- 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
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