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Static GK Capsule

Dear Readers, This Static GK Capsule is a complete docket of important information of Static topics. This PDF is important and relevant for all competitive exams like Banking, Insurance, SSC and Govt. Exams.

LIST OF NATIONAL PARK AND SANCTUARIES

States National park Remarks - Sri Venkateswara National Park - Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary - - Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary One-Horned Rhinoceros, UNESCO World Heritage Site Dibru-Saikhowa National Park Feral horse, Golden Langur Golden Langur, , UNESCO World Heritage Site - - - Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary - Kanger Valley National Park - Guru Ghasi Das (Sanjay) National Park - Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary Mollem National Park - Salim Ali Sanctuary Gir National Park Asiatic lion National Park Black Buck

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Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch - National Park - Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary -

Sultanpur National Park - -

Great Himalayan National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site Inderkilla National Park - Khirganga National Park - Simbalbara National Park - Jammu & Kashmir Kashmir stag

Hemis National Park - - - Forest owlets, , Bison Dandeli National Park - (Rajiv Gandhi National Park) - - Bannerghatta National Park Sloth Bear National Park - Anshi national park - Pambadum Shola National Park -

Eravikulam National Park Nilgiri Tahr (found in ) Mathikettan Shola National Park - Silent Valley National Park Lion-tailed macaque (found in western ghats) Shola National Park - - Bandhavgarh National Park -

Pench National Park - Kanha National Park -

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Madhav National Park - Mandla Plant Fossils National Park - - - Satpura National Park - - Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary Maharastra Sanjay Gandhi National Park -

Chandoli National Park - - Tadoba National Park - - Sangai or Dancing Deers, Only floating park in the Keibul Lamjao National Park world

Sirohi National Park - Red Panda

Nokrek National Park Red Panda, UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve -

Phawngpui Blue National Park -

Dampa Reserve Ntangki National Park -

Odisha Similipal National Park -

Bhitarkanika National Park Mangroves, Salt water crocodile UNESCO World Heritage Site

Sariska National Park -

Ranthambore National Park - Mukundra Hills (Darrah) National Park - Great Indian bustard Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary Khangchendzonga National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site, Musk Deer -

Mukurthi National Park Nilgiri tahr

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Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) National Park - - Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park - Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park - Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park - -

Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary Bison(Rajbari) National Park -

Clouded National Park - -

Jim Corbett National Park - - Valley of Flowers National Park - Govind Pashu Vihar - UNESCO World Heritage Site, UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, Snow Leopard (Himalayan region) -

West Sunderbans Wildlife Sanctuary UNESCO World Heritage Site, Royal Bengal

Buxa National Park - Neora Valley NationalPark - - - Andaman and Mahatama Gandhi Marine Nicobar (Wandoor) National Park - Middle Button Island National Park - Mount Harriett National Park - North Button Island National Park - Rani Marine National Park - Saddle Peak National Park -

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South Button Island National Park - Campbell Bay National Park - Galathea Bay National Park -

List of World Heritage Sites in

Cultural Heritage sites in India

1 Fort Uttar Pradesh

2 Ajanta Caves

3 Ellora Caves Maharashtra

4 Taj Mahal Uttar Pradesh

5 Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram Tamil Nadu

6 Sun Temple, Konârak Orissa

7 Churches and Convents of Goa Goa

8 Fatehpur Sikri Uttar Pradesh

9 Group of Monuments at Hampi Karnataka

10 Khajuraho Group of Monuments Madhya Pradesh

11 Elephanta Caves Maharashtra

12 Great Living Chola Temples 12 Tamil Nadu

13 Group of Monuments at Pattadakal Karnataka

14 Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi Madhya Pradesh

15 Humayun's Tomb Delhi

16 Qutb Minar and its Monuments Delhi

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Mountain Railways of India (Includes Darjeeling Himachal 17 Himalayan Railway, the Nilgiri Mountain Railway and Pradesh, Sikkim, the Kalka-Shimla Railway) Tamilnadu

18 Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya Bihar

19 Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka Madhya Pradesh

20 Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park Gujarat

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria 21 Terminus)

22 Red Fort Complex Delhi

23 The Jantar Mantar , Rajasthan

Hill Forts of Rajasthan (Chittorgarh, Kumbhalgarh, 24 Ranthambore Fort, Gagron Fort, Amber Fort and Rajasthan Jaisalmer Fort)

25 Rani-ki-Vav at Patan Gujarat

Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara (Nalanda 26 Bihar University)

Capitol Building Complex - The Architectural Work of Le 27 Corbusier

28 Historic City of Ahmadabad Gujarat

Mumbai, 29 Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles Maharashtra

Natural Heritage sites in India

1 Kaziranga National Park Assam

2 Keoladeo National Park Rajasthan

3 Manas Wildlife Sanctuary Assam

4 National Park

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Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National 5 Uttarakhand Parks

Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu 6 Western Ghats and Maharashtra

Great Himalayan National Park 7 Himachal Pradesh Conservation Area

Mixed Heritage site in India-

1 Khangchendzonga National Park Sikkim

List of Bird Sanctuaries in India

Name of the State Name of the Bird Sanctuary

Atapaka Bird Sanctuary Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary Andhra Pradesh Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary Sri Peninsula Narasimha Wildlife Sanctuary Uppalapadu Bird Sanctuary

Bordoibam Beelmukh ’ Sanctuary Assam Deepor beel bird sanctuary Panidihing bird sanctuary

Nagi Dam Bird Sanctuary Bihar Nakti Dam Bird SanctuaryBhimband Wildlife Sanctuary

Delhi bird sanctuary

Goa Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary

Gaga Wildlife Sanctuary Kutch Bustard Sanctuary Gujarat Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary Thol Lake

Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary Haryana Khaparwas Wildlife Sanctuary

Himachal Pradesh Gamgul

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Attiveri Bird Sanctuary Bankapura Peacock Sanctuary Bonal Bird Sanctuary Karnataka Bird Sanctuary Magadi Bird Sanctuary Mandagadde Bird Sanctuary Puttenahalli Lake (Yelahanka) Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary

Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary Mangalavanam Bird Sanctuary Kerala Pathiramanal Kerala Pakshipathalam Bird Sanctuary

Mayani Bird Sanctuary Maharashtra Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary

Mizoram Lengteng Wildlife Sanctuary

Odisha Chilika Lake

Punjab Harike bird sanctuary

Keoladeo National Park Rajasthan Khichan Bird Sanctuary Tal Chhapar Sanctuary

Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary Suchindram Theroor Birds Sanctuary Tamil Nadu Udayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary Vellode Birds Sanctuary Vettangudi Bird Sanctuary

Bakhira Sanctuary Lakh Bahosi Sanctuary Okhla Sanctuary Uttar Pradesh Bird Sanctuary Saman Sanctuary Samaspur Sanctuary Sandi Bird SanctuaryThasrana Bird Sanctuary

Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary West Bengal Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary

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List of Famous Temples in India

No. Famous Temple Location Nearest River/Lake

1. Badrinath Temple Badrinath, Uttarakhand Alaknanda River

2. Kedarnath Temple Kedarnath, Uttarakhand Mandakini River

3. Kashi Vishwanath Temple Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Ganga River

4. Golden Temple , Punjab Ravi River

5. Amarnath Temple Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir Amaravati River

6. Vaishno Devi Temple Jammu & Kashmir Devika River

7. Akshardham Temple River

8. Konark Sun Temple Konark, Odisha Chandrabhaga River

9. Brihadeeswara Temple Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu Kollidam River

10. Lingaraj Temple Bhubaneshwar, Odisha -

11. Somnath Temple Saurashtra, Gujarat -

12. Jagannath Temple Puri, Odisha Chilika Lake

13. Kamakhya Temple , Assam

14. Shani Shingnapur Temple Ahmednagar, Maharashtra -

15. Shirdi Sai Baba Temple Shirdi, Maharashtra -

16. Dilwara Temples Mount Abu, Rajasthan

17. Khajuraho Temples Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh -

Tirupati Balaji Temple 18. Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh Pushkarini River (Tirumala Venkateshwara)

Virupaksha Temple 19. Hampi, Karnataka Tungabhadra River (Pampapathi temple)

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Siddhivinayak Temple- 20. (Dedicated to Lord Mumbai, Maharashtra Ganesha)

21. Meenakshi Temple Madurai, Tamil Nadu Vaigai River

22. Vitthala Temple Hampi, Karnataka Tungabhadra River

23. Ramanathaswamy Temple Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu Rameswaram

24. Airavateswara Temple Darasuram, Tamil Nadu Kollidam River

25. Sanchi Stupa Raisen, Madhya Pradesh -

26. Yamunotri Temple Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand Yamunotri River

27. Bahai Temple New Delhi -

Padmanabhaswamy 28. , Kerala - Temple

29. Dakshineswar Kali Temple , West Bengal Hooghly River

Kandariya Mahadeva 30. Madhya Pradesh - Temple

Gomateshwara Bahubali 31. Hassan district, Karnataka - Temple

32. Nataraja Temple Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu -

33. Sabarimala Temple Pathanamthitta, Kerala Pamba River

34. Mahakaleshwar Temple Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh Shipra River

35. Dwarkadhish temple Dwarka, Gujarat Gomti River

IMPORTANT DAMS WITH RIVERS Some Facts about dams- • Longest dam in the world- Hirakund dam (Orissa) • Longest dam in India- Hirakund dam (Orissa) • Highest dam in India- Tehri dam (Uttarakhand) • Highest straight gravity Dam in India- Bhakra dam • First dam of India-Kallanai Dam (Grand Anicut) on river (Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu)

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LIST OF IMPORTANT DAMS IN INDIA

State Dam River

Andhra Pradesh Srisailam Dam Polavaram Project Godavari Somasila Dam Penna

Ranganadi River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra Arunachal Pradesh Ranganadi Dam River Bihar Nagi Dam Nagi

Kohira Dam Kohira Minimata (Hasdeo) Bango Chhattisgarh Dam Hasdeo

Dudhawa Dam Mahanadi Gujarat Ukai Dam Tapti

Kadana Dam Mahi Sardar Sarovar Dam Narmada Karjan Dam Karjan Mitti Dam Mitti Aji Dam Aji Sipu Dam Sipu Himachal Pradesh Pong Dam Beas

Bhakra Dam Satluj Kol Dam Satluj Chamera Dam Ravi Nathpa Jhakri (Sjvnl) Dam Satluj Jammu and Kashmir Baglihar Dam Chenab

Salal Dam Chenab Uri Dam Jhelum Pakal Dul Dam Marusudar Nimoo Bazgo Dam Indus Kishenganga Dam KISHANGANGA Jharkhand Panchet Dam Damodar

Maithon Dam Barakar Tenughat Dam Damodar

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Konar Dam Konar North Koel North Koel Karnataka Krishnarajasagar Dam Cauvery Basava Sagar Dam (Narayanpur Dam) Krishna Hemavathy Dam Hemavathy Kabini Dam Kabini Tungabhadra Dam Tungabhadra Hidkal Dam Ghataprabha Almatti Dam Krishna Bhadra Dam Bhadra Supa dam Kalinadi Lakhya Dam Lakhya hole Kerala Cheruthoni Dam Cheruthoni

Kakki Dam Kakki Mullaperiyar Dam Periyar Idukki Dam Periyar

Kulamavu Dam Kilivillithode Madhya Pradesh Ban Sagar Dam Son

Gandhi Sagar Dam Chambal Indira Sagar Dam Narmada Omkareshwar Dam Narmada Tawa Dam Tawa Maharashtra Bhatsa Dam Bhatsa and chorna

Koyna Dam Koyna

Warna Dam Varna Ujjani Dam Bhima Aruna Dam Aruna Upper Wardha Dam Wardha Odisha Hirakud Dam Mahanadi

Indravati Dam Indravati Kapur Dam Kapur Podagada Dam Podagada

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Rengali Dam Brahmani Upper Kolab Dam Kapur Haladia Dam Haladia Lower Indra Dam Indra Punjab Ranjit Sagar Dam Ravi Rajasthan Bisalpur Dam Banas

Jawahar Sagar Dam Chambal Mahi

Rana Pratap Sagar Dam Chambal Jaswant Sagar Dam Luni Jakham Main Dam Jakham (Mahi) Sikkim Rangit III Dam Ranjit

Tamilnadu Bhavani Dam Bhavani

Mettur Dam Kaveri

Sholaiyar Dam Sholaiyar

Pillur Dam Bhavani

Telangana Nagarjuna Sagar Dam Krishna (Some Part of Dam also in Telangana)

Srisailam Dam Krishna (Some Part of Dam also in Telangana)

Nizam Sagar Dam Manjira

Musi Dam Musi

Singur Dam Manjira

Sri Rama Sagar (Pochampadu Project) Godavari Uttarakhand Jamrani Dam Gola

Lakhwar Dam Yamuna

Koteshwar Bhagirathi

Ramganga Dam Ramganga

Tehri Dam Bhagirathi

Uttar Pradesh Rihand Dam Rihand

West Bengal Kangsabati Kumari Dam Kasai

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LIST OF AWARDS IN VARIOUS FIELDS

1. Bharat Ratna: It is the highest civilian 10. Arjuna Award (sports): Outstanding award of the India. The award was given for performance from the sportspersons in sports outstanding achievements in the arts, and games. literature, science and public services but the The Government has modified the format of government expanded the criteria to include Arjuna Award very recently and as per the "any field of human endeavour". The number revised schematic guidelines a sportsperson of annual awards is restricted to a maximum of must have very good consistent performances three in a particular year. for the previous 3 years at the international 2. Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize is widely level to be considered as eligible for the Award. regarded as the most prestigious award 11. Dronacharya Award (eminent coaches of available in the fields of literature, medicine, any particular sport): The award is named physics, chemistry, peace, and economics. after the very famous archery coach, 3. Samman (Literature): The award mentioned in the epic of India known as the was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Mahabharata. This very award is not related Foundation. It is an annual award given for with the sportspersons who are still playing in outstanding prose or poetry literary works in the field; instead this is related to those any 22 Indian languages. eminent coaches of any particular sport. 4. Jnanpith award (Literature): The award was 12. Dhyan Chand Award (sports): The award instituted in 1961 and it is It is presented by that is given to the veteran sportspersons of the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a trust founded by the India for their lifetime achievement in their Sahu Jain family, the publishers of the respective field of sport is named as the Dhyan newspaper The Times of India. It is an annual Chand Award for Life Time Achievement in award given for outstanding prose or poetry Sports and Games. literary works in any 22 Indian languages. 13. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award: It is the 5. Vyas Samman (Literature): The award highest honour bestowed to a sportsperson annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation in for his/her achievements in India. recognition of the Hindi literary work published 14. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (for in past 10 years. Science & Technology): It is a science award 6. Bihari Puraskar (Literature): It is Bihari in India given annually by the Council of Puraskar is a literary award instituted by K. K. Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for Birla Foundation. The award is named after the notable and outstanding research, applied or famous Hindi poet Bihari and is awarded to an fundamental, in biology, chemistry, outstanding work published in Hindi or environmental science, engineering, Rajasthani by a Rajasthani writer. mathematics, medicine and Physics. 7. Moorti Devi Award (Literature): It is an 15. Kalinga Prize (Science): It is an award given annual literary award in India presented by the by UNESCO for exceptional skill in presenting Bharatiya Jnanpith organization for a work scientific ideas to lay people. which emphasizes Indian philosophy and 16. Pulitzer Prize (Journalism): It is an award culture. for achievements in newspaper and online 8. Booker Prize (Literature): It is an annual journalism, literature, and musical composition award for the best original novel, written in the in the United States. English language, and published in the UK 17. Abel Prize (Mathematics): It is an literary award international prize awarded annually by the 9. Dadasaheb Phalke Award Government of Norway to one or more (Cinema/Films): It is India's highest award outstanding mathematicians. in cinema. It is presented annually at the 18. Grammy Award (Music): It is an accolade by National Film Awards ceremony by the the National Academy of Recording Arts and Directorate of Film Festivals, an organisation Sciences of the United States to recognize set up by the Ministry of Information and outstanding achievement in the music industry. Broadcasting.

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19. Stirling Prize (Architecture): The Royal address the needs and aspirations of Islamic Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a societies in the fields of contemporary design, British prize for excellence in architecture. social housing, community development and 20. Aga Khan Award (Architecture): It is an improvement. architectural prize established by Aga Khan IV 21. Pritzker Prize (Architecture): It is awarded in 1977. It aims to identify and reward annually "to honour a living architect. architectural concepts that successfully

NUCLEAR & THERMAL POWER PLANTS IN INDIA

Andhra Pradesh Kerala • Simhadri Super Thermal power plant • Kayamkulam power station • Sri Damodaram Sanjeeviah Thermal power plant • Brahmapuram power station Assam • Idukki Hydro Electric Power plant • Bongaigon Thermal power plant Madhya Pradesh Bihar • Vindhyachal Super Thermal power plant • Barauni Thermal Power Station • Sant Singaji Thermal power plant • Kahalgon super thermal power plant • Satpura Thermal Power Plant • Barh super thermal power station • Amarkantak Thermal Power station Chhattisgarh • Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project • Korba Super Thermal power plant • Essar Mahan Power Plant • Sipat Thermal power plant Manipur • Bhilai Expansion Power plant • Loktak Hydro Electric Power plant • Hasedo Thermal Power plant Maharashtra Gujarat • Tirora Thermal power plant • Mundra Thermal power plant • Chandrapura super Thermal power plant • Ukai Thermal power plant • Khaperkhada Thermal Power station • Sikka Thermal Power plant • Tarapur Atomic Power Station • Karkapar Nuclear Power plant • Jaitapur Nuclear Power project • Akirmota Thermal power station Nagaland Haryana • Dikhu Hydro Electric power plant • Deenbandu Chhotu Thermal power plant Odisha • Rajiv Gandhi Thermal power plant • Talcher super Thermal power plant • Gorakhpur Atomic Power plant • Hirakund Hydro Electric Power plant Himachal Pradesh Punjab • Girinagar Hydel Project • Gurgobind Singh Super Thermal power plant • Binwa Hydel Project Rajasthan • Shong tong Hydel Project • Chabbra Thermal power plant Jammu & Kashmir • Suratgarh Super Thermal Power Plant • Salal Hydro Electric Power plant Sikkim Jharkhand • Rangit Hydro Electric Power Project • Patratu Thermal power plant • Teesta Hydro Electric Power plant • Bokaro Thermal power station Tamil nadu • Chandrapura Thermal power station • Mettur Thermal power plant • Koderama Thermal power station • Neyveli Thermal power plant Karnataka • Tuticorin Thermal Power plant • Udupi Thermal power plant • Kundankulam Nuclear power plant • Bellary Thermal power plant Uttar Pradesh • Raichur Thermal Power plant • Narora Nuclear Power Plant • Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant • Obra Thermal Power Station • Anapara Thermal Power Station

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• Rosa Thermal Power Plant

LIST OF AIRPORTS WITH THEIR CITIES AND STATES

Airport City State Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Telangana Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport Guwahati Assam Indira Gandhi International Airport New Delhi Delhi Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport Gujarat Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru Karnataka Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai Maharashtra Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport Maharashtra Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport Uttar Pradesh Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport Varanasi Uttar Pradesh Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport Kolkata West Bengal Agatti Airport - Lakshadweep (UT) Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna Bihar Swami Vivekananda Airport Raipur Chhattisgarh Dabolim Airport Goa Raja Bhoj Airport Madhya Pradesh Dimapur Airport Dimapur Nagaland Maharana Pratap Airport Udaipur Rajasthan Andaman and Veer Savarkar International Airport Nicobar Jolly Grant Airport Or Dehradun Airport renamed after former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee Dehradun Uttarakhand

LIST OF STATE, FOLK DANCE, AND CLASSICAL DANCE

State Folk Dance Classical Dance Andhra Pradesh Changu Kuchipudi Assam Bihu Sattriya Bihar Jat-Jatin Gujarat Garba Jammu and Kashmir Dumhal Kerala Padayani, Chakyar Koothu Kathakali, Mohiniyattam Karnataka Dollu Kunitha, Veeragase Maharashtra Lavani

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Madhya Pradesh , Grida, Maanch Manipur Manipuri Odisha Chhau, Goti Pua, Ghumra Odissi Punjab Bhangra, Giddha Rajasthan Kalbelia, Ghoomar, Tera Tali Tamil Nadu Karagam, Kolattam, Thappattam, Bharatanatyam Bommalattam Uttar Pradesh Rasleela Kathak West Bengal Gambhira, Nacni, Domni, Chow Arunachal Pradesh Bardo Chham Goa Fugdi Himachal Pradesh Nati Haryana Dhamal Dance, Manjira Dance Mizoram Cheraw dance

LIST OF INTERNATIONAL CRICKET STADIUMS AND PLACE

International Cricket Stadiums Place Feroz Shah Kotla Ground Delhi Mumbai, Maharashtra , Uttar Pradesh Mumbai, Maharashtra , Odisha Kolkata, West Bengal Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh M Chinnaswamy Stadium , Karnataka M.A. Chidambaram Stadium , Tamil Nadu Jaipur, Rajasthan Punjab Cricket Association Stadium , Chandigarh JSCA International Cricket Stadium , Jharkhand Holkar Cricket Stadium , Madhya Pradesh Moti Bagh Stadium , Gujarat Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Cricket Stadium Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium Dehradun, Uttarakhand Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium Nagpur, Maharashtra Barsapara Stadium Guwahati, Assam

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LIST OF SPORTS AND TROPHIES/CUPS

Sports Trophies/ Cups Ashes Cup, Asia Cup, C.K. Naidu Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, Duleep Trophy, Gavaskar Border Trophy, G.D. Birla Trophy, Gillette Cup, ICC World Cup, Irani Cricket Trophy, Jawharlal Nehru Cup, Rani Jhansi Trophy, , Rohinton Barcia Trophy, Rothmans Cup, Sahara Cup, Sharjah Cup, Singer Cup, Titan Cup, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Vijay Merchant Trophy, Wisden Trophy, Wills Trophy. Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, Aga khan Cup, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Cup, Hockey Dhyanchand Trophy, Nehru Trophy, Sindhia Gold cup, Murugappa Gold Cup, Wellington Cup etc, Stanley Cup Rovers Cup, Bandodkar Trophy, Merdeka Cup, Confederation cup, DCM Trophy, Durand Cup, Rovers Cup, B. C. Raj Trophy (National Championship), FIFA world Football Cup, Jules Rimet Trophy, Kalinga Cup, Santosh Trophy, IFA Shield, Scissor Cup, Subroto Cup, Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Trophy, Todd Memorial Trophy, Vittal Trophy, UEFA Champions League Amrit Diwan Cup, Asia Cup, Chaddha Cup, European Cup, Harilela Cup, Ibrahim Badminton Rahimatillah Challenger Cup, Konica Cup, Sophia Cup, Kitiakara Cup, Malaysian Open, Thomas Cup (men) Uber Cup (women) Table Tennis Travancore Cup (women), Swathling Cup (men), Bama Belleck Cup Lawn Tennis Davis Cup, Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open, Heineken Cup Golf Augusta Masters, British Open, US Maters Horse Racing Derby Rowing Wellington trophy

LIST OF SPORTS AND TERMINOLOGY

Sports Terminology Badminton Deuce, Smash, Drop, Let, Game, Love, Double Fault. Baseball Pitcher, Strike, Diamond, Bunting, Home, Put Out. Billiards Jigger, Break, Scratch, Cannons, Pot, Cue, In Baulk, In Off. Boxing Jab, Hook, Punch, Knock-out, Upper cut, Kidney Punch. Bridge Revoke, Ruff, Dummy, Little Slam, Grand Slam, Trump, Diamonds, Tricks. Chess Gambit, Checkmate, Stalemate, Check. Cricket LBW, Maiden over, Rubber, Stumped, Ashes, Hat-trick, Leg Bye, follow on, Googly, Gulley, Silly Point, Duck, Run, Drive, no ball, Cover point, Leg Spinner, Wicket Keeper, Pitch, Crease, Bowling, Leg-Break, Hit – Wicket, Bouncer, Stone-Walling. Football Dribble, Off-Side, Penalty, Throw-in, Hat-Trick, Foul, Touch, Down, Drop Kick, Stopper Golf Hole, Bogey, Put, Stymie, Caddie, Tee, Links, Putting the green. Hockey Bully, Hat-Trick, Short corner, Stroke, Striking Circle, Penalty corner, under cutting, Scoop, Centre forward, Carry, Dribble, Goal, Carried. Horse Racing Punter, Jockey, Place, Win, Protest. Lawn Tennis Volley, Smash, Service, Back-hand-drive. Rifle Shooting Bull's eyes. Swimming Stroke.

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LIST OF CABINET MINISTERS & CONSTITUENCY 2019

Portfolio (Department) Minister Name Constituency Prime Minister and Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Narendra Modi Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Energy; Department of Space; and All- important policy issues; and All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister. Ministry of Home Affairs Amit Shah Gandhinagar, Gujarat Ministry of Defence Rajnath Singh Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Subrahmanyam Minister of External Affairs - Jaishankar Minister of Finance; and Minister of Nirmala Sitharaman Karnataka, Rajya Sabha Corporate Affairs Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small Nitin Jairam Gadkari Nagpur, Maharashtra and Medium Enterprises. D.V. Sadananda Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Bangalore North, Karnataka Gowda Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Science and Technology; Dr. Harsh Vardhan Chandni Chowk, Delhi and Minister of Earth Sciences Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Ramvilas Paswan -- Public Distribution Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Ravi Shankar Prasad Patna Sahib, Bihar Electronics and Information Technology Ministry of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Jharkhand, Rajya Sabha Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Prahlad Joshi Dharwad, Karnataka Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines Minister of Skill Development and Mahendra Nath Chandauli. Uttar Pradesh Entrepreneurship Pandey Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Arvind Sawant Mumbai South, Maharashtra Enterprises Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal Bathinda, Punjab Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Narendra Singh Tomar Morena, Madhya Pradesh Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj. Ministry of Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda Khunti, Jharkhand Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying Giriraj Singh Begusarai, Bihar and Fisheries Minister of Women and Child Smriti Zubin Irani Amethi, Uttar Pradesh Development; and Minister of Textiles

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Minister of Human Resource Ramesh Haridwar, Uttarakhand Development Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ Minister of Social Justice and Thaawar Chand Gehlot Madhya Pradesh, Rajya Sabha Empowerment Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Prakash Javadekar Maharashtra, Rajya Sabha Information and Broadcasting Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; Dharmendra Pradhan Madhya Pradesh, Rajya Sabha and Minister of Steel Minister of Railways; and Minister of Piyush Goyal Maharashtra, Rajya Sabha Commerce and Industry Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Shekhawat , Rajasthan

LIST OF MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

Minister Name Portfolio Santosh Kumar Gangwar Ministry of Labour and Employment. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; and Rao Inderjit Singh Ministry of Planning. Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Shripad Yesso Naik Homoeopathy (AYUSH); and Ministry of Defence. Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; Prime Minister’s Dr. Jitendra Singh Office; Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and the Ministry of Minority Kiren Rijiju Affairs. Prahalad Singh Patel Ministry of Culture; and Ministry of Tourism. Ministry of Power; Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Raj Kumar Singh Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; Ministry of Civil Aviation; Hardeep Singh Puri and Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Mansukh L. Mandaviya Ministry of Shipping; and Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

LIST OF MINISTERS OF STATE 2019

Minister Name Portfolio

Faggan Singh Kulaste Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.

Ashwini Kumar Choubey Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Ministry of Heavy Industries Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal and Public Enterprises.

General (Retd.) V. K. Singh Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.

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Krishan Pal Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

Raosaheb Danve Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

G. Kishan Reddy Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Purushottam Rupala Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

Ramdas Athawale Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Ministry of Rural Development.

Babul Supriyo Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

Sanjeev Kumar Balyan Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.

Ministry of Human Resource Development; Ministry of Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao Communications; and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Anurag Thakur Corporate Affairs.

Suresh Angadi Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.

Nityanand Rai Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Ratanlal Kataria Justice and Empowerment.

V. Muraleedharan Ministry of External Affairs; and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

Renuka Singh Saruta Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

Som Parkash Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Rameswar Teli Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Ministry of Pratap Chandra Sarangi Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.

Kailash Choudhary Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

Debasree Chaudhuri Ministry of Women and Child Development.

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LIST OF IMPORTANT DATES – NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL

January 4th January World Braille Day 9th January Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (NRI Day) 10th January World Hindi Day World Laughter Day 12th January National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand) 15th January Army Day 24th January National Girl Child Day 25th January National Voters Day National Tourism Day 26th January India’s Republic Day International Customs day 29th January National Immunization Day February 1st Feb Indian Coast Guard Day 2nd Feb World Wetland Day 4th Feb World Cancer Day 10th Feb National Deworming Day 13th Feb World Radio Day 21st Feb International Mother Language Day 28th Feb National Science Day March 1st March Zero Discrimination Day 3rd March World Wildlife Day National Defence Day 8th March International Women’s Day 14th March Pi Day (Greek letter “π”) 15th March World Consumer Rights Day 20th March World Sparrow Day International Day of Happiness 21st March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 21st March World Poetry Day, International Day of Nowruz 21st March International Day of World Down Syndrome Day 22nd March World Water Day 23rd March World Meteorological Day

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24th March World Tuberculosis Day International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic 25th March Slave Trade 27th March World Theatre Day 28th March Earth Hour April 2nd April World Autism Awareness Day International Children’s Book Day 5th April National Maritime Day 6th April International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 7th April World Health Day 18th April World Heritage Day 21st April National Civil Services Day 22nd March World Earth Day 23rd April World Book and Copyright Day, English Language Day 24th April National Panchayati Day Women’s Political Empowerment Day, India 25th April World Malaria Day 26th April World Intellectual Property Day (World IP Day) 29th April World Dance Day, Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare 30th April International Jazz Day Anti-Child Labour Day May 1st May International Labour Day May Day Maharashtra Day 3rd May World Press Freedom Day International Sun Day International Energy Day World Red Cross Day, Remembrance and Reconciliation for Lost Lives of Second 08th May World War 08th May World Thalassaemia Day 10th May International Migratory Bird Day 11 th May National technology day 12th May International Nurses Day 17th May World Tele-communication and Information Society Day, Wold AIDS Vaccination day, World Hypertension Day, International day against Homophobia and Transphobia 20th May World Meteorology Day

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21th May National Anti Terrorism Day, National Day for Cultural Development 22th May International Day for Biological Diversity 24th May Commonwealth Day 31th May World Anti Tobacco Day

June 01 Jun World Milk Day 05 Jun World Environment Day 08 Jun World Brain Tumor Day, World Oceans Day 12 Jun World Day Against Child Labor 14 Jun World Blood Donor Day 3rd Sunday of June World Father’s Day 20 Jun World Refugee Day 21 Jun World Music Day International Yoga Day International Olympic Day, United Nations Public Service Day, International Widows 23 Jun Day International Day against Drug abuse and Illicit Trafficking, International Day in 26 Jun support of Victims of torture July 01 Jul International Joke Day, World Doctor’s Day 07 Jul World Chocolate Day 11 Jul World Population Day 12 Jul International Malala Day 18 Jul International Nelson Mandela Day 26 Jul Kargil Vijay Diwas or Kargil Memorial Day or Kargil Victory Day 28 Jul World Nature Conservation Day, World Hepatitis Day 29 Jul International Tiger Day August 06 Aug Hiroshima Day, Anti Nuclear Day 09 Aug Nagasaki Day, International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, Quit India Day 12 Aug International Youth Day 14 Aug Pakistan’s Independence Day 15 Aug India’s Independence Day, International Mourning Day 19 Aug World Humanitarian Day, World Photography Day National Sadbhavna Divas or Birthday of Rajiv gandhi, World Mosquito Day, Indain 20 Aug Akshay Urja Diwas

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23 Aug International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition 29 Aug National Sports Day or Dhyanchand's Birthday September 05 Sep National Teacher’s Day or Dr. Radhakrishanan's Birth Day, Sanskrit Day 08 Sep World Literacy Day 14 Sep Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day, World First Aid Day 15 Sep International Day of Democracy, International Engineer’s Day 16 Sep World Ozone Day World Peace Day or International day for Peace an Nonviolence (UN), World 21 Sep Alzheimer’s Day 27 Sep World Tourism Day 28 Sep World Rabies Day October 1st Monday of October World Habitat Day 01 Oct World Vegetarian Day, International Day of the older/Elderly 02 Oct Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Nonviolence 03 Oct World Nature Day 04 Oct World Animal Day 05 Oct World Teacher’s Day 06 Oct World Wildlife Day 08 Oct Indian Air Force Day 09 Oct World Postal or Postoffice Day 10 Oct World Mental Health Day, National Postoffice Day 11 Oct International Day of the Girl Child 13 Oct International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction 16 Oct World Food Day 17 Oct International Poverty Day for it's Eradication 20 Oct World Osteoporosis Day, World Statistics Day, National Solidarity day 24 Oct UN Day, World Development Information Day, World Polio Day 28 Oct International Animation Day November International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and 06 Nov Armed Conflict 10 Nov World Science day for Peace and Development, Public Transport Day 11 Nov National Education Day 12 Nov World Pneumonia Day, Public Service Broadcasting Day 14 Nov Children’s Day (India), World Diabetes Day

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International Students Day, Gurunanak Dev's Birth Anniversary, National eplilepsy 17 Nov day 19 Nov World Toilet Day, International Men’s Day, National Integration Day 20 Nov Universal Children’s Day 26 Nov National Law Day or National constitution Day 30 Nov National Flag Day December 01 Dec World AIDS Day 02 Dec World Computer Literacy Day, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 03 Dec International Day of People with Disability or World Disability Day 04 Dec Indian Navy Day 07 Dec International Civil Aviation Day, Indian Armed Force Flag Day 09 Dec The International Anticorruption Day 10 Dec World Human Rights Day, International Children's Day of Broadcasting 11 Dec International Mountain Day, UNICEF Day 14 Dec National Energy Conservation Day (India) 16 Dec Vijay Diwas 18 Dec International Migrants Day, National Minority Rights Day 23 Dec National Farmer’s Day or Kisan Diwas 25 Dec Good Governance day

LIST OF COUNTRIES WITH THEIR CAPITAL AND CURRENCIES

Country Name Capital Currency President Prime Minister Mohammad - Afghanistan Kabul Afghani Ashraf Ghani Algeria Algiers Dinar Angola Luanda Kwanza Joao Lourenco - Argentina Buenos Aires Peso Mauricio Macri - Armen - Armenia Yerevan Dram Sarkissian - Scott Australia Canberra Australian dollar Morrison Euro (formerly Alexander Van - Austria Vienna schilling) der Bellen Azerbaijan Baku Manat Ilham Aliyev - - Khalifa bin Bahrain Manama Bahrain dinar Salman Al Khalifa Bangladesh Dhaka Taka Abdul Hamid Sheikh Hasina Belgium Brussels Euro - Charles Michel

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King- Jigme Lotay Tshering Bhutan Thimphu Ngultrum Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck La Paz Evo Morales - Bolivia (administrative); Boliviano Sucre (judicial) Mokgweetsi - Botswana Gaborone Pula Masisi Brazil Brasilia Real Jair Bolsonaro - Bandar Seri - Hassanal Brunei Brunei dollar Begawan Bolkiah Bulgaria Sofia Lev Rumen Radev Boyko Borisov Pierre - Burundi Bujumbura Burundi franc Nkurunziza Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel - Hun Sen Canada Ottawa Canadian dollar - Justin Trudeau Sebastián - Chile Santiago Chilean Peso Piñera China Beijing Renminbi Xi Jinping Li Keqiang Colombia Bogota Colombian Peso Ivan Duque - Miguel Díaz- - Cuba Havana Cuban Peso Canel Nicos Cyprus Nicosia Cyprus pound Anastasiades Czech Republic Prague Koruna Miloš Zeman Andrej Babiš - Lars Løkke Denmark Copenhagen Krone Rasmussen Ismail Omar Abdoulkader Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti franc Guelleh Kamil Mohamed Ecuador Quito U.S. dollar Lenín Moreno - Abdel Fattah el- Mostafa Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound Sisi Madbouly El Salvador San Salvador U.S. dollar Nayib Bukele - Estonia Tallinn Euro - - Sahle-Work Abiy Ahmed Ethiopia Addis Ababa Birr Zewde Jioji Konrote Frank Fiji Suva Fiji dollar Bainimarama Finland Helsinki Euro Sauli Niinistö Antti Rinne Euro (formerly Emmanuel - France Paris French franc) Macron The Gambia Banjul Dalasi Adama Barrow - Salome Mamuka Georgia Tbilisi Lari Zourabichvili Bakhtadze Frank-Walter Chancelor - Germany Berlin Euro Steinmeier Angela Merkel Prokopis Alexis Tsipras Greece Athens Euro Pavlopoulos David Granger Moses Guyana Georgetown Guyanese dollar Nagamootoo

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Jovenel Moise Jean-Henry Haiti Port-au-Prince Gourde Céant Hungary Budapest Forint János Áder Viktor Orbán Ram Nath Narendra Modi India New Delhi Rupee Kovind Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah Joko Widodo Iran Tehran Rial Hassan Rouhani - Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar Barham Salih Adil Abdul-Mahdi Michael D. Leo Varadkar Ireland Dublin Euro Higgins Reuven Rivlin Binyamin Israel Jerusalem Shekel Netanyahu Italy Rome Euro Sergio Mattarella Giuseppe Conte Jamaica Kingston Jamaican dollar - Andrew Holness Japan Tokyo Yen - Shinzo Abe Jordan Amman Jordanian dinar - Omar al-Razzaz Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan Tenge - - Kenya Nairobi Kenya shilling Uhuru Kenyatta - King-Kim Jong- - Korea, North Pyongyang Won un Korea, South Seoul Won Moon Jae-in Lee Nak-yeon - Sheikh Jaber Al- Mubarak Al- Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti dinar Hamad Al- Sabah Sooronbay Muhammetkaliy Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Som Jeenbekov Abulgaziyev Libya Tripoli Libyan dinar - Fayez al-Sarraj Dalia Saulius Lithuania Vilnius Litas Grybauskaitė Skvernelis Luxembourg Luxembourg Euro - Xavier Bettel Stevo Zoran Zaev Macedonia Skopje Denar Pendarovski Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy franc Andry Rajoelina Christian Ntsay Malawi Lilongwe kwacha Peter Mutharika - Mahathir Bin Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit Mohamad Ibrahim Mohamed Maldives Male Rufiya - Solih Ibrahim Boubacar Soumeylou Mali Bamako CFA Franc Keita Boubèye Maïga Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian rupee - Pravind Jugnauth Andrés Manuel Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso López Obrador Khaltmaagiin Ukhnaagiin Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Tugrik (tögrög) Battulga Khürelsükh King - Mohammed Saadeddine Morocco Rabat Dirham VI Othmani Filipe Nyusi Carlos Agostinho Mozambique Maputo Metical do Rosário

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Naypyidaw or Win Myint Myanmar Kyat Nay Pyi Taw Bidhya Devi Khadga Prasad Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee Bhandari Oli Amsterdam; The - Mark Rutte Netherlands Hague (seat of Euro government) New Zealand - Jacinda Ardern New Zealand Wellington dollar Muhammadu - Nigeria Abuja Naira Buhari Norwegian - Erna Solberg Norway Oslo krone Qaboos bin Said al Oman Muscat Omani rial Said Arif Alvi Imran Khan Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani rupee

balboa; U.S. Juan Carlos Varela - Panama Panama City dollar Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Kina - James Marape Peru Lima Sol Martín Vizcarra Salvador del Solar Philippines Manila Peso Rodrigo Duterte - Andrzej Duda Mateusz Poland Warsaw Zloty Morawiecki Marcelo Rebelo de António Costa Portugal Lisbon Euro Sousa Emir - Tamim bin Abdullah bin Qatar Doha Qatari riyal Hamad Nasser Romania Bucharest Leu Klaus Iohannis Viorica Dăncilă Vladimir Putin Dmitry Russia Moscow Ruble Medvedev King-Salman bin - Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal Abdulaziz Al Saud Seychelles Danny Faure - Seychelles Victoria rupee Sierra Leone Freetown Leone Julius Maada Bio - Singapore Singapore Singapore dollar Halimah Yacob Lee Hsien Loong Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan Ali Khayre Somalia Mogadishu Somali shilling Mohamed Pretoria Cyril Ramaphosa - (administrative); Cape Town South Africa Rand (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary) South Sudan Juba Sudanese Pound Salva Kiir Mayardit - Spain Madrid Euro King - Felipe VI Pedro Sánchez Maithripala Sirisena Ranil Sri Lanka Colombo Sri Lanka rupee Wickremesinghe Sweden Stockholm Krona - Stefan Löfven Switzerland Bern Swiss franc Ueli Maurer -

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Syria Damascus Syrian pound Bashar al-Assad Imad Khamis Taiwan Taipei Taiwan dollar Tsai Ing-wen Su Tseng-chang Dar es Salaam; John Magufuli Kassim Majaliwa Tanzanian Tanzania Dodoma shilling (legislative) King - Maha Prayut Chan-o-cha Thailand Bangkok baht Vajiralongkorn Recep Tayyip - Turkey Ankara Turkish lira Erdoğan Gurbanguly - Turkmenistan Ashgabat Manat Berdimuhamedow Ugandan new Yoweri Museveni - Uganda Kampala shilling Volodymyr Volodymyr Ukraine Kyiv Hryvna Zelensky Groysman Khalifa bin Mohammed bin United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi U.A.E. dirham Zayed Al Rashid Al Nahyan Maktoum Queen- Theresa May United Kingdom London Pound sterling Elizabeth II United States of Donald Trump - Washington D.C. dollar America Uruguay Montevideo Uruguay peso Tabaré Vázquez - Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistani sum Shavkat Mirziyoyev Abdulla Aripov Venezuela Caracas Bolivar Nicolás Maduro - Vietnam Hanoi Dong Nguyễn Phú Trọng Nguyễn Xuân Phúc Abdrabbuh Mansur - Yemen Sanaa Rial Hadi

LIST OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, HEADQUARTER & PRESIDENT/GENERAL SECRETARY

International Organizations Headquarter President/ General Secretary Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Beijing, China Jin Liqun (AIIB) New Development Bank (BRICS Shanghai, China K.V. Kamath Development Bank) Asian Development Bank (ADB) Mandaluyong (Manila) Takehiko Nakao Philippines International Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington DC, US Christine Lagarde (MD) World Bank Washington DC, US David Malpass United Nations Organization (UN) New York, US António Guterres (Secretary- General) United Nations General Assembly New York, US Miroslav Lajčák (UNGA) United Nations Children’s Fund New York, US Henrietta H. Fore (Executive (UNICEF) Director)

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United Nations Conference on Trade & Geneva, Switzerland Mukhisa Kituyi (Secretary-General) Development (UNCTAD) World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva, Switzerland Tedros Adhanom (Director- General) World Economic Forum Geneva, Switzerland Klaus Schwab International Labour Organisation (ILO) Geneva, Switzerland Guy Ryder (Director- General) World Trade Organisation Geneva, Switzerland Roberto Azevedo World Meteorological Organisation Geneva, Switzerland Petteri Taalas (Secretary-General), David Grimes (President) World Intellectual Property Geneva, Switzerland CEO: Francis Gurry Organisation International Committee of the Red Geneva, Switzerland Director-General: Yves Daccord Cross United Nations Educational Scientific & Paris, France Audrey Azoulay (Director- General) Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Organisation for Economic Cooperation Paris, France Jose Angel Gurria (Secretary- & Development (OECD) General) International Atomic Agency Vienna, Austria Yukiya Amano Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Vienna, Austria Mohammed Barkindo (Secretary Countries (OPEC) General) Amnesty International London, UK Kumi Naidoo (Secretary General) International Maritime Organisation London, UK Head: Kitack Lim Commonwealth of Nations London, UK Head: Prince Charles South Asian Association for Regional Kathmandu, Nepal Amjad Hussain B. Sial (Secretary- Cooperation (SAARC) General) Association of South East Nations Jakarta, Indonesia Chairman- Rodrigo Duterte (ASEAN) Secretary General- Le Luong Minh Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Singapore - (APEC) North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Brussels, Belgium Jens Stoltenberg (NATO) (Secretary-General) International Cricket Council (ICC) Dubai, UAE CEO - Manu Sawhney Chairman- Shashank Manohar

Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Rome, Italy José Graziano da Silva (Director General) International Court of Justice The Hague, The Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf (President) Netherland International Olympic Committee Lausanne, Switzerland Thomas Bach (President) The Fédération Internationale de Zurich, Switzerland Gianni Infantino Football Association (FIFA) World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Avenue du Mont-Blanc, - Gland, Vaud, Switzerland Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi- Dhaka, Bangladesh Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)

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LIST OF INDIAN STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES WITH THEIR CAPITAL, CHIEF MINISTERS AND GOVERNORS

Current Chief States Capital Minister Current governor Y. S. Jaganmohan Andhra Pradesh Amaravati Reddy E. S. L. Narasimhan Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu B. D. Mishra Assam Sarbananda Sonowal Jagdish Mukhi Bihar Patna Nitish Kumar Lalji Tandon Chhattisgarh Raipur Bhupesh Baghel Anandiben Patel Goa Panaji Pramod Sawant Mridula Sinha Gujarat Gandhinagar Vijay Rupani Om Prakash Kohli Haryana Chandigarh Manohar Lal Khattar Satyadev Narayan Arya Shimla, Dharamsala (2nd Himachal Pradesh capital) Jai Ram Thakur Acharya Dev Vrat Jammu and (summer), Jammu Kashmir (winter) _____ Satya Pal Malik Jharkhand Ranchi Raghubar Das Draupadi Murmu Karnataka Bengaluru H.D. Kumaraswamy Vajubhai Vala Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Pinarayi Vijayan P. Sathasivam Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Kamal Nath Anandiben Patel Maharashtra Mumbai Devendra Fadnavis C. Vidyasagar Rao Manipur N. Biren Singh Najma Heptulla Meghalaya Conrad Sangma Tathagata Roy Jagdish Mukhi Mizoram Zoramthanga Nagaland Neiphiu Rio Padmanabha Acharya Odisha Bhubaneswar Naveen Patnaik Ganeshi Lal Punjab Chandigarh Amarinder Singh V. P. Singh Badnore Rajasthan Jaipur Ashok Gehlot Kalyan Singh Sikkim Prem Singh Tamang Ganga Prasad Edappadi K. Tamil Nadu Chennai Palaniswami Banwarilal Purohit K. Chandrashekar E. S. L. Narasimhan (Additional Telangana Hyderabad Rao Charge) Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb Kaptan Singh Solanki

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Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Yogi Adityanath Ram Naik Trivendra Singh Uttarakhand Dehradun Rawat Baby Rani Maurya West Bengal Kolkata Mamata Banerjee Keshari Nath Tripathi

Union Territories Capital Current Chief Minister Current lieutenant governor Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair - Devendra Kumar Joshi Chandigarh - - V. P. Singh Badnore Dadra and Nagar Haveli Silvasa - Praful Khoda Patel Daman and Diu Daman - Praful Khoda Patel Delhi - Arvind Kejriwal Anil Baijal Lakshadweep Kavaratti - Farooq Khan Puducherry Pondicherry V. Narayanasamy Kiran Bedi

Important Cities on River Bank

City River Agra, Uttar Pradesh Yamuna Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh Confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh Saryu Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Ganges Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Ganges Mathura, Uttar Pradesh Yamuna Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Gomti Ahmedabad, Gujarat Sabarmati Surat, Gujarat Tapi Vadodara, Gujarat Vishwamitri, Mahi, Narmada Bhagalpur, Bihar Ganges Patna, Bihar Ganges Gaya, Bihar Falgu (Neeranjana) Dibrugarh, Assam Brahmaputra Guwahati, Assam Brahmaputra Kolkata, West Bengal Hooghly , Maharashtra Mula, Mutha

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Nashik, Maharashtra Godavari Cuttack, Odisha Mahanadi Rourkela, Odisha Brahmani Bengaluru, Karnataka Vrishabhavathi , Madhya Pradesh Chambal Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh Narmada Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh Shipra Madurai, Tamil Nadu Vaigai Chennai, Tamil Nadu Cooum, Adyar Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Noyyal Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh Tungabhadra River , Andhra Pradesh Krishna New Delhi Yamuna Haridwar, Uttarakhand Ganges Hyderabad, Telangana Musi Kota, Rajasthan Chambal Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir Jhelum

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