Important Straits

- Strait of Hormuz is a channel linking the Persian Gulf (west) with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea (southeast).

- Strait of Gibraltar is a channel connecting the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean, lying between southernmost Spain and north western most Africa.

- Strait of Malacca, waterway connecting the Andaman Sea (Indian Ocean) and the South China Sea (Pacific Ocean).

- Cook Strait is a strait separating the North and South islands of New Zealand, extending northwest to southeast from the Tasman Sea to the South Pacific Ocean.

🔰 Important Battles in Indian History 🔰
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🔹Battle of Haldighati - 1576 A.D.➨ Akbar's forces headed by Raja Man Singh and Asaf Khan defeated Rana Pratap. Rana Pratap refused to surrender to the Mughal Power.

🔹Battle of Karnal - 1739 A.D.➨ Nadir Shah defeated Mohd. Shah.

🔹Battle of Plassey - 1757 A.D.➨ Lord Clive defeated Siraj-ud-Daula.

🔹Battle of Wandiwash - 1760 A.D.➨ The English forces defeated the French forces.

🔹Third Battle of Panipat - 1761 A.D.➨ Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas.

🔹Battle of Buxar - 1764 A.D.➨ The English forces defeated the alliance of Nawab Mir Qasim of Bengal, Nawab Shuja-ud-daula of Awadh and Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II.

🔹First Anglo Mysore War - (1767-69 A.D.)➨ Hyder Ali defeated the English forces.

🔹Second Anglo Mysore War - (1780-84 A.D.)➨ Hyder Ali died in the battle (1782) and subsequently led by his son Tipu Sultan. The war concluded with the Treaty of Mangalore (1784).

🔹Third Anglo Mysore War - (1789-92 A.D.)➨ The English forces defeated Tipu Sultan. Treaty of Srirangapatnam was signed.

🔹Fourth Anglo Mysore War - 1799 A.D.➨ Tipu Sultan was defeated and killed by the English forces.

🔹Battle of Hydaspeas - 326 B.C.➨ Alexander defeated Porus.

🔹Kalinga War - 261 B.C.➨ Ashoka defeated Kalinga.

🔹First Battle of Tarain - 1191 A.D.➨ Prithvi Raj Chauhan defeated Mohammed Ghori.

🔹Second Battle of Tarain - 1192 A.D.➨ Mohammad Ghori defeated Prithvi Raj Chauhan.

🔹Battle of Chandawar - 1193 or 1194➨ Muhammad Ghori defeated Jaichandra Gaharwar.

🔹First Battle of Panipat - 1526 A.D.➨ Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodi.

🔹Battle of Khanwa - 1527 A.D.➨ Babar defeated Rana Sanga.

🔹Battle of Ghaghra - 1529 A.D.➨ Babar defeated Mahmud Lodhi and Sultan Nusrat Shah.

🔹Battle of Chausa - 1539 A.D.➨ Sher Shah Suri (Sher Khan) defeated Humayun.

🔹Battle of Kannauj (or Bilgram) - 1540 A.D.➨ Sher Shah Suri (Sher Khan) defeated Humayun.

🔹Second Battle of Panipat - 1556 A.D.➨ Bairam Khan (representing Mughal Emperor Akbar) defeated Hemu.

🔹Battle of Talikota - 1565 A.D.➨ Ahmednagar, Bijapur, Golkonda and Bidar formed alliance and defeated the Vijaynagar empire.

🍁Founder of major cities of India🍁

1. Kolkata - Job Charnak
2. Mumbai - Onald Augia
3. Bhopal - Raja Bhoj
4. New Delhi - Edwin Lutyens
5. Agra - Alexander Lodi
6. Indore - Ahilya Bai
7. Dhar - Raja Bhoj
8. Tughlakabad - Mohammad Tughlaq
9. Jaipur - Sawai Raja Jai Singh
10. Sagar {MP} - Udalshay
11. Lucknow - Asafuddaula
12. Allahabad - Akbar
13. Jhansi -Vir Singh Judeo
14. Ajmer - Ajayraj Singh
15. Udaipur - Rana Uday Singh
16. Tatanagar - Jamsetji Tata
17. Bharatpur - King Suraj Mal
18. Kumbhalgarh - King Kumbha
19. Patna - Udayan
20. Munger - Chandragupta Maurya
21. Nalanda - King Dharmapala
22. Raipur - Brahmadev
23. Durg - Jagatpal
24. Dehradun - King Jaunsar Babar
25. Puri - Gang Chola
26. Dwarka - Shankaracharya
27. Jammu - King Jammu Lochan
28. Poona - Shah Ji Bhosle
29. Hyderabad - Quli Qutb Shah
30. Amritsar - Guru Ramdas
31. Delhi - Annantpal Tomar

🛰Countries and their Navigation satellite System🏂

🚀 IRNSS NAVIC (Indian regional Navigation satellite System) :- India

🚀 QZSS ( Quasi zenith satellite System ):- JAPAN

🚀 Beidou - China

🚀 Galileo - European union

🚀 GLONASS - Russia

🚀 GPS (global positioning system) :- US

The world's major organizations and their headquarters
➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖

1. Red Cross _Geneva

2. INTERPOL Paris -(Lyons)

3. Asian Development Bank (ADB) -Manila

4. World Wildlife Conservation Fund (WWF) Gland (Switzerland)

5. NATO- Brussels

6. International Court of Justice, -The Hague

7. UNICEF -New York

8. SAARC Kathmandu

9. United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) -Nairobi

10. GATT -GENEVA

11. World Trade Organization (WTO) Geneva

12. Organization of American States (OAS)- Washington D.C.

13. Arab League- Cairo

14. Mutual Economic Assistance Council (COMECON) Month

15. World Council of Churches (WCC) -Geneva

16. European Energy Commission (EEC) Geneva

17. African Economic Commission (ECA) Addis-Ababa

18. European Free Trade Association (ECTA) -Geneva

19. United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Geneva

20. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) -Vienna

21. West Asia Economic Commission (ECWA)- Baghdad

22. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Geneva

23. Amnesty International London

24. International Olympic Committee (IOC)- Lausanne

25. European Common Market (ECM) Geneva

26. Commonwealth Heads of State Conference (CHOGM) Strasbourg

27. Organization of Petroleum Producing Countries (OPEC) Vienna

28. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Paris

29. European Atomic Energy Community (EURATON)- Brussels

30. Commonwealth -London

31. European Economic Community (EEC)_ Geneva

General Gk Important Questions

Where is the National Environmental Research Center located?

Ans :-  Nagpur (Maharashtra)

What rays does the ozone layer in the atmosphere protect us from?

Ans :- Ultraviolet rays

Which gas is found the most in the atmosphere?

Ans :-  Nitrogen

Due to which the sky appears blue?

Ans :-  Due to scattering

On which date World Environment Day is celebrated?

Ans :-  5th June

Does the temperature of the earth increase or decrease due to the 'green house effect'?

Ans :- increases

Which tree is called 'enemy of the environment'?

Ans :- Eucalyptus ( Safeda )

What is Green House Effect?

Ans :-  In the greenhouse effect, the sun's rays come to the earth, but due to the circle of carbon dioxide gas, it is not able to go back.

According to the National Forest Policy, on what percentage of the land it is mandatory to have forest?

Ans :-  33 percent

What is 'Green' Peace?

Ans :-  Environment Planning

What is the main objective behind the Chipko movement?

Ans :-  Protection of forests

In which year was the 'Environmental Department' established at the Center by the Government of India?

Ans :- In 1980

Where is the headquarters of United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)?

Ans :- Nairobi (Kenya)

Which gas is produced in photo copy machine?

Ans :- Ozone

Which animal has been taken as a symbol by the World Wildlife Fund?

Ans :-  Panda

Which state of India is known as 'Tiger State'?

Ans :-  Madhya Pradesh

Who started the Van Mahotsav?

Ans :- K. M. Munshi

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💈🪴List of Union Secretaries🪴💈

🌻Defence Secretary-Ajay Kumar

🌻Home secretary-Ajay Kumar Bhalla

🌻Revenue secretary-Tarun Bajaj

🌻Principal Secretary to PM- Dr. P. K. Mishra

🌻Power Secretary of India — Sanjiv Nandan Sahai

🌻Commerce Secretary of India — BVR Subrahmanyam

🌻Health Secretary of India — Rajesh Bhushan

🌻Corporate Affairs Secretary — Rajesh Verma

🌻Joint Secretary of Ministry of New & Renewable Energy — Dinesh Dayanand Jagdale

🌻Secretary of Ministry of Housing & Urban Affair — Durga Shanker Mishra

🌻Expenditure Secretary of India — T. V. Somanathan

🌻Foreign Secretary of India — Harsh Vardhan Shringla

🌻Economic Affairs Secretary — Ajay Seth

🌻Secretary of Parliamentary Affairs — Gyanesh Kumar

🌻Secretary of Department of Public Enterprises — Ali Raza Rizvi

🌻Secretary in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs — Anil Kumar Jha

💠SPORTS STADIUM IN INDIA💠
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🏟Arun Jaitley Stadium Feroz Shah Kotla Ground ➨ New Delhi

🏟MA Chidambaram Stadium ➨ Chennai

🏟Dr DY Patil Sports Academy ➨ Mumbai

🏟 Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium ➨ Ahmedabad, Gujarat

🏟Sawai Mansingh Stadium ➨ Jaipur, Rajasthan

🏟Captain Roop Singh Stadium ➨ Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

🏟Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium ➨ Nagpur, Maharashtra

🏟Salt Lake Stadium Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan ➨ Kolkata, West Bengal

🏟Eden Gardens ➨ Kolkata

🏟Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium ➨ Himachal Pradesh

🏟Holkar Cricket Stadium ➨ Indore

🏟M.Chinnaswamy Stadium ➨ Bangalore, Karnataka

🏟Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium ➨ Hyderabad

🏟Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium ➨ New Delhi

🏟Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium ➨ Gujarat

🏟Wankhede Stadium ➨ Mumbai

🏟Barkatullah Khan Stadium ➨ Rajasthan

🏟Nurul Amin Stadium ➨ Assam

🏟Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium ➨ Assam

🏟Patliputra Stadium ➨ Bihar

🏟Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium ➨ Guwahati, Assam

🏟Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium ➨ Chhattisgarh

🏖️🏖️PORTS IN NEWS🏖️🏖️

🔥CHAHABAR PORT — IRAN

🔥GWADAR PORT — PAKISTAN

🔥SMART PORT — AP

🔥SITWE PORT -- Myanmar

🔥CNG PORT — BHAVNAGAR — GUJ

🔥Jebel Ali Gas Feild -- UAE

🔥Duqm Port -  Oman

🔥Mundra port -- Gulf of kutch gujrat

 

Frequently asked questions by SSC
IMPORTANT QUESTION

The lightest metal is - Lithium
* The heaviest metal is - Osmium
The hardest metal is - Platinum
The hardest material is - Diamond
The best coal is anthracite
* Pure form of water is - rain water
* Marsh gas is called - methane
*Nobel gas is called - Helium
* Electric current is measured - with ammeter
* The main ore of mercury is - cinnabar

Invented 1 television - J. Ale. Baird (John Logie Baird)
2 Invented Radar - Taylor and Young
3 Who discovered gravity - Newton
4 Which acid is present in vinegar and pickle - acetic acid
Which acid is present in lemon and orange - citric acid
6 Milk is sour because of the lactic acid present in it.
7 The ink used in the hands of voters is - Silver Nitrate
8 Earth rotates on its axis - from west to east
9 Onions and garlic have an odor - due to the potassium present in them
10. X-rays were discovered by - Röntgen
11 Scooters - Brad Shaw
Inventor of the 12 Revolver - Colt
13 Measures the depth of the sea - with the Fadometer
14 DN a. The model of the structure was given by – Watson and Crick
15 The first element to be made in the laboratory - urea
16 Inventor of the Telephone - Graham Bell
17 First satellite launched by India - Arya Bhatt
18 Penicillin was discovered by - Alexander Fleming
19 Discovered the smallpox vaccine - Jenner
20 The father of biology - Aristotle
21 Inventor of Dynamite - Alfred Noble
22 The first man to land on the moon - Neil Armstrong
23 The first man to go into space - Yuri Gagarin
24 largest bone - femur of thigh
25 of the smallest-steppe ears
26 The world's largest flower - Reflexia
27 Which vitamin contains cobalt - B12
28 Anemia is cured by which vitamin- B12
29 Night blindness is caused by the deficiency of which vitamin - Vitamin A
Which disease is caused by deficiency of Vitamin B - Beri Beri
Which part of the body is affected by typhoid - the intestine
32 Who discovered the rabies vaccine - Louis Pasteur
33 Cholera and TB bacteria discovered - Robert Koch (1982)
34. Iron element found in blood
35 X rays are electromagnetic rays
36 Air bubbles in water - Concave lens
37 The weight of an object on the equator will be - minimum
38 The reason for the appearance of the sun before sunrise - refraction of light
39 Cause of Rainbow Formation - Refraction
40 What is the effect on the speed of sound when the temperature is increased - it increases
41 If we look at the sky from the moon, what will it look like - Black
42 Separating urea from the body - the kidneys
43 The color of human skin is formed due to melanin.
44 Used to ripen raw fruits - Ethylene

Geography Important Questions
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Which planet rotates from East to West?
Venus

Phobos and Deimos are satellites of which planet?
Mars

In which country the active volcano Mt Etna is located?
Italy

Which country is known as Land of Gold and Diamond?
South Africa

Capital of Nigeria is?
Abuja

Longest waterfall in the world is?
Victoria Falls

Name the flightless bird of Kalahari desert?
Ostrich

The Victoria Fall was discovered by?
David Livingston

The temperate grassland of South Africa is called?
High Veld

The only river which crosses the Equator twice is?
River Zaire

🟢 Father of Various fields 🟢

♦️Father of the Nation ⟶ Mahatma Gandhi

♦️Father of Modern India ⟶ Raja Ram Mohan Roy

♦️Father of Linguistic Democracy ⟶ Potti Sreeramulu

♦️Father of Constitution ⟶ B.R Ambedkar

♦️Father of Modern Economics ⟶ Mahadev Govind Ranade

♦️Father of Modern Economic Reforms ⟶ Manmohan Singh

♦️Father of Nuclear/Atomic Program ⟶ Homi J. Bhabha

♦️Father of Space Program ⟶ Vikram Sarabhai

♦️Father of Missile Program ⟶ A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

♦️Father of Comic Books ⟶ Anant Pai

♦️Father of Geography ⟶ James Rennell

♦️Father of Cinema ⟶ Dadasaheb Phalke

♦️Father of Peasant Movement ⟶ N. G. Ranga

♦️Father of Paleobotany ⟶ Birbal Sahni

♦️Father of Blue Revolution ⟶ Hiralal Chaudhari

♦️Father of Green Revolution ⟶ M. S. Swaminathan

♦️Father of White Revolution ⟶ Verghese Kurien

♦️Father of Veterinary Science ⟶ Shalihotra

♦️Father of Civil Aviation ⟶ J. R. D. Tata

♦️Father of Air Force ⟶ Subroto Mukerjee

♦️Father of Civil Engineering ⟶ Sir Mokshagundam Vishweshvaraiah

♦️Father of Surgery ⟶Sushruta

♦️Father of Microbiology ⟶ Antonie Philips Van Leeuwenhoek

♦️Father of Modern Astronomy ⟶ Nicolaus Copernicus

♦️Father of Nuclear Physics⟶ Ernest Rutherford

♦️Father of Computer Science ⟶ George Boole and Alan Turing

♦️Father of Classification ⟶ Carl linneaus

♦️Father of Evolution ⟶ Charles Darwin

♦️Father of modern Olympic ⟶ Pierre De Coubertin

♦️Father of Numbers ⟶ Pythagoras

♦️Father of Genetics ⟶ Gregor Mendel

♦️Father of Internet ⟶ Vint Cerf

♦️Father of Botany ⟶ Theophrastus

♦️Father of Electricity ⟶ Benjamin Franklin

♦️Father of Electronics ⟶ Michael Faraday

♦️Father of Television ⟶ Philo Farnsworth

♦️Father of Nuclear Chemistry ⟶ Otto Hahn

♦️Father of Periodic Table ⟶ Dmitri Mendeleev

♦️Father of Geometry ⟶ Euclid

♦️Father of Ayurveda ⟶ Dhanwantari

♦️Father of Modern Medicine ⟶ Hippocrates

♦️Father of Computer ⟶ Charles Babbage

♦️Father of Astronomy ⟶ Copernicus

♦️Father of Economics ⟶ Adam Smith

♦️Father of Biology ⟶ Aristotle

♦️Father of History ⟶ Herodotus

♦️Father of Homeopathy⟶ Heinemann

♦️Father of Zoology ⟶ Aristotle

♦️Father of Blood groups ⟶ Landsteiner

♦️Father of Blood Circulation ⟶ William Harvey

♦️Father of Bacteriology ⟶ Louis Paster

1. Which has become the fifth country to sign the ISA agreement?
Ans. Germany

2. India Network Olympics has broken the Asia record in 4x400 run of how many minutes?
Ans. 3:00:25

3. Writer Padma Sachdev has passed away, she was a famous writer of which language?
Ans. Dogri

4. Which department has started the work of setting up agro-automated weather stations?
Ans. India Meteorological Department

5. Which political party's leader Jawahar Sarkar has been sworn in as a Rajya Sabha member?
Ans. TMC

6. In which union territory of India has it been announced to set up Maldive style water villas?
Ans. Lakshadweep

7. The Delhi government has approved the proposal to increase the salary of MLAs by what percentage?
Ans. 66 percent

8. Which day is celebrated all over India on 7th August?
Ans. National Handloom Day

9. Which sports award has been renamed as Major Dhyan Chand Sports Award?
Ans. Rajiv Gandhi Sports Award

10. Which city has topped in the "2s Best Student Cities Ranking"?
Ans. London

🌻 GARDENS IN INDIA 🌻
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⭐️Pinjore Garden ➖ Panchkula , Haryana

⭐️Rock Garden ➖Darjeeling

⭐️Rock Garden of Chandigarh ➖ Chandigarh

⭐️Saharanpur Botanical Garden ➖ Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh

⭐️Sajjan Niwas Garden(Gulab Bagh) ➖ Udaipur, Rajasthan

⭐️Sarita Udyan ➖ Gandhinagar, Gujarat

⭐️Shalimar Bagh ➖ Srinagar, J & K

⭐️Sim’s Park ➖ Coonoor, Tamil nadu

⭐️The Royal Botanical Garden ➖ Howrah, West Bengal

⭐️Tulip Garden ➖ Srinagar, J & K

⭐️Auroville Botanical Gardens ➖ Auroville, Tamil Nadu

⭐️Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden ➖ Kolkata, West Bengal

⭐️Brindhavan Garden ➖ Mysore, Karanataka

⭐️Chambal Garden ➖ Kota, Rajasthan

⭐️Chashme Shahi ➖ Srinagar, J & K

⭐️Company garden ➖ Allahabad , Uttar Pradesh

⭐️Hanging Garden ➖ Mumbai , Maharashtra

⭐️Mughal garden ➖ New Delhi

⭐️Malampuzha Garden ➖ Palakkad, Kerala

⭐️Nishat Bagh ➖ Srinagar , J & K

⭐️Pilikula Botanical Garden ➖ Mangalore, Karnataka

⭐️Jallianwala Bagh ➖ Amristar, Punjab

⭐️Jawaharlal Nehru Botanical Garden ➖ Gangtok, Sikkim

⭐️Jhansi Botanical Garden ➖ Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh

⭐️Kalindi Kunj ➖ New Delhi

⭐️Lal Bagh ➖ Bangalore, Karnataka

⭐️Law garden ➖ Ahmedabad, Gujarat

⭐️Lloyd’s Botanical Garden ➖ Darjeeling, West Bengal

⭐️Lodi Garden ➖ New Delhi

Prime Minister - Time Period

●Jawahar Lal Nehru
15-Aug-1947 to 27-May-1964

●Gulzarilal Nanda
27-May-1964 to 9 June 1964

●Lal Bahadur Shastri
09-Jun-1964 to 11-Jan-1966

●Gulzarilal Nanda
11-Jan-1966 to 24 January 1966

●Indira Gandhi
24-Jan-1966 to 24-Mar-1977

●Morarji Desai
24-Mar-1977 to 28-Jul-1979

●Charan Singh
28-Jul-1979 to 14-Jan-1980

●Indira Gandhi
14-Jan-1980 to 31-Oct-1984

●Rajiv Gandhi
31-Oct-1984 to 02-Dec-1989

●Vishwanath PratapSingh
02-Dec-1989 to 10-Nov-1990

●Chandra Shekhar
10-Nov-1990 to 21-Jun-1991

●P.V. Narasimha Rao
21-Jun-1991 to 16-May-1996

●Atal Bihari Vajpayee
16-May-1996 to 01-Jun-1996

●H. D. Deve Gowda
01-Jun-1996 to 21-Apr-1997

●Atal Bihari Vajpayee
19-Mar-1998 to 22-May-2004

●Dr.Manmohan   Singh
22-May-2004 to 26-May-2014

●Narendra Damodardas Modi
26-May-2014  to Incumbent

♦ ️ Indian International Ports ♦ ️

Bandargah - 🔰 State

1) Kandla - Gujarat

2) Mumbai - Maharashtra

3) Nhavasheva - Maharashtra

4) Marmagova - Goa

5) Cochin - Kerala

6) Tuticorin - Tamil Nadu

7) Chennai - Tamil Nadu

8) Visakhapatnam - Andhra Pradesh

9) Paradip - Odisha

10) New Mangalore - Karnataka

11) Ennore - Andhra Pradesh

12) Kolkata - West Bengal

13) Haldia - West Bengal

☀️Important leader Associated with the Revolt of 1857
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🙅🏻‍♂️Mangal Pandey ➨Barrackpore

🙅🏻‍♂️Bahadur Shah II, General Bakht Khan ➨Delhi

🙅🏻‍♂️Hakim Ahsanullah (Chief advisor to Bahadur Shah II) ➨Delhi

🙅🏻‍♂️Begum Hazrat Mahal, Birjis Qadir, Ahmadullah (advisor of the ex-Nawab of Awadh) ➨Lucknow

🙅🏻‍♂️Nana Sahib, Rao Sahib (nephew of Nana), Tantia Tope, Azimullah Khan (advisor of Nana Sahib) ➨Kanpur

🙅🏻‍♂️Rani Laxmibai ➨Jhansi

🙅🏻‍♂️Kunwar Singh, Amar Singh ➨Bihar (Jagdishpur)

🙅🏻‍♂️Maulvi Liyakat Ali ➨Allahabad and Banaras

🙅🏻‍♂️Maulvi Ahmadullah (He declared the Revolt as Jihad against English) ➨Faizabad

🙅🏻‍♂️Tufzal Hasan Khan ➨Farrukhabad

🙅🏻‍♂️Mohammad Khan ➨Bijnaur

🙅🏻‍♂️Abdul Ali Khan ➨Muradabad

🙅🏻‍♂️Khan Bahadur Khan ➨Bareilly

🙅🏻‍♂️Firoz Shah ➨Mandsor

🙅🏻‍♂️Tantia Tope ➨Gwalior/Kanpur

🙅🏻‍♂️Kandapareshwar Singh, Manirama Datta ➨Assam

🙅🏻‍♂️Surendra Shahi, Ujjwal Shahi ➨Odisha

🙅🏻‍♂️Raja Pratap Singh ➨Kullu

🙅🏻‍♂️Jaidayal Singh and Hardayal Singh ➨Rajasthan

🙅🏻‍♂️Gajadhar Singh ➨Gorakhpur

🙅🏻‍♂️Sevi Singh, Kadam Singh ➨Mathura

🔰 Sobriquets of India and World🔰
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▪️ City of Dreaming Spires➖Oxford

▪️ Cockpit of Europe➖Belgium

▪️ Dark Continent➖Africa

▪️ Diary of Northern Europe➖Denmark

▪️ Emerald Isle➖Ireland

▪️ Empire City➖New York

▪️ Eternal City➖Rome

▪️ Forbidden City➖Lhasa (Tibet)

▪️ Garden City➖Bengaluru

▪️ Gate of Tears➖Strait of Bab-el Mandeb

▪️ Gift of the Nile river➖Egypt

▪️ George Cross Island➖Malta

▪️ Granite City➖Aberdeen (Scotland)

▪️ Hermit Kingdom➖Korea

▪️ Holy Land➖Jerusalem (Israel)

▪️ Holy Mountain➖Fujiyama (Japan)

▪️ Island of Cloves➖Zanzibar

▪️ Island Continent➖Australia

▪️ Island of Fire➖Iceland

▪️ Spice Island of the West➖Greece

▪️ Venice of the North➖Stockholm

🔹 Geography Important Questions 🔹
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🔹 The angular distance of a point on the Earth's surface, measured in degrees from the centre of the Earth is called?
➨ Lattitude

🔹 The angular distance measured in degrees along the equator, east or west of the Prime Meridian is called?
➨ Longitude

🔹 The line that passes through 180 degree East or West Meridian of longitude which falls on the opposite side of the Greenwich Meridian is called?
➨ International Date Line

🔹 0 degree longitude that passes through Greenwich near London is called?
➨ Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

🔹 The 82 and 1/2 degree longitude that passes through Allahabad and is 5 and 1/2 hour ahead of the GMT is called?
➨ Indian Standard Time (IST)

🔹 The two days during the year when the day and night are almost equal throughout the world because the sun shines vertically over the equator is called?
➨ Equinox

🔹 The imaginary line that passes through the Earth midway between the North pole and the South pole is called?
➨ Equator

🔹 The imaginary line drawn out on the global map from pole to pole and perpendicular to the Equator is called?
➨ Meridian

🔹 In which part of the Earth's atmosphere is Ozone layer present?
➨ Stratosphere

🔹 Which part of the Earth's atmosphere is suitable for radio communication?
➨ Ionosphere

🔹 Which is the outermost layer of the Earth's atmosphere?
➨ Exosphere

🔹 Study of rock is called?
➨ Petrology

🔹 Granite and Basalt are which type of rocks?
➨ Igneous rocks

🔹 Deposition of organic and non-organic matter over a period of time produces which type of rocks?
➨ Sedimentary rocks

🔹 Igneous and Sedimentary rocks undergo changes due to pressure and change in temperature under the Earth's surface, this change led to the formation of which type of rock?
➨ Metamorphic rock

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