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Thursday, March 10, 2011

More General knowledge questions and Answers.


1. What is synthetic rubber?

Synthetic rubber made of certain kinds of hydrocarbons. Of these butadiene is the most important. These hydrocarbons are obtained from coal, crude petroleum and alcohol. By the end of the Second World War, the combined production of synthetic rubber by Synthetic rubber is more oil resistant than natural rubber. In the international market, natural rubber is facing severe competition from synthetic rubber.

2.What does the term ‘grand Slam’ mean?

Grand Slam is a sports term pertaining to a group of matches, Championships etc. in a particular sports and the winning of all these matches. The best known Grand Slams are those in Tennis [the Australian Open, the French Open, the British Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open], Golf [the US Open, the British Open, the Masters, and the PGA], and Rugby Union [victories against all opposition in the competition between England Wales, France, Ireland and Scotland].

3. Who discovered oxygen?

Joseph Priestly discovered oxygen, the colorless, odorless, gaseous chemical element forming about 20 percent of the Earth’s atmosphere in 1774.

4. Who invented the stethoscope and when?

In 1816, the French physician Rene Theoplhie Laennec (1781-1826) introduced a perforated wooden cylinder which concentrated the sounds of air flowing in and out of the lungs, and described the sound which it revealed. The modern form of stethoscope, with flexible tubes connecting the earpieces to a circular piece placed against the chest, was developed later in the nineteenth century.

5. What is the brain death?

Brain death means the irreversible brain damage causing the end of independent.

6.Which country is the leading producer of mica?

India is the world’s leading producer of sheet mica and accounts for about 60 percent of global mica trade. Important mica bearing pegmatite occurs in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Hariyana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.

7. Why is Japan called “The Land of the Rising Sun”?

The little of “The Land of the Rising Sun” is a form of Japan’s indigenous name of Nippon, which literally means “sun origin”. The allusion is to the geographical location of Japan with regard to China. The Japanese flag shows the sun’s red on a white background.

8. Which is the largest temple in the world?

According to the Guinness Book of Records 1999, Angkor Wat (“City Temple”) in Cambodia is the largest religious structure ever built, covering an area of 402 acres. The entire temple complex has a total area of 15 by 5 miles and consists of 72 major monuments, the construction of which began in AD 900.





A Few Popular Quotations

“Be proud that you are an Indian, proudly claim I am an Indian, every Indian is my brother” - [SWAMI VIVEKANANDA]

“A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.” [JOHN KEATS]


“To err is human, to forgive divine.” [ALEXANDER POPE]

“The child is the father of man.” [WILLIAM WORDSWORTH]

“Rome was not built in one day.” [CERVANTES]

“A single step for a man – a giant leap for mankind.” [NEIL ARMSTRONG]

“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” [POPE]

“Whom the gods love die young.” [BYRON]

“Sweet are the uses of adversity.” [WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE]

“Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.” [WASHINGTON IRWING]





First in the world

First Asian to win Nobel Prize - RABINDRANATHA TAGORE India [1913]



The first chairman of Peoples' Republic of China - MAO. TSE-TUNG [1949]


First Asian to get Finix Award - Sr. P.C. SORCAR [India]


First Asian to cross the English Channel - AARTI SAHA[India, 1959]


First cricketer to have batted in all positions- [1 to 11] - WILFRED RHODES [England]


First Chinese pilgrim to visit India - FAHIEN


First President of America - GEORGE WASHINGTON


First Prime Minister of Britian - SIR ROBERT WALPOLE


First Englishman to receive Nobel Prize for Literature - RUDYARD KIPLING [1907]


First European invader of India - ALEXANDER [Greece, 326 BC]


First foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna - KHAN ABDUL GHAFFAR KHAN [1987]


First Prime Minister of Australia - SIR EDMUND BARTON


First Governer General of Pakistan - MOHAMMED ALI JINNAH [1947]


First man cosmonaut in space - YURI GAGARIN [Former U.S.S.R.,1961]


First man to fly over both North and South poles - RICHARD E. BYRD [US]


First man to walk in space - ALEXEI LEONOV [Former U.S.S.R.]


First man to make a solo flight around the world - WILEY POST [1933]


First man to climb Mt. Everest - TENZING NORGAY [India]and EDMUND HILLARY [New Zealand]1953


First man to set foot on moon - NEIL ARMSTRONG [USA, 1969]


First Muslim Invader of India - MOHAMMED-bin-QASIM [8th C.AD]


First person to sail round the world - FERDINAND MAGELLAN [Portuguese 1519-22]


First Pope to visit India - POPE PAUL VI[1964]


First President OF Chinese Republic - SUN YAT-sen [1921-1925]


First Prime Minister of Pakistan-LIAQUAT ALI KHAN [1947]


First Secretary General of the UN - TRYGVE LIE [Norway 1946-53]


First test tube Baby - LOUISE BROWN [England, 1978]