Geographical Sobriquets
Surname Name Bengal’s Sorrow Damodar River Blue Mountains Nilgiri Hills City of Sky-scrapers New York City of Seven Hills Rome City of Dreaming Spires Oxford City of palaces Kolkata City … Read More
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Battles and Wars-World Wars,Gulf war,Boer War
Battle of Marathon (490 B.C.)—This battle was fought between the Greeks and Persians in 490 B.C. A small Greek Army defeated much larger Persian force. Battle of Hastings (1066 A.D.)—This … Read More
Vyomnauts and ISRO
What are Vyomnauts? India’s First space mission is scheduled for 2015. In this mission three-person vehicle will initially carry two astronauts into 275-kilometre low-Earth orbit. The ISRO is in process … Read More
Sobriquets-Geographical Nicknames of Countires
Sobriquets-Geographical nicknames Geographical nicknames or sobriquets as they are popularly known as forms an integral part of any PSC or Bank PO exam. Many Quiz or trivia questions are made … Read More
Agriculture Quiz-Major Crops Producing Countries
Major crops(agricultural commodities)– Top producing countries Below given is a list of top producing countries of major agricultural commodities. The top three producing countries of each crop is given in … Read More
The Dyarchy System
Dyarchy: Under the Government of India Act, 1919, the system of Dyarchy (double government) was introduced under which provincial governments were given more powers. Some subjects, such as fi- nance … Read More
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad National Fellowship Scheme
Scholarship scheme for minority students The Union government has launched the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad National Fellowship Scheme for minority students and another one to computerise State Wakf Boards. Under … Read More
The Blue moon
There are 12 full moons most years but every two or three years there is an extra full moon which is called a “Blue moon”.
GK Question Series for all examinations
1. The UN Deputy Secretary- General is— (A) Dr. Asha Rose Mtengeti Migiro (B) Mark Malloch Brown (C) Shashi Tharoor (D) Louise Frechette Ans: A 2. According to the latest … Read More
What is GST and SGST?
Goods and Services Tax (GST) A comprehensive Goods and Services Tax (GST) has been proposed and the Centre and the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers. GST is to have … Read More