General Knowledge and Current Affairs for Competitive Examinations
.2012 is a leap year which is also the International year for Cooperatives, International year for Sustainable Energy for All.
World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 August in more than 170 countries to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babiesaround the world.
General Bikram Singh - New Chief of the Indian Army (25th), succeeding General VK Singh.
PSLV-C19 has successfully injected India's 1st indigenous Radar Imaging SATellite-1 (RISAT-1) into orbit. The total Cost of mission is about Rs. 500 crores.
The immediate cause for the outbreak of the 1st World War was the murder of the Austrian crown prince Francis Ferdinand & his wife at Serajevo.
Joint Russia-India Hypersonic BrahMos 2 missile to be ready by 2017.
Pranab Mukherjee today (25-07-2012) took oath as the 13th President of India.
Alan Isaac - New ICC (International Cricket Council) President.
TFM in soaps stands for "Total Fatty Matter".
Vietnam was partitioned into North and South Vietnam in the year 1954, the dividing line being the 17th parallel.
May 2012: Goa topped the list of the states with highest per capita country with a total per capita income of 1,92,652 rupees.
Vitamin B2 is manufactured by fermentative action of the bacterium acetobutylicum.
Yeast is the best source of vitamin B complex.
World's largest sugar producing nations in 2011: 1) Brazil 2) India 3) China
Hindustan Steel Private Limited was set up on January 19, 1954.
B.G. Tilak formed the Home Rule League in Bombay (Mumbai) in 1)1) Brazil 2) India 3) China
Annie Besant also started a Home Rule League in Madras (Chennai) in 1916
Adolf Hitler kept Swastika as his party's emblem and his followers were known as Brown Shirts. He wrote a book called Mein Kampf (My struggle).
Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated on 26 July every year in honour of War's Heroes. Kargil war was ended on 26 July 1999.
Operation Safed Sagar was the codename assigned to the Indian Air Forc strike to support the Ground troops during Operation Vijay.
Operation Meghdoot was the code-name for the Indian Armed Forces ope to capture the Siachen Glacier in the disputed Kashmir region.
London has hosted the Olympic Games on two occasions, in 1908 and 19 and hosts the third in 2012 (27 July 2012 to 12 August 2012).
A spirometer is an apparatus for measuring the volume of air inspired and expired by the lungs.
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