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Which state has highest forest cover in terms of percentage of land? • Arunachal Pradesh havind over 81% forest cover with over 68000 sq. km. of area under forest.
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What is forest cover in India (in percentage)? • Over 20% with over 678000 sq. km. of area under forest. • It is below our target of 33.33% forest cover.
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What is Part III of Indian constitution about? • It is about fundamental rights. • Article 14 is on equality,15 on nondiscrimination on any ground, 16 on equality of opportunity, 17 on abolition of untouchability, 18 on abolition of titles, 19 on speech,20 & 21 on personal liberty, 22 on physical freedom, 23 on forced labour 24 on child labour etc. 25 to 28 on freedom on religion, 29,30 on cultural and educational rights of minorities. www.afterschoool.tk
What is Part IVof Indian constitution about? • It is about directive principles. Part IV A is on fundamental duties. (10 fundamental duties).
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Mention full form of : WIPO • World intellectual property organisation
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TIN • Tax payers Identification Number.
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UNCTAD • UN conference on trade and development
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UNICEF • UN international children emergency fund.
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UNIDO • UN Industrial development organisation.
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RDX • Research Development Explosive
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SAIL • Steel Authority of India Ltd.
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WTO • World trade organisation – headquarter in Geneva, set up in 1995 replacing GATT (general agreement on trade and tariff).
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CNG • Compressed natural gas.
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FICCI • Federation of Indian chamber of commerce and industry.
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FIEO • Federation of indian exporters organisation.
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Who wrote the book: “Rajniti ke uss par’? • Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
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Who wrote: out of my confort zone? • Steve Waugh
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Who wrote Ayodhya – 6 december • PV narsimha Rao
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Who wrote : manzil se jyada safar • VP Singh
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Who wrote : travels in transoxiana • Jaswant Singh
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Who wrote : argumentative India • Amartya Sen.
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Who wrote : falling over backwards. • Arun Shourie
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Who has written : suitable boy, and Golden Gate? • Vikram Seth
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Who has written – the road ahead and Business@ speed of thought • Bill Gates.
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What is operation flood? • It was launched to increase milk production in India – twice – once in seventies and again during late eighties.
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Operation leap forward • Joint initiative of India and Srilanka against LTTE. • Similar operations were operation Pawan.
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Operation Khukhari • It was to save 222 Indian soldiers in siera leone.
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Operation Cobra? • Againsts terrorists in J&K. • Other such operations wer eoperation Ujala, operation sarp vinash, operation amarnath track, and operation psycho.
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World wildlife day? • 6 Oct.
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World food day • 16 oct. • 17 oct – world poverty eradication day.
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UN day? • 24 Oct. • 10 Dec. Is Human Rights day. • 11 Dec. Unicef day.
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Hiroshima Day • 6 august.
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Small industry day? • 30 august
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Who started swaraj party? • By motilal Nehru and CR Das in 1922.
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Who started Vishwa Bharati. • R.N. Tagore in 1912.
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Who started Servants of India Socity? • Gopal Krishna Gokhle in 1905.
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Who started Asiatic Society? • William Jones in 1784.
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Who started Young Bengal Movement? • H.V. Derozio 1831.
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Who started Muslim League? • Aga Khan and Salimudiah in 1906.
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Who started Central Hindu School in Banaras? • Annie Besant in 1915
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Who started East India Association in London: • Dada Bhai Nauroji in 1866.
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Who started Brahma Samaj, Atmiya Samaj, and Vedanta College, and Unitarian Mission?
• Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
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Who started Aligarh Mohammadan Anglo oriental college? • Sir Sayyed Ahmed Khan in 1875.
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Who started Hindu Mahasabha? • Madam Mohan malviya in 1915.
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Who started Bahishkrit Hit Karni? • B.R. Ambedkar in 1924 • His other institution is Independent labour party. In 1936.
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Who started Abhinava Bharati. • V.M. Savarkar in London in 1906.
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Who started Rehnumai Majdayasan. • Dada Bhai Dauroji in 1851.
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Who got Bharat Ratna for first time? • C. Rajagopalachari, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, and Dr. C.V. Raman together got it in 1954
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Who got Bharat Ratna last time? • Lata Mangeshkar and Bismillah Khan in 2001.
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Who got the first Data Saheb Phalke Award ? • Smt. Devika Rani in 1969.
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How will you convert celsius to kelvin (temperature)? • By adding 273.15. • Similarly, it can be converted to fahrenheit by the following formulae: • 9/5 (Tc) +32.
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What is speed of falling matter ? • Distance in feet: 16t^2 • Where t = time in seconds.
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What is measurement of sound of jet plane when it takes off ? • 100 decibels.
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What is Newton? • Force • It is equal to accelerate 1kg mass 1 meter/second squared. • Similarly other measures are Pascal, Poundal, Atmosphere, Dyne etc.
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