Games & Sports No.QuestionAnswer 1.Which bowler has bowled the maximum balls in a Test Match ?S.Ramadin bowled 774 balls against England in the 1957 Test series 2.When did India play her first official One Day International Match ?Against England on July 13, 1974 3.What is Sunil Gavaskar's highest First Class Cricket Score?340 run against Bengal in 1981-82 4.Which batsman has hit the maximum centuries in First Class Cricket ?Jeek Hobbs of England 197 centuries 5.Which bowler has the most expensive bowling analysis in a World Cup Match ?M.Snedden of N.Zealand,against England during 1983 world cup : 12-01-105-02 6.Which bowler has the most economical bowling analysis in a World Cup Match ?B.S. Bedi of India, 12-8-6-1 against E.Africa in 1975 World Cup 7.What was Sachin Tendulkar's age in his Test debut for India ?16 years 201 days 8.Against which bowler did Gavaskar take his 10,000th run in Test cricket ?Ejaz Fakih of Pakistan in the Ahmedabad Test of the 1986-87 series 9.Name the first batsman to hit a triple century in Test cricket ?England's Walter Hammond 10.Name the inventor of snookerNevil Bowles Chamberlain 11.When and where did Basketball originate ?1891; Springfield,Massauchusetts 12.In which country did Rugby originate ?England 13.Which martial art was created by the Japanese, Dr.Jigoro Kano?Judo 14.Of which country is baseball a national game?The U.S.A. 15.In which country was the backstroke swimming invented?Egypt 16.Who are the participants of the 'Special Olympic Games'?Mentally retarded children & adults 17.When and where were the first 'Special Olympic Games' held?1968 in the U.S.A. 18.Who is known as the father of Modern Olympic Games?Barren D'Kobertin 19.Mention the name of the award given to the famous cricketer Sunil Gavaskar by the Indian Government?Padma Bhushan 20.Which athlete is known as the Flying Sikh?Milkha Singh 21.When was Basketball Federation of India established ?1950 22.In which year P.T. Usha was declared as the best Athlete in World Railway Games ?1985 23.When was Basket Ball included in olympics?Cycling 24.Who won the Grand Slam in tennis for the first time?Donald Budge 25.With which game is Zafar Iqbal associated?Hockey 26.For which game is the Indira Gold Cup being awarded?Women's Hockey 27.Who is named the wizard of Hockey?Major Dhyan Chand of India 28.Who was the youngest player to make a century in cricket Tests?Mustaq Mohammed of Pakistan 29.What is the full name of Pele,the football player?Edmond Arantos Nessimente De Pele 30.When was Football first included in the Olympics?1900 Paris Olympics 31.Which is the oldest Football tournment?Durand Cup Tournament 32.Which is the national game of America?Base Ball 33.Who is known as the Chess king?Boby Fisher 34.The Abdul Razak Trophy is awarded in which sports?Chess 35.Mention the name of the International shooter who was also Maharaja of Bikaner?Karni Singh 36.Who is nicknamed as 'Haryana Hurricane'?Kapil Dev 37.Who became the youngest Asian to swim the English Channel?Abhijit Rao of India 38.Who is the first woman in the woman to cross the strart of Gibraltar?Arti Pradhan 39.In which country did Golf originate?Scotland 40.Which award is given to the persons who have excelled in the field of coaching?Dronacharya 41.Which is the National Sport of Japan?Judo 42.Who won the first Himalayan Car Rally?Shekhar Mehta of Kenya 43.Which is the biggest Stadium in the World?Strahow Stadium at prague 44.Which is the oldest game in the world?Polo 45.Which is the country that first played chess?India 46.When did Geet Sethi receive his first professional title?1991 47.Who was the first boxer to receive Arjuna Award?Buddy De'suza 48.Name the first Indian Chess player who defeated the world champion?Sultan Khan 49.Name the cities which have hosted the Olympic Games twice?Paris,London,Los Angeles 50.With what sport is Madison Square Garden associated?Boxing 51.Which Indian hockey player has scored maximum goals in olympics?Surinder Singh Sodhi 16 goals 52.Which sport is known as Toxophily?Archery 53.Who was the first Indian to score a double century against the West Indies?Dilip Sardesai 54.How many players make a Baseball Team?Nine 55.What are the two types of style adopted in international weightlifting?Snatch & the Clean & Jerk 56.Kapil Dev the Indian Cricketer has written his autobiography. Name the book?By Gods Grace 57.Which famous cricketer retired from cricket after the Reliance Cup?Sunil Gavaskar

Electronics and Computer: No.QuestionAnswer 01The unit of frequency isHertz 02The unit of resistance isOhm 03The device which makes or breaks a circuit isSwitch 04The path of an electric current is known as aCircuit 05Device which opposes the flow of electric current is known asResistor 06Arc Lamp was invented byC.F.Brush 07Television was invented byJ.L.Baird 08Transistor was invented byJ.Bardeen,W.Shockley and W.Brattain 09The unit of wavelength of light isAngstrom 10A device which converts light into electricity is known asPhoto cell 11Hertz was the first to discoverRadio waves 12Marconi inventedRadio 13In 1901,Marconi beamed a signal from Cornwall in England toNewfoundland 14Thomas Edison was anAmerican inventor 15A glass tube with two electrodes is called aDiode 16Lee de Forest was anAmerican scientist 17Lee de Forest discovered theTriode 18Radio and television transmit signals usingElectromagnetic waves 19To turn pictures into electrical signals,television Cameras rely onPhoto-electric effect 20Transistor was invented in the year1948 21The first electronic components invented were theThermionic valves 22Microchip was invented in the year1958 23Microchip was invented byJack Kilby 24The microchip invented first was also the firstIntegrated circuit 25Silicon and germanium are ideal examples ofSemi conductors 26LED stands forLight Emitting Diode 27The first computer was invented in the year1834 28The first computer was invented byCharles Babbage 29The first computer invented was calledAnalytical Engine 30In the present day electronic machines,computers function asArtificial brains 31CAD meansComputer Aided Design 32CPU stands forCentral Processing Unit 33RAM stands forRandom Access Memory 34J.J. Thomson was aBritish physicist 35In 1897,J.J.Thomson discoveredElectrons 36A device used for increasing the strength of electric signal is calledAmplifier 37The height of a wave is calledAmplitude 38An electron carries a chargeNegative 39In a transistor,a base is theFilling in the semiconductor sandwich 40The tube behind the screen in TVs and most computers is calledCathode Ray Tube 41The force which makes an electric current is calledElectromotive Force 42Device used for measuring small amounts of electric current is calledGalvanometer 43Sound too low to be heard by humans is calledInfrasound 44VDU stands forVisual Display Unit 45One kilobyte is approximately1000 bytes 46DOS stands forDisk Operating System 47WORD STAR is a popularWord processing programme 48WORD STAR was developed byMicro pro Company 49PC stands forPersonal Computer 50ALU stands forArithmetic Logic Unit 51The VDU and Keyboard together form aTERMINAL 52The speed of the dot matrix printers is measured by CPS which stands forcharacters per second 53The speed of the line printers is measured by LPM which stands forLines per second 54DBMS stands forDatabase Management System 55IBM is a famous computer company.IBM stands forInternational Business Machines Corporation 56ROM stands forRead Only Memory 57The actual machine of the computer is commonly known asHardware 58The programs run on the computer are commonly known asSoftware 59All the output which is printed on paper is calledHard Copy 60The number of pixels on a computer screen determines a screes'sResolution 61A processor's speed is measured inMegahertz 62A software that assists the computer in performing instructions,is called assystem software 63CAM stands forComputer Aided Manufacturing 64DPI stands forDots per Inch 65DTP stands forDesk Top Publishing 66EPROM stands forerasable and Programmable Read only Memory 67A magnetic storage disk made out of a thin piece of plastic is calledFloppy Disk 68A pictorial representation of the step by step sequence for solving a problem is known as aFlow Chart 69A measure of storage capacity equal to one thousand megabytes is oneGigabyte 70A variable whose value is accessible throughout the program is calledGlobal Variable 71A huge,worldwide network of computers that communicate with each other,allowing global communications between users is known popularly known asInternet 72KB stands forKilobyte 73LAN stands forLocal Area Network 74A printer which uses light to transfer the image to paper is theLaser Printer 75Memory which retains all its contents even after the power is turned off is known asNon-Volatile Memory 76The result that is generated by the computer after processing the information provided to it is known asOutput 77Electronic mail is more popularly known asE-Mail 78PILOT stands forProgrammed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching 79PILOT was developed byDoug Engelbardt 80IQL stands forInteractive Query Language 81LOGO was developed byDr.seymour Papert 82CAL stands forComputer Assisted Learning 83APT stands forAutomatically Programmed Tooling 84`C'language was invented byDennis M.Ritchie 85Modula-2 was developed byNiklaus Wirth

Abbreviated Name: No.Abbreviated NameOriginal Name 01Father of the Nation (India)Mahatma Gandhi 02Frontier GandhiAbdul Ghaffar Khan 03FuehrerAdolf Hitler 04Grand Old Man of BritainGladstone 05Grand Old Man of IndiaDadabhai Naoroji 06GurudevRabindra Nath Tagore 07Lady with the LampFlorence Nightingale 08Lal,Bal,PalLala Lajpat Rai,Bal Gangadhar Tilak & Bipin Chandra Pal 09Lion of Punjab (Sher-i-Punjab)Lala Lajpat Rai 10Little CorporalNapoleon 11LokmanyaBal Gangadhar Tilak 12Lok NayakJayaprakash Narayan 13MahamanyaPt.Madan Mohan Malaviya 14Man of Blood and IronBismarck 15Man of DestinyNapoleon 16Man of IronSardar Patel 17Man of the MassesKamaraj 18Man of PeaceLal Bahadur Shastri 19MahatmaM.K. Gandhi 20Maid of OrleansJoan of Arc 21Mark TwainSamuel Clemens 22NetajiSubhash Chandra Bose 23Nightingale of IndiaSarojini Naidu 24Punjab KesariLala Lajpat Rai 25Strong Man of IndiaSardar Patel

Special Features of the Countries: No.CountrySpecial Features 1.BangladeshProduces 89 p.c. of the world's raw jute. 2.Belgiumis the most densely populated country in Europe. Antwerp is the world's biggest diamond-trading centre. 3.Brazilis the largest State in south America both in area and population. It leads the world in the production of Coffee and Castor beans. 4.ChileIn chile the only natural nitrate in the world is found. About 47 p.c. of the world's iodine is obtained as a by-product in nitrate processing. 5.Columbiaproduces 95 p.c. of the world's gem emarelds. 6.CubaIs the second largest cane-sugar producer in the world. India being first in cane-sugar production. 7.DenmarkThe oldest Kingdom of Europe,is a constitutional monarchy. 8.EquadorEquador is the world's chief source of supply of balsa, a light wood. It exports more bananas than other country. 9.GhanaGhana is the world's leading cocoa producer. About 40 p.c. of world output is produced by Ghana. 10.IndonesiaIs the main producer of petroleum in the far east. 11.ItalyIs the world's largest producer of mercury. 12.JamaicaIs the world's largest producer of bauxite. 13.JapanIs the most highly industyrialized country in the Far East. It is the biggest Ship-building nation and the fourth largest auto market in the world. 14.KenyaIs the largest producer of tea in Africa. 15.North KoreaIs a leading country in the output of tungsten, graphite and magnesite. 16.KuwaitIs the world's second largest exporter and fourth largest producer of crude oil. 17.MalaysiaIs the world's largest producer of rubber and tin. 18.MexicoIs the world leader in the production of silver, sisal, hemp and circle for chewing gum. 19.MonacoIs the smallest state in the world with the largest density of population per square mile. 20.NepalIs the only Hindu independent State in the world. Mount everest, the highest mountain peak in the world (29028 ft) issituated in Nepal. Nepal has produced the toughest fighting men in the world. It is the world's best rice-producer. 21.NicaraguaIs the largest of the Central American States. 22.NorwayIs the land of the Midnight Sun where the sun does not set from the middle of May until the end of July. The sun does not rise above the horizon from November 18 to January 23. Varicoloured Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, are visible in winter.Norway is a great sea-faring nation and its merchant marine is now the third largest in the world. 23.PeruRanks fifth in the world in silver mining and produces 25 p.c. of the world's vanadium. It is the world's top fishing country. 24.PortugalLeads in the world in the production of Cork. 25.South AfricaLeads the world in production of gold,diamonds,platinum and antimony and is one of the richest in uranium,vanadium, chrome, manganese and asbestos. 26.Sri LankaIs the largest tea exporting country in the world. 27.SudanIs the world's principal source of gum arabic. 28.TurkeyIs the largest producer of chrome in the world. 29.UgandaIs the largest coffee producer in the British Commonwealth. 30.USSRIs the largest country in the world. It is the richest country in the world in mineral resources having deposits of almost every known mineral. It ranks among the top producers of oil, chromite, iron ore, petroleum, gold,copper,manganese,aluminium, platinum,asbestos, salt, etc. 31.ZaireIs the world's largest producer of industrial diamond and cobalt. Other minerals are gold, silver, tin, zinc, iron, copper, tungsten, manganese, uranium, radium, etc.

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