Happy New Year 2012

Be always at war with your vices,
at peace with your neighbors nd
let each new year find you a better
man.
Happy New Year 2012

Suez Canal

Who is the chairman of the Planning Commission ?

-Prime Minister

Which canal connects Mediterranean Sea with Red Sea ?

-Suez Canal

Always Natural

Mr. Beji Caid Sebsi has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Tunisia

' Always Natural' a new tourism
Slogan given by Maldives

Campaign ' Shiksha ka Haq'

Campaign ' Shiksha ka Haq' launched on National Education Day on the 11th november 2011 from Nuh of Mewat district of Haryana

Zenit-2 SB spacecraft

Zenit-2 SB spacecraft was sent for phobos grunt project (Soil from the phobos satellite of Mars) 
This operation was failed,it belongs to Russia
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10 Exercises to burn 200 calories daily

10 Exercises to burn 200 calories daily!-
 
Yoga
Dancing
Walking
Aerobics
Spinning 
Jump rope
Aero boxing
Hooping
Budokon
Qigong
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Deaths the world grieved over in 2011

Deaths the world grieved over in 2011

*Sathya Sai Baba
*MF Husain
*Amy Winehouse
*Shamm iKapoor
*AliKhan Pataudi
*Streve Jobs
*Dev Anand
*Jagjit Sing
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Mosquitoes and Sharks

1st postal stamp issued in India
July1,1852

Only female mosquitoes bite

Horses sleep standing up

Sharks are immune2all known
diseases

Plant and Moon

Plant and Moon

Mercury & Venus-No moons
Earth-1 moon
Mars-2 moons
Jupitr-63 moons
Saturn-62 mns
Uranus-27 moons
Neptune-13 moons.

Gandhiji Movement

Gandhiji Movements:

1917:Champaran
1918:Kheraa
1919:Roulath
1920-22:Non -helping, Khilaapath
1930:Salt sathyagrham
1942:Quit India Movement

Qazigund

Jharkhand State is at 17th Rank both in GDP & Child Rights

Qazigund in India having the
Highest Broad Gauge Railway Station

Majlis

Majlis is the Parliament of Maldives

SAARC Youth Award 2010 was given to Ms. Anoka Primrose Abeyrathen (Sri Lankan)

Spoken languages


Spoken languages
1. Mandarine : 1billion+
2. English : 508millions
3. Hindi : 497millions
4. Spanish: 392millions
5. Russian : 277millions


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Green Revolution

Who was the first Negro to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize ?
Ralph Bunche

In which country Green Revolution started ?
Mexico

Which state has the second highest literacy rate as per the provisional figures of the census 2011 ?
Ans:mizoram

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New PM of Greece

47th Jnanpith Award 2010 was given to Mr.Chandrashekhar Kambara (Kanada Writer)
New Prime Minister of Greece
-Mr. Lucas Papademos

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NASDAQ

NASDAQ-National Association of
Securities Dealers Automated
Quotation

NASSCOM-National Association of
Software and Service Companies

Gateway of India

Which Country Won This Year's Davis Cup ?

>Spain

When Was Gateway of India
Opened?

December 4 1924

Foundation Was Laid in March 1911

Prime Minister of Thailand

Ms.Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime
minister of Thailand will be the chief guest at Republic Day

New CM of Arunachal Pradesh-
Mr.Nabam Tuki

Shamsi Airbase

The Airbase, which Pakistan has
ordered to vacate within 15days,when the NATO forces wrongly killed about 24 Defence Personnel

-Shamsi Airbase

Pearl world cup

Conference of Parties (COP) -17 on
climate change was held in Durban

14 Countries participated in 2nd
Pearls world cup Kabaddi

Well known cities

City of joy:culcutta

Queen of Adriak & city of water:venice

Garden f England:kent

Manchester of East:Osaka

Twinkling Stars

The reason for twinkling stars is
Atmospheric Refelection

The disease 'scurvy' is caused due to the deficiency of Vitamin C

In Greek,'X ' means Christ,
this is the origin of the word X-Mas.

Eluminium

''Political action is the highest
responsibility of youth of the nation''

-John F. Kennedy

Eluminium can be purified by
Electrolysis

Richard Karlberg

NMIZ stands for National Manufacturing and Investment Zone

Richard Karlberg is associated with Golf

World Soccer player of the year

Who has been named World Soccer player of the year ?

-Lionel Messi.

Bank of Baroda selected as best
public sector bank in India.

Books and Authors

The future of india written by-Bimal Jalan
My country my life-L.K .Adwani
My country my people-Dalailama

ENGLISH VOCABULARY

ENGLISH:

Don't ask like 'In what class are you reading ?

Ask "What class do you read in ?

Don't ask What's ur good name ?

Ask "What's ur name ?

Akbar

Akbar born in 1542 at Amarkott
His deathplace Sikandra

Second panipat war fougt between
Akbar&Hemu in1556

COUNTRY CAPITAL

COUNTRY and CAPITAL

BRAZIL:Brasilia

CANADA:Ottawa

CHINA:Beijing

GREECE:Athens

INDIA: New delhi

JAPAN:Tokyo

Longest Canal of the world

Which is the longest canal of the
world ?

-China's Grand Canal(1795KM )

The tallest plant in the world is ?

-Coast Redwood

Crown Prince of Tata Empire

The Proposed Crown Prince of Tata
Empire is Mr. Syrus Mistry

At present there are 195 members in UNESCO

Merry Christmas

Joy resounds in the hearts of those
Who believe in the miracle of
Christmas! Wishing you peace,joy, and love of the season!
Merry Christmas

First royal convert to Buddhism

Who was the first royal convert to
Buddhism ?

-Ajatashatru

Head of University of Nalanda was the great Bengali scholar ?

-Sheela Bhadra.

Bank of International Settlements

In which city the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) located ?

Basel,Switzerland

World Meteorological Organisation located at: Geneva

The Sideral Revolution

The sideral revolution period of
Moon is 27Days 7Hours 43Minutes.

The Chartered Accountant Act in
India was passed in the Year 1949.

Ethnic groups in China

Miao, Manchu, Zhuang, Tujia, Yi are
ethnic groups found in China

The Basil D' Oliveira Trophy is
associated with Cricket

National Peoples Congress

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation established in New Delhi

National Peoples Congress is the
Supreme Legislative Body of China

The Golden Hand Shake

The Golden Hand Shake Scheme is
related to Voluntary Retirement

The Shiva Temple at Thanjavur was built by Rajaraja-The Great

Kyoto Protocol

Recently which country has joined
in World Trade Organization (WTO) ?

-Russia

Which country made an exit from
Kyoto Protocol ?

-Canada.

CONFIDENT

CONFIDENT is an adjective meaning 'trusting'.
Note the ending -ent.
ACONFIDANT (male) or CONFIDANTE (female) is someone you confide in.

Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2011

Which country is inside the
European Union but outside the
Eurozone ?

-Denmark.

Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2011:
ILA BHATT (Social Activist)

Gold production in India

Apart from Karnataka, which state has reported production of Gold in India ?

(A)Orissa
(B)Jharkhand
(C)Rajasthan
(D)Andhra

Ans: (B)

Top 7 Tablet PCs of 2011

Top 7 Tablet PCs of 2011

*Apple iPad 2
*Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
*Toshiba Thrive
*Sony Tablet S
*Lenovo Ideapad A1
*HP Touchpad
*RIM Playbook

First War of Indian Independence

The first war of Indian independence was ended in Gwalior on 20 th june 1858.

It was started in Meeruth on 10th May 1857.

*Please Save Water*

Insurance Regulation Authority

Idea of establishing Insurance
Regulation Authority was suggested
by Malhotra Committee

Kukadi Irrigation Project is in
Maharastra

COPRA

Ganesh Savarkar and Anant Kanhare were associated with Nashik Conspiracy

Consumer Protection Act(COPRA )
was enacted in 1986

Money Bill

Money Bill can be introduced in the
state legislature only on the
recommendation of The Governor.

Top 10 Countries with Longest Road Networks

Top 10 Countries with Longest Road
Networks

*USA
*INDIA
*China
*Brazil
*Japan
*Canada
*France
*Australia
*Spain

I Love Seeing Myself

Whenever you Meet me, Dont Look
Here and There, just Look into my
side, I Love Seeing Myself in your
Eyes.

Radial Democratic Party

The 1st Lokpal Bill was introduced in the Parliament in May 1968

Radial Democratic Party was formed by M.N. Roy in 1940

The Criminal Procedure Code

The President of India can only ratify (that is, cannnot reject or return) the Constitutional Amendment Bill

The Judiciary was seperated from the Executive in the public service by The Criminal Procedure Code( 1973)

First Prime Minister to lose an election

Who was the first prime minister to
lose an election ?

Ans: Indira Gandhi

"Faith is the fuel of victory".

India's Most googled Movies' 11

India's Most googled Movies' 11

Bodyguard
Ra One
Harry Potter
Delhi Belly
Singham
Ready
Mankatha
Transformer 3
Dookudu
ZNMD

India's most googled 2011

India's most googled 2011

Katrina
Anna Hazare
Salman Khan
Poonam Pandey
Justin Bieber
AishwaryaRai
Sachin
Kareena
Steve Jobs
PriyankaChopra

University of Calcutta

The angle between the two hands of
a clock at 9-30 hrs will be 105*

University of Calcutta founded in
1857

The President of International Olympic Committee

The President of International
Olympic Committee Is Jacques Rogge

The Finance Commission is
constituted by the President every
5 Years

Rio-de -Janeiro

The host city for 31st Olympic Games in 2016 is Rio-de -Janeiro

IOC- International Olympic
Committee

Open market Operation

Open market Operation is a part of
Credit Policy

M.S. Swaminathan gave the call for Evergreen Revolution

Willandra Lakes

Apatanis are the tribes found in
Arunachal Pradesh

Willandra Lakes Region-a unesco
Heritage site is located in Australia

Genoa

Mughal emperor Akbar divided his
empire into Twelve Provinces(Subas)

Genoa is leading seaport of Italy

Top bikes of 2011

Top bikes of 2011

*Honda VFR 1200F
*Bajaj Pulsr 220 DTS-i
*Harley Davidsn FLHTCUSE ULTRA
CLASSIC ELECTRA GLIDE
*Royal Enfild Thunderbird

Cold Wave

RLD Chief Ajit Singh Gets Civil
Aviation Ministry

ColdWave intensifies,26 dead so far in UP

Corruption mars Goa's 50th
liberation anniversary

Largest Lake in India

What is the percentage of India's
population in d world population?
-17.31%

Largest Lake in India is: Chilka

Highest Lake: Devatal (garhwal)

Anti-tank Missile Nag

Anti-tank Missile Nag was successfully tested in Hyderabad, AP

Lala Lajpat Rai was the founder of the All India Trade Union Congress

Headquarters of SAARC

Headquarters of SAARC is in
Kathmandu,Nepal

Chairman of SAARC is Mohamed
Nasheed

Article 368 is related to Constitutional Amendment

IPO

An initial issue of shares released by a bank which invites share contributions from public is called Initial Public Offier(IPO)

Prime Minister designate Of Egypt

Which bank became the 1st in India to be fully computerized?
-Bank of India

Who is the Prime Minister designate for Egypt?
-Kamal Ganzour

Kerala's coast

The coast that belongs to Kerala
is known as ?

(a) Konkan Coast
(b) Malabar Coast
(c) Coromandal coast
(d) Canara Coast

Ans: (B)

Hindukush Mountains

Hindukush Mountains Streches B/w
Central Afghanistan & Northern
Pakistan.

Its Highest Peak,

-Tirich Mir (7690m) is in Pakistan..

Gold Rates in Years

Gold Rates in Years

2000:4k
01:4520-5 k
02:5k
03:6k
04:6500
05:7600
06:8k -10k
07:10k- 11k
08:12k- 13k
09:14800-16500
10:21k- 21200
11:27k- 29500

Revolt

REvolt:-

Lokpal logjam: Anna Hazare
announces 'Jail Bharo' from Jan 1

Anna himself will lead protest
opposite Sonia, Rahul Gandhi's
residences

2011 Top Cars

2011 Top Cars

Maruti Swift
Hyundai Eon
Indica Vista
Honda Brio
Beat Diesel
Nissan Sunny
Tata Aria4X 2
Etios&Liva Diesel
Hyundai FluidicVerna

Article 26

Article 26 of the Constitution
provides freedom to manage religious affairs

Manipur, Tripura & Meghalaya were formed in 1972

Anti-polio vaccine

During Ninth Five Year Plan
(1997-2002 ) India register 5.5 %
Annual Growth Rate

Anti-polio vaccine is discovered by Jonas E. Salk

Tansen

Tansen, the greatest musician of
Akbar's court, belonged to ?

(a) Delhi
(b) Kanauj
(c) Agra
(d) Gwalior

Ans: (D )

Atmosphere

Solid component of the earth is called Stratosphere

Multi-layered gaseous envelope
surroundings the planet earth is called Atmosphere

Intensity of Earthquakes

International Territorial Biosphere
Program started in 1988

Richter scale measures Intensity of earthquakes

Micro-consumers

The diseases caused by polluted
water are Diarrhoea, Dysentery and Cholera

Micro-consumers are popularly
known as Primary Consumers

Spread Buddhism

Which ruler went to Srilanka to spread Buddhism ?

(A)Ashoka
(B)Samudragupta
(C)Sanghamitra

Ans-(C)

She was the daughter of Ashoka..

Mad Monarch

Which ruler is referred to as 'Mad
Monarch' ?

(A)Mohammad bin Tughlaq
(B)Ashoka
(C)Akbar
(D)Hyder Ali

Ans:(A)

He is known for bad schemes

Top 10 Competitive cities of 2011

Top 10 Competitive cities of 2011

*Delhi
*Mumbai
*Bengaluru
*Pune
*Chennai
*Gurgaon
*Kolkata
*Hyderabad
*Ahmedabad
*Jaipur

Mig 29

Shourya Awards Were Started In
1947

New Name Of MIG-29 Is Baaj

Eye- sight Of Dogs Are Better Than
That Of Human Beings

Notable deaths in 2011

Notable deaths in 2011

*Elizabath Taylor
*Laden
*Dev Anand
*Steve Jobs
*M.F. Hussain
*Sai Baba
*Amy Windhouse
*Gaddafi
*Salman Taseer

Rockets

Which king was the first to use rockets in warfare ?

(A) Hyder Ali
(B) Shah Jahan
(C) Jehangir
(D) Tipu Sultan

Ans: (D )

Chandragupta Maurya

Which king of ancient India accepted Jainism in his older age ?

(a)Bimbisara
(b)Chandragupta Maurya
(c)Pushyamitra
(d)Harsha

Ans: (B)

Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa:
*Born in 1910 (South Yugoslavia)
*1st Visit to India-1929
*Start Missionries in Culcutta-1950
*Got Nobl Prize-1979
*Died-1997

The national conference in Calcutta was held to raise national fund in the year 1885

Gadar Party was formed in San
Francisco

The Latitude

The Latitude of a place is expressed by its angular distance in relation to Equator

Essential constituent of plant cell is the carbohydrate Starc

The world's highest hydel power project

The world's highest hydel power
project 'Rongtong' is located in ?

(A)Rangoon
(B)Kathmandu
(C)Himachal Pradesh
(D)Beijing

Ans: (C)

Six mega cities of India

The nationality of Nikolay Devyenko- famous tennis player is Russian

Six mega cities of India where more than one-fifth of India's population lives are Greater
Mumbai,Kolkata, Delhi,Banglore and Hyderabad

Rugby Football

Tackle,Lines ,Scrum,Touch and Try
are the terms associated with Rugby Football

The densest planet in our solar
system is the Earth

Recognition to political parties in India

Who gives recognition to political
parties in India ?

(A) Parliament
(B) President
(C) Supreme Court
(D) Election Commission

Ans : (D)

Sorrow of Bengal

Which river is known as 'Sorrow of
Bengal' ?

(A) Damodar
(B) Gandak
(C) Kosi
(D) Sone

Ans : (A)

Because it floods many parts of
bengal

Nobel Prizes Award Categories

Nobel Prizes are Awarded in Six
Categories:

*Physics
*Peace
*Economics
*Medicine
*Chemistry
*Literature.

Indian developer are coming

India got its New android and Symbian app developer named TARUN PATEL KESHRANI.
All apps are free till Christmas only. Visit www.tarunapps.blogspot.com

Balvant Rai Mehta

Balvant rai mehta who was poineer
of concept of Panchayati Raj, was a
freedom fighter & chief minister of ?
-Gujarat.

Plant Trees,Save Planet

Sebastian Pinera

Year 2004 was declared by United Nations as the International Year of Rice

Sebastian Pinera is the president of Chile

The electromagnetic radiation

The electromagnetic radiation that is emitted during radioactive
disintegration is y-rays(Gama rays)

The Price Stabilization Fund Scheme (PSFS) for plantation crops launched in April 2003 include Tea, Coffee, Rubbber and Tobacco

Gravity

Gravity is Max. At Poles.

Gravity is Min. At Equator.

Value of Gravity decreases with
height or depth from earth's surface.

New INDIA

The author of the book 'New India'
Annie Beasant

Sunderrajan Committee was
associated with Petroleum

CNG

The consitituents of compressed
natural gas(CNG ) principally are
Methane and Ethane

Sajjil-2 long-range missile of Iran

Dialysis

Dialysis is used for people wid
defective kidneys involving the process of Osmosis

Glucose level is expressed as
Milligram per decilitre

Roger Federer

The runner-up in French Open
Tennis Championship(Men' s Singles Title) 2011 is Roger Federer

AIFF-All India Football Federation

Snooker baseball golf

The game of Snooker originated in
India

Baseball is the national sport of USA

John Joy Hopkins Cup is related to
Golf

Taxes shared between Central and States

Taxes shared between Central and
States are:-
1)Corporation tax.
2)Income tax.
3)Wealth tax.
4)Customs.
5)Excise duty
&
6)Service tax.

Perfect Pearl

*Perfect Pearl*

Remember that..

"No One will Understand you in Life Perfectly,
Just give Credit to Them Who have Atleast Tried to Do it".

Income Tax

Santacruz is the 1st Export Processing Zone declared as Free
Trade Zone in India

Income Tax in India was introduced by William Jones

Earth's Twin Planet

NASA dicovered Earth's Twin Planet
Kapler B- 22

The World's Oldest Dog 'Pusuke'
died in Sakura, Japan. It was 26Yrs old

Head quarters

Head quarters

I.A .E.A :Vienna

F.A .O: Rome

UNESCO: Paris

W.H .O:Geneeva

W.T .O:Geneeva

Int.criminal court:Hegue

Do or Die

Mahatma Gandhi gave the call Do
or Die during the ?

(A) Quit India Movement
(B) Civil Disobedience Movement
(C) Khilafat Movement

Ans: (A)

Tropic of Cancer

Among the following cities,
which one is the nearest to the
Tropic of Cancer?

(a) Delhi
(b) Kolkata
(c) Jodhpur
(d) Nagpur

Ans: (B)

The Dronacharya Award

The Dronacharya Award is associated with ?

(A) Eminent Surgeons
(B) Famous Artists
(C) Sport Coaches
(D) Expert Engineers

Ans: (C)

ITCZ

The zone of low atmospheric pressure & ascending air located at or near the equator is called Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ )

3 Official Capitals

South Africa is the only country with
three official capitals: Pretoria, Cape Town,and Bloemfonte in.

Left vs Right

Left-handed people are better at
sports that require good spatial
judgment and fast reaction as
compared to right-handed people.

Google

The search engine Google got its name from word "Googol" which refers to the number one with hundered zeros after it.

December

December used to be the tenth
month of the Roman calender,a nd it gets its name from the word "decem" which means Ten.

AIM PEN DATE

Abbreviations which are not known
to many of us:

AIM--Ambit ion In Life

DATE--Date And Time Evolution

PEN--Power Enriched in Nib

Narmada river

The largest river of all the west flowing rivers of the Peninsular India is Narmada River

Umiam Multipurpose Power Project is located in Meghalaya

Another Planet

Name the short film about child
poverty in India which won the 'Golden Lamp Tree' award at the 42nd International Film festival?

Another Planet

See the diffrence

A smart statement for Changing your Life*

Never Raise ur voice just

Improve the Quality of your argument.

Then see the diffrence.

Straight From The Heart

'Straight From The Heart' Is The
Autobiography Of ?

(A) Imran Khan
(B) Kapil Dev
(C) Sachin Tendulkar
(D) Steave Waugh

Ans: (B)

Town

In India when population of an urban settlement crosses 100,000 it is called Town

Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc

University of Calcutta

University of Calcutta was founded in 1857

Wells & Tubewells are the 2nd major source of irrigation in India

Indigo Revolt In Bengal-1859

The United Nations General Assembly

23rd October 1946 - The United
Nations General Assembly convenes for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing, Queens, New York City.

Sindh Conquered

The Arab conquest of Sindh took
place in 712 A. D.

Chittaranjan Das defended Aurbindo Ghosh in the Alipur Bomb case.

Vacation deprived

Indians 5th most vacation deprived Study :

1.Japanese
2.Italians
3.Koreans
4.Australians

Indian agriculture seasons

Agriculture-
India has Two Crop Seasons:
Kharif:
Rice, Jowar, Bajra, Ragi, Maize,Cotton, Jute

Sowing-Jun /Jul

Harvest-Sep/Octn/ Jul

Katrina

Katrina , Ike, Andrew, Wilma are the names of which of the following?

(A)Tropical Cyclones
(B)Tornado
(C)Subtropical Cyclone

Ans-(A)

Wiping Polio

According to a recent Statement by the Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad,India is close to wiping out the highly Infectious Disease Polio

Confusing words

1.Perspective = angle of view

Prospective = in the future

2.Allude = suggest

Elude = escape