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Volume 2 Date of release Dec 17 2014 English Version

TNPSC Group 4 Current

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Contents
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Topic
Section A: Current Affairs

Polity

Economics

Science and Technology

World

Sports

Environment

Miscellaneous
Section B: Miscellaneous

Tamil Nadu a Short Review

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List of Presidents of India

11

List of Prime Ministers of India

12

List of Chief Justices of India

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List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu

14

Important Days

15

Important Books

16

Summits

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Section B Miscellaneous
Tamil Nadu A Short Review

Area: 1.3 Lakh Sq.km (11th Largest State)

Districts: 32

Demography (as per 2011 Census)

Total Population : 7.21 Crore (7th Populous State)

Growth rate in last decade: 15.61%

Sex Ratio: 996

Top 3 districts with High Sex ratio

1.
2.
3.

Nilgiris

Tanjavur
Nagapattinam

Last 3 districts with low sex ratio

1.

Dharmapuri (946)

2.

Salem (954)

3.

Krishnagiri (958)

Literacy Rate Overall: 80.09%

Male Literacy Rate: 86.77%

Female Literacy Rate: 73.14%

Top 3 districts Literacy rate

1.
2.
3.

Kanyakumari
Chennai

Tutucorin

Polity

The Governor: Thiru. Rosaiah

The Chief Minister: Thiru. O. Paneerselvam

The Chief Justice of Madras High Court: Thiru. Sanjay Kishan Kaul

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Total number of members in State legislative Assembly: 235

Total Number of members in Lok Sabha: 39
Total Number of seats in Rajya Sabha: 18

List of Presidents of India

Indian Presidents List in Chronological Order till date
1. Rajendra Prasad
2. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
3. Zakir Hussain

4. Varahagiri Venkata Giri

[ 1st President ]
[ 2nd President ]
[ 3rd President ]

India]
5. Mohammad Hidayatullah
India]

6. Varahagiri Venkata Giri

7. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

[ Acting President of
[ Acting President of

[ 4th President ]
[ 5th President ]

8. Basappa Danappa Jatti

[ Acting

President of India]

9. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

10. Giani Zail Singh

11. Ramaswamy Venkataraman

12. Shankar Dayal Sharma
13. K. R. Narayanan
14. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
15. Pratibha Patil

16. Pranab Mukherjee

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[ 6th President ]

[ 7th President ]

[ 8th President ]

[ 9th President ]
[ 10th President ]
[ 11th President ]
[ 12th President ]

[ 13th President ]

List of Prime Ministers of India

Indian Prime Ministers List in Chronological Order till date

1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Gulzarilal Nanda

3. Lal Bahadur Shastri

4. Gulzarilal Nanda

[ 1st Prime Minister ]

[ 2nd Prime Minister ]

[ 3rd Prime Minister ]

5. Indira Gandhi

[ 4th Prime Minister ]

6. Morarji Desai

[ 5th Prime Minister ]

7. Charan Singh

[ 6th Prime Minister ]

8. Indira Gandhi
9. Rajiv Gandhi

[ 7th Prime Minister ]

10. V. P. Singh

[ 8th Prime Minister ]

11. Chandra Shekhar

12. P. V. Narasimha Rao
13. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

[ 9th Prime Minister ]

[ 10th Prime Minister ]
[ 11th Prime Minister ]

14. H. D. Deve Gowda

15. I. K. Gujral

[ 12th Prime Minister ]

16. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

17. Manmohan Singh
18. Narendra Modi

[ 13th Prime Minister ]

[ 14th Prime Minister ]

[ 15th Prime Minister ]

List of Chief Justices of India

List of Chief Justices of India Till Date - for competitive Exams

1. H.J.Kania
2. M Patanjali Sastri
3. Mehr Chand Mahajan

4. Bijan Kumar Mukherjea

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5. Sudhi Ranjan Das

6. Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha
7. P.B.Gajendragadkar

8. Amal Kumar Sarkar

9. Koka Subba Rao

10. Kailas Nath Wanchoo

11. Mohammad Hidayatullah

12. Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah

13. Sarv Mittra Sikri
14. Ajit Nath Ray
15. Mirza Hameedullah Beg
16. Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud

17. Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati

18. Raghunandan Swarup Pathak

19. Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah

20. Sabyasachi Mukharji
21. Ranganath Misra
22. Kamal Narain Singh
23. Madhukar Hiralal Kania
24. Lalit Mohan Sharma

25. Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah

26. Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi
27. Jagdish Sharan Verma
28. Madan Mohan Punchhi
29. Adarsh Sein Anand
30. Sam Piroj Bharucha
31. Bhupinder Nath Kirpal

32. Gopal Ballav Pattanaik

33. V. N. Khare
34. S. Rajendra Babu
35. Ramesh Chandra Lahoti

36. Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal

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37. K. G. Balakrishnan
38. S. H. Kapadia
39. Altamas Kabir

40. P. Sathasivam (Tamil Nadu)

41. Rajendra Mal Lodha

42. H. L. Dattu (Present CJI)

** Updated on 29th September 2014.
Try to remember the last 10 CJI in their respective order.

List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu

List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu Till Date in Chronological order for Competitive
Exams

1. A Subbarayalu
2. Panagal Raja

3. Dr. P Subbarayan
4. P Munuswamy Naidu
5. Ramakrishna Ranga Rao,
6. P T Rajan
7. Ramakrishna Ranga Rao
8. Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu
9. C Rajagopalachari
10. Tanguturi Prakasam
11. O P Ramaswamy Reddiyar
12. P S Kumaraswamy Raja
13. C Rajagopalachari
14. K Kamaraj

15. M Bakthavatsalam

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16. Dr. C N Annadurai

17. Dr. Kalaignar M Karunanidhi
18. Dr. M G Ramachandran
19. Janaki Ramachandran

20. Dr. Kalaignar M Karunanidhi

21. Dr. Selvi J Jayalalithaa

22. Dr. Kalaignar M Karunanidhi

23. Dr. Selvi J Jayalalithaa
24. O Panneerselvam

25. Dr. Selvi J Jayalalithaa

26. Dr. Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi
27. Dr. Selvi J Jayalalithaa

28. O Panneerselvam [Present CM]

Important Days
April

April 3rd - World Autism Day

April 7th - World Health Day

April 26th - World Veterinary Day

June

June 21st - International Day of Yoga

September

September 8th - International Literacy Day

September 16th - International Day for preservation of Ozone Layer

September 29th - World Heart Day

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October

October 11th - International Day of the Girl Child.

October 15th - Global hand washing Day

October 16th - World Food Day

October 17th - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

October 20th - World Osteoporosis Day

October 31st - National Unity Day (Ekta Diwas) {Sardar Vallabhai Patel Birth
Anniversary}

November

November 14th - Children's Day (Jawaharlal Nehru's Birth anniversary)

November 19th - National Integration Day (Indira Gandhi's Birth Anniversary)

Important Books

Malgudi Days R K Narayan

Satyarth Prakash Swami Dayanand

The Glimpses of World history Jawaharlal Nehru

Wings of Fire Abdul Kalam

My Experiments with Truth Mahatma Gandhi

Summits
BIMSTEC

2014 Nay Pyi Taw capital of Myanmar

Upcoming in Nepal

SAARC

2014 Kathmandu (Nepal)

BRICS
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2014 Fortaleza (Brazil)

2015 Ufa (Russia)

IBSA

2013 New Delhi

2015 New Delhi

G-20

2014 Australia

2015 Turkey

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Current Affairs
Miscellaneous

Maitri (Meaning - Friendship) : a programme between India and China which

includes art exhibition and workshops (Painting). It is planned to be held at
Jaipur (The Pink City of India) this November.

Warren Anderson - the CEO of the Union Carbide Corp at the time of the
Bhopal Disaster (1984) died.

Important Days
o
o

November 14th - Children's Day (Jawaharlal Nehru's Birth anniversary)

November 19th - National Integration Day (Indira Gandhi's Birth
Anniversary)

Heritage Marathan
o

Books in News:
o

Playing it my way - by Sachin Tendulkar [an autobiography]

TRV 72
o

Heritage marathan was held at the Bidar district of Karnataka.

Indian Navy's ship which sank near the vishakapatnam coast.

Appointments:
o

Farhan Akthar (Bollywood Actor) - was appointed as the UN women

Goodwill ambassador for south Asia.

Punyakoti film
o

This film will become the first sanskrit animation movie.

It is based on the man-animal conflict.

Music - Ilayaraja

Kambala
o

It is the name of traditional buffalo race, which is held annually in the

coastal regions of Karnataka.

Awards
o

Neha Gupta - an Indian american, won the International children's peace

prize.

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ISRO - won the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and
Development award for the year 2014.

Bilal Tanweer - won the Sakti Bhatt First Book Price 2014 for his novel
'The Scatter here is Too Great'.

Mahamastakabhisheka Festival
o

It is a Jain festival, which is held once in every 12 years.

It is festival of Lord Bahubali, celebrated in Karnataka.

Kambala
o

It is the name of traditional buffalo race, which is held annually in the

coastal regions of Karnataka.

Moti Darwaza
o
o

Recently it was held in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in Karnataka

It is one of the entrances for the golconda fort (Hyderabad).
The doors of the Moti Darwaza got damaged.

Global Corruption Perception Index

o

India ranks 85th in the list of 175 countries

Global Corruption Perception index was released by transparency

international.

Books in News
o

The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years - by Pranab Mukherjee

(President of India)

Important Persons in News

o

V R Krishna Iyer - Former Judge of Supreme court of India died recently.

Important days
o

International Day of Yoga

United Nations declared June 21st as the 'International Day of

Yooga'

Important Abbreviations in News

o

SIPCOT - State Industries Promotion corporation of Tamil Nadu

Dahi Handi
o

Maharashtra government has announced Dahi Handi (Human Pyramid)

Sport as an Adventure Sport.

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Polity

Mukul Mudgal Panel

o

Mudgal panel headed by retired Justice Mukul mudgal, submitted its final
report on IPL spot fixing scandals.

Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung recommended the dissolution of Delhi assembly

to the President.

Important Appointments
o

Laximakant Parsekar - was appointed as the 11th chief minister of Goa.

The Delhi Special Police Establishment Bill, 2014 was passed in the Lok
Sabha.

Important Appointments
o

Anil Kumar Sinha - was appointed as the new CBI Chief.

The Coal Mines (Special provisions) Bill 2014

o

The Coal Mines (Special provisions) Bill 2014, was passed in the Lok
Sabha.

It made some changes, so that the private company can took part in
mining coals.

Economics

Important Appointments
o

Vijay Kelkar - was appointed as the new chairman of the NIPFP National
institute of Public finance and Policy

Jeevan Pramaan Scheme

o

It was launched by the central government for the benefit of pensioners.

Under this scheme Aadhar Based Digital life certificate will be created.

This digital life certificate will replace the existing physical life certificate
submission.

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Kisan Vikas patra

o
o

It is an investment scheme relaunched by the central government.

Under this scheme the investors can invest amount in denominations of

Rs 1000, Rs 5000 and Rs 50000 without any upper ceiling limit and no
tax benefits.

The amount will double in 100 months that is 8 years and 4 months
with a lock in period of 2 years and 6 months (30 months).

Rajasthan government has planned to introduce self attestation of documents

while dealing with government agencies from January 1, 2015.

Ease of doing business Index

o
o

India ranks 142 out of 189 countries in ease of doing business.

It is a report published by world bank

World

Dosti XII
o

It is a joint trilateral coast guard exercise among India, Maldives and

Srilanka.

The 12th edition of Dosti exercise (4 days) concluded on 31st October

2014

The 'Dosti' operation between India and Maldives started in the year
1991. Srilanka Joined the team in the year 2012.

Mitra Shakti
o

A joint military exercise between India and Srilanka conducted near

colombo.

World Trade Centre

o

The new tower of World trade centre was reopened after 13 years after
the 9/11 terror attack.

WTC is a 104 storey building. It is located in New York.

Maria Jose Alvarado

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who won the title Miss Hondurus, was found dead.

International Film Festival of India

o

The 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), began on 20th

November 2014 in Goa.

Rajinikanth was given the Indian Film personality of the year award 2014.

The US President Obama was invited by PM Modi to be the Chief guest of

the next Republic day Jan 26th 2015.

Zaporizhya plant
o

It is a nuclear power plant in Ukraine.

An electrical short circuit in the plant led to the power blackout.

Bhutan PM Visits Bangladesh

o

Bhutan Prime Minister Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay visited Bangladesh to

participate in the 43rd victory day anniversary which marks the
Bangladesh' Independence and its liberation from Pakistan.

Bangladesh's foreign secretary told that the Bhutan is the first country to
recognise bangladesh as an independent nation followed by India.

A Goods train from china completed the world's longest train journey of 13,000
km distance between Yuwi (China) and Madrid (Spain) passing through seven
countries.

Science and Tech

Staphefekt
o

Agni II
o

A new drug developed as a replacement for antibiotics for treating

antibiotic resistant infections.
It was test fired recently from wheeler Island off the Odisha Coast.

Agni II - is a nuclear capable ballistic missile.

surface to surface missile.

Its full range is 2000 km.

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Akash
o

It is a surface to air missile, test fired by Indian Air force from Odisha

Philae Lander
o

Comet lander which landed safely on the comet named Comet

67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko has sent its first image.

Rosetta Space Probe sent by the European Space Agency carried this
comet lander.

it becomes first ever robot landing on a comet.

LRSAM
o

It is a long range surface to air missile, jointly developed by Israel and

India.

o
o

It is called as Barrack 8 Missile in Israel.

It was test fired recently in Israel.

Raspberry Pi
o

It is an ATM card sized chip which can be used as a computer when

connected with a display unit and other input/output devices.

Hysterectomy
o

It is one of the sterilisation technique for women, in which the uterus will
be removed.

It was recently in news after the death of 11 women who had

undergone hysterectomy surgery in Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh)

Vasectomy is a sterilisation technique for men.

Non Scalpel Vasectomy

o

It is one of the sterilisation technique available for Men.

Li Shunquiang, a chinese doctor first developed this surgery technique.

In India, Karimnagar district (Telengana State) was in the first position in

the number of male sterilisation surgeries.

L360 - Livlihood360
o

L360 is an app developed by Raghu Kanchustambham (Hyderabad), helps

the farmers to estimate the quantity of their farm produce and sell it.

This app was named 'the Best App in Asia' in the Telenor Digital
Winners Conference held Oslo in Norway.

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Bio-mimicking
o
o

It means imitating nature's behavior in new technologies.

Mattaparthi srinath, a student from IIT hyderabad, developed a polymer

structure replicating the water repellent nature (Lotus effect) of Canna
Indica plant and its also absorbs light.

Zero Gravity 3D Printer

o

Arianescape
o

It is installed on the international space station by NASA.

It is a European Commercial Satellite launch service provider.

Tianhe-2
o

It is a supercomputer of china, which retained the title 'World's fastest

supercomputer', for the second consecutive year.

Tetekt
o

Speed - 33.86 Petaflops.

It is an Anti surveillance software tool used to detect whether the

surveillance software has been installed in a computer system or not.

Agni - IV
o

A nuclear capable missile with Range - 4000 Km

Test fired recently from the wheeler island off the Odisha coast.

GSAT-16
o

A communication satellite was launched from French Guina on 6th

December 2014.

GSLV Mark - III

o

ISRO has planned to launch its heaviest rocket (GSLV Mark III) at Sathis
Dhawan space centre in sriharikota on 18th December 2014.

Mobile One App

o

Mobile One App was launched by the government of Karnataka as an

initiative of e-governance.

Through this app, an user can access more than 4000 services from
anywhere at anytime.

Web Index
o

India Ranks 48th in the Web index ranking list.

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Web Index is released is World Wide Web Foundation.

Sports

Rohit Sharma
o

Became the highest run scores in a ODI.

He scored 264 runs from 173 balls, which includes 33-4s and 9-6s.

He scored this record breaking score during the innings vs Srilanka in

Kolkatta

World Chess Championship 2014

o

Magnus Carlsen (norway) won the World chess championship title 2014
by winning Viswanathan anand.

Phil Hughes
o

Australian Criket player who died after injury when hit by a ball.

Environment and Health

Silicosis
o

It is a disease caused by silica dust.

The people working in mining fields are most prone to this disease.

Recently more number of cases has been confirmed in Dholpur disrtict in

Rajasthan.

Climate Change Performance Index 2015

o

India ranks 31st in the Climate change performance Index 2015 list.

Climate change performance Index report is released by two NGO namely

Germanwatch and Climate Action Network of europe.

Rankings:

1. - Denmark

2. - Swedan

3. - U K

31 - India

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