General knowledge Complete list of countries in Asia. Solar system, oceans, continents. Member of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.
General knowledge
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Universe
A limitless vacuum also called the Universe
Solar system
The sun with all its planets together makes a family. This family is called as the solar system.
The solar system has eight planets.
1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. Mars
5. Jupiter
6. Saturn
7. Uranus
8. Neptune
Our Earth
We all live on the earth. There are mountains, seas, rivers, buildings, deserts, plateaus etc on the earth. The earth is one of the eight planets revolves around the sun.
There are eight planets in our solar system.
Among them only earth has life on its.
That’s why earth is called a unique planet.
The surface of the earth can be divided mainly into two parts.
One is water and another is land.
Approximately ¾ part of the earth is water and ¼ part is land. The water part is more expanded than we can see; Due to excess of water part the earth is also called “the Blue planet”
The huge expand of water on the earth is called ocean.
They are five in numbers: -
1. Pacific Ocean,
2.Atlantic Ocean,
3.Indian Ocean,
4. Southern ocean (Antarctic Ocean),
5.Arctic Ocean.
[Pacific Ocean is the biggest ocean & Arctic Ocean is the smallest ocean in the world]
The land on the earth is divided into many big parts. The very big parts of land are called continent.
They are seven:-
1. Asia,
2. Europe,
3. North America,
4. South America,
5. Antarctica,
6. South Africa
7. Australia.
[Asia is the biggest continent & Australia is the smallest continent in the world]
List of countries in Asia
The largest of the Asian countries by area is Russia, which occupies about 30% of the total territory of the continent. The smallest one of the independent states is the Maldives, it is an archipelago of islands famous for its beach resorts.
The most visited by tourists’ country in this region is China as a huge cultural center, followed by no less popular destinations like India, Thailand, Malaysia, and Turkey.
Within the above-mentioned states are several partially recognized countries with limited to no international recognition. None of them are members of the UN:
List of countries in Asia
1. Afghanistan 2. Armenia 3. Azerbaijan
4. Bahrain 5. Bangladesh 6. Bhutan
7. Brunei 8. Cambodia 9. China
10. Georgia 11. India 12. Indonesia
13. Iran 14. Iraq 15. Israel
16. Japan 17. Jordan 18. Kazakhstan 19. Kuwait 20. Kyrgyzstan 21. Laos
22. Lebanon 23. Malaysia 24. Maldives
25. Mongolia 26. Myanmar (Burma)
27. Nepal 28. North Korea 29. Oman
30. Pakistan 31. Philippines 32. Qatar
33. Russia 34. Saudi Arabia
35. Singapore 36. South Korea 37. Sri Lanka 38. Syria 39. Taiwan 40. Tajikistan
41. Thailand 42. Timor-Leste 43. Turkey 44.Turkmenistan
45. United Arab Emirates (UAE)
46. Uzbekistan 47. Vietnam 48.Yemen
49. Cyprus 50. Palestine
India
India is our motherland. This ancient country of Aryans is famous in all over the world. The shape of India is triangular. Its structure is not similar. Situated in Asian continent our country India, is the seventh largest (in area) wonder full country in the world. Its length from Kashmir in the north to Kanyakumari in the south is 3214 km. Its breadth from Gujarat in the west to Arunachal Pradesh in east is 2933 km. Its total area is 32, 87,263 square km.
India has its neighboring countries around it. Pakistan and Afghanistan are situated in north-west direction. China is in its north-east. Nepal and Bhutan are located in the north. Bangladesh is in east and Srilanka and Maldives are situated in its south.
[It is the seventh-largest country in the world, with a total area of 3,287,263 square kilometres (1,269,219 sq mi). India measures 3,214 km (1,997 mi) from]
Our Administration
India is a great country. It is group of 28 states and 8 union territories.
State (28) Capital
Arunachal Pradesh ........ Itanagar
Andhra Pradesh.............. Amravati
Assam............................. dispur
Bihar................................ Patna
Chhattisgarh................... Raipur
Goa................................. panji
Gujarat........................... Gandhinagar
Haryana......................... Chandigarh
Himachal Pradesh........ Shimla
Jharkhand..................... Ranchi
Karnataka..................... Bangalore
Kerala........................... Thiruvananthapuram
Maharashtra................ Mumbai
Madhya Pradesh......... Bhopal
Manipur....................... Imphal
Meghalaya................... Shillong
Mizoram...................... Aizawl
Nagaland.................... Kohima
Odisha........................ Bhubaneswarm
Punjab........................ Chandigarh
Rajasthan................... Jaipur
Sikkim........................ Gangtok
Tamil Nadu................ Chennai
Telangana.................. Hyderabad
Tripura....................... Agartala
Uttar Pradesh............ Lucknow
Uttarakhand.............. Dehradun
West Bengal............. Kolkata
Union territories (8). Capitals
Andaman and Nicobar Iceland...... Port Blair
Chandigarh..................................... Chandigarh
Dadar and Nagar haveli and Daman and Diu....... Daman
Delhi................................................ Delhi
Ladakh............................................ NA
Lakshyadeep.................................. kavaratti
Jammu and Kashmir..................... NA
Pondicherry................................... Pondicherry
Lok sabha is known as lower house. Its members are called members of parliament
Total members of Lok sabha : - 545
[from state 530 + from union territories 13 + from 2 members Anglo Indian of nominated by President]
Total members of Rajy sabha : -245
[from state 229 + from union territories 04 + 2 members of nominated by President]
Members of Lok Sabha (Parliament) / Rajya Sabha
Rajya sabha is upper house of the parliament where the members are elected indirectly. whereas, vidhan sabha resembles lok sabha as it is the people's house where members are elected directly. Every state has vidhan sabha and few states are having vidhan parishad which resembles rajya sabha.
Definition/Other Names/Mode of elections
Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house (in states with bicameral) or the sole house (in unicameral states) of the state legislature. The upper house in the seven states with a bicameral legislature is called the Legislative Council, or Vidhan Parishad. They are Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh. The members of a Vidhan Sabha are elected by the general public through the state elections. They are known as MLAs or Members of Legislative Assembly.
Rajya Sabha is the Upper house of the Parliament of India. It is also known as the Council of States as its members are elected not by the general public but by the members of the state legislative assembly. They are known as Rajya Sabha MPs.
Lok Sabha is the Lower house of the Parliament of India. It is also known as the House of People as its members are directly elected by the general public through the general elections. They are known as Lok Sabha MPs.
Number of Members/Seats
In a Vidhan Sabha, there cannot be more than 500 and less than 60 members. It can have less than 60 members only through an Act of Parliament as is the case in Goa, Sikkim, Mizoram and the Union Territory of Puducherry.
In Rajya Sabha, there can be a maximum of 250 members, according to our Constitution but current Indian laws have provision for 245 members. Out of these, the President can appoint 12 members for their contributions to art, literature, science, and social services.
In Lok Sabha, there can be a maximum of 552 members of which 530 are from the states, 20 are from the Union Territories and 2 are from an Anglo-Indian community who can be appointed by the President.
People from the Anglo-Indian community are basically people with a mix of Indian and British ancestry. Current Indian laws have provision for 545 seats of which 530 +13 and 2 are the respective distribution.