Geographical discoveries-Great explorers-Quiz

1. Who discovered Brazil?

Ans: Pedro Alvarus Cabral

2.Who discoverd New Zealand?

Ans:Abel Tasman

3. Who discoverd Philippines?

Magellan

4.Who discovered the Cape of Good hope?

Bartha lomio Diaz

5.Who discovered Australia?

Captain Cook

6.Who discoverd America?

Christopher Columbus

7. Who discovered a sea route to India from Europe?

Vasco de Gama

8. Who discovered Victoria falls?

David Livingstone

9.Who discovered Tasmania?

Abel Tasman

10.Who discoverd South Pole?

Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen

11.Who discovered North Pole?

Robert Peary

Heads of Various World organizations--Latest who's who--Quiz

Here is an update of the heads of Various World organizations.This is an important part of the current affairs. Hope it is useful for Quiz, Trivia and competitive exams.

Secretary General, UN---Ban ki moon
Director General,WHO---Margarret Chan
Head, UNICEF----Ann Veneman
Head, FAO---Jacqueous Diouff
Head,IAEA---Mohammed El Baradei
President, World Bank--Robert Zoellik
Managing Director, IMF--Dominique Strauss Kahn
Secretary General, NATO--Jaap De Hoop Scheffer
Secretary General,ASEAN--Surin Pitsuwan
Secretary General ,OPEC--Abdellah Salim El Badri
Chairman,SAARC-----Mahindra Rajapakse
Secretary General ,Commonwealth--Kamlesh Sharma

Current affairs updated--December first week

Current affairs finds prominence in all competitive exams like Bank PO and PSC. Please update yourself with the latest current affairs.
International current affairs
1.Space shuttle endeavor comes back to earth.The shuttle was on a 16 day mission. The shuttle landed at california instead of Kennedy space centre,Florida due to bad weather.
2.Siege of Airport in Thailand comes to an end after the Thai Supreme court removes the Prime minister from his Office.
3.Hillary Clinton to be the New Secretary of State.
4.Stephen Harper is the new Prime minister of Canada.
5. Christiano Ronaldo is the European footballer of the year 2008.
6. cholera spreads across Zimbabwe ; hundreds dead.

Indian current affairs
1.Bird flu outbreak in Assam; Over 40,000 birds culled.
2.Home minister Shivraj Patil resigns;P chidambaram is the new Home minister.
3.Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilas Rao Desmukh and Deputy CM RR Patil resigns.Ashok Chawan and Chagan Bhujbal replaces them respectively.
4.Indian International Film Festival at Goa concludes TULPAN, a Kazakh film, won the Golden Peacock Award.
5.Pressure on Pakistan mounts as the attackers are traced back to Pakistan.Pakistan conducts raids in Lashkar camps in Punjab and PoK.
6.Shah Rukh Khan gets knighted by Malaysia
7.Crude prices comes below $40 a barrel. lowest price in 3 years

Largest US cities by population -Quiz

The measure whether a city is largest or not is done using its population. Calculating the population of a city can be done by different methods--viz population within city limits, population of the urban agglomeration that is within city limits and outskirts. See the below table listing the largest cities in the United States ranked by urban agglomeration which is the most effective method. TRhis will be helpful in your competitive exams and Quiz and trivia.

1. NewYork--21,200,000
2.Los Angeles--16,373,000
3.Chicago---9,157,600
4.Washington DC---7,608,000
5.SanFransico---7,039,380
6.Philadelphia---6,188,490
7.Boston----5,819,000
8.Detroit---5,456,490
9.Dallas---5,220,080
10.Houston---4,669,000

Name of Straits --Quiz

A strait is a narrow, navigable channel of water that connects two larger navigable bodies of water. Questions asking to name a strait can be asked for Quiz, Trivia and Competitive exams like Bank PO,PSC etc.

Straits of Dover----separates England and France

Strait of Hormuz--Separates Persian Gulf and Oman sea

Strait of Malacca--Separates Malaysia and Sumatra, Indonesia

Cook strait---separates the North And South Islands of New Zealand

Strait of Gibraktar---Separates Atlantic Ocean and Meditteranian sea

Bass strait--Separates Australia and Tasmania

Strait of Bosphorous--Separates Meditteranian sea and Black sea

Bering Strait--- Separates Alaska and Siberia