Current Affairs 2011 - 2012

1.Director of Centre for Science and Environment: Sunita Narain
2.National Institute of Disaster Management situated in : New Delhi
3.Rajya Rani Train runs between : Nilambur – Thiruvananthapuram
4.National River of India is : Ganga
5.The name of the two Italian soldiers arrested for killing two Indian fishermen : Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, members of the elite San Marco Marine regiment.
6.The name of the Italian Ship : Enrica Lexie
7.The name of Italian foreign minister : Giulio Terz
8.U. S. Open Tennis 2011 – Novak Djokovic (Serbia) (Men), Samantha Stosur (Australia) (Women)
9.Wimbledon Tennis 2011- Novak Djokovic (Serbia) (Men), Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) (Women)

SOBRIQUETS

INDIAN CITIES

1 Cathedral City ---------- Bhuvaneswar
2 City of Golden Temple --- Amritsar
3 City of Joy ------------- Kolkata
4 City of Palaces --------- Kolkata
5 City of Statues --------- Trivandrum
6 Diamond City ----------- Surat
7 Eco City ---------------- Panpat
8 Electronic City --------- Banglore
9 Garden City ------------- Banglore
10 Gateway of India ------- Mumbai
11 Hi-tech City ----------- Hyderabad
12 Lake City -------------- Udaipur
13 Orange City ------------ Nagpur
14 Pearl harbour of India-- Tuticorin
15 Pink City -------------- Jaipur
16 Sandalwood City -------- Mysore
17 Silicon Valley of India- Banglore
18 Sun City --------------- Jodpur
19 The Queen of the Arabian Sea--- Kochi
20 Weaver's City ----------------- Panpat
21 White City -------------------- Udaipur

Seven Wonders

7 WONDERS
OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
1. The Pyramids of Khufu
2. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
3. The Temple of Artem is at Ephesus
4. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
5. The Mausolus at Halicarnassus
6. The Colossus of Rhodes
7. The Pharos (Lighthouse) at Alexandria
7 WONDERS OF MODERN WORLD
1. The Taj Mahal of Agra, India.
2. The Great Pyramid of Egypt and the adjacent Great
Sphinx of Gizeh.
3. Hagia Sophia, 6th Century, in present day Istanbul.
4. Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy.
5. The Eiffel Tower, Paris.
6. The Washington Monument, Washington.
7. The Empire State Building, New York City.

INSTRUMENTS AND USES

Scientific Instruments and their uses
Altimeter ------------------ Measuring of altitudes (used in air crafts)
Anemometer ----------------- Measure the velocity and to find the direction of the wind
Audiophone ----------------- Improve the imperfect sense of hearing
Accelerometer -------------- Used to measure the rate of which the velocity of a body
is changing
Barometer ------------------ Measure the atmospheric pressure
Barograph ------------------ Used for continuous recording of atmospheric pressure
Carburetor ----------------- Used for charging air with petrol vapor, in an internal
combustive engine

First Central Ministry

Prime Minister ------------ Jawaharlal Nehru
Deputy Prime Minister ----- Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Finance Minister ---------- R.K. Shanmugham Chetti
Industry ------------------ M. Visweswaraiah
Home Minister ------------- Vallabhai Patel
Defence Minister ---------- Baldev Singh
Railway Minister ---------- Lal Bahadur Sastri
External Affairs Minister - Laxmi N. Menon
Education Minister -------- Abdul Kalam Azad
Health Minister ----------- Rajkumari Amrita Kaur
Law Minister -------------- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

National Days - India

January 9 - Pravasi Bharathiya Divas
January 12 - National Youth Day
January 15 - Army Day
January 23 - Netaji Day
January 25 - India Tourism Day
January 26 - Republic Day
January 30 - Martyr's Day

Impotant Days

Days related to Defence
Armed Forces Flag Day-----December 7
Army Day------------------January 15
Air Force Day-------------October 8
Navy Day------------------December 4
Infantry Day--------------October 27
NCC Day-------------------November 24
National Security Day-----March 4
Kargil Victory Day--------July 26
Vijay Divas---------------December 16