Polity- Meira Kumar

Polity  Meira Kumar 1-Meira Kumar was elected unopposed as the first woman Speaker of Lok Sabha and served from 2009 to 2014. 2- She is a five time Member of Parliament. 3-Prior to being a member of the 15th Lok Sabha,Meira Kumar has been elected earlier to the 8th, 11th, 12th and 14th Lok Sabha. … Read more

Polity – Speaker of the Lok Sabha- Sumitra Mahajan

Polity Speaker of the Lok Sabha -Sumitra Mahajan 1-The current speaker of Lok Sabha is Sumitra Mahajan of the Bharatiya Janata Party. 2-She is presiding over the 16th Lok Sabha. She is the second woman to hold the office, after her immediate predecessor Meira Kumar. 3-The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the presiding officer … Read more

History- Gautama Buddha

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History Gautama Buddha   1-He is also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha or simply the Buddha. 2- He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in the eastern part of ancient India sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE. 3- He later taught throughout other regions of eastern India such as Magadha … Read more

GK/General Awareness/G-Studies -Important Points

General Awareness   1-Who is the first Asian Nobel laureate? Ans=Rabindranath Tagore. 2-Which continent has the second largest nominal GDP of all continents? Ans= Asia. 3-Mother Teresa of India & Shirin Ebadi of Iran are 2 women Nobel laureate in Asia who won Nobel prize for their significant efforts for democracy and human rights. 4-Shirin … Read more

GK/General Awareness/G-Studies -Space

  GK/General Awareness/G-Studies Space   1- The Orbital period of Moon is 27 days. 2-Moon is called Earth’s satellite. 3-Saturn,Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune (4 planets) have Rings around them. 4-The planet with the most number of moons is Jupiter with 66 moons. 5-PLUTO is the coldest and smallest of all planets. 6-The closest planet to … Read more

History -Andhra Pradesh & Telangana -Important Points

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History -Andhra Pradesh & Telangana   1-The Vishalandhra, Vishal Andhra or Visalandhra Movement was a movement in post-independence India for a united state for all Telugu speakers, a Greater Andhra  2-This movement was led by the Communist Party of India under the banner of Andhra Mahasabha with a demand to merge all the Telugu-speaking areas … Read more

History – Andhra Pradesh History

Andhra Pradesh History   1-In the Telugu epic “The Battle of Palnadu”, the Kalachuri are referred to as the Haihaya family of the Kona region 2-Between 624 and 1323, the Telugu language emerged as a literary medium alongside Prakrit and Sanskrit. 3-During the 11th century, the Mahabharata was partially translated by court poet Nannaya under … Read more

History- Andhra Pradesh History- Ikshvakus

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Andhra Pradesh History Ikshvakus   1-The Andhra Ikshvakus established a kingdom along the Krishna River in the second half of the second century CE. Their capital was Vijayapuri (Nagarjunakonda). 2-The Ikshvakus left inscriptions at Nagarjunakonda, Jaggayyapeta, Amaravati and Bhattiprolu, and their rulers observed the Vedic religion. 3-In the Puranas, the Andhra Ikshvakus are called Sriparvatiyas … Read more

Polity -Sarojini Naidu

  Sarojini Naidu 1-Sarojini Naidu was an Indian independence activist,a renowned orator and accomplished poet. 2-She is often known by the moniker ‘The Nightingale of India’. 3-Sarojini Naidu wrote the play ‘Maher Muneer’, which earned her a scholarship to study abroad. 4-She was the first woman Governor of an Indian state after independence. 5- She … Read more