General Knowledge B

 The lightest known metal is Lithium.

1. The Atacama Desert is located in North Chile.
2. The oil used to preserve timber is Creosote oil.
3. The founder of USA was George Washington.
4. The first talkie feature film in USA was ‘The Jazz Singer’.
5. The chemical name of laughing gas is Nitrous oxide.
6. The US state Mississippi is also known as Tar Heel state.
7. The US state Indiana is also known as Volunteer state.
8. The US state Missouri is also known as Hoosier state.
9. The US state West Virginia is also known as Blue Grass state.
10. The US state known as ‘Pine Free State’ is Vermont.
11. The US state known as ‘Mountain state’ is Pennsylvania.
12. The US state known as ‘Land of 1000 Lakes’ is Arkansas.
13. The popular detective character created by Agatha Christie is Hercule Poirot.
14. The Pakistani President who died in an air crash was Zia-ul-Huq.
15. Yoghurt means Fermented milk.
16. Yankee is the nickname of American.
17. The International court of Justice is located in Hague, Holland.
18. The headquarters of World Bank is located at Washington DC.
19. Victoria Falls was discovered by David Livingstone.
20. The technique to produce the first test tube baby was evolved by Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards.
21. The oldest residential university of Britain is the Oxford University.
22. The name of the large clock on the tower of the House of Parliament in London is called Big Ben.
23. Prado Museum is located in Madrid.
24. The number of keys in an ordinary piano is Eighty eight.
25. ‘Man is a Tool Making Animal’ was said by Benjamin Franklin.
26. The term ‘anesthesia’ was coined by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
27. The first man to reach Antarctica was Fabian Gottlieb.
28. The Kilimanjaro volcano is situated in Tanzania.
29. The invention that is considered to have built America is Dynamite.
30. Words that contains all the vowels: Authentication, Remuneration, Education, Automobile, Miscellaneous and many more.
31. Words that contain all the vowels in order: Facetious and Abstemious.
32. Words that contain all the vowels in reverse order: Uncomplimentary, Unproprietary, Unoriental and Subcontinental.
33. Words with no vowel in them: Myth, Fly, Sky, Dry, Cry, Rhythm, Crypt.
34. Which country declares independence on 18th Feb 2008? – Kosovo.
35. Who was the founder of the kindergarten education system? – German educator Friedrich Froebel.
36. What is the scientific name of Vitamin C? – Ascorbic Acid
37. What is the full form of GPRS? – General Packet Radio Service
38. Which was the first university established in the world? – Nalanda University
39. What is full form of CEO, CFO & CIO titles? Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Information Officer.

Increase your General Knowledge with these facts

1. Shakespeare invented the word ‘ assassination’ and ‘bump’.
2. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
3. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
4. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
5. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
6. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear By 700 times.
7. Ants don’t sleep.
8. Owls have eyeballs that are tubular in shape, because of this, they cannot move their eyes.
9. A bird requires more food in proportion to its size than a baby or a cat.
10. The mouse is the most common mammal in the US.
11. A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length.
12. A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
13. The Canary Islands were not named for a bird called a canary. They were named after a breed of large dogs. The Latin name was Canariae insulae – “Island of Dogs.”
14. There are 701 types of pure breed dogs.
15. A polecat is not a cat. It is a nocturnal European weasel.
16. The animal responsible for the most human deaths world-wide is the mosquito.
17. The biggest pig in recorded history was Big Boy of Black Mountain, North Carolina, who was weighed at 1,904 pounds in 1939.
18. Cats respond most readily to names that end in an “ee” sound.
19. A cat cannot see directly under its nose. This is why the cat cannot seem to find tidbits on the floor.
20. Pigs, walruses and light-colored horses can be sunburned.
21. Snakes are immune to their own poison.
22. An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.
23. Cats have more than one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
24. The biggest member of the cat family is the male lion, which weighs 528 pounds (240 kilograms).
25. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
26. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.
27. Each day in the US, animal shelters are forced to destroy 30,000 dogs and cats.
28. A shrimp’s heart is in their head.
29. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
30. A cockroach will live nine days without its head, before it starves to death.
31. The cat lover is an ailurophile, while a cat hater is an ailurophobe.
32. A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second.
33. It may take longer than two days for a chick to break out of its shell.
34. Dragonflies are one of the fastest insects, flying 50 to 60 mph.
35. Despite man’s fear and hatred of the wolf, it has not ever been proved that a non-rabid wolf ever attacked a human.
36. There are more than 100 million dogs and cats in the United States.
37. Americans spend more than 5.4 billion dollars on their pets each year.
38. Cat’s urine glows under a black light.
39. The largest cockroach on record is one measured at 3.81 inches in length.
40. It is estimated that a single toad may catch and eat as many as 10,000 insects in the course of a summer.
41. Amphibians eyes come in a variety shapes and sizes. Some even have square or heart-shaped pupils.
42. It would require an average of 18 hummingbirds to weigh in at 1 ounce.
43. Dogs that do not tolerate small children well are the St. Bernard, the Old English sheep dog, the Alaskan malamute, the bull terrier, and the toy poodle.
44. Moles are able to tunnel through 300 feet of earth in a day.
45. Howler monkeys are the noisiest land animals. Their calls can be heard over 2 miles away.
46. A quarter of the horses in the US died of a vast virus epidemic in 1872.
47. The fastest bird is the Spine-tailed swift, clocked at speeds of up to 220 miles per hour.
48. There is no single cat called the panther. The name is commonly applied to the leopard, but it is also used to refer to the puma and the jaguar. A black panther is really a black leopard. A capon is a castrated rooster.
49. The world’s largest rodent is the Capybara. It is an Amazon water hog that looks like a guinea pig; it can weigh more than 100 pounds.
50. The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people.
51. The hummingbird, the loon, the swift, the kingfisher, and the grebe are all birds that cannot walk.
52. The poisonous copperhead snake smells like fresh cut cucumbers.
53. A chameleon’s tongue is twice the length of its body.
54. Worker ants may live seven years and the queen may live as long as 15 years.
55. The blood of mammals is red, the blood of insects is yellow, and the blood of lobsters is blue.
56. Cheetahs make a chirping sound that is much like a bird’s chirp or a dog’s yelp. The sound is so intense; it can be heard a mile away.
57. The underside of a horse’s hoof is called a frog. The frog peels off several times a year with new growth.
58. The bloodhound is the only animal whose evidence is admissible in an American court. 98% of brown bears in the United States are in Alaska.
59. Before air conditioning was invented, white cotton slipcovers were put on furniture to keep the air cool.
60. The Barbie doll has more than 80 careers.
61. To make one pound of whole milk cheese, 10 pounds of whole milk is needed.
62. 99% of pumpkins are sold for decoration.
63. Every 30 seconds a house fire doubles in size.
64. The month of December is the most popular month for weddings in the Philippines.
65. A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine.
66. Carbon monoxide can kill a person in less than 15 minutes.
67. The largest ever hailstone weighed over 1kg and fell in Bangladesh in 1986.
68. Ants can live up to 16 years.
69. In Belgium, there is a museum that is just for strawberries.
70. The sense of smell of an ant is just as good as a dog’s.
71. Popped popcorn should be stored in the freezer or refrigerator as this way it can stay crunchy for up to three weeks.
72. Coca-Cola was originally green.
73. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
74. The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.
75. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
76. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
77. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!!
78. You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath.
79. It is impossible to lick your elbow.
80. People say “Bless You? when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.
81. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
82. The “sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
83. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
84. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history. Spades – King David, Clubs – Alexander the Great, Hearts ? Charlemagne, Diamonds – Julius Caesar.
85. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
86. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
87. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? Ans. – All invented by women.
88. This is the only food that doesn’t spoil. What is this? Answer: Honey.
89. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
90. A snail can sleep for three years.
91. All polar bears are left handed.
92. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
93. Butterflies taste with their feet.
94. Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.
95. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
96. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
97. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
98. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
99. Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different.
100. Tapeworms range in size from about 0.04 inch to more than 50 feet in length.
101. A baby bat is called a pup.
102. German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.
103. A female mackerel lays about 500,000 eggs at one time.
104. It takes 35 to 65 minks to produce the average mink coat. The numbers for other types of fur coats are: beaver – 15; fox – 15 to 25; ermine – 150; chinchilla – 60 to 100.

Mind Blowing Facts for General Knowledge

1. Turtles have no teeth.
2. Prehistoric turtles may have weighed as much as 5,000 pounds.
3. Only one out of a thousand baby sea turtles survives after hatching.
4. Sea turtles absorb a lot of salt from the sea water in which they live. They excrete excess salt from their eyes, so it often looks as though they’re crying.
5. Helium is a colorless, odorless, tasteless inert gas at room temperature and makes up about 0.0005% of the air we breathe.
6. Helium Balloon Gas makes balloons float. Helium is lighter than air and just as the heaviest things will tend to fall to the bottom, the lightest things will rise to the top.
7. Helium Balloon Gas makes balloons float. Helium is lighter than air and just as the heaviest things will tend to fall to the bottom, the lightest things will rise to the top.
8. Camels can spit.
9. An ostrich can run 43 miles per hour (70 kilometers per hour).
10. Pigs are the fourth most intelligent animal in the world.
11. Dinosaurs didn’t eat grass? There was no grass in the days of the dinosaurs.
12. Dolphins can swim 37 miles per hour (60 kilometers per hour).
13. A crocodile’s tongue is attached to the roof of its mouth? It cannot move. It cannot chew but its Digestive juices are so strong that it can digest a steel nail, Glass pieces, etc.
14. Sharks are immune to disease i.e. they do not suffer from any Disease.
15. Animals are either right- or left-handed? Polar bears are always left-handed, and so is Kermit the Frog.
16. Paris, France has more dogs than people.
17. New Zealand is home to 70 million sheep and only 40 million people.
18. Male polar bears weigh 1400 pounds and females only weight 550 pounds, on average.
19. Bison are excellent swimmers? Their head, hump and tail never go below the surface of the water.
20. There are 6 to 14 frog?s species in the world that have no tongues. One of these is the African dwarf frog.
21. A frog named Santjie, who was in a frog derby in South Africa jumped 33 feet 5.5 inches.
22. The longest life span of a frog was 40 years
23. The eyes of a frog flatten down when it swallows its prey
24. The name `India’ is derived from the River Indus
25. The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name `Hindustan’ combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus.
26. Chess was invented in India.
27. The’ place value system’ and the ‘decimal system’ were developed in 100 BC in India.
28. The game of snakes & ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It was originally called ‘Mokshapat.’ The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices.
29. India has the most post offices in the world
30. ‘Navigation’ is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH
31. The word navy is also derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Nou’.
32. Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world
33. The’ place value system’ and the ‘decimal system’ were developed in 100 BC in India.
34. A snail can sleep for 3 years.
35. The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start
36. Twenty-Four-Karat Gold is not pure gold since there is a small amount of copper in it. Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands.
37. Electricity doesn’t move through a wire but through a field around the wire.
38. The first bicycle that was made in 1817 by Baron von Drais didn’t have any pedals? People walked it along
39. The first steam powered train was invented by Robert Stephenson. It was called the Rocket.
40. A cheetah does not roar like a lion – it purrs like a cat (meow).
41. The original name for the butterfly was ‘flutterby’
42. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
43. Ants don’t sleep.
44. Dolphins usually live up to about twenty years, but have been known to live for about forty.
45. Dolphins sleep in a semi-alert state by resting one side of their brain at a time
46. A dolphin can hold its breath for 5 to 8 minutes at a time
47. Bats can detect warmth of an animal from about 16 cm away using its “nose-leaf”.
48. Bats can also find food up to 18 ft. away and get information about the type of insect using their sense of echolocation.
49. The eyes of the chameleon can move independently & can see in two different directions at the same time.
50. Cockroach: Can detect movement as small as 2,000 times the diameter of a hydrogen atom.
51. Dragonfly: Eye contains 30,000 lenses.
52. Pig’s Tongue contains 15,000 taste buds. For comparison, the human tongue has 9,000 taste buds.
53. The number system was invented by India. Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented the digit zero.
54. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
55. Earth weighs 5,972,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons
56. Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different.
57. A duck’s quack doesn’t echo anywhere
58. Man is the only animal who’ll eat with an enemy
59. The average woman uses about her height in lipstick every five years.
60. The first Christmas was celebrated on December 25, AD 336 in Rome.
61. A Cockroach will live nine days without its head, before it starves to death.
62. A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can’t
63. A rat can last longer without water than a camel can
64. About 10% of the world’s population is left-handed
65. Dolphins sleep with one eye open
66. Snakes have no external ears. Therefore, they do not hear the music of a “snake charmer”. Instead, they are probably responding to the movements of the snake charmer and the flute. However, sound waves may travel through bones in their heads to the middle ear.
67. Many spiders have eight eyes.
68. The tongue of snakes has no taste buds. Instead, the tongue is used to bring smells and tastes into the mouth. Smells and tastes are then detected in two pits, called “Jacobson’s organs”, on the roof of their mouths. Receptors in the pits then transmit smell and taste information to the brain.
69. Birds don’t sweat
70. The highest kangaroo leap recorded is 10 ft and the longest is 42 ft
71. Flamingo tongues were eaten common at Roman feasts
72. The smallest bird in the world is the Hummingbird. It weighs 1oz
73. The bird that can fly the fastest is called a White it can fly up to 95 miles per hour.
74. The oldest living thing on earth is 12,000 years old. It is the flowering shrubs called creosote bushes in the Mojave Desert
75. Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water.
76. A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water. If the amount of water in your body is reduced by just 1%, one will feel thirsty. If it’s reduced by 10%, one will die.
77. Along with its length neck, the giraffe has a very long tongue — more than a foot and a half long. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue
78. Ostriches can kick with tremendous force, but only forward. Don’t Mess with them
79. An elephant can smell water three miles away
80. If you were to remove your skin, it would weigh as much as 5 pounds
81. A hippopotamus can run faster than a man
82. India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history
83. The world’s known tallest man is Robert Pershing Wadlow. The giraffe is 5.49m (18 ft.), the man is 2.55m (8ft. 11.1 in.).
84. The world’s tallest woman is Sandy Allen. She is 2.35m (7 ft. 7 in.).
85. The only 2 animals that can see behind themselves without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.
86. The blue whale is the largest animal on earth. The heart of a blue whale is as big as a car, and its tongue is as long as an elephant.
87. The largest bird egg in the world today is that of the ostrich. Ostrich eggs are from 6 to 8 inches long. Because of their size and the thickness of their shells, they take 40 minutes to hard-boil. The average adult male ostrich, the world’s largest living bird, weighs up to 345 pounds.
88. Every dolphin has its own signature whistle to distinguish it from other dolphins, much like a human fingerprint
89. The world’s largest mammal, the blue whale, weighs 50 tons i.e. 50000 Kg at birth. Fully grown, it weighs as much as 150 tons i.e. 150000 Kg.
90. 90 % of all the ice in the world in on Antarctica
91. Antarctica is DRIEST continent. Antarctica is a desert
92. Antarctica is COLDEST continent, averaging minus 76 degrees in the winter
93. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun and it doesn’t have a moon. Its atmosphere is so thin that during the day the temperature reaches 750 degrees, but at night it gets down to -300 degrees.
94. Jupiter is the largest planet. If Jupiter were hollow, you could fit 1000 earths inside! It is made up of gas and is not solid. The most famous feature on Jupiter is its Red Spot, which is actually an enormous hurricane that has been raging on Jupiter for hundreds of years! Sixteen moons orbit Jupiter.
95. Saturn is a very windy place! Winds can reach up to 1,100 miles per hour. Saturn is also made of gas. If you could find an ocean large enough, it would float. This planet is famous for its beautiful rings, and has at least 18 moons.
96. Uranus is the third largest planet, and is also made of gas. It’s tilted on its side and spins north-south rather than east-west. Uranus has 15 moons.
97. Neptune takes 165 Earth years to get around the sun. It appears blue because it is made of methane gas. Neptune also has a big Spot like Jupiter. Winds on Neptune get up to 1,200 mile per hour! Neptune has 8 moons.
98. Pluto is the farthest planet from the sun… usually. It has such an unusual orbit that it is occasionally closer to the sun than Neptune. Pluto is made of rock and ice.
99. Just about everyone listens to the radio! 99% of homes in the United States have a least one radio. Most families have several radios.
100. Sound is sent from the radio station through the air to your radio by means of electromagnetic waves. News, music, Bible teaching, baseball games, plays, advertisements- these sounds are all converted into electromagnetic waves (radio waves) before they reach your radio and your ears.
101. At the radio station, the announcer speaks into a microphone. The microphone changes the sound of his voice into an electrical signal. This signal is weak and can’t travel very far, so it’s sent to a transmitter. The transmitter mixes the signal with some strong radio signals called carrier waves. These waves are then sent out through a special antenna at the speed of light! They reach the antenna of your radio. Your antenna “catches” the signal, and the radio’s amplifier strengthens the signal and sends it to the speakers. The speakers vibrate, and your ears pick up the vibrations and your brain translates them into the voice of the radio announcer back at the station. When you consider all the places the announcer’s voice travels.
102. Every radio station has its own frequency. When you turn the tuning knob on your radio, you are choosing which frequency you want your antenna to “catch.”
103. Mountain lions are known by more than 100 names, including panther, catamount, cougar, painter and puma. Its scientific name is Felis concolor, which means “cat of one color.” At one time, mountain lions were very common!
104. The large cats of the world are divided into two groups- those that roar, like tigers and African lions, and those that purr. Mountain lions purr, hiss, scream, and snarl, but they cannot roar. They can jump a distance of 30 feet, and jump as high as 15 feet. It would take quite a fence to keep a mountain lion out! Their favorite food is deer, but they’ll eat other critters as well. They hunt alone, not in packs like wolves. They sneak up on their prey just like a house cat sneaks up on a bird or toy- one slow step at a time. A lion can eat ten pounds of meat at one time!
105. Queen ants can live to be 30 years old
106. Dragonflies can flap their wings 28 times per second and they can fly up to 60 miles per hour
107. As fast as dragonflies can flap their wings, bees are even faster… they can flap their wings 435 times per second
108. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
109. You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath
110. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day
111. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
112. The elephant is the only mammal that can’t jump!
113. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
114. Women blink nearly twice as much as men
115. Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible
116. Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.
117. More people are allergic to cow’s milk than any other food.
118. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand
119. Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
120. It?s against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.
121. Some worms will eat themselves if they can’t find any food!
122. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open
123. Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not
124. Slugs have 4 noses.
125. Owls are the only birds that can see the blue colour.
126. Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end
127. More than 1,000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa.
128. There was once an undersea post office in the Bahamas.
129. Abraham Lincoln’s mother died when she drank the milk of a cow that grazed on poisonous snakeroot
130. After the death of Albert Einstein his brain was removed by a pathologist and put in a jar for future study.
131. Penguins are not found in the North Pole
132. A dentist invented the Electric Chair.
133. A whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound
134. Alexander Graham Bell’s wife and mother were both deaf
135. Cockroaches break wind every 15 minutes.
136. Fish scales are an ingredient in most lipsticks
137. Canada” is an Indian word meaning “Big Village”.
138. 259200 people die every day.
139. 11% of the world is left-handed
140. 1.7 liters of saliva is produced each day
141. The world?s oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!
142. The largest beetle in the Americas is the Hercules beetle, which can be 4 to 6 inches in length. That’s bigger than your hand!
143. A full-grown male mountain lion may be 9 feet long, including his tail!
144. There are two kinds of radio stations: AM and FM. That’s why there are two dials on your radio. AM is used mostly for stations that specialize in talking, such as Christian stations at have Bible stories and sermons; sports stations that broadcast live baseball and football games; and stations that specialize in news programs and “talk shows,” where listeners call the station and discuss various topics. FM is used mostly for stations that specialize in music.
145. The average lead pencil can draw a line that is almost 35 miles long or you can write almost 50,000 words in English with just one pencil
146. The Wright Brothers invented one of the first airplanes. It was called the Kitty Hawk.
147. The worst industrial disaster in India occurred in 1984 in Bhopal the capital of Madhya Pradesh. A deadly chemical, methyl isocyanate leaked out of the Union Carbide factory killing more than 2500 and leaving thousands sick. In fact the effects of this gas tragedy are being felt even today.
148. Mars is nicknamed the “Red Planet,” because it looks reddish in the night sky. Mars has 2 moons.
149. Venus is nicknamed the “Jewel of the Sky.” Because of the greenhouse effect, it is hotter than Mercury, even though it’s not as close to the sun. Venus does not have a moon but it does have clouds of sulfuric acid! If you’re going to visit Venus, pack your gas mask!
150. Tens of thousands of participants come from all over the world, fight in a harmless battle where more than one hundred metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes are thrown in the streets.

Books & Authors related Quiz for All Exams

1. Who is the author of “The Kalam effect: My years with the president”?
(a) P.M.Nayar (b) Sonia Gandhi
(c) L.K.Adwani (d) Arun Shaurie
ANS (a)
2. Who is the author of the book “Superstar India : From Incredible to Unstopable”?
(a) L.K.Adwani (b) Arundhati Roy
(c) Shobha De (d) Vikram Seth
ANS (c)
3. The Sanskrit poet called as the Indian Shakespeare?
(a) Kalidasa (b) Thulasidas (c) Sudraka (d) Kautilya
ANS (a)
4. Mulk Raj Anand is the author of
(a) The Post Office (b) Gora
(c) India Wins Freedom (d) Coolie
ANS (Try Yourself)
5. Who is the author of the book ’My other two daughters’?
(a) Lalu Prasad Yadav (b) Surjit Singh Barnala
(c) E.M. Forster (d) Paul Kennedy
ANS (b)
6. Who is known as the Father of Detective Story
(a) Arthur Conan Doyle (b) Bram Stoker
(c) Edgar Allen Poe (d) None of the above
ANS (c)
7. Man-The Maker of His Own Destiny’ “ book was written by
(a) V.S. Naipaul (b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Guenter Grass (d) Swami Vivekananda
ANS (d)
8. Find out the odd one
(a) Louis Fischer (b) Ibsen(c) William Shakespeare (d) Sherlock HolmesANS (d) Others are writers. Sherlock Holmes is a character 9.One among the following is not written by Kalidasa
(a) Saakunthalam (b) Raghu Vamsam
(c) Rith Samharam (d) Kaavyadooth
ANS (d)
10. ’Sonia, a Biography’ was written by
(a) Sonia Gandhi (b) Arundhathi Roy
(c) Rasheed Kidvai (d) V.K. Madhavan Kutty
ANS (c)
11. One among the following is not a Harry Potter story
(a) Chamber of secrets
(b) The philosopher’s stone
(c) Half blood prince (d) Naked Truth
ANS (d)
12. Jules Verne, a French science fiction writer wrote a book, which carried a more or less accurate prediction of the launching of Apollo-8. Which is the book
(a) From the Earth to the moon
(b) All under Heaven
(c) A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(d) Past and Present
ANS (a)
13. Who is the author of “A Passage to England”?
(a) E.M. Forster (b) Nirad C. Chaudhari
(c) G.B. Shaw (d) Winston Churchill
ANS (b)
14. “Does IT matter” is a book written by
(a) Bill Gates (b) N. R. Narayanan (c) Nicholas Carr
(d) Thomas D. Harris (e) None of these
ANS (c)
15. ’Beyond time’ is the book written by
(a) Namita Gokhale (b) Ruskin Bond
(c) William Balrymple (d) Josef Korbel
(e) None of these
ANS (e)
16. The famous book ’Anandmath’ has been authorised by
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Sri Aurobindo
ANS (b)
17.Who wrote a book describing the theory of economic drain of India during British rule?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
ANS (a)
18. The author of the book ’Waiting for Godot’ is:
(a) Ruth Harring (b) Susan Sontag
(c) Samuel Beckett (d) Ben Jonson
ANS (c) Waiting for the Mahatma – R. K. Narayanan
Waiting to Exhale – Terry Mc Millan
19. “The Vedas contain all the truth”, was interpreted by:
(a) Swami Vivekananda (b) Swami Dayanand
(c) Swami Shraddhanand (d) S. Radhakrishnan
ANS (b)
20. Sirr-i-Akbar was the Persian translation of fifty-two Upanishads by which son of shah Jahan?
ANS – Dara Shikoh
21.In “The Travels of Gulliver”, what is the first things two Lilliputians discuss when they meet in the morning?
ANS – The health of the sun
22.”The man who knew infinity” is the biography of
(a) Rene Descartes (b) Stephen Hawking
(c) Albert Einstein (d) S. Ramanujan
ANS (d)
23.What was the original name of ’Alice in Wonderland’ when Lewis Carroll first showed it to novelist Henry Kingsley in 1863?
ANS – Alice’s Adventures Underground
24. The author of the book “Waiting for the Mahatma” is
(a) R.K Narayan (b) N.A Palkhiwala
(c) Amrita Pritam (d) M. Malgonkar
ANS (a)

25. Under the patronage of which ruler of the Javanese house of Mataram, was the epic poem ’Arjuna vivaha’ written?
ANS – King Airlangga
26. To whom, in his own words, did Rudyard Kipling dedicate his collection, ’Plain Tales From the Hills’?
ANS – To the wittiest woman in India
27. ’Beyond the Last Blue Mountain’ is R.M Lala’s biography of which Indian?
ANS – J. R. D. Tata
28. Which of Agatha Christie’s books was the first to be serialised in the Evening News under the title ’Anna the Adventure’?
ANS – The Man In The Brown Suit
29. Who has authored the book A Brief History of Time?
(a) Carl Sagan (b) Issac Asimov
(c) John Gribbin (d) Stephen Hawking
ANS (d)
30. The book ’Living with Honour’ is written by
(a) Arundhati Roy (b) Shiv Khera
(c) Pramod Batra (d) Vikram Seth
ANS (b)
31. The book ’Cricket My Style’ is written by
(a) Sunil Gavaskar (b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) Kapil Dev (d) Mohinder Amarnath
ANS (c)
32. Who wrote the book ’The Book of Indian Birds’
ANS – Dr. Salim Ali
33. ’Economic History of India’ was written by
ANS – R. C. Dutt
34.The oldest of the vedic literature is
(a) Sama Veda (b) Yajur Veda
(c) Rig Veda (d) Atharva Veda
ANS (c)
35. ’Leelavathi’ the famous sanskrit grantha is a book on
ANS – Mathematics
36. Who is the author of ˜An Equal Musicâ (1999)
ANS – Vikram Seth
37. Who wrote the poem ˜Passage to India in 1871
ANS – Walt Whitman (American Poet)
38. Who is the author of the book ˜The Canterbury Tales
ANS – Geoffrey Chaucer
39. Who is the author of the book ˜Anna Karenin
ANS – Leo Tolstoy
40.Who is the author of the book ˜The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
ANS – Mark Twain
41. Who is the author of the book ˜The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes?
ANS – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
42.Who is the author of the book ˜The Comedy of Errors?
ANS – William Shakespeare
43. Who is the author of the book ˜Animal Farm
ANS – George Orwell
44. Who is the author of the book ˜The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
ANS – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
45. Who is the author of the book, ˜Through the Looking-Glass?
ANS – Lewis Carroll
46. Who is the author of the book, ˜Allâs Well That Ends Wellâ?
ANS – William Shakespeare
47. Who is the author of the book ˜Akbar-nama
ANS – Abul Fazl
48. Who is the author of the book ˜The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnâ?
ANS – Mark Twain
49. Who is the author of the book ˜Antony and Cleopatraâ?
ANS – William Shakespeare
50. Who is the author of the book , Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, 1687)
ANS – Sir Isaac
51. Who is the author of the book “Jyoti Punj”?
(a) L.K.Adwani (b) Atal Bihari Vajpeyi
(c) Narendra Modi (d) Vikram Seth
ANS (c)

National Parks in India

Bandhavgarh National Park
Check out the place where firstly and formostly the white Tigers of Rewa were discovered Bandhavgarh. This park is some of the left out preserved wild pockets of Madhya Pradesh of what were once splendid forests that extended across the whole of Central India.
Ranthambore National Park
A nearby attraction of Sawai Madhopur, in the state of Rajasthan, Ranthambore National Park is an outstanding example of Project Tiger’s efforts at conservation in the India.
Kaziranga National Park
The land of Rhino is counted among the two major wild pockets, the only surviving habitats of this prehistoric survivor in India.
Kanha National Park
Ever though what it feels like to visit a tiger country, then visit the state of Madhya Pardesh, check out the wilds of Kanha and see for yourself why this place is called a wild hideout taken straight from the famous “Jungle Book”.
Sundarbans National Park
Come to Sundarbans where adventure awaits you at every corner. Known as the largest estuarine delta in the world, this Tigerland vibrates with countless forms of colourful life.
Manas National Park
Assam is the state of the Great One Horned Rhino. Beside the Kaziranga there’s Manas another habitat of the Rhino’s, located in one of the remotest region among the foothills of Himalayas.
Bandipur National Park
Lies halfway down the Mysore-Ooty highway became one of the first of India’s Tiger Reserves and the southernmost of the nine reserves specially established under Project Tiger.
Sultanpur National Park
Sultanpur national park was a stretch of marshy land that has been remodeled and converted into a water body. The park is home to a large range of birds, both resident and migratory.
Royal Chitwan National Park (Nepal)
Established in 1973, provides a great wildlife experience with its rich flora and fauna. Short grass makes the months of February-May the best game-viewing season, but the autumn months are perfect for visiting, with Himalayan views, and in winter months of December-January, Chitwan has quiet a pleasant climate compared to Kathmandu.
Royal Bardia National Park (Nepal)
Largest and most undisturbed wild area of the Terai region of the Nepal Himalayas. Simialar to Chitwan park, but with a drier climate and a more remote location, Bardia encompasses 1,000-sq-kms of riverine grassland and sal forests.
Rajaji National Park, Uttaranchal
Situated in the forested hills, east of Haridwar, is quiet known for its wild Elephants, which have an approximate population of 150. Because of the pleasant climate this hideout becomes a pretty good tourist destination and a perfect retreat for picnicking.
Dudhwa National Park, U.P.
Also popular as a Tiger Reserve, this national park is located in the district of Lakhimpur, along the Indo-Nepal border. Another major attraction of this wild reserve is the Barasingha or the Swamp Deer, found in the southwest and southeast region of the park.
Bandipur & Nagarhole National Parks, Karnataka
Two of the most attractive national parks of Karnataka are Nagarhole and Bandipur. Even if separate entities, they are a part of a large neighboring wildlife reserve that also includes Madumalai Sanctuary of Tamil Nadu and Wynad Reserve of Kerala.
Bhalukpong, Arunachal
For the energetic visitor, keen to experience of faraway Arunachal Pradesh, Bhalukpong is a place to visit. On the edge of the luxuriant forest of the Pakhui Game Sanctuary, along the Kameng river lies the village settlement of Bhalukpong, also known as the gateway to Bomdila and the Tawang Monastery.
Simplipal National Park, Orissa
Simplipal is counted among the earliest Project tiger reserves of India and is located in the northern-forested belt of Orissa. Beside the faunal attractions, the attractive terrain also includes numerous waterfalls.
Nandankanan Zoo, Orissa
A combination of a beautiful botanical garden, a zoo and a sanctuary, Nandankanan, is situated 20-km from Bhubaneshwar, and is popularly known as the “Garden of Pleasure” in Orissa. The zoo at Nandankanan is world famous for its White Tigers.
Gahirmatha Turtle Sanctuary, Orissa
Aqua fauna is what going to attract you to this sanctuary, the breeding center of the Giant Olive Ridley Turtles, who crossover the Pacific to come here and lay their eggs.
Namdhapha National Park, Arunachal
Tucked away in the northern most state of Arunachal, is the Namdhapa National Park, famous for the extremely elusive snow and the clouded Leopard. The park is also a Tiger Reserve under Project Tiger.
Velvadhar Blackbuck Sanctuary, Gujarat
Popularly known as the home of the Indian Black Buck, has attracted worldwide attention for the successful conservation of the fastest of the Indian Antelopes – Black Buck.
Wild Ass Sanctuary, Gujarat
Gujarat is an exciting place for wildlife enthusiasts, mainly because it resides some of the unique wild attractions within its numerous sanctuaries. Wild Ass sanctuary is another of Gujarat’s wild surprises famous for its large wild Ass herds.
Dachigam National Park, J&K
Of all the sanctuaries present in the state of Jammu & Kashmir, the one at Dachigam is the best known. Once an exclusive hunting preserve of the Maharaja of Kashmir, it was declared a national park in 1951, owing to a strictly enforced conservation programme, to preserve the or Hangul population or the Kashmiri Stag.
The Great Himalayan National Park, H.P.
The National Park with an area of 620-sq-kms is caved out of the splendid mountain terrain of the Kullu District and has the representative area of temperate and alpine forests of Himachal. It is also one of the largest protected area of the state.
Dibru Saikhowa National Park, Assam
Located on the alluvial flood plains of Brahmaputra in Upper Assam neighboring Arunachal is a biosphere reserve called Dibru Saikhowa National Park Its also an orchid paradise besides being a home to numerous wild animals and birds.
Milroy or Pabha Sanctuary, Assam
This splendid wildlife reserve even if doesn’t have many faunal varieties to offer, still it possesses the most coveted one, the Wild Water Buffalo.This sanctuary has been exclusively built for the protection of the wild water buffalo.
Nameri National Park, Assam
Nameri is the second Tiger reserve of Assam, situated at the foothills of eastern Himalayas. The hilly backdrop, deciduous and the river Jia Bhoroli have added a unique natural charm to it.
Pin Valley National Park, H.P.
Tucked in between the snow laden higher reaches and scree slopes covered with scanty tufted vegetation, Pin Valley National Park forms the natural habitat of a number of endangered animals including Himalayan Ibex, Snow Leopard, Bharal, Wooly Hare, Tibetan Wolf, and Snow Cock.
Hemis High Altitude National Park, J&K
Hemis is a high altitude protected area that was created in the year 1981, in the eastern part of the cold desert of Ladakh, for the conservation and protection of its unique flora and fauna.

Metals found in India at Major Level

• Aluminium is found in Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh ,Chttishgarh , Maharastra ,Gujarat
• Asbestos is found in Rajasthan, Karnataka
• Coal is found in Jharkhand, West Bengal ,Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh ,Orissa, Andhra Pradesh
• Diamonds are found in Madhya Pradesh ,Chttishgarh
• Marble is found in Rajasthan
• Mica is found is Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan
• Thorium is found in Kerala ,Tamil Nadu ,Andhra Pradesh
• Uranium is found in Kerala , Jharkhand
• Zinc is found in Rajasthan
• The reserves of lignite have been estimated as little over 37.15 billion tones as on 1 April 2005 out of which the major contributors is the lignite basins of Tamil Nadu.

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List of Cups And Trophies

(Associated with Sports and Games) (15-11-2010)

Sport: Hockey  Aga khan Cup ,Begam Rasul Torphy (woman’s), Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Cup, Lady Ratan Tata Trophy (woman’s), Gurunanak Championship (woman’s) Dhyanchand Trophy, Nehru Trophy, Sindhia Gold cup, Murugappa Gold Cup, Wellington Cup etc,

Sport: Football  Beghum Hazarat Mahal Cup, BILT Cup, Bordoloi Trophy Colombo Cup, Confederation cup, DCM Trophy, Durand Cup, Rovers Cup, B.C. Raj Trophy (National Championship), FIFA world Cup, Jules Rimet Trophy, Kalinga Cup, Santosh Trophy (National Championship), IFA Shield, Scissor Cup, Subroto Mukherjee Cup, Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Trophy, Todd Memorial Trophy, Vittal Trophy, etc,

Sport: Cricket  Anthony D, Mellow Trophy, Ashes, Asia Cup, Benson and Hedges Cup, Bose Trophy, Champions Trophy, Charminar Challender Cup, C.K Naidu Trophy, Cooch – Behar Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, Duldeep Trophy, Gavaskar –Border Trophy, G.D. Birla Trophy, Gillette Cup, Ghulam Ahmad Trophy, Hamkumat Rai Trophy, ICC World Cup, Irani Trophy Interface Cup, Jawharlal Nehru Cup, Lomboard World Challenge Cup, Mc Dowells Challenge Cup, Merchant Cup, Moin –ud –Dowla Cup, Net West Trophy, Prudential Cup(World Cup), Rani Jhansi Trophy, Ranji Trophy, Rohinton Barcia Trophy, Rothmans Cup, Sahara Cup, Sharjah Cup, Sheesh Mahal Trophy, Sheffield Shield, Singer Cup, Sir Frank Worrel Trophy, Texaco Cup, Titan Cup, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Vijay Merchant Trophy, Vizzy Trophy, Wisden Trophy, Wills Trophy, World Series Cup.

Sport: Table Tennis  Berna Bellack cup( Men), Cobillion Cup (women), Jai Laxmi cup(women),Rajkumari Challenge Cup (women junior), Ramanuja Trophy (men Junior), Travancore Cup (women), Swathling Cup (men) etc.

Sport: Badminton  Aggrawal Cup, Amrit Diwan Cup, Asia Cup, Australasia Cup, Chaddha Cup, European Cup, Harilela Cup, Ibrahim Rahimatillah Challenger Cup, Konica Cup, Sophia Cup, Kitiakara Cup, Thomas Cup Tunku Abdulrahman Cup, Uber Cup, Yonex Cup etc.

Sport: Basketball  Basalat Jha Trophy, B.C. Gupta Trophy, Federation Cup, S.M. Arjuna Raja Trophy, Todd memorial Trophy, William jones Cup, Bangalore Bules Challenge Cup, Nehru Cup, Federation Cup etc.

Sport: Bridge  Basalat Jha Trophy, Holkar Trophy, Ruia Gold Cup, Singhania Trophy. etc

Sport: Polo  Ezra Cup, Gold Cup, King’s Cup, Prithi Pal Singh Cup, Radha Mohan Cup, Winchester Cup etc.

Sport: Athletics  Charminar Trophy, Federation Cup etc.

Sport: Air Racing  Jawaharlal Challenge Trophy, King’s Cup, Schneider Cup etc.

Sport: Billiards  Arthur Walker Trophy, Thomas Cup etc.

Sport: Boxing  Aspy Adjahia Trophy, Federations Cup,Val Baker Trophy etc.

Sport: Golf  Canada Cup, Eisenhower Trophy, Muthiah Gold Cup, Nomura Trophy, President ‘s Trophy, Prince of wales Cup, Ryder Cup, Solheim Cup, Topolino Trophy, Walker Cup, World Cup etc.

Sport: Chess  Naidu Trophy, Khaitan Torphy , Lin Are City Trophy, World Cup etc.

Sport: Horse Racing  Beresford Cup, Blue Riband Cup, Derby, Grand National Cup etc.

Sport: Netball  Anantrao Pawar Trophy etc.

Sport: Rugby Football  Bledisloe Cup, Calcutta Cup, Webb Ellis Trophy, etc.

Sport: Shooting  North Wales Cup, Welsh Grand Prix etc.

Sport: Volleyball  Centennial Cup, Federation Cup, and Indira Pradhan Trophy, Shivanthi Gold Cup, etc.

Sport: Yatch Racing  America Cup etc.

List of Abbreviation (India) (30-08-10)

Sr. No.	Abbreviation	Stands For
1	AAFI	Amateur Athletics Federation of India
2	AAPSO	Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organisation
3	AASU	All Assam Students Union
4	ABM	Anti Ballistic Missile
5	AC	Alternate Current OR Air Conditioner
6	ACC	Ancillary Cadet Core
7	AD	Ano Domini (After the birth of Jesus)
8	ADB	Asian Development Bank.
9	AERE	Atomic Energy Research Establishment
10	AGOC	Asian Games Organisation Committee
11	AICC	All India Congress Committee
12	AICTE	All India Council of Technical Education
13	AIDS	Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome
14	AIFE	All India Football Federation
15	AIIMS	All India Institute of Medical Sciences
16	AIL	Aeronautics India Limited
17	AIMPLB	All India Muslim Personal Law Board
18	AIR	All India Radio (Broadcasting)
19	AITUE	All India Trade Union Congress
20	AM	Anti Meridian (Before Noon)
21	ANC	African National Congress
22	APEC	Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
23	APSC	Army Postal Services Core
24	ASEAN	Association of South East Asian Nations
25	ASLV	Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
26	ASI	Archaeological Survey of India
27	ASSOCHAM	Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (India)
28	ASWAC	Airborne Surveillance Warning and Control
29	ATS	Anti Tetanus Serum
30	BAMS	Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery
31	BARC	Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
32	BBC	British Broadcasting Corporation
33	BC	Before Christ (Before the birth of Jesus)
34	BCG	Bacillus Calmette Guerin (Anti TB Vaccine)
35	BCCI	Board of Control for Cricket in India
36	BEL	Bharat Electronics Limited
37	BENELUX	Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg
38	BHEL	Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited
39	BIFR	Board of Industrial Finance and Reconstruction (Formerly Industrial Reconstruction Finance Board)
40	BIMSTEC	Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand Economic Cooperation
41	BIS	Bureau of Indian Standards
42	B Pharma	Bachelor of Pharmacy
43	BSF	Border Security Force
44	CAD	Command Area Development
45	CAG	Comptroller and Auditor General
46	CARE	Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere
47	CASE	Commission for Alternative Sources of Energy
48	CBI	Central Bureau of Investigation
49	CBSE	Central. Board of Secondary Education
50	CCEA	Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
51	CCS	Cabinet Committee on Security
52	C-DAC	Centre For Development of Advance Computing
53	CDMA	Code Division Multiple Access
54	CDRI	Central Drug Research Institute
55	CHOGM	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
56	CID	Criminal Investigation Department
57	CIS	Commonwealth of Independent States
58	CISF	Central Industrial Security Force
59	CITU	Centre of Indian Trade Unions
60	CLAT	Common Law Admission Test (Started May 2008)
61	CNG	Compressed Natural Gas
62	COD	Central Ordnance Depot
63	COFEPOSA	Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Act
64	CPO	Central Passport Organisation
65	CPRI	Central Power Research Institute
66	CRPF	Central Reserve Police Force
67	CRR	Cash Reserve Ratio
68	CSIR	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
69	CSO	Central Statistical Organisation
70	CTS	Computerised Tomography Scanner
71	CVC	Central Vigilance Commission
72	DDT	Dichloro Diphenyle Tri-chloroethane
73	DFDR	‘Digital Flight Data Recorder (Black box)’
74	DIG	Deputy Inspector General
75	D. Lit.	Doctor of Literature
76	DM	District Magistrate
77	DMK	Dravida Munetra Kazhagam
78	DNA	Di-oxyribo-Nucleic Acid
79	DPAP	‘Drought Prone Area Programme
80	DPC	Dabhol Power Company
82	DRDO	Defence Research and Development Organisation
83	DTH	Direct to Home
84	DVD	Digital Versatile Disk
85	EAS	Employment Assurance Scheme
86	ECD	European Central Bank
87	ECG	Electro Cardiogram
88	EEC	European Economic Community
89	EEG	Electro Encephalogram
90	ELISA	Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay
91	EMF	Electromotive Force
92	EPABX	Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange
93	EPZ	Export Processing Zone
94	ERDA	Energy Research and Development Administration
95	ESMA	Essential Services Maintenance Act
96	EVM	Electronic Voting Machine
97	EXIM Bank	Export-Import Bank of India
98	FAO	Food and Agriculture Organisation
99	FBI	Federal Bureau of Investigation (USA)
100	FBTR	Fast Breeder Test Reactor
101	FCI	Food Corporation of India / Fertilizer Corporation of India
102	FDR	Flight Data Recorder (Black Box)
103	FERA	Foreign Exchange Regulation Act
104	FEMA	Foreign Exchange Management Act
105	FICCI	Federation of India Chambers of Commerce and Industry
106	FIPB	Foreign Investment Promotion Board
107	FIR	First Information Report
108	FRS	Fellow of the Royal Society
109	FTII	Films and Television Institute of India
110	FTZ	Free Trade Zone
111	GAIL	Gas Authority of India Limited
112	GATT	General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
113	GIC	General Insurance Corporation
114	GMT	Greenwich Mean Time
115	GNLF	Gorkha National Liberation Front
116	GNP	Gross National Product
117	GPF	General Provident Fund
118	GPO	General Post Office
119	GPS	Global Positioning System
120	GSI	Geological Survey of India
121	HAC	Hindustan Aluminium Corporation
122	HAL	Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
123	HCF	Highest Common Factor
124	HDFC	Housing Development Finance Corporation
125	HIV	Human Immuno-deficiency Virus
126	HMT	Hindustan Machine Tools
127	HUDCO	Housing and Urban Development Corporation
128	HYVS	High Yield Variety Seeds
129	IAAI	International Airport Authority of India
130	lAC	Indian Airlines Corporation
131	IAEA	International Atomic Energy Agency
132	IARI	Indian Agricultural Research Institute
133	IBRD	International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
134	ICAR	Indian Council of Agricultural Research
135	ICBM	Inter Continental Ballistic Missile
136	ICC	International Cricket Council
137	ICFTU	International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
138	ICICI	Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited
139	ICJ	International Court of Justice
140	ICMR	Indian Council of Medical Research
141	ICSI	Indian Company Secretaries Institute
142	IDA	International Development Agency
143	IDBI	Industrial Development Bank of India
144	IDO	International Defence Organisation
145	IDPL	Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited
146	IFA	Indian Football Association
147	IFCI	Industrial Finance Corporation of India
148	IFFI	International Film Festival of India
149	IFFCO	Indian Farmers Fertilizers Cooperative
150	IFTU	International Federation of Trade Unions
151	IIPA	Indian Institute of Public Administration
152	IIS	Indian Institute of Sciences
153	IISCO	Indian Iron and Steel Company
154	IIT	Indian Institute of Technology
155	ILO	International Labour Organisation
156	IMA	Indian Military Academy
157	IMF	International Monetary Fund
158	INGCA	Indira Gandhi Gallery for Culture and Art
159	INS	Indian Naval Ship
160	INSAT	Indian National Satellite
161	INTELSAT	International Telecommunication Satellite
162	INTERPOL	International Police Organisation
163	INTUC	Indian National Trade Union Congress
164	IOC	International Olympic Committee / Indian Oil Corporation
165	IPC	Indian Penal Code
166	IPKF	Indian Peace Keeping Force
167	IQ	Intelligence Quotient
168	IRBM	Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
169	IRC	International Red Cross
170	IRDA	Insurance Regulatory Development Authority
171	IRDP	Integrated Rural Development Programme
172	ISB	Indian Standard Bureau
173	ISM	Indian School of Mines
174	ISO	International Organisation for Standardisation
175	ISP	Internet Services Provider
176	ISRO	Indian Space Research Organisation
177	IST	Indian Standard Time
178	ITBP	Indo-Tibet Border Police
179	ITDC	Indian Tourism Development Corporation
180	ITPO	Indian Trade Promotion Organisation
181	ITO	International Trade Organisation
182	IUCN	International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resource
183	ITUC	Indian Trade Union Congress
184	JMM	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
185	KG	Kinder Garten
186	LASER	Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission of Radiation
187	LIC	Life Insurance Corporation of India
188	LLB	Bachelor of Law
189	LLM	Master of Law
190	LMG	Light Machine Gun
191	LoC	Line of Control (Pakistan)
192	LoAC	Line of Actual Control (China)
193	LPG	Liquefied Petroleum Gas
194	LSD	Lysergic acid diethylamide
195	LTTE	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam
196	MA	Master of Arts
197	MASER	Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
198	MBA	Master of Business Administration
199	MBBS	Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
200	MBT	Main Battle Tank
201	MCA	Monetary Compensatory Allowance / Master of Computer Application
202	MCC	Melbourne Cricket Club
203	MD	Doctor of Medicine
204	MFN	Most Favoured Nation
205	MI	Military Intelligence
206	MISA	Maintenance of Internal Security Act
207	MIT	Mechachusates Institute of Technology (USA)
208	MLA	Member of Legislative Assembly
209	MLC	Member of Legislative Council
210	MNC	Multi National Corporation
211	MRCP	Member of Royal College of Physicians
212	MRCS	Member of Royal College of Surgeons
213	MRTPC	Monopoly and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission
214	MODVAT	Modified Value Added Tax
215	NABARD	National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development
216	NACO	National AIDS Control Organisation
217	NAEP	National Adult Education Programme
218	NAFED	National Agricultural and Marketing Federation
219	NAFTA	North American Free Trade Agreement
220	NAPP	Narora Atomic Power Plant
221	NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)
222	NASDAQ	National Association of Security Dealer’s Active Quotation
223	NASSCOM	National Association of Software & Service Companies
224	NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
225	NCW	National Commission for Women
226	NCCR	National Council for Civil Right
227	NCERT	National Council of Educational Research & Training
228	NDA	National Defence Academy
229	NDDB	National Dairy Development Board
230	NDF	National Defence Fund.
231	NEERI	National Environment Engineering Research Institute
232	NEFA	North-East Frontier Agency
233	NEPA	National Environment Protection Authority
234	NFDC	National Film Development Corporation
235	NFL	National Fertilizer Limited
236	NHRC	National Human Rights Commission
237	NICO	New Information and Communication Order
238	NIDC	National Industrial Development Corporation
239	NIIT	National Institute of Information Technology
240	NIMHANS	National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences
241	NITIE	National Institute for Training in Industrial Engineering
242	NMDS	National Missile Defence System (US)
243	NMEP	National Malaria Eradication Programme
244	NOIDA	New Okhla Industrial Development Authority
245	NPC	National Productivity Council
246	NPP	National Population Policy
247	NPT	Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
248	NRDC	National Research and Development Corporation
249	NREP	National Rural Employment Programme
250	NRI	Non Resident Indian
251	NSC	National Security Council
252	NSSO	National Sample Survey Organisation
253	NTC	National Textile Corporation
254	NTPC	National Thermal Power Corporation
255	OGL	Open General Licence
256	OIL	Oil India Limited
257	OK	All Correct
258	ONGC	Oil and Natural Gas Commission
259	OPEC	Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
260	PCI	Press Council of India
261	PCS	Provincial Civil Services
262	Ph. D	Doctor of ‘Philosophy
263	PIN	Postal lndex Number
264	PLO	Palestine Liberation Organisation
265	PM	Post Meridian / Prime Minister
266	POTA	Prevention of Terrorism Act
267	PSLV	Polar. Satellite Launch Vehicle
268	PTI	Press Trust of India
269	PRO	Public Relations Officer
270	PTO	Please Turn Over
271	PVC	Poly Vinyl Chloride / Paramvir Chakra
272	PVSM	Param Vishisht Seva Medal
273	PWD	Public Work’s Department
274	PWG	People’s War Group
275	QED	Quod Erat Demonstrandum (Which was to be proved)
276	QEF	Quod Erat Faciendum (Which was to be done)
277	QEI	Quod Erat Inveniendum (Which was to be found)
278	QMG	Quarter Master General
279	RADAR	Radio Angle Direction and Range
280	RAW	Research and Analysis Wing
281	R & D	Research and Development
282	RBI	Reserve Bank of India
283	RCC	Reinforced Cement Concrete
284	RDX	Research Developed Explosive
285	RIMC	Rashtriya Indian Military College
286	RMS	Railway Mail Service
287	RLEGP	Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme
288	RNA	Ribonucleic Acid
289	RPM	Revolutions Per Minute
290	RSS	Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
291	RTO	Regional Transport Officer
292	SAARC	South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
293	SAC	Space Application Centre
294	SAFTA	South Asian Free Trade Agreement
295	SAI	Sports Authority of India
296	SAIL	Steel Authority of India Limited
297	SAPTA	South Asian Preferential Trade Arrangement
298	SARS	Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
299	SC	Security Council/Supreme Court
300	SCI	Shipping Corporation of India
301	SCOPE	Standing Conference of Public Enterprises
302	SCRA	Special Class Railway Apprentice
303	SDR	Special Drawing Rights
304	SEBI	Security Exchange Board of India
305	SGPC	Siromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee
306	SHAR	Shri Harikota Range
307	SIDBI	Small Industries Development Bank of India
308	SIS	Secret Intelligence Service (U.K)
309	SITA	Suppression of .Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act
310	SLV	Satellite Launch Vehicle
311	SPCA	Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals
312	SPICMC	Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical music and culture
313	STARS	Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station
314	STD	Subscribers Trunk Dialing
315	STPI	Software Technology Parks of India
316	SWAPO	South West African People’s Organisation
317	TA	Travelling Aliowance / Territorial Anmy
318	TELCO	Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company
319	TELEX	Teleprinter Exchange
320	TISCO	Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited
321	TNT	Tri-nitro-toluene
322	TOEFL	Test of English as a Foreign Language
323	TRAI	Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
324	TRIPS	Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
325	TTE	Travelling Ticket Examiner
326	TTFI	Table Tennis Federation of India
327	TWA	Trans World Airlines (USA)
328	UDC	Upper Division Clerk
329	UFO	Unidentified Flying Object
330	UGC	University Grants Commission
331	UHT	Ultra High Temperature
332	ULFA	United Liberation Front of Assam
333	UNASUR	Union of South American Nations (Spanish: Unión de Naciones Suramericanas)
334	UNCTAD	United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
335	UNDP	United Nations Development Programme
336	UNEF	United Nations Emergency Force
337	UNEP	United Nations Environment Programme
338	UNESCO	United Nations Economic Social and Cultural Organisation
339	UNFPA	United Nations for Population Activities
340	UNHCR	United Nations High Commission for Refugees
341	UNI	United News of India
342	UNICEF	United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
343	UNO	United Nations Organisation
344	UPS	Uninterrupted Power Supply
345	UPSC	Union Public Service Commission
346	USSR	Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
347	UTI	Unit Trust of India
348	VAT	Value Added Tax
349	VDIS	Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme
350	VC	Vice-Chancellor / Victoria Cross
351	VIP	Very Important Person
352	VPP	Value Payable Post
353	VRS	Voluntary Retirement Scheme
354	VSNL	Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited
355	VSSC	Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
356	WEF	World Economic Forum
357	WHO	World Health Organisation
358	WILL	Wireless in Local Loop
359	WMO	World Meteorological Organisation
360	WWF	World Wild Life Fund
361	WPI	Wholesale Price Index
362	WTO	World Trade Organisation
363	WWF	World Wild Life Fund for Nature
364	WWW	World Wide Web
365	YMCA	Young Men’s Christians Association
366	YWCA	Young Women’s Christians Association
367	ZBB	Zero Based Budgeting
368	ZSI	Zoological Survey of India