General Understanding Pt. VI

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Be it Mathematics, Arts, Geography, English or Science; there are various activities in the form of online games to teach kids their respective subjects.

While the traditional form of education becomes repetitive and boring, online education adds variety and fun to the subject. Increases ability of children to operate computer.2.

Some disadvantages of online educational games are:

• WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT THE KEW GARDEN?

• WHAT IS THE ‘COOL BIZ’ CAMPAIGN?

• WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE TERM POCKET MONEY?

• WHAT IS ENTABLATURE?

Entablature was originally conceived by Vitruvius, an ancient Roman architect.

• WHICH IS THE WORLD’S FIRST AIR SHOW?

The world’s first air show was the International Air Meet held at Rheims, Franceheld in 1909. India’s first air show, AVIA-93 was held in December, 1993 in Bangalore. The world’s biggest air show was the; 47th Paris Air Show. However, the world’s largest military air show; the RoyalInternational Air Tattoo (RAF Fairford, United Kingdom), held annually in July.

• WHAT IS A CIRCUIT FILTER?

• WHAT IS THE GINI COEFFICIENT?

The Gini Coefficient is a measure of inequality of income distribution or inequality of wealth distribution.

• WHAT IS THE TRIPLE FINGER SALUTE?

• WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE WELL-COME COLLECTION?

• WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE BAUDHAYAN THEOREM?

• WHY IS THE NUMBER 1 NOT CONSIDERED A PRIME NUMBER THOUGH IT FITS THE DEFINITION?

A positive integer is called a prime number only if there are exactly two divisors of that number.

• WHICH NATION HAS THE SMALLEST ARMY IN THE WORLD?

Vatican City, the world’s smallest country, has the smallest army. Swiss Helvetian mercenaries, famous for their courage, die-hard attitude and loyalty to their employers, were part of the regular armies of various countries at that time. Only 42 men survived the attack.

• WHERE WAS WINE FIRST MADE?

The God of wine was called Bacchus by the Romans and Dionysus by the Greeks.

• WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MARXISM AND SOCIALISM?

Marxists consider the material world, nature and society as constantly moving.

• WHAT IS A HYPERCUBE?

Examining the shadow of a cube reveals a square within a square.

• WHAT IS STEAMING DISTANCE?
• WHICH IS THE OLDEST CIVILIZATION IN THE WORLD?
• HOW IS A COUNTRY’S GDP MEASURED?

GDP or Gross Domestic Product is the monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a specific time period.

• WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT UNIVERSITY OF TOULOUSE?

University of Toulouse is one of the oldest universities of France and is located in Toulouse, a city in Southern France on the banks of the Garonne river.

• IN ANCIENT TIMES, WHY WERE PIGEONS USED FOR SENDING MESSAGES?

A particular breed of pigeons called homing pigeons are specially suited for carrying messages, because they possess the uncanny ability of flying back to their home over long distances at high speeds.

• WHAT IS AN ATLAS CALLED SO?

Atlas is the term used to refer to a collection of maps, printed in a set order: world map, maps of the continents, each followed by maps of the several regions within that continent, and with an alphabetical gazetteer or list of place names, giving coordinates for various places, rivers, regions etc.

• WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE TERM ‘RULE OF THUMB’ ?

There was actually no such English law enacted at any time.

• WHAT IS RED CORNER NOTICE?

• WHICH IS THE SMALLEST AND LARGEST CITY IN THE WORLD BY AREA AND POPULATION?

The largest city in the world by population is Tokyo with over 35 million people. The smallest city in the world by population is Hum. It has a population of only 23 people. The smallest city in the world by area is Vatican City with an area of 44 hectares (108.7 acre). It is a landlocked sovereign city state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome. It is officially called State of the Vatican City.

• WILL CREATING TWO TIME ZONES FOR INDIA SAVE ENERGY?

India geographically extends from 68 degrees East to 97 degrees East (29 degrees) from Gujarat to the Andaman ; Nicobar Islands, thereby encompassing two time zones.

• IS IT TRUE THAT CREATING TWO TIME ZONES FOR INDIA WILL SAVE ENERGY?

India’s geographical middle lies at 82 1/2 degrees East, which was incorrectly mentioned as 72 degrees East.

• WHAT IS SECURITISATION?

• WHEN AND WHERE WAS THE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED?

The ^Relation’ is recognized by the World Association of Newspapers, as well as many authors, as the world’s first newspaper.

• WHEN WAS THE BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES?

• WHO IS LADY JUSTICE?

• WHO DESIGNED THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL?

The Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. is a United States presidential memorial built to honour its 16th President Abraham Lincoln.

• WHICH COUNTRY HAS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF UNIVERSITIES?

• WHO ARE HOBOS?

Hobos is an American word which refers to homeless people wandering about in search of work.

• WHICH CONTINENT HAS THE MOST NUMBER OF PORTS?

• WHY IS A SANDLOT USED AS A PLAYING AREA FOR CHILDREN?

A sandlot refers to a vacant lot used by children to play games, mostly unorganised ones.

• WHO ARE WING WALKERS?

• WHAT ARE P-NOTES?

• WHY IS THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA REFERRED TO AS A RAINBOW NATION?

• WHO IS THE SECOND ASIAN AFTER RABINDRANATH TAGORE TO WIN THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE?

• WHICH IS THE WORLD’S FIRST POST OFFICE?

Although the origins of the postal system date back to antiquity, the British Postal Museum claims the oldest functioning post office in the world is on High Street in Sanquhar, Scotland.

• WHAT IS A CALLIOPE?

• WHEN WAS THE SICAB HORSE SHOW FIRST HELD?
• WHEN WERE CHOPSTICKS FIRST USED?

Japan has even launched a bra called ‘My Chopsticks Bra’ which is made from recycled chopsticks.

• WHAT IS A ‘BREATHING FABRIC’?

• WHAT IS A TITANIUM TOOTHBRUSH?

• WHY IS SATURN ASSOCIATED WITH AGRICULTURE?

WHO DISCOVERED IT?

Sometimes it’s called the Cellinis halo. In German, Heiligenschein means holy glow.

• WHAT ARE THE OLEFINS?

• WHO BROKE THE SOUND BARRIER?

• WHAT IS THE MONTY HALL PROBLEM?

Will changing his choice increase the possibility of winning the car?

• WHO INVENTED THE HELICOPTER?

• WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE LAUGHING BUDDHA?

• WHAT ARE BLUELAWS AND WHY THEY ARE CALLED SO?

• WHO IS CREDITED WITH HAVING THE HIGHEST IQ?

• WHICH IS THE WORLD’S FIRST COURIER SERVICE?

• WHY IS LAS VEGAS CALLED SO?

• WHO INVENTED THE CLOCK?

• WHO INVENTED THE CLOCK?

• WHO ARE ‘THE LITTLE EMPERORS’?

• WHAT WERE GULAG CAMPS?

• WHO IS CHE GUEVARA?

• WHO IS CHE GUEVARA?

• WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF JAZZ MUSIC?

• WHAT IS AGENT ORANGE?

• HOW OLD IS THE JERUSALEM OLD CITY?

Jerusalem is one of the oldest cities of the world, having a history that begins in the fourth millennium BC. What has been the city of Jerusalem until 1860s, is the 0.9 square kilometre walled portion inside the modern city of Jerusalem. The walled portion is called the old city today.

• WHO IS KNOWN AS A MATHLETE?

• WHAT IS A MOM-AND-POP SHOP?

• WHO INVENTED CHEWING GUM?

• WHICH IS THE LONGEST ACRONYM IN USE?

• WHAT DOES THE WORD ‘WOOT’ MEAN?
• WHAT IS THE NYQUIST RATE?
• WHAT IS THE PHOBIA OF ALIENS CALLED?

The word xenophobia is a combination of two Greek words — xenos (foreigners) and phobos (fear). When a majority of people in a country suffer from xenophobia, the phobia can lead to mass expulsion of people of foreign origin, or banning of certain foreign cultural elements. Xenophobia is different from racism, although often both words are used interchangeably Racism implies a hatred of people of other races, irrespective of whether they belong to one’s own country, whereas xenophobia implies hatred of people of other countries or regions. In science fiction, xenophobia refers to fear of extraterrestrial beings.

• WHAT IS THE GUDERMANNIAN FUNCTION?

• HOW IS A BARGE DIFFERENT FROM A REGULAR BOAT?

The word originally referred to any small boat; the modern meaning arose around 1480.

• WHAT’S THE GREEN GOLD PROJECT?

• WHAT IS THE ANTARCTICA TREATY?

The Antarctica Treaty, signed in 1959, was a path-breaking agreement among countries of the world. There are certain regions located beyond the sovereign jurisdiction of any country of the world.

• WHAT IS A PAGODA?

• WHY DOES FEBRUARY HAVE 28 DAYS, AND JULY AND AUGUST, 31 DAYS?

• WHAT IS RICE WINE?

Rice wine is made from fermenting freshly steamed glutinous rice.

• WHY WAS THE NEW AMSTERDAM COLONY ESTABLISHED?

• WHICH WAS THE FIRST WAR FOUGHT IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND?

If we define war as a large-scale violent conflict between two states employing the military, the earliest recorded wars might have taken place between various city states in the Mesopotamian region during the period 3,000-2,300 BC in the Bronze Age.

• WHERE DOES SANTA CLAUS LIVE?

• WHAT IS THE SEEHECK EFFECT?

• WHAT IS FOUR-DIMENSIONAL CINEMA?

Fourth dimension in a movie creates an overall different experience.

• WHAT IS BOW SHOCK?

In aerodynamics, bow shock is a normal shock that occurs in front of an object within a supersonic flow.

• WHAT IS ASSUMPTION DAY?

• WHAT IS HEIRLOOM GARDENING?

Since most popular heirloom plants are vegetables, the term heirloom vegetable is often used instead.

• WHAT IS DIES IRAE?

• HOW MANY COUNTRIES DOES THE DNIEPER FLOW THROUGH?

Russia, Belarus and Ukraine are the three countries through which Europe’s third-longest river flows.

• WHAT IS ANTHROPOCENE EPOCH?

The current geological epoch we live in is called Holocene, which began around 9600 BC.

• WHAT IS ANTI-DUMPING DUTY?

The World Trade Organisation does not prohibit antidumping policies and allows any country to take anti-dumping action against the countries which violate the principles of General Agreement on Trade and Tariff.

• WHAT IS A CASCADE EFFECT?

Cascade effects are commonly visualised in tree structures called event trees.

• WHAT IS LAPIS LAZULI?

• WHAT ARE MAGIC BULLETS IN PHARMACEUTICAL TERMS?

• WHAT IS THE ‘ART OF MOVING’?

• WHAT ARE POLAR COORDINATES?

• WHAT ARE SLATS?

• WHEN AND WHERE DID JALLIKATTU ORIGINATE?

• WHAT’S THE ORIGIN OF THE TERM ‘TOP DOG’?

• WHICH IS THE FIRST ART GALLERY?

The term art gallery refers to two different kinds of places: 1. A place which exhibits items of art (an art museum), and 2. A place which sells art items. The oldest works in these caves were estimated to have been created 29,000 years ago. Art galleries that exhibit and sell works of art on a large scale have been in existence since the 17th century AD. Most of the oldest art auction houses that exist today in Europe have been founded in the first half of the 18th century Viennabased auction house Dorothium, which claims to be the oldest art auction house of the world, was founded in 1707, and Sothebys, the oldest and largest art auction house of England, was founded in 1744.

• WHAT ARE TEXTONYMS?

• WHAT ARE BANKURA HORSES?

• WHO WAS THE FIRST INDIAN TO BE KNIGHTED?

The people admitted to this order were called knights.