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 Fold mountains are created through a process called orogeny. An orogenic event takes millions of years to create a fold mountain.
 They are the young mountains of the world and hence they have some of the highest peaks
in the world.
 When a tectonic plate gets pressure from two sides, it gets folded.
 Some of its portions become elevated and forms the mountains.
 The depressions from the valleys.
 The Himalayas, The Andes, and the Alps are examples of Fold Mountain

 Photu La pass on the Srinagar-Leh highway of the Himalayan Zanskar Range stand.
 This mountain pass is referred to as the highest point on the highway, going beyond the
well-known Zoji La.

 Nagpur is famous for oranges and is known as the City of Oranges. Nagpur is located in Maharashtra.
 It is the winter capital of Maharashtra.

 India’s first national park was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park, now known as Jim
Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand

 It is located in Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India.
 Keibul Lamjao is in Manipur and is known for the dancing deer – Sangai.
 Bandipur National Park is in Karnataka.
 Jim Corbett National Park is in Uttarakhand.

 The headquarters of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is in Beijing, China.
 The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) provides finance for infrastructure development in the Asia-Pacific region.
 The bank was proposed in China in 2013 and is seen as Asia’s response to the World Bank
(WB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF).

 Jodhpur is known as the “Blue City” because of the blue colours that decorate many of the
houses in the old city area.

 The Silicon Valley of India is a nickname of Bengaluru.
 Bengaluru is the capital of India’s southern Karnataka state.
 It is also known as the Garden City of India.

 Gurgaon is the Suburban city of Delhi National Capital Region located in the state of Haryana.
 Historically, it is considered as the village of Guru Dronacharya (from Mahabharata).
 The city is located on a tributary of River Yamuna, called Sahibi.
 Sultanpur National Park is located in Gurgaon district of Haryana.
 In September 2016 Union Government renamed it as Gurugram and is now known by this
name.
 Gurgaon is also known as Cybercity, medi city and electronic city.
 It is known as a Millenium city because of high Human Development Index, Highend infrastructure, and it is also emerging as a new financial and industrial hub in India

 Algeria is a country in the North African Maghreb region.
 It is the capital and most populous city of Algeria, is located on the Mediterranean Sea.
 It is the world’s tenth-largest country and the largest in the Arab and African worlds.
 Chelif River is the longest river with 700 km of Algeria.
 Algeria observes Central European Time all year.

 International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), international organization founded
to bring about the unification of measurement systems, to establish and preserve fundamental international standards and prototypes, to verify national standards, and to determine fundamental physical constants.
 The bureau was established by a convention signed in Paris on May 20, 1875, effective January 1876.
 In 1921 a modified convention was signed.
 The convention provides for a General Conference that meets every four years to consider
required improvements or modifications in standards.
 An International Committee of Weights and Measures, composed of 18 scientists elected by
the conference, meets annually to monitor worldwide uniformity in units of measure.
 The bureau headquarters at Sèvres, France, serves as a depository for the primary international standards and as a laboratory for certification and comparison of national standard
copies.

 The International Police Organization, commonly known as INTERPOL, is an intergovernmental organization facilitating international police cooperation.
 It was established as the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC) in 1923. Its headquarters is located in Lyon, France

 The headquarter of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is located in Geneva, Switzerland.
 WIPO was created on 14 July 1967.
 CEO of WIPO is Francis Gurry

 The silk city of India title given to Bhagalpur.
 Bhagalpur is situated on the bank of river Ganga in Bihar.
 The popular variety of silk called Tusser silk is famous from Bhagalpur.
 Bhagalpur is also famous for mangos.

 The capital of Azerbaijan is Baku.
 Manat is the currency of Azerbaijan.
 Ilham Aliyev is the current president of Azerbaijan.

 The Afghan Afghani is the currency of Afghanistan.
 Capital and largest city: Kabul
 President: Ashraf Ghani

 The currency of Malaysia is the Malaysian ringgit.
 It is further divided into 100 sen.
 The Malaysian ringgit is issued by the central bank of Malaysia (Bank Negara Malaysia).
 Dinar is a monetary unit used in several Middle Eastern countries, including Algeria, Bahrain,
Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, and Tunisia.
 Dollar is the name of more than 20 currencies, including those of Australia, Brunei, Canada,
Hong Kong, Jamaica, Liberia, Namibia, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan and the United
States.
 The Euro is the common currency for 19 countries in the eurozone.

Shree Singaji Thermal Power Plant is in Khandwa district of M.P

 The Sabarmati river is originated from Mewar in the Udaipur district in Rajasthan.
 It drains its waters into the Gulf of Khambhat.

 Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad city are situated on the banks of the Sabarmati River.
 Sabarmati river is “the third largest river” flowing in the west.
 Surat Nagar is located at the mouth of the Tapi River.

Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project is in Jhajjar district of Haryana. It is the largest thermal
power plant located in Haryana.

 Chennai is known as Detroit of Asia.
 Detroit is famous for Automobile Industries.
 A large section of the Indian Automobile Industry is based in Tamilnadu.
 Chennai is the capital of Tamilnadu.
 Chennai is an account for almost 30% of the Indian Automobile Industry.

 Tawa River is the tributary of Narmada river.
 It is the longest tributary of Narmada river.

 Ukai project is a hydropower project on the Tapti river.
 It is a power project for Gujarat.
 It is equipped with power generating sets manufactured by BHEL.
 Purpose: Irrigation, Power Generation and flood control.