3000 current and general knowledge solved mcqs

•               VDU = video display unit

•               CRT = cathode ray tube

•               CRO Cathode Ray Oscillator

•               SARS Severe Accute respitoratry syndrome

•               BOT Built operate transfer

•               AMU Atomic mass unit

•               EMF Electromotive Force or Electromagnetic Field (Most apt is Electromotive Force)

•               ADH Anti diuretic harmome

•               STP Standard Temperature and Pressure

•               NPT Network time protocol

•               CRT Cathode ray tube

•               SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

•               BOT Built Operate transfer

•               AMU Atomic Mass Unit

•               EMF Electromotive force

•               ADH Anti Diuretic Hormone

•               STP Standard Temperature Pressure

•               GeV Giga Electron Volt

•               NTP Normal Temperature Pressure

•               CRT Cathode Ray Tube

•               The ore of mercury metal.--cyanabar

•               SARS : severe acute respiratory syndrome

•               NTP : network time protocol

•               RQ : respiratory quotient

•               PVC : polyvinyl chloride

•               NPN : negative positive negative

•               WAN : wide area network

•               ECG: electro cardio gram

•               CPU: central processing unit

•               BCG : bacillus of calmette –Guerin

•               STP standard temperature and pressure/ Shielded Twisted Pair

•               ATP Adenosine Tri-Phosphate

•               PNP proton – neutron – proton

•               [Positive-Negative-Positive (transistor) ]

•               LAN local area network

•               KWh kilo watt hour

•               BTU British Thermal Unit

•               LDL Low-density lipoprotein

•               [commonly referred to as bad cholesterol]

•               ROM Read only memory

•               MAF million acre feet

•               SONAR Sound Navigation and Ranging

•               LCD=LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY

•               HDL= HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE/High-Density Lipoprotein

•               UHF= ULTRA- HIGH FREQUENCY

•               LED= LIGHT EMITTING DIODE

•               BASIC= BEGGINER'S ALL PURPOSE SYMBOLIC INSTRUCTION CODE

•               HST = HIGH SPEED TECHONOLGY

•               DBS=DATA BASE SERVER

•               V.L.C.C stands for Very large crude carrier.

•               VTOL = vertical take off and landing

•               SETI = Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence = a project to find Aliens

•               Fax is the short form of Facsimile which means identical copy

•               SETI => Search for Extraterrestrial intelligence.

•               On the PH scale what does PH stand for-Potential Hydrogen

•               ABM: Anti Ballistic Missiles

 

ABVP: Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad AC: Alternating Current; Ashoka Chakra ACU: Asian Currency Union

AD: anno Domini; in the year of Lord Christ ADB: Asian Development Bank

ADC: Aide-de-Camp; Access Deficit Charge ADF: Asian Development Fund

ADS: Air Defence Ship AJT: Advanced Jet Trainer

AG: Accountant General; Adjutant General AI: Air India

AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

AIIMS: All India Institute of Medical Sciences AIR: All India Radio; Annual Information Report AITUC: All India Trade Union Congress

AJT: Advanced Jet Trainer ALH: Advanced Light Helicopter AM: ante meridiem; before noon

AMC: Army Medical Corps; Asset Management Companies AME: Associate Member of the Institute of Engineers

APC: Agricultural Prices Commission APEC: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

APPLE: Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment APPU: Asian Pacific Postal Union

ARC: Asset Reconstruction Company ARDR: Agricultural and Rural Debt Relief ASAT: Anti-Satellite weapon

ASC: Army Service Corps

ASCI: Advanced Strategic Computing Initiative ASCII: American Standard Code for Information ASEAN: Association of South-East Asian Nations ASEM: Asia-Europe Meeting

ASIMO: Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility ASLV: Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle ASMA: Antarctica Specially Managed Area

ASSOCHAM: Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry ATA: Air Time Authority; Allen Telescope Array

ATC: Air Traffic Controller ATM: Automatic Teller Machine ATR: Action Taken Report

ATV: Automatic Transfer Vehicle

AUM: Assets Under Management AVC: Army Veterinary Corps AVM: Additional Volatility Margin

AWACS: Airborne Warning and Control System

 

BARC: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation

BC: Before Christ; Board of Control; British Columbia; Battery Commander BCG: Bacillus Calmette Guerin—Anti-Tuberculosis Vaccine

BICP: Bureau of Industrial Costs and Prices

BIFR: Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction BIOS: Basic Input Output System

BKU: Bharatiya Kisan Union

BMD: Ballistic Missile Defence System BOLT: BSE On-Line Trading (System) BOSS: Bharat Operating System Solutions BPO: Business Process Outsourcing

BPR: Bottom Pressure Records BRO: Border Road Organisation BSE: Bombay Stock Exchange BSF: Border Security Force BSNL: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd

CA: Chartered Accountant

CABE: Central Advisory Board of Education C & AG: Comptroller & Auditor General

CAIR: Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

CAPART: Council for People’s Action and Advancement of Rural Technology CAPES: Computer-Aided Paperless Examination System

CAS: Chief of Army Staff; Chief of Air Staff; Conditional Access System CB: Citizen Band (Radio)

CBI: Central Bureau of Investigation CBFC: Central Board of Film Certification

CCPA: Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs CD: Conference on Disarmament

C-DAC: The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access

CECA: Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement

CERN: European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Pronounced CERN in French) CFC: Chlorofluro Carbon

CFS: Container Freight Station

CHOGM: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting CIA: Central Intelligence Agency (of U.S.A.)

CIBIL: Credit Information Bureau (India) Ltd CIC: Chief Information Commissioner

CID: Criminal Investigation Department C-in-C: Commander-in-Chief

cif: cost, insurance and freight

CIS: Commonwealth of Independent States CISF: Central Industrial Security Force

CITES: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species CITU: Centre of Indian Trade Unions

CLASS: Computer Literacy and Studies in Schools CLAWS: Centre for Land Warfare Studies

CM: Command Module; Chief Minister CMP: Common Minimum Programme

CNG: Compressed Natural Gas CNN: Cable News Network CNS: Chief of the Naval Staff CO: Commanding Officer

COD: Central Ordnance Depot; Cash on Delivery CPCB: Central Pollution Control Board

CPI: Communist Party of India

CPI(M): Communist Party of India (Marxists) CPU: Central Processing Unit

CR: Central Railway

CRAC: Cyber Regulation Advisory Council CRDi: Common Rail Direct injection

CRISIL: Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited CRM: Customer Relationship Management

CRR: Cash Reserve Ratio

CRPF: Central Reserve Police Force

CSIR: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research CTBT: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

CTT: Commodities Transaction Tax

CVRDE: Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment

 

DA: Dearness Allowance; Daily Allowance

DAVP: Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity

DC: Deputy Commissioner; Direct Current in Electricity DDT: Dichloro-Diphenyl Trichloro-ethane (disinfectant) DIN: Director Information Number

DM: District Magistrate; Deputy Minister DMIC: Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor

DMK: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (a regional political party of Tamil Nadu) DNA: de-oxyribonucleic acid

DO: Demi-official (letter)

DOD: Department of Ocean Development DPEP: District Primary Education Programme DPI: Director of Public Instruction

DRAM: Dynamic Random Access Memory

DRDO: Defence Research and Development Organisation DST: Daylight Saving Time

DRES: Department of Renewable Energy Sources DTH: Direct to Home (broadcasting)

ECG: Electro Cardio-gram

ECS: Electronic Clearing Service

ECT: Electro-convulsant Therapy (electric shock treatment) EDUSAT: Education Satellite

EEG: Electro-encephalography EET: Exempt Exempt Taxation EFA: Education for All

EFF: Extended Fund Facility e.g.: exempli gratia; for example

EHTP: Electronic Hardware Technology Parks

ELISA: Enzyme Linked Immuno Solvent Assay (used for testing AIDS) EMI: Equated Monthly Instalment

EMS: European Monetary System

EMU: Electric-Multiple Unit; Extra-vehicular Mobility Unit; (European) Economic and Monetary Union E & OE: Errors and Omissions Excepted

EPROM: Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

ER: Eastern Railway

ERM: Exchange Rate Mechanism

ERNET: Educational and Research Network ESA: European Space Agency

ESCAP: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ESMA: Essential Services Maintenance Act

ESOP: Employee Stock Option Programme etc.: et cetera (and other things)

EU: European Union

EVM: Electronic Voting Machine

 

FAO: Food and Agriculture Organisation

FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation (of the U.S.A.) FCNR: Foreign Currency (non-resident) Accounts Scheme FDR: Flight Data Recorder; Fixed Deposit Receipt

FEMA: Foreign Exchange Management Act FERA: Foreign Exchange Regulations Act

FICCI: Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry FII: Foreign Institutional Investors

FIPB: Foreign Investment Promotion Board (of India) FLAG: Fibre Optic Link Around the Globe

FM: Field Marshal; Frequency Modulated

FPSB: Financial Planning Standards Boards (India) FRBM: Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management FSSA: Food Safety and Standards Authority (of India) FTA: Free Trade Area

FTP: File Transfer Protocol

GAGAN: GPS-aided Geo-augmented Navigation GAIL: Gas Authority of India Limited

GAIN: Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition GATS: General Agreement on Trade in Services GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GCA: General Currency Area

GCC: Gulf Cooperation Council GCM: Greatest Common Measure GEF: Global Environment Fund GHQ: General Headquarters

GIC: General Insurance Corporation

GIST: Graphics and Intelligence-based Script Technology GMPS: Global Mobile Personal Communications System GMRT: Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope

GMT: Greenwich Mean Time

GNSS: Global Navigation Satellite System GNP: Gross National Product

GOC: General Officer Commanding GPO: General Post Office

GPRS: General Packet Radio System GPS: Global Positioning System

GSLV: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle GSP: Generalised Special Preferences

GST: Goods and Service Tax

GSTP: Global System of Trade Preferences

 

HAWS: High Altitude Warfare School

HCF: Highest Common Factor HDI: Human Development Index HDTV: High Definition Television

HE: His (or Her) Excellency; His (or Her) Eminence; High Explosive; Horizontal Equivalent HITS: Headend In The Sky

HMMWV: High Mobility Multipurpose-Wheeled Vehicle HMS: Hybrid Mail Service

HP: Himachal Pradesh; Horizontal Plane; Horse Power HTML: Hyper Text Markup Language

HTTP: Hypetext Transfer Protocol

HUDCO: Housing and Urban Development Corporation HVDC: High Voltage Direct Current

I

IAAI: International Airport Authority of India IAAS: Indian Audit and Accounts Service

IADF: International Agricultural Development Fund IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency

IAF: Indian Air Force

IAMC: Indian Army Medical Corps IAS: Indian Administrative Service

IATA: International Air Transport Association IATT: Inland Air Travel Tax

IBRD: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development IBEX: Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission

ICANN: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organisation

ICAR: Indian Council of Agricultural Research ICCR: Indian Council of Cultural Relations

ICCW: Indian Council for Child Welfare ICDS: Integrated Child Development Service

ICJ: International Court of Justice (with Headquarters at the Hague) ICL: Indian Cricket League

ICMR: Indian Council of Medical Research ICPA: Indian Cricket Players’ Association

ICRC: International Committee of the Red Cross IDA: International Development Association IDBI: Industrial Development Bank of India IDSA: Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis i.e.: id est; that is

IEA: International Energy Agency IES: Indian Economic Service IEX: Indian Energy Exchange

IFRS: International Financial Reporting Standard IFS: Indian Foreign Service; Indian Forest Service IFTU: International Federation of Trade Unions IFWJ: Indian Federation of Working Journalists IGNOU: Indira Gandhi National Open University IIPA: Indian Institute of Public Administration  IISS: International Institute of Strategic Studies IIT: Indian Institutes of Technology

ILO: International Labour Organisation IMA: Indian Military Academy

IMET: International Military Education Training Programme IMF: International Monetary Fund

IMO: International Maritime Organisation IN: Indian Navy; Intelligent Network

INA: Indian National Army

INK: International Newspaper Kiosks

INMARSAT: International Maritime Satellite Organisation INMAS: Institute of Nuclear Medicines and Allied Sciences INS: Indian Naval Ship; Indian Newspaper Society

INSAS: Indian Small Arms System INSAT: Indian National Satellite

INTERPOL: International Police Organisation INTUC: Indian National Trade Union Congress IOC: International Olympic Committee

IP: Indian Police

IPC: Indian Penal Code

IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPEC: International Programme on Elimination of Child Labour IPR: Intellectual Property Right

IPS: Indian Police Service; Indian Postal Service IPTV: Internet Protocol Television

IPU: Inter-Parliamentary Union IQ: Intelligence Quotient

IR: Infra-red

IRA: Insurance Regulatory Authority IRBM: Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile IREP: Integrated Rural Energy Planning

IRS: Indian Remote Sensing Satellite; Indian Revenue Service

ISAF: International Stabilization and Assistance Force (in Afghanistan) ISC: Inter-State Council

ISCS: Integrated Smart Card System

ISD: International Subscriber Dialled (telephone) ISH: Information Super Highway

ISKCON: International Society for Krishna Consciousness

ISO: International Standardisation Organisation ISP: Internet Service Provider

ISRO: Indian Space Research Organisation ISS: International Space Station

IST: Indian Standard Time

ISTRAC: ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network ITDC: Indian Tourism Development Corporation

ITO: International Trade Organisation; Income-tax Officer ITU: International Tele-communication Union

IUC: Interconnect User Charge

JCO: Junior Commissioned Officer

JNNURM: Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission JPC: Joint Parliamentary Committee

JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group JWG: Joint Working Group

KG: Kindergarten Kg: Kilogramme

KPO: Knowledge Process Outsourcing LAC: Line of Actual Control

LCA: Light Combat Aircraft

LDC: Least Developed Countries LHC: Large Hadron Collider

LIC: Life Insurance Corporation (of India) LLP: Limited Liability Partnership

LOAC: Line of Actual Control LTA: Light Transport Aircraft

LTTE: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

MAT: Minimum Alternative Tax MER: Mars Exploration Rover

MBBS: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MCF: Master Control Facility

MEP: Minimum Export Price MES: Military Engineering Service METSAT: Meteorological Satellite MFA: Multi-Fibre Agreement MFN: Most Favoured Nation

MIP: Moon Impact Probe

MMS: Multimedia Messaging Service

MMTC: Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation of India MNC: Multi-national Corporation

MNIC: Multi-purpose National Identity Card MODEM: Modulator-Demodulator

MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging

MRTPC: Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission MRTS: Mass Rapid Transit System

MSA: Maritime Safety Agency

MSCF: Maritime Security Cooperation Framework Mss: Manuscript

MTCR: Missile Technology Control Regime MTO: Multilateral Trade Organisation MVC: Maha Vir Chakra

MUNO: Maha Vir Chakra

NAA: National Airport Authority

NABARD: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development. (It helps rural development by providing re- finance facility).

NACIL: National Aviation Company of India Ltd NADA: National Anti-Doping Agency

NAEP: National Adult Education Programme NAFTA: North America Free Trade Agreement NAG: National Air Guard

NAM: Non-aligned Movement

NAMA: Non-Agriculture Market Access

NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (of the U.S.A.) NASDAQ: National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation NATA: Natural Aptitude Test for Architecture

NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NAV: Net Asset Value

NB: Nota bene; note well, or take notice NCA: Nuclear Command Authority NCC: National Cadet Corps

NCEP: National Committee on Environmental Planning NCERT: National Council of Education Research and Training NCR: National Capital Region

NDA: National Defence Academy; National Democratic Alliance NDNC: National Do Not Call (Registry)

NDPS: Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances NDRF: National Disaster Response Force

NDTL: National Dope Testing Laboratory NeGP: National e-governance Plan NEDB: North-Eastern Development Bank NEP: National Education Policy

NEPA: National Environment Protection Authority NFO: New Fund Offers

NHDP: National Highways Development Project NHRC: National Human Rights Commission NIC: National Integration Council

NIFT: National Institute of Fashion Technology NIO: National Institute of Oceanography

NIS: National Institute of Sports

NIT: National Institute of Technology NLMA: National Literacy Mission Authority NMD: Nuclear Missile Defence

NMDC: National Mineral Development Corporation NPL: National Physical Laboratory

NPR: National Population Register NPT: (Nuclear) Non-Proliferation Treaty NRBI: National Rural Bank of India

NREGA: National Rural Employment Guarantee Act NREP: National Rural Employment Programme NRF: National Renewal Fund

NRI: Non-Resident Indian

NRR: National Reproduction Rate NRSA: National Remote Sensing Agency NSA: National Security Act

NSC: National Service Corps; National Security Council NSDL: National Securities Depository Limited

NSE: National Stock Exchange NSR: National Skills Registry

NTPC: National Thermal Power Corporation NWDA: National Water Development Agency

NWRC: National Water Resources Council

 

OAS: Organisation of American States OAU: Organisation of African Unity OBC: Other Backward Communities OBU: Offshore Banking Unit

ODA: Official Development Assistance ODF: Open Document Format

ODS: Ozone Depletion Substances

OECD: Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development OGL: Open General Licence

OIC: Organisation of Islamic Countries OIGS: On India Government Service OIL: Oil India Limited

OM: Order of Merit

ONGC: Oil and Natural Gas Commission

OPEC: Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries OSCE: Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe OSD: Officer on Special Duty

OXML: Open Extended Marking Language

P

PAC: Political Affairs Committee; Public Accounts Committee

PACER: Programme for Acceleration of Commercial Energy Research PAN: Permanent Account Number (of Income-Tax)

PATA: Pacific-Asia Travel Association

PCS: Public Civil Service; Punjab Civil Service PIB: Press Information Bureau

Pin Code: Postal Index Number Code PIO: Persons of Indian Origin

PLF: Plant Load Factor

PM: Post Meridiem; after-noon; also Postmaster; Prime Minister; post-mortem (after death) PMG: Postmaster General

PN: Participatory Note

PO: Post Office; Postal Order

POPs: Persistent Organic Pollutants; Point of Purchase POTA: Prevention of Terrorism Act

POW: Prisoner of War

PP: Public Prosecutor; Particular Person PRO: Public Relations Officer

PS: Post Scriptum; Post Script; written after PSC: Public Service Commission

PSE: Public Sector Enterprises PSLV: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PTA: Preferential Trade Area

PTI: Press Trust of India

PTO: Please Turn Over; Privilege Ticket Order PUFA: Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids

PVC: Param Vir Chakra

PVSM: Param Vishisht Sewa Medal PWD: Public Works Department

Q, R

QMG: Quarter Master General QR: Quantitative Restriction RAF: Rapid Action Force

RAM: Random Access Memory

RBI: Reserve Bank of India

RCC: Reinforced Concrete Cement RDF: Rapid Development Force RDS: Radio Data Servicing

RDSS: Radio Determination Satellite Service

REACH: Rehabilitate, Educate and Support Street Children RLO: Returned Letter Office

RLV: Reusable Launch Vehicle RPM: Revolution Per Minute

RPO: Recruitment Process Outsourcing; Regional Passport Officer RRB: Regional Rural Bank

RRPI: Rural Retail Price Index

RSS: Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh

RSVP: Repondez s’il vous plait (Fr.) reply, if you please RTGS: Real Time Gross Settlement System

SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation SAFTA: South Asian Free Trade Area

SAIL: Steel Authority of India Limited

SAPTA: SAARC Preferential Trading Agreement SARS: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome SATNAV: Satellite Navigation (Initiative)

SAVE: SAARC Audio Visual Exchange

SC: Security Council; Supreme Court; Scheduled Caste SCI: Shipping Corporation of India

SCO: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

SCOPE: Standing Conference on Public Enterprises SDO: Sub-Divisional Officer

SDR: Special Drawing Rights (created by the World Bank) SEBI: Securities and Exchange Board of India

SFC: Strategic Forces Command

SGPC: Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee SIDBI: Small Industries Development Bank of India SIT: Special Investigation Team

SITE: Satellite Instructional Television Experiment SLR: Statutory Liquidity Ratio

SMS: Short Messaging Service; Subscriber Management System SOS: Save Our Souls—distress signal

SPG: Special Protection Group

SPIN: Software Process Improvement Networks SPV: Solar Photo Voltaic

SQUID: Super-conducting Quantum Interference Device SRE: Space Capsule Recovery Experiment

SRV: Submarine Rescue Vessel SSN: Social Security Number

STARS: Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station START: Strategic Arms Reduction Talks

STEP: Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Park STT: Securities Transaction Tax

SWAN: State-wide Area Network

SWIFT: Society for Worldwide Financial Telecommunications

 

TA: Travelling Allowance; Territorial Army TAAI: Travel Agents Association of India

TACDE: Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment TADA: Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act

TAPS: Tarapur Atomic Power Station TB: Tuberculosis

TDC: Transport Development Council TDS: Tax Deduction at Source

TDSAT: Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal TERLS: Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station TIFR: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

TIN: Tax Information Network

TINXSYS: Tax Information Exchange System TISCO: Tata Iron and Steel Company

TMC: Terrain Mapping Camera TMO: Telegraphic Money Order

TNT: Tri-nitro-toluene (high explosive) TPP: 20-Point Programme

TRAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRIMs: Trade Related Investment Measures TRIPS: Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights TRP: Television Rating Points; Tax Return Preparer

TRYSEM: Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment TTE: Travelling Ticket Examiner

TTF: Tourism Task Force

UAE: United Arab Emirates UAV: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle UF: United Front

UFO: Unidentified Flying Object UGC: University Grants Commission

ULFA: United Liberation Front of Assam

UN: United Nations

UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNDP: United Nations Development Programme

UNEF: United Nations Emergency Force UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation UNFPO: United Nations Fund for Population Activities

UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHRC: United Nations Human Rights Commission

UNI: United News of India

UNICEF: United Nations International Children’s (Emergency) Fund UNIDO: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation UNRRA: United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration UNTAC: United Nations Transitional Authority for Cambodia

UPA: United Progressive Alliance

UPSC: Union Public Service Commission UPTN: Universal Personal Telephone Number USA: United States of America

USIS: United States Information Service

VAT: Value-added Tax

VC: Vice-Chancellor; Vice Counsel; Victoria Cross; Vir Chakra VDIS: Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme

VHRR: Very High Resolution Radiometer VIP: Very Important Person

VLSI: Very Large Scale Integration VOIP: Voice Over Internet Protocol VPN: Virtual Private Network

VPP: Value Payable Post

VRS: Voluntary Retirement Scheme VSAT: Very Small Aperture Terminals

WADA: World Anti-Doping Agency WAP: Wireless Application Protocol

WAVE: Wireless Access for Virtual Enterprise WDF: Wasteland Development Force

WEF: World Economic Forum WFP: World Food Programme

WFTU: World Federation of Trade Unions WGIG: Working Group on Internet Governance WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organisation WLL: Wireless in Local Loop

WMD: Weapons of Mass Destruction WR: Western Railway

WTO: World Trade Organisation (previously called GATT); also World Tourism Organisation

XML: eXtensible Markup Language YMCA: Young Men’s Christian Association

YWCA: Young Women’s Christian Association

•               INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC) Established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (Une

INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES

•               Aero float is the airline of Russia.

•               Al-Italia is the Italian international airlines.

•               Royal Nepal’s Airline is the name of Nepal’s airline.

•               Transworld Airway (TWA) belongs to USA.

•               Scandinavian airlines operate in the countries Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.

•               KLM is the oldest national airline.

•               JAL is an airline of Japan.

•               BOAC airline is of Great Britain.

•               Garada is the airline of Indonesia.

•               Qantas is an airline of Australia.

•               The famous airport Dum Dum is located in Mombai (India).

•               Chaklala airport is situated in Rawalpindi.

•               Orly airport is located in Paris.

•               Santa Cruz airport is in Mumbai.

•               KLM is an airline of Nether land.

•               LOT is the national airline of what country-Poland

•               TABSO is the national airline of which country-Bulgaria

•               Lufthansa is an airlines from Germany

•               Cathy Pacific is an airline of Hong Kong.

•               What is Belgium's national Airline- Sabina

•               Vnukovo airport is in Moscow.

•               Biman is the airline of Bangladesh.

•               Qantas is an airline of Australia.

•               Garunda is an Airline of Indonesia.

•               Asiana is the airline of ... South Korea

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IMPORTANT NEWSAGENCIES

•               Anatolia is the news agency of Turkey.

•               News agency AIP belongs to Afghanistan.

•               Interfax is the news agency of Russia.

•               Al-Hilal was stated in 1912 and closed in 1914, it was founded by Abudul Kalam Azad.

CURRENT G.K

1.  Tapaimukh Dam issue is between India & Bangladesh.

2.  Foreign Minister of Bangladesh is Dipu Moni.

3.  PM of Bangladesh Shaikh Haseena of Awami League elected in December, 29,2008.

4.  Mongolia has world's 6% of Uranium reserves.

5.  The Bofors case led to Congress defeat in 1989 Lok Sabha polls. Ottavio Quattrocchi, an Italian businessman, took bribes to sale Bofors howitzers to India in 1986.

6.  Mao movement is connected with Naxalites.

7.  Black Widow is a rebellious gang in Assam.

8.  US intends to deploy US interceptor Missiles in Poland and radar in Czech Republic to protect Europe from Iranian missiles.

9.  Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel belongs to conservative party.

10.  OECD has 30 members and does ot include China.

11.  US special representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan is Richard Halbroke.

12.  Senator John Kerry and Richard Lugar put forward Kerry-Lugar Bill.

13.  G-20 Summit was held at Pittsburg, USA in Sep: 2009.

14.  David Lawrance Convention Centre arranges G-20 Summit.

15.  ISRO is Indian Space Research Organisation.

16.  President of Mongolia is Tsakhiagin Elbegdorj.

17.  Director General of Int. Atomic Energy Agency is Mohammad Alberadi.

18.  US Open 2009 won by Kim Clisjsters of Belgium and Juan Martin del Porto won men's singles titles.

19.  UEFA president is Michel Platni.

20.  Dal Lake is in occupied Kashmir.

21.  Shoe thrower on Bush Muntazer al Zaidi worked for Al-Baghdadi newspaper, Egypt.

22.  President of France is Nicolas Sarkozy.

23.  Mother Tressa belonged to Albania and came to India in 1951. She died on Sep:5, 19997 and is burried at Kolkata.

24.  Sachin Tendulkar completed 16000 runs in ODIs.

25.  President of Russia is Dimitri Medwedev. PM is Viladamir Putin.

26.  World Bank president is Robert Zoellic.

27.  US Secretary of State is Hillary Rodham Clinton.

28.  Head of WTO is Pascal Lamy.

29.  Garden of Five Senses is in Delhi.

30.  Obama is US's 44th President.

31.  Danny Boyle is the director of Slum Dog Millionaire.

32.  President of Chechnia is Ramzan A. Kadyrov.

33.  Shasha Obama (younger) and Malia Obama (elder) are two daughters of Barak Obama.

34.  Ahmadinejad defeated Mir Hussain Moussavi in his re-election.

35.  Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was ousted in a military coup. He was deported to Costa Rica.

36.  Brazil beats US in Confederation Cup.

37.  Iceland swears its first female PM Johanna Sigurdard Ottir.

38.  Baitullah Mehsud killed on Aug: 5, 2009.

39.  Serena Williams and Roger Federer are Wimbeldon winners this year.

40.  ICJ issued arrest warrants for Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir.

41.  President of North Korea is Kim Jong-il.

42.  Jacob Zuma won elections in South Africa.

43.  Abdullah Abdullah contested elections against Hamid Karzai.

44.  Chinese President is Hu Jintao.

45.  Mother-in-Law of Obama is Marian Robinson.

46.  President of Bangladesh is Zillur Rahman.

47.  Governor State Bank of Pakistan is Syed Salim Raza.

48.  Pakistan Ambassador to UN is Abdullah Hussain Haroon.

49.  President of Sri Lanka is Mahinda Percy Rajapaksa and PM is Ratnasiri Wickremanyake.

50.  President of India is Prathiba Patel, Interior Minister is Palaniappan Chidambaram.

51.  Michael Jackson died on 25th June, 2009 at the age of 50.

52.  LTTE chief Prabhakaran killed on 18th May, 2009.

53.  Titanic Museum opened in UK on 31st March, 2009.

54.  The Internaitiona Airport of Washington DC is known as Dulles International Airport.

55.  Michael Sleiman has taken over as the President of Lebanon.

56.  5th World Water Forum concluded in Istanbul on 22nd March, 2009.

57.  China celebrated its 60th Aniversary on 1st Oct: 2009.

58.  India will hold the Common Wealth Games in 2010.

59.  Jill Baden is the wife of Joe Biden, VP USA.

60.  Michelle Obaman is the wife of Barack Obama.

61.  CIA director is Leon Panetta.

62.  Secretary General of OIC is Ikmalluddin Ihsan Iglo (Turkey).

63.  US Ambassador to Iraq is Christopher Hill.

64.  Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self Governance Order 2009 came on Sep:7, 2009. Qamar-uz-Zaman Qaira made governer on 15th Sep: 2009.

65.  The book "Jinnah- India, Partition, Independence" is written by Jaswant Singh.

66.  The World Athletics Championship was held in Berlin in 2009.

67.  Justice Hamid Ali Mirza is the new Chief Election Commission of Pakistan.

68.  Arab League Sectary General is Amr Moosa.

69.  Commander of ISAF forces in Afghanistan is General Stan Mc Crystal.

70.  Operation Rah-e-Nijad conducted in South Waziristan on June 19, 2009.

71.  Operation Rah-e-Rast began in Sawat in May 2009.

72.  NAM Chairman is President Hussni Mubark of Egypt.

73.  ICC chief is Haroon Lorgat of South Africa.

74.  First East Timore President is Jose Gusmao.

75.  The American Taliban captured in Afghanistan is John Walker Lindh.

76.  President of Palestine is Mehmood Abbas.

77.  RAW chief is K.C Verma.

78.  Foreign Minister of UK is David Miliband.

79.  FIFA President is Joseph Sepp Blatter.

80.  Prime Minister of Australia is Kavin Rid.

81.  US Secretary of Defence is Robert Gates.

82.  Secretary General of SAARC is Sheel Kant Sharma.

83.  OPEC chief is Abdullah Salem al-Badri.

84.  NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

85.  Next Olympics will be held in London in 2012.

86.  Next Hockey World Cup will be held in India in 2010.

87.  Next World Cup of Cricket will be held in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in 2011.

88.  Next Football World Cup is to be held in South Africa in 2010.

89.  Burj Khalifa — The Tallest Building in the World has 162 stories, 828 meters or 2,717 feet in height and was constructed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, inaugurated on 4th Jan: 2010.

90.  NRO was promulgated on oct 5 2007 and has 7 sections.

91.  Baluchistan Package was announced in joint Sitting of Parliment on 24th November.

92.  Pakistan lift World T20 Cup, beat Sri Lanka by 8 wkts on 21 June 2009.

93.  When kerry lugar bill was passed?Thursday, Sept 24, 2009

94.  Luger Bill will provide Pakistan an aid of.... 1.5 billion dollars annually

95.  Timeline of withdrawal of forces from Iraq by Obama.. 2011

96.  The Way Of The World: A Story Of Truth And Hope In An Age Of Extremism by Ron Suskind

97.  A book of 2008"A way of hope and extremism...... Ayesha Jalal

Who is elected as Costa Rica’s first female president? Laura Chinchilla

· Who is the Vice-President of World Bank (IBRD)? Anil Sood

·  Who is the Chairman of UN General Assembly? Ali Triki

· Who is the Director-General of UNESCO? Koïchiro Matsuura

· Who is the Director-General of FAO? Jacques Diouf

· Who is the Director-General of (ILO)? Juan Somavia

· Who is the Executive Director of (UNICEF)? Anthony Lake

· Who is the Director-General of (WHO)? Margaret Chan

· Who is the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)? Antonio Gutrres

· Who is the Administrator of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)? Helen Clerk

· Who is the President of International Court of Justice (ICJ)? Hishashi Owada

· Who is the President of Asian Development Bank (ADB)? Haruhiko Kuroda

· Who is the President of International Olympic Committee (IOC)? Jacques Rogge

· Who is the Secretary-General of Commonwealth? Kamlesh Sharma

· Who is the Chairman of UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)?: Martin I. Uhomoibhi

· Who is the High Commissioner of UNHRC? Navnetham Pillai

· Who is the President of International Cricket Council (ICC)? David Morgan

· Who is the Secretary-General of African Union (AU)?Bingu wa Mutharika

· Who is the Chairman of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)? Hosni Mubarak

· Who is the Secretary-General of UNCTAD? Supachai Panitchpakdi

· Who is the Chairman of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and President of Palestinian National Authority?

·  Mahmoud Abbas

·  Who is the Secretary General of OPEC? Abdullah Salem ul Badri

·  Who is the Director-General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)? Yukiya Amano

·  Who is the Secretary-General of NATO? Anders Fogh Rasmussen

·  Who is the Director-General of World Trade Organization (WTO)? Pascal Lamy

·  Who is the Secretary-General of INTERPOL? Ronald Nobel

·  Who is the Secretary-General of ASEAN? Dr. Surin Pitsuwan

·  Who is the Secretary-General of SAARC? Dr. Sheelkant Sharma

·  Who is the President of International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF)? Lamine Diack

·  Who is the Secretary-General of Amnesty International? Irene Zubaida Khan

·  Who is the President of World Bank (WB)? Robert Zoellick

·  Who is the Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF)? Dominique Strauss-Kahn

·  Which of the following countries has introduced "Direct Democracy"? Switzerland

·  Inflation occurs when aggregate supply is Less than aggregate demand · Which of the following crops helps in nitrogen fixation? Beans ·

The term "Fourth Estate" refers Press ·

At which of the following place Rajiv Gandhi died of human bomb explosion? Sriperumbudur · The Governor General associated with the abolition of slavery was Bentinck.·

World No-Tobacco Day is observed on May 31 ·

Which one of the following ecosystems covers the largest area of the earth's surface? Marine Ecosystem · Thalassaemia is a hereditary disease affecting - Blood ·

Polythene is industrially prepared by the polymerization of - Ethylene ·

Which one of the following is not the official language of the United Nations Organisation? Portuguese · Biological Oxygen demand (BOD) is used as a standard measure of Oxygen level in water system · Which of the following Crops is of Kharif Season? Soyabean ·

By which of the following Acts were the Commercial Rights of East India Company Abolished? Charter Act of 1833 ·

The acronym STD written on Telephone booth stands for Subscriber Telephone Dialing · The disease diphtheria affects Throat · The Harry Potter series is written by J K Rowling · The most common communicable disease is Influenza

·  Taoism is a school of Chinese philosophy·

Hydrogen is used instead of Helium to fill balloons for meteorology because of its low density · The most abundant element in the earth's crust is Oxygen ·

Stainless steel is an example of a metallic compound · The International Date Line is the 180° Longitude ·

Who among the following was the first Maratha Ruler to get legal recognition from the Mughals? Sahuji · The average solar day is approximately 24 hrs ·

Cotton is a cellulose fiber· Vitamin D helps in the absorption of calcium

·  Dengue fever is spread by Aedes aegypti mosquito ·

Genome is the key to tomorrow's medical practices because It provides a new outlook into medicine · Mahatma Gandhi started his struggle against apartheid in Natal ·

How may squares are there in a Chess Board? 64 ·

The "stones" formed in human kidney consist mostly of Sodium chloride · The study which deals with secret writing is known as Cryptology ·

The oceans cover-------- of the surface of the earth 71% ·

"James Bond" is a character created by Ian Fleming · Bangalore is called the "Silicon Valley of India" ·

The role of chlorophyll in photosynthesis is Absorption of light ·

The first Europeans to start trade relations with India were the Dutch ·

Process of breeding fish in ponds and artificial reservoirs is known as Pisciculture ·

Why does diamond shine at night? Diamond shines because it has tetrahedral molecular structure · The sea route to India was discovered by the Portuguese ·

Babur entered India for the first time from the west through Sind ·

Of the total water on the earth, fresh water reserves constitute approximately 2.7% · The magnetic effect of electric current was first observed by Oersted ·

The percentage of glucose present in the normal urine is 0.1% · Jahangiri Mahal is located in Agra Fort ·

The relics of Indus Valley Civilisation indicates that the main occupation of the people was Commerce · Marish traveller, Ibn Batutah, came to India during the time of Muhammed bin Tughlaq ·

The ancient name of Bengal was Gauda ·

Protective foods in our diet are Proteins and carbohydrates ·

Which of the following types of clothes is manufactured by using petroleum products? Nylon · U Thant Award is given for Social service ·

Who among the following were popularly known as Red Shirts? Khudai Khidmatgars · During the period of Renaissance, the new style of architecture first developed in Italy · Srinagar is situated on the bank of the river Jhelum ·

The canal joining Baltic Sea to North Sea is Kiel Canal ·

High pressure subtropical calm belts known as `Horse Latitudes' lies between 30° and 35° ·

On 22nd December, which of the following places has the largest day and shortest night? Melbourne · Blue Revolution is related to fish production ·

Sphere of living matter together with water, air and soil on the surface of the earth is known as Biosphere ·

What is the birth date of Sonia Gandhi? Answer: 9 December 1946·

Who is the IAS Topper in UPSC Civil Services Exam 2010? Dr Shah Faesal, 26 year-old MBBS graduate· Which metal is heavier, silver or gold? Gold·

Which state is the biggest in the US? Alaska·

What is Aurora Borealis commonly known as? Northern Lights·

Which is the non-contagious disease that is the most common in the world? Tooth Decay · In which country was golf first played? Scotland·

Which is the sport wherein you would use a "sand iron"? Golf

· Who was the writer of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland? Lewis Carroll · What is the rhino's horn made of? Hair·

Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor · If you were to remove your skin, it would weigh as much as 5 pounds · 90 % of all the ice in the world in on Antarctica ·

Antarctica is DRIEST continent. Antarctica is a desert · .

Antarctica is COLDEST continent, averaging minus 76 degrees in the winter · Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete. ·

Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day · Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails! · Honey is the only food that does not spoil. ·

Earth is the only planet not named after a god. ·

There was once an undersea post office in the Bahamas. · Penguins are not found in the North Pole ·

A dentist invented the Electric Chair. ·

A whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound · Alexander Graham Bell's wife and mother were both deaf ·

Fish scales are an ingredient in most lipsticks · Canada" is an Indian word meaning "Big Village". ·

1.7 liters of saliva is produced each day ·

The Wright Brothers invented one of the first airplanes. It was called the Kitty Hawk. ·

Venus is nicknamed the "Jewel of the Sky." Because of the greenhouse effect, it is hotter than Mercury, even though it's not as close to the sun. Venus does not have a moon but it does have clouds of sulfuric acid! ·

Which strait separates the North and South islands of New Zealand? Cook Strait· In which city is the Doge’s Palace? Venice·

Which continent has the larger land mass: Africa or North America? Africa· What name is given to the art of preparing, stuffng and mounting the skins of animals to make lifelike models? Taxidermy·

The name of which Roman god means ‘shining father' in Latin? Jupiter· Which theoretical temperature corresponds to minus 273.15 degrees on the Celsius scale? Absolute zero·

Who wrote Bleak House? Charles Dickens· Ganymede is a satellite of which planet? Jupiter·

Which city was the first in the world to have a population of more than one million? London (circa 1811)· Which was the first element to be created artificially? Technetium·

In computing, what does ISDN stand for? Integrated Services Digital Network· The world's windiest place is Commonwealth Bay, Antartica. ·

The desert baobab tree can store up to 1000 litres of water in its trunk. ·

The USA uses 29% of the world's petrol and 33% of the world's electricity. · Tibet is the highest country in the world. Its average height above sea level is 4500 meters. ·

The White Sea, in Russia, has the lowest temperature, only -2 degrees centigrade.

The Persian Gulf is the warmest sea. In the summer its temperature reaches 35.6 degrees centigrade. · There is no land at all at the North Pole, only ice on top of sea. ·

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

US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen. ·

Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels. ·

Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn’t digest itself. · A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945. ·

The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper. · The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle. ·

Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. ·

The ZIP in “ZIP code” means Zoning Improvement Plan. · Camel’s have three eyelids. ·

Most lipstick contains fish scales. ·

Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark’s stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode. ·

Over a course of about eleven years, the sun’s magnetic poles switch places. This cycle is called “Solarmax”. · The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672. ·

The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour. ·

It took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa·

IBM’s motto is “Think”. Apple later made their motto “Think different”. · A “jiffy” is the scientific name for 1/100th of a second.

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

·  Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors, the helicopter, and many other present day items.

·  25% of a human’s bones are in its feet.

·  A jellyfish is 95% water.

·  The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. (the heart is not a muscle)

·  Pearls melt in vinegar.

·  Nepal is the only country that doesn’t have a rectangular flag. Switzerland is the only country with a square flag.

·  Humans use a total of 72 different muscles in speech.

·  The male seahorse carries the eggs until they hatch instead of the female.

·  Mercury is the only planet whose orbit is coplanar with its equator. Venus and Uranus are the only planets that rotate opposite to the direction of their orbit.

·  The city of Venice stands on about 120 small islands.

·  The past-tense of the English word "dare" is "durst".

·  Hummingbirds can't walk.

·  The largest copper producing country in the World is Chile.·

The largest museum in the world is the American Museum of Natural History. · The lowest mountain range in the world is the Buena Bhaile. ·

The country known as the Land of Cakes is Scotland. ·

The tallest tower in the world is the C. N. Tower, Toronto, Canada. · The country famous for its fish catch is Japan. ·

Montreal is situated on the bank of River Ottawa. ·

The largest church in the world is Basilica of St. Peter, Vatican City, Rome. · The tallest statue in the world is the Motherland, Volgograd Russia. ·

The largest railway tunnel in the world is the Oshimizu Tunnel, Japan. · The Angel Falls is located in Venezuela. ·

The Victoria Falls is located in Rhodesia. ·

Ice Cream was discovered by Gerald Tisyum. ·

Napoleon suffered from alurophobia which means Fear of cats. · The aero planes were used in war for the first time by Italians. ·

The famous Island located at the mouth of the Hudson River is Manhattan. · The founder of plastic industry was Leo Hendrik Baekeland. ·

The country where military service is compulsory for women is Israel. · The country which has more than 10,000 golf courses is USA. ·

The famous painting 'Mona Lisa' is displayed at Louvre museum, Paris. · The famous words 'Veni Vidi Vici' were said by Julius Caesar. ·

The practice of sterilization of surgical instruments was introduced by Joseph Lister. ·

The number of countries which participated in the first Olympic Games held at Athens was nine. · Mercury is also known as Quick Silver.·

Disneyland is located in California, USA. ·

The country which built the first powerful long range rockets is Germany. · Sewing Machine was invented by Isaac M. Singer. ·

Adding Machine was invented by Aldrin. · Archimedes was born in Sicily. ·

The largest temple in the world is Angkor Wat in Kampuchea. ·

The largest dome in the world is Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, USA. The largest strait in the world is Tartar Strait.. ·

The largest city of Africa is Cairo. ·

The Heathrow Airport is located in London. ·

The neon lamp was invented by Georges Claude. · The last letter of the Greek alphabet is Omega. · The US state Utah is also known as Beehive state. ·

The Kalahari Desert is located in Africa. ·

The Patagonian desert is located in Argentina. ·

The person known as the father of aeronautics is Sir George Cayley. · The most densely populated Island in the world is Honshu. ·

The largest auto producing nation is Japan. ·

The famous 'General Motors' company was founded by William Durant. · The country that brings out the FIAT is Italy. ·

The first actor to win an Oscar was Emil Jannings. ·

The first demonstration of a motion picture was held at Paris. · The first country to issue stamps was Britain. ·

The world's largest car manufacturing company is Toyota Motors, JAPAN. · The White House was painted white to hide fire damage. ·

The largest oil producing nation in Africa is Nigeria. · The longest river in Russia and Europe is Volga River. · The term 'astrology' literally means Star Speech. ·  Togo is situated in Africa.·

Coal is also known as Black Diamond. · The lightest known metal is Lithium. ·

The Atacama Desert is located in North Chile. · The oil used to preserve timber is Creosote oil.

The US state known as 'Land of 1000 Lakes' is Minnesota. ·

The popular detective character created by Agatha Christie is Hercule Poirot. · Yoghurt means Fermented milk. ·

Yankee is the nickname of American. ·

Victoria Falls was discovered by David Livingstone. ·

The technique to produce the first test tube baby was evolved by Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards. · The oldest residential university of Britain is the Oxford University. ·

The name of the large clock on the tower of the House of Parliament in London is called Big Ben.· Prado Museum is located in Madrid.·

The number of keys in an ordinary piano is Eighty eight

'Man is a Tool Making Animal' was said by Benjamin Franklin. · The term 'anesthesia' was coined by Oliver Wendell Holmes. · The first man to reach Antarctica was Fabian Gottlieb.·

The Kilimanjaro volcano is situated in Tanzania. ·

The invention that is considered to have built America is Dynamite. · What is the full form of GPRS? - General Packet Radio Service ·

Which was the first university established in the world? - Nalanda University · The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production of the world is Myanmar

·  The country also known as "country of copper" is Zambia

·  The coldest place on the earth is Verkoyansk in Siberia

·  The country which ranks second in terms of land area is Canada

·  The largest Island in the Mediterranean sea is Sicily

·  The river Jordan flows out into the Dead sea

·  The capital city that stands on the river Danube is Belgrade

·  The country which is the largest producer of tin in the world is China

·  The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is the Amazon River29

·  The city which was once called the `Forbidden City' was Peking

·  The volcano Vesuvius is located in Italy

·  The largest bell in the world is theTsar Kolkol at Kremlin, Moscow

·  The biggest stadium in the world is the Strahov Stadium, Prague

·  The world's largest diamond producing country is South Africa.

·  Australia was discovered by James Cook

·  Dublin is situated at the mouth of river Liffey

·  The Eiffel tower was built by Alexander Eiffe

·  The Red Cross was founded by Jean Henri Durant

·  The country which has highest population density is Monaco

·  The national flower of Britain is Rose

·  Niagara Falls was discovered by Louis Hennepin

·  The national flower of Italy is Lily

·  The national flower of China is Narcissus

·  The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is Strait of Hormuz

·  The first Industrial Revolution took place in England

·  Singapore was founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles

·  The independence day of South Korea is celebrated on15th August

·  The first President of Egypt was Mohammed Nequib

·  The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was Guermica

·  The primary producer of newsprint in the world is Canada

·  The person who is called the father of modern Italy is G.Garibaldi

·  The founder of modern Germany isBismarck7

·  The founder of the Chinese Republic was San Yat Sen

·  The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was Margaret Thatcher

·  The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was Frederick Auguste Bartholdi

·  John F Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald

·  The largest river in France is Loire

·  The first black person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was Ralph Johnson Bunche

·  The principal export of Jamaica is Sugar

·  The largest library in the world is the United States Library of Congress, Washington DC

·  Who was the youngest President of the USA?Theodore Roosevelt

·  Who invented the Light Bulb? Humphry Davy

·  Who invented the washing machine? James King

·  Who invented the first electric washing machine? Alva Fisher

·  Who invented the Vacuum Cleaner? Hubert Booth

·  Who is the CEO of search company Google? Eric Schmidt

·  Who was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services? Satyendranath Tagore

·  Which two countries have signed the Nuclear Swap deal with Iran? Brazil and Turkey

·  Who is CEO of Yahoo? Carol Bartz

·  Who is the first man to climb Mount Everest without oxygen? Phu Dorji

·  How many words can you make from a five letter word by shuffling the places of each alphabet? 120

·  Speed of computer mouse is measured in which unit? Mickey

·  Barack Obama's birthday is on which date? August 4, 1961

·  Which bird is the international symbol of happiness? Bluebird

·  Which useful household item is made from naphthalene? Mothballs

Extra knowledge

1.  Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley’s Comet can be seen.

During his life he predicted that he would die when it could be seen.

2.  US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.

3.  The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.

4.  Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world’s garbage annually. On average, that’s 3 pounds a day per person.

5.  Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.

6.  Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn’t digest itself.

7.  98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.

8.  A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.

9.  The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.

10.  The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle.

11.  A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

12.  Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.

13.  Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the

13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.

14.  A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

15.  All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).

16.  In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.

17.  The ZIP in “ZIP code” means Zoning Improvement Plan.

18.  Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.

19. A “2 by 4” is really 1-1/2 by 3-1/2.

20.  It’s estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world’s population is drunk.

21.  Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades = David; Clubs = Alexander the Great; Hearts = Charlemagne; Diamonds = Caesar.

22.  40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

23.  Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye and tongue print along with their finger print.

24.  The “spot” on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.

25.  315 entries in Webster’s 1996 dictionary were misspelled.

26.  The “save” icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.

27.  Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa Lawenthal and Emma Wedgewood respectively).

28.  Camel’s have three eyelids.

29.  On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.

30.  John Wilkes Booth’s brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln’s son.

31.  Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are brother and sister.

32.  Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.

33.  Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps.

34.  Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.

35.  55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.

36.  Most lipstick contains fish scales.

37.  Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark’s stomach from underneath, causing

the shark to explode.

38.  Dr. Seuss pronounced his name “soyce”.

39.  Slugs have four noses.

40.  Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

41.  The Three Wise Monkeys have names: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).

42.  India has a Bill of Rights for cows.

43.  If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out.

44.  During the California gold rush of 1849, miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the extremely high costs in California during these boom years, it was deemed more feasible to send their shirts to Hawaii for servicing.

45.  American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.

46.  About 200,000,000 M&Ms are sold each day in the United States.

47.  Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

48.  Over a course of about eleven years, the sun’s magnetic poles switch places. This cycle is called “Solarmax”.

49.  There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.

50.  Upper and lower case letters are named “upper” and “lower” because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters.

51.  There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

52.  The numbers “172? can be found on the back of the US 5 dollar bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.

53.  Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That’s more than sharks.

54.  Half of all bank robberies take place on a Friday.

55.  The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.

56.  The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.

57.  The first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

58.  The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour.

59.  It took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa. He never signed or dated the painting.

Leonardo and Mona had identical bone structures according to the painting. X-ray images have shown that there are 3 other versions under the original.

60.  If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

61.  Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow the film down so you could see his moves.

62.  The largest amount of money you can have without having change for a dollar is $1.19 (3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies cannot be divided into a dollar).

63.  The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA”.

64.  IBM’s motto is “Think”. Apple later made their motto “Think different”.

65.  The mask used by Michael Myers in the original “Halloween” was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white, due to low budget.

1.  The original name for butterfly was flutterby.

2.  The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

3.  One in fourteen women in America is a natural blonde. Only one in sixteen men is.

4.  The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service.

5.  When the Titanic sank, 2228 people were on it. Only 706 survived.

6.  In America, someone is diagnosed with AIDS every 10 minutes. In South Africa, someone dies due to HIV or AIDS every 10 minutes.

7.  Every day, 7% of the US eats at McDonald’s.

8.  The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, which Motorola got their name from.

9.  In the US, about 127 million adults are overweight or obese; worldwide, 750 million are overweight and 300 million more are obese. In the US, 15% of children in elementary school are overweight; 20% are worldwide.

10.  In Disney’s Fantasia, the Sorcerer to whom Mickey played an apprentice was named Yensid (Disney spelled backward).

11.  During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, “Red Vineyard at Arles”.

12.  By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.

13.  One in ten people live on an island.

14.  It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

15.  28% of Africa is classified as wilderness. In North America, its 38%.

16.  Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

17.  Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

18.  Sherlock Holmes NEVER said “Elementary, my dear Watson”, Humphrey Bogart NEVER said “Play it again, Sam” in Casablanca, and they NEVER said “Beam me up, Scotty” on Star Trek.

19.  An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.

20.  Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokes model.

21.  The sound you here when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing through your head.

22.  More people are afraid of open spaces (kenophobia) than of tight spaces (claustrophobia).

23.  The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.

24.  There is a 1 in 4 chance that New York will have a white Christmas.

25.  The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

26.  Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

27.  Back in the mid to late ’80s, an IBM compatible computer wasn’t considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft’s Flight Simulator.

28.  $203,000,000 is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.

29.  Every US president has worn glasses (just not always in public).

30.  Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

31.  Jim Henson first coined the word “Muppet”. It is a combination of “marionette” and “puppet.”

32.  The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with (not counting the words “North” and “South).

33.  The Michelin man is known as Mr. Bib. His name was Bibendum in the company’s first ads in 1896.

34.  About 20% of bird species have become extinct in the past 200 years, almost all of them because of human activity.

35.  The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

36.  About 14% of injecting drug users are HIV positive.

37.  A word or sentence that is the same front and back (racecar, kayak) is called a “palindrome”.

38.  A snail can sleep for 3 years.

39.  People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide.

40.  China has more English speakers than the United States.

41.  Finnish folklore says that when Santa comes to Finland to deliver gifts, he leaves his sleigh behind

and rides on a goat named Ukko instead. According to French tradition, Santa Claus has a brother named Bells Nichols, who visits homes on New Year’s Eve after everyone is asleep, and if a plate is

set out for him, he fills it with cookies and cakes.

42.  One in every 9000 people is an albino.

43.  The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

44.  You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.

45.  Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury.

46.  Every year 4 people in the UK die putting their trousers on.

47.  Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds; dogs only have about ten.

48.  Our eyes are always the same size from birth but our nose and ears never stop growing.

49.  In every episode of “Seinfeld” there is a Superman picture or reference somewhere.

50.  If Barbie were life-size her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal human’s neck.

51.  Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.

52.  Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

53.  Each year in America there are about 300,000 deaths that can be attributed to obesity.

54.  About 55% of all movies are rated R.

55.  About 500 movies are made in the US and 800 in India annually.

56.  Arabic numerals are not really Arabic; they were created in India.

57.  Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations (implemented on July 16, 1969) makes i

illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles.

58.  The February of 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

59.  The Pentagon in Arlington Virginia has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.

60.  There is actually no danger in swimming right after you eat, though it may feel uncomfortable.

61.  The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

62.  More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

63.  A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

64.  There are about 2 chickens for every human in the world.

65.  The word “maverick” came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan refused to brand his cattle.

Eventually any unbranded calf became known as a Maverick.

66.  Two-thirds of the world’s eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

67.  For every memorial statue with a person on a horse, if the horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died of battle wounds; if all four of the horse’s legs are on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

68.  On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the American flag is flying over the Parliament Building.

69.  An American urologist bought Napoleon’s penis for $40,000.

70.  No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

71.  Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters “MT”.

72.  $283,200 is the absolute highest amount of money you can win on Jeopardy.

73.  Almonds are members of the peach family.

74.  Rats and horses can’t vomit.

75.  The penguin is the only bird that can’t fly but can swim.

76.  There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day.

77.  Winston Churchill was born in a ladies room during a dance.

78.  Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

79.  There are only four words in the English language that end in “-dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous

80.  Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

81.  Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie.

82.  “101 Dalmatians” and “Peter Pan” are the only Disney animations in which both of a character’s parents are present and don’t die during the movie.

83.  You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

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84.  Hedenophobic means fear of pleasure.

85.  Ancient Egyptian priests would pluck every hair from their bodies.

86.  A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

87.  Half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18. 80% of burglaries are committed by people aged 13-21.

88.  An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

89.  All polar bears are left-handed.

90.  The catfish has over 27000 taste buds (more than any other animal)

91.  A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.

92.  Butterflies taste with their feet.

93.  Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump.

94.  An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

95.  Starfish have no brains.

96.  11% of the world is left-handed.

97.  John Hancock and Charles Thomson were the only people to sign the Declaration of independence on July 4th, 1776. The last signature came five years later.

98.  Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

99.  Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

100.  The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.

101.  There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

102.  A healthy (non-colorblind) human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of gray.

103.  A pregnant goldfish is called a twit

104.  Lizards can self-amputate their tails for protection. It grows back after a few months.

105.  Los Angeles’ full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula”. It can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.

106.  A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

107.  A honeybee can fly at fifteen miles per hour.

108.  Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

109.  A “jiffy” is the scientific name for 1/100th of a second.

110.  The average child recognizes over 200 company logos by the time he enters first grade.

111.  The youngest pope ever was 11 years old.

112.  The first novel ever written on a typewriter is Tom Sawyer.

113.  One out of every 43 prisoners escapes from jail. 94% are recaptured.

114.  The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

115.  The average chocolate bar has 8 insects’ legs melted into it.

116.  A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.

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

118.  Elwood Edwards did the voice for the AOL sound files (i.e. “You’ve got Mail!”). He is heard about 27 million times a day. The recordings were done before Quantum changed its name to AOL and the program was known as “Q-Link.”

119.  A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, but like snow it appears white.

120.  Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis middle name was spelled Aron, in honor of his brother.

121.  Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

122.  Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes.

123.  Shakespeare invented the words “assassination” and “bump.”

124.  There are a million ants for every person on Earth.

125.  If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.

126.  Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

127.  The name Jeep comes from “GP”, the army abbreviation for General Purpose.

128.  Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.

129.  There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

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130.  Cats’ urine glows under a black light.

131.  A “quidnunc” is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip.

132.  The first US Patent was for manufacturing potassium carbonate (used in glass and gunpowder). It was issued to Samuel Hopkins on July 31, 1970.

133.  Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors, the helicopter, and many other present day items.

134.  In the last 4000 years no new animals have been domesticated.

135.  25% of a human’s bones are in its feet.

136.  David Sarnoff received the Titanic’s distress signal and saved hundreds of passengers. He later became the head of the first radio network, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC).

137.  On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

138.  Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than every Nike factory worker in Malaysia combined.

139.  One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the ’30s lobbied against hemp farmers (they saw it as competition).

140.  “Canada” is an Indian word meaning “Big Village”.

141.  Only one in two billion people will live to be 116 or older.

142.  If you yelled for 8 years 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

143.  Rape is reported every six minutes in the U.S.

144.  The human heart creates enough pressure in the bloodstream to squirt blood 30 feet.

145.  A jellyfish is 95% water.

146.  Truck driving is the most dangerous occupation by accidental deaths (799 in 2001).

147.  Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

148.  Elephants only sleep for two hours each day

149.  On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

150.  The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. (the heart is not a muscle)

151.  In golf, a ‘Bo Derek’ is a score of 10.

152.  In the U.S, Frisbees outsell footballs, baseballs and basketballs combined.

153.  In most watch advertisements the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

154.  If you plant an apple seed, it is almost guaranteed to grow a tree of a different type of apple.

155.  Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

156.  The only real person to be a PEZ head was Betsy Ross.

157.  There are about 450 types of cheese in the world. 240 come from France.

158.  When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers plays football at home the stadium becomes Nebraska’s third largest city.

159.  The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life”.

160.  A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

161.  In Iceland, a Big Mac costs $5.50.

162.  Broccoli and cauliflower are the only vegetables that are flowers.

163.  Newborn babies have about 350 bones. They gradually merge and disappear until there are about 206 by age 5.

164.  There is no solid proof of who built the Taj Mahal.

165.  In a survey of 200000 ostriches over 80 years, not one tried to bury its head in the sand.

166.  A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A quarter has 119.

167.  On an American one-dollar bill there is a tiny owl in the upper-left-hand corner of the upper-right-hand “1? and a spider hidden in the front upper-right-hand corner.

168.  Judy Scheindlin (”Judge Judy”) has a $25,000,000 salary, while Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has a $190,100 salary.

169.  The name for Oz in the Wizard of Oz was thought up when the creator Frank Baum looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N and O-Z.

170.  Andorra, a tiny country on the border between France and Spain, has the longest average lifespan of

83.49 years

171.  The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

172.  Mr. Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister.

173.  In America you will see an average of 500 advertisements a day.

174.  John Lennon’s first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

175.  You can lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.

176.  The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

177.  “The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.

178.  There are 336 dimples on a regulation US golf ball. In the UK its 330.

179.  The Toltecs (a 7th century tribe) used wooden swords so they wouldn’t kill their enemies.

180.  “Duff” is the decaying organic matter found on a forest floor.

181.  The US has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.

182.  There have been over 600 lawsuits against Alexander Grahm Bell over rights to the patent of the telephone, the most valuable patent in U.S. history.

183.  Kuwait is about 60% male (highest in the world). Latvia is about 54% female (highest in the world).

184.  The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.

185.  In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world’s nuclear weapons combined.

186.  At the height of its power in 400 BC, the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves.

187.  Julius Caesar’s autograph is worth about $2,000,000.

188.  The tool doctors wrap around a patient’s arm to measure blood pressure is called a sphygmomanometer.

189.  People say “bless you” when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond.

190.  US gold coins used to say “In Gold We Trust”.

191.  In “Silence of the Lambs”, Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) never blinks.

192.  A shrimp’s heart is in its head.

193.  In the 17th century, the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places. Today, to 1.2411 trillion.

194.  The bestselling books of all time are The Bible (6billion+), Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung (900million+), and The Lord of the Rings (100million+)

195.  Pearls melt in vinegar.

196.  “Lassie” was played by a group of male dogs; the main one was named Pal.

197.  In 1863, Paul Hubert of Bordeaux, France, was sentenced to life in jail for murder. After 21 years, it was discovered that he was convicted of murdering himself.

198.  Nepal is the only country that doesn’t have a rectangular flag. Switzerland is the only country with a square flag.

199.  Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer are the only angels named in the Bible.

200.  Tiger Woods’ real first name is Eldrick. His father gave him the nickname “Tiger” in honor of a South Vietnamese soldier his father had fought alongside with during the Vietnam War.

201.  Johnny Appleseed planted apples so that people could use apple cider to make alcohol.

202.  Abraham Lincoln’s ghost is said to haunt the White House.

203.  God is not mentioned once in the book of Esther.

204.  The odds of being born male are about 51.2%, according to census.

205.  Scotland has more redheads than any other part of the world.

206.  There is an average of 61,000 people airborne over the US at any given moment.

207.  Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane in case there is a crash.

208.  The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad. The most common name (of any type) in the world is Mohammed.

209.  The surface of the Earth is about 60% water and 10% ice.

210.  For every 230 cars that are made, 1 will be stolen.

211.  Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. President to be born in a hospital.

212.  Lightning strikes the earth about 8 million times a day.

213.  Around 2,000 left-handed people die annually due to improper use of equipment designed only for Page 7/9

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214.  The “if” and “then” parts of conditional (”if P then Q”) statement are called the protasis (P) and apodosis (Q).

215.  Humans use a total of 72 different muscles in speech.

216.  If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.

217.  Only female mosquitoes bite.

218.  The U.S. Post Office handles 43 percent of the world’s mail.

219.  Most household dust is made of dead skin cells.

220.  One in about eight million people has progeria, a disease that causes people to grow faster than they age.

221.  The male seahorse carries the eggs until they hatch instead of the female.

222.  The “countdown” (counting down from 10 for an event such as New-Years Day) was first used in a 1929 German silent film called “Die Frau Im Monde” (The Girl in the Moon).

223.  Negative emotions such as anxiety and depression can weaken your immune system.

224.  There are seven suicides in the Bible: Abimelech. Samson, Saul, Saul’s armor-bearer, Ahithophel, Zimri, Judas.

225.  A mongoose is not a goose but more like a meercat, which is not a cat but more like a prairie dog, which is not a dog but more like a ground squirrel.

226.  Stephen Hawking was born exactly 300 years after Galileo died.

227.  Mercury is the only planet whose orbit is coplanar with its equator. Venus and Uranus are the only planets that rotate opposite to the direction of their orbit.

228.  John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe died on July 4th. Adams and Jefferson died in the same year. Supposedly, Adams last words were "Thomas Jefferson survives."

229.  The Baby Ruth candy bar was named after Grover Cleveland's baby daughter, Ruth, not Babe Ruth the baseball player.

230.  Dolphins can look in different directions with each eye. They can sleep with one eye open.

231.  The Falkland Isles (pop. about 2000) has over 700000 sheep (350 per person).

232.  There are 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.

233.  While many treaties have been signed at or near Paris, France (including many after WWI and WWII), nine are actually known as the "Treaty of Paris": Seven Years' War (1763), American Revolutionary War (1783), French-Swede War (1810), France vs Sixth Coalition (1814), Battle of Waterloo (1815), Crimean War (1856), Spanish-American War (1898), union of Bessarabia and Romania (1920), establishment of European Coal and Steel Community (1951).

234.  Robert Todd Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln's oldest son) was in Washington DC during his father's assassination as well as during President Garfield's assassination, and he was in Buffalo NY when President McKinley was assassinated.

235.  The city of Venice stands on about 120 small islands.

236.  The past-tense of the English word "dare" is "durst".

237.  Don Mac Lean's song "American Pie" was written about Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper), who all died in the same plane crash.

238.  The drummer for ZZ Top (the only one without a beard) is named Frank Beard.

239.  Hummingbirds can't walk.

240.  When movie directors do not want their names to be seen in the credits, they use the pseudonym "Allen Smithee" instead. It has been used over 50 times, starting with "Death of a Gunfighter"

(1969).

241.  Four different people played the part of Darth Vader (body, face, voice, and breathing).

242.  Pamela Lee-Anderson was the first to be born in Canada on the centennial anniversary of Canada's independence (7/1/1967).

243.  There is about 200 times more gold in the oceans than has been mined throughout history.

244.  William Shatner is credited for being the first person on TV to say "hell" as well as to have the first inter-racial kiss (with Nichelle Nichols), both in episodes of Star Trek.

245.  While the US government's supply of gold is kept at Fort Knox, its supply of silver is kept at the Military Academy at West Point, NY.

246.  Alexander Graham Bell's wife and mother were both deaf.

247.  Compact discs read from the inside to the outside edge, the reverse of how a record works.

248.  In the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, if a man was not married by age 30, he would not be allowed to vote or watch athletic events involving nude young men.

249.  Attila the Hun (invader of Europe; 406-453), Felix Faure (French President; 1841-1899), Pope Leo VII (936-939), Pope John VII (955-964), Pope Leo VIII (963-965), Pope John XIII (965-72), Pope

Paul II (1467-1471), Lord Palmerston (British Prime Minister, 1784-1865), Nelson Rockefeller (US Vice President, 1908-1979), and John Entwistle (The Who's bassist, 1944-2002) all died while having sex

250.  Humans and dolphins are the only animals known to have sex for pleasure.

251.  Pac-Man, Namco's 1979 arcade game, was originally called "Puck Man". The name was changed when they realized that vandals could easily scratch out part of the letter "P".

252.  Shakespeare and Cervantes died on the same day, April 23, 1616.

253.  There are about 7.7 million millionaires in the world (more than 1/1000th of the population).

254.  The youngest mother on record was a Peruvian girl named Lina Medina. She gave birth to a boy by caesarean section on May 14, 1939 (which happened to be Mother's Day), at the age of five years, seven months and 21 days.

255.  The "middle finger" gesture originates back to 423 BC in Aristophanes play "The Clouds".

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

Some Facts

1.  Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.

2.  The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.

3.  The first song played on Virgin Radio was Born to be wild by INXS!

4.  A person will burn 7 percent more calories if they walk on hard dirt compared to pavement.

5.  Polar bear fur is not white, it's clear.

6.  Yahoo! was originally called 'Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web'.

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

8.  How does a shark find fish? It can hear their hearts beating.

9.  In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.

10.  Eighty percent of Americans will be the victim of violent crime at least once in their lifetime.

11.  During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!

12.  C3PO is the first character to speak in Star Wars.

13.  The state sport of Maryland is Jousting.

14.  The first patented condom was meant to be reused!

15.  King Kong was Adolf Hitler's favorite movie.

16.  A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.!

17.  Justin Timberlake's half-eaten french toast sold for over $3,000 on eBay!

18.  An egg will float if placed in water in which sugar has been added.

19.  7,000 new insect species are discovered every year.

20.  More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.

21.  The Yo-Yo originated as a weapon in the Philippine Islands during the sixteenth century.

22.  Dolphins nap with one eye open.

23.  The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.

24.  Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.

Here are some interesting, but true facts for general knowledge, that you may or may not have known.

1)  In 1783 an Icelandic eruption threw up enough dust to temporarily block out the sun over Europe .

2)  About 20 to 30 volcanoes erupt each year, mostly under the sea.

3)  A huge underground river runs underneath the Nile, with six times more water than the river above.

4)  Lake Bosumtwi in Ghana formed in a hollow made by a meteorite.

5)  Beaver Lake , in Yellowstone Park, USA, was artificially created by beaver damming.

6)  Off the coast of Florida there is an underwater hotel. Guests have to dive to the entrance.

7)  Venice in Italy is built on 118 sea islets joined by 400 bridges. It is gradually sinking into the water.

8)  The Ancient Egyptians worshipped a sky goddess called Nut.

9)  The world's windiest place is Commonwealth Bay, Antartica.

10)  In 1934, a gust of wind reached 371 km/h on Mount Washington in New Hampshire , USA.

11)  American Roy Sullivan has been struck by lighting a record seven times.

12)  The desert baobab tree can store up to 1000 litres of water in its trunk.

13)  The oldest living tree is a California bristlecone pine name 'Methuselah'. It is about 4600 years old. The largest tree in the world is a giant sequoia growing in California. It is 84 meters tall and measures 29 meters round the trunk. The fastest growing tree is the eucalyptus. It can grow 10 meters a year.

14)  The Antartic notothenia fish has a protein in its blood that acts like antifreeze and stops the fish freezing in icy sea.

15)  The USA uses 29% of the world's petrol and 33% of the world's electricity.

16)  The industrial complex of Cubatao in Brazil is known as the Valley of Death because its pollution has destroyed the trees and rivers nearby.

17)  Tibet is the highest country in the world. Its average height above sea level is 4500 meters.

18)  Some of the oldest mountains in the world are the Highlands in Scotland. They are estimated to be about

400 million years old.

19)  Fresh water from the River Amazon can be found up to 180 km out to sea.

20)  The White Sea, in Russia, has the lowest temperature, only -2 degrees centigrade. The Persian Gulf is the warmest sea. In the summer its temperature reaches 35.6 degrees centigrade.

21)  There is no land at all at the North Pole, only ice on top of sea. The Arctic Ocean has about 12 million sq km of floating ice and has the coldest winter temperature of -34 degrees centigrade.

22)  The Antarctic ice sheet is 3-4 km thick, covers 13 million sq km and has temperatures as low as -70 degrees centigrade.

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

SPORTS G.K

· The first recorded ancient Olympics was held in 776 BC

· The ancient Olympic continued till about 394 BC

· Who is said to be the rather of modem Olympics? Pierre de Coubertin

· In which year did the first modern Olympic Games take place? 1896

· In which year was the International Olympic Committee (IOC) formed? 1894

· The headquarters of the IOC is located at Lausanne.

· Which Olympic Games had to be canceled due to World War-I? 1916

· Who is the International Olympic Committee President? Jacques Rogge

· Which country led a boycott of the 1980 Olympic games held in Moscow? USA

· The Commonwealth Games were earlier called British Empire Sports Festival.

· When did the 1st Commonwealth Games take place? 1930

· Where was the 1st Commonwealth Games held? Canada

· The Commonwealth Games had to be cancelled during 1942 and 1946.

· Normally the Commonwealth Games are held at intervals of four years.

· In which year were the first Asian Games held? 195

· Which country hosted the first Asian Games? India

· Hamlet Cup is associated with? Tennis

· Which game is associated with the Walker Cup? Golf

· Asafa Powell (Jamaica) is associated with Athletics.

· Wightman Cup is associated with Tennis.

· What was the former name of Cricket World Cup? Prudential Cup.

· The term “Short Jenney”is associated with Billiards.

· In cricket, Long Top is the position before the bowler.

· Geoff Ogilvy is associated with Golf.

· The term 'Jump Ball' in sports is associated with Basketball.

· The term 'Bogey' is associated with Golf.

· The place 'Epsom' is associated with Horse Racing.

· The term 'Pivot' is associated with Basketball.

· The term 'rook' is associated with Chess.

· The term 'stone walling' is associated with Cricket.

· How many players lake part in each team in a volleyball match played under international rules? 6

· How many players are there in each side in a Baseball match? 9

· What is the duration of each period before and after the tenminute break in a basketball game? 25 min

· When and where was the game of Volleyball invented? USA. 1895

· How many players are there on each side in a women's Basketball game? 6

· U Thant cupis associated with the game of TableTennis.

· 'Play the game in the spirit of game' was said by Pt Nehru.

· Who was the first to win Wimbledon Singles title five times in a row? Bjorn Borg

· Football (soccer) is said to have originated in China.

· Lawn tennis is said to have originated in France.

· With which sport is the term 'Chinaman' associated? Cricket.

· The ‘Wisden Trophy' is associated with cricket matches played England and West Indies.

· Which sport returned to Olympics in 1985 after 64 years? Tennis

· Which sport was introduced in the 2004 Athens Olympic games? Free-style wrestling (women)

· Cricket is the National Game of which country? Australia.

· What is a Golden Duck in cricket? Out on first ball.

· The Olympic Flame was, for the first time, ceremonially lighted and burnt in a giant torch at the entrance of the stadium at the Amsterdam Games (1928)

· The first Winter Olympic Games were held at Chamonix (France) in1924.

· Who are the famous three W's in cricket? Weekes, Walcott, Worrell.

· Who has been chosen as the Wisden Cricketer of the Century? Bradman.

· Who started the ancient Olympic Games? The Greeks.

· Who has scored the slowest century in tests? Mudassar Nazar.

· Durand Cup is associated with the game of Football,

· Merdeka Cup is associated with Football.

· Who has scored 400 runs (not out) in a Test inningson April 12, 2004? Brian Lara.

· The five intertwined rings or circles found on the Olympic flag made of white silk are from left to right blue; yellow, black, green and red.

· The Olympic Games are formally held at intervals of Four years.

· Sergei Bubka, an athlete, belongs to Ukraine.

· 'Gambit' is a term associated with Chess.

· Eisenhower Trophy is associated with Golf.

· 'Scratch' is a term associated with Billiards.

· The term 'Smash' is associated with Badminton.

· 'Cape Griz Zen Putney Mort-Lake' is a place associated with Rowing & Swimming.

· 'Tobagganing" is a term associated with Skiing.

· The term 'Steeplechase' is associated with Horse Racing.

· The term 'Ground Stroke' is associated with Tennis.

· 'Bunker and Chukker' are the two terms associated with Polo.

· 'Stymied' is a term associated with Golf.

· The standard distance to be covered in a marathon race in the Olympics is 26 miles, 385 yards.

· The place ''Twickenham' is associated with Rugby Football.

· The trophy known by the name of "Grand Prix" is associated with Motor-racing.

· How many players are there on each side in the game of Basketball? 5.

· The height or the net in the centre of the tennis court is 3 ft. 2 inches.

· The Olympic Flame symbolizes Continuity between the ancient and modern games.

· Leroy Burrel is associated with Athletics.

· Jules Rimet Cup is associated with Football.

· What is the world's oldest sport? Boxing.

· In which game the word 'carom' is used? Billiards.

· In which game the word 'Bull's Eye' is used? Rifle Shooting.

· Davis Cup competition first held in 1900.

· Who was the first woman to win an Olympic goldmedal? Charlothus Cooper.

· For which sport the "Nehru Trophy” is given? Hockey.

· Is Davis Cup, a cup? It is a bowl.

· Where was the Snooker played for the first time in the world? India.

· With which game is the Colombo Cup associated? Foot ball.

· When were women allowed to take part in the Olympics? 1900

· In which game the expression 'Banana kick' is used? Football.

· What is the name of the playing ground where baseball is played? Diamond.

· How many holes are there in a golf playground? 18.

· 'Hurlington' is associated with Polo.

· Which game is called .the king of Indoor games? Carom.

· Who designed Olympic Flag? Pierre de Coubertin

· Wellington Trophy is associated with Rowing.

· Who introduced Volleyball? W.G. Morgan.

· Where was Golf first played? Scotland.

· Where was Ice Hockey started? Canada.

· Where is the largest gymnasium in the world? USA

· Who wrote the book "My Style? Ian Botham.

· Where was women's cricket first played? England

· When was hockey introduced in the Olympic games? 1908

· Who composed Olympic motto? Rev. Father Didon.

· Which is the world's fastest game? Ice Hockey.

· Who authored the book "Living for Cricket"? Clive Lloyd.

· The term 'Huff' is associated with Draughts.

· The term 'Tee' is connected with Golf.

· Which is the national sport of Canada? Lacrosse.

· "Subroto Cup" is associated with Football.

· Where is the world's biggest playgroundsituated? Gulmarg

· Where is Ferozshah Kotla Stadium? Delhi

· The term 'Puck' is used in which game? Ice hockey.

· Who published the book 'Bible of Cricket'? John Wisden.

· In which game the term 'Coxswain' is used? Boating.

· The term “Bogey” is associatedwith Golf.

· Who was called "The Sportsman Poet”? Lord Tennyson.

· Water Polo is developed in England.

· Who was John Arlott? Famous cricket broadcaster.

· In Asia, where was Olympic games first held? Japan

· Which country won the Davis Cup for the first time in the world? USA

· With which game is the Prince of Wales Cup associated? Golf

· .King's Cup is associated with Air Racing.

· How many legs does a billiards table have? 8.

· Olympic Games are played in whose honour? Zeus of Olympus.

· 'Finesse' is term associated with Bridge.

· Who was the first Goldmedalist in the modern Olympic games? James Beconollyis.

· Paralympics (the equivalent-of the Olympic Games for disabled people) was inaugurated in 1960.

· Where was the Olympic flag first hoisted? Antwerp (Belgium).

· What is the colour of the Olympic flag? White

· Who is called Typhoon in the world cricket? Tyson

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· Who created a world record for the maximum number of dismissals in Test cricket as a wicket keeper? Ian Healy

·  Where is the biggest stadium in the world? Prague

·  Who became Wimbledon Champion even at the age of 17? Boris Becker

·  Who was the only king to win a Cold medal at the Olympics? Constantine

·  Who created a world record in Test Cricket batting for the longest time? Jacques Kallis

·  Who invented the Googly? Bosanquer

·  Ryder Cup is associated with Golf.

·  'Little Slam' is a term associated with Bridge.

·  'Arthur Walker Trophy' is associated with Hockey.

·  What is Nelson's Eye in cricket? 111

·  Who was the first batsman to be given out by the third umpire? Sachin Tendulkar

·  Who wrote the book ' Farewell to Cricket'? DonBradman

·  Which West Indian cricketer was known 'Big Bird'? Curtly Ambrose

·  "Ever Onward”is the motto of Asian Games.

·  The Olympic motto 'Citius, Altius, Fortius' means Swifter, higher. stronger respeclively.

·  The First SAF Winter Games were held at Himachal Pradesh (India)

·  The term 'Roll-in' is associated with hockey

·  The tennis player, Rafael Nadal, belongs to Spain.

·  Who is the first bowler taken hat-trick in the first three balls of

·  The match? Chaminda Vaas

·  The national sport of Turkey is Wrestling.

·  Shogiis a Japanese form of Chess.

·  Who is the first cricketer to reach 10,000 runs in test matches? Sunil Gavaskar.

·  Soccer World Cup Champion is Spain.

·  Next Soccer World Cup to be played in 2014 in Brazil.

·  Next Olympic Games are to be played in London in 2012.

·  Paralympic games will be held in London in 2012.

·  Next ICC world cup tournament will be held in 2015, co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand