General Knowledge and Current Affairs - 11

• C.D. Deshmukh was the first Indian Governor of RBI to have presented the Interim Budget for 1951-52.

• An Oscillograph is an instrument for measuring alternating or varying electric current in terms of current and voltage.

• A rectifier is an electrical device that converts alternating current (AC) into direct current (DC).

• Winds are caused by convection currents.

• Sound needs a medium for propagation. It cannot travel through vacuum.

• Vijay Bahuguna to be the new Uttarakhand CM.

• The Reliance CDMA Tab: India's first CDMA tablet.

• NuSTAR - Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array.

• Salim Ali - The eminent Ornithologist known as "the Birdman of India"

• 'Atithi Devo Bhavah' is a Social Awareness Campaign aimed at providing the inbound tourist a greater sense of being welcomed to the country.

• The branch of science that deals with the characteristic features of fruit is called Pomology.

• The colouring matter in turmeric is curcumin.

• Origami - art of paper folding, which started in the 17th century AD. Akira Yoshizawa (Japan), the father of modern origami techniques.

• March 15 - World Consumer Rights Day.

• Economic Survey: India 4th largest economy but has low per capita income.

• The per capita income of India stood at $1,527 in 2011.

• Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presents Union Budget 2012-13.

• India's GDP expected to grow at 7.6% next year.

• Sachin Tendulkar gets his 100th ton.

• Individual income tax exemption limit raised to Rs 2 lakh.

• Income from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 5 lakh-10 per cent tax.

• 20 per cent tax between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 10 lakh.

• 30 per cent tax for above Rs 10 lakh.

• Habeas Corpus is a Latin term which literally means "you should have the body". Mandamus means 'we order'.

• GMT - Greenwich Mean Time.

• National Chemical Laboratory - Pune

• National Physical Laboratory - New Delhi.

• Central Food Technological Research Institute - Mysore.

• IVRS - Interactive Voice Response System.

• MICR - Magnetic Ink Character Recognition.

• CCTV - Closed Circuit Television.

• Psychology is the study of the mind, occurring partly via the study of behavior.

• Physiology is the science of the function of living systems.

• India's chase of 330 against Pakistan on Sunday (March 18, 2012) was their 13th successful chase of 300-plus in one-dayers. It was also the highest total they have chased in ODIs.

• Mukul Roy sworn in as Railways Minister.

• Sir John Shore: Non-intervention policy.

• Sir George Barlow: Mutiny in Vellore.

• Lord Auckland: Grand Trunk Road from Calcutta to Delhi.

• Dinesh Trivedi resigns as Railways Minister.

• Saina Nehwal wins Swiss Open title 2012. 

 

♦♦♦♦♦