S.No. Name Work Language Year 1. Raghuveer Chaudhari  For notable contribution to Gujarati literature Gujarati 2015 2. Balachandra Nemade For notable contribution to Marathi literature Marathi 2014 3. Kedarnath Singh Hindi 2013 4. Ravuri Bharadhwaja For notable contribution to Telugu literature Telugu 2012 5. Pratibha Ray  Yajnaseni Oriya 2011 6. Chandrashekhara Kambara For contributions … Read more

  S.No. Name of Grassland Country/Regions 1. Cantebury New Zealand 2. Dawns Australia 3. Lianos Venezuela (South America) 4. Pampas South America (Argentina & Uruguay) 5. Prairies North America 6. Pustaz Hungary 7. Savannah Africa and Australia 8. Selvas South America 9. Steppes Europe and Northern Asia 10. Taiga Europe and Asia 11. Velds South Africa

  S.No. Name of the Newspaper Country 1. Al-Ahram Egypt 2. Asahi Shimbun Japan 3. Bild Germany 4. Daily Mail U.K. 5. Daily Mirror U.K. 6. Daily News U.S.A. 7. Dawn Pakistan 8. El Mundo Spain 9. La Repubblica Italy 10. People’s Daily China 11. Quest France 12. Reference News China 13. The Guardian U.K. … Read more

 Sorbiquets: Nick names of important places and persons   S.No. Nickname of City/State Actual name of City/State 1. Bengal mourning Damodar 2. Bihar mourning Kosi 3. Blue Mountains Nilgiri Hills 4. City of Bangles Firozabad 5. City of Bridges Srinagar 6. City of Festivals Madurai 7. City of Lakes Srinagar 8. City of Locks Aligarh 9. … Read more

  S.No. City River State 1. Agra Yamuna Uttar Pradesh 2. Ahmedabad Sabarmati Gujarat 3. Allahabad Ganges Uttar Pradesh 4. Auraiya Yamuna Uttar Pradesh 5. Ayodhya Saryu Uttar Pradesh 6. Badrinath Ganga Uttarakhand 7. Bagalkot Ghataprabha Karnataka 8. Bangalore Vrishabhavathi Karnataka 9. Bhadravathi Bhadra Karnataka 10. Bharuch Narmada Gujarat 11. Chakeri Ganges Uttar Pradesh 12. … Read more

Who is titled as Father of the Nation?  It is an honorific title given to a man who was considered as the driving force behind the establishment of his country or nation. S.No. Father of the Nation Country 1. Ahmad Shah Durrani Afghanistan 2. Don Jose de San Martín Argentina 3. Sir Henry Parkes Australia 4. Sir Lynden Pindling … Read more

S.No. Name of the Waterfall City Country 1. Iguazu Falls Misiones Province Argentina 2. Barron Falls  Queensland Australia 3. Wallaman Falls Queensland Australia 4. Alfred Creek Falls British Columbia Canada 5. Helmcken Falls Columbia Canada 6. James Bruce Falls British Columbia Canada 7. Ban Gioc–Detian Falls Guangxi China 8. Huangguoshu Waterfall Guizhou China 9. Blue … Read more

Air-to-air missiles S.No. Missile Name Origin Type Range Speed 1. Astra Missile India Air-to-Air Missiles 60 – 80 km Mach 4 + 2. K-100 Russia & India Medium Range air-to-air missile 300–400 km Mach 3.3   Anti-Tank Missile S.No. Missile Name Origin Type Range Speed 1. Nag India Anti-Tank Guided Missile 4km 230 m/s 2. … Read more

Sovereign state entirely enclosed by land, or whose only coastlines lie on closed seas are called as Landlocked Countries. S.No. Country Location 1. Lesotho Africa 2. Mongolia Africa 3. Bhutan Asia 4. Laos Asia 5. Nepal Asia 6. Armenia Caucasia (region at the border of Europe and Asia, situated between the Black and the Caspian seas) 7. Azerbaijan Caucasia … Read more

  S.No. Wonders of the World Place Country 1. The Taj Mahal Agra India 2. The Great Wall of China China China 3. The Pink Ruins of Petra Petra Jordan 4. The Statue of Christ the Redeemer Rio de Janeiro Brazil 5. The Incan Ruins of Machu Pichu Machu Picchu Peru 6. The Ancient Mayan … Read more