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Static GK Booster 2019 Dream Big Institution SBI|IBPS|SSC|RRB|RBI|INSURANCE|RAILWAY. An Educational Institute for Preparation of Government Exam Static GK Booster 2019 Sr. Title Page No No. 1 International Organization, Headquarter & their heads 2 2 Boundary Lines 5 3 List of cities on bank of River 6 4 Dams & Reservoirs in India 10 5 Dance forms 19 6 National Parks & Wildlife Sanctuaries 29 7 Nuclear Power plants 32 8 Stadiums 34 9 Temples / Monasteries 36 1 Daily Visit – www.DreamBiginstitution.com (For Free Study Materials) Static GK Booster 2019 List of International Organization, Headquarter and their heads International Organizations Headquarter President/ General Secretary Asian Infrastructure Investment Beijing, China JinLiqun Bank (AIIB) New Development Bank Shanghai, China K.V. Kamath (BRICS Development Bank) Asian Development Bank Manila, Philippines Takehiko Nakao (ADB) International Monetary Fund Washington DC, US Christine Lagarde (IMF) World Bank Washington DC, US Jim Yong Kim United Nations Organization New York, US Ban Ki – moon (UN) United Nations Children’s Fund New York, US Sven Jurgenson (UNICEF) United Nations Populations New York, US Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin Fund (UNFPA) United Nations Conference on Trade & Development Geneva, Switzerland MukhisaKituyi (UNCTAD) World Health Organization Geneva, Switzerland Margaret Chan (WHO) World Economic Forum Geneva, Switzerland Klaus Schwab International Geneva, Switzerland Guy Ryder LabourOrganisation (ILO) 2 Daily Visit – www.DreamBiginstitution.com (For Free Study Materials) Static GK Booster 2019 World Trade Organisation Geneva, Switzerland Roberto Azevedo World Meteorological Petteri Taalas (Secretary- Geneva, Switzerland Organisation General) World Intellectual Property Geneva, Switzerland Francis Gurry Organisation International Committee of the Geneva, Switzerland Peter Maurer Red Cross United Nations Education Scientific & Cultural Paris, France Irina Bokova Organisation (UNESCO) Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development Paris, France Jose Angel Gurria (OECD) United Nations Industrial Development Organisation Vienna, Austria Li Yong (UNIDO) International Atomic Agency Vienna, Austria Yukiya Amano Organisation of Petroleum Vienna, Austria Diezani Alison-Madueke Exporting Countries (OPEC) Amnesty International London, UK Salil Shetty International Maritime London, UK Koji Sekimizu Organisation Head – Queen Elizabeth II Commonwealth of Nations London, UK Secretary-General-Kamalesh Sharma South Asian Association for Arjun Bahadur Thapa Kathmandu, Nepal Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (Secretary-General) Association of South East Jakarta, Indonesia Le Loung Minh 3 Daily Visit – www.DreamBiginstitution.com (For Free Study Materials) Static GK Booster 2019 Nations (ASEAN) Asia Pacific Economic Singapore Dr. Alan Bollard Cooperation (APEC) North Atlantic Treaty Jens Stoltenberg Brussels, Belgium Organisation (NATO) (Secretary-General) International Cricket Council Dubai, UAE Zaheer Abbas (ICC) Food & Agricultural Rome, Italy José Graziano da Silva Organisation (FAO) International Court of Justice The Hague, The Netherland Ronny Abraham International Olympic Lausanne, Switzerland Thomas Bach Committee The Fédération Internationale de Zurich, Switzerland Gianni infantino Football Association (FIFA) The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical The Hague, The Netherlands Ahmet Üzümcü Weapons (OPCW) World Wide Fund for Nature Avenue du Mont-Blanc, Gland, Yolanda Kakabadse (WWF) Vaud, Switzerland 4 Daily Visit – www.DreamBiginstitution.com (For Free Study Materials) Static GK Booster 2019 List of important Boundary lines ● Durand Line is the line demarcating the boundaries of Pakistan and Afghanistan. It was drawn up in 1896 by Sir Mortimer Durand. ● Hindenburg Line is the boundary dividing Germany and Poland. The Germans retreated to this line in 1917 during World War I ● Mason-Dixon Line is a line of demarcation between four states in the United State. ● Marginal Line was the 320-km line of fortification on the Russia-Finland border. Drawn up by General Mannerheim. ● Macmahon Line was drawn up by Sir Henry MacMahon, demarcating the frontier of India and China. China did not recognize the MacMahon line and crossed it in 1962. ● Medicine Line is the border between Canada and the United States. ● Radcliffe Line was drawn up by Sir Cyril Radcliffe, demarcating the boundary between India and Pakistan. Siegfried Line is the line of fortification drawn up by Germany on its border with France.Order-Neisse Line is the border between Poland and Germany, running along the Order and Neisse rivers, adopted at the Poland Conference (Aug 1945) after World War II. ● 17th Parallel defined the boundary between North Vietnam and South Vietnam before two were united. ● 24th Parallel is the line which Pakistan claims for demarcation between India and Pakistan. This, however, is not recognized by India ● 26th Parallel south is a circle of latitude which crosses through Africa, Australia and South America. ● 30th Parallel north is a line of latitude that stands one-third of the way between the equator and the North Pole. ● 33rd Parallel north is a circle of latitude which cuts through the southern United States, parts of North Africa, parts of the Middle East, and China. ● 35th Parallel north forms the boundary between the State of North Carolina and the State of Georgia and the boundary between the State of Tennessee arid the State of Georgia, the State of Albama, and the State of Mississippi. ● 36th Parallel forms the southernmost boundary of the State of Missouri with the State of Arkansas. ● 36o30′ Parallel north forms the boundary between the Tenessee and the Commonwealth of Kentucky between the Tennessee River and the Mississippi River, the boundary between Missouri and Arkansas west of the White River, and the northernmost boundary between the Texas and the Oklahoma. ● 37th Parallel north formed the southern boundary of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson. ● 38th Parallel is the parallel of latitude which separates North Korea and South Korea. ● 39th Parallel north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 39 degrees north of Earth’s equatorial plane. ● 40th Parallel north formed the original northern boundary of the British Colony of Maryland. ● 41st Parallel north forms the northern boundary of the State of Colorado with Nebraska and Wyoming and the southern boundary of the State of Wyoming with Colorado and Utah. ● 42nd Parallel north forms most of the New York – Pennsylvania Border. ● 43rd Parallel north forms most of the boundary between the State of Nebraska and the State of South Dakota and formed the northern border of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson. ● The Parallel 44o north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 44 degrees north of the Earth’s equatorial plane. ● 45th Parallel north is often the halfway point between the Equator and the North Pole. The 45th parallel makes up most of the boundary between Montana and Wyoming. ● 49th Parallel is the boundary between USA and Ca 5 Daily Visit – www.DreamBiginstitution.com (For Free Study Materials) Static GK Booster 2019 List of Cities on Banks of Rivers City River State Agra Yamuna Uttar Pradesh Ahmedabad Sabarmati Gujarat Allahabad At the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati Uttar Pradesh Ayodhya Saryu Uttar Pradesh Badrinath Alaknanda Uttarakhand Banki Mahanadi Odisha Brahmapur Rushikulya Odisha Chhatrapur Rushikulya Odisha Bhagalpur Ganges Bihar Kolkata Hugli West Bengal Cuttack Mahanadi Odisha New Delhi Yamuna Delhi Dibrugarh Brahmaputra Assam Ferozpur Sutlej Punjab 6 Daily Visit – www.DreamBiginstitution.com (For Free Study Materials) Static GK Booster 2019 Guwahati Brahmaputra Assam Haridwar Ganges Uttarakhand Hyderabad Musi Telangana Jabalpur Narmada Madhya Pradesh Kanpur Ganges Uttar Pradesh Kota Chambal Rajasthan Kottayam Meenachil Kerala Jaunpur Gomti Uttar Pradesh Patna Ganges Bihar Rajahmundry Godavari Andhra Pradesh Srinagar Jhelum Jammu & Kashmir Surat Tapi Gujarat Tiruchirapalli Kaveri Tamil Nadu Varanasi Ganges Uttar Pradesh Vijayawada Krishna Andhra Pradesh Vadodara Vishwamitri Gujarat Mathura Yamuna Uttar Pradesh Mirzapur Ganga Uttar Pradesh Auraiya Yamuna Uttar Pradesh 7 Daily Visit – www.DreamBiginstitution.com (For Free Study Materials) Static GK Booster 2019 Etawah Yamuna Uttar Pradesh Bangalore Vrishabhavathi Karnataka Farrukhabad Ganges Uttar Pradesh Fatehgarh Ganges Uttar Pradesh Kannauj Ganges Uttar Pradesh Mangalore Netravati, Gurupura Karnataka Shimoga Tunga River Karnataka Bhadravathi Bhadra Karnataka Hospet Tungabhadra Karnataka Karwar Kali Karnataka Bagalkot Ghataprabha Karnataka Honnavar Sharavathi Karnataka Gwalior Chambal Madhya Pradesh Gorakhpur Rapti Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Gomti Uttar Pradesh Kanpur Cantonment Ganges Uttar Pradesh Shuklaganj Ganges Uttar Pradesh Chakeri Ganges Uttar Pradesh Malegaon Girna River Maharashtra 8 Daily Visit – www.DreamBiginstitution.com (For Free Study Materials) Static GK Booster 2019 Sambalpur Mahanadi Odisha Rourkela Brahmani Odisha Pune Mula, Mutha Maharashtra Daman Daman Ganga River Daman Madurai Vaigai Tamil Nadu Thiruchirapalli Kaveri Tamil Nadu Chennai Cooum, Adyar Tamil Nadu Coimbatore Noyyal Tamil Nadu Erode Kaveri Tamil Nadu Tirunelveli Thamirabarani Tamil Nadu Bharuch Narmada Gujarat Karjat Ulhas Maharashtra Nashik Godavari Maharashtra Mahad Savitri Maharashtra Nanded Godavari Maharashtra Kolhapur Panchaganga Maharashtra Nellore Pennar Andhra Pradesh Nizamabad Godavari Telangana Sangli Krishna