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Jamsetji Tata was the first Indian to own a car in 1898.

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World's most and least valuable currencies

World's most valuable currency is Kuwaiti Dinar. World's least valuable currency is Iranian Rial.

1 Kuwaiti Dinar = 3.27 US Dollar = 274.24 Indian Rupees = 137503.27 Iranian Rial

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India's Top 5 banks employ about 7.7+ lakh people

India's Top 5 banks employ about 7.7+ lakh people:

State Bank of India (2.3+ lakh)

HDFC Bank (2.1+ lakh)

ICICI Bank (1.2+ lakh)

Axis Bank (1+ lakh)

Punjab National Bank (1+ lakh)

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India's annual onion production is around 270-300 lakh ton, from the 17 lakh hector land under cultivation.

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India's official languages

India's 22 official languages: Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Urdu, Kannada, Odia, Malayalam, Punjabi, Assamese, Maithili, Santali, Kashmiri, Nepali, Sindhi, Dogri, Konkani, Manipuri, Bodo, Sanskrit

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IBM Computer at IIT Kanpur in 1963

An IBM 1620 computer arrived in IIT Kanpur in August 1963 by plane at Chakeri airport at Kanpur, and from there it was taken to the institute by bullock carts with inflated tyres, because bringing it by truck, the truck's vibration on the bad roads of Kanpur could damage it's electronic circuits. When it was brought in, the door of the IIT Kanpur computer centre was too small to take in the machine, so one of the walls was broken and then the computer was installed.

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How many software engineers are there in the world?

Worldwide number of professional software engineers is estimated at 2.69 crores as of 2022, up from 2.1 crores in 2016.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering_demographics

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India's population at the time of independence

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Independent India's first Union Budget was presented on 26 Nov 1947 by the first finance minister R. K. Shanmukham Chetty with aimed revenues of Rs. 171.15 crores and total estimated expenditures of Rs. 197.29 crore for the year.

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The Union Budget 2023-24 was presented on February 1, 2023 by the Finance Minister Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman. It had proposed to spend Rs 45,03,097 crore in the financial year. What’s your guess for this year?

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In India, 8.18 crore Income Tax Returns (ITRs) were filed last year (A.Y. 2023-2024) upto 31.12.2023 as against 7.51 crore the previous year upto 31.12.2022. What’s your guess for this year?

Source: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1992182

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2024 is an election year for more than 80 countries - about half the world’s population.

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As of 25 Jan 2023, India has 1074 Universities. Of which 460 are State Universities, 430 are Private Universities, 128 are Deemed to be Universities, and 56 Central Universities.

Source: https://www.ugc.gov.in/oldpdf/Consolidated%20list%20of%20All%20Universities.pdf

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Indian MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) are classfied based on the Investment (in Plant and Machinery or Equipment) done and their Annual Turnover.

Micro Enteprises are those having Investment of not more than Rs. 1 crore and Annual Turnover of not more than Rs. 5 crore.

Small Enteprises are those having Investment of not more than Rs. 10 crore and Annual Turnover of not more than Rs. 50 crore.

Medium Enteprises are those having Investment of not more than Rs. 50 crore and Annual Turnover of not more than Rs. 250 crore.

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India has over 6.4 crore MSMEs, consisting of over 6.3 crore Micro Enterprises, 3.3 lakh Small Enterprises, and 5000 Medium Enterprises.

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India has over 6.4 crore MSMEs (Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises) employing over 11 crore people.

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In 2022, world's most traded products were Crude Petroleum ($1.45T), Refined Petroleum ($1.08T), Integrated Circuits ($961B), Petroleum Gas ($827B), and Cars ($782B).

Source: https://oec.world/en/profile/world/wld