What's cooking in LPG?

 

Q1. How many LPG consumers in India?

A: 28 Crore

Q2. How many in above are eligible for subsidised cylinder?

A: 26 Crore ( as their income < 10 lakh p.a.). Till last year govt had to give Rs 24,000 Crore subsidy on LPG. But falling inte'l prices have turned it upside down, govt is earning back ! Its like petrol now; govt earns out of it.

Q3. How can we say Indian kitchen has progressed?

A: LPG consumption has doubled from 2010 to 26 mT today, whereas kerosene consumption has reduced four times to 2.4 mT. Till last year govt had to give Rs 24,000 Crore subsidy on LPG.

Q4. How many cylinders are consumed by a household in a year?

A: 6

Auto Industry in India

Q1. How many cars are sold in India every year (pre-covid)?

A. 20 lakh approx

Q2. How many two-wheelers are sold in India every year (pre-covid)?

A. 1.5 Crore approx

Q3. How many trucks (> 25 mt) are sold in India every year (pre-covid)?

A. 19,000 approx

Q4. How many SUVs are sold in India every year (pre-covid)?

A. 8 lakh approx.

Q5. How many electric cars are sold in India every year (pre-covid)?

A. 3500 approx

Q6. How many electric two wheelers are sold in India every year (pre-covid)?

A. 1.3 lakh approx

Q7. How many helicopters are sold in India every year (pre-covid)?

A. 10 approx

Freight Transport in India

 Q1. How much was Indian freight in 2010-11 ?

A. 2000 BTKM

Q2. How much of it was carried by Railways?

A. 690 BTKM

Q3. How much will be India's freight in 2030 (expected)?

A. 13500 BTKM

Q4. If Railway retains its share, how much will it carry?

A. ~ 4000 BTKM

Q5. What does this mean?

A. IR needs to create 6X infra capacity.

Test your General Knowledge

Q1: Who bought Yahoo for USD 5 b ?
Ans: Verizon Communications

Q2: What charity (big) didi A M Naik of L&T do?
Ans: donated 75% of his lifetime savings to NGO

Silk of India

Tusser, Muga, Eri, Frithi


Answer this: How much comes from forests and how much from agri?

Birth of Institutions

RBI 1935
SBI 1955
IFCI 1948
ICICI 1955
IDBI 1964
SIDBI 1990
EXIM Bank 1982
NABARD 1982
HDFC 1977
LIC 1956
GIC 1973
VTI 1964
FCI 1965
SEBI 1988
BSE 1978
NSE 1992

Institutions of Public Importance in India

1. Public Service Commissions ( Art 315-323):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_service_commissions_in_India

2. Planning Commission: http://planningcommission.gov.in/

3. NITI Ayog:https://niti.gov.in/

4. National Development Council:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Development_Council_(India)

5. Finance Commission:  Art 280
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finance_Commission

6. National Commission for Women:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Commission_for_Women

7. National Commission for SCs STs

8. National Commission for SCs

9. National Commission for BCs

10. Minorities Commission:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Commission_for_Minorities

11.  CVC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Vigilance_Commission

12. Lalit Kala Akademi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalit_Kala_Akademi

13. Sahitya Akademy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi

14. Sangeet Natak Akademi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangeet_Natak_Akademi

15.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_for_Cellular_and_Molecular_Biology

16.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Statistical_Institute

17.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Board_of_Secondary_Education

18.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Bureau_of_Investigation

19.
http://ncdrc.nic.in/

Round one of Quiz

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Some Rapid fire on Indian Infrastructure

Q) Name 13 major ports of India.

Ans) Kolkata ( Kolkata dock and Haldia Dock), Paradip, Vizag, Chennai, Tuticorin,Cochin, New Mangalore, Mormugao, Mumbai, JNPT, Ennore ( only this is under central govt; rest are with port trusts),Ennore and Port Blair. In addition to these 187 minor ports.

Q) How many shipyards in India?

Ans) 7 under central govt , 2 under state govt, 19 private.

Q) How many airports in India?

Ans) 125 airports ( 11 international). Domestic airlines carry 24.5 million passengers.

Q) How much freight is carried by road in India?

Ans) 60 % of total. We have 3.34 million Km roads, 66000 KM are NH, 1,30,000 are state highways.

Q) What is breakup of power capacity in India?

Ans) State 48%, Centre 30 % and Private 22 %

A note on construction industry

• 
  Construction is the 2nd largest industry in India after agriculture.
• It contributes 11 % to GDP, employs 32 million people.
• Market size is 2.5 lakh Crore.

Some Rapid Fire on Business GK

Q) What is the size of direct selling industry in India?

Ans) Rs 4120/- Crore ( likely to reach Rs.7,120/- Crore in 2013)

Q) How much is AMWAY's share ?

Ans) Amway's turnover is Rs.1800/- crore ( approx 40 %)

Q) Who are other players?

Ans) Tupperware, Oriflame,Herbalife,AVM, K-Link, DXN,Modicare.

Seven Wonders of the World

Colossus of Rhodes

Hanging Gardens

Mausoleum of Mausolus

Pharos' Lighthouse

Pheidias' Statue of Zeus

Pyramids

Temple of Diana

can you guess these questions?

Q) Till last year these Aircraft manufacturers were taliking of India needing to buy 1000 commercial aircrafts each from them. Name the companies.

Ans ) Airbus and Boeing.

Q) What is India's position in COal production?

Ans) 3rd. with 550 mt. China produces 2971 mt and US produces 919 mt. India manages the show with CIL (300,000 employess, 500 mines ).

Q) With a turnover of Rs 50,000 Crore, employing 1.2 lakh people, this PSU produces 13 mt saleable steel in a year. Name this PSU.

Ans) SAIL.

Q) How many telephone subscribers were there in India 10 years back?

Ans ) Just 30 million ( Today 700 milion) Every year 18 million connections are added. Private sector provides 85 % . Overall teledensity is 67 % ( Urban 148 %, rural 32 % ).There are 11 million brooadband connections.

Export/Import Basket of India

We have compared 1984-85 status with 1998-99:-
Export Basket:-(Exports contribute about 10 % of GDP )
Agro:- Share has decreased from 24 % in 1984-84 to 18 % today.
Ores+Minerals:- Share has decreased from 5 % to 3 % today.
Manuf. Goods *:- Share has increased from 45 % to 77 % today.
Crude Oil+ Petro Products :- Share has decreased from 2 % to 0.3 %.
* Includes leather anf leather products, gems & jewellary, cotton yarn ytc.

Now coming to Import Basket:-
Food & Food products:- Share has decreased from 7% in 1984-84 to 5% today.
Petro ( POL):- Share has decreased from 30% to 15% today.
Coal:- Share has increased from 0% to 2% today.
Fertiliser:- Share has decreased from 2 % to 0.3 %.
Chemical :- Share has increased from 5 % to 8 %
M/C & equipment:- Share has almost remained same to 17 %
Iron & Steel :- Share has decreased from 4 % to 3 %
Stones & Pearls:- Share has increased from 6 % to 9 %.

Some data on Indian Population

• Birth Rate ( 1996-2001) :- 22 per thousand



• Death Rate ( 1996-2001 ) :- 10 per thousand



• Projected by 2050 1.55 billion



• Population growth rate 1.74 %



• Age profile






• 15-59 years 55 %



• < 15 years 40 %



• 60 + years 5 %

Some biology

What breaks into what?

Trypsin
Proteins + Peptones --------> Polypetides + Amino Acids

Lipase
Fats------------------------>Fatty acids + Glycerol

Emylase
Glucose <--------------------- Starch

Esomerase
Glucose-----------------------> Fructose

Tyline
Starch ------------------------> Maltos + Dex

Some Rapid Fire Quiz

Q) Lufthansa airlines belongs to which country?
Ans) Germany

Q) Gustavo Nabao belonged to which country?
Ans) Ecador

Q) What is difference between "Monetary Policy" and "Fiscal Policy" ?
Ans) Monetary policy is issued by RBI ( autonomous body ), and Fiscal Policy is issued by GOI .

Q) Hanumantha Committee, Prem Chand Committee and Narasimha Committee were related to ?

Ans) They all were related to budget.

How much do you know about agriculture in India?

Ques) Employing 58 % workforce, how much agriculture contributes to GDP?

Ans) 14 % only

Ques) India has 17.5 % of world's population, how much land it has ?

Ans ) 2.3 % of the world's.

Ques ) How much is total food subsidy ?

Ans ) Rs. 60,000 Crore

Ques ) How much is total fertiliser subsidy ?

Ans ) Rs. 55000 Crore.

Ques) How much is Area under cultivation in India?

Ans ) 122 Million Hectares

Ques ) How much is foodgrain production?

Ans ) 220 MT ( That makes yeild of 1800 Kg/Hectares )

Can you guess these epic battles of India?

Clues:-

• This war was fought in 1760.


• This was another Anglo French War.

Ans:- This was battle of Wandiwash.

Clues:-

• This was fought in 1757.


• This was fought between Robert Clive and Sirajuddaula.

Ans:- This was battle of PLASSEY.

Clues:-

• This was fought in 1764.


• This was fought between Shah Alam -II + Miw Quasim + Sirajuddaula and East India Company.

Ans:- This was battle of BUXOR.