DANCES OF INDIA

1. Bharat Natyam - Tamil Nadu

2. Bihu - Assam
3. Bhangra - Punjab
4. Garhwali - Uttaranchal
5. Garba - Gujarat
6. Kathak - North India
7. Kathakali - Kerala
8. Kutchipudi - Andhra Pradesh
9. Karma - Madhya Pradesh
10. Laho - Meghalaya
11. Mohiniattam - Kerala
12. Mando - Goa
13. Manipuri - Manipur
14. Nati - Himalayas
15. Nat-Natin - Bihar
16. Odissi - Orissa
17. Rauf - J & K
18. Yakshagan Karnataka

FATHER OF A SUBJECT--- Father of Microscopy - Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek

Father of Western Medicine - Hippocrates
Father of Internet - Vint Cerf
Father of the American Constitution - James Madison
Father of the Indian Constitution - Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Father of Humanism - Francesco Petrarca
Father of Geometry - Euclid of Alexandria
Father of New France - Samuel de Champlain
Father of Genetics - Gregor Mendel
Father of the Green Revolution - Norman Ernest Borlaug
Father of the Green Revolution in India - M.S Swaminathan
Father of Scientific Management -Frederick Winslow Taylor
Father of Biology - Aristotle
Father of Evolution - Charles Darwin
Father of Microbiology - Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Father of Nuclear Chemistry - Otto Hahn
Father of Periodic Table - Dmitri Mendeleev
Father of modern Medicine - Hippocrates
Father of Modern Physics - Galileo Galilei

 Father of Modern Astronomy - Nicolaus Copernicus

Father of Nuclear Physics - Ernest Rutherford
Father of Nuclear Science - Marie Curie and Pierre Curie
Father of Computer Science -George Boole and Alan Turing
Father of American Football - Walter Camp
Father of Walter Camp - Geoffrey Chaucer
Father of modern Olympic - Pierre De Coubertin
Father of of Numbers - Pythagoras
Father of Botany - Theophrastus
Father of Electricity - Benjamin Franklin
Father of Electonics - Michael Faraday
Father of Television - Vladimir K. Zworykin
Father of Telephone - Alexander Graham Bell
Father of Mobile Phone - Martin Cooper
Father of Laptop - Bill Moggridge
Father of Psychology - Sigmund Freud
Father of Surgery - Sushruta
Father of Plastic Surgery - Sir Harold Gillies
Father of Ayurveda - Dhanwantari

IMPORTANT YEARS OF INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENTS

Government of India Act 1858

Indian National Congress (1885)
Partition of Bengal (1905)
Muslim League (1906)
Swadeshi Movement (1905)
Morley-Minto Reforms (1909)
Lucknow Pact (1916)
Home Rule Movement (1916-1920)
The Gandhian Era (1917-1947)
Khilafat Movement (1920)
The Rowlatt Act (1919)
Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre (1919)
Non-Cooperation Movement (1920)
Chauri Chaura Incident (1922)
Swaraj Party (1923)
Simon Commission (1927)
Dandi March (1930)
Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931)
The Government of India Act, 1935
Quit India Movement (1942)

 Cabinet Mission Plan (1946)

Interim Government (1946)
Formation of Constituent Assembly (1946)
Mountbatten Plan (1947)
The Indian Independence Act, 1947
Partition of India (1947)
General Knowledge for your exams
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1) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is elected by the? - Members of the Lok Sabha
2) Who is the new chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi? - Shekhar Sen
3) Who is called the Father of History'? - Herodotus
4) Which country will host the 2016 Twenty20 World Cup? - India
5) Article 17 of the constitution of India provides for? - Abolition of untouchability
6) Who was appointed as the new foreign secretary of India recently? - S Jaishankar
7) Article 370 of the constitution of India provides for? - Temporary provisions for Jammu & Kashmir
8) R K Laxman who died recently is best known for creation of which iconic character? - Common
Man
9) How many permanent members are there in Security Council? - Five
10) Which International Airport has recently emerged as the busiest international airport in the
world? - Dubai International Airport
11) Who is the chief advisor to the Governor? - Chief Minister
12) Who was the Chief Guest at this year's India's Republic Day Parade? - Barack Obama
13) Foreign currency which has a tendency of quick migration is called? - Hot currency
14) Paulina Vega who was crowned Miss Universe recently is from which country? - Colombia
15) Smoke is formed due to? - Solid dispersed in gas
16) World Leprosy Day 2015 was recently observed on? - 25 January
17) The famous slogan "GARIBI HATAO" (Remove Poverty) was launched during the? - Fourth FiveYear Plan (1969-74)
18) What is the main Chemical component of Vinegar? - Acetic acid
19) Who was appointed as the new CBI Director recently? - Anil Kumar Sinha
20) Which gas is released from paddy fields? - Methane
21) Who recently became the first Indian Footballer to be conferred with Asian Football
Confederation (AFC) Hall of Fame Award? - Baichung Bhutia
22) In which country IS the headquarters of Nestle company located? - Switzerland
23) Which film won the Golden Peacock Award at the 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)
2014? - Leviathan, Russian Film
24) Which family owns the Hero group of Companies in India? - Munjals
25) National Good Governance Day was observed on? - December 25

NATIONAL PARKS IN INDIA (Selective)

[1] Anshi National Park --------- Karnataka

[2] Bandipur National Park ----------- Karnataka
[3] Bannerghatta National Park --------Karnataka
[4] Balphakram National Park ------- Meghalaya
[5] Bandhavgarh National Park --------- Madhya
Pradesh
[6] Betla National Park --------- Jharkhand
[7] Bhitarkanika National Park ------- Odisha
[8] Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar -------Gujarat
[9] Buxa Tiger Reserve -------- West Bengal
[10] Campbell Bay National Park --------Andaman and Nicobar Islands
[11] Chandoli National Park --------- Maharashtra
[12] Dachigam National Park ------- Jammu and
Kashmir
[13] Darrah National Park --------- Rajasthan
[14] Desert National Park -------- Rajasthan
[15] Dibru-Saikhowa National Park --------Assam
[16] Dudhwa National Park --------- Uttar Pradesh
[17] Eravikulam National Park -------- Kerala
[18] Galathea National Park --------- Andaman
and Nicobar Islands
[19] Gangotri National Park --------- Uttarakhand
[20] Gir Forest National Park --------- Gujarat
[21] Gorumara National Park -------- West Bengal
[22] Govind Pashu Vihar Wildlife Sanctuary -----Uttarakhand
[23] Great Himalayan National Park ------Himachal Pradesh,
[24] Gugamal National Park -------- Maharashtra
[25] Guindy National Park -------- Tamil Nadu
[26] Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park
---------- Tamil Nadu
[27] Hemis National Park --------- Jammu and
Kashmir
[28] Harike Wetland ------- Punjab
[29] Hazaribagh National Park ------- Jharkhand
[30] Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National
Park -------- Tamil Nadu
[31] Indravati National Park ------- Chhattisgarh

[32] Jaldapara National Park ------- West Bengal

[33] Jim Corbett National Park -------Uttarakhand
[34] Kalesar National Park ------ Haryana
[35] Kanha National Park ------- Madhya Pradesh
[36] Kanger Ghati National Park -------Chhattisgarh
[37] Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park
-------- Telangana
[38] Kaziranga National Park ------ Assam
[39] Keibul Lamjao National Park ------ Manipur
[40] Keoladeo National Park --------- Rajasthan
[41] Khangchendzonga National Park ------Sikkim
[42] Kishtwar National Park --------- Jammu and
Kashmir
[43] Kudremukh National Park ------- Karnataka
[44] Madhav National Park ------- Madhya
Pradesh
[45] Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park ------Andaman and Nicobar Islands
[46] Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park
------- Telangana
[47] Manas National Park ------ Assam
[48] Mandla Plant Fossils National Park -------Madhya Pradesh
[49] Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch ------Gujarat
[50] Mathikettan Shola National Park ------Kerala

GK & Computer Questions from (3 Jan 2015) UIIC Assistant Exam

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1) President of World Bank? - Jim Yong Kim
2) Headquarters of BRICS Bank? - Shanghai, China
3) Which Indian was recently given Japan top national award named 'Grand Cordon of the Order of
the Paulownia Flowers'? - Dr. Manmohan Singh
4) How many member states are there in ASEAN? - 10
5) 'Addis Ababa' is the capital of? - Ethiopia
6) PV full form in MS excel? - Present Value

7) SLP fullform relating to judiciary? - Special Leave Petitions

8) Sania Mirza won mixed doubles final of the US Open 2014 along with? - Bruno Soares of Brazil
9) Work of IMF? - Foster global growth and economic stability
10) RuPay card scheme was conceived and launched by? - National Payments Corporation of India
(NPCI)
11) Name the current Railway Minister of India? - Suresh Prabhu
12) Accidental Insurance cover under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana? - Rs.1. lac
13) Name the two stock exchanges merged in china recently? - Shanghai and Hong Kong stock
exchanges
14) National stock exchange of india is merged with? - Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI)
15) Name the regualtor of commodity market? - SEBI
16) Who won gold medal in the men's freestyle 65 kg wrestling event at the Asian Games? Yogeshwar Dutt
17) November 14 is observed worldwide as which day? - World Diabetes Day
18) Who is the author of the book The Inheritance of Loss? - Kiran Desai
19) In National Pension System subscribers of which age group can join? - 18 to 60
20) One question related to make in India.
21) Name Sachin Tendulkar's Autobiography which was released recently? - Playing It My Way
22) Prime minister of Japan? - Shinzo Abe
23) Kailash satyarthi is associated with which NGO? - Bachpan Bachao Andolan
24) Founder of Ali Baba group? - Jack Ma
25) Total number of alphanumeric code numbers on pan card? - 10
26) Adani group recently signed a memorandum of understanding with State Bank of India for how
much loan for the Carmichael mine in Queensland, Australia? - $1 billion
27) What is cell in ms excel?
28) Use of paste in document? - To paste a copied article
29) If you want to change OS windows xp to windows 7 that process is known as?
30) Modem related question? - (Ans: Dial Up)
31) TCP full form? - Transmission Control Protocol
32) Question on backup
33) Question on firewall
34) Rules for exchanging messages via Internet called? - Protocol
35) Shortcut for italic in word? - Cntrl + I
36) Term Deposits are not taxable under 80C if it is for how many years? - 5 Years
37) Which birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru was celebrated on 14th November 2014? - 125 th

ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION

One who does not make mistakes: Infallible
One who is out to subvert a government. -Anarchist
One who is recovering from illness. -Convalescent

 One who is all powerful -Omnipotent

One who is present everywhere. -Omnipresent
One who knows everything - Omniscient
One who can do anything for money. - Mercenary
One who has no money. -Pauper
One who changes sides. - Turncoat
One who loves books. -Bibliophile
One who can speak two languages. -Bilingual
A dancer on rope - Acrobat
A person who holds that nothing is known or likely to be known of the existence of God - Agnostic
A statement which is obsolete or capable of more than one
interpretation - Ambiguous
An oval or circular theater with seats rising behind and above each other round a central open
space - Amphitheater
A letter which does not bear the name or signature of the writer - Anonymous
A place of permanent residence -Domicile
Government by the people - Democracy
Government by the nobles - Aristocracy
Government by the officials - Bureaucracy
Government by the few - Oligarchy
One who eats everything is - Omnivorous
That which is inherited from forefathers - Ancestral
The secret of transmuting baser metals into gold - Alchemy
The study of teaching - Pedagogy
The science of valid thinking - Logic
One who works for free- Volunteer
One who loves mankind- Philanthropist
One who hates mankind- Misanthrope
A person who is womanish in his habits Effeminate
Unconventional style of living Bohemian
A person who leaves his own country and goes to live in another - Emigrant
A person who comes to one country from another in order to settle there Immigrant
Fear of Water Hydrophobia
A job with high salary but little responsibility Sinecure
A Speech made without any preparation Extempore
A person having same name as another Namesake
The study of coins Numismatics
A home for old persons Infirmary
To feel or express disapproval of something or someone Deprecate
Easily duped or fooled Gullible
To keep a great person or event in peoples memory commemorate
One Who helps needy people Samaritan
One who is habitual drunkard - Toper / Sot

 One who collects stamps - Philatelists

One who amuses himself by love making - Philanderer
One who does not take any intoxicating drugs Teetotaller
A person who is indifferent to pain and pleasure - Stoic
One who has narrow and prejudiced religious views fanatic
The action of looking within or into ones own mind introspection

Important Battles in the Indian History

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1. 1st battle of Tarain--1191-- Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Mohammed Ghori
2. 2nd battle of Tarain--1192--Mohammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan
3. 1st battle of Panipat--1526--Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodi
4. Battle of Khanwa--1527-- Babur defeated Rana Sunga further strengthening his foothold in India.
5. Battle of Ghaghra--1529--Babur defeated Mahmud Lodi and Sultan Nusrat Shah thus establishing
Mughal rule in India.
6. 2nd battle of Panipat--1556--Akbar defeated Hemu
7. 3rd battle of Panipat--1761Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas
8. Battle of Talikota--1565--Deccan Sultanates defeated the glorious Vijayanagar empire
9. Battle of Haldighati--1576--Undecisive battle between Raja Man Singh of Mughal Army and Rana
Pratap of Mewar.
10. Battle of Plassey--1757--British defeated Siraj-ud-duala with the help of Mir Zafar. This battle laid
the foundation of British empire in India.
11. Battle of Wandiwash--1760--British decisively defeated the French in India. The Seven years war
(1756 - 1763) between the British and the French in Europe ran parallel to this war. 3 Carnatic wars
were fought between the British and the French and this battle was a part of the 3rd Carnatic War.
12. Battle of Buxar--1764--British defeated the combined forces of Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-duala
(Nawab of Oudh) and Shah Alam II(Mughal emperor). This completed the work began by the battle
of Plassey.
13. Battle of Samugarh--1658--Aurangzeb defeated Dara Shikoh.
14. Battle of Karnal--1739--Nadir Shah defeated Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah.