Quick Review  IVRS: Interactive Voice response System.

  SMS: Short Messaging Service

  PAN means Permanent Account Number.

  In India so far 15 times the Lok Sabha elections are conducted. 15 th

one is 2009.

  The midterm elections were conducted for 5 times so far. (1971,

1980, 1991, 1998, 1999).

  The Madam Tussauds Museum is located in London. The wax

models of historical and Royal figures, film stars, sport stars etc

are displayed.

  Green Cars are those cars that run with CNG (Compressed Natural

Gas), LPG (liquefied Petroleum Gas) and with electric engine.

  Highest number of air ports are present in USA (15079).

  Sir Robert Cheese Brow (1837 – 1933) is the inventor of Vaseline

Petroleum gelly.

  The life expectancy is lowest in Swaziland (32 years). Here more

than 61 percent of the people die of AIDS every year.  

  Gulzarilal Nanda was the first interim PM of India after the death of

the Jawaharlal Nehru (1st PM) in the year 1964. Gulazari Lal Nanda

is also the interim PM  after the death of Lal Bahadur Sastri in the

year 1966.

  Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel was the first Home Minster of India.

P.Chidambaram is the current HM.

  So far India had 7 deputy PM’s (As of March 2011).

  First Dy. PM was Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel (1947-50). 7th was LK

Advani (2002-04).

  The position of Deputy PM was not mentioned in the Constitution.

  Maulana Abdul Kalam was the first Education Minister for the

independent India. November 11, the birth anniversary of

Maulana was declared as ‘National Education Day’.

  During National Emergency the term of Lok Sabha and assemblies

is extended by 1 year.

  So far National Emergency was imposed for 3 times.

  National Emergency was imposed for the 1st time in 1962 because

of war with China, second time in 1971 because of war with

Pakistan. Third time in 1975 because of internal disturbances.

(44th Constitutional amendment replaced the “Internal

Disturbances” with “Armed Rebellion”).

  Golaknath vs. the state of Punjab (1967) case judgment was

delivered by the CJI K.Subba Rao. Supreme Court said

Fundamental Rights cannot be amended.

  Keshavananda Bharati Vs state of Kerala (1973) case judgment

was delivered by the CJI SM Sikri. Supreme Court said Judicial

Review is a basic feature of the Constitution.

  86th Amendment of 2002 changed the subject matter of Article 45

and also made elementary education a fundamental right under

Article 21 A. (This came into effect on April 1, 2010).

  Morarji Desai (4th PM) is the 1st PM of India who do not belong to

Congress. He is the only Indian to receive both Bharat Ratna and

Nishaan-e-Pakistan.

  Morarji Desai is the first Indian Prime Minister to resign from the

office.

  In Radar system, Radio waves are used to locate the existence of

an object.

  As on January 12, 2012, the four Chief Ministers are the members

of the State Legislative Council (Upper House). They are Nitish

Kumar (Bihar), Mayawati (UP), Sadananda Gowda (Karnataka) and

Prithviraj Chouhan (Maharashtra).

  “Smiling Buddha” is the code name of the India’s 1st nuclear

programme conducted in 1974 in Pokhran (Rajasthan). 

  “Operation Shakti” is the name of Pokhran-II conducted by India

May 11 and May 13, 1998.

  Morarji Desai was the 1st Chairman of Administrative Reforms

Commission (ARC) and Verappa Moily the Union Law minister is

the latest chairman of ARC.

  Legislative Assembly strength should not be more than 500 and

not less than 60 members.

  Legislative council strength should not be less than 40 and not

more than 1/3rd of the strength of assembly.

  Lion was the National animal of India up to 1972.

  Since 1972, National animal is Tiger.