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1.  Who was the first woman to become the Air Marshall of the Indian Air Force? Answer: Padmavathy Bandopadhyay Show Answer 2.  Name the author of the books "Audacity of Hope" and "Dreams From my Father" Answer: Barrack Obama. Show Answer 3. By whom was the telescope invented? Answer: Hans Lippershey Show Answer 4.  Who was the first Indian to win the Booker Prize? Answer: Arundhuti Roy for her book "The God of Small Things". Show Answer 5.  Who was the first woman to summit the Everest? Answer: Junko Tabei of Japan. Show Answer 6. Identify the american painter famous for his 'drip painting' technique. Answer: Paul Jackson Pollock. Show Answer 7. Who is the author of the book "The Museum of Innocence? Answer: Orhan Pamuk. Show Answer 8. Name the capital city of the erstwhile 'West Germany? Answer: Bonn. Show Answer

1.  Who is known as the father of social anthropology? Answer: Bronislaw Malinowski Show Answer 2.  Who was the first UN Secretary General? Answer: Trygre Lie of Norway Show Answer 3. Who is the author of the book "To Kill A Mockingbird"? Answer: Harper Lee Show Answer 4.  Who is known as the father of the India's White Revolution? Answer: Dr. Verghese Kurien. Show Answer 5.  Who won the Booker Prize in the year 1991 for his book "The Famished Road"? Answer: Ben Okri Show Answer 6. Who was the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany? Answer: Konrad Adenauer. Show Answer 7. Who was the first Chief Justice of India? Answer: Harilal J Kania. Show Answer 8. What is the study of the origin and the development of words known as? Answer: Etymology. Show Answer

1.  Name India's first indigenous submarine? Answer: INS Shalki Show Answer 2.  Even after you take away four of its five letters, the pronunciation of this English word does not change. Identify the word. Answer: Queue. Show Answer 3. In which year was Julius Caesar assassinated? Answer: 44 BC. Show Answer 4.  Who was the first Indian President to be honoured with the Bharat Ratna? Answer: Dr. S Radhakrishnan. Show Answer 5.  Which phobia did Napolean suffer from? Answer: Felinephobia, the fear of cats. Show Answer 6. An economist once said "The best thing a country could do with IMF advice was to 'dump it in the dustbin'. Identify the economist. Answer: Joseph Stiglitz Show Answer 7. Who coined the term 'Personal Computer? Answer: Henry Edward Roberts. Show Answer 8. Who was the first US President to be impeached? Answer: Andrew Johnson. Show Answer

1.  Which is the first Indian newspaper to appear on a stamp? Answer: Amar Bazar Patrika Show Answer 2.  Who said the following words: "You gave us Mohandas; we returned him to you as Mahatma Gandhi."? Answer: Nelson Mandela. Show Answer 3. Who was Time magazine's first Woman of the Year? Answer: Wallis Simpson. Show Answer 4.  Which kingdom became a part of India in the year 1975? Answer: Sikkim Show Answer 5.  Which country is associated with a tulip revolution? Answer: Kyrgyzstan Show Answer 6. Who said the following words: "laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through?" Answer: Jonathan Swift Show Answer 7. Which is the oldest capital city on this planet? Answer: Damascus; the capital of Syria. Show Answer 8. What did the world famous magician Houdini begin his career as? Answer: A Trapeze performer. Show Answer

1. Which is the world's most venomous snake? A. Black Mamba B. King Cobra C. Taipan D. Russell's Viper Answer: Black Mamba Show Answer 2. What is the study of inland water-bodies known as? A. Ontology B. Lintology C. Limnology D. Marine Biology Answer: Limnology. Show Answer 3. What is the chemical name of water? A. Oxi-hydrogen B. Hydrogen Oxide C. Oxidised Hydrogen D. Dihydrogen Monoxide Answer: Hydrogen Oxide Show Answer 4. Who is credited with the invention of the safety pin? A. Walter Hunt B. David Bushnell C. Isaac Singer D. M Lammond Answer: Walter Hunt Show Answer 5. What is used in solar cells to convert sunlight into electricity. A. Zircon crystals B. Quartz C. Silicon Crystals D. Hydrogen Peroxide Answer: Silicon Crystals Show Answer

1. Which famous scientist said the following words “ I am proud of the fact that I never invented a weapon to kill”? A. Otto Hahn B. John Napier C. Albert Einstein D. Thomas Alva Edison Answer: Thomas Alva Edison Show Answer 2. Name the world's first television satellite? A. Ariane B. Telstar C. Astro D. Telesat Answer: Telstar. Show Answer 3. Which is the densest metal known to man-kind? A. Tungsten B. Gold C. Platinum D. Osmium Answer: Osmium Show Answer 4. Which is the world's largest eagle specie? A. African Hawk-Eagle B. Harpy Eagle C. Bald Eagle D. Golden Eagle Answer: Harpy Eagle Show Answer 5. Di-acetyl morphine is commonly referred to as? A. Heroin B. Marijuana C. Opium D. Brown Sugar Answer: Heroin Show Answer

The following is the list of films winning the "Best Picture" award at the Oscars (also known as Academy Awards) .

Did You Know? Matthew Webb was the first person to swim across the English Channel. He achieved this feat in the year 1975. Arati Saha of India was the first Asian woman to swim across the English Channel.  Sully Prudhomme of France was the first person to be awarded a Nobel Prize for Literature.  Rabindranath Tagore was the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in literature.  Maurice Garin was the first person to win the Tour de France.  Trygve Lie of Norway was the first Secretary General of the United Nations.  Valentina Tereshkova of USSR was the first woman in space. She was aboard the Vostok 6.  Wilhelm Steinitz was the world's first chess champion.  Nelson Mandela was the first Black President of South Africa.  Henry Kissinger was the first Jew to become the US Secretary of State.  Marie Sklodowska Curie was the first to win the Nobel Prize for Physics.  Harriet Quimby was the first woman

Human civilization has generally regarded bats with superstition, fear and uncertainty. This post attempts to bring out some of the true facts about this amazing mammal.  Bats are found throughout the world except for certain oceanic islands, the Arctic and Antarctic.  Bats are the only mammals that can fly.  There are more than a 1000 bat species in the world.  More than 25% of the total number of mammal species are species of bats.  In colder regions, bats either hibernate in shelters with high humidity and temperatures above freezing, or migrate to warmer areas.  Bats are not blind.  Bats are very sociable animals, live in large colonies and communicate with each other.  Bats emit a series of supersonic cries and are able to detect flying insects when these sounds are reflected back (upon their contact with the insect's body). This is known as Echolocation  Echolocation also gives them a general sense of direction while flying in the dar

Read some of the most fascinating and interesting facts about ants. 1. Ants are social insects living in large colonies. Ant societies are complex and characterized by division of labour & extensive communication between individuals. 2. Ants are capable of carrying objects several times their own body weight. 3. The total biomass of all the ants on Earth is roughly equal to the total biomass of all the people on Earth. 4. Ants will enslave other ants, keeping them captive and making them do work for the colony. 5. Ants lived alongside the dinosaurs. They evolved some 130 million years ago, about the same time when the dinosaurs walked this planet. 6. Some ants form "supercolonies," massive communities of ants. During migration, such colonies have been seen stretching for miles. 7. Ants follow scent trails laid by other ants to gather food. 8. Certain ant species defend plants in exchange of food and shelter. 9. There are three kinds of ants in a c

Here are some more interesting facts from the animal kingdom. 1. A group of crows is called a murder. 2. Snails are gastropods which means belly-footed animals. 3. The word squirrel comes from Skiouros, a Greek word meaning "the shadow tail". 4. Camague horses are completely white as adult. Their babies are pure black when they are born. 5. Snake's scales (and many of the lizard species) are made up of Keratin, which is the same substance human hair and finger nails are made up of. 6. All owls have an upright posture and forward-facing eyes that give them binocular vision, just like humans. 7. The gestation period of a Zebra is 12-14 months, depending upon their specie. 8. A garden caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head. 9. Snails can sleep up to 3 years at a time. 10. The lush white coat of the Arctic fox provides both warmth and camouflage in winters. 11. There are 3 main species of Ostriches of which only one, the Struthio Camelus (the African b

Here are some interesting facts from the animal kingdom 1. A Koala usually sleeps about 20-22 hours a day. 2. The Peregrine Falcon is world's fastest flier, capable of reaching speeds in excess of 300 Km/hr. 3. Dwarf Pygmy Goby, is the lightest freshwater fish, weighing only about 5mg. 4. The Black Mamba is the world's deadliest snake. It is also one of the fastest snakes in the animal kingdom. 5. Bats are the only mammal specie that can fly. 6. The blood pressure of a Giraffe is the highest of all animals. 7. Reebok is actually a specie of Antelope, commonly found in Africa. 8. No two Tigers have the same pattern of stripes. 9. The Komodo Dragon is the largest living specie of lizard on earth, growing up to a length of 3 meters. 10. Chihuahua is the smallest breed of dog found on this planet.

The average life span of Stingrays are about 15 to 25 years. Stingrays are commonly found in the shallow coastal waters of temperate seas. They grow up to 6.5 ft in length and weigh about 300-350 kgs. They spend the majority of their time inactive, partially buried in sand, often moving only with the sway of the tide. Stingrays feed primarily on molluscs, crustaceans, and occasionally on small fish. The stingray's coloration commonly reflects the seafloor's shading, camouflaging it from predatory sharks and larger rays.  The stingray is outfitted with electrical sensors called ampullae of Lorenzini. Located around the stingray's mouth, these organs sense the natural electrical charges of potential prey. The stingray's tail features a poisonous barb, which is used only in self-defense. The venom produced by stingrays are fatal to human beings. Ancient Greek dentists used the venom from the stingray's spine as an anesthetic. Source :  h

Credit : Wikimedia Commons "Beelzebufo ampinga" or the "Devil Frog" are regarded by many as the largest frogs to have ever inhabited this planet. These prehistoric carnivorous frogs, now extinct, grew up to 16 inches (41 centimeters) in length and weighed about 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms). Beelzebufo ampinga inhabited the islands of Madagascar about 65 to 70 million years ago. Ceratophyrines, living descendants of the devil frog, are sometimes called "Pac-Man frogs," because their round shape and oversized mouth resembles the old video game character. Scientists announced Beelzebufo in February 2008 more than a decade after the first fossilized remains of the specie was found.  The "Devil Frog" derives its name from Beelzebub, Greek for "devil," and bufo, Latin for toad. Ampinga means "armored," describing the prominent cranial shield the species had on its head. Beelzebufos preyed on lizards and sm

Credit : Wikimedia Commons The tarantula's appearance is worse than its bite. Tarantula venom is weaker than that of a honeybee and, though painful, is virtually harmless to humans. Tarantulas periodically shed their external skeletons in a process called molting. Tarantulas have an average life span of up to 30 years. Tarantulas are accomplished nocturnal predators. Insects are their main prey, but they also target bigger game, including frogs, toads, and mice. The South American bird-eating spider, as it name suggests, is even able to prey upon small birds. Generally tarantulas are burrowers that live in the ground. A tarantula does not use use a web to trap their pray. Instead they grab their pray using with their appendages and inject a paralyzing venom using their fangs. A tarantula's venom contains digestive enzymes that dissolve their victims body so that they can suck them up through their straw-like mouth.  Parasitic pepsis wasps are known