USA General Knowledge: On 4th July 1776 America declares itself as an independent country The U.S President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865 According to a theory California State was nbamed by its Spanish settlers after a utopian society described in a popular 16th-century novel called Serged de Esplandian. The State Georgia named after King George II of England, who charted the colony in 1732. Louisiana state named after French King Louis XIV. Washington Named after George Washington. Wyoming derived from the Algonquin word for “large prairie place” Rhode Island named by “Roode Eylandt” (Red Island) because of its red clay. Teaxas word Derived from the Caddo Indian word for “friend,” or “ally.” North and south Dakota taken from the Sioux word for “friend,” or “ally”. Virginia and west virginia was Named after Queen Elizabeth I of England, the “virgin” queen, by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584. Newyork was named after the Duke of York and Albany. Minnesota was derived from the Sioux word for “sky tinted” or “muddy water”. New Mexico is the Spanish name for the territory north of the Rio Grande. Kansas word was taken from the Sioux word for “south wind people,” their name for anyone who lived south of Sioux territory. Hawaii is an English adaptation of the native word Owyhee, which means “homeland”. Indiana state was named by English-speaking settlers because the territory was full of Indians. Kentucky was possibly derived from the Indian word kan-tuk-kee, meaning “dark and bloody ground.” Or kan-tuc-kec, “land of green reeds”, or ken-take, meaning “meadowland”. Shakespeare invented the word ‘ assassination’ and ‘bump’

India Largest & Highest: No.QuestionAnswer 01Largest LakeWulur (Kashmir) 02Largest DeltaSunderban Delta 03Largest Cave TempleEllora (Maharashtra) 04Longest Cantilever Span BridgeHawrah Bridge,Calcutta 05Largest Population StateU.P. 06Largest State (area)Madhya Pradesh 07Largest CorridorRameshwaram Temple's Corridor 08Largest DomeGol Gumbaz, Bijapur 09Largest MosqueJumma Masjid,Delhi 10Highest PeakNanda Devi 11Highest RainfallCherrapunji,Assam 12Highest DamBhakra Nangal Dam,Punjab 13Highest GatewayBuland Darwaza,Fatehpur Sikri 14Highest TowerQutab Minar 15Highest WaterfallsJog Falls (Karnataka) 16Longest BridgeSone,Bihar 17Highest AwardBharat Ratna 18Highest Award for gallantryParam Vir Chakra 19Largest DesertThar (Rajasthan) 20Longest RoadGrant Trunk Road 21Largest TunnelJawahar Tunnel (Bannihal,Kashmir) 22Longest DamHirakund Dam (Orissa) 23Largest Railway PlatformKharagpur Platform 24Longest BarrageSone 25Tallest StatueStatue of Gomateswara in Karnataka 26Biggest MuseumIndian Museum,Calcutta 27Tallest T.V. TowerTower of Delhi (235 metres) 28Longest Road BridgeNehru Setu on river Sone (3061 metres) 29Longest RiverThe Ganges 30Largest DistrictLadakh (J&K)

India Largest & Highest: No.QuestionAnswer 01Largest LakeWulur (Kashmir) 02Largest DeltaSunderban Delta 03Largest Cave TempleEllora (Maharashtra) 04Longest Cantilever Span BridgeHawrah Bridge,Calcutta 05Largest Population StateU.P. 06Largest State (area)Madhya Pradesh 07Largest CorridorRameshwaram Temple's Corridor 08Largest DomeGol Gumbaz, Bijapur 09Largest MosqueJumma Masjid,Delhi 10Highest PeakNanda Devi 11Highest RainfallCherrapunji,Assam 12Highest DamBhakra Nangal Dam,Punjab 13Highest GatewayBuland Darwaza,Fatehpur Sikri 14Highest TowerQutab Minar 15Highest WaterfallsJog Falls (Karnataka) 16Longest BridgeSone,Bihar 17Highest AwardBharat Ratna 18Highest Award for gallantryParam Vir Chakra 19Largest DesertThar (Rajasthan) 20Longest RoadGrant Trunk Road 21Largest TunnelJawahar Tunnel (Bannihal,Kashmir) 22Longest DamHirakund Dam (Orissa) 23Largest Railway PlatformKharagpur Platform 24Longest BarrageSone 25Tallest StatueStatue of Gomateswara in Karnataka 26Biggest MuseumIndian Museum,Calcutta 27Tallest T.V. TowerTower of Delhi (235 metres) 28Longest Road BridgeNehru Setu on river Sone (3061 metres) 29Longest RiverThe Ganges 30Largest DistrictLadakh (J&K)

Folk Dances of India: No.Folk DanceState 1.Tamasha and Dahi HandiMaharashtra 2.Garba and Ras LilaGujarat 3.Chhow and Maya ShavariOrissa 4.Jhumar and KathputliRajasthan 5.Lota DanceMadhya Pradesh 6.Dussehra DanceHimachal Pradesh 7.Gidda and BhangraPunjab 8.Ras Lila,Nautanki,Ahir and ThaliUttar Pradesh 9.Spear DanceNagaland 10.Keli Gopal and BihuAssam 11.Kirthand and KathiBengal 12.Chhow,Maghe and Durga DanceBihar

Study of Science: No.TermStudy of 1.AcousticsThe science of sound, its production,transmission and effects. 2.AnthropologyMental and Physical states of mankind. 3.AeronauticsScience of air navigation. 4.ArchaeologyStudy of ancient civilisation from the old buildings and monuments 5.CeramicsArt of pottery. 6.CallisthenicsExercises for promoting beauty and strength. 7.ChemotherapyTreatment of a disease by certain chemical compounds. 8.CytologyDealing with cells 9.DemographyStatistics of birth, diseases, etc., illustrating conditions of community. 10.EcologyRelations of animals and plants to their environment. 11.EntomologyStydy of insects. 12.EthnologyScience of races and their relations to one another and their characteristics 13.EtymologyPart of linguistic science concerned with facts relating to origin and history of words. 14.GeneticsScience of heredity 15.GeologyScience of earth's crust,it's strata and their relations and changes. 16.HorticultureArt of garden cultivation. 17.HydroponicsCulture of plants without soil.It was also called water culture. 18.JurisprudenceScience of knowledge of law. 19.LexicographyCompiling of dictionary. 20.MetallurgyScience dealing with the method of extraction of metals from their ores and the preparation of alloys. 21.MeteorologyScience of weather and climate 22.MycologyStudy of fungi. 23.NeurologyStudy of nerves. 24.NumismaticsStudy of coins and medals 25.OrnithologyStudy of birds,their habits, etc. 26.PalaeontologyScience of the fossils of plants and animals. 27.PathologyScience of bodily diseases 28.PedagogyScience of teaching. 29.PenologyStudy of punishment and of prison management. 30.PhilologyStudy of different languages. 31.PhilatelyArt of stamp collecting. 32.PsychologyScience of mind. 33.PiscicultureArt of rearing fish. 34.SeismologyScience of earthquakes. 35.SericultureStudy of silk worm breeding. 36.TaxidermyArt of preparing and mounting skins of animals in life-like manner. 37.TopographyArt of representing on a map the physical features of a place. 38.PneumaticsScience dealing with the pressure,elasticity,weight etc. of air and other gases.