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l First Hindu-American to enter in the US House Success Tip
of Representative as senator is Tulsi Gabbard Tana Bhagats is a tribal community in Indian state
l IPCC stands for Intergovernmental Panel on Cli- of Jharkhand. They are related to historical Tana
mate Change Bhagat movement (1914). Tana Bhagats were formed
l Daisy wheel printer is an impact printer by Oaron saints Jatra Bhagat and Turia Bhagat. The
l India and Japan inked two agreements during Tana Bhagats opposed the taxes imposed on them
November 2012 to enable Tokyo to import from by the British and they staged a Satyagraha (civil
India Rare earth minerals disobedience movement) even before Gandhi’s saty-
agraha movement
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l Sardar Bagat Singh founded the Naujawan
The historic India-Japan Nuclear Cooperation Agree-
Bharat Sabha
ment (or nuclear deal) was signed on 11 November
2016. Success Tip
l Aung San Sun Kyi is a native to Myanmar Naujawan Bharat Sabha was a left-wing Indian as-
l The WISE Prize-2012, also known as the “Nobel sociation that sought to foment revolution against
Prize for Education” was conferred by the WISE the British Raj by gathering together worker and
Summit in Doha to Dr. Madhav Chavan peasant youths. It was founded by Bhagat Singh in
March 1926 and was a more public face of
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Dr. Sakena Yacoobi of Afghanistan won the WISE l The Narendra Mandal or Chamber of Princes was
Prize for Education at the seventh World Innova- inaugurated in 1921 by Duke of Connaught
tion Summit for Education (WISE) in Doha, Qatar
on November 4, 2015. Success Tip
l The “One Straw Revolution’ was written by Masa- Narendra Mandal was an institution established in
nobu Fukuoka 1920 by a royal proclam-ation of King-Emperor
George V to provide a forum in which the rulers of
l Non Resident Indians (NRI) Day is marked on
January 9 the princely states of India could voice their needs
and aspirations to the colonial government of British
l “Whether I earned your vote or not, I have lis-
India. It survived until the end of the British Raj in
tened to you, have learned from you. You have
1947
made me a better President”, as said by Barack
Obama Physical Geography
l Ice glacier’s melting is a common phenomenon
SSC Graduate Level Tier-1 Exam linked to the rise in seawater level. The glaciers
Held on: 21.04.2013 (Evening Shift) are predominantly present in Antarctica
Ancient History General Geography
l Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha together are l Baba Amte is known for establishing-the
known as Triratna “Anand Van”
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The Triratna is a Buddhist symbol, thou-ght to vi- It was founded in 1952 by noted social activist Baba
sually represent the Three Jewels of Buddhism Amte. The project is run by the organisation Maha-
(the Buddha, the Dharma, the San-gha) rogi Seva Samiti. Two of its other projects are Lok
Biradari Prakalp and Somnath, a village for cured
l Chandragupta I was called Lichchavi Dauhitra
leprosy patients
Modern History l Human Environment Conference, 1972 was held
l Rowlatt Act 1919 was enacted during the period at Stockholm
of Lord Chelmsford l Pachmarhi hill station is called as the ‘Queen
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l NH2 connects Delhi and Kolkata via Mathura
This act effectively authorized the government to
and Varanasi
imprison any person suspected of terrorism living in
l The country where drip irrigation is more effi-
the Raj for up to two years without a trial, and gave
ciently used is Israel
the imperial authorities power to deal with all revo-
lutionary activities Success Tip
Drip irrigation is a form of irrigation that saves wa-
l M.K.Gandhi said Truth is the ultimate reality
ter and fertilizer by allowing water to drip slowly to
and it is God
the roots of many different plants, either onto the
l Uraon tribe is associated with the “Tana Bhagat” soil surface or directly onto the root zone, through
movement a network of valves, pipes, tubing, and emitters
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