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 China with India having 28 per cent of its people living in urban areas

4-The total cultivable area in China accounts for 40 per cent of the cultivable area in India.

5-In China, for one lakh births, only 38 women die whereas in India and Pakistan, more than 200 women die.

6-Various details about the population of British India were first collected through a census in 1881.

7-The agricultural sector accounted for the largest share of workforce, which usually remained at a high of 70-75 per cent while the manufacturing and the services sectors accounted for only 10 and 15-20 percent respectively.

8-The British introduced the railways in India in 1850 and it is considered as one of their most important contributions.

9-In 1950, the Planning Commission was set up with the Prime Minister as its Chairperson. The era of five year plans had begun.

10-Land reforms were successful in Kerala and West Bengal because these states had governments committed to the policy of land to the tiller.

11- The first phase of the green revolution (approximately mid 1960s upto mid 1970s), the use of HYV seeds was restricted to the more affluent states such as Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

12-In the second phase of the green revolution (mid-1970s to mid-1980s), the HYV technology spread to a larger number of states and benefited more variety of crops.

13-In 1955, the Village and Small-Scale Industries Committee, also called the Karve Committee, noted the possibility of using small-scale industries for promoting rural development.

14- The financial sector in India is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

15-Foreign Institutional Investors (FII) such as merchant bankers, mutual funds and pension funds are now allowed to invest in Indian financial markets.

16-The WTO was founded in 1995 as the successor organisation to the General Agreement on Trade and Tariff (GATT).

17-GATT was established in 1948 with 23 countries.

18- In 1962, the Planning Commission formed a Study Group. In 1979, another body called the Task Force on Projections of Minimum Needs and Effective Consumption Demand was formed. In 1989 and 2005, an Expert Group was constituted for the same purpose.

19-AICTE- All India Council of Technical Education

20-NCERT- National Council of Educational Research and Training

 

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 deforestation.

3-Ozone Depletion refers to the phenomenon of reductions in the amount of ozone in the stratosphere.

4-The problem of ozone depletion is caused by high levels of chlorine and bromine compounds in the stratosphere.

5-UV radiation seems responsible for skin cancer in humans

6-A reduction of approximately 5 per cent in the ozone layer was detected from 1979 to 1990.

7-India alone accounts for nearly 20 per cent of the world‘s total iron-ore reserves.

8- The Chipko Movement is aimed at protecting forestsin the Himalayas.

9-In Karnataka, a similar movement took a different name, ‗Appiko‘, which means to hug.
On 8 September 1983, when the felling of treeswas started in Salkani forest in Sirsi district.160 men, women and children hugged the trees and forced the woodcutters to leave.

10-India supports approximately 17 per cent of the world‘s human and 20 per cent of livestock population on a mere 2.5 per cent of the world‘s geographical area.

11-In order to address two major environmental concerns in India, viz. water and air pollution, the government set up the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in 1974.

12-Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is a clean fuel. It reduces household pollution to a large extent. Also, energy wastage is minimised.

13- India is very much privileged to have about 15,000 species of plants which have medicinal properties. About 8,000 of these are in regular use in various systems of treatment including the folk tradition.

14-India and Pakistan became independent nations in 1947, People‘s Republic of China was established in 1949.

15-India announced its first Five Year Plan for 1951-56, Pakistan announced its first five year plan, now called the Medium Term Development Plan, in 1956.

16-China announced its First Five Year Plan in 1953.

 

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 8 hours.

3-The first five year plan of India began on April 1, 1951

4-) M. Vishweshwarya is the author of the book ‘Planned Economy for India’

5-TCS has decided to set up the world’s largest corporate learning and development Centre in Thiruvananthapuram.

6-2,800 Megawatt nuclear power plant, named as ‘Anu Vidyut Pariyojna’ recently has been founded in Haryana

7-) Sidharth Birla has been appointed as the President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

8- R. Chandrashekaran has been appointed as the new President of National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM)

9-Plan Holiday was the period between-Third and Fourth Five Year Plan

10- Honda- Motorcycle company has entered into a retail finance tie-up with Baroda Rajasthan Kshetriya Gramin Bank

11-Government of India has allowed British retailer Tesco to invest in brownfield entities in India. What is brown filed
investment?
Ans- Investment in an existing asset or company

12- Sixth Five Year Plan is called Rolling plan

13-Thirteenth Finance Commission of India was constituted under the chairmanship of V.L. Kelkar

14- Sandesh Pathak is the new software app that uses text-to-speech method, has been developed to help the illiterate farmers

15- University of Cumbria, the first public University in the world which has allowed students to pay their tuition fees with the digital currency Bitcoin

16-As per RBI study, Chhattisgarh state ranks as the best performing state in most of the key fiscal parameters

17-Mid Day Meal, the largest school lunch programme in the world was launched in 1995

18-Janani Suraksha Yojana, which was introduced in 2005 covers all women of above 19 years age belonging to families below poverty line.

19-Caparo Group won the International Business of the Year award 2014 at the Asian Business Awards Midlands in Birmingham. Caparo Group is founded by Lord Swraj Paul

20- Justice Askhok Kumar Mathur has been appointed as the Chairman of the 7th Pay Commission

21- India is the third largest crude oil importer in the World

22-Adi Godrej has been presented the ‘Business Leader of the Year’ award 2014 by the All India Management Association (AIM(A)

23- Cadbury India has announced to change its name to Mondelez India Foods Limited

24-Union Finance Ministry has approved a proposal to provide minimum monthly pension of 1000 rupees to workers of organised sector, under the Employees Pension Scheme 1995 (EPS-95)

25-‘Sapne aapka, prarthana hamari’ (your dreams, our prayers) is the tagline of Muthoot Finance

 

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 the 45th Jnanpith Award in 2009 and also won Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel, has died recently.

4-Maulana Azad Sehat Scheme has been launched by Ministry of Minority Affairs

5-India’s first Minority Cyber Village has been inaugurated in Alwar district of Rajasthan

6- Indira Gandhi Zoological Park, Visakhapatnam has been selected by Central Zoo Authority for creation of a conservation breeding center for the endangered wild dog ‘Dhole’.

7- The Airlander, the world’s largest aircraft, a 300 feet long monster which is part plane, airship and helicopter, capable of flying non-stop for three weeks without refueling, unveiled by Britain.

8-Gill Sukhdarshan Singh, a Sikh bus driver, has won a year-long legal battle with his employer to wear a turban at work in Finland.

9- Madan Babu, the Indian scientist who won the Protein Society’s Protein Science Young Investigator Award for 2014 at Cambridge.

10- Ranbaxy Laboratories, the Pharmaceutical company which is reeling under regulatory action from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFD(A), has recalled more than 64,000 bottles of Atorvastatin calcium tablets, a generic
version of cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor.

11-Odisha is the country’s first state to enact a law for creation of a Lokayukta to probe corruption charges against public functionaries, including chief minister and other ministers.

12- N. N. Kumar has been appointed as the Chairman of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) by the Government of India.

13- Vietnam has banned its banks from handling Bitcoins

14- Abraham Pannikottue, the Indian-American engineer who has developed zero pressure tyres for the US military

15- Axis Bank ,the first Indian private sector bank which has set up a branch in China.

16-Yaduvendra Mathur has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of the Export Import Bank of India (Exim Bank)

17- Nishi Vasudeva, the first woman who took over as the Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL)

18- Dr. Verghese Kurien is related with White Revolution.

19-NTPC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop Kajra thermal Power Project located in Bihar

20-SDR, which is also known as paper gold, is associated with International Monetary Fund (IMF)

21- Odisha is the third state of India where ICICI Bank has expanded its ‘Branch on Wheels’ network after Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.

22- Bull Market- It is a market where the speculators buy shares or commodities in anticipation of rising prices

23-India’s first post office savings bank ATM facility has been inaugurated in Chennai.

24-Union Government and Asian Development Bank (AD(B) have signed an agreement for a 300 million US dollar loan to improve road connectivity along key corridors in the State of Chhattisgarh

25-The first Five Year Plan was based on Herold Domar model

 

 

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 Comparison Program, hosted by the Development Data Group at the World Bank Group, India is the third largest economy of the world.

4-A Reserve Bank of India (RBI) panel has recommended to cut its holding in public sector banks to under 50 percent. The panel, is headed by P. J. Nayak.

5- Jammu and Kashmir is the first state of India which has declared all election booths as No Smoking Areas

6-Viom Networks, India’s largest independent telecommunications infrastructure company, is a joint venture of SREI Infrastructure and Tata Teleservices

7- The first telecom operator to hold pan-India unified license is Reliance Jio.

8-After several batches of fruits and vegetables were found to be contaminated by pests such as fruit flies, European Union member states has decided to ban the import of five types of fruits and vegetables from India.

9-The Reserve Bank of India adopted the Consumer Price Index (CPI) as the key measure of Inflation. It was adopted on the basis of recommendations of Urjit R Patel Committee.

10- The rank of India on the Social Progress Index (SPI) released by the US-based non-profit organisation Social Progress Imperative in out of 132 countries is 102th.

11- The new atomic clock NIST-F2 that has been launched by US Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to serve the new US civilian time and frequency.

12-Qatar based Doha Bank bank has announced to open its first branch at Nariman Point in Mumbai, India

13- Bank of India has become the first state-run lender to allow withdrawal of funds to individuals from its ATMs without an account in the bank.

14-Citibank is the largest foreign bank operating in India in terms of asset base.

15- Canara Bank public sector Bank has launched cricket player Shikhar Dhawan as its brand ambassador.

16-Tata Communications Payment Solutions Ltd. (TCPSL) has launched the white label Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) network recently under the brand name of Indicash.

17- Gujarat has been ranked number one in a list of India’s 20 largest states in terms of “economic freedom”.

18- Bank of India public sector bank has launched Instant Money Transfer (IMT) scheme that allows customers to withdraw cash without using either debt card or credit card.

19- ICICI Bank private sector bank has launched portable hand-held machines (or portable POS machines) to avoid inconvenience around entering secret PIN number for card transactions in hotels

20- State Bank of India (SBI) has launched its Twitter handle account.

21-Coal India limited (CIL) Maharatna PSUs has introduced a voluntary retirement scheme for non-technical female workers recently.

22- Nanodots is the name of newly developed smart phone battery called that can recharge a smart phone in just 30 seconds

23-Cheteshwar Pujara has been appointed as the brand ambassador of the Gujarat State Election Commission

24- China has announced to build the longest underwater tunnel of the World

25-India’s Golden Triangle is a tourist circuit which includes Delhi, Agra and Jaipur