A N Tiwari-The Chief Information Commissioner of India

AN Tiwari ( Anugraha Narayan Tiwari) has appointed as the new Chief Information Commissioner of India .Tiwari, one of the senior-most Information Commissioners was elevated to the position of Chief of Central Information Commissioner.

The Chief Information Commissioner is chosen by a committee comprising the Prime Minister, the Leader of Opposition and a minister of the Union Cabinet.

Jnanpith Award Winners India

The Jnanpith Award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizens in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs.2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze replica of Vagdevi.

The Jnanpith Award was instituted on May 22, 1961 The first award was given in 1965. So far, 40 eminent writers have received the award in 32 years. On two occasions, the award was given to Kannada writers six times, five times each to Hindi and Bengali writers, four times to Malayalam, thrice to Oriya, twice each to Gujarati, Marathi, Telugu and Urdu, and one each to Assamese, Punjabi and Tamil writers.

Jnanpith Award -  Recent News

Eminent Malayalam litterateur ONV Kurup and noted Urdu poet Akhlaq Khan Shahryar have been chosen for the Jnanpith Award for the year 2007 and 2008 respectively for their contribution to literature.

The list of award winners so far

Year

Author (Language)
1965

G.Shankara Kurup (Malayalam) for his poems Odakkuzhal
1966

Tarashankar Bandopadhyaya (Bengali) for the novel Ganadevta
1967

Dr K.V Puttappa (Kannada) for Sri Ramayana Darshanam
1967

Uma Shankar Joshi (Gujarati) for Nishitha
1968

Sumitra Nandan Pant (Hindi) for Chidambara
1969

Firaq Gorakpuri (Urdu) for Gul-e-Naghma
1970

Viswanatha Satyanarayana (Telugu) for Ramayana Kalpavrikshamu
1971

Bishnu Dey (Bengali) for Smriti Satta Bhavishyat
1972

Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (Hindi) for Urvashi
1973

Dattareya Ramachandra Bendre (Kannada) for Nakutanti
1973

Gopinath Mohanty (Oriya) for Mattimatal
1974

Vishnu Sakaram Khandekar (Marathi) for Yayati
1975

P.V Akilandam (Tamil) for his novel Chittirappavai
1976

Asha Purna Devi (Bengali) for Pratham Pratisruti
1977

K Shivaram Karnath (Kannada) for Mukajjiya Kanasugalu
1978

S.H.V.Ajneya (Hindi) for his novel Kitni Navon men Kitni Bar
1979

Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya (Assamese) for his novel Mrityunjay
1980

S.K Pottekkatt (Malayalam) for his novel Oru Desattinte Katha
1981

Amrita Pritam (Punjabi) for her literary collection Kagaz te Canvas in Punjabi

From 1982, the award was given for overall contribution to literature
1982

Mahadevi Varma (Hindi)
1983

Masti Venkatesh Ayengar (Kannada)
1984

Takazhi Sivashankar Pillai (Malayalam)
1985

Pannalal Patel (Gujarati)
1986

Sachidanand Rout Roy (Oriya)
1987

Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar Kusumagraj (Marathi)
1988

Dr C Narayanan Reddy (Telugu)
1989

Qurratulain Hyder (Urdu)
1990

V.K Gokak (Kannada)
1991

Subhash Mukhopadhyay (Bengali)
1992

Naresh Mehta (Hindi)
1993

Sitakant Mahapatra (Oriya)
1994

U R Anantha Murthy (Kannada)
1995

M T Vasudevan Nair (Malayalam)
1996

Mahasweta Devi (Bengali)
1997

Ali Sardar Jafri (Urdu)
1998

Girish Karnad (Kannada)
1999

Nirmal Verma (Hindi)

Gurdial Singh (Punjabi)
2000

Indira Goswami (Assamese)
2001

Rajendra Keshavlal Shah (Gujarati)

General Awareness Questions for Exams

1. Area wise, which one of the following is the largest Lok Sabha constituency?
a. Kutch
b. Kangra
c. Ladakh
d. Patna sahib
2. Indian Military Training Team (IMTRAT) imparts training to army officers of
a. Nepal
b. Bangladesh
c. Maldives
d. Bhutan

3. The tourism phrase Paradise Unexplored refers to
a. Jammu and Kashmir
b. North-east India
c. Chhattishgarh
d. Uttarakhand
4. The speaker of the Lok Sabha can resign his office by addressing his resignation to
a. the President
b. the Prime Minister
c. the Deputy speaker of the Lok Sabha
d. the Chief Justice of India

5. Who can initiate impeachment proceedings against the President of India?
a. only Lok Sabha
b. only Rajya Sabha
c. either House of the Parliament
d. any Legislative Assembly

6. The highest body that approves Five Year Plans in India is
a. Planning commission
b. National development council
c. Interstate council
d. Union cabinet

7. Which among the following is the exclusive jurisdiction of the state government?
a. Corporation tax
b. Customs duty
c. Sales tax
d. Income tax

8. Which one of the following theories of communism is not a doctrine of Karl Marx?
a. Dialectical Materialism
b. Historical Materialism
c. Class Struggle
d. Theory of new Democracy

9. Which among the following is an extra constitutional growth in Indian democracy?
a. Attorney General of India
b. Autonomous Districts
c. Political Parties
d. Deputy Chairman of the Council of States

10. Socialism is opposed to
a. social security scheme
b. equal distribution of wealth
c. unrestricted competition
d. collective ownership and management

11. Who among the following was the first muslim Military Commander who annexed Bihar and Bengal by overthrowing the Sena dynasty?
a. Mahmud Gawan
b. Bakhtiyar Khilji
c. Adil Shahis
D. Shams-ud-Din

12. Which one of the following was the official language of Gupta period?
a. Pali
b. Magadhi
c. Prakrit
d. Sanskrit

13. Tropical cyclone of Philippines is termed as
a. Typhoon
b. Willy-willy
c. Hurricane
d. Baguio

14. Chambal river is a part of
a. Sabarmati basin
b. Ganga basin
c. Narmada basin
d. Gogavari basin

15. What is the reason for India being a major producer of different varieties of fruits and vegetables?
a. Its large populations size
b. Its large land area
c. Variation in its agro-climatic conditions
d. Diversity in socio-cultural phenomenon

16. What is the process that tends to build up the land surface by deposition of solid material in its lower areas, known as?
a. Abrasion
b. Agglomeration
c. Aggradation
d. Attrition

17. Which one of the following African countries is not land-locked?
a. Benin
b. Chad
c. Lesotho
d. Mali

18. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through
a. Orissa
b. Tripura
c. Chhattisgarh
d. Rajasthan

19. Which of the following crops would be preferred for sowing in order to enrich the soil with nitrogen?
a. Wheat
b. Mustard
c. Sunflower
d. Gram

20. Which of the following plants is referred to as a living fossil?
a. Ephedra
b. Cycas
c. Gingko
d. Adiantum

Answers to the above questions

1.  C    2.  D    3.  B    4.  C   5.  C    6.  B    7.  C    8.  D    9.  C    10.  C    11.  B    12.  D    13.  A    14.  B    15.  C    16.  C    17.  A   18.  A   19.  D   20.  C

LOK SABHA SEATS;

(1) Andhra Pradesh 42

(2) Arunachal Pradesh 2

(3) Assam 14

(4) Bihar 40

(5) Chhattisgarh 11

(6) Goa 2

(7) Gujarat 26

(8) Haryana 10

(9) Himachal Pradesh 4

(10) Jammu & Kashmir 6

(11) Jharkhand 14

(12) Karnataka 28

(13) Kerala 20

(14) Madhya Pradesh 29

(15) Maharashtra 48

(16) Manipur 2

(17) Meghalaya 2

(18) Mizoram 1

(19) Nagaland 1

(20) Orissa 21

(21) Punjab 13

(22) Rajasthan 25

(23) Sikkim 1

(24) Tamil Nadu 39

(25) Tripura 2

(26) Uttarakhand 5

(27) Uttar Pradesh 80

(28) West Bengal 42

(29) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1

(30) Chandigarh 1

(31) Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1

(32) Daman & Diu 1

(33) NCT of Delhi 7

(34) Lakshadweep 1

(35) Pondicherry 1

(36) Anglo-Indians (if nominated 2 by the President under Article 331 of the Constitution)

Indian Parliament-About Parliament of India

Parliament is the supreme legislative body of a country. Our Parliament comprises of the President and the two Houses-Lok Sabha (House of the People) and Rajya Sabha (Council of States). The President has the power to summon and prorogue either House of Parliament or to dissolve Lok Sabha.

The Constitution of India came into force on January 26, 1950. The first general elections under the new Constitution were held during the year 1951-52 and the first elected Parliament came into being in April, 1952, the Second Lok Sabha in April, 1957, the Third Lok Sabha in April, 1962, the Fourth Lok Sabha in March, 1967, the Fifth Lok Sabha in March, 1971, the Sixth Lok Sabha in March, 1977, the Seventh Lok Sabha in January, 1980, the Eighth Lok Sabha in December, 1984, the Ninth Lok Sabha in December, 1989, the Tenth Lok Sabha in June, 1991, the Eleventh Lok Sabha in May, 1996, the Twelfth Lok Sabha in March, 1998, the Thirteenth Lok Sabha in October, 1999, the Fourteenth Lok Sabha in May, 2004 and the Fifteenth Lok Sabha in May, 2009.

Border Security Force

The Border Security Force (BSF) is responsible for guarding India's land borders during peacetime and preventing trans-border crimes. It is a central paramilitary force operating under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 demonstrated the inadequacies of the existing border management system and led to the formation of the Border Security Force as a unified central agency with the specific mandate of guarding India's international boundaries. The BSF's paramilitary capabilities were used in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 against the Pakistani Armed Forces in areas where the Indian Armed Forces was thinly spread; BSF troops took part in the Battle of Longewala.

Although originally charged with guarding India's external boundaries, the BSF has more recently been given the task of aiding the Indian Army in counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations. When the insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir broke out in 1989, the Jammu and Kashmir state police and the thinly-deployed Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) struggled to cope with the spiraling violence, and the Indian government deployed the BSF to Jammu and Kashmir to combat Islamic militants.

The Border Security Force (BSF) is responsible for guarding India's land borders during peacetime and preventing trans-border crimes. It is a central paramilitary force operating under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 demonstrated the inadequacies of the existing border management system and led to the formation of the Border Security Force as a unified central agency with the specific mandate of guarding India's international boundaries. The BSF's paramilitary capabilities were used in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 against the Pakistani Armed Forces in areas where the Indian Armed Forces was thinly spread; BSF troops took part in the Battle of Longewala.

Although originally charged with guarding India's external boundaries, the BSF has more recently been given the task of aiding the Indian Army in counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations. When the insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir broke out in 1989, the Jammu and Kashmir state police and the thinly-deployed Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) struggled to cope with the spiraling violence, and the Indian government deployed the BSF to Jammu and Kashmir to combat Islamic militants.

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Sports Today-Personalities this Week

Mary Kom-The one and only boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six World Championships.

Mangte Chungneijang Merykom also known as MC Mary Kom or Mary Kom, is a female boxer from Manipur, India.Mary Kom was born on March 1983 in Kangathei, CCpur Subdiv, Manipur. Mary Kom is also known as MC Mary Kom. Her full name is Mangte Chungneijang Merykom. Mary Kom is a female boxer from Manipur, India who is supported by Olympic Gold Quest. She was earlier an athlete and switched to boxing after the success of fellow Manipur boxer Dingko Singh. Mary Kom choose sport as a career to provide some financial support to her family.

Mary Kom Won World Boxing Championship Title in Bridgetown, Barbados on Saturday. This is the fifth consecutive win for Mary Kom in World Boxing Championship Title. Mary Kom defeated Romanian opponent Duta Seluta 16-6

Mary Kom had won earlier four title of World Boxing Championship in the 46kg category but this time Mary Kom won in the 48kg category. In semifinal Mari Kom had defeated Flilpino opponent Alice Appari 8-1.

Mary Kom is the only boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six World Championships. Sports minister MS Gillcongratulated Indian woman boxer M C Mary Kom for winning fifth successive gold medal at the World Boxing Championships