GENERAL STUDIES: September 2012

Friday 28 September 2012

International Trophies and related Sport

American Cup	Yacht Racing
Ashes	Cricket
Benson and Hedges	Cricket
Canada Cup	Golf
Colombo Cup	Football
Corbitton Cup	Table Tennis (Women)
Davis Cup	Horse Race
Grand National	Horse Streple Chase Race
Jules Rimet Trophy	World Soccer Cup
King’s Cup	Air Races
Merdeka Cup	Football
Rydet Cup	Golf
Swaythling Cup	Table Tennis (Men)
Thomas Cup	Badminton
U. Thant Cup	Tennis
Uber Cup	Badminton (Women)
Walker Cup	Golf
Westchester Cup	Polo
Wightman Cup	Lawn Tennis
World Cup	Cricket
World Cup	Hockey
Reliance Cup	Cricket
Rothman’s Trophy	Cricket
William’s Cup	Basketball
European Champions Cup	Football
Eisenhower Cup	Golf
Essandre Champions Cup	Hockey
Rene Frank Trophy	Hockey
Grand Prix	Table Tennis
Edgbaston Cup	Lawn Tennis
Grand Prix	Lawn Tennis

National Trophies and related Sports

Agarwal Cup	Badminton
Agha Khan Cup	Hockey
All-India Women’s
Guru Nanak Championship	Hockey
Bandodkar Trophy	Football
Bangalore Blues Challenge Cup	Basketball
Barna-Bellack Cup	Table Tennis
Beighton Cup	Hockey
Bombay Gold Cup	Hockey
Burdwan Trophy	Weight-lifting
Charminar Trophy	Athletics
Chadha Cup	Badminton
C.K. Naydu Trophy	Cricket
Chakoia Gold Trophy	Football
Divan Cup	Badminton
Deodhar Trophy	Cricket
Duleep Trophy	Cricket
DCM Cup	Football
Durand Cup	Football
Dhyan Chand Trophy	Hockey
Dr. B.C. Roy Trophy	Football (Junior)
Ezra Cup	Polo
FA Cup	Football
GD Birla Trophy	Cricket
Ghulam Ahmed Trophy	Cricket
Gurmeet Trophy	Hockey
Guru Nanak Cup	Hockey
Gyanuati Devi Trophy	Hockey
Holkar Trophy	Bridge
Irani Trophy	Cricket
IFA Shield	Football
Indira Gold Cup	Hockey
Jawaharlal Challenge	Air Racing
Jaswant Singh Trophy	Best Services Sportsman
Kuppuswamy Naidu Trophy	Hockey
Lady Rattan Tata Trophy	Hockey
MCC Trophy	Hockey
Moinuddaula Gold Cup	Cricket
Murugappa Gold Cup	Hockey
Modi Gold Cup	Hockey
Narang Cup	Badminton
Nehru Trophy	Hockey
Nixan Gold Cup	Football
Obaid Ullah Gold Cup	Hockey
Prithi Singh Cup	Polo
Rani Jhansi Trophy	Cricket
Ranjit Trophy	Cricket
Rangaswami Cup	Hockey
Ranjit Singh Gold Cup	Hockey
Rajendra Prasad Cup	Tennis
Ramanujan Trophy	Table Tennis
Rene Frank Trophy	Hockey
Radha Mohan Cup	Polo
Raghbir Singh Memorial	Football
Rohinton Baria Trophy	Cricket
Rovers Cup	Football
Sanjay Gold Cup	Football
Santosh Trophy	Football
Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee	Football
Subroto Cup	Football
Scindia Gold Cup	Hockey
Sahni Trophy	Hockey
Sheesh Mahal Trophy	Cricket
Todd Memorial Trophy	Football
Tommy Eman Gold Cup	Hockey
Vittal Trophy	Football
Vizzy Trophy	Cricket
Vijay Merchant Trophy	Cricket
Wellington Trophy	Rowing
Wills Trophy	Cricket

Saturday 8 September 2012

MCQ For General Studies

Q1.	What was the code name of the five nuclear tests conducted by India at Pokhran test site in Rajasthan, in May 1998 ? (A) Operation Pawan (B) Operation Shakti (C) Operation Vijay (D) Operation Kalki
Q2.	With which sport are the national tournaments 'Durand Cup' and 'Santosh Trophy' associated ? (A) Hockey (B) Cricket (C) Football (D) Tennis
Q3.	Which freedom fighter co-founded and edited both Marathi newspaper 'Kesari' and English newspaper 'Maratha' ? (A) Dhondo Keshav Karve (B) Gopal Krishna Gokhle (C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Q4.	Which body organ is the most affected by Hepatitis ? (A) Liver (B) Lungs (C) Kidney (D) Heart
Q5.	Jalandhar in Punjab is famous for which indusrty ? (A) Diamond (B) Fireworks (C) Petrochemicals (D) Sport Goods
Q6.	In which city is the Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) located ? (A) Digboi (Assam) (B) Mumbai (Maharashtra) (C) Ankaleshwar (Gujarat) (D) Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
Q7.	Starting from Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, where does the National Waterway No.1, in Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly rivers, terminate in West Bengal ? (A) Katwa (B) Kolkata (C) Haldia (D) Farakka
Q8.	Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, is the largest city of which Asian country ? (A) Brunei (B) Vietnam (C) North Korea (D) Malaysia
Q9.	Who is the first Indian to be appointed the deputy Speaker of the House of Lords (Upper House) of United Kingdom ? (A) Swaraj Paul (B) Meghnad Desai (C) Lakshmi Niwas Mittal (D) Karan Bilimoria
Q10.	In which Indian city was the world's first fingerprint bureau established, in 1897 ? (A) Shimla (B) Kolkata (C) Chennai (D) Mumbai

Father Of Economics -:- Adam Smith(1723-1790), England

Father Of Greek Tragedy -:- Aeschylus

The Father Of Computer Science -:- Alan Turing

The Father Of Penicillin -:- Alexander Fleming

Father Of The Telephone -:- Alexander Graham Bell.

The Father Of Anatomy -:- Andreas Vesalius

Father Of The (Soviet) Hydrogen Bomb: -:- Andrei D. Sakharov

Father Of Mathematics -:- Archimedes

Father Of Comedy -:- Aristophanes(445-385 B.C.) Greece

Father Of Indian Unrest -:- Bal Gangadhar Tilak: Lokmanya;

Father Of Computers -:- Charles Babbage

Father Of Rock N' Roll -:- Chuck Berry

Father Of Indian Politics And Economics -:- Dadabhai Naoroji

Father Of Indian Cinema -:- Dadasaheb Phalke:

Father Of Detective Story -:- Edgar Allen Poe

Father Of Immunology -:- Edward Jenner

Father Of The Hydrogen Bomb -:- Edward Teller

Father Of Nuclear Physics -:- Ernest Rutherford

Father Of Geometry -:- Euclid (300 B.C.) Greece

Father Of English Poetry -:- Geoffrey Chaucer(1340-1400) England

Father Of Railways -:- George Stephenson

Father Of The United States Of America -:- George Washington

Father Of The Novel -:- Giovanni Baccaccio

Father Of Genetics -:- Gregor Mendel

Father Of Modern Drama -:- Henrik J. Ibsen

Father Of History -:- Herodotus (484-424 B.C.) Greece

Father Of Medicine -:- Hippocrates (460-370 B.C.) Greece

Father Of Indian Nuclear Science -:- Homi J. Bhabha:

Father Of Modern Astronomy, Of Modern Science And Of Modern Mathematics -:- Isaac Newton

Father Of The Atomic Bomb -:- J. Robert Oppenheimer

Father Of Civil Aviation In India -:- J.R.D. Tata:

Father Of Indian Industry -:- Jamshedji Tata:

Father Of Sunday Newspapers -:- John Bel

Father Of States' Rights; Onslow -:- John C. Calhoun

Father Of Basketball -:- John Naismith

Father Of Soda Pop; Father Of Modern Chemistry -:- Joseph Priestley:

Father Of The Nation Of Afghanistan -:- King Mohammed Zahir Shah

Father Of Bacteriology, Of Stereochemistry And Of Microbiology -:- Louis Pasteur

Father Of The Nation Of India And Of Non-Violence -:- Mahatma Gandhi

Father Of Modern Painting In India -:- Nandlal Base:

Father Of Numbers -:- Pythagoras

Father Of Indian Renaissance -:- Raja Rammohan Roy:

Father Of Chemistry -:- Robert Boyle (1627-1691) Ireland

Father Of The Zip Code -:- Robert Moon

Father Of Indian Cardiology -:- Rustom Jal Vakil

Father Of Library Science In India -:- S. R. Ranganathan

Father Of American Revolution -:- Sam Adams

Father Of Texas -:- Sam Houston

Father Of Aviation -:- Sir George Cayley

Father Of The Revolution And The Nation Of The Republic Of China -:- Sun Yat-Sen

Father Of Modern Plastic Surgery -:- Susruta:

Father Of Modern Tourism -:- Thomas Cook:

Father Of English Printing -:- William Caxton

Fathers Of Aviation -:- Wright Brothers

Father Of E-Mail -:- Ray Tomlinson

LIST OF RAILWAY ZONES IN INDIA

1
Name --- Central Railway
Abbr. --- CR
Date Established --- 1951, November 5
Headquarters --- Mumbai
Divisions --- Mumbai, Bhusawal, Pune, Solapur, Nagpur

2
Name --- East Central Railway
Abbr. --- ECR
Date Established --- 2002, October 1
Headquarters --- Hajipur
Divisions --- Danapur, Dhanbad, Mughalsarai, Samastipur, Sonpur

3
Name --- East Coast Railway
Abbr. --- ECoR
Date Established --- 2003, April 1
Headquarters --- Bhubaneswar
Divisions --- Khurda Road, Sambalpur, Visakhapatnam

4
Name --- Eastern Railway
Abbr. --- ER
Date Established --- 1952, April
Headquarters --- Kolkata
Divisions --- Howrah, Sealdah, Asansol, Malda

5
Name --- North Central Railway
Abbr. --- NCR
Date Established --- 2003, April 1
Headquarters --- Allahabad
Divisions --- Allahabad, Agra, Jhansi

6
Name --- North Eastern Railway
Abbr. --- NER
Date Established --- 1952
Headquarters --- Gorakhpur
Divisions --- Izzatnagar, Lucknow, Varanasi

7
Name --- North Western Railway
Abbr. --- NWR
Date Established --- 2002, October 1
Headquarters --- Jaipur
Divisions --- Jaipur, Ajmer, Bikaner, Jodhpur

8
Name --- Northeast Frontier Railway
Abbr. --- NFR
Date Established --- 1958
Headquarters --- Guwahati
Divisions --- Alipurduar, Katihar, Rangia, Lumding, Tinsukia

9
Name --- Northern Railway
Abbr. --- NR
Date Established --- 1952, April 14
Headquarters --- Delhi
Divisions --- Delhi, Ambala, Firozpur, Lucknow, Moradabad

10
Name --- South Central Railway
Abbr. --- SCR
Date Established --- 1966, October 2
Headquarters --- Secunderabad
Divisions --- Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Guntakal, Guntur, Nanded, Vijayawada

11
Name --- South East Central Railway
Abbr. --- SECR
Date Established --- 2003, April 1
Headquarters --- Bilaspur
Divisions --- Bilaspur, Raipur, Nagpur

12
Name --- South Eastern Railway
Abbr. --- SER
Date Established --- 1955
Headquarters --- Kolkata
Divisions --- Adra, Chakradharpur, Kharagpur, Ranchi

13
Name --- South Western Railway
Abbr. --- SWR
Date Established --- 2003, April 1
Headquarters --- Hubli
Divisions --- Hubli, Bangalore, Mysore

14
Name --- Southern Railway
Abbr. --- SR
Date Established --- 1951, April 14
Headquarters --- Chennai
Divisions --- Chennai, Madurai, Palakkad, Salem, Tiruchchirapalli, Trivandrum(Thiruvananthapuram)

15
Name --- West Central Railway
Abbr. --- WCR
Date Established --- 2003, April 1
Headquarters --- Jabalpur
Divisions --- Jabalpur, Bhopal, Kota

16
Name --- Western Railway
Abbr. --- WR
Date Established --- 1951, November 5
Headquarters --- Mumbai
Divisions --- Mumbai Central, Ratlam, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Vadodara

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