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Sports Medieval History
l Trophies and their sport l Monuments and their related emperor
Trophy Sport
Monument Emperor
a. Ranji Trophy Cricket
a. Agra Fort Akbar
b. Santosh Trophy Football
b. Taj Mahal Shahjahan
c. Agha Khan Cup Hockey
c. Purana Quila Sher Shah
Miscellaneous l Second battle of Panipat was fought between
l Input device is used to enter data and instruc- Akbar and Hemu.
tions into a computer.
Modern History
l In examination, Terabyte has largest storing
space. l The first Governor General of Bengal was War-
ren Hastings.
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Yottabyte has largest storing space. 1 YB = 10008 bytes
Warren Hastings was the first Governor of the Presi-
= 1024 bytes = 1000000000000000000000000 bytes =
dency of Fort William (Bengal), the head of the Su-
1000 zettabytes = 1 trillion terabytes.
preme Council of Bengal, and thereby the first de
l ‘Van Mahotsav’ is associated with planting of facto Governor-General of India from 1772 to 1785.
trees.
l An important role in Gadar Movement was played
l The Union Ministry of Human Resource Devel- by Lala Hardayal.
opment has launched a nationwide ‘Students for
Soldiers: Vidya Veerta Abhiyan’ to display por- Geography and Environment
traits of Paramveer Chakra decorated soldiers in l The equator is an imaginary line on Earth at 0
education institutes. degree latitude.
l Folk dances and their related state l The Narmada River flows westwards and falls into
Folk Dance State Arabian Sea.
a. Ghoomar Rajasthan Success Tip
b. Bihu Assam
Tapti is another River which flows westwards and
c. Bhangra Punjab
falls into Arabian Sea.
d. Lavani Maharashtra
l The imaginary lines encircling the earth horizon-
e. Jat-Jatin Bihar
tally are called latitudes.
l In the 64th National Awards, the Best Hindi Film
l All three latitudes i.e. equator, tropic of cancer
for the year 2016 has been awarded to Hindi film
and tropic of Capricorn pass through Africa.
Neerja.
l Nagpur is also known as ‘zero-mile centre’ of In-
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Neerja is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language biographical Success Tip
thriller film directed by Ram Madhvani and written
Zero Mile Stone is a monument locating the geo-
by Saiwyn Quadras and Sanyuktha Chawla Shaikh.
graphical centre of colonial India in the city of Nag-
l The book ‘Hope in a challenged Democracy’ is pur, Maharashtra. The Zero Mile Stone was erected
authored by Dr. Ashwani Kumar. by the British who used this point to measure all the
l India has signed a bilateral contract for develop- distances.
ment and operations of Chabahar port with Iran. l National Parks and their related animals
l ‘Operation Pawan’ was a peace-keeping operation National Park Animal
by India in its neighbouring country Sri Lanka. a. Kanha Tiger
b. Kaziranga Rhinoceros
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c. Gir Lion
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l In Indus Valley Civilisation, Kalibangan is famous COMMON ERRORS IN ENGLISH
for pottery.
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