Most Wanted Gk Facts

·                     India-firsts

·                     President of indian REPUBLIC –DR. RAJENDRA PRASAD.

·                     GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF FREE INDIA (FIRST & LAST)-

·                     C.RAJAGOPALCHARI.

·                     PRIME MINISTER –PT. JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU.

·                     WOMAN PRIME MINISTER –SMT. INDIRA GANDHI.

·                     WOMAN GOVERNOR OF STATE –SMT. SAROJINI

·                     NAIDU.

·                     WOMAN CHIEF MINISTER OF STATE –SMT. SUCHETA

·                     KRIPLANI.

·                     WOMAN CABINET MINISTER IN UNION CABINET-

·                     RAJKUMARI AMRIT KAUR.

·                     OLDEST PRIME MINISTER-MORARJI DESAI,ASSUMED

·                     OFFICE AT AGE OF 81 YEARS.

·                     YOUNGEST PRIME MINISTER –RAJIV GANDHI AT AGE

·                     OF 40 YEARS.

·                     SESSION OF PARLIAMENT-MAY 13,1952.

·                     CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF-GENERAL K.M CARIAPPA.

·                     WOMAN PRESIDENT OF UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY-

·                     SMT.VIJAYALAKSHMI PANDIT.

·                     PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE—

·                     DR.NAGENDRA SINGH.

·                     WOMAN JUDGE OF SUPPREME COURT-MEERA SAHIB

·                     FATIMA BEEVI.

·                     FINGERPRINT BUREAU-AT KOLKATA IN JUNE 1897.

·                     WOMAN TO SWIM ACROSS ENGLISH CHANNEL-AARTI

·                     SAHA.

·                     MAN TO SWIM ACROSS ENGLISH CHANNEL-MIHIR SEN.

·                     INDIAN IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT-DADABHAI

·                     NAOROJI.

·                     FIELD MARSHAL –S.H.F.J MANEKSHAW.

·                     INDIAN RECIPIANT OF VICTORIA CROSS-KHUDADAD

·                     KHAN.

·                     COSMONAUT –RAKESH SHARMA.

·                     WOMAN TO CLIMB MT. EVEREST- BACHENDRI PAL.

·                     INDIAN ICS –SATYENDRANATH TAGORE.

·                     NEWSPAPER –BENGAL GAZETTE (JANUARY 27,1780).

·                     VERNACULAR PAPER –SAMACHAR DARPAN (MAY

·                     31,1818).

·                     RAILWAY RUN –MUMBAI –THANE (APRIL 16,1853).

·                     RAILWAY TERMINUS-BORI BUNDER (VT),MUMBAI

·                     (1853).

·                     RAILWAY ELECTRIC RIGHTING –JODHPUR RAILWAY

·                     (1857).

·                     ELECTRIC TRAIN RUN –MUMBAI –KURLA (1925).

·                     METRO RAILWAY –METRO RAILWAY KOLKATA .

·                     SCIENTIST- UDDALAKA ARUNI,HE IS MENTIONED

·                     IN ‘UPANISHADS’.

·                     SATELLITE-ARYABHATTA (1975).

·                     ROCKET –ROHINI (1967).

·                     REGULAR CENSUS -1881.

·                     MOVIE –RAJA HARISHCHANDRA.

·                     TALKIES –ALAM ARA.

·                     OSCAR AWARDEE- BHANU ATHAIYA.

·                     SPECIAL OSCAR AWARDEE- SATYAJIT RAY.

·                     PILOT –J.R.D. TATA (1929).

·                     INTERNATIONAL AIR SERVICE –TATA AIRLINESS (1936).

·                     FLIGHT WITHOUT PASSENGERS –AIR INDIA ,MUMBAI

·                     TO LONDON ,9th DEC. ,1988.

·                     TOTALLY INDIGENOUS CAR –TATA SIERRA AND TATA

·                     ESTATE BY TECCO.

·                     HOTEL CHAIN –WOODLANDS IN 1938.

·                     INDIAN PANORAM

·                     CAPITAL –NEW DELHI .

·                     INDEPENDENCE –AUGUST 15 ,1947.

·                     REPUBLIC –JANUARY 26 ,1950.

·                     LAND FRONTIERS- 15.320 KMS.

·                     NATIONAL EMBLEM –ADAPTION OF THE SARNATH

·                     LION OF THE ASHOK PILLAR.

·                     NATIONAL ENTHEM- JANA- GANA- MANA.

·                     NATIONAL SONG –VANDE MATARAM.

·                     NATIONAL BIRD –INDIAN PEACOCK.

·                     NATIONAL ANIMAL- TIGER.

·                     NATIONAL FLOWER- LOTUS.

·                     OFFICIAL LANGUAGES-HINDI & ENGLISH.

·                     SCHEDULED LANGUAGES-15 LANGUAGES;

·                     ASSAMESE, GUJRATI, KANNADA, MALAYALAM, ORIYA,

·                     SANSKRIT, TAMIL ,URDU, BENGALI, HINDI, KASHMIRI,

·                     MARATHI, PUNJABI, SINDHU ,TELUGU.

·                     INDIA –NATURE’S GLORY

·                     PHYSICAL FEATURES-

·                     LONGEST BEACH- MARINA BEACH,

·                     CHENNAI,STRETCHES 13KM.

·                     LARGEST CAVE- AMARNATH, JAMMU &

·                     KASHMIR ,50M. WIDE, 25M .HIGH.

·                     LARGEST COASTLINE-GUJARAT-1,600KMS. (25% OF

·                     INDIA’S 6,100 KM).

·                     COLD DESERT (ONLY)-LADAKH ,JAMMU AND KASHMIR.

·                     LARGEST CRATER-LONAR METEORITE CRATER IN THE

·                     VIDARBHA REGION ,MAHARASHTRA.

·                     LARGEST DELTA- GANGA BRAHMAPUTRA

·                     DELTA(75,000SQ,KMS).

·                     BIGGEST DESERT-THAR DESERT (1,00,000 KM.INTO

·                     44,600KM).

·                     LONGEST GLACIER –SIACHEN ,JAMMU & KASHMIR(

·                     75.6 KM LONG ,2-8 KM WIDE).

·                     LARGEST COVERAGE-17% OF WORLD’S MOUNTAIN

·                     AREA IS COVERED BY HIMALAYAN GLACIER.

·                     LARGEST INLAND WATERWAYS –KERELA (CHAIN OF

·                     NAVIGABLE INLAND WATERWAYS 1,920 KM. LONG)

·                     LARGEST FRESHWATER ISLANDS –MAJULI ,IN

·                     RIVER BRAHMAPUTRA (AREA -0.15KM HECTARES )

·                     POPULATION -150,000.

·                     LARGEST OCEAN –MIDDLE ANDAMAN ISLAND.

·                     LARGEST GROUP- ANDAMANS (324 ISLANDS ,204

·                     NAMED AND ONLY 20 ARE INNHABITED).

·                     LARGEST LIMESTONE CAVE –SIJI CAVE ,GARO HILLS,

·                     MEGHALAYA.

·                     LARGEST FRESHWATER LAKE –KOLLERU ,ANDHRA

·                     PRADESH (900 SQ. KMS.).

·                     LARGEST BRACKISH WATER LAKE –CHILIKA LAKE,

·                     ORISSA (916 SQ.KMS).

·                     GREATEST MOUNTAIN RANGE –HIMALAYA

·                     ,KARAKORAM( 2,500 KM LONG AND 500 KM WIDE).

·                     LARGEST PLATEAU –DECCAN PLATEAU (1 MILLION SQ.

·                     KM).

·                     LONGEST RIVER –GANGA(2,640 KM LON).

·                     SUBTERRANEAN- 2,000KM LONG WATER COURSE

·                     FLOWING FROM SHIVALIK RANGES.

·                     LARGEST BASIN –GANGA BASIN(26% OF INDIA’S

·                     GEOGRAPHICAL AREA,).

·                     HIGHEST SEDIMENT YIELD –TEESTA RIVER (98 CM OF

·                     SILT/HECTARE OF ITS CATCHEMANT AREA).

·                     LARGEST ANNUAL FLOW –BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER

·                     BASIN(5,90,714 MCM).

·                     HIGHEST WATERFALL –JO FALLS(253 M).

·                     LEAST ANNUAL FLOW-MAHI –SABARMATI RIVER

·                     BASIN(14,712MCM).

·                     HIGHEST SURFACE SALINITY –GULF OF KOCHCHH,37

·                     PARTS PER THOUSAND.

·                     ACTIVE VOLCANO (ONLY)-BARREN ISLAND ,NEAR PORT

·                     BLAIR.

·                     FLORA

·                     LONGEST -LIVED SPECIES TREE-BANYAN, LIVES OVER

·                     250 YEARS.

·                     Ø OLDEST TREE-SHAITOOT TREE AT JOSHIMATH, UTTAR

·                     PRADESH ,BELIEVED TO BE 1200 YEARS OLD.

·                     Ø TALLEST TREE –FIR (ABIES PINDROW ) AND DEODAR

·                     (CEDRAS DEODAR)- AVERAGE HEIGGHT -76.2M.

·                     Ø LARGEST TEAK TREE- AT

·                     KUTTAMPUZHA RANGE OF

·                     THE MALYATTUR FOREST DIVISION (KERELA).

·                     LARGEST TREE CANOPY –BANYAN TREE AT

·                     THIMMAMA MARRIMANU ,ANANTAPUR DISTRICT

·                     (ANDHRA PRADESH)- COVERS 2.1 HECTARES AND 1100

·                     PROP ROOTS.

·                     Ø BIGGGEST TREE TRUNK –DEODAR- CIRCUMFERANCE

·                     OF 12M OR MORE.

·                     Ø HIGH ALTITUDE PLANTS- STELLARIA DECUMBENS IN

·                     HIMALAYAS (AT 20,000 FT.).

·                     Smallest plants- wolfia arrhiza ,a duckured with1mm

·                     leaves, flowers invisible to naked eye.

·                     Smallest blooms-piba microphylla ,blooms diameter

·                     only 1/72 of an inch.

·                     Ø Largest leaf-victoria amazonica(1.5 in diameter).

·                     Ø Longest flower- himalayan rhubarb grows 3-4 ft. long.

·                     Ø Most poisionous flower- aconitum bbalfonrti,found in

·                     himalayas.

·                     Ø Longest creeper- elephant creeper,length upto 1.5 km.

·                     Ø Slowest growing plants- orchids like lady’s slipper take

·                     17 years to flower.

·                     Floweringg plant(slowest)- dioon (only 2.10m in

·                     thousand years).

·                     ØTollest bamboo- dendrocalamus giganteus( height

·                     30.4-36.5,diameter 20-25cm).

·                     Fauna

·                     Largest land mammal- elephant.

·                     Ø Country’s only ape-hoolock or whitebrowed gibbon in

·                     assam . it is the only monkey with no tail.

·                     Ø Largest deer- sambhar ( vervus unicolor).

·                     Ø Least common langur- the golden langur of north –

·                     western assam ,but the most endangered species is the

·                     nilgiri langur.

·                     Smallest /lightest primates –slender loris ,found in

·                     south india(280-340gms. And 8-10 inch tall).

·                     Largest antelope- nilgai.

·                     Only flyin mammal- bat.

·                     Most carnivorous –the indian false vampire bat.

·                     Longest horns- indian water buffalo(4.24m).

·                     Largest bird –sarus crone,1.52m tall.

·                     Smallest & lightest –plaincoloured

·                     flowerpecker -7cm

·                     &4-5gms.

·                     Heaviest- great indian busterd (average weight 11.37-

·                     13.63k).

·                     Swiftest-brownthroated spinetailed upto 250-300km/

·                     hour.

·                     Ø Slowest-woodock- flies under 8km/hour.

·                     Ø Longest egg- sarus crone (31.35cm).

·                     Ø Shortest legs –crested tree swift (7-9mm).

·                     Ø Largest egg- sarus crone (10.4cm into 6.4cm).

·                     Ø Smallest egg –scarletbacked flower(14 into 10.3 mm).

·                     Ø Only falcon that builds nest –redheaded merlin.

·                     Ø Longest snake- reticulated pythhon in nicobar islands &

·                     sunderbans (10m long).

·                     Ø Most wenomous snake –common india krait (15 times

·                     more wirulant than cobra).

·                     Most dangerous snake –sawscaled viper.

·                     Fastest snakes- rat snakes & bronzeback tree

·                     snakes(upto 10km/hr.).

·                     Ø Only ‘flying snake’- golden tree snake.

·                     Ø Snake at the highest altitude –himalayan pit viper.

·                     Ø Largest lizard –water minitor (length upto 2.5m).

·                     Ø Legless lizard –snake lizard or legeess lizard.

·                     Ø Glidin lizard –draco norvilli of assam &draco dussumieri

·                     of south india.

·                     Ø Longest tongue-chameleon ,tongue length is 3/4th of its

·                     body size.

·                     Ø First & largest crocodile bank- madras crocodile bank

·                     trust ,40 km off chennai.

1.      Largest Museum in the world?

American Museum of Natural History

2.      C.T.R.I

Central Tobacco Research Institute

3.      C.C.R.I

Central Coffee Research Institute

4.      R.R.I.I

Rubber Research Institute of India

5.      11 Largest Insurance Market in the world.

India

6.      World’s 1^st Granite Temple

Brihadeswara Temple, Tanjaveer

7.      Strongest Muscle in the Body.

Tongue

8.      With which company did British Airways seal the contracts for Trent 900 engines to power a dozen Airbus A380’s?

Rolls-Roy

9.      World’s biggest Gold Refinery

Red Refinery Ltd In South Africa

10.  India’s 1^st Gold Refinery in

Shirpur(Maharashtra)

11.  Which among the following is the driest desert in Earth?

(i)Kalahari (ii)Atacama (iii)Tabernas Besert (iv)Mojave Desert

12.  Which part of human, which size doesn’t increase?

Eye (remain as same as at the time of birth)

13.  Update who has been elected as the new chief minister of Karnataka 2011?

Sadananda Gowda

14.  The Famous Book Durgesh Nandini was written by

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

15.  Lodi Dynasty comes in power in Delhi Sultanate in

1451.

·                     Portuguese Capture Goa – Apbugurer que Governor in 1510

·                     Beath of Akbar in 1605

·                     After the Sun, Closest Star to Earth is 25,000,000,000,000 Miles away

·                     Galvanometer is used to measures the Electric Current of Low Magnitude.

·                     India’a 1^st Atomic reactor was APSARA.

·         India’s 1^st Ocean wave’s energy project was launched in 1991 in Venduruthy is located in Kochi.

·         Proton was discovered by Ruther Ford of New Zealand in 1919.

·         UNESCO:-- United Nations Economic Social and Cultural Organisation

·         Home Rule Movement was started by Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

·         Guru Gobind Shingh  was the last furu of the Sikhs.

·         Manu Smriti deals with law

·         Mascot of  2012 London Olympics in The Wenlock.

·         Uranium Corporation of India (UCI) is located in Mumbai.

·         Padma Bushan is a Civilian.

·         C.I.S.F Army starts from 1983.

·         C.I.S.F stands for Central Industrial Security Force.

·         Which is the capital of European Union? ----Brussels.

·         Which sea is to the west of Belgium ----North Sea

·         Which city was known as peking?----Beijing.

·         What is the official name of china?—People’s Republic of China.

·         Establishment years of Following Awards

Noble Prize            :           1901

Pulitzer Prize          :           1917

Booker Prize          :           1969

Oscar Prize            :           1929

Miss Universe        :           1952

·         Businessman of the decade is RATAN TATA.

·         Author of “The Masque of Africa”?---- V S Naipul.

·         India will have forest Satellite in 2013.

·         World’s highs Cricket Ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh built in 1893 after leveling a hilltop. This cricket pitch is 2444mt. above sea level.

·         There are over 10000 Ants Species

·         Ants have largest Brains according to their body.

·         Each Ant Brain contains 250000 Brain Cells.

·         Pumice is the only Rock that floats in Water

·         The “African Licada Fly” spends 17 years sleeping, then wakes up for 2 weeks, Mates & then die.

·         How many Bones do sharks have in their Body ----0

·         The highest mountain on earth is Mount Everest.

·         Where First Case of Swine Flu in India take place---- Pune (Maharashtra)

·         Which state is the largest Producer of Rice---- Punjab

·         Our “Solar System” was discovered by “Copernucus”.

·         Jaggiwan Ram is also known as Babuji.

·         “Dar-es-Salaam” is the capital of “Tanzania”

·         Banging your head against a wall uses 150 Calories an Hour.

·         desert : ....... ?
A. cactus
B. arid
C. oasis
D. flat

·         Give a synonym of...........dry -----Parched

·         Brook : creek :: drain : ..... ?  Canal

·         Karoline Mikkelsen was the first woman to First to step foot on North pole

·         Olympic creed and oath was composed by ____ the founder of modern Olympics.------ A. Rev Father Didon
B. Baron Pierre de Coubertin
C. Norman Pitchard
D. None of the above

·         Modern football is said to have evolved from.............?

A. England
B. India
C. France
D. Spain

·         Ms. Medha Patkar is associated with the

A. Tehri project
B. Enron project
C. Sardar Sarovar project
D. Dabhol project

·         Milkha Singh Stood ____ in 1960 Olympics, in Athletics.

A. fourth in 400m final
B. second in 400m final
C. eighth in 50km walk
D. seventh in 800m final

·         With which sport is the Jules Rimet trophy associated.........? –Football.

·         Kiran Bedi received Magsaysay Award for government service in 1994.

·         Total fertility rate of the world is 2.59 children born/woman. Niger is 7.46 (highest), Bangla Desh 5.01, Pakistan 4.38, India is 2.73, US is 2.09 & Hong Kong is 0.95 only (Lowest)

·         Only 11 percent of the earth's surface is used to grow food.

·         When you combine a question mark (?) with an exclamation point (!), it’s called an “interrobang”.
The combination of the two marks (“?!” or “!?”) has been in use for an unknown amount of time, often in place to indicate surprise (“What the heck?!”) or to end an exclamatory rhetorical question

·         When you combine a question mark (?) with an exclamation point (!), it’s called an “interrobang”.
The combination of the two marks (“?!” or “!?”) has been in use for an unknown amount of time, often in place to indicate surprise (“What the heck?!”) or to end an exclamatory rhetorical question

·         ‎'Tshogdu', is the Parliament of-----Bhutan

·         ‎‎2001-2010, was the International Dacade of Peace and Non-Violence for Children

·         Who was the founder of Charar-e-Sharif (Sri Nagar) Hazrat Jainul Abedin

·         ‎'Painka', is the folk dance of Orrisa.

·         ‎'Bourlog Award', is given for the cont in the field of Aggriculture.

·         Who is the author of the book, 'Prem Vatika' Raskhan.

·         Which sport/sports is/are organised on the field called, 'Vellodrome' Cycling

·         Profit made when an asset is sold more than the price at which it was bought is called..........?
A. capital
B. capital-gain
C. capitalism
D. None of the above

·         The air we inhale is mixture of gases. Which of the following gases in the mixture is highest in percentage..........?
A. Carbon dioxide
B. Nitrogen
C. Oxygen
D. Ozone

·         Soil is formed from the parent rock material by chemical decomposition, physical decomposition, biological decomposition.

·         Oscar Awards were instituted in 1929

·         who was the first person to receive 'Bharat Ratna', posthumously Sh Lal Bahadhur Shastri(1966) and Indira Gandhi 2^nd

·         Centennial Cup is associated with------ VolleyBall.

·         What is national game of China?   Ping-pong/Table-Tennis.

·         What is full form of HTML—Hyper Text Markup Language.

·         What is the significance of Champaran in M K Gandhi’s Life..  Some how or others all are right in bits.

·         When, Where and how Lal Bahadur Shastri Died?   11^th Jan, 1966, Tashkant, Russia, Officially due to Heart Attack, Unofficially- Poisoning.

·         Who is the paresnts of Lal Bahadur Shastri  ..   Father-Sharada Srivastava Prasad & Mother-Ramdulari Devi.

·         When & Where Lal Bahadur Shastri was born?--  2^nd of Oct 1904, Mughalsarai.

·         Find an English word which is singular, add an "s" and it becomes plural; add another "s" it becomes singular again-----Care, Prince

·         The ages of father and son add up to 66. The father’s age is the son’s age reversed. How old could they be-----father 51 and son 15..

·         The Sun actually has its own orbit........

Though we know that moons orbit planets and planets orbit the Sun in our solar system, you probably did not realize that the ENTIRE system is actually revolving around something else! The Sun is actually orbiting the center of the Milky Way galaxy at an astonishing speed of 486,000 miles per hour! In comparison, the Earth is only revolving around the Sun...---- It is because the Universe is tied up with 'cosmic thread'

·         I'm a four-digit number! My 2nd digit is twice greater than my 3rd. The sum of all my digits is thrice greater than my last digit! The product of my 3rd and 4th digits is 12 times greater than the ratio of my 2nd to 3rd. What am I..........?---------7638

·         Cholesterol : lipoprotein :: carbohydrate : ......... Its name indicates that it is a deoxy sugar, meaning that it is derived from the sugar ribose by loss of an oxygen atom.

·         If A + B means A is the mother of B; A - B means A is the brother B; A % B means A is the father of B and A x B means A is the sister of B, which of the following shows that P is the maternal uncle of Q......?

A. Q - N + M x P B. P + S x N – Q      C. P - M + N x Q    

D. Q - S % P

·         The headquarter of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are                                                                                           situated at.......?  Vienna      

·         River Eupharates, rises in ...........?  the ans is ........known as the "Grand River of Ages", it rises in Turkey and flows through Syria and Iraq and joins Tigris.                                    

·         Austrailia me sabse jyada migration kis country se ho raha hai.??? England.

·         Which city is known as a land of morning calm? Korea

·         Which is known as a land of Thunderbolts.? Bhutan

·         Which is the world’s oldest known city? Damascus

·         Whose is director of “Kings speech winner of this year Oscar2011”? Top Hopper.

·         In 1927 who made the worlds first working television system? Philo Fransworth

·         Why is Karnam Malleswari famous in the context of Indian Sports? Only Indian woman to win an Olympic Medal.

·         A Bharat Natyam Dancer is expected to master the “Katibeda”. What is it?  Movement of the waist.

·         U.N observes March 22 as a day for which precious natural resource? It is world day for water.

·         How did Adolf Hitler Died? Suicide

·         From which European country did Angola get independence in 1975? Portugal.

·         Which European capital city stands on the river Tagus? Lisbon.

·         In which sport is the Stanley Cup competed for? Ice Hockey

·         What problem does a somnambulist suffer? Sleep Walking

·         Name the first Chief Justice of India? H.J.Kania

·         Who was the first cabinet Minister of Independent India? Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur

·         Which country has its old name “Siyam”? Thailand

·         Judo is national game of which country ?Japan

·         Name the train which can travel most distance? Him Sagar Express(From Kanya Kumari to Jammu Tavi)

·         Which state belongs to Kuchipudi Shastriya Dance? Kerela

·         Which is the largest museum in the world? The America Museum of Natural History.

·         What is weight of the Kidney of a normal man? 150gms.

·         Who is the first lady Chief Minister in India? Sucheta Kriplani.

·         Who is the first Chief Minister with lowest age in India? Prafull Kumar Mahant.

·         Where is India House Located ? London

·         Where is Gol Guband stituated in India? Karnataka.

·         Who was established Congress party? A.S. Hom

·         Who is fastest bird in the world? Ostrich.

·         Who got the first Gandhi Shanti Puraskar? Nelson Mandela.

·         Who invented the injection of Chechak? Edward Janer

·         Who take the shortest time to revolve around the Sun.? Budh Grahh.

·         Steel City--- Jamshedpur

·         Which is the hardest rock? Dimond.

·         What is known as the study of rock?--- Pestrology

·         When was train started---16 April 1853.

·         Which state has no the train line in Indian? Meghalya

·         When Bengal had divided before actual independence in India?—1905

·         America me kis prakar ki shashan pranali hai----rashtrapati shashan pranali.

·         Insectivorous Plants:-- Cobra lily, Venus fly trap, Sundew, Butterwort, Bladderworts, Pitcher Plant.

·         Chocolate is made from cocoa powder

·         Muscles are of three types---Skeletal, Smooth & Cardiac

·         In 24hours Kidneys filters around 150Lt. of blood & produces roughly 1.5Lts of Urine.

·         Lungs are encased in a SAC called Pleura.

·         Knee is the largest Joint in our body.

·         Skin is the largest Organ of our body.

·         Liver is the largest gland in our body.

·         The Volcano Olympus Mone is located on Mars

·         Jupiter has the largest system of moons than any other planet.

·         Uranus was the first planet in our solar system to be discovered with the help of telescope.

·         The Roman named mercury after their messenger of the gods because the planet crossed the night sky quickly.

·         The Deity of Somnath Temple is moon.

·         Here is an example of how long it takes garbage to break down:

plastics take 500 years
aluminum cans take 500 years
organic materials take 6 months
cotton, rags, and paper take 6 months

·         On our Earth the Highest Temperature Recorded: 135.8°F - Al Aziziyah, Libya, September 13, 1922 (57.7°C).........&

Lowest Temperature Recorded: -128.5°F - Vostok, Antarctica, July 21, 1983 (-89.2°C)

-Breeze carries about 100 Million tons of sand particles around the earth yearly

·         Our Earth.............
Earth was originally born as a twin to the planet Theia, which was about half as wide as Earth and roughly the size of Mars. The two planets shared an orbit for several million years until they collided. Earth absorbed Theia, and the remaining debris eventually coagulated into Earth’s moon. The mass donated by Theia gave Earth the gravity necessary to sustain a substantial atmosphere.

·         Who is the last recipient of 'Dada Saheb Falke' Award...........? K. Balachander

·         Who wrote the book, 'The World as I See It'?? Albert Einstein

·         What is the name of longest man made tunnel in India..........? Jawahar Tunnel

·         What was the prize given to the winners in the 1st seven Olympics...? the ans is ....... .'Meria', or meat taken from an animal sacrificed to the gods.

·         Which country was ranked 1st in Beijing Olympics and what was the rank of India........? the ans is ....... China with 100 medals, Usa 2nd with 110 medals (even the tally was on higher side but golds were only 36 as against China's 51).
India 50^th

·         Where were the 11th South Asian Games, held and which country ranked second in the medals tally.......? the ans is ....... Dhaka, Bangladesh, Pakistan with 80 medals.
India ranked 1st with 175 medals

·         When BCCI formed…..ans 1927

·         Where is the Headquarters of International Cricket Council............? the ans is ....... From Aug 1, 2005, in Dubai. Earlier it was in Lords

·         Where and when the first ever official Cricket Test Match, played.........? the ans is ....... in 1877, between Australia & England in Melbourne

·         It is an insect, and the first part of its name is the name of another insect. What is it..........? Beetle

·         If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis.
Would you recommend that she have an abortion..........? the child in the womb is the great Beethoven......!!

·          The official languages of the United Nations are:

A. African, Chinese, English, French, German and Spanish
B. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish
C. Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, English, French and German
D. Chinese, English, French, Hindi, Japanese and Spanish

·         The Secretary-General is required to submit an annual report on the work of the UN to.........?

A. the General Assembly
B. the Security Council
C. the Trusteeship Council
D. All of the above simultaneously

·         The National Sports Festival for women was, for the first time, organized in.......?

A. 1970
B. 1975
C. 1980
D. 1985

·         Since the axis of the Earth is shifting, in 12,000 years the Pole Star will be replaced by which star . . ? the ans is ....... Vega

·         What is Canada's National Anthem is called. . . ? the ans is ....... O' Canada

·         Name the river in which Pied Piper drown the rates. . ? the ans is ....... Weser, in the city of Hamelin

·         Which occassion is celebrated as the largest collective
fast of the world. . . . ? RAMJAAN

·         How much was the population of India in 1947 after partition. . ?34 Cr

·         Who marked the LOC between India and Pakistan. . . . ? the ans is ...........The line was decided by the Border Commissions chaired by Cyril Radcliffe, who was to divide equitably 175,000 square miles of territory with 88 million people.

·         Who designed our Tricolour. . . ? the ans is ........... Pingali Venkayya, a railway Gaurd, Andhra Pradesh.

·         Earth can be seen as a living, breathing organism: it regulates temperature, burns energy, continually renews its skin, and experiences changes to its face as it ages with time.
-More than 80% of the Earth’s surface is volcanic.
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·         How many districts are there in U.P.......?75

·         Smt Pratibha Patil is the ........... President of India...........?12

·         The river 'Spree', flows through.........? the ans is ....... Berlin

·         ‎'Metical', is the currency of...........? Mozambique

·         How many 'Constellations' are recognized at present.......?88

·         ‎'Spica, Regulus, Pleiades, Aldebaren"............what are these.......?some of the stars

·         Which 'Kushan' ruler was also known as 'Second Ashoka'......? Kanishka

·         what is the more popular name of the king, Amitrochates...........?Bindusara

·         Which religion did Chandragupta adopt in his later stage of life...? Jainism