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Booker Prize  1. The booker Prize was founded in 1969. 2. The booker Prize is open to novels originally written in English, published in the UK or Ireland. 3. The first winner of the Booker Prize was P. H. Newby. 4. He got the prize for his book 'Something to answer For ' 5. In 2023 this prize was given to Irish writer Paul Lynch for post democratic dystopia  ' Prophet Song ' 6. In 2024 the prize is given to Samantha Harvey for her book ' Orbital '. 7. International Booker Prize is awarded to a work of fiction written in an international language translated into English. 8. Geetanjali Shree is the first Indian to win it for her novel ' Tomb of Sand. 9. Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare in 2005 as inagural winner for his entire body of work. 10. Arundhati Roy was the first Indian citizen to win the prize in 1997 for her book ' The God of small things '. Compiled by  Nibha Mishra  #mostimportantquestionsofcurrentaffairsfrupcomingexamslikeupsc

current affairs questions 2024 Jamna Lal Bajaj Awards 2024 1. This award was established in 1980 in memory of Janaki Devi Bajaj. 2. It is given for the outstanding contribution for the development of women & children. 3. It's also an international award for promoting Gandhian values outside India. 4. The International award of Jamna Lal Bajaj was established in 1988 on the birth anniversary of Jamna Lal Bajaj. 5. The awards are given to individuals for outstanding contribution in the fields of constructive work in society, application of science & technology for rural development, development and welfare of women and children, international award for promoting Gandhian values outside India. 6. In 2024 the recipients of this award were given below with their respective fields  1. Award for constructive work   Shree Girijanandan of jharkhand. He senses the need of the society and advocates for a meaningful change. His commitment to social justice is r

#BestcoachinginstituteofmcandacuetpolytechnicinDelhi Fifty facts about 'ladakh ' a union territory of India Ladakh 1.As of 2024 , there are 28 states and 8 union territories in India. 2.Ladakh became a  union territory on October 31st ,2019. 3. It was reorganized on the basis of " the Jammu & Kashmir act passed in August 2019. 4. Ladakh had only two districts named Leh &   Kargil. 5. In 2024 ladakh is divided into five districts named 1. Zanskar 2. Drass 3. Sham 4. Nubra  5. Changtang  6. In terms of area it is the largest union territory of India. 7. The regional  languages of Ladakh are Ladakhi, Purig, Shina, Balti. 8. The literal meaning of Ladakh is the  'Land of  high mountain passes.' 9. It's capital is Leh. In the past Leh was the capital of the kingdom of Ladakh. 10. It shares  boundaries with China , Pakistan and Afghanistan. 11. It is one of the highest regions of the world. 12. It has high plains, valleys, rivers and mountain pass

 1 . How is sex determined in Human Beings ?  Human male sex chromosomes  are XY & Human female sex chromosomes are XX. When a male gamete that is sperm carrying X chromosome fertilize an ova , the zygote develop into female & when a sperm carrying Y chromosome fertilizes an egg , zygote develops into male. 2. What is Genetics ? Who coined the term Genetics ? Who is called Father of Genetics? Transfer of  hereditary character from one generation to the next generation is called Genetics . The term Genetics was coined by W .Watson. The father of Genetics is G.J. Mendel. 3.  What is cell? Study of cell is called ? Who coined term Cell ? Who propounded cell theory ?  Which is the smallest and longest cell in humans ?  Which is the smallest and biggest cell in organism ?  Cell is structural and functional unit of life . Study of cell is called Cytology . The term cell was coined by Robert Hook. Cell theory was propounded by Schilden and Schwan . The smallest cell in humans is sperm

1. Africa is 2nd largest continent in Area(20.2% of World Land Area) and 2nd in Population too (17.20%of World Population). 2. Africa is mostly located within the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn.  3. Africa was called Dark Continent by David Livingston and HM Stanley. 4. Africa has 53 countries which is more than any other continent. 5. Highest point of Africa is Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. 6.Lowest point of Africa is Lake Assal, Djibouti. 7. Longest range of Africa is Atlas Mountains. 8. Largest Island of Africa is Madagascar. 9. Largest lake of Africa is Lake Victoria. 10.2nd largest lake of Africa is Lake Tanganyika. 11. Longest and largest river of Africa is Nile. 12. 2nd largest river of Africa is River Congo. https://www.brilliantacademyoflearning.com/nda-coaching-delhi.html 13. Southern most point of Africa is Agulhas. 14. Areawise in descending order top 4 countries of Africa are Algeria,Democratic Republic of Congo,Sudan & Libya. 15. Largest country of Africa in Pop

https://www.brilliantacademyoflearning.com/nda-coaching-delhi.html 1. Monetary Rates of RBI(Reserve Bank of India) as on 23rd August 2024 Bank Rate - 6.75% ; Repo Rate - 6.50%; Reverse Repo Rate - 3.35%: CRR(Cash Reserve Ratio)- 4.50%; SLR(Statutory Liquidity Ratio)- 18%; MSF (Marginal Standing Facility)- 6.75% 2. There are 12 Public Sector Banks in India after the merger of 10 public sector banks with 4 large public sector banks on August 30,2019. Allahabad Bank was merged with Indian Bank; Andhra Bank was merged with Union Bank of India; Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India was merged with Punjab National Bank; Syndicate Bank was merged with Canara Bank; Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank was merged with Bank of Baroda. 3. On First April 2015,ING Vysya Bank was merged with Kotak Mahindra Bank. Recently Lakshmi Vilas Bank has been merged with the Indian Branch of DBS Bank of Singapore. 4. The largest commercial bank of India is SBI(Public Sector Bank).  5. The largest private sec

https://www.brilliantacademyoflearning.com/nda-coaching-delhi.html 1. Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India - DY Chandrachud (50th) 2. Attorney General of India - R Venkataramani (16th) 3. Chief Election Commissioner of India - Rajiv Kumar (25th) 4. Comptroller and Auditor General of India - Girish Chandra Murmu (14th) 5. Supreme Commander of Indian Army - President Droupadi Murmu (15th) 6. Chief of Army Staff - Upendra Dwivedi  7. Chief of Air Staff - VR Choudhary  8.Chief of Naval Staff - Dinesh Kumat Tripathi  9. Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) - Lt. General Anil Chauhan (2nd) 10. DG Military Operations (DGMO) - Manoj Kumar Katiyar  11. National Security Advisor (NSA)- Ajit Doval  12. Director CBI - Praveen Sood 13. Head of RAW(Research and Analysis Wing) - Ravi Sinha  14. Chairman of NITI Ayog - PM Narendra Modi  15. Deputy Chairman of NITI Ayog - Suman kumar Bery 16. CEO of NITI Ayog - BVR Subrahmanyam  17. Chairman of UPSC - Preeti Sudan 18. Chairman of National commission for wom

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(भारत के प्रमुख व्यक्ति एवं उनके कार्य,Great Persons & their Achievements) (Organizations &Founders , संस्था और उनके संस्थापक ) 1. ब्रह्मा समाज (BrahmoSamaj)–1828 |Rajaram Mohan Roy राजाराममोहन राय 2. आर्य समाज(Arya Samaj) 1875– Swamy Dayanand Saraswati|स्वामी दयानंद सरस्वती 3. प्रार्थना समाज(Prarthana Samaj) |1867–  Atma Ram Pandurang (आत्माराम पांडुरंग)|Keshav chandra Sen |केशव चन्द्र सेन 4. दीन-ए-इलाही, मनसबदारी प्रथा | Dineilahi ,MansabdariSystem – अकबर(Akbar) 5. भक्ति आंदोलन(Bhakti Movement) – रामानुज(Ramanuja) 6. सिख धर्म(Sikh Religion) – गुरु नानक(Guru Nanak) 7. बौद्ध धर्म (Buddhism)– गौतमबुद्ध(Gautam Buddha) 8. जैन धर्म (Jainism)–  The first Tirthankar of Jains was Rishabh Dev; 23rd Tirthankar was Parswanath and 24th and last Tirthankar was Lord Mahavir . Although real founder of Jainism was 23rd Tirthankar Lord Parswanath. जैन धर्म के पहले तीर्थंकर ऋषभदेव थे. जैन धर्म के 23वें तीर्थंकर पार्श्वनाथ थे. जैन धर्म के 24वें और अंतिम तीर्थंकर भगवान महावीर थे। जैन

https://www.brilliantacademyoflearning.com/courses.html 1. Maximum Strength of Legislative Council (विधान परिषद की अधिकतम सदस्य संख्या) ~~  उस राज्य के विधान सभा का एक तिहाई (one third of the strength of Legislative Assembly of that State) 2. Minimum Strength of Legislative Council (विधान परिषद की न्युनतम संख्या) ~~ 40 3. Maximum Strength of Legislative Assembly (विधान सभा की अधिकतम सदस्य संख्या) ~~ 500 4.Minimum Strength of Legislative Assembly (विधान सभा की न्युनतम संख्या) ~~ 60 Exceptions (अपवाद) ~~ सिक्किम और गोवा के विधान सभा में क्रमशः 32और 40 सदस्य हैं। Sikkim and Goa legislative Assemblies have respective 32 and 40 members. 5. Present Strength of Lower House (लोक सभा की वर्तमान सदस्य संख्या) ~~ 543 6.Maximum Strength of Lower House (लोक सभा की अधिकतम सदस्य संख्या) ~~ 550 7. Present strength of Council of States/Upper House (राज्य सभा की वर्तमान सदस्य संख्या) ~~ 245 8. Maximum Strength of Council of States/Upper House (राज्य सभा की अधिकतम सदस्य संख्या) ~~ 250  9. Who provides oa

CUET stands for Common University Entrance Test. CUET exam is conducted by NTA(National Testing Agency) for admission into UG and PG courses through out Central Universities of India annually which ensures fairness, transparency, convenience and uniformity in admissions into undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes.  https://www.brilliantacademyoflearning.com/cuet-coaching-in-laxmi-nagar-delhi.html CUET exam provides equal opportunities and common platform to all aspirants and particularly to students from rural, far-flung and remote areas.Many reputed universities namely few like JNU,DU, JAMIA,BHU etc. accept the CUET marks . CUET is conducted online (Computer Based Test) having scheme of Negative Marking , objective type questions with multiple choices. There will be 4 sections in CUET UG and one can choose any out of 13 languages as Medium. CUET 2024 application forms and online registrations will start in February 2024 and last till third week of March 2024. NTA is going to conduc

1. Top three countries & Indian States in Producing Rice - China >India>Indonesia ; West Bengal>UP>Punjab  2.Top three countries & Indian States in Producing Wheat - China>India>Russia; UP >MP >Punjab 3. Top three countries & Indian States in Producing Maize - USA>China>Brazil ; Karnataka>MP> Maharashtra 4. Top three countries & Indian States in Producing Pulses - India>Canada>China; Rajasthan>MP>Maharashtra 5. Top three countries & Indian States in Producing Peanuts (Groundnuts)- China>India>Nigeria; Gujarat>Rajasthan>Tamilnadu 6. Top three countries & Indian States in Producing Sugarcane - Brazil>India>Thailand; UP>Maharastra>Karnataka  7.Top three countries & Indian States in Producing Jute - India>Bangladesh>China West Bengal>Assam>Bihar 8. Top three countries & Indian States in Producing Tobacco - China>India>Brazil Gujarat>Andhrapradesh>Karnataka 9.Top t

1. Art 330 of the Indian Constitution provides for the reservation of seats for Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes in Lok Sabha. 2.  106th Constitutional Amendment Act,2023 that is Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam( Women's Reservation Bill 2023) provides one third reservation to women in Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabhas for 15 years.  3. 104th Constitutional Amendment Act amended the Art 334 and  abolished the reservation of seats for Anglo Indians in Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabhas and extended the reservation for Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes in Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabhas for another 10 Years. 4. Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 amended Indian Citizenship Act 1955 and provides a quick path to get Indian Citizenship to persecuted religious minorities( non-Muslims) from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh . Hindus ,Sikhs,Jains,Buddhists,Paris and Christians who came to India before the end of December 2014 due to religious persecution can now get Indian Citizenship more easily. 5. The S

1. Presently there are 12 Public Sector Banks after the merger of 10 Public Sector Banks with 4 large public sector banks on August 30,2019. 2. Eight African Cheetahs were brought from Namibia to Kuno National Park,Madhya Pradesh on 17 September 2022, under Project Cheetah out of which few died. 3. As per Wild life Institute of India on 29th July 2023, there were 3682 Tigers in India. 4. As per Forest Report 2021 : (a) Total Forest &Tree Cover in the Country - 8,09,537 sq km (24.62%) (b) States with Maximum Mangrove Forest in Decreasing order - West Bengal, Gujrat  (c) States with Highest Forest Area in Decreasing Order - Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chattisgarh (d) States with least Forest Area - Haryana, Punjab,Goa  (e) States with highest Forest Cover Percentage - Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya 5. Presently there are 25 High Courts in India. 25th High court of India is in Andhra Pradesh which was established in Amravati in 2019. 6. The capital of Mynamar is Nay- Pyi

1. Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India (50th) - DY Chandrachud 2. Comptroller & Auditor General of India (14th CAG ) - Girish Chandra Murmu 3. Chief Election Commissioner of India (25th CEC ) - Rajiv Kumar 4. Attorney General of India (16th) - R Vankataramani 5. Solicitor General of India - Tushar Mehta 6. Cabinet Secretary - Rajiv Gaba  7. National Security Advisor (NSA) - Ajit Doval  8. Deputy Chairman,NITI AYOG - Suman Kumar Bery  9. CEO ,NITI AYOG - BVR Subrahmanyam 10. Chairperson, Lokpal - Pradip Kumar Mohanty 11. Chairman,UPSC - Dr Manoj Soni  12. Chairman,15th Finance Commission - NK Singh  https://www.brilliantacademyoflearning.com/cds-coaching-in-delhi.html 13. Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) - Praveen Kumar Shrivastava 14. Director,CBI - Praveen Sood 15. RAW(Research and Analysis Wing) Chief - Ravi Sinha 16. NIA(National Investigation Agency) Director General - Dinkar Gupta 17. Enforcement Directorate (ED) In Charge Director - Rahul Navin 18. Chief o

1. 19th Asian Games,2023 was held in Hangzhou,China. China,Japan , South Korea ,India attained respectively First, Second,Third and Fourth rank . India got 107 medals (28 golds,38 silver and 41bronze).  2. 20th Asian Games will be held in Aichi Nagoya,Japan in 2026. 3. 22nd Commonwealth Games was held in Birmingham, England in 2022. India attained 4th rank with 61medals (22Gold, 16Silver,23Bronze). Australia got First rank followed by England. 4. 23rd Commonwealth Games will be held in 2026 in Victoria, Australia. 5. 37th National Games was held in Goa in 2023. 6. 38th National Games will be held in Uttarakhand in 2024 and 39th National Games will be held in 2025 in Meghalaya. 7. Asia Cup 2023 , Cricket was hosted by Pakistan and Sri Lanka. India won the Asia Cup defeating Sri Lanka. 8. 8th ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 was held in Australia. England won it defeating Pakistan. 9. First Women's Premier League (WPL) , Cricket was held in 2023 in Maharashtra. Mumbai Indians under t

1. 18th G20 summit,2023 was held in Bharat Mandapam,New Delhi, India. 2. 15th BRICS Summit ,2023 was held in Johannesburg, South Africa. 3. 32nd Arab League Summit,2023 was held in Jeddah,Saudi Arabia. 4. 6th Indian Ocean Conference,2023 was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 5. 49th G 7 summit,2023 was held in Hiroshima,Japan. 6.23rd SCO summit,2023 was held Samarkand, Uzbekistan. 7.First G 20 ECSWG ,2023 was held in Bengaluru. 8. World Economic Forum,2023 meeting was held in Davos, Switzerland. 9. COP 15 UN convention on Biological Diversity,2022 was held in Montreal, Canada. 10. COP 27 UN Cimate Change Conference,2022 was held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. https://www.brilliantacademyoflearning.com/ssc-coaching-in-delhi.html 11. First I 2U 2 Summit,2022 was held virtually. 12. 32nd NATO Summit,2022 was held in Madrid ,Spain . 13. 19th G20 Summit will be held in Brazil in 2024. 14. 6 New countries included in BRICS are Egypt,Saudi Arabia, UAE, Ethiopia, Argentina and Iran. Earlier B

1. Which gases are found on Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus and Neptune?  Ans 1. The atmosphere of Jupiter and Saturn are mostly made of Hydrogen and Helium but we get evidence of some Hydrogen compounds too. Uranus and Neptune are mostly made of Hydrogen compounds but with slight availability of Hydrogen,Helium,Metal and Rock. 2. Zinc Oxide is applied to Metals to prevent Rusting and this process is called Galvanization. 3.DBMS stands for Data Base Management System. 4. CPU that is Central Processing Unit is called Brain of Computers. 5. Computer was invented by Charles Babbage. 6. The Full Form of  ASCII is American Standard Code for Information Interchange. 7. Which Fundamental Rights are available only to Indian Citizens and which are available to both Indian Citizens and Non Citizens living in India? Ans. 7. The Fundamental Rights guaranteed even to non  citizens in India along with Indian Citizens are Art14,20,21,21A,22,23,24,25,26,27 & 28 .  The Fundamental Rights guaranteed by Art 15

1. The Present chief Justice of India is DY Chandrachud. 2. West Bengal shares border with 3 countries Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal. 3. Rutherford discovered nucleus of an Atom . 4. The Origin of Species was written by Charles Darwin. 5. The currency of Japan is Yen . 6. Kaveri river is called Ganga of the South. 7. Karnam Malleswari was first Indian woman to win a medal in Olympics. She won a Bronze medal in Weightlifting in Sydney Olympics in 2000. 8. The founder of Mughal Empire was Babur . He defeated Ibrahim Lodi, last Afghan ruler in 1526 in first battle of Panipat. 9. Kangaroo is the national animal of Australia. 10. Jagdeep Dhankar is the present vice president of India. https://www.brilliantacademyoflearning.com/nda-coaching-delhi.html 11. Australia won 2023  ICC cricket world cup defeating India in Narendra Modi Stadium. 12.ISRO stands for Indian Space Research Organization. It's headquarter is in Bengaluru. ISRO was established on 15th August 1969. Present Ch

English practice set Directions: Given below are some idioms and phrases followed by four alternative meanings for each. Choose the most appropriate answer from among the options A,B,C and D.         Idioms and phrases  1.Grist to one's mill A.useful for one's purpose B.to work very hard C.to repair one 's machine D.grain to be winnowed 2. Blind alley A.blind by birth B.unprofitable action C.blinkig of eyes D.effortles profit  3.Off hand A.off shoulder  B.very easy  C.up to knee D.without preparation  4.Judas' kiss A.hypocritical affection B.platonic love  C.to hate someone D. a supernatural creature  5.To see pink elephant A.utter confusion B.to look forward C.excessive alcoholic intake hallucination D.to be very fearless  6. To draw a line A.to love someone B.to fix a limit C.to hate someone D.to neglect someone  7. Open question A.a question without any generally agreed answer B.a difficult question C.an easy question D.a written questions  8. To whitewash A.