Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

National youth festival is celebrated on the birthday of Swami Vivekananda (12 January).

Tansen Samaroh the oldest and esteemed classical music festival in India is organised by Ustad Alauddin Khan Kala Evam Sangeet Academy in Gwalior.

The post of National Security Advisor (NSA) was created in 1998 and the first NSA of India was Brajesh Mishra.

Raja Ravi Varma, one of the greatest painters of India, hailed from Kerala (Travancore).

Justice Malimath Committee report deals with Criminal Justice System reforms.

First Secretary General of SAARC was Abu Ahsan and first ever Female Secretary General was Fatimah Dhiyana Saeed.

Char Dham Yatra (India) – Badrinath, Puri (Jagannath Puri), Rameshwaram, Dwarka.

Char Dham Yatra (North India Uttarakhand) Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri, Yamunotri.

IPCC-The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Western Railway’s Mumbai Central Terminus has been certified by FSSAI as the country’s first Eat Right Station.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 was awarded to Albert Einstein “forhisservices to Theoretical Physics, especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.” Albert Einstein received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1922.

The Dhyan Chand Award, officially known as Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games, is the lifetime achievement sporting honour of the Republic of India.

Hakan Sukur holds the record of scoring the fastest goal in the 11th second of the game in a Fifa World Cup Match.

Kuldeep Yadav is the first Indian Bowler to bag two International hat-tricks in cricket.

Squash, Lawn Tennis, Badminton and Table Tennis are the sports which involve use of Rackets.

The famous Golden Ball Awards presented in Football.

The Lords cricket ground in London (U.K.) is known as the ‘Mecca of Cricket’.

‘Chinlone’ is considered as national sports of Myanmar.

The first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics is Dipa Karmakar.

Kolkata is known by the name ‘Mecca of Indian football’.

‘Ring’ is the place where Boxing is played.

‘Brazil’ has won the most number of FIFA World Cup. festival.

Boat race is a special feature of ‘Onam’

‘Anil Kumble’ is the only Indian bowler to take more than 500 Test Wickets.

The paintings done on walls and rock surfaces like roofs and sides are called ‘Mural’.

Thaipusam festival is celebrated by Tamil community.

Awadhi language was used by used by Tulsidas for Ramcharitmanas.

Bhimbetka is famous for cave rock paintings.

Rabindranath Tagore is the first Asian to receive the prestigious Nobel Prize.

Rajasthan is the state famous for its tie and dye fabrics called Bandhni.

‘Gair’ folk-dance form relates to Rajasthan.

One caste, One Religion, One God for Man is the teaching of Shree Narayan Guru.

Grammy Award is given in the field of Music

Arundhati Roy had received the Booker Prize for the book ‘The God of Small Things’

The Kangra School of painting is related to the state of Himachal Pradesh.

The most ancient language of our country is Sanskrit

‘Raag Bhairavi’is an evening Raag

The Amaravati School of art developed under the patronage of the Satvahanas of Andhra

Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, who has been conferred with first World Sanskrit Award belongs to ‘Thailand’

Mahabaleshwar Sail won Saraswati Samman for work in ‘Konkani language.

Among Nanded, Keshgarh Sahib, Patna Sahib and Nankana Sahib the places of Sikh religion heritage, Nankana Sahibis not in India. It is in Pakistan.

The Cannes Award is given for excellence in the field of Films

Sundarji Doctrine was made up of seven defensive ‘holding corps’ of Indian Army deployed near ‘Pakistan’

The largest city of Pakistan is Karachi.

Began city, the worlds largest and densest concentration of Buddhist temples, pagodas, stupas and ruins is situated in Myanmar.

The first Prime Minister of Pakistan – Liaquat Ali Khan

Karachis said to be the economic capital of Pakistan.

Raviis not among the 3 rivers of Indus water system over which Pakistan got control under Indus Water Treaty with India. The other two rivers are Chenab and Jhelum.

Gwadaris the deep water port being constructed in Pakistan (on south western coast of Bolochistan), by the China.

‘Povadas’ is a popular folk dance from the state of Maharashtra.

Vishwanathan Anand was named sportsman of the decade (Individual non-Olympic sports) at the 2021.

Matanfini Hazra (Indian freedom fighter) was fondly called Gandhi Buri (Old Lady Gandhi) for her dedication towards Gandhian Principles.

Ghum Monastery is located in Darjeeling.

The author of the book ‘Sea of Poppies’ is Amitav Ghosh.

Kummattikali is a mask dance popular in South Malabar.

Si-yu-ki or ‘The Records of the Western World’ was written by Hiuen Tsiang.

‘Unaccustomed Earth’ is written by Jhumpa Lahiri.

Priyanka Chopra Jonas is the Author of the book Unfinished: A memoir.

Bidhan Chandra Roy Award is given in the field of medicine.

The festival of Durga puja is observed to celebrate the triumph of Goddess Durga over Mahishasura.

Lava is a popular folk dance of Minicoy island.

Suman Chakraborty was nominated for the 30th GD Birla Award for scientific Research for his/her outstanding contribution to engineering science in April 2021.

London Marathon in 2018 hold the Guinness World Record as being the largest annual fundraising event in the world (as of April 2021).

The Open Hand Monument in Chandigarh was designed by Le Corbusier.

Twinkle Khanna is the author of the book ‘Mrs Funnybones’.

Mahendra Lal Sircar was the founder of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science.

Sattriya is a dance form that originated in Assam. ‘

A ‘Nattuvanar’ conducts a Bharatnatyam dance recital.

The Great Gastsby’ is a novel written by F Scott Fitzgerald.

‘Ponung’ and ‘Tapu’ are popular dance forms from the state of Arunachal Pradesh.

‘Two Lives’ is written by Vikram Seth.

Fouaad Mirza is an Indian Equestrian.

Tibetan Buddhist Golden Temple is situated in Karnataka.

‘Myth-Mithya: Decoding Hindu Mythology’ is written by Devdutt Pattanaik.

‘Ummatt-aat’ is a folk dance form performed in Coorg

‘Burnt Sugar’ is written by Avni Doshi.

KS Krishnan was the first Dr. Shanti Sawaroop Bhatnagar awardee.

Tappa is a vocal form of music from the state of Punjab.

The efforts of Siddhendra Yogi have brought glory to the dance form called Kuchipudi.

‘The lender of last resort’ is referred to as Central Bank.

The author of the book ‘Social Harmony’ is Narendra Modi.

Buxa fort is situated in West Bengal.

Rani Rampals the first women hockey player to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.

Dassault Aviation is the French company which supplied Rafale fighter jets to India.

The clash between the soldiers of India and China took place in Galwan Valley in June, 2020.

The Govt. of India has decided to observe ‘Veer Baal Diwas’ on 26th December.

Ross Taylor – who retired from test cricket by bagging a wicket on the last ball of his career.

Legendry Kathak dancer Pandit Birju Maharaj was doyen of Lucknow gharana of kathak.

Quad Group of Nations

Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD, also known as Quad)- A strategic dialogue between the membersUnited States, India, Japan and Australia.