Monday, November 14, 2011

Useful GK,,,,,

Some of the questions that never come up to our mind. And so we rarely have an answer for them
Even if u answer **five** questions its great...Feel proud...


1. What programming language is GOOGLE developed in?


2. What is the expansion of YAHOO?


3. What is the expansion of ADIDAS?


4. Expansion of Star as in Star TV Network?


5. What is expansion of "ICICI?"


6. What does "baker's dozen" signify?


7. Who is the only man to have written the National Anthems for two
different countries?


8. From what four word expression does the word `goodbye` derive?


9.How was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known?


10. Name the only country, other than India to have got independence on Aug 15th?


11. Why was James Bond Associated with the Number 007?


12.Which is the only country that is surrounded from all sides by only one
country (other than Vatican )?


13. Which is the only sport which is not allowed to play left handed?


14. The faces of which four Presidents are carved at Mt.Rushmore ?


FOR CRICKET LOVERS


15. The 1984-85 season. 2nd ODI between India and Pakistan at Sialkot -
India 210/3 with Vengsarkar 94*. Match abandoned. Why?



16. Who faced the first ball in the first ever One day match?


17. Which cricketer played for South Africa before it was banned from
international cricket and later represented Zimbabwe ?





I will be posting the answers after a try from your side...

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Some of the answers I know...
ADIDAS - All Day I Dream About Sports
ICICI - Industrail Credit Inbestment Corporation of India
Rabindranath Tagore has written national anthem for India and Bangladesh
007 is code for Russia. So James Bond is associated with it.

Mr. Adit V, maine Amul ka doodh piya hai. So Answer diya.

Anonymous said...

D 1's wic i knw r
yahoo-yet another-----official---
adidas-all day i dream about sport
icici-industrial credit and investment corporation of india
baker's dozen-13
rabindranath tagore wrote anthem fr 2 countries india n bangladesh
goodbye-god be with you
mt.rushmore-george washington,abrahm lincoln dun remembr d odr 2...
BHOOMI PARMAR...

Mit Desai said...

Nice Try Guys... And Mr. Anonymous (Comment No.1 :P), I would like to know about you. And one more thing, The last line in your comment made me LOL!!!

Sorry to Say, but both of you are incorrect about ADIDAS. In fact, I also believed the same thing till this time.

Answers goes here...

1) GOOGLE DEVELOPED IN: Ajax, or Asynchronous java-script and XML.

2) YAHOO: Yet Another Hierarchy of Officious Oracle.

3) Adidas is short for ADI DASsler, the founder. (Source: http://www.adidas-group.com/en/ourgroup/history/history.aspx)

4) STAR is short for Satellite Television Asian Region

5) ICICI: Industrial Credit and Investments Corporation of India

6) Baker's Dozen signify number 13

7) Rabindra Nath Tagore: for India And Bangladesh

8) Good Bye derived from: God be with you

9) Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu :: Mother Teresa

10) South Korea also celebrate its Independence Day on August, 15th

11) 007 is ISD code of Russia

12) The Kingdom of Lesotho is surrounded by only one country on all sides

13) Polo is not allowed to play left handed.

14) Faces of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and Thomas Jefferson are carved at Mt. Rushmore

15) Match Abandoned because Indira Gandhi was assassinated

16) Geoffrey Boycott faced the first ball

17) John Traicos played for South Africa

Mit Desai said...

If you wanna try some more, herez the link to my next post. Try those two Challenges
http://mitdesai.blogspot.com/2011/11/something-to-tickle-your-white-brain.html