List of Countries & their Nicknames

1.                  Australia ---- The Lucky Country
2.                  Bahrain ---- Island of pearls
3.                  Bhutan---- Land of the thunder dragon
4.                  Canada ---- 5st State , A Few Acres Of Snow
5.                  Dubai ---- Pearl of gulf
6.                  France ---- The Church’s Older Daughter
7.                  Hong Kong ---- Pearl of the Orient
8.                  Iceland ---- Land Of The Midnight Sun , Land Forgotten By God
9.                  Ireland ---- The Emerald Isle, Land Of Saints And Scholars , Poor Old Woman.
10.              India ---- Land of prayers
11.              India ---- The Jewel in the crown
12.              Indonesia ---- Emerald of the equator
13.              Israel ---- Land Of Milk And Honey
14.              Japan ---- Land Of The Rising Sun
15.              Jaipur ---- Pink city
16.              Korea ---- The Hermit Kingdom
17.              Lebanon ---- The Pearl Of The Mediterranean
18.              Mangolia ---- Land of Gengis Khan
19.              New Zealand ---- God’s Own Country, Land Of The Long White Shroud
20.              Philippines ---- the Pearl Of The Orient
21.              Singapore ---- The Lion City
22.              Sri Lanka ---- Pearl of the Indian Ocean  South Korea---- Land of the Morning Calm
23.              Singapore ---- The Garden City
24.              Slovenia ---- On the sunny side of the Alps
25.              South Africa ---- Rainbow Nation
26.              Switzerland ---- Land Of Chocolate And Cuckoo Clocks
27.              Thailand ---- Land of white elephant
28.              United Kingdom ---- 51st State, Perfidious Albion, The Soggy Isles
29.              USA ---- Uncle Sam, Lady Liberty , Home Of The Brave, Land Of The Free, Great Satan

GEOGRPHY GK QUESTIONS (PART-1)

GEOGRPHY GK QUESTIONS (PART-1)


Question 1). There are how many states and union territories (UT) of India have sea coast?
[A]9 States and 5 Union Territories
[B]8 States and 3 Union Territories
[C]9 States and 4 Union Territories
[D]7 States and 3 Union Territories
Correct Answer: 9 States and 4 Union Territories
Explanation: The Nine states which have sea coast are: “Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal”.
2 UT (Union territories) with sea Coast are “Daman & Diu and Puducherry”, while Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep Islands are island territories.

Questions 2). Which one of the following is referred as the Father of Indian Software industries?
[A]M C Prahalnad
[B]Faqir Chand Kohli
[C]Ajit Balakrishnan
[D]Vinod Dham
Correct Answer: Faqir Chand Kohli
Explanation: Faqir Chand Kohli  is also well known as the Father of Indian Software sector because of  his significant contribution in Indian IT World. He is a Padma Bhushan achiever in the IT Field. Tata Consultancy Services, India’s largest software consultancy company and he is the CEO of that company.

Question 3). One of the following States has the largest deposit of ilmenite mineral in the country, Which one is that?
[A]Odisha
[B]Tamil Nadu
[C]Andhra Pradesh
[D]Kerala
Correct Answer:  Andhra Pradesh
Explanation: With respect of the 2011 report by the ministry of mines, AP (Andhra Pradesh) state of India has the biggest deposit followed by Kerala and Tamil Nadu at the second spot.

Question 4). The Maranjab desert is located in which Country?
[A]Saudi Arabia
[B]Iran
[C]Mali
[D]South Africa
Correct Answer: Iran

Question 5). As we know there are seven wonders of nature, the wonder of The Iguazu Falls is located in which country?
[A]Brazil
[B]Ghana
[C]Argentina
[D]Venezuela
Correct Answer: Argentina
Explanation: This fall is on the Iguazu River that’s why it is well known as Iguazu Falls. This fall is one of the world’s largest waterfalls. This water fall is extend over 2,700 m (nearly 2 miles) in a shape of semi-circular. This water fall is on the border between the Brazilian state of Paraná and the Argentine province of Misiones.

Question 6). The Nuclear Power Plant well known as Proposed Kowada is located in which of the following state of India?
[A]Telangana
[B]Andhra Pradesh
[C]Maharashtra
[D]Odisha
Correct Answer:  Andhra Pradesh
Explanation: This Nuclear Power Plant in India is a proposed power project is in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh. This Kowada Nuclear Power project will be developed under the Indo-US agreement.

Question 7). One of the traditional form of theatre which is well known as “Kabuki” is belongs to which one of the following countries?
[A]China
[B]Japan
[C]Singapore
[D]Myanmar
Correct Answer: Japan
Kabuki is a traditional Japanese form of theatre. It is recognized as one of Japan’s three major classical theatres along with noh and bunraku, and has been named as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Question 8). An intra-continental ridge system known as “Great Rift Valley” is located in ____?
[A]Asia
[B]Australia
[C]Africa
[D]South America
Correct Answer: Africa
Explanation: This Great Rift Valley is running from north to south around 4,000 miles (6,400 kilometres), from northern Syria to central Mozambique in East Africa. This is a part of an Intra-Continental Ridge system.

Question 9). The well knowsn “El Capitan” the largest monolith of granite is located in which country ?
[A]USA
[B]France
[C]Switzerland
[D]Germany
Correct Answer: USA
Explanation: This is in California’s Yosemite National Park USA. El Capitan is extended around 3,000 feet from base to summit along its tallest face.

Question 10). “Yamala Peninsula” is the strategic oil- and gas bearing region located in which country?
[A]Russia
[B]Norway
[C]Vietnam
[D]China
Correct Answer: Russia
Explanation: This Strategic Oil-and Gas bearing region is seven hundred kilometres into the Arctic Ocean from the Russ

 Lolita : Vladimir Nobokov
● Long Walk to Freedom : Nelson Mandela
● Less Miserable : Victor Hugo
● Macbeth : Shakespeare
● Madhushala : Harivansh Rai ‘Bachchan’
● Mahabharata : Maharshi Ved Vyas
● Major Barbara : G.B. Shaw
● Malti Madhav : Bhavbhuti
● Malvikagnimitra : Kalidas
● Man and Superman : G.B. Shaw
● Meghdoot : Kalidas
● Men Who Killed Gandhi : Manohar Magaonkar
● Merchant of Venice : Shakespeare
● Middle March : George Eliot
● Midnight Children : Salman Rushdie
● Mother : Maxim Gorky
● Mudra Rakshasa : Vishakha Datt
● Murder in the Cathedral : T.S. Eliot
● My Experiments with Truth : Gandhi
● Nana : Emile Zola
● Natya Shastra : Bharat Muni
● Netaji Dead or Alive : Samar Guha
● Nine Days’ Wonder : John Mansfield
● Ninteen Eighty Four : George Orwell
● O’ Jeruselam : L. Collins and D. Lapierre
● Odyssey : Homer
● Old Man and the Sea : Ernest Hemingway
● Of Human Bondage : Somerset Maugham
● Our India : Minoo Masani
● Out of Dust : F.D. Karaka
● On Contradiction : Mao-Tse-Tung
● Pakistan, The Gathering Storm : Behazir Bhutto
● Panchatantra : Vishnu Sharma
● Pather Panchali : Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyaya
● Peace has no Alternative : Mikhail Gorbachev
● Pickwick Papers : Charles Dickens
● Pilgrim’s Progress : John Bunyan
● Prathma Pratishruti : Ashapoorna Devi
● Price and Prejudice : Jane Austin
● Prince : Machiaveli
● Peter Pan : J.M. Barrie
● Principia : Isaac Newton
● Raghuvansha : Kalidasa
● Rajtaringini : Kalhan
● Ram Charit Manas : Tulsidas
● Ramayana : Valmiki
● Rangbhoomi : Premchand
● Ratnavali : Harshavardhan
● Robaiyat : Omar Khayyam
● Robinson Crusoe : Daniel Defoe
● Rugby Chapel : Mathew Arnold
● Saket : Maithili Sharan Gupta
● Satanic Verses : Salman Rushdie
● Satyarth Prakash : Swami Dayanand
● Shakuntalam : Kalidas
● Shahnama : Firdausi
● Social Contract : Rousseau :
● Sursagar : Surdas
● Sakharam Binder : Vijay Tendulkar
● Testament of Beauty : Robert Bridges
● The Blind Assassin : Margaret Atwood
● The Emperor’s New Suit : Hans Chrishtian Anderson
● Three Musketeers : Alexander Dumas
● The Otherness of Self : Feroz Varun Gandhi
● The Elephant Paradigm : Gurcharan Das
● The Affluent Society : J.K. Galbraith
● The God of Small Things : Arundhati Roy :
● The Inheritance of Loss : Anita Desai
● The Legacy of Nehru : K. Natwar Singh
● Tom Jones : Henry Fielding
● Treasure Island : R.L. Stevenson
● Trail of Jesus : John Masefield
● Uncle Tom’s Cabin : Mrs. Haraiet Stowe
● Unhappy India : Lajpat Rai
● Utopia : Tomas Moor
● Unto The Last : John Ruskin
● Untold Story : B.M. Kaul
● Urvashi : Ram Dhari Singh Dinkar
● Uttara Ram Charita : Bhav Bhuti
● Universe Around Us : James Jeans
● Vanity Fair : Thackeray
● Victim, The : Saul Bellow
● Village, The : Mulk Raj Anand
● Vinay Patrika : Tulsidas
● Voskresenia : Leo Tolstoy
● War and Peace : Tolstoy
● Wealth of Nations : Adam Smith
● We Indians : Khushwant Singh
● Waiting for God : Thomas Becket
● Wings of Fire : Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
● Yama : Mahadevi Verma
● Yashodhara : Maithili Sharan Gupta
● Zulfi, My Friend : Piloo Mody
● Zhivago, Dr. : Boris Pasternak

NATIONAL PARKS IN INDIA

NATIONAL PARKS IN INDIA
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[1] Anshi National Park --------- Karnataka
[2] Bandipur National Park ----------- Karnataka
[3] Bannerghatta National Park ---------
Karnataka
[4] Balphakram National Park ------- Meghalaya
[5] Bandhavgarh National Park --------- Madhya
Pradesh
[6] Betla National Park --------- Jharkhand
[7] Bhitarkanika National Park ------- Odisha
[8] Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar --------
Gujarat
[9] Buxa Tiger Reserve -------- West Bengal
[10] Campbell Bay National Park ---------
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
[11] Chandoli National Park --------- Maharashtra
[12] Dachigam National Park ------- Jammu and
Kashmir
[13] Darrah National Park --------- Rajasthan
[14] Desert National Park -------- Rajasthan
[15] Dibru-Saikhowa National Park ---------
Assam
[16] Dudhwa National Park --------- Uttar Pradesh
[17] Eravikulam National Park -------- Kerala
[18] Galathea National Park --------- Andaman
and Nicobar Islands
[19] Gangotri National Park --------- Uttarakhand
[20] Gir Forest National Park --------- Gujarat
[21] Gorumara National Park -------- West Bengal
[22] Govind Pashu Vihar Wildlife Sanctuary ------
Uttarakhand
[23] Great Himalayan National Park -------
Himachal Pradesh,
[24] Gugamal National Park -------- Maharashtra
[25] Guindy National Park -------- Tamil Nadu
[26] Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park
---------- Tamil Nadu
[27] Hemis National Park --------- Jammu and
Kashmir
[28] Harike Wetland ------- Punjab
[29] Hazaribagh National Park ------- Jharkhand
[30] Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National
Park -------- Tamil Nadu
[31] Indravati National Park ------- Chhattisgarh
[32] Jaldapara National Park ------- West Bengal
[33] Jim Corbett National Park --------
Uttarakhand
[34] Kalesar National Park ------ Haryana
[35] Kanha National Park ------- Madhya Pradesh
[36] Kanger Ghati National Park --------
Chhattisgarh
[37] Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park
-------- Telangana
[38] Kaziranga National Park ------ Assam
[39] Keibul Lamjao National Park ------ Manipur
[40] Keoladeo National Park --------- Rajasthan
[41] Khangchendzonga National Park -------
Sikkim
[42] Kishtwar National Park --------- Jammu and
Kashmir
[43] Kudremukh National Park ------- Karnataka
[44] Madhav National Park ------- Madhya
Pradesh
[45] Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park -------
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
[46] Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park
------- Telangana
[47] Manas National Park ------ Assam
[48] Mandla Plant Fossils National Park --------
Madhya Pradesh
[49] Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch -------
Gujarat
[50] Mathikettan Shola National Park ------- Kerala

List of Indian CEOs in global companies

List of Indian CEOs in global companies
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1. Sundar Pichai:
Native city: Madras
Company: Google
Joined in: 2004
Appointed as CEO on: August 10, 2015
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2. Satya Nadella:
Native city: Hyderabad
Company: Microsoft
Joined in: 1992
Appointed as CEO on: February 4, 2014
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3. Indra Nooyi:
Native city: Madras
Company: PepsiCo
Joined in: 1994
Appointed as CEO in: 2006
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4. Ajay Banga:
Native city: Khadki (near Pune)
Company: MasterCard
Joined in: 2010
Appointed as CEO in: 2010
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5. Rajeev Suri:
Native city: New Delhi
Company: Nokia
Joined in: 1994
Appointed as CEO in: 2014
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6. Anshu Jain:
Native City: Jaipur
Company: Deutsche Bank
Joined in: 1995
Appointed as Co-CEO in: 2011
Resigned in: 2015
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7. Vikram Pandit:
Native City: Nagpur
Company: Citigroup
Joined in: 2007
Appointed as CEO in: 2007
Resigned in: 2014
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8. Abhi Talwalker:
Native City: Pune
Company: LSI Corporation
Joined in: 2004
Appointed as CEO in: 2005
Resigned in: 2013

New Appointments in India 2016- Latest

New Appointments in India 2016- Latest
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• National Institution for Transforming India (Niti Aayog) : Narendra Modi, Chairman
• Lok Sabha, Speaker : Mrs. Sumitra Mahajan
• Lok Sabha, Secretary-General : T. K. Viswanathan
• Rajya Sabha, Chairman : Mohammad Hamid Ansari
• Rajya Sabha, Deputy Chairman : P. J. Kurien
• Rajya Sabha, Leader of House : Arun Jaitley
• Rajya Sabha, Leader of Opposition : Ghulam Nabi Azad
• Rajya Sabha, Secretary-General : Shumsher K. Sheriff
• National Institution for Transforming India (Niti Aayog) : Arvind Panagariya, Vice-Chairman
• Chief Election Commissioner : Syed Nasim Zaidi
• Election Commissioner : Achal Kumar Jyoti
• Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) : K. V. Chowdary
• Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) : R. K. Mathur
• Comptroller and Auditor-General of India : Shashi Kant Sharma
• National Human Right Commission (NHRC) : Justice K. G. Balakrishnan, Chairperson
• Cabinet Secretary : Pradeep Kumar Sinha
• Principal Secretary to Prime Minister : Nripendra Misra
• National Commission for Backward Classes : Justice V. Eshwaraiah, Chairman
• National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) : Ms. Shanta Sinha, Chairperson
• National Commission for Scheduled Castes : Dr. P. L. Punia, Chairman
• National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) : Dr.Rameshwar Oraon, Chairman
• Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) : Deepak Gupta, Chairman
• National Commission on Farmers (NCF) : Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, Chairman
• National Security Adviser and Special Adviser to PM (Internal Security) : Ajit Kumar Doval
• National Investigation Agency (NIA) : Sharad Kumar, Director-General
• Railway Board : A. K. Mital, Chairman
• Intelligence Bureau (IB) : Dineshwar Sharma, Director
• Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) : Anil Kumar Sinha, Director
• Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) : Rajinder Khanna, Director
• National Security Guard (NSG) : Jayanto Narayan Choudhury, Director-General
• Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) : Prakash Mishra, Director-General
• Border Security Force (BSF) : Devendra Kumar Pathak, Director-General
• Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) : Arvind Ranjan, Director-General
• Railway Protection Force. (RPF) : P. K. Mehta, Director-General
• Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) : Krishna Chaudhary, Director-General
• Sashastra Seema Bal : B. D. Sharma, Director-General
• Indian Coast Guard : Vice-Admiral Anurag G. Thapliyal, Director-General
• Defence Intelligence Agency : Lt. Gen. Avtar Singh, Director-General
• University Grants Commission (UGC) : Prof. Ved Prakash, Chairman
• Defence Research and Development Organisation. (DRDO) : Dr. S. Christopher, Director-General
• Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government : Dr. R. Chidambaram
• Space Commission and ISRO : A. S. Kiran Kumar, Chairman
• Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Dept. of Atomic Energy : Ratan Kumar Sinha, Chairman
• National Commission for Minorities : Naseem Ahmad, Chairperson
• Staff Selection Commission (SSC) : Amitava Bhattacharya, Chairman
• Indian Council of Medical Research : Dr. Vishwa Mohan Katoch, Director-General
• India and Census Commissioner : C. Chandramouli, Registrar-General
• Law Commission of India : Justice Ajit Prakash Shah, Chairman
• Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) : Dr. B. N. Suresh, President
• National Forest Commission : Justice (Retd.) B. N. Kirpal, Chairman
• National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) : T. Nanda Kumar, Chairperson
• Border Roads Organisation : Lt. General AT Parnaik, Director-General
• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) : Dr. Raghuram Rajan, Governor
• Press Council of India : Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad, Chairman
• Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) : Ravindra Pisharody, Chairman
• Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) : R. K. Tewari, Chairman
• Central Board of Excise and Customs : Mrs. J.M. Shanti Sundharam, Chairman
• Competition Commission of India : Ashok Chawla
• Central Administrative Tribunal : Just

Composition of the Atmosphere (वायुमंडल की संरचना)
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(i) Nitrogen – 78% (नाइट्रोजन – 78%)
(ii) Oxygen – 21% (ऑक्सीजन – 21%)
(iii) Argon -0.93% (आर्गन -0.93 %)
(iv) Carbondioxide – 0.03% (carbondioxide – 0.03%)
(v)Neon – 0.0018% (नियॉन – 0.0018 %)
(vi) Helium – 0.0005% (हीलियम – 0.0005 %)
(vii) Ozone – 0.0006% (ओजोन – 0.0006 %)
(viii) Hydrogen – 0.00005% (हाइड्रोजन – 0.00005 %)
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Layers of the Atmosphere
वायुमंडल की परतें
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There are five distinct layers of the atmosphere –
वातावरण के पांच अलग परतें हैं -
(a) Troposphere (Troposphere)
(b) Stratosphere (स्ट्रैटोस्फियर)
(c) Mesosphere (Mesosphere)
(d) Thermosphere (थर्मोस्फीयर)
(e) Exosphere (बहिर्मंडल)

Solar System: Some important Facts
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Biggest Planet ◄► Jupiter
Smallest Planet ◄► Mercury
Nearest Planet to Sun ◄► Mercury
Farthest Planet to Sun ◄► Neptune
Brightest Planet ◄► Venus
Nearest Planet to Earth ◄► Venus
Hottest Planet ◄► Venus
Coldest Planet ◄► Neptune
Red Planet ◄► Mars
Biggest Satelllite ◄► Ganymede
Smallest Satelllite ◄► Deimos
Blue Planet ◄► Earth
Morning Star ◄► Venus
Evening Star ◄► Venus
Planet with a Red Spot ◄► Jupiter
Brightest planet outside Solar System ◄► Sirius (Dog Star)
Closet Star of Solar System ◄► Proxima Centauri
Fastest rotation in Solar System ◄► Jupiter
Slowtest rotation in Solar System ◄► Venus
Fatest revolution in Solar System ◄► Mercury
Slowtest revolution in Solar System ◄► Neptune

HEADS IN DEFENCE & SECURITY

HEADS IN DEFENCE & SECURITY
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1. Chief of Army Staff–General Dalbir Singh Suhag
2. Chief of Air Staff–Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha
3. Chief of Naval Staff–Admiral Robin K Dhowan
4. Chief of Integrated Defence Staff–Air Marshal PP Reddy
5. Director General, Border Security Force–D K Pathak
6. Director General, Central Reserve Police Force–Prakash Mishra
7. Director General, Central Industrial Security Force–Surender Singh
8. Director-General of Military Intelligence–Lt. Gen K G Krishna
9. Director, Central Bureau of Investigation–Anil Kumar Sinha
10. Director, Intelligence Bureau–Dineshwar Sharma
11. Director General, National Investigation Agency–Sharad Kumar
12. Secretary (Research)–Rajinder Khanna
13. Member (Investigation CBDT)–Anita Kapur
14. Director General of ITBP–Krishna Chaudhary

POLITICAL OFFICIAL : UPDATED
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1. Prime Minister of India—Narendra Damodardas Modi
2. Speaker of the Lok Sabha—Sumitra Mahajan
3. Minister of Defence—Manohar Parrikar
4. Minister of External Affairs—Sushma Swaraj
5. Minister of Finance—Arun Jaitley
6. Minister of Home Affairs—Rajnath Singh
7. Minister of Agriculture—Radha Mohan Singh
8. Minister of Human Resource Development—Smriti Zubin Irani
9. Minister of Railways—Suresh Prabhu
10. Minister of Law and Justice—D. V. Sadananda Gowda
11. Minister of Road & Transport minister–Nitin Jairam Gadkari
12. Minister of Minority Affairs– Dr. Najma A. Heptulla
13. Minister of Water resources–Uma Bharati
14. Minister of Micro,small and medium enterprises–Kalraj Mishra
15. Minister of Women & child development–Meneka Gandhi
16. Minister of Health & family welfare–Jagat Prakash Nadda
17. Minister of Food processing industries–Harsimrat Kaur Badal
18. Minister of Mines and steel–Narendra Singh Tomar
19. Minister of Rural/panchayat raj/drinking water and saniation–Chaudhary Birender Singh
20. Minister of Tribal affairs–Jual Oram
21. Minister of Urban Development/housing and urban poverty alleviation/Parliamentary affairs–M. Venkaiah Naidu
22. Minister of Consumer affairs,Food and Public Distribution–Ramvilas Paswan
23. Minister of Science & technology,Earth science–Dr. Harsh Vardhan
24. Minister of Social justice and empowerment–Thawar Chand Gehlot
25. Minister of Chemicals and fertilizers–Ananth Kumar
26. Minister of Communications and information technology–Ravi Shankar Prasad
27. Minister of Civil aviation–Ashok Gajapathi Raju
28. Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises–Anant Geete