FRIEND in different lanaguages

Who Was The Author Of 'Buddha Charita' ?

Ans : (Asvaghosha).

Buddha Lived Approximately At The Same Time As Confucius.

FRIEND in different lanaguages...

Iranian - DOST
German - FREUND
Herbew - CHAVER
French - AMi
Pinoy - KAiBiGAN
Dutch - VREND
Mexican - AMiGO

Vitamin K

Blood pressure is measured by an instrument called Sphygmomanometer.

Vitamin K is required by the liver for normal formation of prothombin.

Which is The Capital Of European Union ?

Brussels

Which Sea is To The West Of Belgium ?

North Sea

Three mistakes of my Life

The US-Based Pop Music Queen Who Won 6 Garammy Awards During Her Lifetime Who Died Recently ?

Ans-Whitney Houston

The Blue Revolution Is Related With Fish Production.

Books of Chetan Bhagat:

One Night at the Call Center

Two States

Three mistakes of my Life

Five Point Someone

Revolution 2020

24

Crackpot
Definition: (noun)

A whimsically eccentric person.

Synonyms: fruitcake, nut case, screwball, crank.

According to Standard time zone classification, the earth is divided into how many time zones?

24.

Ten Degree Channel

Which waterbody seprates the Andaman Islands from the Nocibar Islands ?

Ten Degree Channel.

Where did the All India Muslim League adopt the Pakistan resolution, the demand for separate sovereign state for Muslims, on 23 March1940 ?

Lahore.

The Andes (South America) is the longest continental mountain (about 7,000 km long) range in the world. Aconcagua is the highest mountain in it.

ermanent hardness of water

Permanent hardness of water is due to the presence of Calcium sulphate

Tea wil cool most easily in Clay cup.

Who Has Been Described By Elliot As The 'Akbar Of The Sultanate' ?

Ans:(Firoz Tughlaq).

Mohammad-Bin-Tughlaq Was Proficient In Music.

Water Gas

Short-handed

Definition: (adjective)

Lacking the usual or necessary number of workers, employees, or assistants.

Synonyms: undermanned.

Ocean Salinity = 3.5%

Longest Animal Cell - Neuron

THIOKOL - Synthetic Rubber

WATER GAS - Mixture of Carbon Monoxide &   Hydrogen

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOOGLE

Unless your name is Google,
Stop acting like you know everything. :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOOGLE...... it's Google's 14th b'day..! :))

The longest word used by Shakespeare

The longest word used by Shakespeare is HONORIFICABILITUDINITATIBUS which means "thestate of being able to achieve
honours" It is mentioned by thecharacter Costard in Act V, Scene I of Love's Labour's Lost.

Whom God Loves, Die Young

Who Wrote Whom God Loves, Die Young' ?

(A) Keats
(B) Shelley
(C) Byron
(D) Wordsworth

Ans : (C)

Impostor

Definition: (noun)

A person who makes deceitful pretenses.

Synonyms: pseudo, role player, sham, pretender, fraud, fake.

Goal

Mount Everest has a 3G mobile Internet.

Which was the first Indian company to list on the Nasdaq in 1999 ?

Infosys

'Goal' is the autobiography of which Indian sportsman ?

Dhyan Chand

Land of Thunderbolt

As per the latest statement of UGC Chairman, the number of universities & University level institutions in India is 511 Colleges-31,324

Who was the first US president to visit India in Dec 1959 ?
Dwight Eisenhower.

'Land of Thunderbolt' is the nickname of which Asian country ?
Bhutan

First STD IN INDIA

First Subscriber Trunk Dialing(STD) in India in 1960 betweven ?

A.Delhi& Mumbai
B.Calcutta&Mumbai
C.Kanpur&Lucknow
D.Nagpur& Pune

Ans:C

Name the Mughal emperor whose death was kept secret for 17 days ?

Humayun

Which highway today was the Grand Trunk Road of Sher Shah ?

NH-2.

CCTV

Closed-circuit television (CCTV) is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY:

Daughter of East-Benazir Bhutto

My music,My life-Pandit Ravi Shankar

Freedom in Exile-DalaiLama

My Reminiscences-RN Tagor

Transcendental Meditation

Which Indian spiritual guru introduced Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique ?

Mahesh Yogi.

The Union Territory of Puducherry (old name - Pondicherry) falls under the jurisdiction of which High Court ?

Madras High Court

The System Of Judicial Review

Bromine Gas Turns Starch Iodine Paper Blue.

Photographic Plates Are Coated With A Film Of AgBr.

The Radioactive Noble Gas Is Rn.

Who Is The Custodian Of Indian Constitution ?

Ans : (Supreme Court).

The System Of Judicial Review Exists In India & U.S.A.

25 ULTIMATE TIPS FOR BETTER LIFE!!!

25 ULTIMATE TIPS FOR BETTER LIFE!!!

1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. & while you walk, SMILE.
It is the ultimate antidepressant.

2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.

3. When you wake up in the morning, Thnx to God to give another day to live & Pray to ask God's guidance for your purpose, today.

4. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.

5. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, broccoli, and almonds.

6. Try to make at least three people smile each day.

7. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control.
Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

8. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.

9. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

10. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Forgive them for everything !

11. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

12.You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

13. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.

14. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

15. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

16. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: 'In five years, will this matter?'

17. Help the needy,Be generous ! Be a 'Giver' not a 'Taker'

18. What other people think of you is none of your business.

19. Time heals everything.

20. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

21. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

22. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

23. Each night before you go to bed ,Pray to God and Be thankful for what you'll accomplish, today !

24. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.

25.Fwd this to everyone on your list to help them lead a happier life..

Currency of Israel

How many years does the US President serve during one term ?

4 years.

Which is the currency of Israel ?

Shekel

The necktie was invented in Croatia and was originally part of military dress.

Which is the oldest para military force in India?

Assam Rifles.

Shoemaker

What African-American inventor received 5 patents in the field of shoemaking?

A.Elijah McCoy

B.Jan Ernst Matzeliger

C.Ernest Just

Ans-B

It travels over land and water

It travels over land and water.
Who invented the HOVERCRAFT ?

A. S. Sperrow

B. O. Stricheg

C. T. Henman

D. C. Cockerell

Ans-D

The birth place of Maharani Laxmi Bai

The birth place of Maharani Laxmi Bai, the heroine of the 1857 freedom struggle is ?

a. Agra
b. Jhansi
c.Varanasi
d. Lucknow

Ans:C

National Mathematical Day is observed on 9th November.

Which is the Capital of South Sudan?

Juba.

Largest Uranium Deposit

Tummalapally in Andhra Pradesh has recently came on the world map for its largest  Uranium deposits

Until 1991,
The computer which is responsible for the entire launch sequence of NASA's spaceships had only 1MB of ram.

Kino Scope

Who drafted the Declaration of American Independence ?

Thomas Jafferson(1776)

Steel=Iron+Chromium+Carbon+Nickel

Stainless Steel=Iron+Chromium+Carbn

TV set is also called Kino Scope

Albrt Einstein is from Germany

The US National Debt Is About $5.62 Trillion

Gormandize

Definition: (verb)

Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself.

Synonyms: binge, glut, gorge, ingurgitate, overeat, overindulge,

The US National Debt Is About $5.62 Trillion, If Bill Gates Was To Pay The Debt By Himself, He Will Finish It In Less Than 10 Years.

Human's 2nd Brain

Humans have a 2nd brain, inside the
stomach that controls moods & inner
functions.

Boxing is the only sport in which neitherthe spectators nor the participants know the score or the winner until the contest ends.

The six official languages of the United Nations

The six official languages of the United Nations (UN) are:

1) Arabic
2) Chinese (Mandarin)
3) English
4) French
5) Russian
6) Spanish

A Submarine Ridge

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) Centre set up at Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu in 1971. Director - S. C. Chetal.

There Is A Submarine Ridge In The Bay Of Bengal. What Is It Called ?

Ans:-
Ninety East Ridge.

The Largest Ocean Is Pacific Ocean.

Maximum Number Of Nobel Prize Awards

Humans cannot walk in a straight line without a visual point - When blindfolded, humans will gradually walk in a circle.

In Which Discipline United States Holds Maximum Number Of Nobel Prize Awards ?

Ans : (Medicine-Physiology).

Job Or Boss

The person who knows
"How To work"
will always have a job!

But The person who knows
"Why To work"
will always be the boss.!

Barfi

India's Deepika Kumari wins silver in Archery World Cup final.

'Barfi' is India's entry for Oscars in Foreign Language Film category.

Visage

Definition: (noun) The face or facial expression of a person.

Synonyms: physiognomy, smiler, kisser, phiz, countenance, mug.

Olympus Mons

Tim Berners Lee-Invented World Wide Web(www).

Ray Tomlinson invented-email.

Vint Cerf-Father of Internet.

Bob Kahn-created the TCP/IP.

Mars is the home of Olympus Mons, the largest known volcano in our solar system.

Lectern

Lectern

Definition: (noun)

Desk or stand wit a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer.

Synonyms: reading desk.

The Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) was passed in 1973 and came into force w.e.f. Jan 1, 1974.

GIF - Graphics Interchange Format.

Haumea

1789-William Herschel Discovers Mimas.

2008-The International Astronomical Union Classifies Haumea As The 5th Dwarf Planet In The Solar System.

Who Was The Man Of The Match Of The 1983 World Cup Final ?

Ans:-M. Amarnath.

The First Asian Games Were Held In New Delhi.

SARS

Severe acute respiratory syndrome
(SARS) is a serious form of pneumonia. It is caused by a virus
(SARS-CoV) that was 1st identified in
2003.

Polytene Chromosome was First
observed by E.G. Balbiani in 1881 in
salivary gland cells of Dipteran larvae.

Fastest supercomputer in world

Fastest supercomputer in world
"Sequoia" has computing speed of
16.32 petaflops,which is equal to 7.8 lakhs high-end laptops put together.

Computers : 1 petaflops computing speed equals to 1,000,000,000,000,000 instructions
(floating-point operations) per second.

Overzealous

Overzealous

Definition: (adjective)

Marked by excessive enthusiasm for & intense devotion to a cause or idea.

Synonyms: fanatical, rabid.

What is the full form of 'NSG'?

National Security Guards.

Sunita Williams

Sunita Williams takes over command at International Space Station,becomes the second womanto do so..

In The First Ever Test In 1877, Australia Beat England By 45 Runs.. 100 Years Later,
In The Centenary Test, The Result Was Exactly The Same.

Don't Judge Anyone

Life doesn't get easier, you just get
stronger!

Don't judge me unless you have
walked in my footsteps,danced in my shoes, or lived in my world!

Ashoka

Bemoan

Definition: (verb)

Regret strongly.

Synonyms: bewail, deplore, lament.

The term 'Asoka' means ?

I am without Sorrow.

Upanishad

Long-winded

Definition: (adjective)

Using or containing too many words.

Synonyms: verbose, wordy, tedious, windy.

What is the meaning of the word
'Upanishad'?

Sitting by the side of Guru.

Follow your Passion

Follow your heart,but always take your brain with you. :)

Your Voice to me is BETTER than all my favorite songs...!

Passion is knowing exactly what you
want and never stopping until you
have it.!! :)

Last Operating Nuclear Reactor

Which Country Closed Its Last
Operating Nuclear Reactor In May
2012 ?

Japan

"The Google Story" Is A Book By ?

David A. Vise And Mark Malseed

World Ozone Day

Polytene Chromosome was 1st observed by E.G. Balbiani in 1881 in salivary gland cells of Dipteran larvae.

December 23 - Farmers Day.

In 1994, the UN General Assembly
voted to designate Sept 16 as "World Ozone Day".

Vitamin D is produced in the skin by ultraviolet light.

Are You lefty or Righty

Godwin Austin (K2) Is The Highest
Mountain Peak Of India

Wular Lake (Kashmir) Is The Largest Fresh Water Lake Of India

Dogs and cats, like humans, are
either right or left handed.

All Polar bears are left-handed.

Waterproof Rubber

Acetylene Gas Was Invented By
Berthelot Of France In 1862

Waterproof Rubber Was Invented By Charles Macintosh Of Britain In 1823

Windows 3.1

When Window 3.1 Was Launched, 3
Million Copies Were Sold In The First Two Months.

The Pentium III Processor Was
Launched In 1999.
It Enhanced Performance Of
Advanced Applications.

Cry, The Peacock

The NASDAQ is an American stock exchange "NASDAQ" originally stood for "National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
Quotations".

Bad Loans In Banking Terminology
Are Generally Known As NPAs.

Who Wrote The Book, Cry, The Peacock ?

Ans:- Anita Desai.

The Shade Of Swords Is A Book
Written By M.j. Akbar.

The Richest People In The World 2012

The Richest People In The World 2012

1 Carlos Slim

2 Bill Gates

3 Warren Buffett

4 Bernard Arnault

5 Amancio Ortega

6 Lawrence Ellison

Hackbut

Hackbut

Definition: (noun)

An obsolete firearm with a long barrel.

Synonyms: arquebus, hagbut, harquebus.

Apple

Dolphins can swim and sleep at the
same time.

4% of an apples is made up of
minerals and vitamins, and over 80% is made up of water

Henchman

Henchman

Definition: (noun)

Someone who assists in a plot.

Synonyms: collaborator, partner in crime, confederate.

In what shape is the medal of the
Bharat Ratna award designed ?

Peepul Leaf

The First Email

Pelagic Deposits Consist Of Organic
Ooze Materials.

The Deepest Ocean In The World Is The Pacific Ocean.

The First Email Was Sent In 1972 To Someone In Another Room.
The Message Was "QWERTY".

Robert Heath Dennard, Of The IBM T J Watson Research Center, Was The Inventor Of RAM.

The First Video Game

India Reached The Final Of The Davis Cup For The First Time In 1966.

The First Video Game Was Made By
Willy Higgins Botham.

Diamonds for Forever

The word "Diamond" comes from
the Greek word "Adamas" and this
means"unconquerable and indestructible. ."

Petiole & Habitant

Petiole

Definition: (noun)

The slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf.

Synonyms: leafstalk.

Habitant

Definition: (noun)

A person who inhabits a particular place.
Synonyms: denizen, dweller.

The speed of Thought

Which IT entrepreneur authored the book Business at the speed of
thought ?

(A) Bill Gates
(B) Larry Ellison
(C) Michael Dell

Answer-A

The Island Of Corsica

The Island Of Corsica Is Associated With ?

Napolean Bonaparte.

The Earlier Name Of Surinam Was
Dutch Guyana.

About Mark Zuckenberg

Mark Zuckenberg's 28% Share In Facebook Means He'll Worth More Than $29 Billion.
He's Only In His Mid-20's.

Microsoft and Apple

The Average Human Spends 30% Of Their Life Sleeping, 10% Watching T.V & 14% installing Apple Software Updates.

Microsoft Currently Employees 88,180 People Who Work Across 32,404,796 Square Feet Of Microsoft's Premises Over 50,000 Of Which Are U.S Based.

The record of book stolen from Public Libraries

There are only two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."

The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

Sr. Vice president of World Bank

Which among the following latitude line (also called circle) passes through the India ?

Tropic of Cancer

Kaushik Basu was appointed as chief Economist & Sr. Vice President of World Bank, He will took charges from 1st Oct 2012

90% Of Our Technology

90% Of Our Technology, Upon Which We Base So Much Of Our Modern Lifestyle, Was Created Within The Last 150 Years.


Over 175 Million Copies Of Microsoft Were Sold In First 9 Months Of Windows 7 Launch.
That Comes To 175000000/9*30= Approx. 648148 Copies.

The St. Gotthard Tunnel

In 1980,The St. Gotthard Tunnel Opens In Switzerland As The World's Longest Highway Tunnel At 16.224 Km Stretching From Goschenen To Airolo.

Rakesh Sharma, India's 1st man to go into space,was ____ cosmonaut to be in space in the world

A.12th

B.107th

C.139th

D.151st



Ans-(C)

WWF-N

Minus 40 degrees Celsius is exactly the same as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.

Logo Of WWF-N Is Red Pand.

Stethoscopoe Was Invented By Lanni.

Blood Group Is Discovered By Landstine.

The Mona Lisa

The Barbie doll's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.

Babies are born without knee caps - actually,
they're made of cartilage and the bone hardens between the ages of 2 and 6 years.

Lions cannot Roar

Which among the following latitude line (also called circle) passes through the India ?

Tropic of Cancer

The India receives its major rainfall from which monsoon ?

South-West Monsoon.







Lions cannot roar until they reach the age of two.

Antimicrobial & Glister

Antimicrobial
Definition: (noun)
An agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease.

Glister
Definition: (noun) The quality of shining with a bright reflected light.
Synonyms: glitter, sparkle, scintillation.

With which sport are the 'Thomas Cup', 'Uber Cup' and 'Sudirman Cup' tournaments associated with Badminton

Uranus

Uranus is the coldest place in the Solar System.
Uranus' Temperature can drop to -224 C, which is less than -371 F.

In The 1980's, An IBM Computer Wasn't Considered 100% Compatible Unless It Could Run Microsoft Flight Simulator.

World Maritime Day

When Is World Maritime Day. Recognized By The UN Is Observed ?

 Ans:-"During Last Week Of September".

Who Composed The Gayatri Mantra ?
Ans: Vishwamitra.

Author Of 'Nayaya Sutra' Was Gautam.

The Word Aryan Means Of Good Family.

Heterotrophs

The First Organism Were
Heterotrophs.

Thomas Edison Patents The
Kinetoscope The First Movie Projector.

The Only Sanctuary Where Kashmir
Stag Is Found Is Dachigam.

Water

97% of the earth's water is in the
oceans, 2% is frozen in glaciers,
Remaining 1% supplies water to all the humans in the world.

Humans can live without food for
over a month, but a person can not
live without water for more then a
week.

Mother of all European languages

Sanskrit is the mother of all European languages.
It is the best suited language for computer software (Forbes magazine,July 1987).

Susruta is known as the father of
surgery, performing complex
surgeries as many as 2600 years ago.

Banks Basics Terms

ICTC - Integrated Counseling and
Testing Centre.

RTGS - Real Time Gross Settlement.

NEFT - National Electronic Funds
Transfer.

Satellite Navigation System

Cricket has been a competitive sport only once at the Olympics in which year ?

1900

Satellite Navigation System

GPS-Global Positioning System-USA

Compass navigation system-China

Galileo positioning systm-EU

GLONASS-Russia

Indubitable

Indubitable

Definition: (adjective)

To obvious to be doubted.

Synonyms: veritable,
undeniable, indisputable, irrefutable, unquestionable,

World's widest road is in Brazil.160
cars can drive side by side.

Which is the oldest para military force in India ?

Assam Rifles.

Presentment & Eyestrain

Presentment

Definition: (noun)

A show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view.

Synonyms: demonstration.

Eyestrain

Definition: (noun)

A tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem.

The Nile River

It takes about three hours for food to be broken down in the human stomach.

There are more than 640 muscles in the human body.

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

The Nile river is 6,690 kilometers long.

Caravansary

Caravansary

Definition: (noun)

An inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.

Synonyms: khan.

Cockpit of Europe

Which is the only breed of dog that
can't bark ?

Basenji

Which country is popularly known as
the 'Cockpit of Europe' ?

Belgium

Atom Replaced

Every year about 98% of atoms in your body are replaced.

The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples

The verb "cleave"

The verb "cleave" is the only English
word with two synonyms which are
antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.