STATES AND CAPITALS

STATES AND CAPITALS

With the inclusion of Telangana, India now has 29 States and 7 Union Territories. Do check out the complete list of states and capitals.

Andhra Pradesh – Hyderabad ( newly proposed Amaravati )
Arunachal Pradesh – Itanagar
Assam – Dispur
Bihar – Patna
Chhattisgarh – Raipur
Goa – Panaji
Gujarat – Gandhinagar
Haryana – Chandigarh
Himachal Pradesh – Shimla
Jammu & Kashmir – Jammu (Winter Capital) & Srinagar (Summer Capital)
Jharkhand – Ranchi
Karnataka – Bengaluru
Kerala – Thiruvananthapuram
Madhya Pradesh – Bhopal
Maharashtra – Mumbai
Manipur – Imphal
Meghalaya – Shillong
Mizoram – Aizawl
Nagaland – Kohima
Orissa – Bhubaneshwar
Punjab – Chandigarh
Rajasthan – Jaipur
Sikkim – Gangtok
Tamil Nadu – Chennai
Telangana – Hyderabad
Tripura – Agartala
Uttar Pradesh – Lucknow
Uttarakhand – Dehradun
West Bengal – Kolkata

UNION TERRITORIES AND CAPITALS

Union Territories are those regions that fall directly under the control of the Union Government. Each UT has its own Lieutenant-Governor and Administrator. Only two UTs have Chief Ministers though as they have been granted partial statehood.

Andaman & Nicobar Islands – Port Blair
Dadra and Nagar Haveli – Silvassa
Daman and Diu – Daman
Lakshadweep – Kavaratti
Puducherry – Puducherry/ Pondicherry
Delhi (National Capital Territory) – New Delhi
Chandigarh – Chandigarh

TRIVIA ABOUT JAMMU & KASHMIR

Multiple capitals is not new thing and it is practiced all around the world. South Africa has three capitals. The state of Jammu and Kashmir has two capitals – Jammu as Winter Capital and Srinagar as summer capital. The reasons for J&K having two capitals are:

• As far as the strategic location is concerned, Srinagar is the most suitable place to control the political, territorial and functional working as it is located nearly in the middle of the populated area of Jammu and Kashmir.
• As far as possible it is tried to keep Srinagar the active working area which is possible in summers.
• But in winters it becomes a geographically challenging place due to its climate with mercury falling down below zero degree.
• Moreover, in winter the active financial area is mostly the southern part of J&K. While the northern part is sometimes also not accessible due to blockage of National Highway 10 as the result of landslide or  other geographical activities.
• So it becomes a compulsion both economically, functionally and geographically to move the capital from Srinagar to Jammu in winter.

All Countries Prime Minister & President Name List

All Countries Prime Minister & President Name List

1. India: —President – Pranab Mukherjee; Prime Minister – Narendra Modi
2. Bhutan – NDE :—King-Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck; Prime Minister-Tshering Tobgay
3. Bolivia : — President – Juan Evo Morales Ayma
4. Botswana : — President – Seretse Khama Ian Khama
5. Georgia: — President – Giorgi Margvelashvili; Prime Minister – Giorgi Kvirikashvili
6. Germany: – President – Joachim Gauck; Chancellor-Angela Merkel
7. Ghana: —President – John Dramani Mahama
8. Greece: —President – Prokopis Pavlopoulos; Prime Minister – Alexis Tsipras
9. Guatemala: — President – (Acting) Alejandro Maldonado
10. Afghanistan: President – Mohammad Ashraf Ghani
11. Albania: President – Bujar Nishani; Prime Minister – Edi Rama
12. Algeria: President – Abdelaziz Bouteflika; Prime Minister – Abdelmalek Sellal
13. United Arab Emirates: —President – Khalifa Bin Zayid Al Nuhayyan; Prime Minister – Muhammad Bin Rashid Al Maktum

1. United States of America: — President – Barack Obama
2. United Kingdom: —Queen-Elizabeth II; Prime Minister – David William Donald Cameron
3. Zimbabwe: —President – Robert Gabriel Mugabe
4. Belarus : —President – Aleksandr Lukashenko; Prime Minister – Andrei Kobyakov
5. Belgium : —— King-Philippe; Prime Minister – Charles Michel
6. Belize : —–Governor General-Sir Colville Young; Prime Minister – Dean Oliver Barrow
7. Syria : —President – Bashar Al-Asad; Prime Minister – Wael Nader al-Halqi
8. Taiwan – — President – Ma Ying-Jeou
9. Thailand : —Monarch – Bhumibol Adulyadej; Prime Minister – Prayut Chan-o-cha
10. Ukraine : Capital – Kiev; President – Petro Poroshenko; Prime Minister – Arseniy Yatsenyuk
11. Angola: President – Jose Eduardo Dos Santos
12. Antigua and Barbuda: Governor General-Sir Rodney Williams, Prime Minister – Gaston Browne Argentina:— President – Mauricio Macri
13. Armenia:—President – Serzh Sargsyan; Prime Minister – Hovik Abrahamyan
14. Jordan: —King-Abdallah II; Prime Minister – Abdullah Ensour
15. Kazakhstan: —President – Nursultan Nazarbayev; Prime Minister – Karim Massimov
16. Korea North—Supreme leader: Kim Jong-un
17. Korea South: — President – Park Geun-Hye; Prime Minister – Hwang Kyo-ahn
18. Croatia: —President – Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic; Prime Minister – Zoran Milanovic
19. Cyprus: —– President – Nicos Anastasiades
20. Denmark: – Queen-Margrethe II; Prime Minister – Lars Løkke Rasmussen
21. Egypt: —— President – Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi; Prime Minister – Sherif Ismail
22. Aruba: —Governor-Fredis Refunjol; Prime Minister – Mike Eman
23. Australia:— Governor General-Sir Peter Cosgrove; Prime Minister – Malcolm Turnbull
24. Austria:—- President – Heinz Fischer; Chancellor-Werner Faymann
25. Azerbaijan—President – Ilham Aliyev; Prime Minister – Artur Rasizade
26. Bahamas— Governor General-Marguerite Pindling; Prime Minister – Perry
27. Mauritius: —President – Ameenah Gurib; Prime Minister – Anerood Jugnauth
28. Mexico: —President – Enrique Pena Nieto
29. Morocco: — King-Mohammed VI; Prime Minister – Abdelillah Benkirane
30. Myanmar: —President – Thein Sein

1. Singapore: — President – Tony Tan Keng Yam; Prime Minister – Lee Hsien Loong
2. South Africa: —President – Jacob Zuma
3. Spain: — Monarch – Felipe VI, Prime Minister – Mariano Rajoy
4. Sri Lanka: —President – Maithripala Sirisena; Prime Minister – Ranil Wickremesinghe
5. Sudan: — President – Omar al-Bashir
6. Gladstone Christie
7. Bahrain : ——King-Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa; Prime Minister – Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa
8. Bangladesh : —President – Abdul Hamid; Prime Minister – Sheikh Hasina
9. Barbados : — Governor General-Elliot Belgrave; Prime Minister – Freundel Stuart
10. Romania : Capital – Bucharest; President – Klaus Iohannis; Prime Minister – Dacian Cioloș
11. Russia : —President – Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; Prime Minister – Dmitriy Anatolyevich Medvedev
12. Saudi Arabia : – King-Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
13. Seychelles :- President – James Alix Michel
14. Ireland: — President – Michael Daniel Higgins; Prime Minister – Enda Kenny
15. Israel: – President – Reuven Rivlin; Prime Minister – Binyamin “Bibi” Netanyahu
16. Italy: —— President – Sergio Mattarella; Prime Minister – Matteo Renzi
17. Jamaica: — Governor General – Sir Patrick Allen; Prime Minister – Portia Simpson-Miller
18. Benin : — President – Thomas Boni Yayi; Prime Minister – Lionel Zinsou
19. Brazil : —President – Dilma Rousseff
20. Brunei : —Sultan-Sir Hassanal Bolkiah; Prime Minister – Sir Hassanal Bolkiah
21. Bulgaria : — President – Rosen Plevneliev; Prime Minister – Boyko Borisov
22. Pakistan: —President – Mamnoon Hussain; Prime Minister – Mohammad Nawaz Sharif Philippines: —President – Benigno Aquino III
23. Portugal : — President – Anibal Antonio Cavaco Silva; Prime Minister – António Costa
24. Qatar : —Emir – Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani; Prime Minister – Abdallah Bin Nasir Bin Khalifa Al Thani
25. Ethiopia: —President – Mulatu Teshome; Prime Minister – Hailemariam Desalegn
26. Fiji: —President – George Konrote; Prime Minister – Frank Bainimarama
27. Finland: —President – Sauli Niinisto; Prime Minister – Juha Sipila
28. France: —President – Francois Hollande; Prime Minister – Manuel Valls
29. Guinea: —President – Alpha Conde; Prime Minister – Mamady Youla
30. Burundi: —– President – Pierre Nkurunziza
31. Cambodia: — King-Norodom Sihamoni; Prime Minister – Hun Sen
32. Cameroon: —President – Paul Biya; Prime Minister – Philemon Yang
33. Canada: — Governor General-David Johnston; Prime Minister – Justin Trudeau
34. Nepal: — President – Bidhya Devi Bhandari; Prime Minister: Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli Netherlands: — King-Willem-Alexander; Prime Minister – Mark Rutte
35. New Zealand: – Governor General-Jerry Mateparae; Prime Minister – John Phillip Key
36. Oman: —Sultan-Qaboos bin Said Al Said; Deputy Prime Minister – Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said
37. Indonesia: — President – Joko Widodo

1. Iran – NDE : —President – Hassan Rouhani
2. Iraq: — President – Fuad Masum; Prime Minister – Haider al-Abadi
3. Japan: — Emperor-Akihito; Prime Minister – Shinzo Abe
4. Chile: —- President – Michelle Bachelet
5. China: — President – Xi Jinping; Prime Minister – Li Keqiang
6. Colombia: —President – Juan Manuel Santos
7. Estonia: —– President – Toomas Hendrik Ilves; Prime Minister – Taavi Roivas
8. Maldives: — President – Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom
9. Mali: —President – Ibrahim Boubacar Keita; Prime Minister – Modibo Keita
10. Namibia: — President – Hage Geingob; Prime Minister – Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila
11. Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
12. Lebanon: — President -(Acting) Tammam Salam ; Prime Minister – Tammam Salam
13. Malaysia: —King-Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah; Prime Minister – Najib Razak
14. Kuwait: —Amir-Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah; Prime Minister – Jabir
15. Libya: —President – Aguila Salah Issa; Prime Minister – Abdullah al-Thani

GK Quiz on Science: Biology

1. Which of the following is a large blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart?

A. Vein

B. Artery

C. Capillary

D. Nerve

Ans. B

The pulmonary artery carries blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs to pick up a fresh supply of oxygen.

2. Which of the following is not a member of the vitamin B complex?

A. Thiamine

B. Riboflavin

C. Folic acid

D. Ascorbic acid

Ans. D

Vitamin b complex consists of 8 vitamins namely B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B7, B 9 and B12. Vitamin B1 is Thiamine, Vit B2 is Riboflavin, Vit B3 is Niacin, Vit B5 is pantothenic acid, Vit B6 is pyridoxine, biotin, folic acid and Vit B12 is cyanocobalamin.

3. Fungi are plants that lack:

A. Oxygen

B. Carbon dioxide

C. Chlorophyll

D. None of these

Ans. C

We know plants prepare their own food and so are known as autotrophs. With the help of photosynthesis they make food in which they produce glucose from carbon dioxide and sunlight. Also, oxygen is released by plants which is further used by humans and other animals.But Fungi lack chlorophyll and do not engage in photosynthesis.

4. What makes a reptile a reptile?

A. Cold blooded

B. Warm Blooded

C. Non-Hearing

D. Egg-laying

Ans. D

Reptiles skin is covered with hard, dry scales and most repltiles lay eggs. Those animals which are cold-blooded don't automatically maintain a constant body temperature. They have to lay out in ths sun to keep their body heat up.

5. Which blood vessels have the smallest diameter?

A. Capillaries

B. Arterioles

C. Venules

D. Lymphatic

Ans. A

Blood is carried through the body by Blood Vessels. With the help of perfusion process capillaries supplies blood to the tissues. The diameter od capillary ranges from 5-10 micrometers. The diameter of  arteriole is approx. 30 micrometer.

Do you know which Human Body Organs can be donated

6. Which of the following is an air-borne disease?

A. Measles

B. Typhoid

C. Pink eye

D. None of the above

Ans. A

Airborne diseases are the infections spread by airborne transmissions including Chickenpox, Anthrax, Influenza, Measles, Smallpox, Cryptococcosis and Tuberculosis.

7. There is a very, yellow dust that comes away on the fingers, wherever we touch the middle of a flower. These tiny yellow grains are one of the most precious substances in nature because they contain the secret of plant life.  What is this dust called?

A. Pollen

B. Sperm

C. Spore

D. Sporocyst

Ans. A

The yellow powder is called pollen and the stick that holds it is known as stamen.

8. Which organ of the body produces the fluid known as bile?

A. Liver

B. Pancreas

C. Gall bladder

D. Kidney

Ans. A

Liver produces a digestive fluid known as bile. Liver releases Bile into Gall Bladder, a small, pear-shaped organ located just below your liver in the upper right side of your abdomen.

 9. Which of the following hormones is a steroid?

A. Estrogen

B. Glucagon

C. Insulin

D. Oxytocin

Ans. A

Steroid hormone is produced by three endocrine organs. The testes, produces testosterone; the ovaries, produces estrogen; and the adrenal cortex, produces steroid hormones such as cortisol and aldosterone. Steroid hormones are derived from cholesterol and are lipid-soluble molecules.

10. Which one of the following is not a function of the liver?

A. Regulation of blood sugar

B. Enzyme activation

C. Detoxiation

D. Reproduction

Ans. D

Liver is the body's largest internal organ. It has many functions in the body like it helps in protein synthesis and blood clotting, manufacturing triglycerides and cholesterol, glycogen synthesis, and bile production. It aalso detoxifies chemicals and metabolizes drugs.