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Ab o u t d e f e n c e o f f i c e r s a c a d e my

A L ITTLE BIT ABOUT

DEFENCE OFFICERS

ACADEMY

Defence Officers Academy is a

premier Defence coaching institute

in Nehru Colony , Dehradun which

prepares candidates for various

examinations for entrance to

schools and institutions such as

RIMC , Sainik Schools , RMS , NDA ,

IMA/OTA , AFCAT and ACC .

Established in 2015 with an aim to

provide high quality

transformational training to

students , Defence Officers Academy

trains to improve their individual

performance so that their full

potential can be reached and they

can do best possible in the entrance

exams .

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V i s i o n & M i s s i o n

RASHTRIYA MILITARY SCHOOL

(TOTAL 5 SCHOOLS IN INDIA)

RMS

RASHTRIYA INDIAN MILITARY COLLEGE

( 1 SCHOOLS IN INDIA)

RIMCSAINIK SCHOOL

(TOTAL 25+ SCHOOLS IN INDIA)

SAINIK SCHOOL

Vision : To provide best training to

the young candidates so that they

can join the defence schools and to

produce employable resource for

defence sector . We aim to remain

source of inspiration for society to

make the future better with the

help of our knowledge , imagination

and innovation .

Motto : The motto of Defence

Officers Academy is “ Dhairya Se

Jeet “ and the training provided

to students makes them walk on

path of continuous improvement

to achieve victory with patience .

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Best schools of India

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1) Chardham in India North- Badrinath(Uttarakhand) South- Rameshwaram(Tamil Nadu) East- Jagannath Temple(Puri, Odisha) West- Dwaraka (Gujarat) It was established by Adi Shankaracharya 2) Kumb Mela(2019)- Allahabad Kumb Mela occurs at:- a. Ujjain on Shipra river. b. Haridwar on Ganga river. c. Nashik on Godavari river. d. Allahabad( Confluence of river Ganga & Yamuna) 3) Panch Prayag of Uttarakhand a. Devprayag- Alaknanda & Bhagirathi b. Rudraprayag- Alaknanda & Mandakini c. Karnaprayag- Alaknanda & Pindar d. Nandprayag- Alaknanda & Nandakini e. Vishnuprayag- Alaknanda & Dhauliganga Tehri Dam is the highest Dam of India on the river Bhagirathi. 4) Vikramshila Dolphin Sanctuary- Bhagalpur(Bihar).6) Asia’s 1st Dolphin research centre- Patna University.7) Dolphins & Bats produce Ultrasonic waves to regulate their movement.8) In 2018, 330 MW Kishanganga Hydropower became operational over Kishanganga River in J & K.· Kishanganga River – Tributary of Jhelum River.· This project is disputed between India & Pakistan.9) In 2018, PM laid foundation stone of Pakal Dul Hydro project over marusadar river(tributary of Chenab ) in J & K.10) Pancheshwar Dam is disputed between India & Nepal located on the river Kali or Sharda river.11) World’s largest Dam- 3 Gorges Dam on the river Yangtze in China.12) India’s 1st under water tunnel within Hooghly River connects Kolkata and Howrah.13) Dhola-Sadia Bridge is India’s largest road bridge in Assam on the river Lohit River (tributary of B Brahmaputra). It is named after Bhupen Hazarika(Assamese Singer).14) Bogibeel bridge is India’s longest Rail – Road bridge on Brahmaputra River.15) Chenani- Nashri tunnel is India,s longest all weather tunnel.16) Zojila Tunnel is the longest bi-directional all weather tunnel. It connects Srinagar- Leh- Kargil. It i is Under Construction.

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17) Pir Panjal Tunnel is the longest Railway tunnel in J&K. World’s highest railway bridge is under c construction over Chenab River.18) Guwahati Railway Station is world’s 1st fully solar powered Railway Station.19) Diu is 100 % solar Powered City.20) Surat(Gujarat) is 100% health centre solar powered.21) Kochi International (Kerala)is world’s 1st fully solar powered Airport.22) World’s 1st solar Toilet in Kerala.23) World’s 1st floating nuclear power plant- Russia(Akademik Lomonosov).24) Bangladesh’s 1st nuclear power plant- Rooppur(with support of India & Russia).25) World’s smallest rocket is launched by JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency).26) World’s smallest satellite launched by NASA named “KalamSat”developed by Rifath Sharook(Tamil Nadu).27) National Sports University- Manipur.28) India’s 1st railway university- Vadodra (Gujarat).29) National war memorial- New Delhi.30) SOPHIA is the 1st human robot recently visited India which is developed by HongKong company. It recently got Saudi-Arabia citizenship.31) About SIKKIM· 1st open defecation free state.· 1st organic farming state.· In 2018 Pakyong airport became operational.· Chief Minister – Pawan Chamling(Longest serving CM)· Least populous state.31) About KERALA· India’s 1st digital state.· Operation Sahyog & Operation Madad launched by Defence forces for rescue in 2018 floods.32) About UTTARAKHAND· India’s 1st biofuel flight from Dehradun to Delhi in 2018.33) About MEGHALAYA· Living Root bridges are found here.· Krem Puri : World’s longest sand stone cave discovered in Meghalaya.· AFSPA(Armed Forces Special Power Act, 1958) revoked in 2018 from Meghalaya and some parts o of Arunachal Pradesh.· Sharmila Irom(Manipur) – called as ‘ Iron Lady ’ is the founder of People’s Resurgence Justice A Alliance (PRJA) political party. She protested against AFSPA in Manipur.34) About Aruanchal Pradesh In 2018, 1st commercial flight landed at Pasighat Airport under ‘Udaan’ Scheme. 50th Tiger Reserve: kamlang Tiger Reserve.

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35) OPEC - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Headquarter: Vienna (Austria) India is not a member Total 15 members.36) 2022 FIFA World Cup venue - Qatar FIFA 2018 - Russia Mascot - Zabivaka (wolf) Winner- France defeated Croatia Player of the tournament (Golden Ball) - Luka Modric (Croatia) Golden Boot- Harry Cane (England)36) In 2018, Nepal declared as Trachoma(bacterial Eye Infection) free37) Malaria Summit 2018 took place in London. Malaria is caused by Plasmodium Protozoa carried by female Anopheles mosquito Anti malaria Drug: Quinine which is obtained from the bark of Cinchona plant (North America)38) Ease of doing business Index 2018 is published by World Bank. India's Rank is 100/190 in 2018 Internationally, Newzealand's rank is 1 and Singapore rank is 2. In South Asian Country Bhutan is no: 1. In India, Andhra Pradesh is no: 1 and Telangana no: 2.39) World Hindi Conference 2018 took place in Mauritius40) 2018 peace talk between USA and North Korea took place at Sentosa Island in Singapore41) UNDP ( United Nation Development Programme) Headquarter : New York Human Development Report (HDR) is published by UNDP India's rank is 130/ 189 Norway is no: 1 worldwide Niger's (Africa) rank is 189th .42) UNESCO ( United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) Headquarter : Paris India is a member of UNESCO. Members : 195 Function:- Protection of World’s Heritage Sites. World Heritage Sites by UNESCO a) 2018 : Victorian and Art Deco (Mumbai) b) 2017 : Ahmedabad Walled City (Gujarat)

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43) IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) Headquarter: Vienna(Austria) India is the member of IAEA Total members : 170 members 170th member is Grenada(Country) Director General : Yukia Amano (Japan) IAEA is also called as 'Nuclear Watch Dog’44) NSG (Nuclear Supplier Group) Total Members : 48 members India is not a member China is a member NOTE- a)- 1st Nuclear Test of India occured in Pokhran known as Smiling Buddha and Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister. b)- 2nd Nuclear Test of India also occured in Pokhran known as Shakti-182 and Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister. 45) Elisa Project is NASA‘s Project for detection of gravitation waves.46) Jallikattu is a bull fighting event of Tamil Nadu on the occasion of Pongal recently banned by Supreme Court Kampala is Buffalo race event of Karnataka recently banned by Karnataka High Court.47) Article 21 : Right to life and Personal Liberty. Article 21(A) : Right to Education “Right to privacy” is added under Article 2149) NATO ( North Atlantic Treaty Organization) It is a Military Group & its Headquarter is in Brussels(Belgium) Total members= 29 29th member = Montenegro India is not a member.50) 38 degree parallel line is between North Korea & South Korea. The capital of South Korea is Seoul. Moon Jae-in is the president. It is a developed country a also known as "Land of Hermits''

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51) ISIS (Islamic state of Iraq & Syria) Head of ISIS= Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Syria's capital is Damascus. Its president is Bashar-al-Asad & it shares boundaries with Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel and Turkey. Some Militants Group -BOKO HARAM- Nigeria -Taliban - Swat valley -Hamas- Palestine -Houtis- Yemen -FARC- Colombia -Darfur- Sudan -Chechanya- Russian Federation52) ASEAN ( Association of South East Asian Nations) Headquarter:- Jakarta ( Indonesia) Total Member= 10 India is not a member Summit of ASEAN took place every year 2017 Summit - Manila(Philippines) 2018 Summit - Singapore53) Odisha Cyclone named "Titli" affected Gopalpur(Odisha) and Kalingapatnam(Andra Pradesh) i in 2018 Florence Hurricane affected Florida, USA in 2018.54) Some strategic ports: Gwadar : China’s port in Pakistan. Hambantota : China’s port in Sri Lanka Sittwe : China’s port in Myanmar Chittagong : China’s port in BangladeshChina is developing series of ports in Indian Ocean surrounding India known as ‘String of Pearls’.

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55) SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional co-operation) Established in 1985 Headquarter : Kathmandu Members= 8(India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Srilanka, Maldives and Afghanistan) Afghanistan is the latest member Myanmar is not a member.56) In 2018, Bangladesh launched its first communication satellite, Bangabandhu.57) Bidhya Devi Bhandari is the first woman, President of Nepal.58) Salma Dam is also known as India – Afghanistan friendship dam became operational with the s support of India.59) Rohingya is a minority community of Myanmar demanded citizenship rights but violence started. India Launched ‘Operation Insaniyat' in support of Rohingyas.60) IMF (International Monetary Fund). Headquarter: Washington DC (USA) Members : 189 Its Managing Director is Christine Lagarde (France).61) World Bank Headquarter- Washington DC (USA) President : Jim Yong Kim62) ADB (Asian Development Bank) Headquarter : Manila (Philippines)63) UN (United Nations) Members : 193 The Latest member is South Sudan. Established on 24th October 1945. UN day is observed on 24th Oct64) UNHRC (United Nations Human Rights Council) Headquarter : Geneva (Switzerland)

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NOTE:-

a) 46th Chief Justice of India is Rajnan Gogoi (succeeded by Dipak Misra).

b) Senior most Judge of the Supreme Court shall be the Chief Justice of India.

c) Retirement age of Supreme Court Judge is 65 years

d) Retirement age of High Court Judge is 62 years.

e) There are total 24 high courts in India.

65) AMNESTY International is an NGO which works for Human Rights.

Headquarter : London

66) Article 76- Attorney General of India also known as 1st law officer of the country.

67) Principal organs of United Nations.

a) UN General Assembly = 193 Members

Also known as ‘ Town meeting’ or ‘ Parliament of the world’.

b) UN Security Council (15 members.)

c) Economic and social Council ( Ecosoc)(54 Members)

d) Trusteeship Council ( Existing but not functioning)

e) The Secretariat- Headquarter of UN.

NOTE: Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan (Ghana) recently died who won Nobel

Peace Prize in 2001.

f) International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Headquarter- The Hague in Netherlands also known as Peace Palace.

Note: Recently Dalveer Bhandari elected in ICJ

68) NASA ( National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

Established in 1958. Headquarter : Washington DC

Missions of NASA:-

a) Messenger:- Mercury

b) MAVEN : Mars (Spacecraft : Curiosity)

c) JUNO : Jupiter (World's 1st fully solar powered spacecraft).

d) New Horizons : Pluto

e) Solar Parker Probe : Sun

f) Cassini - Huygens : Saturn

g) Kepler : NASA’s Space observatory to discover earth- like objects.

69) NISAR : NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar.

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70) Missions by ISRO a) GAGAN YAAN : India’s first manned space mission by the year 2022. GSLV Mark III will used. b) Chandrayaan2 : Postponed recently. c) MOM (Mars Orbiter Mission) : Mars Spacecraft : Mangalyaan71) Satyameva Jayate:- Taken from Mundaka Upanishad. National Flag was designed by:- Pingali Venkayya. National Anthem and National song was adopted on 24th January 1950. National Anthem And its English Translation by Rabindra Nath Tagore. National Song by Bankim Chandra Chattarjee taken From his Novel ‘Anad Math’72) Article 370 : Constitution of Kashmir.73) Tejas : Indigenous developed world’s smallest and light fighter Aircraft by HAL ( Hindustan A Aeronautics Limited) INS Arihant:- Indigenously developed nuclear powered submarine. INS Vikrant & INS Virat were purchased and now decommissioned.74) INS Vikramaditya was purchased from Russia and is presently operational.75) Mission INDRADHANUSH: To provide vaccination to the children below 2 years of age and pregnant women by the year 2020. Vaccination for the various diseases: Bacterial:- Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, T.B. Virus:- Measles, Polio, Hepatitis, Japanese Encephalitis76) Rotovac : Indigenously developed vaccine against Rota-virus which causes diarrhea in children.77) Pratyush : India’s fastest super computer.78) 1st transgender marriage happened in Kerala79) Biosphere Reserve : There are total 18 biosphere reserves in India Note : a) Nilgiri is the first Biosphere Reserve. b) Valley of flowers National Park comes under Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve. c) Pin valley National Park comes under Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve. d) Chandratal Lake is in Himachal Pradesh. e) Largest National Park is Hemis National Park [J&K]. f) Smallest National Park is South Button Island National Park [Andaman & Nicobar Island]. g) 1st National Park is Jim Corbet [Old name- Hailey] h) The only floating National Park is Keibul Lamjao National Park in Manipur on L Loktak Lake.

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i) Son and Mahanadi Rivers originate from Amarkantak Plateau (Madhya Pradesh). j) Sardar Sarovar Dam is on the river Narmada in Gujarat. k) Surat is located on the bank of River Tapi. l) Rann of Kachchh is the largest Biosphere Reserve. m) Dibru Saikowa in Assam is the smallest Biosphere Reserve.80) SACON (Salim Ali Centre for ornithology and Natural history) is an institute which w works under the Ministry of Environment located in Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu). # Largest flying bird - Wandering Albatross. # Smallest flying bird - Humming Bird. # List of Flightless Birds:- a) Ostrich - Kalahari Desert, Africa. b) Rhea - Brazil. c) Emu - Australia. d) Kiwi - New Zealand. e) Penguin - Antartica. # Great Hornbill is a flying bird which is found in western Ghats as well as in North-EastIIndia. # Great Hornbill Festival is celebrated in Nagaland every year.81) Krishna Sagar Dam on the River Kaveri Nagarjuna Sagar Dam on the River Krishna.82) Asiatic Lion : Gir Forest (Gujarat). Cheetah : Fastest land animal which is extinct from India a decade ago but Government tries to re-introduce it into Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary( Madhya Pradesh). Puma : Completely Yellow found in Brazil (South America). Jaguar : Yellow color with black dots found in Brazil, (South America). Black Panther is found in Dandeli - Anshi & Kabini National Park(Karnataka).83) Important Dates : # 22 May - World Biodiversity Day # 22 April- Earth Day # 5 June - Environment Day # 3 March- World Wildlife Day # 21 March - World Forest Day # 22 March- World Water Day # 16 September - Ozone Day # 7 April - World Health Day. # 16 October - Food Day # 10 December - Human Rights Day # 28 February - National Science Day # 19 November - World Toilet day # 31 May - World No tobacco Day # 24 October - UN Day # 1 May - Labour Day # 8 March - International Women Day # 11 July - Population Day # 21 June - International Yoga Day. # 2 February - World Wetlands Day # 29 July - International Tiger Day.

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84) Ministry of AYUSH : A- Ayurveda, Y- Yoga & Naturopathy, U- Unani, S- Siddha H- Homeopathy.85) Flamingo festival held at Pulicat lake in Andhra Pradesh.86) Pelican bird festival was celebrated at Kolleru lake in Andhra Pradesh. 87) The Assam Government has observed 22nd September as Rhino Day. They are found in Kaziranga & Orang National park in Assam and Dudhwa National Park in U.P.88) Earth Hour was observed across the world on 24th March in which cities world wide turn their lights off from 8:30 to 9:30 PM89) India’s first insect Museum opened in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu90) Manas National Park is in Assam & Krishna wildlife Santuary is in Andhra Pradesh91) Pangolin is the only scaly mammal on the planet.92) India’s first Humbold Pengiun named “Freedom Baby” died in Byculla Zoo. (Maharashtra)93) Chilika Lake is the coastal lake or lagoon in India located in Odisha. It is the 2nd Largest lagoon in the world. The New Caledonia Barrier Reef is the largest lagoon in the world. Lake Pulicat is a lagoon in Andra Pradesh and Lake Vembanad is also a lagoon In kerala94) Gangetic River Dolphin is India’s National Aquatic Animal.95) Military ExerciseIndian Air-force Exercise Exercise Name Participants· Indradhanush India & UK· Eastern Bridge India & Oman· Garuda India & France· Arvaindra India & Russia· Red Flag India & USA· Desert Eagle India & UAE· Cope India India & USA· Siam Bharat India & Thailand· Sindex India & Singapore· Sahayata For Earthquake· Gaganshakti IAF drill at Pakistan & China Border Indian Navy Exercise Exercise Name Participants· Varuna India & France· Slinex India & Sri Lanka· Simbex India & Singapore

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· Malabar India, USA & Japan

· Ibsamar India, Brazil & South Africa

· Konkar India & UK

· AusIndex India & Australia

· Milan India hosts this ex. Including multiple nations

· Naseem-Al-Bahr India & Oman

· Corpat India & Indonesia

· Passex India & Japan

Indian Army Exercise

Exercise Name Participants

· Ekuverin India & Maldives

· Mitra Shakti India & Sri Lanka

· Shakti India & France

· Nomadic Elephant India & Mongolia

· Yudh Abhyas India & USA

· Vajra Prahar India & USA

· Surya Kiran India & Nepal

· Al Nagah India & Oman

· Ex- Lamitya India & Seychelles

· Harimau Shakti India & Malaysia

· Cobra Gold Asia + Pacific military exercise held at Thailand

· Khanjar India & Kyrgyzstan

· Sampriti India & Bangladesh

· Bold Kurukshetra India & Singapore

· Hand in Hand India & China

· Indra India & Russia

· Ajeya Warrior India & UK

· Garuda Shakti India & Indonesia

· Prabal Dostyk India & Kazakhstan

· Vinbax India & Vietnam

· Maitree India & Thailand

· Imbax India & Myanmar

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96) Rescue OperationIndian Air force.Operation Rahat- Uttarakhand Flood·Operation Sankat Mochan- South Sudan·Operation Insaniyat- Relief packages to Bangladesh for Rohingya Refugees. Indian Navy·Operation Rahat- Yemen Crisis·Operation Search Light – Missing Boeing 777 of Malaysia·Operation Sukoon- Lebanese War·Operation Restore Hope- Somalia·Operation Tridents- Karachi Attack, 1971 Indian ArmyOperation Polo- Against Nizam Rule in HyderabadOperation Blue Star- Golden TempleOperation Meghdoot- Captured Siachen GlacierOperation Rajiv- Captured Bana TopOperation Cactus- MaldivesOperation Vijay- Kargil WarOperation Surya Hope- North India Floods in 2013Operation All Out- Against Bodo Militants in AssamOperation Maitree- Nepal Earthquake97) Nobel prize is not given in the field of Literature in 2018 Nobel Peace prize 2018- Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad98) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award ( India's highest sport Award)- Virat Kohli & Mirabai Chanu (Weight Lifting from Manipur). TOKYO Olympics 2020 Mascot : Miraitowa & Sinaitowa99) National Film Awards Best Movie : Village Rockstars(Assamese) Best Actress : Sridevi for MOM film. Hindi Movie : Newton Latest Oscar : Shape of water

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100) Sports - US Open: Men's single- Novak Djokovic(Serbia). Women's single- Naomi Osaka(Japan). - Wimbledon : Men's single- Novak Djokovic(Serbia). Women's single- Angelique Kerber (Germany). -Australian Open : Men's : Roger federer(Switzerland). Women's : Caroline Wasniaki(Denmark). -French Open (Ronald Garros): Men's : Rafael Nadal(Spain). Women's : Simona Halep(Romania) - Hima Das (sprinter)appointed as the sport Ambassador of Assam. - 18th Asian games conluded in Indonesia Mascots : Trio of a) Bhin Bhin (Bird of Paradise). b) Kaka (one horned rhino). c) Atung (Deer). -Gold Medalist of Asian Games(India) a) Swapna Barman wins India's first gold in Hepthatlon athletics (West Bengal). b) Tejendra pal singh toor (Short putter) wins India's 1st gold medal in athletics. c) Saurabh Chaudhary wins India's 1st gold medal in shooting events at Asian Games. d) Vinesh Phogat becomes India's 1st woman athlete to win gold. e) Esow Alben creates history by winning India's 1st ever medal in track cycling at the world level. He achieves silver medal and hails from Andaman and Nicobar. - P.V Sindhu wins silver medal in World Championship of Badminton. - Carolina Marine of spain won gold by defeating P. V sindhu. - Mens: Kento Momota of japan won the World Championship of Badminton. - Deepa karmakar is the 1st Indian to win gold in Gymnastic World Challenge Cup at Turkey. - Australia wins 27th edition of Sultan Azlan shah cup 2018 against England in Malaysia. - Navjot Kaur won gold medal at Asian Wrestling Championship in Bishkek(Kyrgyzstan). - India won Under 19 ICC World Cup by defeating Australia by 8 wickets. ALL THE BEST TEAM DOA

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