General Awareness- One Liners 1-The Great Leap Forward (GLF) campaign initiated in 1958 aimed at industrialising the country on a massive scale. 2-In 1965, Mao introduced the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-76) under which students and professionals were sent to work and learn from the countryside. 3-Urbanisation is high in both Pakistan and … Read more
General Awareness- One Liners 1-Global warming is a gradual increase in the average temperature of the earth‘s lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. 2-Global warming is caused by man-made increases in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases through the burning of fossil fuels and … Read more
Business/Economy Tea, Coffee, Cashew -One Liners 1-India is one of the world’s largest consumers of tea, with about three-fourths of the country’s total produce consumed locally. 2-The main tea-growing regions are in Northeast India (including Assam) and in north Bengal (Darjeeling district and the Dooars region). 3-Tea exports from India stood at … Read more
Business/Economy-One Liners 1-The total export of silk and silk products stood at US$ 113.12 million for the period April-August 2016. 2-With sericulture activities spread across 52,360 villages, the Indian silk industry is one of the largest generators of employment and foreign exchange for the country 3-Silk Industry provides employment to over 7.9 million people in … Read more
Business/Economy-One Liners 1-The domestic Gems and Jewellery market is expected to grow at a rate of compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13 per cent to US$ 80-85 billion mark by 2018. 2-India is the world’s largest gold consumer, and third largest diamond consumer, accounting for 29 per cent share and 8 per … Read more
Business/Economy Road Infrastructure in India-Few Points 1-India has the second largest road network across the world at 4.7 million km. This road network transports more than 60 per cent of all goods in the country and 85 per cent of India’s total passenger traffic. 2-Government of India has set earmarked 20 per … Read more
General Awareness- One Liners 1-The first state in India to introduce VAT is Haryana. 2- Tata Power Solar is the solar power company that has launched a new 1 kVA solar power pack system, a combination of solar photovoltaic panels, inverter and battery, that will help consumers enjoy uninterrupted power supply for up to … Read more
General Awareness- One Liners 1- The Watchkeeper is the unmanned aerial system (UAS) which has been developed by Thales for the British army 2-Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India has released a book entitled ‘Public Issues Before Parliament’ written by Vijay J Darda 3-Amar Kant is the famous Hindi writer who received … Read more
General Awareness- One Liners 1-Name the portal which has been inaugurated by the Indian Railways with an aim to improve energy efficiency in Indian Railways. Ans- RAILSAVER 2- State Bank of India has launched Boutique Financing, a financing scheme for women fashion boutique owners. 3-As per the data released by the International … Read more
Geography -One Liners List of Local Winds 1-Khamsin: Hot, dry wind in Egypt 2-Zonda: Cold, dry wind blow in Argentina 3-Santa Ana: Hot wind in South California in USA 4- Chinook: Hot dry wind in Rockies also called ‘snow eater’ 5-Solano: Hot, moist wind from Sahara towards Iberian Peninsula 6-Hoehn: Hot, dry wind … Read more