General Knowledge Question and Answers for the Competitive Exams like UPSC, RRB, TRB, IBPS Banking Exams etc.

•  JCB Company was founded by Joseph Cyril Bamford (JCB) in October 1945

• The Suez Canal connects Mediterranean Sea & the Red Sea. It allows water transportation between Europe & Asia without navigation around Africa.

• The Reserve Bank of India was set up on the recommendations of the Hilton-Young Commission.

• SALEM is humorously said to be an abbreviation for "Steel, Aluminum, Lime, Electricity and Mango".

• The parliament of India has three sessions each year: 

         1) Budget session: February to May.

         2) Monsoon session: July to September.

         3) Winter session: November to December.

• The All-India Muslim League was founded by the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference at Dhaka (Bangladesh), on December 30, 1906.

• The 1st World War came to an end by the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.

• Central Soil Salinity Research Institute is located in Karnal.

• ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi) Institute, formerly known as Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, was established on 16 July 1929.

• Central Institute for Cotton Research is located in Nagpur.

• Central Institute for Research on Buffalo (CIRB) is located in Hisar.

• Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology is located in Mumbai.

• Central Institute of Fisheries Education is located in Mumbai.

• Central Institute for Research on Goats is located in Mathura.

 

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