GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Geographical names

Surname	Name
Bengal’s Sorrow	Damodar River
Blue Mountains	Nilgiri Hills
City of Sky-scrapers	New York
City of Seven Hills	Rome
City of Dreaming Spires	Oxford
City of palaces	Kolkata
City of Golden Gate	San Francisco
City of Magnificent Buildings	Washington D.C.
City of Eternal Springs	Quito(S.America)
China’s Sorrow	Hwang Ho
Cockpit of Europe	Belgium
Dark Continent	Africa
Emerald Isle	Ireland
Eternal City	Rome
Empire City	New York
Forbidden City	Lhasa (Tibet)
Garden City	Chicago
Gate of Tears	Strait of Bab-el Mandeb
Gateway of India	Mumbai
Gift of the Nile	Eqypt
Granite City	Aberdeen (Scotland)
Hermit Kingdom	Korea
Herring Pond	Atlantic Ocean
Holy Land	Jerusalem
Island Continent	Australia
Island of Cloves	Zanzibar
Isle of Pearls	Bahrein (Peesian Gulf)
Key of the Mediterranean	Gibralter
Land of Cakes	Scotland
Land of Golden Fleece	Australia
Land of Maple Leaf	Canada
Land of Midnight Sun	Norway
Land of the Thousand Lakes	Finland
Land of the Thunderbolt	Bhutan
Land of white Elephant	Thailand
Land of Five Rivers	Punjab
Land of Thousand Elephants	Laos
Land of Rising Sun	Japan
Loneliest Island	Tristan De Gunha (Mid-Atlantic)
Manchester of Japan	Osaka
Pillars of Hercules	Strait of Gibraltar
Pearl of the Antilles	Cuba
Playground of Europe	Switzerland
Quaker City	Philadelphia
Queen of the Adriatic	Venice
Roof of the World	The Pamirs, Central Asia
Rose Pink City	Jaipur
Sugar bowl of the World	Cuba
Venice of the North	Stockholm
Windy City	Chicago
Whirteman’s grave	Guinea Coast of Africa
Yellow River	Huang Ho (China)

Posted by CUTTENT GENERAL KNOWLEDGE at 4:35 PM 0 comments

    

 Links to this post

Labels: GENERAL AWARENESS, GEOGRAPHY

Reactions:

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2011

WORLD FAMOUS STRAITS

·                               Agattu Strait - Aleutians

·                               Akashi Strait - Japan

·                               Amchitka Pass - Aleutians

·                               Anegada Passage - Virgin Islands and Anguilla

·                               Arthur Kill - Staten Island and New Jersey

·                               Bab-el-Mandeb - connects Red Sea to Gulf of Aden / Arabian Sea

·                               Balabac Strait - between Palawan, Philippines and Borneo

·                               Strait of Baltiysk - between Vistula Bay and Gdansk Bay

·                               Bangka Strait - between Sumatra and Bangka Island

·                               Bass Strait - between mainland Australia and Tasmania

·                               Strait of Belle Isle - between Newfoundland and mainland Canada

·                               Bering Strait - between Asia and North America

·                               Bransfield Strait - between South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula

·                               Bohol Strait - also called Cebu Strait, between Bohol and Cebu in the Philippines

·                               Strait of Bonifacio - between Corsica and Sardinia

·                               Bosporus - between Europe and Asia

·                               Bungo Channel - Japan

·                               Cabot Strait - between Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island

·                               Strait of Canso - between Cape Breton Island and mainland Nova Scotia

·                               Carquinez Strait - connects San Pablo Bay and Suisun Bay, California

·                               Chatham Strait - between Chichagof Island and Admiralty Island, Alaska

·                               Clarence Strait - between Prince of Wales Island and mainland Alaska

·                               Colvos Passage - Puget Sound

·                               Cook Strait - between the North Island and South Island of New Zealand

·                               Dampier Strait (Papua New Guinea) - between New Britain and Umboi Island

·                               Dampier Strait (Indonesia) - between Bird's Head Peninsula and Raja Ampat Islands

·                               Danish straits - between Scandinavia and Jutland

·                               Dardanelles - between Europe and Asia

·                               Davis Strait - between Baffin Island and Greenland

·                               Deception Pass - Puget Sound

·                               Denmark Strait - between Greenland and Iceland

·                               Detroit River - between Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie

·                               Dolphin and Union Strait - between Northwest Territories and Victoria Island

·                               Strait of Dover or Pas de Calais - (English Channel)

·                               Dragon's Mouth (Boca del Dragón) - between Trinidad and Venezuela

·                               Drake Passage - between South America and Antarctica

·                               East River - between Manhattan, the Bronx and Long Island

·                               English Channel - between Great Britain and France

·                               Falkland Sound, - between West Falkland and East Falkland

·                               Straits of Florida - between Florida and Cuba

·                               Foveaux Strait - between the South Island and Stewart Island of New Zealand

·                               Fury and Hecla Strait - between Baffin Island and Melville Peninsula

·                               Strait of Georgia - between Vancouver Island and British Columbia

·                               Strait of Gibraltar - between Europe and Africa

·                               Golden Gate - between the Marin headlands and San Francisco, California

·                               Great Belt - Denmark

·                               Guadeloupe Passage - north of Guadeloupe, ((West Indies))

·                               Harlem River - between Manhatten and The Bronx

·                               Hecate Strait - between Queen Charlotte Island and British Columbia

·                               Honguedo Strait - between Anticosti Island and Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec

·                               Strait of Hormuz - between Arabia and Iran

·                               Hoyo Strait - Japan

·                               Hudson Strait - between Baffin Island and Quebec

·                               Johor Strait - between Singapore and the state of Johor of Malaysia

·                               Strait of Juan de Fuca - between Vancouver Island, Canada and Olympic Peninsula, United States

·                               Kalmar Strait - between Öland and Småland

·                               Kanmon Strait - between Honshu and Kyushu

·                               Karimata Strait - between Sumatra and Borneo

·                               Kerch Strait - between Crimea and Russia

·                               Kill Van Kull - between Staten Island and Bayonne, New Jersey

·                               Kitan Strait - Japan

·                               Korea Strait - between Korea and Japan

·                               La Perouse Strait (also Soya Strait) - between Sakhalin and Japan

·                               Little Belt - Denmark

·                               Luzon Strait - between Taiwan and Luzon, Philippines

·                               Straits of Mackinac - between Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas

·                               Strait of Magellan - between South America and Tierra del Fuego

·                               Makassar Strait - between Borneo and Sulawesi

·                               Straits of Malacca - between Malaysia and Sumatra

·                               Martinique Passage - between Dominica and Martinique

·                               McClure Strait - Melville Island and Banks Island

·                               Menai Strait - between Anglesey and mainland Wales

·                               Strait of Messina - between Sicily and mainland Italy

·                               Mindoro Strait - between Mindoro and Palawan in the Philippines

·                               Mona Passage - between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico

·                               Myeongnyang Strait - between Jindo Island and mainland South Korea

·                               Nares Strait - between Ellesmere Island and Northern Greenland and connects Baffin Bay with Lincoln Sea / the Arctic Sea.

·                               The Narrows - between Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City

·                               Naruto Strait - Japan

·                               North Channel - between Northern Ireland and Scotland

·                               Northumberland Strait - between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick/Nova Scotia

·                               Oresund - between Denmark and Sweden

·                               Strait of Otranto - between Italy and Albania

·                               Palk Strait - between India and Sri Lanka

·                               Pertuis d'Antioche - on the Atlantic coast of Western France

·                               Pickering Passage - Puget Sound

·                               Port Washington Narrows - Puget Sound

·                               Porte des Morts - between the Bay of Green Bay and Lake Michigan

·                               Panama - Between North America and South America (Panama Canal)

·                               Qiongzhou Strait - Hainan and Guangdong

·                               San Bernardino Strait - between Luzon and Samar in the Philippines

·                               San Juanico Strait - between Samar and Leyte islands in the Philippines

·                               Serpent's Mouth (Boca del Serpiente) - between Trinidad and Venezuela

·                               Skagerrak between Denmark, Norway and Sweden

·                               Shelikof Strait - between mainland Alaska and Kodiak Island

·                               Strait of Dover - part of the English Channel between Great Britain and France

·                               Strait of Sicily - between Sicily and Africa

·                               Singapore Strait - between Singapore and Indonesia (Sumatra)

·                               Sumba Strait - between Flores and Sumba, Indonesia

·                               Sunda Strait - between Sumatra and Java

·                               Surigao Strait - between Leyte and Mindanao islands in the Philippines

·                               Tablas Strait - between Mindoro and Panay islands in the Philippines

·                               Tacoma Narrows - Puget Sound

·                               Taiwan Strait - between Taiwan and Mainland China

·                               Tanon Strait - between Negros and Cebu islands in the Philippines

·                               Strait of Tartary (also Mamiya Strait and Strait of Nevelskoi) - Sakhalin

·                               Strait of Tiran - between the Sinai peninsula and Saudi Arabia

·                               Torres Strait - between New Guinea and Australia

·                               Tsugaru Strait - between Hokkaido and Honshu

·                               Tsushima Strait - between Iki Island and Korean Peninsula

·                               Vitiaz Strait - between New Guinea and Long Island

·                               Windward Passage - between Cuba and Hispaniola

·                               Yucatan Channel - between Mexico and Cuba

Posted by CUTTENT GENERAL KNOWLEDGE at 10:43 PM 0 comments

    

 Links to this post

Labels: GEOGRAPHY

Reactions:

MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2010

National Parks in India

Bandhavgarh National Park
Check out the place where firstly and formostly the white Tigers of Rewa were discovered Bandhavgarh. This park is some of the left out preserved wild pockets of Madhya Pradesh of what were once splendid forests that extended across the whole of Central India.

Ranthambore National Park
A nearby attraction of Sawai Madhopur, in the state of Rajasthan, Ranthambore National Park is an outstanding example of Project Tiger's efforts at conservation in the India.

Kaziranga National Park
The land of Rhino is counted among the two major wild pockets, the only surviving habitats of this prehistoric survivor in India.

Kanha National Park
Ever though what it feels like to visit a tiger country, then visit the state of Madhya Pardesh, check out the wilds of Kanha and see for yourself why this place is called a wild hideout taken straight from the famous "Jungle Book".

Sundarbans National Park
Come to Sundarbans where adventure awaits you at every corner. Known as the largest estuarine delta in the world, this Tigerland vibrates with countless forms of colourful life.

Manas National Park
Assam is the state of the Great One Horned Rhino. Beside the Kaziranga there's Manas another habitat of the Rhino's, located in one of the remotest region among the foothills of Himalayas.

Bandipur National Park
Lies halfway down the Mysore-Ooty highway became one of the first of India's Tiger Reserves and the southernmost of the nine reserves specially established under Project Tiger.

Sultanpur National Park
Sultanpur national park was a stretch of marshy land that has been remodeled and converted into a water body. The park is home to a large range of birds, both resident and migratory.

Royal Chitwan National Park (Nepal)
Established in 1973, provides a great wildlife experience with its rich flora and fauna. Short grass makes the months of February-May the best game-viewing season, but the autumn months are perfect for visiting, with Himalayan views, and in winter months of December-January, Chitwan has quiet a pleasant climate compared to Kathmandu.

Royal Bardia National Park (Nepal)
Largest and most undisturbed wild area of the Terai region of the Nepal Himalayas. Simialar to Chitwan park, but with a drier climate and a more remote location, Bardia encompasses 1,000-sq-kms of riverine grassland and sal forests.

Rajaji National Park, Uttaranchal
Situated in the forested hills, east of Haridwar, is quiet known for its wild Elephants, which have an approximate population of 150. Because of the pleasant climate this hideout becomes a pretty good tourist destination and a perfect retreat for picnicking.

Dudhwa National Park, U.P.
Also popular as a Tiger Reserve, this national park is located in the district of Lakhimpur, along the Indo-Nepal border. Another major attraction of this wild reserve is the Barasingha or the Swamp Deer, found in the southwest and southeast region of the park.

Bandipur & Nagarhole National Parks, Karnataka
Two of the most attractive national parks of Karnataka are Nagarhole and Bandipur. Even if separate entities, they are a part of a large neighboring wildlife reserve that also includes Madumalai Sanctuary of Tamil Nadu and Wynad Reserve of Kerala.

Bhalukpong, Arunachal
For the energetic visitor, keen to experience of faraway Arunachal Pradesh, Bhalukpong is a place to visit. On the edge of the luxuriant forest of the Pakhui Game Sanctuary, along the Kameng river lies the village settlement of Bhalukpong, also known as the gateway to Bomdila and the Tawang Monastery.

Simplipal National Park, Orissa
Simplipal is counted among the earliest Project tiger reserves of India and is located in the northern-forested belt of Orissa. Beside the faunal attractions, the attractive terrain also includes numerous waterfalls.

Nandankanan Zoo, Orissa
A combination of a beautiful botanical garden, a zoo and a sanctuary, Nandankanan, is situated 20-km from Bhubaneshwar, and is popularly known as the "Garden of Pleasure" in Orissa. The zoo at Nandankanan is world famous for its White Tigers.

Gahirmatha Turtle Sanctuary, Orissa
Aqua fauna is what going to attract you to this sanctuary, the breeding center of the Giant Olive Ridley Turtles, who crossover the Pacific to come here and lay their eggs.

Namdhapha National Park, Arunachal
Tucked away in the northern most state of Arunachal, is the Namdhapa National Park, famous for the extremely elusive snow and the clouded Leopard. The park is also a Tiger Reserve under Project Tiger.

Velvadhar Blackbuck Sanctuary, Gujarat
Popularly known as the home of the Indian Black Buck, has attracted worldwide attention for the successful conservation of the fastest of the Indian Antelopes - Black Buck.

Wild Ass Sanctuary, Gujarat
Gujarat is an exciting place for wildlife enthusiasts, mainly because it resides some of the unique wild attractions within its numerous sanctuaries. Wild Ass sanctuary is another of Gujarat's wild surprises famous for its large wild Ass herds.

Dachigam National Park, J&K
Of all the sanctuaries present in the state of Jammu & Kashmir, the one at Dachigam is the best known. Once an exclusive hunting preserve of the Maharaja of Kashmir, it was declared a national park in 1951, owing to a strictly enforced conservation programme, to preserve the or Hangul population or the Kashmiri Stag.

The Great Himalayan National Park, H.P.
The National Park with an area of 620-sq-kms is caved out of the splendid mountain terrain of the Kullu District and has the representative area of temperate and alpine forests of Himachal. It is also one of the largest protected area of the state.

Dibru Saikhowa National Park, Assam
Located on the alluvial flood plains of Brahmaputra in Upper Assam neighboring Arunachal is a biosphere reserve called Dibru Saikhowa National Park Its also an orchid paradise besides being a home to numerous wild animals and birds.

Milroy or Pabha Sanctuary, Assam
This splendid wildlife reserve even if doesn't have many faunal varieties to offer, still it possesses the most coveted one, the Wild Water Buffalo.This sanctuary has been exclusively built for the protection of the wild water buffalo.

Nameri National Park, Assam
Nameri is the second Tiger reserve of Assam, situated at the foothills of eastern Himalayas. The hilly backdrop, deciduous and the river Jia Bhoroli have added a unique natural charm to it.

Pin Valley National Park, H.P.
Tucked in between the snow laden higher reaches and scree slopes covered with scanty tufted vegetation, Pin Valley National Park forms the natural habitat of a number of endangered animals including Himalayan Ibex, Snow Leopard, Bharal, Wooly Hare, Tibetan Wolf, and Snow Cock.

Hemis High Altitude National Park, J&K
Hemis is a high altitude protected area that was created in the year 1981, in the eastern part of the cold desert of Ladakh, for the conservation and protection of its unique flora and fauna.

Posted by CUTTENT GENERAL KNOWLEDGE at 10:39 PM 1 comments

    

 Links to this post

Labels: GENERAL AWARENESS, GEOGRAPHY

Reactions:

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2010

First in the World

● The first person to cross the Atlantic in an open wicker basket hot air balloon : David Hempleman Adams
● The first woman civilian police adviser of the U.N. : Kiran Bedi
● The first person in the world to land on the moon : Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin
● The first man to enter space : Major Yuri Gagarin (Russian)
● The first woman cosmonaut of the world : Velentina Tereshkova
● The first unmanned spaceship to have softlanded and lifted off from the moon to return to the earth : Luna-16 (USSR) Sept. 21, 1970
● The first space vehicle to land on the moon : Lunar Exploration Module (LEM) nick-named ‘Eagle’
● The first space ship which carried three American astronauts to land two of them on the moon : Apollo-11
● The first country to send man to the moon : USA


● The first space rocket brought back to earth after orbiting the moon : Zond-5
● First crew transfer between the orbiting space ships : Soyuz T-15 with Mir Space Station
● The first mission of a ling-up in space by manned space ships of USA and Soviet Union : Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Mission (ASTP) (launched on July 15 and linked up in space on July 17, 1975)
● The first man to fly into space belonging to a country other than Russia or the USA : Remek (Czechoslovakia)
● The first country to send nuclear powered space craft to explore Jupiter : USA
● The first to launch earth satellite or artificial baby moon : USSR
● The first spaceship in the world to sample moon’s crust : Surveyor-3 (USA)
● The first space vehicle to soft land on moon : Luna 9 (USSR)
● The first manned spaceship to perform the longest stay in space (11 days) : Apollo-7 (USA)
● The first man to win 4 Olympic gold medals : Alvin Kranzein (USA) in 1900
● The first lawn tennis player who won the Wimbledon championship for five years consecutively : Bjorn Borg
● First batsman to score three Test Century in three successive Tests on debut : Mohd. Azharuddin (India)
● World’s first Cricketer to score more than 11,000 runs in his test carrier : Allan Border of Australia with more than 11,000 runs.
● The first person to reach the South Pole : Amundsen (Norway)
● The first person to have climbed Mount Everest : Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing 19th May, 1953
● The first person to sail round the world : Ferdinand Magellan (Portugal)
● The First woman to conquer Mount Everest : Mrs. Junko Tabei (Japan)
● The first man to have climber Mount Everest Twice : Nawang Gombu
● The first vessel ever to reach the North Pole by sailing thought the thick Arctic ice : Soviet Arktika Atomic-powered (ice-breaker)
● The leader of the expedition ‘Ocean to Sky’ : Sir Edmund Hillary
● The first two mountaineers who reached the summit of Everest without using oxygen : Peter Habeler (Austria) and Reinhold Messner (Italy)
● The first woman Prime Minister of a country twice : Mrs. S. Bandarnaike (Sri Lanka)
● The first President of the USA: George Washington
● The first President of the Chinese Republic : Sun Yet Sen
● The first Governor-General of Pakistan : Mohd. Ali Jinnah
● The first European to visit China : Marco Polo
● The first US President to resign Presidency : Richard Nixon
● The first woman Ambassador of Britain : Anne Warburton
● The first woman Prime Minister of a European Country : Margaret Thatcher
● Woman Bishop : Rev Barbara C. Harris (USA)
● Lady President of a country : Maria Estela Person (Argentina)
● The first Muslim women to win Nobel Prize : Shirin Ebadi.
● Civilian Police Advisor in U.N. : Ms. Kiran Bedi.
● 400 Run maker in an inning of Test Cricket : Brian Lara
● Claimer of hat-trick in first over of test match : Irfan Pathan (India)
● One Thousand wicket taker in international cricket : M. Murlitharan (Sri Lanka)
● 16 thousand runs in ODI : Sachin Tendulkar (2008)
● Hitter of six sixes in an over in T-20 Match : Yuvraj Singh (India)
● 4 wickets taler in 4 consecutive balls in ODI : Lasith Malinga (Srilanka)
● 600 Wickets taker & Century. maker in test cricket : Anil Kumble (India) (2008)
● 8 Gold Medal Winner in Olympic : Michael Phelps (USA) (2008)
● Double Century maker in one day cricket (mens) : Sachin Tendulkar (India)
The first woman civilian police adviser of the U.N. : Kiran Bedi

Posted by CUTTENT GENERAL KNOWLEDGE at 10:10 AM 0 comments

    

 Links to this post

Labels: CURRENT GK, GEOGRAPHY, OBJECTIVE GK

Reactions:

Highest, Biggest, Largest & Longest In India

• Award for Gallantry, Highest — Param Vir Chakra
• Award, highest civilian — Bharat Ratna
• Bank with largest number of branches — State Bank of India
• Road bridge, Longest — Mahatma Gandhi Setu (across Ganga—Patna 5.575 Km.)
• Cantilever Span Bridge, Largest — Howrah Bridge (Kolkata)
• Cattle Fair, Largest — Sonepur Fair (Bihar)
• City, Most Populous — Mumbai
• Corridor, Longest — Ramanathaswamy Corridor, Tamil Nadu (1,220 mt.)
• Desert, Largest — Thar (Rajasthan)
• Dam, Longest — Hirakud Dam (Orissa)
• Dam, Highest — Bhakra Dam on river Sutlej (740 ft.)
• Delta, Largest — Sunderban (12,872 Sq. km.)
• Dome, Largest — Gol Gumbaz (Bijapur)
• Gateway, Highest — Buland Darwaja at Fatehpur Sikri (54 m.)
• Lake, Largest — Wular Lake (Kashmir)
• Literacy, Highest — Kerala


• Museum, Largest — Indian Museum (Kolkata)
• Mosque, Biggest — Jama Masjid (Delhi)
• Peak, Highest — K-2 (8,611 mt.)
• Railway Platform, Longest — Kharagpur, SE Railway (2,733 ft.)
• Railway Bridge, Largest — Nehru Setu, Bihar (river Sone)
• River, Longest — The Ganga river (2,525 km.)
• Rainfall, Highest (annual mean) — Mowsyrnam near Cherrapunji (1,080 mm) (Meghalaya)
• Road, Longest — Grand Trunk Road
• Rock-cut Temple, Largest — KailashTemples, Ellora (Maharashtra)
• State, maximum forest cover — Mizoram (cover 75.5% area)
• Statue Tallest — Statue of Risabhnath (Khargone, M.P.) 84 ft.
• State, Largest (area) — Rajasthan (3,42,239 sq. km.)
• State, Most Populous — Uttar Pradesh (16,61,97,921)
• State with Maximum — West Bengal (903 persons per sq. km.) density of population
• Tunnel, Longest (Road) — Jawahar Tunnel (J & K—1.75 miles)
• Tunnel, Longest (Railway) — Between Monkey Hill and Khandala stations (2,100 mt. long)
• Tower, Highest — Qutub Minar (Delhi, 72.5 mt.)
• Waterfall, Highest — Gersoppa Waterfall, Mysore (290 m.)
• Zoo, Largest — Zoologica Gardens, Kolkata
• Man-made Lake, Largest — Govind Sagar (Bhakra)
• Longest Run-way — Indira Gandhi International Airport (New Delhi)
• Longest Sea Bridge — Rajiv Gandhi Sea Bridge (Worli-Bandra Sea-Link), Mumbai
• Longest Flyover — PVR-6 Express Way, Hyderabad

Posted by CUTTENT GENERAL KNOWLEDGE at 10:05 AM 1 comments

    

 Links to this post

Labels: GENERAL AWARENESS, GEOGRAPHY, OBJECTIVE GK

Reactions:

Highest, Longest, Biggest, Largest, Deepest, Smallest of the World

● Largest Airport : King Abdul Khalid International Airport (Saudi Arabia)
● Highest Airport : Lhasa Airport, Tibet
● Tallest Animal : Giraffe
● Largest Animal : Blue Bottom whale
● Largest Bay : Hudson Bay, Canada.
● Fastest Bird : Swift
● Largest Bird : Ostrich
● Smallest Bird : Humming bird
● Longest Bridge : Huey P. Long Bridge (USA)
● Tallest Building : Dubai Burj (Dubai)
● Longest Canal : Baltic sea White Canal
● Largest Cathedral : Cathedral Church of New York
● Largest Cemetry : Ohlsdorf Cemetry (Hamburg, Germany)
● Largest Church : Balisca of St. Peter in the Vatican City, Rome.
● Largest Continent : Asia
● Smallest Continent : Australia
● Largest Country (Area) : Russia
● Smallest Country (Area) : Vatican City
● Biggest Cinema House : Roxy, New York
● Highest City : Wenchuan, China
● Most Populous City : Tokyo
● Longest Day : June 21
● Shortest Day : December 22
● Largest Delta : Sunderban (India)
● Largest Desert : Sahara, North Africa


● Biggest Dome : Gol Gumbaz (Bijapur), India
● Largest Dams : Grand Coulee Dam, USA
● Tallest Fountain : Fountain Hills, Arizona
● Largest Gulf : Gulf of Mexico
● Largest Hotel : Excalibur Hotel (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)
● Largest Island : Greenland
● Largest Lake : Caspian Sea.
● Deepest Lake : Baikal (Siberia)
● Highest Lake : Titicaca (Bolivia)
● Largest Library : United States Library of Congress, Washington
● Largest Mosque : Jama Masjid, Delhi (India)
● Highest Mountain Peak : Mount Everest (Nepal)
● Highest Mountain Range : Himalayas, Asia.
● Largest Mountain Range : Andes (South America)
● Biggest Museum : American Museum of Natural History (New York).
● Largest Minaret : Sultan Hassan Mosque (Egypt)
● Tallest Minaret : Qutub Minar, Delhi (India)
● Biggest Oceans : Pacific Ocean
● Deepest Oceans : Pacific Ocean
● Biggest Palace : Vatican (Rome)
● Largest Palace : Imperial Palace (China)
● Largest Park : National Park of North-Eastern (Greenland)
● Largest Peninsula : Arabia
● Highest Plateau : Pamir (Tibet)
● Longest Platform : Kharagpur, W. Bengal (India)
● Largest Platform : Grand Central Terminal, (Rly. Station), New York (USA)
● Biggest Planet : Jupiter
● Smallest Planet : Mercury
● Brightest Planet : Venus
● Coldest Planet : Neptune
● Nearest Planet (to the Sun) : Mercury
● Farthest Planet (from the Sun) : Neptune
● Longest River : Nile, Africa
● Longest River Dam : Hirakud Dam, India
● Largest Sea : South China Sea
● Largest Stadium : Starhove Stadium, Prague (Czech Republic)
● Brightest Star : Sirius A
● Tallest Statue : Motherland (Russia)
● Largest Sea-bird : Albatross
● Biggest Telescope : Mt. Palomar (USA)
● Longest Train : Flying Scotsman
● Largest Temple : Angkorwat in Combodia.
● Oldest Theatre : Teatro Olimpico (Itlay)
● Tallest Tower : C. N. Tower, Toronto (Canada)
● Longest Wall : Great Wall of China
● Highest Waterfall : Angel (Venezuela)
● Widest Waterfall : Khone Falls (Laos)
● Lowest Water Level : Dead Sea
● Longest Epic : Mahabharata
● Hottest Place : Azizia (Libya)
● Rainiest Place : Mosinram, near Cherrapunji (India)
● Highest Road : Leh-Nobra, Ladakh division India.
● Highest Village : Andean (Chile)
● Highest Volcano : Ojos del Salado, (Argentina) Chile
● Largest Volcano : Manuna Lea (Hawai)
● Lightest Gas : Hydrogen
● Fastest Animal : Cheetah
● Biggest Flower : Rafflesia (Java)
● Longest Corridor : Rameshwaram Temple (India)
● Largest Democracy : India
● Highest Cable Car Project : Gulmarg (Jammu-Kashmir)
● Biggest Airbus : Double Decker A-380
● Highest Rail Track : Kwinghai- Tibbet Railway (China)

Posted by CUTTENT GENERAL KNOWLEDGE at 10:03 AM 1 comments

    

 Links to this post

Labels: GENERAL AWARENESS, GEOGRAPHY, OBJECTIVE GK

Reactions:

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2010

Geography Objective Questions

1. Who was the first man to reach the South Pole?

a) Robert Walpole
b) Amundson
c) Robert Peary
d) none of these

2. Which of the following cities are situated on the banks of river ‘Tigris’?

a) Sharjah
b) Baghdad
c) Dubai
d) London

3. Which of the following is not an island?

a) Greenland
b) Ireland
c) Cuba
d) Sweden

4. Which of the following places is called the ‘Land of Golden Pagoda’?

a) Japan
b) Thailand
c) Myanmar
d) Java

5. Which of the following places are connected by the Adam’s bridge?

a) Israel and Jerusalem
b) Amman and Damascus
c) Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman
d) Dhanushkodi and Talaimannar

6. Which of the following represent the International Date Line?

a) 1000 meridian
b) 00 meridian
c) 1800 meridian
d) 900 meridian

7. Excessively dry climate with very cold temperature throughout the year correspond to which of the following?

a) Arctic deserts
b) Tundra
c) Alpine meadows
d) Antarctica

8. Which one of the following is a cold current?

a) Gulf stream
b) Kuroshio
c) Benguela
d) Brazil

9. The disintegration and decomposition of rocks is known as

a) weathering
b) erosion
c) denudation
d) mass washing

10. What are the tropical cyclones of the Bay of Bengal called?

a) hurricanes
b) typhoons
c) depressions
d) tornadoes

11. Which of the following is the only latitude that forms a great circle?

a) The Equator
b) The Arctic circle
c) The Antarctic circle
d) The Tropic of Cancer

12. Which of the following is the most ideal condition for chemical weathering?

a) hot and humid
b) hot and dry
c) cold and dry
d) cold and humid

13. If two points are placed just on either side of the International Date Line, the difference in time between these two points will approximately be how many hours?

a) 12 hours
b) 18 hours
c) 24 hours
d) nil

14. Which one of the following rivers flows near Paris?

a) Rhine
b) Volga
c) Danube
d) Thames

15. The Pacific Ocean was so named by

a) Bartholomew Diaz
b) Magellan
c) Vasco da Gama
d) Columbus

ANSWERS

1. Amundson
2. Baghdad
3. Sweden
4. Myanmar
5. Dhanushkodi and Talaimannar
6. 1800 meridian
7. Antarctica
8. Benguela
9. weathering
10. depressions
11. the Equator
12. hot and humid
13. 24 hours
14. Rhine
15. Magellan

1. In northern hemisphere, the wind blowing from the Horse latitude to the Doldrums is called?

a) Westerly wind
b) Trade wind
c) Polar Easterly wind
d) jet stream

2. What is the maximum length of a day on the poles?

a) 12 hours
b) 24 hours
c) 3 months
d) six months

3. Which one of the following latitudes forms a great circle?

a) 00
b) 23 ½ 0
c) 66 ½ 0
d) 900

4. The International Date Line is located in the

a) Pacific Ocean
b) Atlantic ocean
c) Indian ocean
d) Arctic ocean

5. Which one of the following is a volcano located in Italy?

a) Vesuvius
b) Mauna Loa
c) Krakotao
d) Stromboli

6. Dark skin shields the body from the damaging effects of ultraviolet radiations. Therefore which of the following regions are inhabited by people with darker skin?

a) Tropical regions
b) Temperate regions
c) desert regions
d) forest regions

7. Which one of the following is not a form of precipitation?

a) hail
b) snowfall
c) rainfall
d) fog

8. What term is used to refer to the process in which the fertile part of the soil is dissolved in water and washed away?

a) effusing
b) decaying
c) leaching
d) eroding

9. Which one of the following is known as the Pearl City?

a) Cochin
b) Tuticorin
c) Rameswaram
d) Masulippatanam

10. Who was the first navigator who had sailed around the earth and proved that the shape of earth is round?

a) James Cook
b) Ferdinand Magellan
c) Ptolemy
d) Vasco da Gama

ANSWERS

1. Trade wind
2. 6 months
3. 00 
4. Pacific Ocean
5. Vesuvius
6. Tropical regions
7. Fog
8. eroding
9. Tuticorin
10. Ferdinand Magellan

1. What are clouds with vertical development called?

a) cirrus
b) stratus
c) cirrocumulus
d) cumulo-nimbus

2. Which of the following is a feature formed by rivers?

a) moraine
b) inselberg
c) cirque
d) meander

3. What is the study of spatial distribution of plants and animals called?

a) zoogeography
b) biogeography
c) plant geography
d) ecology

4. The Himalayan rivers are

a) monsoon fed
b) snow-fed
c) ephemeral
d) seasonal

5. Rhine valley in France is known for mineral deposits of

a) Bauxite
b) copper
c) Nickel
d) Zinc

6. Which of the following are linked by the Panama Canal?

a) Atlantic Ocean and Pacific ocean
b) Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean
c) Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea
d) Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea

7. Which of the following was absent in the atmosphere of the primitive earth?

a) oxygen
b) carbon dioxide
c) nitrogen
d) ammonia

8. Which one of the following is responsible for the change of seasons over the surface of earth?

a) rotation of earth
b) revolution of earth
c) inclination of earth
d) declination of earth

9. When the wind is deflected due to the rotation of the earth, it is called as

a) geotropic wind
b) polar wind
c) Westerlies
d) Trade winds

10. Which one of the following is most destructive?

a) Tornado
b) cyclone
c) typhoon
d) Willy Willy

11. By what name is the saline-desert-cum-marsh known in India?

a) Dhand
b) kaher
c) lagoon
d) rann

12. Seasonal variation is the least in

a) In the Arctic Circle
b) At 45 0 N latitude
c) in the Tropic of Cancer
d) At the Equator

13. The equatorial radius of the earth is approximately

a) 7000 km
b) 6000 km
c) 5000 km
d) 4000 km

14. The speed of rotation of the earth is the highest

a) along the Equator
b) Along the tropic of cancer
c) along the Arctic circle
d) at the North pole

15. Which one of the following rocks is a metamorphic equivalent of sandstone?

a) marble
b) quartzite
c) Gneiss
d) Granite

ANSWERS

1. Cirrocumulus
2. meander
3. biogeography
4. snow-fed
5. bauxite
6. Atlantic ocean and Pacific ocean
7. Oxygen
8. revolution of earth
9. geotropic wind
10. cyclone
11. rann
12. in the Arctic circle
13. 6000 km
14. at the North Pole
15. Quartzite

1. Which of the following is the deepest lake?

a) Caspian sea
b) Lake Baikal
c) Lake Superior
d) Lake Victoria

2. Which of the following is the area most susceptible to earthquakes?

a) Himalayan belt
b) Circum-Pacific belt
c) Mexican belt
d) Mediterranean belt

3. What is the time difference between each longitude?

a) 6 minutes
b) 4 minutes
c) 5 minutes
d) 8 minutes

4. Which atmospheric layer lies closely above the troposphere?

a) mesosphere
b) ionosphere
c) chemosphere
d) stratosphere

5. The time period of a pendulum on moon

a) remains the same
b) decreases
c) increases
d) becomes zero

6. Which of the following pairs of seas are connected by the Suez Canal?

a) Atlantic-Pacific
b) Indian-Pacific
c) Mediterranean –Red
d) Mediterranean – Black

7. Which one of the following regions is the most suitable for the cultivation of citrus fruits?

a) Equatorial region
b) Mediterranean region
c) polar region
d) tundra region

8. Who is a cartographer?

a) one who pulls a cart
b) one who makes cartoons
c) one who writes travel stories
d) one who plots maps

9. What are the lines drawn on a weather map joining places having the same temperature called?

a) isotopes
b) isobars
c) isotherms
d) isometers

10. Which of the following is the youngest mountain range in the world?

a) Alps
b) Andes
c) Aravallis
d) Himalayas

ANSWERS

1. Lake Baikal
2. Circum-Pacific belt
3. 4 minutes
4. stratosphere
5. increases
6. Mediterranean –Red
7. Mediterranean region
8. one who plots maps
9. isotherms
10. Himalayas