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♦ General Knowledge ♦ • All India Radio was constituted in 1936. It is also known as Akashwani. • Kanpur is called as Manchester of Uttar Pradesh. • Coimbatore is called as Manchester of Tamil Nadu. • Mumbai is called as Manchester of India. • The first organized cotton textile mill was established in Calcutta (Kolkatta) in 1818. But a modern cotton textile mill was later established in Mumbai in 1854. • The National research centre on plant Biotechnology was established at Dehradum in 1985. • Jute is called the "golden fibre of India" because India earns valuable foreign exchange by exporting Jute. • Green revolution - Agricultural crops • White revolution - Milk and Milk Products • Grey revolution - Eggs and Poultry • Golden revolution - Horticulture • Yellow revolution - Oil Seeds • Blue revolution - Marine Products • Pradan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana (PMGY) - Introduced in 2000-2001 focussing village level development in five crucial areas like. 1. Health 2. Primary Education 3. Safe drinking water 4. Housing 5. Rural roads. facebook/EXAMS.CORNER
Posted on: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 10:33:56 +0000

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