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1-Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary is located in Gujarat.

2-The design of national flag was adopted in the year 22nd July 1947.

3-Panipat has been selected as the first eco town of India.

4-Phosphorous element helps in the flowering of plants.

5-Green plant pigment used in the photosynthesis process is called Chlorophyll.

6-Chromoplasts are responsible for yellow,orange or red colour in flowers and fruits.

7-The national song Vandemataram was composed by Bankim Chandra Chattarjee.

8-Pentagon is the defence department of USA.

9-Trotsky has organised Red Army.

10-Brown shirts were associated with Hitler.

                                                                      Adolf Hitler

11-G-SAT 1 was launched from Sriharikota.

12-The political party of Mussolini was fascist party.

                                                                 Mussolini

13-In 1815, Napoleone was defeated in the battle of Waterloo.

                                                                   Napoleone

14-The period of Augustus Caeser has been known as Golden Age Of Rome.

15-J.R.D Tata is the father of Civil Aviation in India.

                                                      Jamsetji Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata

16-Viswanathan Anand is the first Indian to win the World Champion title in Chess.

17-In Delhi, the first Asian games were held.

18-First Indian woman civil engineer is Lalitha from Madras in 1937.

19-Elvis Presley is known as the King of Rock and Roll.

                                                                     Elvis Presley

20-Dr Venugopal is the first person to conduct heart transplantation in India.

21-Swami Vivekanand said that there is neither Hindu nor Muslim, only man.

22- Apple corporation company introduced mouse for the first time.

23-Bone is used as fertilizer because it contain Phosphorous.

24-AIDS disease was first identified in America in 1981.

25-The first I.P.S woman officer is Kiran Bedi.

                                                                   Kiran Bedi.

26-Titicaca is the highest lake.

27-Chemistry in ancient times called as Alchemy.

28-Razia Begum is the first woman ruler in Delhi.

29-The first woman president of Indian National Congress was Annie Besant.

30-The first woman member in the Planning Commission was Durgabhai Deshmukh.

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1-Neelam Sanjivayya Reddy is the only President who has been elected unopposed.

2-The President of the Indian Union has the same constitutional authority as British Monarch.

3-Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan was the second President of Indian Republic.

4-Dr Rajendra Prasad was the first President of Independent India.

5-Jyothi Basu is the longest serving chief minister of India.

6-JB Kripalani was the Congress President when India bacame free.

7-After Subhas Chandra Bose resigned to President post of Indian National Congress, the post was offered to Rajendra Prasad.

8-Sarojini Naidu was the first woman President of Indian National Congress.

9-Rahimtulla Sayani was the first muslim woman president of Indian National Congress.

10-Nakkirar was the President of third Sangam.

11-Gulzari Lal Nanda was the Prime Minister of India during May-June 1964.

12-Lal Bhadur Shasthri was the Prime Minister of India during 1965.

13-Justice Mohammed Hidayatullah was the vice president of India during 1981.

14-S Radhakrishnan was the first vice president of India.

15-Comptroller and Auditor General of India has been appointed by President of India for a term of six years.

16-Nelson Mandela became the first black president of South Africa.

17-Abraham lincoln was the first republican president of America.

18-Dr Rajendra Prasad was the longest serving president of India.

19.Teachers day has been celebrated in the name of President S Radha Krishnan

20-President Dr Rajendra Prasad had the distinction of getting two consecutive terms in office.

21-Teddy Bear named after American President Theodore Roosevelt.

22- The faces of USA Presidents are carved on Mount Rushmore.

23-President of USA John F Kennedy died on 1963.

24-President of Sri Lanka, Ranasingha Premadasha assassinated on 1993.

25-V V Giri was the vice president of India twice.

26-Charan Singh was the Prime Minister of India during 1979-1980.

27-Morarji was the Prime Minister of India during 1978.

28- The President of India can nominate 12 members to Rajya Sabha.

29-Raj Kumari Amrith Kaur is the only Indian woman to become president of World Health Organisation.(WHO)

30-Zail Singh is the first sikh president of India.

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                                                   Fine Scale diagram of leaf structure

1-Proteins are broken down into amino acids in Digestive system.

2-Chloroplasts are disc shaped.

3-Chlorophyll is soluble in fat.

4-The organ Heart pumps the blood to body organs in body.

                                                                  Human Heart
5-The blood protein Heparin helps in the clottoing of blood.

6-Cuticle serves as a skeleton in Cockroach.

                                                                        Cockroach
7-The number of chambers in the heart of Cockroach is 13.

8-Pulmonary respiration takes place through Lungs.

9-Acetyl coenzyme -A is a two Carbon compound.

10-Melvin Calvin got Nobel prize for his studies on Carbon fixation.The major respiratory substrates in microbes are Carbohydrates and fats.

                                                               Melvin Ellis Calvin
11-Normal blood pressure of human is 120/80.

12-The respiratory organs in some crabs is Gills.

                                                                        Crab
13- Elementary particles are present in Mitochondra.

14-More palisode tissue occurs in leaves exposed to bright light.

15-Starch is tested using Iodine reagent.

16-Tracheal system is present in Insects.

17-The location of Tricuspid valve in Human heart is Right auriculo-ventricular aperture.

18-Increase in temperature beyond 45 degree centigrade will decrease the rate of respiration.

19-The shape of guard cells in leaf is kidney.

20-The graveyard of red blood cells is Spleen.

21-Globulins participates in the defence reaction of the body.

22-In Krebs cycle,Pyruvic acid is converted into Citric acid.

23-Anaerobic respiration does not occur in Amoeba but occurs in Muscles,Yeasts and clostridium.

24-Four chambered heart is present in Aves.

25-Fluid tissue of the body is Blood.

26-In Photosynthesis, the low energy substances are converted into high energy compounds.

27-The substance in the inner compartment of Mitochondria is called Matrix.

28-The type of respiration in some crabs is Branchial.

29-Number of lobes in the right lung in human being is three.

30-Photophosphorylation occurs in Chloroplast.

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1- The last Mughal Emperor was  Bahadur Shah.

2- Aryans lived in Gangetic valley.

3-The Indus Valley houses were built of bricks.

4-In the Battle of Wandiwash, the English defeated French.

5-The first president of the Republic of India was Dr Rajendra Prasad.

6-The first to establish regular trade with India was Portuguese.

7-The brain trust of Chandra Gupta Maurya was Kautilya.

8-Chanakya was known as Vishnugupta.

9-The capital of the kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was Lahore.

10-The well known king of slave dynasty was Balban.

11-In 1498, vasco da gama landed at Calicut.

12-Rousseau’s teachings inspired the French Revolution.

13-Mahabharata war took place in 900 BC.

14-India derives its name from ‘The River Indus’.

15-Sea route in India was discovered by Vasco da gama.

16-The king of Kalinga in the Maurya period was Kharavela.

17-The treaty of Seringapatnam was between Cornwallis and Tipu Sultan.

18-Chand Bibi was the ruler of Ahmednagar.

19-Lord William Bentick introduced English in India.

20-The quit India movement was started in the year 1942.

21-Lord Buddha made his first sermon at Sarnath.

22-The foundation for the Vijayanagar city and kingdom was laid by Harihara and Bukka.

23-A council of Eight Ministers known as the Ashta Paradhan assisted Shivaji.

24-The first ruler of Pala dynasty was Gopala.

25-The Aryans came from Central Asia to India around 2500 BC.

26-Babar entered India for the first time through Punjab.

27-The French made their advent through Pondicherry.

28-Taj Mahal is on the banks of Jamuna.

29-Panipat is modern Kurukshetra.

30-Indian Napoleon was Samudra Gupta.

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1-The 42nd Amendment Act of 1976 added four new Directive Principles of State Policy by inserting Articles 39, 39A, 43A and 48A .

2-The idea of a Constituent Assembly for India was put forward for the first time in 1935 by M. N. Roy.

3-In India Dyarchy was started by Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms.

4-Indian War of Independence 1857 was written by V. D. Savarkar

5-Saka era has begun in 78 A.D.

6-Swami Vivekanand has founded the Ramkrishna Mission in 1896.

7-Shahan-e-Mandi was the in-charge of Alauddin Khilji’s market control system .

8-The National Anthem was first sung in the year 1911 .

9-Akbar established Mansab System in the year A. D. 1565 .

10-The National Song of India was composed by Bankim Chandra Chatterji .

11-The highest share in power generation in India is of Thermal Power .

12-C. Rangrajan has replaced Suresh Tendulkar as Chairman of Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Committee .

13-Smog is a combination of Smoke and fog.

14-Titagarh, Amlai and Nepanagar are associated with Paper Industry .

15-The second most important agrobased industry of India, after textiles is Sugar industry .

16-Mars and Venus are two planets on either side of earth in Solar system.

17-R. Mishra is known as father of Indian Ecology.

18-The largest producer of rubber in India is Kerala.

19-The state of Maharashtra currently ranks first in the production of Total pulses and onion .

20-The number of Agro-ecological zones in India is 20 .

21-In 1877, the first cricket Test match was played.

22-Geoff Oglivy is a famous player of Golf.

23-The famous Virupaksha temple is located in Hampi (Karnataka).

24-The biochemical processes taking place in the body is known as Metabolism .

25-India’s first Defence University is being set-up in Haryana .

26-World Health Day is observed on April 7.

27-Mekong river drains into South China Sea.

28-The cities situated on the banks of Cauvery are Thiruchirapalli and Erode .

29-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is associated with Tennis.

30-Aspirin is Acetyl salicylic acid.

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1-State Bank of India  has the maximum number of branches.

2-Sports stadium, Green Park is located in Kanpur.

3-Sunnis and Shias are the important sects of Islam.

4-Maharashtra is the state with largest urban population.

5-The founder of Zoroastrianism, Zoroaster was born in  660 BC.

6-The ‘Dual Economy’ is a mixture of traditional agriculture sector and modern industrial sector.

7-In India, planned economy is based on Socialist System.

8-The Planning commission of India is a non-statutory body.

9- Fifth plan gave emphasis on removal of poverty for the first time.

10-The Planning Commission of India was constituted in the year 1950.

11-The planning commission was established in 15th March 1950.

12-National Development Council was constituted in August 6, 1952.

13- In 1980 , Twenty Point Programme was launched.

14-Dr. M.S. Swaminathan has distinguished himself in Agriculture field.

15-The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) was established in 1982.

16-Central Rice Research Institute is located in Cuttack.

17-V. Kurien  is known as Father of White Revolution in India.

18-In 1989, the Jawahar Rojgar Yojna has been launched.

19-Disguised employment means employment of more person in a job which lesser number of person can accomplish.

20-Inflation is caused by increase in money supply.

21-SEBI organization is known as Market Regulator in India.

22- The Forest Reserve Institute of India is located in Dehradun.

23-Sundarbans is a ‘Hot Spot’ for biological diversity in India.

24-The premier export finance institution of the country is EXIM Bank.

25-The headquarters of NABARD is in Mumbai.

26-The small Industries Development Bank in India was established in 1990.

27-National Housing Bank was established in 1988.

28-Punjab was the first to establish State Finance Corporation.

29- The nationalization of RBI took place in 1949.

30-Money lent for 15 days or more in inter-bank market is called Term Money.

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1- Raghuram Rajan is the present 23rd governor of RBI and between 2003 and 2006 acted as the Chief Economist and Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund.

2-D Subba Rao acted as the 22nd governor of RBI. He was a lead economist in the World Bank in the period of 1999 to 2004.

3-The Board of Financial Supervision(BFS) of RBI has started in 1994.

4-H V R Iengar’s tenure witnessed India’s shift to decimal coinage from the earlier system in 1957.

5-During the governorship of KR Puri, the Asian Clearing Union commenced operations.Asian Clearing Union headquarters is at Tehran.

6-RBI injects liquidity through reduction of repo rate.

7-Gilt edged securities refer to government securities.

8-Bank’s Lien is General lien.

9-T S Vijayan is the Chairman of IRDA.

10- One rupee coin issued under Coinage Act 1906.

11-Blue Chip securities mean shares of progressive, well managed companies with excellent record of payment of dividends.

12-The minimum capital required to start a new private sector bank is 500 crore.

13-Cash kept in the currency chest is owned by Reserve Bank Of India.

14-Bank holidays under Sec.25 of N.I. Act are declared by State government for the respect state.

15-The sponsoring bank’s share in RBIs is 35 %.

16- Currency paper is composed of cotton and cotton rag.

17-1 rupee coin has largest circulation in India.

18-Government of India has the sole right to mint coins in India.

19-India moots to mint 10 rupess plastic money first.

20-Tarapore committee has suggested for the high denomination of Coins in Indian circulation.

21-Coins in India are presently being issued for the circulation in  denominations of 50 paise,one rupee, two rupees, five rupees and ten rupees.

22-Anita Kapur is the is the present Chairperson of the Central Board Of Direct Taxes (CBDT).

23-Helmand province is in the news recently. It is in Afganisthan.

24-Shramev Jayate program is related to Labor reforms.

25-The first European Union country to officially recognize the state of Palestine is Sweden.

26-According to World Health Organisation, Pakistan now accounts for nearly 80% of the polio cases globally.

27-Vladimir Putin topped the Forbes lists of world’s most powerful people,released on November 5,2014.

28-The first state to make voting compulsory in local  bodies is Gujarat.

29-Farhan Akthar is the first man to be chosen as a Goodwill Ambassador of UN Women.

30-India was re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the period of 2015 to 2017.

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1-Galileo Galilei discovered the law of inertia.

2-The ability of a liquid to rise by defying gravity is called  Capillarity.

3-Gravitational Force  the weakest force in the universe .

4- Nuclear Force is the strongest force in the universe.

5-Rate of change of displacement is called as Velocity.

6- Transformer works on the basis of the principle of mutual induction.

7-Gamma rays radiations carry maximum energy.

8-Archimedes is the father of discoveries.

9-Bhabha Atomic Research Centre(BARC) is located at  Trombay.

10-Due to interference, Oil or soap film in daylight appears coloured.

11- Soft iron is likely the most powerful electro magnet.

12-The lens used to rectify long sight is convex lens.

13-The hydraulic brackes used in automobiles is a direct application of Pascal’s law.

14-Atom bomb is based on  nuclear fission.

15-The principle of Dynamo was discovered by Michael Faraday.

16- Land and sea breezes are due to convection of heat.

17-Pure water freezes at temperature 32 F.

18-Recoil of a gun is an example of  conservation of linear momentum.

19-Mesons are found in  Cosmic rays.

20-The wavelength of X-rays is of the order of  1 Angstrom.

21- Raman effect involves scattering of light.

22-TV waves are otherwise known as microwaves.

23-Natural radioactivity was discovered by Henry Baquerel.

24- Rainbow is due to refraction and reflection of sunlight by water droplets.

25-The SI unit of intensity of illumination (illuminance) is the lux.

26-RADAR is used for detecting and locating the position of objects such as aeroplanes.

27-When milk is churned cream gets separated due to centrifugal force.

28-A woman’s voice is shriller than man’s voice due to higher frequency.

29-Optical fibre works on the principle of refraction.

30- Solar eclipse will take place when the moon does not lie on the line joining the sun and the earth.

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1- Chlorides and sulfates of calcium and magnesium give hardness to water.

2-Silver iodide chemical is used in the cloud seeding or the artificial rain.

3-Phosphorus is kept under water to save it from catching fire when exposed to dry air .

4-Phenol is a raw material used in the manufacture of Bakelite.

5-Copper sulphate chemical is also known in the names ‘Blue vitriol and Bluestone.

6-The metal used to recover copper from a solution of copper sulphate is iron.

7-The metallurgical process in which a metal is obtained in a fused state is called smelting.

8-The scientists, Newlands, Mendeleev, and Meyer are associated with the development of periodic table.

9-The maximum number of covalent formed by nitrogen is four.

10-The metal that is usually extracted from sea water is Magnesium (Mg).

11-The main chemical constituent of clay is aluminium silicate.

12-The chemical name for water (H2O) is dihydrogen monoxide.

13-Gold and copper are only  two non-silvery metals.

14-Balloons filled with Helium float because helium is lighter than air.

15-Dry ice is also known as the solid form of carbon dioxide, CO2.

16- Bromine and Mercury are only two liquid elements at room temperature.

17-Lavoisier is regarded as father of modern chemistry.

18- Rare gases are  di atomic.

19-silver iodide is used to produce artificial rain .

20-Sodium thiosulphate chemical is used as a fixer in photography.

21- Aspirin is methyl salicylate.

22-Ni metal is used as a catalyst in the hydrogenation of oils.

23-Gold is the most malleable metal.

24-Ethylene gas is used for artificial ripening of green fruits.

25-Faraday’s Law is associated with Electrolysis.

26-Nitrous oxide is laughing gas.

27-Sodium chloride is the chemical name of table salt.

28-Brass is an alloy of Copper and Zinc.

29-Polyvinyl chloride has been used for making contact lenses.

30-Chlorofluorocarbon gas is filled in refrigerators.

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1- Calcium element is essential for the transmission of impulses in the nerve fibre.

2-Vitamin C is very liable and easily destroyed during cooking as well as in storage.

3-Cod liver oil is the richest source of vitamin D .

4- Biopsy test helps in diagnosis of cancer.

5-Vitamin D is provided by sunlight to the body.

6-Hydrophobia disease is caused by the bite of a mad dog.

7-Yellow colour of Cow milk is due to the presence of carotene.

8-Foot and mouth disease is found in Cattle.

9- Food wrapped in newspaper is likely to get contaminated with lead.

10-Colour blindness disease is Inheritable.

11-Bone tissue is directly affected by Rickets.

12- Respiratory system is directly affected by Pneumonia.

13-Nervous system is directly affected by Beri Beri disease.

14-Nervous system is directly affected by Rabies.

15-Brain and Spinal Cord are affected by  Meningitis.

16-The Dalmatian Pelican is the heaviest flying Bird.

17-Blue whales are the largest animals of all time.

18-Fastest Swimming Bird is Gentoo Penguin which can swim 40 km per hour.

19-Femur (Thigh bone ) is the largest and strongest Bone in the body.

20-Life span of Red Blood Cells(R.B.C.) is 100-120 days.

21-Har Govind Khorana shared noble prize worked in the field of Bio Chemistry.

22-The book Historia Plantrum is written by Theophrastus.

23-Phytology is also called Botany.

24-.Blood Group is discovered by Landstiner .

25- Pasture discovered vaccination for Rabies.

26-Larynx is known as the voice box.

27-The contractile proteins in a muscles are Actin and Myosin.

28-All enzymes are actually proteins.

29-In human being, the opening of stomach into small intestine is called Pylorus.

30- In human body the nails are made up of Keratin.

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