Recent questions tagged basic-general-knowledge

Description : UNITED NATIONS YEAR

Last Answer : Refugees year............................................. 1959-60 Co-operation Year ............................................ 1965 Tourism year................................................... ... ................. 2010 Forest Year ...................................................... 2011

Description : INTERNATIONAL DAYS

Last Answer : World Laughter Day ............................. January 10 World Customs Day ............................. January 26 Valentine's Day.................................... February 14 World Mother ... ................. December 11 Marconi Day .................................... December 12

Description : FAMOUS LINES AND FRONTIERS

Last Answer : Boundary between Pakistan and Afghanistan: Durand Line Boundary between India and China: McMohan Line Line between India and Pakistan: Radcliff Line Line between North and South Vietnam ... Namibia and Angola : 16th Parallel Boundary between Russia and Finland : Mannar Haime Line

Description : INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES

Last Answer : Air Brake ........................... George Westinghouse Aniline Dyes .......................................... Hoffman Adding Machine ............................. Balise Pascal Aeroplane ............... ... ............. Marconi X-ray............................................. W.C. Rontgen

Description : WORLD INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR FOUNDERS

Last Answer : United Nations : Joseph Stalin (USSR), Winston Churchill (UK) and Franklin Delano Roosevelt (USA) Red Cross : Jean-Henri Dunant Boy Scouts : Baden Powell Y.M.C.A. : Sir George ... : Adolf Hitler Montessori System : Maria Montessori Cubism : Pablo Picasso Amnesty International : Peter Berenson

Description : FAMOUS FATHERS

Last Answer : Father of Psychology.................. Sigmund Freud Father of Cloning ............................... Ian Wilmut Father of Printing .............................. Guttenberg Father ... Father of Green Revolution ........Norman Borlaug Father of Renaissance ............................ Petrarch

Description : Miscellaneous (India)

Last Answer : Biggest hotel .............. Oberoi - Sheraton (Mumbai) Highest statue ........................ Gomateswara Statue Highest award (civilian) ..................... Bharat Ratna Highest Gallantry ... ............................. Shatabdi express Least populated Union Territory........ Lakshadweep

Description : India SMALLEST

Last Answer : Smallest state (Area) - Goa Smallest state (population) - Sikkim Smallest state (forest area) - Haryana Smallest Union Territory - Lakshadweep

Description : India LONGEST

Last Answer : Longest Canal - Indira Gandhi canal Longest River - Ganga Longest Tunnel - Kharbude (Konkan Railway) Longest Dam - Hirakud (Orissa) Longest National Highway- N.H. 7 Longest Railway ... Indira(Rameswaram to Mandap) Longest Glacier - Siachen Glacier Longest River bridge - Mahatma Gandhi Sethu

Description : India LARGEST

Last Answer : Largest populated city - Mumbai Largest fresh water lake - Kolleru (Andhra Pradesh) Largest salt water lake - Chilka (Orissa) Largest state - Rajasthan Largest populated state - Uttar Pradesh ... open university - Indira Gandhi Open University (New Delhi) Largest Ocean Island - Middle Andaman

Description : india HIGHEST

Last Answer : Highest peak - Mt. K2  (Godwin Austin) Highest water falls - Jog falls (Karnataka) Highest gate way - Buland Darwaza (Fathepur sikri) Highest literacy among state - Kerala Highest tower - Qutabminar Highest dam - Bhakra Dam (Punjab) Highest multiple arch dam - Idukki (Kerala)

Description : National Flowers 

Last Answer : Canada ........................................... Maple leaf India ..................................................... Lotus Scotland ...............................................Thistle Spain ... ................Golden Rose UK ......................................................... Rose

Description : NEW AND OLD NAMES OF PLACES, COUNTRIES

Last Answer : New Name ........................................... Old Name Ankara ..................................................... Angora Banjail ............................................... ... ......................... Northern Rhodesia Zimbabwe.............................................. Rhodesia

Description : COUNTRIES AND THEIR PARLIAMENT

Last Answer : Afganistan : Shora Australia : Federal Parliament Bangladesh : Jatiya Sangsad Bhutan : Tshogdu (National Assembly) Britain : Parliament (Commons & Lords) China : National People's Congress ... State Sudan :National Assembly Syria :People Council USA: Congress Vietnam :National Assembly

Description : COUNTRIES AND CURRENCIES

Last Answer : Brazil ................................................:Cruzeiro Real Bulgaria ....................................................... ... are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.

Description : SOBRIQUETS

Last Answer : Britain of the East : Japan Britain of the South : New Zealand Battle field of Europe : Belgium City of Cycles : Beijing City of Dreaming Spires : Oxford City of Eternal Springs : ... Land of windmills : Polland Land of Perpetual Greenary : Natal World Loneliest island : Tristanda Cunha

Description : NATIONAL EMBLEMS

Last Answer : EMBLEM ............................................. COUNTRY Kangaroo ................................................ Australia Water Lilly .......................................... Bangladesh ... .......................... Lebanon The Soyombo.......................................... Mongolia

Description : GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES

Last Answer : Christopher Columbus (Italian)................... America Vasco da Gama (Portuguese) ...... Sea route to India John Cabot (British) ....................... New foundland Pedro Alvarez Cabral (Portuguese)................. ... .......................................................... Planets

Description : FIRST in World

Last Answer : The first persons to reach Mount Everest - - Sherpa Tenzing, Edmund Hillary The first person to reach North Pole - Robert Peary The first person to reach South Pole - Amundsen The first ... - Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11(1969) First human to walk in space - Alexei Arkhovich Leonov (1965)

Description : MISCELLANEOUS – World

Last Answer : Fastest land animal .................................... Cheetah Oldest national flag................................... Denmark Fastest bird .................................................... ... sun) ....................Neptune Shortest day....................................... December 22

Description : DEEPEST– World

Last Answer : Deepest ocean ................................... Pacific Ocean Deepest lake ........................... Lake Baikal, (Siberia) Deepest gorge ....................... Hell’s Canyon, (USA) Deepest point in the ocean ........ Challenger deep of Mariana Trench in Pacific Ocean

Description : BIGGEST –World

Last Answer : Biggest dome ........................... Gol Gumbaz (India) Gol Gumbaz is the mausoleum of Mohammed Adil Shah (1627-55) of the Adil Shahi dynasty who ruled the Sultanate of Bijapur from 1490 ... ........ Municipal Auditorium at Atlantic City Biggest football stadium ............. Marakana (Brazil)

Description : TALLEST – World

Last Answer : Tallest fountain ................... Fountain Hills, Arizona Tallest free standing structure (tower) .... CN Tower, Toronto (Canada) Tallest active geyser ................. Steam boat Geyser ... ...... Sultan Hassan Mosque (Egypt) Tallest Railwayline .......... Quin - Hai - Tibet (China)

Description : LONGEST– World

Last Answer : Longest river - Nile (Egypt) Longest road - Pan American Highway Longest railway platform - Kharagpur, (West Bengal) Longest dam - Hirakud (Orissa) Longest mountain range - Andes (South ... Temple (India) Longest Railway Line - Trans - Siberian Railway Longest Swimming Canal - English Canal

Description : HIGHEST – World 

Last Answer : Highest mountain peak - Mt. Everest (Nepal) Highest mountain - Himalaya Highest lake - Titicaca (Bolivia) Highest plateau - Tibet Highest continent - Antartica Highest waterfall - Angel Falls, (Venezuela ... railway - Qinghai - Tibet (5072m) Highest Bridge - Milau (France) 2.46 km)

Description : SMALLEST– World

Last Answer : Smallest continent .................................... Australia Smallest ocean .............................................. Arctic Smallest republic........................................ ... Museum .................... Arizona, US World's Smallest PC ............................. Space Cube

Description : Largest – World

Last Answer : Largest continent ........................................... Asia Largest ocean ............................................... Pacific Largest river .............................. ... ................................. Mahabharat Largest carnivorous mammal ................... Polar Bear