General Knowledge

About India:
India is located in North-Eastern hemisphere of the earth
Latitudinal and longitudinal
extent of India:

Latitudes are horizontal lines that

measure distance north or south of
the equator.

Longitudes are vertical lines that

measure east or west of the meridian in
Greenwich, England.
Geography of India
India and its states and UTs
States & Uts with their capitals, festivals,
dance forms and monuments
National symbols of India
National Flag Tiranga
National Anthem Jana Gana Mana
National Calendar Saka calendar
National Song Vande Mataram

National Emblem National Emblem of India

National Fruit Mango

National River Ganga

National Animal Royal Bengal Tiger

 National Tree Indian Banyan
National Aquatic Animal Ganges River Dolphin
National Bird Indian Peacock
National Currency Indian Rupee
National Reptile King Cobra
National Heritage Animal Indian Elephant
National Flower Lotus
Classical dances of India:
Classical dance Belongs to
Bharathanatyam Tamil Nadu
Kathakali Kerala
Kathak Northern India especially Uttar
Pradesh

Kuchipudi Andhra Pradesh

Manipuri Manipur
Mohiniattam Kerala
Odissi Odisha
Satthriya Assam
Various revolutions
Revolution Associated with
Blue Fish
Brown Leather
Black Petroleum
Golden Honey
Grey Fertilizer
Pink Onion
Red Meat
Silver Egg/poultry
White Milk
Yellow Oilseeds
Important leaders of India and their memorial

Leader Name of memorial

Jawaharlal Nehru Shanti van

Lal Bahadur Shastri Vijay Ghat

Indira Gandhi Shakti Sthal

Rajiv Gandhi Veer bhumi

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sadaiv atal

P. V. Narsimha Rao Smriti Sthal

India and its neighbourhood:
India shares land border with 7 countries- Pakistan, Afghanistan,
China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Largest land border- Bangladesh

Shortest land border- Afghanistan

Important facts about India
• The first multipurpose project in India after independence - Damodar Valley
Project

• The place in North East India which receives the highest annual rainfall-
Mawsynram

• The largest Indian river flowing into the Arabian Sea is- Narmada River

• The place where Indian Standard time coincides with local time is- Mirzapur

• The industry for which Visakhapatnam is famous for- Steel, shipbuilding

• The state which is the largest producer of iron ore in India is- Odisha
• The Indian state which is largest exporter of cashew nut is- Maharashtra

• Nagarjuna Sagar dam is built across the River- Krishna River

• The longest day in India is- 21 June

• The source of river Indus is- Bokhar Chu glacier

• The only place in India where rock salt is found- Mandi

• The river that passes through the Thar desert- Luni River

• Calcutta is situated on the banks of river- Hooghly River

• The first major steel plant established in India was- Tata Iron and Steel
Company, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
• The strength of Lok Sabha is- The Constitution of India allows for a maximum of 550
members in the House, with 530 members representing the States and 20 representing the
Union Territories. At present, the Lok Sabha has 543 seats filled by elected
representatives.

• The National Museum of Natural History is located at – New Delhi

• The first purely Indian bank is the- PNB is the first Indian bank to have been started
solely with Indian capital that survives to the present, as the earlier Oudh Commercial
Bank, which was established in 1881, failed in 1958

• The first Indian to win Oscar Award is- Bhanu Athaiya

• Rabindranath Tagore gave up his knighthood because of the tragic incident- Jallianwala
Bagh Massacre

• The name of the school started by Rabindranath Tagore was- Shantiniketan

• The Indian Academy of Science was founded by- CV Raman

• Elephanta Caves are located on an island near Mumbai

• The Indian Prime Minister who nationalized the banks was- Indira Gandhi

• Ajanta caves are located at Maharashtra

• Jantar Mantar is located in- New Delhi

• Rashtrapati Bhavan was built by- Sir Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker

• The largest lake of India is the- Vembnad Lake

• The largest Zoo of India is the- Arignar Anna Zoological Park, also known as
Vandalur Zoo

• The most populated state of India is- Uttar Pradesh

 Largest lake Vembnad Lake
Largest delta Sunderban Delta
Largest cave temple Ellora caves
Largest state (area wise) Rajasthan
Largest state (population wise) Uttar Pradesh
Largest dome Gol Gumbaz
Highest mountain peak Kanchenjunga
Highest dam Tehri dam
Highest waterfall Kunchikal waterfall
Highest civilian award Bharat Ratna
Highest award for gallantry Param Vir Chakra
Largest desert Thar desert
Longest road National Highway-44
First President of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad
First Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru
First Indian woman governor Sarojini Naidu
First woman ambassador of India Chonira Belliappa Muthamma
Last viceroy of India Lord Louis Mountbatten
First Indian woman to scale mount Everest Bachendri Pal
First Indian woman supreme court judge of India Fathima Beevi
First woman PM of India Indira Gandhi
First muslim president of India Zakir Husain
 Rivers:
• Ganga: Starting from Gangotri Glacier, Uttarakhand

• Chambal: Not Himalayan river, covers MP and UP before merging into Yamuna

• Betwa: Not Himalayan river, covers Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh before
merging into Yamuna

• Yamuna: Yamuna runs its most of the course parallel to Ganga before contributing
its water to Ganga at Allahabad

• Gomti: Starts near the junction of three borders viz. Nepal, Uttarakhand and UP

• Ghaghara: Starts in Nepal near Uttarakhand

• Son: Not Himalayan River, covers MP, UP, Jharkhand and Bihar. Largest
of Ganga’s southern tributaries Gandak: Starts from Nepal

• Kosi: Starts from Bihar, near Indo-Nepal border

• Brahmaputra: Merges with Ganga to form the Grand River (but short in
length) - Padma in Bangladesh. By now, velocity flow of both rivers has
slowed down to considerable extent as they are in plains now. Before
entering Bangladesh, Ganga leaves a distributary Hugli which provides
water for irrigation in West Bengal.
 List of hill ranges in India:
Hill range State
Aravalli Gujrat, Rajasthan, Haryana

Anamalai hills Tamil Nadu & Kerala

Cardamom hills Kerala & Tamil Nadu
Eastern ghats TN, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh,
Odisha, WB

Garo, Khasi & Jaintia Meghalaya

Karakoram Ladakh
Nallamala hills Andhra Pradesh
Nilgiri hills TN, Kerala, Karnataka
Hill range State

Palani hills TN

Pir Pranjal HP, J&K

Vindhyas Gujrat, MP, UP

Satpura Gujrat, Maharashtra, MP, chattisgarh

Seshachalam Andhra Pradesh

Wastern Ghats TN, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra

Important passes
Mountain pass Location

Shipki La Himachal Pradesh

Nathula Sikkim
Rohtang Pass Himachal Pradesh

Bhor Ghat Maharashtra

Thal Ghat Maharashtra
Pal Ghat TN
Important Facts about India
Question Answer
Largest lake Wular lake
Largest delta Sunderban delta
Largest cave temple Ellora
Largest state in population Uttar Pradesh
Largest dome Gol gumbaj
Highest peak Kachenjunga
Highest rainfall Mawsynram
Highest dam Bhakra nangal dam
Highest waterfall Jog falls
Highest civilian award Bharat ratna
Largest desert Thar
Highest award for gallantry Param vir chakra
Famous Books and their Authors
Books Author
Abhigyan shakuntalam Kalidasa
Aihole prasasti Ravi kriti
Amarakosha Amarasinha
Arthashastra Kautilya
Asthadhyayi Panini
Brihat Samhita Charaka
Chakra Samhita Charaka
Gatha saptashati Hala
Gita govinda Jayadev
Indica Megasthanese
Kathasaitsagar Somdeva
Famous Books and their Authors
Books Author
Mahabhasya Patanjali
Mrichhakatika Sudraka
Mudrarakshasa Visakhdatta
Natyashastra Bharata
Navratna Virsena
Nitisara Kamandaka
Panch tantra Vishnu Sharma
Rajtarangini Kalhana
Ratnavali Harsha vardhan
 Famous Books and their Authors
Books Author
‘Sabarimala Vijnaanakosham’ K S Vijayanath
‘Vahana Masterclass’ Alfredo Coveli
Right Under Our Nose R. Giridharan
India’s 71-Year Test: The Journey to Triumph in R. Kaushik
Australia
‘Making of a General-A Himalayan Echo’ Lt. Gen. Konsam Himalay
Singh
‘Gazing Eastwards: Of Buddhist Monks and Romila Thapar
Revolutionaries in China, 1957’
‘The Population Myth: Islam, Family Planning and S Y Quraishi
Politics in India’
‘Unscripted: Conversations on Life and Cinema’ Vidhu Vinod Chopra and
Abhijat Joshi’
‘The Commonwealth of Cricket’ Ramachandra Guha
 Famous Books and their Authors
Books Author
‘Manohar Parrikar-Off the Record’ Waman Subha Prabhu
‘Abdul Kalam- Ninaivugalukku Maranamillai’ Dr APJM Nazema
Flying Blind: India’s Quest for Global Leadership Maraikayar and Dr Y S Rajan
‘India 2030: The Rise of a Rajasic Nation’ Mohamed Zeeshan
‘The Law of Emergency Powers: Comparative Common Law Gautam Chikermane
Perspectives’
‘Soumitra Chatterjee: A Life in Cinema, Theatre, Poetry and Dr Abhishek Singhvi and
Painting’ Prof. Khagesh Gautam
‘Race With Me!’ Arun Sengupta and Partha
Mukherjee
Wings of Fire Andre De Grasse and
Robert Budd
Truth, Love and Little Malice A P J Abdul Kalam
 Famous Books and their Authors
Books Author
Truth, Love and Little Malice Khushwant Singh
The Race of My Life Milkha singh
My Country My Life L K Advani
One Life is Not Enough K Natwar singh
The Test of My Life Yuvraj singh

An Autobiography Jawaharlal Nehru

Playing it My Way Sachin Tendulkar

Matters of Discretion I K Gujral

A Shot at History Abhinav Bindra

 Famous books and their authors
Author Books
Kapil Dev Straight from the Heart
J B Kripalani (Acharya My Times
Kripalani)
Subhash Chandra The Z Factor
M K Gandhi My Experiments with Truth
Richard Branson Losing My virginity

Stephen Hawking My Brief History

Michael Jackson Moon Walk

Alice Schroeder The Snowball: Warren Buffett and Business of Life

Pandit Ravi Shankar Raga Mala
National Parks in India
State/UT National park
Andaman and Nicobar islands Galathea NP
Mahatma Gandhi NP
Campbell Bay NP
Mount Harriet NP
Rani Jhansi Marine NP
Saddle Peak NP
Middle button island NP
South Button island NP
Andhra Pradesh Papikonda
Sri Venkateswara
Rajiv Gandhi
Assam Nameri
Manas
Dibru-Saikhowa
Kaziranga
Orang
Dehing
Raimona
National parks in India
State/UT National park
Arunachal Pradesh Mouling
Namdapha
Bihar Valmiki
Vikramshila
Kanwar lake bird sanctuary
Chattisgarh Indravati
Kanger Valley
Guru Ghasidas
Goa Mollem
Gujrat Gir
Blackbuck
Gulf of Kutch
Vansda
Marine
Haryana Sultanpur
Kalesar
National Parks in India
State/UT National park
Himachal Pradesh Pin valley
Simbalbara
Inderkilla
Khirganga
Great Himalyan
Jammu & Kashmir Dachigam
Salim Ali
Kishtwar
Kazinag
Ladakh Hemis
Jharkhand Betla
Hazaribagh
Karnataka Bandipur
Anshi
Bannerghata
Kudremukh
Nagarhole
National Parks in India
State/UT National park
Kerala Eravikulam
Mathikettan shola
Periyar
Silent valley
Anamudi shola
Pambadum shola
MP Pench
Kanha
Panna
Sanjay
Satpura
Madhav
Van vihar
Mandla plant fossil
Maharshtra Navegaon
Sanjay Gandhi
Chandoli
Gugamal
Tadoba
National Parks in India
State/UT National park
Manipur Sirohi
Keibul Lamjao
Meghalaya Nokrek
Balphakram
Mizoram Murlen
Blue mountain
Nagaland Ntangki
Odisha Simlipal
Bhitarkanika
Nandankanan
Punjab Harike Wetland
Bir Moti
Rajasthan Sariska Tiger Reserve
Ranthambore
Mukundra hills
Keoladeo
Desert
National parks in India
State/UT National park
Sikkim Kanchendzonga
TN Mudumalai
Mukurthi
Indira Gandhi
Guindy
Gulf of Mannar
Marine
Palani hills
Telangana Mahavir Harina
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
Mruganvani
Tripura Clouded Leopard
Bison
UP Dudhwa
Uttarakhand Corbett
Rajaji
National Parks in India
State/UT National park
WB Buxa
Neora valley
Gorumara
Singalila
Jaldapara
Sunderbans
Feature State
Highest populated state UP
Least populated state Sikkim
Most populated city Mumbai
Least populated city Kapurthala
Highest sex ratio Kerala
Lowest sex ratio Haryana
Highest literacy Kerala
Least literacy Bihar
Highest density of population West Bengal
National parks in India
State/UT National park
Sikkim Kanchendzonga
TN Mudumalai
Mukurthi
Indira Gandhi
Guindy
Gulf of Mannar
Marine
Palani hills
Telangana Mahavir Harina
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
Mruganvani
Tripura Clouded Leopard
Bison
UP Dudhwa
Uttarakhand Corbett
Rajaji
Important awards and their fields
Important facts about cities
69th Filmfare Awards (2024)
Category Winner
Best Film 12th Fail
Beast actor in leading role (Male) Ranbir Kapoor (Animal)
Best actor in leading role (Female) Alia Bhatt (Rocky aur rani ki prem
kahani)
Best director Vishnu Vinod Chopra (12th Fail)
Beast actor critics’ Vikrant Massey
Best actor critics’ Rani Mukherjee
Best film critics’ Joram
Best actor in supporting role (Male) Vicky Kaushal
Best actor in supporting role Shabana Azmi
(Female)
 Nobel Prize 2023
Field Winner Contribution
Physics Pierre Agostini, Ferenc for experimental methods that generate attosecond
Krausz and Anne pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in
L’Huillier matter
Chemistry Moungi Bawendi, Louis for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots
Brus and Aleksey
Yekimov
Physiology or Katalin Karikó and Drew for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base
medicine Weissman modifications that enabled the development of effective
mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
Literature Jon Fosse For his innovative plays and prose which give voice to
the unsayable
Peace Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran
and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for
all
Economic Claudia Goldin for having advanced our understanding of women’s
sciences labour market outcomes
Constitutional Office Holders
Heads of Important National Institutions
Important National Institution Head
Chief of Defense Staff General Anil Chauhan PVSM
Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi
Chief of the Naval Staff Dinesh Kumar Tripathi
Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari
Director CBI Praveen Sood
Director IB Tapan Kumar Deka
National Human Rights Commission Justice Arun Kumar Mishra
National Commission for Backward Classes Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
National Commission for Minorities Iqbal Singh Lalpura
National Commission for Scheduled Tribes Harsha Chauhan
National Commission for Scheduled Castes Shri Kishor Makwana
Heads of Important National Institutions
Important National Institution Head
Indian Space Research Organization S. Somanath
Atomic Energy Commission Dr. Ajit Kumar Mohanty
Securities and Exchange Board of India Madhabi Puri Buch
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Anil Kumar Lahoti
(TRAI)
Central Board of Film Certification Prasoon Joshi
Important Companies & their CEO
Company CEO
Google Sundar Pichai

Meta (Previously Facebook) Mark Zuckerberg

Instagram Adam Mosseri

Reliance Industry Mukesh Ambani/chairman,

Limited managing
director, and largest shareholder
Infosys Salil Parekh
Bharti Enterprises Gopal Vittal
(Airtel)
Heads of Financial and Sports Institutions
Institution Head
Reserve Bank of India Shaktikanta Das
Federation of Indian Chambers of Dr. Anish Shah
Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Shaji K V
(NABARD)
Small Industries Development Bank of Shri Sivasubramanian Ramann
India (SIDBI)
National Housing Bank Shri Sanjay Shukla
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India Sanjay Nayar
(ASSOCHAM)
International Chamber of Commerce Philippe Varin
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Gianni Infantino

International Cricket Council (ICC) Jay Shah

 Awards received by Hon. PM Narendra Modi till date
Recent awards:
• Order of St. Andrew Award in July 9, 2024: Russia’s highest
civilian award

• Order of the Druk Gyalpo in March 2024: Bhutan’s highest

civilian award