Benincasa hispida is botanical name of Petha.
In the 6th century AD Korean missionaries brought Zen Buddhism to Japan, spreading the view of meditation as a means of achieving enlightenment.
Margaret Nobel addressed `The Master As I SawHim to Swami Vivekanand.
1996: Microsoft, in August 1996, entered the video conferencing market with NetMeeting
In 2000-01, as part of its broader privatisation and disinvestment push, NDA govt under Atal Bihari Vajpayee tried to sell a minority stake or 40 pc stake in Air India.
The Fifth Schedule of Indian Constitution provides for administration and control of Scheduled Area and STs.
For the accommodation 20000 men employed on Taj Mahal a town, named Mumtazabad, now known as Taj Ganj, was built adjacent to it.
Pantothenic acid promotes a large number of metabolic reactions essential for the growth and well- being of animals.
Starting with the 1994 Naples Summit, the G7 (France, the United States, Britain, Germany, Japan, Italy and Canada) met with Russia at each summit (referred to as the P8 or Political 8).
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Queensland is a state of Australia that occupies the north-eastern section of the mainland continent.
The English East India Company was granted royal charter for monopoly of commerce in eastern water by Queen Elizabeth in 1600.
Kangaroos need very little water to survive and are capable of going for months without drinking at all.
Lepchas - Tribals of Sikkim.
The First Lok Sabha was constituted on 17 April 1952, … the First Session of the First Lok Sabha commenced on 13 May 1952. … First Lok Sabha was dissolved on 4 April 1957, after its full tenure of five years.
Nickel silver is a metal alloy of copper with nickel and often but not always zinc. It is named for its silvery appearance, and contains no elemental silver. Other common names for this alloy are German Silver, Paktong, New Silver and Alpacca (or Alpaca
Bharat Bhawan in Bhopal was designed by the renowned architect Charles Correa
One-horned rhinoceros, which has become extinct in other parts of the world, is the most notable animal in Assam.
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Zulu are traditionally agriculturalists and many Zulus are supporters of the political organization Inkatha.
On 4 December 2021 at Wankhede Stadium Mumbai, New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel claimed the rare honour of bagging all 10 wickets in an innings. Patel became third player to do so after England off-spinner Jim Laker and India leg-spinner Anil Kumble
Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary, once home to Asiatic Lions, is near Varanasi
Maple syrup is an excellent source of manganese, which plays an important role in energy production and antioxidant defenses, and is necessary for normal brain and nerve function.
Ganesh Tok, a temple of Ganesh, is on a hillock on Gangtok-Nathula Road.
Lolab Valley is bordered by Kashmir Valley to the south and Neelum Valley to the north, and is separated by Nagmarg meadows from Bandipore to the east.
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Mahayana Buddhism is not a single group but a collection of Buddhist traditions: Zen Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism, and Tibetan Buddhism are all forms of Mahayana Buddhism.
The Defence Intelligence Agency created in March 2002 in the backdrop of intelligence lapses that occurred during the Kargil War
Rajya Sabha has special powers to declare that it is necessary and expedient in the national interest that Parliament may make laws with respect to a matter in the State List or to create by law one or more all-India services
Area-wise largest country in Europe is Ukraine.
Of its three most common forms - Hepatitis A causes mild illness; and hepatitis B and C cause chronic liver diseases.
25th December was not celebrated as the birthday of Christ until the year AD 440
In Tamil calendar, unlike the Gregorian calendar, the number of days in a given month can vary between years. Tamil months may even have 32 days e.g.,Vaikasi had 32 days in 1996 and 31 days in 1998. Aani had 31 days in 1996 and 32 days in 1998.
Tosa Maidan is a tourist destination and a hill station in the khag area of the Budgam district in the Kashmir Valley.
On 23 August 1954, the Chairman, Rajya Sabha made an announcement in the House that the Council of States would now be called Rajya Sabha.
Prehistoric cultures such as the Yangshao Culture and Longshan Culture were active in what is now northern Henan - the most populous province of China
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In a rare phenomenon, on October 30, 2005 Mars, the red planet, in the constellation of Taurus, approached to within 69.4 million km of Earth - it will not swing this close to Earth for another 13 years
Swaminarayanan Akshardham in Robbinsville, New Jersey between the New York and Philadelphia metropolitan areas, was inaugurated in 2014 as one of the largest Hindu temples in the world.
Siachen glacier, originally known as Saicher Gharni was place of interest and several Baltis from the western valleys visited the glacier.
IFFI is International Film Festival of India
Approximate equivalent of 1 square foot is 0.09 square metre
Makhonjwa Mountains, commonly called the "Genesis of Life", officially said to be the oldest mountain range in the world, lie on the eastern edge of the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa.
The Luni is the only major river; the inland drainage pattern has created a number of salt lakes, such as the Didwana, Kuchman, Degna, and Sambhar.
In 1832 the present state of Haryana was transferred to the then North-Western Provinces.
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Anandabazar Patrika, Bengali newspaper that grew to become one of the most read publications, was relaunched in 1922 by Suresh Chandra Majumdar and Prafulla Kumar Sarkar.
On January 31, 1958, Explorer 1 became the first artificial satellite launched into space by US. Onboard was a cosmic ray detector designed to measure the radiation environment in Earth orbit.
In June 2006 India joined the 100 million mobile club - India has become the fifth to join the elite club - the others being China, the USA, Japan and Russia.
The smallest north-eastern state is Tripura.
Alaska Peninsula, stretch of land extending southwest from mainland Alaska, U.S. It spreads for 800 km between the Pacific Ocean (southeast) and Bristol Bay, an arm of the Bering Sea.
"Sarabhai" Crater is named after Dr Vikram Sarabhai and around 250 to 300 kilometres east of this Crater is where the Apollo 17 and Luna 21 Missions had landed.
The eastern part of the continent of Antarctica is the largest, and the western part has a peninsula that extends out 965km (600 miles) from the pole.
The Handicapped are classified into 5 categories: Visually handicapped, Orthopaedically handicapped, Hearing handicapped, Mentally retarded and Leprosy-cured
Lolab Valley is formed by the flow of Lahwal River, and is known as "the fruit bowl of Jammu and Kashmir".
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Tsunamis are large waves that are generated when the sea floor is deformed by seismic activity, vertically displacing the overlying water in the ocean.
Sind Valley, situated within the jurisdiction of Kangan tehsil of Ganderbal district, is bordered by Kashmir Valley in the west, Zojila in the east, Gurez Valley of the Kishanganga River in the north and Lidder Valley in the south.
The Siachen glacier is found in the Karakoram mountains at the western end of the Himalayan mountain chain. This region contains the greatest concentration of high peaks on Earth
Madras (Chennai) city initially grew around a 17th-century Fort St. George without a well-chartered plan.
Exocrine glands- secrete their products via a duct, the glands in this group can be divided into three groups: Apocrine glands, Holocrine glands and Merocrine glands
The lowest possible temperature, or absolute zero as it is called, is -273.15 degrees Celsius, or -459.67 degrees Fahrenheit. It is also called 0 degrees Kelvin, a temperature scale with increments equivalent to degrees of Celsius
With the exception of North Korea, Cuba, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Monaco, Tuvalu and Nauru, all UN member states either participate directly in the IMF or are represented by other member states.
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With the exception of North Korea, Cuba, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Monaco, Tuvalu and Nauru, all UN member states either participate directly in the IMF or are represented by other member states.
The Atanasoff–Berry computer (ABC) was the first automatic electronic digital computer
Kyrgyzstan is a multi-ethnic state comprising Kyrgyz, Uzbeks, Tajiks, Russians, Ukrainians and Germans, and a small number of Uighur, Dungan (Chinese Muslims) and Koreans.
The Erlitou culture, which has been controversially identified with the Xia Dynasty, the first Chinese dynasty as described in Chinese records, was centered in Henan - located in the central part of China
Starting in June 1941, in the first five months, Germany occupied 40% of the territory of USSR, where 68% of cast iron, 58% of steel and aluminium, 65% coal and 40% railroad equipment were produced.
In India, Agriculture and Allied sectors contribute nearly 25 per cent of Gross Domestic Production (GDP), while about 65-70 per cent of the population is dependent on agriculture for their livelihood.
The entire Sahara Desert, the largest non-polar desert in the world, is about 1600 kilometers wide (1000 miles) and about 5000 km (3125 miles) long from East to West.
Cabinet Mission and Lord Wavell on May 16, 1946 gave clear picture of constitutional-making machinery for India.
In 1886, Reuben H. Donnelley created the first official Yellow Pages directory.
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Brahmaputra, the 2,900 km long river is navigable for 1,285 km.
A group of active volcanoes exists just south of the Dahlak Archipelago in Red Sea.
Ajmer is venerated as a holy place for both Hindus and Muslims. It has the mausoleum of the Sufi saint, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti - known as the "Dargah Sharif", the last resting place of the saint who died in 1235 lies at the foot of a barren hill.
Rio de Janeiro was the former capital of Brazil from 1763 to 1960. Before that was Salvador da Bahia . . Brasilia is capital since 1960.
Great Pyramid of Giza was made by Pharaoh Khufu. It was built in more than 20 years and it has over 2.3 million blocks of limestone
SEBI is Securities Exchange Board of India (It was established on April 12, 1988 through an administrative order, but it became a statutory and really powerful organisation only in 1992)
Nile, which after rising from Lake Victoria outflows to Mediterranean Sea, is the longest river.
Ozone layer is thin layer of ozone in the upper atmosphere that shields Earth from harmful ultraviolet rays.
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Field crops require some important micronutrients besides major nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) for health and performance, … micronutrients are needed in small quantities as compared to major nutrients.
CAPAM is Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management
The term bioinformatics was coined by Paulien Hogeweg in 1979
In India, the 4th through 6th century marked the flowering of Vidharbha style architecture, whose accomplishments survive in central India as Ajanta caves, Pavnar, Mandhal and Mahesvar.
Abhuj Marias, one of the main Gonds tribes, do not plough the earth as it would mean inflicting pain on her body.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the Japanese national aerospace and space agency., was formed on 1 October 2003.
Ithaa, which means pearl in Dhivehi, is a mostly acrylic undersea restaurant secured five metres below sea level at the Hilton Maldives Resort and Spa in Rangalifinolhu, Maldives.
Ethanol for fuel is made through fermentation, the same process which produces it in wine and beer. Biodiesel is made through a variety of chemical processes.
There were five Governors-General of Fort William between 1773 to 1833 - John Macpherson (1785-1786) Sir Alured Clarke (1798), Sir George Hilario Barlow (1805-1807), John Adam (1823) and William Butterworth Bayley (1828)
The National Sports Policy was initially formulated in 1984.
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River Betwa, after meandering through Madhya Pradesh, enters UP, and joins the river Yamuna in Hamirpur. It takes along with it the water of the eastern Malwa plateau.
Markha River, in Ladakh, is a tributary of the Zanskar River and starts at the junction of the Langtang Chu and Nimaling Chu.
Basketball is played between two teams each of five players.
The foundation of the British Capital, New Delhi, was first laid in December 1911 by two leading 20th century British architects, Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker.
Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory, Australia, was the first Ramsar Wetland of International Importance
Madras (Chennai) city initially grew around a 17th-century Fort St. George without a well-chartered plan.
Ethanol, also known as ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol, is a flammable, tasteless, colorless, mildly toxic chemical compound with a distinctive odor, one of the alcohols that is most often found in alcoholic beverages.
Pineal gland is directly behind the eyes
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Scheme of Watershed Development Project in Shifting Cultivation Areas (WDPSCA) was launched in seven NE States during 8th Plan from 1994-95 with 100 pc Central assistance to State Plan, it aims at overall development of jhum areas on watershed basis
Aravalli is in North-western India.
Amongst north-eastern states, Arunachal Pradesh has the least male literacy rate.
Japanese SEIKAN TONNERU, undersea tunnel links Japan main island of Honshu with the northern neighbouring island of Hokkaido.
Amravati District is bounded by Betul District of MP to the north, and by the Maharashtra districts of Nagpur to the northeast, Wardha to the east, Yavatmal to the south, Washim to the southwest, and Akola and Buldhana districts to the west.
In India Tanks account for irrigation of about:8% of area.
Barn Owl (Tyto alba) is a widely distributed owl species and commonly found in the Indian subcontinent.
Each President presents the Silver Trumpet and Trumpet Banner to the Trumpet Major once during his tenure. President Zakir Husain untimely death in 1969 prevented this ceremony from taking place during his term
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UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli has an area of about 490 sq. km.
Glands of Moll, also known as ciliary glands, are modified apocrine sweat glands that are found on the margin of the eyelid. They are next to the base of the eyelashes, and anterior to the Meibomian glands within the distal eyelid margin.
Dr. BP Pal Birth is also known as "Father of Roses in India"?
Hatf VI is Pakis longest range ballistic missile system with a range of 2000 kilometres.
Kunming, a popular tourist resort in southwestern China with a history of 2,400 years, has served as gateway to Silk Road that facilitated trade among Tibet, Sichuan, Myanmar and India.
2002 Russian technicians began construction of first nuclear reactor in Iran at Bushehr despite strong objections from US.
Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary, once home to Asiatic Lions, is near Varanasi
Stilwell Road is known as Tea Horse Road in the Yunan province
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Strategic Rezang La is in Ladahk.
Governor-General of Fort William resided in Belvedere House, Calcutta until early 19th century, when Government House was constructed. In 1854, Lt-Governor of Bengal took up residence there. Now, the Belvedere Estate houses National Library of India
By Treaty of Yandaboo (1826), Great Britain agreed to help Iran with men and monetary against any European invader.
International Civil Aviation Organisation came into existence in. 1944; HQs-Canada
On October 2, 1978 Adult Literacy Programme was launched in India.
Indonesia is part of the Ring of Fire, that has the largest number of active volcanoes in the world.
Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) was created in September 1987 as public limited compan
Named after Gen. J.W. Stilwell, the 1,800-km Stilwell Road was built during World War II to allow the Allied Armies to enter China from India to counter Japanese aggression.
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Formerly known as Namgyal institute of Tibetology, after the late Chogyal of Sikkim, Palden Thondup Namgyal whose brainchild it was, the Sikkim Research Institute of Technology(SRIT), is one of the most prestigious depository of Tibetan literature
Ankara is the capital of Republic of Turkey, which lies partly in Europe and partly in Asia.
Ileus is a blockage of the intestines.
The Hill Palace, built in 1865, is a complex consists of 49 buildings in the traditional architectural style of Kerala
Man Booker Prize, administered by Book Trust in UK, is given to the best full-length novel written in English by a citizen of the U.K., the Commonwealth, Eire, Pakistan, or South Africa
Arbela (modern Erbil) east of Mosul; trade center in fertile area producing sesame, millet, corn; livestock; modern town stands on mound of ancient Arbela.
Waziristan, a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan, comprises the area west and southwest of Peshawar between the Topchi river to the north and the Gomal river to the south
The highest waterfalls in the world, Angel Falls, is in Guiana Highlands, South America.
During the Aryans period modern North Bihar was known as Vaisali.
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Signatory nations to Southeast Asia Treaty Organization were Australia, France, New Zealand, Great Britain, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States.
In 1960, 221.4 sq miles in the Chingleput and Salem districts of Madras (now Tamil Nadu) were transferred to Andhra Pradesh in exchange for 410 sq miles from Chittoor district.
The first session of UN Gen Assembly was convened on 10 January 1946 in the Westminster Central Hall in London and included representatives of 51 nations.
In 1947 with the creation of Pakistan, Karachi not only became capital and premier port of the new country but also a centre for industry, business, and administration -Rawalpindi became interim capital in 1959
A gland is an organ in the body of an animal - it synthesizes a substance for release such as hormones or breast milk, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).
Former South Africa captain Shaun Pollock bowled the first ball of the 2003 World Cup as South Africa took on West Indies in Cape Town
England is only 35 km from France and is now linked by a tunnel under the English Channel.
Madhya Pradesh, in its present form, came into existence on November 1,2000 following its bifurcation to create a new state of Chhattisgarh, ---MP is the second largest Indian state in size with an area of 308,000 sq. kms
River Indus flows between Ladhak and Zaskar.
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Columbus set sail from the Spanish port of Palos on August 3, 1492. His objective was to sail west until he reached Asia (the Indies) where there awaited him the riches of gold, pearls and spice.
Andaman Islands are a succession of dome-shaped hill ranges running parallel to each other from north to south, and its highest peak is Saddle (about 2,400 ft) on North Andaman.
Micron, angstrom, nano, pico, femto, atto are used to measure small units.
Charcoal is mainly Carbon, Carbon and Hydrogen, Carbon and Oxygen, Carbonate
Amir Khosro enjoyed the patronage of the Muslim rulers of Delhi - especially Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din Balban and his son Muhammad Khan of Multan.
Kaludanda, after Kalun (Black) and Danda (Hill) in local language, was founded and named Lansdowne after then Viceroy of India, Lord Lansdowne in 1887
The time of the passage of the sun from one vernal equinox to next vernal equinox is called Tropical Year.
In India, the sex ratio for the overall population is 940 females per 1000 males and that of Scheduled Tribes 990 females per thousand males (ref 2011).
The Great Pyramid of Giza was made by Pharaoh Khufu.
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In the Second Burmese War (1852), the English were successful and annexed Pegu (Lower Burma) in 1852.
The study of the structure, history and dynamics of the Universe called Cosmology.
Ethanol, also known as ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol, is a flammable, tasteless, colorless, mildly toxic chemical compound with a distinctive odor, one of the alcohols that is most often found in alcoholic beverages.
On January 24, 1950 while adopting Jana Gana Mana as National Anthem, Constituent Assembly acorded an equal status to Vande Matram as National Song.
On May 1, 1938, Scinde Horse became the first Indian regiment to dismount from its horses and convert to tanks, the Vickers light tanks and Chevrolet Armoured Cars.
For New Delhi, Secretariat building which houses various ministries of the GoI, including the PM Office was designed by Herbert Baker.
Food and Nutrition Board was established in 1964 in the then Ministry of Agriculture, Dept of Food for diversifying food habits of people making their diets more nutritious and at the same time reducing demand for cereal grains.
Caspian Sea, having an area of about 390,000 sq.km., is the largest natural lake in the world.
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Debrigarh wildlife sanctuary is one of the select few sanctuaries in the state supporting both terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity.
The official name of the UK is the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".
Steel is alloy of Iron and carbon
Modern history of Arunachal Pradesh begins with the inception of British rule in Assam after the treaty of Yandaboo, concluded on 24 February 1826.
Aluminium is lightweight, silver-white, ductile and malleable, metallic element, has melting point 658ºC
Gandhi International Peace Prize is given away by the London-based Gandhi Foundation
Norwegian Nobel Committee, whose five members are appointed by the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget), is entrusted both with the preparatory work related to prize adjudication and with the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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ITU is International Telecommunications Union
About 45 percent of land in India is under crops.
First elected Parliament in India came into being in April, 1952 and Thirteenth Lok Sabha in October, 1999.
Boron is one of the important micronutrients needed by the plants for good growth. … Iron, zinc, manganese, cobalt, molybdenum, sodium, copper and silicon are some of the other micronutrients required to raise a productive crop.
In the bygone days Goa was known as Gomanchala, Gopakapattam, Gopakapuri, Goapuri, Gomantak.
In 2001, the University of Roorkee, oldest engineering college of India, was converted into IIT Roorkee.
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), is distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is the largest living land animal in Asia. Three subspecies are currently recognised: the Sri Lankan, the Indian, and the Sumatran elephant.
Arjuna awardee is presented with a bronze statuette of Arjuna, the legendary Pandava, a scroll, and a cash prize of Rs. 150,000 along with a monogram, a blazer and a tie.
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Gonds who call themselves "Koytoria", the largest tribal group in Chhattisgarh in terms of population. Gonds can be found almost in all districts of Chhattisgarh- they are concentrated in central MP and southern Chhattisgarh - i.e. Bastar Division.