World Countries - Capitas - ISD Codes: No.CountryCapitalISD Code 01 Afghanistan Kabul 93 02 Albania Tirana 355 03 Algeria Algiers 213 04 Angola Luanda 244 05 Argentina Buenos Aires 54 06 Australia Canberra 61 07 Austria Vienna 43 08 Bahamas Nassau 1242 09 Bahrain Manama 973 10 Bangladesh Dhaka 880 11 Barbados Bridgetown 1246 12 Belgium Brussels 32 13 Benin Porto Novo 229 14 Bhutan Thimphu 975 15 Bolivia La Paz 591 16 Botswana Gaborone 267 17 Brazil Brasilia 55 18 Brunei Brunei 673 19 Bulgaria Sofia 359 20 Burma Rangoon 95 21 Burundi Bhujumbura 257 22 Cameroon Yaunde 237 23 Canada Ottawa 1 24 Cape Verde Islands Praia 238 25 Central Africa Bangui 236 26 Chad Republic N'Djamena 235 27 Chile Santiago 56 28 China Beijing 86 29 Columbia Bogota 57 30 Comoros Moroni 269 31 Congo,People's Republic of Brazzaville 242 32 Costa Rica San Jose 506 33 Cuba Havana 53 34 Cyprus Nicosia 357 35 Czechoslovakia Prague 420 36 Denmark Copenhagen 45 37 Djibouti Djibouti 253 38 Dominica Islands Roseau 1-809 39 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 1-809 40 Equador Quito 593 41 Egypt Cairo 20 42 El Salvador Rep. San salvador 503 43 Equitorial Guinea Malabo 240 44 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 251 45 Fiji Suva 679 46 Finland Helsinki 358 47 France Paris 33 48 Gabon Libreville 241 49 Gambia Banjul 220 50 West Germany Bonn 49 51 East Germany East Berlin 49 52 Ghana Accra 233 53 Great Britain London 44 54 Greece Athens 30 55 Grenada St.George's 1-809 56 Guatemala Guatemala City 502 57 Guinea Rep. Conakry 224 58 Guinea-Bissan Bissan 245 59 Guyana Georgetown 592 60 Haiti Port-au-Prince 509 61 Honduras Rep. Tegucigalpa 504 62 Hungary Budapest 36 63 Iceland Reykjavik 354 64 Indonesia Djakarta 62 65 Iran Teheran 98 66 Iraq Baghdad 964 67 Ireland Dublin 353 68 Israel Tel Aviv 972 69 Italy Rome 39 70 Ivory Coast Abidjan 225 71 Jamaica Kingston 1809 72 Japan Tokyo 81 73 Jordan Amman 962 74 Kampuchia Phnom penh 75 Kenya Nairobi 254 76 Kiribati Bairiki,Tarawa 686 77 North Korea Pyongyang 850 78 South Korea Seoul 82 79 Kuwait Kuwait 965 80 Laos Vientiane 856 81 Lebanon Beirut 961 82 Lesotho Moseru 266 83 Liberia Monrovia 231 84 Libya Tripoli 218 85 Liechtenstein Vaduz 41 86 Luxembourg Luxembourg 352 87 Malagasy Tananarive 88 Malawi Lilongve 265 89 Malaysia Kualalumpur 60 90 Maldives Male 960 91 Mali Bamako 223 92 Malta Valetta 356 93 Mauritania,Islamic Republic of Nouakchoott 222 94 Mauritius Port Louis 230 95 Mexico Mexico City 52 96 Monaco Monaco 377 97 Mongolian People's Republic Ulan Bator 976 98 Morocco Rabat 212 99 Mozambique Maputo 258 100 Namibia Windhock 264 101 Nauru Yarel 674 102 Nepal Kathmandu 977 103 Netherlands Amsterdam 31 104 New Zealand Wellington 64 105 Nicaragua Managua 505 106 Niger,Republic of Niamey 227 107 Nigeria,The Federation of Lagos 234 108 Norway Oslo 47 109 Oman Muscat 968 110 Pakistan Islamabad 92 111 Panama Panama City 507 112 Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 675 113 Paraguay Asuncion 595 114 Peru Lima 51 115 Philippines Quezon City 63 116 Poland Warsaw 48 117 Portugal Lisbon 351 118 Qatar Doha 974 119 Romania Bucharest 40 120 Rwanda Kigali 250 121 St.Lucia Castries 758 122 Samoa Apia 684 123 San Marino San Marico 378 124 Sao Tome And Principle Sao Tome 239 125 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 966 126 Senegal Dakar 221 127 Seychelles Victoria 248 128 Sierre Leone Freetown 232 129 Singapore Singapore 65 130 Solomon Island Honiara 677 131 Somalia Mogadishu 252 132 South Africa Pretoria 27 133 Spain Madrid 34 134 Sri Lanka Colombo 94 135 Sudan Khartoum 249 136 Surinam Paramaribo 597 137 Swaziland Mbabane 268 138 Sweeden Stockholm 46 139 Switzerland Berne 41 140 Syria Damascus 963 141 Tanzania Dar-es-salaam 255 142 Thailand Bangkok 66 143 Togo Lome 228 144 Tonga Nukualofa 676 145 Trinidad & Tobago Port of Spain 1809 146 Tunisia Tunis 216 147 Turkey Ankara 90 148 Tavalu Funafuti 688 149 Uganda Kampala 256 150 Union of Soviet Socialist Republic Moscow 7 151 United Arab Amirates Abu Dhabi 971 152 United States of America Washington 1 153 Upper Volta Ouagadougou 154 Uruguay Montevideo 598 155 Vatican City Vatican City 39 156 Venda Thohoyandou 27 157 Venezuelaz Caracas 58 158 Vietnam Hanoi 84 159 Yemen,Arab Republic of Saana 967 160 Yemen,people's democratic Republic of Aden 967 161 Yogoslavia Belgrade 381 162 Zaire Kinshasa 243 163 Zambia Lusaka 260 164 Zimbabwe Salisbury 263

Fine Arts: No.QuestionAnswer 01The Persian epic Shahnama was written byFirdausi 02Mohenjadaro literally meansMound of Corpes 03The Classic "Measure for Measure"was written byWilliam Shakespeare 04The composer of Geet Govind wasJayadev 05By the middle of the 1st century,the city that was famous for fine arts wasPataliputra 06The first Cartoonist to win the B.D.Goenka Award wasR.K.Laxman 07The magazine started by M.Karunanidhi wasMurasoli 08Shakespeare's last play wasThe Tempest 09Bismillah Khan is a famousMusician 10Bismillah Khan specialises inShahnai Vadan 11The famous museum located in Hyderabad isSalarjung 12Vinoba Bhave,author,started a famous movement known asBhoodan Movement 13Geetha Pravachan in Marathi was written byVinoba Bhave 14The ancient Buddhist University Nalanda was located in the state ofBihar 15The architectural style in which Taj Mahal is built isIndo persian 16Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize for his bookGitanjali 17Tamil Ramayanam was authoblack byKambar 18The oldest collection of stories in India isKathasaritsagara 19The instrument played by Ustad Ali Akbar Khan isSarod 20The Biography of Dr.Samuel Johnson was written byJames Bosewell 21Subramanya Bharthi was a notedPoet 22K.V.Subbabba,who won the Magsaysay Award was fromHeggodu,Karnataka 23The heroine of the film `Cleopatra' wasElizabeth Taylor 24"Bhagvatgeet"the movie which won the Lotus Award was made in which LanguageSanskrit 25The only Indian actor to have received the Oscar award isSatyajit Ray 26Bhimsen Joshi is associated withHindustani Music 27The B.C.Roy National Award for the year 1981 was received byDr.Harindranath Chattopadhyaya 28National Anthem of India was written byRabindranath Tagore 29The first film of Ashok Kumar wasJeevanayya 30The dancer who,inspite of losing one leg,dances and acts in films isSudha Chandran 31The studio owned by Raj Kapoor and his family isR.K.Studios 32The author cum adventurer Thomas Edward Lawrence was famous forLawrence of Arabia 33William Wordsworth was also known asNature's Poet 34Robert Benchley acted in the filmAuthor 35A comedian who insublack his nose for Ten lakh dollars wasJimmy Durant 36The earlier name of film star Devanand wasDharam Devanand 37The real name of Dilip kumar isYusuf Khan 38Bala Gandharva was a famousStage actor 39Bala Gandharva was so named byBal Gangadhar Tilak 40The lead role in Tamil film Nayakan was played byKamala Hasan 41Hollywood is located inCalifornia,USA 42The book `Life Divine' was written byAurobindo 43The editor of the book `Indian Cartoons' isAbu Abraham 44Canterbury Tales was written byChaucer 45Orthography means the art ofCorrect Spelling 46The book "Mad,Mad,Mad,World of Indian Cinema" was written byK.A.Abbas 47The National Gallery of Modern Art is located atNew Delhi 48"Les miserables" was written byVictor Hugo 49The first opera ever performed wasPersi Dafni 50The word "Opera" meansWorks 51Henrik Isben's first play wasCatalina 52The only comedy written by Jean Racine wasLes Plaideurs 53`Rip Van Wrinkle' was written byWashington Irwing 54The 1995 Jnana Peeth Award was won byM.T.Vasudevan Nair 55The 1997 Booker Prize was won byArundathi Roy 56"Love's Labour Lost"was a play byShakespeare 57The Roman Magsaysay Award 1997 was won byMahasweta Devi 58The collection of Short Stories entitled "Mortal Coils" was written byAldous Hexley 59The play "Enemy of the People" was written byHensik Isben 60The first cinema theater was established atPittsberg,Pensylvania 61The first cinema theater was established in the year1905 AD 62In the play `Macbeth',the king of Scotland isDuncan 63Kesari,a Marathi daily was started byBal Gangadhar Tilak 64The one eyed giant who appeablack in Greek mythology wasCyclops 65"Ajax" was written bySophocles 66"Antigone" was written bySophocles 67"Aparajito", a Bengali film, was directed bySatyajit Ray 68The Piano was discoveblack byGuidod Arezzo 69Sense and Sensibility,was written byJane Austin 70Rabindranath Tagore was popularly known asGurudev 71The author who used a new pen every time he sat down to write a poem wasAlexander Dumas 72The French author who could work only in a darkened room wasEmil Zola 73The writer who was known as the `Wizard of the North' wasWalter Scott 74The noble prize winning novel "The Good Earth" was written byPearl S.Buck 75Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck,the cartoon characters were created byWalt Disney 76Pablo Picasso was fromSpain 77The Comic Character "Tarzan"was created byEdgar Rice Burroughs 78Bernard Shaw wrote the "Far Fetched Fables" at the age of93 years 79The first full-length feature film wasThe Great Train Robbery 80The first full-length feature film was made in the year1903 AD 81The Tansen Awards are given toMusicians 82The Character 1Gulliver' was created byJonathan Swift 83Gulliver's first name wasLumuel 84Treasure Island was written byRobert Louis Stevenson 85The person who is known as father of Carnatic Classical music isPurandaradasa 86`King Solomon's Ring' was written bykonard Lorenz

Buildings: AdobleA house made from sun-dried bricks of clay and straw - usually built in warm, dry climates like the south western U.S. ApartmentA set of rooms in a building which usually contains other similar sets of rooms. BarracksA building or set of buildings used to house soldiers. BoardinghouseA house in which rooms are rented and meals are served in a common dining room. BungalowA small house with a low,wide roof and a porch. It is usually one story high. ChaletA mountain house with a wide,overhanging roof and posts and beams. The style originated in Switzerland. ChateauA home for nuns. CottageA small country home or summer house used for vacations. Duplex ApartmentAn apartment with two floors of living space. Duplex HouseA house divided into two living units. EstateA large country house with seperate buildings on a large tract of land. FarmhouseThie dwelling for people who live and work on a farm raising animals or crops. FlatAn apartment on one floor of a building. Geodesic DomeA large, flat-bottom boat used as a home. HoganA building made of logs and mud, used by the Navaho Indians. IglooA house built by Eskimos of blocks of ice. The name means "hot house". JacalA thatched hut made of intertwined branches and mud, built in Mexico. KonahA large home in Turkey. LodgeA house usually located in a remote place and used for hunting or skiing. LoftAn apartment in a warehouse or business building. Log CabinA small house made of unhewn timber. ManseIn Scotland, a house in which a minister lives. Mobile HomeA trailor used as a permanent home and made without a permanent foundation. Nissen HutA premade shelter with a semicircular arching roof of corrugated iron, and containing a cement floor. Octagon HouseA house with eight sides. PalaceA large, grand building in which royally live. PenthouseA large apartment located at the top of building. Quonest HutA premade, portable circular hut made of metal and used by the U.S. Army. RectoryThe house in which a Roman Catholic priest or Episcopal cergyman lives. ShantyA shack. Sod HouseA house made of bricks of sod, which is earth with grass and its roots. In the 19th century, these were built on the American prairie where there were no trees. Just grassy land. Studio ApartmentA one-room apartment with a kitchen and bathroom. TentA portable house made of skins, Canvas, or nylon. Tepee, TipiA cone-shaped portable home made of buffalo skins and tree saplings, used by the American Indians of the Great Plains. Tenement`A rundown, low-rent apartment building. Underground HouseAn earth shelter built below the ground. The earth keeps the house warm in the winter and cool in the summer. VillaA large country or resort home. WigwarmA hut with a frame made of poles and covered iwht bark,rush mats, or hides, used by American Indians. YurtA circular, portable, hut used as a home by asian shepherds. It is similar to the American wigwarm. ZarebaAn African fort made of thorny bushes.

Airlines of the world: No.AirlineCountry 01B.O.A.C.ENGLAND 02Air FranceFRANCE 03Lufthansa German AirlinesW.GERMANY 04Pan American World Airways SystemU.S.A. 05Trans-world AirwaysU.S.A. 06Aero-flotU.S.S.R. 07AlitaliaITALY 08Quantas Empire AirwaysAUSTRALIA 09Air-IndiaINDIA 10SabenaBELGIUM 11Arana Afghan AirlinesAFGHANISTAN 12Cathay PacificHONGKONG 13FinnairFINLAND 14IberiaSPAIN 15Japan AirlinesJAPAN 16Garuda AirwaysINDONESIA 17KLM Royal DutchNETHERLANDS 18BruathensNORWAY 19Scandinavian Airlines SystemNORWAY 20SwissairSWITZERLAND 21Pakistan International AirlinesPAKISTAN 22Royal Nepal AirlinesNEPAL 23Air-CeylonSRI LANKA 24Thai Airways InternationalTHAILAND

Bharat Ratna: Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi Year: 2008State / Country: Karnataka - India Notes: Hindustani classical singer Ustad Bismillah Khan Year: 2001State / Country: Uttar Pradesh Notes: Classical Maestro Lata Mangeshkar Year: 2001State / Country: Maharashtra Notes: Play back singer. Ravi Shankar Year: 1999State / Country: west bengal Notes: Classical sitar player. Amartya Sen Year: 1999State / Country: West Bengal Notes: Nobel Laureate (Economics, 1998), Economist. Gopinath Bordoloi Year: 1999State / Country: Assam Notes: Posthumous, freedom fighter Jayaprakash Narayan Year: 1998State / Country: Uttar Pradesh Notes: Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, Social Reformer. Chidambaram Subramaniam Year: 1998State / Country: Tamil Nadu Notes: Freedom Fighter, Minister of Agriculture(Father of Green revolution). M. S. Subbulakshmi Year: 1998State / Country: Tamil Nadu Notes: Classical singer. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Year: 1997State / Country: Tamil Nadu Notes: Former President, Scientist. Gulzarilal Nanda Year: 1997State / Country: Punjab Notes: Freedom Fighter, former Prime Minister. Aruna Asaf Ali Year: 1997State / Country: West Bengal Notes: Posthumous, Freedom Fighter. Satyajit Ray Year: 1992State / Country: West Bengal Notes: Legendary Indian Film Director J. R. D. Tata Year: 1992State / Country: Maharashtra Notes: Industrialist and philanthropist. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Year: 1992State / Country: West Bengal Notes: Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, Educator. Morarji Desai Year: 1991State / Country: Gujarat Notes: Former Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Year: 1991State / Country: Gujarat Notes: Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, First Home Minister of India. Rajiv Gandhi Year: 1991State / Country: New Delhi Notes: Posthumous, Former Prime Minister Nelson Mandela Year: 1990State / Country: South Africa Notes: Second non-citizen and first non-Indian, Leader of Anti-Apartheid movement. B. R. Ambedkar Year: 1990State / Country: Maharashtra Notes: Posthumous, Architect-Indian Constitution, Leader of Buddhist people of India M. G. Ramachandran Year: 1988State / Country: Tamil Nadu Notes: Posthumous, Chief Minister-Tamil Nadu, Actor. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Year: 1987State / Country: Pakistan Notes: First non-citizen, Freedom Fighter. Acharya Vinoba Bhave Year: 1983State / Country: Maharashtra Notes: Posthumous, Social Reformer, Freedom Figher. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa) Year: 1980State / Country: West Bengal Notes: Naturalized Indian citizen, Nobel Laureate (Peace, 1979). K. Kamaraj Year: 1976State / Country: Tamil Nadu Notes: Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, Chief Minister-Tamil Nadu. V. V. Giri Year: 1975State / Country: Andhra Pradesh Notes: Former President, Trade Unionist. Indira Gandhi Year: 1971State / Country: Uttar Pradesh Notes: Former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri Year: 1966State / Country: Uttar Pradesh Notes: Posthumous, Second Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter Pandurang Vaman Kane Year: 1963State / Country: Maharashtra Notes: Indologist and Sanskrit scholar Zakir Hussain Year: 1963State / Country: Andhra Pradesh Notes: Former President, Scholar. Rajendra Prasad Year: 1962State / Country: Bihar Notes: First President, Freedom Fighter, Jurist Purushottam Das Tandon Year: 1961State / Country: Uttar Pradesh Notes: Freedom Fighter, Educationalist. B. C. Roy Year: 1961State / Country: West Bengal Notes: Physician, Politician Dhondo Keshav Karve Year: 1958State / Country: Maharashtra Notes: Educationist, Social Reformer Govind Ballabh Pant Year: 1957State / Country: Uttar Pradesh Notes: Freedom Fighter, Home Minister Bhagwan Das Year: 1955State / Country: Uttar Pradesh Notes: Philosopher, Freedom Fighter Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya Year: 1955State / Country: Karnataka Notes: Civil Engineer Jawaharlal Nehru Year: 1955State / Country: Uttar Pradesh Notes: First Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter, Author. C. V. Raman Year: 1954State / Country: Tamil Nadu Notes: Nobel-prize winning Physicist Chakravarti Rajagopalachari Year: 1954State / Country: Tamil Nadu Notes: Last Governor-General, Freedom Fighter. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Year: 1954State / Country: Tamil Nadu Notes: Second President, First Vice President, Philosopher.