TNPSC Study Material - Geography Part 1

Geography Part 1 

1.    1.      Mumbai City – Manchester of India

2.      Sri Harikota – It’s in Andra Pradesh State

3.      The Rameswaram Island is separated from the main land of India by Pamban Channel

4.      Aanaimudi – Highest Mountain Peak in South India

5.      India – Asiatic Italy

6.      Banglore – Electronic City

7.      Sahyadri Ranges – Western Gates

8.      Aravalli and Himalayas Ranges are example of Fold Mountains

9.      Then Konkan Coast Stretches between Goa to Daman

10.  Damodar river – “Ruhr of India”

11.  State Leading Producer of :

·         Andra Pradesh  – Tobacco

·         Gujarat               – Groundnut

·         Kerala                 – Coconut

·         Uttar Pradesh  – Sugarcane

12.  Damodhar River – Bengal of Sorrow

13.  Chennai – receives maximum solar energy in December 2015

14.  Tamil Nadu – State posses 3 major ports in India

15.  The chief Indian Newsprint manufacturing mills at Nepa Nagar in Madhya Pradesh

16.  Deccan Trap – important cotton producing area in India

17.  “Tank” is the most important means of Irrigation in Deccan India

18.  Where is Bondaigaon?, what is it famous for?

Assam and its famous for Refinary

19.  Amarkantak river – Peninsular river in Madhya Pradesh

20.  Dam in state wise

·         Kakrapara – Gujarat

·         Hirakud – Orissa

·         Mettur – Tamil Nadu

21.  Following Matched pairs

Hirakud – Atomic Power

Khetri – Manganese

Balaghat – Iron Ore

22.  Burnpur and Kulti are centers of “Iron and Steel Industry”

23.  Bhilai Steel Industry  was started with the help of U.S.S.R

24.  “Heavy Engineering and Chemical” Industries are developed only after Independence

25.  Tropospher – Its lower region above the earth surface and atmospheric process leading to various climatic weather condition

26.  1881 AD – First Regular Census

27.  Harare – Capital of Zimbabwe

28.  Sulphur Dioxide gas from Mathura refinery is a treat to Taj Mahal

29.  Secunderabad – Head quarters of South Central Railway

30.  India – Highest Level Tea Cultivated

31.  Tamil Nadu – Annual Rainfall High in India

32.  Australia – Largest producer of Merino Sheep and Merino Wool in the World.

33.  Malaysia – Semangs tribal people Living

34.  Elephant grasses are mostly found in “Savannas”

35.  World Largest Desert – Sahara

36.  Detroit – Automobile workshop of the world

37.  Muscovite is the type of ore related with Mica

38.  Indias only Gold – field is located at Kolar in “Karnataka State”

39.  Female Literacy rate is higher in Kerala State

40.  Coniferous forest belt is characterized by “Short summer and Long winter”

41.  Thumba is located at Kerala

42.  Greenland – Largest Island in the world

43.  Cauvery – River in India is shared by Large no of states

44.  Gulf Stream is the current of “Atlantic Ocean”

45.  Rajasthan – Largest Geographical Area in India

46.  India year maximum foreign exchange from “Tea”

47.  Paddy is suitable for cultivation in “Irrigated Soil”

48.  A Coral island with central lake is “Atoll”

49.  As per Census 2011, the density of Population Highest in “Bihar”

50.  Mt.Cancacus is found between “Black Sea and Caspian Sea”

Important Days in Current Affairs

Days

January

1 à Global Family Day

9 à NRI Day

12 à National youth day (of Swami Vivekanand)

15 à Army Day

25 à National Tourism Day, Voters day

26 à Indian Republic Day, International Customs Day

27 à January International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust [UN]

28 à  Data Protection Day

30 à Martyr’s Day (Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom), World Leprosy Eradication

February

4 à World Cancer Day [UN]

6 à International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation [UN]

11 à International Day of Women and Girls in Science [UN]

13 à World Radio Day [UNESCO]

20 à World Day of Social Justice [UN]

21 à International Mother Language Day [UN]

24 àCentral Excise Day

28 à National Science Day

March

1 à Zero Discrimination Day [UNAIDS]

3 à World Wildlife Day [UN]

8 à International Women's Day [UN]

15 à World Consumer Right Day, World Disabled Day

20 à International Day of Happiness [UN]

21 à International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination [UN], World Poetry Day [UNESCO], World Forestry Day

21 à International Day of Nowruz [UN], World Down Syndrome Day [UN], International Day of Forests [UN]

22 à World Water Day [UN]

23 à World Meteorological Day [UN]

24 à World Tuberculosis Day [WHO], International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims [UN]

25 à International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade [UN], International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members [UN]

April

2 à World Autism Awareness Day [UN]

4 à  International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action [UN]

5 à  International Maritime Day, International Day for Mine Awareness

6 à International Day of Sport for Development and Peace [UN]

7 à International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda [UN], World Health Day [WHO]

12 à International Day of Human Space Flight

18 à World Heritage Day

21 à Civil Services Day

22 à International Mother Earth Day[UN], World Earth Day

23 àWorld Book and Copyright Day [UNESCO], English Language Day

24 à National Panchayati Raj Day

30 àWorld Immunization Week [WHO]

25 à World Malaria Day [WHO]

26 à World Intellectual Property Day [WIPO]

28 à World Day for Safety and Health at Work [UN]

29 à Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare [UN]

30 à International Jazz Day [UN]

May

1 à International Labour Day (May Day)

3 à World Press Freedom Day [UN], International Energy Day

8 à World Red Cross Day

8-9 May à Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War [UN]

9-10 May à World Migratory Bird Day [UNEP]

15 à International Day of Families [UN]

17 à World Telecommunication and Information Society Day [UN]

20 à "Vesak", the Day of the Full Moon [UN]

21 à World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development [UN], Anti-Terrorism Day

22 à International Day for Biological Diversity [UN]

23 à International Day to End Obstetric Fistula [UN]

29 à International Day of UN Peacekeepers [UN]

31 à World No-Tobacco Day [WHO]

June

1 à Global Day of Parents [UN]

4 à International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

5 à World Environment Day [UNEP]

6 à Russian Language Day at the UN [UN]

8 à World Oceans Day [UN]

12 àWorld Day against Child Labour [UN]

13 à International Albinism Awareness Day [UN]

14 à World Blood Donor Day [WHO]

15 à World Elder Abuse Awareness Day [UN]

17 à World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought [UN]

19 à International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict [UN]

20 à World Refugee Day [UN]

21 à International Day of Yoga [UN]

23 à United Nations Public Service Day [UN]

23 à International Widows' Day [UN]

25 à Day of the Seafarer [IMO]

26 à International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking [UN]

26 à United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture [UN]

27 à International Diabetes Day 

July

2 à July (first Saturday in July) àInternational Day of Cooperatives [UN]

4 à American Independence Day

7 à  International day of Cooperatives

11 à World Population Day [UNDP]

15 à World Youth Skills Day [UN]

18 à Nelson Mandela International Day [UN]

28 à World Hepatitis Day [WHO]

30 à International Day of Friendship [UN], World Day against Trafficking in Persons [UN]

August

6 à Hiroshima Day

8 à World Senior Citizen Day

9 à  International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples [UN]

12 à  International Youth Day [UN]

18à  Day of the World’s Indigenous Persons

19 à World Humanitarian Day [UN]

23 à International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition [UNESCO]

29 à International Day against Nuclear Tests [UN], International Sports Day (Dhyanchand’s birthday)

30 à International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances [UN]

September

5 à International Day of Charity [UN], Teachers Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s Birthday)

8 à International Literacy Day [UNESCO]

12 à United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation [UN]

14 à Hindi Day, World First Aid Day

15 à International Day of Democracy [UN]

16 à International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer [UN]

18 à International day of piece

21 à International Day of Peace [UN], Biosphere Day

26 à International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons [UN]

27 à World Tourism Day [UN]

29 (last Thursday of September) à World Maritime Day [IMO]

October

1 à International Day of Older Persons [UN]

2 à International Day of Non-Violence [UN], Lal Bahadur Shastri and Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday

3 à October (first Monday in October) - World Habitat Day [UN]

5 à World Teachers’ Day [UNESCO], World Habitat Day

8 à Indian Air Force Day

9 à World Post Day [UPU]

10 àWorld Mental Health Day [WHO]

11 à International Day of the Girl Child

13 à International Day for Disaster Reduction [UN]

15 à International Day of Rural Women [UN]

16 à World Food Day [FAO]

17 à International Day for the Eradication of Poverty [UN]

20 à World Statistics Day [UN], Universal Childrens Day, National Child Rights Day

24 à United Nations Day [UN], World Polio Day, World Development Information Day [UN]

27 à World Day for Audiovisual Heritage [UNESCO]

31 à World Cities Day [UN], National Unity Day, Anti Terrorism day, Birth Annivarsary of Sardar Vallabhai Patel

November

2 à International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists [UN]

5 à World Tsunami Awareness Day [UN]

6 à International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict [UN]

9 à Legal Services Day

10 à World Science Day for Peace and Development [UN]

14 àWorld Diabetes Day [UN], Childrens day

16 à International Day for Tolerance [UN]

17 November (third Thursday in November) à World Philosophy Day [UN]

19 à World Toilet Day [UN], National Integration day, World Philosophy day

20 à Africa Industrialization Day [UN]

20 à Universal Children’s Day [UN], National Child Rights Day

20 à November (third Sunday in November) à World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims [UN]

21 à World Television Day [UN]

25 à International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women [UN]

26 à Constitution Day

29 à International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People [UN]

December

1 à World AIDS Day [UN]

2 à International Day for the Abolition of Slavery [UN], National Pollution Control Day, World Computer Literacy Day

3 àInternational Day of Persons with Disabilities [UN]

4 àNavy Day

5 à International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development [UN],

World Soil Day [UN]

7 à International Civil Aviation Day [ICAO], Armed Forces Flag Day

9 à International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime [UN], International Anti Corruption day, International Anti-Corruption Day [UN]

10 à Human Rights Day [UN]

11 à International Mountain Day [UN]

14 à National Energy Conservation Day

16 àVijay Diwas

18 à International Migrants Day [UN]

20 à International Human Solidarity Day [UN]

24 à National Consumer Rights Day

25 à National Good Governance Day