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Longest/Largest/Highest etc | Name & Location |
Biggest Cave temple | Ellora, Maharashtra |
Biggest Hotel | Oberai- Sheraton, Mumbai |
Biggest Mosque | Jama Masjid at Delhi |
Biggest Stadium | Yuva Bharti (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata |
Deepest River Valley | Bhagirathi & Alaknanda, Uttarakhand |
Fastest Train | Shatabadi Express running between New Delhi and Bhopal |
Highest Airport | Leh, Ladakh |
Highest Award | Bharat Ratna |
Highest Battle Field | Siachin Glacier |
Highest Dam | Tehri Dam, Uttarakhand |
Highest Gallantry Award | Param Vir Chakra |
Highest Gateway | Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur |
Highest Lake | Devtal Lake, Gadhwal (Uttarakhand) |
Highest Peak | Karkoram-2 or K-2 |
Highest Peak in the world is | Mount Everest, Nepal |
Highest Railway Station | Ghum (W. Bengal) |
Highest rainfall | Mawsynram, Meghalaya |
Highest Road | Road at Khardungla |
Highest Tower | Kutab Minar at Delhi |
Highest Watefall | Nohkalikai Falls in Shora, Meghalaya |
Largest Animal Fair | Sonepur, Bihar |
Largest Auditorium | Sri Shanmukhanand Hall, Mumbai |
Largest Cave | Amarnath, J&K |
Largest Cave Temple | Kailash Temple, Ellora Maharastra |
Largest Church | Saint Cathedral,Goa |
Largest Delta | Sunderbans Delta |
Largest Desert | Thar, Rajasthan |
Largest District | Kutch district, Gujarat |
Largest Dome | Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur |
Largest Fresh Water Lake | Kolleru Lake, Andhra Pradesh |
Largest Gurudwara Golden Temple | Amritsar, Punjab |
Largest inland salt lake | Sambhar lake |
Largest Lake | Wular Lake, Kashmir |
Largest Lake (Saline Water) | Chilka Lake, Orrisa |
Largest Man- Made Lake | Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam) |
Largest Museum | India Museum at Kolkata |
Largest Planetarium | Birla Planetarium, Kolkata |
Largest Populated City | Mumbai |
Largest Port | Mumbai, Mahrashtra |
Largest Public Sector Bank | State Bank of India |
Largest River Island | Majuli, Assam |
Largest River without Delta | Narmada and Tapti |
Largest State (Area) | Rajasthan |
Largest State(Area) | Rajasthan |
Largest State(Population) | Uttar Pradesh |
Largest Zoo | Zoological Garden at Alipur, Kolkata |
Longest Beach | Marina Beach, Chennai |
Longest Canal | Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal |
Longest Cantilever Span bridge | Howrah Bridge, West Bengal |
Longest Dam | Hirakud Dam, Odisha |
Longest Electric Railway Line | From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna |
Longest Highway | NH-7 from Varanasi to Kanyakumari |
Longest Platform | Gorakhpur(UP) |
Longest Railway Route | From Assam to Kanyakumari |
Longest River | Ganga |
Longest River Bridge | Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna |
Longest River in India | The Ganges |
Longest Road | Grand Trunk Road |
Longest Tributary river of India | Yamuna |
Longest Tunnel | Jawahar tunnel, Jammu & Kashmir |
Oldest Church | St. Thomas Church at Palayar, Trichur (Kerala) |
Smallest State (Area) | Goa |
Smallest State (Population) | Sikkim |
State wise largest area under forest | Madhya Pradesh |
State with longest coastline | Gujarat |
State with longest coastline of South India | Andhra Pradesh |
Tallest Statue | Statue of Gomateshwar, Karnataka |
Longest Road Tunnel | Cheneni-Nashiri, J & K |
Largest startup incubator | Hubballi, Karnataka |
Largest WiFi service | Maharashtra |
Tallest flag post | Attari Border, Punjab |
Largest Floating Solar PV Plant | Kerala |
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Name of the Heritage sites | State |
Kaziranga Wild Life Sanctuary | Assam |
Manas Wild Life Sanctuary | Assam |
Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh | Bihar |
Nalanda | Bihar |
The Architectural Work Of LeCorbusier | Chandigarh |
Humayun's Tomb | Delhi |
Qutb Minar and its Monuments | Delhi |
Red Fort | Delhi |
Churches and Convents of Goa | Goa |
Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological | Gujarat |
Group of Monuments at Hampi | Karnataka |
Group of Monuments at Pattadakal | Karnataka |
Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi | Madhya Pradesh |
Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka | Madhya Pradesh |
Khajuraho Group of Monuments | Madhya Pradesh |
Ajanta Caves | Maharashtra |
Ellora Caves | Maharashtra |
Elephanta Caves | Maharashtra |
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly | Maharashtra |
Konarak Sun Temple | Odisha |
Keoladeo National Park | Rajasthan |
Jantar Mantar, Jaipur | Rajasthan |
Khangchendzonga National Park | Sikkim |
Great Living Chola Temples | Tamil Nadu |
Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram | Tamil Nadu |
Mountain Railways of India | Tamil Nadu |
Agra Fort | Uttar Pradesh |
Fatehpur Sikri | Uttar Pradesh |
Taj Mahal | Uttar Pradesh |
Mountain Railways of India | West Bengal |
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers | Uttarakhand |
Sundarbans National Park | West Bengal |
Western Ghats | Goa, Kerala, Maharashtra, |
Hill Forts of Rajasthan (Ranthambhore), | Rajasthan |
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State | Name of the Park |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Campbell Bay National Park |
Galathea National Park | |
Mahatma National Park | |
Saddle Peak National Park | |
South Button National Park | |
Andhra Pradesh | Sri Venkateswara Park |
Arunachal Pradesh | Namdapha National Park |
Namdapha Tiger Reserve | |
Pakhui Tiger Reserve | |
Assam | Kaziranga National Park |
Manas National Park | |
Nameri National Park | |
Bihar | Valmiki National Park |
Chhattisgarh | Kanger Ghati National Park |
Achanakmar Tiger Reserve | |
Indravati Tiger Reserves Udanti & Sitanadi Tiger Reserve | |
Gujarat | Blackbuck National Park |
Gir Forest National Park | |
Marine Gulf of Kutch park | |
Haryana | Sultanpur National Park |
Himachal Pradesh | Great Himalayan National Park |
Pin Valley National Park | |
Jammu and Kashmir | Dachigam National Park |
Kishtwar National Park | |
Salim Ali National Park | |
Jharkhand | Betla National Park |
Palamau Tiger Reserve | |
Hazaribagh National Park | |
Karnataka | Bandipur National Park |
Kudremukh National Park | |
Nagarhole Tiger Reserve | |
Bhadra Tiger Reserve | |
Anshi Dandeli Tiger Reserve | |
Biligiri Ranganatha Swamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary | |
Bannerghatta National Park | |
Kerala | Eravikulam National Park |
Periyar National Park | |
Parambikulam Tiger Reserve | |
Silent Valley National Park | |
Madhya Pradesh | Kanha National Park |
Madhav National Park | |
Mandla Fossils National Park | |
Pench National Park | |
Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve | |
Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve | |
Satpura National Park |
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Name of the Lakes | Notes |
Wular Lake | Wular Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes in Asia and the largest in India, is located in Jammu and Kashmir |
Loktak Lake | Loktak Lake is the largest freshwater lake in northeastern India, located in Manipur. |
Da mdama Lake | Damdama Lake is one of the biggest natural lakes in Haryana. |
Dal Lake | The Kashmir valley is blessed with natural beauty of landscape and water bodies, out of them one of the best is Dal Lake |
Pichola Lake | Lake Pichola is an artificial freshwater lake situated in Udaipur city in Rajasthan. |
Gurudongmar Lake | Gurudongmar Lake is one of the highest lakes in the world. This freshwater lake is located northeast of the Kangchenjunga range in Sikkim. |
Chilka Lake | Chilka Lake is the brackish water lake and is the largest coastal lake in India. The Chilka Lake is situated in Orissa and is Asia’s largest inland saltwater lagoon. |
Vembanad Lake | Vembanad Lake is India’s longest lake and is the largest lakes in the beautiful state land of God, Kerala |
Bhimtal Lake | The pride of Bhimtal is a beautiful lake which offers magnificent vistas for tourists. The lake is larger than Nainital lake, uttarnachal |
Upper lake | Upper lake is the largest artificial lake in Asia, situated in “City of Lakes” called Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh |
Kolleru Lake and Pulicat Lake | Two major lakes for a number of migratory birds in India, AP |
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Here is another Vocab Booster from us. When it comes to mastering Vocabulary, remember the trick is 'making sentences' using these words. Make a regular habit of reading newspapers and magazines, journals, stories etc to improve command over words. Vocab can never be made strong by 'mugging up'.
Adduce – providing fact/evidence to support an argument
Apathetic – having/showing little or no emotion
Savagery – cruel/ violent act
Viciousness – cruel nature feeling
Erratic – irregular
Spoilsport – spoiling the fun
Engrossed – very much interested/attentive
Cliché – a phrase used so much that no longer effective
Inexplicable – can’t be explained
Intrigue – secrecy
Antics – drawing attention through funny acts
Tactics – strategy/procedure
Reminiscent – reminding of something / similar to
Cascading effect – occurring in series/succession
Nodal – central
Malign – harm
Denigrate – to degrade someone’s value / defamed
Belittle – reducing value/importance
Disparaging – lowering value / reputation / importance
Embodiment – a perfect example or quality
Fathom – to understand the reason
Extolled – to praise highly
Ethereal – heavenly/celestial
Awestruck – feeling of wonder / amazed
Stifle – stopping someone from doing something
Mull over – to consider/ponder
Obstinate – stubborn / rigid / difficult to remedy
Delve – careful search
Searing – having high heat / intense/severe
Pedestal – foundation/position of esteem or importance
Defy – to go against / resist
Plagiarism – using another person’s ideas without giving credit to him
Barring – except/excluding
Prop up – support/bolster
Amid/amidst – surrounded by
Anomaly – unusual / unexpexted
Ingrained – firmly established
Rigorous – strict/difficult
Irked – irritated/bothered
Purported – said to be/alleged to be true
Urge – to persuade/advocate
Aides – assistants
Distraught – extremely upset/agitated
Bolster – provide support/boost
Doom / ruin
Ineptitude – incompetence / unskilled
Meticulous – very careful
Sublime – lofty / grand / outstanding
Essence – the basic nature
Tranquility – calmness / peaceful / quiet
Rejuvenate – to feel young/energetic again
Realm – sphere/domain / area of activity
Revered – to have great respect for someone
Benign – harmless / hurtles
Brewing – being made/boiling
Incidence – the rate of occurrence
Garner – to collect
Mitigate – to lesson/alleviate
Dissipate – to lose / spend / scatter / break up
Shove – to push
Hustling – quickly push/move
Bustling – to have a lot of activity
Rancor – the feeling of hatred/anger
Snowball – to increase / grow / expand
Herald – a sign of the beginning
Unabashed – shameless/brazen/audacious
Impervious – not allowing something
Impunity – freedom from punishement
Exhumed – to bring back
Scorn – dislike / disrespect
Miffed – offended (ill humour)
Nuances – small differences
Peculiar – unusual / characteristic of only one thing
Exhortation – influencing strongly by words/advice
Despotic – autocratic/dictatorial
Comrade – friend
Contrived – unnatural quality – false appearance
Allay – to reduce in intensity
Spiking – increasing
Reeling (under)- coping with pressure/stress
Donned – to put on
Exuberant – very lively / energetic / happy
Nonchalant – relaxed / calm / not concerned
Connivance – cooperation
Negated – to cause to be ineffective
Wanton – showing no thought / concern / care for others
Euphemisms – a pleasant word to substitute an offensive one
Eulogies – a speech that praises someone who has died
Lament – to express sorrow / regret
Draconian – very severe / cruel
Augurs – foretell / to suggest something positively
Itineraries / journey route
Rhetoric – skillful and effective writing / speaking
Articulate – clearly expressing ideas
Bandwagon – current trend that attracts
Trivial – ordinary
Inexorable – incapable of being stopped
Wary – cautious
Impede – to interfere / slow down the progress
Beleaguered – to cause repeated trouble
Grim – gloomy / depressing
Alluding – making indirect reference / indicating
Threshold – starting point
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GST Amendment No - 122
NPAs – Non Performing Assets – (90 days)
START UP INDIA scheme - entrepreneurship
STAND UP INDIA scheme – entrepreneurship; women, SC & ST
Saras – Light Transport Aircraft
BS 6 – Bharat Stage 6 emission norms; deadline 2020
Dhanush – Naval version of Prithvi missile
Child Aadhar – Blue colour
Zozila Pass – J & K
SEBI – Securities & Exchange Board of India
IRDA – Insurance Regulatory Development Authority
Removal of SC Judge – By order of President on the grounds of proved misbehaviour or incapacity
Australia Group – to stop the spread of chemical & biological weapons
CEC – OP Rawat
Governor of RBI – Urjit Patel
CAG of India – Rajiv Mehrishi
UDAAN scheme – Regional Flight connectivity scheme
Attorney General - Indian government's chief legal advisor, and its primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of India, a Constitutional post under Article 76 of the Constitution. Whereas Attorney General for India is appointed by the President under Article 76(1) of solicitor general of India is appointed to assist the attorney general.
Varuna – Naval exercise between India & France
FRBM Act – To keep the government’s budget deficit in control
TDS – Tax deducted at source
National Judicial Appointments Commission - to replace existing ‘Collegium’ system to elect judges of higher courts. It was cancelled by Supreme court.
Cess – A tax on tax
MSP – Minimum support price (for farmers)
Ujjwala Scheme – free LPG connections
UJALA Scheme – free LED bulbs
Saubhagya Scheme – for electricity in rural areas
Mudra Scheme – for providing interest-free loans for entrepreneurship
AMRUT Scheme – for urban transformation
Ilaiyaraja – Singer / Musician
DG IMF – Christine Lagarde
Inclusive Development Index – by World Economic Forum
Ashgabat Agreement – to connect central Asia & Persian Gulf countries (India is a member)
International Solar Alliance – an alliance of 121 countries situated between Tropic of cancer & Tropic of Capricorn
Non – Proliferation Treaty – to stop the spread of Nuclear weapon (India is not a member
Paris Agreement – for slowing down climate change
Miss Universe 2017 – Demi Leigh Nel Peters
Winner, Nobel Peace Prize 2017 – ICAN (International Campaign to abolish nuclear weapons)
Rohingya community – of Myanmar (of Rakhine state)
International Atomic Energy Agency – HQs – Vienna, Austria
G 20 Summit 2017 held at – Hamburg, Germany
India – became a member of SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation)
USA – withdrew from Paris Climate Agreement
Doklam is in – Bhutan
Kyoto Protocol – to stop Greenhouse Gases
Indus water treaty – between India and Pakistan
Kishanganga & Ratle Hydroelectric Projects in – J & K
OBOR (One Belt One Road) – Development project between China and Central Asian countries
Article 21 – Right to Life and personal liberty (includes the right to privacy)
15th Finance Commission – set up to recommend distribution of taxes between centre and states. (Article 280)
Net Neutrality – means free internet without discrimination concerning user charges for specific websites.
Saubhagya Scheme – Free electricity connection to the poor
Satish Dhawan Space Centre – Sriharikota
Cartosat – Remote sensing satellite
India’s most powerful rocket for heavier satellites – GSLV M 3
Cryogenic engine – that uses air from the atmosphere to burn fuel instead of stored liquid oxygen. Used in rockets
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Ashwini Iyer Tiwari – Director
Grammy Awards – Misic
Golden Globe Awards – Movies
GVA (Gross Value Added) – a method of calculating GDP
INS Vikramaditya – Aircraft carrier
Akash – Surface to Air missile
Nirbhay – Sub sonic cruise missile
Malabar – Indo – USA Naval exercise
IRNSS – India indigenous GPS
Mission Indradhanush – for the immunisation of children.
LIGO – Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave observatory
BIOSPHERE RESERVES:-
Cold Desert – Himachal Pradesh
Dehand Debang – Arunachal Pradesh
Manas – Assam
Dibru Saikhova – Assam
Nokrek – Meghalaya
Panna – MP
Panchmarhi – MP
Simlipal – Odisha
Gulf of Mannar – Tamilnadu
SPORTS PLAYERS:-
BOXING
Mary Kom
Ali Qamar
Dingko Singh
Shiva Thapa
BADMINTON
Anup Sridhar
Prakash Padukone
Saina Nehwal
Aparna Popat
Chetan Anand
Pulella Gopichand
Parupalli Kashyap
Dipankar Bhattacharya
P. V. Sindhu
ARCHERY
Dola Banerjee
Jayanta Talukdar
Limba Ram
Tarundeep Rai
SQUASH
Joshna Chinappa
Ritwik Bhattacharya
Saurav Ghosal
SHOOTING
Jitu Rai
Heena Sidhu
Apurvi Chandella
Vijay Kumar
Abhinav Bindra
Anjali Bhagwat
Gagan Narang
Jaspal Rana
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Indian Freedom Struggle Timeline
Year | Event |
1857 | The Revolt of 1857 |
1864 | Establishment of Scientific |
1875 | (1) Establishment of |
1876 | Vernacular Press Act |
1882 | Hunter Commission |
1883 | Ilbert Bill proposed by Lord Ripon |
1884 | Ilbert Bill passed |
1885 | Establishment of INC. |
1897 | Ramakrishna Mission founded |
July, 1905 | Partition of Bengal |
16th October 1905 | Partition of Bengal |
31st December 1906 | All-India Muslim League |
1907 | Surat Split of INC |
11th August 1908 | Execution of Khudiram Bose |
1909 | Minto-Morley Reforms |
1910 | Indian Press Act |
1911 | Cancellation of Partition of Bengal |
April 1916 | Establishment of Home Rule by |
December 1916 | Lucknow Pact (agreement reached |
1917 | Champaran Satyagraha |
1918 | Establishment of Madras Labour Union |
1919 | Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms |
16th February 1919 | Rowlatt Act Passed |
13th April 1919 | Jallianwala Bagh massacre |
1920-22 | Non-Cooperation Movement |
5th February 1922 | Chauri Chaura incident took place |
Late 1922 – | Establishment of Swarajya Party |
1925 | Kakori Conspiracy |
1927 | Establishment of Simon Commission |
1928 | (1) Assassination of Saunders |
3rd February 1928 | Simon Commission arrives in India |
December 1929 | Purna Swaraj Declaration |
8th April 1929 | Bombing in Central |
18th April 1930 | Chittagong armoury raid |
12th March 1930 | Civil Disobedience Movement |
6th April 1930 | Dandi March Ends |
30th November | 1st Round Table Conference |
5th March 1931 | (1) Gandhi – Irwin Pact |
7th September | 2nd Round Table Conference |
1932 | (1) Poona Act |
1935 | Government of India Act |
22th June 1939 | All India Forward Bloc formed |
18-22 August 1940 | August Offer by Lord Linlithgow |
1942 | Quit India Movement |
1942 | (1) Cripps Mission |
1945 | Wavell Plan announced in |
1946 | Cabinet Mission |
June 1947 | Mountbatten Plan |
1947 | Indian Independence Act |
15th August 1947 | Independence Day of India |
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