National Water animal of India

Indian government has declared dolphin as India’s National water animal. This was proposed and moved by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar .

“Like the tiger
as national animal and the peacock as national bird, we have declared the dolphin as the national aquatic animal. It represents the health of the rivers, particularly the Ganga,” environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh said after the first meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority chaired by PM Manmohan Singh.

After this declaration the government is expected to start a “Project Dolphin” to save the this species for getting extincted. This species is different from other sea dolphins.

It is announced publically by Forest Minister Shri Jai Ram Ramesh that Dolphin is decided as National Water Animal aka Rashtriya Jal Jeeva.

Dolphin is found in Ganga River at Bihar in India. Dolphin is the Most Lovers and Friends of Humans.

Fish Trivia - Fish Facts

*What animals have no eyes?
Jellyfish, Flat worm

*Pisciculture : Fish + Culture

*fish can survive in frozen lake because water near bottom does not freeze

*Blue whale(mammal) have the lowest heartbeat

Q: Unlike most other fish, sharks have no:
A: Bones

*Which is the largest member of the dolphin family?
Killer Whale  (but is is not a whale actually)

*Which family of creatures do not have lungs?
Fishes 

*Fish breath through Gills

*The Blue Whale's whistle is the loudest noise made by an animal.

* The world's largest mammal, the blue whale, weighs 50 tons at birth. Fully grown, it weighs as much as 150 tons.

* Dolphins sleep with one eye open!

* Did you know fishes cannot live in the Dead Sea because the water has too much salt in it?

* The blue whale is the largest animal on earth. The heart of a blue whale is as big as a car, and it's tongue is as long as an elephant.

* The call of which animal is the loudest?
Blue whale

Elephants Trivia, Elephant Facts

Elephants Trivia, Elephant Facts

*Elephants have been known to remain standing after they die.

*End this common phrase: "Elephants have a very long..." (memory)

*How much water is in Elephants?
70%

The elephant is the largest terrestrical animal on earth.
The elephant is the largest land-mammal

*Which is the largest living land animal?
African elephant

The elephant is the second tallest member of the animal kingdom--only the giraffe is taller.

Elephants has "knees", also on their hind(back) legs

Elephants can not jump

The term "Jumbo" comes from the elephant Jumbo, who after Angola, France and England, was sold to P.T. Barnum (The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus ) in U.S.A. Jumbo died in St. Thomas Ontario, Canada

September 22nd is Elephant Appreciation Day.

* There are two kinds of elephants: the African that is taller and has larger ears and the Indian that is small and has smaller ears.

* The elephant is the largest animal on land. But it is much smaller than the blue whale.

* Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

* Elephants have four teeth and two "tusks." The tusks are the long horn-like parts that come out the sides of their mouths. These tusks grow about seven inches a year, and can get up to twenty feet long! The tusks are made of ivory, which is very valuable.

The elephant is the world's largest land animal.

African elephants have larger ears than Asian elephants.


Adult weight up to 6,000 Kg (male) or 4,000 Kg (female).
Newly born infant weight 100-120 Kg.
Single tusk weight 25-45 Kg (record is over 100 Kg).
Ears up to 2 metres high by 1 metre wide (old male).
Gestation 22 months.
Lifetime Up to 65 years.

Births: Any time of the year, typically every 3-5 years.One young per birth. 

Dogs Questions

What is the more popular name of the Alsatian breed of dogs?
German Shepherd 

*Dalmatians are born without spots.

* Which is the fastest of the dogs?
Greyhound 

*In which country would you come across a wild dog called dingo?
Australia 

* Snuppy, the first dog created by cloning, has been named as 2005 Invention of the Year by Time magazine.Last year, SpaceShipOne was Time's 2004 Invention of the Year.

* Which is the first animal to have been domesticated by man?
Dog

*The dingo is Australia’s wild dog. What is India’s wild dog called?
The dhole 

Cat Family Questions

What is a feral cat? 
Domestic cats who live indoors and go out at night.

Which is the World's first successfully cloned pet animal?
Cat 

*Caspian, Sumatran, Indo-Chinese and Javan are all types of what
Tigers

*Which of these members of the cat family to moves around in groups?
Lion 

Which animal was replaced by the tiger in 1972 as India's national animal by the Indian Board of Wildlife?
Lion

"Siamese, Abyssinian and Persian are types of ____."
Cats

7. Which is the fastest land animal of India?
Blackbuck 

*Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) are the fastest land animal. These long-legged cats can run up to 65 miles per hour (100 kph) in short bursts when they are hunting.

Which is the World's first successfully cloned pet animal?
Cat 

Who was advised by Lord Curzon to protect the lions of the Gir forest?
Nawab of Junagadh

* A cat can run about 20 kilometres per hour (12 miles per hour) when it grows up. This one is going nowhere today - it is too lazy !.

* A  cheetah can run 76 kilometres per hour (46 miles per hour) - that's really fast! The fastest human beings runs only about 30 kilometres per hour (18 miles per hour).

* a cheetah does not roar like a lion - it purrs like a cat (meow).

*Cheetah  is the fastest of all terrestrial animals and can reach speeds of up to 100 km/h (62 mph) in short bursts. The Moghul Emperor of India, Jahangir, recorded having a white cheetah presented to him in 1608. In the memoirs of Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri, the Emperor says that in the third year of his reign: Raja Bir Singh Deo brought a white cheetah to show me.

A Cheetah can reach a Maximum Speed of 110 kilometres per hour.

* The female lion does more than 90% of the hunting while the male simply prefers to rest.

Birds GK Questions

* Arctic tern bird: which bird makes the longest annual migration who travels from arctic to antartica and go back (KBC5 25 lakh question)

* Mankind lives in various places including the bitter cold regions
   of this globe. They are called Eskimos. So what does the word
"eskimo" mean?
EATERS OF RAW MEAT

* A penguin swims at a speed of approximately 15 miles per hour.

*In 1681, the last dodo bird died.

*The 'Australasian' is the smallest member of which bird family?
Penguin 

* The smallest bird and fly backward in the world is the Hummingbird. It weighs 1oz

*Which of these birds can fly backwards?
Hummingbird 

* The largest bird in the world today is the Ostrich Struthio camelus.

*Which of these birds has become extinct(gone)?
Dodo 

*On which island were the extinct bird dodo found?
Mauritius

* Which became the national bird of Britain by public ballot nearly 40 years ago?
Robin

* Which is the national bird of the United States?
Bald eagle  

Bee Facts

Bee can lift 300 times its own weight - roughly the equivalent of a person lifting 15 tons.

A bee must visit 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.

A bee can see the colors green, blue and ultra-violet - but red looks like black.

Alligator Animal

An alligator is a crocodile in the genus Alligator  of the family  Alligatoridae.

There are only two alligator species in the world: the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) and the Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis).

It looked like a lizard or crocodile.

PM CARES Fund (14 May 2020)

PM CARES Fund (14 May 2020) allocation news

PM CARES Fund of  Rs 3,100 crore, 

 Rs 2,000 crore ------- for  purchase of ventilators and 

Rs 1,000 crore -------- for care of migrant labourers.

Remaining  Rs 100 crore -----for  support coronavirus vaccine development

Good move by PM. thanks ----------------------------

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Quiz 2 With answers (14.05.2020)

Quiz 2 With answers (14.05.2020)

1. X has become the first Indian bank to set up a branch in Qatar with a license from the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority (QFCRA). Name X. ----- ICICI Bank

2. Tata motors has launched the Tata Ace in a second international market after Sri Lanka. Where has it been launched?  ------A. Nepal

3. Shah Rukh Khan is the third film personality on Jet Airways board. Who are the other two?
a. The other two are lyricist and writer Javed Akhtar and producer-director Yash Chopra.

4. How do we know Marie Grosholz better?
A. Madame Tussaud. Marie’s mother’s employer, a doctor named Philippe Curtius, opened an exhibition of life-size wax figures at the Palais Royale in Paris. Marie learnt the art of wax modeling from him. She married Francois Tussaud in 1795, but left him after 8 yrs to bring the collection on a tour of the British Isles.

5. RED (Real Estate Development) is whose initiative?  HDFC

6. Which queen asked MF Hussain to paint 99 arab conversation in canvas? Queen of qatar

7. National inventors day celebrated for whom in US? Edison

8. In 2002 jobs.com was bought for $ 800,000 who bought it? Monster.com

9. Whose followers are called the merrymen? Robinhood

10. Who is the hindu god who is a maker of Ornaments ? Viswakarma

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Lockdown 4.0 in India ( after May 17 2020)

Lockdown 4.0 in India ( after May 17 2020)

Friends, Is  Lockdown 4.0 in India ( after May 17 2020) shall extend or not.


I think yes. It should be. It should be extend for more than 2 weeks.


Till 31 May 2020.

I think, Lockdown in India should open on 1st June 2020.

Quiz 1 With answers (12.05.2020)

From today i am posting 10 quiz questions with answers in my blog.

Quiz 1 With answers (12.05.2020)

1. The Story of My Life, an autobiography by Helen Keller is dedicated to which eminent person who helped direct her education and considered himself foremost a teacher of the deaf?
 Alexander Graham Bell

2. If India = Bharat and Japan = Nippon, Greece =   ?
 Hellas

3. It is called the Mehran in Pakistan and is the largest selling product of its type in the country. Its direct Indian equivalent is also the largest selling product of its kind in this country. What brand? Maruti 800 (both based on Suzuki Alto

4. The Lokayukta Act 1984 was the first of its kind in India. It was the brainchild of which Chief Minister who was inspired by the successful working of the Swedish ombudsman?
Ramakrishna Hegde

5. The attacks on Krishna as a child by Putana, Trinavarta and other demons so frightened Yashodha that she insisted that the entire village move from Gokul to a more auspicious place downstream on the banks of the Yamuna next to a tulsi forest at the base of Govardhan hill. What place was this? Vrindavan

6. In Czechoslovakia it is called “prozvonit”. In Spanish the practice is called “dar un toque” (to give a touch). What is the common English term in India for this telecom practice?
“Missed call”

7. Which river arises in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, flows through the city of Jammu and then crosses into Pakistan to join the Chenab?
TAWI

8. Who uttered the famous phrase “poyekhali!” meaning “Off we go!” before embarking on a momentous journey?
Yuri Gagarin (April 12, 1961)

9.  A European country has two elements in the Periodic Table named after it. Which two elements? Gallium and Francium

10. Which district of Tamil Nadu gets its name from Sanskrit meaning “black mountain” from the numerous black granite hillocks that dot its landscape?
  Krishnagiri

Toughest Quiz Questions with Answers

Unique GK Questions with Answers

In the 1960’s Vogue magazine listed the “10 Most Beautiful Women in the World”. Two Indians were on this list and both died recently. Name them.
a. Leela Naidu, Maharani Gayatri Devi

On what poster would you find these lines, “What does it take to find a lost lover? (a) Money (b) Luck (c) Smarts (d) Destiny”
a. Slumdog Millionaire

 During a previous total solar eclipse visible in India, in 1868, a French scientist named Pierre Jansen travelled to a tobacco field just outside Guntur to observe the spectrum. A resultant yellow line in the spectrum was a pointer to which new element, which was the first-ever element to be discovered outside Earth before it was found on Earth?
a. Helium

What is a bunch of bananas called?
a. Hand

 In which country did the 2009 swine flu pandemic start?
a. Mexico

 Gandhiji was inspired by the simple attire of peasants in this region while on a train journey. Once he reached his destination, he shaved his head. The next morning, after a bath, he appeared dressed in a four cubits long khadi cloth, worn as a knee-length half-dhoti. Rajaji and Dr. T.S.S. Rajan who were present there tried to make Gandhiji change his mind. Gandhiji’s mind was, however, firmly made up. In which city did this incident occur?
a. Madurai

 Hawk-eye technology is one of the most sophisticated officiating tools used in sport. It made its debut with cricket and then entered the tennis court. In which other sport is it being used officially?
Snooker. Hawk-Eye first introduced its snooker technology at the Snooker Grand Prix in Aberdeen. It then progressed to the Masters at Wembley and, most recently, stepped up to the largest stage in snooker, the renowned Crucible in Sheffield, at the World Snooker Championships.

Who is the first Indian sportswoman to make it to the cover of the Time magazine’s Asia edition?
a. Sania Mirza

Malayalam film director Adoor Gopalakrishnan. He is the youngest recipient of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2005 and the only filmmaker to receive the country’s highest honour after directing the least number of films.

What is the claim to fame of Stuart Robertson who is currently employed with Hampshire cricket club in the world of cricket?
He introduced the T 20 format

Which Indian politician is writing a book by the title of “Yes, We can” based on Barack Obama’s life?
Vai Ko

GK questions on Miss India winners

GK questions on Miss India winners

Why was preeti desai in the news ? -
 crowned miss UK 2006 after Danielle lloyd was stripped of crown

Which company organised the first Miss World contest held in India?
" ABCL

Irene Esther came third, Basetsana Julia came second. Who was the
first?
Aishwarya Rai, Miss world 1994

*Which former Miss India created history by deciding not to take part in the Miss Universe competition?
Nalini Vishwanathan

*In 1947 which award was conferred upon the actress Pramila?
Miss India 

*Name first indian model (miss india) to have competed for miss world tytle?
ANS. INDRANI REHMAN

*Starting 1964, the pageant has been held by the Femina magazine, and is referred to as Femina Miss India. Prior to 1964, Miss India was selected by Eve's weekly in 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1962. In 1947 and 1952, the winners were chosen by the Indian press.

*Miss India has been participating in the Miss Universe pageant since 1952, starting with Indrani Rehman; and in the Miss World pageant since 1959, starting with Fleur Ezekiel. After the Femina Miss India pageant was established, the practice was to send the winner to the Miss Universe pageant and the runner-up to the Miss World contest. Usually a second-runner up or an independent pageant winner would be sent to international pageants like Miss Asia, Miss International and Miss Asia-Pacific.

*Starting from 1995, the practice of choosing a single winner or "Miss India" was changed to instead elect representatives to the different international pageants, and three winners, who receive equal prizes and status were chosen, and designated Miss India Universe, Miss India World and Miss India Asia-Pacific. As of 2002, the third winner would no longer be sent to Miss Asia-Pacific, but to the newly formed Miss Earth pageant.

*The awards for 1989 were given at the end of the year (December), hence there was no separate contest for 1990.

*The year 1994 was a landmark year for the pageant industry in India when both the Miss Universe and Miss World contests were won by Miss Indias Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai respectively.

*In 2000 all the Miss India winners happened to win their respective international pageants - Lara Dutta (Miss Universe), Priyanka Chopra (Miss World) and Diya Mirza (Miss Asia-Pacific).


1952
• Indrani Rehman, first Miss India to participate in Miss Universe
• Nutan (finest actresses in Indian Cinema)
1947
Pramila (or Esther Abraham)
*The Pride of India, a cofffe table book on former Miss Indias, by Persis Khambatta, Miss India 1965

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