KNOWLEDGE BANK

KNOWLEDGE BANK (IQ)

Ø    On 19th Jan 2006 , the new horizon , a robotic space craft was launched by NASA on the first mission to Pluto

Ø    Kerala is also known as spice garden of India

Ø    India is one of the most ancient civilizations in the world. it has the largest democracy in the world

Ø    Pakistan nanga prabath , is the world’s fastest growing mountain . It grows taller at the rate of 0.27 inches in a year

Ø    Officially there are 8 planets in our solar system . Since Pluto was re classified as a dwarf planet in 2006

Ø    In 1901 , queen Victoria , the queen of the united kingdom of Britain and Ireland , died after reigning for around 63 years

Ø    A mole giraffe is the tallest mammal and can reach up to 18 feet or 5.5 meters in height

Ø    Indias’s total area spams to 3,287,263 sq km.

Ø    Samuel morse , the inventor of the telegraph gave his first public demonstration in the year 1838

Ø    The duck billed platypus and echidna are two exception in the mammal kingdom as they lay eggs to give birth.

Ø    The first ever womens golf tournament was held at munelbargh golf club in scootland in the year 1811

Ø    Zanzibar is also called the island of cloves

Ø    Baskara charya calculated the time taken by earth orbit sun (365.258756484 daya) hundrends of years before astronomer smart

Ø    The name banana has been derived from the Arabic banan which means fingers

Ø    Our planet earth is the only planet in the solar system known to support life

Ø    Bumblee bat , found in Thailand and Burma is one of the world’s smallest mammals , it has lengh of 29 to 33 mm and 2g mass

Ø    According to Indian mythology NARADHA invented the musical instrument veena

Ø    Which state in india is known as the state of red mountains  - arunachal Pradesh

Ø    In which city you can see rock gardens  - chadigarh

Ø    Which tennis star was stabbed during her match in hamburg germany – monika seles

Ø    Which letter of English alphabet has the least number of words beginning with in a standard dictionary – x

Ø    What was the only event held at the first ever Olympics – running race

Ø    Which wild li8fe sanctuary in india have lions – gir in  west Bengal

Ø    The famous wild life sanctuary kanha is in which state – madhyapradesh

Ø    Who among the following bhakthi saints belong to Bengal – chaitanya

Ø    Which of the following do carry black box compulsory – oplane

Ø    Entomology is the study of which subject – insects

Ø    Pandit shivakumar Sharma is well known for santoor player

Ø    Who is the musician to win a magasay award – subbalakshmi

Ø    A person who rides racing horse is called – jockey

Ø    Where was the Olympic 2008 held – Beijing

Ø    Qutub minar is in which place – delhi

Ø    Who discovered America – colombus

Ø    Who was the first Indian nobel prize winner – rabindranath tagore

Ø    Who is the head of municipal corporation – mayor

Ø    Which country has the most post officers in the world – india since 150 years

Ø    The judges of high court are appointed byh the – oresident

Ø    The prelimary design for the Indian flag was done by – sister nivedita in the year 1906

Ø    Jupiter is the largest planet with a diameter of 1,42,984 km . it has 63 named moons

Ø    Indian lotous seeds has an extensive germination life . it can grow even after 300 to 400 years of being dormant

Ø    Atal bihari vajpayees 1st tenure as the prime minister of Indian was the shortest for any indian pm – 16 th may to 28 th may 1996

Ø    James Buchanan was the only un married president of the united states of America

Ø    The first underground passenger railway , the metropolitan railway was opened in London in the year 1863

Ø    Us library of congress is the largest library in the world by shelf space and holds the largest number of books

Ø    You cannot fold any piece of normal size paper in hlf , more than 7 times

Ø    Vincent van gogh , sold only 1 painting in his life , red vineyard at arles , it is now on display at pushkin museum moscow