General Knowledge, Current Affairs, and Anatomy Lecture Notes

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering current affairs of 2026, general knowledge facts from Indian railways exams, skeletal anatomy terminology, and Indian constitutional/parliamentary details.

Suvori Festival

A festival celebrated in the state of Assam.

Lakshman Prasad Acharya

The current Governor of Assam.

Calamaria garoensis

A new species of snake discovered in the state of Meghalaya.

Santosh Kumar

The recipient of the Global Green Icon award at the World Climate Leader Summit held in the UK.

Tashkent

The host city for the World Para Athletics Championship 2027 (Capital of Uzbekistan).

Japan

The country that lifted the ban on the export of lethal weapons.

Tobacco and Vapes Bill

A bill recently approved by the Parliament of Britain.

Arthur Law

Named as the WEF Young Global Leader in April 2026.

Turkey

The country that passed a new law to limit social media access for children under the age of 15.

Upendra Dwivedi

The Indian individual presented with the US Hall of Fame.

Storethera auroglossa

A new type of species discovered in the state of Arunachal Pradesh.

Finland

The country where the world's first permanent nuclear waste repository was built.

IIT Ropar

The institution that launched India's first integrated agricultural intelligence ecosystem.

1855

The toll-free number issued by the government for Census 2027.

Virat Kohli

The first player in IPL history to hit 800 boundaries.

Ashok Kumar Lahiri

Appointed as the Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog on April 12, 2026.

Tsinghua University

The university that topped the THE Asia University Ranking 2026.

Aditya

The bullet train manufacturing plant inaugurated by Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in Bengaluru.

Dr. Atul Nath

The individual honored with the 'Oscar of Science'.

UNIDO

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization, which presented the 4th Gender Equality Mobilization Award to Guntur Municipal Corporation in Vienna.

N. Chandrababu Naidu

The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh honored with the Business Reformer of the Year 2025 award in Mumbai.

SMILE-Beggary Survey

A mobile application launched by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

Bishkek

The location where the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) Defense Ministers' Meeting 2026 was held (Kyrgyzstan).

Cyclone-IV

A joint military exercise between India and Egypt in 2026.

Dustlik

The 7th joint military exercise between India and Uzbekistan in 2026.

Vajra Prahar

The 16th joint military exercise between India and the USA in 2026.

Dharma Guardian

The 7th joint military exercise between India and Japan in 2026.

Napoleon of India

A title given to the ruler Samudragupta.

1761

The year the Third Battle of Panipat was fought between Ahmed Shah Abdali and the Marathas.

Steradian

The unit of measurement for a solid angle.

80 cal/g

The specific latent heat of fusion for ice.

Typhoon

The name given to Tropical Cyclones occurring in Japan, Philippines, and China.

Jog or Gersoppa Falls

The widest waterfall in India, located on the Sharavati River in Karnataka.

Princess Amrit Kaur

The first woman to become the President of the World Health Assembly (WHA).

78 AD

The starting year of the Shaka Samvat era.

Article 356

The section of the Indian Constitution related to the imposition of President's Rule in states.

Lyon, France

The headquarters of Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization).

P.C. Mahalanobis

The individual who started the Five-Year Plans in India.

Mansur

The great painter of birds in the court of Jahangir.

Dahej

India's first chemical port, located in Gujarat.

Sesterin

A medicine used to prevent aging.

Sher Shah Suri

The builder of the Grand Trunk Road, also known as Farid Khan.

Red Phosphorus

The substance applied to the tip of a matchstick.

Arundhati Roy

The author of the book 'The God of Small Things'.

Lord Mountbatten

The first Governor-General of independent India.

Sachin Tendulkar

The first batsman to be given out by the third umpire rule.

Sarayu River

The river on whose banks the city of Ayodhya is situated.

Gandhara Style

The style of art that developed during the Kushan period.

Tarapur

The site of India's first nuclear power plant, located in Maharashtra.

Eratosthenes

The first person to measure the radius of the Earth.

Satpura Range

The mountain range that divides the waters of the Narmada and Tapti rivers.

Surface Tension

The phenomenon due to which small drops of rain are spherical.

Roentgen

The discoverer of X-rays.

Norway

Known as the 'Country of the Midnight Sun'.

C. Rajagopalachari

The first and last Indian Governor-General of independent India.

Amartya Sen

The recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics.

Catfish

A type of fish that does not have scales.

Structural Unemployment

Unemployment caused by inadequate productive capacity.

Junko Tabei

The first woman to conquer Mount Everest (May 16, 1975).

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

The first foreigner to be honored with the Bharat Ratna in 1987.

Subscriber Identity Module

The full form of SIM in mobile SIM cards.

Mariana Trench

The point of maximum depth on the water surface, located in the Pacific Ocean.

Operation Black Board

A program launched to provide physical facilities for adult education.

Hampi

The place where the ruins of the Vijayanagar Empire were found.

Ramon Magsaysay Award

An award known as the 'Asian Nobel Prize'.

SEBI

The organization granted statutory status on January 30, 1992.

61st Constitutional Amendment

The 1989 amendment bill that reduced the voting age from 21 years to 18 years.

Zafarnama

A literary work authored by Guru Gobind Singh.

Barahmasa

A literary composition by Malik Muhammad Jayasi.

Dwarasamudra Temple

A prime example of Hoysala building art.

Dactylology

A method of communication with deaf and mute individuals using finger positions.

Ossein

The protein found in bones.

Chondrin

The protein found in cartilage.

Axial Skeleton

The part of the human skeleton consisting of 80 bones, including the skull, chest, and vertebral column.

Appendicular Skeleton

The part of the human skeleton consisting of 126 bones, including the hands, legs, pelvic, clavicle, and scapula.

Clavicle

A bone also known as the 'Beauty Bone' or Hansuli, with a total count of 2 in the human body.

Osteology

The scientific study of bones.

Rajya Sabha

The permanent upper house of Parliament, formed on April 3, 1952, where members serve a 6-year term.

Lok Sabha

The temporary lower house of Parliament, formed on April 17, 1952, requiring a minimum age of 25 for membership.

Joint Session

A parliamentary meeting presided over by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha; it has occurred only three times in India (1961, 1978, 2002).