Sports Questions

1.Which Indian golf player has been named Rookie of
   the year 2009?
2. B.C.Roy Trophy is associated with  
3. What is the distance of running in a marathon race?
4. FIFA is an organization working in the field of
5. Olympic Games are organised after a gap of every
6. How may squares are there in a Chess Board? 
7. The term Grand Slam is associated with 
8. The term 16 yards hit is associated
with
9. The Paralympic Games 2008 were held in
10. Who was the first Test centurion in Indian Cricket?

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Sports Questions

 1. C.Muniyappa
 2. Football
 3. 26 miles 385 yards
 4. Sports - Football
 5. Four years
 6.Only individual squares - 64
     All the squares - 204

 7. Bridge & Tennis
 8. Hockey
 9. Beijing
                   10.Lala Amarnath

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Sports Questions

1. Jesse Owens Global Award is given in the field of
 

2. "Irani Trophy" is associated with which of the following games?
 

3. Sayali Gokhale, who won an international title recently is associated with of the following games / sports?
 

4. "Federation Cup" in India is associated with which game?
 

5. The 2012 Olympic Games are scheduled to be held in
 

6. The first World Cup in cricket was held in
 

7. Who is named as the Flying Sikh of India?
 

8. Who among the following cricketers holds the record of highest individual score in One-Day  Internationals(ODIs)?
   i) Saeed Anwar
  ii) Brian Lara
 iii) Sachin Tendulkar 

  iv) Viv Richards
 

9. Which of the following terms is not related with the game of Hockey?  
   i)  Short grip
  ii)  Hook
  iii) Slice
  iv) Short Corner
 

10. The Hockey World Player for 2009 is
    i) Rajpal Singh
   ii) Jamie Dwyer
  iii) Grant Shubert

   iv) None of the above

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Sports Questions

  1. Sports
  2. Cricket
  3. Badminton
  4. Football
  5. London
  6. 1975
  7. Milkha Singh
  8. Sachin Tendulkar
  9. Short Corner
10. Jamie Dwyer

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Sports Quetions

 1.Bull fighting is the national game of

 2.The term 'Bishop' in sports is related to
 

 3.Ryder Cup is associated with
 

 4.The top Sports award of India
 

 5.Which country clinched the Women Hockey World Cup in 2010?
 

 6.The new President of BCCI (Indian Cricket Board) is
 

 7.Qbaidullah Khan Cup is associated with
 

 8.Maradona belongs to
 

 9.'Queensberry Rules' is the name given to the rules in
 

10.Which country led a boycott of the 1980 Olympic games held in Moscow?


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Sports Questions

  1. Spain
  2. Chess
  3. Golf
  4. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
  5. Argentina
  6. N.Srinivasan
  7. Hockey
  8. Argentina
  9. Boxing
10. The United States Of America

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Answers for tg

 1. Subash Chandra Bose
 2. Kaushambi
 3. Bundelkhand
 4. 1977
 5. Betwa
 6. Ram Prasad Bismil - Allahabad
 7. Solid Carbon dioxide
 8. 2001
 9. Tobacco
10. Kerala

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General Knowledge

1.Which Indian nationalist leader looked upon a war between Germany and Britain as a godsend opportunity which would enable Indians to exploit the situation to their advantage?
 
2.In Uttar Pradesh, the famous place of pilgrimage of both Jain and Baudh is at -

3.Kartik is a folk dance of -
 
4.The Sixth Economic Census is being done in 2011. What was the year of the first Economic Census? 

5.Rani Laxmi Bai Dam is located on the-
 
6.Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
                 Amir Khusrau - Etah
                 Mizra Ghalib – Agra
                 Josh – Malihabad 
                Ram Prasad Bismil – Allahabad
 
7.Dry Ice is
 
8.Bhatkhande Sangeet Sansthan, Lucknow became a Deemed University in-
 
9.In which of the following crops, Uttar Pradesh is the leading producer in the Country?
                Potato
                Rice
                Sugarcane   
                Tobacco
 
10.'Mala' and 'Madiga' are scheduled castes found in which state?

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Answers for tg

                                   1. Nagarhole

2. Sarojini Naidu

3. Dadabhai Naoroji

4. Mother Teresa

5. Tantya Tope

6. Nasik

7. Ravana played the Amruthavarshini raga on his veena and brought forth
    rain.

8. Panchseel

9. Syed Kirmani and Sandeep Patil.

10. Yama

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Today's G.k

1. What was renamed as Rajiv Gandhi National Park?

2. She was the first woman president of the INC and the first woman Governor of India. Who?

3. He was the first Indian to be the member of the British Parliament and President of INC thrice. Who? 

4. Her real name was Agnes Gonha Bojaxhiu. She won a Nobel Prize in 1979 and died in 1997 and before her death said ‘Love others as I have loved you’.Who?

5. The foremost Maratha patriot, his real name was Ramachandra Pandurang. He got his nickname from the fact that he was in charge of the firing of cannons. Who?

6. This place gets its name because it was here that Lakshmana cut of the nose of Shurpanakha. Which place?

7. When Ravana set fire to Hanuman’s tail, he set fire to entire Lanka. How was the fire put out?

8. What was the principle of peace and friendship enunciated by Nehru?

9. Two famous Indian cricketers starred in a movie called ‘Kabhi Ajnabi The’. Who?

10. According to Hindu myth who was the first mortal to die?

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Class 5-IV-The British Expansion In India

Other Annexations:


             * In 1839, Sindh was annexed and Sindh Province was created.
             * In 1834, Punjab was annexed. But they left Jammu&Kashmir untouched.
             * In 1885, the Entire Burma was annexed and included into India.
             * In 1935, Burma was seperated from India.

Annexations Without War:


By Wellesley (1798-1805)

Subsidiary Alliance (Provisions):

              * The British would render the Military help to the Indian Princes.
              * For that the Indian Princes should cede a considerable portion of their Territory to British permanently in lieu (instead) salary.
              * First state to enter - Nawab of hyderabad. (1718)
              * Second state to enter - Mysore (1799)
              * Third state to enter - The Marathas (1802)


By Dalhousie (1848-1856)


Doctrine Of Lapse (Provisions):


              * If there were no natural heir for an Indian ruler, then after his death his territory would be passed to British.          
              * By using Doctrine Of Lapse, Dalhousie annexed
                          # Sambalpur
                          # Jaipur
                          # Satara
                          # Bhagat
                          # Udaipur
                          # Jhansi and
                          # Nagpur.


Good Governance: 


              * By using this, he annexed Avadh.




Left Outs: 


              * The only kingdoms to be left out 
                           # Trivangore
                           # Hyderabad
                           # Jammu&Kashmir

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Class 5-III-The British Expansion In India

Anglo-Maratha Wars

I Anglo-Maratha War (1776-1882)

         Causes:

            * Ragunath Rao, the uncle of weak Peshwa Madhava Rao was contenting for the throne.

            * Madhava Rao chased Ragunath Rao out of the kingdom. Ragunath went to Bombay and signed the Treaty Of Surat with the British.

            * British was searching for a reason to intervene in Marathian region. They made use of this chance. The war took place for seven years. They found that the Marathas were still powerful and so agreed for a treaty.

        Treaty:

           * In 1789, the Treaty Of Salbai was signed between the Peshwa and The British.

           * Also 20 years peace treaty was signed.

II Anglo-Maratha War (1802-1805)

            To understand this better one have to know about the Army structure of Marathas. To know about it, click Army Structure.

        Causes:

           * The Peshwa had some initial fights with the ministers. At one point he stabbed one of the ministers' brother. When he came to revenge the Peshwa, he went to The British.

           * The last Peshwa Baji Rao II entered a treaty called Treaty Of Bassein. (1802)

           * In that treaty, the Peshwa accepted the Subsidiary Alliance. (Introduced by Lord Wellesley)

 

       Course of Action:

          * The british defeated all the Maratha Confederacy Forces.

          * And thus the Maratha Kingdom was broken into many smaller pieces.

III Anglo Maratha War (1817-1818)

       Causes:      

          * Coming of Lord Hastings (1813-1823) as the Governor General of India.

          * He was famously known as the "War Governor General"

       Results:

         

          * The Marathas confederacy was abolished and all the Marathas territories were included into British India.

          * And Bombay Province was created . 

          * The Last Peshwa Baji Rao II became the Pensioner Of British. 

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Class 5-II-The British Expansion In India

                             Anglo Mysore Wars

First Anglo Mysore War (1765-1772)

          Causes:
               
                 * Both Hyder Ali and British wanted to expand their territories at the cost of each other.


          Course Of Action:
     
                 * At sudden moment, HyderAli was thundering the gates of Madras. British was yet to prepare. 


          Treaty:


                 * The Treaty of Madras was signed on 1772.
                 * In the Treaty, both were to support each other in the case of a third party Intervention.


Second Anglo Mysore War (1780-1784)


           Causes:


                 * When Marathas attacked Mysore, the British didnt support Hydreabad since they had similar treaty with Marathas.
                 * This led to the war.


           Course of Action:


                  * In 1784, in the Battle of PortoNova, Hyder Ali was defeated by British troops commanded by Sir Eyre Coote.
                  * In 1782, during course of war, Hyder Ali died due to Cancer.
                  * So his son Tippu Sultan continued the war.
      
            Treaty:
    
                  * Treaty Of Mangalore was signed in 1784. 




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Third Anglo Mysore War 


            Causes:


                 * Coming of British Governor General Lord Cornwallis (1786-1792).
                 * Lord Cornwallis was defeated by George Washington in battle of York Town during American War of Independence in 1776.


            Course of War:


                 * British forces was headed by Governor General Cornwallis himself. 
                 * So Tippu was defeated and he was forced to sign the Treaty Of Seringapattinam.
                 * In that Treaty, Tippu gave half of his territory to the British.


            Treaty:


                 * The Treaty Of Seringapattinam was signed, giving half of his territory to the British.
                 * They are
                         # Dindigul
                         # Malabar
                         # Baramahal (Dharmapuri)


Fourth Anglo Mysore War


             Causes:


                 * Revenge of Tippu.
                 * Rise of Napoleon.
                 * Napoleon came to rule in France and his aim was to expand his Kingdom in Egypt and India. To expand  his reign in India, Napoleon thought that Tippu would be the right opportunity. So he maintained good relationship with Tippu.
                 * So British was looking for a chance for attacking Tippu.


             Course of Action:         
  
                 * When Wellesley (1798-1805) came as  the Governor General, he decided to wage war on Tippu.    
                 * Tippu was defeated and killed.
                 * British created a new province called Madras Province in 1799 & governed by Wellesley.
                 * Mysore was again restored to Woodyar Dynasty.
                 * They received pension but the British ruled the Kingdom.
                      

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Tippu Sultan

* More Powerful than Hyder Ali.
* He was the First Indian Ruler to rule on the basis of Modern Administration.
* He had good diplomatic relationship with the French. So British disliked him.
* In 1789, French Revolution started and this was highly opposed by British.

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Class 5-I-The British Expansion In India

This lesson deals with the Carnatic wars, Anglo Mysore Wars and the Anglo Maratha wars and other annexations of British.
                                                               Unit IV
                           British Expansion In India
Carnatic Wars 

       First Carnatic War (1746-1748)
 
              Causes:
                   * Austrian war of Succession in Europe.
              Course of War:
                   * Due to Austrian war of succession, there was a fight between the British and The French in Europe. It reflected in India too. British was defeated and the French captured Madras.
                   * British complained to Anwaruddin, the then Arcot Nawab. He supported the English and waged a war against the French.
                   * So, Battle of Santhome took place between French headed by Lt.Paradise and the forces of Arcot Nawab Anwaruddin headed by Mafuz Khan on Adyar River Bank.
               Treaty:
                   * The war ended with the Treaty Of Aix-la-Chapelle.
                   * This war ended when the Austrian War ended.

         Second Carnatic War (1749-1754)

               Causes:
                   * War of succession in b after the death of Nizam-ul-mulk Asaf Shah.
                   * Two members Muzzafar zang and Nazir zang fought between themselves for succession. 
                   * War of Succession at Carnatic between Chanda Sahib and Anwaruddin. 
                   * French supported Chanda Sahib and British supported Anwaruddin.
               Couse of War:
                   * In the Battle of Ambur, French forces defeated Anwaruddin and killed him. Then they made Chanda Sahib as the Nawab.
                   * But after that a British force commanded by Robert Clive attacked Chanda Sahib. There was a Battle of Arcot, in which Chanda Sahib was killed.
                   * Robert Clive was henceforth known as the Hero of Arcot.
               Treaty:
                   * Since French was defeated Dupleix was recalled to France.
                   * Second carnatic war was concluded with the Treaty of Pondicherry (1754).
                   
        Third Carnatic War (1756-1763)

                Causes:
                    * Seven Years War in Europe. 
                Course of War:
                    * In the Battle of Wandhavasi, the french troops was completely defeated by British Force Commanded by Sir Eyre Coote.
                    * Sir Eyre Coote was henceforth called as Hero Of Wandhavasi.
                    * After this war , French's thought of capturing India was buried.
                    * British gave Pondicherry, Mahe, Yanam and Chandranagore to french to rule within that.
                 Treaty: 
                    * The war came to end with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.

                 Note: In 1954, all French territories were voluntarily given by French Government by means of Diplomatic Relation.


                                                                                                                            To be continued...............

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Class 6 Marathas Under Peshwas

Introduction :

           * The "Peshwa" was an important post created by Shivaji and one among the eight ministers known as "Asta Pradhan"
           * The first Peshwa was "Trimbakji Pingle".
           * And after 5 peshwas came the Seventh Peshwa 'Balaji Vishwanath Rao', who supported Prince Shahu against Tara bai. To check continuity, Click shahu.
           * After Balaji Vishwanath, the Post of Peshwas/ Peshwaship became hereditary.

Balji Vishwanath Rao (1713-1720)

          * He was famously known as "Organiser of the Army".

Baji Rao I (1720-1740)

          * In 1739, Marathas captured Salsetti and Bassein from Portuguese.
          * He frequently defeated the Hyderabad Nawab Nizam-ul-mulk Asaf Shah.

Balaji Baji Rao II (1740-1761)
         * His policy was "Cuttack - Attock".
         * So, during the fifth invasion of Afghan ruler Ahmad shah Abdali, he opposed him. And III Panipat war took place between the Marathas and Afghans in 1761.
        * Marathas force was commanded by Sadasiva Rao.
        * In this bloody battle, The Marathas force was completely crushed.

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Structure Of Marathas Army

  
          Power                  Post Designation                 Capital 
                  
                  
             1                             Chatrapathi (King)                     Satara
 

             2                          Peshwa (Prime mnstr)                    Pune


             3                        Ministers who supported 
                                    above (Different Dynasties)


                                                i) Scindia                                  Gwalior
                                               ii) Holkar                                   Indore 
                                              iii) Geakward                              Baroda
                                              iv) Bhonsle                                  Nagpur


Marathas Army was a loose confederacy which led to frequent fight among themselves.    
  

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About Election

As we all know, as future IAS officers we have responsibilities in the administration of our country. Now as the younger generation lets share our views here.


1. What do you think about the present political parties?
2. What do you think, the changes that are to be made in the present political and election system?


Please dont use name of the political parties. And kindly avoid using names or bad words.

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Controversies of Bt Brinjal

             * There are many controversies surrounding the development and release of genetically modified foods, ranging from human safety and environmental impacts to ethical concerns such as corporate control of the food supply and intellectual property rights. 

             * The brinjal is an important food crop for India and the potential commercialization of a genetically modified variety has drawn support and criticism.

             * Although it is a major food crop in India, brinjal production is relatively low with fruit and shoot borer infestation a major constraint to yield.

             * Proponents of the technology believe the Bt brinjal will have positive effects for the Indian economy and the health of the farmers.

             * Field trials conducted on research-managed farms carried out by Mayhco and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research suggested a 42% pesticide reduction and a doubling of the yield was possible. 

             * The economic gain for consumers, developers and farmers was estimated to potentially be US$108 million per year with an additional $3–4 million saved due to health benefits associated with decreased pesticide use.

             * French scientist, Gilles-Eric Seralini of the Committee for Independent Research and Information on Genetic Engineering reviewed the safety information. 

             * He raised concerns about some of the differences between feeding trials using the genetically modified and non-modified Brinjal and criticized some of the testing protocols.

             * The EC-II responded to the concerns raised by Seralini and other scientists in their report, although opponents asserted that these concerns were not adequately addressed. 

             * Concerns have also been raised about a possible conflict of interest, with some of the scientists appointed to the GEAC being involved in developing their own GM products, that the decision by the EC-II was not unanimous, and about the reliability of safety data originating from Mahcyo run trials.

             * The imposed moratorium has been criticized by some scientists as not being based on any compelling scientific evidence and potentially setting Indian biotechnology back decades. 

             * Others feel the critical issue is not the safety of the GM technology, but its corporatization and there are claims that India’s crop protection industry was a major player in preventing the commercialization of the Bt brinjal.

             * India's National Biodiversity Authority is probing the crop scientists involved in developing the Bt Brinjal for allegedly violating Indias 2002 Biological Diversity Act by using local cultivars and foreign technology without their permission.

             * More recently, raw research data on toxicity studies done by Mahyco in rats fed on Bt brinjal for up to 90 days was analyzed by an independent expert Dr Lou Gallagher, who found that rats fed with Bt brinjal experienced " organ and system damage and had ovaries at half their normal weight, enlarged spleens with white blood cell counts at 35 to 40 per cent higher than normal with elevated eosinophils, indicating immune function changes". 

             * Toxic effects to the liver were seen in the form of elevated bilirubin. The company either suppressed these facts or misrepresented them while submitting data to the regulator - the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC). 

             * The report concluded that release of Bt brinjal for human consumption cannot be recommended given the current evidence of toxicity to rats in just 90 days.

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