General Knowledge - Science - Part - 2

General Knowledge - Science - Part - 2

First in Space

First creator of rules regarding Space research       Isaac Newton

First artificial satellite launched in space      - Sputnik-1 (1957)

First living being sent in space                      - Louika(a dog)

First ever manned spacecraft                       - Vostok-1

First man in space                                         -  Yuri Gagarin U.S.S.R. 1961

First woman in space                                    - Valentina Tereshkova U.S. S. R.(June 1963)

First man who moved in space                   - Alexi Livonov U.S. S.R. (June 1965)

  out of the spacecraft                                                           

First person to land on moon                      - Neil Armstrong, America 21^st Jul.1969.

First four wheeled carriage                        - Leunokhev-1  U.S.S.R

Without human being on moon                  - 1970

First space lab in orbit                               - Skylab(America,1973)

First space shuttle                                     - Columbia (America,1981)

First Indian(man) in space                        - Squadron leader -Rakesh Sharma (13 April, 1984)

First Indian(woman) in space                  -   Kalapna Chawla (19^th Nov., 1997)

First American woman in space              -  Sailyride (1983)

First spacecraft on Mars                          -  Pathfinder (6 July, 1997)

First woman who lead spacecraft           -  Allin Collis (America)

First spacecraft without man                    - Shenzoo, China (20^th Nov. 1999)

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General Knowledge : Abbreviation - Part - 3

General Knowledge :  Abbreviation - Part - 3

JCO        :               Junior commissioned officer

JEE         :               Joint entrance examination

JPEG      :               Joint photographic Expert Group

KMT      :               Kuomintang( Chinese national party)

KRC       :               konkan railway corporation

KYC       :               know your customer

LASER :               Light Amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

LCA       :               Light Combat Aircraft

Litt.D      :               Doctor of literature

LIC         :               life insurance corporation 

LLB        :               Bachelor of law

LL.D       :               Doctor of laws

LL.M      :               Master of Laws

Lt.           :               Lieutenant

Lt.Col.    :               Lieutenant  colonel

LTTE     :               Liberation Tigers Tamil Ealem

LCD       :               Liquid Crystal Display

LCM      :               Lowest Common Multiple

LeT         :               Lashkar – e – Taiba

LIS         :               Land Information System

LPG        :               Liquified Petrolium Gas

M.A        :               Master of arts

M.D        :               Doctor of Medicine

MACT   :               Motor accident claims tribunal act

MARS    :               Mumbai Amateur Radio Society

MASER :               Microwave Amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

MBA      :               Master of Business Administration

MBBS    :               Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of  Surgery

MCC      :               Marylebone Cricket Club

MC         :               Member of Council

MBE      :               Member of British Empire

MCI       :               Medical Council Of India

MFN       :               Most Favoured Nation

 MIN      :               Mutual Fund Identification Number

Misc.      :               Miscellaneous

MKS      :               Meter Kilogram Second

MI          :               Millitary  Intelligence

MLA      :               Member of legislative assembly

MNC      :               Multi - national  corporation

MoU       :               Memorandum of understanding

MPEG   :               Motion Picture Experts Group

mph       :               miles per hour

MRCP  :               Member of Royal College of Physician

MT        :               Metric Tones

MVC    :               Maha vir Chakra

M.Sc    :               Master of Science

MSS    :               Manuscripts

NAA    :               National Airport Authority

NAAC :               National Assessment and accreditation Council

NAC    :               National Advisory Council

NABARD :          National Bank for agriculture and rural Development

NAFTA     :          North Atlantic Free trade  agreement

NALCO    :          National  Aluminum company limited

NASA       :          National Aeronautics & space  administration

NASDAQ  :         National association of  securities dealers automated quotation

NASSCOM   :     National Association of software & service company

NATO            :     North Atlantic treaty organization

NBE             :      National Board of Examination

NBOT          :      National Boat of trade

NBW           :       Non Bail able warrant

NC              :       Network Computer

NCC           :       National Cadet corps

NCERT      :       National council of educational research & training

NCI             :       Nursing Council of India

NCO           :       Non commissioned officer

NDA           :       National Defence Academy

NDC          :        National development Council

NICD         :        National institute of communicable disease

NIV            :         National Institute of Virology

NMR         :          Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

NOC        :           No objection Certificate

NPA        :           Non performing assets

MP         :           Member of Parliament

General Knowledge - Punjab

 

            General Knowledge - Punjab

 

Location:

                    Punjab located in the North West of India. There is Jammu and Kashmir in the North. There are Haryana and Rajasthan in the South. There is Himachal Pradesh in the East. It is the Border States of India. In the West there is Pakistan and Ravi and Satluj separate it from Pakistan.

 

History Of The Punjab:

The word “Punjab’ is combined from two Persian words ‘Panj’ and ‘Aab’. Punjab was called a land of five rivers- Ravi, Beas, Satluj, Jhelum and Chenab. This area was known as ‘Sapta Sindhu’ The language of Punjab is Punjabi. In its development Sikh faith played very important role. First Sikh Guru Nanak Dev ji founded the new religious order. It was followed by nine Guru

Nine Gurus Of Punjab:

 

          Name                             Father                           Span of Gurgaddi

1. Guru Nanak Dev ji               Mehta Kalu ji                           1469 – 1539

2. Guru Angad Dev ji              Pheru Mal ji                              1539 – 1552

3. Guru Amar Das ji               Ted Bhan ji                               1552 – 1574

4. Guru Ram Das ji                Har Das ji                                  1574 – 1581

5. Guru Arjun Dev ji              Guru Ram Das ji                        1581 – 1606

6. Guru Hargobind ji             Guru Arjun Dev ji                       1606 – 1644

7. Guru Har Rai ji                  Baba Gurditta ji                         1644 – 1661

8. Guru Har Krishan ji           Guru Har Rai ji                          1661 – 1664

9. Guru Teg Bahadur ji          Guru Hargobind ji                     1664 – 1675

10. Guru Gobind Singh ji       Guru Teg Bahadur ji                 1675 – 1708

      Divisions of Punjab    

                    

Punjab:     In the State for administrative purpose there are 

                        four divisions in Punjab:

 

1. Ferozepur                  

2. Jalandhar                   

3. Patiala              

4. Faridkot

 

There are 22 Districts in Punjab

1. Amritsar                              

2. Bhatinda                    

3. Faridkot

4. Fatehgarh Sahib                            

5. Ferozepur                            

6. Gurdaspur

7. Hoshiarpur                                   

8. Jalandhar                            

9. Kapurthala

10. Ludhiana                                     

11. Mansa                      

12. Moga             

13. Muktsar                                      

14. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar        

15. Patiala

16. Roopnangar                     

17. Sangrur                    

18. Barnala

19. Mohali                              

20. Tarantarn                          

21.Fazilka

22. Pathankot

 

(1) The biggest district in the state area wise is Ferozepur.

(2) The smallest district in the state area wise is Fatehgarh Sahib.

(3) The district having maximum population in the state is Amritsar.

(4) The smallest district population wise is Faridkot.

 

Universities:    

    

(1) Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar     

(2) Punjabi Universities, Patiala

         (3) Punjab University, Chandigarh

         (4) Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana

         (5) Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar

         (6) Baba Farid University of Medical Science, Faridkot.

 

Tourist Centers:

         

(1) Ropar:                    It is the centre of Indus Civilization

(2) Amritsar:               The City of Golden Temple, Jallian Walla Bagh,

                                      Guru Nanak Dev University

(3) Bhatinda:               Ancient Fort

(4) Faridkot:                Religious Place of Sufi Saint Baba Farid.

(5) Patiala:                  The City of Gardens, Punjabi University       

(6) Chandigarh:           Rose Garden, Sukhna Lake, Rock Garden,

                                                                 Art Gallery, Punjab University

(7) Anandpur Sahib:  Historical place of the birth of the Khalsa.

 

 

 

Sobriquets (Geographical Surnames ) :- International Sobriquets

Sobriquets (Geographical Surnames ) :-  International Sobriquets

      Surnames                                             Places Names

1.   China’s Sorrow                                                            Hwang-Ho

2.   Country of Rising sun                                                    Japan

3.   Britain of the south                                                        New Zealand

4.   City of Golden Gate                                                     San Francisco U.S.A

5.   City of seven Hills                                                        Rome, Italy

6.   City of Magnificent                                                      Washington

7.   Cockpit of Europe                                                       Belgium

8.   Empire city                                                                  New York, U.S.A

9.   Eternal city                                                                  Rome, Italy

10. Gift of Nile                                                                  Egypt

11. Granite city                                                                 Aberdeen,  Scotland

12 .Holy land                                                                    Palestine

13. Island Continent                                                          Australia

14. Key to the  Mediterranean                                           Gibraltar              

15. Land of Golden Fleece                                                 Australia

16. Land of the Kangaroo                                                  Australia

17. Land of lilies                                                                Canada

18. Land of Thousand Lakes                                              Finland

19. Land of Midnight sun                                                    Norway

20. Land of the White  Elephant                                         Thailand      

21. Playground of Europe                                                  Switzerland

22. Sugar Bowl of  the World                                            Cuba

23. White city                                                                    Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro

24. Windy city                                                                   Chicago, U.S.A  

                

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