Social science Do you know questions
@President Wilson laid down his Fourteen Points, which were to be followed by the Allies.
@ Lenin was born in 1870 near the Middle Volga.
@ His opponents, in minority (menshinstvo), were called Mensheviks.
@Influenced by the ideas of Karl Marx,
@Pravda is a Russian word meaning “Truth”
@ It was the official newspaper of the Communist Party.
@ Gold Standard is a monetary system where a country’s currency or paper money carried a value directly linked to gold.
@Social Democratic Party was founded as the General German Workers Association on 23 May 1863 in Leipzig.
@ Founder was Ferdinand Lassalle.
@Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969) was born in Tongking.
@His articles in newspapers and especially the pamphlet, French Colonialism on Trial, made him well known as a Vietnam nationalist.
@The descendents of original Dutch settlers of South Africa, also known as Afrikaners, were called Boers.
@ Their language is Afrikaans.
@ Apartheid, which means separateness,
@ In 1990 the ban on ANC was lifted and Mandela freed after 27 years.
@ Dollar Imperialism, the term used to describe the policy of the USA in maintaining and dominating over distant lands through economic aid.
@ The word ‘holocaust’ is used to describe the genocide of nearly six million Jews by the Germans during World War II.
@Shakespeare’s play, The Merchant of Venice clearly depicts the dislike and distrust of Jews among the people.
@ In 1905 he founded in Tokyo the political party which in 1912 became the Kuomintang or the National People’s Party
@Mao was born in Hunan in south-east China.
@Cold War: The rivalry that developed after World War II between the US and the USSR and their respective allies created tension which is referred to as Cold War.
@Zionist Movement: In Palestine, the ancient home of Jews, only a few thousand Jews were living in 1900
@ In 1896 Thodore Herzel, a Viennese journalist, published a pamphlet called The Jewish State.
@ Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Yasser Arafat was its most prominent leader.
@ In 1969, Yasser Arafat became chairman of the PLO’s executive committee a position he held until his death in 2004
@Arafat was elected by the central council of the PLO as the first president of the state of Palestine on April 2, 1989.
@ Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of West Germany from 1982 to 1990.
@ He thus became the first chancellor of a unified Germany after forty five years of division.
@ With French president Mitterand, Kohl was the architect of the Maastricht Treaty, which established the European Union (EU) and the euro currency
@ Perestroika (‘restructuring’) refers to the programme introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980s to restructure Soviet economic and political system.
@ Glasnost (‘openness’) was a policy of ideologically openness introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev along with Perestroika in the 1980s.
@ Yeltsin was first an ally of Gorbachev. However, as Mayor of Moscow.
@Soviet Union continued to exist only in name and at midnight on 31 December 1991, it was formally dissolved.
@The first age of consent was enacted in 1860.
@ Ondiveeran led one of the army units of Puli Thevar. Fighting by the side of Puli Thevar.
@Gopala Nayak spearheaded the famous Dindigul League, which was formed with Lakshmi Nayak of Manaparai and Poojai Nayak of Devadanapatti.
@ Kuyili, a faithful friend of Velunachiyar.
@Udaiyaal was a shepherd girl who was killed for not divulging information on Kuyili.
@Dyarchy, a system of dual government introduced under the Government of India Act 1919,
@ The British enacted the first forest act in 1865.
@ The Indian Forest Act of 1878 claimed that original ownership of forests was with the state.
@ Alluri Sitarama Raju attained martyrdom for the cause of forest dwellers.
@ ‘Real Swaraj will come not by acquisition of authority by a few, but by the acquisition of the capacity by all to resist authority, when abused.’ - M. K. Gandhi
@The distinguished Tamil Moderates from Madras: V.S. Srinivasanar, P.S. Sivasamy, V. Krishnasamy, T.R. Venkatramanar, G.A. Natesan, T.M. Madhava Rao, and S. Subramaniar.
@ Tamil Nadu was then part of the Madras Presidency which included large parts of the present-day states of Andhra Pradesh (Coastal districts and Rayalaseema), Karnataka (Bengaluru, Bellary, South Canara), Kerala (Malabar) and even Odisha (Ganjam).
@ George Joseph: George Joseph, a barrister and eloquent speaker, played a leading role in organising and publicising the cause of Home Rule League in Madurai.
@ He was fondly called “Rosaappu Durai” by the people of Madurai
@ Agitation for Removal of Neill Statue (1927)
@ Neill was later killed by an Indian sepoy. A statue was erected for him at Mount Road, Madras.
@The statue was finally moved to Madras Museum when Congress Ministry, led by C. Rajaji.
@ In 1930, Muthulakshmi Ammaiyar introduced in the Madras Legislative Council a Bill on the “prevention of the dedication of women to Hindu temples in the Presidency of Madras”
@ Amaravati is the new capital of Andhra Pradesh.
@ Hyderabad will be the capital for both the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana till 2024(For 10 years from the act passed).
@ Aravalli range is one of the oldest fold mountain range in the World.
@Himalaya is the home of several high peaks.
@ Out of 14 highest peaks in this world, Himalayas holds 9.
@The major passes in the Himalaya are Karakoram Pass (Jammu and Kashmir), Zojila pass, Shipkila pass (Himachal Pradesh), Bomdila pass (Arunachal Pradesh), Nathula pass and Jhelepla pass (Sikkim). •
@ The Khyber Pass which connects Pakistan and Afganisthan, and Bolan pass in Pakistan are the important passes of the Indian subcontinent.
@ India has been physiographically divided into five divisions
@ Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep are the two major island groups of India.
@Narmada, Tapti, Mahi and Sabarmathi rivers confluence with the Arabian Sea.
@ Equable climate is also called as the British climate, which is neither too hot nor too cold.
@ Mawsynram, the place which receives highest rainfall (1141 cm) in the world. It is located in Meghalaya.
@ Project Tiger was launched in April 1973 with the aim to conserve tiger population in specifically constituted “Tiger Reserves” in India
@ Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) This has been implemented to get more production by using water saving and conservation technologies
@Different names of shifting agriculture in different regions in India
@Jhum (Assam) Poonam (Kerela) Podu (Andhra Pradesh, Odisha) Beewar, Mashan, Penda, Beera (Madhya Pradesh)
@ Livestock Census: First Livestock Census in India was conducted with the title of Dairy Cattle Census in 1919.
@ The Geological Survey of India Headquarter is at Calcutta.
@ Indian Bureau of Mines Headquarter at Nagpur.
@ MOIL- Manganese Ore India Limited state-owned manganese-ore mining company headquartered in Nagpur.
@ SAIL (Steel Authority of India Limited): The Ministry of Steel is responsible for planning and development of iron and steel industry in India.
@Hindustan Copper Ltd is a Government-owned-corporation in the central public Enterprise under the Ministry of minies, India.
@ Bauxite is an oxide of aluminium; the name has been derived after the French word Le Baux.
@ National Aluminium Company Limited, abbreviated as NALCO, (incorporated 1981) has units in Odisha at places like Angul and Damanjodi. It was incorporated as a public sector enterprise of the Ministry of Mines, Government of India in 1981.
@ Coal India Limited (CIL) is an Indian state-controlled coal mining company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal.
@ GAIL (formerly known as Gas Authority of India Limited) is the largest state-owned natural gas processing and distribution company in India. It is headquartered in New Delhi.
@The first hydro-electric power station in India was established at “Darjeeling” in 1897.National Hydroelectric Power Corporation is located in Faridabad, India
@The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is an Indian public sector undertaking based in Mumbai.
@Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited is a Government of India Enterprise.Its head quarter is located at New Delhi.
@ Tamil nadu has the largest installation of wind turbines in the country in the Aralvoimozhi area near Kanniyakumari is the largest concentrations of wind farm capacity at a single location in the world.
@The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE), Chennai was established in Tamil Nadu in 1998.
@The first cotton textile mill was established at Fort Gloster near Kolkata in 1818.
@Ginning is the process of separating cotton seed from cotton.
@ National jute board is headquartered at Kolkata.
@The first paper mill of India was started in 1812 at Serampore in West Bengal.
@ National Newsprint and Paper Mills (NEPA) is at Nepanagar in Burhanpur District of Madhya Pradesh.
@ The first attempt to produce iron and steel unit was set up at Porto Novo in Tamil nadu in 1830.
@Chennai is nicknamed as the “Detroit of Asia” due to the presence of major automobile manufacturing units and allied industries around the city.
@Make in India program was launched in 2014
@ In India the first census was carried out in the year 1872.
@ But the first complete and synchronous census was conducted in 1881.
@ And the 2011 census represents the fifteenth census of India.
@ Shershah suri built the shahi (Royal) road to strengthen and consolidate his empire from the Indus valley to the Sonar valley in Bengal.
@ This road from Kolkata to Peshawar was renamed as Grand Trunk (GT) road during the British period. At present, it extends from Amristar to Kolkata.
@ National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) was established in 1995.
@ The first sub-urban railway was started in 1925 in Mumbai.
@Gatiman Express is the fastest operational train in India.
@This train connects New Delhi and Agra and touches 160 km/h.
@As per, the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, state boundaries were reorganised on some linguistic basis.
@All districts of Tamil Nadu except the Chennai, The Nilgiris and Kanyakumari were bifurcated at different points of time.
@ Chinnakallar near Valparai is the 3rd wettest place in India and the wettest place in Tamil Nadu.
@Pichavaram mangrove forest is located near Chidambaram, Cuddalore district. This is the second largest mangrove forest in the world.
@ The Tamil Nadu Rice Research Institute (TRRI) is situated at Aduthurai, in Thanjavur district, it was established in April, 1985
@ India observed 2018 as national year of millets.
@ FAO has decided to observe 2023 as the international year of millets.
@ GI (Geographical Indication) is a name or sign used on products which corresponds to a specific geographical location. It provides rights and protection of holders.
@ NH - 44 is the longest national highway in Tamil Nadu.
@NH - 785 is the shortest national highway in Tamil Nadu.
@ Prem Behari Narain Raizada was the calligrapher of the Indian Constitution. The original constitution was handwritten by him in a flowing italic style
@Liberty, Equality and Fraternity were the important slogans during the French Revolution in 1789.
@ Right to Property (Art. 31) was deleted from the list of Fundamental Rights by the 44th Amendment Act, 1978. It is made a legal right under Article 300-A in Part XII of the Constitution.
@In 1969, the Tamil Nadu Government appointed a three-member committee under the chairmanship of Dr. P V Rajamannar to examine the entire question of Centre-state relations.
@Part XVII of the Constitution deals with the official language in Articles 343 to 351.
@In 2004, the Government of India decided to create new category of languages called as “classical languages”.
@ 42nd amendment of the Constitution is known as the mini-Constitution.
@ It is a well-known fact that the President of India resides at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. However, he has two other offices cum residences where he conducts office at least once a year.
@They are 'The Retreat Building' at Shimla and the 'Rashtrapati Nilayam' at Hyderabad.
@ Kerala and Punjab are the States where the President’s Rule was imposed for maximum number of times i.e., nine times in both States
@ If the posts of President and Vice-President lie vacant, Chief Justice of India works as President. This situation happened in 1969 when Chief Justice M.Hidayutalla was appointed as President of India.
@ Lok Sabha members have the power to elect the president, vice president. Motion of no
confidence can only be introduced in Lok Sabha. Elected members of the Parliament from
Tamil Nadu.
@ Rajya Sabha – 18 members Lok Sabha – 39 members.
@ The Supreme Court of India, New Delhi was inaugurated on January 28, 1950.
@ It succeeded the Federal Court of India, established under the Government of India Act of 1935.
@ The Attorney General for the India is the highest law officer in the country.
@In Tamil Nadu, according to the strength of Legislative Assembly (234 members), the number of ministers may be up to 36, i.e. 15 percent of 234.
@ The Tamil Nadu Legislative Council was abolished by Tamil Nadu Legislative Council (Abolition) Bill, 1986. The Act came into force on the 1st November 1986.
@ The High Court of Madras is the one of the three High Courts in India established in the three Presidency Towns of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras by letters patent granted by Queen Victoria, bearing date 26 June 1862. The High Court building is the second largest judicial complex in the world after London.
@The foreign Service Training Institute, New Delhi established in 1986 provides training for officers of Indian Foreign Services (IFS).
@ Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan of Baluchistan (a border province in today’s Pakistan) was a prominent leader of the Indian Independence.
@ The Teen Bigha Corridor is a strip of land belonging to India on the West Bengal– Bangladesh border, which was leased to Bangladesh in 2011.
@ Guru Padmasambhava, a Buddhist saint who went to Bhutan from India,
@McMahon Line: This is the boundary line between India and China, east of Bhutan.
@ It was determined 1914
@ The Secretary of State for India (in British Cabinet), Arthur Henry McMahon, represented British India at the Conference.
@ Radcliffe was the chairman of the border commission.
@ One of the oldest maritime trading routes ran from ancient Sumeria via Bahrain to the Indus Civilisation called Meluha.
@ The acronym BRICS was coined by Jim O’Neill, a famous British economist.
@The OPEC LOGO international design competition held in 1969. An Austrian designer Svoboda won the competition.
@In 1867-68 for the first time Dadabhai Navroji had ascertained the Per Capital Income in his book “Poverty and Un-British Rule of India”.
@The modern concept of GDP was first developed by Simon Kuznets for a US Congress report in 1934.
@Human Development Index In 1990 Mahbub ul Haq, a Pakistani Economist at the United Nations, introduced the Human Development Index.
@ The term Gross National Happiness was coined in 1972 during an interview by a British journalist for the Financial Times at Bombay airport when the then king of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck,
@ Rounds of GATT • First in Geneva (Switzerland) (1947)
@ Eighth and final round at Punta del Este (Uruguay) in 1986 – 1994, known as ‘Uruguay Round’.
@World Trade Organization (WTO): Head Quarter: Geneva, Switzerland Purpose: Regulation, International trade Members of WTO: Director General, Four Deputy Director General, and other 600 Official Staff from around 80 member countries.
@ GATT was signed by 23 countries in 1947. India was one of the founder members of GATT.
@ The National Food Security Act (NFSA) was passed by the Indian Parliament in 2013.
@ National Food Security Act in Tamil Nadu On 1 November 2016, National Food Security Act was implemented in Tamil Nadu after holding out for three years.
@ A concept related to purchasing power is purchasing price parity (PPP).
@India became the third largest economy in terms of PPP. China became the largest economy.
@ In India, Income Tax was introduced for the first time in 1860 by Sir James Wilson.
@ In India almost all the direct taxes are collected by the Union governments.
@The major indirect taxes in India are customs duty and GST. France was the first country to implement GST in 1954.
@ MEPZ is a Special Economic Zone in Chennai. It was established in 1984
@ The MEPZ headquarters is located on GST Road in Tambaram, Chennai.
@ Startup India Scheme (Launched 16-Jan2016): Standup India Scheme (Launched 5-April-2016)
@ Chennai is nicknamed as "The Detroit of Asia" because of its large auto industry base.
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