general

Prize winners

§  1998 – Professor Muhammad Yunus, the founder of the Grameen Bank for the poor

§  1999 – Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize recipient

§  2000 – Xanana Gusmão, the poet-artist and president of East Timor

§  2001 – Sir William Deane, the former Governor-General of Australia

§  2002 – Mary Robinson, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

§  2003 – Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian academic and human rights campaigner

§  2004 – Arundhati Roy, Indian novelist and peace activist

§  2005 – Olara Otunnu, United Nations Under Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict from Uganda

§  2006 – Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International

§  2007 – Hans Blix, chairman of the UN Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission

§  2008 – Patrick Dodson, chairman of the Lingiari Foundation

§  2009 – John Pilger, Australian journalist and documentary maker

§  2010 – Vandana Shiva, Indian social justice and environmental activist, eco-feminist and author(Indian physicist and environmentalist)

§  2011 – Noam Chomsky, American linguist and activist

§  2012 – Sekai Holland, Zimbabwean Senator^[1]

TANGANYIKA AND ZANZIBAR MERGED TO FORM PRESENT ZANZIBAR

COCKPIT OF EUROPE----BELGIUM

TASHKENT AGREEMENT----JAN 10, 1966

HEART TRANSPLANT IN BLUE BABIES----

ISRAELI ATTACK ON LEBANON----


OPERATION RHINO----

29 TH AUGUST---NATIONAL SPORTS DAY
ROCK GARDEN---CHANDIGARH
FIRST UNO SECRETARY GENERAL--------TRYGVE LIE
PT.BHIMSEN JOSHI-----CLASSICAL MUSIC
GANGUBAI HANGAL-----
PIERRE CARDIN----ASSOCIATED WITH FASHION DESIGNING FEILD
YEHUDI MENUHIN----VIOLIN
ZUBIN MEHTA----MUSIC
SHAMBHU MAHARAJ----KATHAK


PANDIT JASRAJ, MALLIKARJUN MANSUR, KISHORI AMONKAR----VOCAL MUSIC

SHIV KUMAR SHARMA---

NAGESHWARA RAO----MOTION PICTURE

VILAYAT KHAN----SITAR

PALGHAT MANI IYER----MRIDANGAN

VEDANANTHAM SATHYANARAYANA----KUCHIPUDI

KAMALADEVI CHATTOPADHAYA---ARTS AND HANDICRAFTS

MAIDEN QUEEN-----NICKNAME OF QUEEN ELIZABETH-I

SARADA UKIL---PAINTER

GUGU GOPI KRISHNA----KATHAK

JAMINI ROY----PAINTER

BHAU ATHAYA---COSTUME DESIGNING

DRAMATIST-----GIRISH R. KANDAL, BADAL SIRCAR, VIJAY TENDULKAR  EXCEPT JAYANTA MAHAPATRA

SHIV KUMAR SHARMA----FLUTE

UDAY SHANKAR---

SHANTHANAM---
YUSUF MEHERALLY----

PANDIT JASRAJ

MALLIKARJUN MANSUR

KISHORI AMONKAR



GURU KELUCHARAN MOHAPATRA----ODDISI

PANNALAL GHOSH---FLUTE

NIKHIL BANERJEE----

V.C.JOG---VIOLIN

HARI PRASAD CHAURASIA----FLUTE

SANTOOR---


TRINITY OF CARNATIC MUSIC----THYAGARAJA, PURANDARDASA,MUTHUSWAMI DIKSHITAR

SHYAMA SASTRI----


GURU  VEDANTAM SATYANARAYANA SARMA-----KUCHIPUDI

ASHOKA CHAKRA----

B.C.ROY AWARD---

FIRST ASIAN WINNER OF NOBLE PRIZE-----RABINDRANATH TAGORE

FIRST RECIPIENT OF GOVIND BALLABH PANT AWARD----INDRAJIT GUPTA


FIRST NON INDIAN TO RECIEVE BHARAT RATNA----KHAN ABDUL GAFFAR KHAN


ORDER----ZYGOTE, CLEAVAGE,BLASTULA,CLEVAGE

JAYAKONDAM----DINOSAUR FOSSILS WERE ROUND IN TAMIL NADU

QUTB UD DIN AIBAK---TOLERANT IN HIS DEALINGS WITH HIS HINDU SUBJECTS
HE WAS OF CHAIRTABLE NATURE

HUMIDITY OF AIR INCREASES THE VELOCITY OF SOUND INCREASES

IF FRIDGE DOOR KEPT OPEN THEN THE ROOM BECOMES WARM

NEUTRONS----PARTICLES WHICH CAN BE ADDED TO THE NUCLEUS OF THE ATOM WITHOUT CHANGING ITS CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

ELECTRICITY CAPACITY---FARAD
ELECTRIC CURRENT---AMPERE
EMF---VOLT
ELECTRIC RESISTANCE---OHM

STEAM DISTILLATION IS ECONOMICAL METHOD OF SEPERATION OF ESSENTIAL OILS FROM NATURAL SOURCES

GLASS---SILICA
CEMENT---CLAY
MATCHES---PHOSPHORUS
INK---CARBON BLACK


HYBIDIZATION----PROCESS OF TRANSFER OF DESIRABLE CHARACTERS FROM ONE SPECIES TO OTHER

ORCHARDS ARE----FRUIT GARDENS

DAT WROTE THE HISTORY OF RAJAPUTIRA

ARAZ I MUMMALIK----HEAD OF MINISTRY OF WAR
DABIR I KHAS---HEAD OF ROYAL CORRESPONDENCE
DIWAN I RISALAT--HEAD OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
BASID I MUMMALIK----HEAD OF STATE NEWS AGENCY

KRISHNADEVARAYA----FRIENDLY WITH PROTUGUESE, RELIGIOUS ZEAL

PESHWA'S SECRETARIAT at poona was a revenue officer

woods despatch, hunter commision, raleigh commision, calcutta university commision,


mangroove forests in tn----coastal strip from pitchavaram to muthupeetai

sugarcane research institute----coimbatore



calcutta---tidal power

koyna---- thermal

bhavanagar----hydel power


no five year plan-----1966-69 ( 3 yrs)

non economic determinant of economic growth----social institutions

minister not member of legislature must secure a seat within six months

samhitas---collection of hymns, prayers sacrificial formulas

tax levied and collected by state----land revenue

alexander-----i am dying with help of too many doctor's

tax levied and collected by centre but assigned to state-----estate duty

manpower planning involves development of semi skilled manpower

freedom at midnight-------dominique lampieree

tilak----gita rahasya
bose---my indian struggle
nehru---glimpse of world history



hoogly----calcutta
ganga----kanpur
yamuna------delhi
godavari----nasik



first atomic power station-----tarapur
copper will float in mercury
mirage is due to total internal reflection


standard temperature in kelvin scale---273k

AVAGRADO NO----6.023*10^23

OIL OF VITROL----H2SO4

CATHODE RAYS----DEFLECTED BY ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELD

MAHAJANAPADAS----16 STATES


THIRD BATTLE OF PANIPAT----1761

SINDRI----FERTILIZER, BARAUNI---OIL REFINERY, METTUR--ALUMINIUM

UTILITY IN ECONOMICS MEANS----PLEASURE

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF MEMBER ALLOWED IN PRIVATE COMPANY

NORTH EAST---SEVEN SISTER STATES

patel (BISMARCK OF INDIA) got name sardar----after bardoli sathyagraha

FIRST INDIAN UNDERGROUND (METRO) RAILWAY SERVICE AT KOLKATTA

OFFICIAL REPORT OF BRITISH GOVT----WHITE BOOK

INDUSTRY FIRST STARTED IN INDIA----COTTON

TEA--ASSAM, SUGARCANE---UP, GROUNDNUT--GUJARAT, APPLE---HIMACHAL PRADESH

FOOT HILLZONE OF HIMALAYAS----SIVALIK RANGES

TRANS HIMALAYAN RIVER----BRAMHAPUTRA


KALINGATTUPARANI----JAYAMKONDAR

SORE THROAT----CAUSED BY PATHOGEN

OSMOSIS TAKES PLACE IN ROOT CAP

STAINLESS STEEL IS THE ALLOY USED IN SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS



MOTHER------maxim gorky

UNTO THE CAST----JOHN RUSKIN

A TRAIN TO PAKISTAN----KHUSWANT SINGH

WORSHIPING FALSE GODS ---ARUN SHORIE

IGNITED NINDS-----ABDUL KALAM

NOBLE PRIZE WAS  WRITTEN RUSSIAN WRITER BORIS PASTERNAK

VECLAW HAVEL FORMER PRESIDENT OF CZECH

GEET SETHI -----BILLIARDS

TIGER WOODS----GOLF

RAJA RAVIVARMA---ARTIST


AZIM PREMJI----INDUSTRIALIST

PELE( BRAZIL)---WORLD FAMOUS FOOTBALL

BAICHA NI BHUTIA-----FOOTBALLER

DAYAN CHAND-----HOCKEY

ALI AKBAR KHAN-----TABELA

PANDIT RAVI SANKAR----SITAR

USTAD BISMILLAH KHAN---SHEHNAI

PRANNOY ROY------- PSEPHOLOGIST

RAJA RAMANNA---NUCLEAR SCIENTIST

AMRITA PRITAM-----POET

JAMINI ROY---ARTIST

BHIMSON JOSHI----VOCALIST

SONAL MAN SINGH------ODISSI

NANI PALKHIVALA----JURIST

MIRA NAIR---CINEMA

SHYAM BENGAL------FILM DIRECTOR

APARNA PAPAT----- BADMINTON

BABA AMTE----SOCIAL REFORMER

A SUITABLE BOY----VIKRAM SETH

COOLIE---R.K.NARAYAN

SWAMI AND HIS FRIEND

A HOUSE FOR MR.BISWAS------V.S.NAIPAUL

SATANIC VERSES ----SALMAN RUSHDIE

MY STORY---- MONICA SELES

HINDU VIEW OF LIFE--S.RADHAKRISHNAN

GOVT IS FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND OF THE PEOPLE-----ABRAHAM LINCOLN

ALICE IN WONDERLAND FAMOUS TV SERIAL IS BASED ON BOOK WRITTEN BY LEWIS CAROLL

GUNNAR MYRDAL HAS DEALT WITH THE PROBLEM OF ASIAN COUNTRIES IN ASIAN DRAMA REGARDING -----POVERTY

TRANSCRIPTION----PROCESS BY WHICH RNA IS FORMED FROM DNA

JATAKA TALES ARE STORIES ABOUT THE LIVES OF BODHISATVAS

GANDHARA ART IS FUSION OF INDIAN AND GREEK ARTS

PERMANENT LAND REVENUE SETTLEMENT -------1793

DOLPHIN NOSE---VISHAKHAPATTANAM
DIAMOND HARBOUR---CALCUTTA
NAVAL TRAINING CENTER----COCHIN
GATEWAY OF INDIA---MUMBAI

1955----INDUSTRIAL CREDIT AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION ESTAB

KARNATAKA---85% PERCENT OF INDIA'S RAW SILK IS PRODUCED

MILK IS CHURNED,CREAM GETS SEPARATED DUE TO CENTRIFUGAL FORCE

EXPANSION OF TNPL------TAMIL NADU NEWSPRINT PAPER LTD

ONE MAN ONE VOTE BASIC PRINCIPLE COOPERATIVE ORGANISATION


KEROSENE OIL IS AN EXAMPLE OF NATURE OIL

INDIA'S SPACE PROGRAMME WAS ORGANISED---1972

OXIDES OF NITROGEN ----NOT PRESENT IN AUTOMOBILE EXHAUSTS
LEAD,CARBON MONOXIDE,CARBON DIOXIDE.

VELOCITY OF LIGHT IN VACCUM -----3* 10^8 M/S

WHEN A BODY IS TAKEN FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON, ITS MASS REMAINS UNCHANGED

RAMAN SPECTRA IS DUE TO SCATTERING OF LIGHT

OXALIC ACID---TOMATO

TREATY OF SRIRANGAPATTINAM---1792

STEAM CAUSES MORE INJURY THAN WATER BECOS--THE LATENT HEAT OF CONDENSATION OF STEAM GIVES ADDITIONAL HEAT ENERGY

KURINJI FLOWER ONCE IN 12 YRS









































































































DALAL STREET IS KNOWN FOR STOCK EXCHANGE IN BOMBAY

NATIONAL POLICE ACADEMY----HYDERABAD


NATIONAL INSTITUTE  OF VIROLOGY---PUNE

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE---BANGLORE


BELUR MATH---VIVEKANAND

CHAR MINAR ----HYDERABAD

THE GATHERING STORM-----WINSTON CHURCHILL

WE INDIANS ------BOOK BY

GEET GOVIND----JAYA DEV

YEAR OF PILGRIMAGE IS AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DR.RAJA RAMANA

PRISON DIARY-----JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN

BROKEN WINGS----SAROJINI NAIDU

GOD HELP THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES TOLD BY VIVEKANANDA

WHOM GOD LOVES, DIE YOUNG WROTE BY--BRYON

BETTER TO REIGN IN HELL THAN TO SERVE HEAVEN---MILTON

AUROBINDO-----SAVITHRI

CHUKKER TERM USED IN POLO

GOLF-----PRINCE OF WALES CUP


INDIAN ARTISTS WINNER OF OSCAR AWARD-----BHANU ATHAIYA

PRAKASH PADUKONE IS ASSOCIATED WITH BADMINTON

ASIAN GAMES FIRST IN DELHI

RUDY HASTONO----WON ALL ENGLAND BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP FOR SEVEN YEARS


























army  DAY---JANUARY 15

HIGHEST WATERFALL IN WORLD---ANGEL FALLS

FIRST RAILWAY LINE WAS LAID IN NORTH-EAST ENGLAND

FIRST NEWSPAPER IN INDIA---JAMES A.HICKERY

OLDEST HINDU EPIC----MAHABHARATA

INDIAN AIR FORCE----HIGHEST RANK (AIR COMMODORE)

FIRST RAILWAY LINE IN INDIA---1853

OLDEST MONUMENT IS AJANTA CAVES (MAHARASTRA)

FIRST INDIAN UNIVERSITY OPENED IN 1857 WAS IN CALCUTTA