| 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 |
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INDIA GK
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Asia Country Capital Currency
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South America Continent Country Capital & Currency
South America Continent Country Capital & Currency
South AmericaCountry 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 -
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) -
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) -
Scientic Instruments & Their Uses
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 -
India prime ministers
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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.