island of India and Majuli is the largest river island of world locate
India.
5. India has only one dessert which is the Thar dessert. It is located in the state Rajasthan.
6. The longest Indian River is Ganga; its length is 2,640 km.
7. The world’s largest delta, (in West Bengal) Sundarban, is made by Brahmaputra and Gan
8. Aravallis is the oldest mountain ranges of the India.
9. Agriculture
Agriculture in India: More than 50 percent of the area of the country is under the cultivation
of the

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 Indian population is engaged in agriculture. There are two major crop seasons in India, viz
(i) Rabi (ii) Kharif
Rabi: It is sown in October or December and harvested in April or May. Major crops are: b
peas, gram and mustard.
Kharif: It is sown in June or July and harvested in September or October. Major crops are
jowar, rice and jute.
10. Forests: India is covered about *24.1%* by forest area (as per Forest Survey Report 2015
Madhya Pradesh has the largest Forest cover in India among all other states.
11. Gujarat has the longest coastline among all the states in India.
12. Bangladesh shares maximum boundary with India.
13. India is divided into 29 states, 6 union territories, 1 national capital territory.
14. Rajasthan is the largest state of India followed by Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, UP.
15. UP is the most populous state of India followed by Maharashtra, Bihar, and West Bengal.

Important dams and their locations

Indira Sagar Dam: Narmada River, Madhya Pradesh

Mettur Dam: Cauvery River, Tamil Nadu.
Koyna Dam: Koyna River, Maharashtra.
Maithon Dam: barakar river, Jharkhand.
Rihand Dam: Rihand Dam, Uttar Pradesh.
TungaBhadra Dam: Tungabhadra River, Karnataka.
Krishna Raja Sagar dam: Cauvery river, Karnataka
Hirakund Dam: Mahanadi River, Odissa

World Geography Points

1) Boundary lines

Durand line: Pakistan and Afghanistan

Radcliffe line: India and Pakistan
Macmohan line: china and India
38th parallel: North and South Korea
49th parallel: USA and Canada
Hindenburg Line: Germany and Poland
Maginot line: France and Germany
Oder–Neisse line : Germany and Poland

2) Atmosphere layers in that order from earth

a. Troposphere
b. Stratosphere: ozone layer in it!!
c. Mesosphere or thermosphere
d. Ionosphere

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3) Mountains-Locations

Andes: South America

Rockies: North America
Alps: Europe
Alaska: USA
Himalaya: Asia

4) Water resources in Oceans:

Pacific> Atlantic>Indian>arctic

5) Top 5 minerals in earth’s crust

Oxygen>Silicon> Aluminium>Iron>Calcium

6) Top 4 gases in atmosphere

Nitrogen> Oxygen>Argon> CO27) Light year, Astronomical unit and Parsec are the units to

8) Solar system

Brightest star after sun: Sirius

Planet with maximum satellites: Jupiter
Red planet: Mars
Blue planet: Earth
Brightest planet: Venus
Biggest planet: Jupiter

9) Some more information

A. Atlantic Ocean between US and UK.
B. Largest land locked country: Kazakhstan
C. Africa has the most number of countries.
D. the Nile has been determined to be the longest river in the world followed by the Amazon and
E. The South China Sea disputes involves namely Brunei, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia
Vietnam.
F. the Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia.
G. Canada has the largest coastline among all the countries in the World.

Banking awareness

First bank to introduce Internet banking: ICICI bank

First bank to introduce mutual fund: State Bank of India
First bank to introduce credit card in India: Central Bank of India
Which cards are known as plastic money– Credit Cards
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is known as– World B
Minimum money transfer limit through RTGS: 2 Lakhs
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Maximum money transfer limit through RTGS: No Limit

Minimum & Maximum money transfer limit through NEFT: No Limit
NABARD was established in- July, 1982
Largest Public sector bank in India– SBI
Largest Private sector bank in India– HDFC Bank
Largest Foreign bank in India in terms of Number of branches– Standard Chartered Bank
First Indian bank to open branch outside India i.e. London in 1946: Bank of India
First Bank to introduce ATM in India: HSBC in 1987, Mumbai
SBI has the maximum number of overseas branches.
First bank established in India: Bank of Hindustan in 1770
3 banks namely Bank of Bengal, Bank of Bombay and Bank of Madras in 1921 to form the
India which was converted as SBI.
First Indian bank got ISO: Canara Bank
First India bank started solely with Indian capital investment is PNB.
Founder of Punjab National Bank is Lala Lajpat Rai.
RBI’s Too Big to fail list Banks: SBI, ICICI and HDFC
1st Payment Bank In India: Airtel payment Bank
Payment Banks can’t issues Credit cards and can’t give loans.
RBI does the Open Market Operations
1 Rupee Note bears the signature of Finance Secretary
Fiscal Policy is the work of Finance Ministry
Minimum capital requirement for payment bank: 100 crore Rupees

18th Asian Games 2018

1. Held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.

2. Motto was Energy of Asia
3. Bhin Bhin, Kaka, and Atung: mascots of the 2018 Asian Games.
4. 1st Asian Games were held in New Delhi in 1951.
5. 19th Asian Games would be held in Hangzhou, China in 2022.
6. India won Total 69 Medals in 2018 asian games, finished at 8th position.
7. Top 3 countries are: China, Japan and Republic of Korea.
8. India won 15 Gold Medals, 24 Silvers and 30 bronze medals. This is India’s best ever ove
9. Kabaddi:- India failed to win gold in a sport they have dominated since it was introduced fo
the tournament in 1990. For the first time, India men’s team had not won the gold medal in
Asian Games.
Some notable players:-
1. Neeraj Chopra (Javelin Throw)
2. Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat (Wrestling)
3. PV Sindhu (Silver, Badminton)
4. Pranab Bardhan and Shibhnath Sarkar(Bridge)
5. Rahi Sarnobat (Shooting)
6. Swapna Barman(Heptathlon)
7. Jinson Johnson(1500m Race, Gold)
8. Manjit Singh(800m Race, Gold)

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 9. Amit Panghal (Boxing)
10. Saurabh chaudhary (Shooting)
11. tajinderpal singh toor (Shot Put)
12. Dutee Chand, Hima das, Muhammed Anas(Sprinter)

Flag bearers
Opening ceremony: Neeraj chopra
Closing ceremony: Rani Rampal (hockey)

21th FIFA World Cup 2018

Host : Russia
Official Mascot : Zabivaka
Official Song : ‘ Live It Up ‘ By Nicky Jam
Campaign : ‘ Say No To Racism ‘
Teams : 32 Teams
Matches : 64 Matches Played, 169 Goals ( 2018 )
Final – France 4 – 2 Croatia
Winner: France ( 2nd Time , 1st 1998 )
2nd : Croatia
3rd: Belgium
4th. : England
Golden Boot Award : Harry Kane ( England , 6 Goals )
Golden Ball Award : Luka Modric ( Croatia )
Golden Glove Award : Thibaut Courtois ( Belgium , 27 Saves )
FIFA Young Player Award : Kylian Mbappe ( France )
FIFA Fair Play Award : Spain
Top 3 Teams Goals
1. Belgium (7 Matches, 16 Goals)
2. France. (7 Matches, 14 Goals)
3. Croatia (7 Matches, 14 Goals)

Grand Slams Winner 2018

1. Men’s Singles

TOURNAMENT WINNER RUNNER-UP

U.S. Open Novak Djokovic Juan Martin del Potro

Wimbledon Novak Djokovic Kevin Anderson

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French Open Rafael Nadal Dominic Thiem

Australian Open Roger Federer Marin Cilic

1. Women’s Singles

TOURNAMENT WINNER RUNNER-UP

U.S. Open Naomi Osaka Serena Williams

Wimbledon Angelique Kerber Serena Williams

French Open Simona Halep Sloane Stephens

Australian Open Caroline Wozniacki Simona Halep

Indian City and Industries they are famous for

1) Bharuch (Gujarat): Petroleum, Petrochemicals

2) Surat (Gujarat): Textiles, Diamond

3) Rourkela (Orissa): Steel and Fertilizer

4) Sivakasi (Tamil Nadu): Safety Matches, Fireworks

5) Dibrugarh (Assam): Tea industries

6) Bokaro Steel City (Jharkhand): Steel and Coal

7) Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh): Auto Parts

8) Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh): Glass and bangle works

9) Panna (Madhya Pradesh): Diamond Mines

10) Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh): Hand-loom

11) Bhagalpur (Bihar): Silks

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Important Companies and their country of origin

BOEING USA
NIKE
Apple

EBay
JP Morgan

Berkshire Hathaway
Walmart

Yum china
Microsoft

SONY Japan

TOSHIBA
Softbank

Mitsubishi

CASIO

Samsung South Korea

NESTLE SWITZERLAND

ARMANI ITALY

Gucci

BATA CZECH REPUBLIC

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PUMA GERMANY

NOKIA FINLAND

Alibaba China

AIRBUS FRANCE

CARREFOUR

Vodafone Britain

Sinopac Taiwan

Micromax India

CARLSBERG DENMARK

KASPERSKY LAB Russia

CEOs/chairman List

Top banks in India

1) SBI: Rajnish Kumar

2) ICICI: Sandeep Bakhshi
3) HDFC: Aditya Puri
4) Punjab National Bank: Sunil Mehta
5) Axis bank: Shikha Sharma (Amitabh Chaudhry as next CEO)
6) Bank of Baroda: P.S. Jayakumar

b) Top E-commerce

Flipkart: Kalyan Krishnamurthy

Snapdeal: Kunal bahl
Paytm: Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Ola: Bhavish Aggarwal
Oyo rooms: Ritesh Aggarwal
Alibaba: Jack Ma
Amazon: Jeff Bezos
Uber: Dara Khosrowshahi

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c) Some other important CEOs/Chairman

Amul: R.S. Sodhi

Tata group: Natarajan Chandrasekaran
Birla group: Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla
Reliance industries: Mukesh Ambani
ITC Ltd: Yogesh Chander Deveshwar
Wipro: Azim Premji [chairman] Abidali Neemuchwala [CEO]
Infosys : Salil Parekh (CEO & MD)

d) Some foreign CEOs

Apple: Tim cook

Tesla: Robyn Denholm (Elon Musk replaced)
Google: Sunder Pichai
Microsoft: Satya Nadela
PepsiCo: Ramon Laguarta
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg
Walmart: C. Douglas McMillan
LinkedIn : Jeff Weiner
Yahoo : Marissa Mayer
Twitter : jack Dorsey

e) Top global companies CEOs from India

1) Satya Nadella – CEO, Microsoft

2) Sundar Pichai- CEO, Google

3) Ajaypal Singh Banga- President and CEO, MasterCard.

4) Rajeev Suri- CEO, Nokia.

5) Indra K Nooyi- CEO, PepsiCo (She is retiring, New CEO: Ramon Laguarta)

6) Lakshmi Mittal- chairman and CEO, Arcelor Mittal, the world’s largest steelmaking company.

7) Rakesh Kapoor- CEO, Reckitt Benckiser plc, It is a multinational consumer goods company,
of health, hygiene and home products.

8) Rajeev Vasudeva- CEO, Egon Zehnder, Egon Zehnder is a global executive search firm.

9) Dhivya Suryadevara- 1st female CFO of General motors.

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10) Francisco D’souza: President and CEO, Cognizant

11) Shantanu Narayen: CEO, Adobe

Tag lines of some important companies

1) Foreign companies

The world’s local bank: HSBC

Always low prices. Always. : Wal-Mart
it’s everywhere you want to be. : VISA
Eat fresh. : Subway
All the news that’s fit to print. : The New York Times
Just do it. : Nike
Your potential. Our passion. : Microsoft
Because I’m worth it. : L’Oreal
don’t dream it. Drive it. : Jaguar
The power of dreams. : Honda
The most trusted name in news. : CNN
Think different. : Apple
Das auto: Volkswagen
Good food, Good Life: Nestle
Impossible is nothing: Adidas
Get there: Uber
to fly to serve: British Airways
The ultimate driving machine: BMW
Taking you forward: Erickson

2) Indian companies

Britannia: Eat healthy, Think better

Amul: The taste of India
Pepsi : Pepsi thi pee gya
Thumbs Up : Taste The Thunder
Surf excel : Daag Acche hain
Asian Paints : Har ghar Kuchch Kahta hei
Frooti : Fresh N Juicy
Raymond’s : The Complete Man
Dairy Milk : Kuch meetha ho jaye
Polo : The mint with a hole
MRF : Tyres With Muscle
Idea : An Idea can Change your life
Airtel: Express Yourself

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Tata Sky: Isko laga dala to life zingalala
LIC: Zindagi ke Saath bhi, Zindagi ke bad bhi
Chlormint: Dobara mat poochna
Tata Salt: Desh ka namak
Big Bazar: naye India ka bazaar
The Indian express: Journalism of Courage
Videocon: The Indian Multinational
Mentos: Dimag ki batti jaja de
Kit Kat: Have a break, have a kit kat
ICICI Bank: Khayal Aapka
Alpenlibe: Jee lalchaye, raha na jaye
HDFC Std Life: Jiyo sar utha ke
Reliance Industries: Growth is life
Bank of Baroda: India’s international Bank

Retail chains and their parent organization

Pantaloons- future group and Aditya Birla group

Big bazaar- future group
Reliance fresh- reliance industries
D mart- avenue supermarts Ltd
Easy day- Bharti enterprises Ltd

Car companies and their native countries

1) Toyota: Japan
2) Volkswagen: Germany
3) general motors’: USA
4) Ford: USA
5) Maruti, Tata motors: India
6) Hyundai: South Korea
7) Honda: Japan
8) Fiat Chrysler: Italy
9) Nissan: Japan
10) BMW: Germany

New cars launched in India 2017-2018

Tata Nexon, Bolt, Tigor, Tiago: Tata motors

Kodiaq, Octavia: Skoda
Nuvosport, TUV 300: Mahindra
Vitara brezza, Ciaz, : Maruti Suzuki
Jeep Compass : Fiat Chrysler
Tiguan : Volkswagen

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 Xcent: Hyundai
Jazz: Honda
Micra: Nissan

Famous Mobile companies in World

In India:

Xolo
Intex
Micromax
Karbonn
Spice
Lava

In china: Gionee, Oppo, Xiaomi

In Taiwan: HTC

In USA: Apple

In South Korea: Samsung, LG

In Finland: Nokia

Famous Products and their companies

Fiama di wills soap, vivel soap, wills lifestyle, john player’s clothes, sun feast biscuits, aas
Ltd.
Lux, lifebuoy soaps: Hindustan unilever
Cinthol, kesh kala: Godrej
Dettol soaps: Reckitt Benckiser
Maggi: Nestle
Madura Fashion & Lifestyle sells in-housebrands such as Louis Philippe, Van Heusen, All
England and People : Aditya Birla Group
Parle-G, Hide n Seek Biscuits: PARLE
Tiger, Good Day, Bourbon, 50-50: Britannia

Name of G-20 nations, stock exchange and official currency

S.No. Country Stock Exchange Official Cu

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1 Argentina Buenos Aires Stock Exchange (BCBA) Peso

2 Australia ASX (Australian Securities Exchange) Dollar

3 Brazil BM&F BOVESPA Real

4 Canada TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange) Dollar

5 China Shanghai Stock Exchange & Shenzhen Stock Renminbi (

Exchange

6 France Euronext Paris Euro

7 Germany Frankfurt Stock Exchange & DAX Euro

8 India BSE & NSE Rupee

9 Indonesia IDX (Indonesia Stock Exchange) Indonesian

10 Italy Borsa Italiana Euro

11 Japan Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) Yen

12 Mexico Mexican Stock Exchange (BVM) Mexican Pe

13 Russia Moscow Exchange Rubble

14 Saudi Arabia Tadawul (Saudi Stock Exchange) Riyal

15 South Africa Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Rand

16 South Korea Korea Exchange (KRX) Won

17 Turkey Borsa İstanbul Turkish Lira

18 United Kingdom London Stock Exchange Pound ster

19 United States NYSE & NASDAQ US Dollar

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20 EU Euro

Countries and name of their parliament

Country Name of the Parliament

Afghanistan Shura

Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad

Bhutan Tshogdu

Brazil National Congress

Myanmar Pyithu Hluttaw

Denmark Folketinget

Finland Eduskusta/Riksdagen

Iran Majles

Iraq National Assembly

Israel The Knesset

Japan The Diet

Libya General People‘s Congress

Maldives Majlis

Nepal Sansad

Norway Stortinget

Spain Cortes Generales (General Courts)

Sweden Riksdagen

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United States Congress (House of Representatives and Senate

Films and television in India

1) Doordarshan was founded in year- 1959

2) Film and Television institute of India is located in Pune and established in 1960

3) First Indian movie submitted for Oscar- Mother India

4) First Indian to win Oscar – Bhanu Athaiya

She got the coveted award for costume design for the Richard Attenborough directed film Gandh

5) 1st in Films
1st Indian film- Raja Harishchandra
1st Indian sound film- Alam Ara
1st Indian color film- Kishan Kanha
1st 3D animated film- Roadside Romeo

6) 1st actor to win film fare award- Dilip Kumar

7) Awards starting year:-

Filmfare awards started in 1954
National film awards started in 1954

8) Satyajit Ray- won 32 national film awards in his life, he won Oscar in 1992

9) Father of Indian cinema- Dadasaheb phalke

10) Chairman of censor Board: Prasoon Joshi

11) Recent official entry to Oscars

India’s official entry to Oscars 2018: Newton
India’s official entry to Oscars 2019: Village Rockstars

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12) 63rd Filmfare Awards 2018
Best film: Hindi Medium
Best Actor: Irrfan Khan for Hindi Medium
Best actress: Vidhya Balan for Tumari Sulu
Best director: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari for Bareilly ki barfi
Critics award for best film: Newton
Best supporting actor: Rajkummar Rao

13) DadaSaheb Phalke Award

The first recipient of the award was actress Devika Rani.
Vinod Khanna wins Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2017

14) Academy awards (Oscars) 2018

A. Best Picture: The Shape of Water
B. Best Director: Guillermo Del Toro, The Shape of Water
C. Best Actress: Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
D. Best Actor: Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
E. Best Animated Feature Film: Coco
F. Best Foreign Language Film: A Fantastic Woman, Chile

Stock Exchange Note

Some important Stock Exchange Index and Country (location)

Nikkei, Pix = Japan

Kospa = Korea
Bove spa = Brazil
NASDAQ, NYSE = USA
Simex = Singapore
Hang Seng = Hong Kong
FTSE = England

Stock Exchange Related Questions

1. Which is the oldest Stock Exchange in Asia?

Answer: Bombay Stock Exchange

2. What is the full-form of SENSEX?

Answer: Sensitive Index

3. In which street did Bombay Stock Exchange situate?

Answer: Dalal Street

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 4. Which is the World’s First Electronic Stock Exchange?
Answer: NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations)

5. Which Stock Exchange has the nick name “Big Board”?

Answer: New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

6. Which Stock Exchange is situated in Wall Street?

Answer: New York Stock Exchange [NYSE]

List of important regulators in India

1. Money market: RBI

2. Foreign exchange: RBI
3. Capital market: SEBI
4. Insurance companies: IRDAI
5. Chit funds: respective state governments
6. Cooperative banks and regional rural banks: NABARD
7. Pension fund: PFRDA (Pension fund regulatory and development authority)
8. Telecommunications: TRAI [Telecom regulatory authority of India]

Important Nuclear Power Stations

1. Tarapur – Maharashtra
2. Kalpakkam – Tamil Nadu, called Indira Gandhi Nuclear Power Station
3. Narora – UP
4. Rawatbhata – Kota, Rajasthan
5. Kaiga – Karnataka
6. Kakrapara – Gujarat
7. Kundnkulam – Tamilnadu
8. Jaitapur- Maharashtra

Commonwealth Games 2018

Venue: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

From 04 April to 15 April 2018
Motto: Share the Dream
Mascot: Borobi (Blue Koala)
Medals Tally:

# Country Gold Silver Bronze

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1 Australia 80 59 59

2 England 45 45 46

3 India 26 20 20

4 Canada 15 40 27

5 New Zealand 15 16 15

Venue of next Commonwealth Games: Birmingham (U.K.)

Flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony: PV Sindhu
Flag bearer at the Closing Ceremony: Mary Kom
Mirabai Chanu Wins India’s First Gold Medal
Weightlifter and current world champion Mirabai Chanu has clinched India’s first gold med
Commonwealth Games. Chanu is competing in the 48 kg category.
Neeraj Chopra, 1st Indian to Win Gold in Javelin Throw
Mary Kom, 1st Indian Woman to Win CWG Boxing Gold
Sushil Kumar Wins Gold in Wrestling
Indian wrestler and Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar bagged his third straight Commonwea
medal after winning the men’s Freestyle 74 kg event.
Kidambi Srikanth Wins his 1st CWG Silver
World number one Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth won his career’s first Commonwealth G
silver medal.
Saina Nehwal Win Historic 2nd CWG Gold
Shuttler Saina Nehwal defeated world number three PV Sindhu in the first-ever all-Indian w
final at the Commonwealth Games.

Important Days in year

National Youth Day: 12th January

National Science Day: 28th February
International Women’s day: 8th March
World Health Day: 7th April
World Environment Day: 5th June
International Yoga Day: 21st June
World Population Day: 11th July
National Sports Day: 29th August
World Tourism Day: 27th September
World AIDS Day: 1st December
Human Rights Day: 10th December

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