General Knowledge(South America)

It's time for a continent which is full of wildlife and forests:-

South America

Physical conditions:-

                                        South America is the fourth largest continent. Except for a tenth of it's area,the continent lies in southern hemisphere. The Andean mountain chain is the longest range which stretches across the whole continent from north to south having a maximum width of 370 km. This continent has a warm tropical climate with the coverage of rainforests (Amazon Basin in the north) , whereas Patagonia in Argentina is a cold icy region in the southern tip. Deserts (Atacama) border the coasts of western South America. The northern and the eastern part of the continent consists of Guiana and the Brazilian Highlands respectively. In the South-astern part of the continent it has grasslands called Pampas.

Area :- 18,589,118 sq.km.

Highest Point :- Mt. Aconcagua, Argentina(6,960 m)

Longest River :- Amazon, Peru/Brazil(6,439 km.)

Largest Lake :- L. Titicaca Bolivia /Peru(8,287 sq. km.)

Largest Island :- Tierra de fuego(71,163 sq.km.)

Atacama Desert

A Virtually rainless plateau in South America, covering a 1,000 km strip of land on the pacific coast of the South America, west of the Andes mountain. The Atacama is the on the driest place on the Earth, and it is virtually sterile because it is blocked from moisture on the both sides by Andes  mountains and by Chilean coast range.

Brazil is the most diverse country in South America, with large population of Whites, Blacks, Mestizos an Mulattos, as well as sizeable community of Middle Eastern and Asians.

Land Use :- About 8.55 million sq.km.

Important Crop :- Coffee

Countries and their Flags:-

Crops and Livestock:-

1. Wheat 
2. Rice
3. Cotton
4. Maize
5. Cocoa
6. Coffee
7. Rubber
8. Tobacco
9. Sugarcane
10. Grapes
11. Cattle
12. Sheep
13. Pig
14. Timber
15. Fish
16. Goat
17. Bananas.

Minerals:-

1. Iron Ore
2. Gold
3. Nitrate
4. Antimony
5. Silver
6. Diamond
7. Tin
8. Copper
9. Manganese
10. Bauxite
11. Uranium.

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General Knowledge(North America)

As our posts about continents continued, we went through details and past of many continents and now it's time for North America:- 

North America

Physical conditions:-

                                  North America is the third largest continent in the world. It belongs to new world as it was discovered by Columbus in the year 1492. It is shaped like a giant triangle, narrowing at base to form thin strip of land that joins this continent to South America. In the north it extends above the Arctic Circle and is a frozen treeless land. Between the forests of the humid east and the foot hills of rocky mountains is the grassland region - the Prairies. Regular movement of the Earth's crust causes has shaped the great mountain ranges that runs down the western side of the continent.

Total Land Area :- 24,709,000 sq.km.

Highest Point :- Mt. Mc Kinley(6194 meters).

Lowest Point :- The Death Valley in California region is lowest point(86 meters below the sea level) in the continent and is second highest hottest places on the Earth.

The Great Lakes :- It is chain of freshwater lakes located in eastern North America. Consisting of Lake Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth . This region contains numerous minor lakes, rivers and approximately 35,000 islands. 

Panama Canal

Panama Canal joins the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans across the Isthmus of Panama. It is slightly more than 64 km long, excluding the dredged approach channels and either end. Each year 12,000 or more ships pass through the lock canal, cutting about 12,600 km off the voyage between the two oceans, which otherwise requires the southern trip of South America, Cape Horn.

Countries and their Flags:-

Agriculture:- 

1. Rice
2. Wheat
3. Potatoes
4. Grapes
5. Coffee
6. Cocoa
7. Barley
8. Oats
9. Maize
10. Fruits
11. Sugarcane
12. Tobacco
13. Groundnuts
14. Sugarbeet
15. Cotton.

Minerals:-

1. Iron
2. Gold
3. Uranium
4. Copper
5. Lead & Zinc
6. Tungsten
7. Potash
8. Bauxite
9. Silver.

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General Knowledge(Africa)

It's now time for Africa, the continent of deserts and wild animals. So, are you ready:-

AFRICA 

Famous Places:

1. Sahara Desert:- 

                      The Sahara covers most of the southern Africa. On quarter of the desert is sandy dunes; the remainder consists of bare, rocky plains and mountainous outcrops.

2. Victoria Falls:-

                       The elegant Victoria Falls situated between Zimbabwe and Zambia falls with a soar into a 106.5 m deep narrow chase. The falls spans 1423.4 m which is one of the widest point of river Zambezi.The Falls were discovered by Scottish Explorer, David Livingstone who named it after queen Victoria.

3. Kilimanjaro:-With it's three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is an inactive stratovolcano in north-eastern Tanzania. The highest point on Kilimanjaro is Uhuru peak, on the volcano Kibo is 5,895 meters. The of Kibo is 2.25 km wide crater.

Physical conditions:-
                           Africa is the world's second largest continent after Asia, covering about one-fifth of globe's land area. Artificially the Suez canal separates it from the main landmass of Europe and the Asia.The land of Africa wilderness. The world's biggest desert, the Sahara is in the northern region while the Kalahari and the Namib are in Southern Africa. There are dense forests around the equator which are home to wild animals. This consists of longest river i.e. the river Nile which provides a lifeline through the desert of Egypt. The Great Rift Valley runs from north to south and it is flooded in places to form series of long, deep lakes like Tanganyika and the Nyasa. Veld, the grasslands are founds in the southern high plateau.

Area :- 30,131,536 sq.km.

Highest Point :- Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania(5,895 m.)

Lowest Point :- Lake Assal, Djibouti(155 m below sea level)

Longest River :- Nile passing through Egypt, Sudan, Uganda(6,738 km.)

Largest Lake :- Lake Victoria, (Tanzania/Uganda/Kenya) 69,484 sq. km.

Largest Island :- Madagascar, (587,040 sq. km.)

SUEZ CANAL:-

163 km long Suez canal connects Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. It provides the shortest maritime route between Europe and the lands lying around and the Indian and western Pacific oceans.

Countries and their flags:-

Crops and livestock:-

1. Wheat
2. Oil Palm
3. Dates
4. Cloves
5. Coffee
6. Sheep
7. Maize
8. Rubber
9. Rice
10. Sisal
11. Tea
12. Fish
13. Sugarcane
14. Groundnuts
15. Cotton
16. Timber
17. Tobacco
18. Grapes
19. Cocoa
20. Cattle.

Minerals:-

1. Coal
2. Silver
3. Petroleum
4. Manganese
5. Iron-Ore
6. Cobalt
7. Uranium
8. Phosphates
9. Bauxite
10. Diamond
11. Gold
12. Copper.

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General Knowledge(Europe)

In this post I will try my best to give you the best available information about Europe:-

EUROPE

Major Mountain Peaks:-

1. Elbrus                               5,642 m
2. Blanc                                4,810 m
3. Maladetta                         3,404 m
4. Etna                                  3,274 m
5. Durmitor                           2,528 m
6. Glittertind                          2,481 m
7. Kebnekaise                       2,120 m
8. Hofsjokull                         1,682 m.

Physical conditions:-

Europe is the smallest continent in the world apart from Australia. Most of it's Northern Region lies in cold, snowy wilderness above the Arctic circle. Much of the central Europe is an enormous plain which is largely cleared for farmland. Southern Europe is divided by Northern Europe by towering Mountain ranges of Pyrenees, Alps and Carpathians. The narrow Strait of Gibraltar separates Europe from North Africa where Atlantic Ocean and  Mediterranean Sea meets.

Countries and their Flags:-

List of countries with no airport:-

1. Liechtenstein  // better don't try to pronunciate //
2. Andorra
3. Vatican City
4. San Marino
5. Monacco.

Natural Vegetation:-

1. Wheat
2. Grapes
3. Sugarbeet
4. Maize
5. Olives
6. Potatoes
7. Oates
8. Fruits
9. Tobacco
10. Cotton
11. Timber.

Minerals:-

1. Coal
2. Petroleum
3. Copper
4. Bauxite
5. Gold
6. Natural Gas
7. Mercury
8. Iron-ore
9. Potash
10. Manganese.

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General Knowledge(Asia)

This post will revolve around the most useful data and other facts of Asia:-

ASIA

Major mountain peaks:-

1. Everest(Sagarmatha)                 8,848 m
2. K-2(Godwin Austin)                  8,611 m
3. Elbruz                                          5,633 m
4. Kinabalu                                      4,101 m

Physical Conditions:-

1. Area                                            44,680,718 sq. kms.
2. Highest Point                             Mt. Everest, Nepal/China(8,848 m.)
3. Longest River                            Yangtse Kiang, China(5,520 km.)
4. Longest Lake                             Caspian Sea, (378,400 sq. km.)
5. Largest Island                             Borneo (743,250 sq. km.) 

Countries and their flags:-

Agriculture:-

                       With the coverage of mountains and deserts, Asia has only one sixth of the total area suitable for agriculture. It is mainly concentrated in plains and river valleys.

Rice:- It is the staple food crops for most Asians. Asia produces about 90% of the world's total supply of rice.

Wheat:- Wheat is an important cereals crop. It is cultivated mainly in the black earth(Chernozem) belt. Afghanistan, Pakistan, China are the world's leading producers. Production in India is concentrated in the north.

Minerals:-

Coal, Iron ore, Manganese, Tin, Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Petroleum, Mica, Bauxite, Uranium, Copper, Lead and Zinc and Other Minerals.

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Latest Current Affairs

OK, Let's move on with our regular current affairs updates:

1. MJ can seen dancing again on Twitter:
    Michael Jackson will be seen dancing again in the music video premiere launched by the famous micro-blogging site Twitter. The name of the music video is "A place with no name".

2. Federer became the first to win 300 matches:
    Roger Federer is now the first tennis player to win 300 matches in ATP Masters. He achieved this by beating Vasek Pospisil on Wednesday. Five years back he made the record of 200  matches by beating Lleyton Glynn Hewitt.

3. PM Modi will not represent the American Congress:
    According to the letter written by American Speaker John , due to congress elections in November,2014 which will held in America Indian PM Narendra Modi will not be able to represent the congress as all the members of congress will be out of Washington DC.

4. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon honours sacrifice of Indian Soldiers in World War I:
    United Nations Secretary-General Ban ki-moon in a function organized on Wednesday(13 Aug) honoured the 1 million Indian Soldiers who took part in World War I.

5. India-West Indies series to start from 8th of October:
    After the ongoing England Series the team India will have to prepare for the West Indies series consisting of one days,T-20's and test matches.

6. Woods out of Ryder Cup Race:
     Tiger Woods removed himself from Ryder Cup team on Evening of Wednesday saying that he not healthy enough to take part.

7. ISIS mountain siege in Iraq is now Over said US:
    Pentagon says that Air Strikers and Kurd Fighters have helped trapped Yazidis to flee.

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General Knowledge(Oceans)

Hi, friends It's time to change the topic and talk something about Oceans and other extremes of the Earth. Let's begin... 

First let's talk about Atlantic Ocean:
                                       Mainly divided into North Atlantic and South Atlantic and having the area of 36,000,000 sq. km. and 26,000,000 sq. km. respectively. The greatest breadth in the north is 7,200 km(Morocco to Florida) and in the south is 9,600 km(Guinea to Brazil).
                                     
                                                  The average depth is 3,600 m; the Greatest depths are the Puerto Rico Trench (9,220 m), South Sandwich Trench (8,325 m), and the Romanche Gap(7,728 m).

Now, Indian Ocean:
                           Mainly confined to southern hemisphere, the greatest breadth (Tasmania to Cape Agulhas) is 9,600 km. The average depth is 4,000 m; the Greatest depth is the Java Trench (7,125 m).

At last, Pacific Ocean:
                        It is the largest ocean and covers about 40% of the total sea area. The greatest breadth (east and west) is 16,000 km and length north and south 11,000 km. The average depth is 4,200 m. Generally , the west is deeper than east and the north is deeper than south. The Greatest depths occurs near island groups and include the Marianas Trench(11,033 m), Tonga Trench(10,882 m), Philippine Trench(10,047 m).

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Latest Current Affairs

Today, I'm going to post today's latest current affairs :-

1. Rory McIlory won the PGA championship.
    Ireland's 25 years old McIlory claimed his fourth great victory at Valhalla.

2. Tsonga claimed the Rogers Cup by beating Federer.

    'Jo-Wilfried Tsonga' achieved his goal by beating Federer. He denied all the best players of time 

     namely Djokovic, Andy Murray, Roger Federer, who had won 3,2,2 out of 10 canadian 

     titles respectively.

3. Syringes found in rooms of Indian Players at Glasgow.

    Suspicion of doping arose when the house keeping staff found multiple syringes at different places              

    including Indian Wrestler's rooms. All the syringes will be tested and administered.

4. Reliance Jio and COAI joins each other.

    COAI's director general 'Rajan S Mathews' said that "We are delighted that RJIL has joined us in 

    our common endeavor to roll out innovative and affordable mobile broadband services".

5. Hyundai stops the process of Europe exports.

    

   

6. World Cup Record Holder retires from German national team.

    Miroslav Josef Klose, striker born in Opole (Poland) played his first match against Albania on                            

    March 24,2001 has now retired from German National Team. He made a total of 71 goals with 16          

    world cup goals.

7. Kurds took two territories from ISIS.

    Kurdish forces attacked Sunni forces on Sunday in northern Iraq and got their hands on two states of        

    Iraq which were under ISIS.

8. Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar has been granted leave for rest of the RS session.

    Rajya Sabha on monday granted Sachin Tendulkar leave for ongoing period of Budget session.

9.China to launch it's national online donor registry beating India.

    Although Steps have been taken by India but no large scale database has been in sight.

10. NGT notice to MoEF for labeling coal as mineral.

     The National Green Tribunal has issued a notice to the ministry of environment and forests for 

     labeling coal as mineral instead of a bio-resource product.

    

    

General Knowledge(Our Universe)

Today in this page I will discuss some facts and terms which most peoples do not know. So let's start

GALAXIES

Millions of stars very close to each other form a galaxy. There are innumerable galaxies in the universe. All galaxies are arranged in groups or clusters.

The different types of galaxies are:-

1.Nebula:-You must have heard this word but didn't knew the real meaning.Well, it's a mobile cloud of white hot gases and solid materials.It is believed that the Sun is formed from a Nebula.

2.Irregular Galaxies:-As it's name it does not have any shape .It can look like anything.

3.Barred Spiral Galaxies:-This type of galaxy has arms trails forms like water spinning from a sprinkler used in garden.

4.Elliptical Galaxies:-Looks like Rugby ball and believed to be one of the oldest galaxies of all.

5.Spiral Galaxies:-It's like our milky way galaxy. It is like a spinning Catherine Wheels.

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General Knowledge(Interesting Facts)

These are some interesting facts about human life and evolution and our mother earth.

1. Age of the Earth:- 4,600 million years.
2. Life started:- 2,000 million years.
3. Apes developed:- 25 million years ago.
4. From apes human-creatures evolved:-
    Ramapithecus: 14-10 million years ago.
    Australopithecus: 5 million years ago.
    Homo Erectus: 2 million years ago.
    Homo Sapiens(modern humans): 35,000 years ago.

When stone was widely used by early men, the age was known as Stone Age. It can be divided into following phases:-

A.   1. Paleolithic   Peoples moved from place to place in search of
       2. Mesolithic   food and shelter.
B.   1. Neolithic    Learnt to discover from nature how to cultivate grains,domesticated
                                          animals and developed tools for hunting. Later invented wheels.


Ancient names of seas and oceans:

Arabian Sea: Apara Samudra/Arab Sagar.
Bay of Bengal: Bangopa Sagar.
Indian Ocean: Bharat Mahasagar.

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General Knowledge(Mercury,Venus and Mars)

In this post I will give important data regarding planets:-Mercury, Venus and Mars.

Planet:- Mercury

Diameter:- 4850 km, 1/3 Earth's

Volume:- 1/16 that of Earth's

Density:- 5.4(approx. same as Earth)

Mass:- 1/18 that of Earth

Gravity:- about 1/3 that of Earth

Atmosphere:- none

Temperature:- day 400 C, night -220 C

Highest Peak:- 2.5 km above lowest land

Escape Velocity:- 4.2 km/sec

Turns on axis in:- 59 days

Distance from Sun:- 58,000,000 km

Orbits Sun in:- 87.97 days

 Closest to Earth at:- 45,000,000 km

Moons:- none

Planet:- Venus

Diameter:- 12,140 km, similar to Earth's

Volume:- about 9/10 that of Earth

Density:- 5.2 much as that of Earth

Mass:- 4/5 that of Earth

Gravity:- nearly 9/10 that of Earth

Atmosphere:- mainly carbon dioxide

Temperature:- up to 500 C

Highest Peak:- Unknown

Escape Velocity;- 10.3 km/sec

Turns on axis in:- 243 days

Distance from Sun:- 108,000,000 km

Orbits Sun in:- 224.7 days at 35 km/hr

Closest to Earth:- 42,000,000 km

Moons:- none

Planet:- Mars

Diameter:- 6790 km, about half Earth's

Volume:- about 1/7 that of Earth

Density:- 3.95, about 2/3 that of Earth

Mass:- about 1/9 that of Earth

Gravity:- more than 1/3 that of Earth

Atmosphere:- thin, mainly carbon dioxide

Temperature:- below -180 C to just above 0 C

Highest Peak:- Nix Olympica, 30 km high

Escape velocity:- 5.0 km/sec

Turns on axis in:- 24 hours 37 mins

Distance from Sun:- 228,000,000 km

Orbits Sun in:- 687 days

Moons:- 2(Phobos and Deimos)

Useful Data-Earth

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General Knowledge(Earth)

In this post I am giving some very hard to find data about our earth.

Planet:- Earth

Diameter:- 12,756 km at equator

Circumference around Poles:- 40,007 km

Density:- 5.52(relative to water)

Mass:- 5976 million million million tonnes

Area:- 510,066,000 sq km

Surface:- 71% water, 29% land

Temperature:- lowest(-88.3 C), highest(57.7 C)

Highest Peak:- Mt. Everest 8848 mtrs

Deepest Point(Ocean):- 11,033 mtrs

Escape Velocity:- 11.2 km/sec

Turns on axis in:- 23 hrs, 56 mins, 10 secs

Distance from the Sun:- 150,000,000 km

Orbits Sun in:- 365 days, 6 hrs, 9 mins, 10 secs

Orbital Velocity:- 29.8 km

Moons:- one

Useful Data-Mercury, Venus and Mars

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Latest Current Affairs

Hi guys, let's put up my first post. Now today I'm going to put some latest current affairs of national and international issues.

1. Mcllroy remains ahead of field.
    Austrian Weisberger, American Fowler Breathing down the Northern Irishman's Neck.

2. NASCAR racer hits, kills driver.

3. Venus left Serena and hits the finals.

4. 400 mtrs freestyle world record broken by Katie Ledecky.
    Katie won the US Swimming Championships by completing the 400 mtrs race in just 3 mins 58.86 secs and broke the previous world record of 3 mins 59.15 secs made by Federica Pellegrini.

5. Arsenal beat Manchester's men by 3-0 and won Community shield

    Arsenals after a long successfully achieved their goal on Sunday at Wembley by beating Manchester city by 3-0 and got their hands on Community Shield.

6. Srilanka beats Pak by 7-wickets.

   Mahela Jayawardene's beautiful and nice batting in opening of his team indicated his fans of srilanka's victory. He has decided to retire after two match series.

7. PSU Consortium will invest about 300 million dollars in Mozambique mine.

    International Coal Ventures(ICVL) will increase their coal production at Benga Mines of Mozambique assets.

8. Rockets fired at Tel Aviv International Airport

    Qassam Brigades, Hamas' military wing fired three M75 Rockets at Israel's main international airport.

9. Sania-cara in finals of Rozers Cup

    Sania-cara will face Vinci-Irani in finals to prove their right to Rogers Cup.

10. Al-qaeda Terrorists are joining IS.

     According to a report of Washington post many small troop of Al-qaeda are now leaving it to join IS, as it has captured large lands of Iraq and Seria.

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