Largest banks in the World ranked by Total Assets in –2013 (Total assets, US$bn &
as per Balance sheet on 31.03.2013)
1 Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) (China) — 2,953.85
2 HSBC Holdings (UK) — 2,681.36
3 Deutsche Bank (Germany) — 2,597.36
4 Credit Agricole Group (France) — 2,582.42
5 BNP Paribas (France) —2,507.96
State Bank of India & Associate Banks— Headquarters and Foundation
State Bank of India— Mumbai (1July 1955)
State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur— Jaipur (1963)
State Bank of Hyderabad— Hyderabad (8 August 1941)
State Bank of Mysore— Bangalore (1913)
State Bank of Patiala— Patiala ( 17 November 1917)
State Bank of Travancore— Thiruvananthapuram, (1945)
Presidents of Indian National Congress (INC) (year and conferences where they elected)
Indira Gandhi— 1978 – 83 Delhi Indira Gandhi— 1983-84 Calcutta Rajiv Gandhi—1985-91 Bombay P.
V. Narasimha Rao—1992-96 Tirupati Sitaram Kesri— 1997-98 Calcutta Sonia Gandhi— 1998–
present Calcutta
Largest Producers of crops in India
1. The largest producer of paddy in India----West Bengal
2. The largest producer of wheat in India---Uttar Pradesh
3. The largest producer of sugarcane in India ---Uttar Pradesh
4. The largest producer of groundnut in India ---Gujarat
5. The largest producer of tea in India---Assam
6. The largest producer of coffee in India---Karnataka
7. The largest producer of jute in India ---West Bengal
8. The largest producer of tobacco in India---Andhra Pradesh
9. The largest producer of bananas in India---Tamilnadu
10. The largest producer of saffron in India---Jammu & Kashmir
11. The largest producer of onion in India---Maharashtra
12. The largest producer of black pepper in India---Kerala
13. The largest producer of cotton in India---Gujarat*
14. The largest producer of bamboos in India---Assam
India's All-Time Olympic Medalists
1. K. D. Jadhav— Bronze —1952 (Helsinki)—Wrestling— Men's freestyle Bantamweight
2.Leander Paes —Bronze — 1996 (Atlanta)—Tennis—Men's singles
3.Karnam Malleswari —Bronze —2000 (Sydney)—Weightlifting—Women's 69 kg
4.Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore —Silver— 2004 (Athens)—Shooting—Men's double trap
5.Abhinav Bindra —Gold — 2008 (Beijing) —Shooting—Men's 10m Air Rifle
6. Vijender Singh— Bronze— 2008 Beijing—Boxing—Men's 75 kg
7. Sushil Kumar— Bronze— 2008 Beijing —Wrestling—Men's 66 kg Freestyle
8.Gagan Narang— Bronze— 2012 London—Shooting—Men's 10m Air Rifle
9.Vijay Kumar —Silver—2012 London—Shooting—Men's 25 Rapid Fire Pistol
10.Saina Nehwal —Bronze—2012 London—Badminton—Women's singles
11.Mary Kom —Bronze— 2012 London— Boxing—Women's flyweight
12.Yogeshwar Dutt —Bronze— 2012 London—Wrestling—Men's 60 kg Freestyle
13.Sushil Kumar —Silver— 2012 London—Wrestling—Men's 66 kg Freestyle
Top 10 Largest Countries by Area
1 Russia — 17,098,242 km square 2 Canada — 9,984,670 km square 3 United States of America—
9,826,675 km square 4 China— 9,596,961 km square 5 Brazil— 8,514,877 km square 6 Australia—
7,617,930 km square 7 India— 3,287,263 km square 8 Argentina— 2,766,890 km square 9 Kazakhstan—
2,724,900 km square 10 Algeria— 2,381,741 km square
First in India in Governance
• President of the Indian National Congress— Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee, 1885
• President of the Indian National Congress of independent India— Acharya Kripalani, till Nov 1947
• President— Rajendra Prasad (1950–1962)
• First Woman President— Pratibha Patil (2007–2012)
• The first Chief Election Commissioner — Sukumar Sen
• Vice-President— Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
• Prime Minister— Jawaharlal Nehru (1947–1964). India held its first constitutional elections in 1952 after
which he was re-elected
.• Deputy Prime Minister— Vallabhbhai Patel (1947–1950)
• Law Minister of India— B. R. Ambedkar
• Prime Minister to be voted out of office— Indira Gandhi (1977), when the Indian National Congress lost
to the Janata Party
• Non-Congress government— Janata Party, with Morarji Desai as the Prime Minister (1977–1980)
• Person outside the Nehru-Gandhi family to serve as Prime Minister for a full term (five years)— P. V.
Narasimha Rao, 21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996
• Women Railway Minister of India— Mamata Banerjee
• The first Viceroy of India— Lord Canning, 1858
• Governor-General of Independent India— Lord Mountbatten, 1947
•Indian Governor-General of Indian Union— C Rajagopalachari, 1948
• Chief Justice of India— H. J. Kania (1947–1951)
• First Sikh Prime Minister— Manmohan Singh (2004–present
• First Muslim President— Zakir Hussain (1967–1969)
• First Sikh President— Giani Zail Singh
• Speaker of Lok Sabha— G.V. Mavlankar (1952–1956)
• Finance Minister of Independent India— R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947–1949)
Chairman Of SEBI
Upendra Kumar Sinha— 18 February 2011- present
C. B. Bhave— 18 February 2008 to 18 February 2011
LATEST APPOINTMENTS IN THE WORLD
1. Abdulla Yameen appointed as the new President of Maldives.
9. Miss World 2013: Megan Young from Philippines
10. Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola of Nigeria - New World Muslimah 2013
11. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita: New Mali President
14. Tony Abbott :New PM of Australia. He succeeded Kevin Rudd
17. Wael Nader Al-Halqi: Prime Minister of Syria.
19. Satya Nadella (India-born) – New Microsoft CEO
20. Roberto Azevedo - Head of W.T.O.
21. New King of Belgium: Prince Philippe
22. Samantha Power - US ambassador to United Nations.
23. Susan Elizabeth Rice - National Security Adviser to Obama
24. James Comey - next FBI Director of US.
25. Staffan de Mistura - Italian Special Envoy to India.
27. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, first woman regional director of WHO
29. Ashok Vemuri - the President and CEO of iGate Corporation.
30. Puneet Talwar - the Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs by the US President
Barack Obama.
31. The new Argentine pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio (76) - new Pope becomes the 266th pontiff.
32. Thomas Batch (Germany) - 9th President of IOC ( succeeded Jacques Rogge of Belgium.)
33. Rangaswamy Srinivasan is the only Indian American re-nominated by Obama for the District of
Columbia Circuit.
37. Hassan Rouhani – New Iran's seventh President
38. Robert Mugabe – President of Zimbabwe
40. Shinzo Abe - New PM of Japan.
44. Khil Raj Regmi – New Prime Minister of Nepal
49. Srikanth Srinivasan - first Indian-American judge in the U.S. Supreme Court
50. Abdul Hamid- New Bangladeshi President
Navratna CPSEs 1. Bharat Electronics Limited2. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited3. Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited4. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited5. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam
Limited6. National Aluminium Company Limited7. NMDC Limited8. Neyveli Lignite Corporation
Limited9. Oil India Limited10. Power Finance Corporation Limited11. Power Grid Corporation of India
Limited12. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited13. Rural Electrification Corporation Limited14. Shipping
Corporation of India Limited
Maharatna CPSEs (as on February, 2013)1. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited2. Coal India Limited3.
GAIL (India) Limited4. Indian Oil Corporation Limited 5. NTPC Limited6. Oil & Natural Gas
Corporation Limited7. Steel Authority of India Limited
New 7 Wonders of the World 1. Taj Mahal — Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India (AD 1632)2. Chichen Itza —
Yucatán Mexico( AD 800)3. Christ the Redeemer — Rio de Janeiro Brazil (AD 1926)4. Colosseum —
Rome, Italy (AD 70)5. Great Wall of China — China (BC 700)6. Machu Picchu — Cuzco Region, Peru
(AD 1438)7. Petra —Ma'an Governorate, Jordan (BC 312)
Important Rates by RBI Bank Rate - 8.75% Repo Rate - 7.75% Reverse Repo Rate - 6.75% Marginal
Standing Facility Rate - 8.75% CRR- 4%SLR -23%
List of Important Sports Venue 1. 2012 Olympics is held at - London2. Venue of 2016 Olympics - Rio
de Janeiro (Brazil)3. Venue of 2014 Winter Olympics - Sochi (Russia)4. 2012 Summer Paralympics is held
at - London 5. Venue of 2016 Summer Paralympics - Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)6. Venue of 2014 Winter
Paralympics - Sochi (Russia)7. Venue of 2014 FIFA World Cup Football - Brazil
Top—10 countries by oil production (Production in bbl/day & share of the world in %)1 Russia
10,900,000 (13.28%)2 Saudi Arabia 9,900,000 (12.65%)3 United States 8,453,000 (9.97%)4 Iran
4,231,000 (4.77%)5 China 4,073,000 (4.56%)6 Canada 3,592,000 (3.90%)7 Iraq 3,400,000 (3.75%)8
United Arab Emirates 3,087,000 (3.32%)
Bharat Ratna Awardees
Lata Mangeshkar 2001, Ustad Bismillah Khan 2001, Pt. Bhimsen Joshi 2008 And government announced
Great cricketer and one of the world's foremost scientists – Sachin Tendulkar and CNR Rao – will get the
Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award.
Mr. Cyrus Mistry---------- Chairman Tata Sons
Mr. Mukesh Ambani----- Chairman Reliance Industries
Mr. Lakshmi Mittal------- Chairman Mittal Arcelor Steels
Ms. Kiran Mazumdar------ Chairman Biocon
Ms. Chanda Kochhar---- Managing Director & CEO ICICI Bank
Mr. Shiv Nadar--------- Chairman HCL Technologies
Mr. Naresh Goyal------- Chairman Jet Airways
Mr. Sunil Mittal---------- Chairman Bharti Group
Ms. Indra Nooyi-------- CEO Pepsico
Shikha Sharma---------- MD, CEO Axis Bank
S. D. Shibulal------------ CEO and Managing Director Infosys
Azim H. Premji---------- Chairman Wipro
Mr. Vineet Nayyar------- Chairman of Mahindra Satyam
Mr. Rohit Nandan------- Chairman & Managing Director of Air India
Mr. K. V. Kamath---------Chairman ICICI Bank
Mr. C. M. Vasudev------ Chairman, HDFC Bank
IMPORTANT BANKING ABBREVIATIONS
01. ISCI – International Standard Industrial Classification
02. KCC – Kisan Credit Card
03. KVIC – Khadi and Village Industries Corporation
04. KYC – Know your customer
05. LAMPS – Large Sized Adivasi Multipurpose societies
06. LERMS – Liberalised Exchange Rate Management System
07. LIC – Life Insurance Corporation of India
08. MCA – Ministry of Company affairs
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MICR – Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
NABARD – National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
NBFC – Non Banking Finance Companies
NEFT – National Electronic Funds Transfer
NPA – Non Performing assets
NRE – Non Resident External account
NRI – Non Resident Indian
NSE – National Stock Exchange
OLTAS – Online tax accounting system
OMO – Open market operations
PACS – Primary Agricultural Credit Societies
PDO – Public Debt Office
PIN – Personal Identification Number
QIB – Qualified Institutional Buyers
RBI – Reserve Bank of India
RDBMS – Relational Database Management System
REC – Rural Electrification Corporation
RFC – Resident Foreign Currency
RIDF – Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
RRB – Regional Rural Bank
RTGS – Real Time Gross Settlement
RWA – Risk Weighted Assets
SBI – State Bank of India
SCB – Scheduled Commercial Bank
SDR – Special Drawing Rights
SEBI – Securities and Exchange Board of India
SFMS - Structured Financial Messaging Services
SHG – Self Help Group
SIDBI – Small Industries Development Bank of India
SIDC – State Industrial Development Corporation
SJSRY –Swarna Jayanthi Shahari Rozgar Yojana
SLR – Statutory Liquidity Ratio
SLRS – Scheme for Liberation and Rehabilitation of Scavangers
SMERA – SME rating agency of India Limited
SSI – Small Scale Industries
SME – Small and Medium Industries
SSSBE – Small Scale Service and Business Enterprises
UTI – Unit Trust of India
WPI – Wholesale Price Index
YTM – Yield to maturity
LAB – Local Area Banks
Oscar Awards (85th) 2013 winners' list
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Actress - Jennifer Lawrence for 'Silver Linings Playbook'
Direction - Ang Lee for 'Life of Pi'
Writing - Original Screenplay - Quentin Tarantino for 'Django Unchained'
Writing - Adapted Screenplay - Chris Terrio for 'Argo'
Original Song - Adele for 'Skyfall'
Original Score - Mychael Danna for 'Life of Pi'
Production Design - 'Lincoln' - Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration).
Film Editing - William Goldenberg for 'Argo'
Actress in a Supporting Role - Anne Hathaway for 'Les Miserables'
Foreign Language Film – 'Amour'
Documentary - Feature – 'Searching for Sugar Man'
Documentary - Short Subject - `Inocente`
Short Film - Live Action - Shawn Christensen for `Curfew'
Make-Up and Hair Styling - Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell for `Les Misérables`
Costume Design - Jacqueline Durran for 'Anna Karenina'
Visual Effects - `Life of Pi`
Cinematography - Claudio Miranda for `Life of Pi`
Animated Feature Film - `Brave`
Short Film - Animated - John Kahrs for `Paperman`
Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz for `Django Unchained`
Important "BOOKS AND AUTHORS"
1. India & Malaysia: Intertwined Strands by: Veena Sikri
2. Mythily Sivaraman Wrote A Book Haunted by Fire Essays On Caste, Class, Exploitation And Emancipation
3. “Ahmed Radha, Ahmed Krishnah” - Gulab Kothari (Chief Editor of Hindi newspaper Rajasthan Patrika)
4. An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions - Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen.
5. A Brush with Life- Satish Gujral
6. A Bend in the river- V.S. Naipaul
7. God of Small things- Arundhati Rai
8. Inheritance of Loss- Kiran Desai.
9. Joseph Anton- Salman Rushdie (Autobiography)
10. “Khushwantnama-The Lessons of My Life “ –Khushwant singh
11. Lajja- Taslima Nasrin.
12. My Unforgettable Memories-Mamata Banerjee
13. "Muslim in Indian cities”- Christophe Jaffrelot & Laurent Gayer
14. My country My Life- L.K.Advani
15. My Music My Life- Pt Ravi shankar mahadevan
6. Revolution 2020- Chetan Bhagat
17. Runs in Ruins — Sunil Gavaskar
18. Satanic versus- Salman Rushdie
19. True Colours — Adam Gilchrist
20. The Heritage of Sikhs — Harbans Singh
21. The Jewels of Happiness – Indian spiritual guru Sri Chinmoy.
22. The Things About Thugs — Tabish Nair
23. The Test of My Life'- Indian cricketer Yuvraj singh
24. “Those were the Day and then-The Life & Times of Lal Krishna Advani”-Mira Govind Advani
25. Turning Points-APJ Abdul Kalam
26. What Young India Wants – Chetan bhagat
27. Ye Jo Hai Pakistan'- Shivendra Kumar Singh.
28. Smritiyan - Garima Sanjay
29. My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions - former President of India, Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen
Abdul Kalam (APJ
30. How Not to Make Money -Raj Kundra, the millionaire businessman.
Some Important Portals & their Founders
1. Google — Larry Page & Sergey Brin
2. Facebook— Mark Zuckerberg
3. Yahoo— David Filo & Jerry Yang
4. Twitter— Jack Dorsey & **** Costolo
5. Internet— Tim Berners Lee
6. Linkdin— Reid Hoffman, Allen Blue& Koonstantin Guericke
7. Email— Shiva Ayyadurai
8. Gtalk— Richard Wah kan
9. Whats app — Laurel Kirtz
10. Hotmail— Sabeer Bhatia
11. Orkut— Buyukkokten
12. Wikipedia— Jimmy Wales
13. You tube— Steve Chen, Chad Hurley & JawedKarim
14. Rediffmail— Ajit Balakrishnan
15. Nimbuzz— Martin Smink & Evert Jaap Lugt
16. Myspace— Chris Dewolfe & Tom Anderson
17. Ibibo — Ashish Kashyap
18. OLX— Alec Oxenford & Fabrice Grinda
19. Skype— Niklas Zennstrom,Janus Friis & Reid Hoffman
20. Opera— Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner & Geir lvarsoy
21. Mozilla Firefox— Dave Hyatt & Blake Ross
22. Blogger— Evan Willam Belli
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Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission—Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Chief Election Commissioner of India— V. S. Sampath
Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission— Justice K.G. Balakrishnan
Chief Commissioner, Central Information Commission— Ms. Deepak Sandhu
Chairman, National Commission for Minorities Wajahat Habibullah
Chairman, National Commission for SC— P.L.Punia
Chairman, National Commission for ST— Dr Rameshwar Oraon
Chairperson, National Commission for Women — Ms. Mamta Sharma
Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission— Ratan Kumar Sinha
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ISRO — K. Radhakrishnan
Union Public Service Commission— D P Agrawal
National Knowledge Commission— Sam Pitroda
University Grants Commission— Prof. Ved Prakash
National Commission for Backward Classes— Justice vangala eswaraiah
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights— Prof. Shantha Sinha
1 Chief of Army Staff— General Bikram Singh General Bikram Singh
2 Chief of Air Staff— Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne
3 Chief of Naval Staff— Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi
4 Chief of Integrated Defence Staff— Lieutenant General Anil Chait
5 Director General, Border Security Force— Subhash Joshi
6 Director General, Central Reserve Police Force— Dileep Trivedi
7 Director General,Central Industrial Security Force— Rajiv
8 Director-General of Military Intelligence —R. K. Loomba
9 Director, Central Bureau of Investigation— Ranjit Sinha
10 Director, Intelligence Bureau— Syed Asif Ibrahim
11 Director General, National Investigation Agency— Sharad Kumar
12 Secretary (Research) — Alok Joshi
13 Member (Investigation CBDT) — KV Chaudhary
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Arya Samaj :- Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Athmiya Sabha :- Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Brahma Samaj :- Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Deccan Educational Society :- G. G. Agarkar, M. G. Ranade, V. G. Gibhongar
Dharma Sabha :- Radhakantha dev
Indian Brahma Samaj :- Keshav Chandra Sen
Manavadharma Sabha :- Durgaram Manjaram
Prarthana Samaj :- Athmaram Pandurang
Pune Sewa Sadan :- Smt. Ramabhai Ranade, G. K. Devdhar
Ramakrishna Mission :- Swami Vivekananda
Sadharan Brahma Samaj :- Shivananda Sashtri, Anand Mohan Bose
Servant of India Society :- Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Sewa Sadan :- Bahuramji M. Malabari
Sewa Samithi :- H. N. Kunsru
Social Service League :- N. M. Joshi
Thathwabodhini Sabha :- Debendranatha Tagore
Theosophical Society :- Madam H. P. Blavadski, Col. H. L. Olkott
Note : UNESCO on 8 November 2013 suspended the voting rights of the United States (US) and Israel. The
suspension happened as the two countries stopped paying the dues to the United Nations (UN's) cultural arm
from two years in the protest over the grant of full membership to the Palestinians. The voting rights of the two
nations were suspended as they both failed to provide a justification for non-payments of the dues within
deadline.
Martha Dodray, a health worker from Bihar on 6 November 2013 won the global UN Award for her
commitment and dedication to eradicate Polio in India. United Nation has conferred the UN Frontline Workers
Global Leadership Award to Martha Dodray.
India and Kuwait on 8 November 2013 agreed to expand cooperation in key areas, which includes energy and
investment. Five pacts were signed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in culture and education during the India
visit of the Prime Minister of Kuwait, HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.
Automobile Manufacturers of the World
Automobile Manufacturers of Germany—
Audi
BMW
Mercedes-Benz
Opel
Porsche
Volkswagen
RUF
Automobile Manufacturers of Japan —
Honda
Acura(A division of Honda)
Nissan
Infiniti(A division of Nissan)
Isuzu
Lexus
Mazda
Mitsubishi Motors
Subaru
Suzuki
Toyota
Yamaha
Automobile Manufacturers of India —
Bajaj
Hero MotoCorp
Maruti Suzuki
Mahindra & Mahindra Limited
Tata Motors
TVS
Ashok Leyland
Hindustan Motors
Automobile Manufacturers of Italy —
Alfa Romeo
Ferrari
Fiat
Lamborghini
Automobile Manufacturers of America —
Chevrolet
Dodge
Ford
General Motors
Automobile Manufacturers of England —
Aston Martin
Jaguar
Land Rover
McLaren
Other important Automobile Manufacturers —
Hyundai - south korea
Daewoo - south korea
Volvo – Sweden
Renault - France
Peugeot - France
Skoda – Czech
Note : India successfully test fired the indigenous Agni-1 missile from Wheeler Island off Odisha
coast on 8 November 2013.
1. Afghanistan — Afghan Afghani
2. Albania — Albanian Lek
3. Algeria — Algerian dinar
4. Andorra — European euro
5. Angola — Angolan Kwanza
6. Anguilla — East Caribbean dollar
7. Antigua and Barbuda — East Caribbean dollar
8. Argentina — Argentine peso
9. Armenia — Armenian dram
10. Aruba — Aruban florin
11. Australia — Australian dollar
12. Austria — European euro
13. Azerbaijan — Azerbaijani Manat
14. Bahamas — Bahamian dollar
15. Bahrain — Bahraini Dinar
16. Bangladesh — Bangladeshi Taka
17. Barbados — Barbadian Dollar
18. Belarus — Belarusian ruble
19. Belgium — European Euro
20. Belize — Belize Dollar
21. Bhutan — Bhutanese Ngultrum
22. Bolivia — Bolivian Boliviano
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Brazil — Brazilian Real
Brunei — Brunei Dollar
Bulgaria — Bulgarian Lev
Burkina Faso — West African Franc
Burundi — Burundi Franc
Cambodia — Cambodian Riel
Cameroon — Central African franc
Canada — Canadian Dollar
Cape Verde — Cape Verdean Escudo
Cayman Islands — Cayman Islands Dollar
Central African Republic — Central African Franc
Chad — Central African franc
Chile — Chilean Peso
China — Chinese Renminbi
Colombia — Colombian Peso
Comoros — Comorian Franc
Congo — Central African Franc
Congo Democratic Republic — Congolese Franc
Costa Rica — Costa Rican Colon
Côte d'Ivoire — West African Franc
Croatia — Croatian Kuna
Cuba — Cuban Peso
Cyprus — European euro
Czech Republic — Czech Koruna
Denmark — Danish Krone
Djibouti — Djiboutian Franc
Dominica — East Caribbean Dollar
Dominican Republic — Dominican Peso
East Timor — uses the U.S. Dollar
Ecuador — uses the U.S. Dollar
Egypt — Egyptian Pound
El Salvador — uses the U.S. Dollar
Equatorial Guinea — Central African franc
Eritrea — Eritrean Nakfa
Estonia — Estonian Kroon
Ethiopia — Ethiopian Birr
Falkland Islands — Falkland Islands Pound
Fiji — Fijian Dollar
Finland — European Euro
France — European Euro
French Polynesia — Franc
Gabon — Central African franc
Gambia — Gambian Dalasi
Georgia — Georgian lari
Germany — European euro
Ghana — Ghanaian Cedi
71. Gibraltar — Gibraltar Pound
72. Greece — European Euro
73. Grenada — East Caribbean Dollar
74. Guatemala — Guatemalan Quetzal
75. Guinea — Guinean Franc
76. Guinea—Bissau — West African Franc
77. Guyana — Guyanese Dollar
78. Haiti — Haitian Gourde
79. Honduras — Honduran Lempira
80. Hong Kong — Hong Kong Dollar
81. Hungary — Hungarian Forint
82. Iceland — Icelandic Króna
83. India — Indian Rupee
84. Indonesia — Indonesian Rupiah
85. Iran — Iranian Rial
86. Iraq — Iraqi Dinar
87. Ireland — European Euro
88. Israel — Israeli new Sheqel
89. Italy — European Euro
90. Jamaica — Jamaican Dollar
91. Japan — Japanese Yen
92. Jordan — Jordanian Dinar
93. Kazakhstan — Kazakhstani Tenge
94. Kenya — Kenyan Shilling
95. Kiribati — Australian Dollar
96. Korea North — North Korean Won
97. Korea South — South Korean Won
98. Kuwait — Kuwaiti Dinar
99. Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyzstani Som
100. Laos — Lao Kip
101. Latvia — Latvian Lats
102. Lebanon — Lebanese Lira
103. Lesotho — Lesotho Loti
104. Liberia — Liberian Dollar
105. Libya — Libyan Dinar
106. Liechtenstein — uses the Swiss Franc
107. Lithuania — Lithuanian Litas
108. Luxembourg — European Euro
109. Macau — Macanese Pataca
110. Macedonia (Former Yug. Rep.) — Macedonian Denar
111. Madagascar — Malagasy Ariary
112. Malawi — Malawian Kwacha
113. Malaysia — Malaysian Ringgit
114. Maldives — Maldivian Rufiyaa
115. Mali — West African Franc
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Micronesia — uses the U.S. Dollar
Moldova — Moldovan Leu
Monaco — European Euro
Mongolia — Mongolian Tugrik
Montenegro — European Euro
Montserrat — East Caribbean Dollar
Morocco — Moroccan Dirham
Mozambique — Mozambican Metical
Myanmar — Myanma Kyat
Namibia — Namibian Dollar
Nauru — Australian Dollar
Nepal — Nepalese Rupee
Netherlands Antilles — Netherlands Antillean Gulden
Netherlands — European Euro
New Caledonia — Franc
New Zealand — New Zealand Dollar
Nicaragua — Nicaraguan Cordoba
Niger — West African Franc
Nigeria — Nigerian Naira
Norway — Norwegian Krone
Oman — Omani Rial
Pakistan — Pakistani Rupee
Palau — uses the U.S. Dollar
Panama — Panamanian Balboa
Panama Canal Zone — uses the U.S. Dollar
Papua New Guinea — Papua New Guinean Kina
Paraguay — Paraguayan Guarani
Peru — Peruvian Nuevo Sol
Philippines — Philippine Peso
Poland — Polish Zloty
Portugal — European Euro
Puerto Rico — uses the U.S. Dollar
Qatar — Qatari Riyal
Romania — Romanian Leu
Russia — Russian Ruble
Rwanda — Rwandan Franc
Saint Helena — Saint Helena Pound
Saint Kitts and Nevis — East Caribbean Dollar
Saint Lucia — East Caribbean Dollar
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — East Caribbean Dollar
Samoa (Western) — Samoan Tala
San Marino — European Euro
Sao Tome and Principe — Sao Tome and Principe Dobra
Saudi Arabia — Saudi Riyal
Senegal — West African Franc
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Serbia — Serbian Dinar
Seychelles — Seychellois Rupee
Sierra Leone — Sierra Leonean Leone
Singapore — Singapore Dollar
Slovakia — Slovak Koruna
Slovenia — European Euro
Solomon Islands — Solomon Islands Dollar
Somalia — Somali Shilling
South Africa — South African Rand
South Sudan — Sudanese Pound
Spain — European Euro
Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan Rupee
Sudan — Sudanese Pound
Suriname — Surinamese Dollar
Swaziland — Swazi Lilangeni
Sweden — Swedish Krona
Switzerland — Swiss Franc
Syria — Syrian pound
Taiwan — New Taiwan Dollar
Tajikistan — Tajikistani Somoni
Tanzania — Tanzanian Shilling
Thailand — Thai Baht
Togo — West African franc
Tonga — Paanga
Trinidad and Tobago — Trinidad and Tobago Dollar
Tunisia — Tunisian Dinar
Turkey — Turkish new Lira
Turkmenistan — Turkmen Manat
Tuvalu — Australian Dollar
Uganda — Ugandan Shilling
Ukraine — Ukrainian Hryvnia
United Arab Emirates — Dirham
United Kingdom — British Pound
United States of America — United States Dollar
Uruguay — Uruguayan Peso
Uzbekistan — Uzbekistani Som
Vanuatu — Vanuatu Vatu
Vatican — European Euro
Venezuela — Venezuelan Bolivar
Vietnam — Vietnamese Dong
Wallis and Futuna Islands — Franc
Yemen — Yemeni Rial
Zambia — Zambian Kwacha
Zimbabwe — Zimbabwean Dollar
Note : International Monetary Fund (IMF) economist Siddharth Tiwari is likely to succeed Raghuram
Rajan as the next Chief Economic Advisor in the Ministry of Finance.Tiwari, an Indian national, is the
director of strategy, policy, and review at the multilateral institution and has got vast experience in
Asia-Pacific, as well as Africa and Europe.
National Film Award for Best Feature Film
2005(53rd)Kaalpurush [Bengali
2006(54th)Pulijanmam [Malayalam
2007(55th)Kanchivaram [Tamil
2008(56th)Antaheen [Bengali
2009(57th)Kutty Srank [Malayalam
2010(58th)Adaminte Makan Abu [Malayalam
2011(59th)Deool [Marathi
2011(59th) Byari [Beary
2012(60th)Paan Singh Tomar [Hindi
Punchlines of Important Airlines
Emirates— Keep discovering
Austrian Airlines— The most friendly airlines
Cathay Pacific — The heart of Asia
Lufthansa— There is no better way to fly
Jet Airways— The joy of flying
Air Sahara— Emotionally yours
Thai Airways— Smooth as silk
Sri Lankan Airlines— You are our world
Qatar Airlines— Taking you more personally
Air Mauritius— Non-stop caring
Malaysia Airlines— Going beyond expectations
China Airlines— We blossom everyday
Austrian Airlines — Fly with friends
Spice jet— Flying for everyone
BMI BMI— Those who know fly
British Airways — The world is waiting
Air India— Fly Well (tag-line)
Gulf Air — Colour your sky
KLM —The reliable airline
Turkish Airlines— Your magical gateway to the world
Indian Airlines Ltd. — New horizons. Enduring values
Qantas Airlines — Spirit of Australia (tag-line)
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Winners
2010–11— Gagan Narang (Shooting)
2011–12— Vijay Kumar (Shooting), Yogeshwar Dutt (Wrestling)
2012–13— Ronjan Sodhi (Shooting)