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ssc preparation, important competetion questions, current affairs of india, latest question asked in competetion papers, Information on Cities and Towns of India ########################## ●●Nicknames of Indian Cities 1) Jaisalmer—-Golden City 2) Jaipur—-Pink City 3) Jodhpur—-Sun City 4) Bengaluru—-Garden City 5) Lucknow—-City of Nawabs 6) Kutch—-Flamingo City 7) Udaipur—-Lake City 8) Kolkata—-City of Palaces ●●Cities – Founders/Designers 1. Bhopal —-Raja Bhoj 2. Chandigarh—-Le Corbusier – Designer 3. Hyderabad—-Quli Qutub Shah 4. New Delhi—-Edward Lutyens – Designer 5. Jaipur Sawai —-Jai Singh 6. Bhubhaneswar—- Dr. Otto Kolenigs Berger – Designer 7. Fatehpur Sikri—- Akbar 8. Agra—-Badal Singh 9. Nagpur Bhakt —-Buland 10. Jaunpur—-Feroz Shah Tughlaq (named after his father Mohd bin Tughlaq or Jauna Khan) ●●New Name & Old Name 1. Chennai—-Madras 2. Kolkata—-Calcutta 3. Mumbai—-Bombay 4. Vadodara—-Baroda 5. Kozhikode—-Calicut 6. Kochi—-Cochin 7. Varanasi—-Benares 8. Thoot...

ssc preparation, important competetion questions, current affairs of india, latest question asked in competetion papers, Folk dances in India  ############## • Bathukamma :A folk dance of Andhra Pradesh.  • Bhangra: This is a folk dance from the Northwest Indian state of Punjab. It is a lively, powerful dance.  • Bihu: Bihu is a folk dance from Assam. It is a very brisk and aggressive dance performed by both boys and girls.  • Changu: The changu dance is a folk dance found in Odissa and Andhra Pradesh. It derives its name from the changu, which is a simple tambourine (daf) that is used to accompany this dance. • Dandaria: A folk dance of Andhra Pradesh. • Dhamal: 1) A folk dance of Punjab. 2) A folk dance of Andhra Pradesh • Gair: This is a dance of Rajasthan. It is performed by groups of dancers moving in and out with an almost military precision. • Garba: This is a folk dance from Gujarat. It is traditionally danced at marriages and during the time of Navaratri....

ssc preparation, important competetion questions, current affairs of india, latest question asked in competetion papers, First Recipients of Various Awards ######################## ●●BHARAT RATNA 1)     1st Indian to be awarded the Bharat Ratna—-C Rajagopalachari 2)     1st Bharat Ratna Awardee to become the President of India—-Dr. S. Radhakrishnan 3)     1st person to be awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously —-Lal Bahadur Shastri 4)     1st Scientist to be awarded the Bharat Ratna  —-CV Raman 5)     1st and only Industrialist to be awarded the Bharat Ratna  —-JRD Tata 6)     1st woman to be awarded the Bharat Ratna   —-Mrs. Indira Gandhi ●●LITERARY AWARDS 1)     1st Indian to be awarded the Nobel prize in literature      —-  Rabindranath Tagore 2)   ...

ssc preparation, important competetion questions, current affairs of india, latest question asked in competetion papers, Real Names of Important Personalities ######################### • Valmiki—Ratnakar • Chaitanya Mahaprabhu—Visvambhar • Guru Angad Dev—Bhai Lehna • Ramakrishna Paramhansa—Gadadhar Chattopadhyay • Swami Vivekananda—Narendra Nath Datta • Nana Phadanvis—Balaji Janardan Bhanu • Tatiya Tope—Ramachandra Pandurang Tope • Rani Lakshmibai—Manikarnika (Manu) • Tansen— Ramtanu Pandey • Birbal— Maheshdas • Mother Teresa— Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu • Sister Nivedita —Margaret Elizabeth Noble • Mirabehn—Madeleine Slade • Munshi Premchand—Dhanpat Rai • Swami Agnivesh—Shyam Vepa Rao • Satya Sai Baba—Satyanarayana Raju • Baba Amte— Murlidhar Devidas Amte • Mirza Ghalib— Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan • Vinoba Bhave —Vinayak Narahari Bhave • Amir Khusro —Ab’ul Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrow • Firaq Gorakhpuri— Raghupati Sahay • Gulzar Sampooran— Singh Kalra • Ravi Shankar— Robindro Shaunkor Chowd...

ssc preparation, important competetion questions, current affairs of india, latest question asked in competetion papers, Real Names of Important Personalities ######################### • Valmiki—Ratnakar • Chaitanya Mahaprabhu—Visvambhar • Guru Angad Dev—Bhai Lehna • Ramakrishna Paramhansa—Gadadhar Chattopadhyay • Swami Vivekananda—Narendra Nath Datta • Nana Phadanvis—Balaji Janardan Bhanu • Tatiya Tope—Ramachandra Pandurang Tope • Rani Lakshmibai—Manikarnika (Manu) • Tansen— Ramtanu Pandey • Birbal— Maheshdas • Mother Teresa— Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu • Sister Nivedita —Margaret Elizabeth Noble • Mirabehn—Madeleine Slade • Munshi Premchand—Dhanpat Rai • Swami Agnivesh—Shyam Vepa Rao • Satya Sai Baba—Satyanarayana Raju • Baba Amte— Murlidhar Devidas Amte • Mirza Ghalib— Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan • Vinoba Bhave —Vinayak Narahari Bhave • Amir Khusro —Ab’ul Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrow • Firaq Gorakhpuri— Raghupati Sahay • Gulzar Sampooran— Singh Kalra • Ravi Shankar— Robindro Shaunkor Chowd...

ssc preparation, important competetion questions, current affairs of india, latest question asked in competetion papers, Caves, Tombs and Temples of India ######################### ●●Caves and Rocks and Location 1) Ajanta Caves (WHS)–Aurangabad, Maharashtra 2) Amarnath Cave—Anantnag, Kashmir 3) Elephanta Caves (WHS)—Mumbai, Maharashtra 4) Ellora Caves (WHS)—Aurangabad, Maharashtra 5) Bhimbhetka Rock Shelters (WHS) —Raisen, M.P. 6) Borra Caves— Visakhapatnam, A.P. ●●Tombs and Location 1) Taj Mahal (WHS) — Agra 2) Akbar’s Tomb Sikandara, Agra 3) Itmaad-ud-Daulah’s Tomb— Agra 4) Humayun’s Tomb (WHS) —New Delhi 5) Bibi ka Maqbara —Aurangabad 6) Gol Gumbaz— Bijapur 7) Tomb of Sher Shah Suri— Sasaram ●●Temples and Location 1) Cheena Kesava Temple —Belur, Karnataka 2) Black Pagoda or Sun Temple— Konark (Orissa) 3) Brihadiswara Temple (WHS) —Thanjuvur, Tamilnadu 4) Brihadiswara Temple (WHS) — Gangaikondacholisvaram, TN 5) Airavatesvara Temple (WHS) — Darasuram, Tamilnadu 6) Hazara ...

ssc preparation, important competetion questions, current affairs of india, latest question asked in competetion papers, Courts in India ########### • High Courts with jurisdiction in more than 1 state/UT 1) Guwahati—Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram 2) Bombay—Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu 3) Calcutta—West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands 4) Kerala—Kerala, Lakshadweep 5) Madras—Tamil Nadu, Puducherry 6) Punjab and Haryana —Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh • High Courts and Benches 1) Allahabad High Court—Lucknow 2) Bombay High Court—Nagpur, Panaji, Aurangabad 3) Calcutta High Court— Port Blair 4) Gauhati High Court —Kohima, Aizwal, Itanagar 5) Madhya Pradesh High Court—Gwalior, Indore 6) Madras High Court —Madurai 7) Rajasthan High Court—Jaipur • High Courts not in State Capitals 1) Chattisgarh—Bilaspur 2) Gujarat—Ahmedabad 3) Kerala—Kochi 4) Madhya Pradesh—Jabalpur 5) Odisha—Cuttack 6) Rajasthan—Jodhpur 7) Uttarakhand —Nainital 8) Uttar Pr...

ssc preparation, important competetion questions, current affairs of india, latest question asked in competetion papers, Miscellaneous Information on States in India ############################# 1) Largest state (in terms of area)—Rajasthan 2) Smallest state—Goa 3) Most populous state —Uttar Pradesh 4) Least populous state— Sikkim 5) Most populous union territory (not incl Delhi) —Puducherry 6) Least populous union territory—Lakshadweep 7) Most densely populated state—Bihar 8) Least densely populated state—Arunachal Pradesh 9) First state to be formed on linguistic basis —Andhra Pradesh 10) Most literate state—Kerala according to 2011 census 11) Least literate state—Bihar 12) The state with the longest coastline— Gujarat 13) The state having boundaries with seven states and two countries—Assam 14) The state surrounded on three sides by Bangladesh—Tripura 15) The states which have neither an international boundary nor a coastline—M.P., Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Haryana 16) The state ...

ssc preparation, important competetion questions, current affairs of india, latest question asked in competetion papers, Books and Authors is a standard GK Question that is asked very often in SSC Exams. 01. My experiments with Truth: Mahatma M.K.Gandhi 02. Far from the Madding Crowd: Thomas Hardy 03. Geetanjali: Rabindra Nath Tagore 04. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch: Alexander Solzhenitsyn 05. The Merchant of venice: William shakespeare 06. The Moon and Six pense : Somerset Maughan 07. Pilgrim’s Progress from this world to that which is to come: John Bunyan 08. A Tale of Two Cities: Charles Dickens 09. Utopia: Sir Thomas Moor 10. Origin of species: Charles Darwin 11. David Copperfield: Charles Dickens 12. A passage to India: E.M.Forster 13. Gulliver’s Travels: Jonathan Swift 14. Discovery of India: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru 15. The Vicar of Wakefield: Oliver Goldsmith 16. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Edward Gibbon 17. The Lady of the Last Minstrel: Sir Walter S...

ssc preparation, important competetion questions, current affairs of india, latest question asked in competetion papers, Parliamentary Terms ############## ●●Basic Definitions●● I. The draft of a legislative proposal— Bill II. Bill passed by both the Houses of Parliament and assented to by the President—- Act III. A member of the House of the People (Lok Sabha)—- Member IV. A member other than a Minister— Private Member ●●Finance Related●● 1. Annual Financial statement of the estimated receipts and expenditure of the Government of India for a financial year—- Budget 2. The estimate of expenditure in respect of a Ministry/Department not charged upon the Consolidated Fund of India, placed for approval before the House on the recommendations of the President —- Demand for Grant 3. A Bill ordinarily introduced each year to give effect to the financial proposals of the Government for the following financial year—-  Finance Bill 4. A bill containing only provisions dealing wi...

ssc preparation, important competetion questions, current affairs of india, latest question asked in competetion papers, Important Amendments to Indian Constitution ############################## ●●Amendment—Year—Importance●● •       7—1956    Reorganisation of states on linguistic basis and abolition of Class A, B, C and D states and introduction of Union Territories. •       9–1960     Adjustments to Indian territory as a result of agreement with Paksitan. •       10—1961   Dadra, Nagar and Haveli included in Indian Union as a Union Territory on acquisition from Portugal. •       12–1961    Goa, Daman and Diu included in Indian Union as a Union Territory on acquisition from Portugal. •       13—1963   The state of Nagaland formed with special protecti...

ssc preparation, important competetion questions, current affairs of india, latest question asked in competetion papers, Oaths and Resignations ################# ●●Oath of Office ●● 1. President– Chief Justice of India or in his absence the seniormost Judge of Supreme Court. 2. Vice President– President or some person appointed in that behalf by the President. 3. Judge of Supreme Court –President or some person appointed in that behalf by the President. 4. Governor– Chief Justice of High Court or in his absence senior most Judge of that court. 5. Minister in Union Council of Ministers –President 6. Comptroller & Auditor General –President or some person appointed in that behalf by the President. 7. Member of Parliament –President or some person appointed in that behalf by the President. 8. Member of Legislature of State –Governor or some person appointed in that behalf by the Governor. 9. Minister in State Council of Ministers –Governor 10. Judge of High Court– Govern...