Increase your general knowledge - July 27th, 2009

Read it when you want some knowledge out of your interest.

* Ants don't sleep.

* Owls have eyeballs that are tubular in shape, because of this, they cannot move their
eyes.
* A bird requires more food in proportion to its size than a baby or a cat.
* The mouse is the most common mammal in the US.
* A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length.
* A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
* The Canary Islands were not named for a bird called a canary. They were named after a
breed of large dogs. The Latin name was Canariae insulae - "Island of Dogs."
* There are 701 types of pure breed dogs.
* A polecat is not a cat. It is a nocturnal European weasel.
* Tapeworms range in size from about 0.04 inch to more than 50 feet in length.
* A baby bat is called a pup.
* German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.
* A female mackerel lays about 500,000 eggs at one time.
* It takes 35 to 65 minks to produce the average mink coat. The numbers for other types
of fur coats are: beaver - 15; fox - 15 to 25; ermine - 150; chinchilla - 60 to 100.
* The animal responsible for the most human deaths world-wide is the mosquito.
* The biggest pig in recorded history was Big Boy of Black Mountain, North Carolina,
who was weighed at 1,904 pounds in 1939.
* Cats respond most readily to names that end in an "ee" sound.
* A cat cannot see directly under its nose. This is why the cat cannot seem to find tidbits
on the floor.
* Pigs, walruses and light-colored horses can be sunburned.
* Snakes are immune to their own poison.
* An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.
* Cats have more than one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
* The biggest member of the cat family is the male lion, which weighs 528 pounds (240
kilograms).
* Most lipstick contains fish scales.
* Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million
descendants.
* Each day in the US, animal shelters are forced to destroy 30,000 dogs and cats.
* A shrimp's heart is in their head.
* A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
* A cockroach will live nine days without its head, before it starves to death.
* The cat lover is an ailurophile, while a cat hater is an ailurophobe.
* A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second.
* It may take longer than two days for a chick to break out of its shell.
* Dragonflies are one of the fastest insects, flying 50 to 60 mph.
* Despite man's fear and hatred of the wolf, it has not ever been proved that a non-rabid
wolf ever attacked a human.
* There are more than 100 million dogs and cats in the United States.
* Americans spend more than 5.4 billion dollars on their pets each year.
* Cat's urine glows under a black light.
* The largest cockroach on record is one measured at 3.81 inches in length.
* It is estimated that a single toad may catch and eat as many as 10,000 insects in the
course of a summer.
* Amphibians eyes come in a variety shapes and sizes. Some even have square or heart-
shaped pupils.
* It would require an average of 18 hummingbirds to weigh in at 1 ounce.
* Dogs that do not tolerate small children well are the St. Bernard, the Old English sheep
dog, the Alaskan malamute, the bull terrier, and the toy poodle.
* Moles are able to tunnel through 300 feet of earth in a day.
* Howler monkeys are the noisiest land animals. Their calls can be heard over 2 miles
away.
* A quarter of the horses in the US died of a vast virus epidemic in 1872.
* The fastest bird is the Spine-tailed swift, clocked at speeds of up to 220 miles per hour.
* There is no single cat called the panther. The name is commonly applied to the leopard,
but it is also used to refer to the puma and the jaguar. A black panther is really a black
leopard. A capon is a castrated rooster.
* The world's largest rodent is the Capybara. An Amazon water hog that looks like a
guinea pig, it can weigh more than 100 pounds.
* The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people.
* The hummingbird, the loon, the swift, the kingfisher, and the grebe are all birds that
cannot walk.
* The poisonous copperhead snake smells like fresh cut cucumbers.
* A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.
* Worker ants may live seven years and the queen may live as long as 15 years.
* The blood of mammals is red, the blood of insects is yellow, and the blood of lobsters is
blue.
* Cheetahs make a chirping sound that is much like a bird's chirp or a dog's yelp. The
sound is so an intense, it can be heard a mile away.
* The underside of a horse's hoof is called a frog. The frog peels off several times a year
with new growth.
* The bloodhound is the only animal whose evidence is admissible in an American court.
98% of brown bears in the United States are in Alaska.
* Before air conditioning was invented, white cotton slipcovers were put on furniture to
keep the air cool.
* The Barbie doll has more than 80 careers.
* To make one pound of whole milk cheese, 10 pounds of whole milk is needed.
* 99% of pumpkins that are sold for decoration.
* Every 30 seconds a house fire doubles in size.
* The month of December is the most popular month for weddings in the Philippines.
* A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine.
* Carbon monoxide can kill a person in less than 15 minutes.
* The largest ever hailstone weighed over 1kg and fell in Bangladesh in 1986.
* Ants can live up to 16 years.
* In Belgium, there is a museum that is just for strawberries.
* The sense of smell of an ant is just as good as a dog's.
* Popped popcorn should be stored in the freezer or refrigerator as this way it can stay
crunchy for up to three weeks.
* Coca-Cola was originally green.
* The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
* The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
* The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
* TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row
of the keyboard.
* Women blink nearly twice as much as men!!
* You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
* It is impossible to lick your elbow.
* People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for
a millisecond.
* It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
* The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the
English language.
* If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can
rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
* Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history.
* Spades - King David
* Clubs - Alexander the Great,
* Hearts - Charlemagne
* Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
* 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987, 654,321
* If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person
died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of
wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of
natural causes.
* What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in
common?
* Ans. - All invented by women.
* Question - This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this?
* Ans. - Honey.
* A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
* A snail can sleep for three years.
* All polar bears are left handed.
* American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad
served in first-class.
* Butterflies taste with their feet.
* Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
* In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
* On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
* Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.
* Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
* The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
* The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
* The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood
30 feet.
* Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700
times.
* The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
* Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is differen

Punch lines - December 3rd, 2008

01. “Just do it.”Brand: Nike
02. “The future’s bright. The future’s Orange.”Brand: Orange
03. “Ask the man who owns one.”Brand: Packard (car)
04. “If it’s on, it’s in.”Brand: Radio Times
05. “Snap! Crackle! Pop!”Brand: Kellogg’s Rice Krispies
06. “Finger lickin’ good.”Brand: KFC
07. “Have a break. Have a Kit-Kat.”Brand: Kit Kat (wafer)
08. “You can break a brolly but you can’t k-nacker a Knirps.”Brand: Knirps (umbrella)
09. “Betcha can’t eat just one.”Brand: Lay’s
10. “The milk chocolate melts in your mouth, not in your hand.”Brand: M&Ms
11. “A newspaper, not a snoozepaper.”Brand: The Mail on Sunday
12. “A Mars a day helps you work, rest and play.”Brand: Mars (chocalate)
13. “Good to the last drop.”Brand: Maxwell House (coffee)
14. “Tastes so good cats ask for it by name.”Brand: Meow Mix (cat food)
15. “Merrill Lynch is bullish on America.”Brand: Merrill Lynch (stock magazine?)
16. “It’s Miller time!”Brand: Miller
17. “Safety fast.”Brand: MG
18. “Don’t be vague. Ask for Haig.”Brand: Haig Scotch Whisky
19. “When you care enough to send the very best”Brand: Hallmark (cards)
20. “Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet.”Brand: Hamlet
21. “If you want to get ahead, get a hat.”Brand: Hat Council
22. “Heineken refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach.”Brand: Heineken
23. “Beanz meanz Heinz.”Brand: Heinz Baked Beans
24. “I think, therefore IBM.” Brand: IBM
25. “It is. Are you?”Brand: The Independent (newspaper)
26. “Grace… space… pace.”Brand: Jaguar (car)
27. “Nothing runs like a Deere”Brand: John Deere
28. “A diamond is forever.”Brand: De Beers Consolidated
29. “Put a tiger in your tank.”Brand: Esso (oil)
30. “When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight.”Brand: Federal Express
31. We live to deliver.Brand: Fedex
32. “Hand-built by robots.”Brand: Fiat Strad (watch)
33. “No FT, no comment.”Brand: Financial Times
34. “Capitalist tool.”Brand: Forbes
35. “Say it with flowers”Brand: FTD (Interflora) (florist)
36. “Say no to no say.”Brand: Greater London Council
37. “Guinness is good for you.”Brand: Guinness (beer)
38. “My goodness, my Guinness!”Brand: Guinness
39. “I’d walk a mile for a Camel.”Brand: Camel (ciggarette)
40. “M’m! M’m! Good!”Brand: Campbell’s Soup
41. “I bet he drinks Carling Black Label.”Brand: Carling Black Label
42. “Probably the best beer in the world.”Brand: Carlsberg
43. “The Citi never sleeps.”Brand: Citibank
44. “The antidote for civilization.”Brand: Club Med
45. “It’s what your right arm’s for.”Brand: Courage Tavern Ale
46. “Look, Ma, no cavities!”Brand: Crest
47. “You’re in good hands with Allstate.”Brand: Allstate
48. “Don’t leave home without it.”Brand: American Express
49. “Think different.”Brand: Apple Macintosh
50. “Reach out and touch someone.”Brand: AT&T
51. “We try harder.”Brand: Avis Rent A Car
52. “Ah, Bisto!”Brand: Bisto (soup)
53. “The ultimate driving machine.”Brand: BMW
54. “The world’s favourite airline.”Brand: British Airways
55. “It’s good to talk.”Brand: British Telecom/BT
56. “We have it your way.Brand: Burger King
57. Bring out the champion in you. Brand: Nestle Milo
58. Hi-fi, Hi-fun, Hi-fashion, only for Sony.Brand: Sony
59. Always Coca-Cola. Brand: Coca-Cola.
60. The pursuit for perfection has no finish line. Brand: Mercedes Benz
61. Kids cant wait.Brand: Apple/Macintosh
62. Its the taste.Brand: Nestle
63. A Modern Classic.Brand: Buick
64. Beyond expectation.Brand: Malaysia Air. Lines
65. Have you driven a Ford lately?Brand: Ford
66. Life is a journey, travel it well.Brand: United Air. Lines
67. Time always follows me.Brand: Rossini (watch)
68. Not all cars are created equal.Brand: Mitsubishi
69. Flowers by Interflora speak from the heart.Brand: Interflora
70. Where there is a way, there is a Toyota.Brand: Toyota
71. Britains best business bank.Brand: Allied Irish Bank
72. Quality never goes out of style.Brand: Levies (jeans)
73. Takes a licking and keeps on ticking.Brand: Timex (watch)7
4. Let your fingers do the walking.Brand: Yellow Pages
75. Liquid jewelry.Brand: Lorr Laboratories (nail polish)
76. Wears like a pig’s nose.Brand: W. M. Finck & Co. (men’s overalls)
77. Understanding comes with TimeBrand: Time
78. We take the world’s greatest pictures.Brand: Nikon
79. The world’s #1 selling financial software.Brand: Quicken
80. Laughs at time.Brand: Du Pont (paint)
81. The world on time.Brand: Federal Express
82. Soothes. Cleanses. Refreshes.Brand: Murine Co. (eyedrops)
83. Ask for MoreBrand: More (cigarrette)
84. Tides in, Dirts out.Brand: Tide
85. Make time for time.Brand: Time
86. Lets make things better.Brand: Phillips
87. Dont dream it. Drive it!Brand: Jaguar
88. Make yourself heard.Brand: Ericsson (cellphone)
89. Come to where flavor is. Marlbbro country.Brand: Marlbbro
90. Generation NextBrand: Pepsi
91. Join the Pepsi generation: feel the tasteBrand: Pepsi
92. Drink Coca-Cola.Brand: Coca-Cola
93. Oh what a feeling!Brand: Toyota
94. The king of beers.Brand: Budweiser
95. Drivers wanted.Brand: Volkswagen
96. Just slightly ahead of our time.Brand: Panasonic
97. Wonder where the yellow went.Brand: Pepsodent
98. Fresh up with Seven-UpBrand: Seven-Up
99. Always buy Chesterfield.Brand: Chesterfield (cigarrette)
100. A world of comfort.Brand: Japan Airlines

L&T - We Make the Things that Make India Proud

LG - Digitally Yours

Sify - Making the Internet work for you

Voltas - ACs with IQ

Alcatel - Architect of an Internat World

Cathy Pacific Airlines - The Heart of Asia

MS Office 97 - Work Less, Do More

Hyundai - Drive Your Way

Canon - Delighting You Always

Philips - Sense & Simplicity

The Economic Times - The Power of Knowledge

Cell One - The One for Everyone

Cantabill - International Clothing

Business World - Play the Game

Dolphin - The Affordable Network Service

SBI - With You all the Way

Amway - Better Ideas-Better Life

Omega - The Sign of Excellance

Jaguar - Dont Dream it, Drive it

Honda - The Power of Dreams

MTNL - Transparency makes us Different

SOTC - You Look the World, We Look After You

ABN AMRO - Making More Possible

Business Today - For managing Tomarrow

Nokia - Connecting People

Wipro - Applying Thought

Air France - Making the Sky the best place on Earth

Air Lufthansa - There's no Better Way to Fly

Toyota - Touch the Perfection

Jet Airways - The Joy of Flying

ITC - Enduring Value

IFFCO TOKIO - The Life You Desire

Microsoft - Your Potential, Your Passion

Epson - Exceed Your Vision

Park Avenue - Play the Lead

British Airways - The World is Waiting

DIGJAM - Dressing the World

Chevrolet - For a Special Journey called Life

CNN - Be the First to Know

MICO-BOSCH - The Power of We

Sun Microsystem - The Network is the Computer

TATA Indicom - Business Without Limits

Amkette - When Reliability Matters

Dell - Easy to Buy, Easy to Own

Motorola - Intelligence Everywhere

FORD – Built for the Road Ahead

GM – Only GM.

DAIMLER CHRYSLER – The Future of Automobile

BMW – The Ultimate Driving Machine

AUDI – Vorsprung Durch Technik

TOYOTA - Touch The Perfection

HYUNDAI - Drive Your Way

HONDA - The Power of Dreams

SKODA – Obsessed with Quality since 1897.

VOLKSWAGEN - Drivers wanted

FIAT - Driven by Passion. FIAT

JAGUAR - Born to Perform

LEXUS – The Pursuit of Perfection

TATA MOTORS – Even More Car per Car

Microsoft - Where Do You Want to Go Today ; Your Potential Our Passion

Windows XP - Do More with Less

HP - Invent ; Everything is Possible

Computer Associates - The software that powers the E Business

CSC - Experience. Results.

Accenture - High Performance. Delivered

IBM - ON DEMAND

LENOVO - We are building a new technology company.

Apple Macintosh - Think Different.

TCS - Beyond the Obvious

Infosys - Powered by Intellect, Driven by Values; Improve your odds with Infosys
Predictability

WIPRO - Applying Thought

EMC - Where Information Lives.

Adobe - Simplicity at work. Better by adobe.

Some facts about India.. - September 23rd, 2009

-The name ‘India’ is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the
home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the
Sindhu.

-India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history.

-India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th
Century.

-India is one of the few countries in the World, which gained independence without
violence.
-Christopher Columbus, attracted by India’s wealth, had come looking for a sea route to
India when he discovered America by mistake.

-Until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds in the world.
India is the largest democracy in the world, the 7th largest Country in the world, and one
of the most ancient civilizations.

-Chess was invented in India.

-India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India.
The ‘Place Value System’ and the ‘Decimal System’ were developed in India in 100 B.C.

-The value of “pi” was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and he
explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this
in the 6th century, long before the European mathematicians.

-India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world.

-The largest employer in the world is the Indian Railways, employing over a million
people.

-Islam is India’s and the world’s second largest religion.

-There are 300,000 active mosques in India, more than in any other country, including the
Muslim world.

-Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist
missionaries.

-Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years.

-India is the only country other than US and Japan, to have built a super computer
indigenously.

-India is the largest English speaking nation in the world.

-India has the second largest pool of Scientists and Engineers in the World.

-38% of Doctors in America are Indians.

-36% of NASA employees are Indians.

-34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.

-28% of IBM employees are Indians.

-India has 28 States and 7 Union territories.

-Biggest state(area-wise):Rajasthan.
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Smallest state(area-wise):Goa.

-Biggest state(Population-wise):Uttar Pradesh.

-Smallest state(Polpulation-wise):Sikkim.

-Largest Union Territory(area-wise):Andaman & Nicobar Islands

-Largest Union Territory(Population-wise) elhi.

-Smallest Union Territory(area & population-wise):Lakshadweep.

-Highest Density of Population –West Bengal.

-Lowest Density of Population —Arunachal Pradesh.

-Highest Literacy–Kerala.

-Lowest Literacy—Bihar.

# Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India.

# The 'Place Value System' and the 'Decimal System' were developed in India in 100 B.C.

# The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
The shikhara of the temple is made from a single 80-tonne piece of granite. This
magnificent temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the
reign of Rajaraja Chola.

# India is the largest democracy in the world, the 6th largest Country in the world, and one
of the most ancient civilizations.

# The game of Snakes & Ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It
was originally called 'Mokshapat'. The ladders in the game represented virtues and the
snakes indicated vices. The game was played with cowrie shells and dices. In time, the game
underwent several modifications, but its meaning remained the same, i.e. good deeds take
people to heaven and evil to a cycle of re-births.
# The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Built in 1893 after
leveling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level.
# India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world.

# The largest employer in the world is the Indian Railways, employing over a million people.

# Until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds in the world.

# The world's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500
students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda
built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field
of education.

# Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The Father of Medicine,
Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.

# The Art of Navigation & Navigating was born in the river Sindh over 6000 years ago. The
very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word 'NAVGATIH'. The word navy is also
derived from the Sanskrit word 'Nou'.

# Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the Sun hundreds
of years before the astronomer Smart. According to his calculation, the time taken by the
Earth to orbit the Sun was 365.258756484 days.

# The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley
between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built by the Indian
Army in August 1982.

# Sushruta is regarded as the Father of Surgery. Over2600 years ago Sushrata & his team
conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary
stones, plastic surgery and brain surgeries.

# Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient Indian medicine. Detailed knowledge of
anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism,physiology, etiology, genetics and immunity is
also found in many ancient Indian texts.

# India exports software to 90 countries.

# The four religions born in India - Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed
by 25% of the world's population.

# Jainism and Buddhism were founded in India in 600 B.C. and 500 B.C. respectively.
TEST UR G.K(General Knowledge) - July 27th, 2009
Hmmm…. Lets see :

1) How much water is there in a dry paper ?

a) 2% b) 6%
c) 9% d) 10%

2) When was Pluto discovered?

a)1897 b)1908
c)1930 d) 1935

3) How long does a wheat flower lives ?

a) 2 hours b) 16 hours
c) 1 day d) 1 week

4) Coconut is a _________
a) Fruit b) Seed
c) Bud d) Flower

5) Blood pressure is recorded by ________

a) Kymograph b) Sphygmomanometer
c) Barometer d) Fathometer

6) A common house fly has ________

a) 4 legs b) 6 legs
c) 8 legs d) 2 legs

7) How many times is water heavier than air?

a) 7 b) 10
c) 17 d) 6

8) Can monkeys swim?

9) Which is the largest ocean in the world?

10) Which is the biggest zoo in the world?

1) 2-10 % depends on type of paper... Ans can be (d)

2) 1930
3) 2 hours (tukka )
4) seed
5) Sphygmomanometer
6) 6 legs
7) 10 times (tukka again )
8) i have seen monkeys swimming. But ppl say they cant swim.
9) pacific ocean
10) san diego zoo

1) How much water is there in a dry paper ?

ans: 2%-10%

2) When was Pluto discovered?

ans: 1930

3) How long does a wheat flower lives ?

ans:1 week

4) Coconut is a _________
ans: Fruit

5) Blood pressure is recorded by ________

ans: Sphygmomanometer

6) A common house fly has ________

ans: 6 legs

7) How many times is water heavier than air?

ans: 17

8) Can monkeys swim?

ans: yes

9) Which is the largest ocean in the world?

ans: the pacific

10) Which is the biggest zoo in the world?

ans: Zoologischer Garten Berlin (Berlin zoological garden)

Friends: (1)

gk quries - September 28th, 2009

1. Which metal is heavier, silver or gold?
2. How many legs do butterflies have?
3. Which is the country with the most people?
4. Which state is the biggest in the US?
5. Which country has the largest area of land?
6. Which is the country hosting the 2008 Olympic Games?
7. Which indoor sport is the most popular in the US?
8. Which golf player's mother is from Thailand?
9. What is Aurora Borealis commonly known as?
10. Which is the non-contagious disease that is the most common in the world?
11. Which was the album the Beatles recorded the last time together?
12. Which instrument did Miles Davis, the jazz musician, play?
13. What is the sport in which you could get into a headlock?
14. In which country was golf first played?
15. Which is the sport where you could be out ?leg before wicket?, or ?hit a six??
16. When did baseball originate in the US?
17. Which is the sport wherein you would use a 'sand iron'?
18. What is the largest mammal in the world?
19. Which is the country where reggae music originated?
20. Who was the creator of Jeeves and Wooster?
21. Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
22. Who was the writer of Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland?
23. After which famous person was the teddy bear named?
24. Which is the smallest ocean in the world?
25. What is the rhino?s horn made of?

1. What is the expansion ( Full Form ) of YAHOO?

Yet Another Hierarchy of Officious Oracle

2. What is the expansion ( Full Form ) of ADIDAS?

ADIDAS- All Day I Dream About Sports

3. Expansion of Star as in Star TV Network?

Satellite Television Asian Region

4. What is expansion of "ICICI?"

Industrial credit and Investments Corporation of India

5. The 1984-85 season. 2nd ODI between India and Pakistan at Sialkot - India 210/3 with
Vengsarkar 94*. Match abandoned. Why?

That match was abandoned after people heard the news of Indira Gandhi being killed.

6. Who is the only man to have written the National Anthems for two different countries?
Rabindranath Tagore who wrote national anthem for two different countries one is our 's
National

anthem and another one is for Bangladesh- (Amar Sonar* *Bangla )

7. From what four word expression does the word `goodbye` derive?

Goodbye comes from the ex-pression: 'god be with you'.

8. How was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known?

Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu is none other Mother Teresa

9. Name the only other country to have got independence on Aug 15th?

South Korea

10. Why was James Bond Associated with the Number 007?

Because 007 is the ISD code for Russia (or the USSR , as it was known during the cold
war)

11. Who faced the first ball in the first ever One day match?

Geoffrey Boycott

12. Which cricketer played for South Africa before it was banned from international
cricket and later represented Zimbabwe ?

John Traicos

13. Which is the only country that is surrounded from all sides by only one country (other
than Vatican )?

Lesotho surrounded from all sides by South Africa ..

14. Which is the only sport which is not allowed to play left handed?

. Polo.

Facts to make every Indian proud

Q. Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems?

A. Vinod Khosla
Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the
today's computers run on it)?
A. Vinod Dahm

Q. Who is the third richest man on the world?

A. According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Aziz Premji,
who is the CEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is at 6th
position now.

Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1 web
based email program)?
A. Sabeer Bhatia

Q. Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is the creator
of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)?
A. Arun Netravalli

Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard?

A. Rajiv Gupta

Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000,

responsible to iron out all initial problems?
A. Sanjay Tejwrika

Q. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart?

A. Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.

Which Indian confectioneries brand and Times Warner are involved in a legal wrangle
over the 'Bunny' logo?

52. What is the consulting firm recently acquired by the electronics giant Hewlett-
Packard?

53. What pharma company markets the 'Ayurvedic Concepts' range of health products?

54. What Hyderabad based company has been contracted by Cantor Index plc to supply
giant- sized, inflatable images of the latest contenders to American Presidency-Bush and
Gore?

55. What internationally famous sports apparel company was started in the 1930's by a
champion tennis-player of France?

56. Prime Minister AB Vajpayee under went knee surgery in which Mumbai hospital?

57. According to 'BBC's Moneytalk' which German brand is ranked No. 1 amongst car
audio products?

58. Who was chosen to be the first and only recipient in India of the choicest, limited
edition champagne 'Espirit du Siecle'?

59. Which Hollywood star and brand ambassador of Omega watches was recently in
India to meet the Dalai Lama?

60. What tourist attraction in London, designed by Sir Richard Rogers especially for the
millennium, is in grave financial crisis because of its failure to attract enough visitors?

61. OM Gruppen of Sweden is in the news for wanting to takeover of all things which
European stock exchange?

62. Carlos Ghosn, living up to his sobriquet of 'Le Cost-Killer', is putting which ailing
Japanese carmaker on the road to recovery?

63. In the mesmerically popular TV Game show Kaun Banega Crorepati, the prize money
is issued on the cheques of which bank?

64. What redoubtable Swiss watchmaker markets a range of metal-cased watches under a
clever and ironic name of "Irony"?

65. In the world of Food and Agriculture what does the acronym GM stand for?

66. The indigenously produced Hepatitis b vaccine called Shanvac B, which is giving the
multinationals a run for their money, is produced by which company?

67. Sierra Leone is now always in the news for the bloody civil war which is raging there.
Otherwise it was known for its highly lucrative export trade in which mineral?

68. What 'wireless' technology, which has almost become a buzzword, is named after an
ancient Viking chief?

69. What is the new name of the TV channel TNT, after its recent rechristening?

70. Sumantra Ghoshal has been appointed the founding Dean of which fledgling Business
School?

71. Arun Bajoria's takeover threat was targeted at which company?

72. Which Bank has launched the "India Millennium Deposits" to mobilize resources of
NRI&s?

73. The quality enforcing technique of 'Six Sigma' was first introduced by which
American company?
74. Which airline uses the slogan "Be Good to Yourself" in its ads?

75. What is the expensive delicacy obtained from the fish sturgeon especially found in
the Caspian Sea?

76. What is the name of the new generation fuel cell car recently developed by GM?

77. Which large chaebol, now in dire straits, was started by five friends in 1979 to
manufacture and export garments?

78. Which Dutch brewery is ranked as the biggest producer of beer in Europe?

79. What prized and exclusive cars are manufactured in Malvern Link, North west of
London?

80. In collaboration which Bollywood star is 'Emami' proposing to launch a range of

Ayurvedic personal care products?

81. What is the name of the alliance formed by airlines such as Delta, Air France, Aero
Mexico and Korean Air?

82. Which Budapest-born American CEO's biography is entitled "Swimming Across"?

83. Who is the 'person of Indian origin' who was hailed by the online magazine 'Valley
Talk' as "the most successful Venture Capitalist of all time"?

84. Consequent upon a long drawn out family feud, what is the new name assumed by
Andersen Consulting?

85. Italy's Monte Paschi di Seine, established in 1472, has the distinction of being the
oldest of its kind. What is it?

86. Which advertising legend is supposed to have advised, "If you have nothing to say,
sing it!"

87. Hans Wilsdorf, a German who set up his business in Switzerland, and later moved to
London became the founder of which famous brand of watches?

88. Touted as one of the most useful inventions of this century, it was invented by George
Mestral after he noticed burr sticking to his clothes on his return from a walk in the
woods. What is it?

89. What is the 'highest scoring partnership' in cricket, which became a world famous
brand of cigarettes?
90. Unit Trust's recent intention of terminating what scheme has caused public outcry and
a lot of litigation?

91.Which mobile phone manufacturer is popularizing mobile-telephone etiquette with its

'mobile manners' campaign?

92.Which Indian TV channel owned the transmission rights for the 50th Miss World
contest held in the
Millennium Dome in London?

93. Bajaj auto is setting up a two wheeler assembly line in which South American
country?

94.Merino, one of the finest types of wool, is associated with which country?

95.In the heyday of nationalization, which PSU emerged from the amalgamation of
ESSO and Caltex?

96.What biscuit in McVittie's range was originally developed by Sir Alexander Grant in
the 1890's?

97.In the world of TV transmission technology, what does the much-talked about
acronym DTH stand for?

98.With what product would you associate the well-known designs such as 'American
Tank' and 'Tank
Francaise'?

99.Which Indian packaging company has taken over a firm called 'Propack' in China?

100.What is the internationally known brand of ice-cream co- promoted by an ex-hippie

named Ben Cohen?

101.In what make of car did the couple from Calcutta, MS Choudhary and his wife
Neena, achieve the record for first circumnavigation of the world?

102.What international brand of cigarette is named after a ritzy street in London?

103.Which is the biggest Petroleum Company in the world?

104.Nazomi 503, is the fastest of its kind in the world. What is it?

105.Dhunji Rana was the model for what enduring and macho icon in Indian advertising?

106. Who is the hotshot executive of Indian origin with PepsiCo, who appears in the
Fortunes list of 50 most powerful women in corporate America?

107. What is the prized sports drink in the Quaker Oat's portfolio which makes merger
with it so desirable to suitors like Coke, Pepsi or Danone?

108. What is the Danish Electronics Company famed for producing 'haute couture' stuff
in areas like Stereos, Televisions and Telephones?

109. What internationally famous brand of shoes is named whimsically after a rural
American dish made from corn, fed to pet dogs?

110. "Beeps" and "Peeps' were the experimental prototypes of what legendary hard
terrain vehicle?

111. Tidel Park, yet another of those prestigious complexes housing software firms, is
associated with which city?

112. What invention was called the Lover's Telegraph" when first exhibited in
Philadelphia, 1876?

113. What now universally popular food item was called "Food of the Gods", by
Linnaeus the eminent naturalist of the nineteenth century?

114. Which aircraft manufactures the A3XX superjumbo, slated to be the biggest civilian
aircraft?

115. What international brand of shirts, marketed in India too, is observing 150 years of
existence?

116. The Dynatac made in the1970's was the first of its kind. What is this product which
became extremely visible in India only in the mid 90's?

117. What was the epoch-making book written in the 60's by Rachel Carson, which
awakened the world to the dangers of environmental pollution but incurred the wrath of
industrial giants like Dupont?

118. What car being sold in India celebrated its first birthday recently with a birthday
song sung especially for it by Shankar (Breathless) Mahadevan?

119. What hard liquor traditionally made from potatoes, literally means 'Little Water' in
the native tongue?

120. What French sports fashion house has begun to sell India inspired knitwear kurta-
pajamas successfully?

121. What large India retail chain proudly describes itself as 'The Family Store' in its
advertisements?

122. Everyone has heard of the catchphrase "Intel Inside". But who authored a book
entitled "Inside Intel"?

123. What brand of 'cold cream', also available in India, derives its name from a latin
word meaning 'snow white'?

124. In Mumbai's underworld slang the word 'kavva' refers to what handy communication
device?

125. With what cigarette brand (now gone up in smoke, I'm afraid), would you associate
the once ubiquitous slogan "For Men of Action-- Satisfaction"?

126. What do you call the style of selling where the bid price goes down progressively
until the deal is closed?

127. With which Management Guru of Indian Origin would you most associate the
phrase "Core Competence"?

128. What is the popular (though not available in India) low calorie soft drink produced
by Coca Cola, having a three letter name?

129. What expensive and legendary brand of cars is supposedly named after the founder
of Dertroit - the car manufacturing capital of the world?

130. Which company started by Jim Clark has its headquarters at 'Mountain View'?

131. What is name of the range of bestselling digital cameras manufactured by Sony?

132. In UK, what brand of beer is most preffered as an accompaniment to India food?

133. What potent liquor, also known a 'the Green Fairy', is extracted from wormwood?

134. What invention, in its early years, was described as 'the horse that never says nay'?

135. Back to acronyms. What does the first three letters of 'Sun Microsystems' stand for?

136. A Navigator could mean many things. But a company has launched a toothbrush
called Navigator. Which company are we talking about?

137. Tata Finance has launched a credit card with a tie up with which credit card
company?

138. Kabhi Dekha Hai Aisa TV? Big Picture! Big Sound! .... Onida. Which ad agency
created this award winning advertisement?
139. Which company has the advertising punchline, "The Power To Create"?
140. The movies Mohabbatein, Raju Chacha and Mission Kashmir had breath-taking
special effects. Name the company that created these effects.

141. Which company makes Ujala?

142. If you can't beat them, join them. Which clock company has decided to shift base to
China so that it remains competitive?

143. An Indian businessman has been named among Businessweek's top entrepreneurs
for 2000. Name him.

144. The beautiful Ekta Kapoor, daughter of film star Jeetendra, is a highly successful
producer of television serials. Name her company.

145. We all know what bulls and bears do. What would sheep do in the stock market?

146. Which media group (you have to name the company, not the newspaper) has
launched India's first electronic newspaper, or e-paper?

147. Nescafe has two coffee brands. One is Nescafe Classic and the other is?

148. The Human Genome Project has been in the news because government agencies and
private sector companies have been racing to become the first to decipher the human
genome. Name the private sector company which was in this race?

149. For which electronics brand does Rahul Dravid model?

150. Ceat. This tyre company gives the cricket ratings. To which group does this
company belong?

ANSWERS

1. Food Corporation of India

2. Toyota
3. Hyderabad
4. Gucci
5. Amar Chitra Katha
6. Thai
7. Kaun Banega Crorepati
8. Johnson & Johnson
9. Jack Welch
10. Pawnbrokers
11. Maruti Udyog
12. Ciitizen
13. Greshams Law
14. Punch Productions
15. Wall Street
16. Oprah Winfrey
17. Yuva Raja
18. British Airways
19. Middle Aged Middlebrow Acheiver
20. Viagra
21. Hallmark
22. Toys R US
23. Living.Com
24. Lapware
25. US Dollars
26. L. N. Mittal
27. Nakkheeran
28. Alto
29. MGM
30. Business India
31. London Metal Exchange
32. Birmingham Small Arms
33. Wilderness
34. Harry Potter
35. Calvin Klein
36. Patek Phillippe
37. Nike
38. Raymond’s
39. Apollo
40. Coffee
41. Rupert Murdoch
42. Ramoji Film City
43. Johnny Walker
44. Maurya Sheraton
45. Volkswaggen
46. Newsweek
47. Bombay Dyeing
48. The Mouse
49. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
50. Chicle

51. Nutrine
52. Pricewaterhouse Coopers

53. Himalaya Drugs Company

54. Unique Inflatables
55. Lacoste
56. Breach Candy
57. Blaupunkt
58. Prannoy Roy
59. Pierce Brosnan
60. Millennium Dome
61. London Stock Exchange
62. Nissan Motors
63. ICICI Bank
64. Swatch
65. Genitically Modified
66. Shantha Biotechnics
67. Diamonds
68. Bluetooth
69. TCM
70. Indian School Of Business, Hyderabad
71. Bombay Dyeing
72. State Bank Of India
73. Motorola
74. The Emirates
75. Caviar
76. Hydrogen
77. Daewoo
78. Heinneken
79. Morgan
80. Madhuri Dixit
81. Sky Team
82. Andy Grove
83. Vinod Khosla
84. Accenture
85. Bank
86. David Ogilvy
87. Rolex
88. Velcro
89. 555
90. Rajyalakshmi
91. Nokia
92. Zee
93. Brazil
94. Australia
95. Hindustan Petroleum
96. Digestive
97. Direct To Home
98. Watches
99. Essel
100. Ben & Jerry
100. Ben & Jerry
101. Contessa Classic
102. Pall Mall
103. Shell
104. Train
105. Zodiac Man
106. Indra Nooyi
107. Gatorade

108. Bang & Oluffsan

109. Hush Puppies
110. Jeep
111. Chennai
112. Telephone
113. Chocolate
114. Airbus Industry
115. Arrow
116. Mobile (Cell) Phone
117. The Silent Spring
118. Ford Ikon
119. Vodka
120. Lacoste
121. Pantaloon's
122. Tim Jackson
123. Nivea
124. Cellular Phone
125. Scissors
126. Dutch Auction
127. C. K. Prahlad
128. Tab
129. Cadillac
130. Netscape
131. Mavica
132. Cobra
133. Absinthe
134. Bicycle
135. Stanford University Network
136. Colgate
137. American Express
138. Oglivy And Mather (O&M)
139. Epson
140. Western Outdoor
141. Jyothi Labs
142. Ajanta Quartz
143. Sunil Mittal (Bharti Telecom)
144. Balaji Telefilms
145. Follow The Leader
146. Living Media India Ltd
147. Sunrise
148. Celera Genomics
149. Thomson
150. RPG Enterprises

How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?
A. Concrete floors are very hard to crack! (UPSC Topper)

Q.If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take
four men to build it?
A. No time at all it is already built. (UPSC 23 Rank Opted for IFS)

Q.If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and four apples and
three oranges in the other hand, what would you have?
A. Very large hands.(Good one) (UPSC 11 Rank Opted for IPS)

Q. How can you lift an elephant with one hand?

A. It is not a problem, since you will never find! An elephant with one
hand. (UPSC Rank 14 Opted for IES)

Q. How can a
man go eight days without sleep?
A. No Probs , He sleeps at night. (UPSC IAS Rank 98)

Q. If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?
A. It will Wet or Sink as simple as that. (UPSC IAS
Rank 2)

Q. What looks like half apple ?

A : The other half. (UPSC - IAS Topper )

Q. What can you never eat for breakfast?

A : Dinner.

Q. What happened when wheel was invented ?

A : It caused a revolution.

Q. Bay of Bengal is in which state?

A : Liquid (UPSC 33Rank )

Interviewer said "I shall either ask you ten easy questions or one really difficult question",
think well before you make up your mind!

The boy thought for a while and

said, "my choice is one really difficult question."

Well, good luck to you, you have made your own choice! Now tell me this;
"What comes first, Day or Night?"

The boy was jolted into reality as his admission depends on the correctness of his answer,
but he thought for a while and said, "It's the DAY sir!"

"How?", the interviewer asked,

"Sorry sir, you promised me that you will not ask me a SECOND difficult question!"

He was selected for IIM!

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