SOBRIQUETS

INDIAN CITIES

1 Cathedral City ---------- Bhuvaneswar
2 City of Golden Temple --- Amritsar
3 City of Joy ------------- Kolkata
4 City of Palaces --------- Kolkata
5 City of Statues --------- Trivandrum
6 Diamond City ----------- Surat
7 Eco City ---------------- Panpat
8 Electronic City --------- Banglore
9 Garden City ------------- Banglore
10 Gateway of India ------- Mumbai
11 Hi-tech City ----------- Hyderabad
12 Lake City -------------- Udaipur
13 Orange City ------------ Nagpur
14 Pearl harbour of India-- Tuticorin
15 Pink City -------------- Jaipur
16 Sandalwood City -------- Mysore
17 Silicon Valley of India- Banglore
18 Sun City --------------- Jodpur
19 The Queen of the Arabian Sea--- Kochi
20 Weaver's City ----------------- Panpat
21 White City -------------------- Udaipur

Seven Wonders

7 WONDERS
OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
1. The Pyramids of Khufu
2. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
3. The Temple of Artem is at Ephesus
4. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
5. The Mausolus at Halicarnassus
6. The Colossus of Rhodes
7. The Pharos (Lighthouse) at Alexandria
7 WONDERS OF MODERN WORLD
1. The Taj Mahal of Agra, India.
2. The Great Pyramid of Egypt and the adjacent Great
Sphinx of Gizeh.
3. Hagia Sophia, 6th Century, in present day Istanbul.
4. Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy.
5. The Eiffel Tower, Paris.
6. The Washington Monument, Washington.
7. The Empire State Building, New York City.

INSTRUMENTS AND USES

Scientific Instruments and their uses
Altimeter ------------------ Measuring of altitudes (used in air crafts)
Anemometer ----------------- Measure the velocity and to find the direction of the wind
Audiophone ----------------- Improve the imperfect sense of hearing
Accelerometer -------------- Used to measure the rate of which the velocity of a body
is changing
Barometer ------------------ Measure the atmospheric pressure
Barograph ------------------ Used for continuous recording of atmospheric pressure
Carburetor ----------------- Used for charging air with petrol vapor, in an internal
combustive engine

First Central Ministry

Prime Minister ------------ Jawaharlal Nehru
Deputy Prime Minister ----- Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Finance Minister ---------- R.K. Shanmugham Chetti
Industry ------------------ M. Visweswaraiah
Home Minister ------------- Vallabhai Patel
Defence Minister ---------- Baldev Singh
Railway Minister ---------- Lal Bahadur Sastri
External Affairs Minister - Laxmi N. Menon
Education Minister -------- Abdul Kalam Azad
Health Minister ----------- Rajkumari Amrita Kaur
Law Minister -------------- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

National Days - India

January 9 - Pravasi Bharathiya Divas
January 12 - National Youth Day
January 15 - Army Day
January 23 - Netaji Day
January 25 - India Tourism Day
January 26 - Republic Day
January 30 - Martyr's Day

Impotant Days

Days related to Defence
Armed Forces Flag Day-----December 7
Army Day------------------January 15
Air Force Day-------------October 8
Navy Day------------------December 4
Infantry Day--------------October 27
NCC Day-------------------November 24
National Security Day-----March 4
Kargil Victory Day--------July 26
Vijay Divas---------------December 16

COUNTRIES AND CAPITALS

Angola - Luanda
Armenia - Yerevan
Azerbaijan - Baku
Afghanistan - Kabul
Albania - Tirana
Algeria - Algiers
Argentina - Buenos Aires
Australia - Canberra
Austria - Vienna
Bahrain - Manama
Bosnia Herzegovina - Sarajevo
Bangladesh - Dhaka
Belgium - Brussels
Bhutan - Thimphu
Bolivia - La Paz
Brazil - Brasilia
Burkina Faso - Ougadougou
Cambodia - Phnom Penh
Canada - Ottawa
Chile - Beijing
Cyprus - Nicosia
Colombia - Bogota
Costa Rica - San Jose
Croatia - Zagreb
Cuba - Havana
Czech Rupublic - Prague
Denmark - Copenhagen
East Timor - Dili
Ecuador - Quito
Estonia - Tallinn
Egypt - San Salvador
Ethiopia - Addis Ababa
Fiji - Suva
Finland - Helsinki
France - Paris
Germany - Berlin
Greece - Athens
Ghana - Accra
Cuinea - Coakry
Cuyana - George Town
Georgia - Tbilisi
Haiti - Port-au-Prince
Hungary - Budapest
Indonesia - Jakarta
Iran - Tehran
Iraq - Baghdad
Italy - Rome
Israel - Jerusalem
Iceland - Reykjavik
Ireland - Dublin
Japan - Tokyo
Jordan - Amman
Kenya - Nairobi
Korea (North) - Pyongyang
Korea (South) - Seoal
Libya - Tripoli
Latvia - Riga
Laos - Vientiane
Lebanon - Beiroot
Lesotho - Maseru
Liechtenstein - Vaduz
Lithuania - Vilnius (Vilna)
Macedonia - Skopje
Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
Maldives - Mali
Mauritius - Port Louis
Morocco - Rabat
Myanmar - Yangoon (Rangoon)
Namibia - Windhoek
Netherland - Amsterdam
Nepal - Kathmandu
New Zealand - Wellington
Nigeria - Lagos
Norway - Oslo
Oman - Muscat
Pakistan - Islamabad
Peru - Lima
Panama - Panama City
Philippines - Manila
Poland - Warsaw
Portugal - Lisbon
Qatar - Doha
Romania - Bucharest
Russia - Moscow
Rwanda - Kigali
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh

SOBRIQUETS (WORLD)

1 Britain of the East - Japan
2 Britain of the South - New Zealand
3 City of Popes - Rome
4 City of Seven Hills - Rome
5 City of Sky Scrappers - New York
6 City of Cycles - Beijing
7 City of Arabian Nights - Baghdad
8 City of Dreaming Spires - Oxford
9 City of Eternal Springs - Quito
10 City of Magnificent Distances - Washington
11 City of Golden Gate - San Francisco
12 Cockpit of Europe - Belgium
13 Copper country - Zambia
14 Dark Continent - Africa
15 Dairy of Northern Europe - Denmark
16 Empire City - New York
17 Emerald Island - Ireland
18 Eternal City - Rome
19 Forbidden City - Lhasa, Tibet
20 Fortune Island - Canary Island

Basic General Knowledge

LARGEST
1. Largest Continent - Asia
2. Smallest Continent - Australia
3. Largest Ocean - Pacific
4. Smallest Ocean - Artic
4. Largest Country - Russia
5. Smallest Country - Vatican
6. Smallest Republic - Nauru
7. Largest river - Amazon
8. Largest Island - Greenland
9. Largest Archipelago - Indonesia
10.Largest Lake(Salt water) - Caspian Sea
11.Largest Lake(Fresh Water)- Lake Superior(North America)
12.Largest Sea - South China Sea
13.Largest Peninsula - Arabia
14.Largest Temple - Angkorwat(Combodia)
15.Largest Airpot - King Khalid International Airport at Riyadh
16.Largest Church - St.Peter's Basilica, Rome
17.Largest Land Animal - African Bush Elephant
18.Largest Animal - Blue Whale
19.Largest Park - Wood Buffalo National Park (Canada)
20.Largest Dam - Grand Coulee Dam (USA)
21.Largest zoo - Krugal National Park
22.Largest Planet - Jupiter
23.Largest Strait - Tartar Strait
24.Largest Sea Bird - Albatross
25.Largest Democracy - India

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