General Knowledge

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The first defence minister of independent India was Baldev Singh Chokkar, who served in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s cabinet during 1947 – 52.

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The Namami Brahmaputra River Festival, the biggest river festival of India in the North East was inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee in Guwahati on 31 March, 2017. The inauguration took place in the presence of Bhutan’s Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay and Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal.

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The appointed Chief of the Nepal Army (August – September 2009) belongs to Indigenous tribes.

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Dadabhai Naoroji was thrice elected President of the Indian National Congress.

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Giani Zail Singh is the President of India, who was also the Secretary General of Non-Aligned Movement for some period. He was a politician with the Indian National Congress party and was the seventh President of India from 1982 to 1987.

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M. Natrajan was the Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister.

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HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar launches National Digital Library in New Delhi.

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Lieutenant Ram Charan, an Indian Navy meteorologist, was the first Indian to visit Antarctica when he accompanied an Australian polar expedition in 1960. He died in a road accident in 1961.

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The Uttar Pradesh government has recently launched a free household power connection scheme ‘Prakash hai to vikas hai’ for the poor in the state to mark former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birthday. Initially, the two village Lohban and Gausana of Mathura district have been covered for 100% electrification. Under this scheme, the state government has a target of covering 16 million by the end of 2018. Apart from this, the UP government has also introduced Kisan Uday Yojana, scheme for farmers in which existing 5 HP/7.5 HP submersible and coupling sets of farmers will be replaced free of cost. The scheme, which would cover 10 lakh farmers by 2022, would lead to 35% saving on power consumption.

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New director general of the Sports Authority of India is Sandip Pradhan.