General Knowledge and Current Affairs - 13

• The maximum number of members of the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) is 250.

• IMF (International Monetary Fund) opened an office in India in 1991.

• CABE - Central Advisory Board for Education.

• CAD - Computer Aided Design.

• CAPES - Computer Aided Paperless Examination System.

• Miss India World 2012 - Vanya Mishra.

• Miss India Earth 2012 - Prachi Mishra.

• Miss India International 2012 - Rochelle Maria Rao.

• In 1909 W. Healey established the 1st child guidance center, the Juvenile Psychopathic Institute (Chicago).

• Lachrymal glands secrete tears.

• Steroid hormone is derived from Cholesterol.

• Koyali Oil Refinery is located in Gujarat.

• Nuclear submarine INS Chakra joins Indian Navy.

• 4th December is celebrated as Navy Day in India.

• Apple launching iPhone 5 in June.

• The Morvi dam failure was a dam-related flood disaster which occurred on Aug 11, 1979 in (Gujarat) India. Around 1800 to 15000 people were killed.

• Shri R. C. Jha, Chairman - Central Water Commission.

• Nagarhole National Park (also known as, Rajiv Gandhi National Park) is in Karnataka.

• La Nina, which in Spanish means 'the girl', is a condition when surface temperatures in the south Pacific Ocean fall below normal.

• Amartya Sen (born - 3 Nov 1933): 

Nobel Prize in Economics - 1998
Bharat Ratna - 1999
National Humanities Medal (American award) - 2011

• Chemical name of laughing gas is Nitrous Oxide

• Strait of Dover between England & France, which connects the North Sea with the English Channel

• Chandigarh is the capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana.

• Shillong is the capital of Meghalaya.

• Panaji is the capital of Goa.

• The known SIV (Swine Influenza Virus) strains include influenza C and the subtypes of influenza A known as H1N1, H1N2, H2N1, H3N1, H3N2 and H2N3.

• Facebook buys Instagram (image sharing application).

• Tamil Nadu bans cell phones in Assembly.

• Airtel launches 4G wireless services in Kolkata.

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