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SI NO TOPICS PAGE NO
1. Festivals 01
2 Dances 02
3 Songs 04
4 Awards related to Dance 05
5 Census 2011 07
6 Sports 09
7 Books & Authors 12
8 Important Personalities and Associated Music Instruments 14
9 Famous Gharana Personalities And Their Birthplace 16
10 Painting, Dress & Tribes 17
11 First in India 18
12 World GK 22

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FESTIVALS
➢ ‘Naropa’ (Kumbh of Himalayas) is an annual festival ➢ Gangaur Festival is celebrated in honour of the
of – Ladakh Goddess - Parvati
➢ ‘Phulaich’ is a colorful festival celebrated in - ➢ Gangaur Festival is mostly celebrated by the
Himachal Pradesh womenfolk of - Rajasthan
➢ “Doul Utsav” is majorly celebrated in - Assam ➢ Hunter’s Moon in the West is called as - Kartik
➢ Thadingyut festival is celebrated in - Myanmar Purnima
➢ According to the Hindu calendar Dussehra is ➢ In Hindu Mythology, during the Gudi Padwa festival,
celebrated in - Ashvin month the “Gudi” signifies - Symbol of victory or success.
➢ According to the Hindu calendar, Holi is celebrated on ➢ Jain festival which is celebrated after every twelve
Phalguna Purnima. years - Mahamastakabhisheka
➢ As per the Hindu calendar, the birth anniversary of ➢ Jallikattu, a famous bull-taming festival of Tamil
Lord Mahavir Swami is celebrated in - Chaitra month Nadu.
➢ Atla Taddi festival is celebrated in Andhra Pradesh. ➢ Kailpodh is an indigenous harvest festival of -
Karnataka
➢ Bastar Dussehra is celebrated in Chhattisgarh.
➢ Karaga, oldest festival of Karnataka, is celebrated in
➢ Bastar Goncha festival brings out the best of the
honour of - Goddess Shakti
fusion of the rich culture of Chhattisgarh and Odisha.
➢ Kati Bihu is celebrated in the month of - October
➢ Bathukamma, a flower festival, is celebrated in -
Telangana ➢ Ker and Garia Puja are traditional tribal festivals of -
Tripura.
➢ Bhagoria festival associated with - Holi
➢ Lohri festival celebrated mainly in Punjab.
➢ Bharat Parv was started by the Ministry of Tourism in
- 2016 ➢ Losar (a new year festival) is celebrated in - Arunachal
Pradesh.
➢ Bihu is a festival and dance of Assam.
➢ 'Losoong' festival is celebrated in Sikkim.
➢ Bohag Bihu is also known as - Rongali Bihu
➢ 'Losoong' festival, is celebrated by Bhutia and Lepcha
➢ Bonalu is the famous festival of Telangana.
tribes.
➢ Buddha Purnima is marked on a full moon day in the
➢ Lui-Ngai-Ni is celebrated as a seed sowing festival by
month of Vaisakh.
the people of - Manipur
➢ Chad Shukra (Chad Sukra) festival is celebrated by the
➢ Lunar New Year festival of people who follow the
Jayanti tribe in - Meghalaya.
Sanamahism religion in the Indian state of Manipur is
➢ Chakan Gaan-Ngai is also known as - Festival of - Sajibu Cheiraoba
winter
➢ Makar Sankranti is celebrated as Tirmoori by - Sindhi
➢ Chapchar Kut festival is associated with Mizoram. community
➢ Chapchar Kut festival is predominantly celebrated in ➢ Me-Dum-Me-Phi, a festival which is celebrated in
- Mizoram. Assam.
➢ Chethiyagiri Vihara Festival is organized in - Madhya ➢ Moatsu festival of Nagaland is celebrated by the - Ao
Pradesh tribe.
➢ Chhath Puja, celebrated in Bihar, is also known as - ➢ Modhera dance festival is performed in Gujarat.
Dala Puja
➢ Mopin is the cultural festival of - Arunachal Pradesh
➢ Digambara sect of Jains celebrate Paryushan Parv for
➢ Mysuru Dasara is a 10 day festival, celebrated in -
- 10 days
Karnataka
➢ Dree, an agricultural festival of Arunachal Pradesh, is
➢ Nabakalebara festival is associated with - Jagannath
celebrated in the month of - July
Temple
➢ Eid-ul-Fitr is celebrated on the first day of Shawwal,
➢ National Youth Festival is celebrated to
which falls in eight months of - Islamic calendar
commemorate the birth anniversary of - Swami
➢ Fatorpa Zatra festival celebrated in Goa. Vivekananda
➢ Festival of snake-worshiping in Haryana, Punjab, ➢ Navroz is another name for the - Parsi New Year
Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh -
➢ Nongkrem festival of Meghalaya is celebrated by
Gugga Naumi
Khasi tribe.

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➢ Onam festival of South India is associated with the ➢ The harvest festival ‘Nabanna’ is celebrated in - West
folklore of - King Mahabali. Bengal
➢ Onam harvest festival of Kerala celebrated for 10 ➢ The Malayalam New Year celebrated in Kerala is
days. called - "Vishu”.
➢ Paro Tsechu’ is one of the most popular festivals in - ➢ The meaning of Bathukamma, a colourful floral
Bhutan festival celebrated in Telangana, is - ‘Mother Goddess
➢ Paryushana Parva is related to Jain communities. come and alive’.
➢ Pawl Kut is a thanks giving festival of Mizoram. ➢ The Medaram Jatara Festival is a 4 days long festival,
celebrated by - Koya tribe
➢ Pongal is a festival of Tamil Nadu.
➢ The people of Kashmir dedicates the Navreh festival
➢ Raksha Bandhan is celebrated on Purnima tithi in the
to Goddess - Sharika
Hindu month of - Shravana
➢ The Phool Dei festival is celebrated in – Uttarakhand
➢ Rongker festival is celebrated by - Karbi tribe.
➢ The Sakraat festival is celebrated with the 'Budigali'
➢ Saga Dawa is primarily celebrated by Buddhists or 'Kalasi' dance in Odisha.
communities in - Sikkim
➢ The Thimithi festival in Tamil Nadu is celebrated in
➢ Sao Joao festival is celebrated primarily by the the honour of - Draupadi
Catholic Christians in - Goa.
➢ Three types of Bihu festivals are celebrated in - Assam
➢ Sarhul festival is celebrated in honor of the tree in
➢ Tirupati Tirumala Brahmotsavam is organized for a
Jharkhand.
duration of - 9 days
➢ Sharad Purnima is associated with the Goddess -
➢ Torgya, a three days monastery festival, is observed
Lakshmi
by the Monpa tribe of - Arunachal Pradesh
➢ Shigmo, a spring festival is celebrated in - Goa
➢ Tusu Parab is the harvest festival of Jharkhand.
➢ Shumang Leela festival is associated with - Manipur
➢ Ugadi (Telugu New Year) is celebrated in the month
➢ Shvetambara sect of Jains celebrates Paryushan Parv of - March.
for - 8 days ➢ Yaoshang festival (five-day event) is mainly
➢ Sohrai festival, a chief festival of Santhal tribe is associated with Manipur.
celebrated in Jharkhand.
➢ Sohrai is celebrated after Diwali on the new moon
day in honor of cattle.
DANCES
➢ Sohrai, Karam and Jawa festivals are celebrated in -
Jharkhand
➢ "Yakshagana" folk dance is associated with
➢ Songkran, a Buddhist festival, celebrated in the
Karnataka.
month of - April
➢ A dance form of Nagaland which is performed as
➢ Tam Ladu (Tamla Du) festival of Arunachal Pradesh. preparation for a hunting expedition is Sadal Keka.
➢ Thaipusam festival is celebrated by - Tamil ➢ A form of folk theatre which is based on the life of
communities Lord Krishna is Raasleela.
➢ The annual festival of Gangaur is observed in the ➢ A freestyle dance where performers dance with clay
Hindu month of - Chaitra pots filled with burning incense is Dhunuchi Naach.
➢ The Bumchu festival is primarily celebrated in - Sikkim ➢ According to 'Natya Shastra', Mohiniyattam is a form
➢ The Chaitraul festival is celebrated in Himachal of Lasya Dance.
Pradesh. ➢ Alarippu is a dance piece from Bharatanatyam.
➢ The festival celebrated on the Makar Sankranti day in ➢ Ancient dance teachers or gurus of Bharatanatyam
Assam is Magh Bihu. are popularly known as Nattuvanars.
➢ The festival 'Tsokum Samai' is celebrated in - ➢ Bhama Kalapam is the classical dance drama
Nagaland associated with Kuchipudi.
➢ The Gangaur Festival celebrated in Central and ➢ Bhangra, Luddi, Giddha are folk dances of Punjab.
Western India is associated with - Goddess Parvati. ➢ Bharatanatyam dance evolved from 'Ekaharya
➢ The Gochi festival is predominantly celebrated in - Lasyanga’.
Himachal Pradesh ➢ Bharatanatyam expresses South Indian religious
➢ The Halda festival is primarily celebrated in - themes and spiritual ideas of Shaivism.
Himachal Pradesh ➢ Bharatanatyam was originally known as Sadir Attam.

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➢ Bhavai (Vesha or Swang) is the popular folk theatre ➢ Kalakshetra style is associated with Bharatanatyam.
form of Gujarat. ➢ Kalasam is a dance sequence in Kathakali.
➢ Bhortal dance is famous in Assam. ➢ Kamsale is the folk dance of Karnataka.
➢ Buddhist chanting of Ladakh was inscribed in the ➢ Kolannalu, a folk dance, is popularly known as stick
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List in 2012. dance.
➢ Changai dance is associated with Nagaland. ➢ Konark dance festival is organized every year for 5
➢ Charu Sija Mathur is a name synonymous with days in Odisha.
Manipuri dance. ➢ Kuchipudi, a Yakshagaana style, was conceived by
➢ Cheraw is a folk dance associated with Mizoram. Siddhendra Yogi in the 17th century.
➢ Chhau dance exists in 3 main styles (Saraikela ➢ Kud is a folk dance of Jammu and Kashmir.
(Jharkhand), Mayurbhanj, (Orissa) and Purulia (West ➢ Kummi dance is associated with Tamil Nadu.
Bengal) ➢ Lai Haraoba is the earliest form of Manipuri dance.
➢ Chhau dance was inscribed in the UNESCO Intangible ➢ Lavani is a folk dance of Maharashtra.
Cultural Heritage List in 2010.
➢ Lotia is the regional music of Rajasthan.
➢ Choliya, a martial dance, is related to Uttarakhand.
➢ Luddi is a folk dance of Punjab.
➢ Dance performed by the Kamar tribe of Madhya
➢ Mati-Akhora is associated with Sattriya dance.
Pradesh is Terah Tali.
➢ Matki dance is performed in Madhya Pradesh.
➢ Dance performed by the Santhal tribe of Jharkhand is
Jhika Dashain. ➢ Mayurbhanj Chau dance is performed in Odisha.
➢ Danda-nacha (a dance form of Odisha) narrates ➢ Mohiniyattam dance emotes a play through dancing
about the story of Lord Shiva. and singing where the song is customarily in
Manipravala language.
➢ Daskathia is the tribal dance of Odisha.
➢ Mohiniyattam dance is performed by women in
➢ Garba, Dandiya Raas, Tippani Juriun dances are
honor of Lord Vishnu.
popular in the state of Gujarat.
➢ Mudiyettu is a ritual dance drama from Kerala based
➢ Gaur Maria dance belongs to Chhattisgarh.
on the mythological tale of a battle between Goddess
➢ Gavari, a dance-drama, is majorly performed in
Kali and Demon Darika.
Rajasthan.
➢ Padayani folk dance is performed at Bhadrakali
➢ Gharanas of Kathak include Jaipur, Lucknow, temple in Kerala.
Benaras, and Raigarh.
➢ Paika, Ghumra, and Dhap are the folk dances of
➢ Ghodemodini is a folk dance of Goa. Odisha.
➢ Ghoomar is traditionally performed by Bhil tribe ➢ Purulia Chau dance is performed in West Bengal.
(Rajasthan).
➢ Purulia, Mayurbhanj, Seraikella are subtypes of the
➢ Ghurehi folk dance is performed (by women) in the dance Chhau.
region of Himachal Pradesh.
➢ Rasa in which Love can be best expressed is
➢ Gotipua, a dance of Odisha, is performed in honor of Shringaara rasa.
Lord Jagannath.
➢ Ras-Lila is recognized as a classical dance form of
➢ Gugga, Khoria, and Phag dances are associated with Manipuri.
Haryana.
➢ Saila, Panthi, Pandwani, Raut Nacha dances are
➢ Hand gestures used in Indian classical dances are associated with Chhattisgarh.
called Mudra.
➢ 'Sarhul' festival of dance is performed in Jharkhand
➢ Hurka Baul dance, performed during maize and by the Oraon tribe.
paddy cultivation, is from Uttarakhand.
➢ Satriya dance of Assam is inspired by the Bhakti
➢ Jagoi and Cholom are the two main divisions of movement.
Manipuri dance.
➢ Seraikella Chhau is a popular dance form of
➢ Jagoi and Thabal Chongba are the famous dances of Jharkhand.
Manipur.
➢ Thabal Chongba is a folk dance of Manipur.
➢ Jamda folk dance is associated with Jharkhand.
➢ The bamboo dance of Mizoram is called Cheraw
➢ Jhijhiya dance is performed to please the god of rain dance.
‘Indra’ for good rain and crop in Bihar.
➢ The Chari folk dance is primarily performed (by
➢ Kajari is a folk song and dance which originated in women) in Rajasthan.
Uttar Pradesh.

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➢ The classical dance style which is inscribed on the

Gopuram of Chidambaram temple is Bharatanatyam. SONGS
➢ The classical work 'Hastalakshan Deepika' is related to
the dance Kathakali. ➢ ‘Maand’ is primarily a traditional folk singing style
➢ The competitive play between dancer and tabla from - Rajasthan
player in Kathak is Jugalbandi. ➢ ’Daskathia’ is a form of ballad singing prevalent in -
Odisha
➢ The dance that features painted masks, big skirts,
heavy jackets, lots of jewellery, and tall headdresses ➢ ’Mile sur mera tumhara' became popular as a
National Integration Song, this line is inscribed on the
is Kathakali.
Sawai Gandharva Memorial (Pune),constructed by -
➢ The dance where dancers form a counterclockwise Bhimsen Joshi
circle with concentric circles in opposite directions is
➢ ’Pandavani' is the most celebrated folklore of -
Garba dance. Chhattisgarh
➢ The element in Kuchipudi dance in which the ➢ ’Songs of the Blue Hills’ is a documentary by
performer balances his feet on the edge of a brass filmmaker - Utpal Borpujari
plate is Tarangam. ➢ A bassoon musical band is used by the Mewe
➢ The Joenpa Legso is a welcome dance of Bhutan. community of - Alwar (Rajasthan)
➢ The Khajuraho Dance Festival was started by the ➢ Alha singing is a prominent genre of folk songs of
Government of India in collaboration with Madhya some parts of - Uttar Pradesh
Pradesh Kala Parishad in 1975. ➢ Basanti Devi Bisht, an Indian folk singer from
➢ The Nalacharitham play is associated with Kathakali. Uttarakhand, is famous for singing - Jagar

➢ The number of Indian classical dance forms ➢ Baul is a form of folk music of - West Bengal
recognized by the Sangeet Natak Academy of India is ➢ Begum Akhtar is mainly associated with - Thumri
8. ➢ Bengal, Assam, and Bangladesh is - Bhawaiya
➢ The oldest gharana of Kathak Dance is Banaras ➢ Bhalari is a folk song of - Maharashtra
Gharana. ➢ Bhatiali is the folk music of - West Bengal
➢ The Pakhawaj syllables are used to conclude the ➢ Bhikhudan Govindbhai Gadhvi is a proponent of -
classical dance of Odissi. Dayro (folk song)
➢ The prime themes of Kathak are tied with ➢ Bon-geet (forest/nature song) is primarily a form of
Vaishnavism. folk song of - Assam
➢ Chakri is a choral song which is folk music of - Kashmir
➢ The Princely state primarily associated with Kathak is
Avadh. ➢ Farewell My Friend’ was an album composed by -
Pandit Ravi Shankar
➢ The Raigarh Gharana is associated with Kathak.
➢ from the film ‘Upkar’ is sung by - Mahendra Kapoor
➢ The Ras Leela was first started as a dance form in
➢ Gharana which was propounded by Bade Fateh Ali
1779 by Bhagyachandra (Meitei monarch).
Khan and Ali Baksh Jarnail Khan Was - Patiala
➢ Theoretical foundations of Bharatanatyam have been Gharana
found in Natya Shastra. ➢ Girija Devi, a singer of Hindustani classical music,
➢ Theyyam is the ritual art form of Kerala. belongs to - Thumri genre
➢ Tradition of Vedic chanting was inscribed in the ➢ Hari Prasad Chaurasia, an Indian flautist, is associated
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List in 2008. with – Senia gharana
➢ Varnam is one of the stages in the classical dance of ➢ Ila Arun and Allah Jilai Bai are folk singers from -
Bharatanatyam. Rajasthan
➢ Vazhuvoor is one of the styles in Bharatanatyam. ➢ In contemporary Carnatic music, the number of
‘Melakarta ragas’ are - 72
➢ Veedhi-Bhagavatam is a famous dance form of
➢ In Hindustani Classical music, the second part of a
Andhra Pradesh.
composition is denoted by - Antara
➢ Veera Natyam is a ritual dance form of Andhra
➢ Janapada Geete is folk music from – Karnataka
Pradesh.
➢ 'Khuded' folk songs belong to - Uttarakhand
➢ Wangla is a famous folk dance of Meghalaya.
➢ Lalita is a form of folk music from - Maharashtra
➢ Zo Mal Lok dance is associated with Sikkim.
➢ 'Lalon Fakir' was associated with - Baul music

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➢ Mando is a form of folk song from - Goa ➢ The singing of 'Pankhida' by peasants while working
➢ ML Vasantha Kumari, a renowned vocalist, was in the fields is associated with - Rajasthan
known for - Carnatic music ➢ The song ’Yeh Dosti Hum Nahi Todenge’ was
➢ Owi is a folk song of - Maharashtra composed by - Rahul Dev Burman
➢ Padavali Kirtan are devotional songs dedicated to - ➢ The song 'Ae mere watan ke logo jara aankh mein
Lord Vishnu bharlo paani' is sung by - Lata Mangeshkar
➢ Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi was associated with - ➢ The song Ekla Chalo Re (Walk alone) was written by -
Kirana Gharana Rabindranath Tagore
➢ Pandit Jasraj was related to - Classical singing ➢ Thumri singing characteristics in Poorab is - Fairly
slow and staid
➢ Pankhida is a traditional folk song commonly sung by
peasants in - Rajasthan ➢ Thumri singing characteristics in Punjab is - more
mercurial
➢ Popular folk song ‘Kajari‘ is popular in - Uttar Pradesh
➢ Ustad Alauddin Khan Kala Evam Sangeet Academy
➢ Qawwali is often associated with - Sufism
organises the Tansen Sangeet Samaroh in – Gwalior
➢ Qawwali was brought to India from - Persia (Iran)
➢ Ustad Allauddin Khan, a sarod player, belonged to -
➢ Rabindra Sangeet is associated with - Rabindranath
Maihar gharana
Tagore
➢ Violin virtuoso L Subramaniam is famous for -
➢ Raga Miya Ki Malhar was created by – Tansen
Carnatic music
➢ Saikuti zai is the origin of the folk music traditions of
➢ Vocal music ’Tappa’ is associated with - Punjab
- Mizoram
➢ Wanawan, folk music from Kashmir, is sung during -
➢ Sangeet Ratnakar, the earliest known treatise on
wedding ceremonies
music was composed by - Sharangdev
➢ Sharda Sinha is a celebrated singer of - Chhath Puja
songs
➢ The folk songs 'Pankhida' traditionally belong to - AWARDS RELATED TO DANCE
Rajasthan
➢ The form of devotional poetry sung in praise of God ➢ Akademi Award recipients' purse money prize in 2019
Vithoba is - Abhanga was ₹1 lakh.
➢ The Hereileu song is known as the war song of - ➢ Alarmel Valli has won the Balasaraswathi award in
Nagaland 2019.
➢ The Kathakali vocal performances have traditionally ➢ Alarmel Valli received the Sangeet Natak Akademi
been performed in - Sanskritised Malayalam Award in 2001.
➢ The lyricist of the famous song 'Mile Sur Mera ➢ Ammanur Madhava Chakkiar was awarded the
Tumhara' is - Piyush Pandey Padma Shri for the dance form Kutiyattam in 1982.
➢ The lyrics of the song 'Sare Jahan Se Achcha' was ➢ Anindita Neogy Anaam received the National Nritya
written by - Mohammed Iqbal Shiromani award in the field of Kathak dance.
➢ The most distinctive type of folk songs of Assam are - ➢ Annapurna Devi received the Padma Bhushan in
Bihu songs 1977.
➢ The national song ‘Vande Mataram’ is written by - ➢ Aparna Satheesan was given the Bharata Shastra
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Nritya Praveena National Award for Kuchipudi.
➢ The number of notes in the scale of ‘Shadava Raga’ ➢ AR Rahman won the Oscar award for the movie
are - Six Slumdog Millionaire in 2009.
➢ The Number of Rasas presented in Classical dances – ➢ Ashapoorna Devi, the first Bengali woman writer,
Nine received the Jnanpith Award in 1976.
➢ The Prayag Sangeet Samiti at Prayagraj was ➢ Bharat Muni Samman is given by Nalanda Dance
established in - 1926 Research Centre.
➢ The renowned classical singer Uday Bhawalkar is an ➢ Bhuban Kumar won the Sangeet Natak Akademi
exponent of - Dhrupad Award in 2021 for Chhau dance.
➢ The Sabri brothers, Aziz Warsi and Nusrat Fateh Ali ➢ Birju Maharaj bagged the Filmfare award for best
Khan are associated with - Qawwali Choreographer in 2016 for the film "Bajirao Mastani".
➢ The singer and composer of the song "Qismat Ki ➢ Bismillah Khan was awarded the Bharat Ratna in
Hawa" of the Ludo movie is - C. Ramchandra 2001.

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➢ Chevalier of Arts and Letters award (French Award) in ➢ Lata Mangeshkar received the Bharat Ratna award in
2004 was received by Alarmel Valli. 2001.
➢ Chitra Visweswaran, a Bharatnatyam dancer, ➢ Madhya Pradesh started the Lata Mangeshkar Award
received the prestigious Natya Kalanidhi Award in in 1984.
2021. ➢ Mallika Sarabhai bagged the best actress award in
➢ D Imman won the 67th National Award for the Best 1975 for "Meena Gurjari".
Music Director for the movie "Viswasam". ➢ Manjamma Jogati won the Padma Shri for her
➢ Deepika Reddy (Kuchipudi) received the Sangeet contribution in Arts in 2021.
Natak Akademi Award in 2017. ➢ Manna Dey was honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke
➢ Devdas Smriti Panthi Dance Award is related to Award in 2007.
Chhattisgarh. ➢ Milena Salvini has won the Padma Shri in 2019 for
➢ Devendra Mewari was awarded the Bal Sahitya Kathakali.
Puraskar 2021 for his play "Natak Natak me Vigyan". ➢ MS Subbulakshmi was the first Indian musician to
➢ Gangadhar Pradhan received the Padma Shri award receive the Ramon Magsaysay award.
in 2008 for Odissi dance. ➢ MS Subbulakshmi was the first singer to receive the
➢ Geeta Mahalik won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Bharat Ratna in 1998.
Award in 2009 for Odissi dance. ➢ Nirmala Panikar received the Sangeet Natak Akademi
➢ Ghanakanta Bora Barbayan was conferred the Award for her contribution to Mohiniyattam.
Padma Shri award in 2013 for Sattriya Dance. ➢ Padma Shri (2020) Awardee Shashidhar Acharya is an
➢ Gobind Behari Lal was the first Indian to win the exponent of Chhau Dance.
Pulitzer Prize. ➢ Pandit Birju Maharaj has received the Soviet Land
➢ Gopika Varma, a Mohiniyattam exponent, was Nehru Award.
awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2019. ➢ Pandit Ravi Shankar received the Japan Art
➢ Guru Bipin Singh, a Manipuri exponent, received the Association’s Praemium Imperiale prize for Music in
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1966. Pandit Birju 1997.
Maharaj, renowned for Kathak dance, received the ➢ Pandit Ravi Shankar, a sitarist, was awarded India's
Padma Vibhushan in 1986. highest civilian honour, Bharat Ratna, in 1999.
➢ Guru Gangadhar Pradhan Award is given in the field ➢ Purushottam Dadheech, a Kathak dancer, was
of Dance. awarded the Padma Shri in 2020.
➢ Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award is given by the ➢ Radha Sridhar received the Sangeet Natak Akademi
State of Odisha. Award in 2018 for her contribution in Bharatanatyam.
➢ Ileana Citaristi received the Padma Shri in 2006 for ➢ Rama Vaidyanathan, an Akademi Award winner
Odissi dance. (2017), belongs to Bharatanatyam.
➢ Jatin Goswami received the Best Dance Director ➢ Rani Machaiah was awarded the 'Padma Shri' in 2023
Award from the Assam Government. for Ummathat Dance.
➢ Javed Akhtar was the first Indian to receive the ➢ S. Radhakrishna was the first person to receive the
Richard Dawkins Award. Sahitya Akademi Fellowship award in 1968.
➢ Kalaimamani is the highest civilian award of Tamil ➢ Sadanam P.V Balakrishnan won the Sangeet Natak
Nadu. Akademi Award in Kathakali.
➢ Kalidas Samman is presented annually by the ➢ Sangeet Natak Akademi instituted Ustad Bismillah
government of Madhya Pradesh. Khan Yuva Puraskar in 2006.
➢ Kalidas Samman is presented in Classical music, ➢ Saroja Vaidyanathan is associated with
Classical dance, Plastic arts, and Theatre. Bharatnatyam dance.
➢ Kanaka Raju received the Padma Shri in 2021 for ➢ Saroja Vaidyanathan received the Padma Shri in 2002
Gussadi folk Dance. and the Padma Bhushan in 2013.
➢ Kathak guru Shovana Narayan received the Padma ➢ Shovana Narayan won awards and recognitions for
Shri in 1992. the development of Kathak.
➢ Kelucharan Mahapatra received the honor of Padma ➢ Sonal Mansingh received the Padma Bhushan in
Vibhushan in 2000. 1992.
➢ Kelucharan Mohapatra was the first person to ➢ Sonal Mansingh was the youngest recipient of Padma
receive the Padma Vibhushan from Odisha. Vibhushan in 2003.

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➢ Sri Shanmukhananda National Eminence Award was ➢ Udit Narayan Jha received the Padma Bhushan in
set up in 2002. 2016.
➢ Sruti Bandyopadhyay (Manipuri dancer) received ➢ Vishwa Mohan Bhatt won the Grammy award for 'A
the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2020. Meeting by The River' with Ry Cooder in 1994.
➢ Tapan Kumar Pattanayak won the Sangeet Natak ➢ VP Dhananjayan and Shanta Dhananjayan received
Akademi Award in Chhau dance. the Rashtriya Kalidas Samman in 2019-2020 for
➢ Teejanbai, a famous artist of Pandwani music, Bharatanatyam.
received the Padma Vibhushan in 2019.
➢ The ‘Vyas Samman’, a literary award, was first
awarded in 1991. CENSUS 2011
➢ The 48th Dadasaheb Phalke Award was received by
Asha Bhosle. ➢ According to census 2011, the second largest
➢ The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is awarded for religious minority of India was Christians.
significant public achievement in the field of cinema. ➢ According to Census 2011, the state with the highest
➢ The famous dancer T Balasaraswati was an exponent Hindu population percentage is Himachal Pradesh.
of Bharatnatyam dance. ➢ According to Census 2011, the state with the lowest
➢ The famous Kathak dancer Sitara Devi received the literacy rate is Bihar.
Padma Shri in 1973. ➢ According to Census 2011, the total literacy rate in
➢ The first Carnatic musician to receive the Bharat India was 74%.
Ratna was MS Subbulakshmi. ➢ According to Census of 2011, the percentage of total
➢ The first Indian woman to win a Grammy Award was Sikh population in India is 1.7%.
Tanvi Shah. ➢ According to Census of India 2011, the top three most
➢ The first person to receive the Jnanpith Award for populated states are Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra,
English Literature was Amitav Ghosh. and Bihar.
➢ The first rapper to win the Pulitzer Prize for music was ➢ According to the 2011 Census, any person aged 7 and
Kendrick Lamar. above who has the ability to read and write is
➢ The first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke award considered literate.
was Devika Rani. ➢ According to the standard census definition, a main
➢ The French Palme D'or in 1977 was received by worker is a person who works for at least 183 days.
Mallika Sarabhai. ➢ As per Census 2011, Kerala’s literacy rate is 94.0%.
➢ The Grammy Award is associated with music. ➢ As per census 2011, the approximate range of Total
➢ The Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Yuva Pratibha Fertility Rate in India was 2.1 to 2.9.
Samman 2021 was presented to Arushi Mudgal for ➢ As per Census 2011, the female literacy rate of India
Odissi Dance. is 65.46%.
➢ The honour of being the Asthana Nartaki of Tirumala ➢ As per Census 2011, the Indian state recording
Tirupati Devasthanams was held by Yamini negative population growth rate is Nagaland.
Krishnamurthy. ➢ As per Census 2011, the male literacy rate in India was
➢ The Kalidas Samman is awarded annually by the 82.14%.
Madhya Pradesh Government. ➢ As per Census 2011, the percentage of Muslim
➢ The National Award for Classical Dance is called the population in India is approximately 14.2%.
Abhinandan Saroja Award. ➢ As per census 2011, the percentage of urban
➢ The playback singer Udit Narayan Jha received the population in India was 31.16%.
Padma Shri in 2009. ➢ As per Census 2011, the population density of Bihar is
➢ The recipients of the 62nd Dadasaheb Phalke Award 1106 persons per km².
were Shashi Kapoor. ➢ As per Census 2011, the second least populous state
➢ The Sahitya Akademi was inaugurated by the is Mizoram.
Government of India in 1954. ➢ As per Census 2011, the sex ratio of India is 943
➢ The youngest recipient of the Padma Vibhushan females per 1000 males.
award (1984) in dance was Pandit Birju Maharaj ➢ As per Census 2011, the state with the highest female
(Kathak). literacy rate is Kerala.

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➢ As per Census 2011, the state with the highest ➢ The first urban settlement to reach a population of
number of rural population is Uttar Pradesh. one million was London.
➢ As per Census 2011, the state with the highest urban ➢ The highest decadal population growth rate state
population is Goa (62.2%). between 2001-2011 was Meghalaya.
➢ As per Census 2011, the state with the lowest male ➢ The highest growth in literacy rate during 2001-2011
literacy rate is Bihar (71.20%). was registered in Bihar.
➢ As per Census 2011, the total population of India ➢ The highest literate state as per Census 2011 is
(approximately) is 121 crore. Kerala.
➢ As per the 2011 census, the sex ratio of Daman and ➢ The last Census of 2011 was conducted in 2 phases.
Diu was 618 females per 1000 males. ➢ The least populated state in the country as per Census
➢ As per the Census of 2011, the most populous state is 2011 is Sikkim.
Uttar Pradesh. ➢ The least population density among the Union
➢ As per the Census-2011, the state which recorded the Territories as per the 2011 census is in Andaman and
lowest population was Sikkim. Nicobar Islands.
➢ Climate, soil, topography, water, etc., are factors ➢ The literacy rate of Andhra Pradesh as per the Census
that affect the distribution of population. of 2011 was 67.02%.
➢ If the birth rate of a country is more than the death ➢ The literacy rate of India as per Census 2011 is
rate, then the population will increase. 74.04%.
➢ In India, the population census is held once every 10 ➢ The lowest population density as per Census 2011 is
years. in Arunachal Pradesh.
➢ India's population continued to be employed in ➢ The male-female gap in the literacy rate in the 2011
agriculture until 1990, approximately 65%. Census of India data was 16.68%.
➢ People of 15 years’ age and above are included while ➢ The number of deaths per 1,000 live births within the
calculating adult literacy rate. first 28 days of life is called the neonatal mortality
➢ Sex ratio in India is defined as the number of females rate.
per 1000 males. ➢ The number of live births occurring during the year
➢ The 15th National census survey conducted by the per 1000 population estimated at midyear indicates
Census Organization of India was in 2011. the crude birth rate.
➢ The approximate population of Sikkim as per the 2011 ➢ The only Indian state having a negative decadal
census is 6.11 lakh. population growth rate between 2001-2011 was
Nagaland.
➢ The average male literacy rate in India as per the 2011
census was 82.14%. ➢ The percentage of persons below the Poverty Line in
2011-12 was estimated to be 21.9%.
➢ The crude birth rate of India as per Census 2011 is
21.8%. ➢ The percentage of the total population in India living
in rural areas as per the 2011 census was 68.84%.
➢ The crude death rate of India as per Census 2011 is
7.1%. ➢ The percentage of urban population in India (based
on 2011 census) is 31.16%.
➢ The decadal population growth rate as per Census
2011 is 17.7%. ➢ The period of population explosion in India was from
1951 to 1981.
➢ The decennial census is conducted by the Ministry of
Home Affairs. ➢ The 'period of stationary phase' of growth of India's
population is 1901-1921.
➢ The density of the population of India in the 2011
census was 382 persons per km². ➢ The population density (2011 census) of India is 382
per square km.
➢ The district that has the lowest literacy rate as per
Census 2011 is Alirajpur. ➢ The population density of India as per the Census of
1951 was 117 per sq km.
➢ The first complete census of an Indian city was
conducted in 1830 by Henry Walter in Dacca. ➢ The population of a nation in the working age group
is generally grouped between 15 to 59 years.
➢ The first official Census in India was done in 1881.
➢ The second lowest literacy rate as per the Census
➢ The first step of the "Theory of Demographic
Transition" indicates high birth rate and high death report 2011 is in Arunachal Pradesh.
rate. ➢ The second most populated state (by Census 2011) is
Maharashtra.

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➢ The second most populous state in India as per ➢ The state having the lowest female literacy rate at
Census 2011 is Maharashtra. 57.6% as per the 75th NSS report is Rajasthan.
➢ The slogan of the 2011 Census of India was "Our ➢ As per Census 2011, Odisha's sex ratio is 979 females
Census - Our Future". per 1000 males.
➢ The state having the highest Hindu population ➢ As per Census 2011, males constitute 51.54% and
percentage of the total population in 2011 was females constitute 48.46% of the total population.
Himachal Pradesh. ➢ As per the 2011 Census, the state with the lowest
➢ The state that has the highest life expectancy at birth population density (per square kilometer) is
is Kerala. Arunachal Pradesh (17).
➢ The state which has the second highest sex ratio as ➢ As per Census 2011, the state with the second highest
per Census 2011 is Tamil Nadu. sex ratio in India is Puducherry (1037 females per
➢ The state with the highest sex ratio as per Census 1000 males).
2011 is Kerala. ➢ As per Socio-Economic Census 2015, the state having
➢ The state with the lowest sex ratio (877 females per the largest population of households with
1000 males) as per Census 2011 is Haryana. ‘destitute/living on alms’ is Odisha.
➢ The union territory having the highest sex ratio value ➢ The first census of Independent India was conducted
according to the 2011 census was Puducherry. in 1951.
➢ The Union territory which had the highest decadal ➢ As per Census 2011, Rajasthan has the third-lowest
population growth rate between 2001-2011 was literacy rate among states.
Dadra & Nagar Haveli. ➢ The number of deaths per thousand persons in a year
➢ The union territory which recorded the lowest is called the death rate.
population growth rate as per Census 2011 is
Lakshadweep.
➢ The union territory with the highest literacy rate as SPORTS
per Census 2011 is Lakshadweep.
➢ The union territory with the highest sex ratio as per ➢ ‘CONCACAF Gold Cup’ is associated with football.
the 2011 Census is Puducherry.
➢ ‘U Thant Cup’ is related to lawn tennis.
➢ There was a negative growth rate in the Indian
➢ A wall of Chinnaswamy Stadium is dedicated to
population in the decades 1911-1921.
cricketer Rahul Dravid.
➢ The first recorded data on transgenders in India was
➢ A yellow card in hockey means the player will be off
collected in 2011.
the pitch for 5 minutes.
➢ According to Census 2011, the population of tribals in
➢ Abhinav Bindra won India's first individual Olympic
India is 10.42 crore.
gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle event at the
➢ As per Census 2011, Meghalaya’s sex ratio is 989 Beijing Olympics 2008.
females per 1000 males.
➢ Achanta Sharath Kamal is associated with table
➢ The annual growth rate in the population of India tennis.
from 2001 to 2011 was 1.64%.
➢ Ajit Singh, Deepika Thakur & Akashdeep Singh are
➢ As per Census 2011, a person aged 7 years or older players of hockey.
who can read and write in any language is considered
➢ All India Tennis Association (AITA) was established in
literate
1920.
➢ As per Census 2011, the state having the highest
➢ An archery target has 10 circles.
fertility rate in India is Bihar.
➢ Athletics Federation of India was formed in 1946.
➢ Decadal growth rate of population between 2001-
2011 is 17.70%. ➢ Cristiano Ronaldo, a footballer, belongs to Portugal.
➢ The annual population growth rate in India began ➢ Dalip Singh Rana is a wrestler, popularly known as
gradually declining in 1981. ‘The Great Khali’.
➢ The smallest state in India in terms of area is Goa. ➢ Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup is a trophy in
Australian Open (Women).
➢ As per Census 2011, Mizoram's literacy rate is
91.33%. ➢ Darpan Inani is associated with chess.
➢ The state in India which received the largest number ➢ Dattu Bhokanal is associated with rowing.
of immigrants as per the 2001 Census is Maharashtra. ➢ Deepa Malik is India's first female para athlete to win
a medal at the Rio Paralympics (2016).

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➢ Diego Maradona was an Argentine professional ➢ Lakshya Sen is associated with badminton.
player of football. ➢ Let Ball, 'Stroke Ball' and 'No Let' are terms used in
➢ Dominic Thiem is a professional tennis player from the rules of squash game
Austria. ➢ Limba Ram is associated with archery.
➢ Duryodhan Singh Negi is associated with boxing. ➢ Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes won the
➢ Words Deuce, Smash & Ace are used in lawn tennis. Wimbledon Men's Doubles title in 1999.
➢ Endurance, Jumping, and Dressage are three main ➢ Manika Batra is an Indian player of table tennis.
disciplines of equestrian. ➢ Manisha Kalyan is associated with football.
➢ Equestrian vaulting is gymnastics and dance ➢ Manju Rani, Sonia Chahal, & Sarjubala Devi are
performed on horseback. Indian boxers.
➢ First Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian ➢ Manu Bhaker is associated with shooting.
Games in boxing - Mary Kom. ➢ Mardani Khel, a type of martial art, belongs to
➢ Football World Cup was started in 1930. Maharashtra.
➢ France hosted the 2nd Olympic Games in 1900. ➢ Mary Kom is associated with boxing.
➢ Fundamental Principles of the Olympic Charter are ➢ Men's cricket World Cup started in 1975.
based on a document written by Pierre de Coubertin. ➢ Michael Phelps is associated with swimming.
➢ Goalkeeper of the Indian national football team in the ➢ Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports is situated
1980s was Atanu Bhattacharya. in Patiala (Punjab).
➢ In 2020, The prize money of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna ➢ Nicol David belongs to Malaysia.
award was increased from ₹7.5 lakhs to ₹25 lakhs.
➢ Novak Djokovic is a tennis player from Serbia.
➢ In a volleyball game, each team comprises six players.
➢ P Harikrishna is associated with chess.
➢ In ancient India, chess game was called Chaturanga.
➢ Pankaj Advani is associated with billiards.
➢ In chess, the king can move only one square in any
➢ Paolo Rossi was an Italian professional player of
direction.
football.
➢ In chess, the only piece that can jump to any square
➢ Pele was a professional football player from Brazil.
in an L shape is the knight.
➢ Prakash Padukone & Pullela Gopichand are Indian
➢ In table tennis, the period during which a ball is in play
players of badminton.
is called a rally.
➢ PV Sindhu became the first Indian shuttler to win an
➢ India organized the Asian Games two times so far in
Olympics silver medal in 2016.
1951 and 1982.
➢ Rajasthan Royals won the inaugural edition of the IPL
➢ India played its first ODI match in 1974 with England.
cricket tournament in 2008.
➢ India received its first individual medal in Olympics at
➢ Rangaswami Cup, Agha Khan Cup, and Beighton Cup
Helsinki (1952).
are associated with hockey.
➢ India won the Asian Games football gold medal for
➢ Rohan Bopanna is an Indian player of tennis.
the first time in 1951.
➢ Rovers Cup is related to football.
➢ India’s first National Sports University is located in
Manipur. ➢ Sagol Kangjei is an indigenous game of Manipur,
similar to polo.
➢ India's rank in Tokyo Olympic 2020 was 48th.
➢ Saina Nehwal, Srikanth Kidambi & PV Sindhu are
➢ 'Jallikattu Game' (bull-taming sport) is associated
badminton players.
with Tamil Nadu.
➢ Sakshi Malik is associated with wrestling. Sakshi
➢ Johan Cruyff was a Dutch player of football.
Malik won a bronze medal in Wrestling at the 2016
➢ Kabaddi was recognized as a full-fledged sport at the Summer Olympics.
Asian Games in 1990.
➢ Sania Mirza is associated with tennis.
➢ Kapil Dev is nicknamed as Haryana Hurricane.
➢ Smriti Mandhana (India’s cricketer) hails from
➢ Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav was an Indian wrestler. Maharashtra.
➢ KM Beenamol is associated with athletics. ➢ Sourav Ganguli, Virender Sehwag & Harbhajan Singh
➢ Koneru Humpy is associated with chess. are associated with cricket.
➢ Kuldeep Yadav is associated with cricket. ➢ Stuart Broad was hit for six sixes in an over by an
➢ Kylian Mbappe is a professional football player from Indian batsman, Yuvraj Singh (2007).
France. ➢ Sudirman Cup is related to badminton.

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➢ Sultan of Johor Cup is associated with hockey. ➢ The first Indian woman to have clinched an Olympic
➢ Syed Modi India International Tournament is medal was Karnam Malleswari.
associated with badminton. ➢ The first Indian woman to participate in the Olympic
➢ Table tennis was originated from England. golf tournament was Aditi Ashok.
➢ Tajinderpal Singh Toor is a player of shot put. ➢ The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens
(Greece) in 1896.
➢ The 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup was hosted by
India. ➢ The first player of Indian origin to play in an NBA game
was Gursimran Sim Bhullar.
➢ The 9th edition of Asian Games (1982) was held in
New Delhi. ➢ The first South Asian Federation Games was held in
Kathmandu (1984).
➢ The Badminton Association of India was formed in
1934. ➢ The five colors of the rings in the symbol of the
Olympic Games are red, blue, green, yellow, and
➢ The best male athlete in the 36th National Games
black.
2022 was Sajan Prakash.
➢ The headquarters of Amateur Kabaddi Federation of
➢ The Chevrons is the name of the Men’s national
India (AKFI) is located at Jaipur.
cricket team of Zimbabwe.
➢ The headquarters of International Cricket Council
➢ The coach of the World Cup winning Indian Cricket
(ICC) is located in - The UAE
team in 2011 was Gary Kirsten.
➢ The Indian football player nicknamed the 'Sikkimese
➢ The Commonwealth Games were held in New Delhi in
Sniper' is - Bhaichung Bhutia
2010.
➢ The Indian Olympic Association is affiliated to the
➢ The cricketer that represented India at the World
International Olympic Committee.
Youth Chess Championships as a teenager -
Yuzvendra Chahal ➢ The most popular sport in Nepal is football.
➢ The cricketer who made his Test debut in Karachi at ➢ The number of pawns in chess is 16.
the age of 16 is Sachin Tendulkar. ➢ The number of players that remain outside the circle
➢ The first bowler to bowl two maiden overs in the in the first six overs of a T20 cricket match is two.
Indian Premier League match is Mohammed Siraj. ➢ The official distance to be covered in a Marathon is
➢ The first Commonwealth Games were held in 26 miles 385 yards.
Hamilton, 1930. ➢ The official mascot of the Commonwealth Games
➢ The first edition of Indian Premier League was held in held in Gold Coast (2018) was Borobi, a blue surfing
2008. koala.
➢ The first goalkeeper to become the captain of an ➢ The oldest football tournament of Asia started in
international hockey team was Shankar Lakshman. 1888 from Annadale (Shimla) is the Durand Cup.
➢ The first Indian batsman to register a triple century in ➢ The oldest running Grand Slam tennis tournament is
test cricket was Virender Sehwag. Wimbledon Open.
➢ The first Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympics ➢ The Olympic rings were publicly presented for the
(Tokyo, 2020) in the Super Heavyweight category is first time in 1913.
Satish Kumar. ➢ The Open Era in tennis began in 1968.
➢ The first Indian boxer to rank No.1 in the world (75-kg ➢ The Oval stadium is an international cricket stadium
category) by AIBA was Vijender Singh. located in London.
➢ The first Indian boxer to receive a medal at the ➢ The Summer Olympic Games 2024 will be held in
Olympic games was Vijender Singh. Paris.
➢ The first Indian rower to win a gold at the 2010 Asian ➢ The term ‘Penalty Corner’ is associated with hockey.
Games was Bajrang Lal Takhar. ➢ The term 'Regatta' is associated with yacht.
➢ The first Indian squash player to enter the top ten in ➢ The terms Albatross, Birdie & Eagle are used in golf.
PSA world rankings was Saurav Ghosal. ➢ The terms Square leg, Gully & Fine leg are associated
➢ The first Indian to be elected the President of the with cricket.
International Hockey Federation in 2016 - Narinder ➢ The total duration of any international football
Batra. match, including extra time, is 120 minutes.
➢ The first Indian to win an individual medal in Olympics ➢ The tree from which the finest cricket bats can be
was KD Jadhav. made is willow wood.

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➢ The venue of the US Open Tennis Championship ➢ ‘My Story’ is the autobiography of Kamala Das.
before it shifted to Flushing Meadows was Forest ➢ ‘One Life Is Not Enough’ is an autobiography of
Hills. Kunwar Natwar Singh.
➢ The Venus Rosewater Dish is the Ladies' Singles ➢ ‘Pinjar' is a novel by Amrita Pritam.
Trophy awarded at Wimbledon Championships. ➢ ‘The Moor’s Last Sigh’ is written by Salman Rushdie.
➢ A football (soccer) match consists of two halves of 45 ➢ ‘The Mountain of Light’ is written by Indu
minutes each with a 15-minute rest. Sundaresan.
➢ Jwala Gutta is an Indian player related to badminton. ➢ ‘Train to Pakistan’ is written by Khushwant Singh.
➢ Nitu Ghanghas won India's first gold medal at the ➢ ‘Undisputed Truth’ is an autobiography of Mike
World Boxing Championships in 2023 (New Delhi). Tyson.
➢ Sutirtha Mukherjee is an Indian player related to ➢ ‘Waiting for a Visa’ is an autobiography of Dr. B. R.
table tennis. Ambedkar.
➢ Swimmer Gaurika Singh (youngest athlete in 2016 ➢ ’’Freedom in Exile” and “My Land and My People”
Rio Olympic) belongs to Nepal. are autobiographies of the 14th Dalai Lama.
➢ The bowler who bowled 14 overs with a fractured jaw ➢ ’’In the Afternoon of Time’' is an autobiography of
against West Indies in Antigua (2002) was - Anil Harivansh Rai Bachchan.
Kumble
➢ ’Autobiography of a Yogi’ is the autobiography of
➢ The first Indian Women Athlete to win a gold medal Paramahansa Yogananda.
in Asian Games - Kamaljeet Sandhu.
➢ ’Chitra, a Play in One Act’ was written by
➢ The 'Glide Technique' is used in shot put. Rabindranath Tagore.
➢ The inaugural Olympic Congress was organized in ➢ ’Cricket Crusader’ is the autobiography of Gary
Paris (1894). Sobers.
➢ The SUMO wrestling game originated in Japan. ➢ ’Goal’ is the autobiography of Major Dhyan Chand.
➢ The video assistant referee (VAR) system is used in ➢ ’Journey with a Hundred Strings: My Life in Music’ is
football. an autobiography of Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma.
➢ The word Scoop is related to hockey.
➢ ’Moonwalk’ is a memoir of Michael Jackson.
➢ Thomas Cup is related to badminton. ➢ ’Serve to Win’ is the autobiography of Novak
➢ Tintu Luka (Indian track and field athlete) holds the Djokovic.
national record in 800m track. ➢ ’The Act of Life’ is an autobiography of Amrish Puri.
➢ Vijendra Singh is associated with boxing. ➢ ’The Guide’ novel is written by R.K Narayan.
➢ Vikash Thakur, Jeremy Lalrinnunga, & Deepak Lather ➢ ’The Last Song of Dusk’ is the debut novel of
are weightlifters. Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi.
➢ William Jones Cup is associated with basketball. ➢ ’The Palace of Illusions’ is a novel based on the Hindu
epic Mahabharat.
➢ “A Century is not Enough” is an autobiography of
BOOKS & AUTHORS Saurav Ganguly.
➢ “Blasting for Runs” is the autobiography of Rohan
➢ "Wings of Fire” is the autobiography of APJ Abdul Kanhai.
Kalam. ➢ “Changing India” is an autobiography of Dr.
➢ ‘Anything But Khamosh’ is the biography of Manmohan Singh.
Shatrughan Sinha. ➢ “Childhood Days - A Memoir” by Satyajit Ray was
➢ ‘Dreams From My Father’ is an autobiography of written in Bengali Language.
Barack Obama. ➢ “Courage and Conviction” is the autobiography of
➢ ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ is an Vijay Kumar Singh
autobiography of Maya Angelou. ➢ “My Country My Life” is the autobiography of Indian
➢ Author of ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’ politician- LK Advani.
is J K Rowling. ➢ “The Great Indian Novel” is written by Shashi
➢ ‘India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Tharoor.
Largest Democracy’ is written by Ramchandra Guha. ➢ “The Guide” novel is written by RK Narayan.
➢ ‘Meri Filmi Atmakatha’ is an autobiography of Balraj ➢ “The Race of My Life” is the autobiography of Milkha
Sahni. Singh.

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➢ “The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life’s ➢ The author of "The Accidental Prime Minister - The
Journey” is the autobiography of Muhammad Ali. Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh" is
➢ “Unbreakable” is an autobiography of Mary Kom. Sanjaya Baru.
➢ “Waiting for a Visa” is an autobiography of Dr B R ➢ The author of "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on
Ambedkar. Reclaiming the American Dream" is Barack Obama.
➢ ” Playing It My Way” is the autobiography of Sachin ➢ The author of ‘A Nation in Making’ is Surendranath
Tendulkar. Banerjee.
➢ ” Straight from the Heart” is an autobiography of ➢ The author of ‘An Autobiography: Toward Freedom’
Kapil Dev. is Jawaharlal Nehru.
➢ ”My Life, My Mission” is an autobiography of Swami ➢ The author of ‘Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction’ is
Ramdev. Arundhati Roy.
➢ ”The Bird of Time” was written by Sarojini Naidu. ➢ The Author of ‘Cooking to Save Your Life’ is Abhijit
Banerjee.
➢ ”The Ickabog” was written by JK Rowling.
➢ The author of ‘Farthest Field’ is Raghu Karnad.
➢ A Grain Of Sand In The Hourglass of Time' is an
autobiography of Arjun Singh. ➢ The author of ‘From Purdah to Parliament’ is Shaista
Suhrawardy Ikramullah.
➢ A History of British India published in 1817 was by
James Mill. ➢ The author of ‘I Do What I Do’ is Raghuram Rajan.
➢ Aamar Jiban was an autobiography of Rassundari ➢ The author of ‘India Grows at Night’ is Gurcharan
Devi, published in 1876. Das.
➢ An autobiography of Salim Ali is ‘The Fall of a ➢ The author of ‘Of Gifted Voice: The Life and Art of
Sparrow'. M.S. Subbulakshmi’ is Keshav Desiraju.
➢ Author of the book ‘My Music My Life’ is Ravi ➢ The author of ‘Rajatarangini’ is Kalhana.
Shankar. ➢ The author of ‘Seven Summers’ is Mulk Raj Anand.
➢ Author of the books ‘Clear Light of Day’, ‘Fire on the ➢ The author of ‘Speaking Truth to Power: My
Mountain’, and ‘Voice in the City’ is Anita Desai. Alternative View’ is P Chidambaram.
➢ Book “Madam Sir” narrates the story of Manjari ➢ The author of ‘The Casual Vacancy’, ‘The Tales of
Jaruhar. Beedle the Bard’ and ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to
➢ Book 'Abba: God's Greatest Gift to Us' was penned Find Them’ is JK Rowling.
by sons of a great musician Amjad Ali Khan. ➢ The author of ‘The Third Pillar: How Markets and the
➢ 'By God's Decree' is an autobiography of Kapil Dev. State Leave the Community Behind’ is Raghuram
Rajan.
➢ 'Golden Girl' is an autobiography of PT Usha.
➢ The author of ‘The Turbulent Years: 1980-96’ is
➢ 'How I Became a Hindu' is an autobiography of Sita
Pranab Mukherjee.
Ram Goel.
➢ The Author of ’Redesign the World: A Global Call to
➢ Kamala Das was nominated for Nobel Prize in
Action’ is Sam Pitroda.
literature in 1984 for her autobiography “My Story”.
➢ The author of '’The Color Purple'’ is Alice Walker.
➢ Kiran Desai won the Booker Prize for her novel 'The
Inheritance of Loss' in 2006. ➢ The author of ’The Palace of Illusions’ is Chitra
Banerjee Divakaruni.
➢ 'Mein Kampf' is the autobiography of Adolf Hitler.
➢ The author of “A History of British India” is James
➢ 'Midnight's Children' is written by Salman Rushdie.
Mill.
➢ 'My Archaeological Mission to India and Pakistan'
➢ The author of “A Wizard of Earthsea” is Ursula K. Le
was authored by Rem Wheeler.
Guin.
➢ 'Raga Mala' is an autobiography of Ravi Shankar.
➢ The author of “Straight Drive” is Sunil Gavaskar.
➢ 'Razmnama' was a Persian translation of
➢ The author of “The Economic History of India” was
Mahabharata.
R.C. Dutta.
➢ 'Resolved: Uniting Nations in a Divided World' is a
➢ The author of ”A Passage to India” is E. M. Forster.
memoir of Ban Ki moon.
➢ The author of ”A Suitable Boy” is Vikram Seth.
➢ Seven Summers is written by Mulk Raj Anand.
➢ The author of ”A Tale of Two Cities” is Charles
➢ The author of "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes
Dickens.
of the Wealth of Nations” is Adam Smith.
➢ The author of book ‘MSD: The Man, The Leader’ on
➢ The author of "Gita Govinda" is Jayadeva.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is Biswadeep Ghosh.

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➢ The author of Hindi novel 'Suni Ghati Ka Suraj” is ➢ The author of the novel 'The Insider' is P. V.
Shrilal Shukla. Narasimha Rao.
➢ The author of 'My Journey: Transforming Dreams ➢ The author of the novel 'The Zoya Factor' is Anuja
into Actions’ is Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. Chauhan.
➢ The author of novel ‘Pride and Prejudice’ is Jane ➢ The author of the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is
Austen. Harper Lee.
➢ The author of novel ‘Right Under Your Nose’ is R. ➢ The autobiography of tennis player Andre Agassi is
Giridharan. “Open: An Autobiography”.
➢ The author of the book "Test of My Life" is Yuvraj ➢ The autobiography of the first Indian President Dr.
Singh. Rajendra Prasad is “Atmakatha”.
➢ The author of the book ‘Badshah Nama’ is Abdul ➢ The autobiography of the former American president
Hamid Lahori. Bill Clinton is “My Life”.
➢ The author of the book ‘Social Harmony’ is Narendra ➢ The book ‘Matoshree’, based on the life of Ahilyabai
Modi. Holkar, was written by Sumitra Mahajan.
➢ The author of the book 'Fasting, Feasting' is Anita ➢ The book ‘Red Earth and Pouring Rain: A Novel’ is
Desai written by Vikram Chandra.
➢ The author of the book 'Life Divine' is Aurobindo ➢ The book 'If God Was A Banker' was written by Ravi
Ghosh. Subramanian.
➢ The author of the book 'On Writing: A Memoir of the ➢ The book 'Satyartha Prakash' was written in Hindi by
Craft' is Stephen King. Dayanand Saraswati.
➢ The author of the book 'Revolution 2020' is Chetan ➢ The first autobiography written by an Indian woman
Bhagat. was Aamar Jiban.
➢ The author of the book 'Sita: An Illustrated Retelling ➢ The first Indian to have authored a published English
of the Ramayana’ is Devdutt Pattanaik. novel was Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
➢ The author of the book 'Six Machine: I Don't Like ➢ The history of Jammu and Kashmir is depicted in
Cricket...I Love It' is Chris Gayle. 'Rajatarangini’.
➢ The author of the books ‘The Buddha and his ➢ The novel “Before We Visit the Goddess” is written
Dhamma’ and 'The Untouchables' is BR Ambedkar. by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.
➢ The author of the books 'Castes in India', 'Bahishkrit ➢ The novel 'The God Of Small Things' is written by
Bharat', and 'Buddha or Karl Marx' is BR Ambedkar. Arundhati Roy.
➢ The author of the Harry Potter series is J.K Rowling. ➢ The play “Mahabali” is written by Asghar Wajahat.
➢ The author of the Hindi novel 'Raag Darbari' is Shrilal ➢ The writer of ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’ is Viktor E
Shukla. Frankl.
➢ The author of 'The Ministry of Utmost Happiness' is ➢ 'Vikramarjuna - Vijaya' was composed by Pampa in
Arundhati Roy. Kannada language.
➢ The author of the novel ‘A Burning’ is Megha ➢ Winner of 2022 JCB Prize for his book ‘The Paradise
Majumdar. of Food’ is Khalid Jawed.
➢ The author of the novel ‘Hullabaloo in the Guava
Orchard’ is Kiran Desai.
➢ The author of the novel ‘Tamas’ is Bhisham Sahni. IMPORTANT PERSONALITIES AND
➢ The author of the novel ‘When Dimple Met Rishi’ is
Sandhya Menon. ASSOCIATED MUSIC INSTRUMENTS
➢ The author of the novel ”Coolie” is Mulk Raj Anand.
➢ The author of the novel 'Animal Farm' is George ➢ "Pena" is a binding instrument related to - Manipur
Orwell. ➢ ‘Dhrupad style’ is associated with the - Bishnupur
➢ The author of the novel 'Battle for Bittora' is Anuja gharana
Chauhan. ➢ ‘Mahuri’ is a traditional musical instrument of -
➢ The author of the novel 'Chokher Bali' is Odisha
Rabindranath Tagore. ➢ A mouth musical instrument which is made from a
➢ The author of the novel 'Maila Anchal’ is Phanishwar single piece of bamboo with a split at one end, is
Nath 'Renu'. called - Gogona

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➢ A single stringed musical instrument made using ➢ Kishan Maharaj, and Ustad Sabir Khan are associated
bamboo and gourd is - Ektar with - Tabla
➢ Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan was an exponent of - ➢ Lakshminarayana was a - Violinist
Shehnai ➢ Lalgudi Gopala Iyer Jayaraman used to play - Violin
➢ Ali Akbar Khan was a - Sarod player ➢ Mohan Veena (a modified Hawaiian Guitar) also
➢ Amjad Ali Khan is associated with - Sarod known as a Hindustani Slide Guitar was popularised
➢ An instrument played in a vertical position with an by - Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
arched bow is - Sarangi ➢ Mohi Bahauddin Dagar is a - Rudra Veena player
➢ Annapurna Devi was a - Surbahar player ➢ Mridangam, Dholak, Tabla are - Percussion
➢ Arvind Parikh is related to musical instrument of - instruments
Sitar ➢ Musician Tulsidas Borkar is related to musical
➢ 'Damane' and 'Hulki' are popular traditional musical instrument - Harmonium
instruments of - Himachal Pradesh ➢ Musician Ustad Bismillah Khan was associated with -
➢ As per the Natya Shastra, idiophones are called - Shehnai
Ghan Vadya ➢ N Rajam is associated with - Violin instrument
➢ Bageshwari Qamar is a - Shehnai player ➢ N. Rajam, L. Subramaniam, M.S. Gopalakrishnan, and
➢ Bharat Muni categorised musical instruments in Kala Ramnath are associated with - Violin
Natya Shastra into - 4 groups ➢ Prabhat Sarma received the Sangeet Natak Akademi
➢ Bhungal (trumpet-shaped) musical instrument is Award for his contribution as a flute player in - 2003
played in - Rajasthan ➢ 'Ponu Yoksi’ a sword-like instrument used during
➢ Bickram Ghosh is a music composer and also a - Tabla ceremonial dances in - Arunachal Pradesh
player ➢ Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri is associated with - Tabla
➢ Bismillah Khan is associated with – Shehnai ➢ Pandit Shivkumar Sharma was a player of the musical
➢ 'Bobbili Veena' is a well-known musical instrument of instrument - Santoor
- Andhra Pradesh ➢ Pandit Shivkumar Sharma is a master in playing -
➢ Bobbili Veena/Saraswathi Veena, used in Carnatic Santoor
classical music, is made from - Jackfruit wood ➢ Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma was a - Santoor player
➢ Bombay Jayashree is a - Carnatic vocalist ➢ Pandit Ravi Shankar is credited for collaborating with
➢ Buddhadev Das Gupta is associated with – Sarod the famous band - The Beatles
➢ Cello, Violin and Bass are types of - String musical ➢ Pandit Ram Narayan is an exponent of - Sarangi
instruments ➢ Pandit Nikhil Jyoti Ghosh was a - Tabla player
➢ 'Chinkara' is a stringed musical instrument popular in ➢ Pandit Kishan Maharaj is related to musical
- Madhya Pradesh instrument of - Tabla
➢ Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam used to play the musical ➢ Pandit Budhditya Mukherjee is associated with - Sitar
instrument - Veena ➢ Pandit Bhajan Sopori, who died in 2022, was a famous
➢ Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu was a - Violin player player of - Santoor
➢ Ektara is a single string musical instrument, used in ➢ Pandit Anokhe Lal Mishra was a - Tabla player
Maharashtra, made of - bamboo and a gourd ➢ Pandit Ananda Gopal Bandopadhyay was a - Tabla
➢ Hafiz Ali Khan from Bangash gharana was a - Sarod player
player ➢ Padma Bhushan awardee Ustad Sabri Khan was a -
➢ Hara Shankar Bhattacharya is a renowned maestro of Sarangi player
the - Sitar ➢ Neeruswamy Pillai and Rajaratanam Pillai are
➢ Hariprasad Chaurasia & TR Mahalingam are exponents of the - Nadaswaram Instrument
associated with - Flute ➢ Pt Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar, and Ustad Vilayat
➢ Imrat Khan was a Sitar and - Surbahar player Khan are exponents of - Sitar
➢ Instrument 'Kartal' from the state of Rajasthan comes ➢ Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma, Tarun Bhattacharya, and
under - Idiophones Bhajan Sopori are exponents of - Santoor
➢ Kamaicha is a bowed flute played by the Manganiars ➢ Rajeev Taranath (Sarod player) is a disciple of - Ali
of - West Rajasthan Akbar Khan
➢ 'Khuang' is a traditional musical instrument of - ➢ Ramnad V Raghavan is associated with the musical
Mizoram instrument - Mridangam

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➢ RK Bijapure was a player of the musical instrument - ➢ Ustad Allah Rakha and Ustad Zakir Hussain are
Harmonium associated with - Tabla
➢ Saraswati is considered to be the goddess of the ➢ Ustad Ali Akbar Khan is related to musical instrument
musical instrument - Veena - Sarod
➢ Sarod is a - Stringed musical instrument ➢ Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman is a - Mridangam player
➢ Shehnai is also known as - Mangal Vadya ➢ Tumbi is a folk musical instrument played during
➢ Shehnai player Ustad Bismillah Khan was awarded by Bhangra in - Punjab
- Bharat Ratna (2001) ➢ TR Mahalingam is related to musical instrument of -
➢ Shehnai, Saxophone, and Trumpet are types of - Wind Flute
musical instruments
➢ The wind instrument used by snake charmers is -
➢ Shivkumar Sharma is related to musical instrument of Been
- Santoor
➢ The style of singing traditionally performed by men
➢ Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar is related to musical with tanpura and pakhawaj is - Dhrupad
instrument - Flute
➢ The South Indian instrument equivalent of the North
➢ Talvin Singh is associated with - Tabla
Indian instrument 'Nagada' is known as - Chenda
➢ Tappa, Thumri, and Dhrupad are styles of -
Hindustani classical music
➢ The 'Dhenka' of the state of Odisha is a popular -
Chordophone instrument FAMOUS GHARANA PERSONALITIES AND
➢ The famous title of flute player Hariprasad Chaurasia
is - Bansuri Samrat
THEIR BIRTHPLACE
➢ The instrument which was played by Sheikh Chinna ➢ Ajay Pohankar - Pune, Maharashtra, India
Maulana - Nadaswaram
➢ Ajoy Chakraborty - Kolkata, West Bengal, India
➢ The kanjira (a South Indian frame drum) is made with
➢ Anand Bhate - Pune, Maharashtra, India
a circular frame of - Wood
➢ The main percussion instrument used in the ➢ Anjana Basu- Kolkata ,West Bengal ,India
performance of the Mohiniyattam dance is - Edakka ➢ Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar - Pune, Maharashtra, India
➢ The musical instrument which was played by Ustad ➢ Ashwini Bhide Deshpande - Mumbai, Maharashtra,
Bismillah Khan on the eve of India's independence in India
1947 - Shehnai ➢ Ashwini Modak - Pune,Maharashtra ,India
➢ The Natya Shastra describes stringed instruments as - ➢ Begum Akhtar - Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh (Thumri and
‘Tat Vadya’ Ghazal exponent)
➢ The number of beats in the Hindustani classical taal ➢ Begum Parveen Sultana - Assam (Patiala gharana)
named Dadra Taal 6
➢ Begum Parveen Sultana - Patiala, Punjab, India
➢ Zia Mohiuddin Dagar was a - Rudra Veena player
➢ Devaki Pandit - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
➢ Who popularised guitar as a musical instrument in
Hindustani Classical music - Pandit Brij Bhushan ➢ Girija Devi - Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Kabra ➢ Jayateerth Mevundi - Hubli, Karnataka, India
➢ Vikku Vinayakaram is a - Ghatam player ➢ Kankana Banerjee- Kolkata ,West Bengal ,India
➢ Veena, sitar, rebab, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, and ➢ Kaushiki Chakraborty - Kolkata, West Bengal, India
bouzouki are - Stringed instruments ➢ Kishori Amonkar - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
➢ V Balsara was associated with - Piano ➢ Manjiri Asnare-Kelkar - Pune, Maharashtra, India
➢ Ustad Vilayat Khan was associated with - Sitar ➢ Mukul Shivputra - Pune, Maharashtra, India
➢ Ustad Imrat Khan was associated with - Surbahar ➢ Pandit Bhimsen Joshi - Karnataka (Kirana gharana)
➢ Ustad Asad Ali Khan (famous for Khandarbani schools
➢ Pandit Jasraj - Haryana (Mewati gharana)
of Dhrupad) was exponent of - Rudra Veena
➢ Pandit Kumar Gandharva - Sulebhavi, Maharashtra,
➢ Ustad Amjad Ali Khan adapted the sarod from the -
India
Rabab
➢ Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur - Dharwad, Karnataka,
➢ Ustad Allarakha Qureshi popularized the musical
India
instrument - Tabla

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➢ Pandit Ravi Shankar - Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh (Sitar

maestro) PAINTING, DRESS & TRIBES
➢ Prabha Atre - Pune, Maharashtra, India
➢ Raghunandan Panshikar - Pune, Maharashtra, India ➢ "Phulkari" is a famous embroidery of Punjab

➢ Rajan and Sajan Mishra - Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, ➢ ‘Bagurumba’ is a folk dance of Bodo Community
(Assam)
India
➢ ‘Bhotiya’ is a caste of scheduled tribes of Uttarakhand
➢ Rashid Khan - Badayun, Uttar Pradesh, India
➢ ‘Patna Kalam’ is a style of painting
➢ Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay- Kolkata ,West Bengal
➢ ’Mekhela Chador' is a traditional dress from Assam
,India
➢ Ahom tribe belongs to Assam
➢ Sanjeev Abhyankar - Pune, Maharashtra, India
➢ Anand Singh Shyam and Dhanaiya Bai are renowned
➢ Sharmila Biswas- Kolkata ,West Bengal ,India
artists associated with the Gond painting
➢ Shashwati Mandal Paul - Kolkata ,West Bengal ,India ➢ Andamanese, Onge, Jarawa, Sentinelese, Shompen
➢ Shruti Sadolikar Katkar - Mumbai, Maharashtra, and Nicobarese (Halchu) are the tribes of Andaman
India and Nicobar Islands
➢ Shubha Mudgal - Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India ➢ Bagh Paintings are famous in Madhya Pradesh
➢ Shubhada Paradkar- Pune ,Maharashtra ,India ➢ Bagh style of textile art printing belongs to Madhya
Pradesh
➢ Sujata Mohapatra- Cuttack ,Odisha ,India
➢ Baneshwar festival is celebrated by Bhils Tribe
➢ Ulhas Kashalkar - Pune, Maharashtra, India
➢ Bani Thani Painting is from Rajasthan
➢ Ustad Abdul Karim Khan - Kairana, Uttar Pradesh,
➢ 'Bauche' is a tribal bridegroom's sword worn in
India
weddings of Arunachal Pradesh
➢ Ustad Alla Rakha - Phagwal, Punjab, British India
➢ Bhil tribe belongs to the Indo European Linguistic
(now in Pakistan)
family
➢ Ustad Amanat Ali Khan - Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India ➢ Bhiti Chitra (fresco painting) is a popular art form of
➢ Ustad Amir Khan - Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India Haryana
➢ Ustad Amjad Ali Khan - Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh ➢ Bhutia tribes belong to Sikkim
(Senia Bangash gharana) ➢ Boro, an ethno-linguistic community is native to
➢ Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan - Kasur, Punjab, Assam
Pakistan ➢ Chenchus schedule tribe belongs to Telangana
➢ Ustad Bahauddin Dagar - Mumbai, Maharashtra, ➢ Chhetri, Magar, Tamang, Newar, Kami and Tharu
India covered major ethnic communities in Nepal
➢ Ustad Bismillah Khan - Dumraon, Bihar (Benaras ➢ Chikankari is one of the important crafts in Uttar
gharana) Pradesh
➢ 'Eravalla, Kadar, Muduvar' are languages spoken by
➢ Ustad Fateh Ali Khan - Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India
the tribes of Tamil Nadu
➢ Ustad Imrat Khan - Calcutta, West Bengal, India
➢ Feran is the traditional dress worn by the men and
➢ Ustad Rais Khan - Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India women of Kashmir
➢ Ustad Rashid Khan - Badayun, Uttar Pradesh, India ➢ Garo tribe is related with region of North Eastern
➢ Ustad Raza Ali Khan - Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India ➢ Garo, Khasi, and Jaintia tribe are found mainly in
➢ Ustad Salamat Ali Khan - Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India Meghalaya
➢ Ustad Shahid Parvez - Mumbai, India ➢ Gond, Baiga, Bhil are Central Indian Tribe
➢ Ustad Shujaat Khan - Kolkata, West Bengal, India ➢ Guler Paintings are famous in Himachal Pradesh
➢ In Maharashtra, the tribes of Warli revolted against
➢ Ustad Vilayat Khan - Gauripur, West Bengal
colonial policies in 1940
(Imdadkhani gharana)
➢ Indian city Masulipatnam is famous for Kalamkari
➢ Ustad Zakir Hussain - Mumbai, Maharashtra (Tabla
painting
maestro)
➢ 'Jadopatiya’ is a form of painting in Jharkhand
➢ Venkatesh Kumar - Dharwad, Karnataka, India
➢ Kajali Paintings, in which no brush is used,
traditionally belong to Rajasthan

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➢ Kalamkari, the traditional art of hand paintings on ➢ The community in Rajasthan known for practicing
fabric, originated in Andhra Pradesh block printing is Chippa
➢ Kani is a tribe in Kerala ➢ The Dravidian racial tribe of Western India that
➢ Kashmiri goats' underfur is used to weave fine shawls belongs to Australoid group of tribes is Bhil tribe
known as Pashmina shawls ➢ The largest linguistic group of India is Indo-Aryan
➢ Kota, Malasar, and Kurumba are native tribes of ➢ The miniature style of folk painting is related to
Tamil Nadu Rajasthan
➢ Langhas are associated with Rajasthan and Gujarat ➢ The Mishing tribes live on the island of Majuli Island
➢ M.F. Hussain, the renowned artist, often expressed ➢ The painting of ‘Bodhisattva Padmapani’ is located at
free spirit in his paintings through Horse painting Ajanta Cave
➢ Maasai are the tribe of Kenya ➢ The painting of Bharat Mata was originally done by
➢ Madhubani style of painting originated in Bihar Abanindranath Tagore
➢ Maori tribe belongs to New Zealand ➢ The painting on the walls of Thiruvarur and Ajanta
temples is in the Mural style
➢ Margomkali is a traditional ritual folk art of Kerala
➢ The paintings at Ajanta caves illustrate Jataka tales
➢ Mini is a tribe in Arunachal Pradesh
➢ The 'Pattachitra' style of painting is a popular art
➢ Miniature painting was developed in Eastern India
form associated with Odisha
(Bengal, Bihar and Orissa) during Pala kingdom
➢ The play 'Mricchakatika' (The Little Clay Cart), is
➢ Onges is a tribal group living in Andaman and Nicobar
written by Sudraka
➢ Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Salvador Dali, Vincent
➢ The process of applying coloured enamels to grooves
Van Gogh were famous for their artworks
in ornaments is known as Meenakari
➢ Pattachitra painting is an art form of Odisha
➢ The Sentinelese, Onge and Jarawa are tribal groups
➢ Pavri Naach in Maharashtra and Gujarat region is
traditionally inhabiting the Andaman and Nicobar
performed by Kokna tribe
Islands
➢ Phad Paintings are related to Rajasthan
➢ The Shompens are the vulnerable tribal group of
➢ Potloi is the bridal dress worn by the brides belonging Andaman and Nicobar Islands
to Manipur
➢ The Sigiriya frescoes and Dambulla cave paintings
➢ Renaissance painting ‘The Last Supper’ is painted by are found in Sri Lanka
Leonardo da Vinci
➢ The 'Sujini' embroidery work belongs to Bihar
➢ Sangrai dance is a tribal dance performed in Tripura
➢ The traditional weave of Gujarat is known as Patola
by the Mog community
➢ The unique traditional embroidery art of the weavers
➢ Santhal community is an ethnic group of Eastern
of Lucknow is called Chikankari
India
➢ The Warli Folk Painting is an art form of Maharashtra
➢ Satish Gujral is the architect for the Belgium Embassy
➢ Toda, Badaga and Irula are major tribes of South
in India
India
➢ Satish Gujral, Tyeb Mehta, and Jamini Roy are
➢ Todas tribes belong to the Nilgiri Mountains
painters
➢ Warli painting is a style of tribal art belonging to
➢ Saura Paintings are related to Odisha
Maharashtra
➢ Thangka painting style depicts deity of Buddhist
➢ With the arrival of spring, Bodo villages dance to the
➢ The ‘Me - Dam - Me - Phi’ festival is celebrated by Tai-
melodious singing of Bagurumba
Ahom community
➢ The ‘Paitkar’ paintings are unique cultural symbols of
Jharkhand
➢ The art form practiced in the Mithila region of Bihar FIRST IN INDIA
and Nepal is Madhubani Painting
➢ The art used to decorate the floor in front of the ➢ Asia's largest wholesale spice market is located in -
house is called Kolam Delhi
➢ The best-known pastoral and hunter gatherer tribes, ➢ First Chief Justice of India was - Harilal Jekisundas
the ‘Mongols’, inhabited Central Asia Kania
➢ The Bodo, Kachari, Karbi, Miri, Mishimi, Rabha, ➢ First Experimental Remote Sensing Satellite built in
Ahom are major ethnic communities of Assam India is - Bhaskara-I

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➢ First Female Muslim Teacher of India - Fatima Sheikh ➢ India's first artificial satellite in space, launched in
➢ First Health Minister of Independent India - Amrit 1975 is - Aryabhatta
Kaur ➢ India's first digital garden Kanakakunnu Palace is
➢ First Indian American woman to become Chief located in - Thiruvananthapuram
Economist at International Monetary Fund - Gita ➢ India's first energy-efficient 'A1 Category' railway
Gopinath station - Kacheguda railway station (Telangana)
➢ First Indian Satellite “Aryabhata” was launched on - ➢ India's first floating missile test range is - INS Anvesh
April 19, 1975 ➢ India's first Human spaceflight Programme is -
➢ First Indian to complete a solo, non-stop Gaganyaan
circumnavigation of the world - Abhilash Tomy ➢ India's first 'Mixed World Heritage Site' on UNESCO’s
➢ First Indian to perform at London's Royal Albert Hall - World Heritage list is - Khangchendzonga National
Lata Mangeshkar Park
➢ First Indian tribal president - Droupadi Murmu ➢ India's first para-badminton academy was launched
➢ First president of the IOC (International Olympic in - Uttar Pradesh
Committee) - Demetrius Vikelas ➢ India's first smart and green highway is - Eastern
➢ First private train flagged off in India is - Lucknow- (KGP) Peripheral Expressway
New Delhi Tejas Express ➢ India's first Spice Museum is set up in - Kochi
➢ First state in India to provide 100 percent tap water ➢ India's first telecom network link based on quantum
connections in rural areas in 2020 - Goa computing was launched in – New Delhi
➢ First woman Prime Minister of Italy - Giorgia Meloni ➢ India's first woman President was - Pratibha Patil
➢ First woman Supreme Court Judge of India Fathima ➢ India's first-ever SAI Centre of Excellence for
Beevi was from - Kerala mountain terrain biking and bicycle motocross set up
➢ First woman to be appointed as inspector general in in - Shimla
CRPF - Annie Abraham ➢ NESTLE India Ltd. set up its first factory (1961) in –
➢ First World Weightlifting Championship was Punjab
organized by the World Weightlifting Federation at ➢ Sucheta Kriplani became the first woman chief
London (UK) in – 28 March 1891 minister of - Uttar Pradesh
➢ IAF’s first woman fighter pilot from Jammu and ➢ Techniques of making silk were first invented in China
Kashmir is - Mawya Sudan around - 7000 years ago
➢ In 1957, the USSR launched the earth's first artificial ➢ The Chairman of the first Finance Commission of India
satellite - Sputnik I was - KC Neogy
➢ In Independent India, the first Law Commission was ➢ The chief guest at India's first Republic Day
set up in - 1955 celebrations was - President of Indonesia
➢ In India, the first census was started in - 1872 ➢ The CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute developed
➢ In India, the Sunrise first appears in - Arunachal the first indigenous RT-PCR kit for Omicron testing,
Pradesh known as - INDICoV-Om
➢ India won its first post-independence gold medal in ➢ The first Asian player to win the Junior Wimbledon
men's hockey in - London Olympic (1948) Boys' singles title was - Ramanathan Krishnan
➢ India won the first World Cup title in Hockey in - 1975 ➢ The first Backward Classes Commission of India was
headed by - Kaka Kalelkar
➢ India’s first Chief of Defence Staff was - General Bipin
Rawat ➢ The first BCCI president is - RE Grant Govan
➢ India’s first Earth imaging satellite in a geostationary ➢ The first Bharat Ratna award was awarded to
orbit is - GISAT 1 C.Rajagopalachari, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and CV
Raman in - 1954
➢ India’s first moss garden is developed in -
Uttarakhand ➢ The first botanist is considered to -Theophrastus
➢ India's first airport to be completely powered by solar ➢ The first captain of the Indian Test team - C.K. Nayudu
energy - Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), ➢ The first Chief Election Commissioner of India was -
Kerala Sukumar Sen
➢ India's first all-women-managed railway station - ➢ The first Chief Minister of Manipur belonging to
Gandhinagar Railway Station, Jaipur Bhartiya Janta Party - N. Biren Singh

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➢ The first Commonwealth Games held in Canada was ➢ The first Indian to win a seat in the House of
in - 1930 Commons was – Dadabhai Naoroji
➢ The first country to introduce GST in its system - ➢ The first Indian to win the Miss World (1966) beauty
France (1954) pageant was - Reita Faria
➢ The first cricketer to score a century for India in a test ➢ The first Indian to win the under-18 title at the
match - Lala Amarnath Orange Bowl tournament in 2008 is – Yuki Bhambri
➢ The first Deputy Secretary-General of the United ➢ The first Indian woman to scale Mt.Annapurna -
Nations - Louise Frechette Priyanka Mohite
➢ The first Director-General of Archaeological Survey of ➢ The first Indian woman to win a Grammy - Tanvi Shah
India was - Alexander Cunningham ➢ The first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal is -
➢ The first Education Minister of Independent India was Karnam Malleswari
- Abul Kalam Azad ➢ The first jute mill was set up in Rishra (near Kolkata)
➢ The first ever woman chief of the Securities and in - 1855
Exchange Board of India (SEBI) - Madhabi Puri Buch ➢ The first language conferred with the status of
➢ The first female amputee to climb Mount Everest is - Classical Language in India - Tamil (2004)
Arunima Sinha ➢ The first Lokpal of India was – Pinaki Chandra Ghose
➢ The first female Governor in independent India was - ➢ The first modern Olympic Games was held in – 1896
Sarojini Naidu (Uttar Pradesh) ➢ The first national forest policy was issued by the
➢ The first Finance Minister of independent India was - Government of India in - 1952
RK Shanmukham Chetty ➢ The first Navy user satellite 'GSAT-7' was launched on
➢ The first foreign coach of Men’s Indian cricket team - - 30 August 2013
John Wright ➢ The first Newspaper in India published by - James
Augustus Hickey
➢ The first garden-tomb in the Indian subcontinent is -
Humayun's Tomb ➢ The first nuclear test in the Pokhran occurred in -
1974
➢ The first Governor of Madhya Pradesh was - Dr.
Sitaramayya ➢ The first petrochemical company in India was -
National Organic Chemical Industry Limited
➢ The first Green Hydrogen Microgrid Project start in
2021 in - Andhra Pradesh ➢ The first player from the Indian subcontinent to play
for a European Football club was - Mohammed Salim
➢ The first hockey association was formed in - The UK
➢ The first president of All India Kisan Sabha was -
➢ The first Indian actress to receive the Padma Shri
Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
Award was - Nargis Dutt
➢ The first product to get a GI tag in India is - Darjeeling
➢ The first Indian badminton player to qualify for mixed Tea
doubles & women's doubles at the Olympics was -
➢ The first radio show was broadcasted in India - 1923
Jwala Gutta
➢ The first regional rural bank set up in India was -
➢ The first Indian film to win the ‘Palme d'Or’ at Cannes
Prathama Grameen Bank
Film Festival was – Neecha Nagar
➢ The first research station in Antarctica established by
➢ The first Indian footballer to receive the Arjuna Award
India is - Dakshin Gangotri
- P.K. Bannerjee
➢ The first rocket launched in India was in - 1963
➢ The first Indian Governor of Reserve Bank of India was
➢ The first sportsperson to receive the Padma Shri
- CD Deshmukh
award was - Balbir Dosanjh
➢ The first Indian male athlete to reach the final of an
➢ The first summit of the International Solar Alliance
Olympic athletic event - Milkha Singh
was held in - New Delhi
➢ The first Indian to be invited to perform at the Lincoln
➢ The first train inaugurated in 1853 was between -
Centre Hall in USA was - Bismillah Khan
Mumbai and Thane
➢ The first Indian to conquer the English Channel in ➢ The first underground Bunker Museum is located in -
1958 was - Mihir Sen Raj Bhavan, Mumbai
➢ The first Indian to get an Oscar Award - Bhanu ➢ The first Vande Bharat Express Train route in South
Athaiya India is - Mysore-Chennai
➢ The first Indian to win a gold medal in Paralympics - ➢ The first Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru
Mariyappan Thangavelu University in 1969 was - G Parthasarathi

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➢ First Indian actress to receive an international film ➢ The first female judge of the Supreme Court of India -
award - Suchitra Sen Fathima Beevi
➢ First Indian to win two gold medals in the Paralympic ➢ The first full-time female Defence Minister of India -
Games - Devendra Jhajharia Nirmala Sitharaman
➢ First recipient of the Jnanpith award was - G. Sankara
➢ The first Governor of Goa to take oath in Konkani
Kurup
language was - Bhagat Singh Koshyari
➢ In 2007, India became the first country to deploy an
➢ The first Home Minister of India was - Sardar
all-woman contingent to a UN Peacekeeping Mission
in - Liberia Vallabhbhai Patel
➢ India’s first 3D planetarium is located in - Mangalore ➢ The first Indian board member of the World Editors
➢ India’s first costume museum is situated at - Goa Forum - Bachi Karkaria
➢ India’s First Digital University is inaugurated in - ➢ The first Indian Director of the Indian Institute of
Kerala Science (Bangalore) was - CV Raman
➢ India’s first Genetic Bank for Wildlife Conservation is ➢ The first Indian Institute of Technology was
located at - Hyderabad established in - IIT, Kharagpur (West Bengal)
➢ India’s first indigenously built warship was - INS ➢ The first Indian movie with sound in 1931 was - Alam
Godavari Ara
➢ India’s first solar powered train was launched at -
➢ The first Indian newspaper that became available on
Delhi railway station
the Internet - The Hindu
➢ India’s first university of Railway is - National Rail and
Transportation Institute ➢ The first Indian poet invited to record poems at the
Library of Congress in Washington DC - Abhay K
➢ Indian Railways started its first computerized
reservation in New Delhi in - 1986 ➢ The first Indian to be elected to the Communist
➢ India's first liquid-mirror telescope is located in - International leadership class was - Manabendra
Uttarakhand Nath Roy
➢ India's oldest operating refinery is at - Digboi (Assam) ➢ The first Indian to win a medal at the IAAF World
➢ Jeevan Rekha, the world’s first hospital train, started Championships in Athletics in 2003 - Anju Bobby
its journey on July 16, 1991 from - Mumbai George
➢ Kalighat painting belongs to - West Bengal ➢ The first Indian woman to fly to space is - Kalpana
➢ M. Karunanidhi, the first Indian Chief Minister who Chawla
hosted the national flag on 15th August 1974 ➢ The first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount
➢ Mihir Sen created history by being theonly man to Everest – Bachendri Pal
swim the five oceans in one calendar year in - 1966
➢ The first Indian woman to swim across the English
➢ Only Indian to become President of the United Channel was - Arati Saha
Nations General Assembly - Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
➢ The first lady cadet to join the Indian Army was - Priya
➢ Raksha Blue is the first vaccine for Bluetongue that
Jhingan
was launched by Indian Immunologicals Limited
➢ The cricket ground to host the first Test match in India ➢ The first Law Minister of India was - B.R. Ambedkar
- Bombay Gymkhana ➢ The first map of India was made in 1782 by - James
➢ The Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were used Rennell
throughout India in - 2004 ➢ The first person to take a solo flight from Mumbai to
➢ The first cement plant in India was established in - Karachi in 1932 - JRD Tata
Chennai (1904) ➢ The first successful Cotton mill was set up in -
➢ The first co-operative society in India was formed in - Mumbai
Karnataka
➢ The first translation of the Bhagavad Gita into English
➢ The first electric train of India was introduced in -
was done by - Charles Wilkins
1925
➢ The first woman chairperson of BCCC appointed by
➢ The first electric train ran in India in 1925 in the state
of - Maharashtra IBF was - Justice Gita Mittal
➢ The first female Indian Police Service (IPS) Officer was ➢ The first woman commando trainer in India was - Dr.
- Kiran Bedi Seema Rao

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➢ The first woman Election Commissioner of

Maharashtra was - Neela Satyanarayan WORLD GK
➢ The first woman fighter pilot to participate in a
Republic Day Parade is - Bhawna Kanth ➢ ‘Dhivehi’ is the official language of Maldives
➢ The first woman graduate of Calcutta University was ➢ ‘The Grand Order of the Chain of the Yellow Star’ is
- Kadambini Ganguly the highest civilian honour of Suriname

➢ The first woman lawyer to be sworn in as a judge of ➢ A country heavily affected by the terrorist group ISIS
is Syria
the Supreme Court of India is - Indu Malhotra
➢ Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al-Quwain,
➢ The first woman Lieutenant General of the Indian
Fujairah, Ras Al-Khaimah are the Emirates of UAE
Army - Punita Arora
➢ Operation Cactus, India offered extensive security
➢ The first woman President of Sri Lanka was - cooperation in Maldives
Chandrika Kumaratunga ➢ Al Jazeera is a Qatar-based news channel
➢ The first woman President of the Astronomical ➢ Amnesty International deals with human rights
Society of India - Dr. GC Anupama issues
➢ The first woman President of the Indian Olympic ➢ Arakan and Shan are recognized ethnic groups of
Association is - PT Usha Myanmar
➢ The first woman Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru ➢ Christopher Columbus was the explorer from Italy
University (JNU), New Delhi - Santishree Pandit ➢ Currency of Afghanistan is Afghani
➢ The first Women's Cricket World Cup (1973) was ➢ Currency of Bhutan is Ngultrum
hosted by – England ➢ Currency of China is Yuan
➢ The first World's Parliament of Religions was held in - ➢ Dhaulagiri mountain peak is located in Nepal
1893 ➢ Eleanor Roosevelt, former chairperson of UDHR,
➢ The India’s first trade union in the proper sense of the belonged to the USA
term was - The Madras Labour Union ➢ Ferdinand Magellan was the explorer from Portugal
➢ The Naharkatia-Nunmati-Barauni Pipeline marks ➢ 'Freedom Trail' is a 2.5-mile-long passage situated in
Boston (USA)
India's first constructed - Crude oil pipeline
➢ Germany, Italy, and Japan in World War II are
➢ The only Indian to have won the UN Award in the field
members of the Axis Powers
of human rights is Baba Muralidhar Devidas Amte
➢ H-1B is related to a work visa for the US
➢ The second national forest policy was issued by the
➢ In terms of nationality, Norman Borlaug was
Government of India in – 1988
American
➢ The smallest Union Territory of India (in terms of ➢ Indian Citizens' Association (ICA) of Nepal was
area) is - Lakshadweep formed on 14 September 1990
➢ The state which became the first fully organic farming ➢ Jacques Cartier was the explorer from France
state in 2016 is - Sikkim ➢ John Adams became the first President to take
➢ The UNO’s first Secretary-General from the African residence in the White House on November 1, 1800
continent - Boutros Boutros-Ghali ➢ Kurt Waldheim, the fourth UN Secretary General,
➢ The world’s first handwritten needle book - was the former president of Austria
Madhushala ➢ Lhotse, Mount Everest, and Annapurna are located in
the Nepal Himalayas
➢ The world’s first sailing boat made entirely from
plastic waste is - Flipflopi ➢ Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France, was born
in Austria
➢ The world’s first TV channel dedicated to human
➢ Most of Pakistan’s population belongs to the Sunni
rights was launched in - United Kingdom
sect
➢ Vivekananda Yoga University, was started in - Los ➢ Mount Everest is known as Sagarmatha in Nepal
Angeles (USA)
➢ Mount Everest was known as Peak XV
➢ World’s largest PV (Photovoltaic) Solar Park is - ➢ New York City is located at the mouth of the Hudson
Bhadla Solar Park (Rajasthan) River
➢ World's first female amputee to scale Mount Everest ➢ Norman Borlaug, Father of the Green Revolution,
- Arunima Sinha was from the United States of America

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➢ Pataca is the currency of Macau ➢ The leading producer of jute is India

➢ Peninsula Shield Force is a military arm of the Gulf ➢ The name of the bank constituted by the BRICS
Cooperation Council nations is the New Development Bank
➢ Sandip Soparrkar was honored by the Government of ➢ The nation which is known as ‘country of winds’ is
Bhutan with an official stamp issued for the initiative Denmark
‘Dance for a Cause’ ➢ The national fish of Bangladesh is 'Hilsa'
➢ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is known as the 'Father of ➢ The national sport of Bhutan is Archery
Bangladesh' ➢ The national sport of Sri Lanka is Volleyball
➢ Sir Francis Drake was the explorer from the United ➢ The national sport of the United States is Baseball
Kingdom
➢ The official language of Afghanistan is Dari and
➢ The ‘Forbidden City’ is located in China Pashto
➢ The ‘Gandhi Solar Park’ is located in New York ➢ The official language of Bhutan is Dzongkha
➢ The capital of Bhutan is Thimphu ➢ The official language of China is Mandarin
➢ The capital of Indonesia is Jakarta
➢ The official language of Myanmar is Burmese
➢ The capital of Mongolia is Ulaanbaatar ➢ The official religion in Bhutan is Buddhism
➢ The capital of Myanmar is Naypyidaw ➢ The official residence and workplace of the President
➢ The capital of Vietnam is Hanoi of the USA is The White House
➢ The Charter of Liberties (popularly known as 'The ➢ The One Belt One Road initiative was proposed by
Magna Carta') was signed in England in 1215 AD China
➢ The 'Christ the Redeemer' statue is located in Brazil ➢ The only country in the world whose flag is not a
➢ The cities of Kandy, Jaffna, and Galle are all located in square or rectangle is Nepal
Sri Lanka ➢ The only outflow from Lake Victoria is the Nile River
➢ The continent, which is referred to as a ‘Continent, ➢ The only U.S. president to have served two non-
Dedicated to Science,’ is Antarctica consecutive terms is Grover Cleveland
➢ The country that is called the 'Land of White ➢ The Pittsburgh industrial region is located in the USA
Elephants' is Thailand
➢ The Rohingya issue is associated with Myanmar
➢ The country which is known as Hermit Kingdom is ➢ The second largest freshwater lake in the world by
North Korea surface area is Lake Victoria
➢ The currency of Bangladesh is Taka ➢ The state of Myanmar where Rohingyas primarily
➢ The Dead Sea is bordered by Israel and Jordan used to reside is Rakhine
➢ The first NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) Summit was ➢ The town of Paro is a famous tourist destination in
held in Belgrade Bhutan
➢ The first official language of Sri Lanka is Sinhala ➢ The United Nations Charter was signed by 51 original
➢ The first urban settlement in the world to reach a members of the United Nations in 1945 at the San
population size of one million (million plus city) was Francisco Conference
London ➢ The United Nations has declared 2024 as The
➢ The Heliopolis Commonwealth war grave cemetery is International Year of Camelids
located in Cairo (Egypt) ➢ The US President who gave the famous speech in U.S.
➢ The highest population density among the Presidential history ‘The Gettysburg Address’ is
neighbouring countries of India is Bangladesh Abraham Lincoln
➢ The hub of information technology, Silicon Valley, is ➢ The White House is a symbol of American Democracy
situated in California (U.S.A) ➢ The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) was
➢ The Inca ruins of Machu Picchu are located in Peru established in 1950
➢ The International Solar Alliance is headquartered in ➢ The world’s leading manufacturer of hand sewn
Gurugram (India) footballs is Sialkot (Pakistan)
➢ The koala bear is found in Australia ➢ The world’s tallest statue is the Statue of Unity
➢ The largest ethnic group in China, accounting for over (India)
90% of the population, is Han ➢ The world's largest producer of rice is China
➢ The largest ethnic group in Myanmar is Bamar ➢ USA, Soviet Union, Britain, and France in World War
➢ The largest slum in Asia is Dharavi (Maharashtra) II are members of the Allied Powers

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