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2 Dear readers, This is docket of Nobel Prize 2017, Oscar Winners List 2018, List of winners of Australian open WINTER OLYMPICS, Census which can be asked in upcoming AIIMS Exam Nobel Prize: 2017 Annual awards are given in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economics. Frist established in 1895 at the will of the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel. All the Prize except Peace Prize awarded at Stockholm, Sweden. Peace Prize awarded in Oslo, Norway. The Prize is not awarded posthumously. The Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry, and Economic Science presented by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is presented by the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute. The Nobel Prize for Literature presented by the Swedish Academy. The Nobel Prize in Peace presented by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Youngest Nobel Laureate- Malala Yousafzai for Peace in 2014 Oldest Nobel Laureate- Leonid Hurwicz for Economics in 2007 Indian Nobel laureates Till now 12 Indians (5 Indian citizens and 7 of Indian origin or residency) have been awarded Nobel Prize. The first person of Indian origin and also first Asian to be awarded the Nobel Prize was Rabindranath Tagore for his works "Gitanjali" in P a g e

3 First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Physics was C. V. Raman for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him" in First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize for Peace was Mother Teresa in First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics was Amartya Senin First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicinewas Har Gobind Khorana for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis in First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry was Venkatraman Ramakrishnan for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome in The only woman from India in the list of Nobel Prize recipient is Mother Teresa. Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 Rainer Weiss Barry C. Barish Kips S. Thorne For- decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves. 2. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 Jacques Dubochet Joachim Frank Richard Henderson For- developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution. 3. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017 Jeffrey C. Hall 3 P a g e

4 Michael Rosbash Michael W. Young For- their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm. 4. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2017 Kazuo Ishiguro For- Who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world. 5. The Nobel Peace Prize 2017 International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) For- its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons. 6. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2017 Richard H. Thaler For- his contributions to behavioral economics. Oscar Winners List 2018 The 90th Academy Awards, commonly known as Oscars were presented on 4th March 2018 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California. In this article, we will cover complete list of winners of Oscar These awards are presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to honour the excellence in cinematic achievements of 2017 in 24 different categories. This ceremony was hosted by Comedian, Jimmy Kimmel. The Academy Awards were presented for the first time on May 16, 1929, at a private function at Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles, California. The Oldest Entertainment Award ceremony, The Academy Awards was first broadcasted on the radio in 1930 and was first presented on television in The 2018 Academy awards ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. 4 P a g e

5 These awards considered equivalent to (a) The Emmy Awards for Television (b) The Tony Awards for Theatre (c) The Grammy Awards for Music Oscar Awards Complete List of Winners S.NO. Award Category WINNER Description 1 Best Picture The Shape Of Water Crew For the movie "The Shape Of Water" 2 Best Director Guillermo del Toro For the movie "The Shape Of Water" 3 Best Actor Gary Oldman For acted in movie "Darkest Hour" 4 Best Actress Frances McDormand 5 Best Supporting Actor Sam Rockwell For acted in the movie "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" For acted in the movie "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" 6 Best Supporting Actress Allison Janney For acted in the movie "I, Tonya" 7 Best Animated Feature Film Coco American 3D computer-animated fantasy film 8 Best Cinematography Blade Runner Best Costume Design Phantom Thread - 10 Best Original Screenplay Get Out Written by Jordan Peele 11 Best Adapted Screenplay Call Me By Your Name - 12 Best Foreign Language Film A Fantastic Woman (Chile) In Spanish Language 13 Best Documentary - Feature Icarus - 14 Best Documentary - Short Subject Heaven Is A Traffic Jam On The Best Live Action Short Film The Silent Child - 16 Best Animated Short Film Dear Basketball - 17 Best Original Score The Shape Of Water - 18 Best Original Song Remember Me From Movie CoCo 19 Best Sound Editing Dunkirk - 5 P a g e

6 20 Best Sound Mixing Dunkirk - 21 Best Production Design The Shape Of Water - 22 Best Makeup and Hair Styling Darkest Hour - 23 Best Film Editing Dunkirk - 24 Best Visual Effects Blade Runner List of winners of Australian open 2018 Australian Open 2018 tournament recently concluded on 28 January 2018 in Melbourne, Australia. It is one of four grand slam tournaments played annually. In this article, we will read "List of winners of Australian open 2018". Grand Slam tournaments- These are the four most important annual tennis tournaments which are- (i) Australian Open (Mid-January) (ii) French Open (May and June) (iii) Wimbledon (June and July) (iv) US Open (August and September) These tournaments are played on the different type of grounds. These are- Event Dates Venue Current Champions Australian Open 2018 French Open 2017 Wimbledon 2017 January May/June June/ July Melbourne Park, Melbourne Stade Roland Garros, Paris All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Men's Singles Roger Federer Rafael Nadal Roger Federer Women's Singles Caroline Wozniacki Jeļena Ostapenko Garbiñe Muguruza Men's Doubles Oliver Marach / Croatia Mate Pavić Ryan Harrison, Michael Venus Marcelo Melo Women's Doubles Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic Bethanie Mattek- Sands, Lucie Šafářová Ekaterina Makarova Mixed Doubles Gabriela Dabrowski / Mate Pavić Gabriela Dabrowski, Rohan Bopanna Martina Hingis, 6 P a g e

7 US Open 2017 August/September Club, London USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York City Rafael Nadal Sloane Stephens, Łukasz Kubot Jean-Julien Rojer, Horia Tecău,Elena Vesnina Chan Yungjan Martina Hingis Jamie Murray Martina Hingis Jamie Murray These tournaments are played in five categories- (a) Men s singles (b) Women s singles (c) Men s doubles (d) Women s doubles (e) Mixed doubles Grand Slam- refers to the achievement of winning all four major championships within a single calendar year within one of the five categories (Example: Men s singles, Mixed doubles etc.) Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam- Winning the four majors in consecutive tournaments but not in the same year. Career Grand Slam- Winning all four majors at any point during a career. Golden Grand Slam- Winning the gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in addition to the four majors in a single calendar year. Super Slams- Winning the gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games + four majors in single calendar year + ATP Final + WTA Final Australian Open It is held annually in the month of January in Melbourne, Australia. It is the first grand slam tournament of the year. It is managed by Tennis Australia. It was first held in Australian Open 2018 was the 106 th edition of the tournament. Winners of Australian Open 2018 S.No. Category Winner Runner Up 1 Men's Singles Roger Federer (Switzerland) Marin Cilic (Croatia) 7 P a g e

8 2 Women's Singles Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) Simona Halep (Romania) 3 Men's Doubles Oliver Marach (Austria) & Mate Pavic(Croatia) Robert Farah (Colombia) & J. Cabal (Colombia) 4 Women's Doubles Kristina Mladenovic (France) & Tímea Babos (Hungary) Elena Vesnina (Russia) & Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) 5 Mixed Doubles Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) & Mate Pavic (Croatia) Rohan Bopanna (India) & Timea Babos (Hungary) IPL T Teams, Captains and Others List IPL (Indian Premier League) is a Twenty-20 (T20) cricket league held in India annually. IPL 2018 will be held in India from 7th April to 27th May. In this article, we will read about "Indian premier league T : Teams, Captains, and Others". Indian Premier League (IPL) It was founded by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in BCCI is the body responsible for the functioning and operation of the league. The first Tournament was held in 2008 in India across various parts of the country. The last tournament was held in The tournament is played with 8 teams (franchise) and the top four teams at the end of the tournament will receive a cash prize award, for Winner, Runner, third place and fourth place. So far 10 tournaments have been held and 13 teams have participated till IPL Teams Current teams Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Daredevils, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunrisers Hyderabad Former Teams Deccan Chargers; Gujarat Lions; Rising Pune Supergiant; Pune Warriors India; Kochi Tuskers Kerala; IPL 2018 Teams 8 P a g e

9 Team Name Captain Coach Home Ground/City Chennai Super Kings Mahendra Singh Dhoni Stephen Fleming M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Delhi Daredevils Gautam Gambhir Ricky Ponting Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Kings XI Punjab Ravichandran Ashwin Brad Hodge Bindra Stadium, Punjab Kolkata Knight Riders Dinesh Karthik Jacques Kallis Eden Gardens, Kolkata Mumbai Indians Rohit Sharma Mahela Jayawardena Rajasthan Royals Ajinkya Rahane Paddy Upton Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Royal Challengers Bangalore Virat Kohli Daniel Vettori M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Sunrises Hyderabad Ken Williamson Tom Moody Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad IPL 2018 IPL 2018 to be held in India and it is the eleventh season of the IPL Tournament. Number of Teams: 08 Number of Matches: 60 Host Country: India Tournament Format: Double Round Robin and Playoffs IPL 2018 will be the first season in the IPL tournament history to have DRS system. Number of Venues: 10 Final Match: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Winners of Previous Indian Premier League YEAR WINNER WINNING CAPTAIN RUNNER UP NUMBER OF TEAMS PARTICIPATED VENUE (COUNTRY) 9 P a g e 2008 Rajasthan Royals Shane Warne Chennai Super 8 India

10 2009 Deccan Charges Adam Gilchrist Kings Royal Challengers Bangalore 8 South Africa 2010 Chennai Super Kings Mahendra Singh Dhoni Mumbai Indians 8 India 2011 Chennai Super Kings Mahendra Singh Dhoni Royal Challengers Bangalore 10 India 2012 Kolkata Knight Riders Gautam Gambhir Chennai Super Kings 9 India 2013 Mumbai Indians Rohit Sharma Chennai Super Kings 9 India 2014 Kolkata Knight Riders Gautam Gambhir Kings XI Punjab 8 India 2015 Mumbai Indians Rohit Sharma Chennai Super Kings 8 India 2016 Sunrisers Hyderabad David Warner Royal Challengers Bangalore 8 India 2017 Mumbai Indians Rohit Sharma Rising Pune Supergiants 8 India Mumbai Indians was the successful team with three titles in ten tournaments. Various Awards in Indian Premier League Orange Cap: for most runs Purple Cap: for most wickets Man of the Match - for every League and Playoffs match Perfect Catch of the Match Maximum Sixes Award for the most number of sixes in a match Stylish Player of the day Maximum Season Award for most sixes in the tournament Superfast Fifty Award for scoring fastest fifty in the season Glam shot of the season for Unique, admirable cricket shot 10 P a g e

11 Player of the season best player of the season Emerging Player Award - for the future star of International Cricket Most Valuable Player Award for earning more points in the whole season Fair Play Award Trophy for the team which upheld the best spirit of the game throughout the season IPL TROPHY winning team in the Final 2018 WINTER OLYMPICS The Winter Olympics are major International Sporting Events for sports on snow and ice. Winter Olympics were concluded recently on February 25 in the in PyeongChang, South Korea. It is held once in every four years. In this article, we will read about "Winter Olympics 2018: location, schedules, games, winners". Winter Olympics 2018: location, schedules, games, winners The 2018 winter Olympics were held in PyeongChang, South Korea. This is the first time South Korea has hosted the Winter Olympics. Motto: Passion. Connected. Official Emblem: The emblem symbolises a world open to everyone. It combines the image of ice and snow, winter sports stars (athletes), and people from all over the world, coming together in PyeongChang where heaven meets earth. Totally there were 15 sports which were categorised into three: Ice Sports; Alpine, Skiing and Snow Boarding; Nordic Events Number of Sports: 15 Number of Events: Athletes were participated and represented 92 countriesacross the world Venue: PyeongChang Olympic Stadium MEDALS TALLY Norway - First place - 39 medals (14 Gold, 14 Silver and 11 Bronze) Germany - Second Place 31 Medals (14 Gold; 10 Silver; 7 Bronze) Canada Third place 29 Medals (11 Gold; 8 Silver; 10 Bronze) INDIA AT 2018 WINTER OLYMPICS 11 P a g e

12 FLAG BEARER: Shiva Keshavan COMPETITORS: Shiva Keshavan (Sport: Luge; Event: Men s Singles; Rank - 34) Freestyle) Jagdish Singh (Sport: Cross-Country Skiing; Event: Men s 15 km MEDALS: WINTER OLYMPICS WINNERS: S.NO SPORTS EVENTS WINNER/GOLD COUNTRY Downhill Male: Aksel Lund Svindal Norway Female: Sofia Goggia Italy Super-G Male : Mattjias Mayer Austria Female: Ester Ledecka Czech Republic 1. ALPINE SKIING Giant Slalom Male : Marcel Hirscher Austria Female: Mikaela Shiffrin USA Slalom Male: Andre Myhrer Sweden Female: Frida Hansdotter Sweden Combined Male : Marchel Hirscher Female: Michelle Austria Switzerland 12 P a g e

13 Gisin Mixed team Team: Switzerland Switzerland Individual Male: Johannes Thingnes Female: Hanna Oberg Norway Sweden Sprint Male: Arnd Peiffer Germany Female: Laura Dahlmeier Germany Pursuit Male: Martin Fourcade France 2 BIATHLON Female: Laura Dahlmeier Germany Mass Start Male : Martin Fourcade Female: Anastasiya Kuzmina France Slovakia Relay Male: Sweden Team Female: Belarus Team Sweden Belarus 3 BOBSLEIGH Two-Man Justin Kripps Canada Alexander Kopacz 13 P a g e

14 Francesco Friedrich Germany Thorsten Margis Four-Man Francesco Friedrich Germany Thorsten Margis Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Two-Woman Mariama Jamanaka Germany Lisa Buckwitz Sprint Classical Male: Johannes Hosflot Norway Female: Stina Nilsson Sweden 4 CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING Team Sprint Freestyle Male: Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Johannes Hosflot Female : Kikkan Norway Randall, Jessica USA Diggins 15 km Freestyle Male: Dario Cologna Switzerland (Female: 10 km) Female: Ragnhild Haga Norway 14 P a g e

15 30 km Skiathlon Simen Hegstad Kruger Norway (Female: 15 km) Charlotte Kalla Sweden 50 km Classical Livo Niskanen Finland (Female : 30 km) Marit Bjorgen Norway 4 x 10 km relay Male Norway (Female : 4 x 5 km) Female Norway John Shuster; Tyler George; Matt Male Hamilton; John USA Landsteiner; Joe Polo Anna Haselborg; 5 CURLING Female Sara McManus; Agnes; Sofia Sweden Mabergs; Jennie Wahlin Mixed Doubles Kaitlyn Lawes; John Morris Canada 6 FIGURE SKATING Men s Singles Yusuru Hanyu Japan 15 P a g e

16 Ladies' Singles Alina Zagitova Russia Pairs Skating Aliona Savchenko; Bruno Massot Germany Ice Dance Tessa Virtue; Scott Moir Canada Team Aerials Male: Oleksandr Abramenko Female: Hanna Huskova Canada Ukraine Belarus Halfpipe Male: David Wiese USA 7 FREESTYLE SKIING Moguls Female: Cassie Sharpe Male: Mikael Kingsberry Female: Perrine Laffont Canada Canada France Ski Cross Male: Brady Leman Canada Female: Kelsey Serwa Canada 16 P a g e

17 Slopestyle Male: Oystein Braten Female: Sarah Hofflin Norway Switzerland 8. ICE HOCKEY Men s Women s Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) USA Men s Singles Women s Singles Davis Gleirsher Natalie Geisenberger Austria Germany 9 Luge Doubles Tobias Wendl; Tobias Arlt Germany Team Relay Germany Individual large Hill Johannes Rydzek Germany 10km 10 NORDIC COMBINED Individual Normal hill 10km Eric Frenzel Germany Team large Hill 4 x 5 Germany km 17 P a g e

18 500 m Men: Wu Dajing China Women: Arianna Fontana Italy 1000 m Men: Samuel Girard Canada Women: Suzanne Schulting Netherlands 11 SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING 1500 m Men: Lim Hyo-Jun South Korea Women: Choi Min jeong South Korea 5000 m relay (Women: 3000 m) Men Women Hungary South Korea 12 SKELETON Men s Yun Sung-Bin South Korea Women s Lizzy Yarnold Great Britain Men s Normal Hill Andreas Wellinger Germany Individual Men s Large 13 SKI JUMPING Hill Individual Kamil Stoch Poland Men's Large Hill Team Norway 18 P a g e

19 Women s Maren Lundby Norway Big Air Men: Sebastien Toutant Women: Anna Gasser Canada Austria Halfpipe Men: Shaun White USA Women: Chloe Kim USA Parallel Giant Slalom Men: Nevin Galmarini Switzerland 14 SNOWBOARDING Women: Ester Ledecka Czech Republic Slopestyle Men: Redmond Gerard Women: Jamie Anderson USA USA SnowBoard Cross 500 m Men: Pierre Vaultier Women: Michela Moioli Men: Havard Lorentzen France Italy Norway 15 SPEED SKATING Women: Nao Kodaira Japan 19 P a g e

20 1000 m Men: Kjeld Nuis Netherlands Women: Joren Ter Mors Netherlands 1500 m Men: Kjeld Nuis Netherlands Women: Ireen Wust Netherlands 5000 m Men: Sven Kramer Netherlands (Women: 3000m ) Women: Carlijn Achtereekte Netherlands m (Women : 5000 m) Men : Ted-Jan Bloemen Women : Esmee Visser Canada Netherlands Mass Start Men: Lee Seung hoon Women: Nana Takagi South Korea Japan Team Pursuit Men Women Norway Japan Commonwealth Games 2018: Complete list of Indian Winners 461 upvotes 67 comments 20 P a g e

21 The Commonwealth Games is an international sporting event involving members of the commonwealth nations. This multi-sport event takes place every four years starting from 1930 and latest 2018 was held in Gold Coast, Australia. In this article, we will read "Commonwealth Games 2018: Medal Table, Winners (Indian), Venues, Motto". Commonwealth Games 2018: Complete List of Indian Winners Commonwealth Games It is an international sporting event involving members of the commonwealth nations. This multi-sport event takes place every four years starting from 1930 and latest 2018 was held 2018 in Gold Coast, Australia. Commonwealth Games Federation is the body which oversees the games and controls the sporting programme along with decision making with regard to host cities. Venues of Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games Year Host Country Commonwealth Games XIX 2010 Delhi, India Commonwealth Games XX 2014 Glasgow, Scotland Commonwealth Games XXI 2018 Gold Coast, Australia Commonwealth Games XXII 2022 Birmingham, England Commonwealth Games 2018 The 2018 Commonwealth Games is the 21st edition of the multi-sport event Commonwealth Games. VENUE: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia MAIN VENUE: Carrara Stadium MOTTO: SHARE THE DREAM EMBLEM: Silhouette of the Skyline and landscape of Gold Coast MASCOT: Borobi PERIOD: 4 th April 2018 to 15 th April P a g e

22 SPORT (total medals) EVENT CATEGORY GOLD SILVER BRONZE ATHLETICS (3) Javelin Throw Men Neeraj Chopra Discus Throw Women -- Seema Antil Navjeet Dhillon Men s Singles Men -- Srikanth Kidambi -- Women s Singles Women Saina Nehwal P V Sindhu -- Satwiksairaj BADMINTON (6) Doubles Men -- Rankireddy; Chirag Shetty -- Doubles Women Ashwini Ponnappa; Sikki Reddy; Mixed Team Indian Crew kg Men -- Amit Phangal kg Men Gaurav Solanki kg Men Hussamuddin Mohammed BOXING (9) 60kg Men -- Manish Kaushik kg Men Manoj Kumar 75 kg Men Vikas Krishnan Yadav kg Men Naman Tanwar 22 P a g e

23 +91 kg Men -- Satish Kumar kg Women Mary Kom m Air Pistol Men Jitu Rai -- Om Prakash Mitharwal 10m Air Rifle Men Ravi Kumar 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol Men Anish Bhanwala m Pistol Men Om Prakash Mitharwal 50 m Rifle three positions Men Sanjeev Rajput SHOOTING (16) Double Trap Men Ankur Mittal 10 m metre Air Pistol Women Manu Bhaker Heena Sidhu m Air rifle Women -- Mehuli Ghosh Apurvi Chandela 25 m Pistol Women Heena Sidhu m Rifle Prone Women -- Tejeswini Sawant m Rifle 3 Positions Women Tejeswini Sawant Anjum Moudgil -- Double Trap Women Shreyasi Singh SQUASH (2) Doubles Women -- Joshna Chinnapa; P a g e

24 Dipika Pallikal Karthik Doubles Mixed -- Dipika Pallikal Karthik; Saurav Ghosal Singles Men Sharath Achanta Doubles Men -- Sathiyan Gnanesekran; Sharath Achanta Harmeet Desai; Sanil Shankar Shetty Singles Women Manika Bhatra TABLE TENNIS (8) Doubles Women -- Mouma Das; Manika Bhatra -- Doubles Mixed Sathiyan Gnanesekran; Manika Bhatra Team Men India Men Team Women India Women kg Men -- Gururaja Poojary kg Men Deepak Lather WEIGHTLIFTING (9) 77 kg Men Sathish Sivalingam kg Men Ragala Venkata Rahul P a g e

25 94 kg Men Vikas Thakur 105 kg Men -- Pardeep Singh kg Women Saikhom Mirabai Chanu kg Women Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu kg Women Punam Yadav POWERLIFTING (1) Heavyweight Men Sachin Chaudhary 57 kg Men s Freestyle Rahul Aware kg Men s Freestyle Bajrang Puniya kg Men s Freestyle Sushil Kumar WRESTLING (12) 86 kg Men s Freestyle Somveer 97 kg Men s Freestyle -- Mausam Khatri kg Men s Freestyle Sumit Malik kg Women s Freestyle Vinesh Phogat kg Women s -- Babita Kumari P a g e

26 Freestyle 57 kg Women s Freestyle -- Pooja Dhanda kg Women s Freestyle Sakshi Malik 68 kg Women s Freestyle Divya Kakran 76 kg Women s Freestyle Kiran Bishnoi NUMBER OF NATIONS PARTICIPATED: 71 NUMBER OF SPORTS: 19 NUMBER OF EVENTS: 275 OPENING CEREMONY: Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast, Australia Flag Bearer- PV Sindhu CLOSING CEREMONY Flag Bearer- Mary Com It is the first major multi-sport event which achieved "GENDER EQUALITY" by having an equal number of events for males and females. Medal Tally COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL RANK Australia England India Canada New Zealand P a g e

27 Indian Winners of Commonwealth Games 2018 Other Important Facts Saina Nehwal became the first Indian shuttler to have won two singles gold medals in 27 P a g e badminton in Commonwealth Games. Shooter Anish Bhanwala (15-years) became India's youngest gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games. Robert Pitcairn became the oldest athlete to debut at Gold Coast games Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to win gold in Javelin Throw in Commonwealth Games. Important notes on Census 2011 Census is a process of collecting, compiling, analyzing, evaluating, publishing and disseminating statistical data regarding the population of a country. It covers demographic, social and economic data. It has been conducted every 10 years. It started in Census 2011 data was released on 31st March 2011 by Union Home Secretary and RGI of India. Census 2011 was the 15th census of India & 7th census after Independence. The motto of census 2011 was Our Census, Our future. Registrar General & Census Commissioner under whom census 2011 was conducted C.Chandra Mouli Present Registrar General & Census Commissioner Shri Sailesh, Total Population 1,210,569,573 (1.21 Billion) India in 2nd rank in the population with 17.64%. decadal growth. Increase in population during is 181 Million Census 2011 was held in two phases: Houselisting & Housing Census (April to September 2010) Population Enumeration (9th to 28th February 2011) Number of Administrative Units in Census 2011 States/UTs 35 Districts 640 Sub-districts 5,924 Towns 7,936 Villages 6.41 lakh Facts about districts Thane district of Maharashtra is the most populated district in India. Dibang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh is the least populated. Kurung Kumey of Arunachal Pradesh registered highest population growth rate of percent. Longleng district of Nagaland registered negative population growth rate of (-)58.39.

28 Mahe district of Puducherry has the highest sex ratio of 1176 females per 1000 males. Daman district has the lowest sex ratio of 533 females per 1000 males. Serchhip district of Mizoram has the highest literacy rate of percent. Alirajpur of MP is the least literate district of India with the figure of percent only. North East Delhi has the highest density with the figure of people per square kilometre. Dibang Valley has the least density of 1 person per sq. km Facts about cities Mumbai city of Maharashtra is the most populated city in India. Kapurthala city of Punjab is the least populated. Kozhikode of Kerala has the highest sex ratio of 1093 females per 1000 males. Bhiwandi city of Maharashtra has the lowest sex ratio of 709 females per 1000 males. Aizawl city of Mizoram has the highest literacy rate of percent. Sambhal of UP is the least literate city in India with the figure of 48 percent only. North East Delhi has the highest density with the figure of people per square kilometre. FEATURE INDIA TOP 3 STATE BOTTOM 3 STATE OTHER FACT Average annual growth rate 1.64 % 1. Meghalaya (2.49 %) 2. Arunachal Pradesh (2.3 %) 3. Bihar (2.26 %) 1. Goa (.79%) 2. Andhra Pradesh (1.07%) 3. Sikkim (1.17%) During , as many as 25 States/UTs with a share of about 85% of the country s population registered an annual growth rate of Less than 2%. Decadal growth rate 17.60% 1. Meghalaya (27.8 %) 2. Arunachal Pradesh (25.9 %) 3. Bihar (25.1 %) 1. Nagaland ( %) 2. Kerala (4.9 %) 3. Goa (8.2 %) Nagaland is only the state that has negative growth rate is the first decade (with the exception of ) which has actually added lesser population compared to the previous decade Districts with highest and lowest decadal growth rate were Kurung Kumey and Longleng respectively. Population Density 382 Population (in terms of numbers) 28 P a g e Total million Males Bihar (1,106 per sq km) 2. West Bengal (1030 per sq km) 3. Kerala ( 859 per sq km) Total 1. Uttar Pradesh (19.9 million, 1. Arunachal Pradesh (17 per sq km) 2. Mizoram (52 per sq km) 3. J&K (56 per sq km) Total 1. Sikkim (6.07 lakh %) 2. Mizoram Top 2 Districts: North East (NCT of Delhi) and Chennai Bottom 2 district: Dibang Valley and Samba. Top Metros 1. Mumbai (18,394,912) 2. Delhi 3. Chennai The population of India is almost equal to the combined population of

29 Sex ratio 940 Fertility rate (2013) 2.3 Literacy Rate million (51.54%) Females million (48.46%) Rural population 833 million Urban population million Overall -74% Male 82.14% Female % ) 2. Maharashtra (11 million %) 3. Bihar (10 million - 8.6%) Male U.P. Maharashtra Bihar Female U.P. Maharashtra Bihar Rural Population UP Bihar West Bengal Urban population Maharashtra U.P. Tamil Nadu 1. Kerala (1084) 2. Tamil Nadu (996) 3. Andhra Pradesh (993) 1. Bihar (3.4) 2. U.P. (3.17) 3. Meghalaya (3.1) Overall 1. Kerala (93.9%) 2. Mizoram (91.6%) 3. Tripura (87.8%) Male 1 Kerala (96 %) 2. Mizoram (10.9 lakh %) 3. Arunachal Pradesh (13.8 lakh %) Male 1. Sikkim 2. Mizoram 3. Arunachal Pradesh Female Sikkim Mizoram Arunachal Pradesh Rural Population 1. Mizoram 2. Sikkim 3. Goa Urban population 1. Sikkim 2. Arunachal Pradesh 3. Nagaland 1. Haryana (879) 2. Jammu and Kashmir (889) 3. Sikkim (890) 1. Sikkim (1.45) 2. West Bengal (1.64) 3. Tamil Nadu (1.7) Overall 1. Bihar (63.80%) 2. Arunachal Pradesh (67%) 3. Rajasthan (67.11%) Male 1. Bihar (73.5%) 2. Arunachal Pradesh (73.7 U.S.A., Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Japan put together ( million)! Top 2 Districts: Thane(Maharashtra) and North Twenty Four Parganas (West Bengal) Bottom 2 Districts: Dibang Valley (Arunachal Pradesh) and Anjaw (Arunachal Pradesh). This is the highest Sex Ratio recorded since Census 1971 Top 2 Districts: Mahe and Almora Bottom 2 Districts: Daman and Leh Highest literacy rate according to Religion Jain (94 %) > Christian (80%) > Buddhist (74%) Area Rural (68.9 %) Urban ( 85%) Literacy rate has gone up from percent in 2001 to percent in 2011 showing an increase of 9.21 percentage points. Ten States and Union Territories viz., Kerala, Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Tripura, Goa, Daman & Diu, 29 P a g e

30 (93.7%) 3. Goa (92.8%) Female 1. Kerala (92%) 2. Mizoram (89.4%) 3. Tripura (83.1%) %) 3. Andhra Pradesh(75.6 %) Female 1. Rajasthan (52.7%) 2. Bihar (53.3%) 3. Jammu and Kashmir (58%) Puducherry, Chandigarh, NCT of Delhi and Andaman & Nicobar Islands have achieved literacy rate of above 85 percent The gap of percentage points recorded between male and female literacy rates in 2001 Census has reduced to percentage points in Top 2 Districts: Serchhip and Aizwal Bottom 2 Districts Alirajpur and Bijapur Work participation rate Tribe State (Area) Child sex ratio (female per 1000 male in the age group of 0-6) 30 P a g e Overall (39 %) Male (45 %) Female (14 %) 550 tribes 8.2% of the total Population of India 10 million population Lakh km Mizoram Population wise 1. MP (1.5 million) 2. Maharashtra (1.0 million) 3. Gujrat (.89 million) Tribal density wise 1. Mizoram 2. Nagaland 3. Meghalaya 1. Rajasthan (3.42 Lakh km2) 2. M.P. (3.08 Lakh km2) 3. Maharashtra (3.07 Lakh km2) 1. Mizoram (971 ) 2. Meghalaya (970) 3. Chattisgarh (964) 1. Kerala 2. Goa Population wise 1. Punjab (zero) 2. Haryana (zero) 3. Goa (32,000) Tribal density wise 1. Punjab (zero) 2. Haryana (zero) 1. Goa (3702 km2) 2. Sikkim (7096 km2) 3. Tripura (10,486 km2) 1. Haryana (830) 2. Punjab (846) 3. J&K (859) No state in India that crosses 1000 female per 1000 male in the age group of 0-6. The total number of children in the age-group 0-6 is million (-5 million since 2001). The Child Sex Ratio at India level

31 (914) is lowest since Independence The proportion of child population in the age group 0-6 Percentage of Population Below Poverty Line (Tendulkar Methodology) 13.10% 29.8% ( ) 1. Meghalaya (18.8 %) 2. Bihar (17.9 %) 3. J&K (16 %) 1. Bihar 2. Chattisgarh 3. Manipur 1. Tamil Nadu (9.6 %) 2. Goa (9.6 %) 3. Kerala (10 %) 1. Goa 2. J&K 3. Himachal Pradesh P a g e

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