GeneralKnowledge

IMPORTANT DAYS:
22-Mar : World earth day
7-Apr : World health day
22-Apr : World water day
31-May : World anti tobacco day
5-June : World Environment day

Which indian state is the largest producer in the world of the golden colourd 'Muga'silk?
>Assam

Where is Hawa Mahal?
>Jaipur

Jodhpur City ki sthapana 12 May 1459 Ko Rao Jodha Ne Ki..
Its Also known as Jodhana, Suncity, BlueCity.

Banana Tree cannot reproduce it self . It can be propagated only by the hand of men.

Ur brain is 80% water.

1st recognized boxing (fisticuffs) champion - TimHyer(1841)

World's 1st chess champion - William Steinitz(1886)

Madhurai was the capital of Pallavas.

India's flag was adopted on July 22-1947,after India became independent from Great Britain.

Tiranga:
Saffron represents stands for courage and sacrifice
White represents Peace Unity and Truth
Green stands for faith and fertility.

Chalukya dynasty in south india was founded by Pulakesin-I.

Pallavas Kings were the devotes of Shiva

Who Discovered OXYGEN?
>Joseph Priestly in 1774.

First Asian To win NobelPrize
>Rabindranatha Tagore India[1913].

8-March
> International Womens Day
> International Literacy Day
According 2001 Cencus,Which State Has The Highest Literacy Rate?
>Kerala

Delhi will host the 12th south Asian games(SAFG) in 2012
>22 Languages r ther in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India

Which Asian city was formerly known as Batavia?
>Jakarta(Indonesia)

which ancient Indian sage authored the YogDarshan?
>Patanjali

Hotel'Rosia'(Ruse) is the biggest hotel.it contain 12Floors and 3200Rooms.

The Bahmani kingdom was founded by?
>Hasan

(17/5/11)-Election commision of India:
>Formed on 25-1-1950
>Current Election commisioners:1-SY Quarishi(Chief)
2-VS sampath
3-HarisankarBrahma

Until 1896,India was the only source of diamonds in the world(Source:Gemological Institute of America)

Living is easy with ur eyes closed

Sanskrit is the mother of all European lang's.it is the most suitable for computer software.

Proton was discovered by RuTHERFORD of NewZeland in 1919.

UNESCO: United Nations Economical Social And Cultural Organisation.

Who has been the longest-serving RBI governer?
>BengalRamaRaju.

When did India sign the world Bank Articles of Agreement?
>1945

A cat can run about 20kmph

Where was India's first civilization settled?
>INDUS VALLEY

Who was the first Mughal emperor of India?
>BARBAR in 1526

Who defeated the maharathas in the 3rd battle of Panipat?
>The Afghans(14 Jan 1761)

When TippuSultan was killed?
>5 May 1799

There are More Pyrmids in peru than in EGYPT

Which organism is known as Painted Lady?
>Butterfly

The fastest animal on Earth is cheetah..

1st May2010 Ko Kis State ne apni Sthapna Ke 50saal(Year) Pure kiye?
>Gujarat

Horses cannt Vomit

Pigs can't look Up in the sky

CARDIOLOGY is the study about HEART

Womens are flooding in to the workforce in many Muslim countries

American women hav the most powerful jobs

Which is the World's Most RichestCountry?
>SwitzerLand(Income of Every Person is 21,330$)

Libya is the only country with a single-colored flag

Libya's full name is the GreatSocialistPeople's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Japan leads the world in car production,producing almost 50% more cars than either of its next
closest competitors,Germany and the US

Who was appointed as Chairman of SBI recently?(1/11/2011)
>Pratip Chowdary

1976 Noble Prize winner (Medicine) who died recently?
>Dr.Baruch S Blumberg

In PUNE Armed Forces Medical college Situated

The indian civil Service was created by LORD CORNWALIS

SodiumSilicate:
>It is a compound mixture of sodium oxide.it's also called water glass.

Inventor of computer mouse Douglas Carl Engelbart is known as the inventor of the computer mouse(1968)

Femina MissIndia World2011-Kanishtha Dhankhar....
>NEPAL IS THE only country that doesnt have rectangular flag.

Delhi was declared as the capital of india in 1911

india's 1st General Election was in 1951-1952

who was the chinese piligrim who visited india during Harsha Vardhana's period?
>Hiuen Tsang

LokSabha was constituted in 1952 april

The Indigo Revolt taken place in Bengal (1859)

Who started the 'Home Rule' Movement?
>Annie Besant

Largest lake in world-CASPEAN SEA,
Largest fresh water lake-LAKE SUPERIOR,
Largest sea in the world-SOUTHCHINA SEA

where were the stock exchangers first established?-Amsterdam Stock Exchange,Antwerp

what was first listing on NYSE?
>Bank of new york

A dragonfly has EDGE

A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24Hrs

kangaroos can not walk backwards

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds

Dr.RajendraPrasad was the 1st president of Independent india

Which is the oldest parliamentary democracy in the world?
>Great Britain

what is the Japanese parliment called?
>Diet

In a dry cell (Battery), which of used electrolytes?
>Ammonium chloride & Zinc chloride

Electric current is measured by Ammeter

The first cairman of pepoples Repiblic of China - MAO.TSE-TUNG[1949]

First Asian to get Finix Award - Sr.P.C.SORCAR[India]

India is the biggest newspaper market in the world.Together with China&Japan,it accounts
for over 60% of the global newspaper sales.

The programming language is used in GOOGLE developed in Asynchronous java-script and XML,
or its acronym ajax

Greenis planet- URANUS
Yellowish Planet- SATURN
Reddish Planet - MARS
Bluish planet - NEPTUNE
DYynamic&Unique Planet - EARTH

Largest cities in India:
1. Mumbai
2. Kolkata
3. Delhi
4. Chennai
5. Banglore
6. Hyd
7. Ahmadabad
8. Pune
9. Surat
10.Kanpur

TOP 10 Richest CM india:
1. Mayawathi-UP
2. Parkash singh-Badal Punjab
3. Kiran Kumar Reddy-Andhra pradesh
4. Yeddyurappa-Karnataka
5. Biju Patnaik-Orissa
6. Hooda-Haryana
7. Farooq Abdullah-Jammu Kashmir
8. Narendra Modi-Gujarat
9. Sheila Dikshit-Delhi
10.Ramesh Pokhriyal-Uttarakhand

The number system invented by India. Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented the digit zero

who has been awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine 2010 ? -> Robert Edwards

The largest temple in the world is Angkor Wat in Cambodia

The longest high way in the world is the TRANS CANADA - 8000KM

Camels can spit

The humming bird is the only bird that can fly backwards

A single human blood cell takes only 60 sec to make a comple circuit of the Body

Which is India's largest religious community ? -> Hindus

In which state is the longest canal located ? -> Rajasthan

Which is the oldest institution for oriental studies in India ?
-> Asiatic Society - Calcutta - Established by William Jones in 1784

In which city of India the 1st School for the blinds opened in 1887 ? -> Amritsar

In which city is India largest stadium located ? -> Kolkata

The First General Election in INDIA was in the year 1952

First Credit card ISSUED in 1951

Where was the first Indian Institute of Management (IIM) established in 1961? ->Kolkata

where was the first IIT set up in India ? -> Kharagpur

In 1864, which place was declared the summer capital of British India ? -> Shimla

FACT:
China has more English speakers than the United states.

India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th century

All polar bears are left handed.

Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system with surface temperature above 450C.

Sound travels 4 times faster in water than in air

In Olympic Gold medal Winner gets award worth of Rs.30lackhs

What is AWK ?
It is an interpreted string - processing language for unix and linux.
Its full form is Aho,Kernighan,& WeinbergerSS

Which Regiment of the Indian Army has won the Highest Number of Gallantry Awards ? ->Sikh Regiment

Which day is Observed as WorldBook Day ? -> 23rd April

HGP-Human Genome Project

Television broadcast for rural development programmes in India started in ->1977

Pokharan II took place on May 11,1998

In which city of INDIA the first Engineering College opened in 1847 ? ->Roorkee

In July 2010 ISRO used the vehicle for Launching 5 Satellites -> PSLV

Uranium Corporation of India is located in -> Mumbai

The purpose of choke in tube light is > To increase the voltage momentarily

Who developed Yahoo > DAVID FILO & JERRY YANG

The biggest delta in the world - Sunderbans

Largest producer of Tin in the world = CHINA

Largest Diamond producing country is = sOUTH AFRICA

What is known as 'Rock Cotton' ? -> ASBESTOS

The Blood of Cockroach has "NO COLOUR"

Great indian-
who is the founder and creator of Hotmail(Hotmail is World's no.1 web based e-mail program)?
> Sabeer Bhatia

The world's highest cricket ground is in "chail",Himachal Pradesh.
Built in 1893 after levelling a hill top,Pitch 2444 meters above sea level

India National song writer - Ravindranath tagore

A jumbo jet uses 4000 gallons of fuel to take off

Honey bees have hair on their eyes

Mosquitoes have teeth

The only part of the body tht has no blood supply is the "Cornea" in the Eye.It takes in Oxygen
directly from the air

Martial Arts Were 1st created in India,& later spread to Asia by Buddhist Missionaries

India is the World's largest Democracy

Gandhiji 5 times Nobel Prize Nominated Bt Ek Bhi bar nahi liYa

The Penguin is the only Bird tht who can swim,Bt not fly

It is possible 2 lead a cow upstairs Bt not Downstairs

The 1st Fords had engines made by Dodge

Slugs (Ghonga) hav 4 noses

The 1st walkman was launched by japan by sony in 1979

In 24hrs ana avg human Blood flows 1680000miles

Piece of normal size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times

A Queen bee lays 1500eggs a day

Brain cells are the longest living cells in our Body,they can last for an entire lifetime

A snail can sleep for 3 Years

*When the British Government made their Policy statement on its intention to quit India?
>26-Feb-47

FaceBook founder *markZuckerBerg
*Eduardo Saverin
*Dustin Moskovitz
*Chris Hughes Launched: Feb-4-2004.

The 1st Governor General in BritishIndia was "Warren Hastings"

The last Governor General in BritishIndia was "LordCaning.."

The Font used in Nokia phones is "Nokiasans" now Nokia has introduced Their new font Nokia Pure

Android logo: Droid Logo Font

Camels can Spit

First Recognized Boxing (Fisticuffs) champion- Tim Hyer(1841)

World's 1st chess champion.-Wilhelm Steinitz(1886)

Chief Executives of CitiBank,Mckensey & Stanchart?
>Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, Rana Talwar

Dollar is the most common currency name,followed by Franc, Pound, Dinar, Peso and Rupee.

U can be imprisoned for not voting in Fiji, Chile and Egypt - at least in theory.

41% world's poor people live in india.

Fact:
Butterflies cannot fly if their body temp. is less than 86 degrees

Only female mosquitoes bite.

Olympic Medal worth:
GOLD: $494
SILVER: $260
BRONZE: $3 Intresting but true

Olympic Courtesy 14 Nations participated in 1st game.

Japanese and South Korean kids are the best in the world at science and maths.

Quataris country have lots and lots of gas..

India's first color TV.
-> In 1983, through a technical tie-up with Toshiba of Japan,
Videocon International Limited Launched India's 1st Color TV.

How much is the Approximate weight of human Heart? -> 300Grms

The Covering of Heart is known as 'Pericardium'

Land if 5 Rivers -> Punjab.

Land of white Elephant -> Thailand.

Land of Midnight Sun -> Norway

Land of Golden Fleece -> Australia

Optical fibre works on T.I.R(Total internal Reflection) Princple.

James Watt invented by Rotary steam engine 1765

The 1st death annicersary dayof Sri Rajiv Gandhi was observed as the Anti - Terrorism Day.

Dry Ice is Solid Carbon dioxide

AGMARK Act came into force in india in 1937

Who invented the BALL POINT PEN> -> Ladislas Biro in 1935

Which company owned Dartmouth, Eleanor & Beaver, ships associated with the Boston Tea Party?
-> East India Company

Only 34million dollar expens for made "TITANIC" ship.But,When it became FILM,its expens
is about budget of 200 million dollar.

Ashok Leyland is the flagship company of which group? -> Hinduja Group.

Namaskaar is the in-flight magazine of which airline? -> Air India.

It is illegal to take indian currency(rupees) out of India.

It is illegal to own a red car in shanghai china.

India has one of the fastest growing economies in the world.

Most Indian have their marriages arranged by parents & family members, with the consent of
the bride groom.Insia has a very low divorce rate.

A person weighing 100kg on Earth would weigh 38kg on mars bcoz of lower gravity there

A Beard grows an Average of 140mm a year

There are approx. 550 hairs in the eyebrow.

It takes 8min17sec for light to travel from the Sun's surface to the Earth

19th April 1975 - India's 1st satillite Aryabhatta is launched.

Who was the 1st recipent of Dada Saheb Phalke Award ? -> Devika Rani.

The 1st Talkie Film in India was Alam Ara.

In 1526 First Battle of Panipat in which Babar defated Ibrahim Lodhi and
established the Mughal dynasty.

Queen Victoria was appointed Empress of India in 1877

1st Governor of India was appointed in 1911

2nd Civil Disobedience Movement started with The Failure Of Cripps Mission

Which is the only sport which is not allowed to play left handed? -> Polo

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

Who was the founder of Aeroplane? -> Wright Brothers &
What was their occupation ? -> Bicycle mechanical.

Who is the author of the Wonderland? -> Lewis Carrol.

A Football matches is organized in a "Round-Robin" fashion..,
Each team plays with other team only once.

Longest Tunnel in India?
>Jawahar Tunnel (J&K)

Longest Road in India?
>Grand Trunk Road

Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from stop producing tears.
Try it next time u chop onions.

What is the chemical name of Chalk?
>Calcium Carbonate

How much litres in one Barrel?
>159litres

Each year, 24,000 American are bitten by rats

Most dreams last only 5to20 minutes

Which company invented the call phone?
> Motorola & inventor was MartinCooper

What was the earlier name of Nokia?
>Finnish Rubber Works

Which is the 1st Artificial Satellite in the world?
>Sputnik. It was launched in the year 4th oct 1957.

Kautilya was the prime minister of which indian rulers?(Railways 1994,UP PCS 2002)
> Chandragupta Maurya

India invented the Number System.Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

India is the 7th largest shareholder in WorldBank

Who invented paper?
>sai Lun of China is credited 4 inventing paper about 2000 yrs Back.

The First Olympics Held at athens in 1896

Where is Railway Staff College?
> Baroda

Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about Ten.

1st Ruling dynsaty of Vijayanagara Kingdom was ?
> Sangama dynasty

The largest coffee growing country in d world is - Brazil

The country also known as "Country of Copper" is - Zambia

3 Tallest Buildings in India :
1.The Imperial , Mumbai - 60Floors
2.Ashok Towers 1, Mumbai - 53Floors
3.Planet Godrej, Mumbai - 51Floors

7 Wonder of India :
1. TajMahal
2. Khajuraho
3. Nalanda
4. Golden Temple
5. Gomateshwara
6. Hampi
7. Konark Sun Temple
India have many WONDER

Who is d president of AT & T-Bell Labs(AT & T-Bell Labs is d creator of progam languages such as c,c++,Unix to name a few)?
> Arun Netravalli

Who was the founder of Maurya Dynasty?
> ChandraGupta Maurya.

The capital of Maurya Dynasty was Pataliputra.