India Top 5 States in Important Parametres

Maximum Population		Minimum Population
Uttar Pradesh	16.6 crore	Sikkim	5.4 lakh
Maharashtra	9.7 crore	Mizoram	8.9 lakh
Bihar	8.3 crore	Arunachal Pradesh	10.9 lakh
West Bengal	8.0 crore	Goa	13.4 lakh
Andhra Pradesh	7.6 crore	Nagaland	19.9 lakh

Maximum Decadal Growth Rate		Minimum Decadal Growth Rate
Nagaland	64.53	Kerala	9.43
Sikkim	33.06	Tamil Nadu	11.72
Meghalaya	30.65	Andhra Pradesh	14.59
Manipur	29.86	Goa	15.21
Jammu & Kashmir	29.43	Tripura	16.03

Maximum Population		Density Minimum Population Density
West Bengal	903	Arunachal Pradesh	13
Bihar	881	Mizoram	42
Kerala	819	Sikkim	76
Uttar Pradesh	690	Jammu & Kashmir	100
Punjab	484	Meghalaya	103

Maximum Sex Ratio		Minimum Sex Ratio
Kerala	1058	Haryana	861
Chhatisgarh	989	Sikkim	875
Tamil Nadu	987	Punjab	876
Andhra Pradesh	978	Jammu & Kashmir	892
Manipur	978	Uttar Pradesh	898

Maximum Literacy Rate		Minimum Literacy Rate
Kerala	90.92	Bihar	47.00
Mizoram	88.80	Jharkhand	53.60
Goa	82.00	Arunachal Pradesh	54.30
Maharashtra	76.90	Jammu & Kashmir	55.50
Himachal Pradesh	76.50	Uttar Pradesh	56.30

Maximum Female Literacy Rate		Minimum Female Literacy Rate
Kerala	87.70	Bihar	33.10
Mizoram	86.70	Jharkhand	38.90
Goa	75.40	Uttar Pradesh	42.20
Himachal Pradesh	67.40	Jammu & Kashmir	43.00
Maharashtra	67.00	Arunachal Pradesh	43.50

Maximum Urban Population (%)		Minimum Urban Population (%)
Goa	49.77	Himachal Pradesh	9.79
Mizoram	49.50	Bihar	10.47
Tamil Nadu	43.86	Sikkim	11.10
Maharashtra	42.40	Assam	12.72
Gujarat	37.35	Orissa	14.97

Maximum Scheduled Caste Population		Maximum Scheduled Caste Population
Uttar Pradesh	3.5 crore	Punjab	28.85
West Bengal	1.8 crore	Himachal Pradesh	24.72
Bihar	1.3 crore	West Bengal	23.02
Andhra Pradesh	1.2 crore	Uttar Pradesh	21.15
Tamil Nadu	1.1 crore	Haryana	19.35

Maximum Scheduled Tribe Population		Maximum Scheduled Tribe Population (%)
Madhya Pradesh	1.2 crore	Mizoram	94.46
Maharashtra	85 lakh	Nagaland	89.15
Orissa	81 lakh	Meghalaya	85.94
Gujarat	74 lakh	Arunachal Pradesh	64.22
Rajasthan	70 lakh	Manipur	34.20

Stock Exchanges of India

Stock exchange or share market plays a dominant role in mobilizing resources for corporate sector. It is a market for dealing in shares, debentures and financial securities. In the stock exchange, shares and debentures are bought and sold for investment as well as for speculative purposes.

There are 24 stock exchanges in the country:

1. UP Stock Exchange, Kanpur.


2. Vadodara Stock Exchange, Vadodara.


3. Koyambtour Stock Exchange, Coimbatore.


4. Meerat Stock Exchange, Meerat.

5. Bombay StockExchange, Mumbai.


6. Over the Counter Exchange of India, Mumbai.


7. National Stock Exchange, Mumbai.


8. Ahmedabad Stock Exchange, Ahmedabad.


9. Bangalore Stock Exchange, Bangalore.


10. Bhubhaneshwar Stock Exchange, Bhubhaneshwar.


11. Calcutta Stock Exchange, Kolkata.


12. Cochin Stock Exchange, Cochin.


13. Delhi Stock Exchange, Delhi.


14. Guwahati Stock Exchange, Guwahati.


15. Hyderabad Stock Exchange, Hyderabad.


16. Jaipur Stock Exchange, Jaipur.


17. Canara Stock Exchange, Mangalore.


18. Ludhiana Stock Exchange, Ludhiana.


19. Chennai Stock Exchange, Chennai.


20. MP Stock Exchange, Indore.


21. Magadh Stock Exchange, Patna.


22. Pune Stock Exchange, Pune.


23. Saurashtra Stock Exchange, Rajkot.


24. Capital Stock Exchange Kerala Ltd. Thiruvananthapuram.

Note:

• Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) is one of the oldest stock exchanges in the world (since 1875) and the oldest of Asia. The share sensex of BSE includes 30 shares.


• National Stock Exchanges (NSE) share sensex includes 50 shares.

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

• SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) was initially constituted on Apr 12, 1988 as a non statutory body through a resolution of the Government for dealing with all matters relating to development and regulation of securities market and investor protection and to advise the Government on all these matters. SEBI was given statutory status and powers through an ordinance promulgated on Jan 30, 1992.


• The statutory powers and functions of SEBI were strengthened through the promulgation of the Securities Laws (Amendment) ordinance on Jan 25, 1995 which was subsequently replaced by an Act of Parliament.


• In terms of this Act, SEBI has been vested with regulatory powers over corporates in the issuance of capital, the transfer of securities and other related matters. Besides, SEBI has also been empowered to impose monetary penalties on capital market intermediaries and other participants for a range of violations.


• SEBI is managed by six members - one chairman (nominated by Central Government), two members (officers of central ministries), one member (from RBI) and remaining two members nominated by Central Government.


• The office of SEBI is situated at Mumbai with its regional offices at Calcutta, Delhi and Chennai. In 1988, the initial capital of SEBI was Rs.7.5 crore which was provided by its promoters (IDBI, ICICI, IFCI). This amount was invested and with its interest amount day-to-day expenses of SEBI are met.


• All statutory powers for regulating Indian capital market are vested with SEBI itself.

Functions of SEBI in India

1. To safeguard the interests of investors and to regulate capital market with suitable measures.


2. To regulate the business of stock exchanges and other securities market.


3. To regulate the working of Stock Brokers, Sub-brokers, Share Transfer Agents, Trustees, Merchant Bankers, Underwriters, Portfolio Managers etc. and also to make their registration.


4. To register and regulate collective investment plans of mutual funds.


5. To encourage self-regulatory organizations.


6. To eliminate malpractices of security markets.


7. To train the person associated with security markets and also to encourage investor's education.


8. To check insider trading of securities


9. To supervise the working of various organizations trading in security market and also to ensure systematic dealings.


10. To promote research and investigations for ensuring the attainment of above objectives.

Five Year Plans in India

5 Year Plan in India (1951 - 56)

• It was based on Harrod - Domar Model.


• Community Development Program was launched in 1952.


• Two - fold objectives were there :
  
  
  • To correct the disequilibrium in the economy caused by 3 main problems - influx of refugees, severe food shortage and mounting inflation.
  
  
  • To initiate a process of all - round balanced development to ensure a rising national income and a steady improvement in living standards.

• Emphasized on Agriculture, Price Stability, Power and Transport.


• It was more than a success, because of good harvests in the last two Years.

Second Five Year Plan of India (1956 - 61)

• Also called 'Mahalanobis Plan' after its chief architect PC Mahalanobis. It was based on 1928 Soviet Model of Feldman.


• Its emphasis was on economic stability. Agriculture target fixed in the first plan was almost achieved. Consequently, the agriculture sector got low priority in the second five Year plan.


• Its objective was Rapid Industrialization, particularly basic and heavy industries such as iron and steel, heavy chemicals like nitrogenous fertilizers, heavy engineering and machine building industry.


• Besides, the Industrial Policy of 1956 emphasized the role of Public Sector and accepted the establishment of a socialistic pattern of the society as the goal of economic policy.


• Advocated huge imports which led to emptying of funds leading to foreign loans. It shifted basic emphasis from agriculture to industry far too soon. During this plan, price level increased by 30%, against a decline of 13% during the First Plan.

Third Five Year Plan in India (1961 - 66)

• At its conception time, it was felt that Indian economy has entered a take - off stage. Therefore, its aim was to make India a 'Self - Reliant' and 'Self - Generating' Economy.


• Also, it was realized from the experience of first two plans that agriculture should be given the top priority to suffice the requirements of export and industry.


• The other objectives of the plan included the expansion of basic industries, optimum utilization of country's labor power and reducing the inequalities of income and wealth.


• Relied heavily on foreign aid (IMF).


• Complete failure due to unforeseen misfortunes, vizard Chinese aggression (1962), Indo - Pak war (1965), severest drought in 100 Years (1965 - 66).


• Prices increased by 36% in 5 - Years.


• Hence, third plan failed in every respect.

Three Annual Plans (1966 - 69)

• Plan holiday for 3 Years.


• The prevailing crisis in agriculture and serious food shortage necessitated the emphasis on agriculture during the Annual Plans.


• During these plans a whole new agricultural strategy involving wide - spread distribution of High - Yielding Varieties (HYVs) of seeds, the extensive use of fertilizers, exploitation of irrigation potential and soil conservation was put into action to tide - over the crisis in agricultural production.


• During the Annual Plans, the economy basically absorbed the shocks given during the Third Plan, making way for a planned growth.

Fourth Five Year Plan India (1969 - 74)

• The Fourth Plan set before itself the two principal objectives - growth with stability and progress towards self - reliance.


• Main emphasis on agriculture's growth rate so that a chain reaction can start.


• Fared well in the first 2 Years with record production, last 3 Years failure because of poor monsoon.


• Had to tackle the influx of Bangladeshi refugees before and after 1971 Indo - Pak war.


• During the planning period, prices increased by about 61%.

Fifth Five Year Plan of India (1974 - 79)

• The Fifth Plan prepared and launched by DD Dhar proposed to achieve two main objectives vizard, 'Removal of Poverty' (Garibi Hatao) and 'Attainment of Self Reliance', through promotion of high rate of growth, better distribution of income and a very significant growth in the domestic rate of savings.


• National Program of Minimum needs was initiated in which Primary Education, Drinking Water; Medical facilities in rural areas, Nourishing Food, Land for the Houses of Landless Laborers, Rural Roads, Electrification of the Villages and Cleanliness of the dirty suburbs were included.


• The plan was terminated in 1978 (instead of 1979) when Janta Government, came to power.

Rolling Plan in India (1978 - 80)

• There were 2 Sixth Plans - One by Janta Government (for 78 - 83) which was in operation for 2 Years only and the other by the Congress Government when it returned to power in 1980. The Janta Government Plan is also called 'Rolling Plan'.


• The focus of the plan was enlargement of the employment potential in agriculture and allied activities, encouragement to household and small industries producing consumer goods for consumption and to raise the incomes of the lowest income classes through minimum needs program.

Indian Sixth Five Year Plan (1980 - 85)

Objectives :

Increase in National Income, Modernization of Technology, Ensuring continuous decrease in Poverty and Unemployment, Population Control through Family Planning, etc.

Seventh Five Year Plan (1985 - 90)

• The Seventh Plan emphasized policies and programs which aimed at rapid growth in food - grains production, increased employment opportunities and productivity within the framework of basic tenants of planning.


• It was a great success, the economy recorded 6% growth rate against the targeted 5%.

Eighth Five Year Plan of India (1992 - 97)

• The Eighth Plan was postponed by 2 Years because of political upheavals at the Centre and it was launched after a worsening Balance of Payment (BoP) position inflation during 1990 - 91.


• The plan undertook various drastic policy measures to combat the bad economic situation and to undertake an annual average growth of 5.6%.


• Some of the main economic performances during Eighth Plan period were rapid economic growth, high growth of agriculture and allied sector, and manufacturing sector, growth in exports and imports, improvement in trade and current account deficit.


• The most notable feature of the Eighth Plan period was that the GDP grew at an average rate of 6.8% exceeding the target growth rate of 5.6%.

Events in India 2009

May 22, 2009

• A resurgent Congress leads UPA to retain power after a clear mandate in Lok Sabha polls; Manmohan Singh sworn in PM for Second Successive Term.

December 19, 2009

• BJP suffers successive poll debacles. LK Advani steps down as Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha; Nitin Gadkari takes over as party president.
• A resilient Indian economy starts to recover from the impact of global financial crisis. GDP growth looks up and stock markets stage a steady recovery.

January 7, 2009

• Large - scale fudging of Satyam accounts by chairman Ramalinga Raju rocks corporate India.

February 10, 2009

• Pandit Bhimsen Joshi gets Bharat Ratna.

February 23, 2009

• 'Slumdog Millionaire' sweeps Oscars with eight awards. Music maestro AR Rahman gets two, lyricist Gulzar and sound technician Resul Pookutty share one each.

March 23, 2009

• World's cheapest car Nano launched.

June 3, 2009

• Meira Kumar becomes the first woman Speaker of Lok Sabha.
• Panic as Swine flu virus reaches India; disease claims close to 900 lives.

July 26, 2009

• India becomes the sixth country in the world to launch a nuclear - powered submarine.

Auguest 29, 2009

• India's maiden moon mission Chandrayaan - 1 meets its premature end.

October 3, 2009

• Investigations in the Mumbai 26 / 11 terror attack take a new turn as FBI arrests Pakistani - American David Coleman Headley in Chicago.
• Heightened Maoist violence in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal.

November 24, 2009

• Liberhan Commission report tabled after 17 Years of Babri Masjid demolition, top BJP leaders indicted.
• Public outcry as former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore gets just six - month jail term for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra 19 Years ago, who later committed suicide.

January 5, 2009

• National Conference and Congress form coalition government, in J & K following hung verdict, Omar Abdullah takes over as CM.

October 22, 2009

• 22 killed as Goa Express rams into stationary train near Mathura.
• Large scale construction of memorial parks leads to SC rap for UP CM Mayawati.

June 27, 2009

• Ramesh Pokhriyal replaces BC Khanduri as Uttarakhand CM.

May 20, 2009

• SDF wins all 32 Assembly seats in Sikkim, PK Chamling sworn in CM for fourth consecutive term.

May 13, 2009

• President's rule lifted in eghalaya, veteran Congress leader DD Lapang becomes CM.

December 4, 2009

• ULFA chief Arabinda Rajkhowa handed over to India after being held in Bangladesh.

October 25,2009.

• Congress wins Arunachal polls Dorjee Khandu becomes CM for consecutive second term.

November 30, 2009

• Former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda arrested in mega money laundering case.

December 30, 2009

• JMM chief Shibu Soren sworn in CM with support of BJP and other parties after a fractured mandate in Jharkhand polls.

October 25, 2009

• Haryana Assembly dissolved prematurely, Augest 21, Congress manages to form government, after falling short of majority in polls, BS Hooda retained as CM.

October 29, 2009

• Huge fire at IOC fuel depot in Jaipur kills 12 and injures about 200, financial loss estimated to be about Rs.300 crore.

July 7, 2009

• Ahmedabad hooch tragedy claims over 130 lives.

November 7, 2009

• Congress - NCP alliance retains power in Maharashtra] Ashok Chavan takes oath as CM for a Second Term.

November 8, 2009

• Crisis for BJP government, in Karnataka after revolt against CM BS Yeddyurappa, compromise worked out by central leadership.

May 20, 2009

• Congress retains power in Andhra polls; YSR Reddy sworn in CM again, dies in a chopper crash, September 2, K.Rosaiah becomes CM.

May 21, 2009

• BJD sweeps Orissa polls; Naveen Patnaik takes over as CM for a 3rd Term.

December 10, 2009

• Centre agrees to statehood for Telangana after violent agitation sparked by K Chandrasekhar Rao's hunger strike, to move triggers protests, Centre's rethink on issue reignites agitation.

December 26, 2009

• ND Tiwari quits as Andhra governor after alleged sex video surfaces.

Sporting Hight

Tennis :

• January 31, 2009 : Yuki Bhambri first Indian to win Junior Australian Open.
• February 1, 2009 : Mahesh Bhupati - Sania Mirza win Australian Open mixed doubles.
• April 12, 2009 : Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy win French Open men's doubles, June 6, 2009.

Hockey : India lifts Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia.

Chess - May 8, 2009 : Viswanathan Anand wins Chess Oscar for sixth time.

Cricket : IPL - II shifted to South Africa, Deccan Chargers win the cup, May 24, 2009 India becomes No. 1 test team after series win against Sri Lanka, December 6, 2009.

Badminton - June 21, 2009 : Saina Nehwal wins Indonesian Open.

Billiards - September 7, 2009 : Pankaj Advani wins world professional championship.

Athletics - November 11, 2009 : Om Prakash wins shot put gold at Asian Championships in China.

Football - December 13, 2009 : India lifts South Asian Football Federation Cup.

Passed away in 2009 :

• Veteran film director Tapan Sinha.
• Former President R. Venkataraman.
• Actor - filmmaker Feroz Khan.
• Noted producer - director Prakash Mehra.
• Theatre legend Habib Tanvir.
• Icon of Indian classical music DK Pattammal.
• Doyen of Hindustani vocal music Gangubai Hangal.
• Rajmata Gayatri Devi of Jaipur.
• Noted lyricist Gulshan Bawra.
• Ex - BCCl chief Raj Singh Dungarpur.
• Popular Kannada actor Vishnuvardhan.

SOLAR SYSTEM

Pluto			Diameter	3,040 Kilometer
			Moons	1
			Avg.Distance to Sun	5,865.5 million KM
			Time to Orbit the Sun	248 Years
			Facts	This Planet is the farthest, the smallest, the darkest, the coldest and arguably the strangest. It follows the most elongated and tilted orbit in the solar system. Its moon, Charon, is nearly half its size - appears like a bi-planet. NASA used a new infra-red telescope, has learned that Pluto is shrouded in frozen nitrogen- not methane as once thought. Nitrogen makes 78% of the air.

Neptune			Diameter	49,000 Kilometer
			Moons	8
			Avg.Distance to Sun	4,497 million KM
			Time to Orbit the Sun	165 Years
			Facts	It is denser & little smaller than Uranus. Its Atmosphere appear blue, with quickly changing white clouds often suspended high above an apparent surface. Atmosphere constituents are mostly hydrocarbon compounds. It Emits about 2.3 times more energy than it receives from the sun and the Aurora phenomenon was noticed by Voyager II.

Uranus			Diameter	52,096 Kilometer
			Moons	17
			Avg.Distance to Sun	2,852.8 million KM
			Time to Orbit the Sun	84 Years
			Facts	Waterly Uranus is the only planet that lies on its side. One pole, than the other, faces the Sun as it orbits. Voyager-I found nine dark, compact rings around the planet and a corkscrew-shaped magnetic field that stretches millions of kilometers.

Mars			Diameter	6,755.2 Kilometer
			Moons	2
			Avg.Distance to Sun	225.6 million KM
			Time to Orbit the Sun	687 Days
			Facts	The Viking probes failed to Beneath its thin atmosphere. Mars is barren, covered with pink soil and boulders. Long ago it was active, the surface is marked with dormant volcanoes and deep chasms where water once freely flowed.

Venus			Diameter	12,032 Kilometer
			Moons	None
			Avg.Distance to Sun	107.52 million KM
			Time to Orbit the Sun	225 Days
			Facts	Earth's twin in size and mass, sparingly hot Venus is perpetually veiled behind reflective sulfuric-acid clouds. Probes and radar mapping have pierced the clouds and carbon-dioxide environment to reveal flat, rocky plains & signs of volcanic activity.

Mercury			Diameter	4,849.6 Kilometer
			Moons	None
			Avg.Distance to Sun	57.6 million KM
			Time to Orbit the Sun	88 Days
			Facts	Tiny Mercury, slightly larger than Earth's moon. Races along its elliptical orbital 1,76,000 kilometer per hour. A speed that keeps it from being drawn into the Sun's gravity field. The crated planet has no atmosphere, days are scorching hot and nights, frigid.

Earth			Diameter	12,732.2 Kilometer
			Moons	1
			Avg.Distance to Sun	148.8 million KM
			Time to Orbit the Sun	365 Days
			Facts	Uniquely moderate temperature and the presence of oxygen and copious water maker Earth the only planet in the solar system to support life.

Jupiter			Diameter	1,41,968 Kilometer
			Moons	16
			Avg.Distance to Sun	772.8 million KM
			Time to Orbit the Sun	11.9 Years
			Facts	Two Pioneer space probes photographed the Great Red Spot on the Solar system's largest planet. Voyagers I and II later showed it is an enormous eddy in the turbulent cloud cover. Earth the only planet in the solar system to support life. They also spotted dusty rings, three new moons and volcanoes on the Moon.

Saturn			Diameter	1,19,296 Kilometer
			Moons	20 or more
			Avg.Distance to Sun	1,417.6 million KM
			Time to Orbit the Sun	29.5 Years
			Facts	Voyager I found that the celebrated rings of the golden giant Saturn are composed of thousands of rippling, spiraling bands just 100 feets thick. The moon Titan has a nitrogen atmosphere and hydrocarbons.

Sun			Diameter	13,84,000 Kilometer
			Statellites	9 Planets
			Age	4.5 billion years
			Facts	A rather ordinary, middle age star, the gaseous sun may reach a temperature of 27-millon degrees Celsius at its core. Its 11 years cycle is now approaching a solar maximum, a period marked by frequent sunspots and flares. On Earth, some radio waves will be disturbed and the amazing sky streamers called Northern Lights will appear.

States & Cheif ministers

No	State	Name	Since	Party	FMR
1	Andhra Pradesh	Konijeti Rosaiah	2009-09-03	Indian National Congress	all
2	Arunachal Pradesh	Dorjee Khandu	2007-04-09	Indian National Congress	all
3	Assam	Tarun Kumar Gogoi	2001-05-17	Indian National Congress	all
4	Bihar	Nitish Kumar	2005-11-24	Janata Dal (United)	all
5	Chhattisgarh	Raman Singh	2003-12-07	Bharatiya Janata Party	all
6	Delhi†	Sheila Dixit	1998-12-03	Indian National Congress	all
7	Goa	Digambar Kamat	2007-06-08	indian National Congress	all
8	Gujarat	Narendra Modi	2001-10-07	Bharatiya Janata Party	all
9	Haryana	Bhupinder Singh Hooda	2005-03-05	Indian National Congress	all
10	Himachal Pradesh	Prem Kumar Dhumal	2007-12-30	Bharatiya Janata Party	all
11	Jammu & Kashmir	Omar Abdullah	2009-01-05	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	all
12	Jharkhand	President's Rule	2010-06-01	none	all
13	Karnataka	B. S. Yeddyurappa	2008-05-28	Bharatiya Janata Party	all
14	Kerala	V. S. Achuthanandan	2006-05-18	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	all
15	Madhya Pradesh	Shivraj Singh Chauhan	2005-11-29	Bharatiya Janata Party	all
16	Maharashtra	Ashok Chavan	2008-12-08	Indian National Congress	all
17	Manipur	Okram Ibobi Singh	2002-03-02	Indian National Congress	all
18	Meghalaya	Mukul Sangma	2010-04-20	Indian National Congress	all
19	Mizoram	Lal Thanhawla	2008-12-07	Indian National Congress	all
20	Nagaland	Neiphiu Rio	2008-03-12	Nagaland People's Front	all
21	Orissa	Naveen Patnaik	2000-05-17	Biju Janata Dal	all
22	Pondicherry†	V. Vaithilingam	2008-09-04	Indian National Congress	all
23	Punjab	Parkash Singh Badal	2007-02-28	Shiromani Akali Dal	all
24	Rajasthan	Ashok Gehlot	2008-12-12	Indian National Congress	all
25	Sikkim	Pawan Kumar Chamling	1994-12-12	Sikkim Democratic Front	all
26	Tamil Nadu	M. Karunanidhi	2006-05-12	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	all
27	Tripura	Manik Sarkar	1998-03-11	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	all
28	Uttarakhand	Ramesh Pokhriyal	2009-06-24	Bharatiya Janata Party	all
29	Uttar Pradesh	Mayawati	2007-05-13	Bahujan Samaj Party	all
30	West Bengal	Buddhadeb Bhattacharya	2000-10-06	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	all

States & Capitals

State or UT	Administrative capital	Legislative capital	Judiciary capital	Year of establishment	Former capital
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Port Blair	—	Kolkata	1956	—
Andhra Pradesh	Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Hyderabad	1956	Hyderabad (Hyderabad State), Kurnool (Andhra State)[1]
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar	Itanagar	Guwahati	1972	—
Assam	Dispur	Guwahati	Guwahati	1975	Shillong[2] (1874-1972)
Bihar	Patna	Patna	Patna	1912	—
Chandigarh	Chandigarh[3]	—	Chandigarh	1966	—
Chattisgarh	Raipur	Raipur	Bilaspur	2000	—
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	Silvassa	—	Mumbai	1941	—
Daman and Diu	Daman	—	Mumbai	1987	—
National Capital Territory of Delhi	Delhi	Delhi	Delhi	1952	—
Goa	Panaji[4]	Porvorim	Mumbai	1961	—
Gujarat	Gandhinagar	Gandhinagar	Ahmedabad	1970	(1960-1970)
Haryana	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	1966	—
Himachal Pradesh	Shimla	Shimla	Shimla	1948	—
Jammu and Kashmir	• Srinagar (S) • Jammu (W)	• Srinagar (S) • Jammu (W)	Srinagar	1948	—
Jharkhand	Ranchi	Ranchi	Ranchi	2000	—
Karnataka	Bengaluru	Bengaluru	Bengaluru	1956	Mysore
Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	Thiruvananthapuram	Ernakulam	1956	—
Lakshadweep	Kavaratti	—	Ernakulam	1956	—
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal	Bhopal	Jabalpur	1956	Nagpur[5] (1861-1956)
Maharashtra	Mumbai[6] • Nagpur (W/2nd)[7]	• Mumbai (S+B) • Nagpur (W)[8]	Mumbai	1818 1960	—
Manipur	Imphal	Imphal	Guwahati	1947	—
Meghalaya	Shillong	Shillong	Guwahati	1970	—
Mizoram	Aizawl	Aizawl	Guwahati	1972	—
Nagaland	Kohima	Kohima	Guwahati	1963	—
Orissa	Bhubaneswar	Bhubaneswar	Cuttack	1948	Cuttack (1936-1948)
Puducherry	Puducherry	Puducherry	Chennai	1954	—
Punjab	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	1966	• Lahore[9] (1936-1947) • Shimla (1947-1966)
Rajasthan	Jaipur	Jaipur	Jodhpur	1948	—
Sikkim	Gangtok[10]	Gangtok	Gangtok	1975	—
Tamil Nadu	Chennai[11]	Chennai	Chennai	1956	—
Tripura	Agartala	Agartala	Guwahati	1956	—
Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow	Lucknow	Allahabad	1937	—
Uttarakhand	Dehradun[12]	Dehradun	Nainital	2000	—
West Bengal	Kolkata	Kolkata	Kolkata	1947	—

Things to be known

No.	General Knowledge Question	Answer
1	The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was	Mujibur Rehman
2	The longest river in the world is the	Nile
3	The longest highway in the world is the	Trans-Canada
4	The longest highway in the world has a length of	About 8000 km
5	The highest mountain in the world is the	Mount Everest
6	The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production of the world is	Myanmar
7	The biggest desert in the world is the	Sahara desert
8	The largest coffee growing country in the world is	Brazil
9	The country also known as "country of copper" is	Zambia
10	The name given to the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is	Durand line
11	The river Volga flows out into the	Caspian sea
12	The coldest place on the earth is	Verkoyansk in Siberia
13	The country which ranks second in terms of land area is	Canada
14	The largest Island in the Mediterranean sea is	Sicily
15	The river Jordan flows out into the	Dead sea
16	The biggest delta in the world is the	Ganges Delta
17	The capital city that stands on the river Danube is	Belgrade
18	The Japanese call their country as	Nippon
19	The length of the English channel is	564 kilometres
20	The world's oldest known city is	Damascus
21	The city which is also known as the City of Canals is	Venice
22	The country in which river Wangchu flows is	Myanmar
23	The biggest island of the world is	Greenland
24	The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in the world is	Detroit, USA
25	The country which is the largest producer of manganese in the world is	China & South Africa
26	The country which is the largest producer of rubber in the world is	Malaysia
27	The country which is the largest producer of tin in the world is	China
28	The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is the	Amazon River
29	The city which was once called the `Forbidden City' was	Peking
30	The country called the Land of Rising Sun is	Japan
31	Mount Everest was named after	Sir George Everest
32	The volcano Vesuvius is located in	Italy
33	The country known as the Sugar Bowl of the world is	Cuba
34	The length of the Suez Canal is	162.5 kilometers
35	The lowest point on earth is	The coastal area of Dead sea
36	The Gurkhas are the original inhabitants of	Nepal
37	The largest ocean of the world is the	Pacific ocean
38	The largest bell in the world is the	Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin, Moscow
39	The biggest stadium in the world is the	Strahov Stadium, Prague
40	The world's largest diamond producing country is	South Africa
41	Australia was discovered by	James Cook
42	The first Governor General of Pakistan is	Mohammed Ali Jinnah
43	Dublin is situated at the mouth of river	Liffey
44	The earlier name of New York city was	New Amsterdam
45	The Eiffel tower was built by	Alexander Eiffel
46	The Red Cross was founded by	Jean Henri Durant
47	The country which has the greatest population density is	Monaco
48	The national flower of Britain is	Rose
49	Niagara Falls was discovered by	Louis Hennepin
50	The national flower of Italy is	Lily
51	The national flower of China is	Narcissus
52	The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located at	Kathmandu
53	The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is	Strait of Hormuz
54	The first Industrial Revolution took place in	England
55	World Environment Day is observed on	5th June
56	The first Republican President of America was	Abraham Lincoln
57	The country famous for Samba dance is	Brazil
58	The name of Alexander's horse was	Beucephalus
59	Singapore was founded by	Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
60	The famous British one-eyed Admiral was	Nelson
61	The earlier name of Sri Lanka was	Ceylon
62	The UNO was formed in the year	1945
63	UNO stands for	United Nations Organization
64	The independence day of South Korea is celebrated on	15th August
65	'Last Judgement' was the first painting of an Italian painter named	Michelangelo
66	Paradise Regained was written by	John Milton
67	The first President of Egypt was	Mohammed Nequib
68	The first man to reach North Pole was	Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary
69	The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was	Guermica
70	The primary producer of newsprint in the world is	Canada
71	The first explorer to reach the South Pole was	Cap. Ronald Amundson
72	The person who is called the father of modern Italy is	G.Garibaldi
73	World literacy day is celebrated on	8th September
74	The founder of modern Germany is	Bismarck
75	The country known as the land of the midnight sun is	Norway
76	The place known as the Roof of the world is	Tibet
77	The founder of the Chinese Republic was	San Yat Sen
78	The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was	Abdul Salam
79	The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was	Margaret Thatcher
80	The first Secretary General of the UNO was	Trygve Lie
81	The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was	Frederick Auguste Bartholdi
82	The port of Baku is situated in	Azerbaijan
83	John F Kennedy was assassinated by	Lee Harvey Oswald
84	The largest river in France is	Loire
85	The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was	Catherine of Aragon
86	The first black person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was	Ralph Johnson Bunche
87	The first British University to admit women for degree courses was	London University
88	The principal export of Jamaica is	Sugar
89	New York is popularly known as the city of	Skyscrapers
90	Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of	Cloves
91	The country known as the Land of White Elephant is	Thailand
92	The country known as the Land of Morning Calm is	Korea
93	The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is	Bhutan
94	The highest waterfalls in the world is the	Salto Angel Falls, Venezuela
95	The largest library in the world is the	United States Library of Congress, Washington DC
96	The author of Harry Potter Books is	JK Rowling
97	Nickname of New York city is	Big Apple
98	What do you call a group of sheep?	A Flock of Sheep
99	In which sport do players take long and short corners?	Hockey
100	Who was the youngest President of the USA?	Theodore Roosevelt
101	How many legs do butterflies have?	6 Legs & 2 Pair of Wings
102	Who invented the Nintendo Wii?	Kashi Kabushiki
103	What year does the Nintendo Wii come out?	Late 2006
104	Who invented the Light Bulb?	Humphry Davy
105	Who invented the washing machine?	James King
106	Who invented the first electric washing machine?	Alva Fisher
107	Who invented the safety pin?	Walter Hunt
108	Who invented the Vacuum Cleaner?	Hubert Booth
109	Who won the Football World Cup in 2006?	Italy
110	Which country hosted the Football World Cup in 2006?	Germany
110	Who is the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?	David Cameron
111	Who won Men's Singles title in French Open 2010?	Rafael Nadal (Spain)
112	Who won Women's Singles title in French Open 2010?	Francesca Schiavone (Italy)
113	Who won Men's Doubles title in French Open 2010?	Daniel Nestor (Canada) & Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia)
114	Who won Women's Doubles title in French Open 2010?	Serena & Venus Williams (USA)