♥ વિશ્વનો સૌથી લાંબો ટ્રાફિક જામ ચીનના બેઇજિંગ શહેરમાં થયો હતો
♥એ આશરે 60 માઈલ જેટલો લાંબો હતો અને 11 દિવસની લાંબી જહેમત બાદ કાબુમાં આવ્યો હતો.
♥ આ બ્લોગમાં વર્તમાનપત્રો, મેગેઝિનો, વિકીપીડીયા,GK ની વેબસાઇટો, વગેરે માધ્યમોનો સંદર્ભ તરીકે ઉપયોગ કરવામા આવેલ છે જે માટે સૌનો હ્રદયપૂર્વક આભાર વ્યક્ત કરુ છુ.બ્લોગથી મને લેશમાત્ર આવક નથી.જેની નોંધ લેશો. ♥
♥ વિશ્વનો સૌથી લાંબો ટ્રાફિક જામ ચીનના બેઇજિંગ શહેરમાં થયો હતો
♥એ આશરે 60 માઈલ જેટલો લાંબો હતો અને 11 દિવસની લાંબી જહેમત બાદ કાબુમાં આવ્યો હતો.
* Biggest Planet-Jupiter
*Smallest Planet - Mercury
*Nearest Planet to Sun - Mercury
*Farthest Planet to Sun - Neptune
*Brightest Planet - Venus
*Nearest Planet to Earth-Venus
*Hottest Planet-Venus
*Coldest Planet-Neptune
*Red Planet-Mars
*Biggest Satelllite- Gany mede
*Smallest Satelllite - Deim os
*Blue Planet - Earth
*Morning Star - Venus
*Evening Star - Venus
*Planet with a Red
Spot -Jupiter
*Brightest planet outside Solar System-Sirius (Dog Star)
*Closet Star of Solar System-Proxima Centauri
*Fastest rotation in Solar System-Jupiter
*Slowtest rotation in Solar System-Venus
*Fatest revolution in Solar System-
Mercury
*Slowtest revolution in Solar System-Neptune
♦भारत का राष्ट्रीय ध्वज - तिरंगा
♦भारत का राष्ट्रीय गान - जन-गन-मन
♦भारत का राष्ट्रीय गीत - वन्दे मातरम्
♦भारत का राष्ट्रीय चिन्ह - अशोक स्तम्भ
♦भारत का राष्ट्रीय पंचांग - शक संवत
♦भारत का राष्ट्रीय वाक्य - सत्यमेव जयते
♦भारत की राष्ट्रीयता - भारतीयता
♦भारत की राष्ट्र भाषा - हिंदी
♦भारत की राष्ट्रीय लिपि - देव नागरी
♦भारत का राष्ट्रीय ध्वज गीत - हिंद देश का प्यारा झंडा
♦भारत का राष्ट्रीय नारा - श्रमेव जयते
♦भारत के राष्ट्र पिता - महात्मा गाँधी
♦भारत की राष्ट्रीय विदेशनीति - गुट निरपेक्ष
♦भारत का राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार - भारत रत्न
♦भारत का राष्ट्रीय सूचना पत्र - श्वेत पत्र
♦भारत का राष्ट्रीय वृक्ष - बरगद
♦भारत की राष्ट्रीय मुद्रा - रूपया
♦भारत की राष्ट्रीय नदी - गंगा
♦भारत का राष्ट्रीय पक्षी - मोर
♦भारत का राष्ट्रीय पशु - बाघ
♦भारत का राष्ट्रीय फूल - कमल
♦भारत का राष्ट्रीय फल - आम
♦भारत की राष्ट्रीय योजना - पञ्च वर्षीय योजना
♦भारत का राष्ट्रीय खेल - हॉकी
♦भारत की राष्ट्रीय मिठाई - जलेबी
♦भारत के राष्ट्रीय पर्व
२६ जनवरी (गणतंत्र दिवस),
१५ अगस्त (स्वतंत्रता दिवस),
२ अक्तूबर (गाँधी जयंती)
•भारतीय संघ की राजभाषा हिंदी है!
• राजभाषा अधिनियम 1963 के आधार पर सरकारी कार्यों में अंग्रेजी का प्रयोग अभी भी जारी है!
• कोंकणी ,मणिपुरी ,नेपाली तीन भारतीय को संविधान के 71संशोधन के पश्चात आठवीं अनुसूची में स्थान दिया गया है!
• संविधान की आठवीं अनुसूची में कुल 18 भाषाएँ है!
• संविधान के 21 वें संशोधन द्वारा सिंधी को आठवीं अनुसूची में रखा गया है!
• यह अनुच्छेद-348 में उल्लिखित है
की न्यायालय और उच्च न्यायालयों की
सभी कार्यवाहियों में अंग्रेजी भाषा का प्रयोग होगा!
• 1955 में प्रथम राजभाषा आयोग
का गठन किया गया!
♣किसी पदार्थ की विशिष्ट
ऊष्मा ,की वह मात्रा है,जो उस पदार्थ के
एकांक द्रव्यमान ताप वृध्दि उत्पन्न करती है
ऊष्मा मात्रक जुल/किग्रा केल्विन
होता है l
♣जल की विशिष्ट ऊष्मा सबसे अधिक
होती है l
♣ताप बढ़ने पर अधिकतर
पदार्थों की विशिष्ट ऊष्मा बढ़ती है l
♣जल की विशिष्ट ऊष्मा 0 डिग्री से 40
डिग्री तक ताप बढ़ने पर घटती है
तथा इसके बाद बढ़ती है l
♣पारे की विशिष्ट ऊष्मा कम होती है
सोने की विशिष्ट ऊष्मा 130 जूल /
किग्रा-केल्विन होती हैl
♣नियत ताप पर पदार्थ की अवस्था में
परिवर्तन के लिए अनावश्यक ऊष्मा की
मात्रा को पदार्थ की गुप्त ऊष्मा कहते हैl
♣बर्फ की गलन गुप्त ऊष्मा 80 कैलोरी /
ग्राम हैl
♣वाष्पन की गुप्त ऊष्मा 540 कैलौरी /ग्राम
हैl
1 R. E. Grant Govan 1928-1933
2 Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan 1933-1935
3 Hamidullah Khan 1935-1937
4 Digvijaysinhji of Nawanagar
1937-1938
5 P. Subbarayan 1938-1946
6 Anthony S. D'Mello 1946-1951
7 J.C. Mukherji 1951-1954
8 Maharajkumar of Vizianagram 1954-1956
9 Sardar Surjitsingh Majithia
1956-1958
10 R.K. Patel 1958-1960 (data by
facebook/cnaonweb
11 M. A. Chidambaram 1960-1963
12 Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad 1963-1966
13 Z.R. Irani 1966-1969
14 A.N. Ghose 1969-1972
15 P.M. Rungta 1972-1975(data by facebook/cnaonweb
16 Ramprakash Mehra 1975-1977
17 M. Chinnaswamy 1977-1980
18 S. K. Wankhede 1980-1982
19 N.K.P. Salve 1982-1985
20 S. Sriraman 1985-1988
21 B.N. Dutt 1988-1990(data by
facebook/cnaonweb
22 Madhavrao Scindia 1990-1993
23 I.S. Bindra 1993-1996
24 Raj Singh Dungarpur 1996-1999
25 A. C. Muthiah 1999-2001
26 Jagmohan Dalmiya 2001-2004
27 Ranbir Singh Mahendra 2004-2005
28 Sharad Pawar 2005-2008(data by facebook/cnaonweb
29 Shashank Manohar 2008-2011
30 N. Srinivasan 2011-Incumbent
1. The brightest planet as seen from Earth-----Venus
2. The planet also known as Earth’s twin-----Venus
3. The planet, which rotates in a
direction opposite to that of
others------Venus
4. The planet, which has prominent
rings around it------Saturn
5. Planets which have no
satellites---Mercury & Venus
6. The planet with the longest
day------Venus (244 hrs)
7. The planet with the shortest
day------Jupiter (9 hrs 55 mts)
8. The planet also known as Evening/Morning star------Venus
9. The Jovian planets------Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
10. The star nearest to the earth------Proxima Centauri
11. The hottest planet in the solar
system------Venus
12. The largest satellite in the solar
system------Ganymede – Satellite of the Jupiter
13. The planet also known as the Red Planet------Mars
14. The highest known mountain in
the solar system------Olympus Mons on Mars
15. The asteroid belt lies
between------Mars and Jupiter
16. The largest asteroid also known as a dwarf planet----- Ceres
17. Pluto earlier considered a planet is now considered a dwarf planet and a part of------Kuiper belt
18. Halley's comet last appeared in
1986 and is expected to appear next in------2061
19. The galaxy nearest to the milky
way------Andromeda
20. The planet whose density is less than that of water----Saturn
अजंता की गुफाएँ – औरंगाबाद
अमरनाथ की गुफा – कश्मीर
अजमेर का किला – जयपुर
आनंद भवन – इलाहबाद
बीबी का मकबरा – औरंगाबाद
ब्लैक पगोडा – कोणार्क (उड़ीसा)
बृहदेश्वर मंदिर – तंजौर
वृन्दावन बाग – मैसूर
इमामबाड़ा – लखनऊ
चार मीनार – हैदराबाद
चिल्का झील – उड़ीसा
दिलवाड़ा का मंदिर – माउन्ट आबू
रायगढ़ का किला – महाराष्ट्र
एलोरा का गुफा – औरंगाबाद
स्वर्ण मंदिर – अमृतसर
गोल गुम्बज – बीजापुर
गोलघर – पटना
हवा महल – जयपुर
लक्ष्मी विलास महल – बड़ौदा
जल महल – उदयपुर
ताजमहल – आगरा
पंचमहल – फतेहपुर सिकरी
लालगढ़ महल – बीकानेर
जगन्नाथ मंदिर – पुरी
विजय स्तम्भ – चित्तौड़गढ़
जमा मस्जिद – दिल्ली
जंतर-मंतर – दिल्ली
कैलाश मंदिर – एलोरा
महाकालेश्वर मंदिर – उज्जैन
अरविन्द आश्रम – पांडिचेरी
मिथिला विश्वविद्यालय – दरभंगा
• लौंग का द्वीप जंजीबार को कहा जाता है l
• मैगीनाट रेखा जर्मनी और फ्रांस के बीच है l
•भारत में TISCO की स्थपना 1907 हुई .
व्यास नदी पर ‘पोंग बाँध का निर्माण किया गया है l
•पिग्मी जनजाति के लोग कांगो घाटी में रहते है l
•फैनेरिटिक आग्नेय शैले बड़े कण वाले आग्नेय
शैले है l
•बालुका पत्थर का निर्माण मुख्य रूप से बालू के कणों से होता है l
• अरावली पर्वत शश्रेणी की पहाडिया राजस्थान
की पूर्वी सीमा से लेकर दिल्ली के दक्षीण पश्चिम तक है l
•केक की भूमि स्कौटलैंड को कहा जाता है l
• पेन्नार नदी का उद्गम कोलार जिला (कर्नाटक ) से होता है l
• पानीपत का तृतीय युद्ध 1761 को हुआ
था !
•1905 के कांग्रेस अधिवेशन की अध्यक्षता गोपाल कृष्ण गोखले ने की !
•माही नदी कर्क रेखा को दो बार काटते हुए अरब सागर में गिरती है !
•मोजाम्बिक चैनल हिंद महासागर को जोड़ती है !
•एकान्कागुआ दक्षिण अमेरिका की इंडीज में स्थित चोटी है !
•16 फरबरी 2005 को क्योटो प्रोटोकॉल को लागू किया गया !
•नासा का सम्मलेन 2007 में इंडोनेशिया के बाली द्वीप में हुआ था !
•तराना –ए-हिंद पुस्तक के लेखक इकबाल है !
•तृतीय गोलमेज सम्मेलन 17 नवम्बर 1932
को प्रारंभ हुआ !
♥ऊष्मा का एक स्थान का संचरण चालन
द्वारा होता हैl
♥सूर्य से ऊष्मा पृथ्वी पर संवहन
विधि द्वारा पहुँचती है l
♥प्रकाश एक प्रकार की ऊर्जा है
जो विद्युत-चुम्बकीय तरंगों के रूप में
संचारित होती है प्रकाश ,अनुप्रस्थ तरंग
होती हैl
♥प्रार्थना समाज की स्थापना 1867 में
बम्बई में हुई l
♥कलिंग का युद्ध 261 बी. सी. में हुआ l.
♥16 फरबरी 2005 से क्योटो प्रोटोकोल
लागू किया गया l
♥गिनी की खाड़ी में गिरने वाली नाइजर
नदी तेल की नदी नाम से विख्यात है l
♥जाम्बेजी नदी पर विक्टोरिया जल
प्रपात है l
♥1906 के कोलकाता के कांग्रेश अधिवेशन
की अध्यक्षता दादा भाई नौरोजी ने
की थी l
♥‘’India wins freedom ‘’ अब्दुल कलामकी पुस्तक है l
♠भारत में प्रथम रेलगाड़ी मुंबई से
थाणे तक चलाई गई l
♠हॉलमार्क योजना 12 अप्रैल
2000 से शुरू की गई l
♠इको मार्क 1991 से प्रभावी है .
एगमार्क 1986 से प्रभावी है l
♠विश्व बैंक ने अंतरराष्ट्रीय विक्त
निगम की स्थापना जुलाई 1956 मे की थी l
♠भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक का लेखा वर्ष 1 जुलाई से 30 जून तक होता है l
♠विश्व की कुल जनसँख्या में भारत
का हिस्सा 17.5 प्रतिशत है l
♠सर्वाधिक महिला साक्षरता वाला धर्म जैन है l
♠न्यूनतम महिला साक्षरता वाला धर्म मुस्लिम हैl
♠न्यूनतम जनसँख्या वाला राज्य सिक्किम है l
2010—South Africa —Spain—
Spain 1-0 Netherlands
2006—Germany—Italy—Italy
1-1 (5-3) France
2002—Japan / S. Korea —
Brazil—Brazil 2-0 Germany
1998—France— France—France
3-0 Brazil
1994—US—Brazil—Brazil 3-2
Italy
1990—Italy—Germany—
Germany 1-0 Argentina
1986—Mexico—Argentina—
Argentina 3-2 Germany
1982—Spain—Italy—Italy 3-1
Germany
1978—Argentina—Argentina—
Argentina 3-1 Holland
1974—Germany—Germany—
Germany 2-1 Holland
1970—Mexico—Brazil—Brazil
4-1 Italy(data by facebook/
cnaonweb
1966—England—England—
England 4-2 Germany
1962—Chile—Brazil—Brazil
3-1 Czechoslovakia
1958—Sweden—Brazil—Brazil
5-2 Sweden
1954—Switzerland—Germany—
Germany 3-2 Hungary
1950—Brazil—Uruguay—
Uruguay 2-1 Brazil
1946— not held (data by
facebook/cnaonweb
1942— not held
1938—France—Italy—Italy 4-2
Hungary
1934—Italy—Italy—Italy 2-1
Czechoslovakia
1930—Uruguay—Uruguay—
Uruguay 4-2 Argentina
1 Russia 10,900,000 (13.28%)
2 Saudi Arabia 9,900,000 (12.65%)
3 United States 8,453,000 (9.97%)
4 Iran 4,231,000 (4.77%)
5 China 4,073,000 (4.56%)(data by
facebook/cnaonweb)
6 Canada 3,592,000 (3.90%)
7 Iraq 3,400,000 (3.75%)
8 United Arab Emirates 3,087,000
(3.32%)
9 Venezuela 3,023,000 (4.74%)
10 Mexico 2,934,000 (3.56%)
AAT—Average Access Time
AA—Anti-Aliasing
AAA—Authentication Authorization,
Accounting
AABB—Axis Aligned Bounding Box
AAC—Advanced Audio Coding
AAL—ATM Adaptation Layer
AALC—ATM Adaptation Layer
Connection
AARP—AppleTalk Address Resolution
Protocol
ABCL—Actor-Based Concurrent
Language
ABI—Application Binary Interface
ABM—Asynchronous Balanced Mode
ABR—Area Border Router
ABR—Auto Baud-Rate detection
ABR—Available Bitrate(data by
facebook/cnaonweb
ABR—Average Bitrate
AC—Acoustic Coupler
AC—Alternating Current
ACD—Automatic Call Distributor
ACE—Advanced Computing
Environment
ACID—Atomicity Consistency Isolation
Durability
ACK—ACKnowledgement(data by
facebook/cnaonweb
ACK—Amsterdam Compiler Kit
ACL—Access Control List
ACL—Active Current Loop
ACM—Association for Computing
Machinery
ALUA—Asymmetric Logic Unit Access
ACME—Automated Classification of
Medical Entities
ACP—Airline Control Program
ACPI—Advanced Configuration and
Power Interface
ACR—Allowed Cell Rate (data by
facebook/cnaonweb
ACR—Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio
AD—Active Directory
AD—Administrative Domain
ADC—Analog-to-Digital Converter
ADC—Apple Display Connector
ADB—Apple Desktop Bus
ADCCP—Advanced Data
Communications Control Procedures
ADO—ActiveX Data Objects(data by
facebook/cnaonweb
ADSL—Asymmetric Digital Subscriber
Line
ADT—Abstract Data Type
AE—Adaptive Equalizer
AES—Advanced Encryption Standard
AF—Anisotropic Filtering(data by
facebook/cnaonweb
AFP—Apple Filing Protocol
AGP—Accelerated Graphics Port
AH—Active Hub(data by facebook/
cnaonweb
AI—Artificial Intelligence
AIX—Advanced Interactive eXecutive
Ajax—Asynchronous JavaScript and
XML
AL—Active Link(data by facebook/
cnaonweb
AL—Access List
ALAC—Apple Lossless Audio Codec
ALGOL—Algorithmic Language
ALSA—Advanced Linux Sound
Architecture
ALU—Arithmetic and Logical Unit
AM—Access Method
AM—Active Matrix
AMOLED—Active-Matrix Organic Light-
Emitting Diode
AM—Active Monitor(data by facebook/
cnaonweb
AM—Allied Mastercomputer
AM—Amplitude Modulation
AMD—Advanced Micro Devices
AMQP—Advanced Message Queuing
Protocol
AMR—Audio Modem Riser
ANN—Artificial Neural Network
ANSI—American National Standards
Institute
ANT—Another Neat Tool
AoE—ATA over Ethernet(data by
facebook/cnaonweb
AOP—Aspect-Oriented Programming
APCI—Application-Layer Protocol
Control Information
API—Application Programming
Interface
APIC—Advanced Programmable
Interrupt Controller
APIPA—Automatic Private IP
Addressing
APL—A Programming Language
APR—Apache Portable Runtime
ARC—Adaptive Replacement Cache
ARC—Advanced RISC Computing
ARIN—American Registry for Internet
Numbers
ARM—Advanced RISC Machines
AROS—AROS Research Operating
System
ARP—Address Resolution Protocol
ARPA—Address and Routing Parameter
Area
ARPA—Advanced Research Projects
Agency
ARPANET—Advanced Research
Projects Agency Network
AS—Access Server (data by facebook/
cnaonweb
ASCII—American Standard Code for
Information Interchange
ASG—Abstract Semantic Graph
ASIC—Application-Specific Integrated
Circuit
ASIMO—Advanced Step in Innovative
Mobility
ASLR—Address Space Layout
Randomization
ASM—Algorithmic State Machine
ASMP—Asymmetric Multiprocessing
ASN.1—Abstract Syntax Notation 1
ASP—Active Server Pages
ASP—Application Service Provider
ASR—Asynchronous Signal Routine
AST—Abstract Syntax Tree
ASSP—Application-Specific Standard
Product
AT—Advanced Technology
AT—Access Time(data by facebook/
cnaonweb
AT—Active Terminator
ATA—Advanced Technology
Attachment
ATAG—Authoring Tool Accessibility
Guidelines
ATAPI—Advanced Technology
Attachment Packet Interface
ATM—Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AVC—Advanced Video Coding
AVI—Audio Video Interleaved
AWK—Aho Weinberger Kernighan
AWT—Abstract Window Toolkit
1- Arundhati Bhattacharya - 1st
women MD and CFO of SBI.
2- Usha Ananthasubramanian - 1st CEO of Bhartiya Mahila Bank.
3- Aruna Bahuguna - 1st Women
Special DG of CRPF.
4- 1st Woman MD of a Public Sector bank - Ms Ranjana Kumar
.
5- Chairman & MD ICICI Bank - Chanda Kochhar (MD & CEO).
6- Chairman & MD of United Bank of India - Archana Bhargav.
7- Chairman & MD of Axis Bank -
Shikha Sharma.
8- Chairman & MD of Allahabad Bank -Shubhalakshmi Panse.
9- Chairperson of CBDT – Sudha
Sharma.
10- MD and CEO of NSE - Chitra
Ramakrishna.
11- Principal secretary of President -Omita Paul.
12- New Foreign Secretary - Sujata Singh.
13- Tulsi Gabbard - New member of US House of Representatives
14- Smita Singh - Member of U.S.
Global Development Council
Afghanistan -- Ahmad Shah Durrani
Argentina -- Don José de San Martín
Australia -- Sir Henry Parkes
Bahamas -- Sir Lynden Pindling
Bangladesh -- Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Bolivia -- Simón Bolívar
Brazil -- Dom Pedro I andJosé
Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva
Burma -- Aung San
Cambodia -- Norodom Sihanouk
Chile -- Bernardo O'Higgins
Republic of China -- Sun Yat-sen
Colombia -- Simón Bolívar
Sweden -- Gustav I of Sweden
Croatia -- Ante Starčević
Cuba -- Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
Dominican Republic -- Juan Pablo
Duarte
Ecuador -- Simón Bolívar
Ghana -- Kwame Nkrumah
Guyana -- Cheddi Jagan
Haiti -- Jean-Jacques Dessalines
India -- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Indonesia -- Sukarno
Iran -- Cyrus the Great
Israel -- Theodor Herzl
Italy -- Victor Emmanuel II
Kenya -- Jomo Kenyatta
Republic of Korea -- Kim Gu
Kosovo -- Ibrahim Rugova
Lithuania -- Jonas Basanavičius
Macedonia -- Krste Misirkov
Malaysia -- Tunku Abdul Rahman
Mauritius -- Sir Seewoosagur
Ramgoolam
Mexico -- Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Mongolia -- Genghis Khan
Namibia -- Sam Nujoma
Netherlands -- William the Silent
Norway -- Einar Gerhardsen
Pakistan -- Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Panama -- Simón Bolívar
Peru -- Don José de San Martín
Portugal -- Dom Afonso Henriques
Russia -- Peter I of Russia
Saudi Arabia -- Ibn Saud of Saudi
Arabia
Scotland -- Donald Dewar
Serbia -- Dobrica Ćosić
Singapore -- Lee Kuan Yew
Slovenia -- Primož Trubar
South Africa -- Nelson Mandela
Spain -- Fernando el Católico
Sri Lanka -- Don Stephen Curry
Senanayake
Suriname -- Johan Ferrier
Tanzania -- Julius Nyerere
Turkey -- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
United Arab Emirates -- Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
United States -- George Washington
Uruguay -- José Gervasio Artigas
Venezuela -- Simón Bolívar
Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh
1. 1961— Saleem Durani
2. 1964—Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi
3 1965— Vijay Manjrekar
4 1966 —Chandu Borde
5 1967— Ajit Wadekar
6 1968— E.A.S. Prasanna
7 1969— Bishan Singh Bedi
8 1970— Dilip Sardesai
9 1971— Srinivasaraghavan
Venkataraghavan
10 1972— Eknath Solkar
11 1972— B.S. Chandrashekhar
12 1975— Sunil Gavaskar
13 1976— Shanta Rangaswamy
14 1977-78—Gundappa Vishwanath
15 1979-80—Kapil Dev Nikhanj
16 1980-81—Chetan Chauhan
17 1980-81—Syed Kirmani
18 1981— Dilip Vengsarkar
19 1982— Mohinder Amarnath
20 1983— Diana Edulji
21 1984—Ravi Shastri
22 1985— Shubhangi Kulkarni
23 1986—Mohammad Azharuddin
24 1986—Sandhya Agarwal
25 1989— Madan Lal
26 1993— Manoj Prabhakar
27 1993—Kiran More
28 1994— Sachin Tendulkar
29 1995— Anil Kumble
30 1996— Javagal Srinath
31 1997— Ajay Jadeja
32 1997— Sourav Ganguly
33 1998—Rahul Dravid
34 1998—Nayan Mongia
35 2000— B.K. Venkatesh Prasad
36 2001— VVS Laxman
37 2002— Virender Sehwag
38 2003— Harbhajan Singh
39 2003— Mithali Raj
40 2005—Anju Jain
41 2006— Anjum Chopra
42 2009—Gautam Gambhir
43 2010—Jhulan Goswami
44 2011— Zaheer Khan
45 2012— Yuvraj Singh
46 2013— Virat Kohli
(1) Over 6,000 new computer
viruses are released every month.
(2)The first computer mouse,
constructed in 1964, was made
out of wood.(by Doug Engelbart)
(3)The average human being
blinks 20 times a minute – but
only 7 times a minute when using
a computer.
(4) The first electro-mechani cal
computer was developed in 1939.
(5)there are more than 17 billion
devices connected to the internet.
(6)Over 1 million domain names
are registered every month.
(7)With it’s 800 million interent
users, Facebook would be the
third largest country in the World.
(8) The first hard drive was created
in 1979 and could hold 5MB of data.
(9) The nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra
video card contains 222 million
transistors.
(10)20% of online viruses are
released by organized crime units.
(11)The engineers who developed
the IBM PC were known as “The
Dirty Dozen"
1. Vatican City - 0.17 sq miles (0.44 sq km)
2. Monaco - 0.75 sq miles (1.95 sq km)
3. Nauru - 8.2 sq miles (21.2 sq km)
4. Tuvalu - 10 sq miles (26 sq km)
5. San Marino - 24 sq miles (61 sq km)
6. Liechtenstein - 62 sq miles (160 sq
km)
7. Marshall Islands - 70 sq miles (181 sq km)
8. Seychelles - 104 sq miles (270 sq
km)
9. Maldives - 116 sq miles (300 sq km)
10. St. Kitts and Nevis - 139 sq miles
(360 sq km)
♣Padma Vibhushan♣
Raghunath Mohapatra, Art, Orissa
S Haider Raza, Art, Delhi
Prof Yash Pal, Science and
Engineering, Uttar Pradesh
Prof Roddam Narasimha, Science and Engineering, Karnataka
♣ Padma Bhushan ♣
Dr Ramanaidu Daggubati, Art, Andhra Pradesh
Sreeramamurthy Janaki, Art,
TamilNadu
Dr (Smt) Kanak Rele, Art, Maharashtra
Sharmila Tagore, Art, Delhi
Dr (Smt) Saroja Vaidyanathan, Art,
Delhi
Abdul Rashid Khan, Art, West Bengal
Late Rajesh Khanna, Art, Maharashtra
Late Jaspal Singh Bhatti, Art, Punjab
Shivajirao Girdhar Patil, Public Affairs,Maharashtra
Dr Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai,
Science, Engineering Delhi
Dr Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Science and Engineering, Delhi
Dr Ashoke Sen Science and
Engineering Uttar Pradesh
B N Suresh, Science and Engineering,
Karnataka
Prof Satya N Atluri, Science and
Engineering, USA
Prof Jogesh Chandra Pati, Science and Engineering, USA
Ramamurthy Thyagarajan, Trade and Industry, Tamil Nadu
Adi Burjor Godrej, Trade and
Industry, Maharashtra
Dr Nandkishore Shamrao Laud,
Medicine, Maharashtra
Mangesh Padgaonkar, Literature and
Education, Maharashtra
Prof Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak,
Literature & Education USA
Hemendra Singh Panwar, Civil Service, Madhya Pradesh
Maharaj Kishan Bhan, Civil Service,
Delhi
Rahul Dravid, Sports, Karnataka
H Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom,
Sports, Manipur
1 United States (USA) 46-29-29-104
2 China (CHN) — 38— 27— 23— 88
3 Great Britain(GBR) 29-17-19-65
4 Russia (RUS) — 24— 26—32—82
5 South Korea (KOR) - 13-8—7-28
6 Germany (GER) —11-19-14- 44
7 France (FRA) — 11— 11— 12—34
8 Italy (ITA) — 8-9-11-28
9 Hungary (HUN) —8- 4-6- 18
10 Australia (AUS) -7- 16-12- 35
♥ FOR MORE GK UPDATES....
1980–1986—Atal Bihari Vajpayee
1986–1991—Lal Krishna Advani First
Term
1991–1993—Murli Manohar Joshi
1993–1998—Lal Krishna Advani Second Term
1998–2000—Kushabhau Thakre
2000–2001—Bangaru Laxman
2001–2002—Jana Krishnamurthi
2002–2004—Venkaiah Naidu
2004–2006—Lal Krishna Advani Third Term
2006–2009—Rajnath Singh First Term
2009–2013—Nitin Gadkari First Term
2013 – present—Rajnath Singh Second Term
1. Harilal J. Kania (26 January 1950-6 November 1951)
2. M. Patanjali Sastri (7 November 1951- 3January 1954)
3. Mehar Chand Mahajan (4 January
1954 - 22 December 1954)
4. B.K. Mukherjea (23 December 1954 -31 January 1956)
5. S.R. Das (1 February 1956 - 30
September 1959)
6. Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha (1
October 1959 - 31 Jan 1964)
7. P.B. Gajendragadkar (1 February
1964 - 15 March 1966)
8. A.K. Sarkar (16 March 1966 - 29
June 1966)
9. K. Subba Rao (30 June 1966 - 11
April 1967)
10. K.N. Wanchoo (12 April 1967 - 24
February 1968)
11. M. Hidayatullah (25 February 1968 -16December 1970)
12. J.C. Shah (17 December 1970 - 21 January 1971)
13. S.M. Sikri (22 January 1971 - 25
April 1973)
14. A.N. Ray (26 April 1973 - 27
January 1977)
15. M.H. Beg (28 January 1977 - 21
February 1978)
16. Y.V. Chandrachud (22 February
1978 - 11 July 1985)
17. Prafullachandra Natvarlal Bhagwati(12 July 1985 - 20 Dec 1986)
18. R.S. Pathak (21 December 1986 - 18 June 1989)
19. E.S. Venkataramiah (19 June 1989 -17 December 1989)
20. S. Mukharjee (18 December 1989 -25 September 1990)
21. Ranganath Mishra (26 September
1990 - 24 November 1991)
22. K.N. Singh (25 November 1991 - 12 December 1991)
23. M.H. Kania (13 December 1991 - 17 November 1992)
24. L.M. Sharma (18 November 1992 -11 February 1993)
25. M.N. Venkatachaliah (12 February 1993 - 24 October 1994)
26. A.M. Ahmadi (25 October 1994 - 24 March 1997)
27. J.S. Verma (25 March 1997 - 17
January 1998)
28. M.M. Punchhi (18 January 1998 - 9 October 1998)
29. A.S. Anand (10 October 1998 - 11
January 2001)
30. Sam Piroj Bharucha (11 January
2001 - 06 May 2002)
31. B.N. Kripal (06 May 2002 - 08
November 2002)
32. G.B Pattanaik (08 November 2002 -19 December 2002)
33. V.N. Khare (19 December 2002 - 02 May 2004)
34. S. Rajendra Babu (02 May 2004 - 01 June 2004)
35. R.C. Lahoti (01 June 2004 - 01
November 2005)
36. Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal (01
November 2005 - 13 jan 2007)
37. K.G.Balakrishnan (13 January 2007- 11May 2010)
38. S.H.Kapadiya (12 May 2010 - 28
Sep 2012)
39. Altamas Kabir (29 September 2012 -18 July 2013)
40. P. Sathasivam (19 July 2013 -
Incumbent)
1. Radcliffe Line---- India and
Pakistan
2. McMahon Line--- India and China
3. Durand Line ------Pakistan and
Afghanistan
4. Maginot Line -----France and
Germany
5. 38th Parallel -----North and South
Korea
6. 17th Parallel----- North and South
Vietnam
7. 49th Parallel -----USA and
Canada...
1. China has more English speakers
than the United States.
2. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most stolen from Public Libraries.
3. In Missouri, a man must have a
permit to shave.
4. The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows; it
was the fashion in Renaissance
Florence to shave them off.
5. The Nobel Peace Prize medal
depicts three naked men with their
hands on each other's shoulders.
6. It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels that bury nuts and then forget where they hid them.
7. Recycling one glass jar, saves
enough energy to watch T.V for 3
hours!
8. There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones!
9. A company in Taiwan makes
dinnerware out of wheat, so you can
eat your plate.
10. Thomas Edison, light bulb inventor, was afraid of the dark.
11. President George W Bush was once a cheerleader.
12. More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money printed
throughout the world.
13. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the
flag flying over the Parliament
building is an American flag.
1. Father of Astronomy :
Copernicus
2. Economics : Adam Smith
3. Biology : Aristotle
4. Chemistry : Antoine Lavoisier
5. Geometry : Euclid
6. History : Herodotus
7. Genetics : G.J. Mendel
8. Botany : Theophrastus
9. Classical mechanics :
IsaacNewton
10. Computer : Charles Babbage
11. Comedy : Aristophanes
12. English poetry :
GeoffreyChaucer
13. Homeopathy : Heinemann
14. Indian Green Revolution :
M.S.Swaminathan
15. India's Communication
Revolution : Sam Pitroda
16. Medicine : Hippocrates
17. Modern physics : GalileoGalilei
18. Nuclear physics : Ernest
Rutherford
19. Nuclear science : Marie Curie ,
Pierre Curie
20. Pentium Chip : Vinod Dham
21. Periodic table : Dmitri
Mendeleev
22. Political science :
NiccolòMachiavelli
23. Quantum mechanics : Max
Planck
24. Relativity : Albert Einstein
25. Robotics : Al-Jazari
26. Thermodynamics : Sadi Carnot
27. Zoology : Aristotle..
Hum Hai Na— ICICI
Good People To Grow With — Indian
Overseas Bank
Pure banking nothing else, —State
Bank Of India
Tradition Of Trust—Allahabad Bank
Trusted Family Bank— Dena Bank
Good People To Bank With —Union
Bank Of India
World's Local Bank—HSBC
We Understand Your World—HDFC
Much More To Do With YOU In Focus
—Andhra Bank
A Friend You Can Bank Upon—Vijaya
Bank
Together We Prosper— Bank Of
Rajasthan
Your Perfect Banking Partner—Federal Bank
Taking Banking Technology To The
Common Man— Indian Bank
Experience Our Expertise— Yes Bank
Build A Better Life around Us—
Central Bank Of India
Serving To Empower—J & K Bank
The Changing Face Of Prosperity —
Lakshami Vilas Bank
Where Every Individual Is Committed
—Oriental Bank Of Commerce
Aao Soche Bada—IDBI
A Faithful & Friendly Financial Partner— Syndicate Bank
Relationships Beyond Banking— Bank Of India
Honours Your Trust—Uco Bank
Smart Way To Bank—Karur Vaisya
Bank
A Passion To Perform—Deutche Bank
Experience Next Generation Banking— South Indian Bank
The Name You Can Bank Upon—
Punjab National Bank
10. Dell – United States – $62.07
Billion
9. Sony – Japan – $67.4 Billion
8. Microsoft – United States – $73.72 Billion
7. Toshiba – Japan – $74.39 Billion
6. Panasonic – Japan – $99.65 Billion
5. IBM – United States – $106.91
Billion
4. Foxconn – Taiwan – $117.51 Billion
3. Hewlett Packard – United States –
$ 120.35 Billion
2. Samsung Electronics – South Korea– $149 Billion
1. Apple, Inc. – United States –
$156.5 Billion
Miss World— Reita Faria in 1966. (Shewas also the first Asian to win the title.)
Miss Asia Pacific— Zeenat Aman in
1970
Miss Intercontinental Pageant—
Elizabeth Anita Reddi in 1978
World Miss University— Priyadarshini Pradhan in 1989
Miss Universe— Sushmita Sen in 1994
Miss Tourism International— Candice Pinto in 2001
Mrs. World— Aditi Gowitrikar in 2001
Miss Tourism Queen International—
Zabina Abdul Rashid Khan in 2004
Miss Tourism— Priyanka Shah in 2007
Miss Earth— Nicole Faria in 2010
Miss Tourism Queen Of The Year
International— Urvashi Rautela in
2011
Miss Asia Pacific World— Himangini
Singh Yadu in 2012
1991–92 —Viswanathan Anand
(Chess)
1992–93— Geet Sethi (Billiards)
1993–94 —Not Conferred
1994–95— Cdr. Homi D. Motivala &
Lt. Cdr. P. K. Garg (Yachting)
1995–96— Karnam Malleswari(Weig
htlifting)
1996–97— Nameirakpam Kunjarani
(Weightlifting),Leander Paes(Tennis)
1997–98— Sachin Tendulkar(Cricket)
1998–99— Jyotirmoyee Sikdar(Athletics)
1999–2000— Dhanraj Pillay (Hockey)
2000–01— Pullela Gopichand(Badmi
nton)
2001–02— Abhinav Bindra(Shooting)
2002–03— Anjali Ved Pathak Bhagwat(Shooting),
K. M.Beenamol(Athletics)
2003–04— Anju Bobby George
(Athletics)
2004–05— Lt. Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore(Shooting)
2005–06— Pankaj Advani (Billiards
and Snooker)
2006–07— Manavjit Singh Sandhu
(Shooting)
2007–08— Mahendra Singh Dhoni
(Cricket)
2008–09— Mary Kom (Boxing),Vijender
Singh (Boxing),Sushil Kumar
(Wrestling)
2009–10—Saina Nehwal (Badminton)
2010–11— Gagan Narang (Shooting)
2011–12— Vijay Kumar (Shooting),
Yogeshwar Dutt (Wrestling)
2012–13— Ronjan Sodhi (Shooting)
♥ ACADEMY [ OSCAR ] AWARDS FOR BEST ACTOR SINCE 1928 ♥
1928 Emil Jannings (for The Last
Command)
1929-30 Warner Baxter (for In Old
Arizona)
1930-31 George Arliss (for Desraeli)
1931-32 Lionel Barrymore (for A Free
Soul)
1932-33 Wallace Beery (for The
Champ)
1933-34 Charles Laughton(for The
Private Life of Henry VIII)
1935 Clark Gable (for It Happened
One Night)
1936 Victor McLaglen (for The
Informer)
1937 Paul Muni (for The Story of Louis Pasteur)
1938 Spencer Tracy (for Captains
Courageous)
1939 Spencer Tracy (for Boys Town)
1940 Robert Donat (for Goodbye Mr.
Chips)
1941 Jimmy Stewart (for The
Philadelphia Story)
1942 Gary Cooper (for Sergeant York)
1943 James Cagney (for Yankee
Doodle Dandy)
1944 Paul Lukas (for Watch on the
Rhine)
1945 Bing Crosby (for Going My Way)
1946 Ray Milland (for The Lost
Weekend)
1947 Fredric March (for The Best
Years of Our Lives)
1948 Ronald Colman (for A Double
Life)
1949 Laurence Olivier (for Hamlet)
1950 Broderick Crawford (for All The
King's Men)
1951 Jose Ferrer (for Cyrano de
Bergerac)
1952 Humphrey Bogart (for The Africa Queen)
1953 Gary Cooper (for High Noon)
1954 William Holden (for Stalag 17)
1955 Marlon Brando (for On the
Waterfront)
1956 Ernest Borgnine (for Marty)
1957 Yul Brynner (for The King and I)
1958 Alec Guinness (for The Bridge on the River Kwai)
1959 David Niven (for Separate
Tables)
1960 Charlton Heston (for Ben-hur)
1961 Burt Lancaster (for Elmer Gantry)
1962 Maximilian Schell (for
Judgement at Nuremberg)
1963 Gregory Peck (for To Kill a
Mockingbird)
1964 Sidney Poitier (for Lilies of the
Field)
1965 Rex Harrison (for My Fair Lady)
1966 Lee Marvin (for Cat Ballou)
1967 Paul Scofield (for A Man For All
Seasons)
1968 Rod Steiger (for In the Heat of
the Night)
1969 Cliff Robertson (for Charly)
1970 John Wayne (for True Grit)
1971 George C. Scott (for Patton)
1972 Gene Hackman (for The French
Connection)
1973 Marlon Brando (for The
Godfather)
1974 Jack Lemmon (for Save the Tiger)
1975 Art Carney (for Harry and Tonto)
1976 Jack Nicholson (for One Flew
Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
1977 Peter Finch (for Network)
1978 Richard Dreyfuss (for The
Goodbye Girl)
1979 Jon Voight (for Coming Home)
1980 Dustin Hoffman (for Kramer vs.
Kramer)
1981 Robert De Niro (for Raging Bull)
1982 Henry Fonda (for On Golden
Pond)
1983 Ben Kingsley (for Gandhi)
1984 Robert Duvall (for Tender
Mercies)
1985 F. Murray Abraham (for
Amadeus)
1986 William Hurt (for Kiss of the
Spider Woman)
1987 Paul Newman (for The Color of
Money)
1988 Michael Douglas (for Wall Street)
1989 Dustin Hoffman (for Rainman)
1990 Daniel Day-Lewis (for My Left
Foot)
1991 Jeremy Irons (for Reversal of
Fortune)
1992 Anthony Hopkins (for Silence of
the Lambs)
1993 Al Pacino (for Scent of a Woman)
1994 Tom Hanks (for Philadelphia)
1995 Tom Hanks (for Forrest Gump)
1996 Nicolas Cage (for Leaving Las
Vegas)
1997 Geoffrey Rush (for Shine)
1998 Jack Nicholson (for As Good as It Gets)
1999 Roberto Benigni (for Life is
Beautiful)
2000 Kevin Spacey (for American
Beauty)
2001 Russell Crowe (for Gladiator)
2002 Denzel Washington (for Training Day)
2003 Adrien Brody (for The Pianist)
2004 Sean Penn (for Mystic River)
2005 Jamie Foxx (for Ray)
2006 Philip Seymour Hoffman (for
Capote)
2007 Forest Whitaker (for The Last
King of Scotland)
2008 Daniel Day-Lewis (for There Will Be Blood)
2009 Sean Penn (for Milk)
2010 Jeff Bridges (for Crazy Heart)
2011 Colin Firth (for The King's
Speech)
2012 Jean Dujardin (for The Artist)
2013 Daniel Day-Lewis (for Linc
1. K. D. Jadhav— Bronze —1952
(Helsinki)—Wrestling— Men's
freestyle Bantamweight
2. Leander Paes —Bronze — 1996
(Atlanta)—Tennis—Men's singles
3. Karnam Malleswari —Bronze —2000
(Sydney)—Weightlifting—Women's 69 kg
4. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore —
Silver— 2004 (Athens)—Shooting—
Men's double trap
5. Abhinav Bindra —Gold — 2008
(Beijing) —Shooting—Men's 10m Air
Rifle
6. Vijender Singh— Bronze— 2008
Beijing— Boxing—Men's 75 kg
7. Sushil Kumar— Bronze — 2008
Beijing —Wrestling—Men's 66 kg
Freestyle
8. Gagan Narang— Bronze — 2012
London—Shooting—Men's 10m Air
Rifle
9. Vijay Kumar —Silver—2012 London- Shooting—Men's 25 Rapid Fire Pistol
10. Saina Nehwal —Bronze —2012
London—Badminton—Women's
singles
11. Mary Kom —Bronze— 2012 London-Boxing—Women's flyweight
12. Yogeshwar Dutt —Bronze— 2012
London—Wrestling—Men's 60 kg
Freestyle
13. Sushil Kumar —Silver— 2012
London—Wrestling—Men's 66 kg
Freestyle
1928 – Amsterdam,(Nederland)— Gold Medal
1932 – Los Angeles (United States of
America)— Gold Medal
1936 – Berlin (Germany) — Gold
Medal
1948 – London, United Kingdom—
Gold Medal
1952 – Helsinki, Finland— Gold Medal
1956 – Melbourne, Australia— Gold
Medal
1960 – Rome, Italy— Silver Medal
1964 – Tokyo, Japan— Gold Medal
1968 – Mexico City, Mexico— Bronze
Medal
1972 – Munich, Germany— Bronze
Medal
1980 – Moscow, USSR— Gold Medal
1. Sucheta Kriplani(INC)—U.P. —2
October 1963 – 13 March 1967
2. Nandini Satpathy(INC)— Orissa—14 June 1972 – 3 March 1973, 6 March 1974 – 16 December 1976
3. Shashikala Kakodkar(MGP)–Goa-12
August 1973 – 27 April 1979
4. Syeda Anwara Taimur(INC)—Assam
— 6 December 1980 – 30 June 1981
5. Janaki Ramachandran(AIADMK) —
Tamil Nadu —7–30 January 1988
6. J. Jayalalithaa — Tamil Nadu—24
June 1991 – 12 May 1996, 14 May
2001 – 21 September 2001, 2 March
2002 – 12 May 2006, 16 May 2011 –
present
7. Mayawati(BSP) — U.P. —13 June
1995 – 18 October 1995, 21 March
1997 – 21 September 1997,3 May 2002-29 August 2003, 13 May 2007 – 7 March 2012
8. Rajinder Kaur Bhattal(INC)Punjab-21 January 1996 – 12 February 1997
9. Rabri Devi(RJD) —Bihar—25 July
1997 – 11 February 1999, 9 March
1999 – 2 March 2000, 11 March 2000 –6 March 2005
10. Sushma Swaraj(BJP) —Delhi—13
October 1998 – 3 December 1998
11. Sheila Dikshit(INC)—Delhi— 3
December 1998 – present
12. Uma Bharati(BJP)—M. P. — 8
December 2003 – 23 August 2004
13.VasundharaRaje(BJP)—Rajasthan-8 Dec 2003 – 11 December 2008
14. Mamata Banerjee(TMC) —West
Bengal—20 May 2011 – present
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
1. Chinese (Mandarin) – 935
Million Native Speakers
2. Spanish – 387 Million Native
Speakers
3. English – 365 Million Native
Speakers
4. Hindi – 295 Million Native
Speakers
5. Arabic – 280 Million Native Speakers
6. Portuguese – 204 Million
Native Speakers
7. Bengali – 202 Million Native
Speakers
8. Russian – 160 Million Native
Speakers
9. Japanese – 127 Million
Native Speakers
10. Punjabi – 96-130 Million
Native Speakers
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1) Golden City - Amristar
2) Manchester of India - Ahmedabad
3) City of Seven Islands - Mumbai
4) Queen of Arabian Sea - Cochin
5) Space City - Bangalore
6) Garden City of India - Bangalore
7) Silicon Valley of India - Bangalore
8.) Electronic City of India -
Bangalore
9) Pink City - Jaipur
10) Gateway of India - Mumbai
11) Twin City - Hyderabad -
Sikandarabad
12) City of Festivals - Madurai
13) Deccan Queen - Pune
14) City of Buildings - Kolkata
15) Dakshin Ganga - Godavari
16) Old Ganga - Godavari
17) Egg Bowl of Asia - Andhra
Pradesh
18) Soya Region - Madhya Pradesh
19) Manchester of the South -
Coimbatore
20) City of Nawabs - Lucknow
1. Kerala - 93.91%
2. Mizoram - 91.6%
3. Tripura - 87.8%
4. Goa - 87.4%
5. Himachal Pradesh - 83.8%
6. Nagaland - 82.9%
7. Sikkim - 82.2%
8. Tamil Nadu - 80.3%
9. Maharashtra- 80.1%
10. Punjab - 79.9%
11. Manipur - 79.8%
12. Uttarakhand - 79.6%
13. Gujarat - 79.3%
14. West Bengal - 77.1%
15. Haryana - 76.6%
16. Karnataka - 75.6%
17. Meghalaya - 75.5%
18. Odisha - 73.45%
19. Assam - 73.2%
20. Chattisgarh - 71%
21. Madhya Pradesh - 70.6%
22. Uttar Pradesh - 71.7%
23. Jammu and Kashmir - 68.7%
24. Andhra Pradesh - 67.7%
25. Jharkhand - 67.6%
26. Rajasthan - 67.1%
27. Arunachal Pradesh - 67%
28. Bihar - 63.8%
*In September 2013, the State
Government of Tripura claimed that the
state has surpassed Keralaas the most
literate state in India, with a literacy
rate of 94.65%.
♥ Via - GUJARAT GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ♥
1. Taj Mahal — Agra, Uttar Pradesh,
India (AD 1632)
2. Chichen Itza — Yucatán Mexico
[ AD 800 ]
3. Christ the Redeemer — Rio de
Janeiro Brazil (AD 1926)
4. Colosseum — Rome, Italy (AD 70)
5. Great Wall of China — China
(BC 700)
6. Machu Picchu — Cuzco Region,
Peru (AD 1438)
7. Petra —Ma'an Governorate, Jordan
(BC 312)
1. Mount Everest - 29,035 ft (8,850 m)
Nepal/China
2. Qogir (K2) - 28,250 ft (8,611 m)
Pakistan
3. Kangchenjunga - 28,169 ft (8,586 m) Nepal
4. Lhotse - 27,920 ft (8,501 m) Nepal
5. Makalu I - 27,765 ft (8,462 m) Nepal
6. Cho Oyu - 26,906 ft (8,201 m) Nepal
7. Dhaulagiri - 26,794 ft (8,167 m)
Nepal
8. Manaslu I - 26,758 ft (8,156 m) Nepal
9. Nanga Parbat - 26,658 ft (8,125 m)
Pakistan
10. Annapurna I - 26,545 ft (8,091 m)
Nepal.....
1. Allahabad Bank : A Tradition of Trust
2. ABN AMRO: Making More Possible
3. Bank of America : Higher Standards
4. Bank of Baroda: India's International bank
5. Bank of India: Relationship Beyond
Banking
6. Bank of Maharashtra: One Family
One Bank.
7. BNP Paribas: The Bank for the
changing world.
8. CITI Bank : The Citi never sleeps.
9. Dena Bank : Trusted Family Bank
10. Deutsche Bank : A Passion to
Perform
11. HDFC Bank: We understand your
world
12. HSBC: The World's Local Bank
13. IDBI: Banking for all
14. Indian Bank: Taking banking
technology to the common man.
15. Indian Overseas Bank: Good people to grow with
16. Karnataka Bank: Your Family Bank.
♥♥♥ Across India.♥♥♥
17. Karur Vysya Bank: Smart Way to
bank
18. Kotak Mahindra Bank : Let's Make Money Simple
19. Oriental Bank Of Commerce: Where every individual is committed.
20. Punjab National Bank : The name
you can bank upon.
21. South Indian Bank: Experience next generation banking.
22. Standard Chartered Bank : Your
Right Partner.
23. State Bank Of India : With You all
the way.
24. State Bank of Mysore: Working for a better tomorrow.
25. State Bank of Patiala: Blending
modernity with Tradition.
26. State Bank of Travancore: Since
1945. A long tradition of Trust.
27. Union Bank of India : Good people
to bank with.
28. Vijaya Bank: A friend you can bank upong.
1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands—
379,944 (0.03%)
2 Andhra Pradesh —84,665,533
(7.00%)
3 Arunachal Pradesh— 1,382,611
(0.11%)
4 Assam— 31,169,272 (2.68%)
5 Bihar— 103,804,637 (8.48%)
6 Chandigarh— 1,054,686 (0.09%)
7 Chhattisgarh— 25,540,196 (2.11%)
8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli— 342,853
(0.03%)
9 Daman and Diu —242,911 (0.02%)
10 Delhi— 16,753,235 (1.38%)
11 Goa— 1,457,723 (0.12%)
12 Gujarat — 60,383,628 (4.99%)
13 Haryana— 25,353,081 (2.09%)
14 Himachal Pradesh— 6,856,509
(0.57%)
15 Jammu and Kashmir— 12,548,926 (1.04%)
16 Jharkhand— 32,966,238 (2.72%)
17 Karnataka— 61,130,704 (5.05%)
18 Kerala — 33,387,677 (2.76%)
19 Lakshadweep— 64,429 (0.01%)
20 Madhya Pradesh— 72,597,565
(6.00%)
21 Maharashtra —112,372,972
(9.29%)
22 Manipur— 2,721,756 (0.22%)
23 Meghalaya— 2,964,007 (0.24%)
24 Mizoram— 1,091,014 (0.09%)
25 Nagaland— 1,980,602 (0.16%)
26 Orissa — 41,947,358 (3.47%)
27 Pondicherry— 1,244,464 (0.10%)
28 Punjab —27,704,236 (2.29%)
29 Rajasthan— 68,621,012 (5.67%)
30 Sikkim —607,688 (0.05%)
31 Tamil Nadu— 72,138,958 (5.96%)
32 Tripura — 3,671,032 (0.30%)
33 Uttarakhand— 10,116,752 (0.84%)
34 Uttar Pradesh— 199,581,477
(16.49%)
35 West Bengal— 91,347,736 (7.55%)
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♥ TOTAL 1,210,193,422 (100%) ♥
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1. One who is out to subvert a
government -Anarchist
2. One who is recovering from illness -Convalescent
3. One who is all powerful -
Omnipotent
4. One who is present everywhere -
Omnipresent
5. One who knows everything -
Omniscient
6. One who is easily deceived -
Gullible
7. One who does not make mistakes -Infallible
8. One who can do anything for money - Mercenary
9. One who has no money - Pauper
10. One who changes sides - Turncoat
11. One who works for free - Volunteer
12. One who loves books - Bibliophile
13. One who can speak two languages -Bilingual
14. One who loves mankind -
Philanthropist
15. One who hates mankind -
Misanthrope
16. One who looks on the bright side
of things -Optimist
17. One who looks on the dark side of
things - Pessimist
18. One who doubts the existence of
god -Agnostic
19. One who pretends to be what he is not -Hypocrite
20. One incapable of being tired -
Indefatigable.
1969- Devika Rani, actress
1970- B. N. Sircar, producer
1971- Prithviraj Kapoor, actor
(posthumous)
1972- Pankaj Mullick, composer
(music director)
1973- Ruby Myers (Sulochana), actress
1974- Bomireddi Narasimha, Reddy
director
1975- Dhirendranath Ganguly, actor,
director
1976- Kanan Devi, actress
1977- Nitin Bose, cinematographer,
director, writer
1978- Rai Chand Boral, composer,
director
1979- Sohrab Modi, actor, director,
producer
1980- Paidi Jairaj, actor, director
1981- Naushad Ali, composer (music
director)
1982- L. V. Prasad, actor, director,
producer
1983- Durga Khote, actress
1984- Satyajit Ray, director
1985- V. Shantaram, actor, director,
producer
1986- B. Nagi Reddy, producer
1987- Raj Kapoor, actor, director
1988- Ashok Kumar, actor
1989- Lata Mangeshkar, singer
1990- A. Nageswara Rao, actor
1991- Bhalji Pendharkar, director,
producer, writer
1992- Bhupen Hazarika, composer
(music director)
1993- Majrooh Sultanpuri, lyricist
1994- Dilip Kumar, actor
1995- Dr. Rajkumar, actor
1996- Sivaji Ganesan, actor
1997- Pradeep,lyricist
1998- B.R. Chopra, director, producer
1999- Hrishikesh Mukherjee, director
2000- Asha Bhosle, singer
2001- Yash Chopra,director, producer
2002- Dev Anand, actor, director,
producer
2003- Mrinal Sen, director
2004- Adoor Gopalakrishnan, director
2005- Shyam Benegal, director
2006- Tapan Sinha, director
2007- Manna Dey, singer
2008- V.K. Murthy, cinematographer
2009- D.Ramanaidu, producer, director
2010- K. Balchander, director
2011- Soumitra Chatterjee, actor
2012- Pran , actor.
Largest Airport - King Khalid
International Airport (South Arabia)
Highest Airport - Lhasa Airport, Tibet
Tallest Animal - Giraffe
Largest Animal - Blue Bottom whale
Largest Bay - Hudson Bay, Canada,
Fastest Bird - Swift
Largest Bird - Ostrich
Smallest Bird - Humming bird
Longest Bridge - the Akashi Kaikyo
bridge in Japan takes the title, with a main span of 1,991 meters (or 6,532 feet)
Tallest Building - Taipei 101, Taipei,
Taiwan,2004,101 stories,509m,1,670ft
Longest Canal - Baltic sea White Canal
Largest Cathedral - Cathedral Church
of New York
Largest Cemetry - Leningrad, Russia
Largest Church - Belisca of St. Peter in the Vatican City, Rome.
Largest Continent - Asia
Smallest Continent - Australia
Largest Country - Russia
Smallest Country - Vatican City
Biggest Cinema House - Roxy, New
York
Highest City - Wen Chuan, China
Highest Population - Mexico
Longest Day - June 21
Shortest Day - December 22
Largest Delta - Sunderbans
Largest Desert - Sahara, Africa
Biggest Dome - Gol Gumbaz (Bijapur),India
Largest Dams - Grand Coulee Dam,
USA
Tallest Fountain - Fountain Hills,
Arizona
Largest Gulf - Gulf of Mexico
Largest Hotel - Hotel Rossaiya,
Moscow
Largest Island - Greenland
Largest Lake - Caspian Sea, CISIran
Deepest Lake - Baikal (Siberia)
Highest Lake - Titicaca (Bolivia)
Biggest Library - National Kiev Library,Moscow and Library of the Congress, Washington
Largest Mosque - Jama Masjid, Delhi (India)
Highest Mountain Peak Mount Everest(Nepal)
Highest Mountain Range Himalayas
Longest Mountain - Andes (South
America)
Biggest Museum - British Museum
(London)
Largest Minaret Sultan Has-san
Mosque (Egypt)
Tallest Minaret - Qutub Minar, Delhi
(India)
Biggest Oceans - Pacific Ocean
Deepest Oceans - Pacific Ocean
Biggest Palace - Vatican (Rome)
Largest Palace - Imperial Palace
(China)
Biggest Park - Yellow Stone National
Park
Largest Park - Wood Buffalo National
Park (Canada)
Largest Peninsula - Arabia
Highest Plateau - Pamir (Tibet)
Longest Platform - Kharagpur, W.
Bengal (India)
Largest Platform - Grand Central
Terminal, (Ely.Station)New York (USA)
Biggest Planet - Jupiter
Smallest Planet - Murcury
Brightest Planet -Venus
Coldest Planet Pluto
Nearest (To the Sun) - Mercury
Farthest (from the Sun) - Pluto
Longest River - Nile, Africa
Longest River Dam - Hirakud Dam,
India
Largest Sea - South China Sea
Largest Stadium - Starhove Stadium,
Prague (Czech Republic)
Brightest Star - Sirius A
Tallest Statue - Motherland (Russia)
Largest Sea-bird - Albatross
Biggest Telescope - Mt. Palomar (USA)
Longest Train Flying Scotsman
Largest Temple - Angkorwat in
Kampuchea
Oldest Theatre - Teatro Ohmpico
(Itlay)
Tallest Tower - C. N. Tower, Toronto
(Canada)
Longest Wall - Great Wall of China
Highest Waterfall - Angel (Venezuela)
Widest Waterfall - Khone Falls (Laos)
Lowest Water Level - Dead Sea
Longest Epic - Mahabharata
Hottest Place - Al-Azizia (Libya)
Rainiest Place - Mosinram, near
Cherapunji (India)
Highest Road - Leh-Nobra, Ladakh
division India.
Highest Village - Andean (Chile)
Highest Volcano - Ojos del Salado,
(Argentina) Chile
Largest Volcano - Manuna Lea (Hawai)
Lightest Gas - Hydrogen
Fastest Animal - Cheetah
Biggest Flower - Rafflesia (Java)
Longest Corridor - Rameshwaram
Temple (India)
Largest Democracy - India
Fastest Dog - Persian greyhound
Lightest Metal - Lithium.
1. Bengali Tiger =>> Bibin Chandra Pal
2. Punjab Lion, Punjab Kesari =>> Lala Lajpat Rai
3. Sher- e -Punjab =>> Ranjit Singh
4. Lion of Kashmir =>> Sheikh
Mohammed Abdullah
5. Mysore Tiger =>> Tippu Sultan
6. Bard of Avon =>> William
Shakespeare
7. Sage of Kanchi =>> Sankaracharya
* 8. Bird man of India =>> Salim Ali
9. Maratha Kesari =>> Bal Gangadhar
Tilak
10. Bapu =>> Gandhiji
11. Babuji =>> Jagjeevan Ram
12. Indian Machiavelli =>> Chanakya
13. Indian Napoleon =>> Samudragupta
14. Indian Bismarck =>> Sardar
Vallabhai Patel
15. Indian Shakespeare =>> Kalidasa
16. Deenabandhu =>> C.F Andrews
17. Deshabandhu =>> C.R Das
18. Who is known as Prince of Beggars
=>>Madan Mohan Malaviya
19. Who is known as Prince of Patriots =>>Subash Chandra Bose
20. Who is known as prince of Martyrs=>>Bhagat Singh
21. Who is known as prince of Builders=>>Shahjahan
22. Who is known as prince of Pilgrims=>>Hiuen Tsang
23. Who is known as prince of
Autobiography=>> Babur
24. Who is known as prince of Money
Makers=>> Muhammad bin Tughlaq
25. Who is known as prince of Pilgrims =>>Hiuen Tsang
26. Who is known as Grand old man of Indian Journalism =>> Tushar Kanti Ghosh
27. Man of Destiny =>> Napoleon
Bonaparte
28. Andhara Kesari =>> T. Prakasam
29. Lok Nayak =>> Jayaprkash Narayan
30. Father of Medicine =>> Hippocrates
31. Lady with the lamp =>> Florence
Nightingale
32. Poet's Poet =>> Edmund