onlineGKguide.com http://www.onlinegkguide.com Resource of General Knowledge, Current Affairs, GK Quizzes and Career News Fri, 18 May 2012 17:45:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Who’s Who in Business of 2012 http://www.onlinegkguide.com/2012/05/16/whos-who-in-business-of-2012/ http://www.onlinegkguide.com/2012/05/16/whos-who-in-business-of-2012/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 13:30:38 +0000 onlineGKguide http://www.onlinegkguide.com/?p=4575 Business who's who
NameDesignation
Ratan TataChairman Tata Sons
Mr. Mukesh AmbaniChairman Relience Industries
Mr. Lakshmi MittalChairman Mittal Arcelor Steels
Ms. Kiran MajumdarChairman Biocon
Ms. Chanda KochharManaging Director & CEO ICICI Bank
Mr. Shiv NadarChairman HCL Technologies
Mr. Naresh GoyalChairman Jet Airways
Mr. Sunil MittalChairman Bharati Group
Ms. Indira NooyeCEO Pepsico
Shikha SharmaMD, CEO Axis Bank
S. GopalakrishnanCEO and Managing Director Infosys
Mr. Vineet NayarCEO & Vice Chairman of HCL Technologies
Azim H. PremjiChairman Wipro
Mr. Vineet NayyarChairman of Mahindra Satyam
Mr. Rohit NandanChairman & Managing Director of Air India
Mr. K. V. KamathChairman ICICI Bank
Mr. C. M. VasudevChairman, HDFC Bank
Mr. Pratip ChaudhuriChairman of State Bank of India (SBI)
Mark ZuckerbergCEO Facebook
Narayan MurthiFounder & Ex-Chairman of Infosys
Steve JobsFounder of Apple Company
Mr. Vijay MaliyaChairman of UB Group and Kingfisher Airlines
Mr. Sunil MittalFounder of Airtel (Telecom Service Provider in India)
Mr. Kumaramangalam BirlaChairman of Aditya Birla Group of Company
Mr. Anand MahindraChairman, Mahindra & Mahindra Group
Mr. Warren BuffettChairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
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NameDesignation
Pratibha Devi Singh PatilPresident of India
Mohammad Hamid AnsariVice President
Manmohan SinghPrime Minister of India (Chairman of Planing Commission)
Ms. Meira KumarSpeaker, Lok Sabha
Mr. K. Rahman KhanDeputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha
Mr. Karia MundaDeputy Speaker, Lok Sabha
Ms. Sushma SwarajLeader of Opposition (Lok Sabha)
Mr. Arun JaitleyLeader of Opposition (Rajya Sabha)
Dr. Montek Singh AhluwaliaDeputy Chairman, Planning Commission
Mr. S.Y. QuraishiChief Election Commissioner
Mr. Harishankar BrahmaElection Commissioner
Mr. Justice K.G. BalakrishnanChairperson, National Human Rights Commission
Mr. Vinod RaiComptroller and Auditor General of India
Mr. Justice M.N. RaoChairman, National Commission for Backward Classes
Prof. D.P. AgarwalChairman, UPSC
Dr. M.S. SwaminathanChairman, National Commission on Farmers (NCF)
Mr. Satyanand MishraChief Information Commissioner
Mr. N. K. RaghupathyChairman, SSC
Dr. Vishwa Mohan KatochDirector General, Indian Council of Medical Research
Mr. C. ChandramouliRegister General and Census Commissioner of India
Mr. P. V. ReddiChairman Law Commission
Mr. Duvvuri SubbaraoGovernor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Mr. Baldev RajPresident, Indian National Academy of Engineering
Mr. Sam BalsaraChairman, Audit Bureau Circulation
Mr. M. C. JoshiChairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT)
Mr. U. K. SinhaChairman, Securities & Exchange Board of India
Ms. Mamata SharmaChairperson, National Commission for Women
Dr. Vijay KelkarChairman, 13th Finance Commission
Mr. Sam PitrodaChairman, National Knowledge Commission
Mr. Rajiv TakruCEO, Prashar Bharti
Mr. Ratan TataChairman, Investment Commission
Mr. Rajendra PawarChairman, NASSCOM
Mr. Dilip ModiPresident, ASSOCHAM
Mr. V. S. SampathElection Commissioner
Mr. Shiv Shankar MenonNational Security Advisor and Special Advisor to PM (Internal Security)
Dr. Vivek Kumar AgnihotriSecretary General Rajya Sabha
Mr. T. K. VishwanathanSecretary General Lok Sabha
Mr. Nehchal SandhuDirector IB
Mr. A. P. SinghDirector CBI
Mr. Sanjeev TripathiDirector, Research and Analytical Wing (RAW)
Mr. R. K. MedhekarDirector General, NSG
Mr. Vijay KumarDirector General, CRPF
Mr. RajivDirector General, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
Mr. P. K. MehtaDirector General, Railway Protection Force
Mr. Ranjit SinhaDirector General, Indo Tibetan Border Police
Prof. Ved PrakashChairman UGC
Dr. V. K. SaraswatScientific Advisor to Defence Minister and Director General DRDO
Dr. R. ChidambaramPrincipal Scientific Advisor to the Govt.
Dr. K. RadhakrishnanChairman Space Commission and ISRO
Dr. Srikumar BanerjeeChairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Dept of Atomic Energy.
Mr. Wajahat HabibullahChairperson, National Commission for Minorities
Dr. Suresh D.TendulkarChairman, National Statistical Commission
Mr. Pranay SahayDirector General, Sashastra Seema Bal
Shri Kunwar SinghChairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
Mr. P. L. PuniaChairman, National Commission for Scheduled Castes
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The duplication of data is known as data Redundancy.

A primary key cell does not contain NULL value.

A foreign key is a reference of the Primary key in another table.

A query is used to retrieve Specific data from a table.

In a table, column represents to a Field.

Data redundancy means duplication of Data.

In a database, a Form helps in viewing, adding and editing data.

In a database, a relationship is developed on the basis of Common fields.

Different and conflicting version of the same data appearing in different place is known as Data inconsistency.

In a table, a row is also known as a Record.

A Report allows you to represent data retrieved from one or more tables so that it can be analyzed and printed, if required.

In a database, you can retrieve particular records by using a Query.

In DBMS, sharing of data means that the data in the database can be used by multiple users.

The full form of RDBMS is Relational Database management System.

You can add one record at a time by using the Form element of a database.

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  • A yawn usually lasts for approximately six seconds.
  • Children who are breast fed tend to have an IQ seven points higher than children who are not.
  • Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season during the year.
  • Eating chocolate three times a month helps people live longer as opposed to people who overeat chocolate or do not eat chocolate at all.
  • Constipation is caused when too much water is absorbed in the large intestine and poops become dry.
  • A ear trumpet was used before the hearing aid was invented by people who had difficulty hearing.
  • The average human dream lasts only 2 to 3 seconds.
  • The average person has at least seven dreams a night.
  • Bile produced by the liver is responsible for making your feces a brownish, green colour.
  • It takes more muscles to frown than it does to smile.
  • By the time you are 70 you will have easily drunk over 12,000 gallons of water.
  • A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for approximately sixty-nine years.
  • The average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime.
  • The average person laughs about 15 times a day.
  • The vocabulary of the average person consists of 5,000 to 6,000 words.
  • About 10% of the world’s population is left-handed.
  • Soaking beans for twelve hours in water before they are cooked can reduce flatulence caused by beans.
  • Scientists say that babies that are breastfed are more likely to be slimmer as adults than those that are not breastfed.
  • Scientists have determined that having guilty feelings may actually damage your immune system
    Research has indicated that approximately eleven minutes are cut off the life of an average male smoker from each cigarette smoked.

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  • There are approximately one hundred million people in the United States that have a chronic illness.
  • There are approximately 60 muscles in the face.
  • There are 50% more males that are left handed compared to females.
  • There are 400 species of bacteria in the human colon.
  • There are 10 million bacteria at the place where you rest your hands at a desk.
  • In a lifetime, an average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva.
  • In a lifetime, an average driver will release approximately 912 pints of wind inside a car.
  • In Canada, men are three times more likely than women to have seen a doctor in the last year.
  • In 1832, in Paisley, Scotland the first municipal water filtration works was opened.
  • Humans breathe in and out approximately one litre of air in ten seconds.
  • Girls have more tastebud than boys.
  • From the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink in size.
  • Flu shots only work about 70% of the time.
  • Gases that build up in your large intestine cause flatulence. It usually takes about 30 to 45 minutes for these gases to pass through your system.
  • Fat is important for the development of children and normal growth.
  • Every day, the average person swallows about a quart of snot.
  • Eighty percent of 10 year old girls in the USA go on a diet.
  • Air is passed through the nose at a speed of 100 miles per hour when a person sneezes.
  • About twenty-five percent of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light.
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  • Nerve impulses for muscle position travel at a speed of up to 390 feet per second.
  • Nerve cells can travel as fast as 120 meters per second.
  • Mummy powder was once thought to be a cure for all remedies. English men used to carry the powder with them in a tiny bag wherever they went.
  • Men in their early twenties shave an average of four times a week.
  • Medical research has found substances in mistletoe that can slow down tumor growth.
  • Medical reports show that about 18% of the population are prone to sleepwalking.
  • Manicuring the nails has been done by people for more than 4,000 years.
  • Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals.
  • In the United States, 8.5 million cosmetic surgical and non-surgical procedures were done in the year 2001.
  • People with darker skin will not wrinkle as fast as people with lighter skin.
  • People with allergies can lower allergy reactions by laughing.
  • People who meet their calcium need reduce their risk of developing kidney stones.
  • People that smoke have 10 times as many wrinkles as a person that does not smoke.
  • People still cut the cheese shortly after death.
  • People over the age of fifty will start to lose their dislike for foods that taste bitter.
  • People of Ancient China believed that swinging your arms could cure a headache.
  • The average weight of a newborn baby is 7 lbs. 6 oz. For a triplet baby it is 3 lbs. 12 oz.
  • The average person spends two weeks of their life kissing.
  • The average person falls asleep in about 12 to 14 minutes.
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  • People have the tendency to chew the food on the side that they most often use their hand.
  • Over 600,000 people died as a result of the Spanish influenza epidemic.
  • Only one out of every three people wash their hands when leaving a public bathroom.
  • One ragweed plant can release as many as a million grains of pollen in one day.
  • One out of 20 people have an extra rib.
  • One average, men spend 60 hours a year shaving.
  • On average, falling asleep while driving results in 550 accidents per day in the United States.
  • On average, a person has two million sweat glands.
  • On average, Americans spend 33% of their life sleeping.
  • On average a person passes gas 14 times a day.
  • On average 1,668 gallons of water are used by each person in the United States daily.
  • The Gastric Flu can cause projectile vomiting.
  • The Dutch people are known to be the tallest people in Europe.
  • Studies have shown that the scent of Rosemary can help in better mental performance and make individuals feel more alert.
  • Some brands of toothpaste contain glycerin or glycerol, which is also an ingredient in antifreeze.
  • Soaking beans for twelve hours in water before they are cooked can reduce flatulence caused by beans.
  • Scientists say that babies that are breastfed are more likely to be slimmer as adults than those that are not breastfed.
  • Scientists have determined that having guilty feelings may actually damage your immune system
    Research has indicated that approximately eleven minutes are cut off the life of an average male smoker from each cigarette smoked.

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  • First Indian Railway line opened from Bombay to Thane In the year 1853
  • First World War started in the year 1914
  • First War of India’s Independence was fought in the year 1857
  • The Britishers defeated the combined forces of Scindia, Bhonsle and Holkars in the second Anglo- Maratha War fought during the years 1803 – 06
  • Indian Councils Act and Indian Penal Code were passed in the year 1861
  • Muslim League was formed in the year 1906
  • First World War ended in the year 1918
  • First partition of Bengal was done in the year 1905
  • Jawaharlal Nehru was born in the year 1889
  • Mahatma Gandhi was born in the year 1869
  • Rowlatt Act was passed in the year 1919
  • Marathas under Peshwa Baji Rao, Babasahib Bhonsle and Holkar were defeated by British in the third Anglo-Maratha War fought during the years 1817 – 19
  • Delhi became the capital of India in the year 1911
  • British defeated the Sikhs and forced them to sign treaty of Lahore in the first Anglo-Sikh War fought during the years 1845 – 46
  • Census of India started in thereat 1901
  • Minto-Morley reforms were introduced in the year 1909
  • The Sikhs were defeated by British and Punjab was annexed by the British Company after the second Anglo-Sikh War fought during the years 1848 – 49
  • Non-cooperation Movement was started during the period 1920 – 22
  • Rabindranath Tagore was born in the year 1861
  • Maharaja Ranjit Singh died in the year 1839
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  • Aurangzeb defeated and killed his elder brother Dara and ascended the Mughal throne after the battle of Samugarh fought in the years 1658-59
  • Shivaji died in the year 1680
  • British under Clive defeated the Nawab of Bengal Siraj-ud-daulah, and paved the way for British power in India after the rattle of Plassey fought in the year 1757
  • The British under Clive defeated Nawab of Carnatic and French in the second Anglo-French War fought in the years 1748 – 54
  • Shivaji was born in the year 1627
  • English East India Company was formed in the year 1600
  • Ahmed Shah Abdali, the Afghan chief, defeated the Marathas in the third battle of Panipat fought in the year 1761
  • The third Anglo-French War was fought during the years 1758 – 63
  • The English got Diwani rights in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa in the year 1765
  • Second Anglo-Mysore War was fought during the years 1780 – 84
  • Third Anglo-Mysore War was fought during the years 1790 – 92
  • Battle of Wandiwash was fought in the year 1760
  • Nadir Shah, ruler of (ran invaded India in the year 1739
  • Sir Thomas Roe visited Jahangir in the year 1615
  • Permanent settlement of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa was done in the year 1793
  • British forces defeated Tipu Sultan in the fourth Anglo- Mysore War fought in the year 1799
  • First Anglo-Maratha War was fought during the years 1775 – 82
  • Aurangzeb died in the year 1707
  • Combined forces of Nawab of Bengal, Oudh and fugitive Mughal emperor were defeated by the British in the battle of Buxar fought in the year 1764
  • First Anglo-Mysore War was fought during the years 1767 – 69
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  • Akbar and his mentor Bairam Khan defeated Hemu in the second battle of Panipat fought in the year 1556
  • Razia became the first and last woman ruler of medieval India in the year 1206
  • Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlug founded the Tughluq dynasty In India in the year 1320
  • Akbar abolished Jizyah, or poll tax imposed on Hindus in the year 1564
  • Babar defeated Abraham Lodi and founded Mughal empire in India after the first battle of Panipat fought in the year 1526
  • The Slave dynasty was established by Qutub-ud-din-Aibak in the year 1206
  • Guru Nanak died in the year 1538
  • Babar defeated the Rajput chiefs led by Rana Sanga of Mewar the Battle of Khanwa fought in the year 1527
  • Muhammad Ghori defeated Prithvi Raj Chauhan in the second battle of Tarain fought in the year1 192
  • Combined forces of Ahmad Nagar, Golkonda and Bidar defeated the ruler of Vijay Nagar empire in the battle of Talikota fought in the year 1565
  • Vasco-da-Gama discovered sea- route to India and landed at Calicut in the year 1498
  • Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun in the Battle of Chausa fought in the year 1539
  • Ibn Batutah arrived in India in the year 1333
  • Filler invaded India in the year 1398
  • Marco Polo visited India in the year 1298
  • Guru Nanak was born in the year 1469
  • Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun and established Suri empire in Delhi after the Battle of Kanauj fought in the year 1540
  • Rana Pratap, the ruler of Mewar was defeated by Mughals under Man Singh in the battle of Haldighati fought in the year 1576
  • Mongols invaded India under Chengiz Khan in the year 1221
  • Vijaynagar empire was founded in the year 1336
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