General Knowledge and Current Affairs - 07

• USB - Universal Serial Bus. USB 3.0 provides the highest standard in USB performance - up to 10 times faster than High-Speed USB 2.0.

• Goa, Kerala best states in which to be born in India. Goa - 10 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, followed by Kerala at 13.

• The Cauvery river rises in the hills of Coorg (Karnataka).

• A Royal Durbar was held at Allahabad in November 1, 1858.

• Lord Canning was the last Governor General and the first Viceroy of India.

• National Stock Exchange (NSE) of India was established in the year - 1992.

• Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) was established in the year - 1875.

• Father of Sanskrit Grammer - Panini.

• February 04 - Independence Day of Sri Lanka; World Cancer Day.

• Tikka disease is associated with Groundnut.

• Myology - Study of muscles.

• First president of UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) - Sir. Ross Barker.

• Chemotherapy is a kind of treatment that uses drugs to attack cancer cells.

• The World Bank is one of five institutions created at the Bretton Woods conference in 1944. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is the second.

• Dr. David Warren of Australia invented the 'Black Box' flight data recorder in the year 1953 and it came into production by 1957.

• The Kosi project in Bihar has been taken up in co-operation with Nepal. Its aim is to control floods brought by the river Kosi in North Bihar.

• The Western Himalayas are also known the Trans Himalayas.

• Siwaliks is the southern most range of Himalayas.

• Seven sacred cites of Hindus: 1) Ayodhya 2) Mathura 3) Gaya (Bodhgaya) 4) Kasi (Varanasi, Beneres) 5) Kanci 6) Avantika (Ujjain) 7) Dvaraka.

• National institute of Virology is located in Pune.

• Central drug research institute is located in Lucknow. 

• Bacterial cell has a rigid cell wall protecting the cell and giving a definite shape to it. It is made of peptidoglycan (proteins and sugars).

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