ORGANISATION AND THERE HQ’s 1. UNO – New York 2. UNICEF – New York 3. UNESCO – Paris 4. UNIDO – Vienna 5. WHO – Geneva 6. UNFPA – New York 7. ILO – Geneva 8. IMF – Washington DC 9. WTO – Geneva 10. International Court Of Justice–The Hague 11. International Atomic Energy Agency –Vienna 12. World Bank– Washington D.C. 13. International Committee of theRed Cross -Geneva 14. International Maritime Organisation–London 15. Universal Postal Union–Berne 16. Food and Agricultural Organisation–Rome 17. World Meteorological Organisation–Geneva 18. SAARC –Kathmandu 19. Amnesty International–London 20. Transparency International–Berlin 21. World Intellectual Property Organization –Geneva 22. International Renewable Energy Agency–Abu Dhabi (UAE) (Interim Hqs) 23. Commonwealth of Nations–London 24. International Standards Organisation–Geneva _________________________ Father of Nations 1. Afghanistan —Ahmad Shah Durrani 2. Argentina—Don José de San Martín 3. Australia— Sir Henry Parkes 4. Bahamas —Sir Lynden Pindling 5. Bangladesh— Sheikh Mujibur Rahman 6. Bolivia —Simón Bolívar 7. Brazil —Dom Pedro I andJosé Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva 8. Burma— Aung San 9. Cambodia— Norodom Sihanouk 10. Chile— Bernardo OHiggins 11. Republic of China— Sun Yat-sen 12. Colombia —Simón Bolívar 13. Sweden— Gustav I of Sweden 14. Croatia— Ante Starčević 15. Cuba —Carlos Manuel de Céspedes 16. Dominican Republic— Juan Pablo Duarte 17. Ecuador— Simón Bolívar 18. Ghana— Kwame Nkrumah 19. Guyana— Cheddi Jagan 20. Haiti —Jean-Jacques Dessalines 21. India— Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 22. Indonesia —Sukarno 23. Iran —Cyrus the Great 24. Israel —Theodor Herzl 25. Italy —Victor Emmanuel II 26. Kenya —Jomo Kenyatta 27. Republic of Korea— Kim Gu 28. Kosovo —Ibrahim Rugova 29. Lithuania— Jonas Basanavičius 30. Macedonia— Krste Misirkov 31. Malaysia—Tunku Abdul Rahman 32. Mauritius —Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam 33. Mexico —Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla 34. Mongolia Genghis Khan 35. Namibia— Sam Nujoma 36. Netherlands— William the Silent 37. Norway— Einar Gerhardsen 38. Pakistan— Mohammad Ali Jinnah 39. Panama— Simón Bolívar 40. Peru —Don José de San Martín 41. Portugal —Dom Afonso Henriques 42. Russia —Peter I of Russia 43. Saudi Arabia— Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia 44. Scotland —Donald Dewar 45. Serbia —Dobrica Ćosić 46. Singapore— Lee Kuan Yew 47. Slovenia— Primož Trubar 48. South Africa— Nelson Mandela 49. Spain —Fernando el Católico 50. Sri Lanka— Don Stephen Senanayake 51. Suriname— Johan Ferrier 52. Tanzania —Julius Nyerere 53. Turkey— Mustafa Kemal Atatürk 54. United Arab Emirates— Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan 55. United States— George Washington 56. Uruguay— José Gervasio Artigas 57. Venezuela— Simón Bolívar 58. Vietnam —Ho Chi Minh _________________________ BRANCHES OF STUDY !!! 1.Ecology: study of relationship of living beings (plants and animals) with environment. Also called Environmental biology. 2.Palynology: study of microspores or pollen grains. 3.Palaeontology : study of fossils. 4.Molecular Biology: Study of nature of biomolecules and their interactions in an organism 5.Astrobiology: study of extra- terrestri al life. 6.Biochemistry: study of bio- chemical process (e.g. diffusion, osmosis etc.) 7.Biophysics: study of application of physics principles in life processes. 8.Taxonomy: study of identification, nomenclature and classification of animals and plants. 9.Genetics: study of genes and inheritance 10.Bacteriology : study about bacteria. 11.Virology: study about viruses. 12.Eugenics: study of application of knowledge of genetics to the human welfare. 13.Bioinformatics: information processing of data in molecular biology by using computers. 14.Phytogeography: study about distribution of plants in different parts of the globe. 15.Mycology: study about fungi. 16.Phycology: study about algae. 17:Neuroradiology: Branch of radiology focuses on the diagnosis and abnormalities of nervous system. 18.Biotechnology: use of organisms or their parts to produce useful products like medicines. 19.Ethology: study of how animals behave, particularly in their natural environments. 20.Paleoanthrop ology:study of human origins and evolution. 21.Sociobiology : study of social behavior based on evolutionary theory. 22.Osteology: study of bones. 23.Physiology: study of various body functions and processes (E.G. respiration, photosynthesis, growth etc.) _________________________ IMPORTANT BANKING ABBREVIATIONS (For those preparing for bank exams and interviews) 1. NABARD -National Bank for Agricultural & Rural Development 2. RTGS - Real Time Gross Settlement 3. NEFT - National Electronic Fund Transfer 4. NAV - Net Asset Value 5. NPA - Non Performing Asset 6. ASBA - Account Supported by Blocked Amount 7. BIFR - Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction 8. CAMELS - Capital Adequacy,Asset Quality, Management Earnings, Liquidity, Systems & Controls 9. BCSBI - Banking Codes & Standard Board of India 10. BIS – Bank for International Settlement 11. BCBS – Basel Committee on Banking Supervision 12. BOP - Balance of Payment 13. BOT - Balance of Trade 14. BPLR – Benchmark Prime Lending Rate 15. CCIL – Clearing Corporation of India Ltd. 16. CIBIL - Credit Information Bureau of India Ltd. 17. CRISIL - Credit Rating Information Services of India Ltd. 18. CBLO - Collateralised Borrowing & Lending Obligation 19. CPI - Consumer Price Index 20. ADR – American Depository Receipts 21. GDR – Global Depository Receipts 22. ALM - Asset Liability Management 23. ARC – Asset Reconstruction Companies 24. FINO - Financial Inclusion Network Operation 25. CTT - Commodities Transaction Tax 26. CRM - Customer Relationship Management 27. KYC - Know Your Customer 28. SLR - Statutory Liquidity Ratio 29. CRR - Cash Reserve Ratio 30. MSF - Marginal Standing Facility 31. REPO - Repurchase Option 32. NBFC - Non Banking Finance Companies 33. OSMOS - Off-Site Monitoring &Surveillance 34. IFSC - Indian Financial System Code 35. BSE - Bombay Stock Exchange 36. NSE - National Stock Exchange 37. SWIFT - Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Tele communication 38. FSLRC – Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission 39. LAF – Liquidity Adjustment Facility 40. DRT – Debt Recovery Tribunals. _________________________ _________________________ Important International Lines 1. Durand Line— is the line demarcating the boundaries of Pakistan and Afghanistan. It was drawn up in 1896 by Sir Mortimer 2. Hindenburg Line— is the boundary dividing Germany and Poland. The Germans retreated to this line in 1917 during World War I 3. Mason-Dixon Line— is a line of demarcation between four states in the United State. 4. Marginal Line— was the 320 km line of fortification on the Russia-Finland border. Drawn up by General Mannerheim. 5. Macmahon Line— was drawn up by Sir Henry MacMahon, demarcating the frontier of India and China. China did not recognize the MacMahon line and crossed it in 1962. 6. Medicine Line— is the border between Canada and the United States. 7. Oder-Neisse Line— is the border between Poland and Germany, running along the Order and Neisse rivers, adopted at the Poland Conference (Aug 1945) after World War II. 8. Radcliffe Line— was drawn up by Sir Cyril Radcliffe, demarcating the boudary between India and Pakistan. Siegfried Line is the line of fortification drawn up by Germany on its border with France. 9. 17th Parallel— defined the boundary between North Vietnam and South Vietnam before two were united. 10. 24th Parallel— is the line which Pakistan claims for demarcation between India and Pakistan. This, however, is not recognized by India 11. 26th Parallel— south is a circle of latitude which crosses through Africa, Australia and South America. 12. 30th Parallel— north is a line of latitude that stands one-third of the way between the equator and the North Pole. 13. 33rd Parallel— north is a circle of latitude which cuts through the southern United States, parts of North Africa, parts of the Middle East, and China. 14. 35th Parallel— north forms the boundary between the State of North Carolina and the State of Georgia and the boundary between the State of Tennessee arid the State of Georgia, the State of Albama, and the State of Mississippi. 15. 36th Parallel— forms the southermost boundary of the State of Missouri with the State of Arkansas. 16. 36o30′ Parallel— north forms the boundary between the Tenessee and the Commonwealth of Kentucky between the Tennessee River and the Mississippi River, the boundary between Missouri and Arkansas west of the White River, and the northermost boundary between the Texas and the Oklahoma. 17. 37th Parallel— north formed the southern boundary of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson. 18. 38th Parallel— is the parallel of latitude which separates North Korea and South Korea. 19. 39th Parallel— north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 39 degrees north of Earth’s equatorial plane. 20. 40th Parallel— north formed the original northern boundary of the British Colony of Maryland. 21. 41st Parallel— north forms the northern boundary of the State of Colorado with Nebraska and Wyoming and the southern boundary of the State of Wyoming with Colorado and Utah. 22. 42nd Parallel— north forms most of the New York – Pennsylvania Border. 23. 43rd Parallel— north forms most of the boundary between the State of Nebraska and the State of South Dakota and also formed the northern border of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson. 24. The Parallel 44o— north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 44 degrees north of the Earth’s equatorial plane. 25. 45th Parallel— north is often the halfway point between the Equator and the North Pole. The 45th parallel makes up most of the boundary between Montana and Wyoming. 26. 49th Parallel— is the boundary between USA and Canada. _________________________ 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%) 9 Venezuela 3,023,000 (4.74%) 10 Mexico 2,934,000 (3.56%) _________________________ ________________________ Population of Indian States & UT’s according to Census –2011 1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands —379,944 (0.03%) 2 Andhra Pradesh — 84,665,533 (7.00%) 3 Arunachal Pradesh— 1,382,611 (0.11%) 4 Assam— 31,169,272 (2.68%) 5 Bihar— 103,804,637 (8.48%) 6 Chandigarh— 1,054,686 (0.09%) 7 Chhattisgarh— 25,540,196 (2.11%) 8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli— 342,853 (0.03%) 9 Daman and Diu —242,911 (0.02%) 10 Delhi— 16,753,235 (1.38%) 11 Goa— 1,457,723 (0.12%) 12 Gujarat — 60,383,628 (4.99%) 13 Haryana— 25,353,081 (2.09%) 14 Himachal Pradesh— 6,856,509 (0.57%) 15 Jammu and Kashmir— 12,548,926 (1.04%) 16 Jharkhand— 32,966,238 (2.72%) 17 Karnataka— 61,130,704 (5.05%) 18 Kerala — 33,387,677 (2.76%) 19 Lakshadweep— 64,429 (0.01%) 20 Madhya Pradesh— 72,597,565 (6.00%) 21 Maharashtra —112,372,972 (9.29%) 22 Manipur— 2,721,756 (0.22%) 23 Meghalaya— 2,964,007(0.24%) 24 Mizoram— 1,091,014 (0.09%) 25 Nagaland— 1,980,602 (0.16%) 26 Orissa — 41,947,358 (3.47%) 27 Pondicherry— 1,244,464 (0.10%) 28 Punjab —27,704,236 (2.29%) 29 Rajasthan— 68,621,012 (5.67%) 30 Sikkim —607,688 (0.05%) 31 Tamil Nadu— 72,138,958 (5.96%) 32 Tripura — 3,671,032 (0.30%) 33 Uttarakhand— 10,116,752 (0.84%) 34 Uttar Pradesh— 199,581,477 (16.49%) 35 West Bengal— 91,347,736 (7.55%) TOTAL 1,210,193,422 (100%) _________________________ _________________________ Important Facts about Earth Total Surface Area— 510,064,472 sq km Total Land Area— 148,940,000 sq km (29.2% of Planet Earths surface) Total Water Area— 361,132,000 sq km (70.8% of Planet Earths surface) Total Population— 7.04 billion Total Weight— 5.9722 × 1024 Kg Total Volume— 1.08321×1012 km3 Total Age— 4.54 billion years Surface Gravity— 32.041 ft/s2 Distance from Moon— 384,403 kmWorld Map Distance from Sun— 150 million km Equatorial Radius— 6,378.1 km Mean Radius— 6,371.0 km Polar Radius— 6,356.8 km Orbiting Speed— 29.78 km/s Orbiting Time— 365.256363004 days Surface Temperature— -88/ 5(min/max)°C Orbit Size around Sun— 92,956,050 miles (Semi Major Axis) Period of Rotation— 23.934 hours Speed of Rotation— 1670 km/ hr Distance from nearest Planet—38 million km from Venus Total Continent— 7 (Asia, Africa,Europe, North America, South America, Australia, Antarctica) Total Ocean— 5 ( Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern,Arctic ) UN Recognized Countries— 193 Total Seas— 137 Primary Tectonic Plates— 8(African, Antarctic, Australian, Eurasian, Indian, North American, Pacific, South American) Largest Continent— Asia, 43,820,000 sq km (29.5% of total World landmass) Smallest Continent— Australia, 9,008,500 sq km Largest Country— Russia,17,098,242 sq km Smallest Country— Vatican City -0.44 sq km Largest Ocean— The Pacific Ocean - 155,557,000 sq km Smallest Ocean— Arctic,14,056,000 sq km Highest Mountain— Mount Everest, 29,029 ft - Nepal Longest River— The Nile - 6,650 km Largest Lake— The Caspian Sea - 371,000 sq km Average Life Expectancy— 67.2 years _________________________ _________________________ Multi-National Corporations & their Headquarters PepsiCo— Purchase, New York,USA Nestle— Vevey, Switzerland Microsoft— Redmond,Washington, USA Coca-Cola— Atlanta, Georgia,USA Apple— Cupertino, California,USA Nokia— Espoo, Finland Home Depot— Vinings, Georgia, USA Berkshire Hathaway— Omaha, Nebraska, USA BP— London, United Kingdom Total S.A. — La Defense, Paris,France UPS— Sandy Springs, Georgia,USA ConocoPhillips— Houston,Texas, USA Fiat— Turin, Italy Toshiba— Tokyo, Japan Kroger— Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Costco— Issaquah, Washington Unilever— London, UK and Rotterdam, The Netherlands Honda— Tokyo, Japan Volvo— Gothenburg, Sweden Target— Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA BMW— Munich, Germany Sears Holding— Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA Boeing— Chicago, Illinois, USA DaimlerChrysler— Stuttgart, Germany and Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA Fedex— Memphis, Tennessee,USA Vodafone— Newbury, England,UK AXA— Paris, France Motorola— Schaumburg, Illinois, USA Petronas— Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Toyota— Toyota, Japan Procter & Gamble— Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Pfizer— New York, USA Ford— Dearborn, Michigan, USA Lockheed Martin— Bethesda, Maryland, USA Fortis— Brussels, Belgium and Utrecht, The Netherlands Halliburton— Houston, Texas, USA J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. — New York City, USA BASF— Ludwigshafen, Germany Sony— Tokyo, Japan Siemens— Munich, Germany Northrop Grumman— Los Angeles, California, USA Citigroup— New York City, USA Volkswagen— Wolfsburg,Germany Pemex— Mexico City, Mexico Reliance Industries— Mumbai, India ING Group— Amsterdam, The Netherlands Morgan Stanley —New York, USA General Motors— Detroit,Michigan, USA Hyundai— Seoul, South Korea Staples— Framingham,Massachusetts, USA Walmart— Bentonville, Arkansas, USA Dell— Round Rock, Texas, USA IBM— Armonk, New York, USA HBOS— Edinburgh, Scotland Nike— Beaverton, Oregon, USA IKEA— Leiden, The Netherlands Samsung Electronics— Seoul, South Korea McDonalds— Oak Brook, Illinois,USA Michelin— Clermont-Ferran d,France ExxonMobil— Irving, Texas, USA Royal Dutch Shell— The Hague, The Netherlands Walt Disney— Burbank, California, USA HP— Palo Alto, California, USA Canon— Tokyo, Japan Verizon— New York, USA General Electric — Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Chevron— San Ramon, California, USA UBS— Basel & Zurich, Switzerland Bank of America— Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Allianz— Charlotte, North Carolina, USA LG— Seoul, South Korea Sprint Nextel— Overland Park, Kansas, USA. Deutsche Bank— Frankfurt am Main, Germany Intel— Santa Clara, California,USA Peugeot— Paris, France _________________________
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