SPORT GK-IMPORTANT SPORTS CUP AND TROPHY

तीरंदाजी : फेडरेशन कप एथलेटिक्स : चारमीनार ट्रॉफी, फेडरेशन कप, वर्ल्ड कप। एयर रेसिंग : जवाहर लाल चैलेंज ट्रॉफी, किंग्स कप, श्नाइडर कप (युनाइटेड किंगडम में सी प्लेंस रेस) बैडमिंटन : अग्रवाल कप, अमृत दिवान कप, एशिया कप, आस्ट्रेलेशिया कप, यूरोपियन कप, हैरीलेला कप, कोनिका कप, इब्राहिम रहीमतुल्ला चैलेंज कप, कोनिका कप, नारंग कप, सोफिया … Read more

history-famous viceroys of india and theirs important works

Lord Canning (1858–1862)—After the transfer of Government of India to the British Crown. Lord Canning was appointed the first Viceroy of India. He reorganized the whole administration and made it efficient and responsible. Indian Councils Act 1861 was passed during his time. Lord Ripon (1880–1884)—He had to soft corner for the Indian people. He was … Read more

INDIA REVIEW-Largest, Smallest, Highest and Longest

Largest Road — Grand Trunk Road (2,400 kms) Largest Delta — Sunderban Delta (12‚872 sq. kms) Largest Cave Temple — Ellora (Kailash Temples, Maharashtra) Largest Cantilever Span Bridge — Howrah Bridge (Kolkata) Highest Tower — Qutub Minar, Delhi Largest Dome — Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur (Karnataka) Largest Mosque — Jama Masjid, Delhi Highest Straight Gravity Dam … Read more

INDIA REVIEW-FIRST WOMAN IN INDIA

● Prime-Minister—Indira Gandhi ● Woman (India and World) who crossed English Channel through Swimming—Arti Shah ● Governor—Sarojini Naidu (U. P.) ● I. P. S.—Kiran Bedi ● President of National Congress—Anne Besant ● Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission—Rose-William Baithu ● Winner of Nobel Prize—Mother Teresa (for peace) ● Awardee of Miss World—Reeta Farhia ● Awardee … Read more

INDIA REVIEW-FIRST IN INDIA

● First Governor-General of Independent India—Lord Lewis Mountbatten ● Indian Governor-General of Independent India—Chakravarti Rajgopalachari ● Chief of the Indian Armed Forces—General K. M. Carriappa ● Field Marshall—General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw ● President—Dr. Rajendra Prasad ● Vice-President—Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan ● Prime-Minister—Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru ● Non-Congress Prime-Minister—Atal Behari Bajpai ● British Governor-General of … Read more

INDIA REVIEW-MAJOR TOWN ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRIES

Agra (U.P.)—Marble, leather, carpets, stoneware. Ahmedabad (Gujarat)—Cotton Textiles. Aligarh (U.P.)—Locks, cutlery and dairy industry. Ambernath (Maharashtra)—Machine Tools Prototype Factory. Ankleshwar (Gujarat)—Oil fields. Bangaluru (Karnataka)—Cotton textiles, toys, carpets, motors, Hindustan Aircraft, Telephone and Machine tools. Bareilly (U.P.)—Resin industry, Bamboo wood work, Match Factory. Batanagar—Shoes Bhilai (Chhattisgarh)—Steel. Bokaro (Jharkhand)—Steel plant. Mumbai—Cotton textiles, cinema, woollen goods etc. Kolkata … Read more

INDIA REVIEW-Crops of India

                                                           CROPS OF INDIA     Rabi crops—These are winter crops sown in October/November and reaped in March/April. These are wheat, barley, gram, linseeds, mustard etc. Kharif crops—These are the crops raised in rainy season. They are sown in June/July and harvested in September/October. These are maize, rice, cotton, millets etc. … Read more