Basic GK Quiz 4

An initial public offering (IPO) refers to the process of offering shares of a private corporation to the public in a new stock issuance. Public share issuance allows a company to raise capital from public investors.

Bachendri Pal, an Indian mountaineer who in 1984 became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Santosh Yadav is the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice and the first woman to successfully climb Mount Everest from Kangshung Face. She climbed the peak first in May 1992 and then again in May 1993 with an Indo-Nepalese Team.

Corbett National Park is the oldest national park in India and was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park to protect the endangered Bengal tiger. It is located in Nainital district and Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand.

With a staggering height of 260 meters, Tehri Dam is the highest dam in India. It is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand. The Hirakud Dam (in Orissa) is the longest dam in India with a total length of 25.79 km.

Corbett National Park is India's oldest national park. This Park is a forested wildlife sanctuary in northern India's Uttarakhand State.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was nationalised with effect from 1st January 1949 on the basis of the Reserve Bank of India (Transfer to Public Ownership) Act, 1948. RBI was set up on the basis of the recommendations of the Hilton Young Commission. The RBI Act 1934 provides the statutory basis of the functioning of the Bank, which commenced operations on 1 April 1935.

Arya Samaj is a monotheistic Indian Hindu reform movement that promotes values and practices based on the belief in the infallible authority of the Vedas. The samaj was founded by Dayanand Saraswati on 10 April 1875.

Vande Bharat Express or Train 18 with a top speed of 180 km/h is the fastest running train on Indian Railways. It was made by Integral Coach Factory (ICF) at Perambur, Chennai under the Indian government's Make in India campaign. Indian Railways operates two Vande Bharat trains, one from Delhi to Varanasi and the other from Delhi to Katra.

K2, at 8,611 metres above sea level, is the highest mountain in India and second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest. It lies in the Karakoram range, in part in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

1. Governor-General of Fort William or Governor-General of Bengal (1773–1833): Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General of Fort William or Governor-General of Bengal.
2. Governors-General of India (1833–1858): Lord William Bentinck (1833) was the 1st Governor-General of British India.
3. Governors-General and Viceroys of India (1858–1947): In the year 1856 the Viceroy of India was announced. Lord Canning was the First Viceroy and Governor-General (1858-1862) of British India.