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l In the context of the stock market, IPO stands Shovana Narayan- Kathak Dancing
for Initial Public Offer Adoor Gopalakrishnan- Films
Physics l The book ‘Cricket My Style’ has been written by
Kapil Dev
l The centre of gravity of a sprinter during the race
l Nauru is the name of the world’s smallest re-
lies ahead of his feat.
public which has an area of 21 sq. km only
l Electron microscope was discovered by Knoll and
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l Galena is a mineral of Lead.
l Magnalium is an alloy of Aluminium and Mag- Medieval History
nesium. l After the death of Rajaram in 1700 A.D., Mar-
l Galvanization of Iron is carried out using Zinc. athas continued the war against the Mughals
l Country which launched the world’s first satel- under his brave wife Tarabai
lite dedicated to monitoring Green House Gas l The credit of discovering the sea route of India
emission is Japan. goes to the Portuguese
Biology Modern History
l Bacteria was first discovered by A.V. Leeuwen- l The headquarters of the Ghadar Party was at
hoek. San Francisco
l The disease that is caused by virus is common
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cold.
Key members included Lala Har Dayal, Sohan Singh
l The locomotory organ of ‘Amoeba’ is Pseudo-po-
Bhakna, Kartar Singh Sarabha, Abdul Hafiz Mo-
dia.
hamed Barakatullah and Rashbehari Bose
l The numbers of chromosome present in normal
human being are 46. l Hardayal, an intellectual giant, was associated
with Ghadar Movement
l An instrument for measuring blood pressure is
called Sphygmomanometer. l The song Jana Gana Mana’ composed by Rabin-
dra Nath Tagore was first published in January
l The tern ‘Rh factor’ refers to Rhesus factor.
1912 under the title of Bharat Vidhata
l The discoverer of penicillin was Alexander Flem-
l On imprisonment in 1908 by the British, Bal
ing.
GangadharTilak was sent to Mandalay
l Blood groups were discovered by Landsteiner
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Miscellaneous In his newspaper Kesari, Tilak defended Prafulla
l The author of the book titled “The Future of In- Chaki and Khudiram Bose and called for immediate
dia” is Bimal Jalan. swaraj. This was followed by the immediate arrest of
l Manmohan Singh had declared an Indian River Tilak by the British on charges of sedition.
as the ‘National River’. The name of that river is
Ganga. Physical Geography
l The Governor of Rajasthan is Mr. Kalyan Singh. l Indian desert is called Thar
l Lectures on Jurisprudence famous books is Success Tip
associated with Austin
Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert,
l XXI Commonwealth Games, 2018 will be held is a large, arid region in the north western part of
on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia the Indian subcontinent that forms a natural bound-
l Charles Babbage is called the Father of Com- ary between India and Pakistan
puter
l Books and their authors: General Geography
The Satanic- Salman Rushdie l The satellite launching centre of India located
A House for Mr. Biswas- V.S. Naipaul in Sriharikota
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Sunny Days- Sunil Gavaskar Sriharikota is a barrier island off the Bay of Bengal
l Personalities with the activity they are associ- coast located in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
ated with : l States Known For
Mark Spitz- Swimming Tea Assam
Sabeer Bhatia- Software Industry Groundnut- Gujarat
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