General Knowledge

1. Takla Makan desert is situated in China.

2. Bab-el-Mandeb strait connects Red Sea and Indian Ocean.

3. Home Minister is the head of the National Defence Committee.

4. ‘Speed Post Service’ launched by the IPD as competition to the ‘Courier Service’ in 1986.

5. Minimum age of a person whose photographing, fingerprinting and iris mapping will be done for
the Census of 2011 – 15years.

6. ‘AVAHAN’, is the Indian segment of ‘Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations’, engaged in the prevention of AIDS.

7. Shubha Tole of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai became the first woman awardee of prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, 2010 in the field of science.

8. In the world’s best countries’ list, compiled by the reputed ‘News Week’ magazine in 2010, the first position went to Finland whereas India stands at 78th rank.

9. In the list of ‘2010 Academic Rankings of the World Universities’ Cambridge University of Britain was ranked first.

10. In commonwealth Games, 2010, India won 101 medals. Medal received in team events are 2, women 35 and by men 64 respectively.

11. The Gupta emperor who defeated the ‘Hunas ‘ was – Skandagupta.

12. The Inscription of Junagarh tells about the various achievement of Rudradaman I.

13. ‘Dar-ul-Shafa’ established by Firoz Tughlaq was a free hospital.

14. Melghat Tiger Reserve is located in Maharashtra.

15. India’s first turbo generator of 600MW rating built by BHEL was tested successfully.

16. In the 18th ASEAN summit held in Djakarta, ASEAN Countries decided to set up an ASEAN institute for Peace Reconciliation to enhance regional security and help solve disputes among ASEAN member state in a peaceful manner. The next ASEAN Summit will take place in Bali.

17. Planning Commission’s parameter for the BPL population is Rs 15 per capita per day in rural areas and Rs 20 in urban areas. Another criterion is those who consume 2400 calories per capita per day in rural areas and 2100 calories per capita per day for urban areas.

18. Rajasthan has bagged the first prize for strengthening of Panchyati Raj institutions and implementation of new initiative in the field.