GK - Points - Biology 1 - For UPSC Exams

• To production of what - Red-rot and Ergot disease are linked

Answer - Sugarcane and Bajra

• "Linus Pauling" received A Nobel prize for unraveling the helical structure of -

A - Protein

• An organism which causes maleria  - Protozoan

• The concept of Cellular Totipotency in plants is related to - Tissue Culture

• What is Red sindhi - It is a cross breed , a higher milk yielding breed of cow.

• "Life begets life" is related to which scientist - Louis Pasteur , disapproved the theory of spontaneous generation

• Age of Moon is Approximately - 4.36 Billion Years

• Cause of Tuberculosis is a bacteria
• Sandfly is related to which disease- Kala - Azar disease 
• Nightblindness is caused due to deficiency of which vitamin - Vitamin A 
• Ptyalin is an enzyme that is found in the saliva of Homo Sapiens ( Human Beings ) 
• In which part of the Human Body are RBC's formed - Bone Marrow
• Bt-Brinjal & Bt-Cotton are Pest resistant - They are the genetically modified versions of the respective items.
• Electrostatic precipitation is used to control which pollution - Air Pollution

GK Points - International 1 For preparation of UPSC exams

• Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue, New York is the world's - largest railway station
   
• Eritrea,the 182nd member of the UN in 1993, is in the continent of - Africa
   
• Hitler's party which came into power in 1933 is known as - Nazi Party
   
• Dr. G. D. Bist was the fastest shorthand writer was
   
• To which sports is the Epsom (England) associated - Horse racing
   
• In the year 1967 First human heart transplant operation conducted by "Dr. Christian Bernard" on "Louis Washkansky"
   
• Galileo developed the telescope, discovered four satellites of Jupiter, discovered that the movement of pendulum produces a regular time measurement
  He belonged to Italy 
• To which country Golf player Vijay Singh belongs to?  - Fiji
   
• What is Letter of Credit (L/C) - It is the Guarantee to an exporter that the importer of his goods will pay immediately for the goods ordered by him
   
• When did the First Afghan War take place - in 1839

Special Terms / Names Used in Various Sports

Name of the Sports	Terms Used ( Comma Separated )
Badminton	Deuce, Double, Drop, Fault, Game, Let, Love Smash
Wrestling	Half Nelson, Heave
Volleyball	Booster, Deuce, Love, Service, Spikers
Swimming	Stroke
Lawn Tennis	Ace, Deuce, Love, let, volley, smash, back hand, forehand, service, fault, double fault, net
Cricket	Bowling, Batting, Opener, Duck, Tail-ender, pitch, short-pitch, leg-bye, bye, gulley, slips, mid-on, mid-off

This list will be updated daily , please visit back for updates. 

Name of Sports Stadiums and Locations

Places , Stadiums & Respective Sports

Name of the Ground	Respective Sports	Location
Keenan Stadium	Cricket	Jamshedpur
Firoz Shah Kotla	Cricket	Delhi
Eden Garden	Cricket	Kolkata
Wankhede Stadium	Cricket	Mumbai
Green Park	Cricket	Kanpur
Sawai Man Singh Stadium	Hockey / Cricket	Jaipur
Nehru Stadium	Hockey	Delhi
Merdeka Stadium	Hockey	Kuala Lampur
Lal Bahadur Shashtri Stadium	Hockey	Hyederabad
Dhyan Chand Stadium	Hockey	Lucknow
Madison Square Garden	Boxing	Ney York
Hurlingham	Polo	England
Jawahar lal Nehru Stadium	Athletics	Delhi
Indra Prashtha Stadium	Indoor Games	Delhi
Ambedkar Stadium	Football	Delhi
Netaji Stadium	Football	Kolkata
Shivaji Stadium	Hockey	Delhi
Bangabandhu Stadium	Cricket	Bangladehsh ( Dhaka )

National Science Day

In India every year since 1986 the day 28 February is celebrated as the National Science Day, Prof. C.V Raman discovered the famous RAMAN EFFECT on this particular day, 

Raman Effect is the Inelastic Scattering of Electron.

this came into influence in 28 Feb 1930 and hence the day is named as National Science Day. Professor C V Raman was awarded a Nobel Prize for his contribution to science in the same year, i.e 1930.

This day is celebrated to inform the Students about various Achievements in the field of Science. Many institutes and research centers celebrate this day by organizing workshops, seminars etc.