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BANKING ZONE STATIC GK CAPSULE FOR IBPS CLERK/RBI ASSISTANT MAINS (Part-2)
SR. No. TOPICS COVERED Page No.
1. States CM & Governor 2-3
2. Highest Civilian Awards Of Different Countries 3
3. Important International Boundaries 4
4. Cabinet Ministers & Their Portfolios 5-11
5. Name Of Central Bank Of Different Countries 11-14
6. Important Regulatory Bodies in India 14-16
7. Public Sector Banks In India & Its Present Heads 16-18
8. Private Sector Banks in India & Its Present Heads 18-20
9. Nick Names Of Indian Cities 20-24
10. Country, Capital, Currency & Language 24-28
11. List Of World Heritage Sites In India 28-29
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STATES CM & GOVERNOR
State Capital Chief Minister Governor
Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad(de jure) Amaravati (de facto)
N.Chandrababu Naidu
E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan
Arunachal Pradesh
Itanagar Pema Khandu Brigadier Dr BD Mishra
Assam Dispur Sarbananda Sonowal Jagdish Mukhi
Bihar Patna Nitish Kumar Satya Pal Malik
Chattisgarh Raipur Dr. Raman Singh Balram Dass Tandon
Goa Panaji Manohar Parrikar Mridula Sinha
Gujarat Gandhinagar Vijay Rupani Om Prakash Kohli
Haryana Chandigarh Manohar Lal Khattar Kaptan Singh Solanki
Himachal Pradesh
Simla, Dharamsala (Second Capital in Winter)
Virbhadra Singh Acharya Dev Vrat
Jammu & Kashmir
Srinagar(Summer) Jammu(Winter)
Mehbooba Mufti Narinder Nath Vohra
Jharkhand Ranchi Raghubar Das Draupadi Murmu
Karnataka Bangalore Siddaramaiah Vajubhai Vala
Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Pinarayi Vijayan P. Sathasivam
Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Om Prakash Kohli
Maharashtra Mumbai Devendra Fadnavis Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao
Manipur Imphal N. Biren Singh Najma Heptulla
Meghalaya Shillong Dr. Mukul Sangma Ganga Prasad
Mizoram Aizawl Lal Thanhawla Nirbhay Sharma
Nagaland Kohima T. R. Zeliang Padmanabha Balkrishna Acharya
Odisha Bhubaneswar Naveen Patnaik S.C. Jamir
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Punjab Chandigarh Amarinder Singh V. P. Singh Badnore
Rajasthan Jaipur Vasundhara Raje Kalyan Singh
Sikkim Gangtok Pawan Kumar Chamling
Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil
Tamil Nadu Chennai Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Banwarilal Purohit
Telangana Hyderabad K Chandrasekhar Rao E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan
Tripura Agartala Manik Sarkar Tathagata Roy
Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Yogi Adityanath Ram Naik
Uttarakhand Dehradun Trivendra Singh Rawat
Krishan Kant Paul
West Bengal Kolkata Mamta Benerjee Keshari Nath Tripathi
HIGHEST CIVILIAN AWARDS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
Country Name of Honour
America Presidential Medal of Freedom
Argentina The Order of Sona Martin
Brazil Order of Southern Cross
Britain Member of British Empire, Victoria Cross
Canada Order of Canada
Denmark Order of Diana Brog
France Legend of Honour Germany Pore Lee Merit Iron Cross
Hungary The Order of Banner India Bharat Ratna
Japan Order of the Rising Sun
Kuwait Mubarak-Al-kabir Medal Netherlands Netherlands Lion
Pakistan Nishan-e-Pakistan
Russia Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle
Saudi Arabia King Abdul Aziz Medal Turkey Order of Democracy
Vietnam The order of the Golden Star
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IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY LINES
Sr. No In Between Countries
Boundary Line
1. The boundary line between India and Pakistan drawn by Sir Cyril Radcliffe in 1947 Radcliffe Line
2.
Boundary line between India and Afghanistan demarcated by Sir Mortimer Durand in 1896. (Presently it is between Pakistan and Afghanistan) Durand Line
3. The boundary line between India and China. (It was demarcated by Sir Henry McMahon) McMahon Line
4. The line which Pakistan claims should be the Demarcation line between India and Pakistan, not accepted by India. 20th Parallel
5. The boundary line between India and Myanmar. 24th Parallel
6. Boundary line between Germany and Poland to which German retreated in 1917 during the First World War
Hindenberg Line
7. The boundary line between East Germany and Poland Oder‐Neisse Line
8. The line which defines the boundary between North Vietnam and South Vietnam before the two were united 17th Parallel
9. The boundary line between North Korea and South Korea 38th Parallel
10. The boundary line between United States of America and Canada 49th Parallel
11. Boundary Line between France and Germany Maginot Line
12. Boundary Line between Egypt and Sudan 22nd Parallel North
13. Boundary Line between Libya and Sudan 20th Parallel North
14. Line of fortification drawn by Germany on ots border with France
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CABINET MINISTERS OF INDIA
Prime Minister
Shri Narendra Modi
Prime Minister and also in-charge of:
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;
Department of Atomic Energy;
Department of Space; and
All important policy issues; and
All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.
Cabinet Ministers
1 Shri Raj Nath Singh Minister of Home Affairs.
2 Smt. Sushma Swaraj Minister of External Affairs.
3 Shri Arun Jaitley
Minister of Finance; and
Minister of Corporate Affairs.
4 Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari
Minister of Road Transport and Highways;
Minister of Shipping; and
Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
5 Shri Suresh Prabhu Minister of Commerce and Industry.
6
Shri D. V. Sadananda
Gowda Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
7 Sushri Uma Bharati Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
8 Shri Ramvilas Paswan Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
9
Smt. Maneka Sanjay
Gandhi Minister of Women and Child Development.
10 Shri Ananthkumar Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers; and
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Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.
11 Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad
Minister of Law and Justice; and
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
12 Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda Minister of Health and Family Welfare.
13
Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju
Pusapati Minister of Civil Aviation.
14 Shri Anant Geete Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
15 Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal Minister of Food Processing Industries.
16
Shri Narendra Singh
Tomar
Minister of Rural Development;
Minister of Panchayati Raj; and
Minister of Mines.
17
Shri Chaudhary Birender
Singh Minister of Steel.
18 Shri Jual Oram Minister of Tribal Affairs.
19 Shri Radha Mohan Singh Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
20
Shri Thaawar Chand
Gehlot Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
21 Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani
Minister of Textiles; and
Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
22 Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Minister of Science and Technology;
Minister of Earth Sciences; and
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
23 Shri Prakash Javadekar Minister of Human Resource Development.
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24 Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and
Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
25 Shri Piyush Goyal
Minister of Railways; and
Minister of Coal.
26 Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman Minister of Defence.
27 Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Minister of Minority Affairs.
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
1 Shri Rao Inderjit Singh
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
2
Shri Santosh Kumar
Gangwar
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and
Employment.
3 Shri Shripad Yesso Naik
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and
Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH).
4 Dr. Jitendra Singh
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North
Eastern Region;
Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office;
Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;
Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and
Minister of State in the Department of Space.
5 Dr. Mahesh Sharma
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
6 Shri Giriraj Singh
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises.
7 Shri Manoj Sinha
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Communications; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
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8
Col. Rajyavardhan Singh
Rathore
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and
Sports; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
9 Shri Raj Kumar Singh
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; and
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable
Energy.
10 Shri Hardeep Singh Puri
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban
Affairs.
11
Shri Alphons
Kannanthanam
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
Ministers of State
1 Shri Vijay Goel
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
2 Shri Radhakrishnan P.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping.
3 Shri S.S. Ahluwalia Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
4
Shri Ramesh Chandappa
Jigajinagi Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
5 Shri Ramdas Athawale Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
6 Shri Vishnu Deo Sai Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.
7 Shri Ram Kripal Yadav Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.
8
Shri Hansraj Gangaram
Ahir Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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9
Shri Haribhai Parthibhai
Chaudhary
Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal.
10 Shri Rajen Gohain Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
11
General (Retd.) V. K.
Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
12 Shri Parshottam Rupala
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
13 Shri Krishan Pal Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
14
Shri Jaswantsinh
Sumanbhai Bhabhor Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
15 Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.
16
Shri Ashwini Kumar
Choubey Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
17 Shri Sudarshan Bhagat Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
18 Shri Upendra Kushwaha Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
19 Shri Kiren Rijiju Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
20 Dr. Virendra Kumar
Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
21 Shri Anantkumar Hegde Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
22 Shri M. J. Akbar Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
23 Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.
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24 Shri Y. S. Chowdary
Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
25 Shri Jayant Sinha Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
26 Shri Babul Supriyo Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
27 Shri Vijay Sampla Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
28 Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
29 Shri Ajay Tamta Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.
30 Smt. Krishna Raj Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
31
Shri Mansukh L.
Mandaviya
Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways;
Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
32 Smt. Anupriya Patel Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
33 Shri C.R. Chaudhary
Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
34 Shri P.P. Chaudhary
Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
35
Dr. Subhash Ramrao
Bhamre Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.
36
Shri Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
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37 Dr. Satya Pal Singh
Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
NAMES OF CENTRAL BANKS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
Country name Central Bank Afghanistan Bank of Afghanistan Albania Bank of Albania Algeria Bank of Algeria Argentina Central Bank of Argentina Armenia Central Bank of Armenia Aruba Central Bank of Aruba Australia Reserve Bank of Australia Austria Austrian National Bank Azerbaijan National Bank of Azerbaijan Bahamas Central Bank of The Bahamas Bahrain Central Bank of Bahrain Bangladesh Bangladesh Bank Barbados Central Bank of Barbados Belarus National Bank of the Republic of Belarus Belgium National Bank of Belgium Belize Central Bank of Belize Benin Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) Bermuda Bermuda Monetary Authority Bhutan Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan Bolivia Central Bank of Bolivia Bosnia Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bank of Botswana Brazil Central Bank of Brazil Bulgaria Bulgarian National Bank Burkina Faso Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) Cambodia National Bank of Cambodia Cameroon Bank of Central African States Canada Bank of Canada – Banque du Canada Cayman Islands Cayman Islands Monetary Authority Central African Republic
Bank of Central African States
Chad Bank of Central African States Chile Central Bank of Chile China The People's Bank of China Colombia Bank of the Republic Comoros Central Bank of Comoros Congo Bank of Central African States Costa Rica Central Bank of Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) Croatia Croatian National Bank Cuba Central Bank of Cuba
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Cyprus Central Bank of Cyprus Czech Republic Czech National Bank Denmark National Bank of Denmark Dominican Republic Central Bank of the Dominican Republic East Caribbean area Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Ecuador Central Bank of Ecuador Egypt Central Bank of Egypt El Salvador Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Bank of Central African States Estonia Bank of Estonia Ethiopia National Bank of Ethiopia European Union European Central Bank Fiji Reserve Bank of Fiji Finland Bank of Finland France Bank of France
Gabon Bank of Central African States The Gambia Central Bank of The Gambia Georgia National Bank of Georgia Germany Deutsche Bundesbank Ghana Bank of Ghana Greece Bank of Greece Guatemala Bank of Guatemala Guinea Bissau Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) Guyana Bank of Guyana Haiti Central Bank of Haiti Honduras Central Bank of Honduras Hong Kong Hong Kong Monetary Authority Hungary Magyar Nemzeti Bank Iceland Central Bank of Iceland India Reserve Bank of India Indonesia Bank Indonesia Iran The Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran Iraq Central Bank of Iraq Ireland Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Israel Bank of Israel Italy Bank of Italy Jamaica Bank of Jamaica Japan Bank of Japan Jordan Central Bank of Jordan Kazakhstan National Bank of Kazakhstan Kenya Central Bank of Kenya Korea Bank of Korea Kuwait Central Bank of Kuwait Kyrgyzstan National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic Latvia Bank of Latvia Lebanon Central Bank of Lebanon Lesotho Central Bank of Lesotho Libya Central Bank of Libya Lithuania Bank of Lithuania
Luxembourg Central Bank of Luxembourg Macao Monetary Authority of Macao Macedonia National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia Madagascar Central Bank of Madagascar
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Malaysia Central Bank of Malaysia Malawi Reserve Bank of Malawi Mali Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) Malta Central Bank of Malta Mauritius Bank of Mauritius Mexico Bank of Mexico Moldova National Bank of Moldova Mongolia Bank of Mongolia Morocco Bank of Morocco Mozambique Bank of Mozambique Namibia Bank of Namibia Nepal Central Bank of Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Bank Netherlands Antilles Bank of the Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Reserve Bank of New Zealand Nicaragua Central Bank of Nicaragua Niger Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) Nigeria Central Bank of Nigeria Norway Central Bank of Norway Oman Central Bank of Oman Pakistan State Bank of Pakistan Papua New Guinea Bank of Papua New Guinea Paraguay Central Bank of Paraguay Peru Central Reserve Bank of Peru Philippines Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Poland National Bank of Poland Portugal Bank of Portugal Qatar Qatar Central Bank Romania National Bank of Romania Russia Central Bank of Russia Rwanda National Bank of Rwanda San Marino Central Bank of the Republic of San Marino Samoa Central Bank of Samoa Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency Senegal Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) Serbia National Bank of Serbia Seychelles Central Bank of Seychelles Sierra Leone Bank of Sierra Leone Singapore Monetary Authority of Singapore Slovakia National Bank of Slovakia Slovenia Bank of Slovenia Solomon Islands Central Bank of Solomon Islands South Africa South African Reserve Bank Spain Bank of Spain Sri Lanka Central Bank of Sri Lanka Sudan Bank of Sudan Surinam Central Bank of Suriname Swaziland The Central Bank of Swaziland Sweden Sveriges Riksbank Switzerland Swiss National Bank Tajikistan National Bank of the Republic of Tajikistan Tanzania Bank of Tanzania Thailand Bank of Thailand
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Togo Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) Tonga National Reserve Bank of Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Central Bank of Tunisia Turkey Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey
Uganda Bank of Uganda Ukraine National Bank of Ukraine United Arab Emirates Central Bank of United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Bank of England United States Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Washington) Federal
Reserve Bank of New York Uruguay Central Bank of Uruguay Vanuatu Reserve Bank of Vanuatu Venezuela Central Bank of Venezuela Yemen Central Bank of Yemen Zambia Bank of Zambia Zimbabwe Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
IMPORTANT REGULATORY BODIES IN INDIA
REGULATORY BODIES SECTOR HEADQUARTER HEAD PERSON
RBI – Reserve Bank of India
Banking & Finance, Monetary Policy
Mumbai Urjit Patel
SEBI – Securities and Exchange Board of India
Securities (Stock) & Capital Market
Mumbai Ajay Tyagi
IRDAI – Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
Insurance Hyderabad T.S.vijayan
PFRDA – Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority
Pension New delhi Hemant Contractor
NABARD – National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
Financing Rural Development
Mumbai Harsh Bhanwala
SIDBI – Small Industries Development Bank of
Financing Micro, Small and Medium-Scale
Lucknow Kshatrapati Shiaji
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India Enterprises
NHB – National Housing Bank
Financing Housing New Delhi Sriram Kalyanaraman
TRAI – Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
Telecommunication & Tariffs
New Delhi Ram Sewak Sharma
CBFC – Central Board of Film Certification
Film/TV Certification & Censorship
Mumbai Pahlaj Nihalani
FIPB – Foreign Investment Promotion Board
Foreign Direct Investment
New delhi Shaktikanta Das
FSDC – Financial Stability and Development Council
Financial Sector Development
New delhi Arun jaitely
FSSAI – Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Food New Delhi Ashish bahguna
BIS – Bureau of Indian Standards
Standards & Certification
New Delhi Alka panda
ASCI – Advertising Standards Council of India
Advertising Mumbai Narendra ambwani
BCCI – Board of Control for Cricket in India
Cricket Mumbai Vinod rai
AMEI – Association of Mutual Funds
Mutual Funds Mumbai C.V.R Rajendran
EEPC – Engineering Export Promotional Council of India
Trade and Investment
Kolkata
Rakesh Shah
EICI – Express Industry Council of India
Trade Mumbai R.K Saboo
FIEO – Federation of Indian Export Organisation
Export Mumbai Dr. Ajay Sahai
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INSA – Indian National Shipowners’ Association
Shipping Mumbai Anoop Kumar Sharma
ICC – India Chemical Council
Manufacturing Mumbai Ravi Kapoor
ISSDA – Indian Stainless Steal Development Association
Growth and Development
Haryana K.K Pahuja
MAIT – Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology
IT New Delhi V.J. Ramamurthy
NASSCOM – National Association of Software and Service Companies.
IT Mumbai Raman Roy
OPPI – Organisation Of Plastic Processors of India.
Manufacturing Mumbai Achal Thakkar
PEPC – Project Exports Promotion Council of India.
Trade Mumbai Sandip Baran Das
TEMA – Telecom Equipment Manufacturer Association of India.
Telecom New Delhi Rahul Sharma
PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS, PRESENT HEAD & ITS TAGLINES
BANK NAME HEADQUARTER CMD/HEAD TAGLINE
Allahabad Bank Kolkata Smt. Usha Ananthasubramanian
A Tradition of Trust
Andhra Bank Hyderabad Shri Suresh N Patel Where India Banks
Bank of Baroda Gujarat P. S. Jayakumar India’s International Bank
Bank of India Mumbai Dinabandhu Mohapatra
Relationship beyond
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banking
Bhartiya Mahila Bank Delhi Usha Ananthasubramanian
Empowering Women, Empowering India
Bandhan Bank Kolkata Chandra Shekhar Ghosh
‘Aapka Bhala, Sabki Bhalai’
Bank of Maharashtra Pune Ravindra Prabhakar Marathe
One family one bank
Canara Bank Bangalore Rakesh Sharma Together We Can
Central Bank of India Mumbai Rajeev Rishi “Central To you Since 1911”
Corporation Bank Mangalore Jai Kumar Garg A Premier Public Sector Bank
Dena Bank Mumbai Shri. Ashwani Kumar Trusted Family Bank
ECGC Bank Mumbai Geetha Muralidhar
You focus on exports. We cover the risks
IDBI Bank Mumbai Mahesh Kumar Jain
Banking For All, “Aao Sochein Bada”
Indian Bank Chennai Kishor Kharat Your Tech- Friendly Bank
Indian Overseas Bank Chennai R.Subramania kumar Good people to grow with
Punjab National Bank New delhi Sunil Mehta The name you can bank upon
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Punjab & Sind Bank New delhi S.Jatinderbir Singh
Where service is a way of life
Oriental Bank of Commerce
Gurugram Animesh Chauhan Where every individual is committed
SBI Mumbai Arundhati Bhattacharya
With you all the way, Pure Banking Nothing Else, The Nation’s banks on us
UCO Bank Kolkata Ravi Krishan Takkar Honours Your Trust
Union Bank of India Mumbai Arun Tiwari Good People to Bank with
United Bank of India Kolkata Pawan Kumar Bajaj The Bank that begins with “U”
Vijaya Bank Bengaluru Kishore Kumar Sansi A friend you can bank on
PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS & ITS PRESENT HEAD
Sr. No Bank Name Headquarters Head Taglines
1. Axis Bank Mumbai Shikha Sharma Everything is the same except the name
2. Bank of Rajasthan
Ahmedabad G. Padmanabhan Dare to dream
3. Catholic Syrian Bank
Thrissur Anand Krishnamurthy Support all the way
4. Centurion Bank of Punjab
Mumbai RanaTalwar To rejoice working, join us
5. City Union Bank
Kumbakonam Dr. N. Kamakodi Trust and Excellence since 1904
6. Development Credit Bank
Mumbai Murali M. Natrajan We Value You
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7. Dhanalaxmi Bank
Thrissur Shri. G. Sreeram Tann. Mann. Dhan
8. Federal Bank Kochi ShyamSrinivasan Your perfect banking partner
9. HDFC Bank Mumbai AdityaPuri We understand your world
10. ICICI Bank Mumbai ChandaKochhar Hum hainna!!
11. Induslnd Bank Mumbai RomeshSobti We Make you feel Richer
12. ING Vysya Bank
Bangalore ShailendraBhandari Jiyo easy
13. Jammu& Kashmir Bank
Sri Nagar Mushtaq Ahmad Serving to Empower
14. Karnataka Bank
Mangalore P. JayaramaBhat Your family bank across India
15. KarurVysya Bank
Karur K. Venkataraman Smart way to bank
16. Kotak Mahindra Bank
Mumbai UdayKotak Lets make money simple
17. Laxmi Vilas Bank
Karur Parthasarathi Mukherjee
The Changing Face of Prosperity
18. Nainital Bank Uttarkhand Mukesh Sharma Banking with personal touch
19. Ratnakar Bank Kolhapur VishwavirAhuja –
20. SBI Comm.& Intl. Bank
Mumbai B. S. Wadhwa –
21. Saraswat Bank Mumbai G. E. Thakur Service to the Common Man!
22. South Indian Bank
Thrissur V. G. Mathew Experience Next Generation Banking
23. Tamilnadu MercantileBank
Tuticorin H. S. UpendraKamath Be a step ahead of life
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24. Yes Bank Mumbai RanaKapoor Experience our
expertise
NICKNAME OF INDIAN CITIES
CITY STATE NICKNAME/NICKNAMES
Agra Uttar Pradesh Taj Nagari
Ahmedabad Gujarat Boston of India,
Manchester of India
Allahabad Uttar Pradesh
Abode of the God,
Sangam City,
City of Prime Ministers
Amritsar Punjab Golden City
Asansol West Bengal Land of Black Diamond
Bengaluru Karnataka
Electronic City of India,
Garden City of India,
Silicon Valley of India,
Pensioners Paradise,
Space City,
Science city of India,
IT Capital of India
Bhagalpur Bihar The Silk City of India
Bhopal Madhya Pradesh City of Lakes
Indore Madhya Pradesh Mini Mumbai
Bhubaneswar Odisha Temple City of India
Chandigarh Chandigarh The City Beautiful
Chennai Tamil Nadu
Gateway of South India,
Detroit of Asia,
Auto Hub of India,
Health Capital of India
Coimbatore Tamil Nadu Textile City of India,
Manchester of South India
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Coorg Karnataka Scotland of India
Darjeeling West Bengal The Queen of the Hills
Dhanbad Jharkhand The Coal Capital of India
Shillong Meghalaya Scotland of East
Dibrugarh Assam Tea City of India
Durgapur West Bengal Ruhr of India
Gandhinagar Gujarat Green city
Guwahati Assam Gateway of North East India
Nilgiri Tamil Nadu Blue Mountains
Hyderabad Telangana
City of Pearls,
City of Nizams,
World Capital of Biryani,
HITECH City
Jaipur Rajasthan
Pink City,
Paris of India,
City of Palaces
Jaisalmer Rajasthan Golden City of India
Jamshedpur Jharkhand Steel City of India,
Pittsburgh of India
Kanpur Uttar Pradesh Leather City of the World,
Manchester of North India
Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Switzerland of India
Kochi Kerala Gateway to Kerala,
Queen of the Arabian Sea
Kolkata West Bengal
City of Joy,
City of Palaces,
Cultural Capital of India,
Gateway of Eastern India,
Heaven of the Aged
Kolhapur Maharashtra City of Wrestlers
Kollam Kerala
Prince of Arabian sea,
Cashew Capital of the World,
Gateway to Backwaters
Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Shiraz-e-Hind,
Constantinople of the East,
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The Golden City of India,
City of Nawabs
Madurai Tamil Nadu
Athens of the East,
City of Festivals,
City of Four Junctions,
Temple city,
Sleepless City
Malda West Bengal Mango City
Mangalore Karnataka
Rome of the East,
Cradle of Indian Banking,
Gateway of Karnataka
Mumbai Maharashtra
City of Seven Islands,
Financial Capital of India,
Maya Nagari,
City of Dreams,
Gateway of India,
Hollywood of India,
Maximum City
Mundi Madhya Pradesh Power Hub City
Mussoorie Uttarakhand Queen of the Mountains
Mysore Karnataka Heritage City,
Green City
Nagpur Maharashtra Orange City
Nainital Uttarakhand City of Lakes
New Delhi Delhi City of Rallies
Patiala Punjab Royal City
Panipat Haryana City of Weavers,
City of Handloom
Pondicherry Puducherry Paris of the East
Prayag Uttar Pradesh Abode of the God
Pune Maharashtra Queen of Deccan
Purulia West Bengal Manbhum City
Rishikesh Uttrakhand City of Sages,
Yoga City
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Siliguri West Bengal Gateway to the Dooars,
City of Hospitality
Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir City of lakes
Tezpur Assam City of Blood
Thane Maharashtra City of Lakes
Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu
Rock Fort City,
Energy equipment and fabrication
capital of India,
Tucker Trichy
Tirunelveli Tamil Nadu
City of Paddy fields,
Oxford city of South India,
Halwa city of India
Udaipur Rajasthan
White City,
City of Lakes,
Venice of the East
Varanasi Uttar Pradesh
Spiritual capital of India,
Religious capital of India,
City of Lights,
City of Temples,
City of Learning,
Oldest living city on Earth,
Holy City
Jodhpur Rajasthan Blue City
Sun City
Nasik Maharashtra
Wine capital of India,
Grape city of India,
California of India
Surat Gujarat
Diamond City Of India,
City Of Diamonds,
Textile city Of India
Vadodara Gujarat
Cultural City Of India,
Sayaji Nagari,
Banyan City,
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World Capital Of Garba
Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh City Of Destiny
Kakinada Andhra Pradesh Pensioners Paradise,
City of Kaja
Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh The Place of Victory
Bhimavaram Andhra Pradesh City of Prawns
Rajahmundry Andhra Pradesh Cultural City
Guntur Andhra Pradesh City of Chillies
Vaniyambadi Tamil Nadu Leather city of South India
Warangal Telangana
City of Lakes,
City of Temples,
Second city of Nizam
Zunheboto Nagaland Land Of Warriors
COUNTRY, CAPITA, THEIR CURRENCY & LANGUAGE
Country Capital(s) Currency Primary Language(s)
Afghanistan Kabul Afghani Dari Persian; Pashto
Albania Tirane Lek Albanian
Algeria Algiers Algerian Dinar Arabic; Tamazight; French
Andorra Andorra la Vella Euro Catalan
Angola Luanda Kwanza Portuguese
Antigua & Barbuda Saint John's East Caribbean Dollar English
Argentina Buenos Aires Argentine Peso Spanish
Armenia Yerevan Dram Armenian
Australia Canberra Australian Dollar English
Austria Vienna Euro German
Azerbaijan Baku Manat Azerbaijani
The Bahamas Nassau Bahamian Dollar English
Bahrain Manama Bahraini Dinar Arabic
Bangladesh Dhaka Taka Bangla
Barbados Bridgetown Barbadian Dollar English
Belarus Minsk Belarusian Ruble Belarusian; Russian
Belgium Brussels Euro Dutch; French; German
Belize Belmopan Belize Dollar English
Benin Porto-Novo West African CFA Franc
French
Bhutan Thimphu Ngultrum Dzongkha
Bolivia La Paz; Sucre Boliviano Spanish; Quechua; Aymara
Bosnia and Sarajevo Convertible Mark Bosnian; Croatian; Serbian
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Herzegovina
Botswana Gaborone Pula English; Tswana
Brazil Brasilia Real Portuguese
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei Dollar Malay
Bulgaria Sofia Lev Bulgarian
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou West African CFA Franc
French
Burundi Bujumbura Burundi Franc Kirundi; French
Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel Khmer
Cameroon Yaounde Central African CFA Franc
French; English
Canada Ottawa Canadian Dollar English; French
Cape Verde Praia Cape Verdean Escudo Portuguese
Central African Republic
Bangui Central African CFA Franc
Sango; French
Chad N'Djamena Central African CFA Franc
French; Arabic
Chile Santiago Chilean Peso Spanish
China Beijing Chinese Yuan Mandarin
Colombia Bogota Colombian Peso Spanish
Comoros Moron Comorian Franc Comorian; Arabic; French
Democratic Republic Of the Congo
Kinshasa Congolese Franc French
Republic of the Congo
Brazzaville Central African CFA Franc
French
Costa Rica San Jose Colon Spanish
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Yamoussoukro; Abidjan
West African CFA Franc
French
Croatia Zagreb Croatian Kuna
Cuba Havana Cuban Peso
Spanish
Cyprus Nicosia Euro Greek; Turkish
Czechia Prague Czech Koruna Czech; Slovak
Denmark Copenhagen Danish Krone Danish
Djibouti Djibouti Djiboutian Franc Arabic; French
Dominica Rosesau East Caribbean Dollar English; French; Antillean Creole
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo
Dominican Peso Spanish
East Timor (Timor-Leste)
Dilli United States Dollar Tetum; Portuguese; Iindonesian
Ecuador Quito United States Dollar Spanish
Egypt Cairo Egyptian Pound Arabic
El Salvador San Salvador United States Dollar Spanish
Equitorial Guinea Malabo Central African CFA Franc
Spanish; French; Portuguese
Eritrea Asmara Nakfa Arabic; Tigrinya; English
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Estonia Tallinn Estonian Kroon; Euro Estonian
Ethiopia Addis Ababa Birr Amharic
Fiji Suva Fijian Dollar English; Bau Fijian; Hindi
Finland Helsinki Euro Finnish; Swedish
France Paris Euro; CFP Franc French
Gabon Libreville Central African CFA Franc
French
The Gambia Banjul Dalasi English
Georgia Tbilisi Lari Georgian
Germany Berlin Euro German
Ghana Accra Ghanaian Cedi English
Greece Athens Euro Greek
Grenada St. George's East Caribbean Dollar English; Patois
Guatemala Guatemala City Quetzal Spanish
Guinea Conakry Guinean Franc French
Guinea-Bissau Bissau West African CFA Franc
Portuguese
Guyana Georgetown Guyanese Dollar English
Haiti Port-au-Prince Gourde Haitian Creole; French
Honduras Tegucigalpa Lempira Spanish
Hungary Budapest Forint Hungarian
Iceland Reykjavik Icelandic Krona Icelandic
India New Delhi Indian Rupee Hindi; English
Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah Indonesian
Iran Tehran Rial Persian
Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar Arabic; Kurdish
Republic of Ireland Dublin Euro English; Irish
Israel Jerusalem Shekel Hebrew; Arabic
Italy Rome Euro Italian
Jamaica Kingston Jamaican Dollar English
Japan Tokyo Yen Japanese
Jordan Amman Jordanian Dinar Arabic
Kazakhstan Astana Tenge Kazakh; Russian
Kenya Nairobi Kenyan Shilling Swahili; English
Kiribati Tarawa Atoll Kiribati Dollar English; Gilbertese
North Korea Pyongyang North Korean Won Korean
South Korea Seoul South Korean Won Korean
Kosovo Pristina Euro Albanian; Serbian
Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti Dollar Arabic; English
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Som Kyrgyz; Russian
Laos Vientiane Kip Lao (Laotian)
Latvia Riga Lats Latvian
Lebanon Beirut Lebanese Pound Arabic; French
Lesotho Maseru Loti Sesotho; English
Liberia Monrovia Liberian Dollar English
Libya Tripoli Libyan Dinar Arabic
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Liechtenstein Vaduz Swiss Franc German
Lithuania Vilnius Lithuanian Litas Lithuanian
Luxembourg Luxembourg Euro German; French; Luxembourgish
Macedonia Skopje Macedonian Denar Macedonian
Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy Ariary Malagasy; French; English
Malawi Lilongwe Malawi Kwacha English
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit Malay
Maldives Male Maldivian Rufiyaa Dhivehi
Mali Bamako West African CFA Franc
French
Malta Valletta Euro Maltese; English
Marshall Islands Majuro United States Dollar Marshallese; English
Mauritania Nouakchott Ouguiya Arabic
Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian Rupee English
Mexico Mexico City Mexican Peso Spanish
Federal States of Micronesia
Palikir United States Dollar English
Moldova Chisinau Moldovan Leu Moldovan (Romanian)
Monaco Monaco Euro French; Italian; English
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Togrog Mongolian
Montenegro Podgorica Euro Montenegrin
Morocco Rabat Moroccan Dirham Arabic
Mozambique Maputo Mozambican Metical
Portuguese
Myanmar (Burma) Nypyidaw Kyat Burmese
Namibia Windhoek Namibian Dollar English; Afrikaans; German
Nauru Yaren Australian Dollar English; Nauran
Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese Rupee Nepali
Netherlands Amsterdam; The Hague
Euro Dutch
New Zealand Wellington New Zealand Dollar English
Nicaragua Managua Cordoba Spanish
Niger Niamey West African CFA Franc
French
Nigeria Abuja Naira English
Norway Oslo Norwegian Krone Norwegian
Oman Muscat Omani Rial Arabic
Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani Rupee Urdu; English
Palau Melekeok United States Dollar English; Palauan
Panama Panama City Balboa Spanish
Papa New Guinea Port Moresby Papa Papa New Guinean Kina
English; Tok Pisin; Hiri Motu
Paraguay Asuncion Guarani Spanish; Guarani
Peru Lima Nuevo Sol Spanish
Phillipines Manila Phillipine Peso Filipino; English
Poland Warsaw Zloty Polish
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Portugal Lisbon Euro Portuguese
Qatar Doha Qatari Riyal Arabic
Romania Bucharest Romanian Rupee Romanian
Romania Bucharest Romanian Rupee Romanian
Russia Moscow Ruble Russian
Rwanda Kigali Rwandan Franc Kinyarwanda; French; English
LIST OF UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN INDIA
List of Natural World Heritage Sites
SR. No. Name of Natural World Heritage Site State
1 Kaziranga National Park Assam
2 Keoladeo Ghana National Park Rajasthan
3 Manas Wildlife Sanctuary Assam
4 Nanda Devi National Park and Valley of Flowers Uttarakhand
5 Sunderbans National Park West Bengal
6 Western Ghats Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka,
Tamil Nadu and Kerala
7 Great Himalayan National Park Himachal Pradesh
List of Cultural World Heritage Sites
SR. No. Name of Cultural World Heritage Site State
1 Agra Fort Uttar Pradesh
2 Ajanta Caves Maharashtra
3 Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi Madhya Pradesh
4 Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park Gujarat
5 Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Formerly Victoria
Terminus) Maharashtra
6 Churches and Convents of Goa Goa
7 Elephanta Caves Maharashtra
8 Ellora Caves Maharashtra
9 Fatehpur Sikri Uttar Pradesh
10 Great Living Chola Temples Tamil Nadu
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11 Group of Monuments at Hampi Karnataka
12 Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram Tamil Nadu
13 Group of Monuments at Pattadakal Karnataka
14 Hill Forts of Rajasthan
Rajasthan (Chittorgarh, Kumbhalgarh, Ranthambhore, Amber Sub-Cluster, Jaisalmer,
Gagron)
15 Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi Delhi
16 Khajuraho Group of Monuments Madhya Pradesh
17 Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya Bihar
18 Mountain Railways of India Tamil Nadu
19 Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi Delhi
20 Rani-Ki-Van (the Queen’s Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat Gujarat
21 Red Fort Complex Delhi
22 Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka Madhya Pradesh
23 Sun Temple, Konarak Orissa
24 Taj Mahal Uttar Pradesh
25 The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur Rajasthan
26 Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara
(Nalanda University) at Nalanda Bihar
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28.
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement
Historic City of Ahmadabad
Chandigarh
Gujarat
List of Mixed World Heritage Sites in India
SR. No. Name of Mixed World Heritage Site State
1 Khangchendzonga National Park Sikkim
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