Typhoid is caused by a bacteria known as Salmonella typhi. Consumption of contaminated food and water is the primary reason for Typhoid... View Article
The Non-Cooperation movement started in the year 1920. Non-violent in nature and peaceful in form, Mahatma Gandhi organised the Non - Cooperation... View Article
The Mid-day Meal scheme was launched in 1995 by the Ministry of Education. Launched during the time of the P.V Narasimha Rao government, it is... View Article
Jyotirao Phule founded the Sathyashodhak Samaj or Society of Truth Seekers. Founded on 24th September 1873, the primary objective of the... View Article
Dayaram Sahni discovered the Harappa Civilization or Indus Valley Civilization. Dated to have existed between 2500-1700 BCE, it was first... View Article
Nana Saheb led the revolt of 1857 from Kanpur. The rebellion of 1857 was spread across the areas of Meerut, Agra, Mathura, and Lucknow near... View Article
The headquarters of the International Court of Justice is at the Peace Palace in Hague, Netherlands. A principal judicial arm of the United... View Article
The National Defence Academy is situated at Khadakwasla near Pune in Maharashtra. NDA is a joint defence service training institute that trains... View Article
The National Income is estimated by the Central Statistical Organisation. It works under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation... View Article
Carbon dioxide is the main pollutant responsible for global warming. Carbon dioxide acts like a covering and traps the incoming solar radiation... View Article
Bank Rate is decided by the Reserve Bank of India. Bank Rate refers to the interest rate at which the Reserve Bank lends loans to commercial... View Article
The Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats meet at Nilgiri hills. It forms a part of Western Ghats, covering the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka,... View Article
The longest river in peninsular India is the Godavari. It is the largest river in Peninsular India and rises from Trimbakeshwar near Nasik in... View Article
Britain does not have a written constitution. It has an uncodified constitution in place of a written constitution. Countries including Canada,... View Article
Indian mirror was published in Calcutta, West Bengal. Started by Devendra Nath Tagore in 1862, the newspaper was published in English. It was... View Article
Rabindranath Tagore returned his knighthood in 1919 because of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Rabindranath Tagore was given a knighthood for... View Article
