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The Madrid Protocol -Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks

Posted on 07 June 2013 by admin

The Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks offers trademark owners a cost effective, user friendly and streamlined means of protecting and managing their trademark portfolio internationally.

India joins Madrid Protocol

On 8 April 2013, India joined the Madrid Protocol which will enable domestic companies and entrepreneurs to obtain
cost effective global trademark registration. The treaty will enter into force with respect to India on 8 July 2013, according to the statement by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

WIPO Director General Francis Gurry welcomed India’s accession to the Madrid Protocol. India is the 14th of the G-20 economies to accede to the Madrid Protocol.
Under the WIPO-administered Madrid system, a trademark owner may protect a mark in up to 88 countries plus the European Union by filing one application, in one language (English, French or Spanish), with one set of fees, in one currency (Swiss Francs).

Trademarks are a key component of any successful business marketing strategy as they allow companies to identify, promote and license their goods or services in the marketplace and to distinguish them from those of their competitors, and cement customer loyalty.

A trademark symbolises the promise of a quality product and in today’s global and increasingly electronic marketplace, a trademark is often the only way for customers to identify a company’s products and services.

The international trademark system is governed by two treaties, namely, the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (1891) and the Madrid Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (1989).

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GK Bits this week .General knowledge Questions with answers for you !

Posted on 20 March 2013 by admin

No. Question Answer
1 The person who led the first marine expedition to travel around the world was Magallan
2 The Spectrum is a popular stadium located at Philadelphia
3 The Rich stadium is located at Boston
4 `Silver dome’ is a popular stadium located at Pontiac
5 The Summit is a famous stadium located at Houston
6 The National Emblem of Ireland is Shamrock
7 WAGGA WAGGA is a Town in Australia
8 The `Daily Telegraph’ was first published in the year 1885
9 The National Emblem of Australia is Kangaroo
10 The National Emblem of Canada is Whitelily
11 The National Emblem of Belgium is Lion
12 The crescent is the emblem of Pakistan
13 The busiest airport in the world is Chicago International Airport
14 The largest continent is Asia
15 The smallest continent is Australia
16 The largest country in the world is Russia
17 The smallest country in the world is Vatican
18 The Congo river flows in Angola
19 The Negro river flows in Argentina
20 UNICEF stands for United Nations Children’s Fund
21 ILO stands for International Labour Organisation
22 UPU stands for Universal Postal Union
23 WIPO stands for World Intellectual Property Organisation
24 UNU stands for United Nations University
25 WFC stands for World Food Council
26 The Commonwealth is an association of 52 countries
27 NAM stands for Non-Aligned Movement
28 The earlier name of Ghana was Gold coast
29 The most populous country in the world is China
30 The smallest republic in the world is Nauru
31 The highest mountain range in the world is the Himalayas
32 The oldest museum in the world is the Ashmolean museum,Oxford
33 IRNA stands for Iranian News Agency
34 The country known as Mother-in-Law of Europe is Denmark
35 The country known as Our Lady of Snow is Canada
36 The longest wall in the world is the Great Wall of China
37 The deepest ocean in the world is The Pacific
38 The country known as the playground of Europe is Switzerland
39 The country known as the Celestial Empire is Egypt
40 The great Victoria desert is located in Australia
41 The ocean in which Honshu Island is situated is Pacific
42 The river Mackenzie flows in Canada
43 The Murray-Darling river flows in Australia
44 The Gobi desert is located in Mongolia,China
45 GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time
46 The Charter of UNO was signed on 26 June 1945
47 ICAO stands for International Civil Aviation Organisation
48 The ICAO was established in the year 1947
49 The headquarters of ICAO is located at Montreal
50 Le Monde is a newspaper published in France
51 The official publication of the Netherlands is called Orange book
52 The official publication of France is called Yellow book
53 Shakespeare passed away in the year 1616
54 John Major,the ex-Prime minister of Britain was from the which party Conservative
55 The National Emblem of Lebanon is Cedar tree
56 The National Emblem of Papua New Guinea is Bird of Paradise
57 FRCP stands for Fellow of Royal College of Physicians
58 NAFTA stands for North American Free Trade Agreement
59 Machine gun was invented by Richard Gatling
60 Elevator was invented by Elisha G.Otis
61 The measure to know the speed of a ship is Knot
62 UNICEF was established in the year 1946
63 The headquarters of UNICEF is located at New York
64 UNEP stands for United Nations Environment Programme
65 UNEP was established in the year 1972
66 The headquarters of UNEP is located at Nairobi
67 The Daily Mirror is published in Britain
68 Jane Austin was a famous British novelist
69 Christopher Columbus was an Italian navigator
70 The smallest colony in the world is Gibraltar
71 The highest town in the world is Wenchuan
72 Chrysanthemum is the National Emblem of Japan
73 The National Emblem of USA is Golden rod
74 IRC stands for International Red Cross
75 RAF stands for Royal Air Force
76 `Gone With The Wind’was written by Margret Mitchel
77 The earlier name of Ethiopia was Abyssinia
78 Cambodia has been renamed as Kampuchea
79 River Tigris flows in Iraq
80 River Danube flows in Hungary

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Easy General Knowledge

Posted on 11 January 2013 by admin

 

1. Screen that comes on when you turn on your computer that shows all the icons.
desktop

2. Which colour of paint is formed when yellow and blue paint is mixed?
Violet

3. How many bones are present in human skull?
22

4. The only Muslim woman to sit on the throne of Delhi was
Razia Sultan

5. English as a media of education was introduced in India in
1835

6. Diamond is an allotropic form of
carbon
7. Who was the first American Citizen to become American President?
Martin von Buran
8. Chand Bibi who coded Berar to Akbar was the ruler of
Golconda
9. When was the first railway line in Kerala opened for traffic?
on March 12, 1861
10. The ‘Blue print’ of the Indian Constitution is the
Act of 1935
11. Chalukya dynasty in South India was founded by
Pulakesin I
12. Which control the amount of Calcium in blood?
Parathyroid
13. The main component of LPG are
propane and butane
14. If in an election to a State Legislative Assembly, the candidate who is declared elected loses his deposit, it means that
a very large number of candidates contested the election
15. ‘Dasakumar Charitam’ was composed by
Dandin
16. Who has been honoured with the 2011 Gwangju Prize?
Binayak Sen
17. Under which one of the following articles the Supreme Court has been given the power to review any judgement pronounced or order made by it previously?
Article 137
18. Which queen enjoyed political power along with her husband?
Noor Jahan
19. African Union (AU) was established in?
9th July 2002
20. Kundremukh iron ore project is in the state of
Karnataka
21. The gas which causes acid rain in industrial area
Sulphur dioxide

22. Who was known as Modern Gandhi?
Baba Amte
23. Who succeeded Mother Teresa as the Superior-General of the missionaries of charity?
Sister Nirmala
24. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between
Marathas and Afghans
25. Who discovered Radiocarbon dating
Willard Franck Libby
26. Jantar Mandir in …………is recently included in the list of World Heritage
Jaipur
27. You can……….with the help of CD
read and write
28. United Nations University is in
Tokyo
29. The first person to win the Pak Strait Ocean Swimming Contest?
Baidyanata Nath
30. Which has highest boiling point
Diamond

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IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS AND SUMMITS

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IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS AND SUMMITS

Posted on 20 December 2012 by admin

  • . New Member :-

    • United Nation – Total– 193 (Last– South Sudan)
    • WTO – Total– 156 (Last – Russia)
    • World bank and IMF – Total– 188 (Last – South Sudan)                            • .European Union – Total– 27 (Next member will be
    Croatia in July 2013)

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    2. Nuclear security summit
    2nd Summit 2012(Current) – Seoul (South Korea),
    3rd Summit 2014(Next) : Neitherland

  •  

    3. BRICS summit
    Country: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South-Africa.
    4th Summit 2012(Current): New Delhi
    5th Summit 2013(Next) : South Africa

  •  

    4. G 8 Summit
    38th Summit 2012 :D avid camp, USA
    39th Summit 2013 : United Kingdom

  •  

    5. G 20 Summit
    7th Summit 2012 – Los Kabos, Mexico
    8th Summit 2013-St. Petersberg, Russia

  • 6. NAM Summit
    16th Non-Aligned Movement Summit- Tehran(Iran)
    17th Summit(Next)-In 2015- Venezuela
    26-31 August at Attended By(India): Prime Minister
    Theme: Lasting Peace through Joint Global Governance.
    Country:120,New-Fiji, Azerbaijan

  •  

    7. SCO Summit
    12th Summit 2012-Beijing
    Attended by:SM Krishna(Forgien Minister)
    13th Summit 2013-Kyrgyzstan

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    8. National youth Festival –
    17th-Mangalore (Karnataka)
    18th –Patna(12-16) January

  • 9. Nato Summit-Chikago

  •  

    10. Arab summit 2012 – Baghdad (Iraq)

  • 11. World Economic Forum Summit 2012 Nov-
    Gurgaon(Haryana)

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    12. 20th ASEAN Meeting 2012 – Phnom penh, Cambodia

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    13. 10th BASIC Summit – New Delhi

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    14. Earth Summit : -Rio de Janeiro

  • 15. United Nation conference on Sustanable Devlopment- Riode Janeiro

  • 16. World Economic Forum – Davos (Switzerland)

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    17. World Polio Summit 2012 – New Delhi

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    18. FM Trilateral Talks(China& India & Russia)-Moscow

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    19. 11th Energy Efficiency Summit organized by (CII – Confederation of Indian Industries) – Hyderabad

  • 20 . FIFA WORLD CUP 2014- BRAZI

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GK Club .Todays GK Points !!

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GK Club .Todays GK Points !!

Posted on 04 December 2012 by admin

1. 800 B.C -600B.C is designated as the
period of Brahmanas
2. Who is the winner of AFC Asian Cup 2011?
Japan
3. Who among the following is known as ‘Kipper’?
Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa
4. Film ‘Krishna’ about V.K. Krishna Menon is to be directed by
R. Sarath
5. ‘Budget’ is a
Annual financial statement
6. The most famous court poet (in Hindi Literature) of Akbar was
Tulsi Das
7. Shri.G.V. Ramakrishna, member of the Planning Commission, has been appointed Chairman of Commission to study
Disinvestment of shares of Public Sector Undertakings
8. Lunar eclipse is caused when:
Earth comes between the Sun and Moon
9. Patrick Makau belongs to which of the following countries?
Kenya
10. Who was the founder of Vidhya Poshini Sabha?
Sahodaran Ayyappan

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trivia

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20 Trivia Questions and its answers from generalknowledgetoday!!

Posted on 20 November 2012 by admin

 

1. who among the following was the Prime Minister of India when Mandal Commission was constituted?

(B)Morar Ji Desai

2. Which among the following two capital cities of India are connected by National Highway Number 2?

(B)Delhi & Kolkata

3. The Phosphate Solubilising Bacteria (PSB) are used for which among the following purposes?

(C)Biofertilizers

4. In which of the following years, the First successful launch of satellite of INSAT series was achieved?

(C)1983

5. Which among the following countries is known for the UN Oil for Food Programme, became controversial later?

(B)Iraq

6. “My Kashmir: Conflict & Prospects of Enduring Peace”. Who among the following has written this book?

(B)Wajahat Habibullah

7. Which among the following organization publishes a “Red List” compiling information from a network of conservation organizations to rate which species are most endangered in the world?

(B)International Union for Conservation of Nature

8. Which among the following the correct English Official name of CERN ( Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire)?

(A)European Organization for Nuclear Research

9. The Bhaskar Ghosh Committee is related to issues of which among the following schemes?

(C)Cultural schemes

10. With which of the following diseases, the Project Sankalp is related to?

(B)HIV/ AIDS

11. Which among the following states won the best state award in the 34th National Games held in Ranchi in early 2011?

(C)Manipur

12. Which among the following is the largest nuclear power station of India by capacity?
(A)Tarapur Atomic Power Station, Maharastra

13. Presence of which among the following salts in water causes “Blue Baby Syndrome”?

(D)Nitrates

14. In which among the following years, Essentials Commodities act enacted?
(A)1955

15. Where is located the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany?

(B)Lucknow

16. In which of the following plants , you can find Leghemoglobin?

(B)Soyabean

17. A near pandemic Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), which affected many parts of the world in 2002-3 was caused due to which among the following?

(B)Virus

18. Which among the following states is largest producer of Coffee in India?

(C)Karnataka

19. Which among the following states of India was carved out of United Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills, and the Garo Hills on 21 January 1972?

(C)Meghalaya

20. Consider the following:
1. French
2. Tamil
3. Telugu
4. Malayalam

Which among the above are the official languages of Union Territory of Puducherry?

(C)1, 2, 3 & 4

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GK For exams !

Posted on 05 November 2012 by admin

1. What is the total number of Upanishads?

Ans. 108

2. How many muscles are there in a human finger?

Ans. None

3. What colour is the centre scoring zone of an archery target ?

Ans. Gold

4. At which Harappan site have traces of a horse been found?

Ans. Surkotada

5. Magna Carta lays down the principle that ‘No free man shall be arrested, or imprisoned, or deprived of his property, or outlawed, or exiled….. by the law of the land’. This became the fundamental principal of English justice. Who signed the document?

Ans. King John of England

6. The sea of Galilee or lake Tiberias is located in which country?

Ans. Israel

7. Who was the first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna Award?

Ans. Nelson Mandela

8.  Svetambaras and Digambaras were two sects of…

Ans. Jainism

9. when did neil armstrong and buzz aldrin land on the moon?

Ans. July 20, 1969

10. Who was the first to use the word Swarj?

Ans. Swami Dayananda Saraswati

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Improve your General Knowledge

Posted on 14 August 2012 by admin

1. In the sixth and fifth centuries B.C., the most remarkable king of the Haryanka line was
Bimbisara
2. When was ILO awarded the Nobel Prize for peace?
1969
3. Potato is an underground modified stem referred to as
Tubers
4. —— mixed with liquid hydrogen is used as a fuel for rockets
liquid oxygen
5. The first athelete from Kerala to get Dhrona Charya Award?
O.M. Nambiar
6. ____ the election there was great excitement in the school.
in view of
7. In spite of being well-read, he ______common sense.
lacks
8. Trachoma is a disease of the
Eyes
9. Who is the first woman to head the Amnesty International?
Irenekhan
10. The first Mughal building to have been built entirely of marble is
Taj Mahal

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Posted on 04 July 2012 by admin

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GKToday Quiz time

Posted on 18 May 2012 by admin

What drug does tobacco contain
Nicotine.

What does talcum power consists of
Magnesium silicate.

The main consistent of gobar gas
Methane.

A gland known as the gland of emergency
Adrenal gland.

The largest flower in the world?
Rafflesia

The smallest bone in the human body?
Stapes.

The colouring substance present in bile
Bilirubin.

The hormones helps to ripen fruits.
Ethylene.

Milk is an example of
suspension.

Which sector in India uses coal in maximum quantity?
Thermal plants.

Who discovered Natural Radioactivity?
Henry Becquerel

The acid present in oranges
citric acid

The density of water is maximum in
4 degree Centigrade.

The material used in the manufacture of lead pencils
graphite.

Which bird found in New Zealand is uable to fly and has hair instead of feathers and a very long beak
Kiwi.

Who found out Radio Activity?
Henry Becquerel
The instrument which is used for measuring blood pressure?
Spygmomanometer
What is always contained in amalgams?
Mercury

The scientist who discovered that the earth revolves round the sun
Copernicus.

ECG is an instrument used in the study of
Heart.

Ecology is the branch of science which deals with
Balance of Nature

The district in which the central root research institute is situated.
Thiruvananthapuram

Rainbow is caused due to
Refraction and dispersion

What is the full form of LPG?
Liquified Petroleum Gas.

Leaves are green due to the presence of
Chlorophyll.

Decimel system of number originated in:
India

Father of cloning:
Dr.IanWilmut

According to WHO, the disease which causes the death of the largest number of people today
is:
Tuberculosis

Hydrogen Bomb is based on:
Nuclear fusion

Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists of mainly:
Methane, Butane andPropane

Diamond is the purest form of
Crystalline rock

The exact copy of a written or printed message is transmitted to
distant places through adevice attached to a telephone. What is
it called?
Fax

The first effective vaccine against polio was prepared by
Jonas E. Salk.

World AIDS day is observed on
December 1

Television was started in the year
1959.

Where is the national Environment Engineering Research Institute
located ?
Nagpur.

National Science day is observed on 28th February to commemorate
The day of declaration of Raman effect.

The science dealing with the study of the heart and its diseases is known
as
cardiology.

When was the first Atomic Energy Commission set up in India?
August10, 1948

India conducted the first nuclear explosion in the year
May 18, 1974.

What does the abbreviation ANERT stand for
Agency for non-conventional Energy and Rural Technology

The energy possessed by the water collected in the reservoir of a
dam
Potential Energy

Bleaching powder is produced by passing chlorine over this substance:
Solid slaked lime

The most important raw material for generation of power in India:
Coal

Maximum yield of milk is obtained from —-variety of cows
Red Sindhi

Deforestation causes the following:
Drought,flood and soil erosion

The most abundant substance on earth is :
Water

.The unit of power is:
Watt

The world famous mineral region in India:
Chotanagpur

The gas which causes acid rain industrial area:
Sulphurdioxide

News to know:

India’s largest IT exporter, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has become the first Indian IT company to cross the $10 billion milestone. Its full-year revenue on 2011-12 stood at $10.17 billion (Rs 48,894 crore)

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Do you Know . GK Quiz Series

Posted on 09 May 2012 by admin

1. Who was the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize?

a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Yasunari Kawabatha
c) CV Raman
d) None of these

2. Who among the following scientists have won the Nobel Prize for chemistry and peace?

a) Niels Bohr
b) Linus Pauling
c) Madam Curie
d) De Broglie

3. Who wrote the preface to the English translation of Gitanjali?

a) WB Yeasts
b) Shelly
c) TS Eliot
d) Rabindranath Tagore

4. Who won the first Dada Saheb Phalke award?

a) Dilip Kumar
b) Devika Rani
c) Pradip
d) Nargis Dutt

5. Who among the following national leaders have won the highest civilian honours of Pakistan?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Morarji Desai
c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
d) Indira Gandhi

6. Who created the famous painting ‘Mona Lisa’?

a) Picasso
b) Michelangelo
c) Raphael
d) Leonardo da Vinci

7. Name the Italian sculptor and painter who is famous for painting the ceiling of the Sistine chapel?

a) Michelangelo
b) Pablo Picasso
c) Leonardo da Vinci
d) Vangog

8. The greatest operas of which great musician include ‘Don Giovanni’ and ‘the Magic Flute’?

a) Wolfgang Mozart
b) Beethoven
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) William Blake

9. Michael Jackson is a reputed

a) Jazz singer
b) Pop singer
c) Ballet dancer
d) piano dancer

10. Hari Prasad Chaurasia is a renowned player of

a) tabla
b) sarod
c) flute
d) sitar

Answers

1. Rabindranath Tagore
2. Linus Pauling
3. WB Yeasts
4. Devika Rani
5. Morarji Desai
6. Leonardo da Vinci
7. Michelangelo
8. Wolfgang Mozart
9. Pop singer
10. flute

 

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General Knowledge for all

Posted on 09 May 2012 by admin

1. Who founded the new religion Din-i-Elahi?

a) Akbar
b) Sikander Lodhi
c) Qwaja Moinuddin Chisti
d) Babur

2. Who was the first woman Chief Minister of an Indian state?

a) Jayalalitha
b) Padmaja Naidu
c) Sucheta Kripalani
d) Vijayalakshmi Pandit

3. Name the Indian political leader who served two times as acting Prime Minister of India?

a) Gulzari Lal Nanda
b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
c) N Sanjiva Reddy
d) GS Pathak

4. Who was the first lady governor of a state in India?

a) Sheila Kaul
b) Sarla Grewal
c) Sarojini Naidu
d) Indira Gandhi

5. After which famous national leader is the Ahmedabad Airport named?

a) Morarji Desai
b) Kasturba Gandhi
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Sardar Vallabhai Patel

6. Who among the following did not serve as the Vice President before becoming the President of India?

a) Dr S Radhakrishnan
b) Dr Zakir Hussain
c) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
d) R Venketaraman

7. Who wrote the American declaration of Independence?

a) George Washington
b) Thomas Jefferson
c) James Madison
d) John Adams

8. Who is regarded as the father of Russian Revolution?

a) Kerensky
b) Trotsky
c) Karl Marx
d) Lenin

9. Who among the following inspired and initiated the renaissance of modern India?

a) Aurobindo Ghosh
b) Swami Vivekananda
c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
d) Keshab Chandra Sen

10. Who is the first Indian Prime Minister who didn’t belong to the Congress party at any time in his political career?

a) Charan Singh
b) Chandrasekhar
c) Deva Gowda
d) AB Vajpayee

11. Who among the following was an advocate of radical humanism?

a) Annie Besant
b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
c) MN Roy
d) VD Savarkar

12. Who among the following is associated with the invention of Jet Engine?

a) James Watt
b) Charles Parsons
c) Orville and Wilbur Wright
d) Frank Whittle

13. Who amongst the following was the first woman to climb Mount Everest?

a) Valentina Tereshkova
b) Junko Tabei
c) Santhosh Yadav
d) none of these

14. Who amongst the following is known as ‘Iron Lady’?

a) Benazir Bhutto
b) Indira Gandhi
c) Margaret Thatcher
d) Chandrika Kumaratunge

15. Who amongst the following is the youngest man to win world heavyweight crown?

a) Muhammad Ali
b) Mike Tyson
c) Peter McNeely
d) none of these

Answers

1. Akbar
2. Sucheta Kripalani
3. Gulzari Lal Nanda
4. Sarojini Naidu
5. Sardar Vallabhai Patel
6. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
7. Thomas Jefferson
8. Lenin
9. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
10. AB Vajpayee
11. MN
Roy
12. Frank Whittle
13. Junko Tabei
14. Margaret Thatcher
15. Mike Tyson

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GK Quiz of the day from gk today

Posted on 09 May 2012 by admin

1. Who led a military campaign with 1000 men all wearing red shirts, leading to the unification of Italy?

a) Benito Mussolini
b) Oliver Cromwell
c) Giuseppe Garibaldi
d) Otto Von Bismarck

2. Who among the following American Presidents was assassinated in 1963?

a) Eisenhower
b) John F Kennedy
c) Harry Truman
d) Roosevelt

3. Who made it to the Guinness Book of World records by delivering eight hour long non stop speech in the UN General Assembly?

a) AB Vajpayee
b) VK Krishna Menon
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) KPS Menon

4. Who among the following is known as the Iron Man of India?

a) Bhagat Singh
b) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Subash Chandra Bose

5. This South American revolutionary is known as the Liberator for his efforts that put an end to the Spanish colonial rule in South America. Who is he?

a) Fidel Castro
b) Carl Marx
c) Simon Bolivar
d) Che Guevara

6. Which Soviet Union leader is associated with ‘Glasnost’ and ‘Perestroika’?

a) Mikhail Gorbachev
b) Boris Yeltsin
c) Vladimir Putin
d) Nikita Khrushchev

7. Who is the inventor of telegraphic code?

a) Alexander Graham Bell
b) Albert Einstein
c) Samuel Morse
d) JL Baird

8. Who among the following was the first woman President of the UN General Assembly?

a) Annie Besant
b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Vijaya Lakshmi Pundit
d) Sucheta Kripalani

9. Who is the first space traveler?

a) Neil Armstrong
b) Edwin Aldrin
c) Yuri Gagarin
d) Rakesh Sharma

10. Who was the first winner of Bharat Ratna?

a) Dr S Radhakrishnan
b) R Rajendra Prasad
c) C Rajagopalachari
d) BR Ambedkar

11. Who among the following was offered the President ship of Israel but refused to accept it?

a) Ariel Sharon
b) Albert Einstein
c) Bill gates
d) Kofi Annan

12. Who was the Swiss business man who founded the Red Cross?

a) Paul Harris
b) Jean Henri Dunant
c) Michael Crichten
d) George Gallop

13. Who was the first Indian woman to be crowned as ‘Miss World’?

a) Aishwarya Rai
b) Sushmita Sen
c) Rita Faria
d) Yukta Mukhi

14. Who among the following Indians has won the Nobel Prize for economics?

a) CV Raman
b) Amartya Sen
c) MS Swaninathan
d) Har Gobind Khorana

15. Who among the following Presidents of America has won the Nobel Peace Prize?

a) John F Kennedy
b) George Washington
c) Abraham Lincoln
d) Theodore Roosevelt

Answers

1. Giuseppe Garibaldi
2. John F Kennedy
3. VK Krishna Menon
4. Sardar Vallabhai Patel
5. Simon Bolivar
6. Mikhail Gorbachev
7. Samuel Morse
8. Vijaya Lakshmi Pundit
9. Yuri Gagarin
10. C Rajagopalachari
11. Albert Einstein
12. Jean Henri Dunant
13. Rita Faria
14. Amartya Sen
15. Theodore Roosevelt

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GK Bits of the day

Posted on 14 February 2012 by admin

The Reserve Bank of India has decided to increase the cash withdrawal limit for ATMs to Rs one lakh in a single day.

National Technology Day is observed on May 8.

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Kepler’s Third Law of Planetary Motion

Posted on 28 January 2012 by admin

The distance between planets was calculated by Copernicus using Kepler’s Third Law of Planetary Motion. According to Kepler’s Law of Motion, the square of the time period of the revolution of a planet around the sun is directly proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit.

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Computer GK-QUiZ Based on Information Technology

Posted on 24 December 2011 by admin

1. “Stored Program Concept” postulated by:
Ans. John von neumann
2. Founder of the social networking website ‘Facebook’:
Ans. Mark Elliot Zuckerberg
3. Name associated with Open Source Program:
Ans. Richard Stallman
4. The main routes that data travels over the internet is called:
Ans. Internet backbone
5. An IT term refers to allowing someone to open web pages and see web sites on the internet.
Ans. Web Surfing
6. An internet protocol that allows quick file tarnsmission to remote computers is know as:
Ans. FTP
7. Protocol used to temporarily store new messages in your mailbox on an e-mail server is known as:
Ans. POP
8.Company which maintains internet computers and telecommunications equipment in order to provide internet access to businesses, organizations and individuals is called:
Ans. Internet Service Provider
9. The device that protects all computers in the network from many attacks is called:
Ans. Firewall
10. Free telephone style conversations to travel over the internet to virtually anywhere in the world is known as:
Ans. Internet Telephony

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World Heritage Day and more..

Posted on 29 September 2011 by admin

World Heritage Day, also known as the international day for monuments, is observed on April 18.

World Health Day is observed on April 7.

World Haemophilia Day is observed on April 17. Haemophilia is a genetic blood disorder in which blood does not clot properly.

Civil Services Day is observed on April 21.

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Sunday Quiz from Generalknowledgetoday.com

Posted on 17 September 2011 by admin

The first credit card, issued in 1950, was Diner’s Club. Frank X. McNamara started the company with 200 card holders.

The 1st personal computer, the Apple II, went on sale in 1977.

The first product to have a UPC bar code on its packaging was Wrigley’s gum.

VHS stands for Video Home System.

Hungarian brothers George and L”szlo Biro invented the ball point pen in 1938.

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Quiz Time Continues …

Posted on 07 August 2011 by admin

1. Barry Allen was the alter ego of which DC comic superhero?

The Flash

2. In 1901 which brand of car was seen for the first time?

Mercedes

3. Brisbane is the state capital of which SE Australian state?

Queensland

4. In Norse mythology what is the name of the ultimate battle?

Ragnarok

5. In 1890 the first electric what opened in London?

Underground railway

6. Who wrote the children’s novel Swallows and Amazons?

Arthur Ransom

7.  Oil seed rape belongs to which plant family?

Mustard

8. Which Norwegian politicians name became a word for traitor?

Vidkun Quisling

9. What shape were the sailors plates in Nelsons navy?

Square Thus Square meal

10. How many rings on the Olympic flag?

Five

11. Which human rights organisation founded 1961 got Nobel 1977?

Amnesty International

12. Whose autobiography was The long walk to Freedom?

Nelson Mandela

13. What was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter?

Tutankamen tomb

14. Clyde Tonbaugh discovered what planet in 1930?

Pluto

15. Who won the women’s heptathlon at Seoul in 1988?

Jackie Joyner-Kersey

16. Who wrote Northanger Abbey?

Jayne Austin

17. Who ran through the streets naked crying Eureka?

Archimedes

18. Who composed the Brandeberg concertos full names?

Johan Sebastian Bach

19. Who won the World Series in 1987 ?

Minnesota twins

20. What is the correct term of address to the Pope?
Your Holiness

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Trivia Series-What is the longest river in Italy?

Posted on 07 August 2011 by admin

1. What is the capitol of Morocco?

Rabat

2. If you suffer from epistaxis what is wrong?
Nose bleed

3. In which book would you find the manservant Pas Partout?

Around the world in 80 days

4. What animals name translates as water horse?
Hippopotamus

5. In Greek mythology who killed the Gorgon?
Perseus

6. Which two metals are alloyed to make pewter?
Tin and Lead

7. in 1899 the Eastman company in the USA produced first what?
Kodak 1 – hand held roll film cam

8. What links – Sarte, Neitzsche, Russell and Decartes?
Philosophers

9. in 1643 Evangalisa Torichelli invented the first what?
Barometer

10. Which Spanish painter has first exhibition at 16?
Pablo Picasso

11. Where did the mutineers of the Bounty settle?

Pitcairn Islands

12. What is the longest river in Italy?
Po
13. What does a polyandric women have more than one of?

Husband

14. What links Brazil, Uruguay, Mozambique and Angola?

Colonies of Portugal

15. What is the American equivalent of the Irish Poteen?

Moonshine

16. Who was the last king of Troy killed by Achilles son Pyrrhus?

Priam
17. In 1911 Hiram Bingham discovered what lost city?

Machu Picchu

18. Who won the Superbowl in 1989?

San Francisco 49 ers

19. Who wrote the book Billy Budd also Moby Dick?

Herman Melville

20. Which highwayman rode the horse Black Bess?

Dick Turpin

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