Monday, September 23, 2013

Current Affairs January 2013

1.      The Astronautical Society of India selected Dr. A.E. Muthunayagam and Dr. V.K. Saraswat for Aryabhatta Award 2010 and 2011
2.      National Comminttee on Direct Cash Transfers started roll-out of the Direct Cash Benefits in 20 selected dirstricts of the country on 01 January 2013
3.      Union Government constrituted the 14th Finance Commission under Former Reserve Bank Governor Yaga Venugopal Reddy.
4.      Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir inaugurated the first fast track court in Saket Court Complex, Delhi for dealing with the crime against femailes.
5.      VSSC Director – S. Ramakrishnan. He replaced P.S. Veeraraghavan and carries four decades of experience in Rocketry.
6.      The government of Odisha lauched the much-sought after public services Delivery System for citizens for citizens under the Odisha Right to Public Service Act, 2012.
7.      Justice Amitava Roy was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court.
8.      Tipperary International Peace Prize for 2012 was awarded to Malala Yousafzai for her courage and determination.

9.      Urijit Patel was appointed as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank.

10.  As per the survey held by the Economist Intelligence, the sister company of The Economy, Switzerland was declared as the best place to be born in the World.

GK and Current Affairs January 2013

Thursday, September 5, 2013

NICK NAME OF INDIAN CITIES

Golden city                                 Amritsar
Manchester of India               Ahmedabad
City of seven islands               Mumbai
Queen of Arabian sea            Cochin
Space city India                         Bangalore
Garden city of India                Bangalore
Silicon valley of India              Bangalore
Electronic city of India            Bangalore
Pink city                                       Jaipur
Gateway of India                     Mumbai

Twin cities of India                   Hyderabad and Secunderabad
City of Festivals                         Madurai
Deccan Queen                          Pune
City of buildings                        Kolkata
Dakshin Queen                         Godavari
Old Ganga                                   Godavari
Egg bowls of India                    Andhra Pradesh
Soya region                                Madhya Pradesh
Manchester of the south     Coimbator
Venice of the east                   Alappuzha
Sorrow of Bengal                     Damodar river
Sorrow of Bihar                         Kosi river
Blue mountains                        Nilgiri
Queen of the mountains      Mussoorie
Sacred river                                Ganga
City of castles                            Kolkata
State of five rivers                   Punjab
City of weavers                         Panipat
City of lakes                                Srinagar
Steel city of India                     Tatanagar (Jamshedpur)
City of temples                         Varanasi
Manchestor of the north      Kanpur
Heaven of India                        Jammu and Kashmir

STATES FIRST IN PRODUCTION

States First in Production

Coffee                                           Karnataka

CorianderRajasthan
CottonGujarat
Highest Rice production StateWest Bengal and Andhra Pradesh
Highest Sugar Cane Production State in India








Uttar Pradesh
PlantainMaharashtra
SaffronJammu Kashmir
SandalwoodKarnataka
Spices GardenKerala
TeaAndhra Pradesh
TobaccoAndhra Pradesh
WheatUttar Pradesh

Sunday, September 1, 2013

One word

Killing oneself suicide
Killing one's wife uxoricide
Killing one's son or daughter filicide, prolicide
Killing one's sister sororicide
Killing one's parent(s) parenticide
Killing one's mother matricide
Killing one's husband mariticide, viricide
Killing one's father patricide
Killing one's brother fratricide
Killing close relative parricide
Killing an infant infanticide
Killing a friend amicicide
Killing a foetus foeticide
Destruction of a culture ethnocide

Selected Questions from Kerala PSC Previous Questions

  1. When was first Atom bomb explored? 1945
  2. The largest land locked country in area – Kazakhstan
  3. Martin Luther King was assassinated in – 1968
  4. River Indus originates from – Kailas range
  5. Phalke Award is given to persons of which field? Film
  6. During whose reign Kalidasa lived? Chandragupta II
  7. The coin rupia was first issued by – Muhammad-bin Tughlaq
  8. The Industrial Revolution was to begin first in – England
  9. The first college was in Kerala was set up at – Kottayam CMS college
  10. The diameter of sun is how many times greater than of earth – 109
  11. World’s Largest production of plastic goods is – USA
  12. Worlds biggest Museum is situated in – London
  13. India’s first war of independence took place in - 1857
  14. The atmosphere layer closest to earth is called – troposphere
  15. The first women’s college in Kerala was set up at - Thiruvananthapuram
 
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