GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
DAYS AND YEARS * The first death anniversary day of Sri Rajiv Gandhi was observed as Anti –Terrorism Day. * 20th August is celebrated as Sadbhavna Divas. * July 11th is observed as world population day. * January 15th is celebrated as army day. * The centenary of mahatma Gandhi’s arrival in South Africa was celebrated in may 1993. * National Maritime day falls on April 5th. * Journalist day was first celebrated all over the world on October 28th, 1984. * Teacher’s day is observed on 5th September. * The world environment day is celebrated on June 5. * 31st May is observed as world no smoking day. * Birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru is observed as children’s day. * The United Nation declared 1993 as a year of the indigenous people. * The year 1991 was observed in India as the year of tourism. * October 16th is observed as world food day. * Hiroshima day is observed as world Red Cross day. * The decade 1981-90 was observed as international decade for Drinking water supply and sanitation. * 1998 is observed as poverty eradication year by SAARC. * India celebrates February 28th every year as “national science day” because on this day in 1928 C.V.Raman discovered what was latter called as”Raman effect”. * The year 1985 was declared as international year of youth. * Id-e-Milad is celebrated on prophet Mohamed birthday. * “Rosh Hashanah” is the new year’s day of Jews. * 1981 was the international year of the disabled. * World human rights day is observed on December 10th. * World literacy day is observed on September 8th.
GENERAL QUESTIONS
* The longest river in the world is Nile. * The longest highway in the world is Trans Canada length of 8000 km. * The highest mountain in the world is Mount Everest. * Myanmar produces around 1/3rd of teak in the world. * The biggest desert in the world is Sahara. * The