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Thursday 15 May 2014

List of Antonyms


1. jocular – serious
2. haggard – fresh
3. debacle – miracle
4. adroit – awkward
5. gullible – wise
6. nefarious – respectable
7. bestial – gentle
8. ravage – protect
9. wanton – decent
10. laconic – wordy
11. embellish – spoil
12. enigmatic – obvious
13. callow – mature
14. obdurate – yielding
15. philistine – aesthete
16. temerity – cowardice
17. turbid – clear
18. wastrel – conservator
19. gregarious – antisocial
20. urbane – uncivilized
21. antipathy – love
22. aplomb – confusion
23. nebulous – clear
24. palatial – humble
25. sadistic – kind hearted
26. altruism – miserliness
27. amenable – unwilling
28. amorphous – definite
29. prudent – unwise
30. insolent – humble
31. celestial – earthly
32. chaos – order
33. clumsy – graceful
34. contemporary – ancient
35. compassion – hatred
36. acrimony – politeness
37. abominable – lovable
38. detrimental – helpful
39. diversity – similarity
40. bewitched – disgusted
41. retreat – advance
42. fickle – firm
43. vigilant – careless
44. dexterous – awkward
45. sordid – reputable
46. confiscate – give
47. destitute – lucky
48. censure – compliment
49. mandatory – optional
50. pragmatic – impractical

Five Year Plans in INDIA


• 1st Five Year Plan (1951-56) - Priority of Agriculture
• 2nd Five Year Plan (1956-61) - Priority of Industries Sector
• 3rd Five Year Plan (1961-66) - Self Reliance
• 4th Five Year Plan (1969-74) - Removal of Poverty, Growth with Justice
• 5th Five Year Plan (1974-79) - Removal of Poverty and Self reliance
• 6th Five Year Plan (1980-85) - The emphasis same as 5th Plan
• 7th Five Year Plan (1985-90) - Food Production, Employment, Productivity
• 8th Five Year Plan (1992-97) - Employment Generation, Control of Population
• 9th Five Year Plan (1997-02) - Growth Rate of 7 percent
• 10th Five year Plan (2002-07) - Self employment and resources and development
• 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12) - Comprehensive and faster growth
• 12th Five Year plan (2012-17) - Improvement of Health, Education and Sanitation

International Organization/Association


SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation)

- Headquarters - Kathmandu
> Member Country - Capital
1. Afghanistan--Kabul
2. Bangladesh---Dhaka
3. Bhutan---Thimphu
4. India---New Delhi
5. Maldives---Male
6. Nepal---Kathmandu
7. Pakistan---Islamabad
8. Sri Lanka---Colombo

ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations)

- Headquarters - Jakarta
> Member Country - Capital
1. Brunei Darussalam---Bandar Seri Begawan
2. Cambodia--Phnom Penh
3. Indonesia---Jakarta
4. Laos PDR---Vientiane
5. Malayasia---Kuala Lumpur
6. Myanmar---Naypyitaw
7. Phillipines---Manila
8. Singapore---Singapore
9. Thailand---Bangkok
10. Vietnam--Hanoi

OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries)

- Headquarters - Vienna
> Member Country - Capital
1. Algeria---Algiers
2. Angola---Luanda
3. Ecuador---Quito
4. Iran---Teheran
5. Iraq---Baghdad
6. Kuwait---Kuwait City
7. Libya---Tripoli
8. Nigeria---Abuja
9. Qatar---Doha
10. Saudi Arabia---Riyadh
11. U.A.E--- Abu Dhabi
12. Venezuala---Caracas

List of Finance Ministers of India


  • Liaquat Ali Khan -1946-1947 (interim government)
  • John Mathai -1948-1949
  • R. K. Shanmukham Chetty-1949-1951
  • Chintamanrao Deshmukh-1951-1957
  • T. T. Krishnamachari -1957-1958
  • Jawaharlal Nehru -1958-1959
  • Morarji Desai -1959-1964
  • T. T. Krishnamachari-1964-1967
  • Morarji Desai- 1967-1970
  • Indira Gandhi -1970-1971
  • Yashwantrao Chavan -1971-1975
  • C. Subramaniam- 1975-1977
  • Morarji Desai - 1977-1979
  • Choudhary Charan Singh -1979-1980
  • Ramaswamy Venkataraman -1980-1982
  • Pranab Mukherjee -1982-1985
  • V.P. Singh- 1985-1987
  • S.B. Chavan 1987-1990
  • Madhu Dandavate -1990-1991
  • Manmohan Singh- 1991-1996
  • P.Chidambaram -1996-1998
  • Yashwant Sinha -1998-2002
  • Jaswant Singh- 2002-2004
  • P.Chidambaram-May 2004 - Nov 2008
  • Manmohan Singh -Dec 2008 - Jan 2009
  • Pranab Mukherjee- Feb 2009 – july2012
  • P.Chidambaram - july2012- till date

Thursday 8 May 2014

India in Olympic Games



1. In which year was the Indian Olympic Association formed?
Answer: 1927
2. India participated for the first time in ......... Olympics?
Answer: 1900, Paris
3. Who represented India at the 1900 Paris Olympics?
Answer: Norman Pritchard
4. How many gold medals Indian Hockey Team has won in the Olympic Game so far?
Answer: Eight
5. The total number of medals won by the Hockey team for India at the Olympic Games is .........?
Answer: 11 (Gold-8, Silver-1, Bronze-2)
6. In which year Indian Hockey team won the first gold medal in the Olympics?
Answer: 1928, Amsterdam
7. Indian Hockey team won the Olympics gold for the last time in .........?
Answer: 1980, Moscow
8. In which Olympics Indian Hockey Team won the Silver medal?
Answer: 1960, Rome
9. Who was independent India’s first individual Olympic medalist?
Answer: K D Jadhav
10. K D Jadhav won the freestyle wrestling bronze medal at the ......... Olympic Games?
Answer: 1952, Helsinki