General Knowledge Question, Current Affairs, current GK, G K Quiz - Sputnik one that was launched in 1957 by Russianswas the first Earth

> Sputnik one that was launched in 1957 by Russianswas the first Earth orbiting satellite.

> The leaders of the European Union named Mr. Herman Van Rompuy as the first Presedent of the E.U. Mr. Rompuy is the present Prime Minister of B

-The virus that is responsible for swine flu is H1N1.

- What is the study of insects called ?
>Entomology

>In test cricket History only two times result as a tie -
West indies vs Australia( 1960)
&
India vs Australia (1986)

-Oceans cover most of our planet, approximately 71% of our planet.

-Human need approximately 12 hours in order to entirely digest the food.

-The cockroach has a high resistance to radiation and is the creature most likely to survive a nuclear war.

>The national flag of Japan is known as the "Nisshohki " or"Hinomaru" , which means '"sun disc" in Japanese

Pineapple is a natural pain killer.
It contains anti-inflammatory enzymes that bring relief from pain like arthritis

Around 250 B.C., the Greeks developed a modified water clock that whistled when the clock's water rose to a certain level -- the first alarmcl

>The only domestic animal notmentioned in the Bible is the cat.

>The filming of the movie 'Titanic' cost more than the Titanic itself!

-The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail,Himachal Pradesh. Built in 1893 after leveling a hilltop, Pitch 2444 meters above sea level

-In which city of India the 1st School for the blinds opened in 1887?
>Amritsar*

-Where was the first IIT set up in India?
>Kharagpur

>Originally , BMW was an airplane engine manufactur

>Colgate's first toothpaste came in a jar.

>SIM stands for
Subscriber
Identification
Module

>It is used in mobile for communicating the network

>It has a internal memory of 64

NOBEL PRIZE 2011:
FOR PEACE:
>Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
>Leymah Gbowee, Liberian peace activist
>Tawakul Karman, Yemeni jou

NOBEL PRIZE 2011
CHEMISTRY
>Daniel Shechtman(Israel)
For discovery of "quasicrystals" in metals
LITERATURE:
>Tomas Transtromer(Swedish po

Do u know ?
The youngest Pope was 11 years old.

Originally , BMW was an airplane engine manufactur er

>Strawberri es contain more Vitamin C then oranges.

>The average person makes 1,140 phone calls per year

>There are over 350 species ofparrots in the world
>On the same day in 1838,the elegant newspaper 'THE TIMES OF INDIA'was founded in Mumbai.

Mahender Singh Dhoni's 183 nt out is the highest score scored by a wicketkeep er batsman..

>The perimeter of earth is 159,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Miles

>Sahara desert increasing 5 kms every year

>One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet.

>Italy has a republican government .