TY - BOOK AU - Sadana, B. L. TI - Encyclopedia of General Knowledge SN - 818501874x U1 - 032 23 PY - 1999/// CY - New Delhi PB - New Light Publishers N1 - 1. World Geography; 2. World History; 3. Space and Astronomy; 4. International organisations, treaties, declarations and conference; 5. World personalities; 6. Economic facts about the world; 7. Miscellaneous facts (World); 8. Gandhi, Nehru and Tagore; 9. Indian Geography; 10. Indian economy; 11. Indian history and culture; 12. Indian polity; 13.Miscellaneous facts about India; 14. Indian personalities (Who's Who); 15. Science; 16. Books and authors; 17. Abbreviations; 18. Terminology; 19.Sports N2 - The 'Encyclopaedia of General Knowledge' is the result of very hard and sincere labour. The authors has put, in this book, the very essence of his long and extensive teaching experience in the spheres of both academic and competitive examinations. This book is well planned and systematically organised so that even a layman may not have any difficulty in understanding the subject and a candidate for competitive examinations may remember facts about labour. The material in each chapter is so organised that the reader gets the basic knowledge and understanding of the subject. An attempt has been made to give authentic and relevant information about India and the world. The book covers Geography, Space Science, Astronomy, History, Culture and Civilisation, Religion, Politics, Arts, Literature, Polity, World Organisations,economy, Life Sciences, Sports, Thoughts of Great Indians, Terminology and Current Affairs etc. Millions of facts are collected from a large number of authentic sources to make the book useful. All that is superfluous is eschewed - the experience and the discerning eye of the author has been able to sift the dross from gold ER -