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జాగ్రఫీ ప్రాక్టీస్ బిట్స్

1) భారతదేశంలో అత్యధిక సంఖ్యలో ఉద్యోగాలు కల్పిస్తున్న పరిశ్రమ ఏది?
1. ఇనుము, ఉక్కు 2. కాటన్ టెక్స్‌టైల్
3. చక్కెర పరిశ్రమ 4. తేయాకు ప్రాసెసింగ్
2) భారతదేశంలో అత్యధిక శాతం ప్రజలు మాట్లాడే భాషలు ఏ గ్రూపునకు చెందినవి?
1. ఇండో- ఆర్యన్ 2. ద్రవిడియన్
3. ఆస్ట్రో- ఆసియాటిక్ 4. సైనో- టిబెటన్
3) మధ్య, దక్షిణ భారతదేశాలలోని గిరిజనులు ఏ గ్రూపునకు చెందిన వారు?
1. నెగ్రిటోస్ 2. ప్రోటో అస్ట్రాలాయిడ్స్
3. మంగోలాయిడ్స్
4. పశ్చిమ బ్రాచిసెఫాల్స్
4) క్రింది వారిలో మధ్యధరా ప్రజల సమూహానికి చెందినవారు ఎవరు?
1. అండమాన్ నికోబార్ దీవుల ప్రజలు
2. పశ్చిమ బెంగాల్, ఒరిస్సాల ప్రజలు
3. పంజాబ్, ఉత్తరప్రదేశ్‌ల ప్రజలు
4. ఉత్తర భారతదేశంలో పర్వత మండల ప్రజలు
5) భారతదేశంలో అతి ప్రాచీనకాలం నుండి నివసిస్తున్న ప్రజలు?
1. మధ్యధరా ప్రజలు 2. నిగ్రోయిట్లు
3. నార్డిక్స్ 4. మంగోలాయిడ్లు
6) అంగామి తెగల ప్రజలు ఏ రాష్ట్రంలో ఉంటారు?
1. మధ్యప్రదేశ్ 2. ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్
3. తమిళనాడు 4. నాగాలాండ్
7) తోడా తెగ ఏ రాష్ట్రానికి చెందినది?
1. మధ్యప్రదేశ్ 2. తమిళనాడు
3. రాజస్థాన్ 4. అరుణాచల్‌ప్రదేశ్
8) మొఫ్లాలు ఎవరు?
1. మధ్యప్రదేశ్‌కు చెందిన గిరిజనులు
2. అస్సాంకు చెందిన గిరిజనులు
3. కేరళకు చెందిన ముస్లింలు
4. పశ్చిమ బెంగాల్‌కు చెందిన గిరిజనులు
9) బర్హోరులు ఎక్కడ నివసిస్తున్నారు?
1.జార్ఖండ్ 2. అసోం
3. నాగాలాండ్ 4. తమిళనాడు
10) భారతదేశంలో ఉన్న గ్రామాల సంఖ్య ఎంత?
1. సుమారు 3.8 లక్షలు
2. సుమారు 5.6 లక్షలు
3. సుమారు 10.0 లక్షలు
4. సుమారు 4.9 లక్షలు
11) అత్యధిక సంఖ్యలో పట్టణ యూనిట్లు కలిగిన రాష్ట్రం ఏది?
1. తమిళనాడు 2. మహారాష్ట్ర
3. ఉత్తరప్రదేశ్ 4. పశ్చిమబెంగాల్
12) ఆవాసాలు లేని, గ్రామాలు లేని రాష్ట్రంగా ప్రసిద్ధి చెందినది?
1. ఉత్తరప్రదేశ్ 2. కేరళ
3. పశ్చిమ బెంగాల్ 4. తమిళనాడు
13) సెన్సస్ ఆఫ్ ఇండియా ఒక ప్రదేశాన్ని పట్టణంగా పరిగణించాలంటే క్రింది వాటిలో అవసరంలేనిది ఏది?
1. మొత్తం జనాభా 10వేల కంటే ఎక్కువగా ఉండాలి.
2. మొత్తం జనాభా ఐదువేల కంటే ఎక్కువగా ఉండాలి, 3. జనసాంద్రత చ.కి.మీ.కు 400 మంది కంటే ఎక్కువ ఉండాలి, 4. పనిచేస్తున్న పురుషుల్లో 75 శాతానికి పైగా పురుషులు వ్యవసాయేతర వృత్తుల్లో ఉండాలి
14) క్రింది వాటిలో అత్యధిక జనాభా కలిగిన నగరం ఏది?
1. గ్రేటర్ ముంబై 2. ఢిల్లీ
3. కోల్‌కతా 4. చెన్నై
15) మొత్తం ప్రపంచ జనాభాలో ఆసియాలో నివసిస్తున్న జనాభా శాతం?
1. సుమారు 30 శాతం
2. సుమారు 45 శాతం
3. సుమారు 55 శాతం
4. సుమారు 65 శాతం
16) అత్యధిక సంఖ్య కలిగిన జాతి సమూహం ఏది?
1. నీగ్రోయిడ్ 2. మంగోలాయిడ్
3. అస్ట్రాలాయిడ్ 4. కౌకాసాయిడ్
17) సముద్ర జలాల్లో సమృద్ధిగా లభించే మూలకం ఏది?
1. సోడియం 2. క్లోరిన్
3. అయోడిన్ 4. పొటాషియం
18) శివాలిక్ కొండల పశ్చిమ హద్దు ఏది?
1. పిర్ పంజాల్ 2. పొత్తార్ హరివాణం
3. కోసి నది 4. మోర్ని కొండలు
19) తూర్పునుండి పశ్చిమానికి గరిష్టంగా విస్తరించి ఉన్న హిమాలయాలు ఏవి?
1. కుమయూన్ హిమాలయాలు
2. అస్సాం హిమాలయాలు
3. పంజాబ్ హిమాలయాలు
4. నేపాల్ హిమాలయాలు
20) ఆరావళి పర్వతాల్లో పుట్టి గల్ఫ్ ఆఫ్ కాంబేలోకి ప్రవహించే నది ఏది?
1. లుని 2. సబర్మతి
3. సాహిబి 4. నేత్రావతి
21) కార్డమోమ్ కొండలకు గల మరొక పేరేమిటి?
1. పళని కొండలు 2. నీలగిరి కొండలు
3. యేలగిరి కొండలు
4. అన్నామలై కొండలు
22) ఉపరితలంపై సేంద్రియ పదార్థం పోగుపడే మృత్తిక రకం ఏది?
1. పీటి నేలలు 2. అల్లువియల్ నేలలు
3. లాటరైట్ నేలలు 4. ఎర్ర నేలలు
23) నీరు నిలబడకుండా అధిక వర్షపాతం అవసరమైన పంట ఏది?
1. వరి 2. జనుము
3. తేయాకు 4. వేరుశనగ
24) ఆంగ్లో- సుబియాన్ దేనికి సంబంధించిన సంకర జాతి?
1. గొర్రెలు 2. మేకలు
3. కోళ్లు 4. పశువులు
25) 2001 జనాభా లెక్కల ప్రకారం భారతదేశ జనసాంద్రత?
1. 261 2. 276
3. 324 4. 269
26) జనాభానుబట్టి క్రింది రాష్ట్రాలను సరైన ఆరోహణా క్రమంలో అమర్చండి..
1. ఉత్తరప్రదేశ్ 2. పశ్చిమ బెంగాల్
3. మధ్యప్రదేశ్ 4. మహారాష్ట్ర
1. 1,2,3,4 2. 1,3,4,2
3. 1,2,4,3 4. 1,4,2,3
27) జనసాంద్రతను బట్టి క్రింది రాష్ట్రాలను సరైన అవరోహణా క్రమంలో అమర్చండి..
1. కేరళ 2. ఉత్తరప్రదేశ్
3. బీహార్ 4. పశ్చిమ బెంగాల్
1. 1,4,2,3 2. 4,2,1,3
3. 4,1,2,3 4. 1,4,3,2
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జవాబులు
1) 2, 2) 1, 3) 2, 4) 3, 5) 2, 6) 4, 7) 2, 8) 3, 9) 1, 10) 2, 11) 3, 12) 2, 13) 1, 14) 1, 15) 3, 16) 4, 17) 2, 18) 2, 19) 4, 20) 2, 21) 3, 22) 1, 23) 3, 24) 2, 25) 3, 26) 4, 27) 2.

Important points to remember

·        Mr. V. K. Singh-  INA CHIEF

·        ANIL KUMBLE- Elected as President of KSCA(Karnataka State Cricket Association)

·        Nallari Kiran Kr Reddy- 16th CM of Andhra Pradesh

·        Nandan Nilekani- UIDAI Chief

·        High power committee to review Antrix Devas Deal. The two-man committee comprising planning commission member and former cabinet secretary , B. K. Chaturvedi and space commission member Prof. Roddam Narasimha- will review the technical, commercial procedural and financial aspects of agreement between Antrix( the commercial arm of ISRO) and Devas Multimedia Pvt. Ltd.

·        India and Japan signed a free trade deal- to boost bilateral trade which currently amounts to $10.36billion per annum.[CEPA- Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement]

·        Anand Sharma – Union Commerce and Industry Minister[recently signed CECA(Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement) with his Malaysian counterpart Mustapa Mohamed in Kuala Lumpur]

·        Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund – Khazana

·        UK energy giant BP(British Petroleum) and Reliance sign $9 billion(Rs. 32000 Cr) deal to explore Oil, Gas

·        S-Devas Band – High Value and scarce radio waves.

·        CCS- Cabinet Committee on Security

·        Year 2010 declared as safest for Global Commercial Aviation by IATA(International Air Transport Association)

·        Recently ADB(Asian Development Bank) agreed to provide an aid of $7.4 billion to India for developing its infrastructure from a three year period from 2011-2013.

·        New PM of Jordan – Marouf Bakhit

·        Donald Tusk – PM of Poland

·        Approval of Parliament is required to withdraw money from consolidated fund of India.

·        Largest resource of natural Gas: Russia

·        New finance secretary of India: Sushma Nath

·        For examination of FSB(Food Security Bill) – C. Rangarajan Committee

·        TIEA- Tax Information Exchange Agreement[India signed first TIEA with Bermuda]

·        30 member JPC to probe 2G Scam(20 from Lok Sabha, 10 from Rajya Sabha)

·        In an attempt to deal with black money in elections, the maximum poll expenditure for parliamentary constituencies has been increased to Rs. 40lakh and Rs. 16lakh for assembly constituencies. Expenditure limit varies according to the size of the states.

·        Director General of WTO: Pascal Lamy

·        President of European Council: Herman Van Rompuy

·        President of European Commission: Jose Manuel Barroso

·        What is GFAJ-1: A bacteria

·        First Indian woman to win Miss Earth contest: Nicole Faria

·        Countries in European Union: 27

·        SAICM: Strategic Approach to International Chemical Management

·       Moortidevi Award: 22nd Moortidevi Award for the year 2008 goes to“Paschimi Bhotik Sanskriti Ka Utthan Aur Patan” written by Dr. Raghuvansh and 23rd Moortidevi Award for the year 2009 goes to“Akkitham Achyuthan Nambbodiri's Selected Poems” written by Shri Akkitham Achyuthan Nambbodiri.

·       Volta river project: Ghana

·       Asian Financial Crisis started in 1997 from Thailand

·       Chief of Staff by Barack Obama: William Daley

·       CEO of Prasar Bharti: Rajiv Takru

·       New vice chief of IAF: N. A. K. Browne

Grammy awards 2011 winners

Album of the year – Arcade Fire, The Suburbs

Record of the year – Lady Antebellum, Need You Now

Song of the year – Need You Now (Lady Antebellum, performers)

Best new artist – Esperanza Spalding

Best female pop vocal performance – Lady Gaga, Bad Romance

Best male pop vocal performance – Bruno Mars, Just the Way You Are

Best pop vocal album – Lady Gaga, The Fame Monster

Best traditional pop vocal album – Michael Buble, Crazy Love

Best electronic/dance album – La Roux, La Roux

Best solo rock vocal performance – Paul McCartney, Helter Skelter

Best hard rock performance – Them Crooked Vultures, New Fang

Best metal performance – Iron Maiden, El Dorado

Best rock song – Angry World (Neil Young)

Best rock album – Muse, The Resistance

Best alternative music album – The Black Keys, Brothers

Best female R&B vocal performance – Fantasia, Bittersweet

Best male R&B vocal performance – Usher, There Goes My Baby

Best urban/alternative performance – Cee Lo Green, F*** You

Best R&B song – Shine (John Legend and the Roots)

Best contemporary R&B album – Usher, Raymond v Raymond

Best rap solo performance – Eminem, Not Afraid

Best rap song – Empire State of Mind (Jay–Z and Alicia Keys, performers)

Best rap album– Eminem, Recovery

Best female country vocal performance – Miranda Lambert, The House That Built Me

Best male country vocal performance – Keith Urban, Til Summer Comes Around

Best country song – Need You Now (Lady Antebellum, performers)

Best country album– Lady Antebellum, Need You Now

Best contemporary jazz album – The Stanley Clarke Band, The Stanley Clarke Band

Best Americana album – Mavis Staples, You Are Not Alone

Best contemporary blues album – Buddy Guy, Living Proof

Best contemporary folk album – Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs, God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise

Best classical album: Verdi: Requiem (Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli & Mario Zeffiri; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus)

Oscars 2011 awards winners

Best Picture
"The King's Speech," Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers

Achievement in directing
"The King's Speech," Tom Hooper

Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in "The Fighter"

Actress in a Leading Role
Natalie Portman in "Black Swan"

Actress in a Supporting Role
Melissa Leo in "The Fighter"

Animated Feature Film
"How to Train Your Dragon" Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
"The Illusionist" Sylvain Chomet
"Toy Story 3" Lee Unkrich

Achievement in Art Direction
"Alice in Wonderland"

Achievement in Cinematography
"Inception," Wally Pfister

Costume Design
"Alice in Wonderland," Colleen Atwood

Documentary (Feature)
"Inside Job," Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

Documentary (Short Subject)
"Strangers No More"

Film Editing
"The Social Network"

Foreign Language Film
"In a Better World," Denmark

Makeup
"The Wolfman," Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (Original Score)
"The Social Network," Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Music (Original Song)
"We Belong Together" from "Toy Story 3," Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Short Film (Animated)
"The Lost Thing," Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann

Short Film (Live Action)
"God of Love," Luke Matheny

Sound Editing
"Inception," Richard King

Sound Mixing
"Inception," Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick

Visual Effects
"Inception," Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
"The Social Network," Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin

Writing (Original Screenplay)
"The King's Speech," Screenplay by David Seidler

Famous People in India

One of the first Emperors of India who is also the Architect of Modern India, is the famous one... Shah Jahan	The Queen in whose memory Taj Mahal was made by Shah Jahan and who ruled in the hearts of her people.. Mumtaz Mahal
The Emperor with the famous Nine Jewels of his Court, was the most brave Emperor of Modern India... Akbar	The Father of the Nation, who got India its Independence.... Mahatma Gandhi
The first Prime Minister of India and the architect of Five Year Plans, he is also known as Chacha Nehru... Jawaharlal Nehru	The youngest Prime Minister of India, who gave India its computers and Information Technology... Rajiv Gandhi
Former Miss World and bollywood Actress.....  Aishwarya Rai	The angry young man and the father of Bolywood, his charms as an actor are incomparable... Amitabh Bachan
The Founder, Ceo and Director of Infosys, is main force behind todays Indian Policies of RBI... Narayan Murthy	The uncompromising King of Indian Music, he is still one of the revered ones.... Kishore Kumar
Ceo of Airtel, the second largest player of mobiles in India..... Sunil Mittal	The Little Master of India, is still the backbone of Indian Cricket Team..... Sachin Tendulkar
This Iron Lady and Prime Minister of India had even the Enemies bowing before her.... Indira Gandhi	The kind mother of all who was awarded Noble Peace Prize for her works of Humanity...... Mother Teresa
The founder of Wipro and a master entrepreneur, his is an icon of many.... Azim Premji	A humble man and a bread earner of millions of Indians, he is the one who got mobiles for a common man... Dhirubhai Ambani
The Bloodline of Tata, Ratan Tata is the Son of Indian Automoblies.... Ratan Tata	Father of Indian Cinema, he has produced the best Indian Movies the country has... Satyajit Rai
Also known as Bhagwan Rajnish, this man made a number of controversies which still exist...... Osho - Rajnish	This Noble Laureate is also one of the Great Poets of India.... Rabindra Nath Tagore
The Little Man of India is respected not only by Indian Cricket, but all over the world.... Sunil Gavasakar	The Sitar Mastero Of India, is one of the main Gurus of Indian Classical Music.... Pandit Ravi Shankar
The best architect of battles, a great King and a preacher of Buddhism, he was the best IndianHistory has got.... Emperor Ashoka	This Unparalled Queen of Indian Music, sang for the Indian Soldiers too ... Lata Mangeshkar
The Man who changed America or the Saint of India was the strongest man India had.... Swami Vivekanand

58th National Awards

Best Feature Film: Adaminte Makan Abu
Best Actor: Danush for Aadukalam (Tamil) and Salim Kumar for Adaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam)
Best Actress: Mitalee Jagpat Varadkar for Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi) and Saranya Ponvannan for Thenmerkku Paruvakkatru (Tamil)

French Open 2011 Results

Men's Singles	Rafal Nadal
Women's Singles	Li Na
Men's Doubles	Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor
Women's Doubles	Andrea Hlavakova and Lucie Hradecka
Mixed Doubles	Casey Dellacqua and Scott Lipsky

BCCI Cricket Awards 2010-11

Sachin Tendulkar	India's Cricketer of the Year
Salim Durani	Lifetime Achievement Award
Manish Pandey	Highest run scorer in Ranji Trophy
Abhimanyu Mithun	Highest Wicket-taker in Ranji Trophy
M D Thirushkamini	Best Woman Cricketer
K Hariharan	Best Umpire
Maharashtra	Best Overall Performance

IIFA(International Indian Film Academy) Awards 2011

Best Film	Dabangg
Best Performance Leading Role(Male)	Shahrukh Khan-My Name is Khan
Best Performance Leading Role(Female)	Anushka Sharma-Band Baaja Baaraat
Best Direction	Karan Johar-My Name is Khan
Best Performance Comic Role	Rithesh Deshmukh
Best Performance Negative Role	Sonu Sood
Best Performance Supporting Role(Male)	Arjun Rampal -Rajneeti
Best Performance Supporting Role(Female)	Prachi Desai-Once upon a time in Mumbai
Debut of the Year(Male)	Ranveer Singh
Debut of the Year(Female)	Sonakshi Sinha
Best Story	Shivani Bhatia-My Name is Khan
Best Lyrics	Niranjan Iyengar-Sajda and Noor-e-Khuda-My name is Khan
Playback Singer(Male)	Rahat Fateh Ali Khan -Tere Mast Mast Do Nain
Playback Singer(Female)	Mamta Sharma-Munni Badnaam hui
Music Direction	Sajid Wajid,Lalit Pandit
Cinematographer	Sudeep Chaterjee-Gujaarish
Editing	Namrata Rao-Band Baaja Baaraat
Art Director	Sabu Cyril-Robot
Choreography	Farah Khan-Dabangg
Action	S.Vijayan-Dabangg
Sound Recording	Pritam Das-Love,Sex Aur Dhoka
Song Recording	Vijay Dayal-Ainvayi Ainvayi
Sound Re-Recording	Leslie Fernandes-Dabangg
Special Effects	Indian Artists-Robot
Background Score	Shankar,Ehsaan,Loy-My name is Khan
Costume Designing	Niharika Khan-Band Baaja Baaraat
Make-up	Banu(for Rajnikanth)-Robot

Wimbledon Open 2011 Results

Men's SinglesNOVAK DJOKOVICWomen's SinglesPETRA KVITOVAMen's DoubleBOB BRYAN AND MIKE BRYANWomen's DoubleKVETA PESCHKE AND KATRINA SREBOTNIKMixed DoublesJURGEN MELZER AND IVETA BENESOVA

List of Public Sector Banks in India

Allahabad Bank
Andhra Bank
Bank of Baroda
Bank of India
Bank of Maharashtra 
Canara Bank
Central Bank of India
Corporation Bank
Dena Bank
IDBI Bank
Indian Bank
Indian Overseas Bank 
Oriental Bank of Commerce
Punjab National Bank
Punjab and Sind Bank 
State Bank of India
Syndicate Bank
UCO Bank
Union Bank of India
United Bank of India 
Vijaya Bank

Subsidiaries of State Bank of India :

State Bank of Mysore
State Bank of Hyderabad
State Bank of Patiala
State Bank of Travancore

list of important days in india

12-Jan National Youth Day.

15-Jan Army Day.

26-Jan India's Republic Day and International Customs day.

30-Jan Martyrs' Day

24-Feb Central Excise Day.

28-Feb National Science Day.

8-Mar International Women's Day.

15-Mar World Disabled Day.

21-Mar World Forestry Day.

21-Mar International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

23-Mar World Meteorological Day.

5-Apr National Maritime Day.

7-Apr World Health Day.

18-Apr World Heritage Day.

22-Apr Earth Day.

1-May Workers Day (International LaborDay).

3-May Press Freedom Day.

May (2nd Sunday) Mother's Day.

8-May World Red Cross Day.

11-May National Technology Day.

15-May International Day of the Family.

17-May World Telecommunication Day.

24-May Commonwealth Day.

31-May Anti-Tobacco Day.

4-Jun International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression.

5-Jun World Environment Day.

June(2nd Sunday) Fathers Day.

26-Jun International day against Drugabuse & Illicit Trafficking.

27-Jun World Diabetes Day.

6-Jul World Zoonoses Day.

11-Jul World Population Day.

3-Aug International Friendship Day.

6-Aug Hiroshima Day,

9-Aug Quit India Day and Nagasaki Day.

15-Aug Independence Day.

29-Aug National Sports Day.

5-Sep Teachers' Day.

8-Sep World Literacy Day.

16-Sep World Ozone Day.

21-Sep Alzheimer's Day.

26-Sep Day of the Deaf.

27-Sep World Tourism Day.

1-Oct International day of the Elderly

3-Oct World Habitat Day.

4-Oct World Animal Welfare Day.

8-Oct Indian Air Force Day.

9-Oct World Post Office day.

10-Oct National Post Day.

13-Oct UN International Day for Nationaldisaster reduction.



14-Oct World Standards Day.

15-Oct World White Cane Day( guiding theBlind).

16-Oct World Food Day.

24-Oct UN Day, World development information Day.

30-Oct World Thrift Day.

14-Nov Children's Day ( in India )

20-Nov Africa Industrialization Day.

29-Nov International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People.

1-Dec World Aids Day.

4-Dec Navy Day.

7-Dec Armed Forces Flag Day.

10-Dec Human Right Day.

23-Dec Kisan Divas Farmer's Day).