General questions and answers:

1. Which animal is known as the 'Ship of the Desert"?

Ans. Camel

2. How many days are there in a week?

Ans. 7 days

3. How many hours are there in a day?

Ans. 24 hours

4. How many letters are there in the English alphabet?

Ans. 26 letters

5. Rainbow consist of how many colours?

Ans. 7 colours

6. How many days are there in a year?

Ans. 365 days (not a leap year)

7. How many minutes are there in an hour?

Ans. 60 minutes

8. How many seconds are there in a minute?

Ans. 60 seconds

9. How many seconds make one hour?

Ans. 3600 seconds

10. Baby frog is known as.......

Ans. Tadpole

11. How many consonants are there in the English alphabet?

Ans. 21 Consonants

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12. How many vowels are there in the English alphabet and name them?

Ans. 5 vowels namely a, e, i, o, and u.

13. Which animal is known as the king of the jungle?

Ans. The Lion is known as the king of the jungle.

14. Name the National bird of India?

Ans. The Peacock

15. Name the National animal of India?

Ans. Tiger

16. What is the National Anthem of India?

Ans. The National Anthem of India is Jana Gana Mana.

17. Name the national flower of India?

Ans. Lotus flower

18. Name the National fruit of India?

Ans. Mango

19. What is the National song of India?

Ans. Vande Mataram

20. Who designed the National Flag of India?

Ans. The flag was designed by Pingali Venkayya.

21. Name the National game of India?

Ans. Hockey

22. Name the National tree of India?

Ans. Banyan tree

23. Name the National river of India?

Ans. Ganga

24. Name the National Reptile of India?

Ans. King Cobra

25. What is the capital of India?

Ans. New Delhi

26. Name the biggest continent in the world?

Ans. Asia

27. How many continents are there in the world?

Ans. 7 continents

28. Name the primary colours?

Ans. Red, Yellow, and Blue

29. Which is the smallest month of the year?

Ans. February

30. Name the house made of ice?

Ans. Igloo

31. Which colour symbolises peace?

Ans. White

32. Name the largest mammal?

Ans. Blue Whale

33. Sun rises in the.....

Ans. East

34. How many sides are there in a triangle?

Ans. Three

35. Name the largest planet of our Solar System?

Ans. Jupiter

36. Name the place known as the Roof of the World?

Ans. Tibet

37. Who was the first Prime Minister of India?

Ans. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

38. Who is the first woman prime minister of India?

Ans. Indira Gandhi

39. Who is the first citizen of India?

Ans. The President of India 

40. How many states are there in India?

Ans. 28 states

41. How many Union Territories are there in India?

Ans. 8 Union Territories

42. How many years are there in one Millenium?

Ans. 1,000 years

43. Name the first man to walk on the Moon?

Ans. Neil Armstrong

44. Name the Oceans of the World?

Ans. The Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and the Southern (Antarctic) oceans.

45. Name the densest jungle in the world?

Ans. The Amazon rainforest

46. Which festival is called the festival of colours?

Ans. Holi

47. What is the Isosceles triangle?

Ans.  A triangle in which two sides have the same length or two sides are equal.

48. What type of gas is absorbed by plants?

Ans. Carbon Dioxide

49. How many days a February month have in the leap year?

Ans. 29 days

50. Name the longest river on the Earth?

Ans. Nile

51. Name the smallest continent?

Ans. Australia

52. Which is the principal source of energy for the Earth?

Ans Sun

53. Anti-clockwise is it from left or right?

Ans. Left

54. Name the planet nearest to the Earth?

Ans. Mercury

55. Which festival is known as the festival of light?

Ans. Diwali

56. Name a bird that lays the largest eggs?

Ans. Ostrich

57. Which is the National Aquatic Animal of India?

Ans. River Dolphin

58. Name the National Heritage Animal of India?

Ans. Elephant

59. Which is the tallest mountain in the world?

Ans. Mount Everest

60. Who invented Radio?

Ans. Guglielmo Marconi is known as the father of radio.

61. Who invented electricity?

Ans. Benjamin Franklin

62. Which continent is known as the ‘Dark’ continent?

Ans. Africa

63. Name the planet known as the Red Planet?

Ans. Mars

64. Who wrote "Malgudi Days"?

Ans. R. K. Narayan

65. Name the National game of the USA?

Ans. Baseball

66. Who invented Watch?

Ans. Peter Henlein

67. Name the largest 'Democracy' of the world?

Ans. India

68. Which is the smallest bone in the human body?

Ans. Stapes (Ear bone)

69. Name the country known as the Land of the Rising Sun?

Ans. Japan

70. How many millimetres are there in a centimetre?

Ans. 10mm

71. Name the hardest substance available on Earth?

Ans. Diamond

72. Name a shape that has ten sides?

Ans. Decagon

73. Name the largest ocean in the World?

Ans. Pacific Ocean

74. Who is the real founder of Microsoft?

Ans.  Bill Gates and Paul G. Allen

75. Who gave the theory of Relativity?

Ans. Albert Einstein

76. Who is the Father of our Nation?

Ans. Mahatma Gandhi

77. Who discovered the X-rays first?

Ans. Wilhelm Roentgen

78. Who gave the universal law of gravitation?

Ans. Issac Newton

79. What is a telescope?

Ans. A telescope is an instrument in the shape of a tube with special pieces of glass (lenses) inside it. It makes things that are far away appear bigger and nearer.

80. Name a natural satellite of Earth?

Ans. Moon

81. 34 teeth in total adults have.

Ans. False (The adult has 32 teeth in total).

82. Barometer used to measure Atmospheric Pressure.

Ans. True

83. Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to go into space.

Ans. True

84. Sparrow is a bird known for its intelligence.

Ans. False (Owl is known for its intelligence).

85. Europe is the second smallest continent and the third most populous continent

Ans. True

86. Bosnia and Herzegovina's largest city and capital is Sarajevo.

Ans. True

87. Plants absorbs Oxygen?

Ans. False (Plants absorbs Carbon Dioxide).

88. Denmark's capital and most populous city is Copenhagen

Ans. True

89. Half of 250 is 125.

Ans. True

90. Metre per second is the unit of Speed.

Ans. True

91. William Shakespeare is a scientist.

Ans. False (William Shakespeare was an English dramatist, poet, and actor).

92. There are 200 bones in the Human Body.

Ans. False (206 bones are there in Human Body).

93. Electrons are larger than molecules.

Ans. False

94. With the help of Photosynthesis plants make their own food.

Ans. True

95. Chemical formulae of Hydrochloric acid is HCl.

Ans. True

96. There are 11 players in a cricket team.

Ans. True

97. In 1916  Olympic Games were cancelled because of World War I?

Ans. True

98. In Football, the term Hat-Trick is used.

Ans. False ( The term Hat-Trick is used in cricket).

99. There are nine players in one team of Kho Kho.

Ans. True

100. Commonwealth Games are held every four years.

Ans. True

names of scientists and their inventions

 

Scientists Inventions / Discoveries / Known For
x

Albert Einstein Theory of Relativity, Photon,

Photoelectric Effect

Albert Hofmann Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)

Alexander Fleming Penicillin

Alessandro Volta Methane

Alfred Nobel Dynamite

Alessandro Volta Battery

Anders Celsius Celsius

Antoine Laurent

Lavoisier

Identified Oxygen, Hydrogen, Role of

Oxygen in Combustion, Established

that Sulfur was an element

Anton van

Leeuwenhoek

Simple Microscope, Infusoria, Bacteria,

Protozoa, Vacuole of the cell,

Spermatozoa, Banded pattern

of muscular fibres

Archimedes Archimedes' principle, Archimedes'

screw, Claw of Archimedes

Arnold O. Beckman pH Meter

Baruch Blumberg Hepatitis B Vaccine

Blaise Pascal Calculator

Breidenbach Glyoxysomes

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Camilo Golgi Golgi Bodies

Carl Linnaeus Formalised Binomial Nomenclature

Charles Parson Steam Turbine

Charles Darwin Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection

Charles Landsteiner Rh Factor, Blood Replacement

Christiaan Huygens Wave Theory of Light, Discovery of Titan

Dmitri Mendeleev Periodic Table of Elements

Dresser Aspirin

Edme Regnier Dynamometer

Edward Buchner Zymase, the first enzyme

Edward Calvin Thyroxin, Cortisone

Edward Jenner Vaccination (Small Pox)

Edward Teller Hydrogen Bomb

Edwin Hubble Modern (Hooker) Telescope,

Asteroid 1373 Cincinnati

Einthoven ECG (Electrocardiogram) Mechanism

Emil Fischer Fischer Esterification, Fischer projection

Enrico Fermi Transuranic Elements

Ernest Rutherford Discovery of alpha and beta radioactivity,

proton, Rutherford scattering,

Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy,

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Discovery of atomic nucleus (Rutherford

model), Structure of the Atom

Ernst Haeckel Three- Kingdom Classification, Biogenetic

Law (Recapitulation Theory)

Ernst Mayr Concept of Peripatric Speciation

Erwin Schrodinger Wave Equation (Schrödinger Equation )

Eugen Goldstein Anode Rays

Evangelista Torricelli Barometer

Francis Crick Structure of DNA Molecule

Francis Galton Galton Board, Galton Whistle, Eugenics,

Weather Map, Theory of Anticyclones

Friedrich Dexler Ammeter

Frederick Gowland

Hopkins

Vitamins, Tryptophan

Frederick Sanger Sequencing of Protein

Fritz Hofmann Synthetic Rubber

Galileo Galilei Principles of Relativity, Four Moons of

Jupiter (Galilean Moons), Saturn’s Ring

Gregor Mendel Laws of Inheritance

Gustav Kirchhoff Spectroscopy, Kirchhoff’s Law

Hans Bethe CNO Cycle

Hans Lippershey Telescope

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Harrison & Simpson Chloroform

Heike Kamerlingh

Onnes

Superconductivity

Hermann von

Helmholtz

Theories on The Conservation of Energy

Hofmeister Cell Division

Isaac Newton Laws of Motion, Universal Law of

Gravitation, Generalized Binomial

Theorem, Modern Calculus

James Clerk Maxwell Theory of Electromagnetic Radiation,

Maxwell's Equations

James Watson Structure of DNA

Jean Baptiste Lamarck Theory of Inheritance of Acquired

Characteristics (Lamarckian inheritance)

Johannes Kepler Laws of Planetary Motion

John Bardeen Transistor, Theory of Conventional

Superconductivity (BCS Theory)

John Dalton Theory of the Atom

Jonas Edward Salk Polio Vaccine (Salk Vaccine)

Joseph J. Thomson Discovery of the Electron, Sub-atomic

particle, Isotopes

Justus Liebig Law of the Minimum, Liebig Condenser

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Karl Landsteiner Blood Group

Knoll M. and Ruska E. Electron Microscope

Konrad Lorenz Ethology

Leon Battista Alberti Anemometer

Linus Pauling Twentieth-Century Chemistry

Loeffler F. and Frosch

A.

Foot and Mouth Disease- First viral

disease of animals

Lohmann K ATP

Louis Pasteur Principles of Vaccination, Microbial

Fermentation, Pasteurization

Louis Victor de Broglie Pilot-Wave Model, Wave-Particle Duality

Ludwig Boltzmann Thermodynamics, Boltzmann equation,

H-theorem

Lynn Margulis Symbiosis Theory

Marcello Malpighi Microscopic Anatomy

Marie Curie Radioactivity

Martin Clive Human Gene Therapy

Max Born Quantum Mechanics

Max Delbruck Bacteriophage

Max Planck Quanta

Max von Laue X-ray Crystallography

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Michael Dibake Artificial Heart

Michael Faraday Classical Field Theory

Michael Tswett Chromatography

Murray Gell-Mann Eightfold Way

Neil Bohr Atomic Model

Nicolaus Copernicus Heliocentric Universe

Paul Dirac Quantum Electrodynamics

Paul Ehrlich Chemotherapy

Paul Muller DDT

Pierre Vernier Vernier Caliper

Pierre Simon de

Laplace

Newtonian Mechanics

Porter K.R, Claude and

Fullman

Endoplasmic Reticulum

Rene Laennec Stethoscope

Richard Feynman Quantum Electrodynamics

Robert Koch TB Bacteria

Robert Weinberg Gene of Cancer

Rudolf Virchow Cell Doctrine

Schimper Chloroplast

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Schleiden and

Schwann

Cell Theory

Sheldon Breiner Magnetometer

Sheldon Glashow Discovery of Charm

Stephen Hawking Quantum Cosmology

Theodosius

Dobzhansky

the Modern Synthesis

Thomas Green Morton Anesthesia

Thomas Hunt Morgan Chromosomal Theory of Heredity

Tycho Brahe New Astronomy

Waldemar Haffkine Cholera Vaccine, Plague Vaccine

Waldo Semon & B. F.

Goodrich Company

Polyvinyl Chloride

Walton Lillehei Open Heart Surgery

Watson & Arthur RNA

Werner Heisenberg Quantum Theory

Whittaker R.H Five Kingdom Classification

Wilhelm Roentgen X-rays

Willard Libby Radioactive Dating

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Willem Kolff Kidney Machine

William Bayliss Modern Physiology

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William Harvey Circulation of the Blood

William Herschel Discovery of the Heavens

William Kroll Titanium

William Stanley Transformer

William Sturgeon Electromagnet

 Most Popular Leaders Of All Time In The World

1. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

 (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948)

 was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. He is unofficially called the “Father of the Nation” in India.

2. Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

 (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) 

was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country’s first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election.

3. Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

 (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)

 was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs.

4. Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln 

(February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865)

 was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and perhaps its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.

6. George Washington

George Washington 

(February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) 

was the first, and only nonpartisan, President of the United States (1789–97), the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

7. Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte 

(15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821)

 was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars.

8. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

 (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945),

 commonly known as FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

9. Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill

 (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) 

was a British statesman who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.

10. Ashoka

Ashoka

 (died 232 BCE)

 was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent. One of India’s greatest emperors, Ashoka reigned over a realm that stretched from the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan to the modern state of Bangladesh in the east.

11. Alexander the Great

Alexander III of Macedon

 (20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), 

commonly known as Alexander the Great was a king (basileus) of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty.

12. Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar

 (13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC)

 known as Julius Caesar, was a Roman politician, general, and notable author of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.

Abbreviations

 

List of Abbreviations:

BBC-British Broad Casting Corporation.

BC-Before Christ

HR-Human resource

LPG-Liquefied Petroleum Service

SMS-Short Message service

NASA-National Aeronautic and Space Administration

NITI-National Institute for Transforming

NIFT-National Institute of Fashion Technology

VAT-Value Added Tax

MICR-Magnetic Ink Character Recognition

EFT-Electronic Funds Transfer

AICTE-All India Council For Technical Education

WHO-World Health Organization

NCC-National Cadet Crops

CID-Crime Investigation Department

VIP-Very Important Person

RBI-Reserve Bank of India

IAS-Indian Administration Service.

PTO-Page Turn Over.

MBBS-Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.

UNESCO-United Nations Integration Scientific Cultural Organization.

UNICEF –United Nation International Children’s Emergency Fund.

ASSOCHAM- The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India

ASTO -Association of Sea Training Organizations

DAP -Diammonium Phosphate (Urea)

CENVAT- Central Value Added Tax

GDR- Global Depositary Receipt

MRPL- Mangalore Refineries & Petrochemicals Limited

APM -Administered Price Mechanism

AICPI(IW) -All India Consumer Price Index (IndustrialWorkers)

ACR -Annual Confidential Report

BEL -Bharat Electronics Limited

BHEL -Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

BSNL- Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

BIFR- Board for Industrial and Financial Restructuring

BRPSE- Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises

BPE -Bureau of Public Enterprises

BPO -Business Process Outsourcing

CPS -Cash Based Profit Sharing

CBDT- Central Board for Direct Taxes

CDA- Central Dearness Allowance

CPC- Central Pay Commission

CPSE -Central Public Sector Enterprises

CMD -Chairman-cum-Managing Director

CEO- Chief Executive Officer

CFO- Chief Finance Officer

COO -Chief Operating Officer

CCA -City Compensatory Allowance

CAG -Comptroller & Auditor General of India

CRS- Compulsory Retirement Scheme

CII -Confederation of Indian Industries

CTC- Cost to the Company

DA- Dearness Allowance

DPS -Deferred Profit Sharing

DPE -Department of Public Enterprises

ESPP -Employee Stock Purchase Plan

EPS -Employees Pension Scheme

ESOP- Employees Stock Option Plan

ERP –Enterprises Resource Planning

FMCG -Fast Moving Consumer Goods

FICCI -Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

FRBM- Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management

FDI -Foreign Direct Investment

FEMA -Foreign Exchange Management Act

FERA- Foreign Exchange Regulation Act

GAIL -Gas Authority of India Ltd

GDP -Gross Domestic Product

HoD- Head of Department

HPPC- High Power Pay Committee

HAL -Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

HMT- Hindustan Machine Tools

HRA- House Rent Allowance

HRD -Human Resource Development

IIM -Indian Institute of Management

IIT- Indian Institute of Technology

IOC- Indian Oil Corporation

ISM- Indian School of Mines

ITI- Indian Telephones Industries

IDA -Industrial Dearness Allowance

IT- Information Technology

ITES- Information Technology Enabled Services

IPE- Institute of Public Enterprises

IS- Industry Segment

ISO -International Standards Organization

LTC- Leave Travel Concession

LIC -Life Insurance Corporation of India

LPG- Liquefied Petroleum Gas

MTNL- Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd

MOU- Memorandum of Understanding

M&A- Mergers & Acquisitions

MSTC- Metals & Scrap Trading Corporation

MMTC -Minerals & Metal Trading Corporation

MRTP -Monopolies & Restrictive Trade Practices

MNC -Multi National Company

NALCO -National Aluminium Company

NCMP- National Common Minimum Programme

NFC National Fire College

NIETE National Institute of Industrial Engineering.

NLC National Labour Commission

NRF National Renewal Fund

NSS -National Sample Survey

NTPC- National Thermal Power Corporation

NEP -New Economic Policy

NPA- Non Practicing Allowance

NRI- Non Resident Indians

NUS- Non Unionised Supervisors

OM- Office Memorandum

ONGC -Oil & Natural Gas Corporation

PRC -Pay Revision Committee

PMS -Performance Management System

PRP- Performance Related Payment

PF- Provident Fund

PDS- Public Distribution System

PESB -Public Enterprises Selection Board

PSE- Public Sector Enterprise

PSU- Public Sector Undertaking

REC-(NIT) Regional Engineering College

R&D -Research and Development

SEBI -Securities Exchange Board of India

SS -Service Sector

SICA -Sick Industrial Companies Act

SEZ -Special Economic Zone

SCOPE -Standing Conference of Public Enterprises

SAIL- Steel Authority of India Ltd

SAR -Stock Appreciation Right

VAT- Value Added Tax

VP -Variable Pay

VER- Very Early Retirement

VSNL -Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd

VRS -Voluntary Retirement Scheme

WTO- World Trade Organisation

BA - Bachelor of Arts

BS - Bachelor of Science

MA - Master of Arts

M.PHIL or MPHIL - Master of Philosophy

JD - Juris Doctor

DC - Doctor of Chiropractic

PA - Personal Assistant

MD - Managing Director

VP - Vice President

SVP - Senior Vice President

EVP - Executive Vice President

CMO - Chief Marketing Officer

CFO - Chief Financial Officer

CEO - Chief Executive Officer

 Names of week days

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

 Names of months in a  year

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

 Names of Religious Festivals

Ramzan-festival of fasting

Eid ul fitr-marks the end of ramazan

Holi-festival of colour

Diwali-festival of light

Pongal-tamil harvest festival

Gurupurab-aniversary of a guru’s birth or death

Maha shivratri-the great night of shiva

Hemis –birth of padmasambhava

Lodhi-punjabi folk festival

Navratri-durga puja durgotsava

Bihu

Christmas-birth of jesus christ

Dussehra-vijayadasami

Janmashtmi-birth of lord krishna

Ganesh chaturthi-vinayake chathurti

Onam-harvest festival of kerala

Raksha bandhan-rakhi or “bond of protection”

 Names of planets

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

 Names of religious and their holybook

Hindu-bhagvatgeeta-temple

Muslim-Quran-masjid

Sikh-dasam grandh-gurudwara

Christian-bible-church

names of states and capitals

 

STATES AND CAPITALS

ANDHRA PRADESH	AMARAVATI
ARUNACHAL PRADESH	ITANAGAR
ASSAM	DIAPUR
BIHAR	PATNA
CHHTTISGHAR	RAIPUR
GOA	PANAJI
GUJARAT	GANDHINAGAR
HARYANA	CHANDIGARH
HIMACHAL PRADESH	SHIMLA
JHARKHAND	RANCHI
KARNATAKA	BENGALURU
KERALA	TIRUVANANTAPURAM
MADHYAPRADESH	BHOPAL
MAHARASHTRA	MUMBAI
MANIPUR	IMPHAL
MEGHALAYA	SHILLONG
MIZORAM	AIZWAL
NAGALAND	KOHIMA
ODISHA	BHUVENESHWAR
PUNJAB	CHANDIGARH
RAJASTAN	JAIPUR
SIKIM	GANGTOK
TAMILNADU	CHENNAI
TELANGANA	HYDERABAD
TRIPURA	AGARTALA
UTTARPRADESH	LUCKNO
UTTARAKHAND	DEHRADUN
WEST BENGAL	KOLKATA