Student's Encyclopedia of General Knowledge
General Knowledge is the most effective way to increase the IQ of a student. The Student?s Encyclopedia of General Knowledge is a good book for students who want information on all kinds of subjects in one book. This book has proven to be useful to many students in the long run. The Student?s Encyclopedia of General Knowledge can be used by students studying in class three up to the seventh standard. The quality of information in this book is top notch and readers find it interesting. The book covers key information from the top books in India; some information from international books has also been taken. Students can find information on sports persons, famous people and Prime Ministers of India, too. The book is easy to read as the chapters are in an alphabetical order. Hence, looking for facts becomes very easy as well. The book has a special section with 100 amazing facts that leave most young readers amazed. At the end of the book, there is a quiz section that can be used by the student to check his level of learning. The quiz has two hundred questions. The book has ample diagrams and illustrations that make the learning process more flexible and interesting. There are one hundred illustrations in the book. Each one is worth checking out. This book by Mr. Khan has helped many students in the past and continues to do so till date. : This famous Encyclopedia has been authored by three writers. Azeem, Ahmad Khan, Ruth Premi and Sanjay Raghav are the authors of this book. The book was published by General Press.
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1. Common Abbreviations
An abbreviation is a short form of a word or a group of words. They are commonly used because they save time and space. Here are some common abbreviations:
AD — Anno Domini (in the year of Our Lord)
AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIIMS — All India Institute of Medical Sciences
AIR — All India Radio
a.m. — ante meridiem (before noon)
AMU — Aligarh Muslim University
AP — Associated Press
ATM — Automated Teller Machine
B&W — Black and White
BA — Bachelor of Arts
BBC — British Broadcasting Corporation
BC — Before Christ
BEd. — Bachelor of Education
BP — Blood Pressure
BSc. — Bachelor of Science
BSF — Border Security Force
BSNL — Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
CA — Chartered Accountant
CBI — Central Bureau of Investigation
CBSE — Central Board of Secondary Education
CBT — Children’s Book Trust
CFL — Compact Fluorescent Lamp
CIA — Central Intelligence Agency (USA)
CID — Criminal Investigation Department
CNN — Cable News Network
CTBT — Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
DIG — Deputy Inspector General
DNA — Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DOS — Disk Operating System
DTP — Desk-top Publishing
DVD — Digital Versatile Disc
E&OE — Errors and Omissions Exempted
ECG — Electrocardiogram
e.g. — exempli gratia (for example)
EMI — Equated Monthly Installments
etc. — et cetera (and other things)
FBI — Federal Bureau of Investigation
FIFA — Federation International de Football Association
(Federation of the International Football Association)
FIR — First Information Report
FM — Frequency Modulation
FYI — For Your Information
GMT — Greenwich Mean Time
Govt. — Government
GPO — General Post Office
HIV — Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HQ — Headquarters
IA — Indian Airlines
IAF — Indian Air Force
IAS — Indian Administrative Service
IBM — International Business Machines
ICU — Intensive Care Unit
i.e. — id est (that is)
IGNOU — Indira Gandhi National Open University
IIT — Indian Institute of Technology
INA — Indian National Army
INTERPOL — International Criminal Police Commission
IPS — Indian Police Service
IQ — Intelligence Quotient
ISBN — International Standard Book Number
ISD — International Subscriber Dialling
ISI — Indian Standards Institution/Inter-Services Intelligence (Pakistan)
IST — Indian Standard Time
ISRO — Indian Space Research Organization
ITI — Industrial Training Institute
ITO — Income Tax Officer/International Trade Organization
lbw — leg before wicket
LCD — Liquid-crystal Display
LIC — Life Insurance Corporation
LLB — Bachelor of Laws
LPG — Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Ltd. — Limited
LTTE — Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
MA — Master of Arts
MBA — Master of Business Administration
MBBS — Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
MLA — Member of Legislative Assembly
MNC — Multinational Corporation
MO — Money Order
MP — Member of Parliament
Mr. — Mister
Mrs. — Missus/Missis
MSc. — Master of Science
MTNL — Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)
NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NB — nota bene (note well)
NBT — National Book Trust
NCC — National Cadet Corps
NCERT — National Council of Educational Research and Training
NDA — National Defence Academy
NFDC — National Film Development Corporation
NIIT — National Institute of Information Technology
NRI — Non-resident Indian
OK — Okay (all correct)
OPD — Outdoor Patients Department
OTP — One Time Password
PC — Personal Computer
PFA — Plesae Find Attached
Ph.D — Doctor of Philosophy
PIB — Press Information Bureau
PIN — Postal Index Number/Personal Identification Number
p.m. — post meridiem (after noon)
PM — Prime Minister
PNB — Punjab National Bank
PO — Post Office
PTI — Press Trust of India
PTO — Please Turn Over
Pvt. — Private
R&D — Research and Development
RBI — Reserve Bank of India
RSVP — repondez sil vous plait (please reply)
SAARC — South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation
SAIL — Steel Authority of India Limited
SBI — State Bank of India
SC — Supreme Court/Schedule Caste
Sign. — Signature
SIM — Subscriber Identification Module (Card)
SLV — Satellite Launch Vehicle
SMS — Short Message Service
SOS — Save Our Souls
STD — Subscriber Trunk Dialling
TTE — Train Ticket Examiner
UFO — Unidentified Flying Object
UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNI — United News of India
UNICEF — United Nations Children’s Fund
UNO — United Nations Organization
UPSC — Union Public Service Commission
via — by way of
VIP — Very Important Person
viz. — videlicet (namely)
VPP — Value Payable Post
vs. — versus (against)
WHO — World Health Organization
WWF — Worldwide Fund for Nature
www — worldwide web
Xmas — Christmas
YMCA — Young Men’s Christian Association
YWCA — Young Women’s Christian Association
2. Famous Books (India)
Name of the Book Author
A Suitable Boy Vikram Seth
Ain-i-Akbari Abul Fazal
Anand Math Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Arthashastra Kautilya
Babarnama Babar
Bhagavadgita Ved Vyas
Broken Wing Sarojini Naidu
Devdas Sharat Chandra Chatterji
Dewan-e-Ghalib Mirza Ghalib
Discovery of India Jawaharlal Nehru
Gitanjali Rabindranath Tagore
Glimpses of World History Jawaharlal Nehru
Godan Premchand
Golden Gate Vikram Seth
Gora Rabindranath Tagore
Guide R.K. Narayan
Guru Granth Sahib Guru Arjun Dev
India Divided Dr. Rajendra Prasad
India Wins Freedom Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Mahabharata Ved Vyas
Man-eaters of Kumaon Jim Corbett
Meghdoot Kalidas
Midnight’s Children Salman Rushdie
My Experiments with Truth Mahatma Gandhi
My Truth Indira Gandhi
Panchatantra Vishnu Sharma
Ram Charit Manas Tulsidas
Ramayana Valmiki
Rangbhoomi Premchand
Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie
Shakuntala Kalidas
Song of India Sarojini Naidu
Sunny Days Sunil Gavaskar
The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy
3. Famous Books (World)
Name of the book Author
A Passage to India E.M. Forster
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll
Animal Farm George Orwell
Arabian Nights Sir Richard Burton
Arms and the Man George Bernard Shaw
Around the World in Eighty Days Jules Verne
As You Like It William Shakespeare
Das Kapital Karl Marx
David Copperfield Charles Dickens
Dr. Zhivago Boris Pasternak
Great Expectations Charles Dickens
Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift
Hamlet William Shakespeare
Harry Potter Series J.K. Rowling
Iliad Homer
Julius Caesar William Shakespeare
Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling
Jurassic Park Michael Crichton
Man and Superman George Bernard Shaw
Odyssey Homer
Oliver Twist Charles Dickens
Origin of Species Charles Darwin
Paradise Lost John Milton
Principia Sir Isaac Newton
Republic Plato
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare
Three Musketeers Alexander Dumas
Through the Looking-Glass Lewis Carroll
Treasure Island R.L. Stevenson
Uncle Tom’s Cabin H.B. Stowe
War and Peace Count Leo Tolstoy