General Knowledge Update: Election Commission of India
April 26th, 2009 | Posted in General Knowledge
Free General Knowledge about The Election Commission of India which is responsible for the of conducts elections in India. Read about its structure, powers, status and list of all Chief Election Commissioner of India so far.
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GK Update: 54th Filmfare Award 2008 (Feb 2009)
March 9th, 2009 | Posted in General Knowledge
List of Winners for the 54th Filmfare Awards facilitated in February 2009. Read it and improve your GK!!
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Tags: Current GK, General KnowledgeGK Update: Academy Awards (Oscars) 2009
March 9th, 2009 | Posted in General Knowledge
A short compiled list of Academy Award Winners for the year 2009. This is important part of General Knowledge for exam to be conducted this year.
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Tags: Current GK, General KnowledgeWorld Countries and Capitals: General Knowledge for Entrance Exams
December 7th, 2008 | Posted in General Knowledge
The recent trend shows that the General Awareness (General Knowledge or GK) part of many competitive exams include question from world Geography where they may ask about the Capital of a Country. Here is the list of all the 195 countries of the world including their capitals. Usually the questions relate to country that is [...]
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Tags: Current GK, General KnowledgeCurrent General Knowledge Update: November 2008 (Sports)
November 18th, 2008 | Posted in General Knowledge
Gagan Narang – World Record in 10m Air Rifle
During the World Cup Finals in Bangkok, Narang scored 103.5 points to attain a world record score of 703.5.
The old world record was set by Austrian Farnik Thomas in 2006 at World Cup Final in Granada, Spain. The other participants of the finals:
American Matthew Emmons (Gold)
Chinese Zhu [...]
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Tags: Current GK, General KnowledgePandit Bhimsen Joshi awarded Bharat Ratna Award
November 5th, 2008 | Posted in General Knowledge
Popular Indian classical vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi has been nominated for the coveted Bharat Ratna, Indias highest civilian award.
Rastrapati Bhavan anoounced this on November 04, 2008.
Bharat Ratna was last awarded in the year 2001 as we posted earlier.
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Pandit Bhimsen Joshi has won many awards for his contribution to Indian classical music.
Padma Vibhushan – [...]
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Barack Obama Wins US Presidential Elections
November 5th, 2008 | Posted in General Knowledge
Barack Obama has made history by winning US election as the first African-American president of the United States in 200 years. He has been Elected as the 44th President of the United States.
Taking office: January 20, 2009
Defeated: Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona
Succeeding: George W. Bush
Personal Details:
Born: August 4, 1961 (1961-08-04)
Age: 47
Born in: Honolulu, [...]
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Tags: General KnowledgeMan Booker Prize 2008 : General Knowlegde
October 16th, 2008 | Posted in General Knowledge
It was another proud moment for India when Aravind Adiga won Man Booker Prize for the year 2008 for his book “The White Tiger”.
Some Facts:
This was Aravind Adiga’s first novel.
He won the prize for Fiction Category.
He is the second youngest after Ben Okri, who won [...]
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Tags: General KnowledgeNobel Prize Laureate List for 2008
October 15th, 2008 | Posted in General Knowledge
This is Very Important GK Update for the competitive Exams. Make sure that you remember these names for your next competitive exam and interview.
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Noble Laureates for the year 2008
Physics:
Yoichiro Nambu
“for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics”
Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa
“for the discovery of the origin of the broken [...]
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Tags: General KnowledgeGeneral Knowledge Update 2 – October 2008
October 7th, 2008 | Posted in General Knowledge
General Knowledge Update 2 – October 2008
New RBI Governor:
Finance Secretary Duvvuri Subbarao has been named the 22nd Governor of Reserve Bank of India. Present Governor Y V Reddy retires on September 5, 2008.
Sixth Pay Commission for Armed Forces.
The Ministry of Defence has notified the new allowances on the basis of the recommendations of the [...]
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