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The 1st Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) was Established in Kharagpur

1st Indian Institute of Management(IIM) was established in Kolkata

10th Pravasi BharatiyaDivas 2012: Jaipur (7-9 Jan) ChiefGuest: KamlaPersad Bissessar (PM of

Trinidad & Tobago) Theme: Global Indian Inclusive Growth

New ILLICIT OPIUM (Poppy)Producing region.

Golden Triangle-Burma, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand.

Golden Crescent-Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission: Srikumar Banerjee

Chairman of ISRO: K.Radhakrishnan

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre: P.S.Veeraraghavan.

Effective Voltage House=220. Factory=440. 1st Credit Card was issued by Bank of America.

A shrimps heart is located on its head. -NANDAM.

Pacific island countries Samoa &Tokelau r the 1st to toast in 2012 after skipping a day by jumping

west across the international dateline.

INDIA

9th Largest(by Nominal GDP),

4th largest(Purchasing power parity-PPP), Top FDI investing countries 1.Mauritius 2.Singapore 3.US 4.UK 5.Neth

Q:In which country there is the world's only hanging train? Ans: Germany

Q:Which state of India has declared 2012 as the "Year for Youth"? Ans: Haryana

Q:Who was the 1st recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award? Ans: Devika Rani

Q:Which disease is known as 'Royal Disease'? Ans: Haemophilia

Q:The range of d strength of earthquakes observed generally on d Richter scale is? Ans: 0 to 6.

Mountain state: Sikkim

Most salty Sea: Dead Sea

22Mar- World Water Day

7Apr- World Health Day

31May- Anti Tobacco Day

20 Oct- World Statistics day

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Q:Where in India is Literary Festival 2012 is scheduled to be held? Ans: Jaipur

Q:Which country test launched 1st 3D television broadcast? Ans China

Q:Which of the following is poisonous for dogs?

A.Ghee B.Curd C.Chocolate

Q:Which tiny Pacific nation has declared a state of emergency recently due to severe water

shortages? Ans: Tuvalu

Q:Who translated the Autobiography of Madam Curie in Hindi? Ans: Lal Bahadur Shastri.

Q: "Ram Roti" scheme, to provide full meals for Rs 5 to the poor, has been launched in which of thefollowing states of India? Ans: Madhya Pradesh

World Ayurved Conference: Pune

"Romancing with Life" is d autobiography of: Devanand (bollywood star)

Jamnalal bajaj Award2011-Anupam Mishra

Q:Krishnadevaraya maintained friendly relations with?

A.French B.British C.Portuguese D.Dutch

Q:Where in Russia is the world's deepest metro station set to be unveiled?Ans: St.Petersburg, Admiralteiskaya station

Q:Name the 2 Indian umpires and judge who have been appointed for the 2012 London Olympics

hockey event? Ans: R.V.Raghu Prasad& Claudius De Sales

Asian Film Festival Awards: Best Film-Cairo 687

Best Short Film-Bitter Milk.

Q:Who is d 1st Indian sports woman to win a medal in world athletics is? Ans: Anju B.George

In the Windows XP, what does XP stands for? Ans: eXPerience

Q:Where is China set to begin work on d world's highest airport ?Ans: Tibet's Nagqu town

Shah Rukh Khan's autobiography: Twenty Years In A Decade

MSMEs:

The Micro Small & Medium Enterprises

Contribute 45% of country manufacturing output

40%Export

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8%GDP

Asian Development Bank-Manila

Q:Which Indian state celebrated its 50th anniversary of liberation from 450 yrs of Portuguese

rule? Ans: Goa.

Banker of d Year award: Ravi Pillai

Q:Who has been named World Soccer player of the year? Ans: Lionel Messi.

Bank of Baroda selected as best public sector bank in India.

Q:Which is the longest canal of the world? Ans: China's Grand Canal(1795 KM)

Q:The tallest plant in the world is? Ans: Coast Redwood

Sunil Chhetri:Indian Footballer of the year.

Daksh:Remotely Operated vehicle developed by DRDO.

Sagarmala:Port Development Program.

Q:Which ruler built his own tomb(Samadhi)?Ans: Akbar

Q:In wich year Shivaji took the title 'Chatrapathi'? Ans:1674

Gandhi returned 2 India in 1915

Q:Who has been selected for Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace by South Africa-

based Ans: andhi Development Trust? Ans: Dalai Lama.

23 Dec: Kisan Diwas (Birthday of Charan Singh).

16 Dec: Vijay Diwas (1971 Indo-Pak war, India's victory over pak is celebrated).

Q:Recently which country has joined in World Trade Organization (WTO)? Ans: Russia

Q:Which country made an exit from Kyoto Protocol? Ans: Canada.

Q:2012 BRICS summit will b hosted by which country? Ans: India.

*1st Winter Youth Olympics will b held in 2012: Ans: Austria

433 Eros is: An asteroid

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Q:In which year the Sabarmati Ashram (Satyagraha Ashram) was founded?

Ans: 1915 (in Ahmedabad)

Isopycnic:Two liquids with same density

Q:Who has been selected as president of India International Centre(IIC)? Ans: Soli J Sorabji

"God is Not Great" written by: Christopher Hitchens

Pink Revolution is related to: Onion production (also Fish Prone).

The poison of honey bee is: Acedic

India regional rural banks: 1975.

Q:Which major bill was cleared by Indian Union Cabinet on 18th December 2011?Ans: Food Security Bill.

Q: In which city the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) located? Ans: Basel, Switzerland

World Meteorological Organisation located at: Geneva

Q:For what purpose India&Russia recently signed a deal? Ans: To produce 42 Sukhoi fighters

JYOTI AMGE: is the world's smallest woman ,nagpur (62.8cm)

Champions Trophy Hockey Winner 2011: Australia

Nancy Powell: US Ambassador-India

Washi: Tropical Storm In Philippines

Q:Who described Bal Gangadhar Tilak as the 'Father of Indian Unrest'?

ANS:Valentine Chirol.

Radioactivity is measured by: Geiger Counter.

Q:Which Indian university wil honour Amartya Sen with an honourary doctorate this year?

Ans: Jamia Milia Islamia

Won: South Korian Currency

Q:Who made regular broadcast on Congress Radio operating during Quit India Movement?

Ans: Ram Manohar Lohia.

Switzerland of India: Kashmir.

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Q:In which of d Island of d Indian Ocean, China is going to set up its 1st military base?

Ans: Seychelles

World Aids Day-2011 Theme: Getting to Zero

Q:The gases used in different types of welding would include? Ans: Oxygen & acetylene.

Soda water contains: carbonic acid.

Marsh gas is: Methane.

Q:Which place is considered as d largest industrial estate in Andhra Pradesh?Ans: Rama Chandrapuram (Hyd)

Q:Wich city was declared as 'Tiger Gateway of India' during d 1st half of 2011? Ans: Nagpur

Flag Day of India: Dec7

NonStop India' book-MarkTully

Q:As per d recent Information given by Govt in parliament, What is India's Doctor-population

ratio? 1:2000

Kaushalya Dam on d river of Ghaggar.

Deficiency of vitamin-K leads to the disease called: Haemorrhage

Glorious or Bloodless Revolution (England): 1688

Study of Liver: Hepatology

IMP BOOKS:

Megasthenes- Indika

Pliny- Natural History

Ptolemy- Geography

Strabo- Geographica

Hiuen Tsiang- Si.Yu.Ki

Fahien- Foguoji.

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Q:NASA has recently planned a new rover named 'Curiosity' for which Planet? Ans: Mars.

Prime Minister of Peru: Oscar Valdes.

Q; NASA has recently planned a new rover named "Curiosity"

Q:What is the other name for petrol? Gasoline.

Gold is: Dia magnetic.

The women and men in my life' written by: Khushwant Singh.

Controversial Company "Dow Chemicals" sponsored London Olympics 2012.

Dow's India Connection: Purchased Union Carbide Company (Bhopal Disaster)

The 1st woman foreign minister in India was: Lakshmi N Menon.

The Image of Tajmahal is printed on the coins of: Cango

Q:"Mattu Gulla" was awarded the GI certificate by Geographical Indication Registry of d Govt, in

Chennai.What is Mattugulla? Ans: Brinjal variety

Q:Which sultan of Delhi assumed the title of 'Alexander the Great'? Ans: Alauddin Khalji

United Nations Decade for women: Ans: 1976-1985.

Q:Who had opposed the Champaran Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi? Ans: Rabindranath Tagore.

Q:Who formed the Radical Democratic Party in 1940? Ans: M N Roy.

Q:The first tribal leader who was inspired by Mahatma gandhi and his ideology was? Ans:

Jadonang.

Q:When did Kasturba Gandhi die in prison? Ans: 1944.

Q:Balvant rai mehta who was poineer of concept of Panchayati Raj, was a freedom fighter & chief

minister of? Ans: Gujarat.

IN HUMAN BODY: Number of Cells- 75trillion

Blood volume- 6.8 litres(in 70kg body)

Blood clotting time-2 to 5minutes

Breathing time-16 to 20/minute

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Q:Who among the following wrote books like 'The Rusted Sword' and 'Pages Stained in Blood',

who has passed away recently?Ans: Indira Goswami

Q:Which Indian State is set to get Green Field Industrial Corridor? Ans: Arunachal Pradesh

Climate Change Conferenjce: 2011-Durban-S.Africa

Q:Who had started the 1st socialist weekly 'The Socialist'? Ans: S.A. Dange.

Q:Who was the author of the book 'Why Socialism'? Ans: Jayaprakash Narayan

Q:Where is located 'New Moore' Island? Ans: Bay of Bengal

Q:Who has wiritten 'Mahatma-life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi'? Ans: DG Tendulkar

Q:Which country has over taken India as 'Diabetes Capital'? Ans: China.

Social Activist Medha Patkar chosen forBasava award for 2010.

Kepler-22b:

First planet discovered by NASA's Kepler space telescope outside solar system which is similar to

planet Earth.

The Central Sheep Breeding Farm is located in Hissar (Haryana)

National Brain Research Centre located in: Ans: Manesar (Haryana).

Books by Kalaam:

Ignited Minds

Wings of Fire

U r Born To Blossom

Inspiring Thoughts

Mere Sapnon Ka Bharat

Agni Ki Udaan

Vijayi Bhav.

Q: Which muslim emporer was attracted by the beauty of Queen Padmini? Ans: Allauddin Khilji.

English Translations:

Rig vedha- Max muller

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Bhagavath geeta & Mahabharat- Charles wilkins

Manu smrithi- William johns

Q: Who won the 'Best Indian Player' award given by the Football Players Association of India?

Ans:Mehtab Hussain (East Bengal).

Q:The Aryans at 1st settled in: Punjab

The clouds 'Mother of Pearls' r seen in: Stratosphere.

Q:Vitamin B-complex represents a group of how many Vitamins? Ans : 11 (eleven)

The highest lake above the sea level in the world is: lake Titicaca

Ordinary glass is: Sodium& Calcium

Rh-factor was 1st discoverd in: Monkey

Q:Who said "There is a danger of our religion getting in to the Kitchen"?Ans: Vivekananda

Q:Name the short film about child poverty in India which won the 'Golden Lamp Tree' award at the

42nd International Film festival? Ans: Another Planet

Central Sales Tax Act-1956

Implemented for Inter-State Sales Rate of Tax: 2%

Commissioner of Sales Tax (Maharashtra State) : Sanjay Bhatia.

JRD. Tata: Father of Civil Aviation in India

Jamshedji Tata: Father of Indian Industry

Adaadata Ayushya (Auto-biography): Girish Karnad

India's Neighboring countries:

Bangladesh (4,053 km)

Bhutan (605 km)

Burma (1,463 km)

China (3,380 km)

Nepal(1,690 km)

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PAK(2,912 km)

Q:Which movement was launched along with khilafat movmnt? Ans: Non-cooperation Movmnt.

Buddha lived approximately at the same time as: Ans: Confucius.

Q:What is the Rank of India in Reserve Stock of Gold, as per the latest data of World Gold

Council? Ans: 11th.

Sarswati Samman-SL Bhyrappa (Kannada)

Q:Who is regarded as father of 'militant nationalism in India? Ans: V.B.Phadke.

Krishna Devaraya Was a contemporary of: Babar.

Q:Who is set to be appointed as Morocco's 1st ever Prime Minister? Ans: Abdelilah Benkirane

Name the Sarangi player died recently? Ans: Ustad SultanKhan

The largest reserves of fresh water on the Earth's surface is in: North America

Longest mountain range in the World is: Andes

Q:Which 3 Indian states r set to get High courts? Ans: Tripura, Manipur &Meghalaya.

Q:Who won the Brazilian Grand Prix 2011? Ans: Marx Webber.

Important Environmental summits

1.Stockholm Summit-1972

2.World Climate Summit-19793.Earth Summit-1992

4.Kyoto Sumit- 1997

Q:Who produced the 1st automoble? Ans: Henry Ford.

Dharmashala' is located in: Middle Himalaya.

Upanishads-108, Rigved- 10 mandalas and 1028 slokas.

Q:A British cargo ship sunk during 2nd World War has been discovered recently in Atlantic. Name

of that ship? Ans: Gairsoppa

Balanced Diet:

Carbohydrates-450g (Energy 4cal/g)

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Proteins-70g (4cal/g)

Fats-70g (9.45cal/g)

Ratio-6:1:1(C:P:F)

Min should supply 2780cal

Q:Where was Subhas ChandraBose 1st addressed as 'Netaji'? Ans: Germany

Ancient names:

Bengal-Gauda

Assam-Kamarupa

Orissa-Kalinga

Hizri era-522AD

Q:Who completed 13,000 runs in Test cricket recently? Ans: Rahul Dravid

Who is set to be appointed as national ambassador of UNICEF? Ans: AmirKhan.

Q:What is the use of Venturimeter? Ans: To measure rate of flow of fluids

Official language of Lakshadweep: Malayalam

Q:Who among the following r considered 2 b the 1st owners of Kohinoor diamond? Ans:

Kakatiyas

Q:Which bank became the 1st in India to be fully computerized? Ans: Bank of India

Q:Who is d Prime Minister designate for Egypt? Ans: Kamal Ganzouri

Poly Umrigar Award-Rahul Dravid

Mahatma Phule Samata Award-Veerappa Moily

FDI=Foreign Direct Investment

FII=Foreign Institutional Investment

Q:Which state became the only state in India to implement public service guarantee act? Ans:

Rajastan

largest palm oil consumer& importer: INDIA

Q:Who was the first royal convert to Buddhism? Ans: Ajatashatru.

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Q:Head of University of Nalanda was the great Bengali scholar? Ans: Sheela Bhadra.

Employees State Insurance Act- 1948

Hindu Marriage Act- 1955

Child Mrge Restrained Amendment Act- 1976

Equal Remuneration Act- 1976

The Satellite construction centre in India is at: Peenya

Mountain State- SIKKIM

Previous Qstn Answr: China.

Q:Which one of the following nations donated 1million US dollars to Nalanda International

University? Ans: China

1st Woman Cabinet Minister in India: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

1st Woman Minister in India: VijayaLakshmi Pandit

1st Woman C M: Sucheta Kriplani

Q:Who won d men's& women's kabaddi World Cup titles? Ans: India

Who is set 2 b honored with CK.Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award? Ans: Ajit Wadekar

Gyanpeeth Award 2010: ChandraShekhar Kambara (Kannada)

Gyanpeeth Award 2009: Shrilal Shukla & Amar Kant (Hindi)

Gyanpeeth Award 2008: Akhlaq Mohammad Khan Shaharyar (Urdu)

Q:Who was the 2nd man to land on the Moon? Ans: Buzz Aldrin.

At present what is the RBI's share in NABARD? Ans: 1%

Head Quarter of SIDBI: Lucknow

17th International Children's Film Festival Started In Hyderabad On 14 Nov 2011.

Hyderabad Is Permanent Venue For This Film Festival.

Q: Which country is inside the European Union but outside the Eurozone? Ans: Denmark.

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Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2011: ILA BHATT (Social Activist).

As per d latest data, which is d longest rail service in India? Ans: Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari.

Bharat Shyam: Chief Information Officer-Washington

Q:Which party provided 2 Prime Ministers in 2years time? Ans: Janata Party

A kilowatt-hour is unit of: Energy

'What Went Wrong' Author: Kiran Bedi

Q:The Mughal emperors who wrote their autobiographies were? Ans: Babur & Jehangir.

Gun powder is a mixture of: Charcoal, sulphur& potassium nitrate.

Who was the last Mouryan King? Ans: Brihadratha

Nuclear Power Plants In India

Tarapur: Maharashtra

Kakrapar: Gujrat

Kaiga: Karnatak

Kalpakkam: Tamilnadu

Narora: UP

Rawatbhata: Rajasthan

Q: Which has been recognized as world's tallest tower? Ans: The Tokyo Sky Tree, 634-meter

CELLULOS -COTTON WOOL

MALTOSE-STARCH

FRUCTOSE-HONEY

SomeNuclearAccidents:

1979-Three Mile Island accident-USA.

1986-Chernobyl Nuclear Plant-Ukraine(USSR)

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Mar.2011-Fukushima-Japan(Lack of POWER)

Computers:

Tim Berners Lee - Invented World Wide Web(www).

Ray Tomlinson invented - email.

Vint Cerf- Father of Internet.

Bob Kahn - created the TCP/IP.

3 Americans Share 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics:

Saul Perlmutter

Brian P.Schmidt

Adam G.Riess.

Q:The Indian National Congress was formed during the Governor Generalship of?Ans: LORD DUFFERIN

New PM of Italy: Mario Mont

Q:Which country has been suspended from Arab league? Ans: Syria

Internationl Homeopathic Congress to be held in: NewDelhi

NOBEL PRIZE-2011 MEDICINE:

1. Bruce A.Beutler& Jules A.Hofmann (US)

2. Ralph M.Steinman

CHEMISTRY: Daniel Schechtman

NOBEL PRIZE-2011

ECONOMICS:

1.Thomas Sargent (US)

2.Christopher A.Sims (US).

LITERATURE: Tomas Transtromer (Sweden).

NOBEL PRIZE-2011:

PEACE:

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1.Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (President of Liberia)

2.Leymah Gbowee (Liberian peace activist)

3.Tawakul Karman(Activist).

Pope Benedict declare a "Year of Faith" , starting on Oct 11, 2012

India ranked 67th in Global Hunger Index

DTC=Direct Tax Code

Q:Which among the following is the venue of KUMBHA MELA 2013? Ans: Allahabad.

Humanoid robot "Robonaut 2" developed by: United States.

Q:Who was d 1st Director of Council of Scientific& Industrial Research?

Ans: Dr.Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar

MACH: is used to measure speed of Aeroplanes

Q:Where is the India's 1st oceanarium planned? Ans: Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra.

Who r been named athlete of the year 2011? Ans: Usain Bolt,Jamaica

Q:Cream&Butter can be separated from milk by adding? Ans: Water

Lukemia is the cancer of: Blood.

Q:The 1st native state to introduce military training on the European model was? Ans: MYSORE.

Ryotwari system - 1792

Zamindari - 1793

Mahalwari - 1833.

The 1st Indian Woman to visit Antarctica is: Dr.Kanwal Viku.

Gateway of India was built in: 1911.

Digests proteins is: Pepsin.

Q:According 2 Sarojini Naidu who was 'The Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity'?

Ans: Maulana Azad

Muslim League was established on : 3DEC,1906

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Commonwealth Games-Venues:

2010-New Delhi (IND)

2014-Glasgow (SCOT)

2018-Gold Coast (AUS)

Cricket World Cup 2011-India 2015- AUS & NZ.

Q:The biological death of a patient means the death of tissues of the? Ans: Brain

Q:Who became d 1st wicketkeeper to cross 500catches? Ans: Mark Boucher

Were has the world's biggest stupa has been planned? Gujarat (statue of Buddha)

Q:Which rail zones has the maximum route kilometres? Ans: Northern

1st postal stamp in British India was introduced in Karachi in? Ans: 1852.

Q:Who told about Mahatma Gandhi that he was a 'half-naked Fakir'? Ans: Churchil.

Chloroform-Anaesthetic.

Idoform-Antiseptic.

1954-Panchsheel pact

Q:Which Indian was dismissed from the Indian Civil Service by the British? Ans: Surendranath

Banerjee

Leader of Kooka Movement: Ram Singh.

Q:Bihar has become the 2nd state to bring the Chief Minister under the ambit of the Lokayukta.

Which is the 1st state to do so? Ans: Uttarakhand.

Q:What is d rank of India in terms of Internet users in the world? Ans: 3rd

'Understanding Caste: From Buddha to Ambedkar Book by: Gail Omvedt.

Q:To which Indian personality Russia has announced to present 'Order of Friendship' award

recently? Ans: D Jayakanthan

Vitamin B12 has Cobalt.

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Q:The element present in the largest amount in rocks&minerals is?Ans .Silicon

India's Human Development Index Rank-2011: 134.

18th Safety Olympics was held in: Moscow.

1922-Vishwabharati University.

Bharti: India's 3rd research station in Antarctica.Its Going 2 start in March2012.

Other 2 Stations:

DakshinGangotri(1983)

Maitri(1988-89)

Q:Where was the world's 7 billionth baby born? Allahabad, baby named Nargis.

Q:Who is the author of the book 'New Dimension of India's Foreign Policy'?Ans: A.B. Vajpayee.

Adam Osborne produced the first portable computer.

Q:Which movement was launched along with the Khialfat Movement? Ans: Non-cooperationMovement.

Indian National Army was founded in: 1942.

Ex Eastern Bridge-2011: Joint exercise between the Airforces of India&Oman

"Journey of Indian Micro-Finance' written by: Ans: R S Arunachalam

Q: Platinum, diamond, gold, iron, silver, copper, manganese, lead and zinc are found in? Ans:

Igneous rocks.

Agriculture began in about: 7000 B.C.

Q:The 1st weekly paper published by the Indian National Congress (in 1889) was? INDIA

Who was the 1st to adopt the title of Sultan? Ans: Md. Ghazni

Most common disease of poultry in India is: Ranikhet.

Fuse wire is made up of: 63% tin, 37% lead.

For Instant energy, athletes take: Sucrose.

Q:Whose period has been called 'Golden Age of the Mughals'? Ans: Shah Jahan

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The artificial sweetener used in soft drinks is: Asparatame

The clouds 'Mother of Pearls' are seen in: Ans: Stratosphere

Prof. Yash Pal honoured with Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award-2011.

New chairman of Competition Commission of India (CCI): Ashok Chawla.

Q:Name the 100 year old Indian who set a Guinness record of being oldest person to complete a

full-distance marathon in Toronto? Ans: Fauja Singh.

Small correction: Man Booker Prize 2011- Julian Barnes.

Indo-French Joint Military Training: Ex Shakti-11.

SWAN=State Wide Area Network.

Buddhism: Tripitakas

Jainism: Angas

Sikhism: GuruGranthSahib

Judaism: Torah

Taoism: Tao-ie-Ching

Zorostrianism: Zend Avesta

Hilcraft District in USA renamed by Mahatma Gandhi

Q:Who won the Man Booker Prize-2011 for his fiction 'The Sense of an Ending'? Ans: Carol Birch

New book by Chetan Bhagat: Revolution 2020

Q:Who was the 1st Indian ruler to separate religion from politics? Ans: Allaudin Khilji

Xenophbia: Strangers

Aurophobia: Gold

The first space shuttle: Columbia (U.S.A.)

The first woman to command a space shuttle mission (Columbia): Eileen Collins (U.S.A.).

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Q:Which day has been declared as 'Steve Jobs Day'? Ans: 16th October.

Q:Which country is backing to rebuild Nalanda University in India? Ans: China.

In the recently released Global Hunger Index (GHI) what is the rank of India in a group of 81

countries? Ans: 67th.

South Sudan recently chose English as its official language.

Mysore & Vijayawada wins Environmentally Sustainable City Awards (ESCA), 2011.

Q: Which ocean has the shape of the english alphabet S ? Ans Atlantic Ocean

Artic U shape

Indian Ocean--M shape

Pacific -Triangular shape

Q: Which national park has been declared by the union Govt has ecological sensitive area?

Ans: Bandipur national park, Karnataka

1 carat - 200mg (milligram) used to measure the weight of Diamond.

1 unit of blood - 350ml (milli liters)

UK/US 1 pound(lb )- 454 Grams

1 kg - 2.2lbs

Which is the hardest substance in the human body? Ans: Tooth enamel.

FirstMuslim ruler to introduce the system of price control was? Ans: Alaudin khalji