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R K Narayan's Works Fiction 1935 Swami and Friends 1937 The Bachelor of Arts 1938 The Dark Room 1945 The English Teacher 1949 Mr. Sampath - The Printer of Malgudi 1952 The Financial Expert 1955 Waiting for the Mahatma 1958 The Guide 1961 The Man-Eater of Malgudi 1967 The Vendor of Sweets 1976 The Painter of Signs 1983 A Tiger for Malgudi 1986 Talkative Man 1990 The World of Nagaraj 1993 Grandmother's Tales Non-Fiction 1960 Next Sunday 1964 My Dateless Diary 1974 My Days 1980 The Emerald Route 1988 A Writer's Nightmare Short Stories 1947 An Astrologer's Day and Other Short Stories 1956 Lawley Road 1970 A Horse and Two Goats 1974 Reluctant Guru 1982 Malgudi Days 1985 Under the Banyan Tree 1993 Salt and Sawdust Mythology 1965 Gods, Demons and Others 1972 The Ramayana 1978 The Mahabarata Recent Publications Memories of Malgudi / published on 11/1/00 Indian Epics Retold / published on 3/1/00 World of Malgudi / published on 1/8/00 Awards and Honours Padma Bhushan -1964 Sahity
court is in session. High Courts The following are the twenty-one High Courts sorted by name, year established, Act by which it was established, jurisdiction, seat of governance (headquarters), benches (branches), and the maximum number of judges sanctioned. Court name Established Act established Jurisdiction Seat Benches Jud. Allahabad High Court [1] 1866-06-11 High Courts Act, 1861 Uttar Pradesh Allahabad Lucknow 95 Andhra Pradesh High Court 1954-07-05 Andhra State Act, 1953 Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad 39 Bombay High Court 1862-08-14 High Courts Act, 1861 Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu Mumbai Nagpur , Panaji, Aurangabad 60 Calcutta High Court 1862-07-02 High Courts Act, 1861 West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands kolkata Port Blair (circuit bench) 63 Chhattisgarh High Court 2000-01-11 Madhya Pradesh Re- organisation Act, 2000 Chhattisgarh Bilaspur 12 Delhi High Court[2] 1966-10-31 Delhi High Court Act, 1966 National Capital Territory of Delhi New Delhi 36 Gauh
Postal Assistant Solved Previous Question Paper Part 2 1) Name of the First Postage Stamp is A – Penny Black B – Two Penny Blue C – Halfpenny Rose Red D – Penny Red 2) The headquarters of Universal Postal Union (UPU) is in A – New York B – London C – Rome D – Bern 3) El Nino is A – A name of Thyphoon B – A Sea Storm C – A Warm ocean current D – Name of Hurricane 4) Which country received Global audience for the rescue operation of 33 trapped miners A – Chile B – Vietnam C – China D – Japan 5) Shora is the parliament of ? A – Argentina B – Australia C – Afghanisthan D – Spain 6) What is GARNISHEE order? A – An order issued by the court prohibiting withdrawal from the account of a depositor B – An executive order prohibiting withdrawal from the account of a depositor C – A Court order issued prohibiting transaction of a particular land D – None of these 7) Which Indian bank introduced Credit Card facility first? A – State Bank of India B – Central Bank of India C – Canara Bank D – ICICI
T BRANCHES OF SCIENCE Branch Concerning field Aeronautics Science of fligt of airplanes. Astronomy Study of heavenly bodies. Agronomy Science dealing with crop plant. Angiology Deals with the study of blood vascular system. Anthology Study of flower. Anthropology Study of apes and man. Apiculture Honey industries (Bee Keeping). Araneology Study of spiders. Batracology Study of frogs. Biochemistry Deals with the study of chemical reactions in relation to life activities. Biotechnology Deals with the use of micro-organisms in commercial processes for producing fine chemicals such as drugs; vaccines; hormones,etc. on a large scale. Cardiology Study of heart. Craniology Study of skulls. Cryptography Study of secret writing. Cryogenics Study concerning with the application and uses of very low temperature. Cytology Study of cells. Dermatology Study of skin. Ecology The study of relationship between organisms and enviornment. Entomology Study of insects. Etiology Study of cause of insects. E
ead and share your heart. Write a book review List of Booker Prize winning novels The complete list of Booker Prize winning novels is as follows: Year Author Title 1969 P. H. Newby Something to Answer For 1970 Bernice Rubens The Elected Member 1971 V. S. Naipaul In a Free State 1972 John Berger G. 1973 J. G. Farrell The Siege of Krishnapur 1974 Nadine Gordimer The Conservationist 1974 Stanley Middleton Holiday 1975 Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Heat and Dust 1976 David Storey Saville 1977 Paul Scott Staying On 1978 Iris Murdoch The Sea, the Sea 1979 Penelope Fitzgerald Offshore 1980 William Golding Rites of Passage 1981 Salman Rushdie Midnight's Children 1982 Thomas Keneally Schindler's Ark 1983 J. M. Coetzee Life & Times of Michael K 1984 Anita Brookner Hotel du Lac 1985 Keri Hulme The Bone People 1986 Kingsley Amis The Old Devils 1987 Penelope Lively Moon Tiger 1988 Peter Carey Oscar and Lucinda 1989 Kazuo Ishiguro The Remains of the Day 1990 A. S. Byatt Possession: A Romance 1991
fiinance ministers of India Finance Minister Term Liaquat Ali Khan 1946-1947 (interim government) John Mathai 1948-1949 R. K. Shanmukham Chetty 1949-1951 Chintamanrao Deshmukh 1951-1957 T. T. Krishnamachari 1957-1958 Jawaharlal Nehru 1958-1959 Morarji Desai 1959-1964 T. T. Krishnamachari 1964-1967 Morarji Desai 1967-1970 Indira Gandhi 1970-1971 Yashwantrao Chavan 1971-1975 C. Subramaniam 1975-1977 Morarji Desai 1977-1979 Choudhary Charan Singh 1979-1980 Ramaswamy Venkataraman 1980-1982 Pranab Mukherjee 1982-1985 V.P. Singh 1985-1987 S.B. Chavan 1987-1990 Madhu Dandavate 1990-1991 Manmohan Singh 1991-1996 P.Chidambaram 1996-1998 Yashwant Sinha 1998-2002 Jaswant Singh 2002-2004 P.chidambaram current
Bookmark: Important Constitutional Amendments Methods of Amendments in Constitution 3 Methods : 1. Method of Simple majority: Applies to matters related to Citizenship, abolishing or creating second chambers in the states provisions relating to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, etc. 2. In this, the following conditions should be fulfilled : Both the houses must pass the proposal by a majority of the total membership. By a 2/3 majority of the members present. After this, the amendment bill must also be ratified by not less than half of state legislatures. Applies to matters related to election of President and Vice – President, executive powers of union and states, subjects related to the division of legislative powers between Centre and State, matters relating to Supreme Court and High Court, representation of States in Parliament, amendment of article 368 itself, etc. 3. This method consists of first two conditions of the II method. In this, there is no need of ratification by th
The Pampa Prashasti is presented by the Minister of State for Kannada and Culture, during the Kadambotsava, a cultural festival held annually in poet Pampa's town of Banavasi in Uttar Kannada district.[5] List of Awardees Year Writer Works 1987 Kuvempu Sri Ramayana Darshanam 1988 T. N. Srikantaiah Bharathiya Kavya Meemaamse 1989 K. Shivaram Karanth Mai Managala Sulliyali 1990 S. S. Bhoosnurmath Shoonya Sampadaneya Paramarshe 1991 P. T. Narasimhachar Shri Haricharitha 1992 A. N. Murthy Rao Devaru 1993 Gopalakrishna Adiga Suvarna Puthalli 1994 Sediyapu Krishna Bhatta Vichara Prapancha 1995 K. S. Narasimhaswamy Dundu Mallige 1996 M. M. Kalburgi lifetime contribution 1997 G. S. Shivarudrappa lifetime contribution 1998 D. Javare Gowda lifetime contribution 1999 Chanaveera Kanavi lifetime contribution 2000 L. Basavaraju lifetime contribution 2001 Poornachandra Tejaswi lifetime contribution 2002 M. Chidananda Murthy lifetime contribution 2003 Chandrashekhara Kambara lifetime contribution
List of the Chief Election Commissioner of India [1] : 1. Sukumar Sen ICS (b. 1899) : 21 March 1950 to 19 December 1958 2. K. V. K. Sundaram : 20 December 1958 to 30 September 1967 3. S. P. Sen-Varma : 1 October 1967 to 30 September 1972 4. Dr. Nagendra Singh : 1 October 1972 to 6 February 1973 5. T. Swaminathan : 7 February 1973 to 17 June 1977 6. S. L. Shakdhar : 18 June 1977 to 17 June 1982 7. R. K. Trivedi : 18 June 1982 to 31 December 1985 8. R. V. S. Peri Sastri : 1 January 1986 to 25 November 1990 9. V. S. Ramadevi : 26 November 1990 to 11 December 1990 10. T. N. Seshan : 12 December 1990 to 11 December 1996 11. M. S. Gill : 12 December 1996 to 13 June 2001 12. J. M. Lyngdoh : 14 June 2001 to 7 February 2004 13. T. S. Krishnamurthy : 8 February 2004 to 15 May 2005 14. B. B. Tandon : 16 May 2005 to 29 June 2006 15. N. Gopalaswami : 30 June 2006 to 20 April 2009 16. Navin Chawla : 21 April 2009 to 29 July 2010 17. Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi : 30 July 2010 - till date
List of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardees S.No. Year Name of the Sportsperson(s) Sport Discipline 01 1991-92 Viswanathan Anand Chess 02 1992-93 Geet Sethi Billiards 03 1993-94 Not Conferred* - 04 1994-95 Cdr. Homi D. Motivala (Joint) Yachting (Team Event) 04 1994-95 Lt. Cdr. P. K. Garg (Joint) Yachting (Team Event) 05 1995-96 Karnam Malleswari Weightlifting 06 1996-97 Nameirakpam Kunjarani (Joint) Weightlifting 06 1996-97 Leander Paes (Joint) Tennis 07 1997-98 Sachin Tendulkar Cricket 08 1998-99 Jyotirmoyee Sikdar Athletics 09 1999–2000 Dhanraj Pillay Hockey 10 2000-01 Pullela Gopichand Badminton 11 2001-02 Abhinav Bindra Shooting 12 2002-03 Anjali Ved Pathak Bhagwat (Joint) Shooting 12 2002-03 K. M. Beenamol (Joint) Athletics 13 2003-04 Anju Bobby George Athletics 14 2004-05 Lt. Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Shooting 15 2005-06 Pankaj Advani Billiards and Snooker 16 2006-07 Manavjit Singh Sandhu Shooting 17 2007-08 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Cricket 18 2008-09 Mary Kom (Joint) Boxing 18 200