Saturday, 30 April 2016
Countries And their Currency
Friday, 29 April 2016
Senior citizen saving scheme
• From 1.4.2016, interest rates are as follows:-
Thursday, 28 April 2016
Important Autobiographies by Indians
1. The Test of My Life ‐ Yuvraj Singh
2. Wings of Fire ‐ APJ Abdul Kalam
3. Courage and Conviction ‐ Gen VK Singh
4. A Shot at History ‐ Abhinav Bindra
5. The Race of My Life ‐ Milkha Singh
6. One Life Is Not Enough ‐ K Natwar Singh
7. The Substance and The Shadow ‐ Dilip Kumar
8. The Unbreakable ‐ Mary Kom
9. Playing It My Way ‐ Sachin Tendulkar
10. Not Just an Accountant : The Diary of the Nation's Conscience Keeper ‐ Vinod Rai
11. Straight from the Heart ‐ Kapil Dev
12. All From Memory ‐ BV Acharya
13. Matters of Discretion ‐ Inder Kumar Gujral
14. My Country My Life ‐ LK Advani
15. Truth, Love & a Little Malice - Khushwant Singh
16. Jakhan Choto Chilam ‐ Satyajit Ray
17. Lucknow Boy: A Memoir ‐ Vinod Mehta
18. And then One Day : A Memoir ‐ Nasiruddin Shah
19. Sunny Days ‐ Sunil Gavaskar
Tuesday, 26 April 2016
National Sport of Various Countries
Names | National game |
---|---|
Australia | Cricket |
Brazil | Football |
Canada | Ice Hockey |
China | Table Tennis |
England | Cricket |
India | Hockey |
Japan | Judo or ju jitsu |
Malaysia | Badminton |
Pakistan | Hockey |
Russia | Chess, Football |
Scotland | Rugby, Football |
Spain | Bull Fighting |
United states of America | Baseball |
Bangladesh | Kabaddi |
Chile | Chilean Rodeo |
Iran | Wrestling and polo |
Antigua and Barbuda | Cricket |
Bhutan | Archery |
Cuba | Baseball |
Estonia | Basketball |
Ghana | Football |
Ireland | Gaelic games |
Latvia | Basketball, Ice hockey |
Turkey | Oil wrestling, Cirit |
Wales | Rugby Union |
National Emblems of Various Countries in the World
Country | Emblem |
---|---|
Australia | Kangaroo |
Barbados | Head of a Trident |
Canada | White Lily |
Denmark | Beach |
France | Lily |
Guyana | Canje Pheasant |
India | Lioned Capital |
Ireland | Sharmrock |
Italy | White Lily |
Japan | Chrysanthemum |
Luxembourg | Lion with crown |
Netherlands | Lion |
Norway | Lion |
Papua New Guinea | Bird of Paradise |
Sri lanka | Lion |
Syria | Eagle |
U.K. | Rose |
Bangladesh | Water Lily |
Balegium | Lion |
Chile | Candor & Huemul |
Dominica | Sisserou Parrot |
Germany | Corn flower |
Hong Kong | Bauhina ( orchid tree) |
Iran | Rose |
Israel | Candelabrum |
Ivory Coast | Elephant |
Lebanon | Cedar Tree |
Mongolia | The Soyombo |
New Zealand | Southern Cross, Kiwi,Fern |
Pakistan | Crescent |
Spain Sierra Leone | Eagle lion |
Sudan | Secretary Bird |
Turkey | Crescent & Star |
Scotland | Thistle |
United kingdom | Rose |
Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe Bird |
U.S.A | Golden Road |
Russia | Sickle & Hammer |
Papua new Guinea | Bird of Paradise |
The Complete Winner List Of Pulitzer Prize 2016
Important Wars and Battles in Indian History
Year
| War / Battle |
Outcome
|
326 B.C. | Battle of Hydaspas | Porus loses to Alexander |
261 B.C. | Kalinga War | Asoka wins but adapts Buddhism |
712 A.D. | Invasion of Sind | Mohammed-bin-Qasim invades from the west |
1191 A.D. | First Battle of Tarain | Prithviraj Chauhan defeats Mohammed Ghori |
1192 A.D. | Second Battle of Tarain | Ghori defeats Prithviraj Chauhan |
1194 A.D. | Battle of Chhandwar | Ghori defeats Jaichandra of Kannauj |
1526 A.D. | First Battle of Panipat | Babar defeats Ibrahim Lodhi |
1527 A.D. | Battle of Khanua | Babar defeats Rana Sanga |
1529 A.D. | Battle of Ghaghara | Babar defeats the Afghans |
1539 A.D. | Battle of Chausa | Sher Shah Suri defeats Humayun |
1540 A.D. | Battle of Kannauj (or Bilgram) | Sher Shah Suri defeats Humayun |
1556 A.D. | Second Battle of Panipat | Bairam Khan (representing Akbar) defeats Hemu |
1565 A.D. | Battle of Talikota (or Banihatti) | Vijaynagar empire (represented by Sadasiva) loses against an alliance formed by Ahmednagar, Bijapur, Golkonda and Bidar |
1576 A.D. | Battle of Haldighati | Akbar defeats Maharana Pratap |
1615 A.D. | Mewar submitted to the Mughals | Peace treaty signed between Jahangiri and Rana Amar Singh of Mewar. |
1649 A.D. | Mughal-Safavid War | Mughals lose Kandahar to Persia |
1658 A.D. | Battle of Dharmatt and Samugarh | Aurangzeb defeats Dara Shikoh |
1665 A.D. | Seige of Purandar | Raja Jai Singh defeats Shivaji. Treaty of Purandar signed |
1708 A.D. | Battle of Khed | Shahu defeats Tara Bai. |
1737 A.D. | Battle of Bhopal | Baji Rao defeats Mohammed Shah. |
1739 A.D. | Battle of Karnal | Nadir Shah defeats Mohammed Shah. |
1757 A.D. | Battle of Plassey | Robert Cive defeats Siraj-ud-daula, the Nawab of Bengal |
1760 A.D. | Battle of Wandiwash | English defeat the French |
1761 A.D. | Third Battle of Panipat | Ahmed Shah Abdali defeats Marathas |
1764 A.D. | Battle of Buxar | Hector Munro defeats combined armies of Nawab Mir Qasim of Bengal, Nawab Shuja-ud-daula of Awadh and Mughal emperor Shah Alam |
1767-69 A.D. | First Anglo Mysore War | Hyder Ali defeats English forces |
1766-69 A.D. | First Anglo Maratha War | British defeated |
1770 A.D. | Battle of Udgir | Marathas defeat the Nizam |
1780-84 A.D. | Second Anglo Mysore War | Hyder Ali dies. Treaty of Mangalore is signed |
1789-92 A.D. | Third Anglo Mysore War | Tipu Sultan defeated. Treaty of Serirangapatnam is signed. |
1799 A.D. | Fourth Anglo Mysore War | Tipu Sultan is defeated and killed |
1803-06 A.D. | Second Anglo Maratha War | Marathas lose to the British |
1817-19 A.D. | Third Anglo Maratha War | Marathas lose to the British again |
1824-26 A.D. | First Anglo Burmese War | British win over Burmese. |
1839-42 A.D. | First Anglo Afghan War | British defeat Afghan ruler Dost Mohammad |
1845-46 A.D. | First Anglo Sikh War | Sikhs lose to the British |
1848-49 A.D. | Second Anglo Sikh War | Punjab annexed by the British |
1852 A.D. | Second Anglo Burmese War | British win the war |
1865 A.D. | Third Angio Burmese War | British win and Burma is annexed |
1868-80 A.D. | Second Anglo Afghan War | Treaty of Gandamak is signed |
1919-21 A.D. | Third Anglo Afghan War | Ended in an Artimice. Durand line established. |
Saturday, 23 April 2016
Father of different fields
1. Father of Biology - Aristotle
2. Father of Zoology - Aristotle
3. Father of Botany - Theophrastus
4. Father of Blood groups - Landsteiner
5. Father of Medicine - Hippocrates
6. Father of Microbiology - Louis Pasteur
7. Father of Indian Surgery - Sushruta
8. Father of modern Surgery - Ambroise pare
9. Father of Plastic Surgery - Sir Harold Gillies
10. father of indian medicine(Father of Ayurveda) - Charaka
11. Hindu god of medicine - Dhanvantri
12. Father of Evolution - Charles Darwin
13. Father of Genetics - Gregor Johann Mendel
14. Father of Homeopathy - Samuel Hahnemann
15. Father of the Green Revolution - Norman Ernest Borlaug
16. Father of the Green Revolution in India - M. S. Swaminathan
17. Father of Modern Physics - Galileo Galilei
18. Father of Physics - Albert Einstein
19. Father of Nuclear Physics - Ernest Rutherford
20. Father of Nuclear Science - Marie Curie and Pierre Curie
21. Father of Modern Astronomy - Nicolaus Copernicus
22. Father of Computer Science - George Boole and Alan Turing
23. Father of the Indian Constitution - Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
24. Father of American Football - Walter Chauncey Camp
25. Father of modern Olympic - Pierre De Coubertin
26. Father of Numbers - Pythagoras
27. Father of Internet - Vint Cerf
28. Father of Scientific Management - Frederick Winslow Taylor
29. Father of Electricity - Benjamin Franklin
30. Father of Electronics - Michael Faraday
31. Father of Television - Philo Farnsworth
32. Father of Nuclear Chemistry - Otto Hahn
33. Father of Periodic Table - Dmitri Mendeleev
34. Father of Humanism - Francesco Petrarca
35. Father of Telephone - Alexander Graham Bell
36. Father of Mobile Phone - Martin Cooper
37. Father of Geometry - Euclid
38. Father of Laptop - Bill Moggridge
39. Father of Psychology - Sigmund Freud
40. Father of the American Constitution - James Madison
41. Father of Law - Cicero
42. Father of Statistics - Ronald Fisher
43. Father of Modern Chemistry - Antoine Lavoisier
44. Father of History - Herodotus
45. Father of the Indian Constitution - Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
46. Father of Algebra - Diophantus
47. Father of the American Constitution - James Madison
48. Father of Internet - Vinton Cerf
49. Father of Video game - Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr.
50. Father of Trigonometry - Hipparchus
51. Father of Taxonomy - Carolus Linnaeus
52. Father of Mathematics - Archimedes
53. Father of Email - Ray Tomlinson
54. Father of Search engine - Alan Emtage
55. Father of Economics - Adam Smith
56. Father of Nanotechnology - Richard Smalley
57. Father of C language - Dennis Ritchie
58. Father of Architecture - Imhotep
59. Father of Periodic table - Dmitri Mendeleev
60. Father of World Wide Web - Tim Berners-Lee
Facts about Blood
1. The protein found in blood that is responsible for transporting oxygen is - Hemoglobin
2. The proteins of the blood are formed by the - Liver
3. The substance that stimulates the formation of white blood cells is - Colony stimulating factors
4. When a blood vessel is damaged, this hormone is needed to constrict blood vessels to reduce blood loss - Serotonin
5. If blood contains over 55% RBCs, the individual is said to be - Polycythemic
6. blood clot that is moving through the bloodstream is a - Embolism
7. The ratio of WBC and RBC is - 1 : 600
8. The life span of RBC - 120 days
9. The percentage of formed elements in the blood is - 45%
10. The matrix of blood is known as - Plasma
11. Type A blood can receive donations from - A and O
12. Blood circulation was first explained by - William Harvey
13. The pigment in red blood cells that carries oxygen is - Hemoglobin
14. An increase in the number of white blood cells is called - Leukocytosis
15. Hereditary deficiencies of coagulation is referred to as - Hemophilia
Tuesday, 19 April 2016
INDIAN STATES and THEIR LOCAL DANCES
Andhra Pradesh
Kuchipudi,
Kolattam,
Dhimsa,
Veeranatyam
Bardo Chham
Bihu,
Jumar,
Bagurumba,
Ali Ai Ligang
Paika,
Kajari,
Bidesia,
Jhijhian
Panthi,
Raut Nacha
Raas,
tippani,
Padhar,
Garba
Dhamal,
Daph,
Phag,
Ghoomar,
Jhumar,
Loor
Kinnauri Nati,
Namgen
Karma
Kud,
Dumhal,
Rouf,
Bhand Pather,
Bachha Nagma,
Hafiza Dance,
Bhand Jashan,
Wuegi-Nachun
Yakshagna,
Bayalata,
Dollu Kunitha,
Veeragaase dance
Mohiniattam,
Kathakali,
Padayani
Tertali,
Charkula,
Jawara,
Matki dance,
Phulpati dance,
Maanch,
Gaur Maria,
Grida
Pavri Nach,
Lavani,
Dangi,
Koli
Thang Ta,
Dhol Cholom
Cheraw Dance
Chang Lo or Sua Lua
Odissi,
Ghumura,
Chau,
Goti Pua,
Nacni,
Dhap,
Dalkhai,
Baag Naach
Bhangra,
Jhumar,
Karthi,
Kikkli,
Malwai Giddha,
Sammi,
Jindua
Ghoomar,
Kalbelia,
Bhavai,
Chirami,
Gair,
Tera Tali
Singh Chaam
Bharata Natyam,
Devarattam,
Kamandi,
Kummi,
Karagattam,
Mayil Attam,
Paampu attam,
Oyilattam
Perini Thandavam,
Lambadi,
Dappu,
Tappeta Gullu,
Burra Katha,
Pagati Vesham
Hojagiri
Charkula,
Kathak,
Karma,
Dadra
Barada Nati,
Botiya,
Cancheri,
Chhapelia,
Choliya,
Jagars,
Jhora,
Romala
Dekhnni,
Fugdi,
Corridinho,
Dashavatara
Nongkrem,
Shad Suk mynsiem,
Behdienkhalm,
Lahoo
Gambhira,
Kalikapatadi,
Nanci,
Alkap,
Domni
Friday, 8 April 2016
Cities and Rivers
1) Delhi—Yamuna
2) Agra—Yamuna
3) Patna—Ganga
4) Haridwar —Ganga
5) Allahabad —confluence of Ganga and Yamuna
6) Varanasi — Ganga
7) Guwahati —Brahmaputra
8) Kanpur —Ganga
9) Jabalpur—Narmada
10) Bharuch — Narmada
11) Lucknow — Gomti
12) Hyderabad — Musi
13) Nasik— Godavari
14) Srinagar — Jhelum
15) Vijayawada — Krishna
16) Kolkata —Hooghly
17) Ahmedabad —Sabarmati
18) Surat — Tapti
19) Thiruchirapalli—Cauveri
20) Cuttack — Mahanadi
21) Ayodhya —Saryu
22) Ludhiana—Sutlej