General Knowledge

C. Rajagopalachari was the first and only Indian Governor-General of independent India, serving after Lord Mountbatten.

Napoleon Bonaparte was nicknamed the Little Corporal (Le Petit Caporal) by his soldiers, reflecting his close relationship with them.

Lord Canning served as the Governor-General of India during the 1857 revolt and became the first Viceroy of India following the Government of India Act 1858.

Pondicherry (now Puducherry) was transferred from French colonial rule to India on November 1, 1954, following a de facto merger.

South Korea celebrates its National Liberation Day on August 15, marking the end of Japanese colonial rule in 1945.

The Constitution of India came into effect on January 26, 1950, which is celebrated as Republic Day.

Jodha Bai (also known as Mariam-uz-Zamani) is widely recognized in popular history and culture as the Hindu wife of the Mughal Emperor Akbar.

The Sardar Sarovar Dam is a massive concrete gravity dam built on the Narmada River in Gujarat, India.

K.R. Narayanan served as the tenth President of India from 1997 to 2002.

Astigmatism is a common vision condition caused by an irregularly shaped cornea or lens, which is corrected using cylindrical lenses.

Following the formation of the state of Kerala in 1956, the first legislative assembly elections were held in 1957.

The Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA) is located in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, where it trains Indian Forest Service officers.

Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut, became the first human to journey into outer space on April 12, 1961.

The British experimental physicist James Chadwick discovered the neutron in 1932.

Purushapura (modern-day Peshawar) was the capital of the Kushan Empire under the rule of Kanishka the Great.

Kanchi, also known as Kanchipuram, served as the capital city of the Pallava dynasty. Kosala and Magadha were ancient kingdoms in northern India, while Indraprastha was associated with the Pandavas.

The Santosh Trophy is a prestigious annual Indian football tournament contested by regional state associations and government institutions. It is one of the oldest and most significant football competitions in India.

The crescograph is a device invented by Jagadish Chandra Bose to measure the growth rate of plants. A seismograph measures earthquakes, an altimeter measures altitude, and a hygrometer measures humidity.

Venus Williams won the women's singles title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships by defeating her sister Serena Williams in the final.

Cyclone Nargis was a powerful and deadly tropical cyclone that caused catastrophic destruction in Myanmar in May 2008.

P. Sainath, a prominent Indian journalist, was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts in 2007.

The Radcliffe Line was the boundary demarcation line between the Indian and Pakistani portions of the Punjab and Bengal provinces of British India at the time of the 1947 partition.

Dr. R.C. Deka was appointed as the Director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi in 2009.

The member countries of SAARC are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Myanmar is not a member.