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Basic
Science
1. S.I unit
of heat is joule, in C.G.S system it is calorie.
2. Pyrometer
is used for measuring higher temperature.
3. If a ship
enters into sea from the lake the level of the ship rises.
4. When ice
melts in a glass of water, the level of water in glass remains the same.
5. Hope’s
experiment proves the density of water is maximum at 4 degree Celsius.
6.
Thermostat used to maintain a constant temperature.
7. The S.I
unit of temperature is Kelvin.
8. Absolute
zero: -460 degree Fahrenheit
9. Absolute
zero: -273 degree Celsius.
10. At
574.25 degree Fahrenheit and Kelvin scales are equal.
11. At -40
degree, the Fahrenheit and Centigrade scales are equal.
AMAZING FACTS! MUST READ AND SHARE...
1. Ants
never sleep!
2. When the
moon is directly overhead, you will weigh slightly less.
3. Alexander
Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never called his wife or mother;
because they
were both deaf.
4. An
ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
5. Babies
are born without knee caps – actually, they’re made of cartilage and the bone
hardens,
between the ages of 2-6 years.
6.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
7. A
“jiffy”, is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
8. Leonardo
Da Vinci invented the scissors.
9. Minus 40°
Celsius, is exactly the same as minus 40° Fahrenheit.
10. No word
in the English language rhymes with month - orange - silver -or- purple.
11.
Shakespeare invented the words “assassination” and “bump".
12.
Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand during typing.
Taglines of Private Sector Banks in India:
1) Axis Bank
– Everything is the same except the name.
2) Bank of
Rajasthan – Dare to dream.
3) Catholic
Syrian Bank – Support all the way.
4) Centurion
Bank of Punjab – To rejoice working, join us.
5) City
Union Bank – Trust and Excellence since 1904.
6)
Dhanalakshmi Bank – Tann. Mann. Dhan.
7) Federal
Bank – Your perfect banking partner.
8) HDFC Bank
– We understand your world.
9) ICICI
Bank – Hum hain na!!.
10) IndusInd
Bank – We Make You Feel Richer.
11) ING
Vysya Bank – Jiyo easy.
12) Jammu
& Kashmir Bank – Serving to Empower.
13)
Karnataka Bank – Your family bank across India.
14) Karur
Vysya Bank – Smart way to bank.
15) Kotak
Mahindra Bank – Lets make money simple.
16) Laxmi
Vilas Bank – The Changing Face of Prosperity.
17) Nainital
Bank – Banking with personal touch.
18) Saraswat
Bank – Service to the Common Man!.
19) South
Indian Bank – Experience Next Generation Banking.
20) Yes Bank
– Experience our expertise.
Important Bank Names of India -
ICICI-
Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
HDFC -
Housing Development Finance Corporation.
IDBI - The
Industrial Development Bank of India .
UCO - United
Commercial Bank.
SBI - State
Bank of India.
PNB - Punjab
National Bank.
HSBC -
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
BNP - Banque
Nationale de Paris.
DBS Bank Lt-
The Development Bank of Singapore Limited.
Head's Of Important Offices in India
1. Attorney
General - Goolam Essaji Vahanvati
2. Solicitor
General - Mohan Parasaran
3.
Comptroller and Auditor General - Shashi Kant Sharma
4. Army
Chief - Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh
5. Chief of
Air Force - Arup Raha
6. Chief of
Naval Staff - Devendra Kumar Joshi
7. Chief
Election Commissioner - V. S. Sampath
8. National
Human Rights Commission Chairman - K.G Balakrishnan
9. National
Commission for Woman, Chairperson - Mamta Sharma
10. Chief
Information Commissioner - Sushma Singh
11. Finance
Commission, Chairman - Y.V. Reddy
12. ISRO,
chairman - Dr. k. Radhakrishnan
13. SEBI
chairman - UK Sinha
14. Supreme
Court Chief Justice of India - P. Sathasivam
15. Chief of
Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) - Alok Joshi
16. Chief of
Intelligence Bureau (IB) - Syed Asif Ibrahim Aadil
17. Chief of
CBI - Ranjit Sinha
18. TRAI
(Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) Chairman - Rahul Khullar
19. Central
Vigilance Commissioner of India - Pradeep Kumar
Recent Appointments (Women’s Special)
==>
Arundhati Bhattacharya - 1st women MD and CFO of SBI.
==> Usha
Ananthasubramanian - 1st CEO of Bhartiya Mahila Bank.
==> Aruna
Bahuguna - 1st Women Special DG of CRPF.
==> 1st
Woman MD of a Public Sector bank - Ms Ranjana Kumar.
==>
Chairman & MD ICICI Bank - Chanda Kochhar (MD & CEO).
==>
Chairman & MD of United Bank of India - Archana Bhargav.
==>
Chairman & MD of Axis Bank - Shikha Sharma.
==>
Chairman & MD of Allahabad Bank - Shubhalakshmi Panse.
==>
Chairperson of CBDT – Sudha Sharma.
==> MD
and CEO of NSE - Chitra Ramakrishna.
==> New
Foreign Secretary - Sujata Singh.
==> Tulsi
Gabbard - New member of US House of Representatives
==> Smita
Singh - Member of U.S. Global Development Council
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Different types of doctors and their
medical specialties.
1.
Psychiatrist - Deals with mental health
2.
Podiatrist - Foot doctor
3.
Optometrist - Eye doctor
4. Dentist -
Tooth doctor
5. Urologist
- Deals with bladder
6.
Nephrologist - Kidney doctor
7.
Pediatrician - Child doctor
8.
Oncologist - Cancer doctor
9.
Neurologist - Deals with the problems of Brain and nerves
10.
Cardiologist - Heart doctor
Computer related basic questions for
competitive exams
1. Compact
Disc (CD) invented by: James T. Russell
2. CPU
stands for: Central Processing Unit
3. Name the
first Supercomputer in the world: The CDC 6600, released in 1964, is generally
considered
as the first supercomputer.
4. Computer
Programming Language 'C' introduced by: Dennis Ritchie
5. First
Cyber police station established in India was at: Bangalore
6. RAM
stands for: Random Access Memory
7. Father of
Computer Science is: Alan Turing
8. WAP
stands for: Wireless Application Protocol
9. Father of
supercomputer is: Seymour Cray
10. Internet
controlling in India is by: Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd
More about Computer
-> Bit is
the smallest memory unit.
-> Geop
Byte is the highest memory unit.
-> Flip
flop is the smallest memory device.
-> Cache
memory is the fastest memory of Computer.
-> Pen
Drive and external hard disk are the slowest memory of computer.
-> CD
(Compact Disk) is the cheapest memory devices.
->
Register is a set of Flip-Flops
-> A
shift Register organized to allow to move left or right operations.
-> RAM
and Cache are the example of Primary memory
->
Secondary storage devices referred as external memory and auxiliary storage,
secondary
storage.
->
Secondary storage stores the information or data until it is deleted or
overwritten.
->
Offline Storage is described as any storage that is removable and cannot be
accessed by
the computer
once removed.
IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT INDIAN RAILWAYS
1. India's
first train ran between: Bombay and Thane
2. The
world's longest railway platform is in India at: Gorakhpur
3. The train
that has the longest run in terms of distance and time on Indian Railways
network is:
Vivek Express
4. Train
that runs between India and Pakistan is: Samjhauta Express
5. Train
running between India and Bangladesh is: Maitree Express
6. Indian
train that won the world Heritage Status from UNESCO: Darjeeling Himalayan
Railways
7. The
Highest railway station in India: Ghum railway station (West Bengal)
8. The
Longest Railway bridge in India: Vallarpadam Bridge, 4.62km (kerala)
9. The Longest
Railway Tunnel in India (Asia's second): Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel, 11.2km
(Jammu and
Kashmir)
10. Slogan
of Indian Railway: Lifeline of the Nation
Important National Park in India
1. Kaziranga
National Park - Golaghat/Nagaon (Assam)
2. Manas
Tiger Sanctuary – Barpeta (Assam)
3. Keoladeo
National Park - Bharatpur (Rajasthan)
4.
Sundarbans Tiger Sanctuary - 24Paraganas (West Bengal)
5.
Bandhavgarh National Park - Shahdol (Madhya Pradesh)
6. Kanha
National Park - Mandla (Madhya Pradesh)
7. Dudwa
National Park - Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh)
8.
Chandraprabha Sanctuary - Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)
9. Corbett
National Park - Nainital (Uttarakhand)
10. Rajaji
National Park - Dehradun, (Uttarakhand)
11. Dachigam
National Park - Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir)
12.
Ranthambore Tiger Sanctuary - Sawai Madhopur (Rajasthan)
13.
Ghatprabha Bird Sanctuary - Belgaum (Karnataka)
14. Bandipur
National Park – Mysore (Karnataka)
15. Gir
National Park - Junagarh (Gujarat)
16. Nal
Sarovar Bird Sanctuary - Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
17.
Hazaribagh National Park - Hazaribagh (Jharkhand)
18.
Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary - Nellore (Andhra Pradesh)
19.
Mudumalai Sanctuary - Nilgiris (Tamilnadu)
20. Periyar
Sanctuary - Idduki (Kerala)
21. Simlipal
Tiger Sanctuary - Mayurbhanj (Odisha)
22. Gahirmatha
Turtle Sanctuary - Kendrapara (Odisha)
23.
Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary - Bhagalpur (Bihar)
24. Silent
Valley National Park - Palakkad, (Kerala)
25. Rani
Jhansi Marine National Park - Andaman & Nicobar Island
26. Campbell
National Park - Andaman & Nicobar Islands
27. Galathea
National Park - Andaman & Nicobar Island
28. Mahatma
Gandhi Marine National Park - Andaman & Nicobar
NATIONAL GAMES OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES
USA -
Baseball
Spain -
Bull Fighting
Canada -
Ice Hockey
New
Zealand - Rugby Union
India -
Hockey
Pakistan -
Field Hockey
Bangladesh
- Kabbadi
Sri Lanka
- Volley ball
Russia -
Football and Chess
China -
Table Tennis
Brazil -
Football
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France -
Football
England -
Cricket
Japan -
Judo
Australia
- Cricket
Pakistan -
Hockey
Malaysia -
Badminton
Scotland -
Rugby Football
Indonesia
- Badminton
Bhutan -
Archery
Switzerland
- Shooting and Gymnastics
Turkey -
Wrestling and Jereed
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SSC CGL Special GK - Human Body
1. Who
invented Electro Cardio Gram (ECG) ?:- Wilhelm Eithovan
2. What is
the pH value of blood?:- 7.4
3. What
present in blood helps in the transportation of oxygen?:- Hemoglobin
4. What
carries hormones to different parts of body?:- blood
5. Which
disease is also known as 'Christmas Disease'?:- Hemophilia
6. Which
blood group is known as 'Universal Donor'?:- O group
7. Which
blood group is 'Universal recipient'?:- AB group
8. Which is
the only vein in the human body that carries pure blood?:- Pulmonary vein
9. Which is
the largest gland of human body?:- Liver
10. What is
the average period of human pregnancy?:- 36 - 38 weeks
Facts about the National Emblem of India:
1. The
National Emblem of India is a replica of the Lion of Sarnath, near Varanasi in
Uttar
Pradesh.
National Emblem is adopted on 26 January 1950, the day India became a republic.
2. The Lion
Capital was erected in the third century BC by Emperor Ashoka to mark the spot
where Buddha
first proclaimed his gospel of peace and emancipation to the four quarters of
the
universe.
3. The
National emblem is symbolic of contemporary India's reaffirmation of its
ancient
commitment
to world peace and goodwill.
4. The four
Lions (one hidden from view) - symbolize power, courage and confidence.
5. The four
Lions rest on a circular abacus.
6. The
abacus is girded by four smaller animals - guardians of the four directions:
the Lion
of the
north, the Elephant of the east, the Horse of the south and the Bull of the
west.
7. The
Elephant of the east is a representation of Queen Maya’s conception of Buddha
when
she saw a
white elephant entering her womb in a dream. The Bull of the west represents
desire
during the life of the Buddha as a prince. The Horse of the south symbolizes
Buddha’s
departure
from palatial life. The Lion of the North represents the attainment of Nirvana
by
Lord Buddha.
8. The
abacus rests on a lotus in full bloom which exemplifies the fountainhead of
life and
creative
inspiration.
9. The
motto, 'Satyameva Jayate,' is inscribed below the emblem in Devanagari script.
"Satyameva
Jayate' means 'truth alone triumphs'.
Name Scientific Study:-
Acology
Study of medical remedies
Adenology
Study of glands
Aerology
Study of the atmosphere
Agrology
Study of agricultural soils
Anesthesiology
Study of anesthetics
Anatomy
Study of the structure of living things
Anthropobiology
Study of the natural history of the human species
Anthropology
Study of humanity
Apiology
Study of bees
Arachnology
Study of spiders
Archaeology
Study of human activity in the past
Astrology
Study of influence of stars on people
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Auxology
Study of growth
Barology
Study of gravitation
Bibliology
Study of books
Biology
Study of life
Botany
Study of plants
Bromatology
Study of food
Brontology
Study of thunder
Calorifics
Study of heat
Cardiology
Study of the heart
Carpology
Study of fruit
Chemistry
Study of the composition, properties and behavior of matter
Cosmology
Study of the universe
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Astronomy
Study of celestial bodies
Meteorology
Study of weather
Nephology
Study of clouds
Nephrology
Study of the kidneys
Numismatics
Study of coins
Odontology
Study of teeth
Oology
Study of eggs
Ophiology
Study of snakes
Ornithology
Study of birds
Orthopterology
Study of cockroaches
Osteology
Study of bones
Otology
Study of the ear
Palaeolimnology
Study of ancient fish
Pathology
Study and diagnosis of disease
Psychology
Study of mental functions and behaviors
Seismology
Study of earthquakes
Thermology
Study of heat
Vermeology
Study of worms
Xylology
Study of wood
Zoology
Study of animals
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Desmology
Study of ligaments
Ecology
Study of environment
Economics
Study of material wealth
Edaphology
Study of soils
Entomology
Study of insects
Floristry
Study of cultivating and selling flowers
Geoponics
Study of agriculture
Graphology
Study of handwriting
Helminthological
Study of worms
Hematology
Study of blood
Hydrogeology
Study of ground water
Hygrometry
Study of humidity
Ichthyology
Study of fish
Linguistics
Study of language
Dendrology
Study of trees
Dermatology
Study of skin
Cryptology
Study of codes
Dactylography
Study of fingerprints
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