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Cups & Trophies associated with Indian National Games ******************** Agarwal Cup : Badminton Agha Khan Cup : Hockey All-India Womens Guru Nanak Championship : Hockey Bandodkar Trophy : Football Bangalore Blues Challenge Cup : Basketball Barna-Bellack Cup : Table Tennis

Beighton Cup : Hockey Bombay Gold Cup : Hockey Burdwan Trophy : Weight-lifting Charminar Trophy : Athletics Chadha Cup : Badminton C. K. Naydu Trophy : Cricket Chakoia Gold Trophy : Football

Divan Cup : Badminton Deodhar Trophy : Cricket Duleep Trophy : Cricket D. C. M. Cup : Football Durand Cup : Football Dhyan Chand Trophy : Hockey Dr. B. C. Roy Trophy : Football (Junior) Ezra Cup : Polo F. A. Cup : Football G. D. Birla Trophy : Cricket Ghulam Ahmed Trophy : Cricket

Gurmeet Trophy : Hockey Gura Nanak Cup : Hockey Gyanuati Devi Trophy : Hockey Holkar Trophy : Bridge lrani Trophy : Cricket I. F. A. Shield : Football lndira Gold Cup : Hockey

Jawaharlal Challenge : Air Racing Jaswant Singh Trophy : Best Services Sportsman Kuppuswamy Naidu Trophy : Hockey Lady Rattan Tata Trophy : Hockey MCC Trophy : Hockey Moinuddaula Gold Cup : Cricket Murugappa Gold Cup : Hockey

Modi Gold Cup : Hockey Narang Cup : Badminton

2. One word substitutions

******************** 1. One who helps others Good : Samaritan 2. One who copies from other writers : Plagiarist 3. One who hates women : Misogynist 4. One who knows many languages : Polyglot 5. One who is fond of sensuous pleasures : Epicure 6. Murder of a mother : Matricide 7. Murder of an brother : Fratricide 8. Murder of an infant : Infanticide 9. Murder of self : Suicide 10. Murder of the king : Regicide

3. FULL FORMS OF COMPUTER RELATED TERMS

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* HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. * HTTPS - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure. * IP - Internet Protocol. * URL - Uniform Resource Locator. * USB - Universal Serial Bus. * VIRUS - Vital Information Resource Under Seized. * 3G - 3rd Generation. * GSM - Global System for Mobile Communication. * CDMA - Code Divison Multiple Access. * UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunication System. * SIM - Subscriber Identity Module. * AVI = Audio Video Interleave * RTS = Real Time Streaming * SIS = Symbian OS Installer File * AMR = Adaptive Multi-Rate Codec * JAD = Java Application Descriptor * JAR = Java Archive * JAD = Java Application Descriptor * 3GPP = 3rd Generation Partnership Project * 3GP = 3rd Generation Project * MP3 = MPEG player lll * MP4 = MPEG-4 video file * AAC = Advanced Audio Coding * GIF = Graphic Interchangeable Format * JPEG = Joint Photographic Expert Group * BMP = Bitmap * SWF = Shock Wave Flash * WMV = Windows Media Video * WMA = Windows Media Audio * WAV = Waveform Audio * PNG = Portable Network Graphics

* DOC = Document (Microsoft Corporation) * PDF = Portable Document Format * M3G = Mobile 3D Graphics * M4A = MPEG-4 Audio File * NTH = Nokia Theme (series 40) * THM = Themes (Sony Ericsson) * MMF = Synthetic Music Mobile Application File * NRT = Nokia Ringtone * XMF = Extensible Music File * WBMP = Wireless Bitmap Image * DVX = DivX Video * HTML = Hyper Text Markup Language * WML = Wireless Markup Language * CD - Compact Disk. * DVD - Digital Versatile Disk. * CRT - Cathode Ray Tube. * DAT - Digital Audio Tape. * DOS - Disk Operating System. * GUI - Graphical User Interface. * HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. * IP - Internet Protocol. * ISP - Internet Service Provider. * TCP - Transmission Control Protocol. * UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply. * HSDPA - High Speed Downlink Packet Access. * EDGE - Enhanced Data Rate for GSM[Global System for Mobile Communication] Evolution. * VHF - Very High Frequency. * UHF - Ultra High Frequency. * GPRS - General Packet Radio Service. * WAP - Wireless Application Protocol. * TCP - Transmission Control Protocol . * ARPANET - Advanced Research Project Agency Network. * IBM - International Business Machines. * HP - Hewlett Packard. * AM/FM - Amplitude/ Frequency Modulation. * WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network 4. SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF SUBJECTS DEALING WITH SCIENCE
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Oncology - Science that deals with Tumors. Epidemiology - Study of Epidemic Diseases. Agriculture - Culture of all cultures. Aeronautics - Science of flight of aeroplanes. Anatomy - Structure of Human body. Arboriculture - Cultivation of trees and vegetables.

Astronomy - Study of heavenly bodies. Biology - Science of living body. Botany - Science of plant life. Chemistry -Composition and properties of various elements in nature. Cryptography - Secret writing. Cyrogenics - Concerned with the production, control and application of very low temperatures. Cytogenetics - Cell formation. Cytology - Dealing with cells. Entomology - Insects studies. Exbiology - Science dealing with life or possibilities of life existing beyond the earth. Floriculture - Flowers cultivation. Geology - Condition and structure of the earth. Horticulture - Art of garden cultivation. 5. Popular ISO Standards
******************** ISO 9000: Quality Management ISO 14000: Environmental Management ISO 3166: Country Codes ISO 22000: Food Safety Management ISO 26000: Social Responsibility ISO 50001: Energy Management ISO 31000: Risk Management ISO 4217: Currency Codes ISO 639: Language Codes

6. IMPORTANT COMMITTEES IN INDIA

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1. Malhotra Committee - Insurance Reforms 2. Janaki Raman Committee - Security Scam 3. Ajay Vikram Singh Committee - Faster promotions in Army 4. Rajinder Sachar Committee 1 - Companies and MRPT Act 5. Rajindar Sachar Committee 2 - Report on the social, economic and educational status of the Muslims of India. 6. Jyoti Basu Committee - Report on Octroi abolition. 7. Balwant Rai Mehta Committee - Recommendationson decentralization system 8. Sawant Committee - Enquiry on corruption, charges against ministers & Anna Hazare 9. Chelliah Committee - Eradicating black money 10. Wanchoo Committee - Tax enquiry 11. Bhanu Pratap Singh Committee Agriculture 12. Agarwal Committee - Nepotism in granting petrol pump, LPG connections 13. Rangarajan Committee - Reforms in private sector 14. Naresh Chandra Committee - Corporate governance 15. Chakravarti Committee - Banking sector reforms

16. Rekhi Committee - Structure of indirect taxation 17. G.V.RamakrishnaCommittee - Disinvestment in PSU shares 18. Kelkar Committee 1 - First committee on backward castes 19. P.C.Hotha Committee - Restructuring of civil services 20. Justice B.N.Kirpal Committee - 1st chairman National Forest Commission 21. Godbole Committee - Enron Power Project 22. J.C.Kumarappa Committee - Congress agrarian Reforms Committee 23. Swaminathan Committee - Population policy 24. Rangaraju Committee Statistics 25. Wardha Committee - Inquiry on murder of Graham Staines 26. Vohra Committee - Criminalizationof politics 27. Kelkar Committee 2 - Direct-IndirectTaxes 28. Alagh Committee - Civil Service Examinations 29. Abid Hussain Committee - Recommendationson Small scale industries 30. Narasimham Committee - Banking sector reforms 31. Chelliah Committee - Tax reforms 32. Mashelkar Committee - National Auto Fuel Policy 33. Boothalingam Committee - Recommendationson integrated wages, income and price policy. 34. Omkar Goswami Committee Industrial sickness 35. Yashpal Committee - Review of School Education system 36. Ram Nandan Prasad Committee - Constitution of creamy layers among Backward Castes. 37. Kelkar Committee 3 - Enquiry on Kargil defense deals. 38. Saharya Committee - Tehelka tapes 7. Green Revolution -> High Yielding Variety of Seeds White Revolution -> Milk & Dairy products Silver Revolution -> Egg and Poultry Silver Fibre Revolution -> Cotton Yellow Revolution -> Edible Oil Blue Revolution -> Fisheries Pink Revolution -> Prawns Golden Revolution -> Honey Golden Fibre Revolution -> Jute Brown Revolution -> Cocoa 8. SOME IMPORTANT MOVEMENTS IN INDIA & THEIR FOUNDERS
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1. ARYA SAMAJ - SWAMI DAYANAND SARASWATI 2. BRAHMA SAMAJ - RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY 3. SARVODAYA MOVEMENT JAYAPRAKASH NARAYAN 4. SREERAMA KRISHNA MISSION SWAMI VIVEKANANDA 5. BOODHANA MOVEMENT ACHARYA VINOBHA BHAVE 6. KHILAFAT MOVEMENT - ALI BROTHERS 7. SERVANTS OF INDIA SOCIETY GOPALA KRISHNA GOKHALE

8. PRARTHANA SAMAJ ATMARAM PANDURANG 9. THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY - ANNIE BESANT 10. ALIGARH MOVEMENT - SIR SYED AHMED KHAN 11. SWATHANTRA PARTY - C. RAJAGOPALACHARI 12. VANAMAHOTSAV - K. M. MUNSHI 13. CHIPCO MOVEMENT SUNDARLAL BAHUGUNA 14. CHINMAYA MISSION SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA 15. ABHINAV BHARAT - V. D. SAVARKAR 16. GADDAR PARTY - LALA HARDAYAL 17. VISWABHARATI - RABINDRANATH TAGORE 18. RED SHIRT - KHAN ABDUL GAFFAR KHAN 19. BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY MADAN MOHAN MALAVYA 20. SATYA SHODAK SAMAJ - JYOTHI RAO PULE 21. ATMIYA SABHA - RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY 22. PEOPLES EDUCATION SOCIETY - B. R. AMBEDKAR 23. HOME RULE MOVEMENT - BALAGANGADHAR TILAK, ANNIE BESANT 24. INDIAN BRAHMA SAMAJ KESAVA CHANDRA SEN 25. INDIAN ASSOCIATION SURENDRANATH BANNERJEE 9. WORLD GEOGRAPHY - NICK NAMES OF PLACES
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1) Granite City - Aberdeen 2) Dark Continent - Africa 3) Herring Pond - Atlantic Ocean 4) Land of the Golden Fleece - Australia 5) Land of the Kangaroo - Australia 6) Gateway of Tears - Bab-el-mandab 7) Island of Pearls - Bahrain 8.) Cockpit of Europe - Belgium 9) White City - Belgrade 10) Land of Thunderbolt - Bhutan 11) Land of Lilies - Canada 12) Land of Maple - Canada 13) Windy City - Chicago 14) Pearl of Antilles - Cuba 15) Sugar Bowl of the World - Cuba 16) Gift of the Nile - Egypt 17) Land of Thousand Lakes - Finland 18) Key of the Mediterranean - Gibraltar 19) Pillars of Hercules - Gibraltar 20) Land of the Eskimos - Greenland 21) Emerald Island - Ireland 22) Pink City - Jaipur 23) Land of the Rising - SunJapan 24) Garden of England - Kent

25) Hermit Kingdom - Korea 26) Land of Morning Calm - Korea 27) Port of Five Seas - Moscow 28) Land of the Golden Pagoda - Myanmar 29) Land of Canals - Netherlands 30) Land of Tulips - Netherlands 31) Land of Windmills - Netherlands 32) City of Skyscrapers - New York 33) Empire City - New York 34) Land of the Midnight Sun - Norway 35) City of Dreaming Spires - Oxford 36) Holy Land - Palestine 37) City of Brotherly Love - Philadelphia 38) Quaker City - Philadelphia 39) City of Seven Hills - Rome 40) Eternal City - Rome 41) City of the Golden Gate - San Francisco 42) Land of Cakes - Scotland 43) Venice of the North - Stockholm 44) Playground of Europe - Switzerland 45) Land of the White Elephant - Thailand 46) World's Loneliest Island - Tristan da Cunha 47) Sick Man of Europe - Turkey 48) City of Canals - Venice 49) Queen of the Adriatic - Venice 50) City of Magnificent Distances Washington DC 51) Island of Cloves Zanzibar 10. INDIAN GEOGRAPHY - NICK NAMES OF SOME PLACES
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1) Golden City - Amristar 2) Manchester of India - Ahmedabad 3) City of Seven Islands - Mumbai 4) Queen of Arabian Sea - Cochin 5) Space City - Bangalore 6) Garden City of India - Bangalore 7) Silicon Valley of India - Bangalore 8.) Electronic City of India - Bangalore 9) Pink City - Jaipur 10) Gateway of India - Mumbai 11) Twin City - Hyderabad - Sikandarabad 12) City of Festivals - Madurai 13) Deccan Queen - Pune 14) City of Buildings - Kolkata 15) Dakshin Ganga - Godavari

16) Old Ganga - Godavari 17) Egg Bowl of Asia - Andhra Pradesh 18) Soya Region - Madhya Pradesh 19) Manchester of the South - Coimbatore 20) City of Nawabs - Lucknow 21) Venice of the East - Cochin 22) Sorrow of Bengal - Damodar river 23) Sorrow of Bihar - Kosi river 24) Blue Mountains - Nilgiri 25) Queen of the Mountains - Mussoorie