Tuesday, March 18, 2008

general knowledge

this site will give you the updated  general knowledge every day

WE CAN START WITH NOBEL PRIZE
Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize

2007
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2007 "for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance" FOR
Albert Fert AND Peter Grünberg

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2007"for his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces"
Gerhard Ertl

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007"for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells"
Mario R. Capecchi,  Sir Martin J. Evans,  Oliver Smithies 

The Nobel Prize in
Literature 2007"that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny"
Doris Lessing

The Nobel Peace Prize 2007"for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change"
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) AND  Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr.

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2007"for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory"
Leonid Hurwicz,  Eric S. Maskin,  Roger B. Myerson

HERE STARTS THE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE SECTION

1. the third battle of panipat was fought between
ans : ahamad shah abdali and the marathas

2. the only muslim woman to sit on the throne of Delhi
ans : razia sultan

3. Fahien visited India during the reign of
ans : Chandragupta II

4. The largest river delta of india is of
ans : ganga

5. The layer of the atmosphere which provides ideal flying conditions for jet aeroplane is
ans : troposphere

6. greenwich mean time is the local time of
ans : 0 degree longitude

7. panna diamond mines are located in m
ans : madya pradesh

8. under the pin code system the number of postal zones in india are
ans : 8

9 . which state of india has the longest coastline
ans : andra pradesh

10 . the boundary line between india and pakistan is
ans : radclife line

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