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ENGLISH VOCABULARY for SSC , UPSC & Banking Exams
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1. Diaphanous :-
Meaning : Transparent
Usage : A diaphanous door.

2. Disport :-
Meaning : to smile
Usage : People disported themselves at the stage show.

3. Dulcet :-
Meaning : Sweet sounding
Usage : I thought I recognized your dulcet tone.

4. Despondency :-
Meaning : hopeless, sad
Usage : It is very difficult to come out from despondency after his father’s death.

5. Didactic :-
Meaning : a bitter; criticism in speck writing
Usage : Launch a diatribe against the government.

6. Exculpate :-
Meaning : Prove guiltless
Usage : The Supreme Court exculpated Sanjay Dutt from TADA Case.

7. Encumber :-
Meaning : to become burden
Usage : Travelling is difficult when you’re encumbered with heavy suitcase s.

8. Extol :-
Meaning : to praise highly
Usage : He was extolled as a hero.

9. Effulgent :-
Meaning : shinning brilliantly
Usage : The effulgent beauty.

10. Ephemeral :-
Meaning : short lived
Usage : Ephemeral mosquitoes during the rainy season

~ ~ ~ Some Basic Facts About India ~ ~ ~

1. Smallest state (Area) = Goa
2. Smallest state (population) = Sikkim
3. Most literate union Territory = Lakshadweep
4. Smallest Union Territory = Lakshadweep
5. Biggest hotel = Oberoi Sheraton (Mumbai)
6. Highest award (civilian) = Bharat Ratna
7. Highest Gallantry award = Param vir chakra
8. Most literate state = Tripura
9. Fastest Train = Shatabdi express
10. Least populated union Territory = Lakshadweep
11. Most populated city = Mumbai
12. Busiest bridge = Howra (Calcutta)
13. Oldest Refinery = Digboi (Assam)

-------------- Ten Gurus of Sikh -------------------

1. Guru Nanak - Guru from 1469 to 1539
2. Guru Angad - Guru from 1539 to 1552
3. Guru Amar Das - Guru from 1552 to 1574
4. Guru Ram Das - Guru from 1574 to 1581
5. Guru Arjan Dev - Guru from 1581 to 1606
6. Guru Har Gobind - - Guru from 1606 to 1644
7. Guru Har Rai - Guru from 1644 to 1661
8. Guru Har Krishan - Guru from 1661 to 1664
9. Guru Tegh Bahadur - Guru from 1665 to 1675
10. Guru Gobind Singh - Guru from 1675 to 1708
11. Guru Granth Sahib - Guru from 1708 to eternity

Governors & Lt. Governors of Indian States —
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Andhra Pradesh— Shri E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan
Arunachal Pradesh — Lt. General (Retd.) Nirbhay Sharma
Assam — Shri Janaki Ballav Patanaik
Bihar — Shri Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil
Chhattisgarh — Shri Shekhar Dutt
Goa — Shri B. V. Wanchoo
Gujarat — Dr. Kamla Beniwal
Haryana — Shri Jagannath Pahadia
Himachal Pradesh — Smt. Urmila Singh
Jammu and Kashmir — Shri N. N. Vohra
Jharkhand — Dr. Syed Ahmed
Karnataka — Shri H.R. Bhardwaj
Kerala — Shri Nikhil Kumar
Madhya Pradesh — Shri Ram Naresh Yadav
Maharashtra — Shri Kateekal Sankaranarayanan
Manipur — Shri Vinod Kumar Duggal
Meghalaya — Shri K. K. Paul
Mizoram — Shri Vakkom Purushothaman
Nagaland — Dr. Ashwani Kumar
Odisha — Shri S.C. Jamir
Punjab — Shri Shivraj Patil
Rajasthan — Smt Margaret Alva
Sikkim — Shri shriniwas dadasahab patil
Tamil Nadu — Dr. K. Rosaiah
Tripura — Shri Devanand Konwar
Uttar Pradesh — Shri B.L. Joshi
Uttarakhand — Shri Aziz Qureshi
West Bengal — Shri M.K. Narayana

Important Abbreviations for Upcoming SSC And Banking Exams
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SAARC- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SAC- Space Application Center
SAFTA -South Asian Free Trade Association
SAI -Sports Authority of India
SAIL- Steel Authority of India Limited
SAPTA- South Asian Preferential Trade Arrangements
SARS- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
SC- Supreme Court / Security Council/schedule cast
SCI -Shipping Council of India
SCOPE- Standing Conference of Public Enterprises
SCRA -Special Class Railway Apprentice
SDR -Special Drawing Rights
SEBI- Security Exchange Board of India
SGPC -Siromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee
SHAR -Shri Haikota Range
SIDBI- Small Industries Development Bank of India
SIS -Secret Intelligence Service
SITA -Suppression of Immortal Traffic in Women and Girls Act
SLV -Satellite Launch Vehicle
SPCA -Society for Prevention of Cruelty of Animals
S**C -MACAY Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture
STARS -Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station
STD -Subscribers Trunk Dialing
STPI- Software Technology Parks of India
SWAPO -South West African People’s Organization

TA- Traveling Allowances
TC- Transfer Certificate/ Ticket Checker
TELCO- Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company
TELEX- Teleprinter Exchange
TISCO- Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited
TNT -Tri-nitro-toluene
TOFEL- Test of English as a Foreign Language
TRAI -Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
TRIPS- Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
TTE -Traveling Ticket Examiner
TTFI -Table Tennis Federation of India
TWA -Trans World Airlines

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Indian Railway Zones and their Headquarters
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1. Northern Railway--Delhi
2. North Eastern Railway--Gorakhpur
3. Northeast Frontier Railway--Maligaon(Guwahati)
4. Eastern Railway--Kolkata
5. South Eastern Railway--Kolkata
6. South Central Railway--Secunderabad
7. Southern Railway--chennai
8. Central Railway--Mumbai November
9. Western Railway--Mumbai November
10. South Western Railway--Hubli
11. North Western Railway--jaipur
12. West Central Railway--jabalpur
13. North Central Railway--Allahabad
14. South East Central Railway--Bilaspur
15. East Coast Railway--Bhubaneswar
16. East Central Railway--Hajipur