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CONTENTS
INDIAN GK
1. INDIAN STATES CAPITALS CHIEF MINISTER GOVERNOR
2. PORTFOLIOS OF THE UNION COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
3. NATIONAL PARKS IN INDIA
4. TIGER RESERVES IN INDIA
5. UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN INDIA
6. BIRD SANCTUARIES IN INDIA
7. FAMOUS RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF INDIA
8. NUCLEAR AND SPACE RESEARCH CENTRES IN INDIA
9. SUPERLATIVES OF INDIA
10. IMPORTANT OFFICES IN INDIA
11. RIVERS AND DAMS
12. SPECIAL SECURITY FORCES OF INDIA
13. IMPORTANT LAKES OF INDIA
14. FOLK DANCES OF INDIA
15. CLASSICAL DANCES OF INDIA (BY SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI)
16. IMPORTANT MISSILES OF INDIA
17. CHIEFS OF ARMED FORCES
18. RAILWAY ZONES IN INDIA
19. IMPORTANT NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
20. MAJOR PORTS IN INDIA
21. WATER TRANSPORT
22. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS IN INDIA
23. SOILS IN INDIA
24. TYPES OF WRITS
25. THE SCHEDULES IN THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
26. MAJOR MINERAL RESOURCES FOUND IN INDIA
27. AGRICULTURAL SEASONS IN INDIA
28. MAJOR IRON AND STEEL PLANTS IN INDIA
29. ALUMINIUM COMPANIES IN INDIA
30. PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS
31. FINANCE COMMISSIONS OF INDIA
32. PRESIDENTS OF INDIA
33. PRIME MINISTERS OF INDIA
34. BHARAT RATNA AWARD WINNERS

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S.No
1.

Name of the
State
Andhra Pradesh

Capital

Chief Minister

Hyderabad

Chandrababu Naidu

Itanagar

Nabam Tuki

3.

Arunachal
Pradesh
Assam

Dispur

Tarun Gogoi

4.
5.

Bihar
Chhattisgarh

Patna
Raipur

Nitish Kumar
Raman Singh

6.
7.

Goa
Gujarat

Panaji
Gandhinagar

Laxmikant Parsekar
Anandiben Patel

8.

Haryana

Chandigarh

Manohal Lal

9.
10.
11.
12.

Himachal Pradesh
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala

Shimla
Ranchi
Bengaluru
Thiruvananthapuram

Virbhadra Singh
Raghubar Das
Siddaramaiah
Oommen Chandy

13.

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal

14.
15.
16.
17.

Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram

Mumbai
Imphal
Shillong
Aizawl

Sivaraj Singh
Chouhan
Devendra Fadnavis
Okram Ibobi Singh
Mukul Sangma
Lal Thanhawla

18.

Nagaland

Kohima

TR Zeilang

19.
20.

Odisha
Punjab

Bhubaneshwar
Chandigarh

Naveen Patnaik
Prakash Singh Badal

21.
22.

Rajasthan
Sikkhim

Jaipur
Gangtok

23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.

Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal

Chennai
Hyderabad
Agartala
Lucknow
Dehradun
Kolkata

Vasundra Raje
PawanKumar
Chamling
J Jayalalitha
Chandrasekhar Rao
Manik Sarkar
Akhilesh Yadav
Harish Rawat
Mamata Banerjee

29.

Jammu and
Kashmir

Sri Nagar (Summer)

Jammu (Winter)

Mufti Mohammad
Sayeed

2.

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Governor
ES Lakshmi
Narasimhan
JP Rajkhowa
Padmanabha
Balakrishna
Acharya
Ram Nath Kovind
Balramji Dass
Tandon
Mridula Sinha
Om Prakash
Kohli
Kaptan Singh
Solanki
Acharya Dev Vrat
Droupati Murmu
Vajubhai Vala
Justice (Retd) P
Sathasivam
Ram Naresh
Yadav
C Vidyasagar Rao
Syed Ahmed
Shanmuganathan
Lt Gen (Retd)
Nirbhay Sharma
Padmanabha
Balakrishna
Acharya
SC Jamir
Kaptan Singh
Solanki
Kalyan Singh
niwas
Dadasaheb Patil
Dr K Rosaiah
ESL Narasimhan
Tathagata Roy
Ram Naik
Krishan Kant Paul
Keshari Nath
Tripathi
NN Vohra

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S.No Union
Capital
Territory
1.
Andaman and Port Blair
Nicobar
Islands
2.
Chandigarh
Chandigarh

Minister/Governor

Lt Governor/Administrator

Central Government

Lt Gen AK Singh (Retd)

(Lieutenant Governor)

Central Government

3.
4.
5.
6.

7.

Dadra and
Nagar Haveli
Daman and
Diu
Lakshadweep

Silvassa

Central Government

Kaptan Singh Solank

(Administrator)
Ashish Kundra (Administrator)

Daman

Central Government

Ashish Kundra (Administrator)

Kavaratti

Central Government

Delhi
National
Capital
Territory
Puducherry
(Pondicherry)

Delhi

Arvind Kejriwal

H Rajesh Prasad
(Administrator)
Najeeb Jung (Lieteunant
Governor)

Pondicherry N Rangaswamy

Lt Gen AK Singh (Retd)

(Lieutenant Governor)

Portfolios of the Union Council of Ministers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Raj Nath Singh

Sushma Swaraj
Arun Jaitley

M. Venkaiah Naidu

Nitin Jairam Gadkari

Manohar Parrikar
Suresh Prabhu
D. V. Sadananda Gowda
Su Uma Bharati
Dr. Najma A. Heptulla

Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Department of Atomic Energy
Department of Space
All important policy issues and
All other portfolios not allocated to any
Minister
Cabinet Ministers
Home Affairs
External Affairs
Overseas Indian Affairs
Finance
Corporate Affairs
Information & Broadcasting
Urban Development
Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Parliamentary Affairs
Road Transport and Highways
Shipping
Defence
Railways
Law and Justice
Water Resources, River Development and
Ganga Rejuvenation
Minority Affairs

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Ramvilas Paswan

Consumer Affairs, Food and Public

Distribution
Kalraj Mishra
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Maneka Sanjay Gandhi
Women and Child Development
Ananthkumar
Chemicals and Fertilizers
Ravi Shankar Prasad
Communications and Information
Technology
Jagat Prakash Nadda
Health and Family Welfare
Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati
Civil Aviation
Anant Geete
Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Food Processing Industries
Narendra Singh Tomar
Mines
Steel
Chaudhary Birender Singh
Rural Development
Panchayati Raj
Drinking Water and Sanitation
Jual Oram
Tribal Affairs
Radha Mohan Singh
Agriculture
Thaawar Chand Gehlot
Social Justice and Empowerment
Smriti Zubin Irani
Human Resource Development
Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Science and Technology
Earth Sciences
Minister of State (Independent Charge)
General V. K. Singh
Statistics and Programme Implementation
(Independent Charge)
External Affairs
Overseas Indian Affairs
Inderjit Singh Rao
Planning (Independent Charge)
Defence
Santosh Kumar Gangwar
Textiles (Independent Charge)
Bandaru Dattatreya
Labour and Employment (Independent
Charge)
Rajiv Pratap Rudy
Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
(Independent Charge)
Parliamentary Affairs
Shripad Yesso Naik
AAYUSH (Independent Charge)
Health & Family Welfare
Dharmendra Pradhan
Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent
Charge)
Sarbananda Sonowal
Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent
Charge)
Prakash Javadekar
Environment, Forest and Climate Change
(Independent Charge)
Power (Independent Charge)
Piyush Goyal
Coal (Independent Charge)
New and Renewable Energy (Independent
Charge)
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Dr. Jitendra Singh

Development of North Eastern Region

(Independent Charge)
Prime Ministers Office
Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Atomic Energy
Department of Space
Commerce and Industry (Independent
Charge)
Culture (Independent Charge)
Tourism (Independent Charge)
Civil Aviation

Nirmala Sitharaman
Dr. Mahesh Sharma

Minister of State
Ram Kripal Yadav
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary
Sanwar Lal Jat
Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya
Giriraj Singh
Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
G. M. Siddeshwara
Manoj Sinha
Nihalchand
Upendra Kushwaha
Radhakrishnan P
Kiren Rijiju
Krishan Pal
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan
Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava
Raosaheb Dadarao Danve
Vishnu Deo Sai
Sudarshan Bhagat
Prof. (Dr.) Ram Shankar Katheria
Y. S. Chowdary
Jayant Sinha

Drinking Water and Sanitation

Minority Affairs
Parliamentary Affairs
Home Affairs
Water Resources
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
Agriculture
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
Chemicals & Fertilizers
Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Railways
Panchayati Raj
Human Resources Development
Road Transport & Highways
Shipping
Home Affairs
Social Justice & Empowerment
Agriculture
Tribal Affairs
Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution
Mines
Steel
Rural Development
Human Resource Development
Science and Technology
Earth Science
Finance

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Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Babul Supria (Babul Supriyo) Baral
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti
Vijay Sampla

Information & Broadcasting

Urban Development
Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Food Processing Industries
Social Justice & Empowerment

National Parks in India

State/Union Territory
Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Andhra Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh
Assam

Bihar

Chhattisgarh
Goa
Gujarat

Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir

Name of the National Park

Campbell Bay National Park
Galathea National Park
Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park
(previously : Wandur National Park)
Middle Button Island National Park
Mount Harriet National Park
North Button Island National Park
Rani Jhansi Marine National Park
Saddle Peak National Park
South Button Island National Park
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park
Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park
Mrugavani National Park
Sri Venkateswara National Park
Namdapha National Park
Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
Kaziranga National Park
Manas National Park
Nameri National Park
Orang National Park
Valmiki National Park
Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctuary
Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary
Indravati National Park
Kanger Ghati National Park (Kanger Valley)
Mollem National Park
Vansda National Park
Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar
Gir National Park
Gulf of Kachchh Marine National Park
Kalesar National Park
Sultanpur National Park
Great Himalayan National Park
Pin Valley National Park
Dachigam National Park
Hemis National Park
Kishtwar National Park
Salim Ali National Park

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Jharkhand

Karnataka

Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Orissa

Punjab
Rajasthan

Uttar Pradesh

Betla National Park

Dimna National Park
Hazaribag National Park
Anshi National Park
Rajiv Gandhi National Park
Bandipur National Park
Bannerghatta National Park
Kudremukh National Park
Eravikulam National Park
Mathikettan Shola National Park
Periyar National Park
Bandhavgarh National Park
Mandla Plant Fossil National Park
Kanha National Park
Madhav National Park
Panna National Park
Pench National Park
Sanjay National Park
Satpura National Park
Van Vihar National Park
Chandoli National Park
Gugamal National Park
Navegaon National Park
Pench National Park
Sanjay Gandhi National Park or Borivili
National Park
Tadoba National Park
Keibul Lamjao National Park
Sirohi National Park
Balphakram National Park
Nokrek National Park
Murlen National Park
Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park
Ntangki National Park
Bhitarkanika National Park
Nandankanan National Park
Simlipal National Park
Harike Wetland
Darrah National Park
Desert National Park
Keoladeo National Park
Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary
Ranthambore National Park
Sariska National Park
Dudhwa National Park

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Uttarakhand

Corbett National Park

Gangotri National Park
Govind Pashu Vihar
Nanda Devi National Park
Rajaji National Park
Valley of Flowers National Park
Guindy National Park
Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park
Indira Gandhi National Park
Mudumalai National Park
Mukurthi National Park
Palani Hills National Park
Khangchendzonga National Park
Buxa Tiger Reserve
Gorumara National Park
Neora Valley National Park
Singalila National Park
Sundarbans National Park

Tamil Nadu

Sikkhim
West Bengal

Tiger Reserves in India

Name of the Tiger Reserves

SNo
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23

Bandipur
Corbett
Amangarh (buffer of Corbett TR)
Kanha
Manas
Melghat
Palamau
Ranthambore
Similipal
Sunderbans
Periyar
Sariska
Buxa
Indravati
Namdapha
Dudhwa
Kalakad-Mundanthurai
Valmiki
Pench
Tadoba-Andhari
Bandhavgarh
Panna
Dampa
Bhadra

Karnataka
Uttarakhand
Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Assam
Maharashtra
Jharkhand
Rajasthan
Odisha
West Bengal
Kerala
Rajasthan
West Bengal
Chhattisgarh
Arunachal Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Bihar
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Mizoram
Karnataka

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25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48

Pench
Pakke
Nameri
Satpura
Anamalai
Udanti-Sitanadi
Satkosia
Kaziranga
Achanakmar
Dandeli-Anshi
Sanjay-Dubri
Mudumalai
Nagarahole
Parambikulam
Sahyadri
Biligiri Ranganatha Temple
Kawal
Sathyamangalam
Mukandra Hills
Nawegaon-Nagzira
Nagarjunsagar Srisailam
Nagarjunasagar Srisailam
Pilibhit
Bor
Rajaji Tiger Reserve

Maharashtra
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Madhya Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Chattisgarh
Odisha
Assam
Chattisgarh
Karnataka
Madhya Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Karnataka
Kerala
Maharashtra
Karnataka
Telangana
Tamil Nadu
Rajasthan
Maharashtra
Andhra Pradesh
Telangana
Uttar Pradesh
Maharashtra
Uttarakhand

UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN INDIA

Name of the Site
State
Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary
Assam
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
Assam
Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya
Bihar
Humayuns Tomb
Delhi
Qutub Minar
Delhi
Red Fort Complex
Delhi
Churches and Convents of Goa
Goa
Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park
Gujarat
Group of Monuments at Hampi
Karnataka
Group of Monuments at Pattadakal
Karnataka
Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi
Madhya Pradesh
Rock Shelters of Bhimpetka
Madhya Pradesh
Khajuraho Group of Monuments
Madhya Pradesh
Ajanta Caves
Maharashtra
Ellora Caves
Maharashtra
Elephanta Caves
Maharashtra
Chharapati Shivaji Terminus
Maharashtra
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Sun Temple Konarak
Keoladeo National Park
Jantar Mantar
Great Living Chola Temples
Mahabalipuram
Agra Fort
Fatehpur Sikri
Taj Mahal
Mountain Railways of India

Orissa
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Darjeeling, West Bengal
Nilgiri, Tamil Nadu
Kalka-Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Uttarakhand
Park
Sundarbans National Park
West Bengal
Western Ghats
Covers Four states
Hill Forts
Rajasthan
Rani ki vav
Gujarat
Great Himalayan National Park
Himachal Pradesh
BIRD SANCTUARIES IN INDIA
Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary
Rajasthan
Chilka Lake Bird Sanctuary
Odisha
Ghatprabha Bird Sanctuary
Karnataka
Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary
Kerala
Kaundinya Bird Sanctuary
Andhra Pradesh
Mayani Bird Sanctuary
Maharashtra
Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary
Gujarat
Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary
Andhra Pradesh
Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary
Tamil Nadu
Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary
Karnataka
Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary
Haryana
Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary
Goa
Vedanthaangal Bird Sanctuary
Tamil Nadu
Famous Research Institutes of India
Research Institute
Place
Central Forest Research Institute
Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
Indian Institute of Petroleum
Dehradun
Haffkine Institute
Mumbai
Indian Cancer Research Institute
Mumbai
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Mumbai
Cattle breeding Institute
Hissar (Haryana)
National Dairy Research Institute
Karnal (Haryana)
National Tuberculosis Institute
Bengaluru
Raman Research centre
Bengaluru
National Aeronautical Laboratory
Bengaluru
Vallabhai Patel Chest Institute
Delhi
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National Institute of Communicable Diseases
Central Road Research Institute
Indian Meteorological Observatory
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
All India Malaria Research Institute
Indian Agricultural Research Institute
Central Coconut Research Institute
National Environmental Engineering
Research Institute
Central Fuel Research Institute
Center for Molecular and Cellular Biology
National Botanical Research Institute
Central Drug Research Institute
Industrial Toxicology Research Institute
Central Drug Research Institute
Indian Veterinary Research Institute
Textile Research Institute
National Institution of Occupation Health
Central Potato Research Institute
Central Mechanical Engineering Research
Institute
Central Leprosy Training and Research
Institute
King Institute of Preventive Medicine
Central Sugarcane Research Institute
Central Leather Research Institute
Central Electro-Chemical Research Institute
Central Food Technological Research
Institute
Central Institute of Virology
Indian Lac Research Institute
PGI Medical Education and Research
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
Central Jute Technological Research Institute
Archaeological Survey of India
School of Tropical Medicine
All India Institute of Hygiene and Public
Health
Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute
National Geophysics Research Institute
National Institute of Nutrition
National Geophysics Research Institute
High Altitude Research Laboratory
Central Mining Research Institute
Central Building Research Institute
Central Scientific Instruments Organization

Delhi
New Delhi
Pune and Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi
Kerala
Nagpur
Dhanbad
Hyderabad
Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow
Mukteshwar (Himachal Pradesh)
Izzatnagar (Uttar Pradesh)
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
Shimla
Durgapur
Chingelpet
Guindy (Chennai)
Coimbatore
Chennai
Karaikudi
Mysore (Karnataka)
Pune (Maharashtra)
Ranchi (Jharkhand)
Chandigarh
Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata
Hyderabad
Hyderabad
Hyderabad
Gulmarg
Dhanbad
Roorkee
Chandigarh

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Central Salt and Marine Chemical Research
Institute
Central Rice Research Institute
National Institute of Oceanography
National Sugar Research Institute
National Sugar Research Institute

Bhavnagar
Cuttack
Panaji
Kanpur
Kanpur

NUCLEAR AND SPACE RESEARCH CENTRES IN INDIA

India Rare Earths Limited
Alwaye (Kerala)
Uranium Corporation of India
Jadugoda
Indian Space Research Organization
Bengaluru
Atomic Energy Commission (ABC)
Mumbai
Electronics Corporation of India
Hyderabad
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Trombay
Radio Astronomy Centre
Ootacamund
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Mumbai
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
Kolkata
College of Satellite Communication
Ahmedabad
Technology
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
Thiruvanandapuram
Indian Scientific Satellite Project
Bengaluru
Thumba Equatorial Launching Station
Thumba, Kerala
Space Commission
Bengaluru
Space Application Centre
Ahmedabad
Nuclear Fuel Complex
Hyderabad
Nuclear Power Complex
Mumbai
Centre of Earth Science Studies
Trivendrum
Physical Research Laboratory
Ahmedabad

Longest River
Longest Canal
Longest Dam
Highest Lake
Largest Planetarium
Deepest River Valley
Longest Sea Beach
Biggest River Island
Tallest TV Tower
Longest Railway Tunnel
Highest Dam
Highest Waterfall
Largest Zoo
Longest Corridor
Longest River Bridge

SUPERLATIVES OF INDIA
The Ganga (2640 km)
Indira Gandhi Canal at Rajasthan
Hirakud Dam at Odisha
Devatal Lake, Uttarakhand
Birla Planetarium
Bhagirathi and Alaknanda
Marina Beach, Chennai
Majuli, Brahmaputra River, Asom
Fazilka (Punjab)
Pir Panjal Tunnel (Jammu and Kashmir) 11.2
km
Bhakra Dam, Sutlej River, Punjab
Jog or Garsoppa, Karnataka
Kolkata Zoological Garden
Corridor of Ramanathaswami Temple,
Rameshwaram, Tamilnadu
Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna, 5.575 km

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Largest Delta
State with longest coastline
Largest Dome
Longest sea bridge
Biggest Stadium
Largest Mosque
Highest Airport
Largest Desert
State with Maximum forest cover
Longest Railway Platform
Largest Cave Temple
Longest National Highway
Highest Civilian Award
Highest Gallantry Award
Largest Gurudwara
Largest cave
Largest Public Sector bank
Most populous city
Highest Peak
Tallest statue
Highest battle ground
Oldest Church

Sunderbans
Gujarat
Gol Gumbuz, Bijapur, Karnataka
Anna Indira Gandhi Sea bridge
Yuva Bharati stadium, Kolkata
Jama Masjid, Delhi
Leh Airport
Thar Desert
Madhya Pradesh
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
Kailash Temple, Maharashtra
NH-7 (Varanasi to Kanyakumari)
Bharat Ratna
Param Vir Chakra
Golden Temple, Amristar
Amarnath
State Bank of India
Mumbai
Godwin Austin
Gomateswara (Karnataka)
Siachen Glacier
St Thomas Church at Trichur, Kerala

Important Offices in India

Office
Head of the Office
President of India
Mr Pranab Mukherjee
Vice President of India
Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Prime Minister of India
Narendra Modi
Chief Justice of India
HL Dattu
Speaker of Lok Sabha
Sumitra Mahajan
Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
M Thambidurai
Chairman of Rajya Sabha
Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha
PJ Kurien
Attorney General of India
Mukul Rohatgi
Solicitor General of India
Ranjit Kumar
Comptroller and Auditor-General of India
Shashi Kant Sharma
Chief Election Commissioner
Nasim Zaidi
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister
Nripendra Mishra
National Security Adviser
Ajit Doval
Principal Scientific Adviser
Dr R Chidambaram
Registrar-General and Census Commissioner Dr. C. Chandramouli
Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister
GS Reddy
Secretary General of Lok Sabha
Anoop Mishra
Governor of Reserve bank of India
Raghuram Rajan
Cabinet Secretary
Pradeep Kumar Sinha
Home Secretary
LC Goyal
Finance Secretary
Ratan P Watal
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Defence Secretary
Dept of Economic Affairs Secretary
Dept of Revenue Secretary
Secretary of AYUSH
Surveyor General of India
Chairman of National Highways Authority
Chairman of FSSAI
Chairman of TRAI
Chairman of Engineers India Ltd
Chairman of National Safety Council
Chairman of Board for Industrial and
Financial Reconstruction
Chairman of IPL Governing Council
Chairman of National Human Rights
Commission
Chairman of Narmada Valley Development
Authority (NVDA).
Central Vigilance Commissioner
Chief Information Commissioner
Chairperson of Prasar Bharati
Chairman of UPSC
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission
Foreign Secretary
Chairperson of Central Board of Direct Taxes
Chairman of Central Board of Excise and
Customs
Chairperson of Central Board of Film
Certification
Chairman of NABARD
Chairman of Central Electricity Regulatory
Commission
Chairman of Food Corporation of India
Chairman of Foreign Investment Promotion
Board
Chairman of Air India
Chairman of ISRO
Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of
India
Chairman of National Book Trust
Chairman of National Commission for
Scheduled Castes
Chairman of National Commission for
Scheduled Tribes
Chairman of National Commission for
Women

G Mohan Kumar
Shaktikanta Das
Hasmukh Adhia
Ajit M Sharan
Rajendra Mani Tripathi
Raghav Chandra
Ashish Bahugana
RS Sharma
Sanjay Gupta
Satish Reddy
JP Dua
Rajeev Shukla
Justice Cyriac Joseph (Acting)
Rakesh Sahni
KV Chowdary
Vijay Sharma
A Surya Prakash
Deepak Gupta
Dr RK Sinha
Dr S Jaishankar
Anita Kapur
Najib Shah
Pahlaj Nihalani
Dr Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
Dr. Pramod Deo
Yogendra Tripathi
Shaktikanta Das
Ashwani Lohani
AS Kiran Kumar
SK Roy
Baldev Sharma
Dr PL Punia
Rameshwar Oraon
Lalitha Kumaramangalam

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RIVERS AND DAMS
Biggest Dams in India
State
Uttaranchal
Himachal Pradesh
Orissa
Andhra Pradesh.
Gujarat

AndhraPradesh
AndhraPradesh
AndhraPradesh
AndhraPradesh
AndhraPradesh
AndhraPradesh
AndhraPradesh
AndhraPradesh
AndhraPradesh
AndhraPradesh
AndhraPradesh
AndhraPradesh
AndhraPradesh
Gujarat
Gujarat
Gujarat
Gujarat
HimachalPradesh
HimachalPradesh
HimachalPradesh
HimachalPradesh
HimachalPradesh
HimachalPradesh
Jammu & Kashmir
Jammu & Kashmir
Jammu & Kashmir
Jammu & Kashmir
Jammu & Kashmir
Jharkhand
Jharkhand
Jharkhand
Karnataka

Dam
Tehri Dam
Bhakra Nangal Dam
Hirakud dam
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam 124 meters
Sardar Sarovar Dam / Narmada Dam
163 meters,
Other Dams
Nizam Sagar Dam
Somasila Dam
Prakasam Barrage
Dindi Reservoir
Lower Manair Reservoir
Tatipudi Reservoir Project
Srisailam Dam
Singur dam
Gandipalem Reservoir
Ramagundam Dam
Dummaguden Dam
Himayat Sagar Reservoir
Shriram Sagar Reservoir
Ukai Dam
Dharoi Dam
Kadana dam
Dantiwada Dam
Pandoh Dam
Bhakra Nangal Dam
Nathpa Dam
Chamera Dam
Gobind Sagar, Reservoir
Maharana Pratap Sagar Reservoir
Salal Project
Baglihar Dam
Chutak Hydroelectric Project
Dumkhar Hydroelectric Dam
Uri Hydroelectric Dam
Maithon Dam
Chandil Dam
Panchet Dam
Tunga Bhadra Dam

Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka

Linganamakki dam
Kadra Dam
Alamatti Dam

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River
Bhagirathi River
Sutlej river
Mahanadi River
Krishna River
Narmada River

Manjira River
Pennar River
Krishna River
Krishna River
Gosthani River
Krishna River
Gandipalem, Manneru River
Godavari
Godavari
River Musi
Godavari River
Banas River
Mahi River
Sabarmati River
Beas River
Sutlej River
Sutlej River
Ravi River
Sutlej River
Chenab River
Chenab River
Indus River
Jhelum River
Barakar River
Subarnarekha River
Damodar River
Tungabhadra River and Krishna
River
Sharavathi River
Kalinadi River
Krishna River

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Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka
Kerala
Kerala
Kerala
Kerala
Kerala
Kerala
Kerala
Kerala
Kerala
MadhyaPradesh
MadhyaPradesh
MadhyaPradesh
MadhyaPradesh
MadhyaPradesh
MadhyaPradesh
MadhyaPradesh
MadhyaPradesh
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra

Supa Dam
Krishna Raja Sagara Dam
Harangi Dam
Ghataprabha Reservoir
Manchanabele Dam
Narayanpur Dam
Kodasalli Dam
Basava Sagara Dam
Hemavathi Reservoir
Banasura Sagar Dam
Malampuzha Dam
Peechi Dam
Idukki Dam
Kundala Dam
Parambikulam Dam
Walayar Dam
Mullaperiyar Dam
Neyyar Dam
Rajghat Dam
Barna Dam
Indirasagar Project
Narmada Dam Project
Bargi Dam
Bansagar Dam
Gandhi Sagar Dam
Tawa Reservoir
Yeldari Dam
Ujani Dam
Pawna Dam
Mulshi Dam
Koyna Dam
Jaikwadi Dam
Bhatsa Dam
Wilson Dam
Tansa Dam
Panshet Dam
Mula Dam
Kolkewadi Dam
Girna Dam
Bhandardara Dam
Vaitarna Dam
Radhanagari Dam
Nandur Madhmeshwar
Manair Dam
Khadakwasla Dam
Gangapur Dam

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Kali River
Cauvery River
Cauvery River
Ghataprabha River
Krishna River
Kali River

Chalakudy River
Malampuzha River
Periyar River
Parambikulam River
Parambikulam River
Walayar River
Pennar River
Pennar River
Betwa River
Barna River
Narmada River
Narmada River
Narmada River
Son River
Chambal River
Tawa River
Purna River
Bhima River
Pawna River
Mula River
Koyna River
Godavari River
Bhatsa and Chorna rivers
Pravara River
Mutha River
Koyna River
Girna and Godavari River
Arthur Lake
Vaitarna River
Bhogawati River
Manair River
Mutha River

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Orissa
Orissa
Orissa
Orissa
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
UttarPradesh
UttarPradesh
UttarPradesh
Uttrakhand
Uttrakhand

Jalaput Dam
Balimela Reservoir
Indravati Dam
Hirakud Dam
Vaigai Dam
Aliyar Reservoir
Chittar Reservoir
Krishnagiri Reservoir
Manimuthar Reservoir
Pechiparai Reservoir
Soolagiri Chinnar Reservoir
Thunakadavu Reservoir
Varattupallam Reservoir
Vidur Reservoir
Perunchani Dam
Amaravathi Reservoir
Gundar Reservoir
Kullursandai Reservoir
Pambar Reservoir
Periyar Reservoir
Stanley Reservoir
Uppar Reservoir
Vattamalaikarai Odai Reservoir
Willingdon Reservoir
Mettur Dam
Bhavanisagar Reservoir
Kodaganar Reservoir
Manimukthanadhi Reservoir
Parambikulam Reservoir
Sholayar Reservoir
Thirumurthi Reservoir
Varadamanadhi Reservoir
Vembakottai Reservoir
Manjalar Reservoir
Parichha Dam
Rihand Project
Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar Dam
Tehri Dam
Dhauli Ganga Dam

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Sileru River
Indravati River
Mahanadi River
Vaigai River
River Aliyar
Chittar River

River Kodayar
Chalakudy River

Paralayar River
Berijam Lake
Arjuna Nadi
Pambar River
Periyar River
Kaveri River
Odai River
Periya Odai River
Kaveri River
Bhavani River
Kodagananar River
Parambikulam River
Parmabikulam Aliyar River
Vaippar River
Betwa River
Rihand River and Son River
Rihand River
Bhagirathi River
Ganga River

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SPECIAL SECURITY FORCES OF INDIA
Security Force
Research and
Analysis Wing (RAW)
- Indias External
Intelligence Agency.

National
Investigation Agency
(NIA) Indias
Central Counter
Terrorism Law
Enforcement
Agency.
Anti-Terrorist Squad
(ATS) -

Special Frontier
Force (SFF) -

Special Protection
Group (SPG)
Indias
Administrative
Protective Agency
Rapid Action Force
(RAF) Specialized
wing of Central
Reserve Police Force

Year of
Main Function
Formation
1968
Collection of external
intelligence, counter-terrorism
and covert operations.
Responsible for obtaining and
analyzing information about
foreign governments,
corporations and persons.
2008
Deals with Militancy,
Insurgency, and Left-wing
terrorism, bomb blasts and
terrorist attacks, infiltration
across borders, arm smuggling,
drug smuggling, pushing of fake
Indian currency..etc
2004
Gathering information
regarding anti-national
elements active in the state of
Maharashtra.

1962

1985

1991

Coordinates with the central

intelligence agencies.
Conducted covert operations
behind Chinese lines in the
event of another Sino-Indian
War.
Comes under RAW.
Responsible for the security of
Prime Minister and other top
officials and their families.

Chief
Rajinder Khanna

Sharad Kumar

Rajinder Khanna

Vivek Srivastava

Formed to deal with riots and

Prakash Mishra
strife.
Has executed prompt rescue
and relief operations during
floods, earthquakes,
cyclones..etc.
Forcefully acted against
Communal Violence as Terrorist
attacks

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Commando
Battalions for
Resolute Action
(CoBRA) Parent
Agency is CRPF

2008

Trained and Equipped for

commando and guerrilla/jungle
warfare.

Prakash Mishra

National Security
Guard (NSG)
Premier Counter
Terrorism Force of
India

1985

Operates under Ministry of

Home Affairs.
Protects VIPs, conducts antisabotage operations, rescues
hostages, neutralizing terrorist
threats, and responds to
hijacking and piracy

RC Tayal

Border Security
Force (BSF)

1965

Devendra Kumar
Pathak

Assam Rifles
(Old name - Cachar
Levy)

1835

Central Reserve
Police Force

1949

Indo-Tibetan Border
Police

1962

Central Industrial
Security Forces

1983

Operates under the Ministry of

Home Affairs.
Responsible for protecting the
Indias land borders and
preventing trans-border crimes.
Oldest Paramilitary force of
India.
Guarding Indo-Myanmar
Border
Assisting the States and Union
Territories in Police Operations
to maintain law and order.
Para-Military force for security
along the Indo-Tibetan border.
Highly trained in
Mountaineering and Disaster
Management.
Provides security cover to the
industrial units located all over
India. The units include major
ports, atomic power stations,
defence units, major refineries,
and Space installations..etc

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RK Rana

Prakash Mishra

Krishna Chaudhary

Surender Singh

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IMPORTANT LAKES OF INDIA
Name of the Lake
Chilka Lake
Kolleru Lake
Loktak Lake
Lonar Lake
Pangong Lake
Pulicat Lake
Sambhar Lake
Tsomarari Lake
Vembanad Lake
Wular and Dal Lakes

State
Assam
Bihar
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra

State
Odisha
Andhra Pradesh
Manipur
Maharashtra
Jammu and Kashmir
Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh Border
Rajasthan
Jammu and Kashmir
Kerala
Jammu and Kashmir

FOLK DANCES OF INDIA

Type of folk dance associated
Ankiya Nat, KirtaniaNatak, Ojapali,Bihu
Bidesia, SenkelaChhau, Jat-JatniBidpada, Ramkhelia.
Bhavaigarba
Swang, Naqqal
Kariyala, Bhagat, RasIhanld, Harnatra Haran or Harin
BhandPathar or Bhandlashna, VetalDhamali.
Yakshagana, BedaraVesha, DolluKunitha, Santa, Doddata-Bayalata,
TalaMaddle or Prasang. Dasarata, Radhna
Kodiyattam, Margam Kali,
MudiattamTherayattam, ChavittuNadakam, Chakyarkoothu
Maanch, Nacha.

Orissa
Punjab
Rajasthan
Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu

Tamasha, LalitBharud, Gondha, Dashavatar, Lavni.

Pala Jtra, Daskathia, Mayurbhanj Chhau, Mangal Ras, Sowang.
Naqqal, Swangbhangra
Khyal, Rasdhari, Rammat, TurraKilangi, Gauri, Nautanki, Ihamtara
VeethiNatakam, Burrakatha, lambadi, koya
Therukuttu, Veethi Natakam, Bhagwat Mela Natakam, Kurvaanji, Pagal
Vasham, Kavadi Chindu.

Uttar Pradesh

Bhagat, Sang-Swang, Naqqual.

Goa

Fugadi, Dashavatar, Pernijagar, Musalkhel, Samainrutya, Gonph dance,

Dekhni, Kunbidance, Ghodemodni, Dhalo, Tonyamel, Talgadi

West Bengal

Chhau(Purulia), Ganthali

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CLASSICAL DANCES OF INDIA (By Sangeet Natak Akademi)

Dance Form
State
Bharatanatyam
Tamil Nadu
Kathak
Uttar Pradesh
Kathakali
Kerala
Kuchipudi
Andhra Pradesh
Manipuri
Manipur
Mohiniyattam
Kerala
Odissi
Odisha
Sattriya
Assam

Name of the Missile

Prithvi I
Prithvi II
Prithvi III
Agni I
Agni II
Agni III
Agni IV
Agni V
K15
K4
Brahmos
Nirbhay
Trishul
Akash
NAG
Sagarika
Prahaar

IMPORTANT MISSILES OF INDIA

Range
Payload
150 KM
1000 kg
250 km to 350 km
500 to 1000 kg
350 km to 600 km
250 to 500 kg
700 to 1200 km
1000 kg
2000 km
More than 1000 kg
3000 to 5000 km
1500 kg
4000 km
5000 to 8000 km
750 Km
10 tonnes
3500 to 5000 km
17 tonnes
290 km
200 to 300 kg
1000 km
450 kg
8 to 12 km
45 to 50 km
7 km
700 km
1000 kg
150 km
CHIEFS OF ARMED FORCES

Name
General Dalbir Singh
Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha
Admiral RK Dhowan
Air Marshal PP Reddy

Department
Chief of Army Staff
Chief of Air Staff
Chief of the Naval Staff
Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff

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RAILWAY ZONES IN INDIA
Railway Zone
Central
Eastern
Northern
North Eastern
North-East Frontier
Southern
South Central
South Eastern
Western

Headquarter
Mumbai VT
Kolkata
New Delhi
Gorakhpur
Maligaon - Guwahati
Chennai
Secunderabad
Kolkata
Mumbai
Churchgate
Bhubaneshwar
Hajipur
Allahabad
Jaipur
Bengaluru (Hubli)
Jabalpur
Bilaspur
Kolkata

East Coast
East Central
North Central
North Western
South Western
West Central
South-East Central
Kolakata Metro

Important National Highways

National Highway (NH)
NH1
NH2
NH3
NH4
NH5
NH6
NH7
NH8
NH9
NH10
NH24
NH26

Connects
New Delhi Ambala Jalandhar Amristar
Delhi Mathura Agra Kanpur Allahabad
Varanasi Kolkata
Agra Gwalior Nasik Mumbai
Thane and Chennai via Pune and Belgaum
Kolkata Chennai
Kolkata Dhule
Varanasi Kanyakumari
Delhi Mumbai
Mumbai Vijaywada
Delhi Fazilka
Delhi Lucknow
Lucknow Varanasi

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Major Ports in India
Name of the Port
Kandla
Mumbai
JL Nehru
Marmugoa
Mangalore
Cochin
Paradip
Vishakapatnam
Chennai
Ennore (Kamarajar)
Tuticorin
Port Blair

State
Gujarat
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Goa
Karnataka
Kerala
Odisha
Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
WATER TRANSPORT

National Waterways
NW1
NW2
NW3
NW4

Connects
Allahabad to Haldia
Sadia to Dhubri on
Brahmaputra river
Kollam to Kottapuram
Kakinada to Marakkanam
along Godavari and Krishna
River

Distance
1629 KM
819 KM
186 KM
1110 KM

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS IN INDIA

Name of the Airport
Begumpet Airport
Calicut International Airport
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
HAL Airport
Goa Airport
Netaji Subash Chandra Bose International
Airport
Thiruvananthapuram International Airport
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International
Airport
Sardar Vallabhai Patel International Airport
Indira Gandhi International Airport
Chennai International Airport
Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport

City
Hyderabad
Calicut
Mumbai
Bengaluru
Goa
Kolkata
Thiruvananthapuram
Guwahati
Ahmedabad
Delhi
Chennai
Amristar

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SOILS IN INDIA
Types of Soil

States
Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,
Jharkhand
Deccan Plateau, Valleys of Krishna and
Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh,
and Tamil Nadu
Eastern Ports of Deccan Plateau, Tamil Nadu,
Goa, Odisha, and Meghalaya
Summits of Eastern and Western Ghats,
Asom Hills, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,
West Bengal and Odisha
West and North West India, Rajasthan,
North Gujarat, Southern Punjab
Hills of Jammu and Kashmir, Uttrakhand, and
Asom Hills
Drier parts of Bihar, Jharkhand, UP, Haryana,
Punjab, Rajasthan, Maharashtra
Kerala, Coastal Regions of Odisha, Tamil
Nadu and Sunderband of West Bengal

Alluvial Soil
Black or Regur Soil

Red Soil
Laterite

Desert
Mountain
Saline and Alkaline
Reaty and Marshy

TYPES OF WRITS
Writ Name
Habeas Corpus

Meaning
You may have the body

Mandamus

We Command

Certiorari

To be certified

Prohibition

The act of stopping

something

Quo Warranto

What is your Authority

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Purpose of the Writ

To release a person who has
been detained unlawfully
whether in prison or in
custody
To secure the performance
of public duties by lower
court, tribunal or public
authority
To quash the order already
passed by an inferior court,
tribunal or quasi judicial
authority
To prohibit an inferior court
from continuing the
proceedings in a particular
case where it has no
jurisdiction to try
To restrain a person from
holding a public office to
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THE SCHEDULES IN THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
First Schedule
Second Schedule

Third Schedule
Fourth Schedule
Fifth Schedule
Sixth Schedule

Seventh Schedule
Eighth Schedule
Ninth Schedule
Tenth Schedule

Eleventh Schedule

Twelfth Schedule

List of States and Union Territories

Salaries of President, Governors, Chief
Justice, Judges of Supreme Court and High
Court, CAG
Forms of Oaths and Affirmations
Allocate Seats for each state of India and
Rajya Sabha
Administration and Control of Scheduled
Areas and Tribes
Provisions for administration of tribal area in
Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, and
Arunachal Pradesh
Gives Allocation of Powers and Functions
between Union and States
List of 22 Languages of India recognized by
the Constitution
Contains Acts and Orders related to land
tenure, land tax, railways, industries
Contains Provisions of disqualification on
grounds of defection (Added by 53nd
Amendment in 1985)
Contains provisions of Panchayati Raj
(Incorporated by 73rd Amendment Act in
1992)
Contains provisions of Municipal
Corporation (Incorporated by 74th
Amendment in 1992)

MAJOR MINERAL RESOURCES FOUND IN INDIA

Mineral
States
Bauxite Ore (Aluminium)
Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,
Gujarat, Maharashtra and Jharkhand
Chromite
Cuttack district in Orissa Major Share.
Karnataka, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Madhya
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu and
Manipur.
Copper
Singhbhum district (Jharkhand), Balaghat
district (Madhya Pradesh) and Jhunjhunu
and Alwar districts (Rajasthan).
Gold
Kolar district, Hutti Gold Field in Raichur
district (both in Karnataka) and Ramgiri Gold
Field in Anantpur district (Andhra Pradesh)
Iron Ore
Bailadila sector of Chhattisgarh Major
Share. Also in Bellary-Hospet area of
Karnataka and Barajamda sector in
Jharkhand and Orissa.
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Lead Zinc

Rajasthan, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh,

Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh,
Orissa, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu
and Sikkim.
Main reserves fall in Karnataka, followed by
Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and
Goa.
The main reserves are at Degana, Rajasthan.
Panna belt in Madhya Pradesh,
Munimadugu-Banganapalle conglomerate in
Kurnool district, Wajrakarur Kimberlite pipe
in Anantapur district
Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa,
Gujarat, Karnataka, West Bengal, Uttar
Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and
Maharashtra.
Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir,
and Gujarat.
Orissa is a Major Producer.
Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Andhra
Pradesh, and Gujarat: Rajasthan, Karnataka,
Tamil Nadu
Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand Bihar and
Rajasthan.
Uttaranchal, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan

Manganese

Tungsten
Diamond

Dolomite

Fluorspar
Gypsum
Graphite
Limestone

Mica
Magnesite

AGRICULTURAL SEASONS IN INDIA

Name of the
Season
Kharif Season
(Summer Crop
or Monsoon
Crop)
Rabi Season
(Winter Crop)
Zaid

Sowing
Season
May to July

Harvesting
Season
September to
October

October to
December
March

February to April
June

Important Crops
Jowar, Bajra, Rice, Maize, Cotton,
Groundnut, Jute, Hemp, Tobacco etc.

Wheat, Barley, Gram, Linseed,

Mustard, Masoor & Peas.
Muskmelon, Watermelon, Vegetables
of cucurbitacae family such as bitter
gourd, pumpkin, ridged gourd etc.

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MAJOR IRON AND STEEL PLANTS IN INDIA
Name of the Plant
Tata Iron and Steel
Company (TISCO)
Indian Iron and Steel
Company (IISCO)
The Visweswaraya
Iron and Steel Ltd

Year
1907

District/State
Singhbhum district of
Jharkhand.
Brought under GOI in Kulti, Hirapur and
1972
Bumpur in West
Bengal.
1923
Shimoga district of
Karnataka.

Bhilai Iron and Steel

Centre

1957

Rourkela Steel Plant

It became operative
in 1959.

Durgapur Steel Plant

1959

Bokaro Steel Ltd

1964

Salem Steel Plant

1982

Vijayanagar Steel
Plant
Vishakhapatnam
Steel Plant or Vizag
Steel Plant

1971

Points to Note
Established by
Jamshedji Tata
Annual Capacity - 10
lakh tonnes of steel

Mysore Iron and

Steel Company
(MISCO)
Durg district of
Established with the
Chhattisgarh
technical and
financial support of
the then Soviet
Union.
Sundargarh district
Set up with the help
of Orissa
of the then West
German firm, Krupps
and Demang
Bardhaman district
Set Up with the help
of West Bengal.
of the United
Kingdom.
Hazaribagh district of Soviet Unions
Jharkhand.
Collaboration
Salem District of
Major producer of
Tamil Nadu
world class stainless
steel
Bellary district of
Has the installed
Karnataka.
capacity of 30 lakh
tonnes.
Visakhapatnam,
Help of German and
Andhra Pradesh
Soviet technology.

Upcoming Steel Plants

Daitari Steel Plant Orissa
Tata Steel Kalinganagar Orissa
Dolvi Steel Plant Maharashtra

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ALUMINIUM COMPANIES IN INDIA
Location

State

Name of Company
Chhattisgarh

Korba

Bharat Aluminum Co (Balco)

Alupuram

Hindustan Aluminum Co. (Hindalco) Kerala

Renukoot

Hindustan Aluminum Co. (Hindalco) Uttar Pradesh

Mettur

Madras Aluminum (MALCO)

Hirakud

Hindustan Aluminum Co. (Hindalco) Orissa

Angul

National Aluminum Co. (NALCO)

Orissa

Jharsuguda

Vedanta Aluminum Co. (VAL)

Orissa

Banks
1.Allahabad
Bank
2.Andhra
Bank
3.Bank of
Baroda
4.Bank of
India
5.Bank of
Maharashtra
6.Canara
Bank
7.Central
Bank of India
8.Corporatio
n Bank
9.Dena Bank
10.Indian
Bank
11.Indian
Overseas
Bank
12.Oriental
Bank of
Commerce

Tamil Nadu

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS

Tagline
Chairman
A tradition of trust
Rakesh Sethi

Headquatrs
Kolkata

Where India Banks

Satish Kumar Kalra

Hyderabad

Indias International
Bank
Relationships beyond
Banking
One Family One Bank

P.S. Jayakumar

Mumbai

M.O. Rego

Mumbai

Sushil Muhnot

Pune

Together we Can

Rakesh Sharma

Bangalore

Central To you Since

1911
A Premier public
seector bank
Trusted Family bank
Your Tech Friendly
bank
Good People To Grow
With

Rajeev Rishi

Mumbai

Sadhu Ram Bansal

Mangalore

Aswini Kumar
Mahesh Kumar Jain

Mumbai
Chennai

R. Koteeswaran

Chennai

Where every individual

is committed

Animesh Chauhan

New Delhi

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13.Punjab
National
Bank
14.Punjab &
Sind Bank
15.Syndicate
Bank

The name you can

bank upon

Usha Ananthasubramanian

New Delhi

Where service is a way

of life
Your Faithful And
Friendly Financial
Partner
Good People to Bank
with
The Bank that begins
with U
Honours Your Trust
- A friend you can bank
on
Banking For All, Aao
Sochein Bada
Empowering Women

Jatinder Bir Singh

New Delhi

Arun Srivastava

Manipal

Arun Tiwari

Mumbai

P. Srinivas

Calcutta

Arun Kaul
Kishore Kumar Sansi

Calcutta
Bangalore

Kishore Kharat Piraji

Mumbai

Usha Ananthasubramanian

New delhi

With you all the way,

Pure Banking Nothing
Else, The Nations
banks on us
23.state Bank Working For A Better
of mysore
Tomorrow

Arundhati Bhattacharya

Mumbai

Sharad Sharma

Karnataka

24.state bank
of Patiala
25.state bank
of Hyderabad
26.state bank
of Bikaner
and Jaipur
27.state bank
of
Travancore

Blending Modernity
With Tradition
You Can Always Bank
On Us
Nation Bank On Us

Ramesh Rangan

Punjab

Santanu Mukherjee

Hyderabad

Jyothi Gosh

Jaipur

Long Tradition Of Trust

Jeevandas Narayanan

Tiruvandrum

16.Union
Bank of India
17.United
Bank of India
18.UCO Bank
19.Vijaya
Bank
20.IDBI Bank
Ltd
21.Bharatiya
Mahila Bank
22.State
Bank of India

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FINANCE COMMISSIONS OF INDIA
Finance
Commission

Year of
Establishment

Chairman

Operational
Duration

First

1951

K. C. Neogy

195257

Second

1956

K. Santhanam

195762

Third

1960

A. K. Chanda

196266

Fourth

1964

P. V. Rajamannar

196669

Fifth

1968

Mahaveer Tyagi

196974

Sixth

1972

K. Brahmananda
Reddy

197479

Seventh

1977

J. M. Shelat

197984

Eighth

1983

Y. B. Chavan

198489

Ninth

1987

N. K. P. Salve

198995

Tenth

1992

K. C. Pant

19952000

Eleventh

1998

A. M. Khusro

20002005

Twelfth

2002

C. Rangarajan

20052010

Thirteenth

2007

Dr. Vijay L. Kelkar

20102015

Fourteenth

2013

Dr. Y. V Reddy

20152020

PRESIDENTS OF INDIA
No

Name

From

To

1 Dr. Rajendra Prasad

January 26, 1950

May 13, 1962

2 Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

May 13, 1962

May 13, 1967

3 Dr. Zakir Hussain

May 13, 1967

August 24, 1969

August 24, 1969

August 24, 1974

Shri Varahagiri Venkata

Giri

5 Shri Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed August 24, 1974

February 11, 1977

6 Shri Neelam Sanjiva Reddy July 25, 1977

July 25, 1982

7 Shri Giani Zail Singh

July 25, 1982

July 25, 1987

8 Shri R. Venkataraman

July 25, 1987

July 25, 1992

9 Dr.S.D. Sharma

July 25, 1992

July 25, 1997

10 Shri K R Narayanan

July 25, 1997

25 July 2002

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11 Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam

25 July 2002

25 July 2007

12 Pratibha Patil

25 July 2007

25 July 2012

13 Pranab Mukherjee

25 July 2012

Incumbent

PRIME MINISTERS OF INDIA

No

Name

From

To

Party

1 Jawahar Lal Nehru

15 August, 1947

27 May, 1964

INC

2 Shri Gulzarilal Nanda

27 May, 1964

9 June, 1964

INC

3 Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri

9 June, 1964

11 January, 1966

INC

4 Shri Gulzarilal Nanda

11 January, 1966

24 January, 1966

INC

5 Shrimati Indira Gandhi

24 January, 1966

24 March, 1977

INC

6 Shri Morarji Desai

24 March, 1977

28 July, 1979

JP

7 Shri Charan Singh

28 July, 1979

14 January, 1980

JP

8 Shrimati Indira Gandhi

9 Shri Rajiv Gandhi

14 January, 1980
31 October, 1984

31 October, 1984 INC

2 December, 1989 INC

10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

Shri Vishwanath Pratap

Singh
Shri Chandra Shekhar
Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao
Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee
H. D. Deve Gowda
Inder Kumar Gujral
Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee
Dr. Manmohan Singh
Narendra Modi

2 December, 1989 10 November, 1990 JD

10 November, 1990 21 June, 1991
21 June, 1991
16 May,1996
16 May, 1996
1 June,1996
1 June,1996
21 April,1997
21 April, 1997
19 March, 1998
19 March, 1998
22 May, 2004
22 May, 2004
26 May, 2014
26 May, 2014
Incumbent

SJP
INC
BJP
JD
JD
BJP
INC
BJP

BHARAT RATNA AWARD WINNERS

S.No
1.

Name of the Person

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari

Year
1954

2.

Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan

1954

3.
4.
5.

Sir CV Raman
Dr Bhagwan Das
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya

1954
1955
1955

6.

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

1995

About Him/Her
Last Governor-General of India and an
Activist
Indias First Vice President and Indias
Second President.
Physicist
Freedom Fighter
Diwan of Mysore. Civil Engineer and a
Dam Architect.
Indias First Prime Minister

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7.
8.
9.

Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant

Dhondo Keshav Karve
Bidhan Chandra Roy

1957
1958
1961

10.
11.

Purushottam Das Tandon

Dr Rajendra Prasad

1961
1962

12.
13.
14.

Dr Zakir Hussain
Pandurang Vanam Kane
Lal Bahadur Shastri

1963
1963
1966

15.
16.
17.
18.
19.

Indira Gandhi
Varahagiri Venkata Giri
K Kamaraj
Mother Teresa
Acharya Vinobha Bhave

1971
1975
1976
1980
1983

20.
21.

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

M. G. Ramachandran

1987
1988

22.

Dr. Bhim Rao Ramji Ambedkar

1990

23.
24.
25.

Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Rajiv Gandhi
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

1990
1991
1991

26.

Morarji Ranchhodji Desai

1991

27.

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

1992

28.
29.
30.
31.
32.

Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata

Satyajit Ray
Gulzarilal Nanda
Aruna Asaf Ali
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

1992
1992
1997
1997
1997

33.

1998

34.

Madurai Sanmukhavadivu
Subbulakshmi
Chidambaram Subramniam

35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.

Jayaprakash Narayanan
Pandit Ravi Shankar
Professor Amartya Sen
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi
Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar
Ustad Bismillah Khan

1999
1999
1999
1999
2001
2001

1998

Freedom Fighter. Home Minister.

Educationist and a Social Reformer
Physician and West Bengals Chief
Minister
Freedom Fighter
Indias First President and Freedom
Fighter
Indias Third President
Sanskrit Scholar
Indias Second Prime Minister and
Freedom Fighter
Indias first Woman Prime Minister
Former President of India
Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Founder of Missionaries of Charity
Independence activist and a Social
reformer
Known as Frontier Gandhi
Former Chief Minister of Tamil NaduPopular Cinema Actor
Crusader against Untouchablity, Chief
architect of Indian Constitution, Social
Reformer
Leader of Anti - Apartheid movement
Former Prime Minister of India
Indias first Home Minister and
Freedom Fighter
Former Prime Minister and
Independence activist
First Education Minister of India and
Freedom Fighter
Philanthropist and an Industrialist
Filmmaker
Freedom Fighter and Economist
Freedom Fighter
Aeronautical Engineer and 11th
President of India
Carnatic classical singer
Freedom Fighter and Former
Agriculture Minister
Freedom Fighter and Social Reformer
Sitar Player
Economist
Former Chief Minister of Assam
Play Back Singer
Hindustani classical shehnai player

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41.
42.
43.
44.
45.

Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi

Sachin Tendulkar
Dr CNR Rao
Madan Mohan Malaviya
Atal Bihari Vajpayee

2009
2014
2014
2015
2015

Hindustani Classical Singer

Cricketer
Renowned Chemist
Educationist and Politician
Former Prime Minister of India

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