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GK Today GK Series-Important International boundaries

Posted by admin On January - 19 - 2012

Important boundaries of within world that attach and part two countries. These boundaries decide of partition for two countries land. In the below list you will find boundry name and attached countries name.

Durand Line Pakistan, & Afghanistan
Mac Mohan Line India,   &  China,
Radcliff India,  & Pakistan
Maginot Line France & Germany
Oder Niesse Line Germany &Poland
Hindenberg Line Poland & Germany(at the time of First World War)
38th Parallel North  & South Korea
49th Parallel USA &Canada

Phobias Glossary-Phobia List – An A to Z List of Phobias

Posted by admin On September - 16 - 2011

ablutophobia:     washing or bathing
acarophobia:     itching
acerophobia:     sourness
achluophobia:     darkness
acousticophobia:     noise
acrophobia:     heights
aeroacrophobia:     open high places
aeronausiphobia:     vomiting secondary to airsickness
aerophobia:     drafts, air
aeruophobia:     flying
agliophobia:     pain
agoraphobia:     open spaces
agraphobia:     sexual abuse
agrizoophobia:     wild animals
agyrophobia:     streets or crossing the street
aichmophobia:     needles or pointed objects
ailurophobia:     cats
albuminurophobia:     kidney disease
alektorophobia:     chickens
algophobia:     pain
alliumphobia:     garlic
allodoxaphobia:     opinions
altophobia:     heights
amathophobia:     dust
amaxophobia:     riding in a car, or vehicles
ambulophobia:     walking
amnesiphobia:     amnesia
amychophobia:     scratches or being scratched
anablephobia:     looking up
ancraophobia:     wind
androphobia:     men
anemophobia:     air drafts or wind
anginophobia:     angina, choking or narrowness
Anglophobia:     England, English culture, etc
angrophobia:     becoming angry
ankylophobia:     immobility of a joint
anthophobia:     flowers
anthrophobia:     people
anthropophobia:     people or society
antlophobia:     floods
anuptaphobia:     staying single
apeirophobia:     infinity
aphenphosmphobia:     being touched
apiphobia:     bees
apotemnophobia:     persons with amputations
arachibutyrophobia:     peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
arachnophobia:     spiders
arithmophobia:     numbers
arrhenphobia:     men
arsonphobia:     fire
asthenophobia:     fainting or weakness
astraphobia:     thunder and lightning
astrophobia:     stars and celestial space
asymmetriphobia:     asymmetrical things
ataxiophobia:     ataxia (muscular incoordination)
ataxophobia:     disorder or untidiness
atelophobia:     imperfection
atephobia:     ruin or ruins
athazagoraphobia:     being forgotten or ignored
atomosophobia:     atomic explosions
atychiphobia:     failure
aulophobia:     flutes
aurophobia:     gold
auroraphobia:     northern lights
autodysomophobia:     one that has a vile odor
automatonophobia:     ventiloquist dummies or wax statues
automysophobia:     being dirty
autophobia:     being alone or of oneself
aviophobia:     flying
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bacillophobia:     microbes
bacteriophobia:     bacteria
bactrachophobia:     reptiles
ballistophobia:     missles or bullets
barophobia:     gravity
basophobia:     inability to stand
bathophobia:     depth
batonophobia:     plants
batophobia:     heights
batrachophobia:     amphibians
belonephobia:     pins and needles
bibliophobia:     books
blennophobia:     slime
bogyphobia:     the bogeyman
Bolshephobia:     Bolsheviks
botanophobia:     plants
bromidrosiphobia:     body smells
brontophobia:     thunder and lightning
bufonophobia:     toads
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cacophobia:     ugliness
cainophobia:     newness, novelty
caligynephobia:     beautiful women
carcinophobia:     cancer
cardiophobia:     the heart
carnophobia:     meat
catagelophobia:     being ridiculed
catapedaphobia:     jumping from high and low places
cathisophobia:     sitting
catoptrophobia:     mirrors
cenophobia:     new things or ideas
ceraunophobia:     thunder
chaetophobia:     hair
cheimaphobia or cheimatophobia:     cold
chemophobia:     chemicals
cherophobia:     gaiety
chionophobia:     snow
chiraptophobia:     being touched
cholerophobia:     anger
chorophobia:     dancing
chrometophobia:     money
chromophobia:     colors
chronomentrophobia:     clocks
chronophobia:     time
cibophobia:     food
claustrophobia:     enclosed spaces
cleisiophobia:     being locked in
cleptophobia:     stealing
climacophobia:     stairs
clinophobia:     going to bed
clithrophobia:     being enclosed
cnidophobia:     stings
coimetrophobia:     cemeteries
cometophobia:     comets
contreltophobia:     sexual abuse
coprastasophobia:     constipation
coprophobia:     feces
coulrophobia:     clowns
cremnophobia:     precipices
cryophobia:     extreme cold, ice or frost
crystallophobia:     crystals or glass
cyberphobia:     computers or working on a computer
cyclophobia:     bicycles
cymophobia:     waves or wave like motions
cynophobia:     dogs
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decidophobia:     making decisions
defecaloesiophobia:     painful bowel movements
deipnophobia:     dining
dementophobia:     insanity
demonophobia:     demons
demophobia:     crowds (Agoraphobia)
dendrophobia:     trees
dentophobia:     dentists
dermatophobia:     skin lesions
dermatosiophobia:     skin disease
dextrophobia:     objects at the right side of the body
diabetophobia:     diabetes
didaskaleinophobia:     going to school
dikephobia:     justice
dinophobia:     dizziness
diplophobia:     double vision
dipsophobia:     drinking
dishabiliophobia:     undressing in front of someone
domatophobia:     houses or being in a house
doraphobia:     fur or skins of animals
dromophobia:     crossing streets
dutchphobia:     the dutch
dysmorphophobia:     deformity
dystychiphobia:     accidents
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ecclesiophobia:     church
eicophobia:     home surroundings
eisoptrophobia:     mirrors or seeing oneself in a mirror
electrophobia:     electricity
eleutherophobia:     freedom
elurophobia:     cats (Ailurophobia)
emetophobia:     vomiting
enetophobia:     pins
enochlophobia:     crowds
enosiophobia:     committing an unpardonable sin
entomophobia:     insects
eosophobia:     dawn or daylight
epistaxiophobia:     nosebleeds
epistemophobia:     knowledge
equinophobia:     horses
eremophobia:     being oneself
ereuthrophobia:     blushing
ergasiophobia:     surgical instruments
ergophobia:     work
erotophobia:     sexual love
erythrophobia:     the color red
euphobia:     hearing good news
eurotophobia:     female genitalia
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febriphobia:     fever
felinophobia:     cats
Francophobia:     france, french culture
frigophobia:     cold
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galeophobia:     cats
gallophobia or galiophobia:     fear France, French culture
gamophobia:     marriage
gatophobia:     cats
geliophobia:     laughter
geniophobia:     chins
genophobia:     sex
genuphobia:     knees
gephyrophobia:     crossing bridges
gerascophobia:     growing old
germanophobia:     Germany, German culture
gerontophobia:     old people or of growing old
geumaphobia:     taste
glossophobia:     speaking in public
gnosiophobia:     knowledge
graphophobia:     writing
gymnophobia:     nudity
gynophobia:     women
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hadephobia:     hell
hagiophobia:     saints or holy things
hamartophobia:     sinning
haphephobia:     being touched
harpaxophobia:     being robbed
hedonophobia:     feeling pleasure
heliophobia:     the sun
hellenologophobia:     Greek terms
helminthophobia:     worms
hemophobia:     blood
herpetophobia:     reptiles
heterophobia:     the opposite sex (sexophobia)
hierophobia:     priests
hippophobia:     horses
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia:     long words
hobophobia:     bums or beggars
hodophobia:     road travel
homichlophobia:     fog
homilophobia:     sermons
hominophobia:     men
homophobia:     homosexuality
hoplophobia:     firearms
hormephobia:     shock
hydrargyophobia:     mercurial medicines
hydrophobia:     water
hydrophobophobia:     rabies
hyelophobia or hyalophobia:     glass
hygrophobia:     liquids, dampness, or moisture
hylephobia:     materialism
hylophobia:     forests
hypegiaphobia:     responsibility
hypnophobia:     sleep
hypsiphobia:     height
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iatrophobia:     doctors
ichthyophobia:     fish
ideophobia:     ideas
illyngophobia:     veritgo
insectophobia:     insects
iophobia:     poison
isolophobia:     solitude, being alone
isopterophobia:     termites
ithyphallophobia:     erection
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Japanophobia:     Japanese
Judeophobia:     Jews
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kainolophobia:     novelty
kakorraphiaphobia:     failure
katagelophobia:     ridicule
kathisophobia:     sitting down
kenophobia:     voids
keraunophobia:     thunder
kinetophobia:     movement or motion
kleptophobia:     stealing
koinoniphobia:     rooms
koniophobia:     dust (Amathophobia)
kopophobia:     fatigue
kosmikophobia:     cosmic phenomenon
kymophobia:     waves
kynophobia:     rabies
kyphophobia:     stooping
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lachanophobia:     vegetables
laliophobia:     speaking
leprophobia:     leprosy
leukophobia:     the color white
levophobia:     things to the left side of the body
ligyrophobia:     loud noises
lilapsophobia:     tornadoes and hurricanes
limnophobia:     lakes
linonophobia:     string
liticaphobia:     lawsuits
lockiophobia:     childbirth
logizomechanophobia:     computers
logophobia:     words
luiphobia:     syphillis
lutraphobia:     otters
lygophobia:     darkness
lyssophobia:     rabies or of becoming mad
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macrophobia:     long waits
mageirocophobia:     cooking
maieusiophobia:     childbirth
malaxophobia:     love play
maniaphobia:     insanity
mastigophobia:     punishment
mechanophobia:     machines
megalophobia:     large things
melanophobia:     the color black
melissophobia:     bees
melophobia:     fear or hatred of music
meningitophobia:     brain disease
menophobia:     menstruation
merinthophobia:     being bound or tied up
metallophobia:     metal
metathesiophobia:     changes
meteorophobia:     meteors
methyphobia:     alcohol
metrophobia:     fear or hatred of poetry
microbiophobia:     microbes (bacillophobia)
microphobia:     small things
misophobia:     being contaminated with dirt of germs
mnemophobia:     memories
molysmophobia:     dirt or contamination
monopathophobia:     definite disease
monophobia:     solitude or being alone
motorphobia:     automobiles
mottephobia:     moths
musophobia:     mice
mycophobia:     fear or aversion to mushrooms
mycrophobia:     small things
myctophobia:     darkness
myrmecophobia:     ants
mysophobia:     germs or contamination or dirt
mythophobia:     myths or stories or false statements
myxophobia:     slime (blennophobia)
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nebulaphobia:     fog (homichlophobia)
necrophobia:     death
nelophobia:     glass
neopharmaphobia:     new drugs
neophobia:     anything new
nephophobia:     clouds
noctiphobia:     the night
nomatophobia:     names
nosemaphobia:     illness
nosocomephobia:     hospitals
nosophobia:     disease
nostophobia:     returning home
novercaphobia:     step-mothers
nucleomituphobia:     nuclear weapons
nudophobia:     nudity
numerophobia:     numbers
nyctophobia:     the dark or of night
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obesophobia:     gaining weight
ochlophobia:     crowds or mobs
ochophobia:     vehicles
octophobia:     the figure 8
odontophobia:     dental surgery
odynophobia:     pain
oenophobia:     wines
oikophobia:     home surroundings, house
olfactophobia:     smells
ombrophobia:     rain
ommetaphobia:     eyes
oneirogmophobia:     wet dreams
oneirophobia:     dreams
onomatophobia:     hearing a certain word
ophidiophobia:     snakes
ophthalmophobia:     being stared at
optophobia:     opening one’s eyes
ornithophobia:     birds
orthophobia:     property
osmophobia:     smells or odors
osphresiophobia:     smells
ostraconophobia:     shellfish
ouranophobia:     heaven
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pagophobia:     ice or frost
panophobia:     everything
panthophobia:     disease
pantophobia:     fears
Papaphobia:     the pope
papyrophobia:     paper
paralipophobia:     neglecting duty
paraphobia:     sexual perversion
parasitophobia:     parasites
paraskavedekatriaphobia:     Friday the 13th
parthenophobia:     virgins or young girls
parturiphobia:     childbirth
pathophobia:     disease
patroiophobia:     heredity
peccatophobia:     sinning (imaginary crime)
pediculophobia:     lice
pediophobia:     dolls
pedophobia:     children
peladophobia:     bald people
pellagrophobia:     pellagra
peniaphobia:     poverty
pentheraphobia:     mother-in-law
phagophobia:     swallowing
phalacrophobia:     becoming bald
phallophobia:     a penis, esp erect
pharmacophobia:     taking medicine
pharmacophobia:     drugs
phasmophobia:     ghosts
phengophobia:     daylight or sunshine
philemaphobia:     kissing
philophobia:     falling in love
philosophobia:     philosophy
phobophobia:     one’s own fears
phonophobia:     noises or voices
photoaugliaphobia:     glaring lights
photophobia:     light
phronemophobia:     thinking
phthiriophobia:     lice (pediculophobia)
phthisiophobia:     tuberculosis
pinigerophobia:     smothering
placophobia:     tombstones
plutophobia:     wealth
pluviophobia:     rain or of being rained on
pneumatiphobia:     spirits
pnigophobia:     choking or being smothered
pocrescophobia:     gaining weight (obesophobia)
pogonophobia:     beards
poinephobia:     punishment
poliosophobia:     contracting poliomyelitis
politicophobia:     politicians
polyphobia:     many things
ponophobia:     overworking or of pain
porphyrophobia:     the color purple
potamophobia:     rivers or running water
potophobia:     alcohol
proctophobia:     rectum
prosophobia:     progress
psellismophobia:     stuttering
psychophobia:     mind
psychrophobia:     cold
pteromerhanophobia:     flying
pteronophobia:     being tickled by feathers
pupaphobia:     puppets pyrexiophobia
pyrophobia:     fire
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radiophobia:     radiation, x-rays
ranidaphobia:     frogs
rhabdophobia:     being severely punished or beaten by a rod
rhypophobia:     defecation
rhytiphobia:     getting wrinkles
rupophobia:     dirt
Russophobia:     Russians
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samhainophobia:     Halloween
sarmassophobia:     love play
satanophobia:     satan
scabiophobia:     scabies
scelerophibia:     bad men, burglars
schlionophobia:     school
sciophobia:     shadows
scoleciphobia:     worms
scolionophobia:     school
scopophobia:     being stared at
scotomaphobia:     blindness in visual field
scotophobia:     darkness
scriptophobia:     writing in public
selaphobia:     light flashes
selenophobia:     the moon
seplophobia:     decaying matter
sesquipedalophobia:     long words
sexophobia:     the opposite sex
siderodromophobia:     trains
siderophobia:     stars
sinistrophobia:     left-handedness
sinophobia:     chinese, chinese culture
sitophobia:     food or eating
snakephobia:     snakes (ophidiophobia)
soceraphobia:     parents-in-law
social phobia:     being evaluated negatively
sociophobia:     society
somniphobia:     sleep
sophophobia:     learning
soteriophobia:     dependence on others
spacephobia:     outer space
spectrophobia:     specters or ghosts
spermophobia:     germs
sphexsophobia:     wasps
stasibasiphobia:     standing or walking
staurophobia:     crosses or the crucifix
stenophobia:     narrow things or places
stygiophobia:     hell
suriphobia:     mice
symbolophobia:     symbolism
symmetrophobia:     symmetry
syngenesophobia:     relatives
syphilophobia:     syphilis
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tachophobia:     speed
taeniophobia or teniophobia:     tapeworms
taphephobia:     being buried alive
tapinophobia:     being contagious
taurophobia:     bulls
technophobia:     technology
teleophobia:     definate plans
telephonophobia:     telephones
telosphobia:     being last
teratophobia:     bearing a deformed child
testophobia:     taking tests
tetanophobia:     lockjaw, tetanus
teutophobia:     German or German things
textophobia:     certain fabrics
thaasophobia:     sitting
thalassophobia:     the ocean
thanatophobia:     death or dying
theatrophobia:     theatres
theologicophobia:     theology
theophobia:     god(s) or religion
thermophobia:     heat
tocophobia:     childbirth
tomophobia:     surgical operations
tonitrophobia:     thunder
topophobia:     performing (stage fright)
toxiphobia:     poison
traumatophobia:     injury
tremophobia:     trembling
trichinophobia:     trichinosis
trichopathophobia:     hair
triskaidekaphobia:     the number 13
tropophobia:     moving or making changes
trypanophobia:     injections
tuberculophobia:     tuberculosis
tyrannophobia:     tyrants
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uranophobia:     heaven
urophobia:     urine or urinating
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vaccinophobia:     vaccination
venustraphobia:     beautiful women
verbophobia:     words
verminophobia:     germs
vestiphobia:     clothing
virginitiphobia:     rape
vitricophobia:     step-fathers
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Walloonphobia:     the Walloons
wiccaphobia:     witches and witchcraft
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xanthophobia:     the color yellow
xenophobia:     strangers
xerophobia:     dryness
xylophobia:     forests

GKToday -Computer Gk Series

Posted by admin On September - 11 - 2011

Q.  Who invented Microprocessor?
A.  Ted Hoff
Q.  Software that can manipulate or destroy data or programs in a computer is known as
A.  Virus
Q.  Binary Code’ used in computers makes use of which numbers
A.  0 & 1
Q.  One kilobyte is equal to
A.  1024 bytes
Q.  Which computer company introduced mouse for the first time
A.  Apple Corporation

Q.  Who developed the World Wide Web first
A.  Timothy Berners Lee
Q.  The first large scale, general purpose digital computer
A.  ENIAC
Q.  What high-level computer language was named after a French mathematician and philosopher?
A.  PASCAL.
Q.  What computer was introduced in 1984 Super Bowl ads?
A.  The Macintosh.

GK Facts about Persons

Posted by admin On September - 11 - 2011

G. M. C. Balyogi is the first Dalit Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Ms. Kiran Bedi is the first Indian to be appointed as United Nations Civilian Police Advisor.

K. J. Udeshi (appointed on June 10, 2003) is the first woman to be appointed Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India.

Rahul Dravid (playing test against Pakistan in Pakistan, April 2004) became the first Indian cricketer to make double centuries five times.

Smt. Roopa Misra was the first Orissa woman to top I.A.S. (2003)

Kanchan C. Bhattacharya (DGP Uttaranchal) became the first woman Director General of Police of a State.

Krishna Kant is the first Vice-President of India to die in harness

Sania Mirza (2003) is the first Indian girl to register a win in a Wimbledon tournament.

Kalpana Chawla is the first Indian woman (now U.S citizen) to go in space.

Mrs. Ranjana Kumar is the first woman Chairman and Managing Director of NABARD.Karnam Malleshwari is the first Indian weightlifter to win bronze medal in Olympics (Sydney, in 2000).

Vishwanathan Anand is the First Indian World Chess Champion.

The News Today (Launched on Jan. 3, 2001) is India’s first paperless Newspaper.

Anju Bobby George (Aug. 2003) is the first Indian lady to win a medal in World Athletic Championship.

General Knowledge Questions from Public Examinations

Posted by admin On July - 4 - 2011

1. “Thangla Pass’ is situated in which district ?

(A) Charnoli
(B) Pithcragarh
(C) Uttarkashi
(D) Almora

Answer.C

2. Rajjat is celebrated in a gap of how many years ?

(A) 06 years (B) 10 years
(C) 12 years (D) 05 years.

Answer.C

3. Where is ’Khat1ing glacier’ situated ?

(A) Pithoragarh district
(B) Tehri district
(C) Chamoli district
(D) Uttarkashi district

Answer.B

4. How many district share boundary with Nainital ?

(A) 05 (B) 04
(C) 06 (D) 03

Answer.B

5. Who was the youngest soldier who got ’Victoria Cross’ award
in Uttarakhand ?

(A) Gabar Singh Negi
(B) Darmiyan Singh Negi
(C) Chandra Singh Garhwali
(D) Madho Singh Bhandari

Answer.A

6. How many deemed, State, Central universities were work-
ing till 2009_ in Uttarakhand ?

(A) 08 (B) 10
(C) 09 (D) 15

Answer.D

7. In which district of Uttarakhand
Lakha Mandal is situated ?

(A) Dehradun
(B) Rudraprayag
(C) Nainital
(D) Uttarkashi

Answer.A

8. Which of the following is not a Tribe 0f Uttarakhand ?

(A) Bhotia (B) Tharu
(C) Boksa (D) Naga

Answer.D

9. Where is the ’Central Building Research Institute’ situated ?

(A) Haridwar (B) Dehradun
(C) Tehri (D) Roorkee

Answer.D

10. Who were Kaluwa and Bija
Singh ?

(A) Freedom fighters
(B) Traders
(C) Painters
(D) Players

Answer.A

11. Which river in Uttarakhand is named as ’Rathwahini’ ?

(A) Nayar
(B) Finder
(C) Ramgariga
(D) Sarayu

Answer.C

12. When did the famous ‘Gaud1ar’
fair begin ?

(A) 1930 (B) 1951
(C) 1961 (D) 1943

Answer.D

13. Why did the place ’Malpa’ came into light ?

(A) Tourist place
(B) Land slide
(C) Trade V
(D) Sports

Answer.B

14. When and by whom was Uttaranchal Development
Council formed ?

(A) May 30-31, 1982 by Dr. D. D.
Pant
(B) August 15, 1958 by Govind
Ballabh Pant
(C) May 30-31, 1988 by Soban
Singh ]ina
(D) November 9, 2000 by
Nityarnand Swami

Answer.C

15. To which—Wadia Institute of
Dehradun is related ?

(A) Music
(B) Geology
(C) Archaeology
{D) Engineering ‘

Answer.B

16. Which of the following is not
properly matched ?

(A) Chandi Prasad Bhatt
-— Environment
(B) Bachhendri Pal
-— Mountaineering
(C) jaspal Rana — Literature
(D) B. C. Khanduri —P0litics

Answer.C

17. Who among the following is
called the ’Gandhi’ of Uttara
khand 7

(A) Sunder La1Bahuguna
(B) Indramani Badoni
(C) Chandi Prasad Bhatt
(D) Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna

Answer.B

18. Who established the ’Santikunj’
in Haridwar ?

(A) Swami Ramteertha
(B) Swami Sahajanand
(C) Pt. Sri Ram Sharma
(D) Vivekanand

Answer.C

19. Who was the founder of Katorie’s
dynasty ?

(A) Basant Dev
(B) Nimber Dev
(C) Lakhan Pal Dev
(D) Subhik Raj Dev

Answer.A
A
20. Who made Garhwal Painting ?

(A) Mukundilal
(B) Gumani Pant
(C) Maula Ram
(D) V ishvambhar Datt Chandola

Answer.C

21. When did H.N.B. Garwal University get the status of Central
University ?

(A) January 15, 2009
(B) August 15, 2009
(C) March 15, 2009
(D) january 26, 2009

Answer.A

22. Where did Mahatma Gandhi
wrote ’Anashakti Yoga Tika’ ?

(A) Kausani
(B) Almara
(C) Haridwar
(D) Pauri

Answer.A

23. Who is known as hero of
Peshawar incident ?

(A) Keshar Singh Rawat
(B) Veer Chandra Singh
Garhwali
(C) Harak Singh Rawat
(D) Narayan Singh Gousai

Answer.B

24. When did Martyr ’Shri Dev
Suman’ die ?

(A) Iuly 24, 1943
(B) ]u1y 22, 1944
(C) ]uly 24, 1944
(D) ]u1y 25, 1944

Answer.D

25. Who led the Chipko Movement ?

(A) Gaura Devi
(B) SaralaBel1an
(C) Radha Bhatt
(D) Teelu Rauteli

Answer.A

26. The founder of ’Gadar Party’
was-

(A) Vasudev Phadke
(B) Vinay Darnodar Savarkar
(C) Bhagat Singh
(D) Lala Hardayal

Answer.D

27. In which year ’SALT” incident
took place ?

(A) September 5, 1942
(B) September 6, 1942
(C) September 10, 1942
(D) September 8, 1942

Answer.A

28. From which year ’A1mora
Akhbar’ published ?

(A) 1871 (B) 1771
(C) 1971 (D) 1870

Answer.A

29. Which one of the following pairs
(Pr0duct—C0untry) is not
correctly matched ?

(A) Tea — Sri Lanka
(B) Olive – Tunisia
(C) Banana — Costa Rica
(D) Coffee — Cuba

Answer.D

30. Which of the following is cold•
ocean current ?

(A) Gulf-Stream
(B) Labrador
(C) Kuroshio
(D) None of the above

Answer.B

31. Which of the following countries
in South America is largest in
Area ?

(A) Argentina (B) Bolivia
(C) Brazil (D) Chile

Answer.C

32. Which of the following ports is
not of Western coast in India ?

(A) New Mangalore
(B) Kandla
(C) Mumbai
(D) Haldia

Answer.D

33. Where Mount Cotopaxi (highest
active volcano in world) is located ?

(A) Ecuador (B) Peru
(C) Tanzania (D) ]apan

Answer.A

34. EI Nino is related to-

(A) Climate (B) Forest
(C) Film (D) Plant

Answer.A

35. Which of the following State has
the longest coast line ?

(A) Maharashtra
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Gujarat

Answer.D

36. The formation of ’Yardang’ is
caused by-

(A) Erosion by wind
(B) Deposition by wind
(C) Transportation by wind
(D) None of the above

Answer.A

37. The oldest mountain in India is-

(A) Satpura (B) Nilgiri
(C) Himalaya (D) Aravali

Answer.D

38. In which country the [COIN Belt’
is located ?

(A) Brazil (B) U.S.A.
(C) Australia (D) Russia

Answer.B

39. During the month of January at
which one of the following
places you will find the sunlight
for the maximum duration ?

(A) Bhopal
(B) Shimla
(C) Chennai
(D) Kanya Kumari

Answer.D

40. Where is Kalahari desert ?

(A) South~West Africa
(B) West Africa
(C) West Asia
(D) Western Australia

Answer.A

41. Where Mediterranian Sea is
located ?

(A) Between Africa and Europe
(B) Between North America and
South America
(C) Between Asia and Japan
(D) Between U.K. and France

Answer.A

42. Grand Bank is located in-

(A) Indian Ocean
(B) Atlantic Ocean
(C) Pacific Ocean
(D) Arctic Sea

Answer.D

43. Nepanagar is related to which
Industry ?

(A) Fertilizers
(B) Cotton Textile
(C) Jute
(D) Newsprint Paper

Answer.B

44. In which State Dabhol project is
located ?

(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) MadhyaPradesh
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Uttarakhand

Answer.C

45. ln which month Quit India
Movement of 1942 started ?

(A) January (B) July
(C) August (D) September

Answer.C

46. Indian National Congress was
established in-

(A) 1885
(B) 1906
(C) 1905
(D) None of the above

Answer.A

47. Who has the power to Constitute
a new State in the Union of
India 7

(A) President of India
(B) Parliament of India
(C) State Assembly
(D) None of the above
Answer.B

48. Lengthwise which one of the
following is the largest ?

(A) Himalayas
(B) Alps
(C) Great Dividing Range
(D) Andes

Answer.D

49. In which Article, the Fundamental Duties are incorporated
in our Constitution ?

(A) Article 51 A
(B) Article 52
(C) Article 49
(D) None of the above

Answer.A

50. After independence of India the
first general elections were held

(A) 1950 (B) 1951-52
(C) 1949 (D) 1948

Answer.B

GK Todays GK Bits of the day

Posted by admin On July - 4 - 2011

1. Which country was on the top in medal tally in South Asian Games 2010?

India

2. As per the schedule, the Census 2011 Exercise work will be completed by

March 5,2011

3. The Unique Identification (UID) Project, headed by Nandan Nilekani has been renamed as

Aadhar

4. India’s 15th National Census Exercise began on-

April 1,2010

5. The winner of Augusta Masters title(Golf) is-

Phil Mickelson

6. India’s first- Anti-submarine warfare corvette is

INS Kamorta

7. The World’s first Homeopathy University is being established in-

Rajasthan

8. Where was the sixteenth ASEAN Summit held?

Hanoi

9. Who is known as the father of Sanskrit Grammar?

Panini

10. The award which is associated with Agriculture?

Bourlog Award

Book Quiz-Quiz related to Quiz and English Writers

Posted by admin On May - 25 - 2011

1. What was the first book in English to be printed in England?

2. Which 2 books do castaways automatically receive on ?Desert island discs??

3. Who was responsible for the Complete Hip and Thigh Diet?

4. Who created Miss Marple?

5. Which book had to be owned by every member of his country?s adult population?

6. Which religious sect published ?The Truth That Leads To Eternal Life?

7. Who wrote the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy?

8. In which decade did Guinness start to publish its book of Records annually?

9. Who wrote The Thorn Birds?

10. What was Jeffrey Archers first successful novel?

Answers :

1. The Canterbury tales

2. The Bible & Complete Works of Shakespeare

3. Rosemary Conley

4. Agatha Christie

5. Chairman Mao?s Little Red Book

6. Jehovah?s Witness

7. Douglas Adams

8. 1960s

9. Colleen mccullogh

10. Not a penny more, not a penny less

General Knowledge based on Indian History and Culture

Posted by admin On April - 21 - 2011

01. The word Bharat comes first from Rig-Veda.
1. There are 1028 Vedic texts in Rig-Veda
2. Language of Vedas was Sanskrit
3. Gayatri Mantra is mentioned in 3rd mandal of Rig-Veda
4. Savitri or Sun is worshipped in Gayatri mantra
5. The social structure was Patriarchal
6. Cow was also used as a medium of exchange
7. Satyamev Jayate is taken from Mundakopnishad
8. The birth and rebirth is mentioned in Vrihadranyaka
9. Animal Theft was the crime mentioned most in Vedas’
10. Om has been used for 1028 times in Rigveda
11. Mahabharat was the largest epic of Vedic period written by Vedvyas in Sanskrit
12. Bronze was referred as Ayas
13. Barley was referred as Yava
14. Carpenter was called Takshak
15. Maker of bows was called dhumvakrit
16. Rice was referred as Vrihi
17. Goldsmith was called as Hiranyakata.
18. Jana word was used for 275 times in Rigveda
19. Indra word was used for 200 times
20. The potteries used were Black and Red ware, Black Slipped ware, painted Grey ware and Red ware.
21. Name of Indus River of Sindhu
22. Name of Kabul River was Kumbha
23. The name of swat river was Suvastu
24. Name of Chenab was Askini
25. The name of Jhelam river was Vitasta
26. The name of ravi river was Purushni.

GK Quiz Series Today

Posted by admin On March - 8 - 2011

1.At which place will you find maximum sunlight in December?
(a) Pune (b) Leh (c) Kolkatha (d) Kanyakumari

Answer : D

2.Arakan Yoma is the extension of the Himalayas located in
(a) Kashmir (b) Nepal (c) Baluchistan (d) Myanmar

Answer : D

3. The river basin which is called ‘Ruhr of India’ is
(a) Damodar (b) Hooghly (c) Godavari
(d) Subarnarekha (e) Periyar

Answer : A

4. Which of the following mountain passes lies outside India?
(a) Khyber (b) Bomdila (c) Bara Lacha la (d) Shipkila

Answer : A

5.The mainstream of river Ganga which flows beyond Farakka is known as
(a) Bhagirathi (b) Hooghly (c) Padma (d) Subarnarekha

Answer : C

6.’Pillars of Hercules’ refers to
(a) A huge building in Rome
(b) A huge historical structure in Greece
(c) Strait of Bosporus
(d) Strait of Gibraltar

Answer : D

7. What is the average density of population in the world (in persons per sq.km)
(a) 27 (b) 37 (c) 32 (d) 56

Answer : C

8. Which of the following is called the ‘Gateway to the Pacific’?
(a) Suez Canal (b) Panama canal
(c) Bering Sea (d) Gulf of Alaska

Answer : B

9. The highway connecting Sinkiang in China with Pak occupied Kashmir is
(a) Pak-China Highway (b) Siachin Highway
(c) Friendship Highway (d) Karakoram Highway

Answer : D

10. Of the following the busiest oceanic trade route is
(a) Cape route (b) North Atlantic
(c) Panama canal (d) Suez canal

Answer : C

The BRIC Countries and its Heads

Posted by admin On February - 11 - 2011

In economics, BRIC (typically rendered as “the BRICs” or “the BRIC countries” or known as the “Big Four”) is a grouping acronym that refers to the countries of Brazil, Russia, India, and China that are deemed to all be at a similar stage of newly advanced economic development.

Head of the BRIC Countries.

Brazil
President (head of state and government): Dilma Rousseff
Russia
President (head of state): Dmitry Medvedev
Prime Minister (head of government): Vladimir Putin
India
President (head of state): Pratibha Patil
Prime Minister (head of government): Manmohan Singh
China
President (head of state): Hu Jintao
Premier (head of government): Wen Jiabao
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