Who discovered natural radioactivity

Ans : Hentry Bequeral

Hydrogen was discovered by

Ans : Cavendish

Who invented Microprocessor

Ans : Ted Hoff

Name the scientist who proposed Doppler Effect

Ans : Christian Doppler

Who discovered Argon

Ans : Ramsay

Name the scientist who proposed pH value

Ans : Sorenson

Who discovered the Law of Gravitation

Ans : Sir Isaac Newton

Who discovered penicillin

Ans : Alexander Fleming

Who invented dynamite

Ans : Alfred Nobel

Ahmedabad is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Sabarmati

Allahabad is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : confluence of the Ganga and Yamuna

Ayodhya is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Sarayu

Badarinath is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Ganga

Kolkatha is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Hooghly

Cuttack is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Mahanadi

Delhi is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Yamuna

Guwahati is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Brahmaputra

Haridwar is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Ganga

Luckow is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Gomati

Kanpur is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Ganga

Jabalpur is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Narmada

Kota is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Chambal

Ludhiana is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Sutlej

Srinagar is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Jhelum

Surat is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Tapti

Vijayawada is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Krishna

Sambalpur is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Mahanadi

Patna is situated on the banks of the river

Ans :Ganga

Luckow is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Gomati

Kanpur is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Ganga

Jabalpur is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Narmada

Kota is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Chambal

Ludhiana is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Sutlej

Srinagar is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Jhelum

Surat is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Tapti

Vijayawada is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Krishna

Sambalpur is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Mahanadi

Patna is situated on the banks of the river

Ans : Ganga

Which is the Largest Continent

Ans : Asia

Which is the Largest Island

Ans : Greenland

Which is the Largest Ocean

Ans : Pacific

Which is the Largest Peninsula

Ans : Arabia

Which is the Largest Freshwater Lake

Ans : Lake Superior

Which is the Largest Archipelago

Ans : Indonesia

Which is the Largest Saltwater Lake

Ans : Caspian Sea
Which is the Largest Desert

Ans : Sahara (Africa)

Which is the Largest Delta

Ans : Sunderbans (Bengal)

Which is the Largest River

Ans : Nile

Which is the Smallest Continent

Ans : Australia

Which is the Highest Plateau

Ans : Pamir (Tibet)

Which is the Highest Mountain Peak

Ans : Everest (Nepal)

1 Kalinga Prize is awarded by

Ans : Environment

2 Who was the first Ramon Magsaysay Award winner from India

Ans : Acharya Vinoba Bhave

3 The first recipient of Gandhi Peace Prize was

4 Ans : Dr. Julius N. Nyerera

5 Nehru Award is instituted for

6 Ans : International understanding and peace

Kalinga Prize, an International prize is awarded annually for the recognition of outstanding achievement in the interpretation and popularization of

Ans : Science

7 Magnifying glass was invented by

Ans : Roger Bacon

8 Polio vaccine was invented by

Ans : Jonas Edward Salk

9 Who discovered the Blood groups

Ans : Karl Landsteiner

10 Television was invented by

Ans : John L. Baird

11 Theory of relativity was explained by

Ans : Albert Einstein

12 Wireless Telegraph was invented by

Ans : Marconi

1.Which of the following countries is a land locked country in
south America?

a.Ecuador
b.Peru
c.Uruguay
d.Bolivia

ans: d

2.canary Islands belongs to

a.Norway
b.Spain
c.New Zealand
d.Portugal

ans: b

3.Titan is the largest natural satilite of planet

a.Mercury
b.Venus
c.Saturn
d.Neptune

ans: c

4.Which of the following planets rotates clock wise?

a.Pluto
b.Jupiter
c.Venus
d.Mercury

ans: c

5.A difference of 1 degree in longtitude at the Equator is equaivalent
to nearly

a.101 km
b.111 km
c.121 km
d.125 km

ans: b

6.The earliest known Indian script is

a.Mori
b.Devanagari
c.Brahmi
d.Kharosti

ans: c

7.How many times the preamble was amended

a.once
b.twice
c.thrice
d.four times

ans: a

8.The term socialist was added in the Preamble by the…amendment

a.40th
b.42nd
c.44th
d.49th

ans: b

9.The state with the lowest population in Inndia is

a.Goa
b.Tripura
c.Mizoram
d.Sikkim

ans: d

10.Which person or organisation received the Nobel Prize three
times so far?

a.Medame Curie
b.Linus Pauling
c.Alexender Flemming
d.International Committee of the Redcross

ans: d

11.The Finance Commision is appointed for every… year

a.3
b.4
c.5
d.6

ans: c

12.Under which five year plan did agriculture show a negitive growth?

a.1st plan
b.2nd plan
c.3rd plan
d.4th plan

ans: c

13.Who is the founder of the Capital city of Agra?

a.Akbar
b.Babar
c.Sikinder Lodi
d.Mubarak Shah Sayyad

an: c

14.The first tide generated electricity project was established at

a.Vizhinjam, Kerala
b.Mangalore, Karnataka
c.Paradeep, Orissa
d.Vishakapattanam

ans: a

15.National Institute of Oceanography is located in:

a.Calcutta
b.Chennai
c.Mangalore
d.Panaji

ans: d

16.The 2004 Olympics were held in:

a.Bangkok
b.Rome
c.Athens
d.Nagasaki

ans: c

17.Who headed the committee appointed on Kargil War ?

a.Gen.V.P.Malik
b.Gen.S.K.Sinha
c.K.Subramanyam
d.K.C.Panth

ans: c

18.The C.K.Nayudu Trophy is related to the sport of

a.cricket
b.Hockey
c.Football
d.Chess

ans: a

19.New York is situated on the river

a.Hudson
b.Thames
c.Danube
d.Tigris

ans: a

20.”The Woman of the Mellenium” selected by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is

a.Margaret Thacher
b.Hillary Clinton
c.Chandrika Kumaratunga
d.Indira Gandhi

ans: d

21.The Geneal Assembly of United Nations meets

a.Once a year
b.twice a year
c.thrice a year
d.Once in five years

ans: a

22.The “Common Wealth Games 2002″ will be held in

a.Toranto
b.Manchester
c.Tokyo
d.Canberra

ans: b

23.All India Radio commenced operations in

a.1926
b.1936
c.1945
d.1947

ans: b

24.The “Killer Instinct”is written by

a.Sulakshan Mohan
b.M.K.Santanam
c.O.P.Sabharwal
d.Subash Jain

ans: c

25.The Secretary- General of UN is appointed by the

a.Security Council
b.Trusteeship Council
c.General Assembly
d.World Bank

ans: c

26.Postal Voting is other wise called:

a.external voting
b.secret voting
c.plural voting
d.proxy voting

ans: d

27.The Common Wealth of Independent states (CIS)consists of ….republica?

a.10
b.11
c.12
d.13

ans: c

28.Which of the following harbours is cosidered as the world’s finest natural harbour?

a.Sydney harbour
b.Toronto harbour
c.New Jersy harbour
d.Singapore harbour

ans: a

29.Who invented Radar?

a.Henrey Backquerel
b.Max Planck
c.Robert Watson Watt
d.Humphrey Davy

ans: c

30.Sandal Wood trees are mostly found in…

a.Trophical Evergreen Forests
b.Tropical most Decidous
c.Alpine forests
d.Trophical Thorn Forests

ans: d

31.The first country to legalise medically assisted suicide is

a.Switzerland
b.New Zealand
c.USA
d.Netherlands

ans: d

31.India’s newsprint industry is mainly located in

a.Indore
b.Dehradun
c.Nepanagar
d.Nagpur

ans: c

32.The tomb of Babur is at

a.Kabul
b.Lahore
c.Multan
d.Larkhana

ans: a

33.The joint session of the two houses is presided by

a.the speaker
b.the president
c.chairman of Rajyasabha
d.none of these

ans: a

34.The Gandhara school of Art was influenced most by the

a.Greeks
b.Shakas
c.persians
d.Kushans

ans: a

35.The Simon Commission was appointed in

a.1927
b.1928
c.1929
d.1930

ans: c

36.Sikkim became a full fledged state of the I ndian Union, in the year ?

a.1972
b.1973
c.1974
d.1975

ans: d

37.Who is the founder of Mahabalipuram ?

a.Rajaraja Chola
b.Mahendra Varman
c.Narsimha Varman
d.Narsimha Chola

ans: c

38.The 189th member of United Nations is

a.Palau
b.Tuvalu
c.Soloman Islands
d.Nauru

ans: b

39.When was Burma seperated from India

a.1947
b.1942
c.1937
c.1932

ans: c

40.Which of the following country has more than 55,000 lakes?

a.Poland
b.Denmark
c.Finland
d.Norway

ans: c

41.Where is India’s National Institute of Sports situated?

a.Bhopal
b.Patiala
c.Lucknow
d.Amritsar

ans: b

42.Name the first woman of Sahitya Academy award ?

a.Amrita Pritam
b.Sarojini Naidu
c.Mahasweta Devi
d.Manjula Padmanabhan

ans: a

43.Which nation is called the land of Golden Fleece ?

a.Canada
b.Australia
c.Norway
d.North Korea

ans: b

44…. is called the father of Medicine?

a.Henemann
b.Aristotle
c.Hippocrates
d.Darwin

ans: a

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World’s Oldest Woman, Maria de Jesus, dies in Portugal

World’s oldest woman, Maria de Jesus (b. 10 September 1893), has passed away in her native Portugal at the age of 115.

Maria was crowned the world’s Oldest Living Woman by Guinness World Records on 28th December upon the death of Edna Parker (USA, 20 April 1893 – 26 November 2008).

114-year old Gertrude Baines of Los Angeles, California (b. 6 April, 1894) is likely to become Maria’s successor to the title. However, an official announcement will not be made until Guinness World Records has completed its investigation of the category.

source: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2009/01/090102_worlds_oldest_woman_dies.aspx

Latest Sport Records

This week sees the closing stages of the final tennis Grand Slam of the year, the US Open, with Roger Federer (Switzerland) looking for his fifth title which would leave him two more titles behind Bill Tilden, Richard Sears and William Larned (all USA) who have the most US Open Singles tennis titles won by a man.

In Rugby Union the final fixture of the 2008 Tri-Nations is on Saturday with New Zealand hoping to win their ninth title the most rugby union Tri-Nations titles. Last Saturday saw South African left-winger Jongi Nokwe set the new record for most tries in a rugby union Tri-Nations match by an individual when he ran in four against rivals Australia.

The Paralympics are about to kick off in Beijing, China  and you will be able to keep up to date with all the records as they get broken.

Other sports records approved by Guinness World Records this week:

Youngest player to score 1,000 runs in one day international cricket (female)
The youngest player to score 1,000 runs in women’s one day international cricket is Sarah Taylor (United Kingdom) (b. 20 May 1989) who scored her 1,000th run aged 19 years 104 days, for England against India, at the County Ground, Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom on 1 September 2008.

Most wins of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The record for the most Beach Soccer World Cup wins is 3 and was achieved by Brazil in Marseille, France on 27 July 2008.

Most goals scored in a FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup career by an individual
The most goals scored by an individual player in Beach Soccer World Cups is 54 by Madjer (Portugal) from 2005 – 2008.

source : http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2008/09/080905.aspx

As per the  Latest  Guinness  Book’s   Records    World’s Shortest   Man is  Ping Ping and the Tallest Man is  Robert Pershing Wadlow

Who is the World’s Youngest Monarch?

King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, 28, an Oxford-educated bachelor, becomes the world’s youngest monarch.

He has become head of state of the world’s newest democracy after his father abdicated in 2006 as Bhutan changed to a constitutional monarchy.