BLUE PRINT
THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SUCCESS
FOR AFCAT
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NEWSPAPERS/ MAGAZINES
Year Name Newspaper/ Journal Founder
1780 Bengal Gazette English newspaper James Augustus Hicky
1819 Samvad Kaumudi Bengali weekly newspaper Ram Mohan Roy
1822 Mirat-ul-Akbar Persian language journal Raja Ram Mohan Roy
1853 Hindoo Patriot English weekly Madhusudan Ray
1854 Rast Goftar Gujarati Newspaper Dadabhai Naoroji
1858 Som Prakesh Weekly newspaper Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
1862 Indian Mirror Newspaper Devendra Nath Tagore
1868 Amrita Bazar Patrika Newspaper Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh
1871 Tahzib-ul-Akhlaq Journal Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
1878 Hindu Newspaper Vir Raghavacharya and G.S. Aiyar
1881 Kesari Marathi Newspaper B.G. Tilak
1888 Sudharak Newspaper Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
1899 Udbodhana Magazine Swami Vivekananda
1903 Indian Opinion Newspaper M. K Gandhi
1905 Bande Mataram English language newspaper Aurobindo Ghosh
1910 Bombay Chronicle English-language newspaper Firoze Shah Mehta
1911 Comrade Weekly English newspaper Maulana Mohammad Ali
1912 Al-Balagh Urdu weekly newspaper Abul Kalam Azad
1912 Al-Hilal Urdu weekly newspaper Abul Kalam Azad
1913 Pratap Hindi language newspaper Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
English-language daily
1914 New India Annie Besant
newspaper
1919 Independent Newspaper Motilal Nehru
1919 Young India Weekly journal M. K Gandhi
1920 Mook Nayak Marathi weekly B.R. Ambedkar
1924 Hindustan Times English daily newspaper Sunder Singh Lyallpuri
1929 Nav Jeevan Weekly newspaper M. K Gandhi
1932 Harijan Weekly journal M. K Gandhi
1936 Free Hindustan Journal Tarak Nath Das
1936 Hindustan Dainik Hindi newspaper M.M. Malviya
SOCIO-RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS
Brahmo Samaj Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Prarthana Samaj Dr Atmaram Panduran
Arya Samaj Swami Dayanand Sawaswati
Theosophical Society Madame H P Blavatsky & Col H S Olcott
Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekanand
Aligarh Movement Sir Syed Ahmed Khan & Others
Muhammed Qasim Wanatavi & Rashid Ahmed
Deoband Movement
Gangoli
Missionaries of Charity Mother Teresa
Home Rule Movement Annie Besant & Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
People’s Union for Civil Liberties and Democratic Rights Jaya Prakash Narayan
Chinmaya Mission Swami Chinmayananda
People’s Education Society Dr B.R.Ambedkar
Vishwa Bharti Rabindranath Tagore
Abhinav Bharat Veer Savarkar
Chipko Sunderlal Bahuguna
Narmada Bachao Medha Patkar
Servants of India Society G K Gokhale
Servants of People Society Lala Lajpat Rai
Satyasodhak Samaj Jyotiba Phule
Servants of God or Khudai Khidmatgar Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Van Mahotsav K M Munshi
Bhoodan Movement Vinobha Bhave
Tattvabodhini Sabha
Dadoba Pandurang
Seva Sadon
Wahabi Movement
Ahmadiyya Movement
Self Respect Movement
The United Nations (UN) is an
intergovernmental organization established
on 24 October 1945.
Headquarters: New York City, USA.
Main Objective: To maintain international
peace and security, develop friendly
relations among nations, and promote
social progress, better living standards, and
human rights.
PRINCIPAL ORGANS OF UN
1. General Assembly (UNGA)
Composition: All 193 UN member states.
Function:
Serves as a forum for discussion on global issues such as peace, security, and development.
Each member state has one vote, regardless of size or power.
Adopts resolutions and oversees the UN budget.
Key Features:
Decisions on significant issues like budget and new member admission require a two-thirds
majority.
Resolutions are non-binding but carry moral authority.
2. Security Council (UNSC)
Composition: 15 members (5 permanent and 10 non-permanent).
Permanent Members (P5): USA, UK, Russia, China, France (with veto power).
Non-Permanent Members: Elected for 2-year terms by the General Assembly.
Function:
Maintains international peace and security.
Authorizes peacekeeping missions, sanctions, and military action.
Decisions are binding on all member states.
3. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Composition: 54 member states, elected by the General Assembly for 3-year terms.
Function:
Coordinates the UN's economic, social, and environmental work.
Works with specialized agencies like WHO, UNESCO, and UNICEF.
Focuses on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Key Features:
Operates through commissions and committees on issues like human rights and development.
4. International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Location: The Hague, Netherlands.
Composition: 15 judges elected for 9-year terms by the General Assembly and Security Council.
Function:
Settles legal disputes between states.
Provides advisory opinions on legal questions referred by the UN.
Key Features:
Only states can bring cases before the ICJ.
Judgments are binding, but enforcement relies on the Security Council.
5. Secretariat
Leadership: Headed by the Secretary-General (currently António Guterres).
Function:
Acts as the administrative arm of the UN.
Implements decisions of other UN organs.
Conducts day-to-day operations, including peacekeeping and mediation.
Key Features:
Employs staff from around the world to carry out the UN's work.
Prepares reports and documentation for the UN.
6. Trusteeship Council
Composition: Originally included members administering trust territories, permanent Security
Council members, and others.
Function: Oversaw the administration of trust territories to promote self-governance and
independence.
Key Features: Became inactive in 1994 after Palau, the last trust territory, gained independence.
Organ Key Responsibility Decision Type
General Assembly Global discussion and budget approvals Non-binding
Security Council Peace and security decisions Binding
ECOSOC Economic, social, and environmental work Non-binding
ICJ Judicial dispute resolution Binding
Secretariat Administrative and operational tasks Advisory
Trusteeship Council Oversaw trust territories (now inactive) N/A
1. The United Nations was established on ________ (date), following the end of ________
2. The UN Headquarters is located in ________ (city), while its principal judicial organ, the International
Court of Justice, is based in ________ (city).
3. The ________ Council, one of the six principal organs of the UN, has five permanent members,
collectively referred to as the ________.
4. The current UN Secretary-General is ________ (name), who hails from ________ (country).
5. The ________ is the organ responsible for discussing and deliberating on global issues, where each of
the ________ member states has one vote.
6. The UN’s specialized agency focusing on global health is the ________, while the agency addressing
child welfare is ________.
7. The ________ Declaration of ________ is considered one of the UN’s most significant achievements
in promoting human rights.
8. The UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were succeeded by the ________ Development Goals
(SDGs) in ________.
9. ________, an operational arm of the UN, focuses on assisting refugees, while the ________ fights
hunger globally.
10. The ________ Council is currently inactive, as the last trust territory, ________, gained
independence in 1994.
11. The ________ power in the Security Council allows its five permanent members to block any
substantive resolution.
12. The UN agency responsible for preserving cultural heritage and promoting education worldwide is
________.
13. The UN climate framework adopted the ________ Agreement in 2015 to combat climate change.
14. ________, a peacekeeping mission of the UN, was deployed to Congo to stabilize the region amidst
civil conflict.
15. The UN Charter was signed in ________ (city) by ________ (number) founding member states.
