German port of Hamburg

The Second India Africa forum summit was held at Ethiopia and
The First was held in New Delhi in 200.


The tiger population of India is 1706.


The German port of Hamburg lies near the mouth of which major European river ?

Ans : Elbe


Largest coffee growing country in the world is Brazil

FM

With reference to Radio broadcasting,
what is the full form of 'FM' ?

Frequency Modulation.




Sophophobia is the fear of learning.


Shakespeare invented the word "assassination"&"bump."


A honey bee has four wings.

Charmer

Thin-skinned

Definition: (adjective)

Quick to take offense.

Synonyms: huffy, touchy, feisty.


Charmer

Definition: (noun)

Someone with an assured & ingratiating manner.

Synonyms: smoothie, sweet talker.

Ancient Dockyard

Which Site Of The Indus Valley Civilization Had An Ancient Dockyard ?

 Ans-Lothal



About PUCL:

FullForm- People's Union for Civil Liberties.

Founder- Jayaprakash Narayan, a Gandhian leader.

Founded-1976.

Aim-People's Rights.



Top 5 Temples of India

Khajuraho(M.P)

Somnath(Gujarath)

Kashi Viswanath(U.P)

Jagannath(Orissa)

Tirupati Balaji(A.P)

SUGAR

Which element is not present in Sugar ?

A)Carbon

B)Oxygen

C)Hydrogen

D)Nitrogen


ANS:D


LIC WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1956

Nuclear Reactors

There are two nuclear reactors of France Co. Areva in Jaitpura (Maharashtra).

URUGUAY has won 15th COPA AMERICAN CUP

World's Oldest Underground Railway

World's largest car making company- GENERAL MOTORS,USA

World's oldest underground railway
at-LONDON

Atomic numbers invented by
'Moseley' of britain in 1913

Bleaching powder invented by
'tennant' of Britain in 1798

Fear of Cancer

Which Sultan Of Delhi Was The First To Charge 'Ghari' Or Housetax ?

Alauddin Khalji.

Syed Salar Mela Is Held In Bahraich.

Queen of the Adriatic ?

Venice

Fear of cancer ?

Carcinophobia.

Question Hour

First hour of every parliamentary
sitting in India is slotted for Question Hour

G.K. Gokhale is papularly known as
'Socrates of Maharastra'

India was elected to the 47 Nation
US HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL along
with 14 other nations

Titan

Titan, the only moon (natural.satellite) known to have a dense atmosphere, is the largest moon of which planet ?

Saturn

Live for 1500 years

In the Sahara Desert,there is a town
named Tidikelt,
which did not receive a drop of rain for 10 years.

An olive tree can live up to 1500 years.

Physiography means the description of the physical relief features of a country.

Black Soil - is also known as Regur
soil or Cotton soil.

Ayurveda

Japanese research has concluded that moderate drinking can boost IQ levels

Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems ?

Vinod Khosla

Ayurveda is the earliest school of
medicine known to humans.

Epigram

Epigram

Definition: (noun)

A witty, often paradoxical remark, concisely expressed.

Synonyms: quip.

Biology

The word Biology was coined in 1805 by Jean Baptiste Lamarck.

Karate actually originated in India,
but was developed further in China.

CHIMERA means a horrible or unreal creature of the imagination.
A vain or idle fancy.

Famous Japanese Thought

Always Keep Hoping for Good,
As the Famous Japanese thought Says:-

"Keep a Green tree in your heart, the birds will Automatically Come..!!"

When Was Z3 computer Introduced In Berlin ?

12 May 1941

When Did Dell Purchased Alienware ?

8 May 2OO6

Famous Japanese Thought

Always Keep Hoping for Good,
As the Famous Japanese thought Says:-

"Keep a Green tree in your heart, the birds will Automatically Come..!!"

When Was Z3 computer Introduced In Berlin ?

12 May 1941

When Did Dell Purchased Alienware ?

8 May 2OO6

Acrobatics

What is known as the study about
Sports and Games ?

Acrobatics

Who dismissed Don Bradman in his last Test innings ?

Eric Hollies

Diabetes

Deficiency of insulin causes Diabetes mellitus.
Controlled dose of insulin & sugar
free diet are best preventive measures for diabetes mellitus.

Auxins were discovered by Went in 1928.
He experimented with coleoptile tips of Avena (oats).

Gibberellins were discovered by
Kurusowa.

Advanced Encryption Standard

The [AES] Advanced Encryption Standard,
Specifies A FIPS-Approved Cryptographic Algorithm.
That Can Be Used To Protect Electronic Data.

Ascription

Ascription

Definition: (noun)

Assigning some quality or character to a person or thing.

Synonyms: attribution.

India has 45,000 plant species out of which 7,000 are edible. Awesome diversity.
No wonder has the world's largest number of vegetarians.

Powerful Moms

According to the Forbes list,
Who has ranked first in the World's 20 Most Powerful Moms ?

1. Hillary Clinton

2.Dilma Rousseff

3.IndraNooyi

6.SoniaGandhi

Insouciance

Insouciance

Definition: (noun)

Blithe lack of concern; nonchalance.
Synonyms: carefreeness, lightheartedness, lightsomeness.

Adrenaline

Great Shivaji got the title of
"CHHATTARPATI" In year 1666.

Next Olympic games will be held in
2012 in NEWYORK.


Which hormone,released when
danger threatens, is known as
Emergency hormone ?

Adrenaline

A group of tigers is called a streak

3GP

What does 3GP mean ?

3GP (3GPP file format) is a multimedia container format developed by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)

According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.

Cleopatra

Claptrap

Definition: (noun)

Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.

Synonyms: blah, bombast, fustian, rant.

Cleopatra married two of her brothers

Fabricate and Infest

Fabricate

Definition: (verb) Make up something artificial or untrue.

Synonyms: cook up, invent, manufacture.

Infest

Definition: (verb)

To inhabit or overrun in numbers or quantities large enough to be harmful, threatening, or obnoxious.
Synonyms: overrun.

I came alone and I am going alone

Who was the Mughal emperor to say 'I came alone and I am going alone' ?

Aurangazeb.

Diamond Harbour and Salt Lake city
are situated in Kolkat.

India's second Satellite,
Bhaskara-I Was Launched in 1979..
Bhaskara-II Was Launched in 1981.

Which states has maximum number of seats reserved for Schedule Tribes in Lok Sabha?

Madhya Pradesh.

Anti Terrorism Day

May 21 - Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in 1991, is also observed as Anti Terrorism Day in India.

World Ozone Day - Sept 16th

World Wildlife Protection Week -
October 2nd to 9th

Earth Day - April 22nd

World Water Day - March 22nd

Now, yoga, sports part of MBBS curriculum.

California

Top 3 tallest building in india

The Imperial, Mumbai - 60 Floors

Ashok Towers 1, Mumbai - 53 Floors

Planet Godrej Mumbai, 51 Floors

Who wrote d book 'Train To Pakistan' ?

Ans:Khushwant Singh

Which company was incorporated
as Radio Lamp Works in 1938 ?

Ans:Bajaj Electical

Which city in America is known as Rich and Famous ?

California.

24 Karat Gold

Ram Singh Chauhan of India is the proud owner of the world's longest
moustache,
officially recorded by Guinness World Records as 4.29m (14ft)long.

24 Karat Gold is not pure gold since there is a small amount of copper in it. Pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands.

Four Kings

Each king in a deck of cards
represents a great king from history.

Spades-King David

Clubs-Alexander

Hearts-Charlemagne

Diamonds-Julius Caesar

Dry Ice

Solid form of which gas is commonly known as 'Dry Ice' ?

Carbon dioxide

The world's oldest continuously operating Jewish ,
Synagogue,is in Kochi, Kerala,India!

On average, a person has 2 million
sweat glands.

4G

YOU share Your Birthday with at least 9 other million people in the world.

4G is the fourth generation of cell
phone mobile communications standards.
4G service at 100 megabits per
second ( Mbit/s)

Raid System

Raid System:

It Is Parallel Set Of Disk Drives Which Is Operated By OS As Single Logical Drive

R-eduntant
A-rrays
I-ndependent
D-isks
S-ystem

Siachen

Siachen is known as World's highest conflict Zone.

The No. of judges,including
Chief Justice when the Supereme
Court of India was set up is 8.

The longest traffic jam was recorded in china.
The length was 260 kms.

First British Governor General of
India Lord William Bentinck.

SUCCESS QUOTE

India largest importer of arms surpassing China.

Google to launch Android Jellybean device by December.

Virus Alert: Wikipedia ads are Malware

SUCCESS QUOTE :

Success is like your own shadow,
If you try to catch them you will never succeed,
Ignore it and WALK IN your own
way it will follow you..

Second longest glacier in the world

The 70 km-long Siachen glacier at border with Pakistan occupied.Kashmir, is the second longest glacier in the world outside the polar region.

The highest mountain in the world outside Asia is Aconcagua,in Andes,at 22,841 ft.But Himalaya has over 100 mountains over 23,600 ft!!!

Lowlife

Lowlife

Definition: (noun)

A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.

Synonyms: dirty dog, git, puke, rotter, scum bag, skunk

LAND OF MIDNIGHT SUN

In Which State Is The Female Literacy Lowest ?

(A) Bihar

(B) Orissa

(C) Rajasthan

(D) Jammu And Kashmir

Ans : (A)

LAND OF GOLDEN FLEECE ?

Ans:AUSTRALIA

LAND OF MIDNIGHT SUN ?

Ans:NORWAY

GREAT WHITE WAY ?

Ans:BRADWAY [NEWYORK]

FaceBook

FaceBook:

900mn Active Users

IND 2nd large in FB users( 1st US)

Not Popular in China, Japan, Russia, S.Korea

Avg Fb user has 130 friends

Facebook friends limit to one profile is 5000 friends

Find EDITORTARUN AND ADD HIM AS FB FRIEND HE HAS 5000+ Friends

Best Online Books Sites

Best Online Books Sites

Flipkart

Infibeam

Dial-a-Book

Bookadda

Friends of Books

Indiatimes Shopping

eBay

Junglee

uRead

A Forgotton Empire

The Historian Robert Sewell Has Written A Book Entitled 'A Forgotton Empire' What Was The Name Of The Empire ?

-Vijayanagar Empire

NASDAQ

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

"A snail can sleep for 3 years."

NASDAQ - National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations.

NASSCOM - National Association of Software and Services Companies.

All penguins live south

In humans, the epidermal layer of
skin, which consists of many layers of skin regenerates every 27 days.

All penguins live south of the equator

In which pilgrimage city of India would you come across the world's longest corridor ?

Rameshwaram

Who created the first Portable
Computer ?

Adam

Seoul The capital city of Korea

The city of Seoul has been the capital city of Korea for more than 600 years

A cow releases about 125 gallons of
gas per day.

Great White sharks have about 3,000 teeth.

Infants spend more time dreaming
than adults do.

Illusionist

Illusionist

Definition: (noun)

Someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience.

Synonyms: conjurer, magician, prestidigitator.

Uncopyrightable

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating its letters is "Uncopyrightable".

Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.

Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air.

The Great Victoria Desert

Sound travels Fifteen Times faster through steel than through air.

The Great Victoria Desert Is Located
In Australia.

The Light Of Distant Stars Is Affected By Earth's Atmosphere And Inter steller Dust.

Highest Mobile Phone users Countries

Highest Mobile Phone users

1.China
2.USA
3.Japan
4.Germany
5.India
6.Brazil
7.Russia
8.UK
9.France
10.Italy

TWO Operating Space Stations

Right now we have only TWO
Operating Space Stations.

1)InternationalSpaceStation(ISS)[By
USA/Russia /ESA/Canada/Japan]

2)Tiangong(China) .

Mercaptan added in LPG to detect
leakage

Top 5 hotspots of biodiversity

Top 5 hotspots of biodiversity.

1)Amazon Rain Forest

2)Congo Basin

3)New Guinea

4)North American Deserts

5)Miombo-Mopane woodlands & Savannah.

United Nations

The Name "United Nations" coined by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt first. used in the Declaration by United Nations of 1st Jan 1942 during WW II.

Poverty is the worst form of Violence

Who said "Poverty is the worst form
of Violence" ?

Mahtma Gandhi.

Which is the master gland of human
body ?

Pituitary gland.

Which disease is known as 'Royal Disease' ?

Haemophilia.

What is the fullform of 'NCERT' ?

National Council of Educational
Research and Training.

Nuptial

Nuptial

Definition: (adjective)
Of or relating to a wedding

Synonyms: bridal, spousal.

City of angels

Thailand's capital Bangkok means
city of angels.

Spain's capital Madrid means place of abundant water.

France's capital Paris means the
working people.

Who used my PC ?

To Know Who Used Your PC In Your
Absence ?

Goto:
+Start
+Run
+Type: eventvwr.msc

Know Whatever Has Done In Your
Absence.

Computer Basic

TCP/IP-Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

DOS-Disk Operating System

ROM-Read Only Memory

PROM-Programmable Read Only
Memory

Groundbreaking

Groundbreaking

Definition: (adjective)

Being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before.

Synonyms: innovative.

K2

Due to precipitation, for a few weeks, K2 is taller than Mt. Everest.

Astronauts get taller when they are in space.

Bottom of the Earth

If you dug a well to the centre of the Earth and dropped a brick in it,
It would take 45 minutes to get to the bottom -  4 Thousand miles down.

Australian Open

Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments

Cuba is known as the Sugar Bowl of
the world

Salman Rushdie is the Author of
'Midnight childrens'

Headquarters of UNICEF is in New
York

Lima is the Capital of Peru

Verdure

Verdure

Definition: (noun)

The lushappearance of flourishing vegetation.

Synonyms: greenness.

Great Britain

Great Britain was the first country to issue postage stamps in 1840

Nerve cells can travel as fast as 120 metres per second

Trust Card

'Trust Card' has been launched by anorganisation to make consumer's
payment more easier.
The organisation is BSNL.

As per India State of Forest Report 2011,
the State having the maximum forest area is Madhya Pradesh

The biological death

The biological death of a patient
means the death of tissues of the ?

Brain

Housefly spreads  Flu.

Which Country Stands first In Maize
Production ?

America

The Maximum Labour Oriented Industry In India Is Cotton Industry

Our Behavior

Behaviour is greater than knowledge,
Because there are many situations
where our knowledge may fail,
but our behaviour can handle that very well.

A Wonderful and Versatile Chemicals


1. If you drop a whole egg on the floor, pour salt all over the egg, let it sit for awhile, then use dustpan, the egg will come right up, without all that mess.
2. Soak stained hankies in salt water before washing.
3. Sprinkle salt on your shelves to keep ants away.
4. Soak fish in salt water before descaling; the scales will come off easier.
5. Put a few grains of rice in your saltshaker for easier pouring.
6. Add salt to green salads to prevent wilting.
7. Test the freshness of eggs in a cup of salt water; fresh eggs sink bad ones float.
8. Add a little salt to your boiling water when cooking eggs; a cracked egg will stay in its shell this way.
9. A tiny pinch of salt with egg whites makes them beat up fluffier.
10. Soak wrinkled apples in a mildly salted water solution to perk them up.
11. Rub salt on your pancake griddle and your flapjacks won't stick.
12. Soak toothbrushes in salt water before you first use them; they will last longer.
13. Use salt to clean your discolored coffee pot.
14. Mix salt with turpentine to whiten you bathtub and toilet bowl.
15. Soak your nuts in salt brine overnight and they will crack out of their shells whole. Just tap the end of the shell with a hammer to break it open easily.
16. Boil clothes pins in salt water before using them and they will last longer.
17. Clean brass, copper and pewter with paste made of salt and vinegar, thickened with flour.
18. Add a little salt to the water your cut flowers will stand in for a longer life.
19. Pour a mound of salt on an ink spot on your carpet; let the salt soak up the stain.
20. Clean your iron by rubbing some salt on the damp cloth on the ironing surface
21. Adding a little salt to the water when cooking foods in a double boiler will make the food cook faster.
22. Use a mixture of salt and lemon juice to clean piano keys.
23. To fill plaster holes in your walls, use equal parts of salt and starch, with just enough water to make stiff putty.
24. Rinse a sore eye with a little salt water.
25. Mildly salted water makes an effective mouthwash. Use it hot for a sore throat gargle.
26. Dry salt sprinkled on your toothbrush makes a good tooth polisher.
27. Use salt for killing weeds in your lawn.
28. Eliminate excess suds with a sprinkle of salt.
29. A dash of salt in warm milk makes a more relaxing beverage.
30. Before using new glasses, soak them in warm salty water for a while.
31. A dash of salt enhances the taste of tea.
32. Salt improves the taste of cooking apples.
33. Soak your clothesline in salt water to prevent your clothes from freezing to the line; likewise, use salt in your final rinse to prevent the clothes from freezing.
34. Rub any wicker furniture you may have with salt water to prevent yellowing.
35. Freshen sponges by soaking them in salt water.
36. Add raw potatoes to stews and soups that are too salty.
37. Soak enamel pans in salt water overnight and boil salt water in them next day to remove burned-on stains.
38. Clean your greens in salt water for easier removal of dirt.
39. Gelatin sets more quickly when a dash of salt is added.
40. Fruits put in mildly salted water after peeling will not discolor.
41. Fabric colors hold fast in salty water wash.
42. Milk stays fresh longer when a little salt is added.
43. Use equal parts of salt and soda for brushing your teeth.
44. Sprinkle salt in your oven before scrubbing clean.
45. Soaked discolored glass in a salt and vinegar solution to remove stains.
46. Clean greasy pans with a paper towel and salt.
47. Salty water boils faster when cooking eggs.
48. Add a pinch of salt to whipping cream to make it whip more quickly.
49. Sprinkle salt in milk-scorched pans to remove odor.
50. A dash of salt improves the taste of coffee.
51. Boil mismatched hose in salty water and they will come out matched.
52. Salt and soda will sweeten the odor of your refrigerator.
53. Cover wine-stained fabric with salt; rinse in cool water later.
54. Remove offensive odors from stove with salt and cinnamon.
55. A pinch of salt improves the flavor of cocoa.

Sailfish

The lifespan of 75 percent of wild birds is 6 months.

The sailfish can swim at the speed of 109 km/h, making it the fastest
swimmer.

Anteroom

Anteroom

Definition: (noun)
A large entrance or reception room or area.

Synonyms: foyer, lobby, vestibule, hall.

Galileo

"India House" is located in-London.

Mount Merapi is in Indonesia.

Marie Curie discovered the radioactive element radium.

Biro Brothers invented the BALLPOINT PEN.

Galileo invented the Thermometer.

Sir Frank Whittle invented Jet Engine.

Akshay Kumar Real Name

How do we better know film actor
Rajeev Bhatia ?

Akshay Kumar

Which architect designed the city of
Chandigarh ?

Le Corbusier

Inventor of Internet

Which British computer scientist invented the WWW,
popularly known as Internet ?

Answer:- Tim Berners-Lee

Venus

China has more English speakers
than the United States.

Venus is the only planet that rotates
clockwise.

A Brief History of Time

Who authored the book 'A Brief History of Time' ?

Stephan Hawking

Which is the longest National
Highways in India ?

Varanasi- Kanyakumari (NH7)

Immerse

Immerse

Definition: (verb) Devote (oneself) fully to.

Synonyms: engross, engulf, steep, soak up, absorb, plunge.

Thomas Edison designed a helicopter that would work with gunpowder.
It ended up blowing up and also blew up his factory.

World Athletics Day

May 5 - World Athletics Day

Father of English Poetry-
Geoffery Chaucer

Father of Aviation-
Sir George Cayley

Father of Immunology-
Edward Jenner

Domain Names

90 million - .COM domain names at
end of 2011

14 million - .NET domain names at
end of 11

9 million - .ORG domain names at
end of 11

The Recommended Daily Water Requirement

The Recommended Daily Water Requirement For sanitation, bathing, cooking and consumption is Approximately 50 litres per person per day.

Save Water

Pearl of the Day

Pearl of the Day:

Language has a Great Impact:

Those who Speak Harsh Can't Sell
Honey and
Those Who Speak Sweet can Even Sell Chilies..!!

Think twice speak once.

Multitudinous

Multitudinous

Definition: (adjective)

To numerous to be counted.

Synonyms: innumerable, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumbered, countless,

The Blackbird

The Blackbird holds the record for the fastest manned airbreathing jet aircraft, hitting a max speed of 2193 miles (3529 Kilometers) per hour.

Father of Sunday Newspapers- John Bell

Father of Chemistry- Robert Boyle

Father of Canada- Jacques Cartier

Dewy-eyed

Dewy-eyed

Definition: (adjective)

Naive, innocent, or trusting, especially in a romantic or childlike way.

Synonyms: childlike, simple.

The New York Stock Exchange

Neptune was the 1st planet in our solar system to be discovered by mathematics.

The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.

There are over one hundred billion galaxies with each galaxy having billions of stars.

Water expands 9% when it is frozen.

Unlooked-for

Unlooked-for

Definition: (adjective)

Not anticipated.

Synonyms: out of the blue, unforeseen.

Almost 4 million people die each
year from water related diseases

98% of water related deaths occur in the developing world

Bill Gates

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

44 Percent of kids watch TV before
They go to sleep.

Bill Gates began programming computers at age 13

10% of the Russian government's
income comes from the sale of vodka.

The Sentence

The Sentence

"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"
Uses every letter(A toZ ) in the english language.

BlueBird

Bluebird is the international symbol of happiness

Jolly Roger is called the pirate's flag with the skull and cross-bones

Professor Amartya Sen is famous in which of the fields ?

A.Biochemistry
B.Electronics
C.Economics
D.Geology

Ans-C

Sufferable

Sufferable

DEFINITION: (adjective)

Capable of being borne though unpleasant.

SYNONYMS: bearable, endurable,
supportable.

The letter E

The letter most in use in the English language is "E" and the letter "Q" is least used.

The Chinese language doesn't require punctuation.

"Stewardesses" is the longest word that can be typed withonly the left hand.

Language with the most words:
English, approx. 2.5 Lakh distinct words.

There are 42 Thousand different spoken languages in the world today.

The Unquiet American

Books - Authors

Rebirth-Jahnavi Barua

River of Smoke-Amitav Ghosh

The Wander Falcon-Jamil Ahmad

The Unquiet American-Derek Chollet