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THE KEY TO SUCCESSIN KBC - PART 18
INDIAN CULTURE and
FLAGS OF THE WORLDIncluding FOLK DANCES, FESTIVALS, MELAS, POETS
etc.
Know about the Culture of India including Forest Area,
Indian Cuisine, Folk Dances, Festivals and Melas,
Mahotsav, Poets and Writers, Indian political Authors
and their Books, Flags of the World, N.R.Is etc.
2013
By - Vipin K. Bansal
5/7/2013
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgement.................................................................................................................................... 2
Preface......................................................................................................................................................... 3
Culture of India ............................................................................................................................................. 4
Forests in India .............................................................................................................................................. 4
Countrywise population of NRIs ................................................................................................................ 5
Indian Cuisine ................................................................................................................................................ 7
Folk Dance and Music ................................................................................................................................... 8
Festivals of India ........................................................................................................................................... 8
Mela or Mahotsav ......................................................................................................................................... 9
Poets and Writers ....................................................................................................................................... 11
Selected Indian Authors and Books ............................................................................................................ 15
Flags of the countries .................................................................................................................................. 16
Questions Related to this Chapter ....................................................................................................... 23
Scoring System......................................................................................................................................... 25
Bibliography: ........................................................................................................................................... 26
Thank You!.............................................................................................................................................. 26
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Acknowledgement
When a book like this comes into existence, it is very hard to name
and thank all the people that helped me shape this book. It took me
over 7 years to consolidate and format all the content in a manner
that may benefit the readers. However, I would like to start by
thanking my wife Suman Bansal for her patience and the time I
stole from her. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my
father Shri B. D. Bansal for his encouragement, invaluable
experience and support.
I would like to thank my elder son Anurag Bansal who helped me
design it and offer it on various online portals. My younger son
Gaurav Bansal helped me put together all the questions related to
the content.
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Preface
As I mentioned in the previous parts that the idea of this book came to
my mind after reviewing so many competitive examinations in
examination halls or through Media and many people drop out
without any success. I think most of the time the reason was either not
enough preparation or lack of resources to enhance the knowledge
required to compete with others.
Thats why I started writing this book on various subjects so that it can
offer the basic guidance to the people preparing for the competition.
Nonetheless everyone can get benefitted with this set of books because
Ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly
to heaven.
The Key to Success has been written for the people trying to prepare
for any competition. Therefore the scope of this book is not to deep diveon any subject rather swim across various layers but what one need to
qualify. However, this book cannot be used to gain exhaustive
knowledge on any given subject but it provides enough information
that you can easily remember and be better prepared for anything.
As usual, at the end of the book, a multi-choice Questionnaire is given
that has only one correct answer. Try to attempt those questions on
your own and then check the correct answers from the Answer Sheet.
Good Luck !!!
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Culture of India
he culture of India refers to Art,
Customs, Dance, Food, Music and
Tradition. India is the birth place ofHinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and
Sikhism.
There are more than 1650
languages spoken in India, out of
which 30 languages are spoken by
more than one million persons and
120 languages spoken by more
than 10000 persons. 22 languages
are official languages of India.
o Hindi is spoken by more
than 400 millions people.
The other major languages
are Bengali by 83 millions,
Telugu, Tamil and Marathi
by 70 millions and Gujarati,
Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya,
Punjabi and Urdu by about
50 million persons
individually.
Popular styles of dresses for
women are Sari whereas Dhoti
Kurta for men. Indian women wear
up Bindi, mehendi, bangles and
other jewelry items. Bindi and
Sindoor are the traditional mark of
a married woman for Hindus.
Eight classical forms of Dances of
India are Bharatanatyam from
Tamil Nadu, Kathak from UttarPradesh, Mohiniattam and
Kathkali from Kerala, Kuchipudi
from Andhra Pradesh, Yakshagana
from Karnataka, Manipuri from
Manipur, Odissi from Orissa and
Sattriya from Assam.
Indian Standard Time (IST) is the
time observed throughout India
and Sri Lanka with a time offset ofUTC+05:30. India does not observe
Daylight Saving Time.
o Indian Standard Time is
calculated on the basis of
82.5E longitude from a
clock tower situated in
Mirzapur near Allahabad.
The Country's East and
West distance of more than
2900 km covers over 28
degrees of Longitude
resulting two hours
difference in Sun rising and
setting.
Yoga and Chess were originated in
India. Cricket was also introduced
to India by the British people.
Forests in India
Name of StateTotalArea
Forest(sq.km.)
Percentage
AndhraPradesh
275000 47000 17
Arunachal Pr. 84000 69000 82
Asom 78000 24000 30
Bihar 94000 27000 28
Chhatisgarh 136000 56000 41
Goa 3700 1200 32
Gujarat 196000 12000 6
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Haryana 44000 16000 32
Himachal Pr. 56000 21000 38
Jammu & K. 222000 20000 9
Jharkhand 80000 24000 30
Karnataka 192000 32000 17
Kerala 39000 10000 25
Lakshdeep 32 3 10Madhya Pr. 308000 135000 44
Maharashtra 308000 44000 14
Manipur 22000 18000 82
Meghalaya 22000 16000 73
Mizoram 21000 18000 86
Nagaland 16000 14000 88
Odisha 156000 47000 30
Puducherry 500 45 10
Punjab 50000 3000 6
Rajasthan 342000 13000 11
Sikkim 7000 5700 82
Tamil Nadu 130000 18000 14
Tripura 10000 6000 60
Uttar Pradesh 241000 34000 14
Uttrakhand 52000 25000 25
West Bengal 89000 12000 14Andaman &N.
8000 7000 86
Chandigarh 114 7 7
Dadra &Nagar H.
500 200 40
Daman & Diu 112 6 5
Delhi 1500 30 5
Countrywise population of NRIs
on Resident Indian is a citizen of
India who has a valid Indian
passport and has migrated to
another country for more than six
months or so either for work or for
residence.
A person of Indian origin (PIO) is a
person who was or whose
ancestors were born in India but is
not a citizen of India. About 25
million NRIs are based in different
parts of the countries. 9th January
is celebrated as Pravasi Bharatiya
Divas in India.
As per a survey report, in African
countries alone, about 3 million
NRIs are settled mainly at South
Africa, Mauritius and West Indies.
About 10 million NRIs at based in
Asian countries like Nepal,
Myanmar, Malaysia, Sri Lanka,
Singapore, Thailand, Philippines,
Maldives etc.
In Middle East countries more
than 5 million NRIs are located
mainly in Saudi Arabia, United
Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman,
Bahrain and Qatar.
o NRIs in the Middle East are
mostly from Kerala,
Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh,
Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan,
Tamil Nadu and Bihar. The
country does not provide
citizenship or permanent
residency but can live for a
longer period.
In European countries like
England, Netherlands, Italy,
Germany, Switzerland, London,
Portugal etc., about 2 million
persons are enjoying their life.
Trinidad and Tobago is the country
where most of the persons from
Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
have been migrated.
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United States of America and
Canada are two countries where
80% of Indian persons out of more
than 5 million NRIs are settled for
a long time. Guyana and
Suriname, South Americancountries have about 5 lac NRIs.
More than one million persons
have reached in Australia, New
Zealand and Fiji alone.
A consolidated chart below shows
the range of number of persons ofNRIs in each country.
Population Range Name of the Countries
Range up to 2000 Argentina Brazil Cambodia Kazakhstan
Mexico Poland Turkmenistan
Range
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Indian Cuisine
otato and Chilli were brought to
India by the Portuguese.
Every State of India has some
specific varieties of food, sweets
and drinks which are very popular
in India and Abroad also. Like
Mysore Pak, it was first prepared
in the Mysore Palace and was
served to the royal family, hence
this sweet dish is popularly known
as Mysore Pak.
Bisi bele bath is a favourite name
of Pulao in Karnataka.
o Rajasthans Daal Baati,
Tarfini and Ghujia (also
known as Karanji in
Maharashtra, Ghughra in
Gujarat, Karachika in Tamil
Nadu) and Ghevar;
o
Goas Vindaloo;o Puran Poli or Holige of
Maharashtra;
o Odishas Pakhaa Dessert
which is also popular in
West Bengal (as Panta
Bhat), Assam, Jharkhand
and Chhattisgarh;
o Keralas Aviyal Soup;
o Andhra Pradeshs Baghara
baingan, Hyderabadi Sheer
Korma, kheema;
o Assams Poitabhat;
o Bihars Saalan, Chokha;
o Jharkhands Thekua sweet
dish;
o Chattisgarhs Red ant
chutney;
o Kashmirs Rogan Josh,
Wazwan;
o Gujarats Dhokla, Khaman,Khakra, Khandvi, Fafda;
o Madhya Pradeshs Daal
Bafla;
o Manipurs Umarok known
as Jolokia or Ghost Chilli;
o Meghalayas Momo;
o Mizorams Bai and
Sawchair;
o Punjab de Makke di Roti
and Sarson da Saag,Tandoori Chicken, Dal
makhani, choley Kulcha;
o Tamil Nadus Dosa and idli;
o Uttar Pradeshs Kebabs,
Dum Biryani, Sheer Qorma,
Ghewar;
o Uttarakhands Chudkani,
Dubuk, Moong dal Mungodi,
Urad Dal Badi was
originated from here;
o West Bengals Luchi, a
substitute of bread or roti
and Shondesh, a popular
sweet dish are very popular
dishes of the States.
During 19th century, Indian
Chinese dishes popularized like
Chicken Manchurian, Chicken
lollipop, Chilli chicken, Hakka
noodles, Manchow soup, sweetcorn etc.
Jalebi is a famous sweet item
popular in India, Pakistan, Sri
Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Middle
East countries, Africa etc.
P
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Folk Dance and Music
S t a t e Dance and Music FormAssam Bihu Jhoomar
GujaratDandiya -
GarbaGarba
Maharashtra Lavini Paavri
AndhraPradesh
Kollattam Kuchipudi
ArunachalPradesh
Bardo Chham
JharkhandKarma -Munda
Chhatisgarh Panthi Raut Nacha
G o a Tarangmel
Himachal
PradeshSaang Jhanjhar
Haryana Dhamal Ghoomar
Karnataka Yakshgana
Kashmir Dumhal Chaakri
Lakshdeep Lava
MadhyaPradesh
Tertali Matki
Jawara Maanch
Uttar Pradesh CharkulaKajri &Karan
Manipur Thang Ta
Mizoram Cheraw
NagalandChang
Lo/Sua LuaZeliang
Odisha GhumraChhau/Ruk
mar
Puducherry Garadi
Punjab Bhangra Giddha
RajasthanKalbelia Teratali
Panihari Phoodi
Sikkim SinghiChham
Tamil NaduKamandi Kolattam
Devarattam Mayilattam
Tripura Hojagiri
West Bengal Gambhira Kalikapatadi
Festivals of India
ndependence Day, Republic Day and
Gandhi Jayanti are National Holidays.
Holi, Diwali, Ganesh Chaturthi,
Dussehra, Id-ul-Fitr, Moharram,
Guru Nanak Birthday, Christmas
Day, Gudhi Padva, Vasant
Panchami, Maha Shivaratri, Naag
Panchami, Rath Yatra, Ram
Navami, Hanuman Jayanti,
Raksha Bandhan, Janmashtami,
Onam, Hartalika Teej, Chhath,
Buddha Purnima, Good Friday,
Easter, Mahavir Jayanti, Ravidas
Jayanti, Vaisakhi etc. are major
festivals of India.
Secular holidays are celebrated in
most part of India as 1st Januaryas New Year's Day, 23rd January as
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
Birthday in Orissa, Tripura, West
Bengal;
I
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o 19th February as Maharaja
Shivaji Birthday in
Maharashtra;
o 15th March as Kanshi Ram's
Birthday in Uttar Pradesh;
o 14th April as B.R.Ambedkar's Birthday in
Andhra Pradesh, Bihar,
Chandigarh, Karnataka,
Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu
and Kashmir, Kerala,
Maharashtra, Puducherry,
Odisha, Uttrakhand, Tamil
Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West
Bengal;
o 31st October as Sardar Patel
Jayanti in Gujarat.
The countries where large Indian
population resides, they celebrate
these festivals with great joy andentertainment.
Holi is celebrated in Nepal,
Bangladesh, Pakistan, Malaysia,
South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago,
United Kingdom, United States of
America, Mauritius, Fiji etc.
Similarly, Diwali, Durga Puja,
Shivratri, Vaisakhi are also
celebrated abroad.
Mela or Mahotsav
umbh Mela is a Hindu pilgrimage
of faith held for about 40 day
duration.
It is one of the largest festivals in
the world with about 10 crores of
people gathering. It is held every
third year at Haridwar, Allahabad,
Nashik and Ujjain by rotation i.e.
Kumbh Mela is held at each of
these four places every twelfth
year.
o Ardh Kumbh is held at
Haridwar and Allahabad at
every sixth year. Purna
Kumbh Mela is held atPrayag every 12 years and
Maha Kumbh Mela is held
at Prayag on every 144
years.
o The sacred rivers of these
places are Ganges at
Haridwar, Sangam at
Allahabad, Godavari at
Nashik and Shipra at Ujjain.
o The next Kumbh Mela will
be held at Nashik from 15th
August to 13th September,
2015.
Taj Mahotsav is a 10 days annual
event from 18th to 27th February at
Shilpgram Agra. Craftsmen from
different parts of India come and
display their art work including
Stone Carving, Silk and
Handicrafts, Bamboo, Marble,
Brass, Zardozi work etc. from
South India, North East India,
Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, West
Bengal etc.
o Throughout the Mahotsav,
various types of folk and
classical music and dances
K
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are performed by artists
from various regions.
Foreign visitors have free
entry in Taj Mahotsav
whereas for others the Entry
ticket is charged. Howeverchildren below 10 are free.
Lucknow Mahotsav is also a 10
days Annual event organized
between 25th November and 5th
December at Lucknow. Craftsmen
from all over the country bring
their products to the festival.
o Colorful processions,
dramas and dances are heldin Lucknow style. Sarangi
and sitar recitals, ghazals,
qawalis and thumri produce
a cheerful atmosphere
during the festival.
o Other villageous attractions
like Ekka race, Kite flying,
Cock fighting etc. are
celebrated during this event.
Gwalior Trade Fair is a large trade
fair of Gwalior. It was started by
Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior
sometime 100 years back as a
Cattle Fair.
o About 5000 shops provide
ready to use structures for
show room and exhibitions.
It has an independent power
sub-station, water system,
hospital, police station,banks etc. About 5 million
visitors witness the fair.
o Reputed Indian and Multi
National companies, Public
sector Enterprises, State
Governments, Institutes and
other businessmen
participate in the fair. The
revenue generated in the
fair roughly estimates Rs. 5
billions.
o The other major attractionsare Kavi Sammelan,
Mushairas, Music events
etc.
Nagaur Ramdeo Cattle Fair is one
of the largest cattle fair in
Rajasthan which was founded by
King Umed Singh of Jodhpur. It is
held during the month of January
and February each year.o The fair is a big market of
farm products but the
Mirchi market is the most
thrilling and over crowded.
Folk songs and dances are
held during the festival.
Chhath is an ancient Hindu
festival dedicated to Sun God,
Surya. The Chhath Puja is
performed in order to thank Surya
for sustaining life on earth. Sun
worship cures from diseases.
o It is a 4-day festival and is
observed mostly in Bihar,
Jharkhand, Eastern Uttar
Pradesh etc.
Nauchandi mela is held in Meerut.
It has thousands of stalls which
are visited by millions of peopleduring one months period.
o Mandodari was born in
Meerut. She was a great
devotee of goddess Chandi
and she had a temple
erected in her honour. A
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religious festival was held to
celebrate this occasion and
since then the fair has been
held every year.
o It is a rare symbol of
communal harmony withHindu and Muslim shrines
Nauchandi temple and
Dargah of Bala Mian, a
muslim saint.
o Every evening some cultural
programmes are additional
attraction of the mela.
Poets and Writers
Meerabai was devotee of Lord
Krishna. She was a significant
figure of Vaishnava bhakti
movement. Meera was a Rajput
princess from Merta City, Pali
district of Rajasthan.
o During her childhood, she
became deeply enamored by
Lord Krishna. Meera was
taken care of by her
grandfather and got
education there.
o Her uncle, Rao Viram Dev
arranged Meeras marriage
with prince Bhoj Raj, son ofRana Sanga of Chittor. She
was not happy with her
marriage as she considered
herself already married to
Lord Krishna.
o She went to live in Chittor
and prayed Lord Krishna
there. Her husband was
died in a battle. Rana Sanga
protected Meera Bai butafter his death, her other in-
laws tried to harass Meera
to give up her worship
towards Lord Krishna.
o Meera was a disciple of the
guru Raidas. She spent her
last period at Dwarka,
Gujarat.
o It is said that Mirabai
disappeared into the
Dwarkadhish Murti. She
versed her poems in
Padavali in Rajasthani and
Braj language.
Munshi Premchand was born on
31st July, 1880. He died on 8th
October, 1936. He was a famous
Indian writer. He was born as
Dhanpat Rai.
o He has written more than 1dozen Novels, 250 Short
Stories, Essays and
translations of foreign
literary works into Hindi. He
worked as a teacher at the
Govt. School Bahraich.
o The Mystery of God's Abode
was his first writing which
explores corruption among
the temple priests and theirsexual exploitation of poor
women. It was published in
Benares-based Urdu weekly
Awaz-e-Khalk.
o He established a Printing
press and publishing house
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in Benares, named as
Saraswati Press.
o Kishna- women's fondness
for jewellery, Rangbhoomi,
Gaban, Godaan, Mangal
Sutra, Bade Bhai Sahab,Beti ka Dhan, Panch
Parameshvar, Boodhi Kaki,
Pariksha - Sujan Singh to
search for a new minister,
Shatranj ki bazi, IdgahEid
and buys tongs for his
grandmother, Kafan, Namak
Ka Daroga, Lottery - bought
a lottery ticket are his
famous stories.
Amir Khusrow, real name Abdul
Hasan Yaminuddin Khusrow was a
musician and poet. He is regarded
as Father of Qawali.
o Jalaluddin Khilji, Alauddin
Khilji, Qutbuddin and
Muhammad bin Tughluq
were the kings with whom
Khusrow was attached
during their reign. He wrote
in Persian and Hindustani.
Ghalib born Mirza Asadullah Baig
Khan on 27 December 1797died
15 February 1869 was a classical
Urdu and Persian poet from the
Mughal Empire during British
colonial rule. He used his pen-
names of Ghalib. Mirza Ghalib was
born in Agra.
Kabir was a poet and sant of India.
He was takencare by Muslim
weavers Niru and Nima in
Varanasi. He did not believe in
worshipping of murtis.
o Bijak, Sakhi Granth, Kabir
Granthavali and Anurag
Sagar are Kabirs favourite
granths. His poems are in
Hindi, Avadhi, Braj andBhojpuri languages.
o Kabir's legacy is today
carried forward by the Kabir
Panth, a religious
community.
Surdas was a poet and musician.
His poems are dedicated to Lord
Krishna. He was blind. Surdas
composed in Sur Sagar. His guruwas Shri Vallabharacharya who
taught him Hindu philosophy and
meditation and lived with him in
Vrindavan.
Kaka Hathrasi was born on 18th
Sept., 1906. His real name was
Prabhu Dayal Garg. He established
Sangeet Karyalaya, a Publishing
company in 1932. He was awarded
Padma Shri in 1985.
o He participated in Radio
programme, Meethi Meethi
Hasaiyan. "Kaka Hathrasi
Puraskar" is given annually
to the best humor Poet. He
died on 18th September,
1995.
Raskhan was born in 1548. His
real name was Sayeed Ibrahim. Hewas a poet and was follower of
Lord Krishna. His guru was
Goswami Vitthal Nath and spend
whole life in Vrindavan.
o He translated Bhagavata
into Persian. His shrine is
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located in Gokul. Prem
Vatica and Sujan Raskhan
are his creations.
Rachnavali is the collection
of his poetry.
Abul Fazal wrote Akbarnama and
Aina-e-Akbari is Persian
translation of Bible. Miyan Tansen
was a singer of King Akbar. His
real name was Tanna Mishra.
Birbal, real name Mahesh Das,
was a poor Brahmin but was very
brilliant so he was appointed in
Akbars court. Even his main dutywas Military and administrative
but was very close friend of King
Akbar. He was also a poet. He died
in a battle due to unrest amongst
Afghani tribes in Northwest India.
Raja Todar Mal was a Hindu Khatri
and was Finance Minister of king
Akbar. He introduced standard
Weights and Measurements.
o Raja Man Singh was of
Jaipur Dynasty and was a
General in Akbars Army. He
was Mughal Viceroy of
Afghanistan, Bihar, Orissa,
Deccan and Bengal.
o Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana
was a poet and was step son
of Akbar.
Baiju Bawra real name was BaijNath Mishra. He was the court
musician of Raja Mansingh Tomar
of Gwalior along with Tansen and
others. Baiju learnt Dhrupad
music by Guru Hari Das Goswami
in Vrindavan.
Tulsidas was a Hindu poet, saint
and devotee to Lord Rama. He was
born to Hulsi and Atmaram Dubey
at Chitrakoot. His nickname was
Rambola. Tulsidas was married toRatnavali. Tulsidas lived
permanently in Varanasi.
o Ram Charit Manas was
completed by Tulsidas in 2
years 7 months and 26 days
in the year 1575 CE at
Ayodhya. After completing
it, Tulsidas came to
Varanasi and recited Ram
Charit Manas to Lord Shivaand Parvati at Kashi
Vishwanath Temple.
o Vinay Patrika is last
composition of Tulsidas.
Tulsidas died at the Assi
Ghat on the bank of Ganga
river.
o Tulsidas Awadhi works
included Ram Charit Manas
whereas in Brajbhasha he
wrote Krishna Gitavali,
Dohavali, Vinaya Patrika.
Tulsidas also composed
Hanuman Chalisa,
Hanuman Ashtak and Tulsi
Satsai in Avadhi.
Sumitranandan Pant was a poet.
Real name was Gosain Dutt. He
received Jnanpith Award in 1968
for first Hindi poet. He was alsoawarded Sahitya Kala Academy
award and honored with Padma
Vibhushan Award.
Bihari full name was Bihari Lal
Chaube was a Hindi poet. His
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famous writing is Satsai in
Brajbhasha. He was born in
Gwalior in 1595 and spent his
boyhood in Orchha.
o He got an opportunity to
meet Mughal Emperor ShahJahan, who immediately got
impressed by his work and
invited him to stay in Agra.
o He learnt Persian language
and came into contact with
Rahim. Raja Jai Singh I of
Jaipur also invited him over
to Jaipur where he
composed Satasai.
Mahadevi Varma was a writer,
Poet, Freedom Fighter, Woman's
Activist. She was Principal and
Vice Chancellor of Prayag Mahila
Vidyapeeth. She was awarded
Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in
1979, Jnanpith Award in 1982 and
Padma Vibhushan in 1988.
Rahim Khan, real name Abdul
Rahim Khan-I-Khana was one of
Navaratnas of King Akbar. He was
son of Bairam Khan. After death of
Bairam Khan, his wife became the
second wife of Akbar which made
Abdul Rahim Khan-e-Khan his
stepson.
o Rahim was a devotee of Lord
Krishna and wrote poetry
dedicated to him. He was
also an astrologer. Rahimtranslated Babar's memoirs,
Baburnama.
Maithili Sharan Gupt was a
modern Hindi poet. He composed
in Khari Boli. He was an honorary
member of Rajya Sabha where he
used poetry to put his opinions
before the other members. He
remained a member of the Rajya
Sabha till his death.
o His poetry names were Rangmein Bhang, Bharat-
Bharati, Jayadrath Vadh,
Plassey ka Yuddha,
Gurukul, Panchavati,
Yashodhara, Arjan Aur
Visarjan, Kaaba-Karbala,
Jayabharat, Dwapar, kirano
ka khel etc.
Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' was a
poet, essayist and patriot. He was
elected three times to the Rajya
Sabha. He was awarded Padma
Bhushan award in 1959. He was
also the Vice Chancellor of
Bhagalpur University in 1960s. He
got the Sahitya Akademi Award in
1959 for his work Sanskriti ke
Char Adhyay. Dinkar was awarded
the Jnanpith Award in 1972 for
Urvashi.
o Poetic work were Vijay
Sandesh, Kurukshetra,
Itihas ke Aansoo, Dhup aur
Dhuan, Mirch ka Mazaa,
Dilli, Neem ke Patte, Suraj
ka Byaah, Seepee aur
Shankh. Major Prose works
were Ardhanaarishwar, Reti
ki Phool, Sanskriti ke Chaar
Adhyaay, He Ram!, MeriYatrayen, Vivah ki
Musibaten.
Kavi Pradeep was born in 1915.
His real name was Ramchandra
Baryanji Dwivedi. He was a
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renowned poet and song writer for
his patriotic song Aye Mere Watan
Ke Logo which was later filmized in
Kangan.
o He wrote about 1700 songs
and nationalistic poemsincluding the lyrics for more
than 70 films. Aye Mere
Watan Ke Logo song was
famously performed live by
Lata Mangeshkar in the
presence of Prime Minister,
Jawaharlal Nehru at the
Ramlila grounds, New Delhi
on 26th January, 1963.
o
Despite many offers, KaviPradeep pledged the royalty
of this song to 'War Widows
Fund'. He died in the year
1998. On 25th August, 2005,
Mumbai High Court ordered
Saregama (HMV) to pay Rs.
1 million as arrears as
Royalty to the War Widows
Fund.
Valmiki, real name was Ratnakar,
was the author of Ramayana.
Narada Muni changed his life when
he was passing by the jungle and
Ratnakar tried to harass him. He
was called Valmiki because he had
done his penancy on an ant-hill
(Sanskrit word).
o
Ramayan was writtenoriginally by Valmiki in
Sanskrit which consist
24,000 shloks in 7 Cantos.
Selected Indian Authors and Books
Author Name of the Book (s)
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Wings of Fire Ignited Minds
Ravindra Nath TagoreCrescent Moon Post Office
Geetanjali Hungry Stone
Mahatma Gandhi My Experiments with Truth Conquest of Self
Jawahar Lal Nehru Discovery of India Glimpses of World History
Atal Behari Bajpayee New Dimensions of Indias Foreign Policy
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Indian Philosophy An Ideal View of Life
T.N. Seshan The Degeneration of India
M. Hidayatullah My Own Boswell
Jaswant Singh A Call to Honour
V.V. Giri My Life and Times Jobs for MillionsR. Venkatraman My Presidential Years
Bimal Jalan The Future of India
L.K. Advani A Prisoners Scrap Book
Indira Gandhi Eternal India
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto If I am assassinated
Khushwant Singh Train to Pakistan The Company of Women
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P.V. Narsimha Rao A Long Way
Neelam S. Reddy Without Fear or Favour
Jai Prakash Narayan Prison Diary
Flags of the countries
he flag is a symbol of any Country.
Each country has a specific Flag
which is flown on a pole to identify
that country.
The shape of most of the flags
usually rectangular but may be ofSquare or Triangular shapes also.
There is a protocol involved in
proper display of flags. It should
never be flown upside down and
should be flown in a position of
honor and not in an inferior
position of other flags. When a
National Flag is displayed together
with any other countrys flag, it
must be hoisted first and lowered
last and should be of equal size
and must be flown at equal height.
If a Flag of any shape or
any color is waved
vigorously on a Railway
track, it means STOP.
Mostly flags are made of three
strips. The flag of each Nation has
minimum one particular color
which shows its Continent such as
Red for American flags, Yellow or
Saffron for Asian flags, Black for
African flags, Green for Australian
flags and Blue for European flags.
There are 193 countries recognized
as Member States of United
Nations, 8 countries Non-united
Nation Members, 38 Inhabited
Dependent Territories and 6
Nations are recognized by
International Agreement i.e. a total
245 countries have their own
Flags.
While the flag of Denmark is the
oldest flag, the flag of Netherlands
is the oldest Tri-color flag. Union
Flag of United Kingdom is the most
commonly flag and also being used
by Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and
Tuvalu.
Nepals Flag is the only non-
quadrilateral flag in the World. The
flag of Switzerland and VaticanCity are the only National flags
which are in Square shapes. The
Flag of South Africa has Six colors
whereas Seychelles flag has 5
colors.
AmericanRED
AsianYELLOW
AfricanBLACK
AustralianGREEN
EuropeanBLUE
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Flag of Marshall Islands represents
the Pacific Ocean in Blue color
whereas white orange bands
represent the Ratak Ralik
(Sunrise and Sunset) chains. A
consolidated sheet of the flags
arranged in order of its shape or
color is given below.
FLAGS SAME AS INDIAN FLAG
INDIA NIGER TAJIKAN HUNGARY IRAN IRELAND ITALY
FLAGS WITH RED AND WHITE TWO COLOR
BAHRAIN CANADA GREENLAND DENMARK MALTA HONG KONG INDONESIA
FLAGS WITH RED (MEROON) AND WHITE TWO COLOR
LEBANON MONACO TONGA PERU POLAND LATVIA AUSTRIA
FLAGS HAVING MOON AND STAR(S)
SINGAPORE TURKEY TUNISIA MAURITANIA PAKISTAN ALGERIA AZERBAIJAN
COMOROS CHILE UZBEKISTAN MALDIVES LIBYA MALAYSIA TUKMTAN
FLAGS HAVING SUN PICTURE
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ANTIGUA & B. KIRIBATI ARGENTINA KAZSTAN URUGUAY RWANDA NAURU
FLAGS WITH UNION JACK SIGN
AUSTRALIA FIJI N.ZEALAND UNITED K. TUVULU BERMUDA
FLAGS WITH MULTI STARS (Decreasing Order)
U.S.A. BOSNIA & H. CAPE VERDE VENEZUELA KOSOVO SOLOMON ISL. CHINA
FLAGS
WITH
MULTIPLE
COLORS
PAPUA NEW G. SAMOA QATAR CEN. AFRICAN R. SEYCHELLES SOUTH AFRICA
FLAGS HAVING CIRCLE
BANGLADESH JAPAN LAOS PALAU
FLAGS HAVING BIRDS
ALBANIA DOMINICA EQUADOR MALDOVA VIRGIN ISLAND ZAMBIA MONTENEGRO
FLAGS WITH CHRISTIANITY SIGN
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FINLAND ICELAND NORWAY SWEDEN FAROE ISL.
FLAGS WITH SINGLE COLOR SURFACE
VIETNAM MICRONESIA HONG KONG GUAM SOMALIA MOROCCO KRYGHSTAN
FLAGS WITH CROSS-SECTION
JAMAICA BURUNDI GEORGIA SWITZERLAND DOMINICA R. PANAMA
FLAGS WITH DIAGONAL STRIPS
CONGO DEM.REP. CONGO MARSHALL IS. NAMIBIA ST. KITTS TANZANIA TRINIDAD & T.
FLAGS WITH MULTIPLE VERTICAL STRIPS
COSTA RICA MAURITIUS THAILAND GREECE UGANDA SWAZILAND
FLAGS WITH MULTIPLE VERTICAL STRIPS AND STAR
LIBERIA SURINAME TOGO ZIMBABWE
FLAGS WITH SOME OBJECTS ON IT
BRAZIL CAMBODIA BRUNEI BELIZE AFGHANISTAN ST. LUCIA MONGOLIA
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FLAGS WITH UNIQUE DESIGN AND SHAPE
BHUTAN CYPRUS - MAP IRAQ ALLAHU AKBAR NEPAL S.ARABIA - SHAHADA SRI LANKA MACEDONIA
FLAGS WITH MULTI COLOR DIAGONAL SHAPE
KUWAIT BAHAMAS JORDAN MOZAMBIQUE SUDAN EQUI. GUINEA
FLAGS WITH 3-HORIZONTAL FLAT STRIPS
CHAD COTE DLVOIRE FRANCE GUINEA MALI NIGERIA ROMANIA
SQUARE
FLAGS
BELGIUM CAMERON SENEGAL MEXICO VATICAN CITY UKRAINE
FLAGS WITH BLUE SHADED EXTREMELY
BOTSWANA ELSALVADOR HONDURUS GUATEMALA NICARAGUA SAN MARINO
FLAGS WITH TWO COLOR AND TRIANGLE BASE
DJIBOUTI CZECH. REP. CUBA PHILIPPINES SAO TOME VANUATU
FLAGS WITH THREE VERTICAL FLAT STRIPS
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ARMENIA BULGARIA GAMBIA COLUMBIA LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG NETHERLANDS
GABON ESTONIA SIERRE LEONE RUSSIA YEMEN GERMANY
FLAGS WITH THREE VERTICAL STRIPS WITH SOME OBJECT
CROATIA ETHIOPIA GHANA SLOVENIA LESOTHO MALAWI N. KOREA
MYANMAR BOLIVIA EGYPT PARAGUA SERBIA SYRIA SPAIN
BARBADOS ANDORRA ST. VINCENT ISRAEL S. KOREA
FLAGS HAVING SOME KINDS OF WEAPON
ARROW
TYPE
ANGOLA KENYA OMAN GUYANA
FLAGS WITH BLOCK TYPE DESIGN
BENIN GRENEDA GUINEA BISSUE MADAGASCAR U.A.E.
FLAGS WITH RED COLOR AND ONE MORE COLOR
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BELARUS BURKINO FASO HAITI LIECHTEIN PORTUGAL TAIWAN TIMOR
Total : 201 Flags
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Questions Related to this Chapter
1-G. Prem Vatika, poems on LordKrishna is a collection of which Poet?
(a) Behari (b) Surdas(c) Raskhan (d) Kabir
2-O. In which language, Surdas wroteSursagar?(a) Khari Boli (b) Sanskrit(c) Brij Bhasha (d) Bhojpuri
3-L. Which Indian writer published acollection of short stories titledMansarovar?(a) Pratap Narain Mishr
(b) Prem Chand(c) Jai Shanker Prasad(d) Mahadevi Verma
4-A. How many countries arerecognized as Member States of UnitedNations who have their own NationalFlags?(a) 191 (b) 193(c) 201 (d) 238
5-D. Bisi Bele Bath is a popular dish
of?(a) a kind of Rice item(b) a kind of beverage(c) a kind of dessert(d) a kind of snack item
6-N. At which Court, did famousPersian Poet Amir Khusro live?(a) Il-tut-mish(b) Akbar(c) Mohd. Tughlaq(d) Allauddin Khilzi
7-E. Which book is not written byRavindra Nath Tagore?(a) Gardener(b) The Future of India(c) Hungary Stones(d) The Court Dancer
8-A. Which book is not written byMahatma Gandhi?
(a) The Degeneration of India(b) Story of my Experiment with Truth(c) Hind Swaraj(d) Key to Health
9-L. Other than Hindi, which languageis most frequently spoken in India?(a) Gujarati (b) Malayalam(c) Tamil (d) Urdu
10-E. Out of the following countries,which country has maximum number of
NRIs?(a) Thailand (b) Germany(c) Bhutan (d) Myanmar
11-E. Which country flag is just likeIndian flag with circle inside?(a) Ireland (b) Italy(c) Niger (d) Hungary
12-D. Which book is not written by anyPresident of India?(a) Ignited Minds
(b) An Idealist View of Line(c) My Life and Times(d) New Dimensions of Indias Foreign Policy
13-A. On which day, Pravasi BhartiDivas is celebrated in India?(a) 4th May (b) 9th January(c) 11th Sept. (d) 27th September
14-G. What is Noon-chai in Kashmirstradition?(a) Salty beverage
(b) Drink having in afternoon(c) Sweet dish(d) Non-vegetarian dish name
15-N. At what time is Raga Bhairvisuitable for playing?(a) Morning (b) Afternoon(c) Evening (d) Night
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16-A. Which countrys time zone is asequal as of Indian timings?(a) Bangladesh (b) Pakistan(c) Sri Lanka (d) Nepal
17-B. Which tree is considered to be themost beneficial medically?(a) Guava (b) Basil(c) Banana (d) Neem
18-G. Which Mughal Emperor donatedthe land for construction of GoldenTemple at Amritsar?(a) Akbar (b) Humaun(c) Jehangir (d) Shah Jehan
19-D. Which country has the maximumNRI persons from Bihar who have settledthere?(a) United Kingdom(b) Trinidad & Tobago(c) United States of America(d) Dubai
20-L. From which States of India, MoongDal Mungodi (Badi) was originated as afood item?(a) Bihar (b) Rajasthan
(c) Uttrakhand (d) Haryana-Pb.
21-D. To whom it is believed, was bornand died on the same date?(a) Meerabai (b) Ras Khan(c) Tulsidas (d) Kaka Hathrasi
22-E. Of whom, surname was Chaube?(a) Tulsidas (b) Bihari(c) Kavi Pradeep (d) Birbal
23-E. In which country, maximum
American are residing or posted for anyreasons?(a) Brazil (b) Mexico(c) Israel (d) Canada
24-A. In which country flag, a Shahadais written inside the flag?
(a) Iraq (b) Saudi Arabia(c) Iran (d) Egypt
25-L. Which country first used the 365-days calendar?(a) Indian (b) Greeks
(c) Chinese (d) Egyptians
26-L. Which Dynasty is the oldest one inIndian History?(a) Bahmani Dynasty(b) Chola Dynasty(c) Lodi Dynasty(d) Satvahana Dynasty
27-E. In how many years, the OxfordEnglish Dictionary was conceived in1858?(a) 10 years (b) 25 years(c) 50 years (d) 70 years
28-L. Out of the following, whichcollection of poems is not of MaithliSharan Gupt?(a) Plassey ka Yuddh(b) KaabaKarbala(c) Jaydrath Vadh(d) Sanskrit ke Chaar Adhyaay
29-G. Who wrote the poem TwinkleTwinkle Little Star?(a) Ann Taylor(b) Jane Taylor(c) Ann & Jane Taylor both(d) Emily Dickinson
30-L. Which Dance form is originatedfrom Karnataka State of India?(a) Kuchipudi(b) Bharatnatyam(c) Kathkali
(d) Yakshgana
31-G. Which is the best selling book allover the world?(a) Ramayan (b) Geeta(c) Bible (d) Quraan
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Scoring System
The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating, as usual which has a numeral
value. These letters are A, B, D, E, G, H, L, N, O and S.
Q. Ans. Q. Ans. Q. Ans. Q. Ans. Q. Ans.
1 c 2c 3b 4b 5 - a
6 d 7b 8a 9c 10 - d
11 c 12d 13b 14a 15 - a
16 c 17d 18a 19b 20c
21 d 22b 23b 24b 25 - d
26 d 27d 28d 29c 30d
31 - c
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-resident_Indian_and_person_of_Indian_origin
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sovereign-state_flags
Manorama Guide upto 2012.
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