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Gender

               Most Important Gender Masculine                   Feminine Administrator ------  Administratrix Executor  --------        Executrix Bridegroom --------   Bride Widower -------         Widow Colt ----------                 Filly Bachelor ---------         Spinster/ Maid Governor ----------        Governess Master ---------              Mistress Instructor -----------      Instructress Dog --------------              Bitch Drake -----------              Duck Friar --------------            Nun Horse ---------                Mare Ram -------------             Ewe Stag ----------                 Hind Cock -----------               Hrn Buck ---------                 Doe Hero ----------                Heroine Hart -------                     Roe Wizard -------                Witch Emperor -------              Empress Abbot ----------                 Abbess Conductor ---------          Conductress Lad --------                   

Indian Railway Zones

                    Indian  Railways Indian Railway zonesrailway network in Asia and fourth largest   in the world. The first railway line was opened in 1853 between Bombay to Thane. It covered a distance of 34 km.     The mascot of Indian Railwayis Bholu the guard elephant. The Railways operate in the three different gauges. Broad Gauge, Metre Gauge, Narrow Gauge.    Indian Railways are divided into 18 zones. Railway Zone                  Headquarters Eastern Railway ---        Kolkata South Eastern Railway ---- Kolkata Central Railway ----           Mumbai East Central Railway ------     Hajipur Northern Railway   ------       New Delhi North Eastern Railway -----                 Gorakhpur North East Frontier Railway --- MLlgaon  Southern Railway --                    Chennai South Central.     ----                Secunderabad Western Railway   ------       Mumbai Churchgate North Western Railway ------ Jaipur East Coast  Railway -----    Bhubaneswar Southern We

Important Cups and Trophies

Important Cups and Trophies Name of the Trophy          Related Game Durand Cup           ------        Football Ranji Trophy        --------      Cricket Santosh Trophy   -------       Football Rovers Cup          -------        Football C.K Naydu Trophy ------     Cricket Deodhar Trophy   --------     Cricket Holkar Trophy     --------       Bridge Duleep Trophy  -------          Cricket Irani Trophy      -------           Cricket Agha Khan Cup  ------            Hockey Dhyanchand Trophy ------    Hockey Dr.B.C. Roy Trophy ------      Football Radha Mohan Cup -------     Polo Lady Ratan Tata Trophy ----- Hockey Bombay Gold Cup ------          Hockey Rangaswami Cup ------           Hockey Nehru Trophy ------               Hockey  Subroto Mukherjee  Cup --- Football Ryder Cup ----                           Golf Davis Cup ------                        Lawn Tennis Thomas Cup ( men) -----       Badminton Uber Cup (women) ------      Badm

SYNONYMS

                              Synonyms Word              Synonym/ Nearest meaning Abolish ---      Cancel Abridge ---      Shorten Abstain ---      Refuse, avoid Accede ---       Agree Adversary --- Opponent Annals ----      Records Academic ---  Notional Accredit ---     Licence, Authorize Accountability -- Liability Adversary -- Rival Abrogation --- Revocation Bard ---            Poet Bereavement --- Sorrow Blasphemy --- Irreverence to God's Bleak ----          Cheerless Bolster ---         Support Bureaucracy --- Administration system Browbeat ---      Intimidate Cacophony ---     Noise Camaraderie --- Friendship Canker ---          Any evil Canon ---            Rule, Principal Cantankerous --- Irritating Catastrophe -- Danger Celerity ----      Speed Chagrin ---      Anger, disappointment Clandestine ---  Secret Condone ---       Pardon Countenance ---- Face Covenant -----  Agreement Crux -----  Main point De

Important Scientific Instruments

Important Scientific Instruments  Instrument            Use Ammeter :   It measures strength of electric Current (in ampere). Audiometer : It measures intensity of sound. Altimeter : It measures aptitudes and is used in aircrafts. Anemometer : It measures force and velocity of wind. Audiophone: It is used for improving imperfect sense of hearing. Barometer : It measures atmospheric pressure. Binocular : It is used to distant objects. Calorimeter : It measures quantity of heat. Chronometer : It determines longitude of a place kept onboard ship. Cardiogram : It traces movements of the heart, recorded on a cardiogram.   Cinematography:  It is an instrument used in cinema making to throw on screen and enlarged image of photograph Dynamo: It measures mechanical energy into electrical energy. Dynamometer: It measures electrical power Electroscope : It detects presence of an electric charge. Electrometer : It measures electricity charge. Fathometer

Nicknames of Famous Personalities

Nicknames of Famous Personalities Nickname                       Person Swami Vivekananda -- Narendranath Dutta Buddha -- Siddhartha Gautama Father of Medicine -- Hippocrates Panditji -- Jawaharlal Nehru Deshbandhu -- Chittaranjan Das Bird Man of India -- Salim Ali Flying Sikh -- Milkha Singh Gurudev -- Rabindra Nath Tagore Iron Man of India-- Vallabhbhai Patel Lokmanya -- Bal Gangadhar Yilak Mahavir -- Vardhman Netaji -- Subhash Chandra Bose Mother Teresa -- Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu Punjab Kesari -- Lala Lajpat Rai Father of the Nation -- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Bapu -- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Mahatma -- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Haryana Hurricane -- Kapil Dev Frontier Gandhi -- Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Lady with the Lamp -- Florence Nightingale Loknayak -- Jayaprakash Narayan Magician of Hockey -- Dhyanchand Swar Kokila -- Lata Mangeshkar Boz -- Charles Dickens Grand Old Man -- Dadabhai Naoroji Father of English Poetry -- Geo

Important Vitamins Required in Human Beings

                       VITAMINS           Fat  Soluble Vitamins. Vitamin A : Chemical name : Retinol Sources: Milk,Egg, Carrot,Cabbage , Green vegetable, Cheese, Tomato, Cod liver oil Deficiency Diseases: Colour blindness, Xerophthalmia. Vitamin D:  Chemical name: Calciferol Sources : Sunlit, egg yolk, fish oil Deficiency Diseases: Rickets ( in children) , Osteomalacia ( in adults) Vitamin E: Chemical name: Tocopherol Sources: Green vegetables, oils, wheat, butter,milk, animal tissues Deficiency Diseases: Reversible sterility Vitamin K: Chemical name : Phylloquinone Sources: Tomato, soybean, milk, butter,spinach Deficiency Diseases : Non- clotting of blood Water Soluble Vitamins Vitamin B1 :  Chemical name : Thymine Sources:  Rice bran, liver, whole wheat flour, meat, ground but, yeast, egg Deficiency Diseases: Beriberi Vitamin B2:  Chemical name : Riboflavin Sources: Cheese, egg, tomato, green vegetables, cereal Defici

Parliaments of Some Countries

Country        Parliament India  ---.            Sansad ( Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha) U.S.A----             Congress Denmark --       Folketing Bhutan --           Tasongadu Malaysia ---       Majlis Nepal -----          Rashtriya Panchayat Bangladesh  -- Jatiyo Sangsad Norway ---       Stortinget Iran ----            Majlis Israel ----          Knesset Maldives ---    Majlis Japan -----        Diet Canada -----      Parliament Australia ----      Parliament Germany ----- Bundestag Myanmar ---- Pyithu Hluttaw Russia ----        Federal Assembly Afghanistan --- Shora France ---           National Assembly Egypt -----           People's Assembly Ireland -----        Dail Eireann Mangolia -----      Khural Netherlands ---  States General Poland -----          Scym Spain ----              Crotes Sweden ----          Riksdag Taiwan -----         Yuan Great Britain --- Parliament Pakistan ----       National Assembly China --- 

Research Centres of India

Research Centre of India Central Rice Research Institute -- Cuttack Indin Agriculture Research Institute -- New Delhi Central Potato Research Institute -- Shimla Sugarcane Breeding Institute -- Coimbatore Central Tobacco Research Institute +- Rajahmundry Central Forest Research Institute -- Dehradun National Dairy Research institute-- Karnal Central Leather Research Institute-- Chaani Central Institute of Mining and fuel   Research -- Dhanbad Central Durg Research Institute -- Lucknow Central Jute Technology Research Institute -- Kolkata Textile Industrial Research Institute -- Ahmedabad All India  Institute of Medical Sciences -- New Delhi Archaeological Survey of India -- Kolkata National Aerospace Laboratory---  Bengaluru National Geographical Research Institute -- Hyderabad Indian Institute of Petroleum -- Dehradun Central Road Research Institute -- New Delhi All India Malaria Research Institute -- NeW Delhi

One Word Substitutes

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            One  Word Substitutes Political pardon -- Amnesty The world of scholars -- Academia Female administrator -- Administratrix Study of causes of disease -- Aetiology Addicted to alcoholic drinks -- Bibulous Animals living in groups -- Gregarious A person guilty of abusing religion -- Heretic Habit of stealing things -- Kleptomania A hater of mankind -- Misanthropist A hater of  marriage -- Misogamist A person who hates woman -- Misogynist Mass of common people-- Mob Study of coins and medals -- Numismatic A person knowing everything -- Omniscient Full of words -- Verbose Something overly common -- Trite One who damages public property -- Vandal Study of unborn babies -- Embryology One who compiled a dictionary -- Lexicographer An elderly unmarried woman -- Spinster Word similar in meaning -- Synonym Word opposite in meaning -- Antonym One who is fit for something -- Eligible One whose husband is dead -- Widow A child wh

Books and Authors

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Book                                 Author The Race of My Life -- Milkha Singh Paradise Lost --- John Milton Odyssey, Illiad --- Homer Honeymoon -- James Peterson God of Small Things -- Arundhati Rai Half Girlfriend -- Chetan Bhagat Freedom in Exile -- Dalai Lama Two Lives -- Vikram Seth Glass Palace -- Amitav Ghosh Wings of Fire -- Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam The Namesake -- Jhumpa Lahiri Harry Potter -- J.K Rawlling Born Again on the Mountain -- Arunima Sinha Exam Warriors -- Narendra Modi Broken Wings -- Sarojini Naidu Wealth of Nations -- Adam Smith Politics ---- Aristotle A Suitable Boy -- Vikram Seth Anna Karenina --  Tolstoy Arthashastra -- Kautilya As you Like it -- Shakespeare Conquest of Self -- Mahatma Gandhi Coolie -- Mulkh Raj Anand Crescent Moon -- Rabindra Nath Tagore Dark  Room -- R.K.Narayan Das Kapital -- Karl Marx Death of a City -- Amrita Pritam Godan -- Prem Chand Golden Gate -- Vikram Seth Inside Asia -- Jhon Gunther Discovery of Ind

GI Tag

                      GI Tag Product                  State Darjeeling Tea --  West Bengal Chau Mask ---       West Bengal Madhurkati ---    West Bengal Zardalu Mango -- Bihar Shahi Litchi ---- Bihar Alphonso Mango -- Maharashtra Silao Khaja --- Bihar Katarni Rice -- Bihar Kadaknath Chicken -- Madhya Pradesh Boka Chaul --   Assam Rajkot Patola -- Gujarat Sangli Turmeric -- Maharashtra Kandangi Saree -- Tamil Nadu Pethapur Printing Blocks -- Gujarat Kolhapuri Chappal -- Maharashtra Jeeraphool --- Chhattisgarh Kandhamal Haladi -- Odisha Odisha Rasagola -- Odisha Coorg Arabic Coffee -- Karnataka Sirsi Supari --- Karnataka Chikmagalur Arabica Coffee -- Karnataka Bababudangiris Arabica Coffee -- Karnataka Himachali Kala Zeera -- Himachal Pradesh Chunar Balua Patthar -- Uttar Pradesh Marayoor Jaggery --- Kerala Erode Turmeric -- Tamil Nadu Araku Valley Arabica Coffee -- Andhra Pradesh & Odisha Wayanad Robusta Coffee --- Kerala

Important Abbreviations

COVID 19 --  Corona Virus Disease 2019 ADF -- Asian Development Bank AIDS -- Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome ASAT -- Anti - Satellite Weapon ASI - Archaeology Survey of India ATM -- Automated Teller Machine BHIM -- Bharat Interface for Money BIMSTEC -- Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi- Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation CAA -- Citizenship Amendment Act CAG -- Comptroller and Auditor General CDS -- Chief of Defence Staff BARC -- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre BCCI -- Board of Control for Cricket in India ASEAN -- Association of South East Asian Nations EVM -- Electronic Voting Machine FDI - Foreign Direct Investment FBI -- Federal Bereau of Investigation FEMA -- Foreign Exchange Management Act FERA -- Foreign Exchange Regulation Act GATT -- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GSAT -- Geo Synchronous Satellite GSLV -- Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle HAL -- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited HIV -- Human Immunodeficiency Virus IBRD -- Interna

World's Top Space Research Organisations

                                  ISRO The  Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) was established in 1969. It is headquartered in Bengaluru ((Karnataka).  ISRO built India's first satellite  Argabhata which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1975. ISRO become first Asian Space Agency to reach Mars orbit.                                       NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established 1958.  The agency launched Project Apollo, the first mission to successfully land humans on the moon.                                     Roscomos  Russian federal spacer agency (ROSCOMOS) is one of the partners in the International Space Station programme.                            ESA( European Union) The European Space Agency (ESA)  was established in 1975 .It is headquartered in Paris ( France)                               CNES Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) is the French Government Space Agency. It's headquarter