GK/General Awareness/G-Studies

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1- The very word ‘Navigation’ is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.

2-The value of ‘pi’ was discoverd in the 6th century by Budhayana (Indian Mathematician). He explained the concept of Pythagorean Theorem.

3-The chess (board game ) originated in India.

4-An Indian called Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun (365.258756484 days) in the 5th century.

5-India has more post offices than any other country in the world.

6- The poet Saint Gyandev in the 13th century invented Snakes and ladders game.

7-The world’s highest cricket ground is built in Chail, Himachal Pradesh, which is at 2444 meters above sea level and it was built in 1893 .

8-India is the largest Democarcy in the world.

9-The name ‘India’ is derived from the River Indus in the North.

10-The Banerjee Committee is related to the probe of Godhra incident

11-The company ‘Suzlon Energy’ is a leading player in the field of Wind Energy

12-Aswan Dam is built over river Nile

13-The creator of the world’s first free email service Hotmail was Sabeer Bhatia

14-The only sanke that builds nest is Saw-scaled Viper

15-The chemical compound used in Narco-test is Sodium Pentothal

16-The most abundant inert gas in the atmosphere is Argon

17-The first president of the muslim league was Salimullah Khan

18-Camel stores water in its intestine

19-In U.S.A, the concept of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) is originated

20-The name of the world’s fastest computer is Road Runner.

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