GENERAL KNOWLEDGE : SHORTS
FACTS ABOUT INDIA
*West Bengal state.* Founded as trading post, it was India's capital under the British Raj from 1773–1911.
The Dravidian-speaking tribe Bang/Banga that settled in the area around the year 1000 BCE. Other accounts speculate that the name is derived from Venga (Bôngo), which came from the Austric word "Bonga" meaning the Sun-god. According to the Mahabharata, the Puranas and the Harivamsha, Vanga was one of the adopted sons of King Vali who founded the Vanga Kingdom. It was either under Magadh or under Kalinga Rules except few years under Pals. The earliest reference to "Vangala" (Bôngal) has been traced in the Nesari plates (805 CE) of Rashtrakuta Govinda III which speak of Dharmapala as the king of Vangala. The records of Rajendra Chola I of the Chola dynasty, who invaded Bengal in the 11th century, use the term Vangaladesa.
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Q. When was the Department of Agriculture established?
Ans. in 1872
Q. At which place there was a severe famine in 1866 AD
Ans. Odisha
Q. When was the madrasa established for the development of Muslim education in Calcutta?
Ans. in 1772
Q. When was the first newspaper 'Bengal Gazette' published?
Ans. in 1780
Q. Who translated 'Gita' into English
Ans. William Wilkins
Q. Where did the electric powered telegraph service start for the first time?
Ans. between Calcutta and Agra
Q. Who was the founder of Banaras Sanskrit University
Ans. Jonathan Stinger
Q. Who led the British in the battle of Vandiwash
Ans. sir eyre coot
Q. Who gifted the settlement of Chandranagar to the French?
Ans. shaista khan
Q. To whom did the Mughal emperor give the title of 'Nawab'
Ans. dupleco
Q. Where was Dupley appointed as the governor before becoming the governor general of Pondicherry?
Ans. Chandranagar
Q. Who became the Governor General of Pondicherry after Duple
Ans. godhu
Q. When did the Portuguese take over Goa
Ans. in 1510
Q. Which crop did the Portuguese first start cultivating in India?
Ans. tobacco farming
Q. During whose reign the British captured Delhi
Ans. Shah Alam II
Q. 'Treaty of Munshi Shivgaon' happened after which war?
Ans. After the Battle of Palkheda
Q. Who was the president of Karachi session of Congress (1931 AD)
Ans. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
Q. When did the British get permission to buy land and settle in India?
Ans. 1833 AD
Q. Who wrote the book 'The Economic History of India'
Ans. Ramesh Chandra Dutt
Q. In 1938, the National Planning Committee was formed on the request of the Indian National Congress, who was its chairman?
Ans. Jawaharlal Nehru
Q. In whose time the Irrigation Commission was formed
Ans. Lord Curzon's time
Q. When was the 'Treaty of Sangola'
Ans. in 1750
Q. When was the 'Treaty of Allahabad'
Ans. in 1765
Q. When did the East India Company get recognition
Ans. 1600 AD
Q. When was Pondicherry established
Ans. 1674 AD
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🔆 REGIONAL RURAL BANK (RRB)
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⭐️Regional Rural Banks were established on
Ans : October 2,1975
⭐️RRB was setup under recommendation of
Ans : Narasimham committee
⭐️First Regional Rural Bank was started in
Ans : Moradabad (UP)
⭐️Regional Rural Bank is popularly known as
Ans : Gramin Bank
⭐️State having most number of Regional Rural Banks in India
Ans : Uttar Pradesh
⭐️Regional Rural Banks have not been started in
Ans : Sikkim and Goa
⭐️Largest Regional Rural Bank in India
Ans : Kerala Gramin Bank
⭐️The Headquarters of Kerala Gramin Bank
Ans : Malappuram
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Types of Winds
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🔸 Horse Latitude - Horse latitudes or subtropical highs are subtropical latitudes between 30 and 35 degrees both north and south over the oceans.
🔸 Planetary winds - Planetary winds comprise winds distributed throughout the lower atmosphere.
🔸 Trade winds - The trade winds are winds that reliably blow east to west just north and south of the equator.
🔸 Westerlies Winds - The westerlies are also known as anti-trades and prevailing westerlies. These winds are found in the in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude, blowing from the high pressure area in the horse latitudes towards the poles.
🔸 Polar winds - Polar winds blow from the polar high pressure to the sub polar low pressure area. The polar wind or plasma fountain is a permanent outflow of plasma from the polar regions of Earth's magnetosphere, caused by the interaction between the solar wind and the Earth's atmosphere.
🔸 Doldrums winds- The Intertropical Convergence Zone, known by sailors as the doldrums or the calms because of its monotonous windless weather, is the area where the northeast and the southeast trade winds converge. It encircles Earth near the thermal equator though its specific position varies seasonally.
🔸 Periodic winds - The winds which change their direction periodically with change in season are called periodic winds.
🔸 Local winds - Local differences in temperature and pressure on the land causes changes in air pressure due to which local wind blows.
▪️geography#winds #types of wind
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U.S.-Argentine researcher wins Abel Prize for maths
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🔴The Abel Prize for mathematics has been awarded to Argentine-American Luis Caffarelli, an expert in “partial differential equations” which can explain phenomena ranging from how water flows to population growth.
🔵He is professor at the University of Texas.
🔵This type of equation models how several variables change with respect to each other, and play a prominent role in many disciplines.
Know About: Abel Prize
🔵The Abel Prize is awarded annually by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians.
🔵It is named after the Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel and directly modeled after the Nobel Prizes.
🔵It comes with a monetary award of 7.5 million Norwegian kroner.
🔵It was first awarded in 2003.
🔵The award ceremony takes place in University of Oslo.
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🔆 Important Deserts of the World
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● Sahara desert
👉🏻It is the world hottest and third largest desert after the Antarctic Desert and the Arctic Desert. It is 94,00,000 sq. km. in area and covers most of North Africa such as Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara.
● Arabian desert
👉🏻It is the fourth largest desert in the world. It is 23,30,000 sq. km. in area. It makes up part of Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
● Gobi desert
👉🏻It is the fifth largest desert in the world. It is 13,00,000 sq. km. in area. It covers part of China and Mongolia.
● Kalahari desert
👉🏻It is the sixth largest desert in the world. It is 9,00,000 sq. km. in area. It covers part of Angola, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
● Patagonian desert
👉🏻It is the seventh largest desert in the world. It is 6,70,000 sq. km. in area. It covers part of Argentina and Chile.
● Great Victoria desert
👉🏻It is the eight largest desert in the world. It is 6,47,000 sq. km. in area. It covers part of Australia.
● Syrian Desert
👉🏻It is the ninth largest desert in the world. It is 5,20,000 sq. km. in area. It covers part of Iraq, Jordan and Syria.
Great Basin Desert
👉🏻It is the tenth largest desert in the world. It is 4,92,000 sq. km. in area. It covers part of United States.
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