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                                Well-known Personalities

1.Cabral,Pedro Alvarez(1467-1520

Portuguese navigator, discovered Brazil.

2. Caesar, Julius (101-44 BC)

A great Roman general.Invaded Britain (55 BC), defeated Pompey whom he pursued to Egypt , where he established Cleopatra as queen. At Rome he became dictator, and his reforms include the Julian calendar. Murdered.

3. Calvin, John (1509-1564)

French Protestant reformer and theologian.

4. Camus, Albert (1913-1960)

French novelist, dramatist; native of Algeria. The Price of Justice, and L' Etranger. Nobel prize, 1957.

5. Capra, Frank  (1897-1991)

American movie maker, a trendsetter who grabbed many firsts in film techniques.

6. Chan, Jackie (1954)

Movie star from Hong Kong. Made more than 40 film s since '76, when he was touted as the new Bruce Lee.

7. Chekhov, Anton (1860-1904)

Russian dramatist and short story writer. Uncle Vanya.

8. Cornwallis, Lord (1738-1805)

Governor General of India, 1786. Laid foundation of the Indian Civil Service.

9. Chesterton, Gilbert Keith (1874-1936)

English essayist, novelist and poet.

10. Churchill, Sir Winston (1874-1965)

British PM 1940-45; 1951-55; author. Nobel prize for Literature. 

                      Well-known Personalities

Bahadur ShahII (1775-1862)

The last king of Mughal empire.Took part in the 1857 War of independence from exile.

Bacon, Roger (1214-1292)

English philosopher, scientist, called 'Doctor Mirabilis' described the process for making gun powder.

Bannerjee Surendranath (1848-1952)

One of the first Indian to pass the ICS examination; President of Indian National Congress, twice.

Bakr,Abu (573-634)

A leading general of the prophet, the first caliph, chosen successor to Mohammed.

Babbage, Charles (1792-1871)

English mathematician. His 'Calculating machines' were the precursors of today's computers.

Bacon, Francis (1561-1626)

English philosopher and essayist. 

Baden-Powell, Robert (1857-1941)

Founder of Boy Scouts (1908). His sister Agnes founded the Girl Guides (1910)

Balzac, Honore de (1799-1850)

French novelist.

Becket, Samuel (1906-1989)

Irish playwright and novelist. He won Nobel Prize,1969.

Barton, Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" (1821-1912)

A pioneer American teacher, patent clerk, nurse and humanitarian. At a time when relatively few women worked outside the home. Founded the American Red Cross to help victims of war and disasters.

Beevi Fathima M (1927)

The first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India (1989).

Behn, Mira (1892-1982)

British disciple of Gandhiji. Real name Madeline Slade. Dedicated to Gandhiji's teachings and to India. Received Padma Vibhusan.

Belafonte, Harry (1927)

American entertainer, civil right's leader.

Ben Gurion, David (1886-1973)

The first Prime Minister of Israel.

Beethoven, Ludwig Van (1770-1827)

German musician and composer. His symphonies-9 in number, rank as the greatest ever written.

Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922)

Scottish-born inventor of the telephone.

Baker, Laurie (1917-2007)

British-born Indian architect who pioneered innovative low-cost, environment-friendly housing.

Barnard, Christiaan Neethling (1922-2001)

South African surgeon who performed the first human heart transplant operation.

Bhutto, Benazir (1953-2007)

11th PM of Pakistan from 1988-1990, 1993-1996; 1988-Pakistan's first elected female PM;

her government dismissed in1996 by President Farooq Leghari; conceded defeat in 1997 elections; self-imposed exile in Dubai in 1998; returned to Pakistan in 2007 ;assassinated in a bombing in 2007 at Rawalpindi, during the 2008 general election campaign. Daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

Bond, Ruskin (1934)

Author of many English books for Indian children.

General knowledge

                                                            Geography  

  1  How  are earthquakes measured?

• The earthquakes are measured on the Ritcher scale. 

  2   To which country does Bindibus belong?

•  Australia

  3  Which is the highest peak in Africa?

•   Mount Kilimanjaro.

  4   Which is the highest peak in India??

•     Mount K2.

  5   What  is Baku famous for?

•    Baku is famous for petroleum.

  6  In which state Tarapur located?

•    Maharashtra.

  7  Where are the Angamis found?

•    Nagaland

  8  Where are theTodas found?

•    Tamil Nadu

  9  Which two countries are separated  by the Palk Strait?

•   India and Sri Lanka.

  10 Which countries are separated by the 49th Parallel?

•   The US and Canada.

   11 What are the lines of the map connecting regions of               equal rainfall called?

•      Isohyets.

   12  Which straits connect the Mediterranean Sea with the              Atlantic Ocean?

•     The strait of Gibraltar.

  13   What is the boundary between North and South Korea            called?

•    The 38th Parallel.

   14   Which two countries are separated by MacMahon line?

•      India and China.

   15   What do you mean by fallowing?

•      Fallowing is leaving cultivable land uncultivated.

   16   To which country does Narcondam ans Barren belong?

•      Narcondam and Barren are two organic islands                belonging to India. 

   17   Which river of India is also called Tsangpo in one of its           reaches?

•     The  Brahmaputra River is also called Tsangpo in             China.

    18    Where is Maikal Range situated?

•       Maikal Range is situated in chattisgarh.

    19    Where is Gulf of Mannar located?

•       The Gulf of Mannar is located to the East of Tamil             Nadu between India and Sri Lanka.

    20    What was the theory suggesting that the continent of               South America and Africa were once joined together               called?

•     Continental Drift  Theory.

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                                                            Geography  

  1  How  are earthquakes measured?

• The earthquakes are measured on the Ritcher scale. 

  2   To which country does Bindibus belong?

•  Australia

  3  Which is the highest peak in Africa?

•   Mount Kilimanjaro.

  4   Which is the highest peak in India??

•     Mount K2.

  5   What  is Baku famous for?

•    Baku is famous for petroleum.

  6  In which state Tarapur located?

•    Maharashtra.

  7  Where are the Angamis found?

•    Nagaland

  8  Where are theTodas found?

•    Tamil Nadu

  9  Which two countries are separated  by the Palk Strait?

•   India and Sri Lanka.

  10 Which countries are separated by the 49th Parallel?

•   The US and Canada.

   11 What are the lines of the map connecting regions of               equal rainfall called?

•      Isohyets.

   12  Which straits connect the Mediterranean Sea with the              Atlantic Ocean?

•     The strait of Gibraltar.

  13   What is the boundary between North and South Korea            called?

•    The 38th Parallel.

   14   Which two countries are separated by MacMahon line?

•      India and China.

   15   What do you mean by fallowing?

•      Fallowing is leaving cultivable land uncultivated.

   16   To which country does Narcondam ans Barren belong?

•      Narcondam and Barren are two organic islands                belonging to India. 

   17   Which river of India is also called Tsangpo in one of its           reaches?

•     The  Brahmaputra River is also called Tsangpo in             China.

    18    Where is Maikal Range situated?

•       Maikal Range is situated in chattisgarh.

    19    Where is Gulf of Mannar located?

•       The Gulf of Mannar is located to the East of Tamil             Nadu between India and Sri Lanka.

    20    What was the theory suggesting that the continent of               South America and Africa were once joined together               called?

•     Continental Drift  Theory.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE EXAM

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1.  Which English club has the nick name "The Gunners"?
                                                          - Arsenal Football club.
2.  "What is Intercalary and BissextileYear"?
                                                           - A leap Year.
3.  What is the name of the device used in the automobiles to convert toxic pollutants in exhaust gas to less toxic  pollutants
                                                                   -Catalytic Converter
4.  In what name a day in planet Mars is known as?
                                                            - Sol.
5.  What is the other name of the chemical sodium silicate?
                                                        - Water glass & Liquid glass. 
6.  Who is the author of "Farewell to Cricket"?
                                                        -  Donald Bradman.
7.   Who is the author of " Sunny Days"?
                                                        -  Sunil Gavaskar.
8.  Who is the author of "Hitting Across Lines"?
                                                        - Vivian Richards.
9.  Who wrote the book " My Side"?
                                                        - David Beckham
10. Who wrote "Indian Summers"?
                                                         - John Wright
11. Who is the author of "The True Story"?
                                                        - Kapil Dev.
12. Who is the author of " My Story"?
                                                          - Vijay Hazare
13. Who is the author of " Cricket My Style"?
                                                         - Kapil Dev.
14. Who wrote "One Day Wonder"?
                                                          - Sunil Gavaskar.
15. Who wrote "One More Over"?
                                                           - E.A.S.Prasanna
16. Who is the author of  "Out of My Comfort Zone"?
                                                           - Steve Woe.
17. Who is the author of "The Cutting Edge"?
                                                           - Javed Miandad.
18. Who is the author of "Open"?
                                                           - Andre Agassi.
19. Who is the author of "Beyond Ten Thousand"?
                                                           -Allen Border.
20. Who is the author of " Idols"?
                                                           - Sunil Gavaskar.            
         
       

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE EXAM

 MONITOR:

Monitor, so the Romans called the nursery teacher. The military Monitor was an officer to tell young soldiers of the  faults committed against the service. The house monitor was a slave to call the family of a morning, to announce meal times, and so on.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE EXAM

POINT BLANK:
Point blank is a term in gunnery.  When a cannon is so placed that the line of sight is parallel to the axis and horizontal, the discharge is said to be point blank and is supposed to go direct to the object without a curve.  In French point blank is the white mark of the bull's eye in target, to hit which the ball or arrow must not deviate in the least from the exact path.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE EXAM

TRAGEDY:  The word tragedy is derived from the goat-song (tragos-ode) of the Greeks. It is the song that wins a goat as a prize.  It has gradually come to mean a species of drama in which the action and language are elevated, and the catastrophe, sad.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE EXAM

It is quite interesting to know the origin of certain words:
VIZ.
Viz., is a contracted form of the word videlicet which means to wit, that is or namely. The z is a corruption of 3 a common mark of contraction in the middle ages: as hab, i.e., habbit; omnibiz, i.e., omnibus; viz., i.e., videlicet.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE EXAM

It is interesting to see the origin of certain words. Let's look at:

CUSTOMS: The word customs is an abbreviation of the term 'customary dues'. It means a tax imposed on certain goods imported or exported.  This form of tax dates back to the reign of Richard I when a tax was levied on wine imports.  Before that, however, the Greeks had made to use of this form of taxation.

General Knowledge Exam

It is interesting to see how certain words are formed:
TRAMWAY: Tramway is a contraction of Outramway.  The name takes its origin from Benjamin Outram, who in 1800, toed stone sleepers at Little Eton, Derbyshire, instead of timber, as support the ends of rails at their juncture.  

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE EXAM

POSTERS: Before the Great Fire of London, the space for foot passengers in London was protected by rails and posts.  These rails and posts served for hanging and exhibiting theatrical placards and general announcements.  So, gradually in course of time, these announcements and placards came to be termed posters or posting-bills. 

General Knowledge for U

1. The playground of Europe:
        Switzerland
2. The City of the Dreaming Spires:
         Oxford.
3. The Holy Land:
          Palestine.
4.  The land of the "White coal":
           Switzerlaand.
5.  Garden City of India :
            Bangalore
6.  The pink city of India
             Jaipur.
7.  The city of the Golden Gates:
            San Francisco
8.  The Queen of the Adriatic
            Venice.
9.  The Sugar bowl of the world
             Cuba
10. The land of Five Rivers
              Punjab
11. 'Big ditch' : Panama Canal, North America.
12  'Pearl of the Orient': Hong Kong.
13.  Garden of England: Kent.
14. Land of million elephants: Laoas.
15. Sorrow of China: River Hwang Ho
16. Land of smiles: Thailand.
17. Rice bowl of China: Hunan area of Yaungtze kiang.
18. Haawaii of Israel: Gaza strip of Israel.
19. Holland of China: Yangtze delta.
20. Coffee bowl of the world: Brazil.
21. The land of the maple: Canada.
22. Land of the midnight sun: Norway.
23. Gateway of India: Mumbai.
24. City of the Golden Temple: Amritsar.
25. The Dark Continent: Africa.
26. The Copper country: Zambia.
27: Blue grass state: West Virginia.
28. Pillar of Hercules: Strait of Gibralter.
29. Cockpit of Europe: Belgium.
30. Bay state: Connecticut(USA).
31. Emerald Island : Ireland.
32. The Hermit kingdom : Korea
33. Queen of the Rurth Region :Essen, Germany.
34. Which state in USA is nicknamed as the Land of 
        Thousand Lakes: Arkansas.
35.The land of the Rising Sun :Japan.
36. Whch river is river 'Big Muddy' : 
           Mississippi river, USA.
37. Land of pyrammids ; Egypt.
38. The Pearl of Pacific : Guayaquill Port of Equador
39. Which country is Known as Land of Flowers: Florence
40. The end of Eternal Spring : Switzerland