GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FOR AIIMS

First talkie movie in the world – “The jazz Singer” (1927)First Oscar winner for the Best Actor – Emil Jannings (1928)First Oscar winner for Best Actress – janet Gaynor,  (1928)First Asian city to host Olympics – Tokyo, Japan (1964)First woman black tennis player to win a singles title at Wimbledon – A Gibson (1957)First woman to win a Grand Slam – Maureen Catherine (195 3)First Tour de France (road bicycle race) winner – Maurice Garin (1903)First recognized boxing (fisticuffs) champion -Tim Hyer (1841)World’s first chess champion – Wilhelm Steinitz (1886)First golf club in the world – Honour able Company of Edinburgh Golfers(1744)First man to run a mile under 4 minutes- Sir Roger Bannister (1954)First athlete disqualified at the Olympics for drug use – Hans-Gunnar Lijenwall  Mexico summer Olympics (1968)The first cricket club – Cricket club founded in Hambledon,  England (1750)First woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal – Charlotte Cooper, UK, Tennis singles (1900)First professional woman bullfighter- Patricia Mccormick (1952)First American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympics – W Rudolph, Rome Olympics (1960)First Women’s Olympic marathon Champion – Joan Benoit, Los Angles ( 1984)First man to fly solo non stop across the Atlantic – Charles Lindbergh (1927)First person to fly faster than the speed of sound – Charles Elwood Chuck Veager, he flew a Bell X-1 rocket at 670 mph in level flight (1947) First man to reach the South Pole – Roald Amun-dsen, Norwegian team (1911)First person to swim across the English Channel – Matthew Webb (1875)First person to cross Antarctic Circle – James Cook (1773)First humans to fly – Marquis d’ Arlandes & Pilatre de Rozier (1783)First balloonist to fly solo nonstop around the world – Steve Fossett, U.S. (2002)First man to cross the Pacific Ocean in hot air balloon – Ben Abruzzo and team in the Double Eagle V (1981)First people to sight the North Pole- Roald Amundsen and  lincoln Ellsworth (1926)First people to reach the North Pole – Lt Col. Joseph O. Fletcher and Lt. William P. Benedict  (1952)First successful conquest of Mount Everest-Tenzing Norgay & Sir Edmund Hillary (New Zealand) (1953)First conquest of Everest via the North Ridge – Chinese team (1960)First person to conquer the Everest twice- Nawang Gombu Sherpa(1965)First blind person to conquer the Everest- Erik Weihenmayer, USA (2001)First person with only one arm to climb the Everest – American Gary Guller(2003)First woman to fly solo – Bessica Medlar Raiche flew in an airplane built of bamboo, wire and silk (1910)First woman to fly solo around the world – jerrie Fredritz Mock.(1964)First woman to fly solo across the English Channel- Hariiet QuimbyFirst woman to climb Everest – Junko Tabei of Japan (1975)First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic- Amelia Earhart (1932)First woman to swim the English Channel – Gertrude Ederle (1926 )First ascent of Everest without bottled oxygen – Peter Habeler (Austria) and Reinhold Messner, (Italy) (1978)First woman to set foot on North Pole- Ann Bancroft, USA (1986)First woman to sail around the world solo in under 100 days – Ellen MacArthur, English Sailor (2001)First person ever to transmit speech from one point to another by electrical means – Alexander Graham Bell, (1876)First sound recording -Thomas Alva Edison’s Phonograph (1877)First antibiotic drug – Penicillin, discovered by Alexander Fleming (1928)The first and only supersonic airliner – Concorde, twice the speed of sound, about 2,170 kph (1969)The first mechanical computer  by – Charles Babbage (1835)first computer programmer – Ada Byron’s (1842)First Compact Disc (CD) – Jointly developed by Sony and Philips (1978)First Atom Bomb -“Little Boy” dropped over Hiroshima by the US during the second world war (1945)First submarine – Built by Cornelius Drebbel, Dutch inventor(1620)First artificial satellite launched into orbit- Sputnik 1, USSR (1957)First manned space vehicle – Vostok 1,USSR (1961)First manned private spaceflight – ‘Space Ship One’ piloted by Mike Melvill (2004)First fully controlled soft landing on moon-Surveyor 1 (1966)First spacecraft to orbit Saturn – Cassini Huygens (2004)First living creature to orbit the earth- Laika, the dog, aboard the Soviet satellite, Sputnik 2. (1957)First man in space – Yuri Gagarin USSR. (1961)First human to walk on the Moon – Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11(1969)First human to walk in space – Alexei Arkhovich Leonov (1965)First Nobel Prize winner for Literature – Sully Prudhomme, France (1901)First Nobel Prize winner for Peace -Jean Henri Dunant, Switzerland & Frederic Passy, France (1901)First Nobel Prize winner for Economics- Ragnar Frisch, Norway & Jan Tinbergen, Netherlands (1969)First person to win two Nobel Prizes – Marie Sklodowska Curie (Physics,1903) Chemistry,1911First woman Nobel Prize winner – Marie Sklodowska Curie, Physics. She is the first to win Physics Nobel (1903).First woman Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry – Marie Sklodowska Curie (1911)First woman Mother and daughter to win Nobel prize – Marie Sklodowska Curie (1903) and daughter Irene Joliot Curie (1935)First human heart transplant was per formed by – Dr. Christian Barnard(1967)First human heart transplant recipient.- Louis Washkansky.  (1967)First recipient of a permanent artificial heart – Barney Clark (1982)Parkinson’s disease was first described by – James Parkinson, British neurologist (1817).The place known as the Garden of England is - KentThe 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,CanadaThe 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 is located at - GenevaFAO 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 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 appleWMO is located at – GenevaNew Names Of Some Countries & StatesOld NameNew NameAbyssiniaEthiopiaAngoraAnkaraBataviaJakartaBritish HondurasBelizeBechuanalandBotswanaBasutolandLesothoBurmaMyanmarCape CanaveralCape KennedyCeylonSri LankaChristinaOsloCongoZaireConstantinopleIstanbulDaccaDhakaDahomeyBeninDutch East IndiesIndonesiaDutch GuianaSurinamEast PakistanBangladeshEast TimorLoro SeeEgyptUnited Arab RepublicEllice IslandTuvaluFormosaTaiwanFrench West AfricaMaliGold CoastGhanaGreenlandKalaallit NunaatHollandThe NetherlandsKampucheaCambodiaLeopoldvilleKinshasaMalayaMalaysiaManchukuoManchuriaMesopotamiaIraqNew HebridesVanuatuNipponJapanNorthern RhodesiaZambiaNyasalandMalawiPekingBeijingPetrogradLeningradPersiaIranPortuguese GuineaGuinea BissauRangoonYangonRhodesiaZimbabweSaigonHo Chi Minh CitySalisburyHarareSandwich IslandsHawaiian IslandsSiamThailandSouth West AfricaNamibiaSpanish GuineaEquatorial GuineaStalingradVolgogradTanganyika and ZanzibarTanzaniaTrucial OmanUnited Arab EmiratesUpper VoltaBourikina Fasso or Burkina FasoWest French AfricaMauritaniaShakespeare invented the word ‘ assassination’ and ‘bump’.Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.The electric chair was invented by a dentist.The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear By 700 times.Ants don’t sleep.Owls have eyeballs that are tubular in shape, because of this, they cannot move their eyes.A bird requires more food in proportion to its size than a baby or a cat.The mouse is the most common mammal in the US.A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length.A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.The Canary Islands were not named for a bird called a canary. They were named after a breed of large dogs. The Latin name was Canariae insulae – “Island of Dogs.”There are 701 types of pure breed dogs.A polecat is not a cat. It is a nocturnal European weasel.The animal responsible for the most human deaths world-wide is the mosquito.The biggest pig in recorded history was Big Boy of Black Mountain, North Carolina, who was weighed at 1,904 pounds in 1939.Cats respond most readily to names that end in an “ee” sound.A cat cannot see directly under its nose. This is why the cat cannot seem to find tidbits on the floor.Pigs, walruses and light-colored horses can be sunburned.Snakes are immune to their own poison.An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.Cats have more than one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.The biggest member of the cat family is the male lion, which weighs 528 pounds (240 kilograms).Most lipstick contains fish scales.Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.Each day in the US, animal shelters are forced to destroy 30,000 dogs and cats.A shrimp’s heart is in their head.A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.A cockroach will live nine days without its head, before it starves to death.The cat lover is an ailurophile, while a cat hater is an ailurophobe.A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second.It may take longer than two days for a chick to break out of its shell.Dragonflies are one of the fastest insects, flying 50 to 60 mph.Despite man’s fear and hatred of the wolf, it has not ever been proved that a non-rabid wolf ever attacked a human.There are more than 100 million dogs and cats in the United States.Americans spend more than 5.4 billion dollars on their pets each year.Cat’s urine glows under a black light.The largest cockroach on record is one measured at 3.81 inches in length.It is estimated that a single toad may catch and eat as many as 10,000 insects in the course of a summer.Amphibians eyes come in a variety shapes and sizes. Some even have square or heart-shaped pupils.It would require an average of 18 hummingbirds to weigh in at 1 ounce.Dogs that do not tolerate small children well are the St. Bernard, the Old English sheep dog, the Alaskan malamute, the bull terrier, and the toy poodle.Moles are able to tunnel through 300 feet of earth in a day.Howler monkeys are the noisiest land animals. Their calls can be heard over 2 miles away.A quarter of the horses in the US died of a vast virus epidemic in 1872.The fastest bird is the Spine-tailed swift, clocked at speeds of up to 220 miles per hour.There is no single cat called the panther. The name is commonly applied to the leopard, but it is also used to refer to the puma and the jaguar. A black panther is really a black leopard. A capon is a castrated rooster.The world’s largest rodent is the Capybara. It is an Amazon water hog that looks like a guinea pig; it can weigh more than 100 pounds.The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people.The hummingbird, the loon, the swift, the kingfisher, and the grebe are all birds that cannot walk.The poisonous copperhead snake smells like fresh cut cucumbers.A chameleon’s tongue is twice the length of its body.Worker ants may live seven years and the queen may live as long as 15 years.The blood of mammals is red, the blood of insects is yellow, and the blood of lobsters is blue.Cheetahs make a chirping sound that is much like a bird’s chirp or a dog’s yelp. The sound is so intense; it can be heard a mile away.The underside of a horse’s hoof is called a frog. The frog peels off several times a year with new growth.The bloodhound is the only animal whose evidence is admissible in an American court. 98% of brown bears in the United States are in Alaska.Before air conditioning was invented, white cotton slipcovers were put on furniture to keep the air cool.The Barbie doll has more than 80 careers.To make one pound of whole milk cheese, 10 pounds of whole milk is needed.99% of pumpkins are sold for decoration.Every 30 seconds a house fire doubles in size.The month of December is the most popular month for weddings in the Philippines.A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine.Carbon monoxide can kill a person in less than 15 minutes.The largest ever hailstone weighed over 1kg and fell in Bangladesh in 1986.Ants can live up to 16 years.In Belgium, there is a museum that is just for strawberries.The sense of smell of an ant is just as good as a dog’s.Popped popcorn should be stored in the freezer or refrigerator as this way it can stay crunchy for up to three weeks.Coca-Cola was originally green.The most common name in the world is Mohammed.The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.Women blink nearly twice as much as men!!You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath.It is impossible to lick your elbow.People say “Bless You? when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.The “sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history. Spades – King David, Clubs – Alexander the Great, Hearts ? Charlemagne, Diamonds – Julius Caesar.If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? Ans. – All invented by women.This is the only food that doesn’t spoil. What is this? Answer: Honey.A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.A snail can sleep for three years.All polar bears are left handed.American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.Butterflies taste with their feet.Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.Most lipstick contains fish scales.Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different.Tapeworms range in size from about 0.04 inch to more than 50 feet in length.A baby bat is called a pup.German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.A female mackerel lays about 500,000 eggs at one time.It takes 35 to 65 minks to produce the average mink coat. The numbers for other types of fur coats are: beaver – 15; fox – 15 to 25; ermine – 150; chinchilla – 60 to 100.The largest museum in the world is the American Museum of Natural History.The lowest mountain range in the world is the Buena Bhaile.The country known as the Land of Cakes is Scotland.The place known as the Garden of England is Kent.The tallest tower in the world is the Burj Khalifa, Dubai.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 International 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 Basilica 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, Volgograd Russia.The largest railway tunnel in the world is the Oshimizu Tunnel, Japan.The world’s loneliest island is the Tristan da cunha.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 Wynne.The city which was the capital of the ancient Persian Empire was Persepolis.WHO stands for World Health Organization.WHO (World Health Organization) is located at Geneva.FAO stands for Food and Agriculture Organization.FAO is located at Rome and London.UNIDO stands for United Nations Industrial Development Organization.UNIDO is located at Vienna.WMO stands for World Meteorological Organization.WMO is located at Geneva.International Civil Aviation Organization 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 aero planes were 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 Baekeland.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.The first President of USA was George Washington.The famous words ‘Veni Vidi Vici’ were said by Julius Caesar.The practice of sterilization of surgical instruments was introduced by Joseph Lister.The number of countries which participated in the first Olympic Games held at Athens was nine.Mercury is also known as Quick Silver.Disneyland is located in California, USA.The country which built the first powerful long range rockets is Germany.Sewing Machine was invented by Isaac M. Singer.Adding Machine was invented by Aldrin.The national emblem of Spain is Eagle.Archimedes was born in Sicily.The total area of Vatican City is 0.272 square kilometers.The largest temple in the world is Angkor Wat in Kampuchea.The largest dome in the world is Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, USA.The largest strait in the world is Tartar Strait.The Mohenjo-Daro ruins are found in Larkand District of Sind, Pakistan.The largest city of Africa is Cairo.The founder of KODAK Company was Eastman.The Cape of Good Hope is located in South Africa.The Heathrow Airport is located in London.The neon lamp was invented by Georges Claude.The last letter of the Greek alphabet is Omega.The place known as the land of Lincoln is Illinois.The US state Utah is also known as Beehive state.The Kalahari Desert is located in Africa.The Patagonian desert is located in Argentina.The person known as the father of aeronautics is Sir George Cayley.The most densely populated Island in the world is Honshu.The two nations Haiti and the Dominion Republic together form the Island of Hispaniola.The largest auto producer in the USA is General Motors.The largest auto producing nation is Japan.The famous ?General Motors? company was founded by William Durant.The country that brings out the FIAT is Italy.The first actor to win an Oscar was Emil Jannings.The first animated colour cartoon of full feature length was Snow White and Seven Dwarfs.The first demonstration of a motion picture was held at Paris.The first country to issue stamps was Britain.The actor who is considered as the biggest cowboy star of the silent movies is Tom Mix.The Pentagon is located at Washington DC.The world’s largest car manufacturing company is General Motors, USA.The world’s biggest manufacturer of bicycles is Hero cycles, Ludhiana.The world’s oldest underground railway is at London.The White House was painted white to hide fire damage.The largest oil producing nation in Africa is Nigeria.The longest river in Russia and Europe is Volga River.The first Emperor of Germany was Wilhelm.The last French Monarch was Louis Napoleon III.“History is Bunk” was said by Henry Ford.The term ‘astrology’ literally means Star Speech.Togo is situated in Africa.Coal is also known as Black Diamond.The first Boxer to win 3 gold medals in Olympics was Laszlo Papp.The first ruler who started war games for his soldiers was Genghis Khan.The first cross word puzzle in the world was published in 1924 by London Sunday Express.The lightest known metal is Lithium.The Atacama Desert is located in North Chile.The oil used to preserve timber is Creosote oil.The founder of USA was George Washington.The first talkie feature film in USA was ‘The Jazz Singer’.The chemical name of laughing gas is Nitrous oxide.The US state Mississippi is also known as Tar Heel state.The US state Indiana is also known as Volunteer state.The US state Missouri is also known as Hoosier state.The US state West Virginia is also known as Blue Grass state.The US state known as ‘Pine Free State’ is Vermont.The US state known as ‘Mountain state’ is Pennsylvania.The US state known as ‘Land of 1000 Lakes’ is Arkansas.The popular detective character created by Agatha Christie is Hercule Poirot.The Pakistani President who died in an air crash was Zia-ul-Huq.Yoghurt means Fermented milk.Yankee is the nickname of American.The International court of Justice is located in Hague, Holland.The headquarters of World Bank is located at Washington DC.Victoria Falls was discovered by David Livingstone.The technique to produce the first test tube baby was evolved by Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards.The oldest residential university of Britain is the Oxford University.The name of the large clock on the tower of the House of Parliament in London is called Big Ben.Prado Museum is located in Madrid.The number of keys in an ordinary piano is Eighty eight.‘Man is a Tool Making Animal’ was said by Benjamin Franklin.The term ‘anesthesia’ was coined by Oliver Wendell Holmes.The first man to reach Antarctica was Fabian Gottlieb.The Kilimanjaro volcano is situated in Tanzania.The invention that is considered to have built America is Dynamite.Words that contains all the vowels: Authentication, Remuneration, Education, Automobile, Miscellaneous and many more.Words that contain all the vowels in order: Facetious and Abstemious.Words that contain all the vowels in reverse order: Uncomplimentary, Unproprietary, Unoriental and Subcontinental.Words with no vowel in them: Myth, Fly, Sky, Dry, Cry, Rhythm, Crypt.Which country declares independence on 18th Feb 2008? – Kosovo.Who was the founder of the kindergarten education system? – German educator Friedrich Froebel.What is the scientific name of Vitamin C? – Ascorbic AcidWhat is the full form of GPRS? – General Packet Radio ServiceWhich was the first university established in the world? – Nalanda UniversityWhat is full form of CEO, CFO & CIO titles? Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Information Officer.01 The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was – Mujibur Rehman02 The longest river in the world is the – Nile03 The longest highway in the world is the – Trans-Canada04 The longest highway in the world has a length of About – 8000 km05 The highest mountain in the world is the – Everest06 The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production of the world is – Myanmar07 The biggest desert in the world is the – Sahara desert08 The largest coffee growing country in the world is – Brazil09 The country also known as “country of Copper” is – Zambia10 The name given to the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is – Durand line11 The river Volga flows out into the – Capsian sea12 The coldest place on the earth is Verkoyansk in – Siberia13 The country which ranks second in terms of land area is – Canada14 The largest Island in the Mediterranean sea is – Sicily15 The river Jordan flows out into the – Dead sea16 The biggest delta in the world is the – Sunderbans17 The capital city that stands on the river Danube is – Belgrade18 The Japanese call their country as – Nippon19 The length of the English channel is – 564 kilometres20 The world’s oldest known city is – Damascus21 The city which is also known as the City of Canals is – Venice22 The country in which river Wangchu flows is – Myanmar23 The biggest island of the world is – Greenland24 The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in the world is – Detroit, USA25 The country which is the largest producer of manganese in the world is – China & South Africa26 The country which is the largest producer of rubber in the world is – Malaysia27 The country which is the largest producer of tin in the world is – China28 The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is the – Mississippi29 The city which was once called the `Forbidden City’ was – Peking30 The country called the Land of Rising Sun is – Japan31 Mount Everest was named after Sir George – Everest32 The volcano Vesuvius is located in – Italy33 The country known as the Sugar Bowl of the world is – Cuba34 The length of the Suez Canal is – 162.5 kilometers35 The lowest point on earth is The coastal area of – Dead sea36 The Gurkhas are the original inhabitants of – Nepal37 The largest ocean of the world is the – Pacific ocean38 The largest bell in the world is the – Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin, Moscow39 The biggest stadium in the world is the – Strahov Stadium, Prague40 The world’s largest diamond producing country is – South Africa41 Australia was discovered by – James Cook42 The first Governor General of Pakistan is – Mohammed Ali Jinnah43 Dublin is situated at the mouth of river – Liffey44 The earlier name of New York city was – New Amsterdam45 The Eifel tower was built by – Alexander Eiffel46 The Red Cross was founded by – Jean Henri Durant47 The country which has the greatest population density is – Monaco48 The national flower of Britain is – Rose49 Niagara Falls was discovered by – Louis Hennepin50 The national flower of Italy is – Lily51 The national flower of China is – Narcissus52 The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located at – Kathmandu53 The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is Strait of – Hormuz54 The first Industrial Revolution took place in – England55 World Environment Day is observed on – 5th June56 The first Republican President of America was – Abraham Lincoln57 The country famous for Samba dance is – Brazil58 The name of Alexander’s horse was – Beucephalus59 Singapore was founded by – Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles60 The famous British one-eyed Admiral was – Nelson61 The earlier name of Sri Lanka was – Ceylon62 The UNO was formed in the year – 194563 UNO stands for – United Nations Organization64 The independence day of South Korea is celebrated on – 15th August65 `Last Judgement’ was the first painting of an Italian painter named – Michelangelo66 Paradise Regained was written by – John Milton67 The first President of Egypt was – Mohammed Nequib68 The first man to reach North Pole was – Rear Peary69 The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was – Guermica70 The primary producer of newsprint in the world is – Canada71 The first explorer to reach the South Pole was – Cap. Ronald Amundson72 The person who is called the father of modern Italy is – G.Garibaldi73 World literacy day is celebrated on – 8th September74 The founder of modern Germany is – Bismarck75 The country known as the land of the midnight sun is – Norway76 The place known as the Roof of the world is – Tibet77 The founder of the Chinese Republic was – San Yat Sen78 The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was – Abdul Salam79 The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was – Margaret Thatcher80 The first Secretary General of the UNO was – Trygve Lie81 The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was – Frederick Auguste Bartholdi82 The port of Banku is situated in – Azerbaijan83 John F Kennedy was assassinated by – Lee Harry Oswald84 The largest river in France is – Lore85 The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was – Catherine of Aragon86 The first negro to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was – Ralph Johnson Bunche87 The first British University to admit women for degree courses was – London University88 The principal export of Jamaica is – Sugar89 New York is popularly known as the – city of Skyscrapers90 Madagascar is popularly known as the – Island of Cloves91 The country known as the Land of White Elephant is – Thailand92 The country known as the Land of Morning Calm is – Korea93 The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is – Bhutan94 The highest waterfalls in the world is the – Salto Angel Falls(Venezuela)95 The largest library in the world is the – United States Library of Congress Washington DCTurtles have no teeth.Prehistoric turtles may have weighed as much as 5,000 pounds.Only one out of a thousand baby sea turtles survives after hatching.Sea turtles absorb a lot of salt from the sea water in which they live. They excrete excess salt from their eyes, so it often looks as though they’re crying.Helium Balloon Gas makes balloons float. Helium is lighter than air and just as the heaviest things will tend to fall to the bottom, the lightest things will rise to the top.Camels can spit.An ostrich can run 43 miles per hour (70 kilometers per hour).Pigs are the fourth most intelligent animal in the world.Dinosaurs didn’t eat grass? There was no grass in the days of the dinosaurs.Dolphins can swim 37 miles per hour (60 kilometers per hour).A crocodile’s tongue is attached to the roof of its mouth? It cannot move. It cannot chew but its Digestive juices are so strong that it can digest a steel nail, Glass pieces, etc.Sharks are immune to disease i.e. they do not suffer from any Disease.Animals are either right- or left-handed? Polar bears are always left-handed, and so is Kermit the Frog.Paris, France has more dogs than people.New Zealand is home to 70 million sheep and only 40 million people.Male polar bears weigh 1400 pounds and females only weight 550 pounds, on average.Bison are excellent swimmers? Their head, hump and tail never go below the surface of the water.There are 6 to 14 frog?s species in the world that have no tongues. One of these is the African dwarf frog.A frog named Santjie, who was in a frog derby in South Africa jumped 33 feet 5.5 inches.The longest life span of a frog was 40 yearsThe eyes of a frog flatten down when it swallows its preyThe name `India’ is derived from the River IndusThe Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name `Hindustan’ combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus.Chess was invented in India.The’ place value system’ and the ‘decimal system’ were developed in 100 BC in India.The game of snakes & ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It was originally called ‘Mokshapat.’ The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices.India has the most post offices in the world‘Navigation’ is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIHThe word navy is also derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Nou’.Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the worldThe’ place value system’ and the ‘decimal system’ were developed in 100 BC in India.A snail can sleep for 3 years.The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they startTwenty-Four-Karat Gold is not pure gold since there is a small amount of copper in it. Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands.Electricity doesn’t move through a wire but through a field around the wire.The first bicycle that was made in 1817 by Baron von Drais didn’t have any pedals? People walked it alongThe first steam powered train was invented by Robert Stephenson. It was called the Rocket.A cheetah does not roar like a lion – it purrs like a cat (meow).The original name for the butterfly was ‘flutterby’An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.Ants don’t sleep.Dolphins usually live up to about twenty years, but have been known to live for about forty.Dolphins sleep in a semi-alert state by resting one side of their brain at a timeA dolphin can hold its breath for 5 to 8 minutes at a timeBats can detect warmth of an animal from about 16 cm away using its “nose-leaf”.Bats can also find food up to 18 ft. away and get information about the type of insect using their sense of echolocation.The eyes of the chameleon can move independently & can see in two different directions at the same time.Cockroach: Can detect movement as small as 2,000 times the diameter of a hydrogen atom.Dragonfly: Eye contains 30,000 lenses.Pig’s Tongue contains 15,000 taste buds. For comparison, the human tongue has 9,000 taste buds.The number system was invented by India. Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented the digit zero.Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different.A duck’s quack doesn’t echo anywhereMan is the only animal who’ll eat with an enemyThe average woman uses about her height in lipstick every five years.The first Christmas was celebrated on December 25, AD 336 in Rome.A Cockroach will live nine days without its head, before it starves to death.A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can’tA rat can last longer without water than a camel canAbout 10% of the world’s population is left-handedDolphins sleep with one eye openSnakes have no external ears. Therefore, they do not hear the music of a “snake charmer”. Instead, they are probably responding to the movements of the snake charmer and the flute. However, sound waves may travel through bones in their heads to the middle ear.Many spiders have eight eyes.The tongue of snakes has no taste buds. Instead, the tongue is used to bring smells and tastes into the mouth. Smells and tastes are then detected in two pits, called “Jacobson’s organs”, on the roof of their mouths. Receptors in the pits then transmit smell and taste information to the brain.Birds don’t sweatThe highest kangaroo leap recorded is 10 ft and the longest is 42 ftFlamingo tongues were eaten common at Roman feastsThe smallest bird in the world is the Hummingbird. It weighs 1ozThe bird that can fly the fastest is called a White it can fly up to 95 miles per hour.The oldest living thing on earth is 12,000 years old. It is the flowering shrubs called creosote bushes in the Mojave DesertTea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water.A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water. If the amount of water in your body is reduced by just 1%, one will feel thirsty. If it’s reduced by 10%, one will die.Along with its length neck, the giraffe has a very long tongue — more than a foot and a half long. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongueOstriches can kick with tremendous force, but only forward. Don’t Mess with themAn elephant can smell water three miles awayIf you were to remove your skin, it would weigh as much as 5 poundsA hippopotamus can run faster than a manIndia never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of historyThe world’s known tallest man is Robert Pershing Wadlow. The giraffe is 5.49m (18 ft.), the man is 2.55m (8ft. 11.1 in.).The world’s tallest woman is Sandy Allen. She is 2.35m (7 ft. 7 in.).The only 2 animals that can see behind themselves without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.The blue whale is the largest animal on earth. The heart of a blue whale is as big as a car, and its tongue is as long as an elephant.The largest bird egg in the world today is that of the ostrich. Ostrich eggs are from 6 to 8 inches long. Because of their size and the thickness of their shells, they take 40 minutes to hard-boil. The average adult male ostrich, the world’s largest living bird, weighs up to 345 pounds.Every dolphin has its own signature whistle to distinguish it from other dolphins, much like a human fingerprintThe world’s largest mammal, the blue whale, weighs 50 tons i.e. 50000 Kg at birth. Fully grown, it weighs as much as 150 tons i.e. 150000 Kg.90 % of all the ice in the world in on AntarcticaAntarctica is DRIEST continent. Antarctica is a desertAntarctica is COLDEST continent, averaging minus 76 degrees in the winterMercury is the closest planet to the sun and it doesn’t have a moon. Its atmosphere is so thin that during the day the temperature reaches 750 degrees, but at night it gets down to -300 degrees.Jupiter is the largest planet. If Jupiter were hollow, you could fit 1000 earths inside! It is made up of gas and is not solid. The most famous feature on Jupiter is its Red Spot, which is actually an enormous hurricane that has been raging on Jupiter for hundreds of years! Sixteen moons orbit Jupiter.Saturn is a very windy place! Winds can reach up to 1,100 miles per hour. Saturn is also made of gas. If you could find an ocean large enough, it would float. This planet is famous for its beautiful rings, and has at least 18 moons.Uranus is the third largest planet, and is also made of gas. It’s tilted on its side and spins north-south rather than east-west. Uranus has 15 moons.Neptune takes 165 Earth years to get around the sun. It appears blue because it is made of methane gas. Neptune also has a big Spot like Jupiter. Winds on Neptune get up to 1,200 mile per hour! Neptune has 8 moons.Pluto is the farthest planet from the sun… usually. It has such an unusual orbit that it is occasionally closer to the sun than Neptune. Pluto is made of rock and ice.Just about everyone listens to the radio! 99% of homes in the United States have a least one radio. Most families have several radios.Sound is sent from the radio station through the air to your radio by means of electromagnetic waves. News, music, Bible teaching, baseball games, plays, advertisements- these sounds are all converted into electromagnetic waves (radio waves) before they reach your radio and your ears.At the radio station, the announcer speaks into a microphone. The microphone changes the sound of his voice into an electrical signal. This signal is weak and can’t travel very far, so it’s sent to a transmitter. The transmitter mixes the signal with some strong radio signals called carrier waves. These waves are then sent out through a special antenna at the speed of light! They reach the antenna of your radio. Your antenna “catches” the signal, and the radio’s amplifier strengthens the signal and sends it to the speakers. The speakers vibrate, and your ears pick up the vibrations and your brain translates them into the voice of the radio announcer back at the station. When you consider all the places the announcer’s voice travels.Every radio station has its own frequency. When you turn the tuning knob on your radio, you are choosing which frequency you want your antenna to “catch.”Mountain lions are known by more than 100 names, including panther, catamount, cougar, painter and puma. Its scientific name is Felis concolor, which means “cat of one color.” At one time, mountain lions were very common!The large cats of the world are divided into two groups- those that roar, like tigers and African lions, and those that purr. Mountain lions purr, hiss, scream, and snarl, but they cannot roar. They can jump a distance of 30 feet, and jump as high as 15 feet. It would take quite a fence to keep a mountain lion out! Their favorite food is deer, but they’ll eat other critters as well. They hunt alone, not in packs like wolves. They sneak up on their prey just like a house cat sneaks up on a bird or toy- one slow step at a time. A lion can eat ten pounds of meat at one time!Queen ants can live to be 30 years oldDragonflies can flap their wings 28 times per second and they can fly up to 60 miles per hourAs fast as dragonflies can flap their wings, bees are even faster… they can flap their wings 435 times per secondHuman thigh bones are stronger than concrete.You can’t kill yourself by holding your breathYour heart beats over 100,000 times a dayRight handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed peopleThe elephant is the only mammal that can’t jump!Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!Women blink nearly twice as much as menHoney is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edibleCoca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.More people are allergic to cow’s milk than any other food.Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sandEarth is the only planet not named after a god.It?s against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.Some worms will eat themselves if they can’t find any food!It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes openQueen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or notSlugs have 4 noses.Owls are the only birds that can see the blue colour.Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one endMore than 1,000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa.There was once an undersea post office in the Bahamas.Abraham Lincoln’s mother died when she drank the milk of a cow that grazed on poisonous snakerootAfter the death of Albert Einstein his brain was removed by a pathologist and put in a jar for future study.Penguins are not found in the North PoleA dentist invented the Electric Chair.A whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of soundAlexander Graham Bell’s wife and mother were both deafCockroaches break wind every 15 minutes.Fish scales are an ingredient in most lipsticksCanada” is an Indian word meaning “Big Village”.11% of the world is left-handed1.7 liters of saliva is produced each dayThe world?s oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!The largest beetle in the Americas is the Hercules beetle, which can be 4 to 6 inches in length. That’s bigger than your hand!A full-grown male mountain lion may be 9 feet long, including his tail!There are two kinds of radio stations: AM and FM. That’s why there are two dials on your radio. AM is used mostly for stations that specialize in talking, such as Christian stations at have Bible stories and sermons; sports stations that broadcast live baseball and football games; and stations that specialize in news programs and “talk shows,” where listeners call the station and discuss various topics. FM is used mostly for stations that specialize in music.The average lead pencil can draw a line that is almost 35 miles long or you can write almost 50,000 words in English with just one pencilThe Wright Brothers invented one of the first airplanes. It was called the Kitty Hawk.The worst industrial disaster in India occurred in 1984 in Bhopal the capital of Madhya Pradesh. A deadly chemical, methyl isocyanate leaked out of the Union Carbide factory killing more than 2500 and leaving thousands sick. In fact the effects of this gas tragedy are being felt even today.Mars is nicknamed the “Red Planet,” because it looks reddish in the night sky. Mars has 2 moons.Venus is nicknamed the “Jewel of the Sky.” Because of the greenhouse effect, it is hotter than Mercury, even though it’s not as close to the sun. Venus does not have a moon but it does have clouds of sulfuric acid! If you’re going to visit Venus, pack your gas mask!Tens of thousands of participants come from all over the world, fight in a harmless battle where more than one hundred metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes are thrown in the streets.Awards of FIFA World Cup Football-2010.The Adidas Golden Shoe Award – Thomas Mueller (Germany)Adidas Golden Ball Award – Diego Forlan (Uruguay) [The award is given to the Player of the tournament.]Adidas Golden Glove Award – Iker Casillas (Spain) [The award is given for best goal keeper]Best Young Player Award – Thomas Mueller (Germany)The FIFA Fair Play Award – Spain.Last Man of the Match – Andres Iniesta (Spain)Diego Forlan (Uruguay)- 2010 ESPY Award Winners:BEST MALE ATHLETE: Drew Brees, NFLBEST FEMALE ATHLETE: Lindsey Vonn, SkiingBEST PLAY: Brett Favre, VikingsESPY PERSEVERANCE AWARD: George Karl, NuggetsBEST CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE: Drew BreesBEST BREAKTHROUGH ATHLETE: Chris Johnson, TennesseeBEST RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE: Isner vs. Mahut at WimbledonBEST UPSET: Northern Iowa shocks No. 1 Kansas, Men’s BasketballBEST MOMENT: Landon Donovan World Cup vs. AlgeriaBEST TEAM: New Orleans SaintsUNDER PRESSURE AWARD: Landon Donovan World Cup vs. AlgeriaBEST SPORTS MOVIE: The Blind SideBEST COACH/MANAGER: Phil Jackson, Los Angeles LakersBEST NFL PLAYER: Drew Brees, New OrleansBEST MLB PLAYER: Albert Pujols, St. LouisBEST NBA PLAYER: Kobe Bryant, LA LakersBEST DRIVER: Jimmie JohnsonBEST NBA PLAYER: Kobe Bryant, LA LakersBEST WNBA PLAYER: Diana Taurasi, PhoenixBEST FIGHTER: Floyd MayweatherBEST MALE GOLFER: Phil MickelsonBEST FEMALE GOLFER: Lorena OchoaBEST MALE TENNIS PLAYER: Roger FedererBEST FEMALE TENNIS PLAYER: Serena WilliamsBEST MALE COLLEGE ATHLETE: John Wall, Kentucky BasketballBEST FEMALE COLLEGE ATHLETE: Maya Moore, Connecticut Women’s BasketballBEST MALE ACTION SPORT ATHLETE: Shaun White, SnowboardBEST FEMALE ACTION SPORT ATHLETE: Torah Bright, SnowboardingBEST JOCKEY: Calvin BorelBEST MALE ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY: Steve CashBEST FEMALE ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY: Amy Palmiero-WintersBEST BOWLER: Walter Ray Williams Jr.BEST MALE US OLYMPIC ATHLETE: Shaun White, SnowboardingBEST FEMALE US OLYMPIC ATHLETE: Lindsey Vonn, SkiingBEST MLS PLAYER: Landon Donovan, Los AngelesBEST TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETE: Usain Bolt