First in The World

• First Asian to win Nobel Prize - RABINDRANATHA TAGORE India [1913]
• The first chairman of Peoples' Republic of China - MAO. TSE-TUNG [1949]
• First Asian to get Finix Award - Sr. P.C. SORCAR [India]
• First Asian to cross the English Channel - AARTI SAHA[India, 1959]
• First cricketer to have batted in all positions- [1 to 11] - WILFRED RHODES [England]
• First Chinese pilgrim to visit India - FAHIEN
• First President of America - GEORGE WASHINGTON
• First Prime Minister of Britian - SIR ROBERT WALPOLE
• First Englishman to receive Nobel Prize for Literature - RUDYARD KIPLING [1907]
• First European invader of India - ALEXANDER [Greece, 326 BC]
• First foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna - KHAN ABDUL GHAFFAR KHAN [1987]
• First Prime Minister of Australia - SIR EDMUND BARTON

• First Governer General of Pakistan - MOHAMMED ALI JINNAH [1947]
• First man cosmonaut in space - YURI GAGARIN [Former U.S.S.R.,1961]
• First man to fly over both North and South poles - RICHARD E. BYRD [US]
• First man to walk in space - ALEXEI LEONOV [Former U.S.S.R.]
• First man to make a solo flight around the world - WILEY POST [1933]
• First man to climb Mt. Everest - TENZING NORGAY [India]and EDMUND HILLARY [New Zealand]1953
• First man to set foot on moon - NEIL ARMSTRONG [USA, 1969]
• First Muslim Invader of India - MOHAMMED-bin-QASIM [8th C.AD]
• First person to sail round the world - FERDINAND MAGELLAN [Portuguese 1519-22]
• First Pope to visit India - POPE PAUL VI[1964]
• First President OF Chinese Republic - SUN YAT-sen [1921-1925]
• First Prime Minister of Pakistan-LIAQUAT ALI KHAN [1947]
• First Secretary General of the UN - TRYGVE LIE [Norway 1946-53]

• First test tube Baby - LOUISE BROWN [England, 1978

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ABBREVIATIONS

COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS

• CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access
• GSM - Global System for Mobile Communication
• TDMA - Time Division Multiple Access
• PC - Personal Computer
• RAM - Random Access Memory
• CPU - Central Processing Unit
• WWW - World Wide Web
• UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply
• LAN - Local Area Network
• WAN - Wide Area Network
• MAN - Metropolitan Area Network
• TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
• DOS - Disk Operating System
• ROM - Read Only Memory
• PROM - Programmable Read Only Memory
• HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language
• HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
• FTP - File Transfer Protocol
• ATM - Automatic Teller Machine

GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS

• AD - Anno Domini
• AM - Ante Meridian
• BC - Before Christ
• LIC - Life Insurance Corporation of India
• LPG - Liquidified Petroleum Gas
• TB - Tuberculosis Bacillus
• UTI - Unit Trust of India
• WHO - World Health Organisation

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Riddles - Funny Q&A

1. What falls but never gets hurt? - Rain
2. What has a neck but no head? – Bottle
3. Which is the room that we cannot enter? - Mushroom
4. Which is the table that we can eat? - Vegetable
5. Which is the biggest city? - Electricity
6. Which is a dress that you can't wear? - Adress
7. What did Rina take a ladder to her school? - She wanted to be in high school.
8. What did the baby corn ask the mother corn? - Where is the pop corn?
9. Which is the biggest ant? - Elephant
10. What has a mouth but cannot speak? - A gramophone
11. What is a history teacher's favourite fruit? - Dates
12. What did one mosquito say to the other? - Good bite
13. What comes thrice in December, once in February and never in March and April? - The letter E
14. What does the older chimney say to the younger chimney? - You are too young to smoke
15. Which room has no door, no windows, no floor and no roof? - Mushroom
16. What goes up when rain goes down - Umbrella
17. What goes up; but never come down? - Age.
18. What always follows a dog? - It’s tail.
19. Why will the world not come to an end? - Because it is round.
20. What goes through water, but doesn’t get wet? - Ray of light.
21. What goes up & down a hill, but never moves? - Road
22. Father told his daughter to bring HIJKLMNO. What is his need? - Water or H2O or H to O !
23. When is it correct to say I is? - I is the letter after H
24. Can u tell me the cheapest way of seeing the world? - Buying a map
25. Why is the letter N the most Powerful letter? - Because it is in the middle of TNT (An explosive Tri Nitro Touluene)
26. What question can never be answered by yes? - Are you sleeping?
27. Where do animals go when they lose their tails? - To the retail shop.
28. What can you make that can’t be seen? - Noise
29. “U” came out and “I” came in a cup of butter. Then what happen? – Butter became bitter.
30. Which is the most famous fish? - Starfish
31. When people buy me, I am black. When they use me I became red. Then they throw me I became grey. What am I? - Charcoal
32. What kind of dog chases anything red? - A bulldog.
33. Why is the letter ‘ T’ like an island ? - Because ‘T’ is in the middle of the ‘water’.
34. What is the other name for small wound? - Short cut
35. What room has no walls, floor, ceiling, or window? - Mushroom
36. You can touch, see and make but can’t hold it. What is it? - Shadow
37. Which can turn ash into cash? - Letter ‘c’
38. He cannot see his own body .Who is he? - Eye
39. What colour is rain ? - Water colour
40. Which alphabet of English language is a vegetable? - P (Pea)
41. Which alphabet of English language is an organ of human body? - I (Eye)
42. Can you tell a letter of alphabet that denotes a hot beverage? - T (tea)
43. I am twice in coffee and once in tea . But never in milk. Who am I? - Letter ‘e’
44. As long as I eat I live, but when I drink I die. Who am I? - Fire
45. Which fast does u do everyday? - Breakfast
46. Which is the city that shocks you? - Electricity
47. A thing that always follows the dog? - Dog’s tail
48. Who comes down but never goes up? - Rain
49. Name a word without any vowels - Rhythm
50. Red house is made of red bricks and yellow house is made of yellow bricks, what is a green house made off? - Glass
51. Light as a feather with nothing in it, a strong man can’t hold it much more than few minutes? - Breath
52. A city that can travel fast? - Velocity
53. I have an eye but cannot see. Who am I? - Needle
54. I am a word of 3 letters. If you read from left I am bread seeker. If you read from right I am a bread giver. Who am I? - Dog
55. One plus ten makes nine instead of eleven. How? - I+X=IX=9
56. Which ship is not a ship? - Friendship
57. What will you serve but never eat? - Tennis ball
58. I am an animal. My name starts with the last letter of alphabet and ends with the first letter. Who am I? - Zebra
59. When does 2+2 make 5? - When you are wrong!
60. A man goes to the market to buy some fruit can you guess what fruit is it? - man-goes—Mango.

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Wild life Sancturys inIndia

Name	Place	State
Chandraprabha Sanctuary	Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh
Dachigam Sanctuary	Srinagar	Jammu & Kashmir
Ghana Bird Sanctuary	Bharatpur	Rajasthan
Ghatprabha Bird Sanctuary	Belgaum	Karnataka
Jaldapara Sanctuary	Jalpaiguri	West Bengal
Kutree Game Sanctuary	Bestar	Madhya Pradesh
Manas Tigar Sanctuary	Barpeta	Assam
Melapattu Bird Sanctuary	Nellor	Andra Pradesh
Mudumalai Sanctuary	Nilgiris	Tamil Nadu
Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctury	Ahmedabad	Gujarat
Palamau Tiger Sanctuary	Daltonganj	Bihar
Periyar Sanctuary	Idduki	Kerala
Ranganthittoo Bird Sanctuary	Sawai Madhopur	Rajasthan
Ranthambhor Tiger Sanctuary	Sawai Madhopur	Rajasthan
Similipal Tiger Sanctuary	Mayurbhanj	Orissa
Sultanpur Lake Bird Sanctuary	Gurgaon	Haryana
Sunderbans Tiger Sanctuary	24-Parganas	West Bengal

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