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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

World General Knowledge

The London University was the first British University to admit women for degree courses.
New York is popularly known as the city of Skyscrapers
Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of Cloves
Thailand is the country known as the Land of White Elephant.
Korea is known as the Land of Morning Calm.
Bhutan is known as the Land of Thunderbolts
Salto Angel Falls in Venezuela is the highest waterfalls in the world.
United States Library of Congress in Washington DC is the largest library in the world is the
The author of Harry Potter Books is JK Rowling
Nickname of New York city is Big Apple
Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest President of the USA.
Brazil is the largest coffee growing country in the world.
Verkoyansk in Siberia is the coldest place on the earth.
The length of the English channel is 564 kilometres.
Damascus is the world's oldest known city.
Detroit in the USA is the city which is the world's biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles.
The country which is the largest producer of rubber in the world is Malaysia.
Amazon River carries maximum quantity of water into the sea.
Cuba is known as the Sugar Bowl of the world.
The length of the Suez Canal is 162.5 kilometers.
James Cook discovered Australia.
Mohammed Ali Jinnah was the first Governor General of Pakistan.
Alexander Eiffel was the person who built Eifel Tower.
Rose is the national flower of Britain.
The national flower of Italy is Lily.
World Environment Day is observed on 5th June.
The earlier name of Sri Lanka was Ceylon
United Nations Organization(UNO) was formed in the year 1945.
Admiral Robert E. Peary was the first man to reach North Pole.
The place known as the Roof of the world is Tibet.
The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was Abdul Salam.
The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was Margaret Thatcher

On 4th July 1776 America declares itself as an independent country

The U.S President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865
According to a theory California State was nbamed by its Spanish settlers after a utopian society described in a popular 16th-century novel called Serged de Esplandian.
The State Georgia named after King George II of England, who charted the colony in 1732.
Louisiana state named after French King Louis XIV.
Washington Named after George Washington.
Wyoming derived from the Algonquin word for "large prairie place"
Rhode Island named by "Roode Eylandt" (Red Island) because of its red clay.
Teaxas word Derived from the Caddo Indian word for "friend," or "ally."
North and south Dakota taken from the Sioux word for "friend," or "ally".
Virginia and west virginia was Named after Queen Elizabeth I of England, the "virgin" queen, by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584.
Newyork was named after the Duke of York and Albany.
Minnesota was derived from the Sioux word for "sky tinted" or "muddy water".
New Mexico is the Spanish name for the territory north of the Rio Grande.
Kansas word was taken from the Sioux word for "south wind people," their name for anyone who lived south of Sioux territory.
Hawaii is an English adaptation of the native word Owyhee, which means "homeland".
Indiana state was named by English-speaking settlers because the territory was full of Indians.
Kentucky was possibly derived from the Indian word kan-tuk-kee, meaning "dark and bloody ground." Or kan-tuc-kec, "land of green reeds", or ken-take, meaning "meadowland".
Shakespeare invented the word ' assassination' and 'bump'

the general knowledge about the current affairs

Here we have gathered some of the general knowledge questions and answers for you to test your knowledge about the current affairs.

Question : Who has been appointed the National Security Adviser by the UPA Government? Answer : J. N. Daxit
Question : Who is the new Chief Minister of Karnataka?
Dharam Singh
Question : Who among the following has won the Miss Universe 2004 crown?
Answer : Jennifer Hawkins
Question : Which cricketer holds the world record of maximum number of sixes in Tests? Answer : Chris Carins (New Zealand)
Question : Who has been appointed the new Chief Justice of India?
Answer : Justice R. C. Lahoti
Question : Which sports persons got the honour of lighting the Olympic flame at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in New Delhi recently?
Answer : Anjali Bhagwat
Question : Which planet crossed the face of the sun (in transit) after 122 years recently? Answer : Venus
Question : Which country was readmitted to the Commonwealth recently?
Answer : Pakistan
Question : Who won the men’s singles title of the French Open 2004?
Answer : Gaston Gaudio
Question : Who is India’s first Woman Grand Master in Chess?
Answer : Koneru Humpy
Question : How can the age of the tree be determined?
Answer : Counting the annual growth rings of its stem
Question : Where is the Lingaraja Temple built during the medieval period?
Answer : Bhubaneswar
Question : Which Delhi Sultans is known for introducing market control mechanism?
Answer : Alauddin Khalji
Question : Which mountain peaks of the Himalayas is NOT in India?
Answer : Annapurna
Question : Who is the author of the book, “The Man Who Divided India”?
Answer : Rafiq Zakaria
 
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