NICKNAME Granite City Dark Continent Herring Pond Land of the Golden Fleece Land of the Kangaroo Gateway

y of Tears Island of Pearls Cockpit of Europe White City Land of Thunderbolt Land of Lilies Land of Maple Windy City Pearl of Antilles Sugar Bowl of the World Gift of the Nile Land of Thousand Lakes Key of the Mediterranean Pillars of Hercules Land of the Eskimos Emerald Island Pink City Land of the Rising Sun Garden of England

PLACE Aberdeen Africa Atlantic Ocean Australia Australia Bab-el-mandab Bahrain Belgium Belgrade Bhutan Canada Canada Chicago Cuba Cuba Egypt Finland Gibraltar Gibraltar Greenland Ireland Jaipur Japan Kent

Hermit Kingdom Land of Morning Calm Port of Five Seas Land of the Golden Pagoda Land of Canals Land of Tulips Land of Windmills City of Skyscrapers Empire City Land of the Midnight Sun City of Dreaming Spires Holy Land City of Brotherly Love Quaker City City of Seven Hills Eternal City City of the Golden Gate Land of Cakes Venice of the North Playground of Europe Land of the White Elephant World's Loneliest Island Sick Man of Europe City of Canals Queen of the Adriatic

Korea Korea Moscow Myanmar Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands New York New York Norway Oxford Palestine Philadelphia Philadelphia Rome Rome San Francisco Scotland Stockholm Switzerland Thailand Tristan da Cunha Turkey Venice Venice

City of Magnificent Distances Washington DC

Island of Cloves

Zanzibar

List of Epithets

SI. No. 1. 2. 3. 4.

Geographical Epithets Bengal's Sorrow Blue Mountains Britain of the South City of the Golden Gate

Location Damodar River Nilgiri Hills New Zealand San Francisco (USA)

SI. No. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

Geographical Epithets City of Dreaming Spires

Location Oxford (UK)

City of Magnificent Distance Washington, DC, USA City of Sky - Scrapers City of Seven Hills City of Palaces China's Sorrow Cockpit of Europe Dark Continent New York Rome Kolkata Huang - Ho Belgium Africa

SI. Geographica No l Epithets .

Location

SI. Geographica No l Epithets .

Location

SI. Geographica No l Epithets . 13. Eternal City

Location

SI. Geographica No l Epithets . 45. Land of Midnight Sun 46. Land of Thousand Lakes

Location

Rome

Norway

14. Emerald Island

Ireland

Finland

15. Empire City

New York, 47. Land of U.S.A. Maples Lhasa, Tibet Kent, England

Canada

16. Forbidden City 17. Garden of England

48. Land of White Thailand Elephant 49. Mysore Tiger Tippu Sultan

18. Gate of Tears Bab - el - 50. Manchester of Mumbai mandeb, India Jerusalem 19. Garden City Chicago 51. Manchester of Coimbatore Tamil Nadu

SI. Geographica No l Epithets . 20. Gateway of India 21. Gateway of Tamilnadu

Location

SI. Geographica No l Epithets . 52. Never Never Land 53. Paradise on Earth

Location

Mumbai

Prairies of N. Australia Kashmir Valley ( India ) Guayaquil Port of Ecuador

Tuticorin

22. Gift of the Nile Egypt

54. Pearl of the Pacific

23. Granite City

Aberdeen, 55. Playground of Switzerland Scotland Europe New York 56. Playground of Kashmir India Cuba

24. Great Broadway 25. Great Whiteway 26. Granary of South India

Broadway, 57. Pearl of the New York Antilles Tanjore 58. Pillar of Hercules

Gibraltar

SI. Geographica No l Epithets .

Location

SI. Geographica No l Epithets . 59. Pink City

Location

27. Hearing Pond Atlantic Ocean 28. Hermit Kingdom 29. Holy Land Korea

Jaipur

60. Quaker City

Philadelphia , U.S.A. Venice, Italy

Palestine

61. Queen of the Adriatic 62. Queen of the Arabian Sea 63. Roof of the World 64. Saint of the Gutters 65. Sickman of Europe

30. Island Continent 31. Island of Cloves 32. Island of Pearls 33. Key to Mediterranea n 34. Lady with a

Australia

Kochi

Zanzibar

Pamirs, Central Asia Mother Teresa Turkey

Bahrain

Gibraltar

Florence Nightingal

66. Spice Garden Kerala

SI. Geographica No l Epithets . lamp

Location

SI. Geographica No l Epithets . of India

Location

35. Land of Lakes Scotland

67. Sugar Bowl of Cuba the World 68. Venice of the East Alappuzha, India

36. Land of the Golden Fleece 37 Land of the Golden Pagoda

Australia

Myanmar

69. Venice of the North

Stockholm, Sweden

38. Land of Kangaroo 39. Land of Lilies

Australia

70. White City

Belgrade, Yugoslavia Chicago, U.S.A. Guinea Coast

Canada

71. Windy City

40. Land of Korea Morning Calm 41. Land of Thunderbolt Bhutan

72. White Man's Grave

73. World's Bread Prairies of Basket N.America

SI. Geographica No l Epithets . 42. Land of Five Rivers 43. Land of Rising Sun 44. Yellow River

Location

SI. Geographica No l Epithets . 74. World's Loneliest Island

Location

Punjab, India Japan

Tristanda Cuntra

Huang Ho

Surname Bengals Sorrow Blue Mountains City of Sky-scrapers City of Seven Hills City of Dreaming Spires City of palaces City of Golden Gate City of Magnificent Buildings City of Eternal Springs

Name Damodar River Nilgiri Hills New York Rome Oxford Kolkata San Francisco Washington D.C. Quito(S.America)

Chinas Sorrow Cockpit of Europe Dark Continent Emerald Isle Eternal City Empire City Forbidden City Garden City Gate of Tears Gateway of India Gift of the Nile Granite City Hermit Kingdom Herring Pond Holy Land Island Continent Island of Cloves Isle of Pearls Key of the Mediterranean Land of Cakes Land of Golden Fleece Land of Maple Leaf Land of Midnight Sun Land of the Thousand Lakes

Hwang Ho Belgium Africa Ireland Rome New York Lhasa (Tibet) Chicago Strait of Bab-el Mandeb Mumbai Eqypt Aberdeen (Scotland) Korea Atlantic Ocean Jerusalem Australia Zanzibar Bahrein (Peesian Gulf) Gibralter Scotland Australia Canada Norway Finland

Land of the Thunderbolt Land of white Elephant Land of Five Rivers Land of Thousand Elephants Land of Rising Sun Loneliest Island Manchester of Japan Pillars of Hercules Pearl of the Antilles Playground of Europe Quaker City Queen of the Adriatic Roof of the World Rose Pink City Sugar bowl of the World Venice of the North Windy City Whirtemans grave
Yellow River

Bhutan Thailand Punjab Laos Japan Tristan De Gunha (MidAtlantic) Osaka Strait of Gibraltar Cuba Switzerland Philadelphia Venice The Pamirs Jaipur Cuba Stockholm Chicago Guinea Coast of Africa
Huang Ho (China)

General Knowledge

01 The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was Mujibur Rehman 02 The longest river in the world is the Nile 03 The longest highway in the world is the Trans-Canada 04 The longest highway in the world has a length of About 8000 km 05 The highest mountain in the world is the Everest 06 The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production of the world is Myanmar 07 The biggest desert in the world is the Sahara desert 08 The largest coffee growing country in the world is Brazil 09 The country also known as country of Copper is Zambia 10 The name given to the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is Durand line 11 The river Volga flows out into the Capsian sea 12 The coldest place on the earth is Verkoyansk in Siberia 13 The country which ranks second in terms of land area is Canada

14 The largest Island in the Mediterranean sea is Sicily 15 The river Jordan flows out into the Dead sea 16 The biggest delta in the world is the Sunderbans 17 The capital city that stands on the river Danube is Belgrade 18 The Japanese call their country as Nippon 19 The length of the English channel is 564 kilometres 20 The worlds oldest known city is Damascus 21 The city which is also known as the City of Canals is Venice 22 The country in which river Wangchu flows is Myanmar 23 The biggest island of the world is Greenland 24 The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in the world is Detroit, USA 25 The country which is the largest producer of manganese in the world is China & South Africa 26 The country which is the largest producer of rubber in the world is Malaysia 27 The country which is the largest producer of tin in the world is China

28 The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is the Mississippi 29 The city which was once called the `Forbidden City was Peking 30 The country called the Land of Rising Sun is Japan 31 Mount Everest was named after Sir George Everest 32 The volcano Vesuvius is located in Italy 33 The country known as the Sugar Bowl of the world is Cuba 34 The length of the Suez Canal is 162.5 kilometers 35 The lowest point on earth is The coastal area of Dead sea 36 The Gurkhas are the original inhabitants of Nepal 37 The largest ocean of the world is the Pacific ocean 38 The largest bell in the world is the Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin, Moscow 39 The biggest stadium in the world is the Strahov Stadium, Prague 40 The worlds largest diamond producing country is South Africa 41 Australia was discovered by James Cook 42 The first Governor General of Pakistan is

Mohammed Ali Jinnah 43 Dublin is situated at the mouth of river Liffey 44 The earlier name of New York city was New Amsterdam 45 The Eifel tower was built by Alexander Eiffel 46 The Red Cross was founded by Jean Henri Durant 47 The country which has the greatest population density is Monaco 48 The national flower of Britain is Rose 49 Niagara Falls was discovered by Louis Hennepin 50 The national flower of Italy is Lily 51 The national flower of China is Narcissus 52 The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located at Kathmandu 53 The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is Strait of Hormuz 54 The first Industrial Revolution took place in England 55 World Environment Day is observed on 5th June 56 The first Republican President of America was Abraham Lincoln 57 The country famous for Samba dance is

Brazil 58 The name of Alexanders horse was Beucephalus 59 Singapore was founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 60 The famous British one-eyed Admiral was Nelson 61 The earlier name of Sri Lanka was Ceylon 62 The UNO was formed in the year 1945 63 UNO stands for United Nations Organization 64 The independence day of South Korea is celebrated on 15th August 65 `Last Judgement was the first painting of an Italian painter named Michelangelo 66 Paradise Regained was written by John Milton 67 The first President of Egypt was Mohammed Nequib 68 The first man to reach North Pole was Rear Peary 69 The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was Guermica 70 The primary producer of newsprint in the world is Canada 71 The first explorer to reach the South Pole was Cap. Ronald Amundson

72 The person who is called the father of modern Italy is G.Garibaldi 73 World literacy day is celebrated on 8th September 74 The founder of modern Germany is Bismarck 75 The country known as the land of the midnight sun is Norway 76 The place known as the Roof of the world is Tibet 77 The founder of the Chinese Republic was San Yat Sen 78 The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was Abdul Salam 79 The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was Margaret Thatcher 80 The first Secretary General of the UNO was Trygve Lie 81 The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was Frederick Auguste Bartholdi 82 The port of Banku is situated in Azerbaijan 83 John F Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harry Oswald 84 The largest river in France is Lore 85 The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was Catherine of Aragon 86 The first negro to be awarded the Nobel Peace

Prize was Ralph Johnson Bunche 87 The first British University to admit women for degree courses was London University 88 The principal export of Jamaica is Sugar 89 New York is popularly known as the city of Skyscrapers 90 Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of Cloves 91 The country known as the Land of White Elephant is Thailand 92 The country known as the Land of Morning Calm is Korea 93 The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is Bhutan 94 The highest waterfalls in the world is the Salto Angel Falls(Venezuela) 95 The largest library in the world is the United States Library of Congress Washington DC 1. The largest museum in the world is the American Museum of Natural History. 2. The lowest mountain range in the world is the Buena Bhaile. 3. The country known as the Land of Cakes is Scotland. 4. The place known as the Garden of England is Kent. 5. The tallest tower in the world is the Burj Khalifa, Dubai. 6. The country famous for its fish catch is Japan. 7. The old name of Taiwan was Farmosa. 8. Montreal is situated on the bank of

River Ottawa. 9. The city of Bonn is situated in Germany. 10. The literal meaning of Renaissance is Revival. 11. Julius Caesar was killed by Brutus. 12. The title of Desert Fox was given to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. 13. The largest airport in the world is the King Khalid International Airport, Saudi Arabia. 14. The city in Russia which faced an earthquake in the year 1998 was Armenia. 15. The largest bay in the world is Hudson Bay, Canada. 16. The largest church in the world is Basilica of St. Peter, Vatican City, Rome. 17. The largest peninsula in the world is Arabia. 18. The largest gulf in the world is Gulf of Mexico. 19. The tallest statue in the world is the Motherland, Volgograd Russia. 20. The largest railway tunnel in the world is the Oshimizu Tunnel, Japan. 21. The worlds loneliest island is the Tristan da cunha. 22. The word Quiz was coined by Jim Daly Irishman. 23. The original meaning of Quiz was Trick. 24. The busiest shopping centre of London is Oxford Street. 25. The residence of the Queen in London is Buckingham Palace. 26. Adolf Hitler was born in Austria. 27. The country whose National Anthem has only music but no words is Bahrain. 28. The largest cinema in the world is the Fox theatre, Detroit, USA. 29. The country where there are no Cinema theatres is Saudi Arabia. 30. The worlds tallest office building is the Sears Tower, Chicago. 31. In the year 1811, Paraguay became

independent from Spain. 32. The cross word puzzle was invented by Arthur Wynne. 33. The city which was the capital of the ancient Persian Empire was Persepolis. 34. WHO stands for World Health Organization. 35. WHO (World Health Organization) is located at Geneva. 36. FAO stands for Food and Agriculture Organization. 37. FAO is located at Rome and London. 38. UNIDO stands for United Nations Industrial Development Organization. 39. UNIDO is located at Vienna. 40. WMO stands for World Meteorological Organization. 41. WMO is located at Geneva. 42. International Civil Aviation Organization is located at Montreal. 43. The Angel Falls is located in Venezuela. 44. The Victoria Falls is located in Rhodesia. 45. Ice Cream was discovered by Gerald Tisyum. 46. The number regarded as lucky number in Italy is thirteen. 47. Napoleon suffered from alurophobia which means Fear of cats. 48. The aero planes were used in war for the first time by Italians. (14 Oct.1911) 49. Slavery in America was abolished by Abraham Lincoln. 50. The Headquarters of textile manufacturing in England is Manchester. 51. The famous Island located at the mouth of the Hudson River is Manhattan. 52. The founder of plastic industry was Leo Hendrik Baekeland. 53. The country where military service is compulsory for women is Israel. 54. The country which has more than 10,000 golf courses is USA. 55. The famous painting Mona Lisa is

displayed at Louvre museum, Paris. 56. The earlier name for tomato was Love apple. 57. The first President of USA was George Washington. 58. The famous words Veni Vidi Vici were said by Julius Caesar. 59. The practice of sterilization of surgical instruments was introduced by Joseph Lister. 60. The number of countries which participated in the first Olympic Games held at Athens was nine. 61. Mercury is also known as Quick Silver. 62. USA. Disneyland is located in California,

63. The country which built the first powerful long range rockets is Germany. 64. Sewing Machine was invented by Isaac M. Singer. 65. Adding Machine was invented by Aldrin. 66. The national emblem of Spain is Eagle. 67. Archimedes was born in Sicily. 68. The total area of Vatican City is 0.272 square kilometers. 69. The largest temple in the world is Angkor Wat in Kampuchea. 70. The largest dome in the world is Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, USA. 71. The largest strait in the world is Tartar Strait. 72. The Mohenjo-Daro ruins are found in Larkand District of Sind, Pakistan. 73. The largest city of Africa is Cairo. 74. The founder of KODAK Company was Eastman. 75. The Cape of Good Hope is located in South Africa. 76. The Heathrow Airport is located in London. 77. The neon lamp was invented by Georges Claude. 78. The last letter of the Greek

alphabet is Omega. 79. The place known as the land of Lincoln is Illinois. 80. The US state Utah is also known as Beehive state. 81. The Kalahari Desert is located in Africa. 82. The Patagonian desert is located in Argentina. 83. The person known as the father of aeronautics is Sir George Cayley. 84. The most densely populated Island in the world is Honshu. 85. The two nations Haiti and the Dominion Republic together form the Island of Hispaniola. 86. The largest auto producer in the USA is General Motors. 87. The largest auto producing nation is Japan. 88. The famous ?General Motors? company was founded by William Durant. 89. The country that brings out the FIAT is Italy. 90. The first actor to win an Oscar was Emil Jannings. 91. The first animated colour cartoon of full feature length was Snow White and Seven Dwarfs. 92. The first demonstration of a motion picture was held at Paris. 93. The first country to issue stamps was Britain. 94. The actor who is considered as the biggest cowboy star of the silent movies is Tom Mix. 95. The Pentagon is located at Washington DC. 96. The worlds largest car manufacturing company is General Motors, USA. 97. The worlds biggest manufacturer of bicycles is Hero cycles, Ludhiana. 98. The worlds oldest underground railway is at London. 99. The White House was painted white to hide fire damage.

100. The largest oil producing nation in Africa is Nigeria. 101. The longest river in Russia and Europe is Volga River. 102. The first Emperor of Germany was Wilhelm. 103. The last French Monarch was Louis Napoleon III. 104. Ford. History is Bunk was said by Henry

105. The term astrology literally means Star Speech. 106. Togo is situated in Africa. 107. Coal is also known as Black Diamond. 108. The first Boxer to win 3 gold medals in Olympics was Laszlo Papp. 109. The first ruler who started war games for his soldiers was Genghis Khan. 110. The first cross word puzzle in the world was published in 1924 by London Sunday Express. 111. The lightest known metal is Lithium. 112. The Atacama Desert is located in North Chile. 113. The oil used to preserve timber is Creosote oil. 114. The founder of USA was George Washington. 115. The first talkie feature film in USA was The Jazz Singer. 116. The chemical name of laughing gas is Nitrous oxide. 117. The US state Mississippi is also known as Tar Heel state. 118. The US state Indiana is also known as Volunteer state. 119. The US state Missouri is also known as Hoosier state. 120. The US state West Virginia is also known as Blue Grass state. 121. The US state known as Pine Free State is Vermont. 122. The US state known as Mountain state is Pennsylvania. 123. The US state known as Land of

1000 Lakes is Arkansas. 124. The popular detective character created by Agatha Christie is Hercule Poirot. 125. The Pakistani President who died in an air crash was Zia-ul-Huq. 126. Yoghurt means Fermented milk. 127. Yankee is the nickname of American. 128. The International court of Justice is located in Hague, Holland. 129. The headquarters of World Bank is located at Washington DC. 130. Victoria Falls was discovered by David Livingstone. 131. The technique to produce the first test tube baby was evolved by Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards. 132. The oldest residential university of Britain is the Oxford University. 133. The name of the large clock on the tower of the House of Parliament in London is called Big Ben. 134. Prado Museum is located in Madrid. 135. The number of keys in an ordinary piano is Eighty eight. 136. Man is a Tool Making Animal was said by Benjamin Franklin. 137. The term anesthesia was coined by Oliver Wendell Holmes. 138. The first man to reach Antarctica was Fabian Gottlieb. 139. The Kilimanjaro volcano is situated in Tanzania. 140. The invention that is considered to have built America is Dynamite. 141. Words that contains all the vowels: Authentication, Remuneration, Education, Automobile, Miscellaneous and many more. 142. Words that contain all the vowels in order: Facetious and Abstemious. 143. Words that contain all the vowels in reverse order: Uncomplimentary, Unproprietary, Unoriental and Subcontinental. 144. Words with no vowel in them:

Myth, Fly, Sky, Dry, Cry, Rhythm, Crypt. 145. Which country declares independence on 18th Feb 2008? Kosovo. 146. Who was the founder of the kindergarten education system? German educator Friedrich Froebel. 147. What is the scientific name of Vitamin C? Ascorbic Acid 148. What is the full form of GPRS? General Packet Radio Service 149. Which was the first university established in the world? Nalanda University 150. What is full form of CEO, CFO & CIO titles? Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Information Officer.

India's Population 2012

Current Population of India in 2012 Total Male Population in India Total Female Population in India Sex Ratio

1,220,200,000 (1.22 billion) 628,800,000 (628.8 million) 591,400,000 (591.4 million) 940 females per 1,000 males

Age structure 0 to 25 years 50% of India's current population

Currently, there are about 51 births in India in a minute. India's Population in 2011 India's Population in 2001 Population of India in 1947 1.21 billion

1.02 billion

350 million

Current Population of India 2012

01

199,581,477

828

908

02 03 04

112,372,972 103,804,637 91,347,736

365 1102 1029

946 916 947

05

84,665,533

308

992

06

72,597,565

236

930

07 08 09 10 11

72,138,958 68,621,012 61,130,704 60,383,628 41,947,358

555 201 319 308 269

995 926 968 918 978 1,08 4 947 954

12

Kerala

33,387,677

859

13 14

Jharkhand Assam

32,966,238 31,169,272

414 397

15 16 17

Punjab Haryana Chhattisgarh Jammu and Kashmir Uttarakhand Himachal Pradesh Tripura Meghalaya Manipur Nagaland Goa Arunachal Pradesh Mizoram Sikkim

27,704,236 25,353,081 25,540,196

550 573 189

893 877 991

18

12,548,926

56

883

19

10,116,752

189

963

20

6,856,509

123

974

21 22 23 24 25

3,671,032 2,964,007 2,721,756 1,980,602 1,457,723

350 132 122 119 394

961 986 987 931 968

26

1,382,611

17

920

27 28

1,091,014 607,688 16,753,235

52 86 9,340

975 889 866 1,03 8 818 878

UT1 Delhi

UT2 Puducherry

1,244,464

2,598

UT3 Chandigarh UT4 Andaman and Nicobar

1,054,686 379,944

9,252 46

Islands Dadra and Nagar Haveli Daman and Diu Lakshadwee p

UT5

342,853

698

775

UT6

242,911

2,169

618

UT7

64,429

2,013

946

Tota India l

1,210,193,42 2

382

940