73 - Important Days in April Month

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Important Days in April Month with all details....

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72 - IMPORTANT COMPUTER QUESTIONS FOR UPCOMING EXAMS

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IMPORTANT COMPUTER QUESTIONS FOR UPCOMING SSC-CGL / SBI / PUNJAB POLICE ETC

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71 - Secretaries General of the United Nations

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Secretaries General of the United Nations

Secretary-General	Dates in office	Country of origin	UN Regional Group	Reason of withdrawal
Gladwyn Jebb	24 October 1945 – 1 February 1946	United Kingdom	Western European & Others	Served as Acting Secretary-General until Lie's election
Trygve Lie	2 February 1946 – 10 November 1952	Norway	Western European & Others	Resigned
Dag Hammarskjöld	10 April 1953 – 18 September 1961	Sweden	Western European & Others	Died in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), while on a peacekeeping mission to the Congo
U Thant	30 November 1961 – 31 December 1971	Burma	Asian	Declined to consider a third term.
Kurt Waldheim	1 January 1972 – 31 December 1981	Austria	Western European & Others	China vetoed his third term.
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	1 January 1982 – 31 December 1991	Peru	Latin American & Caribbean	Refused to be considered for a third term.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali	1 January 1992 – 31 December 1996	Egypt	African	The United States vetoed his second term.
Kofi Annan	1 January 1997 – 31 December 2006	Ghana	African	Retired after two full terms
Ban Ki-moon	1 January 2007– present	South Korea	Asia-Pacific	Incumbent

70 - Vikram Samvat calendar

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Vikram Samvat calendar

No.	Name	Nepali	Days	Corresponding Gregorian months
1	Baishakh	बैशाख	30 / 31(30.950 exactly)	mid-April to mid-May
2	Jestha	जेष्ठ or जेठ	31 / 32(31.429 exactly)	mid-May to mid-June
3	Ashadh	आषाढ़ or असार	31 / 32(31.638 exactly)	mid-June to mid-July
4	Shrawan	श्रावण or साउन / सावन	31 / 32(31.463 exactly)	mid-July to mid-August
5	Bhadra	भाद्र or भदौ/भादो	31 / 32(31.012 exactly)	mid-August to mid-September
6	Ashwin	आश्विन or असोज or कुआर/क्वार	30 / 31(30.428 exactly)	mid-September to mid-October
7	Kartik	कार्तिक	29 / 30(29.879 exactly)	mid-October to mid-November
8	Mangsir	मार्ग or मंसिर/अगहन	29 / 30(29.475 exactly)	mid-November to mid-December
9	Poush	पौष or पुष/पूस	29 / 30(29.310 exactly)	mid-December to mid-January
10	Magh	माघ	29 / 30(29.457 exactly)	mid-January to mid-February
11	Falgun	फाल्गुन or फागुन	29 / 30(29.841 exactly)	mid-February to mid-March
12	Chaitra	चैत्र or चैत	30 / 31(30.377 exactly)	mid-March to mid-April

69 - Religious Reform Movements

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Religious Reform Movements

YOUNG BENGAL MOVEMENT

1. During the late 1820 and early 1830, there emerged a radical intellectual trend among the youth in Bengal, which came to be known as the ‘Young Bengal Movement’.
2. Founded by Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (1809 – 31). He was a teacher in Hindu College in Calcutta.
3. He also edited the papers, Hesperus and Calcutta Literary Gazette and was connected with the India Gazette.
4. He urged the students to live and die for truth. He also supported women’s education and their rights.

VEDA SAMAJ

1. Called BrahmoSamaj of South. Started by Sridharalu Naidu.
2. He translated books of Brahmo Dharma into Tamil and Telegu.

DHARMA SABHA

1. Initiated by Radhakant Deb in 1830.
2. Was opposed to reforms and protected orthodoxy, but played an active role in promoting western education even to girls.

DRAIN OF WEALTH THEORY

1. R.C. Dutta and DadabhaiNaoroji first cited the drain of wealth theory. Naoroji brought it to light in his book titled “Poverty and Unbritish Rule in India”. R C Dutt blamed the British policies for economic ills in his book “Economic History of India”.
2. Drain of wealth refers to the portion of national product of India, which was not available for consumption of Indians.
3. Drain of wealth began in 1757 after the Battle of Plassey when the Company’s servants began to extort fortunes from Indian rulers, zamindars, merchants and common people and send home.
4. In 1765, the Company acquired the Diwani of Bengal and began to purchase the Indian goods out of the revenue of Bengal and exported them. These purchases were known as Company’s investments.
5. Duty free inland trade provided British merchants a competitive edge over their Indian counterparts.
6. The actual drain, as a part of the salaries and other incomes of the English officials and the trading fortunes of English merchants, was even more.
7. The drain of wealth stunted the growth of Indian enterprise and checked and retarded capital formation in India.

LOKAHITAWADI

1. Started by Gopal Hari Deshmukh. Advocated western education and a rational outlook. He advocated female education for the upliftment of women.
2. As a vptary of national self – reliance, he attended Delhi durbar in 1876, wearing handspun khadi cloth.

INDIAN (NATIONAL) SOCIAL CONFERENCE

1. Founded by M.G. Ranade and Raghunath Rao. It held its first session in 1887.
2. Its main focus was on abolition of polygamy and kulinism and it encouraged intercaste marriages. It also pledged to fight child marriages.
3. The Conference is sometimes referred as the social reform cell of the Indian National Congress.

SERVANTS OF INDIA SOCIETY

1. Formed by Gopal Krishna Gokhale in 1915.
2. It did notable work in providing famine relief and in improving the condition of the tribal.

SEVA SAMITI

1. HridayanathKunzru, a member of the Servants of India Society, organized the Samiti at Allahabad in 1914, to improve the status of the suffering classes, reform criminals and to rescue those suffering in society.
2. Radhaswami Movement:
3. Founded in 1861 by a banker of Agra, Tulsi Ram, popularly known as Shiv DayalSaheb or Swami Maharaj.
4. The sect preached belief in one Supreme Being, the Guru’s supreme position and a simple social life for the believers (the Satsangis).

DEVA SAMAJ

1. Founded by Shiv NarainAgnihotri in 1887. it preached high moral and social conduct like, for instance, keeping oneself away from gambling and intoxicants.
2. Deva Shastra tells us about the ideals of Deva Samaj.

68 - List Of Reports Published By International Organizations

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List Of Reports Published By International Organizations

Sr.	Name of Report	Organization
1.	World Investment Report	UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development)
2.	Human Development Index	UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)
3.	Gender Inequality Index	UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)
4.	Millennium Development Goals	UNO (United Nations Organization)
5.	Global Financial System Report	BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards)
6.	Global Innovation Index Published	INSEAD
7.	World Development Report	IBRD (World Bank)
8.	Ease of Doing Business	IBRD (World Bank)
9.	Global Talent Competitiveness Index	INSEAD
10.	Intellectual Property Rights	WTO (World Trade Organization)
11.	The Energy Report & Living Planet Report by	WWF (World Wildlife Fund)
12.	Carbon Emission Index was Published by	UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)
13.	Global Terrorism Index	IEP (Individualized Education Programme)
14.	Global Peace Index	IEP (Individualized Education Programme)
15.	Global Money Laundering Report	FATF (Financial Action Task Force)
16.	World Economic Outlook	IMF (International Monetary Fund)
17.	Global Competitive Index	WEF (World Economic Forum)
18.	Travel & Tourism Index	WEF (World Economic Forum)
19.	Environmental Performance Index	WEF (World Economic Forum)
20.	Global Information Index	WEF (World Economic Forum)
21.	Levels and Trends in Child Mortality Report	UN Inter-agency Group
22.	India State of Forest Report	Forest Survey of India
23.	Interest Subvention Report 2015-16	Reserve Bank of India
24.	Change the World List Data	Fortune

67 - India's First Cabinet Ministers ( 15th August 1947 )

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 India's First Cabinet Ministers ( 15th August 1947 )

Name	Portfolio	Comments
Jawaharlal Nehru	External Affairs, Commonwealth Relations, Scientific Research	Prime Minister, Hindu
Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel	Home, Information and Broadcasting, States	Hindu
Dr. Rajendra Prasad	Food and Agriculture	President
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad	Education	Muslim
John Mathai	Railways and Transport	Christian
Sardar Baldev Singh	defence	Sikh
Babu Jagjivan Ram	Labour	Born in "Dalit" Cast
Cooverji Hormusaji Bhabha	Commerce	Member of Parsi community
Rafi Ahmad Kidwai	Communication	Muslim
Rajkumari Amrut Kaur	Health	First woman in Indian Cabinet, Christian
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar	Law	Born in "Dalit" Cast, Known Adversary of Congress.
R. K. Shanmukham Chetti	Finance	Known Adversary of Congress.
Shyam Prakash Mukarjee	Industries and Supplies	Known Adversary of Congress.
N. V. Gadgil	Works, Mines and Power

66 - Indian Nobel Prize Winners

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Indian Nobel Prize Winners

Only eight Indians have won the Nobel Prize (including the Prize for Economics), so far. While Tagore's Gitanjali has inspired millions, Kailash Satyarthi's quiet work was rewarded to bring two neighbours closer in their fight against child labour.

1. Rabindranath Tagore, Literature, 1913.
2. C.V. Raman, Physics, 1930.
3. Hargobind Khorana(Indian by birth), Physiology or Medicine, 1968.
4. Mother Teresa, Peace, 1979.
5. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar(Indian by birth), Physics, 1983.
6. Amartya Sen(Indian by birth), Economic Sciences, 1998.
7. V Ramakrishnan,Chemistry,2009
8. Kailash Satyarthi ,Peace,2014

65 - Nauru becomes 189th member of IMF and WORLD BANK

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Nauru becomes 189th member of IMF and WORLD BANK

• The Republic of Nauru, a tiny South Pacific island nation in Pacific Ocean became the 189th member of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank i.e. Bretton-Woods institutions.
• Before Nauru, the last country to join the World Bank and IMF as 188th member was South Sudan in April 2012.
• It will be the second smallest member of the Fund, after Tuvalu.          About Republic of Nauru ----
• Nauru is a tiny island country in Micronesia, northeast of Australia. It is the smallest sovereign state in the world after the Vatican City in terms of both population and area. It has a population of about 10,500 and a land area of about 8 square miles. The Australian dollar is its currency or legal tender. It had joined United Nations (UN) in 1996 as the world’s smallest independent republic.

         CAPITAL - YAREN
          Currency - Australian dollar
         
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64 - Joint Military Exercise of India with other Countries

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Joint Military Exercise of India with other Countries: Study Notes



Indian Defence Joint exercises ---

1. Navy
2. Air Force 
3. Army.

Indian Navy Joint Exercises-----

1. Varuna naval exercise is joint exercise of navies of France and India.
2. SLINEX.-Sri Lanka India Naval Exercise
3. INDRA is a joint, bi-annual military exercise conducted by India and Russia
4. Exercise Malabar is a bilateral naval exercise involving the United States and India.
5. Simbex - Indian Navy with Republic of Singapore Navy
6. IBSAMAR with the Brazil and South African navies.
7. KONKAN - A bilateral Naval Exercise  between Indian Navy and Royal Navy of Britain
8. AUSINDEX-Indian and Australian Navy Bilateral Maritime Exercise
9. Sahyog-Kaijin -Joint exercise of Coast Guards of India and Japan

Indian Air Force Joint Exercises-------

1. The joint India-UK air exercises are known as the “Indradhanush” or “Rainbow”.
2. India-France Air Exercise “Garuda".
3. Avia Indra-2014-  the India-Russia maiden aerial exercise.

Indian Army Joint Exercises------

1. Mithra Shakti exercise- India and Sri Lanka.
2. Hand-in-Hand. -India-China joint military training exercise 
3. Exercise Shakti - India and France armies
4. Exercise Nomadic Elephant- Indian Army exercises with the Mongolian Army.
5. Exercise YuddhAbhyas is a series of joint exercises between the Indian and United States Armies since 2005.
6. Surya Kiran - India Nepal joint military exercise
7. LAMITYE- India and Seychelles