start mongo
cd to mongo bin directory
mongod
in another cmd window mongo bin directory open mongo shell
mongo
inport a json file in mongo bin directory
mongoimport --db test --collection restaurants --drop --file c://Mongosets//primer-dataset.json

select db
use test  //test is db name
insert new record from shell
db.restaurants.insert(
   {
      "address" : {
         "street" : "2 Avenue",
         "zipcode" : "10075",
         "building" : "1480",
         "coord" : [ -73.9557413, 40.7720266 ],
      },
      "borough" : "Manhattan",
      "cuisine" : "Italian",
      "grades" : [
         {
            "date" : ISODate("2014-10-01T00:00:00Z"),
            "grade" : "A",
            "score" : 11
         },
         {
            "date" : ISODate("2014-01-16T00:00:00Z"),
            "grade" : "B",
            "score" : 17
         }
      ],
      "name" : "Vella",
      "restaurant_id" : "41704620"
   }
)

Find all the records
db.restaurants.find()