**  Census 2011  **

Total Population in 2011 is 121.09 crores

• Hindu 96.63 crores (79.8%)
• Muslim 17.22 crores (14.2%)
• Christian 2.78 crores (2.3%)
• Sikh 2.08 crores (1.7%)

Top Populous of the Country

1. Uttar Pradesh--19, 98, 12, 341
2. Maharashtra--11, 23, 74, 33
3. Bihar--10, 40, 99, 452

Least Populous of the Country

1. Lakshadweep - 64,473
2. Daman and Diu - 2,43,247
3. Dadra and Nagar Haveli - 3,43,709

Population Highlight

• Highest Populous UT-Delhi
• Least Populous UT-Lakshadweep
• Highest Populous state--Uttar Pradesh
• Least populous state--Sikkim

• Gender Ratio (Females per 1000 Males) ratio in India--943
• The highest Gender ratio in the state--Kerala (1084)
• The lowest Gender ratio in the state--Haryana (879)
• Child (0-6 years) gender ratio--914
• Total Person Literacy Rate--74%
• Highest Literacy Rate in State--Kerala (94%)
• Lowest Literacy Rate in State--Bihar (61.8%)

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

Refer to our study material for complete coverage.

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)

15^th 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

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

Indian Freedom Struggle Timeline