World Geography- Recapitulation

• Canberra is on the bank of Molonglo river
• Ipswitch in Australia famous for lignite and sub bituminous coal
• Alaska is the largest province of USA
• Rhode Island is the smallest US provoince
• Rio Grande separates USA and Mexico
• Niagara falls between Erie and Ontario lakes
• Highest oil reserve in USA in Texas
• 49TH parallel separates USA and Canada
• Port Au Prince is the capital of Haiti
• Angel falls on Orinoco river in Venezuela is the highest falls on earth
• Tubarao in Brazil is South America's highest steel producing zone
• Philadelphia is known as Quaker city
• Uros island is on lake Titicaca
• Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania is the second deepest lake in the world after Lake Baikal
• Lake Assal in Djibouti is the deepest point in Africa
• Basutoland is the earlier name of Lesotho
  
• Suriname and Guyana famous for Bauxite
• Dutch Guyana earlier name of Suriname
• Mt Elbrus is the highest peak of Caucasus
• Only Monaco and Switzerland have square maps
• Takla Makan desert is in China
• Ras Tanura in Saudi Arabia is the largest oil refinery
• Iran is known as the land of seven hills
• Tsugaru strait separates Hokkaido and Honshu islands of Japan
• Chagos archipellago in the Indian Ocean
• Maginot Line separates France and Germany
• Negev desert is in Israel
• East Timor was earlier a part of Indonesia
• Aceh rebels in Indonesia
• ETA terrorist organisation in Spain
• Torres strait separates Australian and New Guinea
• Temperate grassland in Australia is known as Downs

Daily Dose-GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS

• India's first Kisan SEZ in Andhra Pradesh
• Tejas replaced MIG21
• Survey of India, India's Principal Mapping Agency comes under the Dept Of Sc & Tech
• Uruguay 21st nation to join G20
• Pan European Oil Pipeline-Coratia, Serbia,Romania, Italy and Solvenia
• In Andhra Govt started Pavala Vaddi scheme in 2008 to arrange crop loans for the farmers
• Chattisgarh is the only tin ore producing state in the country.
• Haryana became the first State in the country to achieve 100 per cent rural electrification
  in 1970.
• Dudhsagar waterfalls, Baga and Anjuman beaches are in Goa
• Country's First Green Field International Airport has been set up at Devanahalli near Bangalore
  
• The Vallamkali or boat race is typical of Kerala.
• Onam is the most typical of Kerala festivals which
  coincides with the harvest season. It is now celebrated on astronomical New Year
  Day.
• Manipur is the only spt on earth in which the Brow-antlered deer (Cervus eldi eldi) commonly known as Sangai is found. This rare deer is surviving in its natural habital at the Keibul Lamjo.
• Meghalaya-Behdeinkhlam’, the most important and colourful
  festival of the Jaintias is celebrated annually at Jowai in Jaintia Hills in July. ‘Wangala
  festival’ is observed for a week to honour Saljong (Sungod) of the Garos
• Kut is
  the Mizo term for festival. Among the various cultural festivals, only three viz.
  Chapchar Kut, Mim Kut & Thalfavang Kut are observed today.
• The HORNBILL festival conceived by the Tourism Department and held in
  the first week of December is an annual event where all tribes of Nagaland come together
• Sikkim is one of the 18 biodiversity hotspots in the world
• The premier monastery of Sikkim is Pemayantshe in Pelling
• Late Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru described Puducherry
  as "the Window of French Culture".

DAILY DOSE -GK & CA

• Ingrid Newkirk is the co-founder of PETA
• Patrick Seasau-MD of Unilever
• Only 2 cricketers with hatrick in both Test and ODIs-Mohd Sami and Wasim Akram
• Brian Lara scored 501 against Durham while playing for Warwickshire
• SAIL Chairperson -KS Roongta
• New name of Cherapunji is Sohra
• Generic name of viagra is Sildenafil
• Present SEBI Chairman-SB Bhave
• JM Coetzee only person to win Booker twice
• 2008 SCO Summit- Dushanbe
• Raman Ray is known as Father of Outsourcing in India
• AK Goswami Committee-Interlinking of Rivers
• President Of EU- Jean Claude Junket
• Swaraj-IT solution for Panchayat Raj by Microsoft
• GLOVE 1 -EU's first navigational satellite
• SMART 1 -European Space Agency's Lunar Mission
• CASSINI-NASA's mission to Saturn
• Norman Vaugh n discovered Antarctica.It is the continent with highest mean elevation
• The Enola Gay is the B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb, code-named " Little Boy", to be used in war, by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in the attack on Hiroshima, Japan on 6 August 1945
• Largest asteroid-CERES
• Bangkok has hosted Asian Games highest number of times
• CEO of Infosys-S Gopalakrishnan
• India's tank manufacturing center at Avadi
• Dept Of Official Languages comes under the Ministry of Home Affairs
• Azim Ceku is the PM of Kosovo
• Bai Korroma is the president of Sierra Leone
• John Key is the new PM of New Zealand
• M Annadurai is the project Chief of Chandrayaan
• TD Dogra is the new head of AIIMS
• Ashok Lahiri committee on FII
• World'd oldest existing newspaper -Post Och Inrikes(Sweden)
• Reang is a tribe of Mizoram
• Haumea is the 5th dwarf planet

World Geography PART IV (CONCLUDING PART)-ASIA & Others

• In Borobudur(Java) worlds largest Buddhist monastry
• Parliament of Japan- Diet and of Israel-Knesset
• Igorot is a tribe in Philippines
  
• Honshu is the largest Japanese Island
• La Perouse strait between Hokkaido island and Sakhalin
• Caspian sea is bordered by Iran,Kazakhstan,Russia,Turkmenistan,Azerbaijan
• Jordan is the only land locked west Asian nation
• Mt Mayon is an active Volcano in Luzon,Philippines
• Tatar strait separates Russia and Sakhalin
• Sunda strait separates Java and Sumatra
• Malacca strait separates Sumatra and Malaysia
  
• Dasht e Kavir-Largest salt desert in the world(Iran)
• South China Sea is the largest sea in the world and the largest water body after 5 oceans
• Hwang Ho is also known as Yellow river
• Pynmana is the new capital of Myanmar
• Bangkok is on Chao Phraya river
• Laos is the only landlocked nation of West Asia
• Baghdad is on the bank of Tigris river
• Kirkuk in Iraq is the largest oil field in the world
• Majlis is the parliament of both Maldives and Iran
• Tatar is the narrowest strait
• Malaysia is the largest producer of palm oil
• Nigeria largest producer of Ground nut oil
• Veddas is a tribe in Sri Lanka
• Ainu is a tribe in Japan
• Maginot line separates Germany and France
• Rub Ul Khail is the largest continuous stretch of desert in Saudi Arabia
• Famous Karaganda coal mine is in Kazakhstan
• Negev desert in Israel
• Upper Volta is the earlier name of Burkino Fuso
• 38 parallel separates North and South Korea
• Yawata is the largest iron & steel plant in Japan
• Andorra has the highest life expectancy in the world, 85 years
• Area wise continents Asia-Africa,N America,S America,Europe,Australia
• Big Inch Pipeline bet'n Gulf of Mexico and NE Part of America
• Trans Arabian Pipeline-Ras Tanura to Sidon
• Torres strait separates Australia and New Guinea
• Downs-Temperate grassland in AustraliaFoveux starit separates Southern NewZealand and Steward Island
• COMECON pipeline-Volga basin to East European countries
  
• Mexico is the highest producer of Sulphur
• Ashanti is a tribe in Ghana
  
• Canary Islands belong to Spain
• Tamanithi HEP bet'n India and Myanmar, on Chindwin river
  
• El Al is the airlines of Israel
• Cathay Pacific-Airlines of HongKong
• Macao is governed by China.Earlier it was governed by Portugal

Freedom Struggle-PART III-Concluding Part

• Chudringer was the Commerce minister in the interim govt whereas Abdul Rav Nistar was Communication minister
• Mountbatten Plan was also known as Balkan Plan
• Kashmir's premier during independence was Kak
• VP Menon moved the resolution for independence of India
• Ramakrishna Aiyer led the Punnapar Vayalar movement in Travancore
• Congress delegates in the Simla Conference was led by MAKA
• Ad miral Godfrey was given the charge to suppress RIN Mutiny
• Bakhast Peasant Rebellion was in Bihar in 1946-47
• KB Hedgewar founded RSS in 1925
• Subramania Iyer was the first Indian to be appointed the Vice Chancellor of Madras University
• Nabagopal Mitra started Hindu Mela and popularised the term "National"
• MN Roy founded Radical Democtatic Party in 1940 and also International Humanists
• C Rajagopalachari founded Swatantra Party
• From 1916 to 1921 Fazlul Haq was the President of Muslim League
• Bulabhai Deasai,KN Katju,TB Sapru,Asaf Ali and Nehru were in the team to provide legal aid to INA convicts
• Nankhana tragedy took place in February 1921
• Shiromani Gurdwara Prabondhak Committee founded in 1920
• Guru ka Bagh Styagraha-October 1922
• Nabha Agitation over the removal of Ripudaman Singh in 1923.Congress sent Nehru,Gidwani and Sathanam to enquire
• MN Srinivasan used the term Sanskritization
• Subramaniyam Tiramambu was known as Singing Sword of Kerala
• Ramkrishna Pillai wrote Swadeshabhimani and also wrote the first biography of Karl Marx in Tamil Nadu
• BR Ambedkar founded Bahishkrit Hitakarni Sabha in 1924
• Jyotiba Phule founded Satyashodhak Samaj in 1873
• Nadar Mahajan Sangam-1910
• CV Raman Pillai wrote Martanda Varna
• Periyar started Self Respect Movement
• Periyar joined the Congress in 1919, but resigned in 1925 when he felt that the party was only serving the interests of the Brahmins
• In 1939, Periyar became the head of the Justice Party
• In 1938 session of Hindu Mahasabha Savarkar declared "We Hindus are a nation by ourselves"
• Mohd Shafi Section of the Muslim League supported Simon Commission
• Subramaniyam Aiyer published Hindu
• Indigo rebellion was cooperative,disciplined and organised
• Aswini Kr Dutta called the Amravati session of 1897 a Three Day Tamasha
• Muthuswami Iyer was appointed a High Court Judge in Madras in 1978
• Tilak started a train called Congress Special
• KN Natarajan started "Indian Social Reformer"
• Rajendra Prasad moved the resolution for office acceptance
• All India Kisan Day 1st September 1936
• Hindu Mahsabha was founded in Haridwar
• After the Kohat riot Gandhiji went for a 21 day strike in 1924
• Ganhiji did not attain 1927 Madras session of Congress
• Vandemataram was the slogan for the Ghadarites and Sat sri Akal was avoided
• Krishna Rao,T Prakashan and C Pillai were together known as Egmore
• Punjab Land Alienation Act-1901
• Bengal Tenancy Act-1885
• Malabar Tenancy Act-1929
• Fazl Hussain started Unionist Party
• Agarkar edited Sudhakar
• Deccan Agriculturist Relief Act-1879
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Geography Part III, Africa and Miscellaneous

• Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia are known as Meghreb countries and the language used in these countries in Berber
• Lake Kariba on Zambezi river is the biggest HEP source in Africa
• Nigeria, Niger and Chad border lake Chad
• Asmara is the capital of Eritrea
• Lake Assad in Djibouti is the deepest point in Africa
• Equator crosses Congo or Zaire river twice
• Stanley and Livinstona falls are on river Congo
• South African Company Escom plans to build a Hydro Electric Project on Congo with capacity twice that of Three Gorges Dam
• Orange river separates South Africa and Namibia
• Limpopo river crosses Tropic of Capricorn twice and it forms the natural boundary between South Africa and Lesotho and Zimbabwe
• Zambezi river forms the boundary between Zimbabwe and Zambia.Victoria Falls is on this river
• Highest recorded temperature ever in Al Aziziya in Libya(58 degree centigrade)
• Bloemfontein is the judicial capital, Pretoria is the administrative capital and Cape Town is the Legislative capital of South Africa
• Dahomey is the earlier name of Benin
• Bushmen is a tribe of Kalahari desert
• Kalahari desert is between Zambezi and Orange river and main part of it is in Botswana
• Ethiopia and Liberia were never colonized
• Wankee is the famous coal mine of Zimbabwe
• Sahara is the single largest stretch of desert
• Algeria is the largest producer of natural gas in Africa.Hassi river mel region.
• Lubumbashi is a famous copper mine of Congo
• Victoria is the largest waterfalls n the world
• Eritrea was taken out of Ethiopia in 1990
• Itury is a rebellious group of Congo
• Hema and Lendu tribes are from Congo
• MONUC is the UN Peacekeeping mission in Congo
• Intermontane plane in Andes is known as Alti Plano
• Yakut is a tribe of Siberia
• Lapps is a tribe of Scandinevia
• Perforated state:A country with another country.Ex: Swaizaland and Lisotho
• Earlier name of Switzerland Helvetia
• Bora is the cold current in Adriatic sea
• Netherlands is the most densely populated European state
• Luxemberg has the highest per capita GDP
• Kasai mine in Zaire is famous for diamond
• Kilauca in Hawaii is the most active volcano in the world
• Lake Carnegie and Lake Disappointment are in Australia
• Haiti was earlier a colony of France

Weekend Dose-Current Affairs and GK

• Ram Mynampati is the new CEO of Satyam
• Richard Holbrook is the US Adviser on Pakistan and Afghanistan
• Himachal Pradesh became India's first carbon free state
• India's first baby from frozen egg born in Chennai
  
• Chandrayaan 2 will be a joint project of India and Russia
• Shipping Corporation of India Ltd is the 17th Navratna company
• Aurora borealis occurs in Ionosphere
• New 4 tiger reserves in the country are in Pilbhit(UP),Sunabeda(Orissa),Sahyadri(Maharashtra) and Ratapani(MP)
• Navanetham Pillai is UN's Human Rights Commissioner
• SB Mathur is new LIC Chairman
• Internet Governance Forum took place in Hyderabad
  
• dVirendra Pralbhakar is an eminentr photographer joournalist
• Recently World Bank developed Investment Climate Index
• Rod Laver was popular by the nickname Rocket.He is from Australia
• Chakib Khelil is OPEC President
• 1 barrel equals to 158 ltr (approx)
• Recently Claudia Castillo of Spain came in news because of the first tracheal transplant
  in the world
• Jmnagar , world's biggest greenfield refineary,cowned by Relieance is in controversy because of its close proximity to Pakistan border
• India is the 11th largest energy producer and 6th largest energy consumer
• Headquarter of OIC-Jeddah, GCC-Riyadh,Arab League-Cairo
• Operation Desert Storm-US Invasion of Iraq in 1990
• Operation Orchard-Israeli invasion of Syrian airbase
• Steve Balmer is the CEO of Microsoft
• Raju Josefa Olilo- President of Fiji
• Kishan Chaupal is a Rural Development scheme in Haryana
• FBI Chief-Robert Mueller
• Operation Chammar Sar- By indian Army in Bandipore district in North Kashmir in Harmukh range
• Nagpur will have India's largest social thermal power plant
• April 22- World Water Day
• BND- Spy Agency Of Germany
• Mossad- Spy Agency of Israel
• Savitri Jindal is India's richest woman
• Contries not part of UNFCC-Somalia, Iraq,Vatican City and Andorra
• International AIDS Conference was recently held in Mexico City
• World Water Convention-Stockholm
• NATO HQ-Brussels
• Tauvex-Indo Israel joint mission on UV imaging satellite
• LM Singhvi Committee on Indian Diaspora
• Leila Seth, Chief Justice of Delhi High Court is the first woman Chief Justice of any high court in India
• World Water Forum was recently held at Istanbul
• Leander Paes and Cara Black(Zimbabwe) won US Mixed Doubles 2008
• Now CRAR is 12%
• In the Global Competitiveness Report by World Economic Forum India ranks 50th
• India purchased Barak Anti Missile from USA
• Megan Mylan directed Oscar Winning docufil Smile Pinky
• Sri BN Srikrishna will head the committee on Mumbai Terror Attack
• JJ Irani Committee-Company Law
• Chaturvedi Committee- Oil Pricing
• The shape of the beast-Arundhati Roy
• Bio Diesel Mission is monitored and implemented by Ministry of R&D
• Recently Currency Swap Deal took place bet'n India and Japan
• Chennai started Online birth registration
• RS Sharma is the new Chairman NTPC
  
• OP Bhat-Chairman SBI
  
• At Kuthalam, India's first Helium extraction plant
• R Venkatraman, Former Indian President was a member of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution
• India and France plan to develop Maitri in the Brahmos line
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