IMPORTANT DAYS

Day	Importance of the Day
Jan-09	NRI Day
Jan-10	World Laughter Day
Jan-12	National Youth Day
Jan-15	Army Day
Jan-26	India's Republic Day, International Customs Day
Jan-30	Martyrs' Day; World Leprosy Eradication Day
Feb-24	Central Excise Day
Feb-28	National Science Day
Mar-08	International Women's Day; Intl. literacy Day
Mar-15	World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day
Mar-18	Ordnance Factories Day (India)
Mar-21	World Forestry Day; International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Mar-22	World Day for Water
Mar-23	World Meteorological Day
Mar-24	World TB Day
Apr-05	International Day for Mine Awareness;
	National Maritime Day
Apr-07	World Health Day
Apr-17	World Haemophilia Day
Apr-18	World Heritage Day
Apr-21	Secretaries' Day
Apr-22	Earth Day
Apr-23	World Book and Copyright Day
May-01	Workers' Day (International Labour Day)
May-03	Press Freedom Day; World Asthma Day
May 2nd Sunday	Mother's Day
May-04	Coal Miners' Day
May-08	World Red Cross Day
May-09	World Thalassaemia Day
May-11	National Technology Day
May-12	World Hypertension Day; International Nurses Day
May-15	International Day of the Family
May-17	World Telecommunication Day
May-24	Commonwealth Day
May-31	Anti-tobacco Day
Jun-04	International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
Jun-05	World Environment Day
June 3rd Sunday	Father's Day
Jun-14	World Blood Donor Day
Jun-26	International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
Jul-01	Doctor's Day
Jul-06	World Zoonoses Day
Jul-11	World Population Day
Aug-03	Internatioal Friendship Day
Aug-06	Hiroshima Day
Aug-08	World Senior Citizen's Day
Aug-09	Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day
Aug-15	Indian Independence Day
Aug-29	National Sports Day
Sep-02	Coconut Day
Sep-05	Teachers' Day; Sanskrit Day
Sep-08	World Literacy Day (UNESCO)
Sep-15	Engineers' Day
Sep-16	World Ozone Day
Sep-21	Alzheimer's Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN)
Sep-22	Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients)
Sep-26	Day of the Deaf
Sep-27	World Tourism Day
Oct-01	International Day for the Elderly
Oct-02	Gandhi Jayanthi
Oct-03	World Habitat Day
Oct-04	World Animal Welfare Day
Oct-08	Indian Air Force Day
Oct-09	World Post Office Day
Oct-10	National Post Day
Oct-13	UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
Oct-14	World Standards Day
Oct-15	World White Cane Day (guiding the blind)
Oct-16	World Food Day
Oct-24	UN Day; World Development Information Day
Oct-30	World Thrift Day
Nov-09	Legal Services Day
Nov-14	Children's Day; Diabetes Day
Nov-17	National Epilepsy Day
Nov-20	Africa Industrialisation Day
Nov-29	International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
Dec-01	World AIDS Day
Dec-03	World Day of the Handicapped
Dec-04	Indian Navy Day
Dec-07	Indian Armed Forces Flag Day
Dec-10	Human Rights Day; IntI. Children's Day of Broadcasting
Dec-18	Minorities Rights Day (India)
Dec-23	Kisan Divas (Farmer's Day)

Zonal Head Offices of Indian Railway

Samadhi Place Names New List India

Samadhi Place Names New List India

B.R.Ambedkar         - Chaithrabhoomi

Babu Jagjivan Ram - Samathasthal

Choudhary Charan Singh - Kisanghat

Gulzari Lal Nanda - Naranghat

Gyani Zail Singh - Ektasthal

Indira Gandhi        - Shaktisthal

Jawaharlal Nehru - Santhivan

Krishan Kanth        - Nigambodhghat

Lal Bahadur Shastri        - Vijayghat

Mahatma Gandhi - Rajghat

Morarji Desai        - Abhayghat

Rajiv Gandhi        - Veerbhumi

Sanjay Gandhi        - Santhivan

Sankar Dayal Sharma - Karma Bhoomi

GK Sample Questions

1.Who among the following was known as the ‘Nightingale of India’?

• [A]Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
• [B]Amrita Preetam
• [C]Padmaja Naidu
• [D]Sarojini Naidu

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Sarojini Naidu

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2.The Element which is rich in most leafy vegetables is:

• [A]Phosphorus
• [B]Zinc
• [C]Iron
• [D]Calcium

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Iron

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3.Polio is caused by

• [A]Bacterium
• [B]Fungus
• [C]Virus
• [D]Insect

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Virus

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4.The main controlling centre of the cell is:

• [A]Nucleus
• [B]Mitochondria
• [C]Ribosome
• [D]Chloroplast

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Nucleus

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5.Genetics is the study of:

• [A]Cell division
• [B]Growth and differentiation
• [C]Reproduction
• [D]Mechanism of inheritance

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Mechanism of inheritance

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6.What is the main component of bones and teeth?

• [A]Calcium Carbonate
• [B]Calcium Phosphate
• [C]Calcium Sulphate
• [D]Calcium Nitrate

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Calcium Phosphate

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Names of Places-Old and New

In PSC/ UPSC or any other competitive examinations " Old names of Countries and Cities" plays a vital role. Some of them are as follows.

Sl No	New Name	Old Name/ Names
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32	Ankara Astana Banjul Beijing Belize Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Cambodia Cape Canaveral Dhaka Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Ghana Guyana Harare Hawaiian Islands Ho Chi Minn City Indonesia Iran Iraq Istanbul Jakarta Kinshasa Lesotho Madagascar Malabo Malawi Malaysia Myanmar Namibia	Ancyra, Angora Akmola, Tselinograd, Akmolinsk Bathurst ( Capital of Gambia) Peeking, Beiping British Honduras Dahomey Bechuanaland Upper Volta Kampuchea, Khmer Republic Cape Kennedy Dacca French Somaliland, French territory of the Afars and the Issas Spanish Guinea Abyssinia Gold cost British Guiana Salisbury Sandwich Island Saigon Dutch East Indies Persia Mesopotamia Byzantium, Constantinople Batavia Leopoldville Basutoland Malagasy Republic Clarence town, Port Clarence, Santa Isabel Nyasa land Malaya Burma South-west Africa

Quiz- Road Transport in India

Quiz-Time

Topic: ROAD TRANSPORT IN INDIA

Prepared by : Vibin Raj

Date: 05-08-2014

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

1)      The Golden Quadrilateral connects 4 important cities in India. New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai. Name the fourth one?
Ans: Calcutta

2)      Asia’s oldest and longest major road?
Ans: Grand Trunk Road by Sher Shah Suri

3)      Grand Trunk Road is a part of which National Highway ?
Ans: NH 2 (Delhi-Kolkata)

4)      Which country has the largest road network in the world ?
Ans: USA
2^nd is  India

5)      Which state in India has the longest system of road in India?
Ans: Maharashtra

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