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Know Africa For NDA CDS UPSC & Upcoming Exams @Brilliant Academy of Learning, Delhi

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

Current Affairs Set 2 From September 2023 to August 2024 For NDA 2 ,CDS 2 & Upcoming Exams in 2024

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

Current Affairs Set 1 For NDA, CDS & Upcoming Exams from September 2023 to August 2024

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