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Static GA Refresher for Syndicate/Canara Bank PGDBF Exam
Banks, CMDs, Headquarters & their Tag Lines
Name of Bank Headquarters CMD Tag Lines Allahabad Bank Kolkata Usha
Ananthasubramanian A tradition of trust.
Andhra Bank Hyderabad Where India Banks
Bank of Baroda Vadodara P. S. Jayakumar India’s international bank
Bank of India Mumbai Dinabandhu Mohapatra Relationships beyond banking
Bank of Maharashtra Pune Ravindra P. Marathe One family one bank
Canara Bank Bengaluru Rakesh Sharma Together We Can; It’s easy to change for those who you love
Central Bank of India Mumbai Rajeev Rishi Build A Better Life Around Us; Central to you since 1911.
Corporation Bank Mangalore Jai Kumar Garg Prosperity for All
Dena Bank Mumbai Trusted Family Bank
IDBI Bank Mumbai Mahesh Kumar Jain Banking for All; Aao Sochein Bada
Indian Bank Chennai Kishor Kharat Your tech friendly bank
Indian Overseas Bank Chennai R. Subramaniakumar Good people to grow with
Oriental Bank of Commerce
Gurugram Mukesh Kumar Jain Where every individual is committed
Punjab National Bank New Delhi Sunil Mehta A Name you can Bank Upon
Punjab and Sind Bank New Delhi Where series is a way of life
State Bank of India Mumbai Rajnish Kumar The banker to every Indian; The Nation banks on us; Pure banking nothing else; With you all the way; A Bank to the common man.
Syndicate Bank Manipal Melwyn O. Rego Your Faithful And Friendly Financial Partner
UCO Bank Kolkata Ravi Kishan Takkar Honours Your Trust
Union Bank of India Mumbai Rajkiran Rai G. Good People to Bank with
United Bank of India Kolkata Pawan Kumar Bajaj The Bank that begins with U.
Vijaya Bank Bengaluru R A Sankara Narayanan A friend you can bank upon
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Private Banks and their Tag Line
Name Of Bank Headquarter MD & CEO Tag Line
Axis Bank Mumbai Shikha Sharma Badhti ka nam zindagi
Federal Bank Kochi, Kerala Shyam Srinivasan Your Perfect Banking Partner
HDFC Bank Mumbai Aditya Puri We Understand Your World; Bank Aapki, Mutthi Mein.
ICICI Bank Mumbai Chanda Kochhar Hum hai na; Khayal Aapka
IndusInd Bank Mumbai Romesh Sobti We Make You Feel Richer
Kotak Mahindra Bank Mumbai Uday Kotak Let’s make money simple
Lakshmi Vilas Bank Karur, Tamil Naidu Parthasarathi Mukherjee The Changing Face of Prosperity
Nainital Bank Nainital Mukesh Sharma Banking with personal touch
RBL Bank Mumbai Vishwavir Ahuja Apno ka bank
Saraswat Bank Mumbai Gautam E. Thakur Service to the Common Man!
South Indian Bank Thrissur, Kerala V. G. Mathew Experience Next Generation Banking
Yes Bank Mumbai Rana Kapoor Experience our expertise
Payments Bank
Bank Headquarter CEO & MD Airtel Payments Bank Ltd. New Delhi
India Post Payments Bank
Ltd.
New Delhi Suresh Sethi
Fino Payments Bank Ltd. Navi Mumbai Renu Satti
Paytm Payments Bank Ltd. Noida Rishi Gupta
Insurance Companies and their Tag Line
Name Headquarter Tag line
LIC Mumbai Yogakshemam Vahamyaham
Max Life Insurance Company Ltd. New Delhi Aapke Sache Advisor
SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. New Delhi With Us, You’re Sure
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd Mumbai Zimmedari ke Humsafar
HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Ltd Mumbai Sar Utha ke Jiyo
Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Ltd Pune Jiyo befiqar
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Foreign Banks and their Tag Line
Name Of Bank Headquarter Tag Line American Express Bank New York, US Do more
Bank of America North Carolina, US Life's better when we're connected
BNP Paribas Paris, France The bank for a changing world
CITI Bank New York, US Let’s get it done/Citi never sleeps
DBS Bank Singapore Living, Breathing Asia
Deutsche Bank Frankfurt, Germany A passion to perform
HSBC Bank London, UK The World's local bank
Important Organizations & their Headquarters
Important Organizations Headquarter Important Organizations Headquarter
APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Forum)
Singapore WHO (World Health Organization) Geneva
ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations)
Jakarta WMO (World Meteorological Organization)
Geneva
UNO New York IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)
Vienna
UNICEF New York World Intellectual Property Organization
Geneva
UNCTAD (United Nations
Conference on Trade &
Development)
Geneva UNESCO Paris
IMF (International Monetary Fund) Washington DC World Bank Washington DC
ILO (International Labour Organization)
Geneva UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization)
Vienna
IMO (International Maritime Organization)
London NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Brussels
International Standards Organization
Geneva SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Coop.)
Kathmandu
ICJ (International Court of Justice) The Hague OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
Paris
OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)
Vienna Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Rome
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Union Cabinet Minister
Ministers Portfolios Constituency
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
Department of Atomic Energy
Department of Space
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances
and Pensions
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Raj Nath Singh Ministry of Home Affairs Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Sushma Swaraj Ministry of External Affairs Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh
Arun Jaitley Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Gujarat (Rajya Sabha)
Nitin Jairam Gadkari
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Ministry of Shipping
Ministry of Water Resources, River
Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
Nagpur, Maharashtra
Suresh Prabhu Ministry of Commerce & Industry Andhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
D.V Sadananda
Gowda
Ministry of Statistics & Programme
Implementation
Bengaluru North, Karnataka
Uma Bharati Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation Jhansi Uttar Pradesh
Nirmala Sitharaman Ministry of Defence Karnataka (Rajya Sabha)
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Ministry of Minority Affairs Jharkhand (Rajya Sabha)
Ramvilas Paswan Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food &
Public Distribution
Hajipur, Bihar
Maneka Sanjay
Gandhi
Ministry of Women & Child
Development
Pilibhit , Uttar Pradesh
Ananthkumar Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Bengaluru Sorth, Karnataka
Ravi Shankar Prasad Ministry of Law & Justice
Ministry of Electronics & Information
Technology
Bihar (Rajya Sabha)
Jagat Prakash Nadda Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Himachal Pradesh (Rajya
Sabha)
Ashok Gajapathi Raju
Pusapati
Ministry of Civil Aviation Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh
Anant Geete Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public
Enterprises
Raigad, Maharashtra
Harsimrat Kaur
Badal
Ministry of Food Processing Industries Bathinda, Punjab
Narendra Singh
Tomar
Ministry of Rural Development
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Ministry of Mines
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Chaudhary Birender
Singh
Ministry of Steel Haryana (Rajya Sabha)
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Jual Oram Ministry of Tribal Affairs Sundargarh, Odisha
Radha Mohan Singh Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers
Welfare
Purvi Champaran, Bihar
Thaawar Chand
Gehlot
Ministry of Social Justice &
Empowerment
Madhya Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
Smriti Zubin Irani Ministry of Textiles
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Gujarat (Rajya Sabha)
Harsh Vardhan
Ministry of Science & Technology
Ministry of Earth Sciences
Ministry of Environment, Forest &
Climate Change
Chandni Chowk, Delhi
Prakash Javadekar Ministry of Human Resource
Development
Madhya Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
Piyush Goyal Ministry of Railways
Minster of Coal
Maharashtra (Rajya Sabha)
Dharmendra Pradhan Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Ministry of Skill Development &
Entrepreneurship
Deogarh, Odisha
Chief Ministers and Governors of State
State Chief Minister Governor
Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu E. S. L. Narashimhan
Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu B. D. Mishra
Assam Sarbananda Sonowal Jagdish Mukhi
Bihar Nitish Kumar Satya Pal Malik
Chattisgarh Dr. Raman Singh Balramji Dass Tandon
Delhi Arvind Kejriwal Anil Baijal
Goa Manohar Parrikar Mridula Sinha
Gujarat Vijaybhai R. Rupani Om Prakash Kohli
Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar Kaptan Singh Solanki
Himachal Pradesh Jai Ram Thakur Acharya Dev Vrat
Jammu & Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed Narinder Nath Vohra
Jharkhand Raghuvar Das Draupadi Murmu
Karnataka Siddaramaiah Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala
Kerala Pianrayi Vijayan P. Sathasivam
Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan Anandiben Patel
Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis C. Vidyasagar Rao
Manipur Nongthombam Biren Najma Heptullah
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Singh
Meghalaya Mukul Sangama Ganga Prasad
Mizoram PU Lal Thanhawla Nirbhay Sharma
Nagaland T. R. Zeliang Padmanabha Acharya
Odisha Naveen Patnaik S. C. Jamir
Puducherry V. Narayanasamy Dr. Kiran Bedi
Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh V. P. Singh Badnore
Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje Kalyan Singh
Sikkim Pawan Kumar Chamling Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil
Tamil Naidu Edappadi K Palaniswami Banwarilal Purohit
Telangana K. Chandershekhar Rao E. S. L. Narashimhan
Tripura Manik Sarkar Tathagata Roy
Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath Ram Naik
Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat Krishan Kant Paul
West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Keshari Nath Tripathi
Regulators
Regulator Sectors Chairman Headquarter Reserve Bank of India Monetary policy, Money Market
& Financial System Urjit Patel Mumbai
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
Stock broking & Merchant Banking Companies, Security & Capital Market
Ajay Tyagi Mumbai
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA)
Insurance industry
T. S. Vijayan
Hyderabad
Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority (PFRDA)
Pension sector
Hemant Contractor New Delhi
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
Telecommunication Industry
Ram Sewak Sharma
New Delhi
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Organizations and their Chairman
Name of Organization Headquarter Head/Director General Members
United Nation (UN) New York António Guterres 193
World Trade Organization
(WTO)
Geneva Roberto Azevêdo 164
World Bank Washington DC Kristalina Georgieva 189
IMF Washington DC Christine Lagarde 189
NATO(North Atlantic
Treaty Organization)
Brussels, Belgium Petr Pavel 29
SAARC(South Asian
Association of Regional
Co-Operation)
Kathmandu Amjad Hussain B. Sial 8
OPEC (Organization of
the Petroleum Exporting
Countries)
Vienna, Austria Mohammed Barkindo 12
ASEAN - Association of
Southeast Asian Nations
Jakarta, Indonesia H.E. Lim Jock Hoi 10
Census 2011 at a Glance
The Census 2011 is the 15th National census survey conducted by the Census Organization of
India.
Mr. C. Chandramouli is the Commissioner & Registrar General of the Indian 2011 Census.
The national census survey covered all the 28 states of the country and 7 Union territories
including 640 districts, 497 cities, 5767 tehsils & over 6 lakh villages. India’s first Census was
launched in the year 1872.
Slogan - Our census, Our Future
Total Population: 1,210,854,977
Males: 623, 724, 248 Females: 586,469, 174
Increase in population (during 2001-2011): 181 million
India's Rank in World according to population: 2nd with 17.5% (1st China with 19%)
Most Populated State: Uttar Pradesh (199,812,341) Least Populated State: Sikkim
Most Populated Metros: Mumbai (18,394,912)
Highest Populated District: Thane (Mumbai)
Sex Ratio: Female:Male
National: 940:1000
Best Sex Ratio (State): Kerala (1084:1000) Lowest Sex Ratio (State): Haryana
Literacy rate in India: 74.04%
High Literate State: Kerala (94%) Least Literate State: Bihar (63.82%)
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Literacy of Male: 82.14% Literacy of Female: 65.46%
Most Literate UT: Lakshadweep (92.2%) Least Literate UT: Dadra Nagar & Haweli
Most Literate District: Serechhip (Mizoram) Least Literate District: Dadra Naga & Haveli
100% Literate District - Palakkad (Kerala)
Density of population: 382 persons/sq.km Highest Density: Bihar (1102 sq.km) Lowest Density: Arunachal Pradesh (17)
According to recently released new 2011 census data, nearly two-thirds of the disabled
population in the age-group of 5-19 in 2011 was attending educational institutions. As many as
40.2 lakh (61.2%) out of the total of 65.7 lakh disabled population in the specified age group
were attending educational institutions in 2011.
Important Dances in India
Dance Form State Dance Form State
Bharatanatyam Tamil Nadu Bihu Assam
Bhangra Punjab Chhau Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand
Changu Odissa & Andhra Pradesh
Dhaman Punjab & Andhra Pradesh
Dumhal Kashmir Dandiya Gujarat
Garba Gujarat Ghoomar Rajasthan
Gair Rajasthan Gaudiya Nritya West Bengal
Kathakali Kerala Kathak Uttar Pradesh
Kuchipudi Andhra Pradesh Lavani Maharashtra
Manipuri Manipur Padayani South Kerala
Raas Gujarat Thang Ta Manipur
Important Ports in India
Port State Port State Cochin Kerala Chennai Tamil Nadu
Jawaharlal Nehru Maharashtra Ennore Tamil Nadu
Kolkata West Bengal Kandla Gujarat
Mumbai Maharashtra Mormugao Goa
Paradip Orissa New Mangalore Karnataka
Vishakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh Tuticorin Tamil Nadu
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City on the Bank of River
City River State City River State
Agra Yamuna Uttar Pradesh Ahmedabad Sabarmati Gujarat
Allahabad Ganga Uttar Pradesh Ayodhya Saryu Uttar Pradesh
Badrinath Alaknanda Uttarakhand Bhagalpur Ganga Bihar
Bengaluru Vrishabhavathi Karnataka Cuttack Mahanadi Odisha
Chennai Cooum Tamil Nadu Coimbatore Noyyal Tamil Nadu
Dibrugarh Brahmaputra Assam Etawah Yamuna Uttar Pradesh
Ferozpur Sutlej Punjab Gorakhpur Rapti Uttar Pradesh
Gaya Phalgu Bihar Gwalior Chambal Madhya Pradesh
Guwahati Brahmaputra Assam Haridwar Ganga Uttarkhand
Hyderabad Musi Telangana Hajipur Ganges Bihar
Jaunpur Gomti Uttar Pradesh Jabalpur Narmada Madhya Pradesh
Jamshedpur Subarnarekha Jharkhand Karwar Kali Karnataka
Kanpur Ganga Uttar Pradesh Kanchipuram Vegavathy Tamil Nadu
Kanyakumari Pazhayar Tamil Nadu Kochi Periyar Kerala
Kota Chambal Rajasthan Kolkata Hooghly West Bengal
Lucknow Gomti Uttar Pradesh New Delhi Yamuna Delhi
Mahad Savitri Maharashtra Mathura Yamuna Uttar Pradesh
Madurai Vaigai Tamil Nadu Mysore Kapila Karnataka
Nashik Godavari Maharashtra Patna Ganges Bihar
Pune Mula and Mutha
Maharashtra Rourkela Brahmani Odisha
Sambalpur Mahanadi Odisha Srinagar Jhelum Jammu & Kashmir
Surat Tapi Gujarat Ujjain Shipra Madhya Pradesh
Varanasi Ganga Uttar Pradesh Vijayawada Krishna Andhra Pradesh
Vadodara Vishwamitri Gujarat Tiruchirapalli Kaveri Tamil Nadu
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Important Dams in India:
Dam River State Baglihar Dam Chenab J&K
Bhakra Nangal Dam Sutlej River Punjab and Himachal Pradesh
Chakra Dam Chakra Karnataka
Hirakud Dam Mahanadi River Orissa
Indira Sagar Dam Narmada River Madhya Pradesh
Krishnarajsagar Dam Kaveri River Karnataka
Koteshwar Dam Bhagirathi River Uttarakhand
Lakhwar Dam Yamuna Uttarakhand
Nagarjuna sagar Dam Krishna River Andhra Pradesh
Pakal Dul Dam Marusudar J&K
Parbati II Dam Parbati River Himachal Pradesh
Pillur Dam Bhavani Tamil Nadu
Pong Dam Beas Himachal Pradesh
Ranjit Sagar Dam Ravi river Punjab
Rihand Dam Rihand Uttar Pradesh
Sardar Sarovar Dam Narmada River Gujarat
Srisailam (N.S.R.S.P) Dam Krishna River Andhra Pradesh
Tehri Dam Bhagirathi River Uttarakhand
TungaBhadra Dam Tungabhadra River Karnataka
Ukai Dam Tapi River Gujarat
Famous Temples in India
Temples City Temples City Akshardham Temple Delhi Amarnath Cave
Temple Pahalgam, J&K
Badrinath Temple Chamoli, Uttarakhand
Brihadeeswara Temple Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Chamundeshwari Temple Mysore, Karnataka Chennakesava Temple Belur, Tamil Nadu
Dakshineswar Kali Temple Kolkata, West Bengal
Dilwara Temples Mount Abu, Rajasthan
Dwarkadhish Temple Dwarka, Gujarat Gangotri Temple Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand
Golden Temple (Sri Harmandir Sahib or Darbar Sahib)
Amritsar, Punjab Gomateshwara Temple Shravanbelagola, Karnataka
Har Ki Pauri Haridwar, Uttarakhand
Iskcon Temple Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
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Jain Temple Ranakpur, Rajasthan Jwalamukhi Temple Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
Kalighat Kali Temple Kolkata, West Bengal
Kailashanatha Temple Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
Kanchipuram Temple Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
Kashi Vishwanath Temple
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Kamakhya Temple Guwahati, Assam Kedarnath Temple Garhwal, Uttarakhand
Khajuraho Temple Madhya Pradesh Lingaraja Temple Odisha
Lord Jagannath Temple Puri, Odisha Mata Vaishno Devi Mandir
Katra, J&K
Meenakshi Temple Madurai, Tamil Nadu Mukteswar Temple Bhubaneshwar, Orissa
Neelkanth Mahadev Temple Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
Naina Devi Temple Nainital, Uttarakhand
Nathdwara Shrinathji Temple Nathdwara, Rajasthan
Pattabhirama Temple Hampi, Karnataka
Ramanathaswamy (Rameshwaram) Temple
Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu
Ranakpur Temple Pali, Rajasthan
Rajarani Temple Bhubaneshwar, Orissa
Sabarimala Temple Pathanamthitta, Kerala
Sanchi Stupa Raisen, Madhya Pradesh
Shirdi Sai Baba Temple Shirdi, Maharashtra
Laxminarayan Temple or Birla Mandir
Delhi Lotus Temple New Delhi
Shri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir Delhi Siddhivinayak Temple Prabha Devi, Mumbai
Shankaracharya Temple Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
Shani Shingnapur Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
Shore Temple Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu
Sripuram Golden Temple
Vellore, Tamil Nadu
Somnath Temple Saurashtra, Gujarat Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Tirupati Balaji Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh
Thillai Nataraja Temple Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu
The Konark Sun Temple Puri, Odisha Vitthala Temple Hampi, Karnataka
Virupaksha Temple Hampi, Karnataka Yamunotri Temple Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand
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Stadiums in India
Stadiums Cities Stadiums Cities
Barabati Stadium Cuttack Barkatullah Khan
Stadium
Jodhpur
Barsapara Cricket Stadium Guwahati Brabourne Stadium Mumbai
Dhyan Chand National
Stadium
Delhi Dr. Bhupen Hazarika
Cricket Stadium
Guwahati
Eden Gardens Kolkata Feroz Shah Kotla
Stadium
Delhi
Gandhi Stadium Jalandhar Green Park Stadium Kanpur
Greenfield International
Stadium
Thiruvananthapuram Indira Gandhi Stadium Vijayawada
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium New Delhi Kaloor Stadium Kochi
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Stadium
Hyderabad M.Chinnaswamy
Stadium
Bangalore
MA Chidambaram
Stadium
Chennai Madhavrao Scindia
Cricket Ground
Rajkot
Moin-ul-Haq Stadium Patna Rajiv Gandhi Port Silver
Jubilee Stadium
Visakhapatnam
Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Motera Stadium
Ahmedabad Sawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur
Vidarbha CA Ground Nagpur Wankhede Stadium Mumbai
Important Lines between Countries
17th Parallel: North Vietnam and South Vietnam
24th Parallel: India and Pakistan.
30th Parallel: Equator & the North Pole.
38th Parallel: North Korea and South Korea
40th Parallel North: formed the original northern boundary of the British Colony of
Maryland.
42nd Parallel north: New York - Pennsylania Border.
45th Parallel north: Halfway point between the Equator & the North Pole.
49th Parallel: Canada and USA
Durand Line: Pakistan and Afghanistan
Hindenburg Line: Germany & Poland.
Line of Control (LoC): It divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan.
Maginot Line: France and Germany
Mannerheim Line: Russia-Finland border.
Mc. Mohan Line: India (Arunachal Pradesh Region) and China
Medicine Line: Canada & the United States.
Marginal Line: Russia-Finland border
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Order-neisse Line: Poland & Germany
Palk Strait: India & Sri Lanka
Radcliff Line: India and Pakistan
Siegfried Line: Germany and France
Abbreviations
AARDO: African Asian Rural Development Organization
ADB: Asian Development Bank
AEPS: Adhaar Enabled Payment System
AFA: Additional Factor of Authentication
AMC: Asset Management Company
APMC: Agriculture Produce Market Committee
ATF: Aviation Turbine Fuel
AUM: Assets Under Management
BIFR: Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate
CBEC: Central Board of Excise and Customs
CCEA: Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
CCI: Competition Commission of India
CERSAI: Central Registry of Securitisation Asset Reconstruction and Security Interest of
India
CII: Confederation of Indian Industry
CMB: Cash Management Bills
CNP: Card Not Present
CPSE: Central Public Sector Enterprises
CRS: Common Standard on Reporting
CVC: Central Vigilance Commission
DBT: Direct Benefit Transfer
DGFT: Directorate General of Foreign Trade
DIPAM: Department of Investment and Public Asset Management
DIPP: Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
DTAA: Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement
ECB: External Commercial Borrowing
ECGC: Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Limited
EMI: Equated Monthly Instalment
e-NAM: Electronic National Agriculture Market
EPF: Employees Provident Fund
ETF: Exchange Traded Fund
FAME India: Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric vehicles in India
FATCA: Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
FIF: Financial Inclusion Fund
GVA: Gross Value Added
HRIDAY: Heritage Infrastructure Development and Augmentation Yojana
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HTM: Held-To-Maturity
IBBI: Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
IBRD: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
IEA: International Energy Agency
IFSC: International Financial Services Centre
ISA: International Solar Alliance
KVP: Kisan Vikas Patra
KYC: Know Your Customer
LAF: liquidity adjustment facility
MIP: Minimum Import Price
MPC: Monetary Policy Committee
MSF: Marginal standing facility
MSP: Minimum Support Price
MSS: Market Stabilisation Scheme
NABARD: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
NDB: New Development Bank
NDTL: Net Demand and Time Liabilities
NFC: Near Field Communication
NPCI: National Payments Corporation of India
NSC: National Savings Certificate
NSP: National Seismic Programme
OMCs: Oil Marketing Companies
OMO: Open Market Operations
OTP: One Time Pin
PDMA: Public Debt Management Agency
PDMC: Public Debt Management Cell
PDS: Public Distribution System
PMUY: Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
PPF: Public Provident Fund
PRJA: People’s Resurgence and Justice Alliance
RXIL: Receivables Exchange of India
S4A: Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets
SBNs: Specified Bank Notes
SWIFT: Single Window Interface for Facilitating Trade /
Society for the Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
TCS: Tax Collected at Source
TReDS: Trade Receivables Discounting Systems
UDAY: Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana
ULB: Urban Local Bodies
UPI: Unified Payment Interface
USSD: Unstructured Supplementary Service Data
VAT: Value Added Tax
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Important Days January
1 January: Army Medical Corps Establishment Day
8 January: African National Congress Foundation Day
9 January: Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
10 January: World Laughter Day, World Hindi Day
12 January: National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand)
15 January: Army Day
18 January: National Immunization Day (Polio Day)
23 January: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birth anniversary
24 January: National Girl Child Day
25 January: International Customs Duty Day, National Tourism Day, National Voters
Day
26 January: Republic Day
27 January: International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the
Holocaust
28 January: Data Privacy Day (DPD)
30 January: (Martyr's day) Mahatma Gandhi's Martyrdom Day, National Cleanliness Day
February
01 Feb: Indian Coast Guard Day
02 Feb: World Wetlands Day
04 Feb: World Cancer Day; National Day of Sri Lanka
05 Feb: Kashmir Day or Kashmir Solidarity Day (in Pakistan)
06 Feb: The International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
08 Feb: Chinese New Year 2016
10 Feb: National Deworming Day
11 Feb: The World Day of the Sick (Roman Catholic Church)
12 Feb: Darwin Day (birth anniversary of Charles Darwin)
13 Feb: World Radio Day; Sarojini Naidu’s birth anniversary
18-27 Feb: Taj Mahotsav
March
03 Mar: National Defence Day; World Wildlife Day
04 Mar: National Security Day
08 Mar: International Women’s Day
09 Mar: CISF Raising Day
10 Mar: Word Kidney Day (second Thursday of Mar)
12 Mar: Mauritius Day
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15 Mar: World Consumer Rights Day
20 Mar: International Day of Happiness; World Sparrow Day
21 Mar: World Forestry Day; World Poetry Day; International Day for the Elimination of
Racial Discrimination; International Day of Nowruz; World Down Syndrome Day;
International Day of Forests
22 Mar: World Water Day
23 Mar: World Meteorological Day; Martyrdom Day
24 Mar: World Tuberculosis Day; International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning
Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
25 Mar: International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the
Transatlantic Slave Trade; International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing
Staff Members
26 Mar: Bangladesh Liberation Day
April
01-07 Apr: Prevention of Blindness Week (India)
02 Apr: International Children’s Book Day; World Autism Awareness Day
04 Apr: International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
05 Apr: National Maritime Day
06 Apr: International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
07 Apr: World Health Day; International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda
07-14 Apr: Handloom Week (India)
10 Apr: World Homeopathy Day; Public Sector Day
11 Apr: National Safe Motherhood Day (India)
12 Apr: International Day of Human Space Flight; International Day for Street Children
13 Apr: Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (India)
14 Apr: Birth Anniversary of BR Ambedkar
17 Apr: World Hemophilia Day
18 Apr: World Heritage Day
14-20 Apr: Fire Service Week (India)
20 Apr: Chinese Language Day
22 Apr: International Mother Earth Day
23 Apr: World Book and Copyright Day; English Language Day
24 Apr: Women’s Political Empowerment Day (India); National Panchayati Raj Diwas
(India)
25 Apr: World Malaria Day
26 Apr: World Intellectual Property Day
27 Apr: World Theatre Day
28 Apr: World Day for Safety and Health at Work
29 Apr: International Dance Day; Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical
Warfare
24-30 Apr: World Immunization Week (last week of Apr)
30 Apr: International Jazz Day
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May
01 May: May Day, International Labour Day
03 May: World Press Freedom Day; World Press Freedom Day
04 May: International Firefighters’ Day, Star Wars Day
05 May: International Midwives Day
08 May: World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
09 May: Europe day
11 May: National Technology Day
12 May: International Nurses Day; World Migratory Bird Day; International Nurses Day
15 May: International Day of Families; International Day of Families
16 May: National Dengue Day
17 May: World Hypertension Day; World Telecommunication and Information Society
Day; World Telecommunication and Information Society Day; World AIDS Vaccine
Day; International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
18 May: International AIDS Candlelight Memorial; International Museum Day 20 May:
Vesak, the Day of the Full Moon
21 May: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development;
22 May: International Day for Biological Diversity; World Goth Day
23 May: World Turtle Day
25 May: Geek Pride Day
29 May: International Day of UN Peacekeepers 31 May: World No-Tobacco Day; World
No-Tobacco Day
8-9 May: Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives
during the Second World War 12-13 May: World Migratory Bird Day
1st Tuesday of May: World Asthma Day
2nd Saturday of May: World Fair Trade Day
June
01 Jun: World Milk Day; Global Day of Parents
04 Jun: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
05 Jun: World Environment Day
08 Jun: World Oceans Day
12 Jun: World Day Against Child Labour
14 Jun: World Blood Donor Day
15 Jun: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day; ASEAN Dengue Day
17 Jun: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
18 Jun: Autistic Pride Day
20 Jun: World Refugee Day
21 Jun: International Yoga Day; World Hydrography Day; World Music Day
23 Jun: United Nations Public Service Day; Olympic Day; International Widow’s Day
25 Jun: Day of the Seafarer
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26 Jun: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking; United Nations
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
3rd Sun of Jun: Father’s Day
July
01 Jul: National Doctors’ Day; Chartered Accountants’ Day; Canada Day
02 Jul: World UFO Day
04 Jul: Independence Day (US)
06 Jul: (First Sat in Jul) International Day of Cooperatives
11 Jul: World Population Day
12 Jul: World Malala Day
14 Jul: Bastille Day (France)
15 Jul: World Youth Skills Day
18 Jul: Nelson Mandela International Day
26 Jul: Kargil Vijay Diwas
28 Jul: World Hepatitis Day
29 Jul: Global Tiger Day
30 Jul: International Day of Friendship; World Day against Trafficking in Persons
4 July (first Saturday in July): International Day of Cooperatives
August
01-07 Aug:- World Breastfeeding Week
06 Aug:- Hiroshima Day
9 August:- Quit India Day; International Day of the World's Indigenous People; Nagasaki
Peace Day
12 August:- International Youth Day
19 August:- World Humanitarian Day; World Photography Day
20 August:- Rajiv Gandhi’s Birth Anniversary (Sadhbhavana Diwas); World Mosquito
Day
23 August:- International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
[UNESCO]
26 Aug: Women's Equality Day (US)
29 August:- National Sports Day; International Day against Nuclear Tests
30 August:- Small Scale Industries Day; International Day of the Victims of Enforced
Disappearances
September
2 September:- World Coconut Day
5 September:- International Day of Charity; National Teachers’ Day
8 September:- International Literacy Day [UNESCO]
12 September:- United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
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13 September:- World First Aid Day
14 September:- Hindi Divas; World Fraternity and Apology Day
15 September:- International Day of Democracy; Engineer’s Day
16 September:- International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
18 September:- International Red Panda Day (3rd Sunday of Sep)
21 September:- International Day of Peace; Alzheimer’s Day
25 September (last week of September):- World Maritime Day
25 September:- International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27 September:- World Tourism Day
28 September:- World Rabies Day
29 September:- World Maritime Day (last Thursday of Sep); World Heart Day
30 September:- International Translation Day
October
1 October:- International Day of Older Persons & National Blood Donation Day
2 October:- International Day of Non-Violence
2 October (first Monday in October):- World Habitat Day
5 October:- World Teachers’ Day [UNESCO]
8 October:- Air Force Day
9 October:- World Post Day
10 October:- World Mental Health Day [WHO] & National Post Day
11 October:- International Day of the Girl Child
13 October:- International Day for Disaster Reduction
14 October:- World Standards Day
15 October:- International Day of Rural Women
16 October:- World Food Day [FAO]
17 October:- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty; National Ayurveda Day
20 October:- World Statistics Day
21 October:- Police Commemoration Day
24 October:- United Nations Day
31 October:- Anti -Terrorism Day
November
6 November:- International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in
War and Armed Conflict
14 November:- World Diabetes Day
16 November:- International Day for Tolerance
19 November:- World Toilet Day & World Philosophy Day
20 November:- Universal Children’s Day & National Child Rights Day
21 November:- World Television Day
26 November:- Constitution Day
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December
1 December:- World AIDS Day
2 December:- National Pollution Control Day
3 December:- National Conservation Day
4 December:- Naval Day
5 December:- World Soil Day
9 December:- International Anti-Corruption Day
10 December:- Human Rights Day
14 December:- National Energy Conservation Day
24 December:- National Consumers Rights Day
Important National Parks/ Wildlife Sanctuary in India
State/UT National Parks Wildlife Sanctuary
Andaman and Nicobar
Campbell Bay National Park Rani Jhansi Marine National
Park
Defence Island WLS Mangrove Island WLS Ross Island WLS
Andhra Pradesh Sri Venkateswara National Park
Papikonda National Park Rajiv Gandhi National Park
Coringa WLS Gundla Brahmeswaram WLS Krishna WLS Nagarjuna Sagar-Srisailam WLS Pulicat Lake WLS Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarjuna Sagar-
Srisailam) WLS Sri Penusila Narasimha WLS Sri Venkateswara WLS
Arunachal Pradesh
Namdapha National Park Mouling National Park
Mehao WLS Tale Valley WLS
Assam Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
Kaziranga National Park Manas National Park Nameri National Park Rajiv Gandhi Orang National
Park
Amchang WLS Chakrashila WLS Garampani WLS Nambor WLS
Bihar Valmiki National Park Bhimbandh WLS Gautam Budha WLS Kaimur WLS Pant (Rajgir) WLS Valmiki WLS
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Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin WLS
Chhattisgarh Indravati National Park Kanger Valley National Park Guru Ghasi Das (Sanjay)
National Park
Pamed Wild Buffalo WLS Udanti Wild Buffalo WLS
Goa Bhagwan Mahavir (Mollem) National Park
Bondla WLS Bhagwan Mahavir (Mollem)
WLS Netravali WLS
Gujarat Gir Forest National Park Marine National Park
Balaram Ambaji WLS Gir WLS Jessore WLS Mitiyala WLS Nal Sarovar Bird WLS Ratanmahal WLS Wild Ass WLS
Haryana Kalesar National Park Sultanpur National Park
Chhilchila WLS Kalesar WLS
Himachal Pradesh
Great Himalayan National Park
Khirganga National Park
Bandli WLS Gobind Sagar WLS Sangla Valley WLS Tundah WLS
Jammu and Kashmir
Dachigam National Park Salim Ali National Park
Changthang Cold Desert WLS Gulmarg WLS Nandini WLS
Jharkhand Betla National Park Parasnath WLS Udhwa Lake WLS
Karnataka Anshi National Park Bandipur National Park Nagarhole National Park
Bhadra WLS Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple
(B.R.T.) WLS Brahmagiri WLS Cauvery WLS Melkote Temple WLS Pushpagiri WLS Someshwara WLS
Kerala Anamudi Shola National Park Eravikulam National Park Periyar National Park Silent Valley National Park
Chinnar WLS Malabar WLS Mangalavanam Bird WLS Neyyar WLS Periyar WLS
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Madhya Pradesh Kanha National Park Madhav National Park Panna National Park Sanjay National Park Satpura National Park Van Vihar National park
Gandhi Sagar WLS National Chambal WLS Pachmarhi WLS Son Gharial WLS
Maharashtra Chandoli National Park Navegaon National Park Pench National Park Sanjay Gandhi (Borivilli)
National Park
Amba Barwa WLS Bhimashankar WLS Great Indian Bustard WLS Radhanagari WLS Tipeshwar WLS Wan WLS
Manipur Keibul Lamjao National Park Yangoupokpi-Lokchao WLS
Meghalaya Balphakram National Park Nokrek National Park
Baghmara Pitcher Plant WLS Siju WLS
Mizoram Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park
Dampa WLS (TR) Tokalo WLS
Nagaland Intanki National Park Fakim WLS Rangapahar WLS
Odisha Bhitarkanika National Park Simlipal National Park
Badrama WLS Chilika (Nalaban) WLS Nandankanan WLS
Punjab Abohar WLS Jhajjar Bacholi WLS
Rajasthan Darrah National Park Desert National Park Ranthambore National Park
Bassi WLS Jawahar Sagar WLS Kailadevi WLS Mount Abu WLS Sitamata WLS
Sikkim Khangchendzonga National Park
Pangolakha WLS Shingba (Rhododendron) WLS
Tamil Nadu Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park
Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) National Park
Mudumalai National Park
Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) WLS Kanyakumari WLS Karikili WLS Pulicat Lake WLS Vettangudi WLS
Telangana Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park
Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park
Mrugavani National Park
Kinnersani WLS Eturnagaram WLS Manjeera Crocodile WLS Nagarjuna Sagar-Srisailam WLS Pocharam WLS
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Tripura Bison( Rajbari ) National Park
Clouded Leopard National Park
Gumti WLS Rowa WLS Trishna WLS
Uttar Pradesh Dudhwa National Park Chandraprabha WLS Hastinapur WLS Mahavir Swami WLS Ranipur WLS Sur Sarovar WLS Vijai Sagar WLS
Uttarakhand Gangotri National Park Jim Corbett National Park Nanda Devi National Park Rajaji National Park
Askot Musk Deer WLS Binsar WLS Govind Pashu Vihar WLS Kedarnath WLS Sonanadi WLS
West Bengal Neora Valley National Park Sundarbans National Park
Bibhutibhusan WLS Chintamani Kar BirdSanctuary Mahananda WLS Sajnakhali WLS
Important Countries, Capital and their Currencies
Country Capital Currency Country Capital Currency
Algeria Algiers Algerian Dinar Afghanistan Kabul Afghan Afghani
Albania Tirana Albanian Lek Austria Vienna Euro
Argentina Buenos Aires Peso Australia Canberra Australian dollar
Bahrain Manama Bahraini dinar Bangladesh Dhaka Taka
Bhutan Thimphu Bhutanese Ngultrum, Indian Rupee
Belgium Brussels Euro
Belarus Minsk Belarusian Ruble Bulgaria Sofia Lev
Barbados Bridgetown Barbadian Dollar Bolivia Sucre Boliviano
Brazil Brasília Brazilian Real Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel
China Beijing Renminbi (Yuan) Cyprus Nicosia Euro
Canada Ottawa Canadian Dollar Cuba Havana Cuban Peso
Chile Santiago Peso Colombia Bogotá Peso
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Denmark Copenhagen Danish Krone Egypt Cairo Egyptian Pound
Ethiopia Addis Ababa Birr Ecuador Quito US Dollar
Finland Helsinki Euro France Paris Euro/ CFP Franc
Georgia Tbilisi Georgian Lari Greece Athens Euro
Germany Berlin Euro Hungary Budapest Forint
India New Delhi Rupee Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar
Israel Tel Aviv New Shekel Indonesia Jakarta Indonesian Rupiah
Iran Tehran Rial Iceland Reykjavík Icelandic Króna
Ireland Dublin Euro Italy Rome Euro
Japan Tokyo Yen Kenya Nairobi Kenyan Shilling
Kazakhstan Astana Tenge Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Som
Libya Tripoli Libyan Dinar Latvia Riga Euro
Lithuania Vilnius Euro Morocco Rabat Moroccan Dirham
Mozambique Maputo Mozambican Metical
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur (official)
Ringgit
Maldives Malé Maldivian Rufiyaa Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Tögrög
Myanmar (Burma)
Naypyidaw Kyat Mexico Mexico City Peso
Malta Valletta Euro Namibia Windhoek Namibian Dollar
Nigeria Abuja Naira Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese Rupee
North Korea Pyongyang North Korean Won Netherlands Amsterdam Euro
Norway Oslo Norwegian Krone Oman Muscat Rial
Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani Rupee Philippines Manila Peso
Panama Panama City Panamanian Balboa, US Dollar
Poland Warsaw Złoty
Portugal Lisbon Euro Paraguay Asunción Guaraní
Peru Lima Nuevo Sol Fiji Suva Fijian dollar
Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian Rupee Qatar Doha Riyal
Romania Bucharest Romanian Leu Russia Moscow Russian Ruble
Seychelles Victoria Seychellois Rupee Sierra Leone Freetown Leone
Somalia Mogadishu Somali Shilling South Africa Cape Town South African
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Rand
South Sudan Juba South Sudanese Pound
Sudan Khartoum Sudanese Pound
Saudi Arabia Riyadh Saudi Riyal South Korea Seoul South Korean Won
Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenepura-Kotte
Sri Lankan rupee Syria Damascus Syrian Pound
Tunisia Tunis Tunisian Dinar Taiwan Taipei New Taiwan Dollar
Tajikistan Dushanbe Somoni Thailand Bangkok Baht
Turkey [Europe]
Ankara Turkish lira Turkmenistan Ashgabat Turkmen new Manat
Trinidad and Tobago
Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago Dollar
United States Washington, D.C.
United States Dollar
Uganda Kampala Ugandan Shilling United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi UAE Dirham
Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistan Som Uruguay Montevideo Uruguayan Peso
Vatican City Vatican City Euro Venezuela Caracas Bolívar Fuerte
Zambia Lusaka Zambian Kwacha Zimbabwe Harare US Dollar