2011 census:

India's total population stand at 1.21 billion, which is 17.7 per cent more than the last decade,

and population growth of females was higher than that of males.

According to the final census released by Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde today, India's

total population as on March 1, 2011 is 1,210,726,932 or 1.21 billion - an increase of 181.96

million persons in absolute number of population during 2001-11.

India's population grew by 17.7 per cent during 2001-11, against 21.5 per cent in the previous

decade. Among the major states, highest growth in population has been recorded in Bihar (25.4

per cent) while 14 states and Union Territories have recorded population growth above 20 per

cent.

Highest proportion of urban population is in NCT Delhi (97.5 per cent). Top five states in share

of urban population are Goa (62.2 per cent), Mizoram (52.1 per cent), Tamil Nadu (48.4 per

cent), Kerala (47.7 per cent) and Maharashtra (45.2 per cent).

Literacy rate in India in 2011 has increased by 8 per cent to 73 per cent in comparison to 64.8 per

cent in 2001.

The highest increase took place in Dadra and Nagar Haveli by 18.6 points (from 57.6 per cent to

76.2 per cent), Bihar by 14.8 points (from 47.0 per cent to 61.8 per cent), Tripura by 14.0 points

(from 73.2 per cent to 87.2 per cent).

Top five states and UTs, where literacy rate is the highest, are Kerala (94 per cent),

Lakshadweep (91.8 per cent), Mizoram (91.3 per cent), Goa (88.7 per cent) and Tripura (87.2).

The bottom five states and UTs are Bihar (61.8 per cent), Arunachal Pradesh (65.4 per cent),

Rajasthan (66.1 per cent), Jharkhand (66.4 per cent) and Andhra Pradesh (67 per cent).

Bihar occupies the first position with a density of 1106, surpassing West Bengal which occupied

the first position during 2001.

Delhi (11,320) turns out to be the most densely inhabited followed by Chandigarh (9,258),

among all states and UTs, both in 2001 and 2011 Census. The minimum population density

works out in Arunachal Pradesh (17) for both 2001 and 2011 Census.

In terms of area Rajasthan stands first and then Madhya Pradesh last is goa

The Top 10 Most Recent States of India

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Top Ten Lists: Top Ten Recent States India.

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The following is a list of the Top 10 Most Recent States of India. Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and

Uttarakhand were the most recent Indian States to be formed (formed in 2000) followed by

Sikkim and Assam.

there are 17 railway zones in India now.

Railways were first introduced to India in 1853 from Bombay to Thane

GENERAL STUDIES

Iron man of India Sardar vallabh bhai patel

First president of Indian roads congress W.C.Banerjee

Old man of India Dadabhai Naoroji

Nightingle of India Sarojini Naidu

The first women I.P.S officer Mrs. Kiran bedi

The first women prime minister Mrs. Indira ga

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Mrs. Indira Gandhi

The First woman to receive Bharat Ratna

The First woman prime minister

Important days

March 8 - International women’s day

April 22 - world earth day

May 1 - May Day

Oct 2 - Gandhi Jayanti

Sep 5 - Teacher’s day

Nov 14 - Children’s day

Jan 12 - National youth day (Swami Vivekananda birthday)

India

States 28

UT 7

Population 1,21,0193,422.

Population growth rate 17.64%

Districts 640

Upanishads 108

Vedas 4

Schedules 12

Villages 6, 40,852

Postal Zones 8

Railway Zones 17

Languages 22

Households 24 Crores

Andhra Pradesh

Districts 23

Population 8,46,65,533

Population growth rate 11.10%

National Highways 17

The Parliament of India is the supreme legislative body in India. It was founded in 1921. The

Parliament comprises the President of India and the two Houses—Lok Sabha (House of the

People) and Rajya Sabha (Council of States). The President has the power to summon and

prorogue either House of Parliament or to dissolve Lok Sabha.[5]

The Indian Parliament consists of two houses called as Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha and

the President of India.

President of India [edit]

Main article: President of India

Similar to most Commonwealth countries, India also includes the Head of State (the President of

India in India's case) as a component of Parliament. The President of India is elected, from a

group of nominees, by the elected members of the Parliament of India (Lok Sabha and Rajya

Sabha) as well as of the state legislatures (Vidhan Sabhas), and serves for a term of five years.

Historically, ruling party (majority in the Lok Sabha) nominees have been elected and run

largely uncontested. Incumbents are permitted to stand for re-election, but unlike the president of

the United States, who can be elected just twice, incumbents can be elected for any number of

terms. A formula is used to allocate votes so there is a balance between the population of each

state and the number of votes assembly members from a state can cast, and to give an equal

balance between State Assembly members and National Parliament members. If no candidate

receives a majority of votes there is a system by which losing candidates are eliminated from the

contest and votes for them transferred to other candidates, until one gains a majority. Pranab

Mukherjeeis the current President of India.[6]

Lok Sabha [edit]

Main article: Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha is also known as the "House of the People" or the lower house. All of its members are

directly elected by citizens of India on the basis of universal adult franchise, except two who are

appointed by the President of India. Every citizen of India who is over 18 years of age,

irrespective of gender, caste, religion or race, who is otherwise not disqualified, is eligible to

vote for the lok sabha.

The Constitution provides that the maximum strength of the House be 552 members. It has a

term of five years. To be eligible for membership in the Lok Sabha, a person must be a citizen of

India and must be 25 years of age or older, mentally sound, should not be bankrupt and should

not be criminally convicted. At present, the strength of the house is 545 members. The total

elective membership is distributed among the States in such a way that the ratio between the

number of seats allotted to each State and the population of the State is, so far as practicable, the

same for all States.[7]

Up to 530 members represent of the territorial constituencies in States, up to 20 members

represent the Union Territories and no more than two members from Anglo-Indian community

can be nominated by the President of India if he or she feels that the community is not

adequately represented. House seats are apportioned among the states by population .

Several seats are reserved for representatives of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, known

as a practice known as reservation. TheWomen's Reservation Bill proposes reserving 33% of the

seats in Lok Sabha for women.

Rajya Sabha [edit]

Main article: Rajya Sabha

The Rajya Sabha is also known as "Council of States" or the upper house. Rajya Sabha is a

permanent body and is not subject to dissolution. However, one third of the members retire every

second year, and are replaced by newly elected members. Each member is elected for a term of

six years.[8]

Its members are indirectly elected by members of legislative bodies of the States.

The Rajya Sabha can have a maximum of 250 members in all. Elections to it are scheduled and

the chamber cannot be dissolved. Each member has a term of 6 years and elections are held for

one-third of the seats after every 2 years. 238 members are to be elected from States and Union

Territories and 12 are to be nominated by President of India and shall consist of persons having

special knowledge or practical experience in respect of such matters as the following, namely

literature, science, art and social service.

Representatives of States are elected by the elected members of the Legislative Assembly of

the State in accordance with system of proportional representation by means of single

transferable vote.

Representatives of Union Territories are indirectly elected by members of an electoral

college for that territory in accordance with system of proportional representation.

The Council of States is designed to maintain the federal character of the country. The number of

members from a state depends on the population of the state (e.g. 31 from Uttar Pradesh and one

from Nagaland).

The minimum age for a person to become a member of Rajya Sabha is 30 years.

1) What is the number ofstatesin India?

d)28

2) Which is the first state to be formed on the basis of language?

a)Andhra Pradesh

3) When was Burma was separated from India?

c)1937

4) When did India become a republic?

c)1950

5) Which state was divided into Maharashtra and Gujarat in 1960?

a)Bombay

6) Who was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha before he became the President of India?

c)N. Sanjeeva Reddy

7) What was the age of Morarji Desai when he became the Prime Minister?

c)81

8) How was Tamil Nadu known?

b)Madras

9) Which is the capital of Kerala?

d)Thiruvananthapuram

10) Nagaland was separated from which state?

d)Assam

11) Which is the smallest state in terms of area?

c)Goa

12) Where is the tomb of Akbar?

b)Sikandra

13) Which is the national animal of India?

d)Tiger

14) Which is the national flower of India?

a)Lotus

15) Who founded Indian National Congress?

b)A. O. Hume

16) Which former Indian Prime Minister’s birthday is on December 25?

b)Atal Bihari Vajpayee

17) Which state was known as North East Frontier Agency?

d)Arunachal Pradesh

18) Which state or union territory has French as an official language?

c)Pondicherry

19) Which is the official language of Jammu and Kashmir?

d)Urdu

20) Which state became part of India in 1975?

d)Sikkim

21) Which city was the summer capital of India during British Rule?

b)Simla

22) Who was the only Indian Governor General?

c)C. Rajagopalachari

23) Which Prime Minister could not prove his majority in Lok Sabha in May 1996?

c)Atal Behari Vajpayee

24) Which of the following religions did not originate in India?

d)Judaism

25) When did Rabindranath Tagore die?

b)1941

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1) Who won the Football World Cup in 1982?

d) Italy

2) Which country is known as Suomi?

b) Finland

3) Who was the Roman Emperor in 41-54 AD?

c) Claudius

4) Who won Wimbledon Women’s Singles Championship in 1988?

d)Steffi Graf

5) Who is the author ofPride and Prejudice?

a) Jane Austen

6) In the Bible, who is the eldest son of David?

c) Amnon

7) In which film it is said, “Some dreams come true. Some don’t. Keep on dreaming.”?

b) Pretty Woman

8) Who is considered the father of geometry?

d)Euclid

9) Which country was known as Nyasaland?

b) Malawi

10) Which sea separates Egypt from Saudi Arabia?

c) Red Sea

11) Which country has 11 official languages?

d) South Africa

12) Which pope divided the world between Portugal and Spain?

c) Alexander VI

13) How many lines are in a limerick?

a) Five

14) The flag of which country has one big star and four small stars?

b) China

15) Which is the national animal of Argentina?

a) Puma

16) Who won seven gold medals in swimming in 1972 MunichOlympics?

a) Mark Spitz

17) What is sodium chloride?

c) Salt

18) Who is the patron saint of music?

b) St. Cecilia

19) What is the meaning of Anno Domini?

a) Year of the Lord

20) In the Bible, Joseph was sold by his brothers for how many silver coins?

c) Twenty

21) How many furlongs is one mile?

b) Eight

22) Who is the founder ofSikhism?

c) Guru Nanak

23) When is the Feast Day of St. Francis Xavier?

d) December 3

24) Which river joins Ganga at Allahabad?

b) Yamuna

25) Who was the Carthagian general duringPunic War II?

a) Hannibal

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1) Who is the first President of theUnited States of America?

a)George Washington

2) Who was born on August 15, 1769?

c) Napoleon Bonaparte

3) Which city was previously known as Salisbury?

c) Harare

4) Who is the author of “A streetcar named desire”?

b)Tennessee Williams

5) Which film is in Aramaic and Latin?

d) The Passion of the Christ

6) Who won Wimbledon Men’s Singles Championship in 1977?

d) Bjorn Borg

7) Who won the Olympic Gold Medal for hockey in 1980 Moscow Olympics?

a) India

8) What name was taken by Cardinal Joseph Sarto when he became pope?

d) Pius X

9) How many metres is one mile?

c) 1609.344

10) What are vertebrates that live both under water and on land called?

a) Amphibians

11) Which of the following books is not part of Pentateuch?

c) Ruth

12) Which of the following countries is landlocked?

c) Bolivia

13) What does Yugoslavia mean?

c) The land of the Southern Slavs

14) Which state of USA was once part of Russia?

a) Alaska

15) What did the Greeks call the present day Amu River in Iran?

d) Oxus

16) Which of these is not a metal?

b) Diamond

17) Which language is written in five scripts?

c) Konkani

18) Which British monarch in 20th century was not crowned?

b) Edward VIII

19) Who was told “Beware the Ides of March.”?

a) Julius Caesar

20) Which country’s postal stamps have the name Helvetia?

c) Switzerland

21) Yen is the currency of which country?

a) Japan

22) Which is the national flower of Australia?

d) Golden Wattle

23) What is the number of squares on a chess board?

b) 64

24) Which city was the summer capital of India during British Rule?

c) Simla

25) The name of which city was changed to Petrograd and Leningrad?

d)St. Petersburg

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While there was no formal provision that recipients of the Bharat Ratna should be Indian citizens, this

seems to have been the general assumption.[citation needed]

Of the 41 awards so far, there has been one

award to a naturalised Indian citizen, Mother Teresa (1980), and to two non-Indians, Khan Abdul Ghaffar

Khan (1987) and Nelson Mandela (1990). The awarding of this honour has frequently been the subject of

litigation questioning the constitutional basis of such.

The actual award is designed in the shape of a peepal leaf and carries with the words "Bharat Ratna",

inscribed in Devanagari script. The reverse side of the medal carries the state emblem and motto. The

award is attached to a 2-inch-wide (51 mm) ribbon, and was designed to be worn around the recipient's

neck.

Indira Gandhi is the youngest person alive at the time of receiving the award (at the age of 54) and Rajiv

Gandhi is the youngest overall to receive the Bharat Ratna (posthumously at the age of 47).Gulzarilal

Nanda is the eldest person alive at the time of receiving the award (age 99) and Vallabhbhai Patel is the

eldest overall (posthumously at the age of 116).

Specifications [edit]

The original specifications for the award called for a circular gold medal, 35 mm in diameter, with the sun

and the legend "Bharat Ratna" (in Devanagari) above and a floral wreath below. The reverse was to carry

the state emblem and motto. It was to be worn around the neck from a white ribbon. There is no

indication that any specimens of this design were ever produced and one year later the design was

altered. The decoration is in the form of a peepal leaf, about 5.8 cm long, 4.7 cm wide and 3.1 mm thick.

It is of toned bronze. On its obverse is embossed a replica of the sun, 1.6 cm in diameter, below which

the words Bharat Ratna are embossed in Devanagari script. On the reverse are State emblem and the

motto, also in Devanagari. The emblem, the sun and the rim are of platinum. The inscriptions are in

burnished bronze.

List of recipients [edit]

Name Image Birth /

death Awarded Notes

1. Chakravarti

Rajgopalachari

1878–

1972 1954

Independence activist, last Governor-

General

2. Sir C. V. Raman

1888–

1970 1954 Physicist

Name Image Birth /

death Awarded Notes

3. Sarvepalli

Radhakrishnan

1888–

1975 1954

Philosopher, India's First Vice President

(1952-1962), and India's Second

President(1962-1967)

4. Bhagwan Das

1869–

1958 1955 Independence activist, author

5. Mokshagundam

Visvesvarayya

1861–

1962 1955 Civil engineer, Diwan of Mysore

6. Jawaharlal Nehru

1889–

1964 1955

Independence activist, author, first Prime

Minister

7. Govind Ballabh

Pant

1887–

1961 1957

Independence activist, Chief Minister of

Uttar Pradesh, Home Minister

8. Dhondo Keshav

Karve

1858–

1962 1958 Educator, social reformer

9. Bidhan Chandra

Roy

1882–

1962 1961 Physician, Chief Minister of West Bengal

10. Purushottam Das

Tandon

1882–

1962 1961 Independence activist, educator

Name Image Birth /

death Awarded Notes

11. Rajendra Prasad

1884–

1963 1962 Independence activist, jurist, first President

12. Zakir Hussain

1897–

1969 1963 Scholar, third President

13. Pandurang Vaman

Kane

1880–

1972 1963 Indologist and Sanskrit scholar

14. Lal Bahadur Shastri

1904–

1966 1966

Posthumous, independence activist,

second Prime Minister

15. Indira Gandhi

1917–

1984 1971 Third Prime Minister

16. V. V. Giri

1894–

1980 1975 Trade unionist and fourth President

17. K. Kamaraj

1903–

1975 1976

Posthumous, independence activist, Chief

Minister of Tamil Nadu State

Name Image Birth /

death Awarded Notes

18. Mother Teresa

1910–

1997 1980

Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of

Charity

19. Vinoba Bhave

1895–

1982 1983

Posthumous, social reformer,

independence activist

20. Khan Abdul Ghaffar

Khan

1890–

1988 1987 First non-citizen, independence activist

21. M. G.

Ramachandran

1917–

1987 1988

Posthumous, film actor, Chief Minister of

Tamil Nadu

22. B. R. Ambedkar

1891–

1956 1990

Posthumous, chief architect of the Indian

Constitution, politician, economist, and

scholar

Name Image Birth /

death Awarded Notes

23. Nelson Mandela

b. 1918 1990

Second non-citizen and first non-Indian

recipient, Leader of the Anti-Apartheid

movement

24. Rajiv Gandhi

1944–

1991 1991 Posthumous, Sixth Prime Minister

25. Vallabhbhai Patel

1875–

1950 1991

Posthumous, independence activist, first

Home Minister

26. Morarji Desai

1896–

1995 1991

Independence activist, fourth Prime

Minister

27. Abul Kalam Azad

1888–

1958 1992

Posthumous, independence activist, first

Minister of Education

28. J. R. D. Tata

1904–

1993 1992 Industrialist and philanthropist

29. Satyajit Ray

1922–

1992 1992 Filmmaker

Name Image Birth /

death Awarded Notes

30. A. P. J. Abdul

Kalam

b. 1931 1997 Aeronautical Engineer,11th President of

India

31. Gulzarilal Nanda

1898–

1998 1997

Independence activist, interim Prime

Minister

32. Aruna Asaf Ali

1908–

1996 1997 Posthumous, independence activist

33. M. S. Subbulakshmi

1916–

2004 1998 Carnatic classical singer

34. Chidambaram

Subramaniam

1910–

2000 1998

Independence activist, Minister of

Agriculture

35. Jayaprakash

Narayan

1902–

1979 1999

Posthumous, independence activist and

politician

36. Ravi Shankar

1920–

2012 1999 Sitar player

Name Image Birth /

death Awarded Notes

37. Amartya Sen

b. 1933 1999 Economist

38. Gopinath Bordoloi

1890–

1950 1999

Posthumous, independence activist, Chief

Minister of Assam

39. Lata Mangeshkar

b. 1929 2001 Playback singer

40. Bismillah Khan

1916–

2006 2001 Hindustani classical shehnai player

41. Bhimsen Joshi

1922–

2011 2008 Hindustani classical singer

Living recipients

Gods own country- Kerala

Union cabinet: The Cabinet of India (officially called the Union Council of Ministers of India ) is the

collective decision-making body of the Government of India, consists of the Prime Minister and 35

Cabinet Ministers, the most senior of the government ministers. The Cabinet is the ultimate decision-

making body of the executive within the Westminster system of government in traditional constitutional

theory.

2016 Olympics- Rio de Janeiro

Nuclear plant: Nuclear power is the fourth-largest source

of electricity in India after thermal, hydroelectric and renewable sources of electricity.[1]

As of 2012, India

has 20 nuclear reactors in operation in six nuclear power plants, generating 4,780 MW[2]

while seven

other reactors are under construction and are expected to generate an additional 5,300 MW.[3]

ndia's first research nuclear reactor and its first nuclear power plant were built with assistance from

Canada.[9][10]

The 40 MW research reactor agreement was signed in 1956, and CIRUSachieved first

criticality in 1960. This reactor was supplied to India on the assurance that it would not be used for

military purposes, but without effective safeguards against such use.[9][10]

The agreement for India's first

nuclear power plant at Rajasthan, RAPP-1, was signed in 1963, followed by RAPP-2 in 1966. T

Nelson mandela award

Jnanpith

Women with golden beauty-Natasha Richardson

The term 'Scheduled caste' was coined by-

Simon Commission

Gandhiji

Government of India Act 1935

Bhim Rao Ambedkar

Simon commision