Kerala Facts 2

കേരളത്തിലെ നദികൾ, കായലുകൾ, ദ്വീപുകൾ, കാലാവസ്ഥ, ധാതുസമ്പത്ത്, വനസമ്പത്ത് എന്നിവയുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ

• Which river is called as "Eyebrow of the Arabian sea"

                     Mayyazhi river

• Which river flow around Kasarcode twon in U shape

                     Chandragiri river (Kottayam is on the shores of Meenachil river)

• Punalur hanging bridge built across

                     Kallada river

• District through which maximum number of river flows

                     Kasarcode (12)

• Which river originated from Karnataka and flows through Kerala

                     Valapattanam river

• Smallest river in South Kerala

                     Ayiroor river

• Kerala district through which Kabani river flows

                     Wayanad (Total length 240 Km. 57 Km through Kerala)

• Kabani river originates from

                     Thondarmudi (Ends in Kaveri river)

• National park located on the banks of Kabani

                     Nagarhol national park, Karnataka (Kabani also known as Kapila)

• Kuruva island and Banasura Sagar Dam is on

                     Kabani river (only river that flows from Kerala to karnataka)

• Rivers which flows from Kerala to Tamilnadu

                     Bhavani and Pambar

• Bhavani river originates from

                     Nilagiri Hills (Total 217 Km of this 38 Km through Kerala, Mainly throgh Palakkad)

• Major tributaries of Bhavani

                     Shiruvani, Varagar

• Dam built across which river to supply water for Coimbatore

                     Shiruvani

• River mentioned in OV Vijayan's Gurusagaram

                     Thoothappuzha (Iruvanjippuzha in SK Pottakkad's Nadan Premam)

• Pambar river originates from

                     Benmore Tea estate , Devikulam, Idukki (Pambar also known as Thalayar)

• Thoovanam water falls is in

                     Pambar (Pambar joins with Thenar to form Amaravathi river, a tributary of Kaveri)

• Indian state which is known as land of backwaters

                     Kerala (34 kayals in Kerala, 27 are connected with sea)

• Longest lake and largest wetland in India

                     Vembanadu lake (205 Sq Km)

• Major islands in Vembanad lake

                     Wellington, Vypin, Vallarpadam, Kadamakudi and Pathiramanal

• Largest natural island of Vembanad lake

                     Pathiramanal (Kumarakom located near Vembanad lake)

• Thannermukkam bund, Thottappalli spillway are built across

                     Vembanadu lake

• Which is called as Veeran puzha in Kochi

                     Vembanadu lake (Largest Ramsar site in Kerala)

• Second largest lake in Kerala

                     Ashtamudi lake (Largest fresh water lake of Kerala is Shasthamkotta lake)

• First man made fresh water lake in Kerala

                     Mananchira lake, Kozhikodu

• Smallest fresh water lake in India

                     Pookkodu lake  (Northern most back water is Uppala Lake)

• The lake called gateway to the backwaters of Kerala

                     Ashtamudi lake (Lake in the shape of palm. In Kollam district)

• Ashtamudi lake meets Arabian sea at

                     Neendakara (Kallada river ends in Ashtamudi lake)

• Kerala's first sea plane service started in

                     Ashtamudi lake (Perumon tragedy in 1988 took place in)

• Lake in the shape of heart situated at

                     Chembra peak, Wayanad (Biyyam lake is in Malappuram)

• Which lake is called as Queen of Back waters in Kerala

                     Ashtamudi lake (Lake in the shape of F alphabet)

• Southern most freshwater lake in Kerala

                     Vellayani lake

• Highest lake in Kerala

                     Pookkodu lake (Muriyad lake is in Thrissur)

• Lakes in Kerala included in Ramsar list

                     Vembanad, Ashtamudi, Sasthamkotta

• President's trophy boat race is held in 

                     Ashtamudi lake (Nehru trophy boat race is held in Punnamada kayal)

• Largest riverine island in Kerala

                     Kuruva (Most populated island Vypin)

• Artificial island located near Cochin port

                     Wellington Island (Gosree bridge connecting Eranakulam and Vypin)

• Dharmadam island is in

                     Anjarakkandi river, Kannur (Mandrow island in Kollam)

• Which island is known as Green island

                     Dharmadam island (Kavayi island is in Kannur)

• Climate in Kerala

                     Tropical maritime and Monsoon in character

• Maximum rain receives in Kerala in

                     July (Minimum in January)

• Kerala receive maximum rainfall in which season

                     South west monsoon season (Average 200cm rain fall)

• South west monsoon season in Kerala

                     June to September

• The region which receive minimum rainfall in Kerala

                     Chinnar, Idukki (Rain shadow region of Kerala)

• District which receive maximum rainfall in Kerala

                     Kozhikodu (Minimum rainfall in Thiruvananthapuram)

• Hottest district in Kerala

                     Palakkad (Hottest region Punalur in Kollam)

• Chirapunji of Kerala

                     Lakkidi, Wayanad (Region receive maximum rainfall in Kerala Neriamangalam, ERN)

• Region where Ilmanite and Monosite are found in Kerala

                     Chavara- Neendakara (Nuclear minaral found in Kerala is Thorium)

• In Kerala, Gold deposits have been reported from

                     Meppadi, Vythiri, Mananthavadi, Nilambur and Attapadi

• Limestone deposit found in Kerala at

                     Palakkad and Kannur

• Bauxite deposit found in Kerala at

                     Neeleswaram, Kanjangadu, Kumbala

• Iron deposit found in Kerala at

                     Kozhikode and Malappuram (Silika deposits found in Alappuzha-Cherthala)

• Clay deposit found in Kerala at

                     Kundara (Mica deposit found in Thiruvananthapuram)

• Graphite deposit found in Kerala at

                     Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kottayam, Idukki and Ernakulam

• Only mineral fuel found in Kerala 

                     Lignite (At Thiruvananthapuram Varkala)

• Major soil type found in Kerala

                     Laterite soil (Major rock type Metamorphic rocks)

• Among Indian states Kerala rank in forest area

                     14 (29.101% of total land area of Kerala)

• Major forest type in Kerala

                     Monsoon forest

• Evergreen forests are found in Kerala at

                     Silent Valley (Sandal forests found in Marayoor)

• District having largest area under forest cover

                     Idukki (Wayanad is in second place, Pathanamthitta at third)

• District having least area under forest cover

                     Alappuzha (First reserve forest in Alappuzha is Viyapuram)

• District having largest forest area in percentage

                     Wayanad

• Large number of reserve forests in

                     Pathanamthitta (Lowest in Alappuzha)

• District having largest area under mangroove forest cover

                     Kannur

• First reserve forest in Kerala

                     Konni, 1888 (Largest Ranni, Smallest Agasthyavanam)

• Major tree that planted in afforestation region

                     Teak (Afforestation project launched in 1998, Travancore forest act in 1887)

• Kerala forest development corporation

                     Kottayam (Kerala forest reserch institute at Peechi in 1975)

• Kerala forest department is at

                     vazhuthakkad, TVM

• World oldest teak tree is found at

                     Nilambur (Asia's largest teak tree is Kannimaram at Parambikulam Sanctuary)
                                                                                         (To be Continued...)

Kerala Facts 1

കേരളത്തെ കുറിച്ചുള്ള വിവരങ്ങളാണ് ഇനിയുള്ള ക്ലാസ്സുകളിൽ. പരീക്ഷയ്ക്ക് ഇനി ദിവസങ്ങൾ കുറച്ചേ ഉള്ളതിനാലും പ്രധാനപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങൾ പരമാവധി ഉൾക്കൊള്ളിക്കേണ്ടതിനാലും ചോദ്യങ്ങൾ കുത്തി നിറച്ചപോലത്തെ ഒരു തോന്നൽ ഉണ്ട്. വേറെ നിവൃത്തി ഇല്ല. 

കേരളത്തിൻറെ അടിസ്ഥാന വിവരങ്ങൾ, ഭൂമിശാസ്ത്രം, പ്രധാന നദികൾ എന്നിവയുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ 

• Total area of Kerala

                38,863 Sq Km

• Position of Kerala

                8°17'30"N to 12°47'40"N latitude and 74°27'12"E to 77°27'12"E longitude

• No of block Panchayaths          : 152

• No of grama Panchayaths         : 941

• No of revenue divisions            : 21

• No of taluks                               : 75

• No of corporations                     : 6

• No of Nagara Sabhas                  : 87

• No of legislative constituencies  : 140

• No of SC Constituencies             : 14

• No of ST Constituencies             : 2 (Sulthan Batheri, Mananthavadi)

• Total North South distance of Kerala

                560 Km (Coastal distance 580 Km)

• Position of Kerala among Indian states in Area

                22 (1.18% of total land area)

• Position of Kerala among Indian states in population

                13

• Total length of western ghats

                1600 Km (Pass through Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Kerala)

• Committee studied about environmental impacts of western ghats

                Madhav Gadgil Committee and K Kasthuri Rangan Committee

• Committee appointed by Kerala government to review Kasturirangan Report

                Oomman V Oomman Committee

• Western ghat was declared as UNESCO world heritage site on

                2012 July 1 (39 points including 20 in Kerala are identified as world heritage sites)

• Biological park of Kerala included western ghats

                Agasthyavanam (123 erala Villages environmentally affected as per Kasturirangan report)

• Districts having no border with other states

                Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Kozhikodu (Wayanad sharing boundary with two states)

• No of districts having no costal area

                5 (Kottayam is the only district with no state boundary and costal area)

• Largest Physiographic division in Kerala 

                Highland (48%. Average hight of Highland is 900m. Midland 42%)

• Highest peak in Kerala, Anamudi located in

                Munnar, Devikula Taluk, Idukki (Part of Eravikulam National Park)

• Mountain at the meeting point of Anamalai, Palanimalai and Ealamalai

                Anamudi (Meesappulimala, second highest peak in Kerala\South India. 2640m)

• First biological park of Kerala

                Agasthya hills (1868 m. In Nedumangadu Taluk)

• Agasthyamalai biological reserve was established in

                2001 (in 2015, UNESCO world network of Biosphere reserve)

• Tenth biosphere reserve in India which included in UNESCO's Man and the biosphere program

                Agasthyamala Biosphere reserve

• District with longest coast line

                Kannur (Kollam having shortest. Cherthala is the Taluk having highest coast line)

• Corporation having no coast line

                Thrissur (Longest beach in Kerala, Muzhuppilangadu, Kannur)

• Largest pass in Kerala\Western ghat

                Palakkad Gap (Shortest and widest part in Western Ghat. 16 passes in Western ghat)

• River that flows through Palakkad gap

                Bharathapuzha (NH 544 passes through Palakkad gap)

• National highway passes through Aryankavu gap

                NH 744 (NH 85 passes through Bodynayanoor pass)

• Southern most pass in Kerala

                Aralvaimozhi Pass (Wayanad pass in Kozhikode, Nadukani pass in Malappuram)

• Pass situated in Bandhipur National park

                Perambadi Pass

• Perambadi pass connecting

                Kerala-Coorg

• Palakkad gap           : Palakkadu to Coimbatore

• Thamarassery pass  : Kozhikod to Mysore

• Aryankavu pass       : Punalur to Shenkotta

• Periyaghat pass        : Mananthavadi to Mysore

• Paalchuram              : Wayanad to Kannur

• Bodinayikkannor     : Kochi to Theni

• No of rivers in Kerala

                44 (41 west flowing and 3 east flowing rivers)

• No of rivers in Kerala having more than 100 Km

                11 (Minimum 15 Km length needed to consider as river in Kerala)

• Three east flowing rivers in Kerala

                Kabani, Bhavani and Pambar

• Longest river in Kerala

                Periyar-244 Km (Shortest Manjeswaram river 16Km)

• Longest east flowing river in Kerala

                Kabani (Shortest east flowing river is Pambar)

• Northern most river in Kerala

                Manjeswaram (Southern most river Neyyar)

• Which river is known as lifeline of Kerala

                Periyar (River in Kerala which occupy maximum volume water)

• River in Kerala on which maximum number of dams constructed

                Periyar (River in Kerala having most number of tributaries)

• Major tributaries of Periyar

                Mullayar, Muthirappuzha, Cheruthoniyar, Idamalayar, Perinjankutti river etc

• The tributary first joins Periyar is

                Mullayar (Mullappaeriyar constructed at the meeting place of Mullayar and Periyar)

• Three rivers meeting at Munnar

                Muthirappuzha, Nallathanni and Kundala

• Place where Periyar bifurcates into Marthandan puzha and Mangala puzha

                Aluva (Periyar also called as Aluva Puzha)

• Malayattoor, Kaladi, Aluva Adwaithashrama etc are on the banks of

                Periyar

• River which is called as Poorna by Shankaracharyar

                Periyar (Mentioned as Choorni in Arthashasthra)

• Idukki arch dam is in

                Periyar (River occupies maximum number of hydroelectric projects in Kerala)

• Major hydro electric projects in Periyar

                Pallivasal, Panniyar, Chenkulam, Neriyamangalam, Lower Periyar

• Chenkulam project is in

                Muthirappuzha

• The harbour which was distroyed by the flood in Periyar in AD 1341

                Kodungalloor (Great flood of 99 was occured in Periyar in 1924, Malayalam era 1099)

• Second longest river in Kerala

                Bharathappuzha (209 Km)

• River which is called as Nile of Kerala, Ponnani puzha and Nila

                Bharathappuzha

• River which is called as Perar in ancient times

                Bharathappuzha (Pamba known as Baris in ancient times)

• Bharathappuzha Originated from

                Anamalai and ends at Arabian sea

• Major tributaries of Bharathappuzha

                Gayathrippuzha, Kannadippuzha, Kalppathippuzha and Thoothappuzha

• Which river is known as Chittoor puzha

                Kannadippuzha (It meet Bharathapuzha at Parali, Palakkad)

• Thoothapuzha Originated from

                Silent valley (Kunthippuzha is the major tributary)

• Port at the mouth of Bharathappuzha

                Ponnani

• Biggest dam built in Bharathappuzha

                Malampuzha (Thirunavaya located at the banks of Bharathappuzha)

• Who called Bharathappuzha as Shokanashini puzha

                Thunjath Ramanujan Ezhuthachan

• Birthplace of Ezuthachan, Killikkurissimangalam,Kerala Kalamandalam are on the shores of

                Bharathappuzha

• Mini Pamba plan is related to

                Bharathappuzha (Sabarimala pilgrim related rest place)

• Story writer of Nila

                MT Vasudevan Nair (Poet of Nila : P Kunjiraman Nair)

• Periyar                   : Sivagiri hills           : Vembanad Lake

• Pamba                    : Pulichimalai           : Vembanad Lake

• Chaliar                   : Elambalerikkunnu  : Arabian Sea near Beypur

• Chalakkudi river    : Annamalai              : Periyar\Kodungalloor lake\Arabian Sea

• River which flows through teak forest in Nilambur

                Chaliyar (Kunthippuzha through Silent vally)

• River which flows through Attappadi

                Shiruvani (Pambar through Chinnar, Marayoor forests)

• River which flows through Aaralam Wild life santury

                Cheenkanni puzha (Periyar through Thattekkad Bird Sanctury)

• River which originated from Chimmini wild life santury

                Kurumalippuzha

• Third largest river in Kerala

                Pamba (Fourth Largest Chaliyar)

• Which river is known as Life line of Travancore

                Pamba (Kuttanad-Gift of Pamba)

• Central government program to protect Pamba from Pollution

                Pamba Action Plan

• Sabarimala, Cherukolppuzha Hindu Conension, Maramon Convension etc are on the banks of

                Pamba (Perunthenaruvi water falls is in Pamba)

• Aranmula Boat race, Champakkulam boat race, Rajiv Gandhi boat race etc are held in

                Pamba

• Major tributaries of Pamba

                Achankovil, Kakki, Kallar, Manimalayar, Azhuthayar

• Most polluted river in Kerala

                Chaliyar (Least polluted : Kunthippuzha)

• River which is called as Yellow river in Kerala and Moorad puzha

                Kuttiyadi river (Pamba called as Dakshina Bhageerathi)

• River which is called as Kallayi puzha, Beypur Puzha

                Chaliyar (Chandragiri puzha called as Payaswini)

• First public agitation against water and air pollution in Kerala

                Chaliyar Agitation (lead by KA Rahman)

• In Kerala gold deposits are found along the banks of 

                Chaliyar

• Richest river in fish diversity in India

                Chalakkudi River (Fifth largest river in Kerala)

• Highest waterfall in Kerala

                Athirampally, Chalakkudi river (Vazhachal waterfalls also in Chalakkudi)

• Major tributaries of Chalakkudi river

                Parambikulam, Sholayar, Kuriyakkuttiyar, Karappara

• Hydro electric projects in Chalakkudi river

                Peringalkkuth and Sholayar

• Manjeswaram river originated from

                Balapooni hills (Ends in Uppala Lake)

• River which is called as Thalappadi puzha

                Manjeswaram river

• Neyyar originated from

                Agasthya hills (Ends in Arabian sea)

• Tributaries of Neyyar

                Kallar and Karavaliyar
                                                                                 (To be Continued...)

India Facts 12

ഇന്ത്യാ ഫാക്‌ട്സിൽ ഇന്ത്യയിലെ ബാങ്കിങ്, ഇൻഷുറൻസ്, കറൻസി എന്നിവയും കര, നാവിക സേനകളെ കുറിച്ചുള്ള ചോദ്യങ്ങളുമാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ

• Largest banking network in India

                State bank of India (Head Quarters in Mumbai)

• First Malayalee chairman of SBI (Founding chairman)

                John Mathai

• Initial name of SBI

                Imperial bank (Formed in 1921 and nationalized as SBI in 1955)

• Famous poet who appeared in advetisings of SBI 

                Rabindranath Tagore

• Bharathiya Mahila Bank and Five associated banks of SBI including SBT merged with SBI on

                1st April 2017

• First bank merged with SBI

                State bank of Saurashtra in 2008 (Last one was State bank of Indore)

• Indian bank having largest number of branches outside India

                SBI (First Indian bank to start in Israel)

• First financial super market established at

                State bank of Bikanir and Jaipur

• Present chairman of SBI

                Rajnish Kumar (First woman chair person was Arundhathi Bhattacharya)

• First all woman bank in India

                Bharathiya mahila Bank (Established in 2013. Recommended by MBN Rao Committee)

• First Chairman and MD of Bharathiya Mahila Bank

                Usha Anantha Subrahmanyam (Started on Nov 19, Birthday of Indira Gandhi)

• National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) was established in

                12th July 1982 HQ in Mumbai, Recommended by Sivaraman Committee)

• Regional Rural Banks in India was established by the recommendation of

                Narasimham Committe (First bank was in Moradabad, UP. Maximum banks in UP)

• Largest Grameen bank in India

                Kerala Grameen bank (HQ is in Malappuram. Formed in 2013)

• Grameen bank formed by merging North Malabar grameen bank and South Malabar Grameen bank

                Kerala Grameen bank (Sponsor bank is Canara Bank)

• States having no Grameen bank in India

                Sikkim and Goa (Regional Rural banks established in 1975)

• Largest private sector bank in India

                ICICI (Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India)

• First bank started internet facility

                ICICI in 1998(First universal bank in India)

• First bank started mobile banking services

                ICICI (First bank in India listed in Newyork stock exchange)

• Founder of Punjab National bank

                Lala Lajpath Rai in 1894(HQ is in New Delhi)

• First bank started Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS)

                Punjab National Bank

• HQ of EXIM bank and IDBI bank

                Mumbai (EXIM bank is in 1982)

• Union bank of India was inagurated by

                Mahathma Gandhi

• India's first payment bank service started in India by

                Airtel in Rajasthan (Nachiketh Mor Commission recommended payment banks)

• First bank in Kerala

                Nedungadi bank (Started by Appu Nedungadi in 1899. It merged in PNB in 2003)

• First bank got ISO certificate

                Canada Bank (First bank to introduce mutual fund is SBI)

• First bank started credit card

                Central Bank of India (First bank to introduce cheque facility was Bengal Bank)

• First bank started a branch outside India

                Bank of India in London (First bank to introduce saving bank facility is Presidency bank)

• First bank purely managed by an Indian

                Punjab National bank

• First Commercial bank purely managed by an Indian

                Central bank of India

• First Indian bank to produce electronic pass books

                Federal bank (HQ at Aluva)

• Bank started for small scale industrial loans 

                MUDRA bank (Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Ltd)

• First banking robot in India

                Lakshmi (City Union Bank, Chennai)

• First bank in the world to deploy a robot for customer care service

                HDFC

• Paper currency introduced first in India by

                British (Rupee was first minted during the period of Shersha)

• Symbol of Indian currency was adopted on 

                15th July 2010 (Designed by D Udayakumar. Ruppaya means Silver)

• Decimal system of Indian coinage system was introduced in

                1957 (Mahathma gandhi series introduced in 1996)

• Head of sub committee formed to enquire about issues in demonetisation

                N Chandrababu Naidu

• Picture on 5 Rupee note 

                Tractor, Plough

• 10 Rupee note       : Tiger, Elephant, Rhinoceron

• 20 Rupee note       : Mount Harriat, Port Blair

• 50 Rupee note       : Hampi with Charriot (New)

• 50 Rupee note       : Indian Parliament (Old)

• 100 Rupee note     : Himalaya

• 200 Rupee note     : Sanchi Stupa

• 500 Rupee note     : Red Fort

• 2000 Rupee note   : Mangalyan

• No of languages in which value of currency written on a currency note

                17 (First Assamese last Urdu. Malayalam 7th. Nepali is the only foreign language)

• Place in which polymer notes first introduced in Kerala

                Kochi

• First Indian emperors to introduce gold coins

                Kushanas (Oldest coin in Kerala was Rashi)

• Coins of Kochi Kings

                Puthan (Veerarayan Pana by Kozhikkod Zamorines, Anantharaya by Travancore kings)

• Postal and judicial stamps in India issued from

                Indian Security press, Nasik

• Paper for currency issued from

                Security paper mill, Hoshangabad, MP

• Bank notes in India printed at

                Bank note press, Devas, Mysore and Salboni

• Highest denomination coin in India

                1000 Rs in commemmorate 1000 years of Brihadeeshwara Temple

• Pictures portraited on 150 Rupees coin to mark 150 years of Indian Income Tax department

                Lotus, Chanakya and Honey Bee

• First insurance company in India

                Oriental Life Insurance Company

• Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) was formed in

                1956, HQ at Mumbai (Yogakshemam Vahamyaham is the slogan)

• First woman MD of LIC

                Usha Sangwan (Hindustan Insurance Society formed by Surendranath Tagore become LIC)

• Postal and judicial stamps in India issued from

                Indian Security press, Nasik

• First Malayali to become defence minister of India

                V K Krishna Menon (Second Malayali and longest serving : AK Antony)

• First woman to serve as full time defence minister of India

                Nirmala Sitharaman (Firsh woman Indira Gandhi)

• Committee formed to unify Army, Navy and Air forces 

                Integrated defence staff

• First defence park in India was established at

                Ottappalam

• Only contonment in Kerala

                Kannur (Total 62 in India)

• Army day               : January 15

• Air force day          : October 8

• Navy day                : December 4

• Kargil Vijay Divas : July 26

• Vijay Divas            : December 16

• Security day           : March 4

• Defence day           : March 3

• Father of Indian Army

                Major Stringer Lawrence (World second largest standing army after China)

• Highest honorary rank in Indian Army

                Field Marshal (First Indian to get that Sam Manek Sha, Second one KM Cariappa)

• Only try ervice command in India

                Andaman Nicobar Command

• First try ervice academy in the world

                National Defence Academy (Khadakwasla, Pune)

• 6th Largest Navy in the world

                Indian Navy (Shano Varuna is the motto)

• Father of Indian Navy

                Chathrapathi Sivaji

• Biggest officer training institute in Asia

                Ezhimala Naval Academy (Base depo is known as INS Zamorin)

• Ezhimala Naval Academy was inagurated by

                Manmohan Sing (Motto : Vidyaaya Amrutham asnuthe)

• India's biggest ship, aircraft carrier

                INS Vikramaditya (INS Kadamba, biggest naval base, Karnataka)

• First indegenously made battle tank of India

                Vijayantha (First indegenously built nuclear Submarine INS Arihant)

• First indegenously made anti submarine torpido

                Varunasthra (First Indian naval ship to circumnavigate the world INS Tharangany)

• Indian ship which is known as Racing Rhino

                INS Brahmaputhra

• National Institute of Research and Development in Defence ship building (NIRDESH) is at

                Chaliyam, Kozhikkodu

• First warship to install solar power system

                INS Sarvekshak

• INS Arihant commissioned by

                Narendra Modi (Launched by Manmohan Sing)

• First submarine museum in India

                INS Kursura, Vishakhapattanam

• Equivalent rank for Army General in Navy

                Admiral (Air Chief Marshel in Air Force)

• Lieutenant General    : Vice Admiral                : Air Marshal

• Major General           : Rear Admiral                : Air Vice Marshal

• Brigadier                   : Commodore                  : Air Commodore

• Colonel                     : Captain                          : Group Captain

• Lieutenant Colonel   : Commander                   : Wind Commander

• Major                        : Lieutenant Commader   : Squadron Leader

• Captain                     : Lieutenant                      : Flight Lieutenant

• Lieutenant                : Sub Lieutenant               : Flying Officer

                                                                                        (To be Continued...)

India Facts 11

എട്ട് മുതലുള്ള പഞ്ചവത്സര പദ്ധതികൾ, നികുതികൾ, GST, ബാങ്കുകൾ എന്നിവയുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ

• Which five year plan was known as Manmohan Model

                      Eighth (1992-97)

• Major aim of 8th five year plan

                      Human development

• New economic policies are introduced during which five year plan

                      Eighth (Narasimha Rao)

• Targeted growth rate of 8th five year plan

                      5.6% (Actual 6.8%)

• Which five year plan was started during the 50th Indian independence

                      Ninth (1997-2002)

• Main focus of the Ninth plan was

                      Growth with social justice and equlity

• Second nuclear experiment, Kudumbasree etc are during the period of

                      Ninth five year plan (Plan which targeted woman empowerment)

• Which five year plan was known as Popular plan

                      Ninth

• Targeted growth rate of 9th five year plan

                      6.5% (Actual 5.4%)

• Important goals of 10th five year plan (2002-2007)

                      8% GDP, Reduce poverty ratio by 5%, Provide gainful and high quality employment, reduce gender gaps in literacy and wage rates

• Targeted growth rate of 10th five year plan

                      8% (Actual 7.7%)

• Which five year plan was started with the focus of Inclusive growth

                      11th (2007-2012)

• Aadhar project, Aam Admi Bhima Yojana, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana, Rajiv Gandhi Grameen vaidyuthekaran yojana etc are started during the period of

                      11th five year plan

• Which five year plan give priority to environment and forest growth of 5%

                      11th

• Growth rate of 11th five year plan

                      7.9%

• Planned growth rate of 12th five year plan

                      8% (Initially that was 9%)

• Focus of 12th five year plan

                      Inclusive growth by shifting target pf government aid to rural areas

• Indian state having highest number of people under poverty line

                      Uttar Pradesh (Highest percentage is in Chattisgarh)

• Poverty line in India decided as

                      Having food with Calories 2400 in rural and 2100 in Urban areas

• Lakadawala commission, Sresh Tendulkkar Commission, C Rangarajan commission etc are related with

                      Poverty line in India

• The concept of GST was first introduced in parliament by

                      P Chidambaram (2005)

• GST bill passed by parliament in

                      2016 (3rd Aug by Rajya sabha, 8th Aug by Lok Sabha)

• GST mobile app launched by Kerala Government to check dealers authority on GST

                      Kerala GST

• GST Bhavan in Kerala is situated in

                      Thiruvananthapuram

• First state to approve GST bill

                      Assam (15 state approval required for implementation. Odisha was 16th state)

• First chairman of GST committee of state financial ministers

                      K M Mani (Dr Amit Mitra tale charge after Mani)

• Chairman of GST council

                      Union Finance minister (Arun Jaitly was the first chairman)

• Present additional secretary of GST council

                      Arun Goyal

• GST was inagurated by

                      Narendra Modi and Prana Mukharji at Parliament central hall

• Motto of GST

                      One nation, one tax, one market (Amithabh Bachan to promote GST)

• Indirect tax network of Central board of Excise and customs for GST

                      Project SAKSHAM (France was the first country to introduce GST)

• Article dealing with taxes

                      Article 265 (Egypt was the first country to impose taxses)

• Major source of income of central govt

                      Corporate\Corporation tax

• Service tax is levied by

                      Union (Collected by both Union and state)

• Major source of income of state govt

                      Sales tax

• Major taxes levied by local bodies

                      Entertainment tax, Employment tax, Building tax

• City having maximum tax payers in India

                      Kolkata

• Value added tax (VAT) come into force in India on

                      1st April 2005 (Haryana was the first state to introduce VAT- in 2003)

• Value added tax (VAT) firstly introduced in

                      France (In Asia, South Korea)

• VAT implemented throughout India on

                      2nd June 2014 (Income tax implemented on 1st April 1962)

• First Indian state to introduce fat tax

                      Kerala (First country was Denmark)

• First country to introduce Carbon tax

                      New Zealand (Tax imposed on carbon content fuels)

• First country to introduce Salt tax

                      China

• Country having highest tax rate

                      Belgium (In Asia, Japan)

• Raja Chellaiah, Kelkar committee are related with

                      Tax reforms

• Regulator of securities market in India

                      SEBI (Securities and Exchange board of India. Formed in 1988)

• SEBI head quarters is at 

                      Bandra-Kurla complex, Mumbai

• First stock exchange in India\Asia

                      Bombay Stock Exchange (First company registered was DS Prabhudas & Company)

• No of stock exchanges in India

                      23

• National stock exchange (NSE) is located in

                      Mumbai (Nifty is the index. Sensex for BSE)

• First stock exchange in Kerala

                      Cochin stock exchange (1978)

• First Indian company to be listed in NASDAQ (American stock exchange)

                      Infosys (Dow Jones is also US. FTSE is of UK)

• Rate at which banks borrow money from Reserve bank

                      Repo Rate (Reverse repo rate: Rate at which RBI borrows money from banks)

• Amount of fund that a bank has to keep with RBI

                      Cash Reserve Ratio-CRR (Statuatory Liquidity Ratio is the fund bank can maintain)

• First bank in India

                      Bank of Hindustan in 1770 (Bank of Venice was the first bank in the world 1157)

• Oldest and first indegenous bank in India

                      Allahabad Bank in 1865 (Punjab National Bank was first complete indegenous bank)

• First private bank in India

                      City Union Bank

• Headquarters of BRICS new development bank

                      Shanghai, China (KV Kamath was the first president of BRICS)

• Banking transaction done with the help of internet

                      Internet Banking

• Organization constituted to improve the administration of nationalized banks

                      Banks board bureau in 2016 (First chairman was Vinod Rai)

• ATM (Automated Teller Machine) was invented by

                      Donald C Wetcel

• First bank to introduce ATM in India

                      HSBC at Bombay in 1987 (World first floating ATM : SBI in Kochi-Vypin Jankar)

• World highest ATM is located in

                      Khunjerab pass, Pakistan (India's highest at Nathu La Pass in Sikkim bu Axis bank)

• First warship in India with ATM supported by Satellite

                      INS Vikramaditya (SBI)

• First milk ATM in India

                      Anand, Gujarat (First post office saving bank is at Chennai)

• First ATM in Kerala was by

                      British bank of Middle east, Thiruvananthapuram

• No of banks nationalized in 19th July 1969

                      14 (Which having deposits exceeds 50 Crs. Indira Gandhi was the finance minister)

• No of banks nationalized in 15th April 1980

                      6 (Which having deposits exceeds 200 Crs)

• No of nationalized bank in India

                      19 (Indira Gandhi was the PM)

• Central bank of India

                      Reserve Bank of India (Recommended by Hilton Young commission in 1926)

• Reserve bank of India established in

                      1st April 1935 (RBI Act passed in 1934)

• RBI capital moved to Mumbai in

                      1937 (Initially at Kolkata)

• No of banks nationalized in 19th July 1969

                      14 (Which having deposits exceeds 50 Crs)

• RBI Nationalized in

                      1st January 1949 (RBI : Banker's Bank)

• Banking regulation act passed in

                      1949 (Animal in the emblem of RBI, Tiger and Tree is Plam tree)

• Who is issuing currency notes above one rupee

                      RBI (RBI Governor signs over it. Finance secretary signed on One rupee note)

• Present Governor of RBI

                      Urjit Patel (24th. Longest serving governor : Benegal Rama Rao)

• The bank representing India in IMF

                      RBI (Website started to aware about fake note www.paisaboltahai.org)

• First Governor of RBI

                      Sir Osborne Smith (First India : CD Deshmukh)

• Only state which is not under the control of RBI

                      Jammu kashmir (HQ of RBI in Kerala is in Thiruvananthapuram)
                                                                                   (To be Continued...)

India Facts 10

പ്ലാനിംഗ് കമ്മീഷൻ, നീതി ആയോഗ്, ആദ്യ 7 പഞ്ചവത്സര പദ്ധതികൾ എന്നിവയുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ

• Planning commission established on

                  15th March 1950 (Recommended by KC Neogi committee)

• Head quarters of Planning commission

                  Yojana Bhavan, Delhi

• Five year plans in India are formulated by

                  Planning commission (Neither Constitutional nor Statutory body only an Advisory body)

• Supreme organization for planning and economic developments

                  Planning Commission

• Which is called as Super Cabinet, Economic cabinet, Parallel Cabinet, or the fifth wheel of the Coach

                  Planning Commission

• Deputy chairman of the planning commission is appointed by

                  Union Cabinet (Chairman is Prime Minister and in states Chief minister)

• Kerala state planning commission was started in

                  1967 (EMS Namboothirippad was the first chairman)

• First deputy chairman of the Kerala state planning commission

                  MKA Hameed (Gulsarilal Nanda was the first deputy chairman at center)

• Planning commission replaced by NITI Ayog in

                  2014 (National Institution for Transforming India came into effect in 1st January 2015)

• Vice chairman and CEO of NITI Ayog appointed by

                  Prime Minister

• Governing council of NITI Ayog consists of

                  State chief ministers and UT Lieutenant Governors (First meeting held on 8th Feb 2015)

• Minister of state in NITI Ayog 

                  Rao Inderjit Sing (Present vice chairperson : Dr Rajiv Kumar)

• First CEO of NITI Ayog

                  Sindhushree Khuller (First vice chairman : Aravind Panagaria)

• Present CEO of NITI Ayog

                  Amithabh Kanth (Author of the book: Branding India An increduble story)

• Apex body giving final approval to Five year plans

                  National Development Council-NDC (established on 6th August 1952)

• Chairman of NDC

                  Prime Minister (Head Quarters at New Delhi)

• Only five year plan adopted without having concent of NDC

                  First five year plan (1951-56)

• First five year plan give priority to

                  Agricultural development (Known as Harrod Domer Model)

• Architect of preamble of first five year plan in India

                  KN Raj (Malayali participated in first five year plan)

• Community Development Programme, Family planning programme (1952), National extension service (1953) etc are established during which five year plan

                  First five year plan

• University grant commission (1953), Bhakranagal, Hiracud, Damodar Valley etc are established during which five year plan

                  First five year plan

• Targeted growth rate of first five year plan in India

                  2.1% (Actual was 3.6%)

• All India institute of medical science (AIIMS) established in Delhi during which five year plan

                  First five year plan

• Steel plants Durgapur, Bhilai, Rourkala etc are established during which five year plan

                  Second five year plan (1956-61)

• Second five year plan give priority to

                  Industrialization (Known as Mahalanobis Model)

• Aim of second five year plan

                  Reduce unemployment and increase national income

• Targeted growth rate of second five year plan in India

                  4.5% (Actual was 4.27%)

• Green revolution started during which five year plan

                  Third (1961-66. Focused on agriculture and Industries)

• Major aim of third five year plan in India

                  establishment of self reliance and self generating economy

• Targeted growth rate of third five year plan in India

                  5.6% (Actual was 2.4%)

• Reasons for the failures of third year plan in India

                  Chinese aggression (1962) and India-Pak war 1965

• Plan holiday was declared during

                  1966-69

• Which five year plan adopted Gadgil model of startegic growth and stability

                  Fourth (1969-74)

• Principal objectives of fourth year plan in India

                  Growth with Stability and progressive achievements of self reliance

• During which five year plan Indiara Gandhi nationalized 14 banks

                  Fourth (1969)

• Operation flood started during fourth five year plan by

                  National Diary Development board (1970)

• Targeted growth rate of fourth five year plan in India

                  5.7% (Actual was 3.3%. Failure due to Indo-Pak war 1971)

• Fifth five year plan was prepared and developed by

                  D D Dhar

• Main objectives of fifth five year plan

                  Removal of poverty and achievement of self reliance

• Indira Gandhi launched 20 point programme during the period of 

                  Fifth five year plan (1974-79. Garibi Hatavo slogan)

• National highway system introduced and Tourism developed during the period of 

                  Fifth five year plan

• Fifth five year plan was stopped by Janata Government to start which programme

                  Rolling plan (Till 1980)

• Targeted growth rate of fifth five year plan in India

                  4.4% (Actual was 4.8%)

• The concept of Rolling plan was put forwarded by

                  Gunner Myrdal in his book Asian Drama

• Economic liberalisation started during the period of

                  6th Five year plan (1980-85)

• Objective of 6th five year plan in India

                  Elimination of unemployment and poverty

• Targeted growth rate of 6th five year plan in India

                  5.2% (Actual was 5.7%)

• Priority for private sector in comparison to public sector given during the period of

                  7th Five year plan (1985-90)

• Rapid industrial growth through Information Technology was the aim of

                  7th Five year plan

• Targeted growth rate of 6th five year plan in India

                  5% (Actual was 6%)

• Annual plans introduced last time in India during

                  1990-92
                                                                                 (To be Continued...)

India Facts 9

ഇന്ത്യയിലെ വ്യവസായങ്ങൾ, നോട്ട് നിരോധനം, സാമ്പത്തിക ആസൂത്രണത്തിലെ ആദ്യകാല പ്ലാനുകൾ എന്നിവയാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ

• Oldest industry in India

                 Cotton-textile industry

• Largest producer of cotton in India

                 Gujarat

• Port export maximum amount of cotton from India

                 Mumbai (Kandla port export large quantity of textile garments)

• Indian state which has the largest number of cotton mills

                 Maharashtra (Cottonopolis in India-Mumbai)

• Largest producer of Jute in India

                 West Bengal (Golden fibre: Jute)

• Largest jute producing and exporting country in the world

                 India (As per new reports. Bangladesh 2nd)

• Largest producer of wool in India

                 Punjab (Karnataka: Largest for Silk)

• Largest producer of Silk in the world

                 China (India 2nd)

• Manchester in India                    : Ahammadabad

• Manchester in South India         : Coimbatore

• Manchester in North India         : Kanpur

• City of weavers\Textile city       : Panipat

• Sugar bowl of India                    : Uttar Pradesh

• Second largest agro based industry after cotton in India

                 Sugar Industry (Largest sugar producing state : UP)

• Largest producer of paper in India

                 Maharashtra (UP Maximum number of paper mills)

• Largest paper mill in India

                 Bellarpur in Maharashtra

• National news print & paper mills situated in

                 Nepanagar (Madhya Pradesh. First nes paper mill also there)

• Photopaper and films are produced at

                 Udyogamandal, Tamil Nadu

• Largest steel plant in India

                 Bokaro, Jharkhand (First iron and steel industry started at : Porto Novo, 1830)

• Father of Indian industry

                 Jamshedji Tata

• Largest steel plant in private sector

                 Tata Iron and steel company (TISCO, Jharkhand, located on the banks of Suvarnarekha)

• Steel plant located near sea shore

                 Vishakhapattanam Steel Plant, Andhra Pradesh

• Bhilai            : Chattisgarh

• IISCO            : West Bengal

• Dhitri             : Paradwip, Odisha

• Vijaya Nagar  : Karnataka

• Visweswarayya iron and Steel works is located on the banks of

                 Bhadravati river, Karnataka

• Authority controls all steel plants under public sector in India

                 Steel Authority of India (SAIL)

• Steel plant constructed with support of Germany

                 Rourkala, Odisha

• Bhilai, Vishakhapattanam     : Russia

• Durgapur, West Bengal         : Britain

• Second largest metallurgical industry of India

                 Aluminium

• Largest Aluminium plant in India

                 NALCO, Odisha

• India's biggest ship building yard

                 Cochin shipyard (Started in 1972. India's modernised ship building yard)

• India's first ISO 9001 ship building yard

                 Hindustan shipyard, Vishakhapattanam (First one in India 1948)

• Garden Reach Workshop       : Cochin

• Mazagon Dock (Naval Ship) : Mumbai

• Hoogly dock                          : Kolkatta

• Goa shipyard                         : Vascodagama

• India's position among world countries in ship building

                 Second

• Chittaranjan locomotive works and diesel locomotiveworks are located at

                 Chittaranjan, West Bengal

• Country associated with Integral coach factory at Perambur, Tamil Nadu

                 Switzerland

• Electric locomotive for Indian railway was developed by

                 BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd)

• Maximum number of fertilizer plants are in the state of

                 Gujarat

• Who is known as father of Indian Chemical Industry

                 P C Ray

• Largest producers of cement in India

                 Madhyapradesh, Chattisgarh (First started in Chennai)

• Central leather research Institute is at

                 Chennai (First leather tanning center is in Kanpur)

• Largest producer of glass in India

                 Firozabad, Agra, UP (Silika is the raw material)

• Special economic zones in India announced as part of

                 Export import (EXIM) policy of India

• India's first SEZ free trade zone

                 Kandla, Gujarat, 1965

• Union government announced demonetisation of 500 and 1000 notes on

                 8th November 2016 (came in to effect on 9th November)

• Presently largest circulating currency

                 2000 (Picture in that is of Mangalyan)

• RBI governor who signed on new 50, 200, 500 and 2000 notes

                 Urjit Patel

• National level scheme mentioned in the new 50, 200, 500 and 2000 notes

                 Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

• No of times demonetisation happened in India

                 Three times (Firstly in 1946 Second in 1978)

• TV Channel started by central govt to educate people about cashless payments

                 Digishala (Started on 9th November 2016)

• Mobile application started by central govt to enable cashless payments

                 BHIM- Bharat Interface for Money

• Toll free number started for cashless payment help and support

                 14444

• Picture on new 500 note : Red Fort

• Picture on new 200 note : Sanchi Stupa

• Picture on new 50 note   : Humpi and Chariot

• National planning committee was set up in 

                 1938 (Jawaharlal Nehru was the Chairman, 15 members)

• Father of Indian Planning and Indian Engineering

                 M Visweshwarayya (His birthday September 15 observed as Engineer's day)

• Author of the book Planned economy for India

                 M Visweshwarayya

• Economic plan introduced by leading industrialists in Bombay in 1944

                 Bombay Plan (Malayalee John Mathai was a member)

• Gandhian plan putforwarded by

                 Narayan Agarwal (Term Gandhian economics was coined by JC Kumarappa)

• Peoples plan formulated by

                 M N Roy in 1945

• Sarvodaya plan formulated by

                 Jayaprakash Narayanan in 1950

• The propounder of Hindu rate of growth

                 Raj Krishna
                                                                             (To be Continued...)

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ഇന്ത്യയിലെ വൈദ്യുത നിലയങ്ങൾ, ആണവ നിലയങ്ങൾ, പാരമ്പര്യേതര ഊർജ്ജ സ്രോതസ്സുകൾ എന്നിവയുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ

• First Hydropower station in India

                   Sivasamudram (Kaveri river)

• Conventional energy sources in India

                   Hydropower, Thermal power, Nuclear power

• Non Conventional energy sources in India

                   Sun, Wind, Tides, Geysers, Biogas

• State which reached top in World bank's Energy Saving ranking

                   Andhra Pradesh

• First dam built as part of Damodar valley project

                   Thilayya Dam (Barakkar river)

• Largest multi purpose project in India

                   Bhakra Nangal (First one Damodar valley in 1948)

• Longest dam in India

                   Hiracud in Mahanadi, Odisha (Highest: Tehri in Bhageerathi, Uttarakhand)

• Project constructed with the model of Tennessee Valley project in USA

                   Damodar Valley

• Stae which started "Lakshya Bhageerathi" project to complete the constructions of pending irrigation projects

                   Chattisgarh

• Largest hydroelectric power generation installation India

                   Tehri dam (7th highest in the world)

• Second highest dam in India

                   Bhakra Nangal, Sutlej (Lake formed by Bhakra dam is Govind Sagar)

• Largest concrete dam in India

                   Sardar Sarovar, Narmada (Inagurated in 2017 September 17 by Narendra Modi)

• Foundation stone for Sardar Sarovar dam was laid out by

                   Jawaharlal Nehru in 1961

• Nagarjunasagar Dam       : Krishna

• Omkareswara Dam          : Narmada

• Baghligar Dam                : Chenab, Jammu Kashmir

• Uri Project                       : Jhelum

• Kakkrappara Dam           : Tapti, Gujarat

• Pochampad Project          : Godavari

• Ranjit Sagar Dam            : Ravi (Also known as Thein Dam)

• Maharana Prathap Dam   : Beas, Himachal Pradesh (Also known as Pong dam)

• Largest and tallest masonary dam in India

                   Nagarjuna Sagar

• Oldest dam in India, Grant dam or Kallanai dam built by

                   Karikala Chola

• Largest irrigation project in India

                   Indira Gandhi Canal (Rajasthan Canal was the oldest name)

• River brings water to Indira Gandhi Canal

                   Sutlej

• Govt of India scheme to meet the irrigation needs of farmers

                   Pradhan Manthri Krishi Seenchayi Yojana

• Proposed gas line project in Varanasi

                   Oorjja Ganga

• Major source of electricity in India

                   Thermal Energy

• India's largest thermal power plant company

                   NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation)

• NTPC established in

                   1975 (Head quarters New Delhi)

• India's first thermal power plant

                   Neyveli thermal power plant (Collaborate with Russia)

• State which produce highest quantity of Thermal power

                   Maharashtra

• Thermal Power plant which produces highest amount of energy in one day

                   Thalchar, Odisha

• Largest thermal power plant being built in India

                   Pathadru Vidyuth Uthpadan Nigam Limited, Jharkhand

• Kakatiya thermal power plant is in

                   Telangana

• State with highest number of nuclear power plants

                   Tamil Nadu

• State which produce highest quantity of Thermal power

                   Maharashtra

• Indian Atomic Energy Commission was established in 

                   10th August 1948 (HJ Bhabha was the first chairman)

• Largest Atomic Reserch center in India

                   Bhabha Atomic Research center (BARC) at Trombay, Maharashtra

• BARC was established in 

                   3rd January 1954 (First director was HJ Bhabha)

• First Atomic reactor in India 

                   Apsara (First Atomic Power station Tharapur, Maharashtra)

• First Fast breeder reactor in India 

                   Kamini at Kalpakkam

• In India who is the controlling agency of Atomic power stations

                   Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (formed in 1987)

• Energy source which comes under Brown Energy

                   Nuclear Reactors

• Indira Gandhi centre for Atomic research is in

                   Kalpakkam 1971

• Country associated with Kudamkulam Project 

                   Russia

• Country associated with Jaithapur Atomic Power Station in Maharashtra

                   France

• Proposed Kowada Nuclear Project is in

                   Andhra Pradesh

• Largest producer and consumer of nuclear power in India

                   Maharashtra

• Kaiga Atomic station is in

                   Karnataka

• India's first nuclear test explosition took place at

                   Pokhran

• Kakrappara Atomic Station   : Gujarat

• Kalooakkam Atomic Station : Tamilnadu

• Narora Atomic Station          : Uttarpradesh

• Kota Atomic Station             : Rajasthan

• Rawatbhata Atomic Station  : Rajasthan

• Tarapur Atomic Station         : Maharashtra

• India's first nuclear test explosition took place at

                   Pokhran, Rajasthan (1974 May 15. Indira Gandhi was the Prime minister)

• Koodamkulam nuclear power station is located in

                   Tirunelveli district of Tamilnadu (Two reactors of 2000 MW capacity)

• Koodamkulam project was signed by

                   Rajiv Gandhi and Mikhail Gorbachev on 20th November 1988 (Construction started in 1997)

• Protest against Koodamkulam project was lead by

                   S P Udayakumar

• Fuel used in Koodamkulam project

                   Enriched Uranium (Uranium 235)

• India's largest wind power producer

                   Tamilnadu (Muppandal Perungudi in Tamil Nadu is the largest wind farm in India)

• First commissioned Geo thermal (from hot springs of the Earth) plant in India

                   Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh

• World's first solar airport 

                   Kochi international airport

• World's largest solar power plant is located in

                   Tamil Nadu

• India's largest solar power plant made up of indegenously developed solar cells is located in

                   Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh

• First institute in India which completely work on Solar Power

                   Sri Aurbindo International Center of Education, Puthucheri
                                                                                                               (To be Continued...)

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നാഷണൽ പാർക്കുകൾ, ബയോസ്ഫിയർ റിസർവ്വുകൾ, ടൈഗർ റിസർവ്വുകൾ, ഇന്ത്യയുടെ ധാതുസമ്പത്ത് എന്നിവയുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ

• No of national parks in India

                 103

• First national park in India

                 Jim Corbet National Park, Uttarakhand (1936. Old name Hailey National Park)

• First marine wildlife sanctury in India

                 Gulf of Kutch marine park

• Gahirmatha marine marine wildlife sanctury is in

                 Odisha (Famous for Olive Ridley sea turtle nesting)

• Malvan marine sanctury                           : Maharashtra

• Mahathma Gandhi marine National park : Andaman

• National park famous for one horned Indian Rhinoceros

                 Kasiranga National Park, Assam

• National park which is known as Mini Kasiranga

                 Orang National park (Gir national park for lions)

• National park famous for Bengal tigers

                 Manas (Situated in the border of India and Bhutan)

• National park mentioned in Jungle book

                 Kanha national park

• The tiger reserve famous for white tigers

                 Nandankanan tiger reserve (Odisha)

• National park located near Kaiga power plant in Karnataka

                 Anshi National Park

• Which sanctury is known as Kasi of Birds

                 Ranganthittu bird sanctury

• First biosphere reserve in India

                 Nilgiri (First biological park in India is Agasthyarkoodam)

• First planned ecotourism destination in India

                 Thenmala

• State with largest number of national parks

                 Madhya Pradesh (Union territory is Andaman Nicobar)

• First butterfly park in India

                 Bannerghatta (First butterfly safari park in India is Thenmala)

• National park which is on the shores of river Ken

                 Panna

• National park which is Known as crown of Vidarbha

                 Tadoba National Park, Maharashtra

• Wild life sanctury which has the highest Rhino population in the world

                 Pobitora wildlife sanctury, Assam (Indian Rhino vision 2020 project by India and WWE)

• Largest national park in Tamil Nadu

                 Indira Gandhi wildlife sanctury and National park

• First mixed site in India to be listed in UNESCO's world heritage site

                 Kanchanjanga National Park, Sikkim

• No of national parks of India in World heritage list

                 7 (Kasiranga, Manas (Assam), Nandadevi (UP), Valley of flowers (Uttarakhand), Keoladeo (Rajasthan), Sunderban (WB), Great Himalayan National Park (HP)

• National park lies at the meeting place of Kerala, Tamilnadu and Karnataka

                 Mudumalai

• Red Panda project declared in 1996 at

                 Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park

• Floating national park in India

                 Keibum Lamjavo (Manipur, Loktak lake)

• Largest wildlife sanctury in India

                 Great Indian Bustard, Maharashtra

• Largest national park in India

                 Hemis national Park, Jammu Kashmir

• Largest tiger reserve in India

                 Nagarjuna Sagar- Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh

• Smallest tiger reserve in India

                 Bor tiger reserve, Maharashtra

• Largest Tulip garden in Asia

                 Indira Gandhi memorial tulip garden, J & K

• Rajiv Gandhi national park is at

                 Kodagu, Karnataka (Rajiv Gandhi Zoological park is in Pune)

• Indira Gandhi national park is at

                 Tirupur, Tamil Nadu (Indira Gandhi Zoological park is in Vishakapattanam)

• Wildlife institute of India is at\Forest survey is established in 1981 at

                 Dehradun

• Wildlife week is observed in the first week of

                 October

• Salim Ali institute of Ornithology and natural history is at

                 Coimbatore

• Project tiger was started at

                 Jim Corbet National Park (Chairman: Central minister of environment and forests)

• No of tiger reserves in India

                 50 (50th Kamlang of Arunachal Pradesh. 49th Orang of Assam)

• Head quarters of Wildlife crime control beauro

                 New Delhi (Started in 2007)

• National board for wildlife constituted in 2003 as 

                 Statutory body

• Valmiki Tiger reserve                : Bihar

• Indravati Tiger reserve              : Chattisgarh

• Bandhipur Tiger reserve            : Karnataka

• Amrabad, Kawal                        : Telungana

• Melghat, Bor, Tadoba-Andhari  : Maharashtra

• Ratambor, Sariska                      : Rajasthan

• Corbet, Rajaji                             : Uttarakhand

• Buxa Tiger reserve                     : West bengal

• State having largest population of Olive Ridley sea turtles in India

                 Odisha

• First national park in the world

                 Yellow stone national park, USA (World largest Northeast Greenland national park)

• India's biggest wildlife rescue center

                 Gorewada zoo and wildlife research center, Nagpur

• Largest biosphere reserve in India

                 Gyan Bharathi in Gujarat (Smallest one: Dibru Saikhowa of Assam)

• No of biosphere reserves in India

                 18 (10 of this are part of world network of biosphere reserve based on UNESCO)

• Last formed biosphere reserve in India

                 Panna of Madhya Pradesh (2011)

• Sheshachalam hills biosphere reserve     : Andhra Pradesh

• Cold desert biosphere reserve                  : Himachal Pradesh

• Simlipal biosphere reserve                       : Odesha

• Nokrek biosphere reserve                         : Mekhalaya

• Man and Biosphere (MAB) programme was launched by UNESCO in

                 1971

• The state known as mineral state of India

                 Jharkhand (Richest mineral belt : Chotanagpur Plateau)

• Steel capital of India   : Jamshedpur

• Pittsburg of the east    : Jamshedpur

• Ruhr of India              : Damodar Valley

• Largest producer of gold in India

                 Karnataka (Kolar, Hutti, and Ram giri in Andhra Pradesh are the gold mines)

• Iron Ore              : Odisha

• Manganese         : Odisha

• Bauxite, Nickel  : Odisha

• Copper                : Madhya Pradesh

• Diamond             : Madhya Pradesh (Panna)

• Silver, Zinc         : Rajasthan (Zawar mines for Silver)

• Galena, Gypsum : Rajasthan

• Uranium, Coal    : Rajasthan

• Monosite             : Keralam

• Ilmenite               : Andhra Pradesh

• Lignite                : Tamilnadu

• Largest coal field in India

                 Jharia, Jharkhand (Oldest : Raniganj, West Bengal)

• Largest producer and exporter of Mica in the world

                 India (Mica is main raw material in electrical industry)

• Largest copper mine in India

                 Khetri, Rajasthan

• Largest Iron Ore mine in India

                 Bailadila, Chattisgarh

• First Indian state which conduct e-auction of mines

                 Chattisgarh

• Main raw material used in cement industry

                 Limestone

• First stage of coal formation

                 Peat (India is third largest producer of coal)

• Coal with highest carbon content

                 Anthracite (Lignite is known as Brown coal)

• First private sector refinary of India

                 Guwahati refinary

• Which oil field was known as "fountain of prosperity" by Jawaharlal Nehru

                 Ankleshwar Oil field

• Largest oil refinary of India

                 Jamnagar refinary

• India's largest oil and gas exploration and production company

                 Oil and Natural gas corporation Ltd (ONGC, Head quarters Tel Bhavan Dehradun)

• Largest oil field inIndia

                 Mumbai High (Largest natural gas reserve in India)

• Oldest oil well of India

                 Digboi, Assam

• First Uranium deposit to be discovered in India

                 Jaduguda, Jharkhand
                                                                                 (To be Continued...)