Jnanpith Awards Facts : List of awardees *Jnanpith Award is being presented by the Bhartiya Jnanpith, a trust founded by Sahu Jain family, who are the publishers of the newspaper The Times Of India. * Along with Sahitya Academy Fellowship,it is one of the two most prestigious literary honours in the country. *The award was … Read more
GK 2 Miscellaneous * RBI was established in 1935. * India has a parliamentary form of government. * Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel was the Chairman of committee on fundamental rights and minorities in the constituent assembly. *The source of fundamental duties in the constitution was constitution of USSR. *The element associated with Haemoglobin is iron. … Read more
Bharat Ratna Facts List Of Bharat Ratna Awardees * Government of India honours this prominent award to any one who excels in any field with their performance . * The award looks like Peepal leaf printed on it with ‘ Bharat Ratna’ in devanagari script along with the image of Sun. The flip side of … Read more
GK – 1 Polity & Constitution * Under article 148, the constitution of India has provided for an independent office of the Comptroller and auditor general of India. * Supreme Court (SC) is the final interpreter of Indian Constitution. *Part 20 of the constitution deals with the amendment of the constitution. *Concurrent list concept of … Read more
Biosphere Reserves Facts Biosphere is the large area of bio-diversity where flora and fauna are protected. It include one or more national parks or sanctuaries List of Biosphere Reserves and their locations which have been presented here with– Serial No Year Name State Fauna 01 1986 Nilgiri Tamilnadu, Kerala & Karnataka Nilgiri … Read more
Biosphere Reserves Facts – Biosphere is the large area of bio-diversity where flora and fauna are protected. It include one or more national parks or sanctuaries. List of Biosphere Reserves and their locations have been presented here … Read more
Mythology – Facts of Goddess Saraswati * Saraswati is the Hindu Goddess of knowledge,music,arts,wisdom and learning. * The earlier mention of Goddess Saraswati has been found in Rigveda. *Hindus celebrate the festival of Vasanth Panchami (the fifth day of spring) in her honour. *Saraswati goddess has been revered by Jain religion of west and central … Read more
Mythology Facts of Prahlada – * In Puranas, there was a mention of saintly boy who has a great bhakti towards Vishnu. * Prahlad was born to Kayadu and Hiranyakashipu.. They had four sons namely Saṁhlada, Anuhlada, Hlada and Prahlada. They also had one daughter, whose name was Siṁhika. * Father Hiranyakashipu was an evil … Read more
Facts of Ganesha * Ganesha is the son of Lord Shiva and Parvathi. *Ganesha was created by Goddess Parvathi as a guardian to her privacy. * Hindus first pray to Ganesha to ensure the removal of any obstacles and make an auspicious begining. *Some of the titles of Ganesha are Ganapati and Vighneswara( removal of … Read more