Management Learning

Lesson Number 1:
A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day. A small rabbit saw the crow, and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long? The crow answered: "Sure, why not." So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.
Lesson Number 2:
A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree," sighed the turkey, "but I haven't got the energy. "Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied the bull."They're packed with nutrients." The turkey pecked at a lump of dung and found that it actually gave him enough strength to reach the first branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally after a fourth night, there he was proudly perched at the top of the tree. Soon he was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot the turkey out of the tree.
Lesson Number 3:
A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold, the bird froze and fell to the ground in a large field. While it was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on it. As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, it began to realize how warm it was. The dung was actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy. A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him!
Lesson Number 4:
The boy rode on the donkey and the old man walked. As they went along, they passed some people who remarked "it was a shame the old man was walking and the boy was riding". The man and boy thought maybe the critics were right, so they changed positions. Later, they passed some e people that remarked, "What a shame, he makes that little boy walk." They decided they both would walk! Soon they passed some more people who thought they were stupid to walk when they had a decent donkey to ride. So the both rode the donkey! Now they passed some people that shamed them by saying "how awful to put such a load on a poor donkey". The boy and man said they were probably right so they decided to carry the donkey. As they crossed a bridge, they lost their grip on the animal and he fell into the river and drowned.
Lesson Number 5:
Once PVNR (PV Narasimha Rao), L.K.Advani and Laloo Prasad Yadav were travelling in an autorickshaw. They met with an accident and all three of them died. Yama was waiting for this moment at the doorstep of death.He asks PVNR and Advani to go to HEAVEN. But, for Laloo, Yama had already decided that he should be sent to HELL. Laloo is not at all happy with this decision. He asks Yama as to why this discrimination is being made. All the three of them had served the public. Similarly, all took bribes, all misused public positions, etc. Then why the differential treatment? He felt that there should be a formal test or an objective evaluation before a decision is made; and should not be just based on opinion or pre conceived notions. Yama agrees to this and asks all the three of them to appear for an English test. PVNR is asked to spell " INDIA" and he does it correctly. Advani is asked to spell "ENGLAND" and he too passes. It is Laloo's turn and he is asked to spell " CZECHOSLOVAKIA" . Laloo protests that he doesn't know English. He says this is not fair and that he was given a tough question and thus forced to fail with false intent.
Yama then agrees to conduct a written test in Hindi (to give another chance assuming that Laloo should at least feel that Hindi would provide an equal platform for all three). PVNR is asked to write "KUTTA BOLA BHOW BHOW". He writes it easily and passes. Advani is asked to write "BILLY BOLI MYAUN MYAUN". He too passes. Laloo is asked to write "BANDAR BOLA GURRRRRR.... ."Tough one. He fails again. Laloo is extremely unhappy. Having been a student of history (which the other two weren't), he now requested for all the 3 to be subjected to a test in history. Yama says 'OK', but this would be the last chance; and that he would not take any more tests. PVNR is asked: "When did India get Independence? ". He replied "1947" and passed. Advani is asked "How many people died during the independence struggle?". He gets nervous. Yama asked him to choose from 3 options: 100,000 or 200,000 or 300,000. Advani catches it and says 200,000 and asses. It's Laloo's turn now. Yama asks him to give the Name and Address of each of the 200,000 who died in the struggle. Laloo accepts defeat and agrees to go to HELL.

Indian Authors In English

1. Wings of Fire --------- A.P.J Abdul Kalam
2. You Can Win ---------- Shiv Khera
3. One Day Wonder ------ Sunil Gavasker
4. The Namesake --------Jhumpa Lahiri
5. Pinjar Amrita ---------Pritam
6. The God of Small Things --- Arundhanti Roy
7. The Glass Palace -------Amitav Ghosh
8. New World ---------Amit Chaudhary
9. Fasting Feasting --------Anita Desai
10. Getting There ---------- Manjula Padamanabhan
11.A Train to Pakistan --------- Khuswant Singh
12. A Room on the Roof ----------Ruskin Bond
13. English August ---------Upmanyu Chatterjee
14. Beastly Tales ----------Vikram Seth
15. Show Business---------- Shashi Thakur
16. Coolie Mulk--------- Raj Anand
17. The Broken Wings --------------Sarojini naidu

Know First In India -II

Woman to climb mount Everest ----Bachhendri Pal
Woman Judge in Supreme Court---- Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi
Woman Chief Justice of a High Court---- Smt. Leela Seth
Indian Woman to go in space (Now U.S. Citizen) ----Kalpana Chawla
The first Indian weightlifter to win bronze medal in Olympics---- Karnam Malleshwari (Sydney, in 2000)
The First Indian World Chess Champion---- Vishwanathan Anand
India's first paperless Newspaper ----The News Today (Launched on Jan. 3, 2001)
India's First woman Merchant Navy Officer---- Sonali Banerjee
The first Dalit Speaker of the Lok Sabha ----G. M. C. Balyogi
The first Vice-President of India to die in harness---- Krishna Kant
The first Indian woman cricketer to score double century ----Mithali Raj (August 2002 playing against England)
The first woman Air Vice-Marshal---- P. Bandopadhyaya
The first Indian to be appointed as United Nations Civilian Police Advisor---- Ms. Kiran Bedi
The first astronaut of Indian origin to perish aboard U.S. space shuttle in a tragic accident---- Dr. Kalpana Chawla (Columbia space shuttle, Feb. I, 2003)


The first woman to be appointed Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India ----K. J. Udeshi (appointed on June 10, 2003)
The first Indian girl to register a win in a Wimbledon tournament----Sania Mirza (2003)
The first Indian lady to win a medal in World Athletic Championship---- Anju Bobby George (Aug. 2003)
The first woman Chairman and Managing Director of NABARD---- Mrs. Ranjana Kumar
The highest individual test scorer of India---- Virendra Sehwag ( 309 runs in the first test in Multan against Pakistan)
The first Indian cricketer to make double centuries five times---- Rahul Drgvid (playing test against Pakistan in Pakistan in. April 2004)
The first Orissa woman to top I.A.S.---- Smt. Roopa Misra (Indian Civil Services Exam., 2003)
The first Sikh Prime Minister of India---- Dr. Manmohan Singh
The first woman Director General of Police of a State---- Kanchan C. Bhattacharya (DGP Uttaranchal)
The first woman to be appointed as the crime branch chief ----MeeriJ Borwankar (took over as crime branch chief of Mumbai police)
The first woman to reach the rank of Lt. General in the Indian army---- Puneeta Arora (Commandant, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune)
The first Indian to cross seven important seas by swimming---- Bula Chaudhury
The first woman to become Indian Air Force's first woman Air Marshal---- Padma Bandhopadhyay

Know First In India - I

British Governor General of Bengal-----------Warren Hastings
Governor General of Independent India-------Lord Mountbatten
Commander-in-chief of Free India------------General Roy Bucher
Cosmonaut-----------------------------Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
Emperor of Moghul Dynasty in India----------Babar
Field Marshal--------------------------------S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
Indian Governor General of Indian Union-----C. Rajagopalachari
Indian I.C.S. Officer-------------------------Satyendra Nath Tagore
Indian Member of Viceroy's Executive Council----Sri S.P. Sinha
Indian to swim across English Channel--------Mihir Sen

Indian woman to swim across-English Channel-----Miss Arati Saha
Man to climb Mount Everest-----------------Tenzing Norgay
Man to climb Mount Everest without Oxygen------ Phu Dorjee
Man to climb Mount Everest twice-----------Nwang Gombu
Nobel Prize winner--------------------------Rabindra Nath Tagore
President of Indian National Congress-------W. C. Banerjee
President of Indian Republic-----------------Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Talkie Film----------------------------------Alam Ara (1931)
Test Tube Baby (Documented)--------------Indira
Viceroy of India-----------------------------Lord Canning
Woman Minister of Indian Union------------Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

Woman Chief Minister of State--------------Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani

Woman Governor---------------------------Mrs. Sarojini Naidu

Woman President of Indian National Cong.----- Dr. Annie Besant

Woman Prime Minister----------------------Mrs. Indira Gandhi

Woman Speaker of a State Assembly-------Mrs. Shanno Devi

Prime Minister of India----------------------Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

Muslim President of Indian Union-----------Dr. Zakir Hussain

Speaker of Lok Sabha----------------------G. V. Mavlankar

General Knowledge Quiz Part - II

1)Which is the longest river in the world ?
Ans:- Nile
2)Which country is called the playground of Europe ?
Ans:-Switzerland
3)What is the capital of Indonesia? Ans:- Jakarta
4)What is the currency of China ?
Ans:- Yuan
5)Which country in the world does not have a rectangular flag? Ans:- Nepal

6)What is the currency of Russia? Ans:- Ruble
7)Which is the largest volcano on Earth?Ans:- Hawaii's Mauna Loa
8)In our Solar system, which planets have rings around them? Ans:- Four of the large outer planets in our solar system have rings around them.
Jupiter - 3 rings
Saturn - has thousands of rings Uranus - 11 rings Neptune - 6 rings
9)What is a Meteor? Ans:- There are pieces of rock orbiting space called Meteoroids. Sometime these meteoroids hit the Earth. When they are falling through the Earth's atmosphere, they burn up.These are called Meteors or Shooting Stars
10)What is the capitol of Canada? Ans:- Ottawa
11)Is Canada bigger than USA?Ans:- Yes Canada is bigger than USA
12)What is the name of the river that falls over Niagara Falls?Ans:- The Niagara River flows from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. It serves as the border between Ontario in Canada and New York State in the USA. The river is about 56 kilometers (35 miles) long and includes Niagara falls along its way
13)Which country has the world’s largest Rainforest?
Ans:-Brazil is the largest country in the continent of South America and has the largest rainforest in the world.
14)Which river runs through this rainforest?
Ans:-Amazon River
15)Which country is the world’s largest gold producer?Ans:-South Africa
16)What is Arachnophobia?
Ans:-The word Arachnophobia comes from the Greek words, ARACHNE, meaning SPIDER, and PHOBOS, meaning FEAR.Some people have an irrational, persistent fear of spiders. It is very difficult for them to overcome this fear.

General Knowledge Quiz- Question and Answers

The place known as the Garden of England is - Kent
The tallest tower in the world is the - C.N.Tower,Toronto, Canada
The country famous for its fish catch is - Japan
The old name of Taiwan was - Farmosa
Montreal is situated on the bank of river - Ottawa
The city of Bonn is situated in - Germany
The literal meaning of Renaissance is - Revival
Julius Caesar was killed by - Brutus
The title of Desert Fox was given to - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
The largest airport in the world is the - King Khalid Int.Airport, Saudi Arabia
The city in Russia which faced an earthquake in the year 1998 was - Armenia
The largest bay in the world is - Hudson Bay,Canada

The largest church in the world is - Bascilica of St.Peter,Vatican City,Rome
The largest peninsula in the world is - Arabia
The largest gulf in the world is - Gulf of Mexico
The tallest statue in the world is the - Motherland,Volgagra d Russia
The largest railway tunnel in the world is the - Oshimzu Tunnel,Japan
The world's loneliest island is the - Tristan da cunda
The word `Quiz'was coined by - Jim Daly Irishman
The original meaning of `Quiz'was - Trick
The busiest shopping centre of London is - Oxford Street
The residence of the Queen in London is - Buckingham Palace
Adolf Hitler was born in - Austria
The country whose National Anthem has only music but no words is - Bahrain
The largest cinema in the world is the - Fox theatre,Detroit, USA
The country where there are no Cinema theatres is - Saudi arabia
The world's tallest office building is the - Sears Tower,Chicago
In the year 1811,Paraguay became independent from - Spain
The cross word puzzle was invented by - Arthur Wynney
The city which was the capital of the ancient Persian Empire was - Persepolis
WHO stands for - World Health Organisation
WHO is located at - Geneva
FAO stands for - Food and Agriculture Organisation
FAO is located at - Rome and London
UNIDO stands for - United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
UNIDO is located at - Vienna
WMO stands for - World Meteorological Organisation
WMO is located at - Geneva

International Civil Aviation Organisation is located at - Montreal
The Angel Falls is located in - Venezuela
The Victoria Falls is located in - Rhodesia
Ice Cream was discovered by - Gerald Tisyum
The number regarded as lucky number in Italy is - Thirteen
Napoleon suffered from alurophobia which means - Fear of cats
The aeroplanes was used in war for the first time by - Italians(14 Oct.1911)
Slavery in America was abolished by - Abraham Lincoln
The Headquarters of textile manufacturing in England is - Manchester
The famous Island located at the mouth of the Hudson river is - Manhattan
The founder of plastic industry was - Leo Hendrik Bakeland
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 earlier name for tomato was - Love apple

Amazing Facts

Tuesday is considered as the most productive day of the week.
In human body the right lung takes in more air than the left one.
The sun is 330330 times larger than the earth.
Bill gates house was designed using Macintosh computer which is a brand of the microsoft’s rival company.
Almost all varieties of breakfast cereals are made from grass.
In the 1930’s America track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
There is a great mushroom in Oregon that is 2,400 years old. It Covers 3.4 square miles of land and is still growing.
Jimmy Carter is the first USA president to have born in hospital.
Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
Human birth control pill works on gorillas.
It is illegal to own a red car in shanghai china.
Tru to spin an egg, Its strange that a hard-boiled egg will spin but an uncooked or soft-boiled egg will not.
Astronauts cannot burp in space.
People with blue eyes see better in dark.
The snowiest city in the USA is Blue Canyon, California.
Lake Nicaragua in Nicaragua is the only fresh water lake in the world that has sharks.
Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
The gasoline can not freeze no matter how cold the temperature falls.
Human stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.
Every person has a unique tongue print.
Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn’t wear pants.
A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it go mad instantly and sting itself to death.
By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can’t sink in quicksand.
Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
The Polar Bear can can reach 25 miles / hr of speed.
Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
Chocolate affects a dog’s heart and nervous system. A few ounces will kill a small sized dog.
Most lipsticks contain fish scales.
Courtesy : amazing facts website