Physics 6

ഭൗതികശാസ്ത്രത്തിലേക്ക് തിരികെ വരുമ്പോൾ ശബ്ദവുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ

• Study of Sound

                Acoustics

• Sound waves cant travel through

                Vacuum

• Sound waves are 

                Longitudinal

• Sound travels faster in

                Solids

• Sound travels slower in

                Gases

• Solid medium in which speed of Sound is maximum

                Steel

• Hearing capacity of human

                20 to 20,000 Hz

• Speed of Sound in air

                340 m\s

• Speed of Sound in water

                1453 m\s

• As the density of medium increases, speed of Sound

                Increases

• As the temperature of medium increases, speed of Sound

                Increases

• Properties of Sound

                Pitch, Loudness, Timbre (Quality)

• Shrillness of Sound is known as

                Pitch

• Intensity of Sound is identified as 

                Loudness

• Unit of frequency of Sound

                Hertz (Hz)

• Unit of Intensity of Sound

                Decibel (db)

• Unit of Sound Pollution

                Decibel

• Normal unit of measuring Pollution

                Parts per million (ppm)

• Normal Sound level

                60-120 db

• Intensity of human sound

                60-65 db

• Sound level causing damage to human ears

                Above120 db

• Sound allowed in hospital areas at night

                About 40 db

• Sound allowed in residential areas

                50 db in day 40 db at night

• Organ in human beings which helps to produce Sound

                Larynx

• Sound is produced due to

                Vibration

• Phenomenon of sound to obstructed by a hard surface and send back to source is called

                Reflection of Sound

• Echo and Reverberation are due to

                Reflection of sound

• A vibrating system or external force drives another system to oscilate with greater amplitude at a specific freaquency is known as

                Resonance

• Persistence of sound as a result of multiple reflection is known as

                Reverberation

• Phenomenon of hearing a sound reflection after hearing the original sound is 

                Echo

• Minimum sound required for the production of Echo

                17 Meter

• Phenomenon of sound which used in Stethoscope

                Reflection of sound

• Phenomenon of sound which used in SONAR

                Echolocation

• Sound waves used in SONAR

                Ultrasonic Sound

• SONAR stands for

                Echolocation

• Devices used to measure the depth of the sea

                Echo Sounder (SONAR), Fathometer

• Unit of measuring the depth of the sea

                Fathom (1 Fathom= 6 Feet=1.82 metre)

• Devices used to get the picture of the objects at the bottom of the sea

                SONAR

• Whistle used for calling dogs

                Galton whistle

• Devices used in the studies of sound

                Sonometer

• Device used for recording sound under water

                Hydrophone

• Term used to denote the speed lower than the speed of sound

                Subsonic

• Term used to denote 2 times the speed of sound

                Supersonic

• Term used to denote 5 times the speed of sound

                Hypersonic

• Sound waves produced by Elephants and Whales for communication

                Infrasonic

• Sound waves produced by Bats and Dolphin

                Ultrasonic

• Sound waves used in Ultrasound scanning

                Ultrasonic

• Sound lower than 20 Hz

                Infrasonic

• Sound higher than 20,000 Hz

                Ultrasonic
                                                                                (To be Continued...)

Indian Constitution 25

പാർലമെൻറ്ൻറെ ചില സവിശേഷതകൾ, ബജറ്റ് എന്നിവയെ കുറിച്ചുള്ള ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ

• Situation in which no political party has an absolute majority after the election

                    Hung Parliament

• Official of a political party whose responsibility is to ensure discipline in a legislature

                    Whip

• If a legilative member of a political party disobey the Whip issued, he will disqualified under

                    Anti Defection Law

• The procedure of debating over a proposed piece of legislation in order to delay or prevent the decision being made on that

                    Filibuster

• Process of manipulating the boundaries of an electral constituency in favor of the ruling party

                    Gerry Mandering

• Process of terminating the sitting of Parliament is called 

                    Adjournment

• Adjournment is done by

                    Presiding officer of the house

• Process of terminating the sitting of the house for an indefinite period is called 

                    Adjournment sine die

• Process of terminating the session of Parliament is called 

                    Prorogation

• Prorogation is done by

                    The President

• In case of Prorogation

                    Does not affect pending bills, all notices lapses

• Process of ending the life of a house by the President is called 

                    Dissoluton

• Dissolution is applicable only for

                    Lok Sabha

• All businesses including bills, committees will lapses in case of

                    Dissoluton

• Period between the prorogation and reassembly is called as 

                    Recess

• Members of the existing Lok Sabha who could not get re-elected to the new Lok Sabha

                   Lame ducks

• Article dealing with Budget

                    Article 112

• The word Budget s derived from

                    French word Bougette means a small bag

• The term used for indicating Budget in constitution

                    Annual Financial Statement

• Estimate of all anticipated receipts and expenditure of the coming year is called

                    Budget

• Financial year in India

                    From 1st April to 31st March

• Budget laid before the Parliament in the name of

                    President

• Railway Budget separated from General budget in

                    1924

• Railway Budget separated from General budget by the recommendation of

                    Acworth Committee

• First Budget of free India was presented by

                    RK Shanmugham Chetty

• First Budget of free India was presented on

                    26th November 1947

• Maximum number of Budgets presented after Morarji Desai by

                    P Chidambaram (9 budgets)

• Maximum number of Budgets on a raw presented by

                    CD Deshmugh (7 budgets)

• Decision to merge Railway budget with general Budget was taken on

                    21 September 2016

• Single Budget after the merging of railway budget was presented on

                    1st February 2017

• First finance minister to present Budget on February 1

                    Arun Jaitly

• The word Interim Budget was first used by

                    RK Shanmukham Chetty

• First finance minister to present an Interim Budget was

                    CD Deshmukh

• Annual budget of states undergoing presidential election will be presented at

                    Parliament

• Which part of the Budget is dealing with taxation policy

                    Second part

• The voting on demands for grants is the exclusive privilage of

                    Lok Sabha

• Number of demands in General Budget

                    109 (103 for civil and 6 for defence)

• Number of demands in Railway Budget

                    32

• Types of Budgets are

                    Line Item budget, performance budget, programme budget and zero based budget

• Which are the heads consists in Budget

                    Consolidated fund, Contingency Fund, Public account of India

• Article dealing with Consolidated fund

                    Article 266

• Article dealing with Contingency fund

                    Article 267

• Article dealing with Public Account of India

                    Article 266 (2)

• All the revenues collected, loans raised and the income generated by Govt of India kept under

                    Consolidated fund

• Fund reserved for emergencies and unexpected economic crises

                    Contingency fund
                                                                                                  (To be Continued...)

Indian Constitution 24

പാർലമെന്റിലെ ബില്ലുകൾ, മണി ബിൽ, പാർലമെൻറ് സെഷനുകൾ എന്നിവയാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ

• Most important function of Parliament is

                   Law making

• The legislative procedure is initiated in the form of a 

                   Bill

• A bill in Parliament become a law when

                   Passed by both the houses and assented to by the President

• Bills are classified as

                   Ordinary bills, Money bills, Financial bills, Constitutional amendment bills

• Bills which can be recommended only with the recommendation of the President are known as

                   Government bills

• All bills other than Money bill, Financial bill and constitution amendment bill are classified as

                   Ordinary bills

• Ordinary bills can be introduced in

                   Either house of the Parliament

• How many readings are there for an Ordinary bill in Parliament

                   Three readings

• Article dealing with the Joint sitting of Parliament

                   Article 108

• Situations to call for the Joint sitting of Parliament

                   Disagreement between the two houses, Or the second house not taking decision on a bill for Six months

• Who is responsible to summon the Joint sitting of Parliament

                   President

• In the absence of Lok Sabha Speaker who will preside the Joint sitting of Parliament

                   Deputy Speaker

• In the absence of Speaker and Deputy Speaker, who will preside the Joint sitting of Parliament

                   Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha

• First President to summon the Joint sitting of Parliament

                   Dr Rajendra Prasad

• First Speaker to preside over the Joint sitting of Parliament

                   MA Ayyankar

• Majority required to pass a bill in the Joint sitting of Parliament

                   Simple Majority

• Which are the bills that cannot be passed in the Joint sitting of Parliament

                   Money Bill and Constitutional amendment bills

• How many times the Joint sitting of Parliament happened

                   Three times

• First Joint sitting of Parliament was for

                   Dowry Prohibition Bill 1961

• Second Joint sitting of Parliament was for

                   Banking Service Commission Bill 1978

• Third and final Joint sitting of Parliament was for

                   POTA Bill 2002 (Prevention of Terrorism Act)

• Article dealing with Money bill

                   Article 110

• What kind of bills are considered as Money bill

                   Bill dealing with the imposition, abolition, remission, alteration or regulation of any tax, regulating the borrowing power of states or matters related to consolidated fund and Contigency fund

• To introduce a Money bill in Parliament prior recommendation from whom is needed

                   President

• Rajya Sabha should return a Money bill within 

                   14 Days

• Executive authority of Money bill

                   Lok Sabha

• The President cannot return 

                   Money Bills

• Money bill can be introduced only in

                   Lok Sabha

• Best Parliamentarian award is given by

                   Indian Parliamentary Group

• First member to receive Best Parliamentarian award

                   Indrajith Gupta

• Which is called as First estate

                   Legislature

• Which is called as Second estate

                   Executive

• Which is called as Third estate

                   Judiciary

• Which is called as Fourth estate

                   Press

• Land Acquisition Act came into effect on

                   2014 January 1

• How many sessions are in Parliament

                   Three

• Budget session of the Parliament

                   February to March

• Monsoon session of the Parliament

                   July to September

• Winter session of the Parliament

                   November to December

• Maximum time gap between two sessions of the Parliament

                   Six Months

• Parliament must meet how many times in an year

                   Twice

• Vote by speaker in case of a tie

                   Casting vote

• Kerala Speaker who did maximum number of casting votes

                   AC Jose (8 Times)

• If no party can get a clear majority after the election, government formed by two or more parties together is called

                   Coalition Government
                                                                                                (To be Continued...)

Indian Constitution 23

ലോക്‌സഭാ സ്‌പീക്കർ, ഡെപ്യൂട്ടി സ്‌പീക്കർ, പ്രൊ ടെം സ്പീക്കർ എന്നിവരെ കുറിച്ചുള്ള ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ

• Longest duration as the Speaker of Lok Sabha

                       Balram Jhaker

• Shortest duration as the Speaker of Lok Sabha

                       Baliram Bhagat

• Who is certifying a bill as Money bill or not

                       Lok Sabha Speaker

• Presiding officer for the joint sitting of both the houses of Parliament

                       Lok Sabha Speaker

• First Lok Sabha speaker to complete his tenure

                       MA Ayyankar

• Who is deciding the disqualification of a member of Lok Sabha under Anti Defection Law

                       Lok Sabha Speaker

• First Lok Sabha speaker who died in harness

                       GV Mavlankar

• Second Lok Sabha speaker who died in harness (In Plane crash)

                       GMC Balayogi

• The date of election of Lok Sabha speaker is decided by

                       The President

• The date of election of Deputy speaker is decided by

                       The Speaker

• In the absence of Lok Sabha speaker who is presides over the functions of Lok Sabha

                       Deputy Speaker

• The speaker of 16th Lok Sabha

                       Sumitra Mahajan

• Second woman speaker of Lok Sabha

                       Sumitra Mahajan

• First BJP member to become speaker of Lok Sabha

                       Sumitra Mahajan

• Longest serving woman as a Lok Sabha member

                       Sumitra Mahajan (8 times)

• Constituency represented by Sumitra Mahajan in 16th Lok Sabha

                       Indore, Madhya Pradesh

• Sumitra Mahajan was born in

                       Chiplun Village, Ratnagiri District, Maharashtra

• First woman speaker of Lok Sabha

                       Meira Kumar (15th Lok Sabha)

• First Communist to become Lok Sabha speaker

                       Somanatha Chatterjee

• First local political party leader to become Lok Sabha speaker

                       GMC Balayogi

• Which are known as Trinity in Parliamentary System

                       Legislature, Executive and Judiciary

• Lok Sabha speaker gives resignation letter to

                       Deputy Speaker

• Deputy speaker gives resignation letter to

                       Speaker

• Majority required to remove Speaker or Deputy Speaker from the office

                       Majority of the all the then members of Lok Sabha

• When a resolution for the removal of Speaker is under consideration he can

                       Vote in first instance but not a casting vote

• Deputy Speaker of 16th Lok Sabha

                       M Thambi Durai

• Only person to get selected as Deputy Speaker twice

                       M Thambi Durai

• Anti Defection law passed by the Parliament in

                       1985

• Article dealing with Anti Defection law

                       Article 102

• Constitution amendment dealing with Anti Defection law

                       52nd Amendment

• For Anti Defection law which schedule added to the constitution

                       10th Schedule

• Who is deciding the disqualification of a member of Rajya Sabha under Anti Defection Law

                       Rajya Sabha Chairman

• First person to disqualify from Parliament under Anti Defection Law

                       Lalduhoma (Mizoram, Lok Sabha)

• First person to disqualify from Rajya Sabha under Anti Defection Law

                       Muhammad Seyd

• First person to disqualify from Kerala Assembly under Anti Defection Law

                       Balakrishna Pilla

• Resignation of a member from Rajya Sabha is given to

                       Chairman

• Resignation of a member from Lok Sabha is given to

                       Speaker

• Minimum number of members required to be present in the house to transact its business

                       Quorum

• Quorum required for Grama Sabha

                       1/10th

• Article dealing with the Quorum of Parliament

                       Article 100

• Quorum required for Parliament

                       1/10th of the total no of members in each house including presiding officer

• Quorum required for States

                       1/10th or 10 (Which one is greater)

• Quorum required for Public Accounts Committee

                       4 members

• If there is no Quorum during a meeting, the presiding officer can

                       Either adjourn the house or Suspend the meeting

• Pro-term speaker of 16th Lok Sabha

                       Kamal Nath

• Who is appointing the Pro-term speaker

                       President

• The Oath of office to the Pro-term speaker is administrated by

                       President

• Who is presiding over the first meeting of newly elected Lok Sabha

                       Pro term speaker

• Who is responsible for the administration of oath of new members elected Lok Sabha

                       Pro term speaker

• Who is conducting the election of new speaker

                       Pro term speaker
                                                                                   (To be Continued...)

Indian Constitution 22

ലോക്സഭയെ കുറിച്ചുള്ള ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിലുള്ളത്

• Lok Sabha Constituted under which article

                   Article 81

• Hindi name of Lok Sabha was adopted on

                   14th May 1954

• Color of carpet in Lok Sabha

                   Green

• Seats in Lok Sabha arranged in which shape

                   Horseshoe

• Maximum strength of Lok Sabha fixed at

                   552 (530 from states 29 from Union Territories)

• No of nominated seats in Lok Sabha

                   Two

• Current strength of Lok Sabha shall be continued up to

                   2026

• Present no of seats in Lok Sabha

                   545

• Lok Sabha member will loss his membership if he didn't took part in the session continuously for

                   60 Days

• Longest Lok Sabha

                   5th Lok Sabha (1971-77, 5 Years 10 months and 6 days)

• Shortest Lok Sabha

                   12th Lok Sabha (1998-99, 1 Year 1 month and 4 days)

• The president who dissolve the shortest Lok Sabha

                   KR Narayanan

• 16th Lok Sabha was formed in

                   May 2014

• Maximum members to Lok Sabha from

                   UP (80)

• No of Lok Sabha members from Kerala

                   20

• Who is known as the father of Lok Sabha

                   GA Mavlankar

• First speaker of Lok Sabha

                   GA Mavlankar

• First Deputy speaker of Lok Sabha

                   MA Ayyankar

• First secretary general of Lok Sabha

                   MN Kaul

• Seating position of ruling party in Lok Sabha

                   Right side of the Speaker

• Seating position of opposition party in Lok Sabha

                   Left side of the Speaker

• First Malayalee to be nominated to the Lok Sabha

                   Charles Dias

• First Malayalee to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha

                   Sardar KM Panicker

• The states which have only one member each in the Lok Sabha

                   Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim

• Tenure of Rajya Sabha Member

                   6 Years

• Tenure of Lok Sabha Member

                   5 Years

• Tenure of Lok Sabha 

                   5 Years

• Tenure of Rajya Sabha 

                   No fixed tenure

• Lok Sabha having most no of women representation

                   16th Lok Sabha (66 members)

• Money bill can be introduced only in

                   Lok Sabha

• No Confidence motion can be introduced and passed only in

                   Lok Sabha

• Council of ministers collectively responsible to the 

                   Lok Sabha

• A resolution to discontinue a National emergency can be passed only by

                   Lok Sabha

• First woman Lok Sabha Member from Kerala

                   Annie Mascarene

• Woman representative of Kerala in 16th Sabha Member

                   PK Sreemathy

• First woman Rajya Sabha Member from Kerala

                   Lakshmi N Menon

• First woman to be nominated to the Lok Sabha

                   Mojorio Godfrey

• First woman to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha

                   Rukmini Devi Arundale

• First film actress to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha

                   Nargis Dutt

• First poet to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha

                   Maithili Sharan Gupta

• Longest serving Lok Sabha member

                   Indrajith Gupta (11 times)

• Longest serving Rajya Sabha member

                   Najam Heptulla (6 times)

• Presiding officer of Lok Sabha

                   Lok Sabha Speaker

• Lok Sabha speaker can continue in his position untill

                   After the Lok Sabha dissolution and till new elected Lok Sabha constituted

• Who have the responsibility to uphold the dignity and privileges of Lok Sabha

                   Lok Sabha Speaker
                                                                                  (To be Continued...)

Indian Constitution 21

രാജ്യസഭ, രാജ്യസഭാ അദ്ധ്യക്ഷന്മാർ, ഉപാദ്ധ്യക്ഷർ എന്നിവരെ കുറിക്കുന്ന ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ

• Which Parliament is known as "Mother of Parliaments"

                    British Parliament

• The oldest Parliament in the world

                    Althing (Iceland)

• The largest legislative assembly building in the World

                    National Peoples Congress (China)

• Currency note which inscribe the image of Indian Parliament

                    Old Rs. 50 note

• Under which Article, Press do not have the right to publish reports of secret sessions of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies

                    Article 361A

• Lengthiest Act passed by Indian Parliament

                    Companies Act 1956

• Article preventing the interference of Judiciary in Parliament proceedings

                    Article 122

• Rajya Sabha was constructed on

                    3rd April 1952

• Lok Sabha was constructed on

                    17th April 1952

• First meeting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha was on

                    13th May 1952

• Rajya Sabha was constituted under which article

                    Article 80

• Which is known as the House of Elders

                    Rajya Sabha

• The name Rajya Sabha was adopted by the counsil of states on

                    23rd August 1954

• Permanent body of Parliament which not subjected to dissolution

                    Rajya Sabha

• One third of members of Rajya Sabha retire in every

                    Two years

• Maximum strength of Rajya Sabha

                    250 (238 elected and 12 nominated)

• Number of members of Rajya Sabha at present

                    245 (233 elected members)

• Color of Carpet in Rajya Sabha

                    Red

• Shape of seat arrangement in Rajya Sabha

                    Semi Circle

• 12 members nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the President from the field of

                    Art, Literature, Science and Social Service

• Representation of states in Rajya Sabha varies in accordance with

                    Population of the state

• State having largest representation in Rajya Sabha

                    UP (31 members)

• No of Rajya Sabha from Kerala

                    9

• Schedule which deals with allocation of seats in Rajya Sabha

                    Fourth Schedule

• Union territories having representation in Rajya Sabha

                    Delhi and Puthucherry

• Who is known as Father of Rajya Sabha

                    Dr.S Radhakrishnan

• The house in which a non member presides over the House

                    Rajya Sabha

• Article dealing with the power of Rajya Sabha to authorize the Parliament to make law on subject in State list

                    Article 249

• Article dealing with the power of Rajya Sabha to authorize the Parliament to create new All India Services

                    Article 312

• First woman Deputy chairperson of Rajya Sabha

                    Violet Alva

• Most number of terms as Deputy chairperson of Rajya Sabha

                    Najma Heptulla (4 times)

• Longest duration as Deputy chairperson of Rajya Sabha

                    Najma Heptulla

• Shortest duration as Deputy chairperson of Rajya Sabha

                    MM Jacob

• No of women served as Deputy chairpersons of Rajya Sabha

                    Three (Violet Alva, Najma Heptulla and Pratibha Patil)

• First Malayalee to become Deputy chairman of Rajya Sabha

                    MM Jacob

• Second Malayalee to become Deputy chairman of Rajya Sabha

                    PJ Kurian

• Present Deputy chairman of Rajya Sabha

                    PJ Kurian

• Ex officio chairman of Rajya Sabha

                    Vice President

• First chairman of Rajya Sabha

                    Dr S Radhakrishnan

• First and Only Malayalee to become Chairman of Rajya Sabha

                    KR Narayanan

• First Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha

                    SV Krishnamoorthy Rao

• First Secretary General of Rajya Sabha

                    SN Mukherjee

• Who was selected as the life long president of Inter parliamentary Union

                    Najma Heptulla

• In the absence of Chairman, who will preside over the proceedings of Rajya Sabha

                    Deputy Chairman

• Longest serving chairman of Rajya Sabha

                    Hamid Ansari

• Shortest serving chairman of Rajya Sabha

                    VV Giri

• Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman can be removed from the office with the resolution of Rajya Sabha with

                    Majority of all the then members

• Persons who held the post of chairman of Rajya Sabha more than once

                    Dr. Radhakrishnan and Hamid Ansari
                                                                                      (To be Continued...)

Indian Constitution 20

ഇന്ത്യയുടെ ഇപ്പോളത്തെ പ്രധാനമന്ത്രി നരേന്ദ്രമോദി, ആക്റ്റിംഗ് പ്രധാനമന്ത്രിമാർ, ഡെപ്യൂട്ടി പ്രധാനമന്ത്രിമാർ, ഇന്ത്യൻ പാർലമെൻറ്  എന്നിവയെ കുറിച്ചുള്ള ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ

• Narendra Modi was born at

               Vadanagar, Gujarat

• First PM to born in independent India

               Narendra Modi

• 15th person to become PM of India

               Narendra Modi

• Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of which state before becoming the PM

               Gujarat

• Second person to become the PM in his debut term as an MP

               Narendra Modi

• Second PM to visit Siachin Glacier

               Narendra Modi

• The PM who got absolute majority for his single party after 1984

               Narendra Modi

• Narendra Modi contested to the 16th Lok Sabha from 

               Vadodara (Gujarat) and Varanasi (UP)

• Which seat was resigned by Modi after got selected from two constituencies

               Vadodara

• The PM who was conferred with the highest honour of Saudi Arabia and Afganistan

               Narendra Modi

• First PM from the backward caste

               Narendra Modi

• Only one person to become acting PM of India

               Gulzarilal Nanda

• How many times Gulzarilal Nanda served as acting PM of India

               Two times (After the death of Nehru and Sastri)

• First Deputy chairman of Planning Commission

               Gulzarilal Nanda

• Resting place of Gulzarilal Nanda

               Narayan Ghat

• Books written by Jawaharlal Nehru

               The discovery of India, Glimpses of world history, Toward freedom (Autobiography), Letters from a father to his daughter

• Books written by Indira Gandhi

               My Truth, Eternal India

• Autobiography of Morarjee Desai

               The story of my life

• The PM who wrote the book "Ayodhya 6th December 1992"

               PV Narasimha Rao

• Books written by AB Vajpayee

               Meri Ekyavan Kavithayem, Decisive Days, New Dimentions of India's foreign policy

• Books written by IK Gujral

               A foreign policy for India, Matters of Discretion

• The PM who wrote the book "Meri Jail Diary"

               Chandra Shekhar

• The PM who wrote the book "Apatkal mem Gujarat"

               Narendra Modi

• Highest position in Union ministry which is not mentioned in Indian Constitution

               Deputy Prime Minister

• First Deputy Prime Minister of India

               Sardar Vallabhai Patel

• Union ministry which had two deputy PMs

               Morarji Desai Ministry (Charan Singh, Jag Jeevan Ram)

• Only person to become Deputy PM under two different Prime Ministers

               Devilal

• First Deputy Prime Minister to die in harness

               Sardar Vallabhai Patel

• First Deputy Prime Minister who resigned from the post

               Morarjee Desai

• Longest serving Deputy Prime Minister of India

               Sardar Vallabhai Patel

• Shortest serving Deputy Prime Minister of India

               YB Chavan

• Last person who served as Deputy Prime Minister of India

               LK Advani

• Number of Deputy Prime Ministers in India

               7

• Highest law making body in India

               Parliament

• Article dealing with Parliament

               Article 79

• The term Parliament was originated from 

               French word 'Parler' which means 'to discuss'

• Source of power of Parliament

               Constitution of India

• Parliamentb consists of

               Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and the President of India

• Lower house of Parliament

               Lok Sabha or House of the people

• Upper house of Parliament

               Rajya Sabha or Council of States

• Another name of the Parliament building

               Sansad Bhavan

• Parliament building was designed by

               Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker

• Parliament building was designed in

               1912

• Foundation stone of Parliament building was laid in

               1921

• Foundation stone of Parliament building was laid by

               HRH, the Duke of Connaught

• Shape of Parliament building

               Oval
                                                                                           (To be Continued...)