Sunday, January 30, 2011

Who is the first Indian Women Pilot?

Durba Banerjee

What does BMW stands for?

Bayerische Motoren Werke

who is the world's first lady prime minister?

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Famous Nicknames -

Man of Peace - Lal Bahadur Shastri
Neta Ji - Subhash Chandra Bose
Bapu - Mahatma
Iron Man - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Who is the India's first woman railway driver.

Surekha Yadao

Who was the first Education Minister of the first Central Cabinet of India?

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.

What is the world's longest river?


Nile River

Which is the contry in the world where is no mosquito?

France.

Who discovered steam engine?

 James Watt.

Who discovered DNA?

James Dewey Watson (born April 6, 1928) is an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, best known as one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA with Francis Crick, in 1953.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Where is the India's smallest bird Sanctuary?

Porbandar City of Gujarat State.

Which state in India has largest Area under Forest?

Madhya Pradesh has largest area comes under forest.

When Did Kalpana Chawla Die?

Kalpana Chawla died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster which occurred on February 1, 2003

Who discovered the neutron and when?

The British experimental physicist James Chadwick discovered the neutron in 1932.

Who was the first ever United States world chess champion?

Bobby Fischer.

Which country is the largest producer of tin in the world

China

Which country is the largest rubber producer in the world?

Malaysia is the largest natural rubber producer. 

On the banks of which river is the famous Dwarka Temple situated?

Gomti River.

Which river carries maximum quantity of water into the sea?

The Amazon River.

Which lady holds the record for being in space for 185 days?

Sunita Williams.

Changed city names in India

Bangalore - Bangaluru
Calcutta - Kolkata
Cochin - Kochi
Bombay - Mumbai
Madras - Chennai
Poona - Pune
Simla - Shimla

Which Indian train travel maximum distance and how much ?

The longest train route is of 'Himsagar Express' from Jammu Tavi to Kanyakumari. It covers a distance of 3726 km 

Number of players in the games.

Hockey - 11
Cricket - 11
Baseball - 9
Polo - 4
Rugby - 15
Basketball - 5
Kho Kho - 9
Kabaddi - 7

Which was first five star hotel in india?

Hotel Tajmahal in Mumbai (year 1903)

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Which was the India's First Talkie Film?

Alam Ara (1931)

Which year did america get its freedom?

America got its freedom on July, 4th 1776.

Which Is The Fastest Flying Bird In World?

Duck Hawk in North America.

What is the mascot of indian railway

Bholu the elephant.

Which word completed the millionth word in english language?

In 2009 Global Language Monitor declared it to be the one-millionth English word.

Which is the harmful chemical contained in cigarette?

Nicotine.

What Type of Acid Is Used to Etch Glass?

Hydrogen Fluoride Acid.

What planet does not have a satellite

Venus and Mercury.

Who was the father of cloning?

 Ian Wilmut is the father of genetic cloning.

Which city known as Sarovar Nagri?

Nainital.

Which is the oldest mountain range of India?

Aravalli Mountain Ranges.

Who is the first women who get Bharat Ratna Award?

Smt. Indira Gandhi was the first Indian woman to get Bharat Ratna.

How many chromosomes in the human gene?

46 numbers.

What is the currency of Japan?

The Japanese Yen is the official currency of Japan.

Who wrote the famous patriotic song VANDE MATARAM

The lyrics of Vande Mataram, the national song of india were written by Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay.

which is the world's oldest stock exchage?

Amsterdam stock exchange is considered as the oldest stock exchange in the world.

What is the unit of Electric Current?

The ampere is the unit of electric current in the metric system.

Which Is The Biggest Jail In India?

Tihar Central Jail, New Delhi, India

Who is the father of Mobile Phone?

Martin Cooper.

What is the unit of Luminous Intensity?

The unit of Luminous Intensity is Candela (cd).

Which mineral of Iron is known as Fools Gold?

Iron Pyrite

Friday, January 21, 2011

Where is the world's biggest clock?

London's Big Ben

Where is the world's largest desert?

The largest desert in the world is the Sahara, in north Africa.

Who gave the title Mahatma to Gandhi?

Rabindranath Tagore

Which animal has longest life span?

The giant tortoise is the longest lived animal.

What is the National Tree Of India?

Banyan is the national tree of India and one of the important symbols of the country.

Who is the author of book Discovery of India?

The Discovery of India was written by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru

The national sports day is celebrated in India in fond memory of which famous sportsman?

National Sports Day is celebratedon 29th August on the birth of Major Dhyan Chand Singh who was a hokey player.

which country known as land of thousand mountains?

Rwanda