GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF INDIA

India, officially the Republic of India (SanskritBhārata Gaṇarājya),[21][22][c]is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, thesecond-most populous country (with over 1.2 billion people), and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the south-west, and the Bay of Bengal on the south-east, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west;[d] ChinaNepal, and Bhutan to the north-east; and Myanmar (Burma) and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and theMaldives; in addition, India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

India at a glance. 

Capital: New Delhi.

Area: 3.3 Million sq. km

Latitude: 6° 44' and 35° 30' north latitude.

Longitude: 68° 7' and 97° 25' east longitude.


Official Language: Hindi.

Total Recognized Languages: 22.

Population: 2nd Largest 1.2 Billion People VS 1st Largest China - 1.3 Billion People.

Male: 623.7 million.

Female: 586.4 million.

Population Growth Rate: 1.64 per cent during 2001-2011.

Density of Population: 370.8/km2.

Sex Ratio: 940.

Literacy Rate: 74.04%.

Male: 82.14%.

Female: 65.46%.

State: 29.

Union Territories: 7.

Largest State: Rajasthan.

Smallest State: Goa.

National Park: 102.

Wildlife Sanctuaries: 441.

Largest City: Mumbai.

Calling Code: +91.

National Motto: Satyameva Jayate.

National Song: Vande Mataram.

National Anthem: Jana Gana Mana.

Highest Point: Mount Godwin-Austen, 28,251 ft.

Currency: Indian Rupee.

Time Zone: GMT + 05:30.

Life Expectancy Rate.

Male: 65.8 years.

Female: 68.1 years.

Ethnic Groups: Australoid, Mongoloid, Europoid, Caucasian, and Negroid.

National Days: 26th January (Republic Day).

15th August (Independence Day).

2nd October (Gandhi Jayanti; Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday).

National Bird: Indian peacock.

National Flower: Lotus.

National Tree: Banyan Tree.

National River: The Ganga.

National Aquatic Animal: River Dolphin.

National Animal: Tiger.

National Fruit: Mango.



• Prime Minister
Narendra Modi

• President
Pranab Mukherjee

• Vice-President
Mohammad Hamid Ansari

• Chief Justice
T. S. Thakur

• Speaker of the Lower House
Sumitra Mahajan




Ministers StatusList 

Cabinet Ministers 2016

  • Narendra Modi – Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister
  • Shri RajNath Singh – Home Affairs
  • Smt. Sushma Swaraj – External Affairs
  • Shri Arun Jaitley Finance – Corporate Affairs
  • Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu – Urban Development Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Information & Broadcasting
  • Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari – Road Transport and Highways Shipping
  • Shri Manohar Parrikar – Defence
  • Shri Suresh Prabhu – Railways
  • Shri D. V. Sadananda Gowda – Statistics & Programme Implementation
  • Sushri Uma Bharati – Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
  • Dr. Najma A. – Heptulla Minority Affairs
  • Shri Ramvilas Paswan – Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
  • Shri Kalraj Mishra – Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
  • Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi – Women & Child Development
  • Shri Ananthkumar – Chemicals & Fertilizers Parliamentary Affairs
  • Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad – Law & Justice Electronics & Information Technology
  • Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda – Health & Family Welfare
  • Shri Ashok Gajapathi – Raju Pusapati Civil Aviation
  • Anant Geete – Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises

Ministers of State (Independent Charge) 2016

  • Shri Rao Inderjit Singh -Planning (Independent Charge) Urban Development Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation
  • Shri Bandaru Dattatreya -Labour & Employment (Independent Charge)
  • Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy -Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge)
  • Shri Vijay Goel -Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge) Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
  • Shri Shripad Yesso Naik -AAYUSH (Independent Charge)
  • Shri Dharmendra Pradhan -Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge)
  • Shri Piyush Goyal- Power (Independent Charge) Coal (Independent Charge) New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) Mines (Independent Charge)
  • Dr. Jitendra Singh- Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge) Prime Minister’s Office Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space
  • Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman -Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge)
  • Dr. Mahesh Sharma -Culture (Independent Charge) Tourism (Independent Charge)
  • Shri Manoj Sinha -Communications (Independent Charge) Railways
  • Shri Anil Madhav Dave -Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge)

Ministers of State 2016

  1. General V. K. Singh -External Affairs
  2. Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar -Finance
  3. Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste-Health & Family Welfare
  4. Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi -Minority Affairs Parliamentary Affairs
  5. Shri Ramdas Athawale -Social Justice & Empowerment
  6. Shri Ram Kripal Yadav -Rural Development
  7. Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary -Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
  8. Shri Giriraj Singh -Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
  9. Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir -Home Affairs
  10. Shri G. M. Siddeshwara -Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
  11. Shri Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi -Drinking Water & Sanitation
  12. Shri Rajen Gohain -Railways
  13. Shri Parshottam Rupala -Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Panchayati Raj
  14. Shri Upendra Kushwaha, -Human Resources Development
  15. Shri Radhakrishnan P -Road Transport & Highways Shipping
  16. Shri Kiren Rijiju -Home Affairs
  17. Shri Krishan Pal -Social Justice & Empowerment
  18. Shri Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor -Tribal Affairs
  19. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan — Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
  20. Shri Vishnu Deo Sai -Steel
  21. Shri Sudarshan Bhagat -Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
  22. Shri Y.S. Chowdhary,– Science & Technology
  23. Shri Jayant Sinha -Civil Aviation
  24. Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore -Information & Broadcasting
  25. Shri Babul Supriyo -Urban Development Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation
  26. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti– Food Processing Industries
  27. Shri Vijay Sampla -Social Justice & Empowerment
  28. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal -Finance Corporate Affairs
  29. Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey -Human Resource Development
  30. Shri Ajay Tamta -Textiles
  31. Smt. Krishna Raj -Women & Child Development
  32. Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya -Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Chemicals & Fertilizers
  33. Smt. Anupriya Patel- Health & Family Welfare
  34. Shri C. R. Chaudhary -Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
  35. Shri P. P. Chaudhary -Law & Justice Electronics & Information Technology
  36. Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre,-Defence








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