General Knowledge Test March: रेलवे परीक्षा के लिए सामान्य ज्ञान

स्वेज़ नहर मिस्र (Egypt) में कृत्रिम समुद्र-स्तरीय जल मार्ग है। यह नहर स्वेज के इस्तमुस से होकर अफ्रीका और एशिया को विभाजित करते हुए भूमध्य सागर को लाल सागर से जोड़ता है। 1858 में, फर्डिनेंड डी लेसेप्स ने नहर के निर्माण के व्यक्त उद्देश्य के लिए स्वेज़ नहर कम्पनी का गठन किया। नहर का निर्माण तुर्क साम्राज्य के तत्वावधान में सन् 1859 से 1869 तक हुआ। नहर आधिकारिक रूप से 17 नवम्बर 1869 को खोली गई थी। 1866 ई. में इस नहर के पार होने में 36 घण्टे लगते थे पर आज 18 घण्टे से कम समय ही लगता है। यह वर्तमान में मिस्र देश के नियन्त्रण में है। इस नहर का चुंगी कर बहुत अधिक है। इस नहर की लम्बाई पनामा नहर की लम्बाई से दुगुनी होने के बाद भी इसमें पनामा नहर के खर्च का 1/3 धन ही लगा है।

World Post Day is an international day that occurs each year on October 9, the anniversary of the Universal Postal Union, which started in 1874 in Switzerland. The UPU was the start of the global communications revolution, introducing the ability to write letter to others all over the world.

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (informally and simply called Ozone Day) is celebrated on September 16 designed by the United Nations General Assembly. This designation had been made on December 19, 2000, in commemoration of the date, in 1987, on which nations signed the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. In 1994, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 16 September the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, commemorating the date of the signing, in 1987, of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The closure of the hole in the ozone layer was observed 30 years after the protocol was signed. Due to the nature of the gases responsible for ozone depletion their chemical effects are expected to continue for between 50 and 100 years.

फिलीपीनी पिसो (Philippine peso), जिसे इसके पूर्व नाम पेसो द्वारा अंग्रेज़ी में संदर्भित किया जाता है,फिलीपींस की आधिकारिक मुद्रा है। इसे 100 सेन्टिमोस (फिलिपिनो: सेतीमो) में विभाजित किया गया है।

The National Girl Child Day is celebrated in India every year on January 24. It was initiated in 2008 by the Ministry of Women and Child Development and the government of India, to spread public awareness about inequities that girls face in Indian society. The day is celebrated with organized programs including awareness campaigns about Save the Girl Child, child sex ratios, and the creation of a healthy and safe environment for girls. In 2019, the day was celebrated with the theme, ‘Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow‘.

The All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) is a left-wing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party after the independence of India. It has its main stronghold in West Bengal. The party’s current Secretary-General is G. Devarajan. Veteran Indian politicians Sarat Chandra Bose (brother of Subhas Chandra Bose) and Chitta Basu had been the stalwarts of the party in independent India.

Leveraging Netaji’s sway over the populace, the organization had established its electoral footprint after Independence in states like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and Assam, with West Bengal as its primary bastion. However, after eight decades, the party, now confined to select regions, lacks any Members of Parliament or Legislative Assembly representatives.