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Saturday, 24 August 2013

576:India precedency order

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Indian order of precedence

Rank	Persons
1	President (Pay Scale: 1,50,000)
2	Vice-President (Pay Scale: 1,10,000)
3	Prime Minister
4	Governors of states of India (within their respective States)(Pay Scale: 1,10,000)
5	Former Presidents, Deputy Prime Minister
6	Speaker of Lok Sabha, (Pay Scale: 1,10,000)
	Chief Justice of India (Pay Scale: 1,00,000)
7	Cabinet Ministers of the Union,
	Chief Ministers of States (within their respective States),
	Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of India,
	Former Prime Ministers,
	Leaders of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha,
	Holders of the Bharat Ratna.
8	Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and High Commissioners of Commonwealth countries accredited to India,
	Chief Ministers of States (when outside their respective States),
	Governors of States (when outside their respective States).
9	Judges of the Supreme Court, (Pay Scale: 90,000)
	Chief Election Commissioner of India, (Pay Scale: 90,000)
	Comptroller and Auditor General of India, (Pay Scale: 90,000)
	Chairman Union Public Service Commission, (Pay Scale: 90,000)
	Election Commissioners of India, (Pay Scale: 90,000)
	Chief Information Commissioner of India. (Pay Scale: 90,000)
	Chairman of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), (Pay Scale: 90,000)[2]
10	Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha,
	Deputy Chief Ministers of States,
	Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha,
	Members of the Planning Commission,
	Ministers of States of the Union.
	National Security Advisor
11	Attorney General of India,
	Cabinet Secretary, (Pay Scale: 90,000)
	Lieutenant Governors (within their respective Union Territories). (Pay Scale: 90,000)
	Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister . (Pay Scale: 90,000)
	Secretary General Lok Sabha, (Pay Scale: 90,000)
12	General of the Indian Army, (Pay Scale: 90,000)
	Air Chief Marshal of the Indian Air Force, (Pay Scale: 90,000)
	Admiral of the Indian navy. (Pay Scale: 90,000)
13	Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary accredited to India
14	Chairman and Speakers of State Legislatures (within their respective States),
	Chief Justices of High Courts (within their respective jurisdictions). (Pay Scale: 90,000)
15	Cabinet Ministers in States (within their respective States),
	Chief Ministers of Union Territories (within their respective Union Territories),
	Chief Executive Councillor Delhi (within their respective Union Territories),
	Deputy Ministers of the Union.
16	Officiating Chiefs of Staff holding the rank of Lieutenant General or equivalent rank.
17	Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal,
	Chairman, Minorities Commission,
	Chairman, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission,
	Chief Justice of High Courts (outside their respective jurisdictions),
	Puisne Judges of High Courts (within their respective jurisdictions). (Pay Scale: 80,000)
	Judicial Members, National Green Tribunal (NGT) (Pay Scale: 80,000)[2]
18	Cabinet Ministers in States (outside their respective States),
	Chairmen and Speakers of State Legislatures (outside their respective States),
	Chairmen, Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission,
	Deputy Chairmen and Deputy Speakers of State Legislatures (within their respective States),
	Ministers of State in States (within their respective States),
	Ministers of Union Territories and Executive Councillors of Delhi (within their respective Union Territories),
	Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in Union Territories,
	Chairman of Delhi Metropolitan Council (within their respective Union Territories).
19	Chief Commissioners of Union Territories not having Councils of Ministers (within their respective Union Territories),
	Deputy Ministers in Slates (within their respective States),
	Deputy Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in Union Territories,
	Deputy Chairman of Metropolitan Council Delhi (with in their respective Union Territories).
20	Deputy Chairman & Deputy Speakers of State Legislatures (outside their respective States)
	Ministers of State in States (outside their respective States).
	Puisne Judges of High Courts (outside their respective jurisdictions).
21	Members of Parliament
22	Deputy Ministers in States (outside their respective States).
23	Army Commanders/Vice Chief of the Army Staff or equivalent in other Services, (Pay Scale: 80,000)
	Chairman Railway Board . (Pay Scale: 80,000)[3]
	Chief Secretaries to State Governments (within their respective Slates), (Pay Scale: 80,000)
	Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, (Pay Scale: 80,000)
	Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes,
	Members, Minorities Commission,
	Members, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission,
	Officers of the rank of full General or equivalent rank,
	Secretaries to the Government of India, (Pay Scale: 80,000)
	Secretary, Minorities Commission,
	Secretary, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission,
	Secretary to the President, (Pay Scale: 80,000)
	Secretary to the Prime Minister, (Pay Scale: 80,000)
	Secretary, Rajya Sabha/Lok Sabha,
	Solicitor General,
	Vice-Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal.
	Member Railway Board, (Pay Scale: 80,000)[4]
	Expert Members, National Green Tribunal (NGT) (Pay Scale: 80,000)[2]
24	Lieutenant General of the Indian Army, (Pay Scale: 80,000\HAG+\HAG)
	Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force, (Pay Scale: 80,000\HAG+\HAG)
	Vice Admiral of the Indian navy. (Pay Scale: 80,000\HAG+\HAG)
	CBEC Chairman ex-officio Special Secretary to Government of India, (Pay Scale: 80,000)[5]
	CBDT Chairman ex-officio Special Secretary to Government of India, (Pay Scale: 80,000)[6]
	CBDT Members ex-officio Special Secretary to Government of India, (Pay Scale: 80,000)[7]
25	Additional Secretaries to the Government of India, (Pay Scale: HAG)
	Principal Secretaries to State Governments (Pay Scale:HAG)
	Additional Solicitor General,
	Advocate Generals of States,
	Chairman, Tariff Commission,
	Charge Affairs and Acting High Commissioners a pied and adinterim,
	Chief Ministers of Union Territories (outside their respective Union Territories),
	Chief executive Councillor of Delhi (outside their respective Union Territories),
	Chief Secretaries of State Governments (outside their respective States),
	Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General, (Pay Scale: 80,000)
	Deputy Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in Union Territories,
	Chairman of Delhi Metropolitan Council, (outside their respective Union Territories)
	Deputy Chairman, Delhi Metropolitan Council(outside their respective Union Territories).
	Director, Central Bureau of Investigation. (Pay Scale: 80,000)
	Director General, Border Security Force. (Pay Scale: 80,000)
	Director General, Central Reserve Police. (Pay Scale: 80,000)
	Director, Intelligence Bureau. (Pay Scale: 80,000)
	Lieutenant Governors (outside their respective Union Territories).
	Members, Central Administrative Tribunal.
	Members, Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission.
	Members, Union Public Service Commission. (Pay Scale: 80,000)
	Ministers of Union Territories and Executives Councillors, Delhi (outside their respective rank)
	Principal Staff Officers of the Armed Forces of the rank of Major General or equivalent rank.
	Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in Union Territories,
	Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (Pay Scale: 80,000/HAG+)
26	Joint Secretaries to the Government of India, (Grade Pay: 10,000)
	Major-General of the Indian Army, (Grade Pay: 10,000)
	Rear Admiral of the Indian Navy, (Grade Pay: 10,000)
	Air Vice Marshal of the Indian Air Force, (Grade Pay: 10,000)
	Secretaries to State Governments, (Grade Pay: 10,000)
	Commissioners to State Governments, (Grade Pay: 10,000)
	Commissioner of Central Excise and Customs, (Grade Pay: 10,000)
	Commissioner of Income Tax . (Grade Pay: 10,000)

575:TIME LINE OF INDIA

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TIME LINE OF INDIA

• 2800 BC Indus Valley Civilization begins in the northwestern region of India
• 2600 BC Mohenjo-daro and Harappa phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins, in Punjab and Sindh. Other cities like Lothal, Mehrgarh also emerged during this period.
• 1600 BC India is invaded by the Aryans from the west
• 1400 BC The Vedas, the Hindu scripture, was written
• 600 BC The Upanishads written
• 599 BC Mahavira, 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born
• 563 BC Gautam Buddha, founder of Buddhism is born in Lumbini
• 527 BC Nirvana of Mahavira
• 492 BC Bimbisara dies and is succeeded by Ajatashatru in Magadha Empire
• 483 BC Death of Gautama Buddha in Kushinagar
• 326 BC Alexander the Great moved into India, King Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab, fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
• 321 BC Chandragupta Maurya established Mauryan dynasty defeating Dhana Nanda
• 305 BC Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.
• 300 BC Chola dynasty establishes his kingdom over southern India with capital in Thanjavur
• 269 BC Ashoka the Great, grandson of Chandragupta Maurya, becomes the emperor of India
• 261 BC Kalinga War takes place between Magadha Empire and the kingdom of Kalinga.
• 232 BC Death of King Ashoka
• 185 BC The Mauryan Empire, collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty
• 50 AD Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises, first Buddhist stupa is constructed at Sanchi
• 300 The Pallava dynasty is established in Kanchi
• 320 The Gupta dynasty founded by Maharaja Sri Gupta, reunited northern India initiating the "golden Age" of India
• 335 King Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.
• 380 Chandragupta II, Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.
• 450 Invasions by the Huna.
• 606 Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.
• 712 First Muslim, Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir
• 1021 Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab
• 1206 Qutb ub-din Aybak establishes the Delhi Sultanate
• 1221 Genghis Khan invades Punjab
• 1236 Razia Sultana, only lady ruler of Delhi
• 1290 Jalal ud-Din Firuz establishes the Khilji sultanate at Delhi
• 1298 Marco Polo visits India
• 1336 Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I
• 1398 Timur conquered India resulting in the decline of the Delhi Sultanate
• 1469 Birth of Guru Nanak Dev
• 1497 Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe to India and back (to 1499)
• 1526 Babur established the Mughal Empire
• 1555 Mughal king Humayun comes to fight Sher Shah and regains India
• 1556 Humayun dies, and is succeeded by Akbar
• 1600 Queen Elizabeth I granted a charter to the East India Company established trading posts in Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras
• 1605 Akbar dies, and is succeeded by his son Jehangir.
• 1612 British arrives India
• 1632 Taj Mahal construction initiated by Mughal ruler Shah Jahan
• 1653 Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal. Shah Jahan dies, and is succeeded by his son Aurangzeb.
• 1675 Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhs is executed in Delhi. Guru Gobind Singh becomes tenth Guru of Sikhs.
• 1680 Shivaji dies at Raigad, Sambhaji became 2nd Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire
• 1707 Death of Aurangzeb the Mughal emperor.
• 1757 In Battle of Plassey, Robert Clive, leads British forces which defeated the Mughal governor of Bengal Mir Jafar
• 1774 Warren Hastings appointed the first governor general of India by the East India Company
• 1775 First Anglo-Maratha War
• 1799 Death of Tipu Sultan
• 1853 Started Post Service
• 1853 First Railway established between Bombay and Thane
• 1857 Indian Mutiny Rebellion of 1857(10th May)
• 1857 Establishment of University of Mumbai, University of Madras and University of Calcutta in India
• 1858 The British government ruled India, Lord Dalhousie becomes the Governor-General of India
• 1862 Death of Bahadur Shah Zafar
• 1869 "Arya Samaj" Established
• 1876 Queen Victoria was given the title Empress of India by the British Parliament
• 1885 Burma became an Indian province
• 1885 The Indian National Congress was formed (28th December)
• 1905 The British government divided Bengal into separate Hindu and Muslim sections
• 1909 Morley-Minto Reforms
• 1914 World War 1
• 1915 Mahatma Gandhi returns back to India
• 1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (13th April)
• 1920 Mahatma Gandhi became president of Indian National
Congress, Non-cooperation movement Khilafat Movement
• 1927 Simon Commission
• 1929 Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt.
• 1930 Purna Swaraj resolution in Lahore, Salt Satyagraha started
• 1931 Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev Martyred (23rd March)
• 1935 Government of India Act
• 1939 World War 2 began
• 1940 Muhammad Ali Jinnah demanded that a new country be formed from India for the Muslims, which would be called Pakistan
• 1942 Quit India Movement
• 1942 Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
• 1945 World War II ended when United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August)
• 1946 Royal Indian Navy Mutiny
• 1946 The British government agreed to grant India independence
• 1947 British and Indian leaders agreed to divide the country into India and Pakistan
• 1947 India became independent (15th August)
• 1948 Mahatma Gandhi assassinated Nathuram Godse (30th January)
• 1950 Constitution of India came into effect and Jawaharlal Nehru became the Indian first prime minister (26th January)

574: Suggested books for com Exams

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SUGGESTED BOOKS FOR CIVIL SERVICES

Books for Quantitative Aptitude

Quantitative Aptitude by RS Agarwal,Quickest Math By Kiran Publicatiom,Quicker mathematics by M Tyra

Books for English

English Grammar by Wren and Martin,Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis,Essential English Grammar by Raymond Murphy,Objective General English-SP BAKSHI,Objective General English by Dr. RS Aggarwal &Shri Vikas Aggarwal

Books for Reasoning

Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by RS Agarwal,Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by Kiran Publication,Analytical Reasoning by MK Pandey,Non Verbal Reasoning by BS Sijwali & Indu Sijwali

Books for General Awareness

Lucent General Knowledge (availble both in hindi and english but english edition gives better coverage),Any monthly magazine, such as Pratiyogita Darpan, Wizard or Chronicle,One news paper such as Hindu, Times of India, Hindustan times etc One year book, for reference- Manorama year book,Any Budget special magazine

Books for Computer

Kiran Publication,Lucent,Upkar,Arihant

SCHEME OF EXAMS

CSAT

Disaster Management

Reasoning

Study Material paper wise

Who is Who

English

Question Papers

573:SUGGESTED BOOKS FOR CIVIL SERVICES

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SUGGESTED BOOKS FOR CIVIL SERVICES

HISTORY:

Indian History Text Books(class-XI & XII)NCERT

India's Struggle for IndependenceBipin chandra,Mridula Mukherjee

Modern Indian HistoryB.C.Grover and S.Grover

Modern India-Bipin Chandr

GEOGRAPHY

Geography Text BOOKS(XI&XII):NCERT

Dictionary of Geography(for Reference)PUBLISHERS:PENGUIN

Atlas Oxford Publications

India‐ A Comprehnsive Geography:Khullar

INDIAN ECONOMY:

NCERT (+1 level)—Evolution of Indian Economy(I C Dhingra)

Mishra & Puri or Dutt & Sundaram ‐ Indian Economy

Economic Survey,Pratiyogita Darpan

CURRENT AFFAIRS

Current Affairs - Some magazines and Newspapers

i. The Hindu/The Times of India

ii. Frontline

iii. Civil Service Chronicle

iv. Chanakya

v. Competition WIZARD

vi. Civil Services Today

Books on Science & Technology:

NCERT : (10 level) : Science, (+2 level) : Biology.

Popular Science Series (CSIR)

Reports Of the Ministry of Science and Technology Yojana

Science Reporter

Science and Technology in India - Spectrum

Books on Statistics:

(NCERT +1 level) Elementary Statistics

S.C.Gupta : Statistical Methods

Books on India and the World :

Journal of peace Studies

World Focus

Strategic Analysis

South Asian Journal

Indian Polity

Political Science Text Books(class XI to XII):NCERT

Introduction to Indian Constitution:D.D.Basu

SCHEME OF EXAMS

CSAT

Disaster Management

Reasoning

Study Material paper wise

Who is Who

English

Question Papers

Sunday, 25 August 2013

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PART I

PART II

PART III

PART IV

PART V

578:LIST OF BANKS THAT WERE NATIONALIZED IN 1969

577:CURRENT RATES

Saturday, 24 August 2013

576:India precedency order

575:TIME LINE OF INDIA

574: Suggested books for com Exams

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SCHEME OF EXAMS

573:SUGGESTED BOOKS FOR CIVIL SERVICES

SUGGESTED BOOKS FOR CIVIL SERVICES

SCHEME OF EXAMS