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Asia Country Capital Currency

	Country Name	Capital	Currency
Asia	Afghanistan	Kabul	Afghani
Armenia	Yerevan	Dram
Azerbaijan	Baku	Manat
Bahrain	Manama	Bahrain dinar
Bangladesh	Dhaka	Taka
Bhutan	Thimphu	Ngultrum
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	Brunei dollar
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Riel
China	Beijing	Chinese Yuan
East Timor (Timor-Leste)	Dili	U.S. dollar
Georgia	Tbilisi	Lari
India	New Delhi	Indian Rupee
Indonesia	Jakarta	Rupiah
Iran	Tehran	Rial
Iraq	Baghdad	Iraqi Dinar
Israel	Jerusalem*	Shekel
Japan	Tokyo	Yen
Jordan	Amman	Jordanian dinar
North Korea	Pyongyang	Won
South Korea	Seoul	Won
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Kuwaiti Dinar
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Som
Laos	Vientiane	New Kip
Lebanon	Beirut	Lebanese pound
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Ringgit
Maldives	Male	Rufiyaa
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	Togrog
Myanmar (Burma)	Nay Pyi Taw	Kyat
Nepal	Kathmandu	Nepalese rupee
Oman	Muscat	Omani rial
Pakistan	Islamabad	Pakistani rupee
Palestine	Ramallah, East Jerusalem	Palestine Pound
Philippines	Manila	Peso
Qatar	Doha	Qatari riyal
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Riyal
Singapore	Singapore	Singapore dollar
Sri Lanka	Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)	Sri Lankan rupee
Syria	Damascus	Syrian pound
Taiwan	Taipei	Taiwan dollar
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	somoni
	Thailand	Bangkok	Baht
	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Manat
	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	U.A.E. Dirham
	Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Uzbekistani sum
	Vietnam	Hanoi	Dong
	Yemen	Sanaa	Rial

February 22, 2022

South America Continent Country Capital & Currency

South America Continent Country Capital & Currency

South America	Country Name	Capital	Currency
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Peso
Bolivia	La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial)	Boliviano
Brazil	Brasilia	Real
Chile	Santiago	Chilean Peso
Colombia	Bogota	Colombian Peso
Ecuador	Quito	U.S. dollar
Guyana	Georgetown	Guyanese dollar
Paraguay	Asuncion	Guaraní
Peru	Lima	Nuevo sol (1991)
Suriname	Paramaribo	Surinamese dollar
Trinidad and Tobago	Port-of-Spain	Trinidad and Tobago dollar
Uruguay	Montevideo	Uruguay peso
Venezuela	Caracas	Bolivar

February 22, 2022

Festivals of Indian States



Andhra Pradesh	Brahmotsavam(Sept-October)
Makar Sankranti(January)
ArunachalPradesh	Losar Festival(January-February)
Assam	Bihu(April)
Bihar	Chhath Puja(Oct – November)
Chhattisgarh	Bastar Dussehra(August toOctober)
Goa	Carnival(February)
Gujarat	KiteFestival(Uttarayan)
HarUJMIyana	Baisakhi(April 13 or 14)
Jammu Kashmir (Ladakh)	Hemis Festival(June)
Jharkand	Tusu festival(January)
Kerala	Onam(September)
Manipur	Kut Festival(November)
Nagaland	Hornbill(December)
Odisha	Raja Praba(June)
uakhai Festival(August-September)
Punjab	Lohri(January)
Rajasthan	Pushkar Fair(November)
Sikkim	Bumchu(December)
Phng Lhabsol(Aug – September)
Lasoong(December)
Saga Dawa(May-June)
Lasoong(December)
Tamil Nadu	Pongal(January)
Telangana	TelanganaBatukamma(September-October)
Telangana Bonalu(July-August)

February 22, 2022

State Symbols of India

State Symbols of India:

State	Animal	Bird	Tree	Flower
AndhraPradesh	Blackbuck	Indian Roller	Neem	Nelumbo; Water lily
ArunachalPradesh	Mithun (Gayal)	Great Hornbill	Hollong	Lady SlipperOrchid
Assam	Indian One-horned Rhino	White-wingedWood Duck	Hollong	Kopouphul FoxtailOrchids
Bihar	Gaur	Indian Roller	Peepal	Kachnar
Chhattisgarh	Wild Buffalo	Hill Myna		Indian Laurel
Delhi	Nilgai	House sparrow
Goa	Gaur	Black CrestedBulbul	Matti
Gujarat	Asiatic Lion	Greater Flamingo	Banyan	Marigold(Galgota)
Haryana	Blackbuck	Black Francolin	Peepal	Lotus
HimachalPradesh	Snow Leopard	WesternTragopan	Deodar	PinkRhododendron
Jammu &Kashmir	Hangul(Kashmir Stag)	Black neckedCrane	Chinar	CommonRhododendron
Jharkhand	Elephant	koel	Sal	Palash/ParrotTree
Kerala	Elephant	Great Hornbill	Coconut	Kanikonna/GoldenShower Tree
MadhyaPradesh	Swamp Deer	Paradise Flycatcher	Banyan	Palash/ParrotTree
Karnataka	Elephant	Indian Roller	Sandal	Lotus
Maharashtra	Giant Squirrel	Green ImperialPigeon	Mango	Jarul
Manipur	Sangai	Mrs. Hume’sPheasant	Toon	Siroi Lily
Meghalaya	CloudedLeopard	Hill Myna	Gamari	Lady SlipperOrchid
Mizoram	Hillock Gibbon	Mrs. Hume’sPheasant	Iron Wood	Red Vanda
Nagaland	Mithun	Blyth’s Tragopan	Alder	Phododendron
Odisha	Sambar Deer	Indian roller	Banyan	Ashoka
Punjab	Blackbuck	NorthernGoshawk	Sheesham
Rajasthan	Chinkara,Camel	Indian Bustard	Khejri	Rohira

Sikkim	Red Panda	Blood Pheasant	Rhododendron	Nobile Orchid
Tamil Nadu	NilgiriTahr	Emerald Dove	Palmera Palm	Kandhal
Telangana	Spotted Deer(Jinka)	Indian Roller(Paalapitta)	Shami (Jammichettu)	Peacock’s Pride(Thangedupuvvu)
Tripura	Phayre’sLangur	Green ImperialPigeon	Agar	Nageshwar
Uttarakhand	Musk Deer	Himalayan Monal	Burans	Brahm Kamal
Uttar Pradesh	Swamp Deer	Sarus Crane	Ashok	Brahm Kamal
West Bengal	Fishing cat	White-throatedKing Fisher	Chatian	Shephali

UnionTerritory	Animal	Bird	Tree	Flower
Andaman &NicobarIslands	Dugong (SeaCow)	Andaman WoodPigeon	AndamanPadauk	Pyinma Tree(Lagerstroemiahypoleuca)
Chandigarh	Indian greyMongoose	Indian greyHornbill	Mango	Dhak
Dadar& NagarHaveli
Daman & Diu
Lakshwadeep	Butterfly Fish	Sooty Tern	Bread Fruit
Puducherry	Squirrel	Asian Koel	vilva tree	Cannon ballflower (Nagalingaflower)

February 22, 2022

Scientic Instruments & Their Uses

Instrument	Quantity Measured
Accelerometer	physical acceleration
Actinometer	heating power of sunlight
Alcholmeter	alcoholic strength of liquids
Altimeter	altitudes

Ammeter	electric current
Anemometer	windspeed
Audimeter	hearing
Barkometer	tanning liquors used in tanning leather
Barometer	air pressure
Bevameter	mechanical properties of soil
Bolometer	electromagnetic radiation
Brannok Device	measuring shoe size
Breathalyzer	breath alcohol content
Caliper	distance
Calorimeter	heat of chemical reactions
Cathetometer	vertical distances
Ceilometer	height of a cloud base
Chronometer or Clock	time
Clap-o-meter	volume of applause
Colorimeter	color
Compass	direction of North
Creepmeter	slow surface displacement of an activegeologic fault in the earth
Declinometer	magnetic declination
Densimeter	specific gravity of liquids
Densitometer	degree of darkness in photographic orsemitransparent material
Dialtometer	volume changes caused by a physical orchemical process
Diffractometer	structure of crystals
Disdrometer	size, speed, and velocity of raindrops
Dosimeter	exposure to hazards, especially radiation;radiation of item
Dynamometer	force, torque or power
Electricity Meter	electrical energy used
Electrometer	electric charge
Electronic Tuner	pitch of musical notes
Ellipsometer	refractive index, dielectric function,thickness of thin films
Eudiometer	change in volume of a gas mixturefollowing combustion
Evaporimeter	rate of evaporation
Fathometer	ocean depth
Framing Square	right angles in construction
Frequency Counter	Frequency Of Alternating Current
Fuel Gauge	fuel levels
Galvanometer	electricity

Gas Pycnometer	volume and density of solids
Geiger Counter	ionizing radiation (alpha, beta, gamma,etc.)
Glucometer	blood glucose (diabetes)
Graphometer	angles
Heliometer	variation of the sun’s diameter
Hydrometer	specific gravity of liquids (density ofliquids)
Hygrometer	humidity
Inclinometer	angle of a slope
Infrared Thermometer	Measures heat radiated
Inkometer	ink
Interferometer	wave interference
Katharometer	composition of gases
Lactometer	specific gravity of milk
Light meter	light (in photography)
Load Cell	measurement of force
Lux meter	intensity of light
Magnetometer	strength of magnetic fields
Manometer	pressure of gas
Mass flow meter	mass flow rate of a fluid travelling througha tube
Mass Spectrometer	masses of ions, used to identify chemicalsubstances through their mass spectra
Measuring Spoon	a spoon used to measure an amount of aningredient, either liquid or dry
Megger	electrical insulation
Mercury Barometer	Atmospheric pressure
Micrometer	small distances
Multimeter	electrical potential, resistance, and current
Nephelometer	particle in a liquid
Nephoscope	to measure the speed and direction ofclouds
Odometer	distance travelled
Ohmmeter	electrical resistance
Orchidometer	testicle size in male humans
Oscilloscope	oscillations
Osmometer	osmotic strength of a solution, colloid, orcompound matter of an object
Parking Meter	collects moneys for vehicle parking rights ina zone for a limited time
Pedometer	steps
PH meter	pH (chemical acidity/basicity of a solution)
Phtt	illiidi

Voltmeter	electric potential, voltage
Watt Meter	electrical power
Wind Vane	wind direction
Zymometer	fermentation

February 22, 2022

India prime ministers

PrimeMinister	Tenure
Jawaharlal Nehru	1947-1964
Gulzarilal Nanda	1964-1964(13days)
Lal Bahadur Sastri	1964-1966
Indira Gandhi	1966-1977
Morarji Desai	1977-179
Charan Singh	1979-1980
Indira Gandhi	1980-1984
Rajiv Gandhi	1984-1989
V P Singh	1989-1990
Chandra Shekhar	1990-1991
PV Narasimha Rao	1991-1996
Atal Bihari Vajpayee	1996-1996(16days)

PrimeMinister	Tenure
H.D Devgowda	1996-1997
I.K Gujral	1997-1998
Atal Bihari Vajpayee	1998-2004
Manmohan Singh	2004-2014
Narendra Modi	2014- Till date

February 22, 2022

National Highways in India

Highway	Connectivity	Length(Kms)
NH-1	· Leh (Jammu & Kashmir) to Uri (Jammu &Kashmir)	534
NH-1A	Jalandhar – Madhopur – Jammu – Banihal –Srinagar – Baramula – Uri	663
NH-2	Delhi-Mathura-Agra-Kanpur-Allahabad-Varanasi-Kolkata	1465
NH-3	Agra-Gwalior-Nasik-Mumbai	1,326
NH-4	Mayabandar-Port Blair-Chiriyatapu (Andaman)	230
NH-5	Firozepur (Punjab) – Shipkila (HimachalPradesh)	637
NH-6	Jorabat (Meghalaya) – Selling (Mizoram)	1873
NH-7	Fazilka(Punjab)-Rishikesh-Badrinath-Mana(Uttarakhand)	770
NH-8	Karimganj(Assam)-Khayerpur(Tripura)	371
NH-9	Malout(Punjab)-Rohtak(Haryana)-Delhi-Ghaziabad-Rampur(Uttar Pradesh)-Pithoragarh(Uttarakhand)	811
NH-10	Siliguri(West Bengal)-Gangtok(Sikkim)	174
NH-11	Jaisalmer, Pokaran, Bikaner, Sri Dungargarh,Ratangarh, Fatehpur, Mandawa, Jhunjhunu	545
NH-12	Dalkhola-Bakkhali in West Bengal	612
NH-13	Tawang-Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh	1150
NH-15	Baihat(Assam)-Wakro(Arunachal Pradesh)	664
NH-16	Jharpokaria-Baleshwar-Cuttack-Vijaywada-Chennai	1533
NH- 18	Gobindpur-Chas-Purulia-Chandil-Jamshedpur-Ghatshila-Baharagora-Baripada-Balasore	359
NH-17	Sevoke(West Bengal)-Guwahati(Assam)	477
NH-19	Delhi-Mathura-Agra-Kanpur-Allahabad-Varanasi-Mohania-Barhi- Palsit-Baidyabati-Bara-Kolkata	1435
NH-21	Jaipur-Agra	262
NH-26	Raipur – Balangir – Vizianagaram	551
NH – 27	Porbandar(Gujarat)-Udaipur-Kota-Jhansi-Kanpur-Lucknow-Gorakhpur-Muzaffarpur-Darbhanga-Guwahati-Dispur-Silchar(Assam)	3,507

NH – 30	Sitarganj (Uttarakhand)-Bareilly-Shahjahanpur-Sitapur-Lucknow-Raebareli-Allahabad-Jabalpur-Raipur-Dhamtari-Jagdalpur-Bhadrachalam-Kothagudem-Ibrahimpatnam(Andhra Pradesh)	2040
NH-31	Unnao(Uttar Pradesh)-Samsi(West Bengal)	968
NH-33	Arwal(Bihar)-Farakka(West Bengal)	443
NH-34	Gangotri Dham (Uttarakhand)-Lakhnadon(Madhya Pradesh)	1426
NH – 39	Jhansi-Satna-Singrauli-Shaktinagar-Ranchi	869
NH-42	Anantapur(Andhra Pradesh) – Krishnagiri(TamilNadu)	424
*NH-44	Srinagar-Jalandhar-Ludhiana-Panipat-Delhi-Mathura-Agra-Gwalior-Jhansi-Jabalpur-Nagpur-Adilabad-Nizamabad-Hyderabad-Mahbubnagar-Kurnool-Anantapur-Bangalore-Dharmapuri-Salem-Karur-Dindigul-Madurai-Tirunelveli-Kanyakumari	3745
NH – 47	Bamanbore(Gujarat)-Nagpur(Maharashtra)	1080
NH – 48	New Delhi-Jaipur-Ajmer-Udaipur-Ahmedabad-Vadodara-Surat-Vapi-Mumbai-Pune-Kolhapur-Belgaum-Hubballi-Bengaluru-Vellore-Chennai	2807
NH – 49	Bilaspur(Chhattishgarh)-Kolkata(Bengal)	817
NH-52	Narwana-Hisar-Jaipur-Kota-Indore-Aurangabad-Solapur-Bijapur-Hubli-Ankola	2317
NH-62	Abohar(Punjab)-Pindwara(Rajasthan)	748
NH-63	Yedshi- Latur- Udgir- Deglur- Adampur –Khatgoan – Nizamabad – Metpalli – Mancheral –Chinnur -(CHENNUR)- Sironcha – Bijapur –Bhairamgarh – Gidam – Bagmundi – Jagdalpur	860
NH-65	Pune, Solapur, Hyderabad, Suryapet,Vijayawada and Machilipatnam	881
NH-66	Panvel-Sangameshwar-Hatkhamba(Ratnagiri)-Panaji-Margao-Karwar-Udupi-Surathkal-Mangaluru-Kannur-Thalassery-Kozhikode-Kodungallur-Kochi-Alappuzha-Kollam-Thiruvananthapuram-Kanyakumari	1622
NH-67	Hubli-Hospet-Bellary-Guntakal-Tadipatri-Jammalamadugu-Proddatur-Mydukur-Badvel-Nellore-Krishnapatnam Port	770
NH-75	Mangalore-Hassan-Bangalore-Venkatagirikota-Gudiyattam-Katpadi-Vellore	533
NH-948	Bengaluru(Karnataka)-Coimbatore(Tamil Nadu)	317
NH-183	Kollam(Kerala)-Dindigul(Tamil Nadu)	210

February 22, 2022

indian presidents from 1947 to 2019

List of indian presidents from1947 to 2019

Name of the President	Tenure
Dr. Babu RajendraPrasad	1950-1962
Dr.SarvepalliRadhakrishnan	1962-1967
Zakir Husain	1967-1969
Varahagiri Venkata Giri	1969-1969 1969-174
Mohammed Hidayutullah	1969-1969
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed	1974-1977
Basappa Danappa Jatti	1977-1977
Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy	1977-1982
Zail Singh	1982-1987
RamaswamyVenkataraman	1987-1992
Shankar Dayal Sarma	1992-1997
K.R. Narayanan	1997-2002
A.P.J Abdul Kalam	2002-2007
Prathiba Patil	2007-2012
Pranab Mukherjee	2012-2017
Ram Nath Kovind	25 July2017- Present

February 22, 2022

Bird Sanctuaries in India

Bird Sanctuaries in India

State	Name
Andhra Pradesh	Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary
Upalapattu Bird Sanctuary
Pulicat Bird Sanctuary
Delhi Delhi – Uttar Pradesh	Najafgareh Bird Sanctuary
Okhla Bird Sanctuary
Gujarat Gujarat	Gaga wildlife Sanctuary
Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary
Haryana Haryana	Bhindawas wildlife Sanctuary
Khaparwas wildlife Sanctuary
Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka	Bonal Bird Sanctuary
Kaggaladu Bird Sanctuary
Magadi Bird Sanctuary
Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary
Kerala Kerala Kerala	Kudalundi Bird Sanctuary
Kumarakam Bird Sanctuary
Mangalavanam Bird Sanctuary
Maharashtra Maharashtra	Mayani Bird Sanctuary
Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary
Mizoram	Lengteng wildlife Sanctuary
Tamilnadu	Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary
Kajirankulam Bird Sanctuary
Koothankulam Bird Sanctuary
Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary
Vellode Bird Sanctuary
Vettangudi Bird Sanctuary
Karaivetti Bird Sanctuary
Karikkiri Bird Sanctuary
Pulicat lake Bird Sanctuary
SuchindramTheroorBird Sanctuary
UdhayamarthandamBird Sanctuary
Vaduvur Bird Sanctuary
Uttar Pradesh	Bakhira Sanctuary

February 22, 2022

National Symbols Of India

National Symbols Of India

S. No	Category	Symbol	Related Persons / Details
1	National Flag of India	Horizontal rectangular tricolor of India saffron, white and India green; with the Ashoka Chakra, a 24-spoke wheel, in navy blue at its centre	Our National Flag was designed by Mr. Pingali Venkayya of Andhra Pradesh. It was adopted during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on 22 July 1947.
2	State Emblem of India	An adaptation from the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka	It is preserved in the Varanasi Sarnath Museum in India. The emblem was officially adopted on 26 January 1950.
3	National Anthem of India	“Jana Gana Mana”	It was composed in Bengali by poet Rabindranath Tagore. It was adopted in its Hindi version on 24 January 1950. It was first publicly sung on 27 December 1911 at the Calcutta (now, Kolkata).
4	National Song of India	“Vande Mataram”	It is a Bengali poem written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 1870s, which he included in his 1881 novel Anandamath. The poem was composed into song by Rabindranath Tagore. The first two verses of the song were adopted as the National Song of India in October 1937 by Congress Working Committee prior to the end of colonial rule in August 1947. After Independence, it was adopted on Jan 24th, 1950.

February 22, 2022