1.

No Tobacco Day is May, 31

2. The National Flag of India was adopted by the constituent assembly on the
July 22, 1947. The ratio of the width of the flag to its length is two to three.
3. The charka has 24 spokes.
4. Flag code 2002: The Union Cabinet decide that all citizens of India could
host the tri colour throughout the year. Previously they could do so only on
special days such as Republic Day and Independence Day.
5. Supreme Court in a major ruling declared that hoisting of the National Flag by
the citizens is a Fundamental Right under Article 19(1) (a) of the
Constitution.
6. National Emblem – Saranath Lion Capital of Ashoka.
7. The original lioned capital of the pillar was designed by Emperor Ashoka.
This was adopted as the National Emblem on the January 26, 1950 by the
Government of India.
8. The words “SATYAMEVA JAYETE” are inscribed on the Emblem in
Devanagari Script.
9. The words “SATYAMEVA JAYETE” are taken from mundaka Upanishad.
(Truth alone triumphs).
10. National Anthem composed by Rabindranath Tagore. Originally it was
composed in Bengal. It was first sung on December 27, 1911 at the Calcutta
session of Indian National Congress.
11. National Anthem was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on January 24,
1950.
12. The song translated into English by Tagore in 1919 under the title “Morning
song of India”.
13. National Song “Vande mataram” composed by Bankim Chandra chatterji.
Adopted on January 25, 1950.
14. National song was taken from Bankim Chandra chatterji’s novel “Anand
Math” 1892.
15. National Calender: Adopted Saka era. It has normal 365 days and begins
with chaitra as the first month.
16. The Saka era begun in AD 78 first month “Chaitra” and the last month
“phalguna”.
17. National Animal - Tiger (Panthera Tigris). Lion was the
National Animal up to 1972.
18. National Bird - Indian Peacock
19. National Flower – Lotus.
20. National Fruit – Mango.
21. National Tree – Banyan.
22. NATIONAL RIVER - GANGA
23. The season represents 2 months. In India 6 seasons are mentioned.
Vasanta, Grishma, Varsha, Sharad, Hemant and shishira.
24. Botanical Survey of India set up in 1980 at Kolkata.
25. Zoological Survey of India was set up in 1916 in Kolkata.
 26. Total number of Biospheres in India is 14. Out of this 4 (Niligiri, Sunderbans,
Gulf of Mannar and Nanda Devi) have been recognized by UNSECO.
27. The total forest cover in India is 20.60 %.
28. Madhya Pradesh is the state with largest area under forest cover.

NATIONAL PARKS

29. Bandipur National Park - Karnataka

30. Chandraprabha sanctuary - UP
31. Corbett National Park - Uttaranchal
32. Ghana Bird Sanctuary - Rajastan
33. Gir National Park - Gujarat
34. Hazaribagh Sanctuary - Bihar
35. Kanha National Park - MP
36. Kaziranga National Park - Assam (Famous for one-horned
rhinoceros).
37. Periyar Sanctuary - Kerala
38. Wild Ass Sanctuary - Gujarat
39. Manas Sanctuary - Assam
40. Area-wise Rajastan is the largest state in India.
41. Area-wise Goa is the smallest state.
42. Area-wise Andaman&Nicobar Islands is the largest UT.
43. Area-wise Lakshadweep is the smallest UT.
44. Highest population is in UP.
45. Lowest population is in Sikkim.
46. Highest population Delhi (UT).
47. Lowest population Lakshadweep (UT).
48. Largest country is Russia (area wise).
49. India is the 7th largest country (area wise).
50. Highest population – China.
51. Population wise India is the second largest country in the world.
52. Andhra Pradesh is the first state in India that has been formed on a purely
linguistic basis in 1953 and enlarged in 1956. Andhra state – 1953 and AP in
1956.
53. Highest number of Assembly seats – UP – 355.
54. Highest number of legislative Council – UP – 99.
55. Highest number of Rajya Sabha seats – UP -31.
56. Highest number of Loksabha seats – UP – 80.
57. Lowest number of Assembly seats – Sikkim -32.
58. Lowest number of Legislative Council – JK – 36.
59. Lowest number of Loksabha seats – Sikkim – 1.
60. Lowest number of Rajya Sabha seats – Sikkim, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura
and Goa – 1.
61. The Legislative Councils are present only in six states. Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka, Maharastra, Bihar, UP& J&K.
62. In Union Territories Delhi has maximum number of seats in Assembly. (70).
63. Puducherry has the lowest number of seats in Assembly. (30).
64. The first High Courts are established in Bombay, Calcutta and madras in the
year 1862.
65. Vijayantha is the first indigenous tank.
66. Arjun is the main battle tank designed by DRDO.
67. AP, UP, Bihar, Maharastra, Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir are the six
states with Legislative councils.
68. Highest sex ratio is in Kerala.
69. The Army, Navy and Air force head quarters is located in New Delhi.
70. The High Court was first established in Bombay, Calcutta and Madras in the
year 1862.
71. In the year 2000 three new High Courts were set up in Chhattisgarh,
Jharkhand and Uttaranchal.
72. At present there are 21 High Courts present in India.

SUBMARINES:
1. INS CHAKRA: India’s first nuclear submarine. (From USSR).
2. INS SHALKI: First indigenously built submarine.
3. INS Sindhushastra: India’s first missile firing submarine.
4. INS GHARIYAL: Indigenously built warship.
5. INS VIBHUTI: Indigenously built missile boat.

R&D
1. Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) was set up in
1958. The Defence Research and Development Laboratory launched
Integrated Missile development Programme. Under this five missiles were
successfully test fired.
A. PRITHVI: India’s first indigenously built Surface to Surface missile. In
1998, first test fired from Sriharikota. 250 KM. Inducted in 1993.
B. TRISHUL: Short range surface to Air missile. 5-9 KM. 1988.
C. Akash: Surface to Air missile. 25 KM. 1990.
D. NAG: Third generation anti-tank guided missile. 4 KM. 1988.
E. AGNI: Intermediate ballistic surface to surface missile. 2500 KM. 1989.

MISCELLANEOUS:

1. Coast guards set up in 1977.

2. Cantonment board is established through cantonment Act of 1924.
3. Home guards set up in 1946.

ATOMIC ENERGY:

1. The Atomic Energy Commission was set up in 1948. The present

Chairman is Anil Kakodkar.
 2. On May 18, 1974 India conducted its first underground nuclear explosion
at POKHRAN (RAJASTAN). Second test was conducted on May 11,
1998. “OPERATION SHAKTI” was the code name of the tests.
3. India became the sixth nuclear power in the world.
4. At present there are six Nuclear power stations in India. Tarapur
( Maharastra), Rawatbhatta (Rajastan), Kalpakkam (Tamilnadu), Narora
(UP), kakrapar (Gujarat), Kaiga (Karnataka).
5. The first Heavy water plant was set up in Nangal (Punjab) in the year
1962. Heavy water is used in Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors
(PHWR).
6. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) set up in 1957 at Trombay, near
Bombay. It houses “APSARA”, “CIRUS” and “DHRUVA” the three nuclear
reactors.
7. Indian Space Research Organization was set up in 1969.

CENTRE LOCATION
1. Vikram Sarabhai Space centre – Thiruvananthapuram.
2. ISRO Satellite Centre - Bangalore
3. Space Application Centre - Ahmedabad
4. SHAR Centre - Srihari Kota
5. National Remote Sensing Agency – Hyderabad

A. The first Indian satellite Aryabhatta launched from USSR.

B. Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma became India’s first man in space.
C. India set a record on April 28, 2008 by PSLV-C9 successfully launching 10
satellites from Sriharikota, AP. It also included remote sensing satellite
CARTOSAT-2A.

NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS:
1. Central Institute for cotton research – Nagpur.
2. Coffee Board – Bangalore
3. Tea Board - Kottayam (Kerala)
4. Tobacco Board - Andhra Pradesh
5. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade – New Delhi
6. Indian Diamond Institute – Surat
7. Advanced Level Telecom Centre – Ghazaibad
8. Bharat Ratna Bhim Rao Ambedkar Institute of Telecom Training –
Jabalpur.
9. National Academy for Telecom Finance and Management – Hyderabad.
10. telecommunication Engineering Centre – New Delhi
11. Indian Institute of Science – Bangalore.
12. Indian School Business – Hyderabad
13. Bureau of Indian Standards – Delhi
14. Central Drug Research Institute – Lucknow
15. National Institute for Oceanography – Panaji (Goa)
16. Centre For Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) – Hyderabad
17. National Institute for Nutrition – Hyderabad
18. Central Rice Research Institute – Cuttack
19. Centre for DNA finger printing and Diagnostics – Hyderabad
20. Indian Institute for Sugar Technology – Kanpur
21. National Institute for Immunology – New Delhi
22. National Institute for Ocean technology – Chennai.