GENERAL KNOWLEDGE VIII

Siachen means place of wild roses.
India and Pak: are fighting on Siachen since 1984.
India launched operation Vidhara on Siachen in 1984.
Length of line of control is 720 km.
All parties Huriyat Conference is a party of 23 parties.
% of Muslims in Jammu & Kashmir is 95%.
Afghan ruler at the time of USSR invasion was BArbark Kermal.
Taliban regime came into power in 1996.
Second largest ethinc group in Afghanistan is Tajik.
Intifada means uprising.
PLO established in 1964 its HQ is in Rammalah.
Al-Fateh was established in 1958.
PLO was expelled by Jordon.
Hazbullah means Party of God.
Yasir Arafat passed away in Paris on 11 Nov: 2004.
Hamas was formed in 1987.
Egypet is both in Africa & Asia (Northeastern Africa & Southwestern Asia). Sinai Peninsula is the part of Egypt that lies in Asia.
Only African country that remained independent during colonial rule was Ethiopia.
UAE comprises of 7 states.
Zimbabwe gained independence in 1980.
Protectorate state of world is Bhutan.
Temple of Tooth (Budha’s tooth) is at Kandy.
Napoleon was exiled to St: Helena in Mediterranean in 1814-15.
Leif Eriesson reaced North America.
Columbus discovered South America in 1494.
Sir Hugh Willoighby & Richard Chancellor discovered White Sea and ocean route to Russia.
Wiiliam Janszoon discovered Australia.
Abel Taman discovered Newzealand, Tongo & Fiji in 1642.
Confucianism is found in China & Taiwan.
Jesus Christ was born at Bethalhem, Jerusalem.
Gautam Siddharta Buddha was born in Nepal.
Shintoism is in Japan.
Octavian established Roman Empire in 27 B.C.
Mughals ruled India for 331 years.
Opium war waged from 1839-42 b/w China & Britain.
Boston Tea Party event is related to American Independence.
First WW lasted for 4 years.
Germany was defeated by England in a naval fight in 1916 in battle of Jutland.
Shortes ever war fought that lasted for 6 days Arab-Israel war.
First civil war among Muslims was battle of Jamal.
In 1845 British defeated Sikhs and captured Lahore in the battle
of Sabraon.
Where can you find London bridge today: USA (Arizona)
Which animal lays eggs: Duck billed platypus
What do deciduous trees do Lose their leaves in winter
How many feet in a fathom Six
Christopher Columbus sailed in the Nina – Pinta and Santa
Maria
Which leader died in St Helena: Napoleon Bonaparte
What does ring a ring a roses refer to: The Black Death
What would you do with a maris piper: Eat it – it’s a potato
What is the currency of Austria: Schilling
What is the Islamic equal to the red cross: Red Crescent
What are Munroes: Mountains in Scotland
What does an alopecia sufferer lack Hair
What is a baby rabbit called Kit or Kitten
Which country had The Dauphin as a ruler France
What is a Winston Churchill Cigar
Who or what lives in a formicarium Ants
It’s a flock of sheep what’s a group of owls called Parliament
What animal would you find in a form- Hare
John browe minnoch (1941-83) of USA was the heaviest man. He weighted 635 kgs.
The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley’s gum.
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match
Every drop of seawater contains approximately 1 billion gold atoms
The US national anthem actually has three verses, but everyone just knows the first one.
The total combined weight of the world’s ant population is heavier than the weight of the human population.
Buckingham Palace in England has over six hundred rooms
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid
Butterflies taste with their feet
One of the countries through which equator passes is: Malaysia
Clocks, which moves with the velocities comparable with the velocity of light, run: with zero velocity
Humming bird belongs to a category called: Endotherm
PERT is a technique used for which one of the following? Project Management
Han myung has become the first woman prime minister of South Korea.
At which international film festival is the ‘Golden Lion’ awarded to the best film? Venice Film Festival
Which of the following planets takes nearly the same time for a rotation on its own axis, as does the Earth? Mars
Who was the founder of the Asiatic Society? William Jones
Fortis Hospitals chain is an enterprise of Ranbaxy
The major natural regions of the world are delineated primarily on the basis of temperature, rainfall and cultivated vegetation
The agreement between India and China, by which both accepted Panchsheel as the basis of their relations, was signed in 1954
Which of the following territories of India was/were invaded by China on November 19, 1962? Ladakh and NEFA
Deflation is contraction in volume of money or credit that results in a decline of price level
Which one of the following is not allied to Geophysical
Sciences? Palaeontology