who is the 'Father of Medicine'?

=> Greek Physician 'Hippocrates of Cos' is the 'Father of Medicine'. (460 BC - 370 BC)
He has the most outstanding contribution in history of Medicine .In His time spcly in western countries He got very famous as a skilled physician..Hippocrates established the mandatory Oath for all professional Doctors called 'Hippocratic Oath'..

what does an Apple contain?

=> Apple is a very popular fruit all over the world .Don't mistake, Em not talking about that 'Apple I phone,Laptops ;)..whatever An apple is rich in Vitamin C. But it also contains Vit A, Folic acid,Vit B6, Pantothenic acid, Niacin and little bit Protein, Calorie.So include apple in your daily diet list !

what do you know about 'Mahatma Gandhi' ?

=> Mahatma Gandhi is the Father of 'Indian Nation'. The word 'Mahatma' means 'Great Soul' was applied on His name to honor this great Person of History. He is also called 'Bapu' in India. None but this Bapu is the builder of Indian Nation who was born in Mumbai in 1948, educated in London and died in New Dehli at his 78 years old.His famous theory 'Nonviolence' brought India the Independence that day..

City of Gold?

=> Johannesburg, South Africa is called city of Gold. It is the largest city in South Africa though it's not a capital. The city is enriched in Education,Business, Sports and became a centre of world tourism.

what is NASA (details)

=> National Aeronautics and Space Administration is briefly called NASA is an international space station of America. It's Headquarter is situated in Washington D.C and Charles F. Bolden is the present Administrator of NASA. It is the world most spectacular place for space research, mission and investigations.

which region of the Earth is called 'Oceania' ?

=> Geographically 'Oceania' means the Islands and related regions of Pacific Ocean and vicinity. It is bounded by Australia, New Zealand & all parts of Malay Archipelago and has 3 subregions Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Fiji, part of Indonesia,Tonga,and all other Islands of USA,France,UK belong to this Oceania Region.

what is FM (Radio Device) ?

=> FM means Frequency Modulation.  It is the method of propagating the electromagnetic wave to telecast sound in different Frequencies. eg: FM 89.02, FM 101 etc. FM is nowadays very popular way to connect Radio listeners locally.

Land of Rising Sun

=> 'Sun Rising' is first seen in Japan amongst all other Asian countries. That's why 'Japan' is called land of Rising Sun.

what are the 3 Basic colors?

=> You might have faced some difficulties to select between 'Yellow & Green' which one is considered Basic color !! Yeh, it's critical. By latest info Yellow is preferable than Green as a Basic color code. So 3 Basic colors are Red, Blue & Yellow .

what is the hottest place in the Earth?

=> 'El Azizia' ( Libya) is the hottest place in the Earth. Temperature can easily rise up to 57 degree Celsius there. It's a desert.

what is the tallest building in the world?

=> 'Burj Khalifa' is the world tallest Building. It is in Dubai,UAE. Height 828 Meter. It was completed in 2009 and using for Mechanical,Sky Lobby,Business and for other multi purpose

what is UNICEF?

=> UNICEF stands for United Nations Children's Emergency Fund. It has one of the strongest funds of United Nations for serving the children with foods,nutrition, medicine,vaccines,Education, other study encouraging stuffs.UNICEF is working more than 200 countries at present and acceptable by government. New York is the Headquarters of iT.

what is the capital of Mexico?

=> Mexico City is the capital of Mexico. It is also the largest city of whole North America and most important city for Mexican Economics,Politics and culture.

Father of modern Economics ?

=> Adam Smith(1723-1790) is the Father of Modern Economics. He was born in Scotland and was a moral philosopher.His ideas about Free market,Division of Labour, invisible hand in Business replaced classical economical beliefs in great extent.These Ideas are still applied in modern Economics.

What is the largest Natural Sea Beach in the world ?

=> Cox's Bazar (Bangladesh) is the world largest natural sea beach. It is unbroken and straight.Total length is about 200 km. It is selected for voting to be one of the world most beautiful places..

Which Bridge is situated in between Canada and USA ?

=> Rainbow Bridge ( close to Niagara Falls) connects Canada with USA. It is about 290 meter long and connects New York(USA) at the East with Ontario city(Canada) at the west.

what do you know about 'Aluminium' ?

=> Aluminium (Al), Atomic number 13,Oxidation number 3 (Al3+),Hardness 2.8 mohs .It is soft,durable,100% recyclable Metal & silvery-gray in color,it's most abundant metal in the Earth. Aluminium is 2nd most used Metal(just after Iron).It's common used in Industries,Transportation,Air crafts, Pipes,Cooking materials,Candy wrapper,sports events.

Largest,Busiest Airports in the world..!

=> a) By Area 'King Fahd International Airport' Damman, Saudi Arabia is the Largest Airport. It's total area is 780 square kilometers.
b) By the number of Passengers means Busiest Airport is 'Harts-field jackson atlanta international Airport' USA. It serves about 77 million passengers per Year...

Upcoming Commonwealth Games

19th 'Commonwealth Games' is going to be started in Delhi,India on 3rd October 2010. It is 2nd Time CG is gonna be held in Asia.

which European countries refused 'Euro'(currency) ?

=> The United Kingdom, Denmark and Sweden refused to convert their currencies into Euro. Euro is being used as a currency in more than 22 European countries.

Punjab or 'The Punjab' : why Article 'The' is used with the name 'Punjab' ?

=> In the Past 'Punjab' was the Richest province amongst all other provinces of India Sub-continent. Since 1500 Punjab became a center for the Kings & British Emperors. Education, Agriculture,Industrial facilities were too much developed in Punjab and It was the 'Heart' of all India. That's why to show Respect To Punjab Province,Article 'The' was added with It during British Period.

What is Tsunami?

=> Tsunami is a Japanese word.In English Tsunami means Harbor waves. Tsunami is a natural calamity that occurs due to large displacement of body part of water from an Ocean or Sea results in engulfing the coastal areas by water within short period of time.Earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, or more rarely meteorites and nuclear tests are the indirect reason of generating Tsunami.

What are the other English words you can use for greeting someone as a Friend?

=>> Dude, Dummy, Buster, Fellow,Mate(UK & Europe), Amigos(Spanish).
Example: hey 'whats up Fellow?

How many States are in USA?

There are 50 states in United States of America.

Their names are : 1.Alabama 2. Alaska 3. Arizona 4. Arkansas 5. California

6.Colorado 7. Connecticut 8. Delaware 9. Florida 10. Georgia 11. Hawaii 12. Idaho

13. Illinois 14. Indiana 15. Lowe 16. Kansas 17. Kentucky 18. Louisiana

19. Maine 20. Maryland 21. Massachusetts 22.Michigan 23. Minnesota 

24. Mississippi  25. Missouri 26. Montana 27. Nebraska 28. Nevada

29. Mew Hampshire 30. New Jersey 31. New Mexico 32.New York 33. North California 34. North Dakota 35.Ohio 36.Oklahoma 37.Oregon 38. Pennsyvania

39.Rhode Island 40.South Carolina 41. South Dakota 42. Tennessee 43. Texas

44.Utah 45.Vermont 46.Virginia 47.Washington 48.West Virginia 49.Wisconsin

50.Wyoming.

What is 'Love' in Tennis?

=> When a game starts with a serve,both players' score remains equal 'Zero'.
This starting Zero equality is called Love in Tennis. It is also used in Squash and Badminton.

What is a 'Leap Year'

=> The month 'February' consists of both number of 28 days & 29 days.
This February month consists of 29 days only when the Year number is equally divided by 4(four) and its called a Leap Year.Exp: 2000,2004,2008,2012 these are Leap years.

=> Actually the Earth needs exactly 365 days 5 hours  48 mins 46 seconds to make a full revolution. So the Extra 5 hours 48 mis 46 sec are counted after each 4 years as a complete day.And this day makes a Leap Year.And Leap years comes after each 4 years.

What is the difference between A Solar Year and A Mathematical Year ?

=> The Planet Earth, takes about 365 days to complete it's one circle round the Sun.It is called Solar Year.
=> A Mathematical Year is equal to 12 months or 360 days.


So the difference between A Solar year and A Mathematical year is 5 days.

About Pressure Cooker (info)

=> Pressure cooker is also called Stream Digester or Denis Pepin according to the name of French Physicist Denis Pepin who invented it.
It is very useful for cooking in high altitude but also is being used in normal cooking worldwide.Concept is 'it increases the inside pressure that effects higher Boiling Temp of liquid' to cook faster.
A pressure cooker reduces cooking time up to 70%.In US it is bigger in size used for sterilization,It is also called retort there.

'Why does meat get cooked faster in a pressure cooker? or What's the Concept of pressure cooking?

Pressure cooker is an airtight container that initially doesn't leak the air out below the preset pressure.As volume is always fixed(constant) inside,the Temperature will increase proportionally to the pressure inside(Gay-Los sac's Law).Now the pressure built inside effects rising the Liquid's Temp higher before reaching Liquid's boiling point.This higher boiling point of the liquids help the stuffs(meat) to cook faster.

what is FAO?

=> FAO stands for Food and Agriculture Organization. It's international effort to defeat hunger with providing foods.It also aims at world agriculture.Still now 183 nations joined FAO's membership. FAO's headquarter is situated in Rome,Italy. 

Dr Jacques Diouf is present Director-General of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

what is Knot or 1 Knot?

what is knot or 1 knot?
=>> 'Knot' is a unit of speed used for sea navigation by the Ships.It is a non-SI unit but been accepted to be used as a SI unit worldwide.
1 knot = 1 nautical mile/hour( 1.852 km/hour)
So, 1 knot = 1.852 km/hr =0.514 m/sec..

World smallest country 'Vetican city"

=> 'Vatican City' is the world smallest country. It is also known as 'Pope's city'. It's area is about 0.44 sq km and number of population is only 826.Vatican got independence from Italy. Official language are both Latin and Italic.Vatican city' is the capital and the country depends on non-commercial economy like Tourism and postage of stamps,museums visiting fee etc.

Mona Lisa

Did You Know?
=> 'Mona Lisa', The world most famous iconic Art' was painted by Italic Artist Leonardo-De-Vinci. Mona Lisa is painted in oil on a poplar panel in Florence..It's Length & width is 77cm vs 53 cm. Mona Lisa is kept with extreme care in 'Louvre Museum' in Paris,France.

who is Dale Carnegie?

=> 'Dale Breckenridge Carnegie' was an American writer and Lecturer. He got famous for his decent writings on Peoples behavior,attitude or how to be smart,how to deal with other people Etc. He was born in Missiouri,USA and died in NY in same country.(1888 to 1955)
A course called 'Dale Carnegie Course' is very popular training method to increase personal skills.He showed real examples to explain most of his topics.
'
How to win friends and influence people' is one of his most popular Books that is still read worldwide.

OIC

what is OIC (details)?
=>> OIC stands for Organization of Islamic Conference. Still now 57 countries joined it's membership.

 It works for development of Islamic countries in the field of Education,Economics,Research,Technology,Financial aids etc. It's Headquarter is situated in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia..

Entomology

what is 'Entomology' ?

=>> Entomology is a scientific study on 'Insects' and that is a branch of Arthropodology'... This subject is available in Agricultural Universities.

Eid Mubarak to Everyone !

Hey,Eid Mubarak to Everyone guys. The biggest festival for the Muslim World is going to be celebrated by the Muslims of whole world Today/Tomorrow..

Best wishes to everyone.Hope you enjoy the Eid Get Together with your Friends and Family.

Regards

Daily general knowledge

Most number of Muslims in the world

Do you know?
'Indonesia' is the number one Muslim Country in the world..The capital city of Indonesia is Jakarta.

Fastest Animal on the land of the Earth

what is the fastest Animal on the Land in Earth?
=>> Cheetah is the fastest Animal..It can run even 70 miles per hour.

May Day

what is 'May Day'
=> 'May Day' is 1st day of Month 'May'. It is also called Labour Day or Workers Day which is stand for 'Maximum working hours for the labours is 8 hours per day'. It is a public holiday in many counties. The Day is not recognized by USA,Canada & South Africa.

BMW

what is BMW?
=> BMW means 'Bayerische Motoren Werke'(German) In English: 'Bavarian Motor Works'. It is a famous German automobile company. Nowadays BMW is being produced in 5 countries : Gemany(head),United Kingdom,Australia,USA & South Africa. The Headquarter of BMW is situated in Munich,Germany.

Lady who won two Nobel prizes

Did you know?
'Madam Curie' was the only lady scientist who won two Nobel Prizes ..In Physics 1903 and another in Chemistry 1911. She was born in Poland and also had French citizenship.

Unifeild Theory of Force:Abdus Salam

Did you know?
'Grand unified theory of Force' was proposed by Scientist Abdus Salam who was a Pakistani.Adus Salam was born at Jhang in Pakistan. He was awarded Nobel Prize in 1979 together with two other Physicists Sheldon Glashow & Steven Weinberg..........

Duralumin ?

what is the hybrid metal used in Aircraft's body?
=> It is 'Duralumin' . It contains Aluminum (over 90%) with copper (about 4%), magnesium (0.5%–1%), and manganese (less than l%).