UNION MINISTERS

Ghulam Nabi Azad - Health & Family Welfare

Kapil Sibal - Human Resource Development
Veerappa Moily - Law & Justice
Ambika Soni - Information & Broadcasting
Anand Sharma - Commerce & Industry
S Jaipal Reddy -Urban Development
Murli Deora - Oil & Petroleum minister
Kumari Selja - Housing, Urban & Poverty Alleviation, Tourism
Sushil Kumar Shinde - Power
Vilasrao Deshmukh - Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises.
Kamal Nath - Surface Transport & Highways
Virbhadra Singh - Steel
A Raja - IT & Communication
Dayanidhi Maran - Textiles
Pawan Kumar Bansal - Water Resources ---- Correction updated,,courtesy Ishasharma014
(Just found out that Meira Kumar resigned as he got elected for lok sabha speaker)
C P Joshi - Rural Development & Panchayati Raj
M S Gill - Youth Affairs & Sports
M Azhagiri - Chemical & Fertilisers
Mallikarjun Kharge - Labour & Employment
Farooq Abdullah - New & Renewable Energy.
Subodh Kant Sahay - Food Processing Industries
G K Vasan - Shipping
Pawan Kumar Bansal - Parliamentary Affairs
Vyalar Ravi - Overseas Indian Affairs
B K Handique - Mines, Development of North-Eastern Region
Mukul Wasnik - Social Justice & Empowerment
Kantilal Bhuria - Tribal Affairs
Pranab Mukherjee - Finance
Sharad Pawar - Agriculture, Food & Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution
A K Antony Defence
P. Chidambaram - Home Affairs
Mamata Banerjee - Railways
S M Krishna - External Affairs

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

Praful Patel Civil Aviation
Prithviraj Chavan Science & Technology; Earth Sciences and MoS in the Prime Minister’s Office;
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Parliamentary Affairs.
Jyotiraditya Scindia Commerce and Industry----courtesy HosniMubarak
Sriprakash Jaiswal Coal; Statistics & Programme Implementation
Salman Khursheed Corporate Affairs; Minority Affairs
Dinsha J Patel Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Krishna Tirath Women and Child Development
Jairam Ramesh Environment and Forests

MINISTERS OF STATE
Mahadev S. Khandela Road Transport & Highways
Dinesh Trivedi Health & Family Welfare
Sisir Adhikari Rural Development
Sultan Ahmed Tourism
Mukul Roy Shipping
Mohan Jatua Information and Broadcasting
D Napoleon Minister Social Justice & Empowerment
Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan Information & Broadcasting
S Gandhiselvan Health & Family Welfare
Tusharbhai Chaudhary Tribal Affairs
Sachin Pilot Communications and IT
Arun Yadav Youth Affairs & Sports
Pratik Patil Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
R P N Singh Road Transport & Highways
Shashi Tharoor External Affairs
Vincent Pala Water Resources
Pradeep Jain Rural Development
Agatha Sangma Rural Development

GOM (Group of Ministers relating to Bhopal Gas tragedy )

The Group of Ministers, which was earlier headed by former HRD minister Arjun Singh, was
reconstituted by the United Progressive Alliance government on June 9.

Now P.Chidambaram heads the Group

Besides P Chidambaram , who heads the group,

it includes
Health Minister--- Ghulam Nabi Azad,
Law Minister------Veerappa Moily,
Urban Development Minister---- S Jaipal Reddy,
Transport Minister--------------Kamal Nath,
Chemicals Minister--------------MK Alagiri,
Tourism Minister---------------- Kumari Selja,
Environment Minister------------Jairam Ramesh and
MoS in Prime Minister’s Office----Prithviraj Chavan.
Historical Events ( Indian History ) - Part I

B.C
2500-1800--- Indus valley civilization.
599--------- Birth of Mahavir; Nirvana in 523. B.C.
563-------- Birth of Gautam Buddha; Nirvana in 483 B.C.
327-26----- Alexander's invasion of India and the opening of land route between India and Europe.
269-232---- Ashoka's reign.
261--------------Battle of Kalinga.
57----------- Beginning of Vikrama era.
30---------------Satvahana dynasty in Deooan. Pandyan empire in for south.
326--------------Alexander defeated Poras in the Battle of Hydaspas
261------------- Ashoka defeated Kalinga in the Kalinga War

Historical Events--Part II

A.D
78 Beginning of Saka era.
320 Beginning of Gupta era.
360 Samudragupta conquers the whole of N. India and much of the Deccan.
380-413 Rule of Chandragupta Vikramaditya, age of Kalidasa, renewal of induism.
606-647 Rule of Harshavardhana.
629-645 Hieun Tsang's visit in India.
622 Beginning of Hijra era.
712 Arab invasion of Sind by Mohd. bin Qasim.
1001-27 Repeated attacks of Mehmud Ghazni.
1025 Sacking of Somnath temple by Mehmud.
1191 First battle of Tarain in which Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Mohd. Ghori.
1192 Second battle of Tarain in which Mohd. Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan.
1206 Qutubuddin Aibak founded the Ilbari/Slave dynasty.
1290 Jalaluddin Firuz Khilji established Khilji dynasty.
1290 Marco Polo visited India.
1320 Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq founded the Tughlaq dynasty.
1333 Ibn Batuta arrived in India.
1336 Harihara and Bukka founded the Vijaynagar empire.
1347 Bahmani kingdom founded.
1398 Timur invades India.
1451 Lodi dynasty comes in power in Delhi Sultanate.
1469 Birth of Guru Nanak Dev.
1498 Vasco da Gama lands at Calicut.
1510 Portuguese capture Goa-Albuquerque Governor.
1526 First Battle of Panipat in which Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodhi and established the Mughal dynasty.
1556 Second battle of Panipat in which Akbar defeated Hemu.
1565 Battle of Talikota in which Vijaynagar empire is defeated.
1571 Foundation of Fatehpur Sikri by Akbar.
1576 Battle of Haldighati in which Akbar defeated Maharana Pratap.
1582 Akbar started Din-i-llahi.
1600 English East India Company established.
1604 Compilation of Adi Granth.
1605 Death of Akbar.
1611 The English built a factory at Masulipatnam.
1627 Birth of Shivaji
1631 Death of Shah Jahan's wife Mumtaz Mahal. The building of Taj Mahal.
1658 Aurangzeb became Emperor of Delhi.
1666 Birth of Guru Gobind Singh.
1699 Guru Gobind Singh creates 'Khalsa'.
1707 Death of Aurangzeb, fall of Mughal empire begins.
1739 Nadir Shah invaded India; the peacock throne and the Kohinoor Diamond taken away from India.
1757 Battle of Plassey in which the English defeated Siraj-ud- daula, Nawab of Bengal.
1760 Battle of Wandiwash, end of French power in India,
1761 Third Battle of Panipat in which Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas.
1764 Battle of Buxar in which the English defeated the triple alliance of Nawab Mir Qasim of Bengal,
Nawab Shuja-ud-daula of Awadh and Mughal emperor Shah Alam.
1793 Permanent settlement in Bengal.
1799 Fourth Anglo Mysore War, death of Tipu Sultan, Ranjit Singh occupied Lahore and made it his
capital.
1817-19 Marathas finally crushed.
1828 Lord William Bentick becomes Governor General; Era of social reforms; Prohibition of Sati (1829),
Suppression of thugs (1830).
1835 Introduction of English as medium of instruction.

Historical Events - Part III

A.D
1853 First Indian railway from Bombay to Thane.
1857-58 First war of Indian Independence.
1858 British crown takes over the Indian Government; End of East India Company's rule.
1861 Birth of Rabindra Nath Tagore.
1869 Birth of M.K. Gandhi.
1885 Formation of Indian National Congress.
1905 Partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon.
1906 Formation of All India Muslim League.
1909 Minto-Morley Reforms.
1911 Delhi durbar held, partition of Bengal cancelled, capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi.
1914 World War I started.
1918 End of World War I.
1919 Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Montague- Chelmsford reforms.
1920 Non-cooperation Movement launched,
1921 Moplah rebellian in Malabar; visit of Prince of Wales.
1922 Chauri-Chaura incidence.
1923 Swaraj party formed.
1927 Simon Commission appointed.
1928 Visit of Simon Commission to India, death of Lala Lajpat Rai.
1929 Congress demanded'Poorna Swaraj'in Lahore session.
1930 January 26 celebrated as Independence Day throughout India, Dandi Salt Satyagraha, First Round
Table conference.
1931 Gandhi-lrvin Pact, Second Round Table Conference.
1932 Suppression of Congress Movement, Third Round Table Conference, Communal Award, Poona
Pact.
1935 Government of India Act.
1937 Inauguration of Provincial Autonomy. Congress ministries formed in 8 out of 11 provinces.
1939 Resignation of Congress ministries, beginning of World War II.
1942 Cripps Mission Plan, Quit India Movement, Formation of Indian National Army by S.C. Bose.
1945 Simla conference held and the failure of Wavell Plan, INA trials at Red Fort, Delhi.
1946 Cabinet Mission Plan, Formation of Interim Government, Direct Action Resolution by Muslim
League.
1947 Mountbatten Plan of June 3 in which partition of India resolution is proposed, India divided,
Pakistan created, both achieve independence, Jawarhar Lai Nehru becomes the I Prime Minister of India.
1948 Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi (Jan. 30).
1950 India became republic (Jan. 26).
1951 First Five Year Plan implemented.
1952 First General Elections held.
1953 Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary conquer Mt. Everest (May 29).
1954 Panchsheel agreement between India and China.
1956 Life insurance nationalized, State Reorganising Act comes into force.
1957 Second General Elections.
1958 Metric system of weights and measures introduced.
1959 Dalai Lama exiled; enters India.
1961 Liberation of Goa.
1962 Chinese attack on India. (Oct 20).
1964 Jawaharlal Nehru dies; Lai Bahadur Shastri becomes PM.
1965 Indo-Pak war.
1966 Tashkent Agreement reached, Death of Lai Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi became PM.
1967 Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President.
1968 Hargovind Khurana shares the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology.
1969 Death of. President Zakir Hussain (May 3). V. V. Giri elected President, Nationalization of 14 leading
banks, Split in Indian National Congress.
1970 Former Indian ruler's privy purses abolished. Dr. C. V. Raman died (Nov. 2).
1971 Indo-Pak War over Bangladesh.
1972 Shimla Agreement signed.
1973 Manekshaw named India's first Field Marshal
1974 Nuclear explosion at Pokhran (May 1 .
1975 Indian satellite 'Aryabhatta' launched, National emergency declared.
1976 The four Indian News agencies merged into a single News Agency known as 'Samachar', life of Lok
Sabha extended by an year.
1977 Defeat of Mrs. Indira Gandhi in the election, Morarji Desai takes over as PM, emergency
withdrawn.
1978 India launches world's biggest adult literacy plan (Oct. 2).
1979 Charan Singh became PM., Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize.
1980 Indira Gandhi returns to power at centre, India launches first satellite using its own satellite
launching vehicle (July. 1 .

Historical Events -Part IV

1981 India launched APPLE, Khalistan activists hijack Indian Airlines Boeing 737 to Lahore.
1982 Zail Singh sworn in as President, the 21-member Indian scientific expedition headed by Dr. S. Z.
Qasim lands on Antarctica (Jan. 9), INSAT1 A launched, Ninth Asian Games held in New Delhi.
1983 The 7th Non Aligned Summit in New Delhi, Kalpakkam Atomic Energy plant goes critical (July 2),
INSAT-1 B launched (Aug. 30), Richard Attenborough's "Gandhi" wins 8 oscars.
1984 Rakesh Sharma becomes India's first spaceman (Apr. 5), Bachendri Pal become the first Indian
woman to scale Mt. Everest (May 23), Operation Blue Star, Assassination of Indira Gandhi (Oct 31), Rajiv
Gandhi becomes PM, Bhopal Gas tragedy (Dec. 3).
1985 Anti-defection Bill passed (Jan. 3), Azharuddin hits 3 centuries in 3 tests.
1986 The first wholly Indian test-tube baby bom at KEM Hospital, Bombay (Aug. 7).
1987 Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 runs in tests (Mar. 7), Goa becomes the
25th state of India (May 30).
1988 India's first remote sensing satellite IRS 1 -A launched from Russia (Mar. 17), INSAT 1-C launched
from French Guyana (July 22).
1989 Successful test of Agni (May 22), laying of the foundation stone for the Ram Janmabhoomi temple
of Ayodhya (Nov 10). V.P. Singh becomes the PM.
1990 Successful launching of INSAT 1-D (June 12), Mandal Commission recommendation implemented
(Aug. 7), V.P. Singh tenders resignation (Nov. 7), S. Chandrashekhar becomes PM. (Nov. 10).
1991 Rajiv Gandhi killed in a bomb blast (May 21), P. V. Narsimha Rao became PM. (June 21),
Earthquake in Uttarkashi region (Oct. 20), Satyajit Ray got special Oscar award. (Dec.16).
1992 Prithvi test fired (May 5), INSAT-2 A launched (July 10), Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma became
President (July 25), the domes of Babri Masjid demolished (Dec 6).
1993 Panchayati Raj Act effective (Apr. 24), INSAT-2 B launched from French Guyana (July 23),
Earthquake in Latur region (Sept. 30).
1994 First heart transplant in the country (Aug. 3), PSLV D-2 launched (Oct. 15).
1995 Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh assassinated (Agu. 31), INSAT-2 C launched (Dec. 7)
1996 A.B. Vajpayee became PM. (May 16), H.D. Deve Gowda became PM. (June 1), India-Bangladesh
sign Ganga Water Pact (Dec. 12)
1997 I. K. Gujral became PM. (Apr. 21), K. R. Narayanan sworn in as President (July 25), Mother Teresa
passes away (Sept. 5), Arundhati Roy wins Booker Prize (Oct. 14), I. K. Gujral resigns as PM. (Nov. 2
1998 Konkan railway commissioned (Jan. 26), A. B. Vajpayee became PM. (Mar. 19), India conducted
total 5 nuclear tests (May 11 and May 13), Severe cyclone in Gujarat (June 9), Amartya Sen won the
Noble Prize in Economics (Oct. 14)
1999 P.M. Vajpayee arrived in Pakistan by Delhi-Lahore bus (Feb. 20), India successfully launched its first
commercial telecom satellite INSAT-2 E from Kourou (Apr. 3), Intense fighting in Kargil (June-July),
Devastating cyclone in Orissa and A. P. (Oct.)
2000 U. S. President Bill Clinton visited India (Mar.) INSAT-3 B launched from Kourou (Mar. 22),
Successful test firing of 'Dhanush', the naval version of 'Prithvi' missile (Apr. 11), Karnam Malleshwari
wins a bronze at Olympics, Chattisgarh formed (Nov. 1), Uttaranchal formed (Nov. 9), Jharkhand formed
(Nov. 15)
2001 The pilotless target aircraft 'Lakshya' inducted into the Indian Air Force (Jan. 5), Severe earthquake
in Gujarat (Ja. 26), the newly-constructed Ennore port dedicated to the nation (Feb. 1), India successfully
launches GSLV D-1 from Sriharikota (Apr. 1 , Indo-Pak summit at Agra (July 15-16), Lok Pal Bill
introduced in Lok Sabha (Aug. 14), Attack on WTC, New York shakes the world (Sept. 11), Lok Sabha
passes the bill on "Right to Education till 14" (Nov. 30), Terrorist attack on Indian Parliament (Dec. 13)
2002 INSAT-3 C launched on Ariane rocket from Kourou in French Guyana (Jan. 24), ISRO successfully
tries the indegenious cryogenic engine (Feb. 5), POTO passed in the joint session of the Parliament (Mar.
26), LCA test flown successfully (June 6), Cabinet clears 26% FDI in print media (June 25), Dr. A. P. J.
Abdul Kalam elected the President of India (July 1 , Bhairon Singh Shekhawat sworn in as Vice-
President of India (Aug. 19), India launches METSAT by using PSLV-C4 (Sept. 12), Draft of the Tenth Five-
Year Plan approved by the Planning Commission (Oct. 5), BSNL launches mobile phone service (Oct. 15),
Vajpayee and Putin sign Delhi declaration (Dec. 4), Kelkar submitted modified report on tax reforms
(Dec. 2
2003 Kalpana Chawla killed in space shuttle Columbia burnup (Feb. 1); Large reserves of oil & gas
discovered in Barmer district of Rajasthan (Feb. 4); US launched attack on Iraq (Mar. 20); INSAT-3A
launched from Kourou (Apr. 10); Indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) renamed 'Tejas' (May 4);
GSLVD-2 launched from Sriharikota (May ; First instance of power failure in modern USA (Aug. 15-16);
Mars comes closest to Earth (Aug. 27); Govt. approves the purchase of Advanced Jet Trainers, Hawk,
from Britain (Sept. 3); INSAT-3E launched from Kourou (Sept. 20); Pope John Paul-ll beautifies Mother
Teresa (Oct. 19); First Afro-Asian Games held in Hyderabad (Oct. 24-Nov. 1); India & Pakistan agree to a
formal cease-fire along the LOG (Nov. 25); 97th, 98th, 99th & 100th Constitutional Amendment Bills
passed (Dec. 18-23)
2004 Sensex crosses the magical figure of 6000 (Jan. 2); India signs agreement with Russia for obtaining
Admiral Gorshkov (Jan. 20); Delhi High Court clears Rajiv Gandhi from the Bofors deal (Feb. 4); 200 killed
in Madrid train blast (Mar. 11); Nobel Medals of Rabindra Nath Tagore gets stolen from Shantiniketan
(Mar. 25); NDA conducts election before time, but loses unexpectedly, UPA government comes in
power, Dr. Manmohan Singh sworn-in as the new PM (May 22); 87 children killed in a fire in school in
Kumbhkonam, Tamil Nadu (July 17); Olympics return to their homeland Athens, Rajyavardhan Rathode
wins a silver for India (Aug. 13-29); Hamid Karzai wins the Presidential vote in Afghanistan (Oct. 14);
Sandalwood King Veerappan is dead (Oct. 1 ; George W. Bush re-elected (Nov. 3); Kanchi
Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati arrested on murder charges (Nov. 11); Yasser Arafat is dead (Nov.
11); Parliament dismissses POTA (Dec. 9); Tsunami causes havoc in South and South East Asia killing
more than a lakh (Dec. 26)

Books and Authors Part I

Book's Name Author's Name

A Gift of Monotheists--- Ram Mohan Roy
A Minister and his Responsibilities---- Morarji Bhai Desai
A Nation is Making---- Surendra Nath Bandhopadhye
A Pair of Blue Eyes--- Thomash Hardy
A Passage to India---- E. M. Foster
A Revenue Stamp (autobiography)--- Amrita Pritam
A Strange and Sublime Address--- Amit Choudhary
A Suitable Boy--- Bikram Seth
A Tale of Two Cities--- Charls Dikens
A Voice of Freedom----Nayantara Shehgal
A week with Gandhi--- L. Fischer
Adventures of Sherlock Homes--- Arther Canon Doel
All the Prime Minister's Men---Janardan Thakur
Allahabad Prasasti---- Harisen
Amukta Malyad--- Krishna Deva Raya
An Unknown Indian--- Nirod C. Choudhary
Anand Math ---Bankim Chandra Chattopadhaye
Anna Karenina---- Leo Tolstoy
Apple Cart--- G. B. Shaw
Astyadhaye--- Panini
Bandit Queen--- Mala Sen
Bengali Zamindar--- Nilmoni Mukherjee
Bicramanchadev--- Bilhon
Blind Beauty--- Boris Pasternak
Buddhacharit---- Asha Ghosh
Captive Lady---- Michel Madhusudan Dutta
Causes of the Indian Mutiny----Sir Syyed Ahmed Khan
Chidambara S. N. Panth
Circle of the Region---- Amitabha Ghosh
City of Job Charnak---- Nisith Ranjan Roy
Commedy Errors ---Shekhspear
Coolie ---Mulkraj Anand
Crisis of India----- Ronal Segal
Das Capital---- Karl Marks
Death of President----W. Marchent
Decamaren--- Bocachio
Desert Village--- Oliver Goldsmith
Devi Chaudharani ----Bankim Chandra Chattopadhaye
Devine Comedi---- Dante
Divine Life---- Sivanand
Economic History of India---- Ramesh Chandra Dutta
End and Means--- Huxlay
Faust ---Goethe
Ferary Queen---- Edmond Spensar
Freedom at Midnight---- Lapierre & Collins
Friend Not Master ----Ayub Khan
Gathering Strom---- Churchil
Ghulam Giri ---Jyotiba Phule
Great Indian and Their Landmark Speeches---- Manohar and Sarita Prabhakar
Guid--- R. K. Narayanan
Gurdbaho---- Bakpatiraj
Hero of Nymph--- Aurobindo Ghosh
Hind Swaraj--- M. K. Gandhi
Hindu View of Life---- S. Radhakrishnan
I follow the Mahatma---- K. M. Munshi

Books and author Part II

I Van Ho Walter Scot

In an Antique Land Amitabh Ghosh
India Divided Rajendra Prashad
India Wins Freedom Abdul Kalam Azad
Indian war and Independence D. V. Savarkar
Indica Megasthenis
Infinite Jest David Foster Wallace
Jinnah- India, Partition, Independence Jaswant Singh
Jungle Book R. Kippling
Kanterbary Tells Geofray Chosar
Kidnapped Stevenson
Kubla Khan Coleridge
Lalit Bihar Ashwa Ghosh
Life Devine Aurobindo Ghosh
Mahabhashya Patanjali
Man and Superman G. B. Shaw
Midnight Children Salman Rushdi
Mitakshara Vijnaneswara
Mother Maxim Gorkay
Mother India Katharin Mayo
Murder in Cathedral Elliot
My Experiments With Truth M.K. Gandhi
My Indian Years Lord Hardinge II
Myth of Independence Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Neel Darpan Dinbandhu Mitra
Netaji Dead or Alive Samar Guha
New Dimensions of India's Foreign Policy A. B. Vajpayee
New India Annie Besant
Pakhtoon Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Paradise Lost John Milton
Pather Panchali Bibhuti BHushan Bandopadhaye
Poverty & Un-British Rule in India Dadabhai Naoroji
Precepts of Jesus Ram Mohan Roy
Prison Diary Jay Prakash Narayan
Problems of the East Lord Curzon
Rajtarangini Kalhan
Ramcharit S. K. Nandi
Rashmirathi Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
Saket Mathili Saran Gupta
Satyarth Prakash Swami Dayanand
Shadow Line Amitabh Ghosh
Shadow of Ladakh B. Bhattacharia
Sitaram Bankim Chandra Chattopadhaye
Straight from the Heart Kapil Dev
Tahakak - E - HInd Albiruni
Talisman Walter Scott
The Bandit Queen Mala Sen
The City of Joy Dhominic Lapier
The Discovery of India Jawahar Lal Nehru
The God of Small Things Arundhuti Roy
The Harry Potter Series J. K. Rowling
The Indian Struggle Subash Chandra Bose
The Indian War of Independence V. D. Savarkar
The Judgement Kuldip Nayar
The Nehrus; Motilal and Jawaharlal B. R. Nanda
Books and authors Part III

The Prince--- Maciavaly

The Satanic Verse--- Salman Rushdi
The Science of Bharat Natyam--- Saroja Vaidyanathan
The Silent Cry--- Kenjaburo Ue
The Spirit of Islam--- Syyed Amir Ali
The White Tiger--- Aravind Adiga
Theory of Relativity--- Alexander Doma
Three Marketiars--- Einstein
To all fighters of freedom, Why Socialism?--- J. P. Narayan
Two Leaves and a Bud--- Mulkraj Anand
Unhappy India--- L. Roy
Urbashi--- R. D. Dinkar
Utopia--- Thomas Moor
Vision of the Past Michel ---Madhusudan Dutta
Volga Se Ganga--- Rahul Sankritayan
War and Peace--- Tolstoy
What Congress and Gandhi have done to the untouchables ---B. R. Ambedkar

Geographical Sobriquets

Surname Name
Bengal’s Sorrow--- Damodar River
Blue Mountains---- Nilgiri Hills
City of Sky-scrapers--- New York
City of Seven Hills---- Rome
City of Dreaming Spires--- Oxford
City of palaces--- Kolkata
City of Golden Gate---- San Francisco
City of Magnificent Buildings--- Washington D.C.
City of Eternal Springs--- Quito(S.America)
China’s Sorrow--- Hwang Ho
Cockpit of Europe--- Belgium
Dark Continent--- Africa
Emerald Isle ---Ireland
Eternal City--- Rome
Empire City--- New York
Forbidden City ---Lhasa (Tibet)
Garden City ---Chicago
Gate of Tears--- Strait of Bab-el Mandeb
Gateway of India ----Mumbai
Gift of the Nile--- Eqypt
Granite City---- Aberdeen (Scotland)
Hermit Kingdom--- Korea
Herring Pond--- Atlantic Ocean
Holy Land---- Jerusalem
Island Continent--- Australia
Island of Cloves--- Zanzibar
Isle of Pearls---- Bahrein (Peesian Gulf)
Key of the Mediterranean--- Gibralter
Land of Cakes--- Scotland
Land of Golden Fleece--- Australia
Land of Maple Leaf--- Canada
Land of Midnight Sun--- Norway
Land of the Thousand Lakes--- Finland
Land of the Thunderbolt--- Bhutan
Land of white Elephant--- Thailand
Land of Five Rivers---- Punjab
Land of Thousand Elephants--- Laos
Land of Rising Sun---- Japan
Loneliest Island---- Tristan De Gunha (Mid-Atlantic)
Manchester of Japan---- Osaka
Pillars of Hercules--- Strait of Gibraltar
Pearl of the Antilles---- Cuba
Playground of Europe---- Switzerland
Quaker City---- Philadelphia
Queen of the Adriatic---- Venice
Roof of the World---- The Pamirs
Rose Pink City ----Jaipur
Sugar bowl of the World----Cuba
Venice of the North---- Stockholm
Windy City---- Chicago
Whirteman’s grave----- Guinea Coast of Africa
Yellow River----- Huang Ho ----(China)

Newspapers and Founders

News Papers/ Journals Founder/Editors

Bengal Gazette (India's first news paper, 1780)----- J. K. Hikki
Amrit Bazar Patrika---- Shishir Kr. Ghosh & Motilal Ghosh
Keshri ---- Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Maharatta---- Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Sudharak--- G. K. Gokhle
Vande Mataram--- Aurobindo Ghosh
Native Opinion---- V. N. Mandalik
Kavivachan Sudha---- Bhartendu Harishchandra
Rast Goftar (First News Paper in Gujrati) --- Dadabhai Naoroji
New India--- Bipin Chandra Pal
Statesman---- Robert Knight
Hindu --- Vir Raghavacharya & G. S. Aiyar
Sandhya---- B. B. Upadhyaya
Vichar Lahiri---- Krishna Shastri Chiplunkar
Hindu Patriot---- Girish Chandra Ghosh
Som Prakash---- Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Yugantar --- Bhupendra Nath Datta & Barindra Kumar Ghosh
Bombay Chronicle ----Firoze Shah Mehta
Hindustan---- Madan Mohan Malviya
Mooknayak---- B. R. Ambedkar
Comrade---- Mohammed Ali
Tahzib-ul-Akhlaq---- Sir Syyed Ahmed Khan
Al-Hilal---- Abul Kalam Azad
Al-Balagh---- Abul Kalam Azad
Independent---- Motilal Nehru
Punjabi---- Lala Lajpat Rai
New India---- Annie Besant
Commonweal---- Annie Besant
Pratap ---- Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
Essays in Indian Economics --- Mahadev Govind Ranade
Samvad Kaumudi (Bengali)---- Ram Mohan Roy
Mirat-ul-Akhbar (First Persian News Paper)---- Ram Mohan Roy
Indian Mirror ---- Devendra Nath Tagore
Nav Jeevan --- M. K. Gandhi
Young India---- M. K. Gandhi
Harijan ---- M. K. Gandhi
Prabudha Bharat ---- Swami Vivekananda
Udbodhana---- Swami Vivekananda
Indian Socialist---- Shyamji Krishna Verma
Talwar (in Berlin)---- Birendra Nath Chattopadhyaye
Free Hinduatan---- Tarak Nath Das
Hindustan Times---- K. M. Pannikar
Kranti ---- Mirajkar, Joglekar, Ghate
Quotation Quoted By

1. Swaraj is my Birth Right (Bal Gangadhar Tilak)

2. Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get. (G. B. Shaw)
3. A thing of beauty is a joy forever (John Keats)
4. To be and not to be that is the question. (Shakespeare)
5. Delhi Chalo (Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose)
6. Superstition is the religion of feeable minds. (Edmund Burke)
7. Let a hundread flowers bloom and let a thousand school of thought contend. (Mao-Ste-Tunng)
8. Aram Haram Hai (Jawahar Lal Nehru)
9. Where wealth accumulates, (men decay. Goldsmith)
10. Beauty is truth, truth is beauty, that is all. (John Keats)
11. I came I saw I conquered (Shekspear)
12. Good Government is no substitute for self government. (Alfred Tennyson)
13. A democratic Government is of the people, for the people and by the people. (Abraham Linkon)
14. Jay Hind (Netaji)
15. Law grinds the poor and rich men rule the (men. Gold Smith)
16. The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread. (D. H. Law.rence)
17. War is the greatest crime man perpetrates against man. (Zarathustra)
18. There never was a good war or a bad peace. (Benjamin Franklin)
19. The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything. (Theodore Roosevelt)
20. Truth and Non-violence is my God (M. K. Gandhi)
21. Jai Jawan, Jai Krishan (Lal Bahadur Shastri)
22. Eureka Eureka (Archimedes)
23. Just as I would not like to be a slave, so I would not like to be a master. (Abraham Linkon)
24. Brevity is the soul of wit. (Shekspear)
25. East is east and west is west and never the twin shall meet. (Kipling)
26. Knowledge is Power (Hobbes)
27. Man is by nature a political animal. (Aristotol)
28. Temptation usually comes in through a door that has delibaretly been left open. (Arnold Glasow)
29. I therefore want freedom immediately this very night, before dawn if it can be had? (Gandhiji)
30. Man is not the creature of circumstance. Circumstances are the creature of men. (Disraeli)
31. Excellent things are rare. (Plato)
32. Well done is better than well said. (Benjamin Franklin)
33. Ambition is like love: Impatient both of delays as well as rivals. (Buddha)
34. The child is father of the man. (William Wordsworth)
35. Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark. (Rabindra Nath Tagore)
36. Patriotism is religion and religion is love for India. (Bankim Chandra Chatterjee)

* Indian Constitution *
The Constitution of India is the world's lengthiest written constitution with 395 articles and 8 schedules.
It contains the good points taken from the constitution's of many countries in the world. It was passed
on 26 Nov 1949 by the 'The Constituent Assembly' and is fully applicable since 26 Jan 1950. The
Constituent Assembly had been elected for undivided India and held its first sitting on 9th Dec.1946, re-
assembled on the 14th August 1947, as The Sovereign Constituent Assembly for the dominion of India.
In regard to its composition the members were elected by indirect election by the members of The
Provisional Legislative Assemblies (lower house only). At the time of signing 284 out of 299 members of
the Assembly were present.

The constitution of India draws extensively from Western legal traditions in its outline of the principles
of liberal democracy. It follows a British parliamentary pattern with a lower and upper house. It
embodies some Fundamental Rights which are similar to the Bill of Rights declared by the United States
constitution. It also borrows the concept of a Supreme Court from the US.

India is a federal system in which residual powers of legislation remain with the central government,
similar to that in Canada. The constitution provides detailed lists dividing up powers between central
and state governments as in Australia, and it elaborates a set of Directive Principles of State Policy as
does the Irish constitution.

The constitution has provision for Schedules to be added to the constitution by amendment. The ten
schedules in force cover the designations of the states and union territories; the emoluments for high-
level officials; forms of oaths; allocation of the number of seats in the Rajya Sabha. A review of the
constitution needs at least two-thirds of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to pass it.

The Indian constitution is one of the most frequently amended constitutions in the world. Infact the first
amendment to it was passed after only a year of the adoption of the constitution and instituted
numerous minor changes. Many more amendments followed, a rate of almost two amendments per
year since 1950. Most of the constitution can be amended after a quorum of more than half of the
members of each house in Parliament passes an amendment with a two-thirds majority vote. Articles
pertaining to the distribution of legislative authority between the central and state governments must
also be approved by 50 percent of the state legislatures.

* Union and its Territory *

Article 1: Name and territory of the Union

India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.

The States and the territories thereof shall be as specified in the First Schedule.
The territory of India shall comprise:
The territories of the States
The Union territories specified in the First Schedule; and such other territories as may be acquired.
Article 2: Admission or establishment of new States

Parliament may by law admit into the Union, or establish, new States on such terms and conditions as it
thinks fit.

Article 3: Formation of new States and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of existing States

Parliament may by law:

Form a new State by separation of territory from any State or by uniting two or more States or parts of
States or by uniting any territory to a part of any State
Increase the area of any State
Diminish the area of any State
Alter the boundaries of any State
Alter the name of any State [Provided that no Bill for the purpose shall be introduced in either House of
Parliament except on the recommendation of the President and unless, where the proposal contained in
the Bill affects the area, boundaries or name of any of the States, the Bill has been referred by the
President to the Legislature of that State for expressing its views thereon within such period as may be
specified in the reference or within such further period as the President may allow and the period so
specified or allowed has expired.]
Article 4: Laws made under articles 2 and 3 to provide for the amendment of the First and the Fourth
Schedules and supplemental, incidental and consequential matters

Any law referred to in article 2 or article 3 shall contain such provisions for the amendment of the First
Schedule and the Fourth Schedule as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of the law and
may also contain such supplemental, incidental and consequential provisions (including provisions as to
representation in Parliament and in the Legislature or Legislatures of the State or States affected by such
law) as Parliament may deem necessary.
No such law as aforesaid shall be deemed to be an amendment of this Constitution for the purposes of
article 368.
Citizenship
Article 5: Citizenship at the commencement of the Constitution

At the commencement of this Constitution, every person who has his domicile in the territory of India
and

Who was born in the territory of India; or

Either of whose parents was born in the territory of India; or
Who has been ordinarily resident in the territory of India for not less than five years immediately
preceding such commencement, shall be a citizen of India.
Article 6: Rights of citizenship of certain persons who have migrated to India from Pakistan
Notwithstanding anything in article 5, a person who has migrated to the territory of India from the
territory now included in Pakistan shall be deemed to be a citizen of India at the commencement of this
Constitution if:

He or either of his parents or any of his grand-parents was born in India as defined in the Government of
India Act, 1935 (as originally enacted); and
In the case where such person has so migrated before the nineteenth day of July, 1948, he has been
ordinarily resident in the territory of India since the date of his migration, or
In the case where such person has so migrated on or after the nineteenth day of July, 1948, he has been
registered as a citizen of India by an officer appointed in that behalf by the Government of the Dominion
of India on an application made by him therefor to such officer before the commencement of this
Constitution in the form and manner prescribed by that Government: Provided that no person shall be
so registered unless he has been resident in the territory of India for at least six months immediately
preceding the date of his application.
Article 8: Rights of citizenship of certain migrants to Pakistan:

Notwithstanding anything in articles 5 and 6, a person who has after the first day of March, 1947,
migrated from the territory of India to the territory now included in Pakistan shall not be deemed to be
a citizen of India:

Provided that nothing in this article shall apply to a person who, after having so migrated to the territory
now included in Pakistan, has returned to the territory of India under a permit for resettlement or
permanent return issued by or under the authority of any law and every such person shall for the
purposes of clause (b) of article 6 be deemed to have migrated to the territory of India after the
nineteenth day of July, 1948.

Article 8: Rights of citizenship of certain persons of Indian origin residing outside India

Notwithstanding anything in article 5, any person who or either of whose parents or any of whose
grand-parents was born in India as defined in the Government of India Act, 1935 (as originally enacted),
and who is ordinarily residing in any country outside India as so defined shall be deemed to be a citizen
of India if he has been registered as a citizen of India by the diplomatic or consular representative of
India in the country where he is for the time being residing on an application made by him therefor to
such diplomatic or consular representative, whether before or after the commencement of this
Constitution, in the form and manner prescribed by the Government of the Dominion of India or the
Government of India.

Article 9: Persons voluntarily acquiring citizenship of a foreign State not to be citizens

No person shall be a citizen of India by virtue of article 5, or be deemed to be a citizen of India by virtue
of article 6 or article 8, if he has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of any foreign State.
Article 10: Continuance of the rights of citizenship

Every person who is or is deemed to be a citizen of India under any of the foregoing provisions of this
Part shall, subject to the provisions of any law that may be made by Parliament, continue to be such
citizen.

Article 11: Parliament to regulate the right of citizenship by law

Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this Part shall derogate from the power of Parliament to make
any provision with respect to the acquisition and termination of citizenship and all other matters relating
to citizenship.

Higest Individual Scores in ODI (Oneday International Cricket)

200* Sachin Tendulkar, India vs South Africa, Gwalior, Vebruary 2010.

194* Charles Coventry, Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh, Bulawayo, August 2009
194 Saheed Anwar, Pakistan vs India, Chennai, May 1997
189* Viv Richards, West Indies vs England, Manchester, May, 1984
189 Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka vs India, Sharja, October 2000
188* Gary Kirsten, South Africa vs UAE, Rawalpindi, February 1996
186* Sachin Tendulkar, India vs New Zealand, Hydrabad, November 1999
183* Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India vs Srilanka, Jaipur, October 2005
183 Sourav Ganguly, India vs Sri Lanka, Tauton, May 1999
181* Mathew Hayden, Australia vs New Zealand, Hamilton, February 2007
181 Viv Richards, west Indies vs Sri Lanka, Karachi, October 1987.

Commonwealth Game 2010, Delhi - Venues

Event Name Venue

Badminton and Squash/ Siri Fort Sports Complex
Netball/ Thyagaraj Sports Complex
Rugby 7s/ Delhi University
Table Tennis/ Yamuna Sports Complex
Weightlifting and Wrestling/ Indira Gandhi Sports Complex
Shooting / Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range
Archery Preliminaries/ Yamuna Sports Complex
Lawn Bowls/ Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Complex
Athletics/ Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Boxing / Talkatora Indoor Stadium
Gymnastics / Indira Gandhi Stadium
Hockey / Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium
Swimming / Dr S.P. Mukherjee Aquatics Complex
Tennis / R.K. Khanna Tennis Stadium

India’s National Income

The study of National Income is important because of the following reasons:

l To see the economic development of the country. l To assess the developmental objectives. l To know
the contribution of the various sectors to National Income. Internationally some countries are wealthy,
some countries are not wealthy and some countries are in-between. Under such circumstances, it would
be difficult to evaluate the performance of an economy. Performance of an economy is directly
proportionate to the amount of goods and services produced in an economy. Measuring national
income is also important to chalk out the future course of the economy. It also broadly indicates
people’s standard of living.

Income can be measured by Gross National Product (GNP), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Gross
National Income (GNI), Net National Product (NNP) and Net National Income (NNI).

In India the Central Statistical Organization has been formulating national income.

However, some economists have felt that GNP has a measure of national income has limitation, since
they exclude poverty, literacy, public health, gender equity and other measures of human prosperity.

Instead they formulated other measures of welfare like Human Development Index (HDI)

Calculating National Income

There are various methods for calculating the national income such as production method, income
method, expenditure method etc.

Production Method
The production method gives us national income or national product based on the final value of the
produce and the origin of the produce in terms of the industry.

All producing units are classified sector wise.

l Primary sector is divided into agriculture, fisheries, animal husbandry. l Secondary sector consists of
manufacturing. l Tertiary sector is divided into trade, transport, communication, banking, insurance etc.
Income Method:
Different factors of production are paid for their productive services rendered to an organization. The
various incomes that includes in these methods are wages, income of self employed, interest, profit,
dividend, rents, and surplus of public sector and net flow of income from abroad.

Expenditure Method:
The various sectors – the household sector, the government sector, the business sector, either spend
their income on consumer goods and services or they save a part of their income. These can be
categorized as private consumption expenditure, private investment, public consumption, public
investment etc.

Calculation of National Income of India: A Brief History

The first attempt to calculate National Income of India was made by Dadabhai Naroji in 1867 -68. This
was followed by several other methods. The first scientific method was made by Prof. V.K.R Rao in 1931-
32. But this was not very satisfactory. The first official attempt was made by Prof.P.C.Mahalnobis in
1948-49, who submitted his report in 1954.

Difficulties in Calculation of National Income

In India there are various difficulties in calculating the national incomes .The most severe one is the
finding of reliable data. Most of the time, it is based on assumptions. Soon after independence the
National Income Committee was formed to collect data and estimate National Income. The two major
problems which remain in the calculation of National Income are:
l Most of the data is not from the current year. l Even if current data are available then values are
underreported. Obstacles in High Growth of National Income of India
Even if the Indian economy grows faster than the BRIC countries and G 6, the benefits of the growth
would not be evenly distributed. India’s progress in education cannot be termed as satisfactory. In terms
of higher education it has achieved tremendous success, but its unsatisfactory performance in primary
education and secondary education has been a major obstacle to growth. Similarly India’s healthcare
system is in a less than desirable state. Governments’ spending on public health has not been up to the
required levels.
An Excerpt from the National Income Report for 2009 Quarter 1(Q1)

Quarterly GDP at factor cost at constant (1999-2000) prices for Q1 of 2009-10 is estimated at Rs
8,30,555 crore, as against Rs. 7,82,619 crore in Q1 of 2008-09, showing a growth rate of 6.1 per cent
over the corresponding quarter of previous year.
The economic activities which registered significant growth in Q1 of 2009-10 over Q1 of 2008-09 are,
‘mining & quarrying’ at 7.9 per cent, ‘electricity, gas & water supply’ at 6.2 per cent, ‘construction’ at 7.1
percent, ‘trade, hotels, transport and communication’ at 8.1 per cent, ‘financing, insurance, real estate
and business services’ at 8.1 per cent, and ‘community, social and personal services’ at 6.8 per cent. The
growth rates in ‘agriculture, forestry & fishing’ and ‘manufacturing’ are estimated at 2.4 per cent and 3.4
per cent respectively during this period.
According to the information furnished by the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation (DAC), which
has been used in compiling the estimate of GDP from agriculture in Q1 of 2009-10, the production of
crops rice, wheat, coarse cereals and pulses during the Rabi season of 2008-09 (which ended in June
2009) recorded growth rates of 3.8 per cent, 2.6 per cent, 25.6 per cent, and 18.2 per cent, respectively
over the production in the corresponding season of previous agriculture year. Among the commercial
crops, the production of oilseeds increased by 13.6 per cent during the Rabi season of 2008-09, while
the production of cotton and sugarcane recorded growth rates of (-)10.5 per cent and (-) 22.1 per cent,
respectively during the agriculture year 2008-09.

Per Capita Income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income
generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided
equally among everyone. Per capita income is usually reported in units of currency per year. When
comparing nations per capita income reflects gross national product per person, but it is also used to
compare municipalities within nations. When determining the per capita income of a community, the
total personal income is divided by the population.

Per capita income is often used as a measure of the wealth of the population of a nation, particularly in
comparison to other nations. It is usually expressed in terms of a commonly-used international currency
such as the euro or United States dollar, and is useful because it is widely known and produces a
straightforward statistic for comparison. It is the average income a person in the country is earning.

Particularly when comparing countries with substantially different levels of wealth, however, it has
several weaknesses as a measurement.

Economic activity that does not result in monetary income, such as services provided within the family,
or for barter, are usually not counted. The importance of these services will vary widely between
different economies, both between countries and among different groups within a country. Per capita
income gives no indication of the distribution of that income within the country, so a small wealthy class
can increase the measured per-capita income far above that of the majority of the population. As for the
per capita income of the majority of the population, using the median income or Amartya Sen's welfare
function is the more appropriate approach.

Differing currency exchange rates between countries mean that a given amount of money (for example,
one US dollar) has differing values in different places.

Newspaper Article on India’s Per Capita Income

The average Indian's income in 2007-08 has nearly doubled since the turn of the millennium and even
adjusting for inflation, it has
The quick estimates of per capita income for 2007-08, put out by the Central Statistical Organisation
(CSO), peg per capita income for that year at Rs 33,283 in current prices. In 2000-01, the per capita
income was only Rs 16,688 or roughly half of the 2007-08 figure.

In inflation-adjusted or real terms, the growth in incomes has been much more modest, but by no
means insignificant. In terms of constant (1999-2000) prices, the per capita income was Rs 16,173 in
2000-01 and rose to Rs 24,295 by 2007-08. That's a rise of just a little more than 50% over a seven-year
period.
Much of this sharp rise in average income levels has happened in the five years starting 2003-04. Thus,
the 2007-08 figures were 76% higher than those of 2002-03 in nominal terms and 42% higher in
inflation-adjusted terms. That's because the economy grew at 12%-plus rates in nominal terms for each
of these five years or 7.5%-plus rates in real terms.

Even allowing for the population growing at a little under 1.5% per year, that meant that incomes grew
by double-digit rates — between 10.5% and 13.5% — in each of these years. In inflation adjusted terms,
that translated into five successive years of incomes rising by over 5% - between 5.6% and 8.2% to be
precise.

The five-year phase of rapid growth in the economy, and the average incomes, seems likely to end in the
current financial year when the economy could end up growing by anywhere between 5% and 7% in real
terms, depending on which estimate one chooses to believe.

If the 7% growth projected officially does materialize, we could have a sixth successive year of 10%-plus
growth in nominal per capita income and 5%-plus increase in the inflation adjusted average income
level.

Financial Inclusion
Financial Inclusion is the delivery of banking services at affordable costs to vast sections of
disadvantaged and low-income groups. Unrestrained access to public goods and services is the sine qua
non (absolutely essential feature)of an open and efficient society. It is argued that as banking services
are in the nature of public good, it is essential that availability of banking and payment services to the
entire population without discrimination is the prime objective of public policy. The term Financial
Inclusion has gained importance since the early 2000s, and is a result of findings about Financial
Exclusion and its direct correlation to poverty. Financial Inclusion is now a common objective for many
central banks among the developing nations.
The Reserve Bank of India set up a commission (Khan Commission) in 2004 to look into Financial
Inclusion and the recommendations of the commission were incorporated into the Mid-term review of
the policy (2005-06). In the report RBI exhorted the banks with a view of achieving greater Financial
Inclusion to make available a basic "no-frills" banking account.

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LG - Digitally Yours
Sify - Making the Internet work for you
Voltas - ACs with IQ
Alcatel - Architect of an Internat World
Cathy Pacific Airlines - The Heart of Asia
MS Office 97 - Work Less, Do More
Hyundai - Drive Your Way
Canon - Delighting You Always
Philips - Sense & Simplicity
The Economic Times - The Power of Knowledge
Cell One - The One for Everyone
Cantabill - International Clothing
Business World - Play the Game
Dolphin - The Affordable Network Service
SBI - With You all the Way
Amway - Better Ideas-Better Life
Omega - The Sign of Excellance
Jaguar - Dont Dream it, Drive it
Honda - The Power of Dreams
MTNL - Transparency makes us Different
SOTC - You Look the World, We Look After You
ABN AMRO - Making More Possible
Business Today - For managing Tomarrow
Nokia - Connecting People
Wipro - Applying Thought
Air France - Making the Sky the best place on Earth
Air Lufthansa - There's no Better Way to Fly
Toyota - Touch the Perfection
Jet Airways - The Joy of Flying
ITC - Enduring Value
IFFCO TOKIO - The Life You Desire
Microsoft - Your Potential, Your Passion
Epson - Exceed Your Vision
Park Avenue - Play the Lead
British Airways - The World is Waiting
DIGJAM - Dressing the World
Chevrolet - For a Special Journey called Life
CNN - Be the First to Know
MICO-BOSCH - The Power of We
Sun Microsystem - The Network is the Computer
TATA Indicom - Business Without Limits
Amkette - When Reliability Matters
Dell - Easy to Buy, Easy to Own
Motorola - Intelligence Everywhere

ICICI Bank - KV kamath - Hum Hai Na

Compaq - Ban jaaye baat
Hyundai Santro - The complete family car

IBM ThinkPad----- " I think, therefore IBM"----

Adidas ------ " Forever Sport"-----
American Express ---- "Don't leave home without it"
Birla Mutual Fund ----- "The name inspires Trust" -----
kingfisher - vijay mallaya - king of good times
TCS --- S ramadorai --- Beyond the obvious
Wipro---Azim Premji-----Applying thought
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1. FORD – Built for the Road Ahead

2. GM – Only GM.
3. DAIMLER CHRYSLER – The Future of Automobile
4. BMW – The Ultimate Driving Machine
5. AUDI – Vorsprung Durch Technik
6. TOYOTA - Touch The Perfection
7. HYUNDAI - Drive Your Way
9. HONDA - The Power of Dreams
10. SKODA – Obsessed with Quality since 1897.
11. VOLKSWAGEN - Drivers wanted
12. FIAT - Driven by Passion. FIAT
13. JAGUAR - Born to Perform
14. LEXUS – The Pursuit of Perfection
15. TATA MOTORS – Even More Car per Car
1. Microsoft - Where Do You Want to Go Today ; Your Potential Our Passion
2. Windows XP - Do More with Less
3. HP - Invent ; Everything is Possible
4. Computer Associates - The software that powers the E Business
5. CSC - Experience. Results.
6. Accenture - High Performance. Delivered
7. IBM - ON DEMAND
8. LENOVO - We are building a new technology company.
9. Apple Macintosh - Think Different.
10. TCS - Beyond the Obvious
11. Infosys - Powered by Intellect, Driven by Values; Improve your odds with Infosys Predictability
12. WIPRO - Applying Thought
13. EMC - Where Information Lives.
14. Adobe - Simplicity at work. Better by adobe.
15. Have You Met Life Today - Metropolitan Life Insurance Company or Metlife.
2. The Power on your side - Allianz Group
3. Growing and Protecting your wealth - Prudential Insurance Company
4.We know Money - AIG or American International Group Insurance Company
5.Trust thy name is ------- (The fill in the blank itself is the name of the organization) - LIC
6. Be Life Confident - AXA UK
7. You are in good hands - Allstate Insurance Company
8. Your Partner for life - Max NewYork Life Insurance
9. Positively Different. - Standard Insurance Company Limited.
2. Macromedia - What the web can be.
3. 1. India's International Bank -- Bank of Baroda
2. Good People to Bank with -- Union Bank of India
3. Higher Standards -- Bank of America
4. You and Us -- UBS
5. The Citi Never Sleeps -- CITIGROUP or CITIBANK
6. Where Vision Gets Built -- Lehman Brothers
7. The World's Local Bank -- HSBC
8. A Passion to Perform -- Deutsche Bank
9. Making More Possible -- ABN AMRO Bank
4. 1. The Magazine of the Corporate World - BUSINESS INDIA
2. For Managing Tomorrow - BUSINESS TODAY
3. Intelligent Computing - CHIP
4. Your Technology Navigator - DIGIT
5. Play the Game - BUSINESS WORLD
6. Journalism of Courage - The Indian EXPRESS
7. The Power of Knowledge - THE ECONOMIC TIMES
8. The Name India trusts for News - HINDUSTAN TIMES
9. Read a Bestseller everyday - THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
5. MRF - Tyres with Muscle
CEAT - Born Tough
EBAY - The World's Online Market Place
AMAZON.COM - Earth's Biggest BookStore
TIMESJOBS.COM - If you have a reason, we have the job
BLOGGER.COM - Push Button Publishing
Microsoft - Where Do You Want to Go Today ; Your Potential Our Passion
Windows XP - Do More with Less
HP-Invent - Everything is Possible
Accenture - High Performance. Delivered
IBM - ON DEMAND
LENOVO - We are building a new technology company.
Apple Macintosh - Think Different.
TCS - Beyond the Obvious
Infosys - Powered by Intellect, Driven by Values; Improve your odds with Infosys Predictability
WIPRO - Applying Thought
Adobe - Simplicity at work. Better by adobe.
Macromedia - What the web can be.
FORD – Built for the Road Ahead
GM – Only GM.
BMW – The Ultimate Driving Machine
TOYOTA - Touch The Perfection
HYUNDAI - Drive Your Way
HONDA - The Power of Dreams
SKODA – Obsessed with Quality since 1897.
VOLKSWAGEN - Drivers wanted
FIAT - Driven by Passion. FIAT
TATA MOTORS – Even More Car per Car
IBM - I think, therefore IBM.
Dell - Easy as DELL.
Intel - Intel inside.
LEE - The jeans that built America
Master card - There are some things money can't buy. For everything else there's MASTERCARD.
Kotak - Think Investments. Think Kotak.
Sun Microsystems - The Network is the Computer
Ernst and Young - Quality in Everything we Do
Barclays - Fluent in Finance; Its our business to know your business
Standard Chartered Bank - Your Right Partner
CNBC - Profit from it
AT&T - The World's Networking Company
Monster.com - Never Settle
Jet Airways - The Joy of Flying
Lufthansa - There's no better to fly
British airways - The Way to Fly.
Air Canada - A breath of Fresh Air
Sahara - Emotionally yours.
Malaysian Airlines - Going Beyond Expectations
Kingfisher Airlines - Fly the good times
Exxon Mobil - Taking on the World’s Toughest Energy Challenges
Chevron Corporation - Human Energy
Reliance industries Limited - Growth is Life
British Petroleum - Beyond Petroleum
ONGC - Making Tomorrow Brighter
IOCL - Bringing Energy to Life
BPCL - Pure for Sure
IBP - Pure bhi. Poora bhi
GAIL - Gas and Beyond
Essar corp - A positive a++itude
Speed - High Performance Petrol
Servo - 100 % Performance. Everytime.
NDTV Profit - News you can Use.
Toyota Innova - All you Desire.
Star Sports - We know your game
1. L&T - We Make the Things that Make India Proud
2. LG - Digitally Yours
3. Sify - Making the Internet work for you
4. Voltas - ACs with IQ
5. Alcatel - Architect of an Internat World
6. Cathy Pacific Airlines - The Heart of Asia
7. MS Office 97 - Work Less, Do More
8. Hyundai - Drive Your Way
9. Canon - Delighting You Always
10. Philips - Sense & Simplicity
11. The Economic Times - The Power of Knowledge
12. Cell One - The One for Everyone
13. Cantabill - International Clothing
14. Business World - Play the Game
15. Dolphin - The Affordable Network Service
16. SBI - With You all the Way
17. Amway - Better Ideas-Better Life
18. Omega - The Sign of Excellance
19. Jaguar - Dont Dream it, Drive it
20. Honda - The Power of Dreams
21. MTNL - Transparency makes us Different
22. SOTC - You Look the World, We Look After You
23. ABN AMRO - Making More Possible
24. Business Today - For managing Tomarrow
25. Nokia - Connecting People
26. Wipro - Applying Thought
27. Air France - Making the Sky the best place on Earth
28. Air Lufthansa - There's no Better Way to Fly
29. Toyota - Touch the Perfection
30. Jet Airways - The Joy of Flying
31. ITC - Enduring Value
32. IFFCO TOKIO - The Life You Desire
33. Microsoft - Your Potential, Your Passion
34. Epson - Exceed Your Vision
35. Park Avenue - Play the Lead
36. British Airways - The World is Waiting
37. DIGJAM - Dressing the World
38. Chevrolet - For a Special Journey called Life
39. CNN - Be the First to Know
40. MICO-BOSCH - The Power of We
41. Sun Microsystem - The Network is the Computer
42. TATA Indicom - Business Without Limits
43. Amkette - When Reliability Matters
44. Dell - Easy to Buy, Easy to Own
45. Motorola - Intelligence Everywhere
6. . Like. No. Other. - SONY
2. Everyone's Invited or Its hard to Imagine - SAMSUNG
3. Life's Good - LG
4. The Indian Multinational - VIDEOCON
5. Born in Japan Entertaining The World - SANSUI
6. Inspired Living - HAIER
7. Sense and Simplicity - PHILLIPS
8. The Perfect Experience - JVC
9. Choose Freedom - TOSHIBA
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MRF - Tyres with Muscle
CEAT - Born Tough
EBAY - The World’s Online Market Place
Microsoft - Where Do You Want to Go Today ; Your Potential Our Passion
Windows XP - Do More with Less
HP-Invent - Everything is [...]
1. Microsoft - Where Do You Want to Go Today ; Your Potential Our Passion
2. Windows XP - Do More with Less
3. HP - Invent ; Everything is Possible
4. Computer Associates - The software that powers the E Business
5. CSC - Experience. Results.
6. Accenture - High Performance. Delivered
7. IBM - ON DEMAND
8. LENOVO - We are building a new technology company.
9. Apple Macintosh - Think Different.
10. TCS - Beyond the Obvious
11. Infosys - Powered by Intellect, Driven by Values;
Improve your odds with Infosys Predictability
12. WIPRO - Applying Thought
13. EMC - Where Information Lives.
14. Adobe - Simplicity at work. Better by adobe.
15. Macromedia - What the web can be

I have collected few contemporary happenings

The place where Air India plane recently crashed at Mangalore Air India Express Flight IX-812 from Dubai
with 160 passengers and crew members on board overshot the table top runaway at Mangalore airport
on May 22, 2010. It plunged over cliff into a wooded valley and crashed killing 158 persons.

The UPA government recently generated the big bonanza of Rs. 67,710 crore by the auction of The 3G
Mobile Licence Spectrum The 3G mobile licence spectrum auction concluded on May 19, 2010
generating a huge revenue for UPA government touching somewhere in the region of Rs. 67,710 crore
almost twice than what was expected.

The number of Indians who have figured among the 100 most influential people of the world in recent
Time Magazine issue is Nine Dr. Manmohan Singh, Sachin Tendulkar, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Amartya
Sen, Rahul Singh, Chetan Bhagat, Atul Gawande, Sanjit Bunker Roy and Dr. P. Namperumalsamy are the
nine Indians who have figured among the 100 most influential persons of the world in the latest Time
annual special issue.

Sarosh Homi Kapadia is The 38th Chief Justice of India Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia took over as the 38th
Chief Justice of India on May 12, 2010 succeeding Justice K. G. Balkrishnan who retired on May 11, 2010.

India recently completed Its Deep-sea mission A remote-operated vehicle (ROV) developed by the
National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) Chennai has successfully completed its deep sea mission
at a depth of 5,289 metres. The ROV was released at a distance of 2,500 km away from the southern tip
of the coastline of Indian Ocean in April 2010 to map the seabed and identify resources and living
organisms.

Indian boxer who recently grabbed gold medal at World Youth Championship is Vikas Krishnan won gold
medal in 60 kg category for India after defeating Lithuania's Evaldas Petrauskas to emerge victorious in
World Youth Boxing Championship in Baku (Azerbaijan) recently.

The new BARC director is Ratan Kumar Sinha has been appointed as the new director of the Bhabha
Atomic Research Centre (BARC). He was associated with the design and development of the country's
first thorium based Advanced Heavy Water Reactor earlier.

India recently test-fired Agni II missile On May 17, 2010, India successfully test-fired surface-to-surface
ballistic missile from the Wheeler island off the Orissa Coast.

Stone inscription with Indus signs have recently been found in Gujarat An inscription on stone, with
three big indus signs and possibly a fourth has been found on the Harappan site of Dholavira in Gujarat
recently in excavations.

During 1994-2007 Green House Gas emissions in India fell by 30 per cent India has released its first
green house gas emissions inventory since 1994--showing a 30 per cent fall in the emissions intensity of
all GHG from that year till 2007.
Four Chola inscriptions have been discovered at Siru Karumbur Village Four inscriptions--two of Raja
Chola (years 985-1014 A.D.) and two of the earlier Chola period of 10th century A.D. have been
discovered at Siru Karumbur village near Kaveripakkam 20 km away from Kanchipuram on the initiative
of Sri Vijayendra Saraswati of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham.

The woman athlete who set a new record in recently held National Open athletic meet is Kavita Raut
(Maharashtra) set a new record in the women's 10,000 m event on the fourth and final day of the 50th
National Open athletic meet in Kochi on May 18, 2010.

The youngest Indian to scale Mount Everest is Arjun Bajpayee --a 16 year old schoolboy from Noida on
May 22, 2010 became the youngest Indian to scale Mt.Everest. He equalled the record of a Nepalese
boy Shepa Temba Tsheri, Arjun climbed the peak via traditional SouthCol route in Nepal. Along with
Arjun, another Indian woman also reached the summit four hours after the young man.

Quiz 1
Q 1.In which IPL team did the new Deutsche Bank CEO Anshu Jain have a stake until recently ?

Ans. Mumbai Indians

Q2. Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in 2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well
this FIFA. What is his product?

Ans. Vuvuzela

Q3. The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the
accessory.

Ans. Ladies hand bags

Q4. In the classic ‘It happened one night’ Clark Gable takes off his shirt revealing his bare torso leading
to 75%dec in sales of what ?

Ans.Vest

Q5. 1 train, 13 destinations, 15 role models, 400 youth, 9000 km… what yatra we talking about ?

Ans. Tata Jagriti yatra

Q6. Copy writer goes crazy… An ad says .’f*****ck!! Flat 20% off. Name the brand.

Ans. Fastrack
Q7. After prepaid, postpaid.. India’s first unpaid service is being promoted. Who is promoting it ?

Ans. Future group. Tata Teleservices is the telecom operator. Like Virgin, it appears that Future is a
MVNO.

Q8. Name this lady a former eBay head who recently won the Republican nomination for California
governor.

Ans. Meg Whitman

Q9. The world cup anthem by Shakira is’WAKA WAKA’ . What does it mean ? Think Nike.

Ans.Do it !

Q10. Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in India ?

Ans. Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega moped used petrol and pedal

Q11. What are Roquefort. Gorgonzola and Stilton different types of ?

Ans. Blue Cheese

Q12. What unique features make Vortex ATM right for indian villages. SBI has placed an order for 600 ?

Ans. Uses fingerprint, low investment ,No AC, can dispense soiled notes

Q13. In HR, what is a ‘brown bag’ session and why it is called so ?

Ans. It is an informal interaction session with boss with pkd food in brown bags

Q14. Which US co is returning to India , 30 years ago its brand name had become a generic name for
decorative laminates ?

Ans. FORMICA

Q 15. He is single, prob lives with his parents, he may not have a job . Yet he is happy. What do
marketers call this segment?

Ans. Omega male

Q 16. Which mobile co is using the idea of ‘football widows’ in their TVCs to sell football updates ?
Ans. Vodafone

Q 1. Name this HUL soap brand which after merging with HAMAM earlier has been relaunched.

Ans. REXONA

Q 2.Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?

Ans. They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment

Q 3. In 1955,Nehru praised a co for “putting india in the league of technically adv nations that can
produce typewriters”. Name the co.

Ans. Godrej & Boyce

Q4.RBI has issued a circular that alterations in cheque will not be allowed from 1 july. Of payee, date and
amount. what can be altered?

Ans. Only date alteration with signature is allowed

Q 5. Connect Amitabh Bachchan, Binaca, Kings XI Punjab, Fem care, Fresenius Kabi to a brand/company

Ans. Dabur

Q 6. How many circles each did Vodafone, IDEA, R-com, Tata win in the just concluded BWA spectrum
auction?

Ans. None.

Q 7. What is the ‘Chamatcar’ in the ‘i-key’ for Nissan Micra ? Who is its brand amb. ?

Ans. I-key in pocket open the door by a button.Ranbir Kapoor

Q 8. Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’ published by Harvard press ?
Clue: CEO of an indian tech co.

Ans. Vineet Nayar of HCL tech

Q9. Connect physicist Stephen Hawking to Blackberry …

Ans. Stephen Hawking will be joining Perimeter Institute promoted by Blackberry founder
Q 10. How is NIKE saying ‘yes to plastic’ during this world cup soccer ?

Ans. Jerseys for stars like Ronaldo made of used plastic bottles

Q 11. The INFY SEZ coming up in HYD will be having a unique shape likely to make it an arch. marvel.
What shape?

Ans. Inverted pyramid

Q12. Which Indian co techies will be manning the ‘command and control’ centre of FIFA cup 2010 ?

Ans. Mahindra Satyam

Q 13. Where is the first private metro service likely to start in India by 2013 ?

Ans. Gurgaon

Q 14. Under UN’s Clean development mechanism , cos. earn certified emission reductions ( CERs). What
is the popular term for CER ?

Ans. Carbon credit

Q 15. Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for the first time that helps play a
video game with the whole body ?

Ans. Nintendo Wii

FIFA WORLD CUP Quiz

FIFA WORLD CUP Quiz

1. Who is the president of FIFA

a. Jack Warner
b. Geoff Thompson
c. Sepp Blatter
d. João Havelange
2. What was the World Cup known as before 1970
a. Henri Delaunay Trophy
b. Silvio Gazzanigi
c. Kamari Stu Cup
d. Jules Rimet Trophy
3. Which of the following countries is hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup
a. South Africa
 b. Germany
c. Italy
d. France
4. What is the 2010 FIFA World Cup mascot
a. Footix
b. Zakumi
c. Juanito
d. Tip and Tap
5. What is the 2010 FIFA World Cup theme song
a. The Cup of Life
b.We are the champions
c. Waka Waka
d. The Time of our Lives
6. Lionel Messi plays for which of the following countries
a. England
b. Italy
c. Germany
d. Argentina
7. Which is the only country to have played in every tournament of World Cup football
a. Brazil
b. France
c. Italy
d. Germany
8. Which of the following countries has never made it to a World Cup final game
a. France
b. Spain
c. Argentina
d. England
9. The 2014 World Cup will be held in which of the following countries
a. Japan
b. South Korea
c. Germany
d. Brazil
10. ________ was the first country to win a World Cup in 1930
a. USA
b. Yugoslavia
c. Uruguay
d. Argentina
11. How many countries have qualified for the 2010 World Cup
a. 208
b. 200
c. 204
d. 202
12. Who is the overall top goal scorer in all the World Cup tournaments
a. Cristiano Ronaldo
 b. Wayne Rooney
c.Lionel Messi
d. Pele
13. Chritiano Renaldo plays for which of the following teams
a. Bayern Munich
b. Real Madrid
c. Manchester United
d. Bordeaux
14. FIFA means
a. Federation Internationale de Framebox Association
b. Federation Internationale de Football Association
c. Federation Internationale de Frameball Association
d. Federation Internationale de Foot Association
15. FIFA was formed in
a. 1901
b. 1908
c. 1904
d. 1907

Weekly Business Quiz # 33

June 29, 2010 by businessbaatein
Q1. Who is the biggest contributor to WHO in recent years, more than even the US govt.?

Ans. Bill & Melinda Gates foundation

Q2. After big bro struck a deal with HFCL owners, Anil has struck a mega deal with another K-10 co GTL.
What is K-10?

Ans. Ketan Parekh’s 10 stocks

Q3. Which celebrity sportsman’s record of the most expensive divorce is Tiger Woods’ likely to beat ?

Ans. Michael Jordan

Q4. What currency has been proposed by ADB as an alternative international reserve currency ?

Ans. Chinese Yuan

Q5. Who is the manufacturer of the JABULANI balls used in this FIFA cup ?

Ans. Adidas

Q6. Which apparel brand from the Aditya Birla stable has launched footwear ?
Ans. Louis phillippe

Q7. In the jersey of badminton world no 3 Saina Nehwal which brand figures prominently ?

Ans. Deccan Chronicle

Q8. Name this Italian car brand which completed 100 yrs yesterday. It was the first car to win a Grand
Prix in 1925. Clue Bond.

Ans. Alfa Romeo

Q9. What is unique about the BPO unit of Radiant Infosystems in Hyderabad ?

Ans. Inside Cherlapally jail manned by convicts

Q10. Which brand of footwear released a press ad featuring Mamta Banerjee ?

Ans. Ajanta Hawai

Q11. What is social notworking ?

Ans. Surfing social networking sites instead of working

Q12. What is the function of the gadget PEPPER MOUTH ?

Ans. It emits foul smell if user uses foul lang. In email or web

Q13. Name the former HP boss who is the Republican candidate for the senate from California.

Ans. Carly Fiorina

Q14. How is the Kerala govt promoting reading habit and saving electricity through a single scheme ?

Ans. Kids get books as gift for saving power

Q15. SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?

Ans. Typing text messages quickly on cellphones

eekly Business Quiz # 30

June 8, 2010 by businessbaatein
Q1.Scientists have proved that members of opp sex look sexier after booze. What is this effect called ?

Ans. Beer goggles

Q2 .Which is the largest TV shopping network globally ?

Ans. QVC of US

Q 3. Which co will be soon launching the world’s largest IPO of 30 b US $ ?

Ans. Agricultural bank of china

Q 4. What service has been launched for Drs of Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai by Vodafone, Blackberry and
medical eqpt co Maestros ?

Ans. ECG on mobile

Q 5. Which pharma co has launched a low-cost vaccine for H1N1 virus in India at Rs 350 each ?

Ans.Cadila

Q 6. Name the company which markets generic drug Sidenafil Citrate under the brand name KAMAGRA.

Ans. Ajanta Pharma

Q 7. In which indian city are workers working harder to meet the high demand for footballs, thanks to
the upcoming FIFA cup?

Ans. Jalandhar

Q 8. Which global co runs Corporate Services Corps where leadership devpt is combined with
community initiatives?

Ans.IBM

Q 9. Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not know what to watch on TV what new channel
has been launched ?

Ans. What’s on India

Q 10. Which Chinese electronics mfr has decided to increase wages of its employees by 20 % to control
suicides ?
Ans. Foxconn

Q 11. Mary Phelps Jacob descendant of Robert Fulton ,the inventor of steamboat, was an inventor
herself. What did she invent in 1910?

Ans. Brassiere

Q 12. Where has the new TATA Nano plant come up and has become operational today ?

Ans. Sanand in Gujarat

Q13. How are drivers of premium cars speaking on their cellphones without being caught for traffic
violation?

Ans. Thru car stereo with bluetooth

Q14. Which co has launched ‘TigerZor’ and ‘Actimind’ brands of flavored milk recently ?

Ans. Britannia

Q15. Launched in Nov ’09 this bike has a tag of Rs 1.25 lakh. It is such a hit that it now has a 6 month
waiting.Name it.

Ans. Enfield classic 500

Q17. The Sovereign wealth fund of Malaysia has a very Indian sounding name. It is fighting with Fortis
over Parkway takeover. Name it

Ans. Khazanah

Q18. What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in Western finance, that complies
with Sharia, Islamic law.?

Ans. Sukuk

FIFA PART I

FIFA- Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( French )

( International Federation of Association Football )

Headquarters - Zurich , Switzerland

Current President - Slepp Blatter

Slepp Batter has been working at FIFA since 1975 .

First as Technical Director - 1975 - 1981

General Secretary - 1981- 1988

As FIFA President - First time in 1998

Second Time - 2002 , Third time (unopposed ) - 2007 , Fourth time - December 2009

And was also involved in Organisation of Olympics - 1972 and 1976

FIFA has trend of continuing Presidencies ( Like most of Indian Sport Bodies )

Earlier President João Havelange, was the president of FIFA from 1974 to 1998

FIFA PART II

FIFA WORLD CUPS

FIFA first Tournament/ Championship : 1930

1942 and 1946 : It didn't Happen due to Second World war

Till now 18 tournaments have been Held => Statistics

1. Brazil won world cup record 5 times ..and is the only team to have played in every
tournament

Brazil was permanently awarded the original of the World Cup trophy after winning their
third FIFA World Cup championship in 1970. The trophy was stolen 13 years later and
never recovered.
2. Italy - Current Champion - 4 times

3. Germany - 3 times

4. Uruguay and Argentina - 2 times

5. England and France - 1 times

Last 2006 world cup washeld in Germany , 2010 world cup - Currently going on In south Africa
, 2014 world cup - Brazil

No European team has ever won the World Cup outside Europe, as all World Cup tournaments
hosted in either South America, North America, or Asia
have been won by a South American team.

Brazil’s victory in 1958 in Sweden is the only time a non-European team won a world cup in
Europe.

In addition, Brazil is the only team to have won the world cup outside their own continent
(Sweden 1958, Mexico 1970, United States of America 1994 and South Korea-Japan 2002).

Only twice have consecutive World Cup tournaments been won by teams from the same
continent when Italy and Brazil successfully defended their titles in 1938 and 1962 respectively.

FIFA PART III

World Cup trophy - From 1930 to 1070 - World cup Gold trophy was represented as Jules
Rimet Trophy( In honor of Jules Rimet- President of FIFA ) ( 1921-1954 )

and from 1974 - till now as FIFA World Cup Trophy

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World Cup 2010 -

The Jabulani is the official match Ball for the 2010 World Cup . Is manufactured by Adidas

Official Mascot - Zakumi (born 16 June 1994 (age 16)) is the official Mascot for the 2010
world cup. He is acheerful and sporty leopard with green hair, presented on 22 September
2008.

Official Mascot 2006 - (1994-06-16) Goleo VI - A lion wearing a Germany shirt with the
number 06 and a talking football named Pille. Goleo is a portmanteau of the words "goal"
and "leo", the Latin word for lion. In Germany, "Pille" is a colloquial term for a football.

Geography_General Knowledge_India

List of States and Territories :

Total states - 28 , Union Territories - 7 , Territorial Disputes - 5

Total states - we all know ( So no need to tell )

Union Territories -

1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands

2. Chandigarh

3. Dadra and Nagar Haveli

4. Daman and Diu

5. Lakshadweep

6. National capital territory of Delhi

7. Puducherry

Territorial Disputes (5)

Geography_General Knowledge_India

List of States and Territories :

Total states - 28 , Union Territories - 7 , Territorial Disputes - 5

Total states - we all know ( So no need to tell )

Union Territories -

1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands

2. Chandigarh

3. Dadra and Nagar Haveli

4. Daman and Diu

5. Lakshadweep
6. National capital territory of Delhi

7. Puducherry

Territorial Disputes (5)

Geography_General Knowledge_India

List of States and Territories :

Total states - 28 , Union Territories - 7 , Territorial Disputes - 5

Total states - we all know ( So no need to tell )

Union Territories -

1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands

2. Chandigarh

3. Dadra and Nagar Haveli

4. Daman and Diu

5. Lakshadweep

6. National capital territory of Delhi

7. Puducherry

Territorial Disputes (5)