Memorable Facts

Memorable Facts

1. International Women’s Day – March 8.
2. Washing of peeled vegetables removes vitamin C from them.
3. Dada Saheb Phalke Award is given for excellence in the field of cinema.
4. USA has an Unwritten Constitution.
5. India Wins Freedom is the autobiography of Abul Kalam Azad.
6. Dry farming methods does not help in conserving soil fertility and moisture.
7. Fluid part of blood, devoid of corpuscles – Plasma.
8. Ripe grapes contain Fructose.
9. Phenol is widely used in the plastic industry for manufacturing bakelite.
10. The full form of ECB is External Commercial Borrowing.
11. The Indian Parliament is competent to enact law on a State subject if emergency under Article 352 is in operation.
12. The International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed on 21st March.

13. Number of districts in Bangladesh having borders with India is-30
14. The present base year for calculating wholesale price index number is 1991-92.
15. On September 1, 2007 Life Insurance Corporation of India completed its 50 years.
16. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has not been signed by India.
17. The last Mughal Emperor was Bahadur Shah Jafar.
18. 2008 – International Year of Potato.
19. The Supreme Court consists of a Chief Justice and 25 Judges.
20. ‘New Horizons’ spacecraft – NASA to study Pluto.
21. Merdeka Cup is related with the game of Football.
22. The metal used to make lightning conductors is Copper.
23. Formosa was the old name of Taiwan.
24. Anousheh Ansari is the first woman space tourist.
25. Arabs were defeated in 738 A.D. by Pratiharas.
26. The rulers of Vijayanagar promoted Tamil, Telugu, and Sanskrit.
27. Baltora glacier is located in Karakoram ranges.
28. The largest producer of mica in the world is India.
29. Aryabhata launch – Sriharikota.
30. Dr Vijay Kelkar is the Chairperson of the 13th Finance Commission.
31. China launched its first Lunar Orbiter ChangE-1
32. Reverse Mortgage Loan Scheme – for helping Senior Citizens to avail loan by mortgage of their residential property.
33. The word FTP stands for File Translate Protocol.
34. Fructose is the sweetest natural sugar.
35. Parliament has the powers to create a new All-India Service.
36. A computer virus is a special kind of computer program.
37. India has a coastline of 7500 kms.
38. Kevin Rudd is the Prime Minister of Australia.
39. The Process involved in the conversion of milk to curd is called Fermentation.
40. Aryabhata was launched from Sriharikota.
41. India is one of the largest producers of manganese ore in the world, along with China and Ukraine.
42. If the soil pH is 9.2 it is graded as Alkaline.
43. The Chipko Movement is related to Deforestation.
44. Oxygen is NOT considered as a green House Gas.
45. The government of India has decided to take a major stake in Sakhalin IV and Sakhalin V oilfields. Both these oil fields are situated in Russia.
46. The full form of NMCEX is National Multi Commodity Ex – change.
47. Deficiency of Vitamin B6 in man causes anemia.
48. A communication processor that connects dissimilar networks by providing the translation from one set of protocol to another is called Gateway.
49. Baltora glacier is located in Karakoram ranges.
50. Jhumpa Lahiri is the author of the book The Namesake
51. Benazir Bhutto was associated with Pakistan People’s Party.
52. SRI technology is practiced for the cultivation of Rice.
53. Tata Motors Ltd has launched a small car called Nano.
54. The largest producer of mica in the world is India
55. The International Date Line is the 180° Longitude.
56. The 53rd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) was organized at Kampala in November 2007.
57. Jaundice is a symptom of the disease of Liver.
58. Dr Vijay Kelkar is the Chairperson of the 13th Finance Commission.
59. The lowermost layer of the atmosphere is called troposphere.
60. The first-ever robot spacecraft to probe planet Venus was named Magellan.
61. Carbon dioxide is a major greenhouse gas.
62. Comets revolve around the Sun.
63. The full form of IPO is Initial Public Offer.
64. China has launched its first Lunar Orbiter Chang’e-1
65. First, successful heart transplantation was done by C.N. Barnard.
66. USA has the highest percentage of land under cultivation.
67. Kerala has approved sharing Neyyar Irrigation Project water with Tamil Nadu.
68. NWDPRA project is to develop watersheds in India.
69. Benazir Bhutto is the author of the book Pakistan—The Gathering Storms.
70. The European Union has adopted Euro as a common currency