| SPORTS AND THE TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM |
| Badminton |
Angled Drive Serve, Backhand Low Serve, Bird, Deuce, Double Droup, Fault, Flick Serve, Forehand Smash, Let, Lob, Love All, net Shots, Rush, Smash.
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| Baseball |
Base, Battery, Bunting, Catcher, Diamond, Hitter, Home Infield, Outfield, Pinch, Pitcher Plate, Pullout, Short Stop, Strike.
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| Basketball |
Ball, Basket, Blocking, Dribbling, Free Throw, Held Ball, Holding, Jump Ball, Multiple Throws, Pivot.
|
| Billiards |
Baulk Line, Break, Bolting, Cannon, Cue, Hazard, In-off, Jigger, Long jenney, Pot, Scratch, Screw Back, short Stop, Strike.
|
| Boxing |
Ausiliary Point System, Babit Punch, Break, Cut, Defence, Down, Hook, Jab, Lying On, Knock, Seconds out, Slam, Upper Cut, Weight In, Win by Knock-out.
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| Bridge |
Auction, Bid, Chicane, Cut, Declarer, Doubleton, Dummy, Finesse, Grand Slam, Little Slam, Notrumps, Over-trick, Revoke, rubber, Ruff, Shuffle, Suit, Vulnerable.
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| Chess |
Bishop, Capture, Castling, Checkmate, En Passant, Gambit, Grand Master, King, Knight, Pawn, Queen, Rook, Stalemate, Under Promoting.
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| Cricket |
Ashes, Banana, Boundary, Bowling, Caught, Chinaman, Cover Drive, Crease, Doosra, Duck, Duckworth-Lewis Rule, Fine Leg, Follow On, Full Toss, Gardening, Googly, Gully, Hat-trick, Hit Wicket, Inswinger, l.b.w., Leg-break, Leg-bye, Leg Glance, late Cut, maiden Over, No Ball, Off Break, On Drive, Out, Outswinger, Over, Mandatory Over, over Pitch, Popping Crease, Rubber, Run Down, Run Out, Short Pitch, Silly Point, Slip, Square Leg, Stone Walling, Straight Drive, Stumped, Short leg, Spin, Swing, Thirdman, Yorker.
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| Croquet |
Hoops, Mallet, Peg Out.
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| Draughts |
Huff
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| Football |
Advantage Clause, Blind Side, Centre Forward, Corner Kick, Dead Ball, Direct Free Kick, Dribble, Goal kick, Golden Goal, Hat-trick, Marking, OffSide, Penalty Kick, Penalty Shootout, Red Card, Striker, Throw In, Tripping.
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| Golf |
Best-ball Foursome, Bogey, Bunker, Caddie, Dormy, Fairway, Fourball, Foursome, Greed Holes, Links, Niblic, Par, Put, Rough, Stymied, Tee, Threesome.
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| Gymnastics |
A-bars, Ariel, Blocks, Cone of Swing, Dish, Flairs, Giants, Inlocate, Kip, Planche, Tariff, Tumble, Virtuosity, Wrap.
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| Hockey |
Advantage, Back-stick, Bully, Cary, Centre Forward, Corner, Dribble, Flick, Free-hit, Goal Line, Green Card, Halfway Line, Hat-trick, Off-side, Red Car, Roll -in, Scoop, Short Corner, Sixteen-yard hit, Square Pass, Stick, Striking Cirele, Tackle, Tie-breaker, Zonal Marking.
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| Horse Racing |
Jockey, Punt, Steeplechase, Thorough Bred.
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| Judo |
Ashi-waza, chui, Dan, Dojo, Gyaku, Hajime, Ippon, Jigotai, Kaeshiwaza, Koka, Makikomi, Nage-waza, O-goshi, Randori, Scarf, Tani-Otoshi, Uchi-komvi, Waki-gatame, Yoshi, Yuko.
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| Karate |
Age Zuki, Ai-uchi, Aka, Chakugan, Dachi, Encho Sen, Fudotachi, Gedan, Geri, Hajime, Ibuki, Jion, Kakato, Koka, Makiwara, Nidan, Obi, Rei, Sanbon, Shiro, Tobigeri, Ude, Waza-ari, Yoko-geri, Zanshin, Zen-no.
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| Polo |
Bunker, Chukker, Mallet.
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| Rowing |
Bow, Bucket, Cow, Ergometer, Feather, Paddle, Regatta.
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| Rugby Football |
A Trackle, Lines, Scrum, Touch, Try.
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| Shootng |
Bag, Bull's Eye, Marksmanship, Muzzle, Plug.
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| Skiing |
Tobogganing.
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| Swimming |
Breast Stroke, Crawl.
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| Table Tennis |
Anti Loop, Backspin, Chop, Loop, Penhold Grip, Push, Spin, Twiddle.
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| Tennis |
Ace, Backhand Stroke, Deuce, Deep Volley, Deuce, Double Fault, Fault, Ground Stroke, Half Volley, Let, Love, Slice, Smash, Volley
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| Volleyball |
Ace, Base-line, Blocking, Doubling, Foot Fault, Heave, Holding, Jump Set, Lob Pass, Love All, Point, Quick Smash, Scouting, Service, Spike, Tactical Ball, Volley, Windmill Service.
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| Wrestling |
Half-Nelson, Head Lock, Heave, Hold, Rebouts, Scissor.
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Thursday, 11 October 2012
SPORTS AND THE TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
Important UN Agencies
| Important UN Agencies | Other UN Agencies |
| Name | Estd. | Headquarters | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
International Labour Organization (ILO) | 1919 | Geneva | To improve conditions and living standard of workers. |
World Health Organization (WHO) | 1948 | Geneva | attainment of highest possible level of health by all people. |
Monday, 8 October 2012
Indian State & Union Teritory - Governor, Capital, Official Language
| ID | State Name | State Capital | Governer | Chief Minister | Official Language | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | Hyderabad | Mr. E.S.L. Narasimhan | Sri. N.Kiran Kumar Reddy | Telugu | 23 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar | Gen.(Retd.) J.J. Singh | Shri Nabam Tuki | English | 16 |
| 3 | Assam | Dispur | Shri Janaki Ballav Pattanaik | Mr. Tarun Gogoi | Assamese | 27 |
| 4 | Bihar | Patna | Mr. Devanand Konwar | Mr. Nitish Kumar | Hindi | 37 |
| 5 | Chhatisgarh | Raipur | Shri Shekhar Dutt | Dr. Raman Singh | Hindi | 16 |
| 6 | Goa | Panaji | Mr.B.V. Wanchoo | Shri Manohar Parrikar | Konkani | 2 |
| 7 | Gujarat | Gandhi Nangar | Dr. Kamla Beniwal | Mr. Narendra Modi | Gujarati | 26 |
| 8 | Haryana | Chandigarh | Mr. Jagannath Pahadia | Mr. Bhupinder S. Hooda | Hindi | 20 |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla | Ms. Urmila Singh | Mr. Prem Kumar Dhumal | Hindi | 12 |
| 10 | Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar(Summer) , Jammu(Winter ) | Mr. N.N. Vohra | Mr. Omar Abdullah | Urdu, Kashmiri, Dogri | 22 |
| 11 | Jharkhand | Ranchi | Dr. Syed Ahmed | Shri Arjun Munda | Hindi | 22 |
| 12 | Karnataka | Bengaluru | Mr. Hans Raj Bhardwaj | Shri Jagadish Shivappa Shettar | Kannada | 27 |
| 13 | Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | Mr. Hans Raj Bhardwaj (Additional Charge) | Mr. Oommen Chandy | Malayalam | 14 |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | Mr. Ram Naresh Yadav | Mr. Shivraj Singh Chauhan | Hindi | 50 |
| 15 | Maharashtra | Mumbai | Shri Kateekal Sankaranarayanan | Mr. Prithviraj Chavan | Marathi | 35 |
| 16 | Manipur | Imphal | Mr. Gurbachan Jagat | Mr. Okram Ibibo Singh | Manipuri | 9 |
| 17 | Meghalaya | Shillong | Mr. R.S. Mooshahary | Mr. Mukul A. Sangma | English | 7 |
| 18 | Mizoram | Aizawl | Mr. V. Purushothman | Mr. Lalthanhawla | English | 8 |
| 19 | Nagaland | Kohima | Shri. Nikhil Kumar | Mr. Neiphiu Rio | English | 8 |
| 20 | Orrissa | Bhubaneshwar | Shri Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare | Mr. Naveen Patnaik | Oriya | 30 |
| 21 | Punjab | Chandigarh | Shri Shivraj Patil | Mr. Parkash Singh Badal | Punjabi | 20 |
| 22 | Rajasthan | Jaipur | Ms. Margaret Alva | Mr. Ashok Gehlot | Hindi | 33 |
| 23 | Sikkim | Gangtok | Mr. Balmiki Prasad Singh | Mr. Pawan Chamling | Nepali | 4 |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Dr. K. Rosaiah | J. Jayalalithaa | Tamil | 31 |
| 25 | Tripura | Agartala | Shri Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil | Mr. Manik Sarkar | Bengali | 4 |
| 26 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun | Dr.Aziz Qureshi | Vijay Bahuguna | Hindi | 13 |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | Mr. B.L. Joshi | Mr. Akhilesh Yadav | Hindi | 71 |
| 28 | West Bengal | Kolkata | Shri M.K. Narayanan | Ms. Mamta Banerjee | Bengali | 19 |
| ID | Union Teritory | State Capital | Governer | Chief Minister | Official Language | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Port Blair | Lt. Gen. (Retd) Bhopinder Singh, PVSM, AVSM (Lieutenant Governor) | Hindi, Nicobarese, Bengali,Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu | 4 | |
| 2 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | Shri Shivraj V. Patil (Administrator) | Hindi, Punjabi, English | 1 | |
| 3 | Daman and Diu | Daman | Mr. Narendra Kumar | Gujarati | 2 | |
| 4 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | Silvassa | Mr. Narendra Kumar | Gujarati, Hindi | 1 | |
| 5 | Lakshadweep | Kavaratti | Shri Amar Nath, IAS (Administrator) | Jeseri (Dweep Bhasha) and Mahal | 1 | |
| 6 | Puducherry | Puducherry | Shri Iqbal Singh (Lieutenant Governor) | Mr. N. Rangaswamy | Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, English and French | 4 |
| 7 | NCT of Delhi | Delhi | Shri Tejendra Khanna (Lieutenant Governor) | Smt. Sheela Dixit | Hindi,Punjabi | 9 |
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