IMPORTANT INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENTS & YEARS
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• Government of India Act 1858
• Indian National Congress (1885)
• Partition of Bengal (1905)
• Muslim League (1906)
• Swadeshi Movement (1905)
• Morley-Minto Reforms (1909)
• Lucknow Pact (1916)
• Home Rule Movement (1916-­1920)
• The Gandhian Era (1917-1947)
• Khilafat Movement (1920)
• The Rowlatt Act (1919)
• Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre (1919)
• Non-Cooperation Movement (1920)
• Chauri Chaura Incident (1922)
• Swaraj Party (1923)
• Simon Commission (1927)
• Dandi March (1930)
• Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931)
• The Government of India Act, 1935
• Quit India Movement (1942)
• Cabinet Mission Plan (1946)
• Interim Government (1946)
• Formation of Constituent Assembly (1946)
• Mountbatten Plan (1947)
• The Indian Independence Act, 1947
• Partition of India (1947)

1. India’s First Woman Railway Driver – Surekha Shankar Yadav
2. India’s First Woman Tabla Maestro – Dr. Aban Mistry
3. India’s First Recognized Billionth Citizen – Astha
4. India’s First Woman Airbus Pilot – Durba Banerjee
5. First Woman Secretary General Of Rajya Sabha – V. S. Rama Devi
6. First Indian Woman To Win Magsasay Award – Kiran Bedi
7. First Indian Woman Cricketer To Get 100 Wickets – Diana Eduljee
8. First Indian Paratrooper Of Indian Air Force – Nita Ghose
9. First Indian Woman To Complete Her MBBS – Kadambini Ganguli Bose In 1888
10. First Woman Cheif Engineer – P. K. Tresia Nanguli
11. First Indian Woman At Antarctica – Meher Moos In 1976
12. First Woman Foriegn Minister – Lakshmi N. Menon
13. First Woman Commercial Pilot – Prem Mathur Of Deccan Airways
14. First Woman Sahitya Award Winner – Amrita Pritam
15. First Woman President Of Indian Science Congress – Dr. Ashima Chatterjee
16. First Woman To Win WTA Tennis Tournament – Sania Mirza
17. First Chief Justice Of Mumbai High Court – Justice Sujaata B Manohar
18. First Indian Woman Advocate – Regina Guha
19. First Indian Woman Barrister – Cornotia Sorabji
20. First Woman Surgeon – Dr. Prema Mukherjee
21. First Woman To Get Arjun Award – N. Lumsden (1961)
22. First Woman Chairman Of Bank – Tarzani Vakil
23. First Woman Chairperson Of National Woman Commission – Mrs. Jayanti Patnayak
24. First Indian Woman To Receive Asiad Gold Medal – Kamalji Sandhu
25. First Woman Speaker Of State Assembly – Mrs. Shano Devi
26. First Actress In The Indian Cinema – Devika Rani
27. First Woman Finger Prints Expert In India – Sita Varthambal And Bhrangathambal
28. First Woman Doordarshan News Reader – Pratima Puri
29. First Indian Woman To Reach In Olympic Games – Sini Abrahim
30. First Indian Woman To Receive Norman Borlaug Award – Dr. Amrita Patel
31. First Indian Woman IAS Officer – Anna George
32. First Woman President Of Student’s Union – Anju Sachdeva of Delhi University
33. First Woman Chairperson Of Rajya Sabha – Violet Alva In 1962

BOOKS AND AUTHORS PART 2:

[1] Life of Pi —— Yann Martel
[2] When Loss is Gain —— Diplomat Pavan K.Varma
[3] One Day Wonders —— Sunil Gavaskar
[4] My life and Times —— V.V. Giri

SEE ALSO: BOOKS AND AUTHORS PART 1(Imp. for SSC, IBPS,etc.)

[5] Kalpana Chawla – A Life —— Anil Padmanaban
[6] Kamasutra ——- Vatsayana
[7] War and Piece —– Leo Tolstoy
[8] Devdas ——– Sharat Chandra Chatterjee
[9] Half a Life ——– V.S Naipoul
[10] Unhappy India —– Lala Lajpat Rai
[11] Jyoti punj —— Narendra Modi
[12] The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ——- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
[13] Economic History of India ——- R. C. Dutt
[14] The book of Indian Birds ——- Dr. Salim Ali
[15] Living with Honour —— Shiv Khera
[16] We Indians, Train To Pakistan, Women and Men in My Life ——-Khuswant Singh
[17] The Discovery of India ——– Jawaharlal Nehru
[18] Indian Philosophy ——– Dr. S. RadhaKrishnan
[19] Gulliver Travels ——- Jonathan Swift
[20] My Nation My Life —– L.K. Advani
[21] Independence ——- S.K. Banerjee
[22] Last Days of Nethaji ——- G.D. Khosla
[23] My Experiments with Truth ——- Mahatma Gandhi
[24] The God of Small Things ——- Arundhati Roy
[25] War and Piece —— Tolstoy
[26] Wakeup India —– Annie Besant
[27] Two Lives, The Golden Gate, A Suitable Boy, Arion and The Dolphin, An Equal Music, From Heaven Lake:Travels —— Vikram Seth
[28] India First ——- K. R. Malkani
[29] My Life ——– Bill Clinton
[30] Dreams From My Father ——– Barack Obama

Union Budget 2015 – Expected Questions in SSC,IBPS,UPSC,PSU:

1. On which date Union Budget 2015-16 was presented in Parliament?
– 28 February 2015
2. Name the Union Finance Minister who presented the Union Budget 2015-16 in Parliament?
– Arun Jaitley
3. Personal Income Tax limit was not changed in Union Budget 2015-16. What is the present Personal I-T exemption limit?
– Rs 2.5 lakh
4. Health Insurance Premium deduction hiked from Rs. 15,000 to?
– Rs. 25,000 (for senior citizens to Rs. 30,000)
5. Transport allowance exemption hiked to Rs. 1,600, from ____ per month?
– Rs. 800
6. PAN card is must for all purchase above ____ rupees as proposed in Budget 2015-16?
– Rs. 1 lakh
7. An additional ___% surcharge on people earning over Rs. 1 cr was put forth in the budget 2015-16?
– 2%
8. What change was made in the Wealth tax?
– Wealth tax abolished
9. DTC was dropped in the Budget 2015-16. Expand DTC?
– Direct Taxes Code
10. Corporate tax to be reduced from 30% to ___ over next four years?
– 25%
11. Mudra banks to be established with capital of Rs.___ crore?
– 20000
12. Rs. ____ deduction for contribution to New Pension Scheme?
– Rs. 50,000
13. GAAR implementation deferred by 2 years to?
– April 2017
14. Service Tax rate hiked to ___% from 12.36%?
– 14%
15. Tax free bonds were proposed in budget for?
– Roads, railways, irrigation projects

BOOKS AND AUTHORS
[1] Wings of Fire, Ignited Minds, Target 3 Million, The luminous Spark, India 2020, Mission India, Indomitable Spirit, The Life Tree, India My Dream, Inspiring Thoughts, Thoughts for Change, Spirit of India, Evolution of Enlightened Societies, You are Born to Blossom, Turning Point ——– A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
[2] The 3 Mistakes of My Life, Five Point Someone, Two States, Revolution 2020, One Night at the Call Center ——– Chetan Bhagat
[3] Inspired Talks, The Sleeping Giant, Living at the State, Way of the Saint, Jnana Yoga, Raja Yoga, My Master, Women of India, Vedanta Philosophy ———– Swami Vivekananda
[4] Lipika, Chandralika, Chitra, Geethanjali, Gora, Ghare, Broken Ties, Malini, Sacrifice, Two Sisters , Bhaire, Chaturanga ——- Rabindranath Tagore
[5] Arthashastra ———- Koutilya
[6] My Days, The Guide, Malgudi days, Waiting for the Mahatma, The Dark Room, The Bachelors of Art, The English Teacher, The Financial Expert ———- R.K. Narayanan
[7] My Truth ———– Indira Gandhi
[8] My Life in Action ——— Jackie Chan
[9] Glimpses of World History ——— Jawaharlal Nehru
[10] My Struggle ———- E K Nayanar
[11] Ashtadhyayi ——— Panini
[12] Ayodhya ——— P. V. Narasimha Rao
[13] Bhagwad Gita, Mahabharata ——- Veda Vyas
[14] Ramayana ——– Valmiki
[15] Panchatantra ——– Vishnu Sharma
[16] Megdoot, kumarasambhava, Swapnavasavadatta,
Malavikagnimitra ——— Kalidasa
[17] Broken Wing ——– Sarojini Naidu
[18] End of the Era ——– C.S. Pandit
[19] Eternal India ——– Mrs. Indira Gandhi
[20] Imagining India ———- Nandan Nilekani
[21] A Better India A Better World ——- N.R. Narayan Murthy
[22] Fasting, Feasting —— Anita Desai
[23] Forty Nine Days ——- Amrita Pritam
[24] Golden Threshold ——– Sarojini Naidu
[25] Indian Philosophy ——— Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

SEE ALSO: BOOKS AND AUTHORS PART 2(Imp. for SSC, IBPS,etc.)

Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, 2015:

Where: Lok Sabha
What: Passed
When: 10 March 2015

Lok Sabha passed the Land Acquisition (amendment) Bill, 2015 by voice vote on March 10, 2015. The bill amends the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCTLARR) Act, 2013.
The Land Acquisition (amendment) Bill seeks to ratify an ordinance or emergency executive order which was passed on 29 December 2014.
Before being passed, the Union Government made nine amendments in the Bill (more than 50 were proposed) which was promulgated on 29 December 2014. But it refused to bring back the consent clause or social impact assessment.
Nine amended provisions which were accepted include:
• Removed exemptions for Social Infrastructure Projects in public-private-partnership mode
• Land that will be acquired for industrial corridors will be limited to one kilometre on either side of highways and railway lines
• Compulsory employment will be provided to one member of a farming family that is selling its land
• A hassle-free grievance redressal mechanism of land losers will be put in place
• Farmers may get right to appeal/complain over land acquisition hearing and redressal of grievances at the district level
• Ceiling on land for acquisition in industrial corridors
• Panchayat’s nod may be mandatory for acquiring tribal land
• Government may acquire land for government bodies, corporations
• Term private entity was replaced with private enterprise

Comment and Analysis:
The Bill that replaces the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCTLARR) Act, 2013 saw debates and protests across the country since the time the ordinance related to it was passed. The main point that raised protests was the removal of the consent clause or social impact assessment.

NEW & LATEST BANKING Abbreviation(Imp. for IBPS, SSC, etc. ):

1. BSBDA – Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account
2. FCNR(B) – Foreign Currency Non-Resident Bank
3. TARC – Tax Administration Reform Commission
4. ITEs: Intra-Group Transactions and Exposures
5. LCR: Liquidity Coverage Ratio
6. NSFR: Net Stable Funding Ratio
7. LRMT: Liquidity risk monitoring tools
8. CBS: Core Banking Solution
9. DEAF: Depositor Education and Awareness Fund
10. CRAR: Capital to Risk-weighted Assets Ratio
11. External Commercial Borrowings (ECB)
12. SWIFT: Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
13. FSLRC: Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission
14. MIBOR: Mumbai Inter-Bank Offer Rate
15. LIBOR: London Inter-Bank Offer Rate
16. LAF – Liquidity Adjustment Facility
17. GIRO – Government Internal Revenue Order
18. EEFC – Exchange Earner’s Foreign Currency
19. FRBMA: Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act
20. ALM- Asset Liability Management
21. AMFI- Association of Mutual Fund in India.
22. TIEA – Tax Information exchange Agreement
23. CAR – Cash Adequacy Ratio
24. CCEA – Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
25. CECA – Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement
26. CEPA – Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
27. DTAA – Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement
28. DTC – Direct Tax Code
29. ECBs – External Commercial Borrowings
30. EEFC – Exchange Earner’s Foreign Currency

Solar System (Must Read):

* Biggest Planet – (Jupiter)
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* India’s Natural Satellite- (Moon)
* Nearest Planet to Sun – (Mercury)
* Farthest Planet from Sun – (Neptune)
* Nearest Planet to Earth – (Venus)
* Brightest Planet – (Venus)
* Brightest Star – (Dog Star)
* Coldest Planet – (Neptune)
* Planet with maximum mass – (Jupiter)
* Blue Planet (Earth)
* Green Planet – (Neptune)
* Red Planet – (Mars)