STATIC AWARENESS

Famous Temples in India

 Badrinath Temple: Chamoli district, Uttarakhand

 The Konark Sun Temple: Puri district of Odisha

 Brihadeeswara Temple: Thanjavur city of Tamil Nadu

 Somnath Temple: Prabhas Kshetra in Saurashtra (Gujarat)

 Kedarnath Temple: Garhwal area (Uttarakhand)

 Sanchi Stupa: Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh

 Ramanathaswamy (Rameshwaram) Temple : Tamil Nadu

 Vaishno Devi Mandir: Jammu and Kashmir, near Katra.

 Siddhivinayak Temple: Prabha Devi, Mumbai

 Gangotri Temple: Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand

 Golden Temple or Sri Harmandir Sahib:Amritsar

 Kashi Vishwanath Temple: Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

 Lord Jagannath Temple: Puri (Orissa)

 Yamunotri Temple: Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand

 Meenakshi Temple: Madurai (Tamil Nadu)

 Amarnath Cave Temple: State of Jammu and Kashmir

 Lingaraja Temple: Orissa

 Tirupati Balaji: Tirumala (Andhra Pradesh)

 Kanchipuram Temples: Tamil Nadu

 Khajuraho Temple:  Madhya Pradesh

 Virupaksha Temple: Hampi, Bellary, Karnataka

 Akshardham Temple: Delhi

 Shri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir: Oldest Jain temple in Delhi

 Gomateshwara Temple: Shravanabelagola town of Karnataka

 Ranakpur Temple: Pali district of Rajasthan

 Shirdi Sai Baba Temple: Shirdi town of Maharashtra

 Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple :Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala

 Dwarkadhish Temple:  Dwarka city (Gujarat)

 Laxminarayan Temple: In Delhi

IMPORTANT AIRPORTS IN INDIA

 Kempegowda International Airport – Bangalore – Karnataka

 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport – Kolkata - West Bengal

 Rajiv Gandhi International Airport –Hyderabad – Telangana

 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport – Ahmedabad – Gujarat

 Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport – Lucknow - Uttar Pradesh

 Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport – Guwahati- Assam

 Srinagar Airport- Srinagar - Jammu and Kashmir

 Biju Patnaik International Airport- Bhubaneswar -Odisha

 Visakhapatnam Airport - Visakhapatnam- Andhra Pradesh

 Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport- Indore -Madhya Pradesh

 Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport- Nagpur -Maharashtra

 Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport – Patna -Bihar

 Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport- Amritsar -Punjab

 Swami Vivekananda Airport- Raipur -Chhattisgarh

 Bagdogra Airport- Bagdogra -West Bengal

 Veer Savarkar International Airport- Port Blair -Andaman & Nicobar Islands

 Birsa Munda Airport -Ranchi – Jharkhand

 Maharana Pratap Airport – Udaipur -Rajasthan

 Raja Bhoj International Airport -Bhopal -Madhya Pradesh

 Jolly Grant Airport -Dehradun -Uttrakhand

 Rajahmundry Airport -Rajahmundry -Andhra Pradesh

 Silchar Airport -Silchar -Assam

 Lengpui Airport -Aizwal -Mizoram

 Zaruki International Airport-  Shillong -Meghalaya

 Daporijo Airport – Daporijo -Arunachal Pradesh

 Tezu Airport -Tezu -Arunachal Pradesh

 Kandla Airport                - Kandla - Gujarat

 Sonari Airport- Jamshedpur -Jharkhand

 Birsa Munda Airport – Ranchi -Jharkhand

 Agatti Aerodrome – Agatti -Lakshadweep

IMPORTANT AWARDS

International Gandhi Peace Prize: For contributions towards social, economic and political transformation through non-violence and other Gandhian methods.

Indira Gandhi Peace Prize: Recognition of creative efforts toward promoting international peace, development and a new international economic order; ensuring that scientific discoveries are used for the larger good of humanity, and enlarging the scope of freedom.

Bharat Ratna: It is the premier civilian award, to serve the nation.

Padma Vibhushan: Ranking wise the second award is the Padma Vibhushan in the Indian Republic. It awarded people from various fields including government service to distinguish extraordinary service for the country.

Padma Bhushan: The Padma Bhushan is the highest civilian award third in rank in the Indian Republic.

Padma Shri: It is awarded to citizens of India for their distinguished contribution in several fields including Education, Literature, Arts, Science, Industry, Social Service, Medicine, Sports and Public Affairs.

Dronacharya Award: For brilliance in sports coaching.

Dhyan Chand Award: Highest lifetime achievement award in sports and games in India

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: Highest honor given for accomplishment in sports.

Literary Awards

Jnanpith Award

Vyas Samman:  For literary in the Hindi language.

Saraswati Samman:  For outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any Indian language listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India.

PARAM VIR CHAKRA : Highest decoration Awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or some daring or prominent act of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy on land, sea or air.

MAHA VIR CHAKRA : Second highest decoration. It is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air.

VIR CHAKRA :

It is the third in the order of awards for acts of gallantry in the face of the enemy on land,sea or air.

ASHOK CHAKRA:

Awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or some daring act of valour or self-sacrifice on land, at sea or in the air.