Tuesday, June 30, 2009

GEOGRAPHICAL EPITHETS

Blue Mountain-----------------------The Nilgiri Hills
Britain of South---------------------New Zealand
City of Magnificent Distances----Chennai
City of Motor Cars------------------Detroit
City of Seven Hills-------------------Rome
Cockpit of Europe------------------The Balkans
Dark Continent----------------------Africa
Emerald Island-----------------------Ireland
The Eternal City---------------------Rome
Forbidden Land---------------------Tibet
Gateway of India--------------------Mumbai
Gibraltar of Indian Ocean---------Aden
Gift of the Nile----------------------Egypt
Granary of South India------------Tanjore
Granite City-------------------------Aberdeen
Great Britain of Pacific----------Japan
Human Equator of the Earth----The Himalayas
The Isle of Pearls------------------Bahrein
Key of India------------------------Herat
Key to the Mediterranean-------Gibraltar
King of Indian Forests-----------Teak
The Land of the Five Rivers----The Punjab
Land of Maple---------------------Canada
Land of the Midnight Sun--------Norway
Land of Rising Sun---------------Japan
Playground of Europe-----------Switzerland
Queen of the Adriatic-----------Venice
Queen of the South--------------Sydney
River in the Sea------------------Gulf Stream
Roof of the World---------------The Pamirs
The Sick man of Europe-------Turkey
Sorrow of Bengal---------------The Damodar
Sorrow of China----------------The Hwang Ho
Switzerland of India------------Kashmir
White Man's Grave--------------Guinea Coast of Africa
Wilderness of Bamboo and Paper-Tokyo
Yellow River---------------------The River Hwang Ho.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

THIRUKKURAL - THE PRAISE OF GOD

1.
'A' leads letters; the Ancient Lord
Leads and lords the entire world.

2.
That lore is vain which does not fall
At His good feet who knoweth all.

3.
Long they live on earth who gain
The feet of God in florid brain.

4.
Who hold His feet who likes nor loathes
Are free from woes of human births.

5.
God's praise who tell, are free from right
And wrong, the twins of dreaming night.

6.
They prosper long who walk His way
Who has the senses signed away.

7.
His feet, whose likeness none can find,
Alone can ease the anxious mind.

8.
Who swims the sea of vice is he
Who clasps the feet of Virtue's sea.

9.
Like senses stale that head is vain
Which bows not to Eight-Virtued Divine.

10.
The sea of births they alone swim
Who clench His feet and cleave to Him.

Monday, June 8, 2009

HILLSTATIONS IN INDIA

Almora_______________Uttaranchal
Cherrapunji___________Meghalaya
Coonoor______________Tamilnadu
Dalhousie_____________Himachal Pradesh
Darjeeling____________West Bengal
Gulmarg______________Kashmir
Kasauli_______________Himachal Pradesh
Kodaikanal____________Tamilnadu
Mahabaleshwar________Maharashtra
Mount Abu____________Rajasthan
Mussoorie____________Uttaranchal
Nainital______________Uttaranchal
Pachmarhi____________Madhya Pradesh
Ranchi_______________Jharkhand
Shillong______________Meghalaya
Shimla_______________Himachal Pradesh
Srinagar_____________Jammu&Kashmir
Udhagamandalam______Tamilnadu
Yercaud______________Tamilnadu

MAJOR PORTS IN INDIA

WESTERN COASTS
Mumbai____________Maharashtra
Kandla_____________Gujarat
Mangalore__________Karnataka
Nhavasheva_________Maharashtra
Kochi______________Kerala
Mormugoa__________Goa
EASTERN COASTS
Kolkata____________West Bengal
Paradeep__________Orissa
Visakhapatnam_____Andhra Pradesh
Tuticorin__________Tamil Nadu
Chennai___________Tamil Nadu
Ennore____________Tamil Nadu

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

IMPORTANT DAYS - JUNE

June  4 - International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
June  5 - World Environment Day
June 14 - World Blood Doner Day
June 26 - International Day Against Drug
June 27 - World Diabetes Day 

GK - QUIZ - 4

1.Who is inventor of television?    ANSWER: John Logie Baird    2.According to the 2001 Census, what is the sex-ratio (females per ...