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World History questions Question Hey, hope you can help me out!

1. The “Reign of Terror” is associated with what country?

A. Germany C. France B. Italy D. Britain 2. The economic policy of giving a business total control of its development is called A. laissez-faire. C. mercantilism.

B. socialism. D. free trade.

3. The concepts in the Declaration of Independence are based on the ideas of the philosopher A. Descartes. C. Smith.

B. Hobbes. D. Locke.

4. The phrase “mother country” is best associated with the economic philosophy known as A. capitalism. C. mercantilism.

B. laissez-faire. D. socialism.

5. The first European in America to see the Pacific Ocean was A. Balboa. C. Magellan.

B. Drake. D. Cartier.

6. The scientist who first studied the world of microscopic life was A. Kepler. C. Copernicus.

B. Bacon. D. Leeuwenhoek.

7. The outstanding city of the Italian Renaissance was A. Milan. C. Turin.

B. Rome. D. Florence.

8. The author of The Princewas A. Machiavelli. C. Montaigne.

B. Descartes. D. Locke.

9. The “George Washington” of South America was A. O’Higgins. C. Bolivar.

B. San Martin. D. Maximilian.

10. Universal suffrage was achieved in Britain in the year A. 1832. C. 1918.

B. 1875. D. 1928.

11. The Fifth French Republic was initiated by A. Louis XIV. C. Napoleon I. B. Napoleon III. D. de Gaulle.

12. “Blood and Iron” was the political and economic policy of A. Frederick the Great. C. Kaiser William I. B. Bismarck. D. Hitler.

13. The founder of the “Young Italy” movement was A. Gioberti. C. Garibaldi.

B. Mazzini. D. Cavour.

14. The “sick man of Europe” was a term applied to A. Hitler. C. Turkey.

B. Bismarck. D. Italy.

15. The Hundred Years’War was a struggle between A. France and England. C. France and Germany.

B. Germany and Russia. D. Russia and England.

16. The Ptolemaic theory of the universe was disproved by A. Kepler. C. Newton.

B. Descartes. D. Copernicus.

17. The first writer to produce a significant work in a vernacular (national) language was A. Erasmus. C. Dante.

B. Milton. D. Shakespeare.

18. Which of the following leaders is described as an enlightened despot?

A. Frederick the Great C. Bismarck B. Napoleon D. Henry VIII 19. The second expedition to circle the globe was led by A. Magellan. C. Hudson.

B. Drake. D. Cabot.

20. The cornerstone of English democracy is the document known as the A. Declaration of Independence. C. Petition of Rights.

B. Rights of Man. D. Magna Carta.

21. The philosopher most often associated with defending absolutism in government was A. Locke. C. Hobbes.

B. Calvin. D. Descartes.

22. The first emperor of France was A. Napoleon. C. Martel.

B. Louis XIV. D. Charlemagne.

23. Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo by armies under A. Alexander I. C. Bismarck.

B. Metternich. D. Wellington.

24. The ruler who stated “I am the State� was A. Louis XIV. C. Napoleon.

B. Frederick the Great. D. Catherine the Great.

25. The Protestant Reformation started primarily because of the action of A. Knox. C. Loyola.

B. Calvin. D. Luther.

Answer 1. A. 2. A. 3. D. 4. C. 5. A. 6. D. 7. D. 8. A. 9. C. 10. C. 11. D. 12. B. 13. D? (C?) 14. C. 15. A. 16. D initially, A finally & then explained by C. 17. C. 18. A.

19. B. 20. D. 21. D (?).

22. A. ( Charlemagne was earlier but France did not exist as a state then, he was a "recreated" "Roman" emperor).

23. D. 24. A. 25. D.

General Knowledge Questions for Quiz Competitions in India 1. K Malleswari, the lone medal winner for India in the millennium Olympics, and the first woman from India to ever win a medal, is employed at which Central Government Corporation?

2. First there was Bridgestone, and then Mitsubishi; what giant automaker of Japan was embroiled, recently, in a quality-related (again!) controversy?

3. The Times of India launched its latest edition in which city?

4. Which famous fashion accessories House first started as leather goods shop in Florence in 1921?

5. Uncle Pai is associated with which once roaringly successful publishers of children?s literature?

6. Which international airline uses the slogan "Smooth As Silk" in its advertisements?

7. Which TV programme currently aired in India, is sponsored by a) Colgate b) Bajaj c) Dettol and d) LG? 8. Who are the makers of the soft contact lens "Accuvue"?

9. Named "Manager of the Century" by the business magazine ?Fortune?, he was recently in India? Who is he?

10. The "Three Golden Balls" is the traditional symbol of which class of businessmen, especially in Europe?

11. Which is the largest ?unlisted? company in India in terms of turnover?

12. What watchmaker sells an environment-friendly brand of watches called "Eco Drive"?

13. The useful thumb rule in Economics, "Bad money drives out the good" goes by what name?

14. What is film Production Company owned by the Hollywood star Dustin Hoffman?

15. What famous place in New York gets its name from the original location of a stockade built by the Dutch in 1653 to keep out the attacking English colonists and Red Indians?

16. Which famous TV personality owns a film production company called Harpo Films? Look hard at the name, may be you can decipher the answer.

17. The person next-in-command to the CEO is often referred to as the ?Upper Roger?. From what Indian (Sanskrit) word does this phrase come?

18. Aero planes of which airline sported Meera Mehta?s "Paithan Sari Motif"

on their tails for sometime?

19. Who or what is a MAMBA? 20. Under what brand name is the compound "sidenafil citrate? sold by the pharma company, Pfizer?

21. What ?social expression? company (if I may coin a phrase) was started by the 18 year old Joyce Hall in 1910?

22. Which is the biggest toy retail chain in the world?

23. Here?s a Dot-buster: Which award-winning net-based furniture selling company, despite being backed by Amazon.com, filed for bankruptcy, recently?

24. What is the name given to software developed exclusively for use by infants and toddlers?

25. What major currency is known as ?Greenbacks? in slang?

26. Who is the only Asian to be included in Sunday Times list of "The Wealthiest 200 in Britain since 1066"?

27. R Gopalan who is basking in the limelight for his role as the official emissary in the Raj Kumar Kidnapping case, is the editor of which Tamil Magazine?

28. What we know as Maruti Zen was launched worldwide by Suzuki in the 90? s under what name?

29. Zee Movies is contemplating a co-branding exercise in collaboration with which major Hollywood Film studio?

30. Ashok H Advani is the publisher of which business magazine?

31. Lord Raj Kumar Bagri is the first non-Briton Chairman of what mercantile organization 32. You?ve heard of BSA motorcycles and surely seen BSA bicycles on Indian roads. What does BSA stand for?

33. What brand of Firestone tyres is creating an uproar in the USA, for causing many fatalities on the highway because of a manufacturing defect?

34. He appears in a series of books which made publishing history, and he is the most famous pupil of the "Hogwart?s Witchcraft School". Who is this fictional character?

35. To which fashion house did the minister Maneka Gandhi address her remark, "The skin of the python is no less precious to the snake than fur is to the fox"?

36. The ?Calatrava Cross? is the emblem of which coveted brand of Swiss watch?

37. What famous sports goods company did Phil Knight and Bill Boweman launch in 1964?

38. Which Indian textile brand proudly proclaims "Since 1925"in its advertisements?

39. Which famous hospital chain of India sells an accident insurance cover called "Dost??

40. What product is associated with the Colombian mascot "Juan Valdez"?

41. Which newspaper baron started his career by launching the "Adelaide

Herald" when he was just 23 years old?

42. The Hollywood horror flick "Crocodile 2 Death Roll" was recently shot in which film studio in India?

43. ?The Striding Man? is the logo of which best selling brand of scotch whiskey?

44. In his recent visit to New Delhi, in which 5 star Hotel did Bill Gates stay?

45. What automobile, still seen on the roads with minor variations, did Ferdinand Porsche develop under the behest of Adolf Hitler?

46. Mumbai-born Fareed Zackaria has been appointed the editor of which international newsmagazine?

47. Which textile company of India is head quartered at "Neville House"?

48. What useful and innovative computer accessory did Douglas Engelbert invent in 1968?

49. At long last the Department of Telecommunications (DoT, for short) has been transformed in to a corporation. What is its name in its new avatar?

50. What ingredient of chewing gum comes from the South American sapodilla tree?

51. Which Indian confectioneries brand and Times Warner are involved in a legal wrangle over the 'Bunny' logo?

52. What is the consulting firm recently acquired by the electronics giant Hewlett-Packard?

53. What pharma company markets the 'Ayurvedic Concepts' range of health products?

54. What Hyderabad based company has been contracted by Cantor Index plc to supply giant- sized, inflatable images of the latest contenders to American Presidency-Bush and Gore?

55. What internationally famous sports apparel company was started in the 1930's by a champion tennis-player of France?

56. Prime Minister AB Vajpayee under went knee surgery in which Mumbai hospital?

57. According to 'BBC's Moneytalk' which German brand is ranked No. 1 amongst car audio products?

58. Who was chosen to be the first and only recipient in India of the choicest, limited edition champagne 'Espirit du Siecle'?

59. Which Hollywood star and brand ambassador of Omega watches was recently in India to meet the Dalai Lama?

60. What tourist attraction in London, designed by Sir Richard Rogers especially for the millennium, is in grave financial crisis because of its failure to attract enough visitors?

61. OM Gruppen of Sweden is in the news for wanting to takeover of all things which European stock exchange?

62. Carlos Ghosn, living up to his sobriquet of 'Le Cost-Killer', is putting which ailing Japanese carmaker on the road to recovery?

63. In the mesmerically popular TV Game show ?Kaun Banega Crorepati?, the prize money is issued on the cheques of which bank?

64. What redoubtable Swiss watchmaker markets a range of metal-cased watches under a clever and ironic name of "Irony"?

65. In the world of Food and Agriculture what does the acronym GM stand for?

66. The indigenously produced Hepatitis b vaccine called Shanvac B, which is giving the multinationals a run for their money, is produced by which company?

67. Sierra Leone is now always in the news for the bloody civil war which is raging there. Otherwise it was known for its highly lucrative export trade in which mineral?

68. What 'wireless' technology, which has almost become a buzzword, is named after an ancient Viking chief?

69. What is the new name of the TV channel TNT, after its recent rechristening?

70. Sumantra Ghoshal has been appointed the founding Dean of which fledgling Business School?

71. Arun Bajoria's takeover threat was targeted at which company?

72. Which Bank has launched the "India Millennium Deposits" to mobilize resources of NRI?s?

73. The quality enforcing technique of 'Six Sigma' was first introduced by which American company?

74. Which airline uses the slogan "Be Good to Yourself" in its ads?

75. What is the expensive delicacy obtained from the fish sturgeon especially found in the Caspian Sea? 76. What is the name of the new generation fuel cell car recently developed by GM? 77. Which large chaebol, now in dire straits, was started by five friends in 1979 to manufacture and export garments?

78. Which Dutch brewery is ranked as the biggest producer of beer in Europe?

79. What prized and exclusive cars are manufactured in Malvern Link, North west of London?

80. In collaboration which Bollywood star is 'Emami' proposing to launch a range of Ayurvedic personal care products?

81. What is the name of the alliance formed by airlines such as Delta, Air France, Aero Mexico and Korean Air? 82. Which Budapest-born American CEO's biography is entitled "Swimming Across"?

83. Who is the 'person of Indian origin' who was hailed by the online magazine 'Valley Talk' as "the most successful Venture Capitalist of all time"?

84. Consequent upon a long drawn out family feud, what is the new name assumed by Andersen Consulting?

85. Italy's Monte Paschi di Seine, established in 1472, has the distinction of being the oldest of its kind. What is it?

86. Which advertising legend is supposed to have advised, "If you have nothing to say, sing it!"

87. Hans Wilsdorf, a German who set up his business in Switzerland, and later moved to London became the founder of which famous brand of watches?

88. Touted as one of the most useful inventions of this century, it was invented

by George Mestral after he noticed burr sticking to his clothes on his return from a walk in the woods. What is it?

89. What is the 'highest scoring partnership' in cricket, which became a world famous brand of cigarettes?

90. Unit Trust's recent intention of terminating what scheme has caused public outcry and a lot of litigation?

91. Which mobile phone manufacturer is popularizing mobile-telephone etiquette with its 'mobile manners' campaign?

92. Which Indian TV channel owned the transmission rights for the 50th Miss World contest held in the Millennium Dome in London?

93. Bajaj auto is setting up a two wheeler assembly line in which South American country?

94. Merino, one of the finest types of wool, is associated with which country?

95. In the heyday of nationalization, which PSU emerged from the amalgamation of ESSO and Caltex?

96. What biscuit in McVittie's range was originally developed by Sir Alexander Grant in the 1890's?

97. In the world of TV transmission technology, what does the much-talked about acronym DTH stand for?

98. With what product would you associate the well-known designs such as 'American Tank' and 'Tank Francaise'?

99. Which Indian packaging company has taken over a firm called 'Propack' in China?

100.

What is the internationally known brand of ice-cream co- promoted by an ex-hippie named Ben Cohen?

101.

In what make of car did the couple from Calcutta, M.S. Choudhary and his wife Neena, achieve the record for first circumnavigation of the world?

102.

What international brand of cigarette is named after a ritzy street in London?

103.

Which is the biggest Petroleum Company in the world?

104.

Nazomi 503, is the fastest of its kind in the world. What is it?

105.

Dhunji Rana was the model for what enduring and macho icon in Indian advertising?

106.

Who is the hotshot executive of Indian origin with PepsiCo, who appears in the Fortunes list of 50 most powerful women in corporate America?

107.

What is the prized sports drink in the Quaker Oat's portfolio which makes merger with it so desirable to suitors like Coke, Pepsi or Danone?

108.

What is the Danish Electronics Company famed for producing 'haute couture' stuff in areas like Stereos, Televisions and Telephones?

109.

What internationally famous brand of shoes is named whimsically after a rural American dish made from corn, fed to pet dogs?

110.

"Beeps" and "Peeps' were the experimental prototypes of what

legendary hard terrain vehicle?

111.

Tidel Park, yet another of those prestigious complexes housing software firms, is associated with which city?

112.

What invention was called the Lover's Telegraph" when first exhibited in Philadelphia, 1876?

113.

What now universally popular food item was called "Food of the Gods", by Linnaeus the eminent naturalist of the nineteenth century?

114.

Which aircraft manufactures the A3XX superjumbo, slated to be the biggest civilian aircraft?

115.

What international brand of shirts, marketed in India too, is observing 150 years of existence?

116.

The Dynatac made in the1970's was the first of its kind. What is this product which became extremely visible in India only in the mid 90's?

117.

What was the epoch-making book written in the 60's by Rachel Carson, which awakened the world to the dangers of environmental pollution but incurred the wrath of industrial giants like Dupont?

118.

What car being sold in India celebrated its first birthday recently with a birthday song sung especially for it by Shankar (Breathless) Mahadevan?

119.

What hard liquor traditionally made from potatoes, literally means 'Little Water' in the native tongue?

120.

What French sports fashion house has begun to sell India inspired knitwear kurta-pajamas successfully?

121.

What large India retail chain proudly describes itself as 'The Family Store' in its advertisements?

122.

Everyone has heard of the catchphrase "Intel Inside". But who authored a book entitled "Inside Intel"?

123.

What brand of 'cold cream', also available in India, derives its name from a latin word meaning 'snow white'?

124.

In Mumbai's underworld slang the word 'kavva' refers to what handy communication device?

125.

With what cigarette brand (now gone up in smoke, I'm afraid), would you associate the once ubiquitous slogan "For Men of Action-Satisfaction"?

126.

What do you call the style of selling where the bid price goes down progressively until the deal is closed?

127.

With which Management Guru of Indian Origin would you most associate the phrase "Core Competence"?

128.

What is the popular (though not available in India) low calorie soft drink produced by Coca Cola, having a three letter name?

129.

What expensive and legendary brand of cars is supposedly named after the founder of Dertroit - the car manufacturing capital of the world?

130.

Which company started by Jim Clark has its headquarters at 'Mountain View'?

131.

What is name of the range of bestselling digital cameras

manufactured by Sony?

132.

In UK, what brand of beer is most preferred as an accompaniment to India food?

133.

What potent liquor, also known a 'the Green Fairy', is extracted from wormwood?

134.

What invention, in its early years, was described as 'the horse that never says nay'?

135.

Back to acronyms. What does the first three letters of 'Sun Microsystems' stand for?

136.

A Navigator could mean many things. But a company has launched a toothbrush called Navigator. Which company are we talking about?

137.

Tata Finance has launched a credit card with a tie up with which credit card company?

138.

"Kabhi Dekha Hai Aisa TV? Big Picture! Big Sound! Onida".

Which ad agency created this award winning advertisement?

139.

Which company has the advertising punchline, "The Power To Create"?

140.

The movies Mohabbatein, Raju Chacha and Mission Kashmir had breath-taking special effects. Name the company that created these effects.

141.

Which company makes Ujala?

142.

If you can't beat them, join them. Which clock company has decided to shift base to China so that it remains competitive?

143.

An Indian businessman has been named among Businessweek's top entrepreneurs for 2000. Name him.

144.

The beautiful Ekta Kapoor, daughter of film star Jeetendra, is a highly successful producer of television serials. Name her company.

145.

We all know what bulls and bears do. What would sheep do in the stock market?

146.

Which media group (you have to name the company, not the newspaper) has launched India's first electronic newspaper, or e-paper?

147.

Nescafe has two coffee brands. One is Nescafe Classic and the other is?

148.

The Human Genome Project has been in the news because government agencies and private sector companies have been racing to become the first to decipher the human genome. Name the private sector company which was in this race?

149.

For which electronics brand does Rahul Dravid model?

150.

CEAT - This tyre company gives cricket ratings. To which group does this company belong?

Answers to General Knowledge Questions for India Business Quiz

1. Food Corporation of India 2. Toyota 3. Hyderabad 4. Gucci 5. Amar Chitra Katha 6. Thai 7. Kaun Banega Crorepati 8. Johnson & Johnson 9. Jack Welch 10. Pawnbrokers 11. Maruti Udyog 12. Citizen 13. Greshams Law 14. Punch Productions 15. Wall Street 16. Oprah Winfrey 17. Yuva Raja 18. British Airways 19. Middle Aged Middlebrow Achiever 20. Viagra 21. Hallmark 22. Toys R US 23. Living.Com 24. Lapware 25. US Dollars 26. L. N. Mittal 27. Nakkheeran 28. Alto 29. MGM 30. Business India 31. London Metal Exchange 32. Birmingham Small Arms 33. Wilderness 34. Harry Potter 35. Calvin Klein 36. Patek Phillippe 37. Nike 38. Raymond?s 39. Apollo 40. Coffee 41. Rupert Murdoch 42. Ramoji Film City 43. Johnny Walker 44. Maurya Sheraton

45. Volkswaggen 46. Newsweek 47. Bombay Dyeing 48. The Mouse 49. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited 50. Chicle 51. Nutrine 52. Pricewaterhouse Coopers 53. Himalaya Drugs Company 54. Unique Inflatables 55. Lacoste 56. Breach Candy 57. Blaupunkt 58. Prannoy Roy 59. Pierce Brosnan 60. Millennium Dome 61. London Stock Exchange 62. Nissan Motors 63. ICICI Bank 64. Swatch 65. Genitically Modified 66. Shantha Biotechnics 67. Diamonds 68. Bluetooth 69. TCM 70. Indian School Of Business, Hyderabad 71. Bombay Dyeing 72. State Bank Of India 73. Motorola 74. The Emirates 75. Caviar 76. Hydrogen 77. Daewoo 78. Heinneken 79. Morgan 80. Madhuri Dixit 81. Sky Team 82. Andy Grove 83. Vinod Khosla 84. Accenture 85. Bank 86. David Ogilvy 87. Rolex 88. Velcro 89. 555

90. Rajyalakshmi 91. Nokia 92. Zee 93. Brazil 94. Australia 95. Hindustan Petroleum 96. Digestive 97. Direct To Home 98. Watches 99. Essel 100.

Ben & Jerry 101.

Contessa Classic 102.

Pall Mall 103.

Shell 104.

Train 105.

Zodiac Man 106.

Indra Nooyi 107.

Gatorade 108.

Bang & Oluffsan 109.

Hush Puppies 110.

Jeep 111.

Chennai 112.

Telephone 113.

Chocolate 114.

Airbus Industry 115.

Arrow 116.

Mobile (Cell) Phone 117.

The Silent Spring 118.

Ford Ikon 119.

Vodka 120.

Lacoste 121.

Pantaloon's 122.

Tim Jackson 123.

Nivea 124.

Cellular Phone 125.

Scissors 126.

Dutch Auction 127.

C. K. Prahlad 128.

Tab 129.

Cadillac 130.

Netscape 131.

Mavica 132.

Cobra 133.

Absinthe 134.

Bicycle

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General 1. What is India's official name?

India's official name is 'Bharat' in Hindi and 'Republic of India' in English.

2. What is the National Currency of India?

The Rupee (One Rupee=100 paise) is the national currency of India.

3. Which is the capital of India?

New Delhi is the capital city of India. It is also referred to as the National Capital Territory or simply NCT. 4. What is the full name of the Indian President?

The full name of the Indian President is Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam.

5. What is the population of India?

According to the 2001 Census, India's population is 1, 027, 015, 247. India is said to have crossed the billion mark in the year 1997.

6. What is the area of India?

The area of India spans over 3.3 million square kilometers.

7. What is the geographical location of India?/ Where is India located?

India is located between latitudes 8 째 4' and 37 째 6 ' north and longitudes 68 째 7 ' and 97째 25' east.

8. What is the Length of India's Coastline?

India's coastline extends for 7600 km.

9. What are the National Languages of India?

India has two National languages (Central administrative). They are English (associate official) and Hindi (in the Devanagiri script). The Indian Constitution also officially recognizes 22 regional languages.

10. What are the Major Religions of India?

The Major Religions of India are Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism.

11. What is the percentage of Literacy in India?

India's literacy rate stands at 65.38 percent.

12. Who is the President of India?

Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam is the President of India.

13. Who is the Prime Minister of India?

Dr. Manmohan Singh is the Prime Minister of India.

National Symbols 1. What is the National Anthem of India?

Jan gana mana written by Rabindranath Tagore is the National Anthem of India.

2. What is the National Song of India?

Vande Mataram, composed in Sanskrit by Bankimchandra Chatterji is the National Song of India.

3. What is the National Emblem of India?

The Replica of the Lion Capital of Sarnath is the National Emblem of India.

4. What is the National Flag of India?

The National Flag of India is a horizontal tricolor with equal proportion of deep saffron on the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom. In the center of the white band is a wheel in navy blue color.

5. What is the National Animal of India?

The Tiger (Panthera tigris) is the National Animal of India.

6. What is the National Bird of India?

The Peacock is the National Bird of India.

7. What is the National Flower of India?

The National Flower of India is the Lotus.

8. What is the National Tree of India?

The Banyan is the National Tree of India.

9. What is the National Fruit of India?

The juicy Mango is the National Fruit of India.

10. What is the National Sport of India?

Hockey is the National Sport of India.

History 1. Where is the tomb of Emperor Akbar located?

Emperor Akbar's tomb is located in Sikandra.

2. Who designed the Victoria Memorial at Calcutta?

The Victoria Memorial at Calcutta was designed by William Emerson.

3. Which port city was the first Portuguese colony in India?

Goa was the first Portuguese colony in India.

4. Where did Vasco da Gama land in India?

Vasco da Gama land in India at Calicut.

5. What is Lothal, near the Gulf of Khambat, believed to have been long ago?

Lothal is believed to have been a Port.

6. Where did Alexander of Macedon first enter in India?

Alexander of Macedon first entered the Gandhara province of India.

7. When did the first partition of Bengal take place?

The first partition of Bengal took place in 1905.

8. Which Indian president declared a state of emergency in 1975?

The Indian president who declared a state of emergency in 1975 was Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed.

9. Who was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj?

Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj.

10. Who was the founder of the Slave dynasty?

Qutb-ud-din-Aybak was the founder of the Slave dynasty.

11. Which Lodi king was killed in the First Battle of Panipat?

Ibrahim Lodi was killed in the First Battle of Panipat.

12. What was the kingdom of Krishna Deva Raya Called?

The kingdom of Krishna Deva Raya was called Vijaynagar.

13. Who was the last Mughal emperor of India?

Bahadur Shah II was the last Mughal emperor of India.

14. Who started the Prarthana Samaj?

M.G. Ranade started the Prarthana Samaj.

15. Where was Gautama Buddha born?

Gautama Buddha was born in Lumbini.

16. To which dynasty did Ashoka belong ?

Ashoka belonged to the Maurya dynasty.

17. What is Bodh Gaya famous for in relation with the Buddha?

The Buddha attained Enlightenment in both gaya.

18. Who built the Taj mahal and the Lal Qila by Shah Jahan?

The Taj mahal and the Lal Qila was built by Shah Jahan.

19. Who was the only early Mughal emperor to be ousted from the throne?

Humayun was the only early Mughal emperor to be ousted from the throne.

20. In which language were the early Buddhist canonical/sacred texts written?

Pali was the language in which the early Buddhist canonical/sacred texts were written.

21. Who founded the kingdom of Vijayanagar?

Harihara and Bukka founded the kingdom of Vijayanagar.

22. Which governor-general of British India was responsible for abolishing sati?

Lord William Bentinck was the governor-general of British India responsible for abolishing sati.

23. Who was the first Indian woman president of the Indian National Congress?

Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian woman president of the Indian National Congress.

24. Where is Fort Saint George located?

Fort Saint George is located in Chennai. The Secretariate and offices of the armed forces are locted inside this complex.

25. Who founded the Indian National Army?

Subhas Chandra Bose founded the Indian National Army.

26. What was the court language of the Vijayanagar empire?

Telugu was the court language of the Vijayanagar empire.

27. In which modern State of India was the ancient university of Nalanda located?

The ancient university of Nalanda is located in the modern day state of Bihar.

28. Which of the following tombs is an imitation of the Taj Mahal?

Bibi ka Maqbara is an imitation of the Taj Mahal.

29. When was the Indian National Congress founded?

The Indian National Congress was foundedin 1885.

30. Who came to be popularly called as Lokmanya?

Bal Gangadhar Tilak came to be popularly called as Lokmanya.

31. What are the stories that describe the earlier lives of the Buddha known as?

Iataka are the stories that describe the earlier lives of the Buddha.

32. What was the most widely used script in India in the third century?

Brahmi was the most widely used script in India in the third century.

33. Which ancient Buddhist study centre did Hsuan-tsang and I-ching describe?

Hsuan-tsang and I-ching described Nalanda as the ancient Buddhist study centre.

34. Who was the successor of Iltutmish?

Raziyya was the successor of Iltutmish.

35. Who passed the India Act of 1784?

William Pitt passed the India Act of 1784.

36. What was the popular name of Vishnugupta, the author of Arthashastra?

The popular name of Vishnugupta, the author of Arthashastra is Chanakya.

37. Who introduced the philosophy of satyagraha in India's struggle against British

imperialism?

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi introduced the philosophy of satyagraha in India's struggle against British imperialism.

38. Who among the following was the founder of the Pala Dynasty?

Gopala was the founder of the Pala Dynasty.

39. Where is the Harappan site of Kalibangan located?

The Harappan site of Kalibangan is locatedat Rajasthan.

40. Who was known as "the Frontier Gandhi"?

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was known as "the Frontier Gandhi".

41. Who was the first high Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom?

V.K. Krishna Menon was the first high Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom.

42. Which ancient city was founded by Ajatashatru?

Pataliputra was founded by Ajatashatru.

43. To which emperor did the peacock throne originally belong?

The peacock throne originally belonged to Shah Jahan.

44. Who created the military brotherhood of Sikhs called "Khalsa"?

Guru Gobind Singh created the military brotherhood of Sikhs called "Khalsa".

Geography 1. Where are the Jaintia Hills located?

The Jaintia Hills are located in Meghalaya.

2. Which city is closet to the geographical center of India?

Nagpur is the city is closet to the geographical center of India.

3. Which is the highest peak in the Western Ghats?

The Anai Peak is the highest peak in the Western Ghats.

4. Which river is known as the "Sorrow of Bihar"?

Kosi is known as the "Sorrow of Bihar".

5. Which of the following States has Winter monsoon?

Tamil Nadu has Winter monsoon.

6. Is the Everest mountain peak located in India?

The Everest mountain peak is not located in India. It lies in Nepal's territory.

7. What is Chilika?

Chilika lake as it is popularly known, is not a lake in the proper sence. It is a lagoon.

Culture 1. Which classical Indian dance is traditionally performed by men?

Kathakali is the classical Indian dance traditionally performed by men.

2. Which Indian States are known for their bandhani work?

The Indian state known for bandhani work are Gujarat and Rajasthan.

3. How Many rasas are there in Indian classical dance?

Indian classical dance consists of 9 rasas.

4. To which diety is the main temple at Konark dedicated?

The main temple at Konark is dedicated to Surya or the Sun God. 5. Which is the famous mosque situated in New Delhi, that is also one of the largest in

India?

Jama Masjid is the famous mosque in New Delhi.

6. Who, according to Indian mythology, was the first man?

Manu, according to Indian mythology, was the first man.

7. In which language did Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai write his novels?

Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai wrote his novels in Malayalam.

8. How many Indians have won the Nobel prize?

6 Indians have won the Nobel prize.

9. Which was the first-all-Indian cricket club?

Orient Cricket Club was the first-all-Indian cricket club.

10. What was Sarojini Naidu's first collection of poems?

The Golden Threshold was Sarojini Naidu's first collection of poems.

11. Which Indian State is associated with the Bihu Festivals?

Assam celebrates the Bihu Festival.

12. With which State would you associate the famous ten-day Ganesh festival ?

Maharashtra celebrates a ten day Ganesh Festival.

13. Which form of Indian classical dance is indigenous to the State of Andhra Pradesh?

Kuchipudi is the form of Indian classical dance that is indigenous to the State of Andhra Pradesh.

14. In which country did the game of chess first appear?

The game of chess was first played in India.

15. With which Indian religion are the Four Noble Truths associated?

The Four Noble Truths are associated with Buddhism.

16. To which northeastern State of India do the Khasi people belong?

The Khasi people belong to Meghalaya.

17. Whose autobiography is entitled The Story of My Experiments with Truth?

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi named his autobiography as "The Story of My Experiments with Truth".

18. What is Malgudi?

Malgudi is an imaginary town in the novels and stories of Indian novlist R.K. Narayana.

19. Which form of Indian classical dance is traditionally enacted outdoors and goes on

all night?

Of the Indian classical dances, Kathakali is traditionally enacted outdoors and goes on all night.

20. Which famous Indian film personality produced, directed, and acted in the film

Aag? Raj Kapoor produced, directed, and acted in Aag. 21. What is Natya-Shastra a handbook of?

Natya-Shastra is the ancient handbook of Dramatic art.

22. What is Gitanjali a collection of?

Gitanjali a collection of Poems. It is the sermon that Lord Krishna gave to Arjuna in the battlefiled of the Mahabharata.

23. Which Indian athlete is known as the "Payolli Express"?

P.T. Usha, winner of many Asiad golds in atheletics is known as the "Payolli Express".

24. With which game is the Santosh Trophy associated?

The Santosh Trophy is associated with Soccer.

Travel

1. In which Indian State would you be if you were holidaying on "Calangute" beach?

The Calangute" beach is in Goa. 2. Which famous monument was built to commemorate the end of plague in

Hyderabad in the year 1591?

Charminar is the monument built to commemorate the end of plague in Hyderabad. It has 4 minars and therefore the name.

3. In which State of India is the Wular Lake located?

Wular Lake is located in Jammu & Kashmir.

4. Which India city is also called the "pink city"?

Jaipur is also called the "pink city".

5. Which town is the provisional capital of Uttaranchal State?

Dehradun is the provisional capital of Uttaranchal State.

6. Which of these is the official residence of the President of India?

The Rashtrapati Bhawan is the official residence of the President of India.

7. Which city is the capital of the new State of Jharkhand?

Ranchi is the capital of the new State of Jharkhand.

8. Which Indian city is also referred to as Tatanagar?

Jamshedpur is also referred to as Tatanagar.

9. In which State in India would you find lions?

Lions can be found in Gujarat.

10. Name the capital of Manipur State?

Imphal is the capital of Manipur.

11. Dispur is the capital of which State of India?

Dispur is the capital of Assam.

12. In which sea are the Lakshdweep islands located?

The Lakshdweep islands is located in the Arabian Sea. 13. Which of the following national parks would you visit if you were in Gujarat?

The Gir is a well known national park of Gujarat.

14. Which faith is the famous Lotus Temple of New Delhi dedicated to?

The Lotus Temple of New Delhi is dedicated to the Bahai faith.

15. Which city was once known as the "Manchester of India"?

Surat was once known as the "Manchester of India".

16. What animal would you especially expect to see at the Kaziranga National Park?

The Kaziranga National Park is home to the Indian rhinoceros.

17. Where is the port of Kandla located?

The port of Kandla is located in Gujarat.

General Science Quiz - Multiple Choice Questions with Answers 1. Which instrument is used to measure pressure? a. Saccharimeter b. Ammeter c. Manometer d. Lactometer

2. What does Angstrom measure? a. Quantity of liquid b. Length of light waves c. Length of cables d. Speed of ships

3. Light year is related to a. Energy b. Speed c. Distance d. Intensity

4. Match the following columns Column 1 Column 2 A. Relative 1. Pyrometer humidity B. Anemometer 2. High temperature C. Navigation 3. Hygrometer D. Direction of wind 4. Chronometer

a. b. c. d.

1 B D A C

2 D B D A

3 A A B D

4 C C C B

5.

6. Which of the following instruments is used to measure pressure of gases? a. Barometer b. Manometer c. Ammeter d. None of these

7. Joule is the unit of a. Temperature pressure b. Energy c. Heat

8. How many Dynes are there in one gram weight? a. 900 b. 375 c. 981 d. 250

9. How many Ergs are these in 1 Joule? a. 102 b. 104 c. 106 d. 107

10. The unit of current is a. Ohm b. Watt c. Ampere d. None of these

11. The unit of energy in MKS system is a. Volt b. Erg c. Ohm d. Joule

12. The intensity of an earthquake is measured with a a. Barometer b. Hydrometer c. Polygraph d. Seismograph

13. Centigrade & Fahrenheit scales give same reading at a. - 400o b. - 32o c. - 273o d. - 100o

14. Match the following columns Column 1 Column 2 A. Anemometer 1. To measure underwater depth using sound B. Aneroid barometer 2. To measure very small distances C. Micrometer 3. Find out wind speed D. Fathometer 4. Find out direction of wind 5. Measure atmospheric pressure

a. b. c. d.

1 A4 A3 A5 A3

2 B5 B5 B1 B1

3 C3 C2 C3 C5

4 D1 D1 D4 D2

15.

16. Who among the following described protoplasm as the physical basis of life? a. T. H. Huxley b. Leeuwenhoek c. Rudolf Virchow d. J. C. Bose

17. The scientist who first discovered that the earth revolves round the sun was a. Newton b. Dalton c. Copernicus d. Einstein

18. Alexander Fleming discovered a. Penicillin b. X-ray c. Streptomycin d. Telephone

19. Who among following invented the steam engine? a. Marconi b. James Watt c. Thomas Savery d. Wright Brothers

20. Who invented typewriter? a. Shockley b. Pascal c. Sholes d. Waterman

21. Match the following columns: Column 1 A. Proton B. Neutron C. Charged Electron D. Shelled nature of atom

a. b.

A1 A2

B2 B1

C3 C4

D5 D3

Column 2 1. Chadwick 2. Millikan 3. Goldstein 4. Rutherford 5. Madam Curie

c. d.

A2 A4

B3 B2

C1 C3

D4 D1

22.

23. Who discovered circulation of blood in human body? a. Edward Jenner b. Joseph Lister c. William Harvey d. Jonon Esals

24. The first attempt in printing was made in England by a. James Arkwright b. James Watt c. William Caxton d. Isaac Newton

25. Who was the surgeon who pioneered antiseptic surgery in 1865? a. Edward Jenner b. Joseph Lister c. Henry William d. John Sleeman

26. The credit of inventing the television goes to a. Faraday b. Baird c. Edison d. Marconi

27. The credit of developing the polio vaccine goes to a. Jonas Salk b. Alb E. Sabin c. Selman Waksman d. None of these

28. Mark the wrong combination a. James Watt: Steam Engine b. A.G. Bell: Telephone

c. J. L. Baird: Television d. J. Perkins: Penicillin

29. Choose the correct combination a. Typewriter: Remington b. Dynamite: Dunlop c. Evolution: Darwin d. Aeroplane: Harway

30. Who invented the ball point pen? a. Waterman b. Oscar c. Wilson d. Lazlo Biro

31. Blaze Pascal is associated with a. Calculating machine b. Computer c. Cinema d. None of these

32. Wright Brothers are regarded inventors of the a. Balloon b. Bicycle c. Aeroplane d. None of these

33. Which of the following pairs is incorrect? a. Roentgen: X-ray b. Newton: Law of gravitation c. Faraday: Diffusion of gases d. Pasteur: Bacteriology

34. Philology is the

a. b. c. d.

Study of bones Study of muscles Study of architecture Study of languages

35. Anatomy is the branch of science which deals with a. Structure of animals and plants b. Functioning of body organs c. Animal behavior d. Cells and tissues

36. Study of earthquakes is known as a. Ecology b. Seismology c. Numismatics d. None of these

37. Ecology deals with a. Birds b. Cell formation c. Relation between Organisms and their environment d. Tissues

38. Meteorology is the science of a. Weather b. Meteors c. Metals d. Earthquakes

39. Oncology is the study of a. Birds b. Cancer c. Mammals d. Soil

40. Study of life in outer space is known as a. Endobiology b. Exobiology c. Enterobiology d. Neobiology

41. Numismatics is the study of a. Coins b. Numbers c. Stamps d. Space

42. Eugenics is the study of a. Altering humans beings by changing their genetic components b. People of European origin c. Different races of mankind d. Genetics of plants

43. Ornithology is the a. Study of bones b. Study of birds c. Study of smells d. None of these

44. Who invented the Doctor’s thermometer? a. Fahrenheit b. Edison c. Galileo d. None of these

45. The velocity of light was first measured by a. Einstein b. Newton c. Romer d. Galileo

46. Who proposed the chemical evolution of life? a. Darwin b. Lammarck c. Oparin d. Haechel

47. The telephone was invented by a. John Logie Baird b. Alexander Graham Bell c. Thomas Elva Edison d. James Watt

48. Who among the following evolved the concept of relationship between mass and energy? a. Einstein b. Planck c. Dalton d. Rutherford

49. Match the following columns: Column 1 A. Radioactivity B. Periodic Table C. Quantum Theory D. X-Rays

a. b. c. d.

A1 A6 A3 A6

B3 B5 B2 B4

C5 C3 C1 C1

Column 2 1. Planck 2. Thomson 3. Rutherford 4. Mendeleev 5. Roentgen 6. Becquerel

D2 D5 D5 D5

50.

51. Match the following columns: Column 1 Column 2 A. Marconi 1. Radio

B. Darwin C. Laennec D. Baird

a. b. c. d.

A1 A5 A1 A3

2. Natural selection theory 3. Orthogenesis theory 4. Stethoscope 5. Television B3 B4 B2 B5

C4 C3 C4 C2

D5 D2 D5 D4

52.

53. Robert Koch worked on a. Tuberculosis b. Cholera c. Malaria d. Diabetes

54. Who discovered Uranus? a. Herschel b. Ganleo c. Copernicus d. None of these

55. Who among the following is associated with the invention of computers? a. Edison b. Babbage c. Mac Millen d. Rangabhashyam

Answers to General Science Questions 1. c

2. d

3. c

4. a

5. b

6. c

7. c

8. d

9. c

10. d

11. d

12. a

13. b

14. a

15. c

16. a

17. b

18. c

19. c

20. c

21. c

22. b

23. b

24. a

25. d

26. c

27. d

28. a

29. c

30. c

31. d

32. a

33. b

34. c

35. a

36. b

37. b

38. a

39. a

40. b

41. a

42. c

43. c

44. b

45. a

46. d

47. c

48. a

49. a

50. b

Glimpses of World History - Multiple Choice Quiz with Answers 1. Zimbabwe attained independence in a. 1975 b. 1979 c. 1980 d. 1981

2. World War II commenced in a. 1930 b. 1935 c. 1939 d. 1940

3. World War I commenced in a. 1904 b. 1908 c. 1910 d. 1914

4. Why did Pakistan leave the Commonwealth in 1971? a. Due to Russian interference in Afghanistan b. Due to recognition of Bangladesh c. Due to Indo-Pak war d. None of these

5. Who drafted the ?Declaration of American Independence? a. George Washington b. Thomas Jefferson c. Karl Marx d. None of these

6. Which was the Napoleon?s last battle in which he was captured and exiled to St Helena? a. Battle of Trafalgar b. Battle of Waterloo c. Battle of Austerlitz d. Battle of Leipzig

7. Which country suffered the maximum in World War II? a. France b. Germany c. Japan d. England

8. Which among the following battles was not fought by Napoleon? a. Battle of Waterloo b. Battle of Leipzig c. Battle of Trafalgar d. Battle of the Jutland

9. When was the War of American independence fought? a. 1770 b. 1772 c. 1775 d. 1776

10. When was the ?Declaration of Rights? drafted for American independence? a. 1774 b. 1775 c. 1776 d. 1778

11. To which of the following countries did Karl Marx belong? a. Italy b. Yugoslavia c. Russia d. Germany

12. The War of Roses in European history is associated with the a. War between England and France b. Civil war in England c. Anglo ? Spanish War d. War between Prussia and Austria

13. The war of American Independence was fought between a. North America and South America b. Britain and North America c. France and America d. Canada and South America

14. The Treaty of Versailles was signed in a. 1914 b. 1920 c. 1928 d. 1919

15. The Treaty of Versailles ended the a. World War b. World War II c. French Revolution d. Russo ? Japanese War

16. The second atom bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on a. Aug. 6, 1914 b. Aug. 9, 1945 c. Aug. 6, 1943

d. Aug. 9, 1943

17. The Hundred ? year War was fought between a. France and Germany b. Germany and Austria c. France and England d. England and Austria

18. The Hundred ? year War fought between Franc and England was started by a. Edward III b. Henry V c. The Duke of Normandy d. Joan of Arc

19. The first atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on a. Aug. 6, 1945 b. Aug. 9, 1945 c. Aug. 9, 1946 d. Aug. 6, 1942

20. Scientific Socialism is connected with a. Rousseau b. Roosevelt c. Bismarck d. Karl Marx

21. Queen Maria Theresa is associated with the a. Civil war in England b. War of Austrian succession c. Seven ? year War d. Thirty ? year War

22. Napoleon Bonaparte belonged to a. France

b. Austria c. Germany d. England

23. Kerensky was associated with the a. French Revolution b. Industrial Revolution c. Russian Revolution d. None of these

24. Crusades were conducted during the period a. AD 1080 ? 1100 b. AD 1088 ? 1200 c. AD 1088 ? 1270 d. AD 1270 ? 1300

25. Crusades were conducted by European Christians to liberate Jerusalem from the domination of a. Seljuk Turks b. Palestinians c. Libyans d. Egyptians

26. Crusades were a. Movement to spread Christianity b. Movement against Catholic Christians c. Movement against Protestants d. Christians to liberate the holy land

27. Battle of Waterloo was fought in a. 1805 b. 1809 c. 1813 d. 1815

28. Bangladesh was created in a. 1970 b. 1971 c. 1972 d. 1973

29. ?Phoney War? is associated with the invasion by a. Japan of Norway and Poland b. France of Holland and Switzerland c. Germany of Norway and Denmark d. Britain of Holland and Japan

30. ?Boston Tea party? is associated with the a. French Revolution b. Russian Revolution c. American Independence d. Independence of Egypt

31. All of the following were true concerning absolute monarchs EXCEPT a. Ultimate state authority resided in them b. They claimed to rule by divine right c. They lacked a bureaucracy to assist them d. They could make laws

32. In central Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries a. The Thirty years War strengthened German b. The region was highly commercialized and based on capitalism c. Strong monarchies prevailed d. Thirty Years War began modern state system

33. Capitalism is characterized by all given below EXCEPT a. The elimination of financial risks b. Private ownership c. The ability to make profits d. The laws of supply and demand

34. The enlightment was a. Unrelated to Scientific Revolution b. Believed in basic goodness of human nature c. Was incompatible with feminism d. Was a global movement

35. The regime of Mikhail Gorbachev differed from that of Brezhnev in that Gorbachev a. Closed churches in Soviet Union b. He prevented private ownerships c. He imposed strict censorship d. He allowed elements of a market economy

36. The African National Congress a. Was formed after the age of new imperialism b. Was accused of Communist leanings by the South African government c. Decreased its activism after Sharpeville Massacre d. Had less support from other nations

37. Which country changed allegiances between World War I and World War II? a. Russia b. Japan c. China d. Spain

38. Post-World I territorial changes a. Rewarded Russia with territorial gains b. United Austria and Hungary c. Crated the Polish Corridor from German territory d. Strengthened the Ottoman empire

39. Because of their common history of feudalism, both Japan and the nations of western Europe have a tradition of a. Industrialism b. Militarism

c. Imperialism d. A strong executive

40. The French Revolution a. Gave women the right to vote b. Gave France a permanent republican government c. Was successful in meeting all its goals d. Awakened republican goals among French commoners

1. c

Answers 2. c

3. d

4. b

5. b

6. b

7. c

8. d

9. c

10. c

11. d

12. b

13. b

14. d

15. a

16. b

17. b

18. b

19. a

20. d

21. b

22. a

23. c

24. c

25. a

26. d

27. d

28. b

29. c

30. a

31. c

32. d

33. a

34. b

35. d

36. b

37. b

38. d

39. d

40. d

Fascinating Facts About Your Brain We've long known that the brain is an amazing thing, but did you specifically know that: 1. Every person has more than 75km of nerves in their body.

2. Your nerves can send messages faster than a Grand Prix car travels.

3. The brain is the most complex machine in the universe. It has over 100,000,000, 000 nerve cells each with up to 150,000 connections. Each cell is connected to 25,000 others.

4. If every person on the planet simultaneously made 200,000 phone calls, there would be the same total number of connections as in a single human brain in a day.

5. The grey cells occupy only 5% of our brain. 95% is taken up by the communication network that runs between the grey cells.

6. The brain weighs about 1.5 kg in an adult human, about 1.5% of the body weight.

7. Damaged brain cells do not regenerate but mental and physical functions can improve after mild or moderate brain damage with skilful rehabilitation.

8. Compared to other animals, human brains are big for the body.

9. The human brain is only just bigger than your two fists.

10. On average, the male brain (approx 1.4kg) is slightly bigger than the female brain (approx 1.26kg).

11. Each half of the brain controls the other half of your body.

12. In right-handed individuals (which comprise 91% of people): the right side of the brain controls: musical talent, fantasy, imagination, dreams, drawing, and painting. The left side of the brain controls: mathematical ability, ability to solve logic problems, controls language skills, remembers names, dates, and facts.

13. The grey part of the brain is folded to fit inside the skull and, if flattened, it would cover the surface of an office desk.

14. The brain contains 100 billion brain cells of which, 100,000 are irretrievably lost each day.

15. You can retain about seven facts at any one time in short term memory, but over the long term your brain has to forget things to make room for new memories.

Tricky Questions - 5 Tricky Questions and Answers Here are five tricky questions, let's see how many you can answer!

1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years.

Which room is safest for him?

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes.

Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and grey when you throw it away?

4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?

5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! But it is highly unusual, though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!

Answers 1. The third room. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead. That one was easy, right?

2. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.

3. Charcoal, as it is used in barbecuing.

4. Sure you can name three consecutive days: yesterday, today, and tomorrow!

5. The letter 'e', the most common in the English language, does not appear even once in the paragraph.

Basic General Knowledge Quiz - Multiple Choice 1. How many languages and dialects are spoken by people all over the world?

A. 6,000 B. 9,000 C. 4,000 D. 1,000

2. Approximately, how many people speak Chinese language?

A. 1 billion B. 1 million C. 1 lakh D. 1 thousand

3. The language with the richest vocabulary is: A. Hindi B. French C. English D. German

4. English Language have more than ?? words: A. 4,50,000 B. 45,000 C. 4,500 D. 450

5. The oldest Indian language is: A. Telugu

B. Hindu C. Tamil D. Punjabi

6. Which book has been printed in the maximum number of languages and these scripts?

A. The Bible B. Hiraka Sutra C. The Super Book D. None of these

7. The only religious book ever printed in a shorthand scripts is: A. The Ramayana B. The Mahabharata C. The bible D. Guru Granth Sahib

8. The oldest printed work in the world, which dates back to AD 868 is: A. The Bible B. The Hirake Sutra C. The Ramayana D. The Mahabharata

9. The largest book, the super book, is ?? and weight is ??

A. 270 cm, 300 cm, 252 kg.

B. 100 cm, 110 cm, 100 kg.

C. 200 cm, 100 cm, 60 kg.

D. None of these

10. Les Hommes de bonne volontĂŠ is the: A. Longest novel ever published B. Shortest novel every published C. The oldest novel D. None of these

11. The author of the play/book ?Ratnawali? is: A. Tulsidas B. Kalidas C. Harsha Vardhan D. Prem Chand

12. Which of the following in the book/play written by Maithili Sharan Gupt?

A. Saket B. Satyartha Prakash C. Shakuntala D. Savitri

13. The book ?Satyartha Prakash? was written by: A. Swami Dayanand B. Swami Vivekanand C. Sarojini Naidu D. Kalidas

14. The play/book ?Shakuntala? was written by: A. Maithili Sharan gupt B. Swami Dayanand C. Kalidas D. Tulsidas

15. Which of the following is the author of ?Song of India, The?: A. Firdausi B. Sarojini Naidu C. Lala Lajpat Rai D. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh

16. The author of the book ?Time machine? is: A. Lewis Carroll B. Robert Louis Stevenson C. Charles Lamb D. H.G. Wells

17. Which of the following book was written by Tulsidas: A. Vinay Patrika B. Ramcharitmanas C. Both (a) and (b) D. Yashodhara

18. The book ?Vish Vriksha? was written by: A. Bankimchandra Chatterjee B. Annie Basant C. Tulsidas D. Kalidas

19. The book ?We Indians? was written by: A. H.G. Wells B. Khushwant Singh C. James Jeans D. Thomas Moore

20. Which of he following is he author of play/book ?Yashodhara?: A. Maithili Sharan Gupt B. Khushwant Singh C. Bankimchandra Chatterjee D. Sarojini Naidu

21. Dhyan Chand was: A. A great hockey player B. Captained he Indian hockey team which won a gold medal in 1936 Berlin Olympics C. Scored 101 goals at the Olympic games and 300 goals in the international matches.

D. All the statements are correct

22. Who developed the small pox vaccination?

A. Eduard Jenner

B. Alexander Fleming C. Albert Einstein D. None of these

23. Euclid was: A. Greek mathematician B. Contributor to the use of deductive principles of logic as the basis of geometry C. Propounded the geometrical theosems D. All the statements are correct

24. Fa-hien was: A. The first Buddhist pilgrim of China to visit India during the reign of Chandragupta Vikramaditya B. The discover of Puerto Rico and Jamaica C. The first Buddhist pilgrim of India to visit China D. None of these

25. Firdausi was: A. A person poet B. Well known for his epic ?Sharnama?

C. Both are correct D. None of these

26. Who is also known as the ?Lady with the Lamp??

A. Florence Nightingale B. Sarojini Naidu C. Rani Laxmibai D. Bachendri Pal

27. Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit was: A. A German Physicist B. Developed the mercury thermometer in 1714 C. Devised temperature scale D. All are correct

28. Galileo was an Italian astronomer who: A. Developed the telescope B. Discovered 4 satellites of Jupiter C. Discovered that the movement of the pendulum produces a regular time measurement.

D. All are correct

29. Who is known as the father of English poetry?

A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. John Milton C. John Keats D. None of these

30. The American General who led the revolt against the British & declared American independence was: A. George Washington B. Bill Clinton C. George Bush D. None of these

31. Marco Polo A. Discovered Greenland B. Traveled three China, India and other parts of Asia C. Traveled round the cape of Good Hope D. Discovered Canada

32. Who landed on the mainland of South America for the First time?

A. Discovered Greenland B. Landed on the mainland of south America C. Discovered the sea route from Europe to India.

D. None of these

33. Who was first to sail sound the strait, reached the Philippines and named the Pacific Ocean?

A. Ferdinand Magelion B. Jacques Carter

C. William Janszoom D. Vasco da Gama

34. Who discovered Australia?

A. Eric the Red B. Leif Ericsson C. William Janszoom D. None of these

35. Who located the magnetic pole?

A. Sir James Clark B. Rear Admiral C. Sir John Ross D. All the above

36. Who was first to reach the South Pole?

A. Rear Admiral B. Capt. Amundsen C. Capt. R. E. Scett D. Sir Edmund Hillary

37. Who was the first to cross the Antarctic?

A. Sir Vivian Fuchs & sir Edmund Hillary B. Maj. Yuri Gagarin and Maj. Gherman Titor C. Capt. R. E. Scott D. All of these

38. Who were the first to journey into space?

A. Maj. Yori Gagarin and maj. Gherman Titor from Russia B. Comm. Grissom and Col john Glenn from America C. Both are correct D. None of these

39. Who was the first man to ?Walk? in space?

A. B. C. D.

Col. Leonor from Russia Major White from America Both of these None of these

40. Who were the first to circle the moon?

A. Frank boreman, Bill Anders and Jim Lovell B. Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin C. Charles Conrad and Alan Bean D. None of these

41. ?Arena? is the special name for playground of: A. Cricket B. Lawn Tennis C. Wrestling D. Skating

42. The national sport of Canada is: A. Tennis and cricket B. Lacrosse C. Judo D. Rugby and Football

43. Badminton is the national sport at: A. Malaysia B. Scotland C. China D. Former soviet Union

44. Where is the Vallabhbhai Patel stadium located?

A. Kolkata B. Mumbai C. Chennai D. Delhi

45. Where is the sports stadium, Green Park, located?

A. Kanpur B. Jamshedpur C. Cuttack D. Patiala

46. For which of the following disciplines in Nobel Prize awarded?

A. Physics and chemistry B. Physiology or Medicine C. Literature, Peace and Economics D. All the above

47. On which date is Nobel Prize awarded?

A. December 10 B. January 10 C. April 10 D. July 10

48. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, awarded the Noble Prize in: A. Physics B. Economics C. Chemistry D. (a) and (c)

49. The committee of the Norwegian Parliament awards the prize for: A. Economics B. Peace C. Medicine D. Literature

50. Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to have won two Nobel Prizes individually for: A. Chemistry in 1954, peace prize in 1962 B. Peace prize in 1954, Chemistry in 1962 C. Physics in 154, Medicine in 1962 D. Medicine in 1954, Physics in 1962

Answers 1. b

2. a

3. c

4. a

5. c

6. a

7. c

8. b

9. a

10. a

11. c

12. a

13. a

14. c

15. b

16. d

17. c

18. a

19. b

20. a

21. d

22. a

23. d

24. a

25. c

26. a

27. d

28. d

29. a

30. a

31. b

32. b

33. a

34. c

35. d

36. b

37. a

38. c

39. c

40. a

41. c

42. b

43. a

44. b

45. a

46. d

47. a

48. d

49. b

50. a

Human Body - Quiz Questions with Answers Here is a collection of some important multiple choice Quiz Questions about Human Body with Answers.

1. What is the body temperature of a normal man?

A. 81.1oC B. 36.9oC C. 98.6oC D. 21.7oC

2. Which of the following helps in clotting of blood?

A. Vitamin B1 B. Vitamin B2 C. Vitamin D D. Vitamin K

3. Total volume of blood in a normal adult human being is

A. B. C. D.

5-6 liters 3-4 liters 8-10 liters 10-12 liters

4. Red blood corpuscles are formed in the A. Liver B. Bone marrow C. Kidneys D. Heart

5. How many bones are there in an adult human being?

A. 210 B. 260 C. 206 D. 300

6. The pancreas secretes A. Insulin B. Bile juice C. Peptic juice D. None of these

7. Tibia is a bone found in the A. Skull B. Arm C. Leg D. Face

8. The largest part of the human brain is the A. Medulla oblongata B. Cerebellum C. Cerebrum D. None of these

9. What is the main component of bones and teeth?

A. Calcium carbonate B. Calcium phosphate C. Calcium sulphate D. Calcium nitrate

10. The main constituent of hemoglobin is A. Chlorine B. Iron C. Calcium D. None of these

11. The main function of the kidney is A. To control blood pressure B. To control body temperature C. To remove waste product from the body D. To help in digestion of food

12. The function of hemoglobin is A. Transportation of oxygen B. Destruction of bacteria C. Prevention of anemia D. Utilization of energy

13. Which of the following glands secrete tears?

A. Lachrymal B. Pituitary C. Thyroid D. Pancreas

14. Which is the largest gland in the human body?

A. Thyroid B. Liver C. Pancreas D. None of these

15. Which is the largest organ in the human body?

A. Liver B. Heart C. Skin D. Kidney

16. A person of which of the following blood groups is called a universal donor?

A. O B. AB C. A D. B

17. Which gland in the human body is called the master gland?

A. Pancreas B. Thyroid C. Pituitary D. Spleen

18. How many bones are there in a newly born infant?

A. 206 B. 230 C. 280 D. 300

19. Which of the following have maximum calorific value?

A. Carbohydrates B. Fats C. Proteins D. Vitamins

20. Which of the following vitamins promote healthy functioning of eyes in human beings?

A. Vitamin B B. Vitamin C C. Vitamin A

D. Vitamin D

21. The average heartbeat per minute in a normal man is A. 50 B. 70 C. 80 D. 100

22. A person with which of the following blood groups can receive blood of any group?

A. A B. AB C. B D. O

23. Malaria is a disease which effects the A. Heart B. Lungs C. Spleen D. Kidneys

24. Which of the following diseases is caused by virus?

A. Small pox B. Tuberculosis C. Malaria D. Cholera

25. Medulla oblongata is a part of human A. Heart B. Brain C. Liver D. Sex organ

26. Myopia is a disease connected with A. Ears

B. Eyes C. Lungs D. Brain

27. Leukemia is a disease of the A. Lungs B. Blood C. Skin D. Nerves

28. Short-sightedness can be corrected by using A. Convex lens B. Concave lens C. Convex-concave lens D. Concave-convex lens

29. Trachoma is a disease of the A. Liver B. Eyes C. Lungs D. Kidneys

30. Match the following Column I Column II A. B. C. D. ABCD (a) 3 2 1 4 (b) 2 1 3 4 (c) 2 3 4 1

Beriberi 1. Vitamin A Scurvy 2. Vitamin B Rickets 3. Vitamin C Night Blindness 4. Vitamin D

(d) 2 3 1 4 31. Typhoid and cholera are typical examples of A. Infectious diseases B. Air-borne disease C. Water-borne disease D. None of these

32. Pyorrhea is a disease of the A. Nose B. Gums C. Heart D. Lungs

33. Lack of what causes diabetes.

A. Sugar B. Insulin C. Calcium D. Vitamins

34. Appendix is appendix is a part of A. Small intestine B. Large intestine C. Stomach D. Liver

35. Match the following columns Column I Column II A. B. C. D. ABCD (a) 2 3 4 1

Cataract 1. Bones Jaundice 2. Eyes Diabetes 3. Liver Arthritis 4. Pancreas

(b) 2 3 1 4 (c) 1 3 4 2 (d) 3 2 4 1 36. Bronchitis is a disease of which of the following organs?

A. Blood B. Bladder C. Liver D. Respiratory tract

37. ECG is used for the diagnosis of aliments of A. Brain B. Heart C. Kidneys D. Lungs

38. Biopsy is done on A. Tissues taken from a dead body B. Tissues taken form a living body C. Blood from veins D. Blood from arteries

39. Barium is used for A. Checking blood group B. X-ray of alimentary canal C. X-ray of brain D. None of these

40. Dialysis is used for the treatment of A. Kidney failure B. Heart weakness C. Brain diseases D. None of these

41. Insulin is injected into the intestines by A. Pancreas B. Liver C. Stomach D. Gall bladder

42. Lock Jaw, i.e., difficulty in opening the mouth is a symptom of A. Cholera B. Plague C. Tetanus D. Diphtheria

43. Which of the following pairs is incorrect?

A. Plague-rats B. Rabies-dog C. Tapeworm-pig D. Poliomyelitis-monkey

44. Match the following columns Column I Column II A. B. C. D.

Air-borne 1. Tetanus Water-borne 2. Tuberculosis Contact 3. Cholera Wound 4. Syphilis

ABCD (a) 2 3 1 4 (b) 2 3 4 1 (c) 3 2 4 1 (d) 4 3 2 1 45. Ricketts is a disease of the A. Bones B. Tissue

C. Muscles D. Blood

46. Which of the following statements is correct A. Pulmonary artery carries pure blood B. Pulmonary artery carries impure blood C. Pulmonary vein carries impure blood D. None of these

47. Lungs are situated in the A. Abdominal cavity B. Pericardial cavity C. Buccal cavity D. Thoracic cavity

48. The human cell contains A. 44 chromosomes B. 48 chromosomes C. 46 chromosomes D. 23 chromosomes

49. Enzymes help in A. Respiration B. Digestion of food C. Immune system D. Reproduction

50. Food is normally digested in the A. Liver B. Stomach C. Small intestines D. Large intestines Answers 1. b

2. d

3. a

4. b

5. c

6. a

7. c

8. c

9. b

10. b

11. c

12. a

13. a

14. b

15. c

16. a

17. c

18. d

19. a

20. c

21. b

22. b

23. c

24. a

25. b

26. b

27. b

28. b

29. b

30. c

31. c

32. b

33. b

34. b

35. a

36. d

37. b

38. b

39. b

40. a

41. d

42. c

43. d

44. b

45. a

46. b

47. d

48. c

49. b

50. c

India's Atomic Research First Nuclear Explosion Carried out on May 18, 1974 at Pokharan in Rajasthan (Thar) desert. The main objective was the use of atomic energy for peaceful purpose, that is digging canals, reservoirs, oil exploration, as well as to study rock dynamics. This successful explosion made India the sixth nuclear nation in the world. (for Pokhran II, please refer to the Current Affairs Section).

Atomic Energy Commission Established in 1948, with Dr. H. J. Bhabha as its first Chairman, to look after India?s atomic energy programmes.

Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Set up in August 1954 for implementation of Atomic energy programmes and headed by the Prime Minister of India. It has five research Centers: 1. Bhabha Atomic research Centre (BARC): Established in 1957, it is located in Trombay (Maharashtra) and is India?s largest atomic research centre.

2. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research: established in 1971, it is located at Kalpakkam (Tamil Nadu).

3. Centre for Advanced Technology (CAT): Established in 1984, it is located at Indore.

4. Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (CECC), Kolkata.

5. Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration Research (AMD), Hyderabad.

It has:

Three Industrial Organizations: 1. Heavy Water Board (HWB), Mumbai.

2. Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC), Hyderabad.

3. Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology (BRIT), Mumbai.

Four Public Sector Undertakings: 1.

2.

3.

4.

Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), Mumbai.

Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL), Jaduguda (Jharkhand).

Indian Rare Earth Limited (IRE), Mumbai.

Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), Hyderabad.

Four Service Organizations: 1.

2.

3.

4.

Directorate of Purchase and Stores (DPS), Mumbai.

Construction, Services and Estate Management Group, Mumbai.

General Services Organization (GSO). Kalpakkam (Tamil Nadu).

Atomic Energy Education Society (AEES), Mumbai

DAE also financially supports seven autonomous national institutes: 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

Tata institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai.

Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Mumbai.

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), Kolkata.

Institute of Physics (IOP), Bhubaneswar.

Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI), Allahabad.

Institute of Mathematical Studies (IMS), Chennai.

Institute of Plasma Research (IPR), Ahmadabad.

The Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) and the National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM) Promote research in nuclear and allied fields and mathematics respectively.

Nuclear Power Projects The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), set up in1987, is responsible for the design, construction and operation of nuclear power plants in the country. It is envisaged that by the year 2000, India's atomic power generation would be in the vicinity of 10,000 MW.

The World Wars - World War I and World War II World War I (August 4, 1914 to November 11, 1918)

Franco ? German revelry proved to be the main cause of World War I. Main Contestants • •

Central Powers comprising Germany, Australia-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria on the one hand, and Allied Power comprising England, France, Belgium, Serbia, which were joined by Russia and Italy in 1915 and 1917, respectively.

How the First World War Broke Out? When Austria attacked Serbia, after one month of Prince Ferdinand?s murder, it drew Russia towards Serbia. Germany entered the fray to support Austria because it had vested interests in Turkey and was committed to support Austria. One by one, France, England and the other countries entered the war.

Results/Consequences of World War I Central powers were defeated. About 50 lakh allied soldiers were killed and 1 crore and 10 lakh wounded. Bulgaria, Turkey and Austria surrendered. Germany signed the Armistice Treaty on November 11, 1918 and World War I ended. In 1919 the Treaty of Versailles was signed which curbed powers of the German empire, further humiliating and weakening it.

World War II (September 3, 1939 to August 14, 1945) Causes: An unjust Treaty of Versailles, improper behavior of France, rise policy of expansion, and imperialism of England and France were some of the causes behind World War II. Main Contestants • •

Axis Powers ? also called the central powers which included Germany, Italy and Japan.

Allied Powers ? Britain, France, Russia, US, Poland and Benelux countries.

Results of World War II Hitler, who was responsible for this war, initially very successful but later met with strong resistance when he attacked Russia in 1941, and was forced to retreat to Berlin. On learning that Germany had collapsed, he committed suicide on April 30, 1945 in Berlin.

Germany was divided into two parts ? East Germany under Russia and West Germany under the control of England, France and America (allies). Russia emerged as the single biggest power in the world. It was at this time that the struggle for freedom in colonies under European control in Asia (India), Myanmar (Burma), Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Malaysia (Malaya). Egypt etc. caught on.

The British Empire thus rapidly lost its leadership as more and more colonies won independence.

The UNO was then established in 1945.

When Japan did not agree to the demands of the allied powers to surrender, the first atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 5, 1945 and the second on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.

Japan then surrendered unconditionally on August 14, 1945 and World War II

Local Time, Standard Time and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) Local Time: Parallels of longitude determine the time at a place. Local time varies, from GMT (London) at the rate of four min./degree of longitude.

Standard Time: It is the uniform time fixed by each country. As the local time is found to vary constantly from one plain to another, there is an arrangement by which all places in a certain region agree to use the same time.

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT): It is the UK Standard time; it is based on the local lime of the meridian passing through Greenwich near London.

International Date Line: The 180o east meridian and 180o west meridian are one and the same line, running over the Pacific Ocean., deviating at Fiji, Samoa and Gilbert Islands. The International Date Line roughly corresponds to 180o east west meridian of longitude, which falls on the opposite side of the Greenwich meridian. When one crosses the Date line from east to west, the date is to be advanced by one day. Similarly, when one crosses the Date Line from west to east, the date is to be set back by one day.

Countries and their Parliaments Country

Name of Parliament

Afghanistan

Shora

Bangladesh

Jatiya Sangsad

Bhutan

Tsongdu

Bulgaria

Narodna Subranie

Myanmar (Burma)

Pyithu Hluttaw

Denmark

Folketing

Ethiopia

Shergo

Finland

Eduskusta

Germany

Bundestag (Lower House), Bundestrat (Upper House)

Greenland

Landstraad

Iceland

Althing

India

Lok Sabha (Lower House), Rajya Sabha (Upper House)

Indonesia

Majlis

Iran

Majlis

Israel

Knesset

Japan

Diet

Malaysia

Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara

Maldives

Majlis

Mongolia

Great People?s Khural

Nepal

National Panchayat

The Netherlands

The Staten General

Norway

Storting

Poland

Sejm

Spain

Cortes

Surinam

Staten

Swaziland

Liblandla

Sweden

Riksdaq

Switzerland

Federal Assembly

United Nations Organization (UNO) The UNO is an association of sovereign states bound by a Charter (Constitution) to maintain international peace and security. It is the worlds largest international organization; a successor to the league of Nation.

UN Charter On June 26, 1945, the delegates of 50 countries at San Francisco (USA) signed the United Nations Charter (Constitution).

Foundation Day of the UNO The UNO Formally came into existence on October 24, 1945 when governments of China, France, and the United Kingdom, the former USSR, the United States and a majority of other states ratified the UNO Charter. October 24 is celebrated as the United Nations Day throughout the world.

First Regular Session of the UNO The first regular session of the UNO was held in London in January 1946 and Trygve Lie (Norway) was elected the first Secretary General of the UNO. Headquarters of the UNO These are located on the First Avenue, UN Plaza, New York City, and United States of America.

The UNO Flag The UNO General Assembly adopted the UNO flag on October 20, 1947. The white UNO emblem is superimposed on a light blue background. The emblem consists of the global map projected from the North Pole and embraced in twin olive branches (symbol of peace). The UNO flag is not to be subordinated to any other flag in the world.

Aims and Objectives The main objectives of the UN are: 1. To maintain peace and security in the world 2. To work together to remove poverty, disease and illiteracy and encourage respect for each other?s rights of basic freedom 3. To develop friendly relations among nations.

4. To b a centre to help nations achieve these common goals.

Membership of the UNO Admission of Members: New members are admitted to the General assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council and two-third of the members should vote in favor.

Members are expelled or suspended in the same manner.

Permanent Members: There are five permanent members of the Security Council: China, France, Russia, UK and USA. Veto: A negative vote by a permanent member bars action by the Security Council and is called a veto. Each permanent member enjoys the power were veto.

Membership: When the UNO Charter was signed, there were only 50 members. By 1994 the membership rose to 185. The following nations were admitted to the UNO in 1993: Czech Republic

Slovakia

Macedonia

Monaco

Eritrea

Andorra

In 1994: Palau, a newly independent Pacific nation which had been under the trusteeship of the USA. Non-members: (1) Switzerland (2) Taiwan. In addition several other small states like Nauru.

Tonga, Vatican City are also not members of the UNO. Organization of the UNO The principal bodies of the UN are: 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

The General Assembly The Security council The Economic and Social Council International Court of Justice Trusteeship Council Secretariat

General Assembly (GA) Headquarters: New York Membership: Consists of all member states of the UNO. Each member can send five delegates but each nation has only one vote.

Functions: All other UNO bodies report to the General Assembly. It discusses and makes recommendations on any subject covered under the UNO Charter except those with which the Security Council may be dealing.

Meetings: The General Assembly meets every year in regular sessions beginning on the third Tuesday in September.

UN Security Council (SC) Headquarters: New York Membership: The Security Council has 15 members- five permanent members enjoying veto power (China, France, Russia, UK and USA) and 10 non-permanent elected members. The nonpermanent members are elected by the General Assembly. They retire on rotation every two years.

Function: The Security Council is responsible for international peace and security. Any nation, irrespective of its membership of the UNO, can put forth its problem before the Council. The Security Council can recommend peaceful solutions or, if necessary, may order use of force to restore peace.

The Economic and Social Council Headquarter: New York Membership: Consists of representatives of 54 member-countries elected by a two-third majority in the General Assembly. One-third of the members are elected every year to serve for a period of three years and one-third of the members retire annually.

Functions: The Economic and Social Council carries on the functions of the UNO with regard to international economic, social, cultural, educational, health and related matters.

International Court of Justice (ICJ) Headquarter: The Hague (Netherlands) Membership: Consists of 15 judges who are elected by the General Assembly and the Security Council for a term of nine years.

Function: It gives advisory opinion on legal matters to the bodies and special agencies of the UNO and considers the legal disputes brought before them.

Justice R. S. Pathak, Chief Justice of India, was elected Judge of the ICJ on April 18, 1989. He became the third Indian on whom this honour has been bestowed. The other two were Mr. Justice B.N. Rao and Mr. Justice Nagendra Singh.

Trusteeship Council Headquarter: New York Membership: There are five permanent members of the Security Council plus those nations, who administer Trust Territories.

Functions: To safeguard the interest of inhabitants of territories which are not yet fully selfgoverning and are governed by an administering country.

The Secretariat Headed by: Secretary General which is appointed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council.

Tenure: Five years and eligible for re-election after the tern expires.

Functions: It is the Chief administrative office of the UNO, which coordinates and supervises the activities of the UNO. Secretary Generals of the UN 1. Trygve Lie

1946-52

2. Dag Hammarskjold (He was killed in an Air Crash)

1953-61

3. U. Thant

1962-71

4. Dr. Kurt Waldheim

1972-81

5. Javier Perez De Cuellar

1982-91 (Two Terms)

6. Dr. Boutros Ghali

1992-1997

7. Kofi Annan

1997-2007 (Two Terms)

8. Ban Ki-moon

2007-Till Date

Official Languages of the UNO There are now six official languages recognized by the UN: 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Chinese English French Russian Spanish Arabic

Abbreviated Titles of Some Well Known Figures Original Name

Also called

Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Badshah Khan, Frontier Gandhi

Adolf Hitler

Fuhrer or Fuehrer

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Lokmanya

Benito Mussolini

II Duce

C. F. Andrews

Deenabandhu

C. N. Annadurai

Anna

C. Rajagopalachari

Rajaji or ?CR?

C. R. Das

Deshbandhu

Dadabhai Naoroji

Grand Old Man of India

Duke of Wellington

Iron Duke

Dwight David Eisenhower

Ike

Earl of Warwick

King Maker

Gen. Erwin Rommel

Desert Fox

Florence Nightingale

Lady with the Lamp

Francisco France

El Caudillo

Geoffery Chaucer

Father of English Poetry

Jawaharlal Nehru

G.B.S.

Jayaprakash Narayan

J. P., Loknayak

Joan of Arc

Maid of Orleans

Lal Bahadur Shastri

Man of Peace

Lala Lajpat Rai

Sher-E-Punjab, Punjab Kesari

M.K. Gandhi

Bapu, Mahatma, Father of the Nation

M.S. Golwalkar

Guruji

Madan Mohan Malaviya

Mahamana

Napoleon Bonaparte

Little Corporal, Man of Destiny

Narinder Datta

Swami Vivekanand

Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa

Kipper

Otto von Bismarck

Man of Blood and Iron, Iron Chancellor

Queen Elizabeth I

Maiden Queen

Rabindranath Tagore

Gurudev

Rajinder Singh (Maj. Gen.)

Sparrow

Samuel Longhorn Clemens

Mark Twain

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Man of Iron, Strong Man of India

Sarojini Naidu

Nightingale of India

Sheikh Mohamma Abdullah

Sher-E-Kashmir

Sheikh Mujibur Rehman

Bangabandhu

Subhash Chandra Bose

Netaji

Tenzing Norgay

Tiger of Snows

T. Prakasam

Andhra Kesari

Sir Walter Scott

Wizard of the North

William Ewart Gladstone

Grand Old Man of Britain

William Shakespeare

Bard of Avon

List of Private Banks and Foreign Banks in India List of Private Banks 1. Bharat Overseas Bank Ltd 2. City Union Bank Ltd 3. Development Credit Bank Ltd 4. Lord Krishna Bank Ltd 5. SBI Commercial & International Bank Ltd 6. Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd 7. The Bank of Rajasthan Ltd 8. The Catholic Syrian Bank Ltd 9. The Dhanalakshmi Bank Ltd 10. The Federal Bank Ltd 11. The Ganesh Bank of Kurundwad Ltd 12. The Jammu & Kashmir Bank Ltd 13. The Karnataka Bank Ltd 14. The Karur Vysya Bank Ltd

15. The Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd 16. The National Bank Ltd 17. The Nedungadi Bank Ltd 18. The Ratnakar Bank Ltd 19. The Sangli Bank Ltd 20. The South Indian Bank Ltd 21. The United Western Bank Ltd 22. ING Vysya Bank Ltd 23. Bank of Punjab Ltd 24. Centurion Bank Ltd 25. Global Trust Bank 26. HDFC Bank 27. ICICI Bank 28. IndusInd Bank Ltd 29. Kotak Mahindra Bank 30. IDBI Bank 31. UTI Bank 32. YES Bank Ltd List of Foreign Banks in India 1. ABN-AMRO Bank N.V. 2. Abu Dhabi Comm. Bank Ltd 3. American Express Bank Ltd 4. Arab Bangladesh Bank Ltd 5. Bank International Indonesia 6. Bank of Muscat S.A.O.G. 7. Bank of America NA 8. Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait B.S.C. 9. Bank of Ceylon 10. Barclays Bank PLC 11. BNP Paribas 12. Chinatrust Comm. Bank 13. Chohung Bank 14. Citibank N.A. 15. Commerzbank AG 16. Credit Agricole Indosuez 17. Credit Lyonnais 18. Deutsche Bank AG 19. Development Bank of Singapore Ltd 20. Dresdner Bank AG 21. HSBC Ltd 22. ING Bank N.V. 23. JPMorgan Chase Bank (The Chase Manhattan Bank) 24. K.B.C. Bank NA 25. KrunThai Bank Public Co. Ltd.

26. Mashreqbank psc 27. Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd (The Fuji Bank Ltd) 28. Oman International Bank S.A.O.G. 29. Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd 30. Societe Generale 31. Sonali Bank 32. Standard Chartered Grindlays Bank Ltd 33. State Bank of Mauritius Ltd 34. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking 35. Corporation (The Sumitomo Bank Ltd) 36. The Bank of Nova Scotia 37. The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd 38. The Siam Commercial Bank 39. The Toronto-Domonion Bank Ltd 40. UFJ Bank Ltd (The Sanwa Bank Ltd)

Changed Names of Some Cities, States and Countries Old Name

New Name

Abyssinia

Ethiopia

Angora

Ankara

Batavia

Jakarta

British Honduras

Belize

Bechuanaland

Botswana

Basutoland

Lesotho

Burma

Myanmar

Cape Canaveral

Cape Kennedy

Ceylon

Sri Lanka

Christina

Oslo

Congo

Zaire

Constantinople

Istanbul

Dacca

Dhaka

Dahomey

Benin

Dutch East Indies

Indonesia

Dutch Guiana

Surinam

East Pakistan

Bangladesh

East Timor

Loro See

Egypt

United Arab Republic

Ellice Island

Tuvalu

Formosa

Taiwan

French West Africa

Mali

Gold Coast

Ghana

Greenland

Kalaallit Nunaat

Holland

The Netherlands

Kampuchea

Cambodia

Leopoldville

Kinshasa

Malaya

Malaysia

Manchukuo

Manchuria

Mesopotamia

Iraq

New Hebrides

Vanuatu

Nippon

Japan

Northern Rhodesia

Zambia

Nyasaland

Malawi

Peking

Beijing

Petrograd

Leningrad

Persia

Iran

Portuguese Guinea

Guinea Bissau

Rangoon

Yangon

Rhodesia

Zimbabwe

Saigon

Ho Chi Minh City

Salisbury

Harare

Sandwich Islands

Hawaiian Islands

Siam

Thailand

South West Africa

Namibia

Spanish Guinea

Equatorial Guinea

Stalingrad

Volgograd

Tanganyika and Zanzibar

Tanzania

Trucial Oman

United Arab Emirates

Upper Volta

Bourikina Fasso or Burkina Faso

West French Africa

Mauritania

Religions of the World 1. Buddhism Founder

Gautam Siddhartha Buddha (563-483 BC) born in Nepal (Lumbini)

Founded in

525 BC

Followed in

India, China, Tibet, Korea, Mongolia, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Japan, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Bhutan and Vietnam

Sacred Text

The Tripitaka (Collection of Buddha?s teaching) also called Sutras

Sacred Places

Lumbini (Nepal) where he received enlightenment and Kusinagar (UP) where he attained ?Nirvana?.

Place of Worship

Vihar (temple) and Monastery (where monks reside)

Sects

Mahayana and Hinayana

2. Confucianism Founder

King Fu Tsu, Better known as Confucius (551-479 BC) born in the state of LU in china.

Founded in

500 BC

Followed in

China, Taiwan, South Korea, Nauru and Vietnam

Sacred Text

The Analects

Sacred Places

No church or temple

3. Christianity Founder

Jesus Christ (5 BC to AD 30) born in Judea, also called Jesus of Nazareth

Founded in

2000 years ago

Followed in

Spread all over the world

Sacred Text

Holy Bible consisting of Old Testament (before Christ) and the New Testament (during and after Christ)

Sacred Places

Jerusalem where Christ lived and preached

Place of Worship

Church

Important Sects

Catholics and Protestants

4. Hinduism Founder

Ancient Sages

Founded in

Around 1500 BC

Followed in

Concentrated in India and Nepal and also found in Bhutan, Fiji, Guyana, Indonesia, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago

Sacred Text

The Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad-Gita and the epics of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana

Place of Worship

Temple

5. Islam Founder

Prophet Mohammed (AD 570-632) born in Mecca (Saudi Arabia)

Founded in

AD 622

Followed in

From west coast of Africa to the Philippines which includes Tanzania, Southern part of Russia and China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia. Also parts of North Africa.

Sacred Text

Quran (words of God), Hadis (Collection of Prophet?s saying).

Sacred Places

Makkah (mecca) in Saudi Arabia

Place of Worship

Masjid (mosque)

Sects

Sunnis and Shias

6. Judaism (Religion of the Hebrews) Founder

Moses, born in Egypt

Founded in

1300 BC

Followed in

Worldwide with concentration in Israel and United States

Sacred Text

Talmads, found particularly in the five books of the Bible; commentary on

Torah known as Talmud and Midrash Sacred Places

Jerusalem

Place of Worship

Synagogue

7. Shintoism Founder

Began with Japanese culture and developed out of tradition and ancestor worship

Followed in

Japan

Sacred Text

No specific text

Sacred Places

Central Shrine of Ise (central Japan) and the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo

8. Sikhism Founder

Guru Nanak (1469-1539)

Founded in

AD 1500

Followed in

India

Sacred Text

Shri Guru Granth Sahib

Sacred Places

The Golden Temple of Amritsar

Place of Worship

Gurudwara

9. Taoism Founder

Lao-tse, a Chinese Philosopher

Founded in

6th century BC

Followed in

China, Taiwan, Nauru, Brunei, Singapore and Vietnam

Sacred Text

Tao-te-Ching

10. Zoroastrianism (Parsi Religion) Founder

Zoroaster, born in Medea (modern Iran) in about 660 BC

Founded in

Around 500 BC

Followed in

Iran and north-west India. The Zoroastrians who fled to India during the eighth century are the ancestors of the present Parsi Community in India

Sacred Text

Zend Avasta

Place of Worship

Fire temple

Countries, their Capitals and Currencies A comprehensive list of countries, their capital cities, their currencies and embassy websites in alphabetic order to help you increase your General Knowledge. The world comprises 183 sovereign countries and 20 non-sovereign, separately administered territories, making a total of 203 countries.

Till the end of 1989, there were only 170 sovereign countries; then Namibia joined as the 171st country when it achieved independence in March 1990. However, the unification of North and South Yemen in May 1990 and East and West Germany in October 1990 brought the total number of sovereign countries to 169 at the end of 1990. With the disintegration of former USSR towards the end 1991 (which comprised 15 unions Republic) the number of the countries in the world now stands at 183.

World Countries, their Capitals, their Currencies and Embassy Website Country

Capital

Currency

Embassy Website

Afghanistan

Kabul

Afghani

embassyofafghanistan.org

Albania

Tirana

Lek

keshilliministrative.al

Algeria

Algiers

Dinar

algeria-us.org

Andorra

Andorra la Vella

Euro

andorra.ad

Angola

Luanda

New Kwanza

angola.org

Antigua and Barbuda

Saint John's (Antigua)

East Caribbean Dollar

antigua-barbuda.com

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Peso

turismo.gov.ar.org

Armenia

Yerevan

Dram

armeniaemb.org

Australia

Canberra

Australian Dollar

australia.gov.au

Austria

Vienna

Euro

austria.gov.au

Azerbaijan, Republic of

Baku (Baki)

Manat

azembassy.com

Bahamas, The

Nassau

Bahamian Dollar

bahamas.gov.bs

Bahrain

Al-Manama

Bahrain Dinar

behrainembassy.org

Bangladesh

Dhaka

Taka

bangladeshgov.org

Barbados

Bridgetown

Barbados Dollar

barbados.gov.bb

Belarus

Minsk

Belorussian Rubel

belarusembassy.org

Belgium

Brussels (formerly Belgian Euro Franc)

belgium.fgov.be

Belize

Belmopan

Belize Dollar

belize.gov.bz

Benin

Porto Novo (official capital); Contonu (Seat of govt.)

CFA Franc

gouv.bj/en

Bhutan

Thimphu

Ngultrum

bhutan.gov.bt

Bolivia

La Paz (Seat of govt.); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary)

Boliviano

bolivia.gov.bo

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo

Marka

bhembassy.org

Botswana

Gaborone

Pula

gov.bw

Brazil

Brasilia

Real

brasilemb.org

Brunei

Bandar Seri Begawan

Brunei Dollar

brunei.gov.bn

Bulgaria

Sofia

Lev

government.bg

Burundi

Bujumbura

Burundi Franc

burundiembassy-usa.org

Cambodia

Phnom Penh

Riel

cambodia.gov.kh

Cameroon

YaoundĂŠ

CFA Franc

spm.gov.cm

Canada

Ottawa

Canadian Dollar

canada.gc.ca

Cape Verde

Praia

Cape Verdean Escudo

virtualcapeverde.net

Central African Republic

Bangui

CFA Franc

state.gov/p/af/ci/ct

Chad

N'Djamena

CFA Franc

chadembassy.org

Chile

Santiago

Chilean Peso

chileangovernment.cl/

China

Beijing

Yuan/Renminbi

english.gov.en

Colombia

Santa Fe de BogotĂĄ

Colombian Peso

coluombiaemb.org

Comoros

Moroni

Franc

state.gov/p/af/ci/cn

Congo, Dem. Republic of the

Kinshasa

Congolese Franc

un.int/drcongo

Congo, Republic Brazzaville of

CFA Franc

state/fov/p/af/ci/cf

Costa Rica

San Jose

Colon

costarica-embassy.org

Cote d'Ivoire

Yamoussoukro

CFA Franc

cotedivorire.usembassy.gov

Croatia

Zagreb

Kuna

vlada.hr

Cuba

Havana

Cuban Peso

cubagob.ci

Cyprus

Lefkosia (Nicosia)

Cyprus pound

moi.gov.cy

Czech Republic

Prague

Koruna

czech.cz

Denmark

Copenhagen

Krone

denmark.dk

Djibouti

Djibouti

Djibouti Franc

djibouti.usembassy.gov

Dominica

Roseau

East Caribbean Dollar

dominica.dm

Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo

Dominican Peso

Domrep.org

East Timor

Dili

US Dollar

ecuador.org/main.htm

Ecuador

Quito

US Dollar

Egypt

Cairo

Egyptian Pound

sis.gov.eg

El Salvador

San Salvador

Colon, US Dollar

elsavador.org

Equatorial Guinea

Malabo

CFA Franc

state.gov/p/as/ci/ek

Eritrea

Asmara (Formerly Asmera) Nakfa

shabait.com

Estonia

Tallinn

Kroon

riik.ee/en

Ethiopia

Addis Ababa

Birr

moinfo.gouv.fr

Fiji

Suva (Viti Levu)

Birr

fiji.gov.fj

Finland

Helsinki

Euro (Formerly Marka)

finland.fi

France

Paris

Euro (Formerly French Franc)

diplomatie.gauv.fr

Gabon

Libreville

CFA Franc

legabon.org

Gambia, The

Banjul

Dalasi

statehouse.gm/index.html

Georgia

T'bilisi

Lari

parliament.ge

Germany

Berlin

Euro (Formerly Deutsche Mark)

germany-info.org

Ghana

Accra

Cedi

ghana.gov.gd

Greece

Athens

Euro (Formerly Drachma)

primeminister.gr/gr

Grenada

Saint George's

East Caribbean Dollar

gov.gd

Guatemala

Guatemala City

Quetzal

guatemala-embassy.org

Guinea

Conakry

Guinean Franc

guinea-usembaddy.gov

Guinea Bissau

Bissau

CFA Franc

state.gov

Guyana

Georgetown

Guyanese Dollar

op.gov.gy

Haiti

Port-au-Prince

Gourde

haiti.org

Honduras

Tegucigalpa

Lempira

hondurasemb.org

Hungary

Budapest

Forint

hungary.hu

Iceland

Reykjavik

Icelandic Krona

iceland.is

India

New Delhi

Rupee

india.gov.in

Indonesia

Jakarta

Rupiah

embassyofindonesia.org

Iran

Tehran

Rial

spk-gov.ir

Iraq

Baghdad

Dinar/US Dollar

iraqigoverment.org

Ireland

Dublin

Euro (Formerly Irish irlgov.ie Pound)

Israel

Jerusalem1

Shekel

Italy

Rome

Euro (Formerly Lira) italyemb.org

Jamaica

Kingston

Dinar

jis.gov.jm

Japan

Tokyo

Yen

kantei.go.jp

Jordan

Amman

Dinar

jordanembassyus.org

Kazakhstan

Astana2

Tenge

government.kz

Kenya

Nairobi

Kenya Shilling

kenyaembassy.com

Kiribati

South Tarawa

Australian Dollar

state.gov

Korea, North

Pyongyang

Won

korea-dpr-org

Korea, South

Seoul

Won

korea.net

Kuwait

Kuwait City

Kuwaiti Dinar

kuwait-info.org

Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek

Som

president.kg

Laos

Vientiane

New Kip

tourismlaos.gov.la

Latvia

Riga

Lat

lv

Lebanon

Beirut

Lebanese Pound

lebanonembassy.org

Lesotho

Maseru

Loti

lesotho.gov.ls

Liberia

Monrovia

Liberian Dollar

embassyofliberia.org

Libya

Tripoli

Libyan Dinar

libya-un.org

Liechtenstein

Vaduz

Swiss Franc

liechtenstin.li/en

Lithuania

Vilnius

Litas

president.lt/en

mfa.gov.il

Luxembourg

Luxembourg Ville

Euro (Formerly luxembourg-usa.org Luxembourg Franc)

Macedonia

Skopje3

Denar

vlada.mk

Madagascar

Antananarivo

Ariary

madagascar-consulate.org

Malawi

Lilongwe

Kwacha

malawi.gov.mw

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur4

Ringgit

gov.my

Maldives

Male

rufiyaa

maldivesinfor.gov.us

Mali

Bamako

CFA Franc

maliembassy.us

Malta

Valletta

Maltese Lira

gov.mt

Us Dollar

rmiebassyus.org

Marshall Islands Majuro Mexico

Mexico City (Distrito Federal)

Mexican Peso

presidencia.gob.mx

Micronesia Fed. States of

Palikir

US Dollar

fsmgov.org

Moldova

Chisinau

Leu

Moldova.org

Monaco

Monaco Ville

Euro

gouv.mc

Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar

Tugrik

pmis.gov.ma

Morocco

Rabat

Dirham

mincom.gov.ma

Montenegro

Padgorica

Euro

montenegro.yu

Mozambique

Maputo

Metical

embamoc-usa.org

Myanmar

Rangoon5

Kyat

myanmar.gov.mm

Namibia

Windhoek

Namibian Dollar

grnnet.gov.na

Nauru

No official capital; govt offices in Yaren District

Australian Dollar

un.int/nauru

Nepal

Kathmandu

Napalese Rupee

nepalgov.np

Netherlands

Amsterdam

Euro

government.nl

New Zealand

Wellington

New Zealand Dollar govt.nz

Nicaragua

Managua

Gold Cordoba

consuladodenicaragua.org

Niger

Niamey

CFA Franc

nigerembassyusa.org

Nigeria

Abuja

Naira

nigeria.gov.ng

Norway

Oslo

Norwegian Krone

norway.no

Oman

Muscat

Omani Rial

omanet.om

Pakistan

Islamabad

Pakistan Rupee

pakistan.gov.pk

Palau

Koror

US Dollar

palaugon.net

Panama

Panama City

Balboa, US Dollar

visitpanama.com

Papua New Guinea

Port Moresby

Kina

pngonline.gov.pg

Paraguay

Asuncion

Guarani

paraguayconsulatela.com

Peru

Lima

Nuevo sol

peru.info/perueng.asp

Philippines, The Manila

Peso

gov.ph

Poland

Warsaw

Zloty

poland.pl

Portugal

Lisbon

Euro (Formerly Escudo)

portugal.gov.pt

Puerto Rico

San Juan

US Dollar

Qatar

Doha

Qatari Riyal

english.mofa.gov.qa

Romania

Bucharest

Leu

guv.ro/engleza

Russia

Moscow

Ruble

gov.ru

Rwanda

Kigali

Rwanda Franc

gov.rw

St. Kitts and Nevis

Basseterre

East Caribbean Dollar

stkittsnevis.net

St. Lucia

Castries

East Caribbean Dollar

stlucica.gov.lc

St. Vincent & the Kingstown Grenadines

East Caribbean Dollar

embsvg.com

Samoa

Apia

Tala

govt.ws

San Marino

San Marino

Euro

sanmarino.usvpp.gov

Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome

Dobra

saotome.org

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh

Riyal

saudiembassy.net

Senegal

Dakar

CFA Franc

senegal-tourism.com

Serbia

Belgrade

Yugoslav new dinar gov.yu

Seychelles

Victoria

Seychelles Dollar

virtualseychelles.sc

Sierra Leone

Freetown

Leone

statehouse.sl.org

Singapore

Singapore

Singapore Dollar

gov.sg

Slovakia

Bratislava

Koruna

sigov.si

Slovenia

Ljubljana

Slovenian Tolar

e-uprava.gov.si

Solomon Islands Honiara

Solomon Islands Dollar

pmc.gov.sb

Somalia

Somali Shilling

state.gov/p/af/ci/so

Mogadishu

South Africa

Pretoria6

Rand

gov.za

Spain

Madrid

Euro (Formerly Peseta)

la-moncloa.es

Sri Lanka

Colombo7

Sri Lanka Rupee

Priu.gov.lk

Sudan

Khartoum

Dinar

sudan.gov.sd

Suriname

Paramaribo

Surinamese Dollar

surinameambsaddy.org

Swaziland

Mbabane8

Lilangeni

gov.sz

Sweden

Stockholm

Krona

sweden.gov.se

Switzerland

Bern

Swiss Franc

swissemb.org

Syria

Damascus

Syrian Pound

syrianembassy.us

Taiwan

Taipei

Taiwan New Dollar gov.tw

Tajikistan

Dushanbe

Somoni

tjus.org

Tanzania

Dar es Salaam9

Tanzanian Shilling

tanzania.go.tz

Thailand

Bangkok

Baht

thaiembdc.org

Togo

Lome

CFA Franc

state.gov/p/af/ci/to

Tonga

Nuku'alofa

Pa'anga

pmo.gov.to

Trinidad and Tobago

Port-of-Spain

Trinidad and Tobago gov.tt Dollar

Tunisia

Tunis

Tunisian Dinar

tourismtunisia.com

Turkey

Ankara

Turkish New Lira (YTL)

turkishembassy.org

Turkmenistan

Ashgabat

Manat

turkmenistanembassy.org

Tuvalu

Funafuti10

Australian dollar

timelesstuvalu.com

Uganda

Kampala

Ugandan New Shilling

statehouse.go.ug

Ukraine

Kiev

Hryvna

kmu.gov.ua/control/en

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi

UAE Dirham

government.ae/gov/en

United Kingdom London

Pound Sterling

direct.gov.uk

United State

Washington, DC

US Dollar

firstgov.gov

Uruguay

Montevideo

Uruguay Peso

uruwashi.org

Uzbekistan

Tashkent (Toshkent)

Uzbekistani Som

gov.uz

Vanuatu

Port-Vila (Efate)

Vatu

vanuatu.gov.ru

Vatican City (Holy See)

Vatican City

Euro

vatican.va

Venezuela

Caracas

Bolivars

embavenez-us.org

Vietnam

Hanoi

Dong

na.gov.vn

Yemen

Sana

Rial

nic.gov.ye

Zambia

Lusaka

Kwacha

statehouse.gov.zm

Zimbabwe

Harare

Zimbabwean dollar

zim.gov.zw

1. Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but nearly all countries, maintain their Embassies in Tel Aviv.

2. The govt. moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998.

3. Macedonia is, The Former Republic of Yugoslav.

4. Putrajaya is referred to as the administrative capital.

5. Regime refers to the capital as Yangon.

6. Cape Town - legislative seat Bloemfontein - judicial seat.

7. Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the Legislative capital.

8. Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital.

9. Legislative officer transferred to Dodoma,which is planned as the new national capital.

10. Administration Offices are located in Vaiaku Village on Fongafale.

Distinctive Names of Countries & Towns - Geographical Epithets Distinctive Name

Country/Town/Port/River

Britain of the South

New Zealand

The Battlefield of Europe

Belgium

City of the Golden Gate

San Francisco

City of Magnificent Distances

Washington D.C.

City of Popes

Rome

City of Seven Hills

Rome

City of Skyscrapers

New York

Cockpit of Europe

Belgium

Dark Continent

Africa

Dairy of Northern Europe

Denmark

Emerald Island

Ireland

Empire City

New York

Eternal City

Rome, Italy

Forbidden City

Lhasa (Tibet)

Garden of England

Kent

Gate of Tears

Babel-Mandab, Jerusalem

Granite City

Aberdeen (Scotland)

Great White Way

Broadway (New York)

Gift of Nile

Egypt

Gibraltar of the Indian Ocean

Aden

Herring Pond

Atlantic Ocean

Hermit Kingdom

Korea

Holy Land

Palestine

Island of Cloves

Madagascar (Malagasy)

The Isle of Spring

Jamaica

Key to the Mediterranean

Gibraltar

Land of Cakes (or Oat Cakes)

Scotland

Land of the Golden Fleece

Australia

Land of the Golden Pagoda

Myanmar (Burma)

Land of Kangaroos

Australia

Land of Lilies

Canada

Land of the Midnight Sun

Norway

Land of Milk and Honey

Canaan

Land of Morning Calm

Korea

Land of the Rising Sun

Japan

Land of a Thousand Lakes

Finland

Land of Thunderbolt

Bhutan

Land of White Elephants

Thailand

Lady of Snow

Canada

Little Venice

Venezuela

Never, Never Land

Prairies (North Australia)

Pearl of Antilles

Cuba

Playground of Europe

Switzerland

Pillars of Hercules

Straits of Gibraltar

Pearl of the Pacific

Guayaquil Port (Ecuador)

Power keg of Europe

Balkans

The Promised Land

Canaan

Quaker City

Philadelphia

Queen of the Arabian Sea

Kochi (India)

Queen of the Adriatic

Venice

Rich Coast

Costa Rica

Rich Port

Puerto Rico

Roof of the World

Pamir (Tibet)

The Sea of Mountains

British Columbia

Sorrow of China

River Hwang Ho

The Saw Mill of Europe

Sweden

Sick Man of Europe

Turkey

Sugar Bowl of the World

Cuba

The Storehouse of the World

Mexico

The Down Under

Australia

Venice of the North

Stockholm

Venice of the East

Bangkok (Thailand), Allepey (India)

Yellow River

Hwang Ho (China)

White City

Belgrade

Windy City

Chicago

White Mans Grave

Guinea Coast (West Africa)

The Spice Island of the West

Grenada

The Mother Colony of the West Indies

St. Kitts

City of Arabian Nights

Baghdad

Twin City

Budapest

The Imperial City

Rome

Golden City

Johannesburg

The Modern Babylon

London

Valley of Kings

Thebes

Olympics - Information and History of Olympic Sports

This is an international sports festival, which originated in the city of Olympia, an ancient city of Greece.

Ancient Olympics These games were held at Mount Olympia in Greece in honour of Zeus from 776 BC to AD 394.

From AD 394, games started degenerating and by AD 580, they altogether vanished and were banned by the Roman emperor, Theodosius.

Modern Olympics It was French nobleman, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who revived Olympic games (almost 1500 years after the last ancient Olympics) in 1894. The modern series of the Olympic Games started in 1896 in Athens and since then are held every four years. Separate winter Olympic Games began in 1924. Women have been competing in the Olympics since 1912. India officially participated in the Olympics for the first time in 1920 when four athletes and two wrestlers were sent to participate in the sixth Olympic Games at Antwerp, Belgium.

The Olympic Flag is made up of white silk and contains fine intertwined rings as the Olympics Emblem. From right to left the rings are Blue (for Europe), Yellow (for Asia), Black (for Africa), Red (for America) and Green (for Australia). In 1897, Father Didon composed the games motto 'Citius, Altius, Fortius' in Latin, which means 'Swifter, Higher and Stronger'. However, it was introduced as Olympic motto only in 1920 games.

Olympics - Where and When Olympiad

Year

Olympics Venue

Country

I

1896

Athens

Greece

II

1900

Paris

France

III

1904

St Louis

US

IV

1908

London

Great Britain

V

1912

Stockholm

Sweden

VI*

1916

Berlin

Germany

VII

1920

Antwerp

Belgium

VIII

1924

Paris

France

IX

1928

Amsterdam

Netherlands

X

1932

Los Angeles

US

XI

1936

Berlin

Germany

XII**

1940

Tokyo (then Helsinki)

Japan (then Finland)

XIII**

1944

London

Great Britain

XIV

1948

London

Great Britain

XV

1952

Helsinki

Finland

XVI

1956

Melbourne

Australia

XVII

1960

Rome

Italy

XVIII

1964

Tokyo

Japan

XIX

1968

Mexico City

Mexico

XX

1972

Munich

W. Germany

XXI

1976

Montreal

Canada

XXII

1980

Moscow

USSR

XXIII

1984

Los Angeles

US

XXIV

1988

Seoul

S. Korea

XXV

1992

Barcelona

Spain

XXVI

1996

Atlanta

US

XXVII

2000

Sydney

Australia

XXVIII

2004

Athens

Greece

XXIX

2008

Beijing

China (Scheduled)

XXX

2012

England

UK

* Games were not held due to World War I ** Games were not celebrated due to World War II. In 1940, the Games were retracted from Tokyo and were awarded to Helsinki by the IOC.

Important International Awards and Honours

Nobel Prize - The Nobel Prize is a Swedish prize, established in

the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Physics in 1901. The Nobel Prizes in the specific disciplines (Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature) and the Prize in Economics, which is commonly identified with them, are widely regarded as the most prestigious award one can receive in those fields. The Nobel Prize medals, which have been minted by Myntverket in Sweden and the Mint of Norway since 1902, are registered trademarks of the Nobel Foundation. Their engraved designs are internationally-recognized symbols of the prestige of the Nobel Prize. All of these medal designs feature an image of Alfred Nobel in left profile on their front sides.

Year of Institution Founder Date on which awarded No. of Disciplines Awarded

1901 Alfred Bernhard Nobel December 10 (death anniversary of the founder) Total Six 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Physics Chemistry Physiology or Medicine Literature Peace

6. Economics (established in 1967) The most prestigious award in the world, supported by The Nobel foundation (USD 58,960,000) was set up in 1900 under the will of Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833-96). Alfred Nobel was a Swedish scientist and chemical engineer who discovered Nitroglycerin (C3H5N3O9) and its use in the manufacture of dynamite in 1866. These are presented annually on December 10, the death anniversary of the founder and is presented by the Swedish King.

Originally, awards were for work in five disciplines. The prize for Economics war instituted in 1967 by Sveriges Riksbank, (Swedish Bank) in celebration of its 300th anniversary and war awarded for the first time in 1969. Its called the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.

Other Important International Awards

Name of Award

Year Instituted

Pulitzer Prize

1917

Named after the US Publisher, Joseph Pulitzer; It is annually conferred in the US for accomplishment in Journalism, literature and music

Magsaysay Award

1957

Named after Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines; it is annually conferred for outstanding contribution to Public Service, Community Leadership, Journalism, Literature, Creative Arts and International Understanding

Templeton Award

1972

Conferred by the Templeton Foundation for progress in religion-inaugurated by John M. Templeton, a presbyterian of Nassau, Bahamas

Booker Prize

1968

Highest literary award, set up by the Booker Company and the British Publishers Association

Right Livelihood

1980

Instituted by Jakob Von Vexkull, a Swedish-German writer and Philatelic expert, after selling his stamp collection; also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize and conferred annually for practical and exemplary solutions to real problems of today

Jawaharlal Nehru

1965

Instituted by Government of India, it is conferred annually to persons for outstanding contribution in promotion of international understanding, goodwill, and friendship among the people of the world

Oscar Award

1929

Conferred annually by the Academy of Motion pictures, Arts and Sciences in the US in recognition of contribution and performance in the field of cinema

Jesse Owens

1992

Instituted by the International Amateur Athletic Federation; Global Award to honor individuals with sports background who have made significant and lasting contribution to society.

Awarded for

Firsts in the World - Specialized History Quiz

Field

Name

Year

Man to reach South Pole

Roald Amundsen (Norway)

1911

Man to reach North Pole

Robert E. Peary (USA)

1909

Woman to reach Mrs. Karoline Mikkelsen (Norway) North Pole

1935

Woman to reach Mrs. Fran Phipps (Canada) South Pole

1971

Man to go to space

Yuri Gagarin (former USSR)

1961

Man to set foot on the Moon

Neil Alden Armstrong (USA)

1969

Man to walk in Space

Alexei Leonov (Former USSR)

1965

Woman Cosmonaut in Space

Valentina Terehkova (former USSR)

1963

Man to climb Mount Everest

Tenzing Norgay (Nepal)

1953

Woman to climb Junko Tabei (Japan) Mount Everest

1975

President of USA George Washington

1789

Foreign invader of India

326bc

Alexander the Great (Greece)

Woman to cross the Strait of Arti Pradhan (India) Gibraltar

1988

Handicapped man to cross Taranath Shenoy (India) Strait of Gibraltar (deaf and dumb)

1988

President of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Chinese Republic

1921-1925

Chairman of People's Republic of China

Mao Tse Tung

1949-1976

Man to sail Ferdinand Magellan (Portugal) around the world

1519-1521

First Prime Minister of a country

Sir Robert Walpole (Britain)

1721-1742

Lady Prime Minister of country

Srimavo Bhandarnaike (Sri Lanka)

1970-1977

Lady Prime Minister of England

Mrs. Margaret Thatcher

1979-1990

Polar Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Charles Burton circumnavigation (Britain)

1979-1982

Chinese traveler Fahien to India

405-411

Woman Bishop

1988

Rev. Barbara C. Harris (USA)

First to have skied to both North and South Erling Kagge (Norway) Poles, and climbed Mount Everest

1994

Medical Inventions and Discoveries Invention

Inventor(s)

Country

Year

Adding Machine

Pascal

France

1624

Aeroplane

Wright Brothers

US

1903

Ballpoint Pen

C. Biro

Hungary

1888

Barometer

E. Torricelli

Italy

1643

Bicycle

K. Macmillan

Scotland

1839

Rubber (Vulcanized)

Charles Goodyear

US

1839

Rubber (Waterproof)

Charles Macintosh

Scotland

1823

Safety Lamp

Sir Humphry Davy

England

1816

Safety Pin

W. Hunt

US

1849

Sewing Machine

B. Thimmonnier

France

1830

Scooter

G. Bradshaw

England

1919

Ship (Steam)

J.C. Perier

France

1775

Ship (Turbine)

Sir Charles Parsons

England

1894

Shorthand (Modern)

Sir Isaac Pitman

England

1894

Spinning Frame

Sir Richard Arkwright

England

1769

Steam Engine (Piston)

Thomas Newcomen

England

1705

Steam Engine

James Watt

Scotland

1782

Stainless Steel

Harry Brearley

England

1913

Submarine

D. Bushnell

US

1776

Tank

Sir Ernest Swington

England

1914

Telegraph Code

Samuel F. B. Morse

US

1837

Telephone

Alexander Graham Bell

US

1876

Telescope

Hans Lippershey

The Netherlands

1608

Television (Successful Demonstration)

John Logie Baird

Scotland

1926

Terylene

J. Whinfield and J. Dickson

England

1941

Thermometer

Galileo Galilee

Italy

1593

Tractor

Benjamin Holt

US

1900

Transistor

Bardeen, Shockley and Brattain

US

1947

Typewriter

C. Sholes

US

1867

Radio Valve

Sir J.A. Fleming

Britain

1904

Watch

A. L Breguet

France

1791

X-ray

Wilhelm Roentgen

Germany

1895

Zip Fastener

W. L. Judson

US

1891

Everyday Science Questions Answered - Part 1 1. Question: A man with a load jumps from a high building. What will be the load experienced by him?

Answer: Zero, because while falling, both the man and the load are falling at the same acceleration i.e. acceleration due to gravity.

2. Question: A piece of chalk when immersed in water emits bubbles. Why? Answer: Chalk consists of pores forming capillaries. When it is immersed in water, the water begins to rise in the capillaries and air present there is expelled in the form of bubbles.

3. Question: Why does a liquid remain hot or cold for a long time inside a thermos flask?

Answer: The presence of air, a poor conductor of heat, between the double glass wall of a thermos flask, keeps the liquid hot or cold inside a flask for a long time.

4. Question: Why does a ball bounce upon falling?

Answer: When a ball falls, it is temporarily deformed. Because of elasticity, the ball tends to regain its original shape for which it presses the ground and bounces up (Newton's Third Law of Motion).

5 Question: Why is standing in boats or double decker buses not allowed, particularly in the upper deck of buses?

Answer: On tilting the centre of gravity of the boat or bus is lowered and it is likely to overturn.

6. Question: Why is it recommended to add salt to water while boiling dal?

Answer: By addition of salt, the boiled point of water gets raised which helps in cooking the dal sooner.

7. Question: Why is it the boiling point of sea water more than that of pure water?

Answer: Sea water contains salt, and other impurities which cause an elevation in its boiling point.

8. Question: Why is it easier to spray water to which soap is added?

Answer: Addition of soap decreases the surface tension of water. The energy for spraying is directly proportional to surface tension.

9. Question: Which is more elastic, rubber or steel?

Answer: Steel is more elastic for the same stress produced compared with rubber.

10. Question: Why is the sky blue?

Answer: Violet and blue light have short waves which are scattered more than red light waves.

While red light goes almost straight through the atmosphere, blue and violet light are scattered by particles in the atmosphere. Thus, we see a blue sky.

11. Question: Why Does ink leak out of partially filled pen when taken to a higher altitude?

Answer: As we go up, the pressure and density of air goes on decreasing. A Partially filled pen leaks when taken to a higher altitude because the pressure of air acting on the ink inside the tube of the pen is greater than the pressure of the air outside.

12. Question: On the moon, will the weight of a man be less or more than his weight on the earth?

Answer: The gravity of the moon is one-sixth that of the earth; hence the weight of a person on the surface of the moon will be one-sixth of his actual weight on earth.

13. Question: Why do some liquid burn while others do not?

Answer: A liquid burns if its molecules can combine with oxygen in the air with the production of heat. Hence, oil burns but water does not.

14. Question: Why can we see ourselves in a mirror?

Answer: We see objects when light rays from them reach our eyes. As mirrors have a shiny surface, the light rays are reflected back to us and enter our eyes.

15. Question: Why does a solid chunk of iron sink in water but float in mercury?

Answer: Because the density of iron is more than that of water bus less than that of mercury.

16. Question: Why is cooking quicker in a pressure cooker?

Answer: As the pressure inside the cooker increases, the boiling point of water is raised, hence, the cooking process is quicker.

17. Question: When wood burns it crackles. Explain?

Answer: Wood contains a complex mixture of gases and tar forming vapors trapped under its surface. These gases and tar vapors escape, making a cracking sound.

18. Question: Why do stars twinkle?

Answer: The light from a star reaches us after refraction as it passes through various layers of air.

When the light passes through the earth?s atmosphere, it is made to flicker by the hot and cold ripples of air and it appears as if the stars are twinkling.

19. Question: Why is it easier to roll a barrel than to pull it?

Answer: Because the rolling force of friction is less than the dynamic force of sliding friction.

20. Question: If a feather, a wooden ball and a steel ball fall simultaneously in a vacuum, which one of these would fall faster?

Answer: All will fall at the same speed in vacuum because there will be no air resistance and the earth?s gravity will exert a similar gravitational pull on all.

21. Question: When a man fires a gun, he is pushed back slightly. Why? Answer: As the bullet leaves the nozzle of the gun?s barrel with momentum in a forward direction, as per Newton's Third Law of Motion, the ejection imparts to the gun as equal momentum in a backward direction.

22. Question: Ice wrapped in a blanket or saw dust does not melt quickly. Why? Answer: Both wood and wool are bad conductors of heat. They do not permit heat rays to reach the ice easily.

23. Question: Why do we perspire on a hot day?

Answer: When the body temperature rises, the sweat glands are stimulated to secrete perspiration. It is nature's way to keep the body cool. During the process of evaporation of sweat, body heat is taken away, thus giving a sense of coolness.

24. Question: Why does ice float on water but sink in alcohol?

Answer: Because ice is lighter than water it floats on it. However, ice is heavier than alcohol and therefore it sinks in alcohol.

25. Question: Why do we perspire before rains?

Answer: Before the rain falls, the atmosphere gets saturated with water vapors; as a result, the process of evaporation of sweat is delayed.

26. Question: Why does a thermometer kept in boiling water show no change in reading after 1000C? Answer: The boiling point of water is 1000C. Once water starts boiling at this temperature, thermometer records no change in temperature. The quantity of heat supplied is being utilized as latent heat of evaporation to convert the water at boiling point into vapour.

27. Question: Why do we bring our hands close to the mouth while shouting across to someone far away?

Answer: By keeping hands close to mouth the sound is not allowed to spread (Phenomenon of diffraction of sound) in all direction, but is directed to a particular direction and becomes louder.

28. Question: Why does a corked bottle filled with water burst if left out on a frosty night?

Answer: Because of low temperature the water inside the bottle freezes. On freezing it expands, thereby its volume increases and pressure is exerted on the walls.

29. Question: Why is a small gap left at the joint between two rails?

Answer: To permit expansion of rails due to heat generated by friction of a moving train.

30. Question: Why cannot a copper wire be used to make elements in electric heater?

Answer: Copper melts at 108.30C and forms a black powder on reacting with atmospheric oxygen. For heater elements a metal should have more resistance to produce heat.

31. Question: Why are water or mercury droplets always round when dropped on a clean glass?

Answer: The surface of a liquid is the seat of a special force as a result of which molecules on the surface are bound together to form something like a stretched membrane. They tend to compress the molecules below to the smallest possible volume, which causes the drop to take a round shape as for a given mass he sphere has minimum volume.

32. Question: Why does a balloon filled with hydrogen rise in the air?

Answer: Weight of hydrogen is less than the weight of air displaced by it. In balloons hydrogen is normally filled because it is lighter than air.

33. Question: Why do we lean forward while climbing a hill?

Answer: In order to keeps the vertical line passing through our centre of gravity always between our feet, which is essential to attain equilibrium or stability.

34. Question: Why does smoke curl up in the air?

Answer: Smoke contains hot gases which being lighter in weight, follows a curved path because of the eddy currents that are set up in the air.

35. Question: Why does an electric bulb explode when it is broken?

Answer: The bulb encompasses partial vacuum and as it breaks, air rushes in causing a small explosion.

36. Question: Why does a man fall forward when he jumps out of a running train or bus?

Answer: He is in motion while in the train or bus. When he jumps out, his feet comes to rest while touching the ground but his upper portion which is still in motion propels him forward.

37. Question: Why does an ordinary glass tumbler crack when very hot tea or milk is poured in it?

Answer: When a hot liquid is poured into a tumbler, the inner layer of the tumbler gets heated, it expands before the outer layer and an unequal expansion of both layers causes the tumbler to crack.

38. Question: Why is a compass used as an indicator of direction?

Answer: The magnetic needles of a compass under the influence f the earth?s magnetic field lie in a north-south direction. Hence, we can identify direction.

39. Question: Why is water from a hand pump warm in winter and cold in summer?

Answer: In winter, the outside temperature is lower than that of water flowing out of the pump,

and therefore, the water is warm. Whereas in summer, the outside temperature is higher than the water of the pump, and therefore, it feels cold.

41. Question: Why is a rainbow seen after a shower?

Answer: After a shower, the clouds containing water droplets act like a prism through which the white light is dispersed producing a spectrum.

42. Question: Why does a swimming pool appear less deep than is actually is?

Answer: The rays of light coming from the bottom of the pool pass from a denser medium (water) to a rarer medium (air) and are refracted (bend away from the normal). When the rays return to the surface, they form an image of the bottom of the pool at a point, which is little above the real position.

43. Question: Why is one?s breath visible in winter but not in summer?

Answer: In winter, water vapor contained in the breath condenses into small droplets, which become visible but in summer they are quickly evaporated and not seen.

44. Question: Why doesn?t the electric filament in an electric bulb burn up?

Answer: Firstly, because is made of tungsten which has a very high melting point (34100C) whereas the temperature of the filament required to glow is only 2700oC. Secondly, oxygen is absent since the bulb is filled with an inert gas which does not help in burning.

45. Question: Why does blotting paper absorb ink?

Answer: Blotting paper has fine pores, which act like capillaries. When a portion of blotting paper is brought in contact with ink, ink enters the pores due to surface tension (capillary action f liquids) and is absorbed.

46. Question: Why does a small iron sink in water but a large ship float?

Answer: The weight of water displaced by an iron ball is less than its own weight, whereas water displaced by the immersed portion of a ship is equal to its weight (Archimedes? Principle).

47. Question: Why does ice float on water?

Answer: The weight of the ice block is equal to the weight of the liquid displaced by the immersed portion of the ice.

48. Question: Why does moisture gather outside a tumbler containing cold water?

Answer: The water vapour in the air condenses on cooling and appears as droplets of water.

49. Question: Why does kerosene float on water?

Answer: Because the density of kerosene is less than that of water. For the same reason cream rises in milk and floats at the top.

50. Question: Why is the water in an open pond cool even on a hot summer day?

Answer: As the water evaporates from the open surface of a pond, heat is taken away in the process, leaving the surface cool.

51. Question: Why is it less difficult to cook rice or potatoes at higher altitudes?

Answer: Atmospheric pressure at higher altitudes is low and boils water below 1000C. The boiling point of water is directly proportional to the pressure on its surface.

52. Question: Why is it difficult to breathe at higher altitudes?

Answer: Because of low air pressure at higher altitudes the quantity of air is less, and so that of oxygen.

53. Question: Why are winter nights and summer nights warmer during cloudy weather than when the sky is clear?

Answer: Clouds being bad conductors of heat do not permit radiation of heat from land to escape into the sky. As this heat remains in the atmosphere, the cloudy nights are warmer.

54. Question: Why is a metal tyre heated before it is fixed on wooden wheels?

Answer: On heating, the metal tyre expands by which its circumference also increases. This makes fixing the wheel easier and therefore cooling down shrinks it; thus fixing the tyre tightly.

55. Question: Why is it easier to swim in the sea than in a river?

Answer: The density of sea water is higher; hence the up thrust is more than that of river water.

56. Question: Who will possibly learn swimming faster-a fat person or a thin person?

Answer: The fat person displaces more water which will help him float much more freely compared to a thin person.

57. Question: Why is a flash of lightening seen before thunder?

Answer: Because light travels faster than sound, it reaches the earth before the sound of thunder.

58. Question: Why cannot a petrol fire be extinguished by water?

Answer: Water, which is heavier than petrol, slips down permitting the petrol to rise to the surface and continue to burn. Besides, the existing temperature is so high that the water poured on the fire evaporates even before it can extinguish the fire. The latter is true if a small quantity of water is poured.

59. Question: Why does water remain cold in an earthen pot?

Answer: There are pores in an earthen pot which allow water to percolate to the outer surface.

Here evaporation of water takes place thereby producing a cooling effect.

60. Question: Why do we place a wet cloth on the forehead of a patient suffering from high temperature?

Answer: Because of body?s temperature, water evaporating from the wet cloth produces a cooling effect and brings the temperature down.

61. Question: When a needle is placed on a small piece of blotting paper which is place on the surface of clean water, the blotting paper sinks after a few minutes but the needle floats.

However, in a soap solution the needle sinks. Why? Answer: The surface tension of clean water being higher than that of a soap solution, it cans

support the weight of a needle due to its surface tension. By addition of soap, the surface tension of water reduces, thereby resulting in the sinking of the needle.

62. Question: To prevent multiplication of mosquitoes, it is recommended to sprinkle oil in the ponds with stagnant water. Why? Answer: Mosquitoes breed in stagnant water. The larvae of mosquitoes keep floating on the surface of water due to surface tension. However, when oil is sprinkled, the surface tension is lowered resulting in drowning and death of the larvae.

63. Question: Why does oil rise on a cloth tape of an oil lamp?

Answer: The pores in the cloth tape suck oil due to the capillary action of oil.

64. Question: Why are ventilators in a room always made near the roof?

Answer: The hot air being lighter in weight tends to rise above and escape from the ventilators at the top. This allows the cool air to come in the room to take its place.

65. Question: How does ink get filled in a fountain pen?

Answer: When the rubber tube of a fountain pen immersed in ink is pressed, the air inside the tube comes out and when the pressure is released the ink rushes in to fill the air space in the tube.

66. Question: Why are air coolers less effective during the rainy season?

Answer: During the rainy reason, the atmosphere air is saturated with moisture. Therefore, the process of evaporation of water from the moist pads of the cooler slows down thereby not cooling the air blown out from the cooler.

67. Question: Why does grass gather more dew in nights than metallic objects such as stones?

Answer: Grass being a good radiator enables water vapour in the air to condense on it.

Moreover, grass gives out water constantly (transpiration) which appears in the form of dew because the air near grass is saturated with water vapour and slows evaporation. Dew is formed on objects which are good radiations and bad conductors.

68. Question: If a lighted paper is introduced in a jar of carbon dioxide, its flame extinguishes.

Why? Answer: Because carbon dioxide does not help in burning. For burning, oxygen is required.

69. Question: Why does the mass of an iron increase on rusting?

Answer: Because rust is hydrated ferric oxide which adds to the mass of the iron rod. The process of rusting involves addition of hydrogen and oxygen elements to iron.

70. Question: Why does milk curdle?

Answer: Lactose (milk sugar) content of milk undergoes fermentation and changes into lactic acid which on reacting with milk protein (casein) form curd.

71. Question: Why does hard water not lather soap profusely?

Answer: Hard water contains sulphates and chlorides of magnesium and calcium which forms an insoluble compound with soap. Therefore, soap does not lather with hard water.

72. Question: Why is it dangerous to have charcoal fire burning in a closed room?

Answer: When charcoal burns it produces carbon monoxide which is suffocating and can cause death.

73. Question: Why is it dangerous to sleep under trees at night?

Answer: Plants respire at night and give out carbon dioxide which reduces the oxygen content of air required for breathing.

74. Question: Why does ENO's salt effervesce on addition of water?

Answer: It contains tartaric acid and sodium bicarbonate. On adding water, carbon dioxide is produced which when released into water causes effervescence.

75. Question: Why does milk turn sour?

Answer: The microbes react with milk and grow. They turn lactose into lactic acid which is sour in taste.

76. Question: Why is a new quilt warmer than an old one?

Answer: In a new quilt the cotton is not compressed and as such it encloses more air which is bad conductor of heat. Therefore, it does not allow heat to pass.

77. Question: Curved rail tracks or curved roads are banked or raised on one side. Why? Answer: Because a fast moving train or vehicle leans inwards while taking turn and the banked or raised track provides required centripetal force to enable it to move round the curve.

78. Question: How do bats fly in dark?

Answer: When bats fly they produce ultrasonic sound waves which are reflected back to them from the obstacles in their way and hence they can fly without difficulty.

79. Question: Water pipes often burst at hill stations on cold frosty nights. Why? Answer: The temperature may fall below 00C during cold frosty nights which converts the water inside the pipes into ice, resulting in an increase in volume. This exerts great force on the pipes and as a result, they burst.

80. Question: Why are white clothes more comfortable in summer than dark or black ones?

Answer: White clothes are good reflectors and bad absorbers of heat, whereas dark or black clothes are good absorbers of heat. Therefore, white clothes are more comfortable because they do not absorb heat from the sun rays.

81. Question: Why does a rose appear red grass green in daylight?

Answer: Rose absorbs all the constituent colors of white light except red which is reflected to us. Similarly, grass absorbs all colors except green which is reflected t us.

82. Question: Why does a ship rise as it enters the sea from a river?

Answer: The density of sea water is high due to impurities and salts compared to river water as a result; the upthurst produced by the sea water on the ship is more than that of river water.

83. Question: Why are fuse provided in electric installations?

Answer: A safety fuse is made of a wire of metal having a very low melting point. When excess current flows in, the wire gets heated, melts and breaks the circuit. By breaking the circuit it saves electric equipment or installations from damage by excessive flow of current.

84. Question: Why is it easier to lift a heavy object under water than in air?

Answer: Because when a body is immersed in water, it experiences an upward thrust (Archimedes? Principle) and loses weight equal to the weight of the water displaced by its immersed potion, and hence, is easier to lift objects.

85. Question: If a highly pumped up bicycle tyre is left in the hot sunlight, it bursts. Why? Answer: The air inside the tube increases in volume when heated up. As sufficient space for the expansion of the air is not available because the tube is already highly pumped, it may result in bursting of the tyre.

86. Question: What will be the color of green in blue light?

Answer: Grass will appear dark in color because it absorbs all other colors of the light except its own green color. The blue light falling on grass will be absorbed by it, and hence, it will appear dark in color.

87. Question: Why do two eyes give better vision than one?

Answer: Because two eyes do not form exactly similar images and he fusion of these two dissimilar images in the brain gives three dimensions of the stereoscopic vision.

Presidents of India - Indian Presidents First President NAME: Dr. Rajendra Prasad BORN: December 3, 1884 DIED: February 28, 1963 PRESIDENCY: January 26, 1950 to May 13, 1962 India?s first President was born in the Saran district of North Bihar. Prasad spent his childhood listening to tales from the Ramayana, and the epic had a profound influence on his life. A brilliant student, he studied in the Presidency College, Calcutta, and topped in Master of Arts and Master of Law at the Calcutta University. He joined the Indian National Congress while practicing Law in Calcutta in 1911. Even though he made his mark as a lawyer, he was deeply influenced by Gandhi, and plunged himself into the freedom struggle. Prasad emerged as the Man Friday of the Indian National Congress during the course of the freedom movement and

was called upon to handle important assignments. He twice became the president of the Congress in 1934 and 1939. Prasad emerged as the only choice for presidency after the country became a Republic in 1950. As the President, he influenced and moulded policies to a large extent and set numerous precedents for his successors. When it came to relinquishing office in 1962, after being the First Citizen of India for 12 long years, Prasad did not bat an eyelid, despite persuasions from all quarters. The nation befittingly awarded him with a Bharat Ratna.

Second President NAME: Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan BORN: September 5, 1888 DIED: April 17, 1975 PRESIDENCY: May 13, 1962 to May 13, 1967 Best known as a philosopher, statesman, writer, educationist, humanist and administrator, Radhakrishnan was born in a middle class Hindu family in Tirutani in the then Madras State.

Despite being orthodox, his parents had a vision for their son and sent him to Christain missionary schools and colleges, such as Lutheran Mission School, Tirupati; Vellore College, Vellore; and Madras Christian College. He took up Philosophy at the graduation level in Madras University and went on to master the subject. It was because of him that Indian philosophy is today accorded respect in the West. Throughout his glorious career, Radhakrishnan held numerous important academic, cultural and political posts, both in India and abroad, such as Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University, Spaulding Professor of Eastern Religion and Ethics, Oxford University, Leader of the Indian Delegation to UNESCO, Ambassador-Extraord inary and Minister-Plenipoten tiary to the U.S.S.R., etc. He was also showered with notable honorary degrees and distinctions that include Knighthood, Fellow of the British Academy, the Order of Merit and the Bharat Ratna. He has written extensively on philosophical, theological, ethical, educational, social and cultural subjects. Twice the Vice-President of India, Radhakrishnan became the President after Dr. Rajendra Prasad. His birthday is celebrated as Teacher's Day throughout India.

Third President NAME: Dr. Zakir Hussain BORN: February 8, 1897 DIED: May 3, 1969 PRESIDENCY: May 13, 1967 to May 3, 1969 An educator, Zakir Hussain was born in Hyderabad. He studied at Islam High School, Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, and later at the Anglo-Muhammadan Oriental College (now known as Aligarh Muslim University). He also founded the Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi. After coming back from Germany, where he had gone for higher studies, Hussain became the Vice-Chancellor of Jamia. He held several posts as Chairman, Central Board of Secondary Education, a member of the University Grants Commission and a member of the University Education Commission.

Hussain served as the Vice-President from 1962 to 1967 and then went on to grace Rashtrapati

Bhavan as the third President. The first President to die while in office, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1954 and the Bharat Ratna in 1963.

Fourth President NAME: Varahagiri Venkata Giri BORN: August 10, 1894 DIED: June 23, 1980 PRESIDENCY: May 3, 1969 to July 20, 1969 and August 24, 1969 to August 24, 1974 A prolific writer and a good orator, India's fourth President was born in Berhampur in the Ganjam district of Orissa (then a part of the Madras Presidency). A Telegu by birth, he went to the University of Dublin, Ireland, for higher studies. He soon got absorbed into the freedom struggle in Ireland. Back home, he took active interest in the labour movement and was responsible for forming the All India Trade Union Congress. While taking active participation in the freedom movement, Giri joined the Indian National Congress and mobilised the trade unions in support of the freedom struggle. He was elected to the Parliament in 1952. Thereafter, Giri served as Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Mysore from 1957 to 1967. He became the Vice-President in 1967. Giri had to officiate as President as the then incumbent Dr. Zakir Hussain passed away while in office. He was finally elected the President in 1969. Giri received the Bharat Ratna in 1975.

Fifth President NAME: Dr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed BORN: May 13, 1905 DIED: February 11, 1977 PRESIDENCY: August 24, 1974 to February 11, 1977 A man of many abilities, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was born on May 13, 1905 in the Hauz Qazi area of Old Delhi. He received his primary education from Bonda Government High School, Uttar Pradesh, and did his matriculation from the Delhi Government High School, then under the Punjab University. Later, he joined the Catherine College, Cambridge University, and was called to the Bar from Inner Temple of London. Ahmed joined the Indian National Congress in 1931 and took active part in the freedom struggle. He became part of the Central Cabinet after Independence and held important portfolios. The country's fifth President could not complete his term due to a fatal heart attack.

Sixth President NAME: Neelam Sanjiva Reddy BORN: May 18, 1913 DIED: June 1, 1996 PRESIDENCY: July 25, 1977 to July 25, 1982

India?s sixth President was born in the Anantpur district of Andhra Pradesh. After completing his primary education at Theosophical High School at Adyar in Madras, Reddy went to Government's Arts College at Anantpur for higher studies. He plunged into the freedom movement in 1931, participating in various nationalist activities. Reddy became the chief minister of the then newly-formed state of Andhra Pradesh in 1956, and later from 1962 to 1964.

He served in the cabinet of Prime ministers Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi. Twice elected as the Lok Sabha Speaker (1967 and 1977), Reddy became the President in 1977 after winning the elections hands down as an unopposed candidate.

Seventh President NAME: Giani Zail Singh BORN: May 5, 1916 DIED: December 25, 1994 PRESIDENCY: July 25, 1982 to July 25, 1987 A man of the masses and the only Sikh President of India till date, Zail Singh was born in an agricultural family in village Sandhwan in the then Faridkot State. Hailing from a humble background, Singh showed remarkable acumen in mastering Sikh history and its scriptures. He acquired the epithet of ?Giani? because of his scholarly abilities. After leading the fight against feudalism and participating actively in the freedom movement in Punjab, Singh went on to become the chief minister of the state in 1972. Punjab enjoyed unprecedented peace and prosperity under his leadership. Indira Gandhi inducted him into her cabinet as home minister in 1980. As home minister, Singh utilised his administrative skills to solve many problems that stared in the face of the nation. He was elected to the highest office of India in 1982.

Eighth President NAME: Ramaswamy Venkataraman BORN: December 4, 1910 PRESIDENCY: July 25, 1987 to July 25, 1992 The only living former President, Venkataraman was born in village Rajamadam in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. He did his Masters in Economics from Madras University and Law from Law College, Madras. As a practicing lawyer, he became involved with the Quit India Movement in 1942. Venkataraman was a member of the Constituent Assembly that drafted India`s Constitution. After India became a Republic, he was elected to the Parliament in 1952.

Later, he held important portfolios in the Madras Government. Re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980, Venkataraman was part of Indira Gandhi`s Cabinet. He was Governor, International Monetary Fund, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the Asian Development Bank. He was elected Vice-President of India in 1984 and became the President in 1987.

Ninth President

NAME: Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma BORN: August 19, 1918 DIED: December 26, 1999 PRESIDENCY: July 25, 1992 to July 25, 1997 Born in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, Sharma studied in St. John's College, Agra; Allahabad University; Lucknow University; Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University; Lincoln's Inn, London and Harvard Law School, USA. He taught Law at Cambridge University in 1946-47.

While in Britain, Sharma took active interest in India's struggle for Independence, and later joined the Indian National Congress. After India became a Republic, Sharma took over as the Chief Minister of Bhopal in 1952 before the state of Madhya Pradesh was formed. He also occupied the posts of the Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Maharashtra. Sharma was elected the Vice-President in 1987 and eventually the country's President in 1992. He is credited to have sworn in three prime ministers.

Tenth President NAME: Kocheril Raman Narayanan BORN: October 27, 1920 DIED: November 9, 2005 PRESIDENCY: July 25, 1997 to July 25, 2002 A scholar and a writer, Narayanan was born in village Uzhavoor in Kottayam district of Kerala.

He did his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in English Literature from Travancore University, and later went on to study at the London School of Economics. After a stint in journalism, Narayanan joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1949 and served in Rangoon, Tokyo, London, Canberra and Hanoi. He was India's Ambassador to Thailand, Turkey, China, and eventually became Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs in 1976. After retiring from Foreign Service, Narayanan became the Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1979. He was India's Ambassador to the United States from 1980 to 1984. Upon entering active politics, Narayanan became a Member of Parliament from 1985 to 1992. During this period, he served as Union Minister of State in the Central Cabinet holding diverse portfolios. Elected to the post of Vice-President in 1992, Narayanan became the President in 1997. The only Dalit, till date, to occupy the highest office of India, Narayanan presided over the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of India's freedom from British rule. He is also the first President to cast his vote in the 1998 General Elections.

Eleventh President NAME: Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam BORN: October 15, 1931 PRESIDENCY: July 25, 2002 to July 25, 2007 One of the most distinguished scientists of India, Abdul Kalam is known as the Missile Man of India. He was born at Rameswaram, in Tamil Nadu, and studied Aeronautical Engineering at the Madras Institute of Technology. Kalam developed India`s first Satellite Launch Vehicle. He also

developed and enabled operationalisation of Agni and Prithvi missiles. It was largely because of his efforts that India became a nuclear weapons` country. Befittingly, he has been bestowed with all the three civilian honours of the Nation. The 11th President is also credited with many firsts to his credit. He is the first President to be awarded the Bharat Ratna before he occupied Rashtrapati Bhavan, the first scientist to become the President and the first bachelor to be elected to the highest office of the land. He created history by flying the Sukhoi 30.

Human Body in 24 Hours In 24 hours, An average human: 1. HEART beats 1,03,689 times.

2. LUNGS respire 23,045 times.

3. BLOOD flows 16,80,000 miles.

4. NAILS grow 0.00007 inches.

5. HAIR grows 0.01715 inches.

6. Take 2.9 pounds WATER (including all liquids).

7. Take 3.25 pounds FOOD. 8. Breathe 438 cubic feet AIR. 9. Lose 85.60, BODY TEMPERATURE. 10. Produce 1.43 pints SWEAT. 11. Speak 4,800 WORDS. 12. During SLEEP move 25.4 times.

Scientific Instruments - Information about Scientific Instruments Name of Instrument Altimeter Ammeter Anemometer Audiometer Barometer Balometer Callipers Calorimeter Cardiogram (ECG) Chronometer Cryometer Dynamo Dynamometer

Use of Instrument Measures altitude (uses in aircraft) Measures strength of electric current Measures force and velocity of wind and determines its direction Measures intensity of sound Measures atmospheric pressure Measures heat radiation Measures inner and outer diameter of solids Measures quantities of heat Traces movements of the heat, recorded on a cardiograph Determines longitude of a vessel at sea Measures very low temperatures, usally below 0oC Convert Mechanical energy into electric energy Measures electric power

Electroencephalograph (EEC) Electrometer Electroscope Edoscope Fathometer Fluxmeter Galvanometer Hydrometer Hygrometer Hydrophone

Record and interprets the electrical waves of the brain recorded on electroencephalograph Measures very small, potential difference in electric current Detects presence of an electric current Examines internal organs of the body Measures depth of the ocean Measures magnetic flux Measures the eletric current Measures the relative density of liquids Measures level of humidity Measures sound under water Graphically record physiological movements (e.g., blood Kymograph pressure/heartbeat) Lactometer Measures the relative density of milk to determine purity (fat content) Manometer Measures the pressure of gases Microphone Converts sound waves into electrical signals Microscope To obtain a magnified of light by particles suspended in a liquid Ohmmeter Measures electrical resistance in ohms Ondometer Measures the frequency of electromagnetic waves Periscope To view objects above sea level (used in submarines) Instrument that simultaneously records changes in physiological Polygraph processes such as heartbeat, blood pressure and respiration used as a lie detector Pyknometer Determines the density and coefficient of expansion of liquids Pyrheliometer Measures components of solar radiation Pyrometer Measures very high temperature Quadrant Measures altitude and angles in navigation and astronomy Detects the direction and range of an approaching aeroplane by means Rader of an radiowaves (Radio, Angle, Detection and Range) Refractometer Measures refractive indices An accurate type of thermometer in which temperature is meansured by Resistance Thermometer determining the electrical resistance of a coil of thin wire Salinometer Determines salinity of solutions Used by navigators to find the latitude of a place by measuring the Sextant elevation above the horizon of the sun or another star-also measures the height of distant objects Sphygmomanometer Measures Blood pressure Stereoscope Used to veiw two - dimensional pictures Stethoscope Used by doctors to hear and analyze heat and jung sounds Stroboscope Used to view rapidly moving objects

Tachometer Tacheometer Telescope Theodolite Tonometer Transponder Udometer Venturi meter Viscometer Voltmeter Wattmeter Wavemeter

Determines speed, especially the rotational speed of a shaft (used in motor vehicles, aeroplanes and motor-boats) Used to measure distance, elevations and bearings during survey Used to view distant objects in space Measures horizontal and vertical angles Measures the pitch of sound Used to receive a signal and transmit a reply immediately Rain gauge Measures rate of flow of liquids Measures the viscosity of liquids Used to measure potential difference between two points Measures the power of an electric circuit Measures the wavelength of a radiowave

India General Knowledge Quiz | India General Knowledge Questions 1. Question: Ministerial meeting of WTO held in Dec 99 was unsuccessful because of what reasons?

Answer: Environment-related issues.

2. Question: Name the only Indian President who was the speaker of Lok Sabha also?

Answer: Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy 3. Question: What was the venue of world cup of Football in 1994?

Answer: U.S.A. 4. Question: Manisha Koirala is associated with the advertisement of which brand of fan?

Answer: Ortem fan 5. Question: Name the company whose C.E.O was chosen as the manager of the century by Fortune magazine?

Answer: General Electric (GE) 6. Question: Which International company owns Lotus Development Company?

Answer: IBM 7. Question: Which film has won 11 Oscar awards other than "Titanic"?

Answer: Ben Hur 8. Question: Which states has maximum number of seats reserved for Schedule Tribes in Lok Sabha?

Answer: Madhya Pradesh 9. Question: French Revolution resulted in the abolition of what?

Answer: Slavery

10. Question: The Standing committee of state finance ministers recommended in January 2000 uniform rates across the states in respect of what?

Answer: Sales Tax 11. Question: Which city is known as the "Manchester of South India"?

Answer: Coimbatore 12. Question: How many states are there in India?

Answer: 28 13. Question: Economic liberalization in India started with what?

Answer: It started in the year 1991 with the delicensing of Industries in India 14. Question: Which body is not a creation of the constitution?

Answer: Election Commission 15. Question: Which was the first Indian company to dematerialize its shares?

Answer: Reliance Industries 16. Question: Who is the first person from Africa to become the Secretary General of UN? Answer: Dr. Boutros Boutros Ghali 17. Question: National Income in India is estimated by?

Answer: Central Statistical Organization (C. S. O) 18. Question: Which is the oldest company listed in Wall Street?

Answer: Bank of New York 19. Question: Who led Indian delegation to G-15 summit held at Cairo in June 2000?

Answer: Vice-President, Krishna Kant 20. Question: "Talk to me" is a promotional campaign associated with which company?

Answer: Toothpaste 21. Question: What is the expected food subsidy bill for 2000-01?

Answer: 8100 crores 22. Question: Who is the founder of positive health clinic?

Answer: Dr. Mukesh Batra 23. Question: First public sector unit registered in New York Stock Exchange on 15th August 2000?

Answer: ICICI LTD. 24. Question: Which bank is associated with the Sapnay credit card?

Answer: Standard Chartered Bank 25. Question: Lexus is a sports car owned by which Asian car manufacturer?

Answer: Toyota 26. Question: Indian population constitutes what percentage of the world population?

Answer: 16% 27. Question: Sanjukta Panigrahi was the popular exponent of which form of dance?

Answer: Odissi 28. Question: Who is the MD of ICICI Bank?

Answer: K.V Kamath 29. Question: What is the full form of TRAI? Answer: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

30. Question: What is the meaning of Direct Tax? Answer: Tax imposed and collected directly on and by the consumer 31. Question: Vishvas / Vikas / Vaibahav is the motto of which private bank?

Answer: IndusInd Bank

32. Question: Which form of intellectual property can provide the longest protections?

Answer: Trade mark 33. Question: Khalid Ansari is associated with which publications?

Answer: Mid Day 34. Question: Which Indian News paper has highest of circulation?

Answer: Dainik Bhaskar 35. Question: Who is the Ex-officio chairman of the Planning Commission of India?

Answer: Prime Minister 36. Question: Which Indian TV channel owned the rights for the telecast of 50th Miss World Contest held in Millennium Dome in London?

Answer: Zee TV 37. Question: Bajaj Auto Ltd. is setting its two-wheeler plant in which south Asian country?

Answer: China 38. Question: Who was chosen as the Businessman of the Century by Fortune Magazine?

Answer: Henry Ford 39. Question: Marjorie Sardino is the CEO of which company?

Answer: Pearson Plc. 40. Question: The speaker can ask a member of the house to stop speaking and let another member speak. This phenomenon is known as?

Answer: Yielding the floor.

41. Question: Which place associated with the 1917 freedom movement?

Answer: Champaran Movement 42. Question: Which among the following is the hardest metal among Gold, Iron, Platinum, Tungsten?

Answer: Tungsten 43. Question: Glass is manufactured by heating which of the following up to 400ยบC? (a) Lime stone (b) Soda Ash (c) Silica (Give right combination) Answer: Glass is manufactured by heating Lime stone + Soda Ash + Silica, (all of them) 44. Question: What was the purpose of initiation of Dandi March?

Answer: To break the salt law 45. Question: Convulsions in infants is caused due to the deficiency of which vitamin?

Answer: Pyridoxine - A type of vitamin B 46. Question: Name the only Indian musician to have sung in United Nations (UN)?

Answer: M.S. Subbulakshmi 47. Question: Who won the Tansen Samman for 2001?

Answer: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan 48. Question: Who is the Secretary-General of Commonwealth?

Answer: Don-Mckinnon 49. Question: Who is the Secretary General of Lok Sabha?

Answer: G.C. Malhotra 50. Question: Name the party that won parliamentary elections in Bangladesh in 2001?

Answer: Bangladeshi Nationalist Party (BNP) 51. Question: What is the real GDP annual growth rate according to RBI for 2001 - 2002?

Answer: For 2001-2002 it is 6 to 6.5% (estimated) 52. Question: Who is the chairman of the probing committee of UTI fiasco?

Answer: S.S. Tarapore

53. Question: Name the country that banned Human Cloning in 2001?

Answer: United Kingdom, around April 2001 54. Question: Name the scheme that was not announced by the Prime Minister on 15th August 2001?

Answer: Schemes that were announced on 15th August 2001 are: (1) Sampoorna Gramin Yojana (2) National Nutrition Mission (3) Ambedkar Awas Yojana (4) Housing for families of Army Jawans (therefore, the scheme except the above stated ones was not announced by the Prime Minister) 55. Question: What is the meaning of Hysterisis of an instrument?

Answer: A retardation of the effect when the forces acting upon a body are changed especially a lagging in the values of resulting magnetization in a magnetic material (as iron) due to changing magnetic force.

56. Question: Which physical quantity's unit is 'Tesla'?

Answer: Magnetic Flux 57. Question: Who is the chairman of Railway Board?

Answer: V.K. Aggarwal 58. Question: Who is the Vice-Chancellor of IGNOU? Answer: Professor H.P Dixit 59. Question: Name the movie directed by Mira Nair that won the Golden lion award in 2001?

Answer: Monsoon Wedding 60. Question: K. Venkataswami Commission is associated with which scandal?

Answer: Tehelka Episode (Armsgate Scandal) 61. Question: Who won the Century of the star award in a function held at Egypt in 2001?

Answer: Amitabh Bachchan 62. Question: Who authored "India from midnight to millennium"?

Answer: Shashi Tharoor 63. Question: Who is the Managing Director of HDFC Bank?

Answer: Aditya Puri 64. Question: What is the reason of not falling of Leaning Tower of Peasa?

Answer: Soil below the structure precisely subterranean water makes the ground beneath the tower, unstable 65. Question: Why enamel is coated on a transformer between its coils?

Answer: To reduce heating effect 66. Question: How many states went for Assembly elections in the year 2000?

Answer: five 67. Question: Which personality is known as "Fiat Palio brand champion"?

Answer: Sachin Tendulkar 68. Question: Name the plant that gives only seeds and not fruit?

Answer: Cycus 69. Question: Which is a polymer (few options like, vinyl chloride, urea etc. were given)?

Answer: Nylon 70. Question: Who initiated the construction of Fatehpur Sikri?

Answer: Akbar

71. Question: According to the World FDI investment report, from the year 2000 to 2001, FDI has increased by 18%. This increase amounts to what amount in dollars?

Answer: 1.3 trillion dollars.

72. Question: Which state has launched "Apna Van Apna Dhan" scheme?

Answer: Himachal Pradesh 73. Question: Borndila pass is situated in which state of India?

Answer: Arunachal Pradesh 74. Question: When was National Tourism Policy drafted?

Answer: The answer was none of the given options, as Dec. 2001 was slated to be the month of drafting the policy, finally.

75. Question: As per the Global Competitiveness Report, 2001 which country has emerged as the most the competitive nation?

Answer: Singapore 76. Question: An egg sinks in tap water but floats in a concentrated solution of salt because of what?

Answer: The density of salt solution exceeds the density of eggs.

77. Question: The science dealing with the study of phenomenon at very low temperature is known as what?

Answer: CRYOGENICS 78. Question: Jhum is a type of what?

Answer: Cultivation 79. Question: Gasoline is the name given to the same substance as: Answer: natural gas 80. Question: Which of the following is an organic rock?

Answer: coal 81. Question: The writ of certiorari is issued by a superior court Answer: to an inferior court to transfer the records of proceedings in a case for its review.

82. Question: Tata, Birlas, AT&T infused Rs. 300 crores (100 crores each) into which company as it was jointly called: Answer: Batata 83. Question: Inflation, in theory, occurs: Answer: when money supply grows at a higher rate than GDP in real terms.

84. Question: Aggregate Measure of Support (AMS) in the context of WTO refers to: Answer: The quantum of subsidy given to the agriculture sector.

85. Question: Name the official sponsor of the Indian hockey Team for the year 2001?

Answer: Indian Airlines.

86. Question: Daniel Radcliffe made headlines for getting the role of portraying on screen which famous muggle-born in the literary world?

Answer: Harry Potter 87. Question: Name the scheme run by Unit Trust of India, which was dubbed "Pandora's Box of Horror"?

Answer: US 64.

88. Question: In which year did the first modern Olympic Games take place?

Answer: 1896.

89. Question: The Pizza Hut is the world's largest food chain. Name the world's largest restaurant company?

Answer: McDonalds.

90. Question: Which is the last letter in the Greek alphabet?

Answer: Omega.

91. Question: Sound travels fastest through: Answer: Steel.

92. Question: Excise duty is tax levied on: Answer: production of goods.

93. Question: Which of the following is considered a good source of Vitamin A? Answer: Carrot.

94. Question: What is common to these people? Manmohan Singh, C. Rangarajan, Bimal Jalan, L.K. Jha Answer: They have served as Governors of RBI. 95. Question: What is common to these cities? Seattle, Doha, Singapore Answer: Venue of WTO ministerial conference.

96. Question: Which among the following products forms India's largest item of export in terms of value?

Answer: Gems and Jewellery 97. Question: Who received the Indira Gandhi Prize of Peace, Disarmament and Development of the year 2000?

Answer: Mary Robinson 98. Question: Jeff Bezos is the founder of which popular website?

Answer: Amazon.com 99. Question: Who was involved in Hawala scandal?

Answer: Jain brothers 100.

Question: Where are the headquarters WTO? Answer: Geneva 101.

Question: What is India's share in total world exports?

Answer: 0.6% 102.

Question: Where is Almati Dam Situated?

Answer: Karnataka 103.

Question: "Wealth of Nations", is authored by?

Answer: Adam Smith 104.

Question: Hydraulic brake is application of?

Answer: Pascal's law of pressure 105.

Question: What are the main components of fertilizers?

Answer: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium (N, P, K) 106.

Question: Optical fiber is mode up of?

Answer: Glass threads 107.

Question: Where are the Headquarters of European Union?

Answer: Brussels 108.

Question: Who is the chairman of UTI? Answer: M.M Damodaran 109.

Question: Dalal Street is situated in which city of India?

Answer: Mumbai

110.

Question: Who is the Governor of Reserve Bank of India?

Answer: Dr. Bimal Jalan 111.

Question: Ashok Chakra is associated with?

Answer: Bravery 112.

Question: Name the tallest living tree.

Answer: Redwood tree 113.

Question: Who was the founding leader of Muslim league?

Answer: Aga Khan III 114.

Question: Where are Caves of Ajanta situated?

Answer: Maharashtra 115.

Question: How many countries have adopted 'Euro' as their currency?

Answer: 12 (as on Jan 1, 2002) 116.

Question: Which batsman has the best bowling record in One Day Internationals?

Answer: Wasim Akram (only cricketer to have 300 wickets and 3000 runs in ODI's) 117.

Question: Which state won highest number of medals in National Games which were held in Nov - Dec 2001?

Answer: Punjab 118.

Question: Who is "Ranil Wickramasinghay"?

Answer: Leader of the opposition in Sri-Lanka.

119.

Question: Which of the following is the second largest commercial Bank in India?

Answer: According to the latest information ICICI Ltd. has said that it would merge with ICICI Bank to create the second largest commercial Bank in India, in the last week of October, 2001.

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Question: Which Indian Film was nominated for Oscar 2002 award?

Answer: Lagaan by Amir Khan.

121.

Question: Which Indian state produces largest amount of mica?

Answer: Bihar 122.

Question: ISO 14000 certificates are associated with which field?

Answer: Environment Management Standards 123.

Question: Which movie won the "Golden Lion" award in 2001?

Answer: Monsoon wedding directed by Mira Nair.

124.

Question: Which serial won the best serial award?

Answer: Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. 125.

Question: Who is the present Principal scientific Advisor to the Government of India?

Answer: Dr. R. Chidambaram 126.

Question: Which industrialist purchased the L&T shares from Ambanis in late 2001?

Answer: A.V. Birla (owner of Grasim Industries) 127.

Question: What is the former name of the company "Aventis"?

Answer: Pasteur Merieux Connaught.

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Question: What was the venue for 2004 Olympic Games?

Answer: Athens in Greece 129.

Question: How many Indians have won all England Badminton Championship so far?

Answer: 2 - Prakash Padukone & P. Gopichand

130.

Question: What is the revised Indian export growth target for 2001 - 2002?

Answer: For the year 2001 to 2002 (April to March) it is reduced from 12% to 9%.

131.

Question: '.com' in all the web sites stands for?

Answer: Commercial 132.

Question: "You give me blood, I will give you freedom", was the words of which famous Indian leader?

Answer: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

Fun Facts, Random Facts, Strange Facts Collection of Wonderful Facts Fun Facts that you always wanted to know. Weird and wonderful facts and trivia with collection of useless tidbits of knowledge to impress your friends with.

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It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.

It's been proven that people can lessen reactions to allergies by laughing.

Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system.

Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

5. In the middle ages, people would pin the name of their sweetheart to their sleeve on Valentine's Day and keep it there for a week, hence 'wearing their heart on their sleeve'.

6. It was during the Victorian era that the formerly nude Cupid was redesigned as wearing a skirt.

7. The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!

8. February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

9. Tomato Ketchup was once used as medicine in the United States. It was sold as "Dr. Miles Compound Extract of Tomato" 10. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.

General Knowledge Questions and Answers 1. Which metal is heavier, silver or gold?

2. How many legs do butterflies have?

3. Which is the country with the most people?

4. Which state is the biggest in the US? 5. Which country has the largest area of land?

6. Which is the country hosting the 2008 Olympic Games?

7. Which indoor sport is the most popular in the US? 8. Which golf player's mother is from Thailand?

9. What is Aurora Borealis commonly known as?

10. Which is the non-contagious disease that is the most common in the world?

11. Which was the album the Beatles recorded the last time together?

12. Which instrument did Miles Davis, the jazz musician, play?

13. What is the sport in which you could get into a headlock?

14. In which country was golf first played?

15. Which is the sport where you could be out ?leg before wicket?, or ?hit a six??

16. When did baseball originate in the US? 17. Which is the sport wherein you would use a 'sand iron'?

18. What is the largest mammal in the world?

19. Which is the country where reggae music originated?

20. Who was the creator of Jeeves and Wooster?

21. Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

22. Who was the writer of Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland?

23. After which famous person was the teddy bear named?

24. Which is the smallest ocean in the world?

25. What is the rhino?s horn made of?

Answers 1. Gold 2. Six 3. China 4. Alaska 5. Russia 6. China 7. Basketball 8. Tiger Woods 9. Northern Lights 10. Tooth Decay 11. Abbey Road 12. Trumpet 13. Wrestling 14. Scotland 15. Cricket 16. 19th Century 17. Golf 18. Blue Whale 19. Jamaica 20. P.G. Wodehouse 21. Michelangelo 22. Lewis Carroll 23. Theodore Roosevelt 24. Arctic Ocean 25. Hair

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Highest Run scorer in the ODI (One Day International) Most number of hundreds (41) in the ODI Most number of nineties in the ODI Most number of man of the matches (56) in the ODI's Most number of man of the series (14) in ODI's Best average for man of the matches in ODI's First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI First Cricketer to pass 15000 run in the ODI He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007) 10. Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup.

11. Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16 12. Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup. 13. He was Player of the World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup. 14. Most number of Fifties (87) in ODI's 15. Appeared in maximum number of ODI's 407 16. He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years.

17. Most number of 100's in test's 38 18. He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so.

19. He is thus far the only cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honor.

20. In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as d No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player.

21. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman.

22. He was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli.

23. Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts.

24. In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire.

25. Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri

by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them.

26. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI's 7 times 27. Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI's most by any batsman.

28. He is the highest earning cricketer in the world.

29. He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match. Out of his 56 man of the match awards only 5 times India has lost.

30. Tendulkar most number man of match awards (10) against Australia.

31. In August of 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the "Greatest Sportsman" of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News.

32. In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes.

33. In December 2006, he was named ?Sports person of the Year?.

34. The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others.

35. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket.

36. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket: 79 centuries.

37. Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+ Twenty-20s), as of 30 June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall.

38. He is second on the most number of runs in test cricket just after Brian Lara.

39. Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly holds the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches.

40. The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record.

41. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999.

42. Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid.

43. Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998.

44. Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (41 Centuries and 87 Fifties) (as of 18th Nov, 2007).

45. The only player ever to cross the 13,000-14,000 and 15,000 run marks IN ODI. 46. Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999).

47. The score of 186 is listed the fifth highest score recorded in ODI matches.

48. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major cricketing nations.

49. Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs.

50. Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds.

51. Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185 52. On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world.

53. When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century.

54. Tendulkar's record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record.

55. Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side.

56. Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations. He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten.

57. Tendulkar has 4 seasons in test cricket with 1000 or more runs - 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs). Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs.

58. He is second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world.

59. On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara's (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home.

60. Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings.

61. Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches.

62. Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara.

63. Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), Shane Warne (145 Tests) have appeared in more games than Tendulkar.

64. Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches (144) for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances).

65. First to score 25,000 international runs.

66. Tendulkar's 25,016 runs in international cricket include 14,537 runs in ODI's, 10,469 Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played.

67. On December 10, 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka. He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 centuries to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket.

68. Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wickets and more than 15000 runs in ODI. 69. Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wickets and more than 11000 runs in Tests.

70. Only batsman to have 100 hundreds in the first class cricket.

3 weird facts about Microsoft Windows 1. Nobody can create a folder named "Con".

Try to create anywhere on your hard disk a folder called "Con" (without the quotes). Go to a location on your hard disk, right click, choose "New" and then select "Folder" from the menu that appears. Name the folder "Con" (without quotes) and hit Enter. You?ll see that the folder won?t be named "Con". It will be "New folder" 2. A text file made with Notepad, with the following content : "Bush hid the facts" (without quotes) won?t display the actual text.

Go to Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Notepad . Write in Notepad the following text : "Bush hid the facts" (without quotes) then Save the file and exit Notepad. Now go to the text file you created and open it. You?ll see that the text you just wrote and save won?t show.

3. Write in Word this : "=rand(200,99)" (without the quotes) and witness the magic.

Open Microsoft Word and on the first line write : "=rand(200,99)" (without the quotes) and hit Enter key. See the magic.

Logical and Aptitude Test Questions with Answers Here is the collection of some really nice logical & aptitude test questions for interview or quiz preparation. Answers of the logical & aptitude questions are provided for the reference at the bottom of this article.

1. A man decides to buy a nice horse. He pays $60 for it, and he is very content with the strong animal. After a year, the value of the horse has increased to $70 and he decides to sell the horse.

But already a few days later he regrets his decision to sell the beautiful horse, and he buys it again. Unfortunately he has to pay $80 to get it back, so he loses $10. After another year of owning the horse, he finally decides to sell the horse for $90. What is the overall profit the man makes?

2. A bus run at 100 km/hr top speed. It can carry a maximum of 6 persons. If speed of bus decreases in fixed proportion with increase in number of person, find speed when three person are traveling in bus.

3. A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password that was required. He waited by the door and listened. A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said, "twelve." The member replied, "six" and was let in. A second member came to the door and the doorman said, "six." The member replied, "three" and was let in. The man thought he had heard enough and walked up to the door. The doorman said, "ten" and the man replied, "five". But he was not let in. What should have he said?

4. There are 20 pieces of bread to divide among 20 people. A man eats 3 pieces, woman eats 2 pieces and a child eats half piece of bread. Tell the correct combination of men, women and children so that they are 20 people in total and everyone gets the bread. Note that a man cannot eat less than 3 or more than 3. A woman cannot eat less than 2 or more than 2 and the child cannot eat less than half or more than half piece of the bread. You have to tell there are how may are men, women and children in those 20 people.

5. A cube of side 4cm is painted with 3 colors red, blue and green in such a way that opposite sides are painted in the same color. This cube is now cut into 64 cubes of equal size.

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How many cubes have only one side painted.

How many cubes have no side painted.

How many have exactly one side not painted.

6. How many squares are there on a normal chessboard?

7. Three people picked 65 apples altogether. At the first tree they each picked the same number of apples. At the second tree they each picked 3 times as many as they picked at the first tree.

When they finished at the third tree, the group had 5 times as many apples as they had when they started at that tree. At the fourth tree the group picked just 5 apples. How many apples did each person pick at the first tree?

8. 4 criminals are caught and are to be punished. The Judge allows them to be freed if they can solve a puzzle. If they do not, they will be hung. They agreed. The 4 criminals are lined up on some steps (shown in picture). They are all facing in the same direction. A wall seperates the fourth man from the other three.

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Man 1 can see men 2 and 3.

Man 2 can see man 3.

Man 3 can see none of the others.

Man 4 can see none of the others.

The criminals are wearing hats. They are told that there are two white hats and two black hats.

The men initially don't know what colour hat they are wearing. They are told to shout out the colour of the hat that they are wearing as soon as they know for certain what colour it is.

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They are not allowed to turn round or move.

They are not allowed to talk to each other.

They are not allowed to take their hats off.

Now the question is "Who is the first person to shout out and why?"

9. At a party, everyone shook hands with everybody else. There were 66 handshakes. How many people were at the party?

10. You have to measure exactly 4 liters of water, but you only have a 3-liter bottle and a 5-liter bottle. How do you do it?

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1. Consider the trade-story as if it describes two separate trades, where: In the first trade, the man buys something for $60 and sells it again for $70, so he makes a profit of $10. In the second trade, the man buys something for $80 and sells it again for $90, so he makes again a profit of $10.

Conclusion: The man makes an overall profit of $10 + $10 = $20.

You can also look at the problem as follows: The total expenses are $60 + $80 = $140 and the total earnings are $70 + $90 = $160. The overall profit is therefore $160 - $140 = $20.

2. 100 Km/hr because that is the top speed of the bus.

3. The man had to reply the number of characters in the word the Doorman was asking. He should have replied "Three" instead of "Five".

4. There are 5 women, 1 man and 14 children.

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Cubes that have at least two sides painted in different colours are 24 + 8 = 32.

Cubes that have only one side painted are 24.

Cubes that have no side painted = 8.

Cubes that have exactly one side not painted = 0.

There are actually 204 squares on a chessboard. Surprised! Here is the explanation.

There are 64 (1x1) squares. There are 49 (2x2) squares. There are 36 (3x3) squares.

There are 25 (4x4) squares. There are 16 (5x5) squares. There are 9 (6x6) squares. Then there are 4 (7x7) squares and 1 big 8x8 square. So, there are a total of 204 squares on a normal chessboard.

7. One Apple 8. Man 1 will shout first. If Man1 will not shout then Man 2 surely shouts.

Reason: Man 1 can see the other two criminals? hats. If the hats are same color then he told his hat is opposite color of remaining two hats. So he shouts first. If Man 1 does not shout, it means that the hats of Man 2 and Man 3 are of different color. So Man 2 sees the color of Man 3 hat and he tells that the color of his hat is opposite to the color of Man 3 Hat.

9. With two people, there is one handshake. With three people, there are three handshakes. With four people, there are six handshakes. In general, with n+1 people, the number of handshakes is the sum of the first n consecutive numbers: 1+2+3+...+n. Since this sum is n(n+1)/2, we need to solve the equation n(n+1)/2 = 66. This is the quadratic equation n2+n-132 = 0. Solving for n, we obtain 11 as the answer and deduce that there were 12 people at the party.

10. Fill the 3-litre bottle and pour it into the empty 5-litre bottle. Fill the 3-litre bottle again, and pour enough to fill 5-litre bottle. This leaves exactly 1 litre in the 3-litre bottle. Empty the 5-litre bottle; pour the remaining 1 litre from the 3-litre bottle into the 5-litre bottle. Fill the 3-litre bottle and pour it into the 5-litre bottle. The 5-litre bottle now has exactly 4 litres.

List of Different Types of Doctors 1. Psychiatrist - Deals with mental health 2. Podiatrist - Foot doctor 3. Optometrist - Eye doctor 4. Dentist - Tooth doctor 5. Urologist - Deals with bladder 6. Obstetrician - Deals with pregnancy and birth 7. Pediatrician - Child doctor 8. Oncologist- Cancer doctor 9. Neurologist - Deals with the problems of Brain and nerves 10. Cardiologist - Heart doctor 11. Nephrologist - Kidney doctor 12. Rheumatologist - Deals with treatment of arthritis and other diseases of the joints, muscles and bones 13. Dermatologist - Deals with skin problems 14. Endocrinologist - Deals with the problems of thyroid and ductless glands 15. Gastrologist - Deals with digestive system problems

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A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

A bad corn promise is better than a good lawsuit.

A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

A bargain is a bargain.

A beggar can never be bankrupt.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

A bird may be known by its song.

A black hen lays a white egg.

A blind leader of the blind.

10. A blind man would be glad to see.

11. A broken friendship may be soldered, but will never be sound.

12. A burden of one's own choice is not felt.

13. A burnt child dreads the fire.

14. A cat in gloves catches no mice.

15. A city that parleys is half gotten.

16. A civil denial is better than a rude grant.

17. A clean fast is better than a dirty breakfast.

18. A clean hand wants no washing.

19. A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.

20. A close mouth catches no flies.

21. A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.

22. A cracked bell can never sound well.

23. A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.

24. A curst cow has short horns.

25. A danger foreseen is half avoided.

26. A drop in the bucket.

27. A drowning man will catch at a straw.

28. A fair face may hide a foul heart.

29. A fault confessed is half redressed.

30. A fly in the ointment.

31. A fool always rushes to the fore.

32. A fool and his money are soon parted.

33. A fool at forty is a fool indeed.

34. A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.

35. A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.

36. A fool's tongue runs before his wit.

37. A forced kindness deserves no thanks.

38. A foul morn may turn to a fair day.

39. A fox is not taken twice in the same snare.

40. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

41. A friend is never known till needed.

42. A friend to all is a friend to none.

43. A friend's frown is better than a foe's smile.

44. A good anvil does not fear the hammer.

45. A good beginning is half the battle.

46. A good beginning makes a good ending.

47. A good deed is never lost.

48. A good dog deserves a good bone.

49. A good example is the best sermon.

50. A good face is a letter of recommendation.

51. A good Jack makes a good Jill.

52. A good marksman may miss.

53. A good name is better than riches.

54. A good name is sooner lost than won.

55. A good name keeps its luster in the dark.

56. A good wife makes a good husband.

57. A great dowry is a bed full of brambles.

58. A great fortune is a great slavery.

59. A great ship asks deep waters.

60. A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

61. A hard nut to crack.

62. A heavy purse makes a light heart.

63. A hedge between keeps friendship green.

64. A honey tongue, a heart of gall.

65. A hungry belly has no ears.

66. A hungry man is an angry man.

67. A Jack of all trades is master of none.

68. A Joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend.

69. A lawyer never goes to law himself.

70. A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy.

71. A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.

72. A lie begets a lie.

73. A light purse is a heavy curse.

74. A light purse makes a heavy heart.

75. A little body often harbours a great soul.

76. A little fire is quickly trodden out.

77. A man can die but once.

78. A man can do no more than he can.

79. A man is known by the company he keeps.

80. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.

81. A miserly father makes a prodigal son.

82. A miss is as good as a mile.

83. A new broom sweeps clean.

84. A nod from a lord is a breakfast for a fool.

85. A penny saved is a penny gained.

86. A penny soul never came to two pence.

87. A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.

88. A rolling stone gathers no moss.

89. A round peg in a square hole.

90. A shy cat makes a proud mouse.

91. A silent fool is counted wise.

92. A small leak will sink a great ship.

93. A soft answer turns away wrath.

94. A sound mind in a sound body.

95. A stitch in time saves nine.

96. A storm in a teacup.

97. A tattler is worse than a thief.

98. A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf.

99. A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich.

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A wager is a fool's argument.

A watched pot never boils.

A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will.

A wolf in sheep's clothing.

A wonder lasts but nine days.

A word is enough to the wise.

A word spoken is past recalling.

Actions speak louder than words.

Adversity is a great schoolmaster.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

After a storm comes a calm.

After dinner comes the reckoning.

After dinner sit (sleep) a while, after supper walk a mile.

After rain comes fair weather.

After us the deluge.

Agues come on horseback, but go away on foot.

All are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives?

All are not friends that speak us fair.

All are not hunters that blow the horn.

All are not merry that dance lightly.

All are not saints that go to church.

All asses wag their ears.

All bread is not baked in one oven.

All cats are grey in the dark (in the night).

All covet, all lose.

All doors open to courtesy.

All is fish that comes to his net.

All is not lost that is in peril.

All is well that ends well.

All lay load on the willing horse.

All men can't be first.

All men can't be masters.

All promises are either broken or kept.

All roads lead to Rome.

All sugar and honey.

All that glitters is not gold.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

All truths are not to be told.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

"Almost" never killed a fly (was never hanged).

Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

An ass in a lion's skin.

An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold.

An ass loaded with gold climbs to the top of the castle.

An empty hand is no lure for a hawk.

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An empty sack cannot stand upright.

An empty vessel gives a greater sound than a full barrel.

An evil chance seldom comes alone.

An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told.

An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.

An oak is not felled at one stroke.

An old dog barks not in vain.

An open door may tempt a saint.

An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of learning.

An ox is taken by the horns and a man by the tongue.

An unfortunate man would be drowned in a teacup.

Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

Any port in a storm.

Appearances are deceitful.

Appetite comes with eating.

As drunk as a lord.

As innocent as a babe unborn.

As like as an apple to an oyster.

As like as two peas.

As old as the hills.

As plain as the nose on a man's face.

As plain as two and two make four.

As snug as a bug in a rug .

As sure as eggs is eggs.

As the call, so the echo.

As the fool thinks, so the bell clinks.

As the old cock crows, so does the young.

As the tree falls, so shall it lie.

As the tree, so the fruit.

As welcome as flowers in May. As welcome as water in one's shoes.

As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb.

As you brew, so must you drink.

As you make your bed, so must you lie on it.

As you sow, so shall you reap.

Ask no questions and you will be told no lies.

At the ends of the earth.

Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune.

Bad news has wings.

Barking does seldom bite.

Be slow to promise and quick to perform.

Be swift to hear, slow to speak.

Beauty is but skin-deep.

Beauty lies in lover's eyes.

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Before you make a friend eat a bushel of salt with him.

Beggars cannot be choosers.

Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.

Best defense is offence.

Better a glorious death than a shameful life.

Better a lean peace than a fat victory.

English Proverbs & Sayings Part 2 1. Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us.

2. Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.

3. Better an open enemy than a false friend.

4. Better be alone than in bad company.

5. Better be born lucky than rich.

6. Better be envied than pitied.

7. Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

8. Better deny at once than promise long.

9. Better die standing than live kneeling.

10. Better early than late.

11. Better give a shilling than lend a half-crown.

12. Better go to bed supper-less than rise in debt.

13. Better late than never.

14. Better lose a jest than a friend.

15. Better one-eyed than stone-blind.

16. Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.

17. Better the foot slip than the tongue.

18. Better to do well than to say well.

19. Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.

20. Better unborn than untaught.

21. Better untaught than ill-taught.

22. Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip.

23. Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea.

24. Between two evils 'tis not worth choosing.

25. Between two stools one goes (falls) to the ground.

26. Between the upper and nether millstone.

27. Betwixt and between.

28. Beware of a silent dog and still water.

29. Bind the sack before it be full.

30. Birds of a feather flock together.

31. Blind men can judge no colours.

32. Blood is thicker than water.

33. Borrowed garments never fit well.

34. Brevity is the soul of wit.

35. Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.

36. Business before pleasure.

37. By doing nothing we learn to do ill.

38. By hook or by crook.

39. By the street of 'by-and-bye' one arrives at the house of 'Never'.

40. Calamity is man's true touchstone.

41. Care killed the cat.

42. Catch the bear before you sell his skin.

43. Caution is the parent of safety.

44. Charity begins at home.

45. Cheapest is the dearest.

46. Cheek brings success.

47. Children and fools must not play with edged tools.

48. Children are poor men's riches.

49. Choose an author as you choose a friend.

50. Christmas comes but once a year, (but when it comes it brings good cheer).

51. Circumstances alter cases.

52. Claw me, and I will claw thee.

53. Cleanliness is next to godliness.

54. Company in distress makes trouble less.

55. Confession is the first step to repentance.

56. Counsel is no command.

57. Creditors have better memories than debtors.

58. Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

59. Crows do not pick crow's eyes.

60. Curiosity killed a cat.

61. Curses like chickens come home to roost.

62. Custom is a second nature.

63. Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools.

64. Cut your coat according to your cloth.

65. Death is the grand leveller.

66. Death pays all debts.

67. Death when it comes will have no denial.

68. Debt is the worst poverty.

69. Deeds, not words.

70. Delays are dangerous.

71. Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies.

72. Diligence is the mother of success (good luck).

73. Diseases are the interests of pleasures.

74. Divide and rule.

75. Do as you would be done by.

76. Dog does not eat dog.

77. Dog eats dog.

78. Dogs that put up many hares kill none.

79. Doing is better than saying.

80. Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

81. Don't cross the bridges before you come to them.

82. Don't have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain.

83. Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

84. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

85. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

86. Don't sell the bear's skin before you've caught it.

87. Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.

88. Don't whistle (halloo) until you are out of the wood.

89. Dot your i's and cross your t's.

90. Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed.

91. Drive the nail that will go.

92. Drunken days have all their tomorrow.

93. Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals.

94. Dumb dogs are dangerous.

95. Each bird loves to hear himself sing.

96. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

97. Easier said than done.

98. East or West ? home is best.

99. Easy come, easy go.

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Every white has its black, and every sweet its sour.

Every why has a wherefore.

Everybody's business is nobody's business.

Everything comes to him who waits.

Everything is good in its season.

Evil communications corrupt good manners.

Experience is the mother of wisdom.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other.

Experience keeps no school, she teaches her pupils singly.

Extremes meet.

Facts are stubborn things.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Fair without, foul (false) within.

Fair words break no bones.

False friends are worse than open enemies.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Far from eye, far from heart.

Fasting comes after feasting.

Faults are thick where love is thin.

Feast today and fast tomorrow.

Fine feathers make fine birds.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

First catch your hare.

First come, first served.

First deserve and then desire.

First think, then speak.

Fish and company stink in three days.

Fish begins to stink at the head.

Follow the river and you'll get to the sea.

Fool's haste is no speed.

Fools and madmen speak the truth.

Fools grow without watering.

Fools may sometimes speak to the purpose.

Fools never know when they are well.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

For the love of the game.

Forbearance is no acquittance.

Forbidden fruit is sweet.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Fortune favours the brave (the bold).

Fortune is easily found, but hard to be kept.

Four eyes see more (better) than two.

Friends are thieves of time.

From bad to worse.

From pillar to post.

Gentility without ability is worse than plain beggary.

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Get a name to rise early, and you may lie all day.

Gifts from enemies are dangerous.

Give a fool rope enough, and he will hang himself.

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

Give him an inch and he'll take an ell.

Give never the wolf the wether to keep.

Gluttony kills more men than the sword.

Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark.

Good clothes open all doors.

Good counsel does no harm.

Good health is above wealth.

Good masters make good servants.

Good words and no deeds.

Good words without deeds are rushes and reeds.

Gossiping and lying go hand in hand.

Grasp all, lose all.

Great barkers are no biters.

Great boast, small roast.

Great cry and little wool.

Great spenders are bad lenders.

Great talkers are great liars.

Great talkers are little doers.

Greedy folk have long arms.

Habit cures habit.

Half a loaf is better than no bread.

"Hamlet" without the Prince of Denmark .

Handsome is that handsome does.

Happiness takes no account of time.

Happy is he that is happy in his children.

Hard words break no bones.

Hares may pull dead lions by the beard.

Harm watch, harm catch.

Haste makes waste.

Hasty climbers have sudden falls.

Hate not at the first harm.

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

Hawks will not pick hawks' eyes.

He begins to die that quits his desires.

He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue.

He carries fire in one hand and water in the other.

He dances well to whom fortune pipes.

He gives twice who gives in a trice.

He goes long barefoot that waits for dead man's shoes.

He is a fool that forgets himself.

He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.

He is happy that thinks himself so.

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He is lifeless that is faultless.

He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.

He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.

He is not poor that has little, but he that desires much.

He jests at scars that never felt a wound.

He knows best what good is that has endured evil.

He knows how many beans make five.

He knows much who knows how to hold his tongue.

He laughs best who laughs last.

He lives long that lives well.

He must needs swim that is held up by the chin.

He should have a long spoon that sups with the devil.

He smells best that smells of nothing.

He that comes first to the hill may sit where he will.

He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it.

He that does you an i!i turn will never forgive you.

He that fears every bush must never go a-birding.

He that fears you present wiil hate you absent.

He that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing.

He that goes barefoot must not plant thorns.

He that has a full purse never wanted a friend.

He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it.

He that has an ill name is half hanged.

He that has no children knows not what love is.

He that has He head needs no hat.

He that has no money needs no purse.

He that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned.

He that is full of himself is very empty.

He that is ill to himself will be good to nobody.

He that is warm thinks all so.

He that knows nothing doubts nothing.

He that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas.

He that lives with cripples learns to limp.

He that mischief hatches, mischief catches.

He that never climbed never fell.

He that once deceives is ever suspected.

He that promises too much means nothing.

He that respects not is not respected.

He that seeks trouble never misses.

He that serves everybody is paid by nobody.

He that serves God for money will serve the devil for better wages.

He that spares the bad injures the good.

He that talks much errs much.

He that talks much lies much.

He that will eat the kernel must crack the nut.

He that will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay.

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He that will steal an egg will steal an ox.

He that will thrive, must rise at five.

He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree.

He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens.

He who is born a fool is never cured.

He who hesitates is lost.

He who likes borrowing dislikes paying.

He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing.

He who pleased everybody died before he was born.

He who says what he likes, shall hear what he doesn't like.

He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet.

He who would eat the nut must first crack the shell.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

He will never set the Thames on fire.

He works best who knows his trade.

Head cook and bottle-washer.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

His money burns a hole in his pocket.

Honesty is the best policy.

Honey is not for the ass's mouth.

Honey is sweet, but the bee stings.

Honour and profit lie not in one sack.

Honours change manners.

Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper.

Hope is the poor man's bread.

Hunger breaks stone walls.

Hunger finds no fault with cookery.

Hunger is the best sauce.

Hungry bellies have no ears.

Idle folks lack no excuses.

Idleness is the mother of all evil.

Idleness rusts the mind.

If an ass (donkey) bray at you, don't bray at him.

If ifs and ans were pots and pans.

If my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle.

If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

If the sky falls, we shall catch larks.

English Proverbs & Sayings Part 3 1. If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun.

2. If things were to be done twice all would be wise.

3. If we can't as we would, we must do as we can.

4. If wishes were horses, beggars might ride.

5. If you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow.

6. If you cannot bite, never show your teeth.

7. If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have.

8. If you dance you must pay the fiddler.

9. If you laugh before breakfast you'll cry before supper.

10. If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.

11. If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.

12. If you throw mud enough, some of it will stick.

13. If you try to please all you will please none.

14. If you want a thing well done, do it yourself.

15. Ill-gotten gains never prosper.

16. Ill-gotten, ill-spent.

17. In every beginning think of the end.

18. In for a penny, in for a pound.

19. In the country of the blind one-eyed man is a king.

20. In the end things will mend.

21. In the evening one may praise the day.

22. Iron hand (fist) in a velvet glove.

23. It is a good horse that never stumbles.

24. It is a long lane that has no turning.

25. It is a poor mouse that has only one hole.

26. It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.

27. It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.

28. It is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait.

29. It is easy to swim if another hoids up your chin (head).

30. It is enough to make a cat laugh.

31. It is good fishing in troubled waters.

32. It is never too late to learn.

33. It is no use crying over spilt milk.

34. It is the first step that costs.

35. It never rains but it pours.

36. It's as broad as it's long.

37. It's no use pumping a dry well.

38. It's one thing to flourish and another to fight.

39. It takes all sorts to make a world.

40. Jackdaw in peacock's feathers.

41. Jest with an ass and he will flap you in the face with his tail.

42. Judge not of men and things at first sight.

43. Just as the twig is bent, the tree is inclined.

44. Keep a thing seven years and you will find a use for it.

45. Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.

46. Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

47. Last, but not least.

48. Laws catch flies, but let hornets go free.

49. Learn to creep before you leap.

50. Learn to say before you sing.

51. Learn wisdom by the follies of others.

52. Least said, soonest mended.

53. Leaves without figs.

54. Let bygones be bygones.

55. Let every man praise the bridge he goes over.

56. Let sleeping dogs lie.

57. Let well (enough) alone.

58. Liars need good memories.

59. Lies have short legs.

60. Life is but a span.

61. Life is not a bed of roses.

62. Life is not all cakes and ale (beer and skittles).

63. Like a cat on hot bricks.

64. Like a needle in a haystack.

65. Like begets like.

66. Like cures like.

67. Like father, like son.

68. Like draws to like.

69. Like master, like man.

70. Like mother, like daughter.

71. Like parents, like children.

72. Like priest, like people.

73. Like teacher, like pupil.

74. Little chips light great fires.

75. Little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

76. Little pigeons can carry great messages.

77. Little pitchers have long ears.

78. Little strokes fell great oaks.

79. Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.

80. Little things amuse little minds.

81. Live and learn.

82. Live and let live.

83. Live not to eat, but eat to live.

84. Long absent, soon forgotten.

85. Look before you leap.

86. Look before you leap, but having leapt never look back.

87. Lookers-on see more than players.

88. Lord (God, Heaven) helps those (them) who help themselves.

89. Lost time is never found again.

90. Love cannot be forced.

91. Love in a cottage.

92. Love is blind, as well as hatred.

93. Love me, love my dog.

94. Love will creep where it may not go.

95. Make haste slowly.

96. Make hay while the sun shines.

97. Make or mar.

98. Man proposes but God disposes.

99. Many a fine dish has nothing on it.

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Many a good cow has a bad calf.

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Many a good father has but a bad son.

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Many a little makes a mickle.

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Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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Many hands make light work.

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Many men, many minds.

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Many words hurt more than swords.

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Many words will not fill a bushel.

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Marriages are made in heaven.

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Measure for measure.

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Measure thrice and cut once.

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Men may meet but mountains never.

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Mend or end (end or mend).

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Might goes before right.

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Misfortunes never come alone (singly).

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Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.

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Money begets money.

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Money has no smell.

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Money is a good servant but a bad master.

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Money often unmakes the men who make it.

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Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain.

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More haste, less speed.

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Much ado about nothing.

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Much will have more.

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Muck and money go together.

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Murder will out.

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My house is my castle.

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Name not a rope in his house that was hanged.

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Necessity is the mother of invention.

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Necessity knows no law.

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Neck or nothing.

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Need makes the old wife trot.

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Needs must when the devil drives.

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Neither fish nor flesh.

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Neither here nor there.

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Neither rhyme nor reason.

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Never cackle till your egg is laid.

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Never cast dirt into that fountain of which you have sometime drunk.

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Never do things by halves.

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Never fry a fish till it's caught.

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Never offer to teach fish to swim.

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Never put off till tomorrow what you can do (can be done) today.

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Never quit certainty for hope.

Never too much of a good thing.

Never try to prove what nobody doubts.

Never write what you dare not sign.

New brooms sweep clean.

New lords, new laws.

Nightingales will not sing in a cage.

No flying from fate.

No garden without its weeds.

No great loss without some small gain.

No herb will cure love.

No joy without alloy.

No living man all things can.

No longer pipe, no longer dance.

No man is wise at all times.

No man loves his fetters, be they made of gold.

No news (is) good news.

No pains, no gains.

No song, no supper.

No sweet without (some) sweat.

No wisdom like silence.

None but the brave deserve the fair.

None so blind as those who won't see.

None so deaf as those that won't hear.

Nothing comes out of the sack but what was in it.

Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

Nothing must be done hastily but killing of fleas.

Nothing so bad, as not to be good for something.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Nothing venture, nothing have.

Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm.

Of two evils choose the least.

Old birds are not caught with chaff.

Old friends and old wine are best.

On Shank's mare.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Once is no rule (custom).

One beats the bush, and another catches the bird.

One chick keeps a hen busy.

One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine.

One fire drives out another.

One good turn deserves another.

One law for the rich, and another for the poor.

One lie makes many.

One link broken, the whole chain is broken.

One man, no man.

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One man's meat is another man's poison.

One scabby sheep will mar a whole flock.

One swallow does not make a summer.

One today is worth two tomorrow.

Open not your door when the devil knocks.

Opinions differ.

Opportunity makes the thief.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Out of the frying-pan into the fire.

Packed like herrings.

Patience is a plaster for all sores.

Penny-wise and pound-foolish.

Pleasure has a sting in its tail.

English Proverbs & Sayings Part 4 1. Plenty is no plague.

2. Politeness costs little (nothing), but yields much.

3. Poverty is no sin.

4. Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is.

5. Practise what you preach.

6. Praise is not pudding.

7. Pride goes before a fall.

8. Procrastination is the thief of time.

9. Promise is debt.

10. Promise little, but do much.

11. Prosperity makes friends, and adversity tries them.

12. Put not your hand between the bark and the tree.

13. Rain at seven, fine at eleven.

14. Rats desert a sinking ship.

15. Repentance is good, but innocence is better.

16. Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.

17. Roll my log and I will roll yours.

18. Rome was not built in a day.

19. Salt water and absence wash away love.

20. Saying and doing are two things.

21. Score twice before you cut once.

22. Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings.

23. Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.

24. Self done is soon done.

25. Self done is well done.

26. Self is a bad counsellor.

27. Self-praise is no recommendation.

28. Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil.

29. Set a thief to catch a thief.

30. Shallow streams make most din.

31. Short debts (accounts) make long friends.

32. Silence gives consent.

33. Since Adam was a boy.

34. Sink or swim!

35. Six of one and half a dozen of the other.

36. Slow and steady wins the race.

37. Slow but sure.

38. Small rain lays great dust.

39. So many countries, so many customs.

40. So many men, so many minds.

41. Soft fire makes sweet malt.

42. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

43. Soon learnt, soon forgotten.

44. Soon ripe, soon rotten.

45. Speak (talk) of the devil and he will appear (is sure to appear).

46. Speech is silver but silence is gold.

47. Standers-by see more than gamesters.

48. Still waters run deep.

49. Stolen pleasures are sweetest.

50. Stretch your arm no further than your sleeve will reach.

51. Stretch your legs according to the coverlet.

52. Strike while the iron is hot.

53. Stuff today and starve tomorrow.

54. Success is never blamed.

55. Such carpenters, such chips.

56. Sweep before your own door.

57. Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.

58. Take us as you find us.

59. Tarred with the same brush.

60. Tastes differ.

61. Tell that to the marines.

62. That cock won't fight.

63. That which one least anticipates soonest comes to pass.

64. That's a horse of another colour.

65. That's where the shoe pinches!

66. The beggar may sing before the thief (before a footpad).

67. The best fish smell when they are three days old.

68. The best fish swim near the bottom.

69. The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good.

70. The busiest man finds the most leisure.

71. The camel going to seek horns lost his ears.

72. The cap fits.

73. The cask savours of the first fill.

74. The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream.

75. The cat would eat fish and would not wet her paws.

76. The chain is no stronger than its weakest link.

77. The cobbler should stick to his last.

78. The cobbler's wife is the worst shod.

79. The darkest hour is that before the dawn.

80. The darkest place is under the candlestick.

81. The devil is not so black as he is painted.

82. The devil knows many things because he is old.

83. The devil lurks behind the cross.

84. The devil rebuking sin.

85. The dogs bark, but the caravan goes on.

86. The Dutch have taken Holland !

87. The early bird catches the worm.

88. The end crowns the work.

89. The end justifies the means.

90. The evils we bring on ourselves are hardest to bear.

91. The exception proves the rule.

92. The face is the index of the mind.

93. The falling out of lovers is the renewing of love.

94. The fat is in the fire.

95. The first blow is half the battle.

96. The furthest way about is the nearest way home.

97. The game is not worth the candle.

98. The heart that once truly loves never forgets.

99. The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail.

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The last straw breaks the camel's back.

The leopard cannot change its spots.

The longest day has an end.

The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.

The moon does not heed the barking of dogs.

The more haste, the less speed.

The more the merrier.

The morning sun never lasts a day.

The mountain has brought forth a mouse.

The nearer the bone, the sweeter the flesh.

The pitcher goes often to the well but is broken at last.

The pot calls the kettle black.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The receiver is as bad as the thief.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

The rotten apple injures its neighbours.

The scalded dog fears cold water.

The tailor makes the man.

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The tongue of idle persons is never idle.

The voice of one man is the voice of no one.

The way (the road) to hell is paved with good intentions.

The wind cannot be caught in a net.

The work shows the workman.

There are lees to every wine.

There are more ways to the wood than one.

There is a place for everything, and everything in its place.

There is more than one way to kill a cat.

There is no fire without smoke.

There is no place like home.

There is no rose without a thorn.

There is no rule without an exception.

There is no smoke without fire.

There's many a slip 'tween (== between) the cup and the lip.

There's no use crying over spilt milk.

They are hand and glove.

They must hunger in winter that will not work in summer.

Things past cannot be recalled.

Think today and speak tomorrow.

Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

Time and tide wait for no man.

Time cures all things.

Time is money.

Time is the great healer.

Time works wonders.

To add fuel (oil) to the fire (flames).

To angle with a silver hook.

To be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth.

To be head over ears in debt.

To be in one's birthday suit.

To be up to the ears in love.

To be wise behind the hand.

To beat about the bush.

To beat the air.

To bring grist to somebody's mill.

To build a fire under oneself.

To buy a pig in a poke.

To call a spade a spade.

To call off the dogs.

To carry coals to Newcastle.

To cast pearls before swine.

To cast prudence to the winds.

To come away none the wiser.

To come off cheap.

To come off with a whole skin.

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To come off with flying colours.

To come out dry.

To come out with clean hands.

To cook a hare before catching him.

To cry with one eye and laugh with the other.

To cut one's throat with a feather.

To draw (pull) in one's horns.

To drop a bucket into an empty well.

To draw water in a sieve.

To eat the calf in the cow's belly.

To err is human.

To fiddle while Rome is burning.

To fight with one's own shadow.

To find a mare's nest.

To fish in troubled waters.

To fit like a glove.

To flog a dead horse.

To get out of bed on the wrong side.

To give a lark to catch a kite.

To go for wool and come home shorn.

To go through fire and water (through thick and thin).

To have a finger in the pie.

To have rats in the attic.

To hit the nail on the head.

To kick against the pricks.

To kill two birds with one stone.

To know everything is to know nothing.

To know on which side one's bread is buttered.

To know what's what.

To lay by for a rainy day.

To live from hand to mouth.

To lock the stable-door after the horse is stolen.

To look for a needle in a haystack.

To love somebody (something) as the devil loves holy water.

To make a mountain out of a molehill.

To make both ends meet.

English Proverbs & Sayings Part 5 1.

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To make the cup run over.

To make (to turn) the air blue.

To measure another man's foot by one's own last.

To measure other people's corn by one's own bushel.

5. To pay one back in one's own coin.

6. To plough the sand.

7. To pour water into a sieve.

8. To pull the chestnuts out of the fire for somebody.

9. To pull the devil by the tail.

10. To put a spoke in somebody's wheel.

11. To put off till Doomsday.

12. To put (set) the cart before the horse.

13. To rob one's belly to cover one's back.

14. To roll in money.

15. To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.

16. To save one's bacon.

17. To send (carry) owls to Athens.

18. To set the wolf to keep the sheep.

19. To stick to somebody like a leech.

20. To strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.

21. To take counsel of one's pillow.

22. To take the bull by the horns.

23. To teach the dog to bark.

24. To tell tales out of school.

25. To throw a stone in one's own garden.

26. To throw dust in somebody's eyes.

27. To throw straws against the wind.

28. To treat somebody with a dose of his own medicine.

29. To use a steam-hammer to crack nuts.

30. To wash one's dirty linen in public.

31. To wear one's heart upon one's sleeve.

32. To weep over an onion.

33. To work with the left hand.

34. Tomorrow come never.

35. Too many cooks spoil the broth.

36. Too much knowledge makes the head bald.

37. Too much of a good thing is good for nothing.

38. Too much water drowned the miller .

39. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

40. True blue will never stain.

41. True coral needs no painter's brush.

42. Truth comes out of the mouths of babes and sucklings.

43. Truth is stranger than fiction.

44. Truth lies at the bottom of a well.

45. Two blacks do not make a white.

46. Two heads are better than one.

47. Two is company, but three is none.

48. Velvet paws hide sharp claws.

49. Virtue is its own reward.

50. Wait for the cat to jump.

51. Walls have ears.

52. Wash your dirty linen at home.

53. Waste not, want not.

54. We know not what is good until we have lost it.

55. We never know the value of water till the well is dry.

56. We shall see what we shall see.

57. We soon believe what we desire.

58. Wealth is nothing without health.

59. Well begun is half done.

60. What can't be cured, must be endured.

61. What is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh.

62. What is done by night appears by day.

63. What is done cannot be undone.

64. What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.

65. What is lost is lost.

66. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

67. What is worth doing at alt is worth doing well.

68. What must be, must be.

69. What the heart thinks the tongue speaks.

70. What we do willingly is easy.

71. When angry, count a hundred.

72. When at Rome, do as the Romans do.

73. When children stand quiet, they have done some harm.

74. When flatterers meet, the devil goes to dinner.

75. When guns speak it is too late to argue.

76. When pigs fly.

77. When Queen Anne was alive.

78. When the cat is away, the mice will play.

79. When the devil is blind.

80. When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.

81. When the pinch comes, you remember the old shoe.

82. When three know it, alt know it.

83. When wine is in wit is out.

84. Where there's a will, there's a way.

85. While the grass grows the horse starves.

86. While there is life there is hope.

87. Who breaks, pays.

88. Who has never tasted bitter, knows not what is sweet.

89. Who keeps company with the wolf, will learn to howl.

90. Wise after the event.

91. With time and patience the leaf of the mulberry becomes satin.

92. Words pay no debts.

93. You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.

94. You cannot eat your cake and have it.

95. You cannot flay the same ox twice.

96. You cannot judge a tree by it bark.

97. You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.

98. You cannot wash charcoal white.

99. You made your bed, now lie in it.

100.

Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.

Some facts you might not know 1. Money isn?t made out of paper; it is made out of cotton.

2. The 57 on a Heinz ketchup bottle represents the variety of pickles the Company once had.

3. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.

4. The dot over the letter ?i? is called the title.

5. A duck?s quack doesn?t produce echo, no one knows why.

6. Forty percent of McDonald?s profit comes from the sales of ?happy meals?.

7. Every person has a unique tongue print.

8. 315 entries in Webster?s 1996 dictionary were misspelled.

9. On an average, 12 newborns will be given to wrong parents daily.

10. During the famous chariot scene in ?Ben-Hur?, a small red car can be seen at a distance.

11. Warren Beatty and Shirley Maclaine are brother and sister.

12. Chocolate affects a dog?s heart and nervous system. A few ounces will kill a small sized dog.

13. Most lipsticks contain fish scales.

14. Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn?t wear pants.

15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830?s as a medicine.

16. Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.

17. There are no clocks in the Las Vegas gambling casinos.

18. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.

19. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it go mad instantly and sting itself to death.

20. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can?t sink in quicksand.

21. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.

22. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

23. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

24. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages them.

Toll Free Helpline Numbers in India Today I received an email from one of the subscribed yahoo groups about various Indian toll free helpline numbers of popular companies. So, I thought of sharing it with all of you. Here is that list of Toll Free Helpline Numbers in India.

Cell Phones • • • • •

Nokia - 3030 3838 BenQ - 1600 22 08 08 Bird CellPhones - 1600 11 7700 Motorola MotoAssist - 1600 11 1211 Sony Ericsson - 3901 1111

Airlines in India • • •

Indian Airlines - 1600 180 1407 Jet Airways - 1600 22 5522 SpiceJet - 1600 180 3333

Automobiles • • • •

Mahindra Scorpio - 1600 22 6006 Maruti - 1600 111 515 Tata Motors - 1600 22 5552 Windshield Experts - 1600 11 3636

Banks in India • • • • • • • •

ABN AMRO - 1600 11 2224 Canara Bank - 1600 44 6000 Citibank - 1600 44 2265 Corporatin Bank - 1600 443 555 Development Credit Bank - 1600 22 5769 HDFC Bank - 1600 227 227 ICICI Bank - 1600 333 499 ICICI Bank NRI - 1600 22 4848

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IDBI Bank - 1600 11 6999 Indian Bank - 1600 425 1400 ING Vysya - 1600 44 9900 Kotak Mahindra Bank - 1600 22 6022 Lord Krishna Bank - 1600 11 2300 Punjab National Bank - 1600 122 222 State Bank of India - 1600 44 1955 Syndicate Bank - 1600 44 6655

Computers / IT Companies • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Adrenalin - 1600 444 445 AMD - 1600 425 6664 Apple Computers - 1600 444 683 Canon - 1600 333 366 Cisco Systems - 1600 221 777 Compaq - HP - 1600 444 999 Data One Broadband - 1600 424 1600 Dell - 1600 444 026 Epson - 1600 44 0011 eSys - 3970 0011 Genesis Tally Academy - 1600 444 888 HCL - 1600 180 8080 IBM - 1600 443 333 Lexmark - 1600 22 4477 Marshal's Point - 1600 33 4488 Microsoft - 1600 111 100 Microsoft Virus Update - 1901 333 334 Seagate - 1600 180 1104 Symantec - 1600 44 5533 TVS Electronics - 1600 444 566 WeP Peripherals - 1600 44 6446 Wipro - 1600 333 312 Xerox - 1600 180 1225 Zenith - 1600 222 004

Couriers/Packers & Movers • • • • • • • •

ABT Courier - 1600 44 8585 AFL Wizz - 1600 22 9696 Agarwal Packers & Movers - 1600 11 4321 Associated Packers P Ltd - 1600 21 4560 DHL - 1600 111 345 FedEx - 1600 22 6161 Goel Packers & Movers - 1600 11 3456 UPS - 1600 22 7171

Education • • • •

Edu Plus - 1600 444 000 Hindustan College - 1600 33 4438 NCERT - 1600 11 1265 Vellore Institute of Technology - 1600 441 555

Healthcare • • • • • • • • • • • •

Best on Health - 1600 11 8899 Dr Batra's - 1600 11 6767 GlaxoSmithKline - 1600 22 8797 Johnson & Johnson - 1600 22 8111 Kaya Skin Clinic - 1600 22 5292 LifeCell - 1600 44 5323 Manmar Technologies - 1600 33 4420 Pfizer - 1600 442 442 Roche Accu-Chek - 1600 11 45 46 Rudraksha - 1600 21 4708 Varilux Lenses - 1600 44 8383 VLCC - 1600 33 1262

Home Appliances • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Aiwa/Sony - 1600 11 1188 Anchor Switches - 1600 22 7979 Blue Star - 1600 22 2200 Bose Audio - 1600 11 2673 Bru Coffee Vending Machines - 1600 44 7171 Daikin Air Conditioners - 1600 444 222 DishTV - 1600 12 3474 Faber Chimneys - 1600 21 4595 Godrej - 1600 22 5511 Grundfos Pumps - 1600 33 4555 LG - 1901 180 9999 Philips - 1600 22 4422 Samsung - 1600 113 444 Sanyo - 1600 11 0101 Voltas - 1600 33 4546 WorldSpace Satellite Radio - 1600 44 5432

Hotel Reservations • • •

GRT Grand - 1600 44 5500 InterContinental Hotels Group - 1600 111 000 Marriott - 1600 22 0044

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Sarovar Park Plaza - 1600 111 222 Taj Holidays - 1600 111 825

Insurance • • • • • • • • •

AMP Sanmar - 1600 44 2200 Aviva - 1600 33 2244 Bajaj Allianz - 1600 22 5858 Chola MS General Insurance - 1600 44 5544 HDFC Standard Life - 1600 227 227 LIC - 1600 33 4433 Max New York Life - 1600 33 5577 Royal Sundaram - 1600 33 8899 SBI Life Insurance - 1600 22 9090

Mattresses • •

Kurl-on - 1600 44 0404 Sleepwell - 1600 11 2266

Investments/Finance • • • • • • • • • • •

CAMS - 1600 44 2267 Chola Mutual Fund - 1600 22 2300 Easy IPO's - 3030 5757 Fidelity Investments - 1600 180 8000 Franklin Templeton Fund - 1600 425 4255 J M Morgan Stanley - 1600 22 0004 Kotak Mutual Fund - 1600 222 626 LIC Housing Finance - 1600 44 0005 SBI Mutual Fund - 1600 22 3040 Sharekhan - 1600 22 7500 Tata Mutual Fund - 1600 22 0101

Paints • •

Asian Paints Home Solutions - 1600 22 5678 Berger Paints Home Decor - 1600 33 8800

Teleshopping • • • • •

Asian Sky Shop - 1600 22 1600 Jaipan Teleshoppe - 1600 11 5225 Tele Brands - 1600 11 8000 VMI Teleshopping - 1600 447 777 WWS Teleshopping - 1600 220 777

Travel & Holidays • • • • • • • •

Club Mahindra Holidays - 1600 33 4539 Cox & Kings - 1600 22 1235 God TV Tours - 1600 442 777 Kerala Tourism - 1600 444 747 Kumarakom Lake Resort - 1600 44 5030 Raj Travels & Tours - 1600 22 9900 Sita Tours - 1600 111 911 SOTC Tours - 1600 22 3344

UPS •

APC - 1600 44 4272 •

Numeric - 1600 44 3266

Others • • • • • • • • •

L'Oreal, Garnier - 1600 223 000 KONE Elevator - 1600 444 666 Indane - 1600 44 51 15 Aavin - 1600 44 3300 Pedigree - 1600 11 2121 Kodak India - 1600 22 8877 Domino's Pizza - 1600 111 123 World Vision India - 1600 444 550 Telecom Monitoring Cell - 1600 110 420

5 Smallest Countries of World 1. Vatican City Size: 0.17 sq. mi. (0.44 km²) Population: 783 (2005 census) Location: Rome, Italy

The size of a golf course, the Vatican City is the smallest country in the world. It's basically a walled enclave inside of Rome, Italy. It's so small that the entire country does not have a single street address. The Vatican City may be small, but it is very powerful. It is the sovereign territory of the Holy See, or the seat of the Catholic Church (basically its central government), which has over 1 billion people (about 1 in 6 people on the planet) as constituents. The Vatican City was created in 1929 by the Lateran Treaty (which was signed by one of history's most repressive dictators, Benito Mussolini) and is ruled by the Pope, basically a non-hereditary, elected monarch who rules with absolute authority (he's the legislative, executive and judiciary all rolled into one) - indeed, the Pope is the only absolute monarch in Europe. Another unique thing about the smallest country in the world is that it has no permanent citizens. Citizenship of the Vatican City is conferred upon those who work at the Vatican (as well as their spouses and children) and is revoked when they stop working there.

The Vatican City is guarded by the smallest and oldest regular army in the world, the Swiss Guard. It was originally made up of Swiss mercenaries in 1506, now the army (also personal bodyguards of the Pope) number 100, all of which are Catholic unmarried male Swiss citizens.

The Swiss Guard's Renaissance-style uniform was commonly attributed as to have been designed

by Michelangelo - this was actually incorrect: the large "skirt" pants were a common style during the Renaissance. Only their uniforms seem antiquated: most of the Swiss Guards carry pistols and submachine-guns. The official languages of the Vatican City are Latin and Italian. In fact, its ATMs are the only ones in the world that offer services in Latin! And here you thought that Latin is a dead language? For a country that has no street address, the Vatican City has a very efficient post office: an international mail dropped in the Vatican will get there faster than one dropped in Italy just a few hundred yard away - in fact, there is more mail sent annually per inhabitant from this country (7,200 mails per person) than anywhere else in the world. The Vatican City has a country code top level domain of .va - currently there are only 9 publicly known .va domains. It also has a radio broadcasting service, called Vatican Radio, which was set up by Guglielmo Marconi (the Father of Radio) himself! The country's economy is unique: it is the only noncommercial economy in the world. Instead, the Vatican City is supported financially by contributions of Catholics worldwide (called Peter's Pence - hey, even the Pope accepts credit cards!), the sale of postage stamps and publications, and tourism. Lastly, as an ecclesiastical paradise, the Vatican City has no taxes.