general knowledge

aaaaaaaweight of indian coin

50 paise 3.79 g

1 rupee 4.85 g

2 rupee 5.62 g

5 rupee 6 g

10 rupee 9 g 

KNOWLEDGE Of D Day :
1.Which city s called Orange city of India ? An:Nagpoor . .
2..which city s called Silicon Valley of India ? An:Bangalore . . .

World Cup Winners:-

1975-W.Indies

1979-W.Indies

1983-India

1987-Australia

1992-Pakistan

1996-SriLanka

1999-Australia

2003-Australia

2007-Australia

2011-India..

Full Forms

*CT SCAN-Computerized Tomography Scan

*MRI-Magnetic Resonance Imaging

*ECG-Electro Cardio Gram

*: ICTC - Integrated Counseling and Testing Centre. 

* RTGS - Real Time Gross Settlement.

* NEFT - National Electronic Funds Transfer.

*National Flag of India was adopted on July 22,1947

*1st Railway Minister of India-Lal Bahadur Sasthri

*1st Acting President of India-V.V.Giri

*The longest English word (45 letters) is 'pneumonoultram icroscopicsilic ovolcanoconiosi s'.

*No ants in Iceland, Greenland & Antartica.

*Which State has No Railway route in Our India..?

-Meghalaya,

*First Rail was Established in Which Place..?

-Mumbai to Thane(1853).

*1st TV Station-Delhi-1959,

*TV separated from AIR-1976,

*Color Television Broadcast-1982,

*1st FM service-Madras-1977

NO NO NO NO:

-No Trees in Antartica

-No Theatres in Bhutan

-No Snakes in Hawai Island

-No Mosquitoes in France

*Our Brain is more active & thinks more in Night time than the Day time

*From all the Oxygen that a Human Breathes, 20% Goes to the Brain

*Babies Eyes do not Produce Tears until the Baby is Approximately 6 to 8 Weeks Old.

*The 1st Indian to won Golden Globe award is A.R.Rahman.

*The 1st company to manufacture mobile phone was Motorola.

*The top four wheat producers of the world are China,India,Russia & USA..

*The name of Alexander's horse was "Beucephalus"

*Zero hours - mid night

*Eleventh hour - last moments

*Earth's sister - Venus *The first religion of the world Hinduism.

*The first country to print book China.

*The first country to issue paper currency China.

*When a piece of glass cracks,the crack moves at over 48OOkm/hr

*A single chocolate chip gives enough energy2a human being to walk15O feet

*Which railway station became the 1st railway network to offer BluFi(Bluetooth+WiFi to provide information to passengers?

Bengalore Railway Station

*After 22Yrs Myanmar conducts Election; Aung San su Kyi win at 2012.

*The Taj Mahal built by Shah Jahan. It took 23Years(1630-1653) Hard work by 20,000 workers to built by Full of Marbles in Yamuna RiverShore, Agra

*Internet Services were provided in India since the year?

-1995

*Amini Island is located in

-Lakshadweep

*A Googol means:

10 to the power of 100.

Inventions & Inventors

>Aeroplane- Orville and Wilbur Wright

>Atom Bomb- Auto Han

>Diesel Engine- Rudolf Diesel

>Dynamite- Alfred B.Nobel

TYPES OF CHASSIS FRAMES:

There are three types of frames

1. Conventional frame

2. Integral frame

3. Semi-integral frame

World's 5 largest Employers-

*Chinese Army

Wal-Mart

*China Nationl Petroleum

*China State Grid Corp

*Indian Railways & UK Nationl Heal

Company-Country:

1)Nokia-Finland

2)LG / Samsung-South Korea

3)Sony / Toyota / Nissan- Japan

4)Apple / Google / Microsoft / HP-America

*Highest Mobile Phone users

1.China

2.USA

3.Japan

4.Germany

5.India

6.Brazil

7.Russia

8.UK

9.France

10.Italy

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*Today, there are more people on Facebook than there were on the planet 200 years ago.!

*William Shakespeare died on his birthday.

*Bananas contain a natural chemical wch can make a person happy.The same chemicl is found in Prozac

*Chewing gum has rubber as an ingredient 

*Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating!

*During winter the Arctic Ocean is almost completely covered in sea ice.

*"Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language

*In Singapore there's a Coca Cola "Hug Me Machine" which gves you a can of coke each time you hug it.

*If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air,the person died in battle.

*Emus cannot walk backwards

*The name of de tube used 2 produce X-rays s Coolidge tube,

*Gujarat has the Longest coast line n India,

*Ganga is the National river of India.

*Bill Gates began programming computers at age 13

*10% of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.--

*It would take one person 1,7OO years to watch every video on YouTube. It may take even more time when u reading this

*The biggest religious building in the world is a Hindu Temple,Angkor Wat, located in Cambodia.

It was built at the end of the 11th century.

The Highest dam in India:Tihri Dam

*Situated on Bhagirathi River

*Its Height: 261 meters

*It is the 6th highest dam in the world.

*There is a 22% increase in heart attacks if you have too much salt.

*There is River in Australia named 'Never Never River'.

*Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country

*A giraffe is able to clean its ears with its own tongue

*99.99% people do not like their first ever sip of beer, wine, coffee and their first cigarette.

*Tell Friends to Learn with Us.

RAID SYSTEM

Reduntant Arrays of Independent Disks

-It is parallel set of disk drives

-Whch is operated by os as single logical drive

*A pregnant woman should be intake balanced diet. A balanced diet contains vitamins, fats, carbohydrates, minerals and proteins.

*Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!

Don't tip there.!!

*Sound travels Fifteen Times faster through steel

than through air

*The 1st chairman of National Human Right Commission Ranganatha Misra

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*Giraffes & Rats can last longer without water than camels

*Mosquitoes have killed more humans than all the war sin History.

*There is a forest in Japan famous for Suicides!!

*Camel's have 3 eyelids

*Rats & Horeses can't vomit

*11% world is left handed

*The city of Seoul has been the capital city of Korea for more than 6OO years

*A cow releases about 125 gallons of gas per day

*Over the last 150yrs the average height of people in industrializd nations increased by 10cm(4in)

*Turtles can breathe through their butts

*Rabindranath Tagore was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in literature in 1913 for his work "Gitanjali".

*The tongue of a blue whale is as long as an elephant

*Rain contains vitamin B12

*Our eyes are always the same size from birth

*The headquarters of World Bank is located at Washington DC

*The International court of Justice is located in Hague, Holland.

#Prepare mixture of honey, lemon, vegetable oil. Apply this paste on dry skin, wash after 10 min. It is a good moisturizer for dry skin. 

#World's Wonders

Opera House-Aus

Great Wall of China

Kinder Disk-D.Mark

Pyramid-Egypt
Eiffel Tower-Paris
TajMahl-India
Leaning Tower of Pisa

*Biro Brothers invented BALLPOINT PEN,

*Galileo invented Thermometer,

*Sir Frank Whittle invented Jet Engine,

*White Brother invented Aeroplane.

*In Just one drop of liquid, 5O million bacteria can be present.

*Mangoes are known throughout the world as the "King of Fruits."

*Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries

*Pigeons can see ultraviolet lights

*Most snakes have six rows of teeth

*National Fruit of India

-Mango

*Scientific Name of Mango

-Manigifera Indica

*Rocket works on principle of Momentum conservation(Newton's 3rdLaw)

*The world kissing record was set in 1990 by alfred wolfram. He kissed 8,001 women in 8 hours. he kiss a different woman every six seconds.

*Thomas Edison designed a helicopter that would work with gunpowder. It ended up blowing up and also blew up his factory.

*Crude oil usually found in undergrnd is used 2produce fuel of cars, trucks, airplanes, boats & trains.

"Don't kill the Dream - Execute It"

*Great Britain was the first country to issue postage stamps in 1840

*Nerve cells can travel as fast as 120 metres per second

* When we touch smething, we send a message to our brain at 124 mph.

*Other than humans, dolphins are the only animals which involve in sexual intercourse for the sake of satisfaction.

*A crack in Antarctica might break apart and make an iceberg the size of Brazil.

*George Eastman, Founder of Kodak shot himself in the head after leaving a note reading: "To my friends: My work is done. Why wait?"

*47% men look at a woman's breasts first. 1/3rd of them notice their midriff while less than 1/5th take time to look at her face.

*The Smallest country of the World in terms of Area & Population?

-VaticanCity,

*The Smallest Asian country in both Population & Area

-Maldives.

*Ginger has been used for its health benefits for over 5OOO years. Ginger is one of the world's seven most potent disease-fighting spices.

*The typical computer keyboard has 60 times more germs than the typical toilet seat.

*A Lion's roar can be heard 5 miles apart.

Funny facts about INDIA

1. There where no plastic bags in india before 1985

2. Over 1000 elephants were used during the construction of the taj mahal.

3. There are over 1500 software companies in bangalore india.

4. Before 1896 india was the only diamonds producing country in the world.

5. India has about 800 dialects and 15 major languages.

*Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!

Don't tip there.!!

#Mosquitoes have killed more humans than all the wars in History.!!

*1859 saw the largest solar flare in his history. If it happens again. It would destroy any satellite in its Path.!!

*If all the stars in the observable universe were divided amongst humans on earth, we would each own 44.2 trillion stars.!!

#Discovers:

*Electron by J.J Thomsan (1897)

*Proton by Rutherford (1919)

*Neutron by Chadwick (1932)

*Surgeons who listen to music during operations perform better than those who don't.

*There is more alcohol in Mouthwash than in wine.!!

*Childbirth is the second most painful thing in the world, right next to being burned alive.

*Music is the 4th most wanted item by Humans.!

*1859 saw the largest solar flare in History. If it happens again, it'd destroy any satellite in its path!

#Countries & Capital:

*Nigeria-Lagos

*Oman-Muscut

*Peru-Lima

*Spain-Madrid

*Sweden-Stockholm

*Taiwan-Taipei

*Czech Republic-Parague

INVENTORS:

AtomBomb Invented by-Otto Han

*HydrogenBomb-Edward Teller

*NeutronBomb-Samuel Cohen

*Electron-Thomson

*Proton-Rutherford

*Neutron-Chadwi

*Titan, the only moon (natural satellite) known to have a dense atmosphere, is the largest moon of Saturn

*Humans and cows have the same gestation period,which is about nine months.

*People with allergies can lower allergy reactions by laughing.

*Coconut is highly nutrition fruit, rich in fiber, vitamins, proteins. It provides many health benefits beyond its nutritional content.

*In humans, a cell have 46 Chromosomes (23 pairs).

*There are approximately 9,000 taste buds on the tongue.

*Rub your teeth with strawberries daily, this will effectively remove all the stains. Brush your teeth after every heavy meals.

*Singapore has only one train station.

*Some Worms eat themselves when they can't find food.

*Ants don't sleep.

*The oldest European church and synagogue in India are in the city of Cochin. They were built in 1503 and 1568 respectively.

*The 70 km-long Siachen glacier at border with Pakistan occupied Kashmir, is the 2nd longest glacier in the world outside the polar region.

*Mahamta Gandhi is the only Indian who has over 80 stamps issued from 80 countries to honour him.!!
*A good morning kiss can help prevent against stress-related illnesses - It triggers hormones that help a person deal with pressure.
* The World Record for Time Without Sleep is 264Hrs (11Days) by "RANDY GARDNER" In 1965
*In 1945 Arthur C Clarke wrote on article called 'Wireless World' which lead to invention of many Wireless things.
*A Lion's roar can be heard upto 9km away.
*The eyeball of a human weighs approximately 28 grams.

*Your most active muscles are in your eye.

*2O,OOO workers worked for 22 years to build Taj mahal.

*'Brahadeeswarar Temple' (Thanjavur) is the world's first complete granite temple.

Who sang 'Sare JehanSe Achchha'& 'JanaGanaMana' in d Central Assembly @ midnight of 14/15 Aug1947?

MS Subbalaxmi

*Ozone-Measured in Dubson Units

*It was the Chinese who invented the bristle brush toothbrush.

*Archimedes is considered to be the father of 'Mathematics'.

*Socrates was one of the wisest men in Greece. He became famous for asking questions about almost everything.

*Charcoal was used in filtering water over 4OOO years.

*Japan is the largest consumer of Amazon rainforest timber.

The first full length computer generated featured film?

~Toy Story
  *Approximate 300 million film tickets are sold every year in India.

*The sunrays reached at earth in 8 minutes & 3 seconds.

*Mexico City sinks abt 10 inches a year.

*Acupuncture treatment originated from over 5000 years ago in China.

*Its the chinese who invented the fishing rods.

* Beijing University to teach Gujarati.

* India prepares to counter China's clout with INS Satpura.

*The name Santa Claus came from Saint Nicholas who was a bishop in the town of Myra, and was known to be very nice to children.

*Three Hundred Million Cells Die In our Body Every Minute

*Heart Attacks Are More Likely To Happen On Monday

*: Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is a technique that temporarily takes over the function of the heart and lungs during surgery.

*Left-handed people are more susceptible to negative emotions (like anger) and are more affected by fear.

*Ants do not sleep.

*: The medicine that deals with the structure, function, diagnosis & treatment of diseases of the stomach & intestine is called Gastroenterology.

 *Bharti Airtel Limited was founded on '7 July 1995' by 'Sunil Bharti Mittal'

*The worlds largest dam is "Syncrude Tailings Dam" in Canada.

*The desert tortoise can live without having to drink any water.It extracts the water it needs from the vegetation it eats.

*Sodium hydroxide and Sulphuric acid are mainly used in dry cleaning which make a person blind if they fall in eyes.

*: The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) was established in 1922 and the first General Assembly was held in 1923 in Paris.
Headquarters of IUPAC is located in Zurich, Switzerland.

*Some chemicals in Detergents can cause vomitings, stomach pain .

*Hydrocarbons in motor oil can cause cancer.!!

*Titan watch division was started in 1987. At launch it was the third watch company in India after HMT and Allwyn.

*The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana.

*Adam Smith is called as the father of modern 'Economics'.

*: Presidential poll on July 19, counting on July 22

* Coal pollution kills 70,000 a year in India: IMF

  Vande Mataram, Congress Ke 1896 ke session mein first time gaya gaya.

Top 5 Temples of India

*Khajuraho(M.P)

*Somnath(Gujarath)

*Kashi Viswanath(U.P)

*Jagannath(Orissa)

*Tirupati Balaji(A.P)

*Each day the sun causes about 1trillion tons of water to evaporate.

*An elephant can live up to the age of 70, or in some cases even more.

*: Rafael Nadal (Spain) won his record 7th French Open men's singles title.

* Scientists turn human skin cells into functional brain cells.
"Tobacco companies Kill Their Best Customers".!

Avoid Tobacco Products,
*Because of the rotation of earth you can throw a ball farther to the west than to the east.

*Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

*Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season during the year.

*All babies are colour-blind when they are born.

#India's Neighboring countries:

*Bangladesh 4,053 km

*Bhutan 605 km

*Burma 1,463 km

*China 3,380 km

*Nepal 1,690 km

*Pak 2,912 km

*If you are struck by lightning, your skin will be heated to 28k degrees Centigrade,

hotter than the surface of the Sun.

*Some people cry without tears because of a genetic disorder that results in lacking the ability to produce tears (alacrima).

*There are more cars in Southern California than there are cows in India

*Soldiers frm every country salute with their right hand

*IMF & WORLD BANK are also known as the Bretton Woods Institutes

*An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it.

*Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.

*The original name of Bank of America was Bank of Italy.

*San Francisco cable cars are the only National Monuments that move.

*: * The City of Madurai constituted under the Madurai City Municipal Corporation Act, 1971.

* The Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act - 1994.

*On the day that Alexander Graham Bell was buried the entire US telephone system was shut down for 1 minute in tribute.

*If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.

*If u electrically shock a person's brain, their maths skills can greatly improve fr upto 6 months.

*William Shakespeare died on his B'day.

* United Nations University.?

- Tokyo

*The Olympic flag colors are Red,Black,Blue,Green & Yellow rings on White. Bcoz, Atleast of those colors appears on the flag of evry nation!

*The World's Youngest Parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.!!

*Brain damage will only occur if a fever goes above 107.6 degrees farenheit

*Wild turkeys can run at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour

*The 1st President of the U.S.A is George Washington

*The 1st Prime Minister of Britain is Robert Walpole

  *The shortest war on record, between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896, lasted just 38 minutes. 

*The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

 *When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone back in 1876, only six phones were sold in the first month.

 *Amitabh Bachchan made his film debut in 1969 as one of the seven heros in "Saat Hindustani".

 *Ants can pull Thirty times their own weight and lift Fifty times their own weight.

*When water freezes it expands by 10%.

 *The first photo camera took Eight hours to take a photo, during which you would need to remain still.!!

*Cambridge University is the second oldest university in England and the seventh oldest in the world.

*Mumbai harbour is the biggest one in India & 2nd biggest is Chennai harbour. 

*Yugoslavia is bordered by 7 other countries.

*The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit around this time.

 *Earthworms have 5 hearts. 

*Elephants can't jump.Every other mammal can.

*There are 400 species of bacteria in the human colon.

 *The word Himalayas means the "home of snow" 

*If you were standing on Mercury, the Sun would appear2.5times larger thn it appears frm Earth

 *World's largest sugar producing nations in 2011:

1) Brazil

2) India

3) China

*Hindustan Steel Private Limited was set up on Jan 19,1954

 *Hummingbirds are the only creatures that can fly backwards. 

*The lighter was invented before the match.

 *Hundreds of years ago,only the wealthy people used to wear underwear 

*Smiling releases endorphins in d body,which makes people feel better

 *Many people in parts of China eat insects. Some common insects are bean worms, scoprions, & locusts. 

*An owl has three eyelids.

 *The average distance between the stars in the sky is 20 million miles. 

*The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.

 *The surface area of the lungs is roughly the same size as a tennis court. 

*Astronauts get taller when they are in space.

 *The longest English word without a vowel is twyndyllyngs which means "twins". 

*Albert Einstein never wore any socks.

 *The Earth weighs approximately 6,500 million million million tons.

*Every time you sneeze your heart stops a second.

 *Amitabh Bachchan made his film debut in 1969 as one of d seven heros in "Saat Hindustani".

 *In one gram of soil, about ten million bacteria live in it. 

*Sharks have survived on earth for about 400 million years.

 *Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day. 

*The driest place on earth is Calama, in the Atacama Desert in Chile.

 * Wikipedia Is 6th Most Popular Website In The World 

* English Version Of Wikipedia Has More Than 2.3 Million Articles

#7 Wonders

*China- Great Wall

*TajMahal

*Egypt- Pyramid

*France- EiffelTower

*Russia- Kremlin

*USA- Statue of Liberty

*Australia- OperaHouse

*Flying Kite is a professional Game in Thailand

*Bull-fighting is the national game of Spain.

*Russia has 2 National games.

*OWL is the only bird, which can rotate its head to 270 degrees.

*Vitamin K is necessary for clotting of blood.

*: Adolf Hitler kept Swastika as his party's emblem & his followers were known as Brown Shirts. He wrote a book called Mein Kampf (My struggle).

*Insects do not make noises with their voices. The noise of bees,mosquitoes & other buzzing insects is caused by rapidly moving their wings.

*India's first television center was set up at Delhi.

*At least 300,000 people have been killed by volcanoes during the last 500 years.

*It can easily learn about any cat's present state of mind by observing the posture of his tail.

*In Britain 70% mothers go for work.

*The largest quantity of fish in the world is produced by Japan & Russia.

*An average human's take of 3.25 pounds FOOD in a day.

*KIWIS are the only birds, which hunt by sense of smell.

*An average human move 25.4 times during sleep in a day.

*The 73% of people who buy Valentine's Day flowers are men, while only 27 percent are women.

*Giraffes cannot swim.

*Polar bears have more problems with overheating thn they do with cold. Even in very cold weather, they quickly overheat wen they try 2 run..

*Longest officially recognized place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu (name of hill in NZ), has 85 letters.

*In the very early days of its  origination, Samsung used to sell dried fish and vegetables.

*You cant 'Poke' Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook.

*Which of the following is a non metal that remains liquid at room

temperature?

-Bromine

*Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries.

*India is the world's Largest democracy.

*People who have a strong friendship possess the ability to communicate with one another through facial expressions.

 

*Studies show that most people lose around half of their friends every seven years and replace them with new friends!

 

*According to studies, putting on slow background music can cause a person to eat food at a slower rate.

#Women in Olympics:

*Women were first allowed to participate in 1900 at the second modern Olympic Games.

#Olympic Flame

*In Olympia (Greece), a flame was ignited by the sun and then kept burning until the closing of the Olympic Games.

*The first recorded ancient Olympic Games were held in 776 BCE with only one event - the stade.

*The Olympic medals are designed especially for each individual Olympic Games by the host city's organizing committee.

*The last Olympic gold medals that were made entirely out of gold were awarded in 1912.

*Now Gold Medal is only 1.34% of Gold.!!

*Because of World War I and World War II, there were no Olympic Games in 1916, 1940, or 1944.

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*In plants, the process of photosynthesis occurs in two phases, the photochemical (light) reaction and carbon assimilation (dark)  reaction.

*The skeleton of a spider is located on the outside of the body. The name for this is exoskelton.

*Over 4 million cars in Brazil are now running on gasohol instead of petrol. Gasohol is a fuel made from sugar cane.

*If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.

*Girls however are slightly more likely than boys to use home computers for e-mail, word processing & completing school assignments

*When travelling by plane, if you leave Tokyo at 7am, you will arrive at Honolulu at 7.45pm of the previous date.!.

 *85% won't find the the mistake in this sentence : A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z

#The Mistake is "the the".

 *Supposing that the age of the Earth from the beginning of its existence till now is one day, human beings have only existed for 36 seconds!

 *100 million years ago, a day on Earth only lasted 21 hours. 

*People are likely to spend more money in areas that smell good.

 *Once when hiding in a farm, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar burned about $2 million cash in a bonfire to save his daughter from the cold.

*Your chance of dying doubles every eight years, no matter how old you are. 

*Men are quicker to say "I Love You" in a relationship.

* The world's longest traffic jam took place in Beijing, China. It was 60 miles long, and lasted 11 days.

*The full form of VISA is

"Visitors Intention for Staying Abroad".

 * India has 76% shortfall in govt doctors: 2011 statistics.

 *Researchers at Boston University are working on technology that will be able to download skills directly to our brain.!!

 *On August 6, 1931, the Indian National Congress

formally adopted indian flag, which was first hoisted

on August 31.

*: The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), was passed on Sept 11, 1958, by the Parliament of India.

 *Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy & the first Governor General of India decide on Aug 15 as the Indian Independence Day.

~ Dolphins sleep with one eye open! 

~ The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly!

who invented the CAR?

Ans- Ferdinand Verbiest invented the car in 1672. First ever car was made in CHINA.

 *Sometimes a midlife transition can translate into depression. Speaking to a therapist or a friend can help you start afresh.

* World's Long:

World's Longest Epic- Mahabharata

World's Longest Platform- Kharagpur (India)

World's Longest Mountain Range- Andes (South America)

 *: India's 1st television news reader - Pratima Puri. 

* Alam Ara (14-03-1931) directed by Ardeshir Irani - was the 1st Indian movie with dialogues.

Shape of the Oceans:

*Atlantic-'S' Shape

*Indian-'M' Shape

*Arctic-'U' Shape

*Pacific-'Trian gle' Shape

 *: Indian Institute of Management Calcutta was the 1st IIM to be set up, on Nov 13, 1961 

* IIM Kashipur - 13th & youngest IIM, started in July 2011

* It takes about three hours for food to be broken down in the human stomach.

There are more than 640 muscles in the human body.

 In Czechoslovakia,there is a church that has a chandelier made out of human bones. 

* The Nile river is 6,690 kilometers long.

*The biggest religious building in the world is a Hindu Temple, Angkor wat in Cambodia, built at the end of 11th century by a Tamilan(Suriya Varman-2)

 *Blue eyes are the most sensitive to light, dark brown the least sensitive. 

*The White House is worth about $995 million.

*: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) - formed in 1988 

* The longest National Highway is the NH 7 (4,572 km)

*: India-Pakistan to ease visa norms for visitors. 

* Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim countries.

*: The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN was established on 29 September 1954. Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.

 Fastest time to cover 100 meters:

Falcon 1 sec

Cheetah 3 sec

Atlantic Sailfish 3.1 sec

Lion 4 sec

Giraffe 7 sec

Usain Bolt 9.58 sec

 *Dogs have an additional sense, they can feel the energy of the other living beings around them. It is called universal sense.

 *The largest milk producing country by volume in the whole world is India.

*Disney World is larger than 17 other countries!

 *Niagara Falls was discovered by..?

=>Louis Hennepin.

*The country which has highest population density is..?

=>Monaco.

 *A man with no vision or hearing was cured after being struck by lightning, it even

cured his baldness

* You are only born with 2 fears -- We are naturally afraid of 'falling and loud noises.'

*What was d first Indian Language that d Bible was translated into?
Tamil . .

*Who s d founder of YMCA?
-Sir Ge

 *: Cox's Bazar (Bangladesh) is known for its wide sandy beach which is the world's longest natural sandy sea beach.

*The Deepest Hole Ever Made By Humans Is In Kola Peninsula In Russia, Was Completed In 1989, Creating a Hole 12262 Meters (7.6 Miles) Deep

* who s d first woman CM of India?
-Sucheta Kriplani

*: Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a serious form of pneumonia. It is caused by a virus (SARS-CoV) that was 1st identified in 2003.

 * Vitamin D is produced in the skin by ultraviolet light.

 Some Books by Dr.APJ.Abdul Kalam

*Turning Points

*Ignited Minds

*Target 3 Billion

*India 2020

*Songs of Life

*Wings of Fire

*The Life Tree.

 * Myrmecology is the scientific study of ants, a branch of entomology. The word myrmecology was coined by W.M. Wheeler.

*: Entomology - Scientific study of insects.

* Myrmecology - Scientific study of ants.

* Paleontology - Study of prehistoric life.

 ~ No other animal has a longer pregnancy term than tat of d elephant which is documented at an avg of 22 months.

 ~ It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

 * Edward Jenner in 1970 coined the term 'Vaccine' and the term 'Vaccination'

 * NDTV (New Delhi Television) was founded in 1988

* Which city is called Temple city of India?

-Bhubaneshwar

*Which city is known as twin cities of India?

-Ahmedabad & Gandhinagar . .

*: Father of white revolution Verghese Kurien dies at 90.

* 'Operation Flood' started in 1970 made India the largest producer of the milk.

*: The six official languages of the United Nations (UN) are:
1) Arabic
2) Chinese (Mandarin)
3) English
4) French
5) Russian
6) Spanish

*where s d head quarters of International Labour Org located? An:Geneva

*The number of schedules in d constitution of India? An:12.

*Gandhi once wrote a letter to his "dear friend" urging him not to go to war -- This friend was Hitler

*S.B.I. & Bank of India, Got Pakistan's Permition to Start Banking Operation In Pakistan. These 2 are The only Indian Bank to Do So

*Chemical name of vitamin B1?-Thiamine. .

*Dead c s located in which country? -Isral . .

*The scientific name of dog?     -Canis Familiaris..

*: The Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) was passed in 1973 and came into force w.e.f. Jan 1, 1974.

*The Earth has at least 7 moons. Besides the moon we can see, there are 6 other "Near Earth" Asteroids that follow the Earth around the sun.

*: Silver nitrate (AgNO3) was once called lunar caustic.

* Potassium nitrate is mainly used in fertilizers, as a source of nitrogen and potassium.

*Only 20 countries in the world produce diamonds.
The top 5 are
Australia,
the Democratic Republic of Congo,
Botswana,
Russia & South Africa.

*The sap of a banana plant leaves serious stains on hands and clothes that is extremely hard to remove.

*: On December 7, 1941, the Japanese airforce bombed the American fleet stationed at Pearl Harbour.

* Scientists discover 'diamond planet'.

* In June 1944, a big American and British force landed in Normandy.
This event is known as "The Invasion".

*: Traditional Knowledge Digital Library was set up in 2001.

* United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea came into effect from Nov 16, 1994.

*: Aligarh Muslim University in UP was estd. by Sir Syed Ahm

1.Which country s known as Blue Ice? An:Green Land . .

2.d World's oldest known city is ? An: Damascus

*: The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science & Technology was first awarded in 1958.

* National Centre for Biological Sciences - Bangalore.

*The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896.
Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

*: Kovalam (Kerala) has 3 beaches separated by rocky outcroppings in its 17 km coastline
1) Lighthouse Beach
2) Hawah Beach
3) Samudra Beach

*: Temple architecture was most developed under Pallavas.

* Election Commission of India formed on 25 Jan 1950

*: British author Hilary Mantel wins 2012 Man Booker Prize for 'Bring Up The Bodies'.

* Hyderabad's last Nizam named all-time richest Indian.

*: A fruit is a matured or ripened ovary.

* The branch of science that deals with the characteristic features of fruit is called Pomology.

*: Flying licence of Kingfisher Airlines suspended by DGCA
* DGCA - Directorate General of Civil Aviation

*: The Central Coffee Research Institute (CCRI), established during 1925, located in Karnataka

* Dr. Coleman - Founder of Coffee Research in India

*Plants adapted to grow in dry habitat r:
Xerophytes

*animals dat live in caves:
Cavernicolous

*Branch of Astronomy:
Astrophysics

*Humans and bananas share about 60% of the same DNA structure.

*: Spirulina is a blue green alga (Single Cell Protein),

*which has been cultured specially as a raw material for making many types of food items.

* The UN Organization officially came into existence on October 24, 1945.

*Ancient Five Natural Divisions of India Are:

1.Madhyadesa.
2.Uttarapatha.
3.Pratichya.
4.Dakshinapatha.
5.Purvadesa.

* The human liver performs over 500 functions

*All penguins live south of the equator

*Indian Railways Manufactures Wheels & Axles at?
Yelahanka (KAR)

*The immediate cause for the outbreak of the First World War was the murder of the Austrian crown prince Francis Ferdinand and his wife.

*: Hilary Mary Mantel (England) is the 1st woman to receive the Man Booker Prize award twice
1) Wolf Hall (2009)
2) Bring Up The Bodies (2012)

* National Action Plan for Consumer Awareness & Redressal & Enforcement of Consumer Protection Act, 1986.

*: The African Centre for Gene Technologies (established in 2001, Pretoria) is a product of the Southern Education and Research Alliance (SERA).

*: The Mandal Commission was established in India in 1979 by the Janata Party government under PM Morarji Desai.

*: The Moortidevi Award (literary) - Presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization for a work which emphasizes Indian philosophy and culture.
-Geography:

*Mars is known as "Red Planet"

*JUPITER is The Largest Planet.

*Gravitation pull of moon is One-Sixth (1/6th) that of the Earth.

*: India's first fertilizer factory was opened at Ranipet (Tamil Nadu) in 1906.

* National Policy on Electronics was released on 3rd Oct 2011.
 
*In China, average 2000 'Smoking' People dies a Day.

*Niel Armstrong got his Pilot License at his age of '16'.

*The thermometer was invented in 1607 by Galileo

*The tallest tree ever was an Australian eucalyptus. In 1872 it was measured at 435 feet

*: Penicillium camemberti is used in the cheese industry. It imparts a soft texture & a distinct flavour to cheese.

*: Mohiniyattam is a classical dance form from Kerala.
It is one of the eight Indian classical dance forms recognized by the Sangeet Natak Akademi.

Who was the first person to calculate the height of the Mount Everest ?=Radhanath Sikdar
A honey bee has four wings.

*: Indian Constitution (Articles)
* 74 - Council of Ministers.
* 356 - Emergency.
* 368 - Amendment Procedure.
* 370 - Jammu and Kashmir.

*First Hydroelectric Plant was Built On the Ganganachukki waterfall ofthe Sivasamudram Falls, Karnataka, built in 1902

*: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is formed every year with a strength of not more than 22 members (15 from Lok Sabha & 7 from Rajya Sabha).